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Welcome to this year's fifth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include: * Rebuild of the Debian archive with clang * Debian Peru revival * DebConf11 final report is out * Debian Utsav * Other news * Upcoming events * New Debian Contributors * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release * Important Debian Security Advisories * New and noteworthy packages * Work-needing packages * Want to continue reading DPN? Rebuild of the Debian archive with clang ---------------------------------------- Sylvestre Ledru performed a study that rebuilt the Debian archive using clang [1], a new C/C++/Objective-C compiler. The goal was to evaluate the current capabilities of clang for compilation and C/C++/objective-C support. Results are available on the Debian clang web pages [2]. 1 : http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/sylvestre/2012/02/29/rebuild_of_the_debian_archive_with_clang 2 : http://clang.debian.net/ Debian Peru revival ------------------- Rudy Godoy blogged about a revival of the Debian Peru local group [3]. The Debian Peru users group was founded in 2004 and was quite active in spreading the word about Debian and Free Software, but then slowed down its activity. However, in the two last weeks, the group has become active again and they're planning various events and meetings aimed at helping people to contribute to Debian. You can find more information in the group wiki page [4] or on their mailing list [5]. 3 : http://blog.stone-head.org/debianperu/ 4 : http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPeru 5 : http://listas.apesol.org/listinfo.cgi/debian-apesol.org DebConf11 final report is out ----------------------------- The DebConf organisation team released the final report of the 2011 Debian Conference, which was held in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The report can be downloaded from the DebConf media website [6]. In related news, the DebConf committee decided that DebConf13 will take place in Switzerland [7], likely in the middle of August. The Swiss bid narrowly won over the bid from Riga, Latvia. 6 : http://media.debconf.org/dc11/report/ 7 : http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120301 Debian Utsav ------------ Shirish Agarwal reported on the Debian Utsav [8] which took place in Pune last month. "Debian Utsav is celebration of Debian folks — meet at one place, eat, drink and work on Debian!" as Praveen — one of the main organisers — explained in anannouncement message [9]. During the meeting there were some interesting talks and workshops, such as "Debian history", "What goes on in making Debian" and "Introducing to packaging". 8 : https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/debian-utsav-coep-04-02-2012/ 9 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-dug-in/2012/01/msg00003.html Other news ---------- The 29th issue of the miscellaneous news for developers [10] has been released and covers the following topics: 10 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/03/msg00000.html * New Iceweasel add-on to help looking up developer sites * Realtime collaborative text editing services for Debian * DEP9: Availability of reconf-inetd (replacement for update-inetd) * Security tracker improvements * Derivatives census improvements * mentors.d.n software upgrade * Support for copyright format 1.0 (developed as DEP5) Sylvestre Ledru wrote a report from the Parisian bug squashing party [11] at IRILL's offices. 104 bugs were fixed. One of the key achievements of this BSP was that Cyril Brulebois fixed the last few packages that had been still using the Yada packaging tool. 11 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2012/03/msg00000.html Leandro Gómez sent out a call for volunteers for DebConf12 [12] on his blog. Leandro explained how DebConf brings a lot of benefits to the Debian project: during the conference, Debian contributors can share knowledge and have discussions in order to improve various aspects of Debian, including packages, translations, and the infrastructure. 12 : http://leogg.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/debconf-needs-you/ Jan Wagner sent out a call for volunteers to help at the Debian booth [13] during Chemnitzer Linux-Tage. For more information, you can visit the organisation wiki page [14]. 13 : http://blog.waja.info/2012/02/26/booth-at-chemnitzer-linux-tage-2012-clt14/ 14 : http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEventsDe/2012/ChemnitzerLinuxTage2012 Upcoming events --------------- There are several upcoming Debian-related events: * March 10-11, Perth, Australia —Perth Bug Squashing Party [15] * March 17-18, Chemnitz, Germany —Debian booth at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage [16] You can find more information about Debian-related events and talks on the events section [17] of the Debian web site, or subscribe to one of our events mailing lists for different regions: Europe [18], Netherlands [19], Hispanic America [20], North America [21]. 15 : http://www.debian.org/events/2012/0310-perth-bsp 16 : http://www.debian.org/events/2012/0317-linuxtage-chemnitz 17 : http://www.debian.org/events 18 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu 19 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-nl 20 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-ha 21 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-na Do you want to organise a Debian booth or a Debian install party? Are you aware of other upcoming Debian-related events? Have you delivered a Debian talk that you want to link on our talks page [22]? Send an email to the Debian Events Team [23]. 22 : http://www.debian.org/events/talks 23 : mailto:eve...@debian.org New Debian Contributors ----------------------- Four applicants have been accepted [24] as Debian Developers, four applicants have been accepted [25] as Debian Maintainers, and six people have started to maintain packages [26] since the previous issue of the Debian Project News. Please welcome Thorsten Alteholz, Javi Merino, Liang Guo, Oliver Sallou, Timo Aaltonen, Emile Joubert, Brian Thomason, Barry Warsaw, bojo42, Geoff Levand, Jerome Benoit, Cédric Pineau, Jeroen Keiren, and Samuel Bronson into our project! 24 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2012/02/msg00011.html 25 : http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2012/02/msg00135.html 26 : http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/new-maintainers.cgi Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release --------------------------------------------------------- According to the Bugs Search interface of the Ultimate Debian Database [27], the upcoming release, Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", is currently affected by 575 Release-Critical bugs. Ignoring bugs which are easily solved or on the way to being solved, roughly speaking, about 385 Release-Critical bugs remain to be solved for the release to happen. 27 : http://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi There are also some hints on how to interpret [28] these numbers. 28 : http://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews/RC-Stats Important Debian Security Advisories ------------------------------------ Debian's Security Team recently released advisories for these packages (among others): mumble [29], libvorbis [30], libarchive [31], fex [32], libmodplug [33], notmuch [34], libxml2 [35], postgresql-8.4 [36], puppet [37], openjdk-6 [38], moodle [39], file [40] and movabletype-opensource [41]. Please read them carefully and take the proper measures. 29 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2411 30 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2412 31 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2413 32 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2414 33 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2415 34 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2416 35 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2417 36 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418 37 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419 38 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2420 39 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421 40 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422 41 : http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423 Please note that these are a selection of the more important security advisories of the last weeks. 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Among many others [45] are: 45 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg * alt-key — tool to help developers improve keyboard accelerators [46] * bookletimposer — PDF imposition toolkit [47] * cde — package everything required to execute a Linux command on another computer [48] * comparepdf — command line tool for comparing two PDF files [49] * dh-lua — helper tools for maintaining Lua-related packages [50] * icc-profiles-free — ICC color profiles for use with color profile aware software [51] * maitreya — software for Vedic and western astrology [52] * transcode — text console video-stream processing tool [53] * vavoom — advanced Doom/Heretic/Hexen/Strife engine [54] 46 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/alt-key 47 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/bookletimposer 48 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/cde 49 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/comparepdf 50 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/dh-lua 51 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/icc-profiles-free 52 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/maitreya 53 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/transcode 54 : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/vavoom Work-needing packages --------------------- Currently 144 packages are orphaned [55] and 442 packages are up for adoption [56]: please visit the complete list of packages which need your help [57]. 55 : http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned 56 : http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa 57 : http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested Want to continue reading DPN? ----------------------------- Please help us create this newsletter. 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The Timbermen A Good Example of a Pure Pallet Manufacturer Adjusting to Changes
The TImbermen, one of the largest pallet manufacturers in the Southeastern part of the United States survived a major fire in 2010 and quickly came back with the help of its suppliers Viking Engineering, Brewco, Cooper Scragg Mills, Big Ass Fans, and Pallet Machinery Group.
By Ed Brindley
Date Posted: 10/1/2012
Camak, GeorgiaJames Hicks, Sr. founded The Timbermen, Inc., in 1972 to coordinate the buying, harvesting and marketing of timber products. In 1978, the company entered the wood products manufacturing industry when it purchased a pallet and crate plant from Leonard Lokey on Railroad Street in Thomson, Ga. Shortly afterwards the company began construction of its hardwood sawmill in nearby Warrenton, sawing its first board there in 1979. In 1984 the company purchased land and property from ITT Rayonier in Camak, Georgia at the site of ITTs old sawmill facility. The company moved its headquarters and pallet manufacturing operation to this site where it remains to this day.
But The Timbermen is far from just a pallet plant with a sawmill. It has adjusted to the introduction and growth of pallet recycling and rebuilt after a major fire two years ago and a couple of smaller fires in earlier years. Many pallet manufacturers have adjusted to recycling by focusing on it head-on and developing pallet recycling as a separate division. Partly because of its location in the heart of timber land and away from major markets, and partly due to its dedication to the wood products manufacturing industries, the company has taken a different approach to recycling and dedicated itself to becoming one of the largest pure pallet manufacturers in the Southeast.
Key management people in the business include Jim Hicks, Jr., owner and manager; Sammy McCorkle, general manager of operations and sales; Josh Stephens, pallet sales; Bob Lanes, lumber sales (22 years); Bobby Bellamy, pallet plant manager (28 years); Steve Cooper and J.R. Gilmer, sawmill managers (34 years); James Love, maintenance manager (27 years); Barrett Smith, planer mill manager; company staff Teena Phillips (35 years), Teddie Love (27 years), Shirly Harden (25 years), Becky Pinion (23 years), Nancy McCoy (10 years), and Denise Wall (10 years).
Rebuilding the Pallet Plant After Fire in 2010
On January 4, 2010, The Timbermen experienced a sawmill and pallet plants worst nightmare, a major fire that destroyed significant portions of its manufacturing facilities. It destroyed the main pallet manufacturing facility, including three Viking tandem nailing systems, the Yates American planer mill, and a portion of the lumber remanufacturing department, including a McDonough bandsaw system.
The weeks following the fire were some of the most chaotic, challenging, stressful, and exciting weeks of my life, said Jim Hicks, Jr. We made some huge decisions very quickly, and everyone here rolled up their shirt sleeves and jumped right in to manage a very difficult situation. Execution of the recovery plan was nearly flawless. I have never been more proud of any group of people before in my life.
Recovering from a major fire can be a monumental task, but rapid response can be very important to continued support of customers needs. Charles Brumbelow of Viking moved very quickly to help The Timbermen find a good used nailing system. The company literally had purchased a replacement nailer before the fire was extinguished. Within a few days Viking shipped a second new Turbo 505 nailing system. Today The Timbermen has recovered and has four Viking Turbo 505s, three of them bought new and one that was in excellent condition when it was purchased to start the recovery effort. McCorkle said, Viking reacted immediately and provided exceptional service to help us manufacture pallets for our customer base. Viking supplies us with good maintenance support, occasionally sending a team down to look over our machines and perform needed maintenance.
The Timbermen uses a large quantity of bulk nails in its four Turbo 505s. It buys bulk nails from Viking Engineering, MidContinent Nail, and upstart Carolina Nail Systems of Mr. Holly, N.C. In addition to its high volume of machine nailed pallets, The Timbermen runs two nailing tables during the day and one on the night shift. This provides the versatility and flexibility to produce block pallets and other specialty products and short runs when needed. Pneumatic nailers and collated nails are supplied by Southern Fastening Systems, Inc.
In addition to rebuilding its pallet plant after the 2010 fire, The Timbermen had to deal with the planer mill it lost in Camak. It quickly negotiated the purchase of the Johnston Lumber Mill from Simpson Lumber Company and closed the deal within three weeks. It continues to operate this mill today as one of the Souths leading producers of 1" Southern Yellow Pine boards and moulding products. The Johnston Lumber Mill is staffed by 65 qualified people who produce approximately 35 million bd.ft. of high quality lumber products annually.
Timbermen has five divisions. Its forestry division buys and sells pine and hardwood land and timber. The sawmill division cuts both hardwood and pine logs into pallet lumber on its two Cooper scragg mills. Its planer mill in South Carolina is now separate from its sawmill and dresses about 35 million bd.ft. of SYP purchased from other mills. The pallet factory builds about 45,000 pallets a week. The wholesale lumber sales operation promotes its products in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
The Timbermens mission is to be the most reliable and cost effective supplier of high quality industrial wood products in the Southeastern United States. It continually strives to be progressive and innovative so that its customers can realize the many benefits of well manufactured wood products.
The Timbermen is one of the largest pure pallet manufacturers in the Southeast. In the 18 years since we last featured this company, it has grown from manufacturing about 20,000 pallets to building around 45,000 pallets a week. While The Timbermen does not directly handle the pallet recycling needs of its customers, it works closely with recyclers that are located closer to its customers. Hicks said this kind of relationship has worked well for them. It often comes down to the people involved in the equation. The Timbermen manufactures new pallets and lets its recycling contacts handle its customers recycling needs. Hicks said, When possible a sawmill needs to be located close to its resource, and a recycler needs to be close to the customers. The Timbermen has worked closely with one major recycler, Taylor Pallets and Recycling in Anderson, S.C., but it has worked with several others as well.
One of the changes that the Timbermen has made to accommodate customers has been to move more toward softwood pallets. The supply of hardwood cants has been somewhat restricted due to competitive low-grade hardwood markets (crossties, board roads, mine timbers, etc.). The Timbermen still manufactures mostly stringer pallets; it builds a few pine block pallets but not enough at this time to justify buying a block pallet nailing machine. Hicks said, It is hard for block pallets to compete with white wood stringer pallets, especially if products dont fit well on a 48x40. The Timbermen has not become involved in the 48x40 block pallet market. It competes heavily in the market for sizes other than 48x40. Over 60% of The Timbermens pallets are now built from SYP instead of mixed hardwoods.
At one time The Timbermen built SPEQ pallets for the SPEQ program. Hicks said, We havent built any SPEQ pallets in a long time. They seem to have gone away. For customers wanting a third party quality audited pallet, it was a good program.
Timbermen provides special services to go along with its established quality products. Like many pallet companies today, it supplies heat treated pallets. Timbermen has two Converta Kiln pallet sterilizers; one is new. Timbermen modified the new one for kiln drying pallets; the old one is used as a heat treatment chamber. It uses Timber Products Inspection (TPI) to certify this service.
Everybody is well aware today of the problems with excessive surface moisture on pallets that have been heat treated. One of Timbermens special services is supplying dry, mold-free pallets. It is one of the few pallet manufacturers known to us that uses large fans to dry its steamy pallets that come out of its heat treatment chamber. Two Big Ass Fans inside its main pallet storage building help dry surface moisture after heat treating, and of course they move large volumes of air to provide a more comfortable atmosphere for its people. After the fire, Timbermen decided to provide more ventilation for drying in its pallet storage area.
The Timbermen has avoided being heavily involved in trucking. Many pallet companies handle their own trucking, particularly those who are heavily involved in recycling. Drop trailers require quite a bit of service and attention. The Timbermen contracts out its deliveries to Williams Brothers Trucking in Hazlehurst, Ga. Of course loggers supply their own trucks. Hicks said he is happy to let somebody else deal with trucking headaches.
The Timbermen has grown to the point where it employs 182 people to produce 300,000 bd.ft. of precut pallet parts per week in its scragg mill, another 300,000 bd.ft. of pallet parts per week in its Camak lumber remanufacturing department, 45,000 pallets a week in its pallet plant, and 35 million bd.ft. of lumber annually in its sawmill.
While 182 employees doesnt sound very small, The Timbermen functions in an industry that is dominated by small businesses, so it has to deal with the same issues. Dealing with government regulations and issues is always a challenge. The Timbermen has complete safety programs. Everyone is trained in lock-out tag-out procedures. It uses a safety consultant who works closely with many members of the Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (SLMA).
In addition to the SLMA, The Timbermen is active in the Nation Wodden Pallet and Container Association, which supplies it with the PDS Pallet Design System, which has been an important pallet service for close to 30 years. The Timbermen uses PDS extensively; every pallet quote includes a PDS analysis. McCorkle said, We use PDS heavily. It has been a very good tool to help provide a professional service for our customers.
The Timbermen verifies all of its new hires to make sure they are legal and satisfy all government requirements. It currently has about 30 Hispanic workers in addition to its white and black work force. Hicks said, Our people are good hard workers. We are happy with them. It typically comes down to attitudes and expectations. Our management has a positive attitude and high expectations. Our people reflect that back in their performance.
Sawmilling for Pallet Lumber
Fortunately The Timbermens sawmill, which had just been rebuilt in 2007, was not affected by the big fire. Two new Cooper short log, end-dogging scragg mills with Lewis Controls for optimization manufacture about 300,000 bd.ft. of precut parts per week; most are used internally to build pallets. It supplements its own lumber production with outside 8 to 16 lumber from other mills. All of its scragg mill output is resawn in-line into precut pallet parts, both hardwoods and softwoods.
Hicks said, Cooper people are scragg mill people. In addition to being close geographically, the Cooper name is well known for its scragg mills. They provide good service. The Cooper scraggs handle slab edging.
McCorkle said, A team of machinery specialists from a number of different machinery suppliers worked together to custom design our sawmill five years ago. Robert Cooper from Cooper Machine, Bill Hendrix from Brewco, Chuck Corley and David Burns from Corley Lewis Controls, and Greg Wine from Pallet Machinery Group coordinated their design features into a complete system that takes logs and converts them into stacked pallet lumber with little to no human intervention.
Cooper built the log delivery system as well as its first short log, end-dogging scragg mill with vertical edgers. Lewis Controls provides the technology to optimize the lumber from each log. Given the variation of logs, optimization is a challenge. McCorkle said, The Corley Lewis Controls scanning system for scraggs does an excellent job. The total scragg system can break down any log up to about 21 in diameter without having to return any cants or slabs back for a second pass through. The vertical edger recovers a three-sided slab for processing into deck boards.
When asked about why they chose Brewco resaw systems, McCorkle said, We wanted to go to 2 bands. The wide 4" bands require too much maintenance and take too much kerf. The 1" and
1-1/4" bands are not as fast. Brewco was the only saw manufacturer who made 2" systems. They are faster. The 2" saws work better with the pressure guides to stabilize the blades. Bill Hendrix and Brewco were good about working with others to help coordinate the design of the whole mill. This automated system requires very little physical handling of material, particularly on the center cant portion of the log. The only pieces that may be physically handled are usually the three sided slabs.
The Timbermen has a computer analysis program that keeps and analyzes all of the saw blade data on wear, sharpenings, etc. This helps provide maximum blade life. Kenne Saw and Supply (Munkfors blades) and Precision Saw Works (Wood-Mizer blades) supply thin-kerf bandsaw blades to keep The Timbermens thin-kerf bandsaws running productively. B.H.Payne and Quality Saw Works supply circle sawblades for The Timbermensawmill. Econotool indexable tips are used on the notching machines.
A Brewco B-1800 with run-around breaks all cants down into 3.5" or 5.5" thick. Then two six-head Brewco bandsaw lines break the cants down into either deck boards or stringers. Two three-head Brewco lines saw the slab edgings into material that is retrieved from the side slabs. The cants are edged before they are dropped from the scragg mill. Vertical arbor edgers on the scragg edge the slabs before dropping them to go through the Brewco three-head resaw.
About 80% of the cants on the Brewco horizontal resaw system are cut into decking with the rest made into stringers in the lumber reman department. Two double-head high speed Brewer in-line notchers trail a Pendu gang saw and a Mereen Johnson gangrip saw for notching stringers. Stringers from the Brewco resaw systems can be directed through these two notchers as well. A stand alone Brewer chamfering machine is used to chamfer decking when required.
Two M2L stackers from Greg Wines Pallet Machinery Group stacker line stack the finished lumber coming off The Timbermens Brewco resaw lines. The Timbermen is still running some of the Pendu stackers it has run for many years.
All pallet plants and sawmills have to deal with wood fiber residues. Unlike some fiber generators, Timbermen has chosen to sell its wood residue to others who process it. Bulk chips go to paper mills, the sawdust is sold to pellet manufacturers, the bark is ground for mulch to sell to others for processing, and Timbermen grinds a lot of its pallet mill scrap into boiler fuel with a Montgomery Hog.


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In the latest Natty Narwhal 11.04 release, RightScale's RightLink software is now compatible with the Canonical cloud-init. Furthermore, Canonical's officially supported AMIs for Natty Narwhal 11.04 are capable of configuring RightLink automatically.
We've created the following MultiCloud Images supporting all AWS regions:
- RightImage_OSS_Ubuntu_11.04_i386_v5.6.28
- RightImage_OSS_Ubuntu_11.04_x64_v5.6.28
- RightImage_OSS_Ubuntu_11.04_i386_v5.6.28_EBS
- RightImage_OSS_Ubuntu_11.04_x64_v5.6.28_EBS
- RightImage_OSS_Ubuntu_11.04_x64_v5.6.28_HVM
We're sure this will benefit Ubuntu customers and partners, and we hope this method becomes more widely adopted by other virtual machine image creators.
Our hats are off to the Ubuntu community for its continued advances in the cloud.


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Addressing Historical Trauma: The Struggle of Native American Women Against HIV/ AIDS
March 16, 2011
Native American women are experiencing growing rates of HIV and remain one of the most at-risk populations in the country. With two important events taking place in March (National Women & Girls HIV Awareness Day on March 10, and National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 20) the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC) describes these risks as well as a culturally-responsive intervention underway to help Native women reduce their risk of HIV infection.
There was a time when women in Native American cultures were highly revered. They held positions of political, social, military, and spiritual leadership. They held property and managed their communities resources. They were responsible for the health and well-being of the family, tribe and community. They were prominent, powerful, and sacred. Their communities valued them as such; more importantly, Native women valued themselves in the same way.
Today, however, Native American communities continue to suffer the long-standing effects of historical trauma associated with the virtual obliteration of their cultures. The current health system, provided by the Indian Health Service, is flawed and underfunded. Because nearly 67% of Native Americans live in urban areas away from home reservations and cannot access IHS services, they are often under-insured or completely uninsured. Exacerbating this problem are the persistent anxiety and mistrust stemming from the often embattled relations between Native nations and the U.S. government. Additionally, some researchers assert that historical influences are direct contributors to the current social and health problems found in American Indian populations. They link high rates of suicide, substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence and other ills to unresolved grief.
Statistics are telling.
Overall, Native Americans (American Indian, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians), like other minority communities, experience a significant HIV/AIDS disparity. Native Hawaiians and American Indians/Alaska Natives have the third and fourth highest rates of new HIV infections, respectively. Among those living with AIDS, American Indians and Alaska Natives have the shortest survival rate following diagnosis, followed by Native Hawaiians.
Native women are particularly vulnerable for HIV infection. As is true for most women, the majority of infections occur as a result of heterosexual sex; in the case of Native women, the figure is estimated at 66%. Women have unique vulnerabilities to HIV transmission due to biological and anatomical make-up, and having untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs) makes them more vulnerable to HIV infection. This risk is compounded for Native women due to the high occurrences of domestic violence and sexual assault they face. Condom negotiation and other protective actions may be impossible for women in violent relationships.
Additionally, the percentage of HIV infection related to injection drug use is 32% -- the highest of all racial and ethnic groups. This is probably the most disturbing trend for Native women and one which is most linked to historical trauma: many women are forced into intolerable situations and often into unhealthy life choices.
Despite growing numbers of HIV cases among adults, the Native community has seen success protecting its children. Last year, in its annual HIV/AIDS surveillance report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that from 2005-2008 only three Native children under the age of 13 had been diagnosed with HIV, and no Native children were diagnosed with AIDS. Another bright spot is in the area of prenatal transmission, which is nearly zero in the Native community, thanks to prenatal HIV screenings and the use of antiretroviral drugs. Indian Health Services reports the percentage of expectant mothers receiving prenatal HIV screenings grew from 54% in 2005 to 82% in 2009.
To reduce the risk of HIV infection in Native women, the National Native American Prevention Center (NNAAPC) is focusing on helping Native women reclaim a sense of identity and power. Through grants from the Office on Womens Health, NNAAPC is partnering with organizations throughout the country to implement Native Women Speaking: Keeping Our Communities and Ourselves Strong.
Native Women Speaking uses culturally and gender-responsive approaches to facilitate behavior change and risk reduction by engaging Native women in a discussion of the conditions that affect their risk-taking behaviors, such as discrimination, substance abuse, cultural oppression and historical trauma. It is structured to help participants reclaim a sense of pride in their identities as Native women. Participants create a framework based in cultural and spiritual traditions that promotes holistic balance in their lives and helps them set a realistic HIV risk reduction goal.
Feedback on the program so far has been extremely positive. As Native women engage with one another and continue the learning process to reduce their risk of HIV/AIDS, they address a deeply-rooted generational transference of grief, which affects their health even today.
Kate Ditewig-Morris is a Champaign, Illinois-based writer and a volunteer contributor on behalf of the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center. Hannabah Blue and Jamie Folsom are CBA Specialists with NNAAPC, focused on gender responsive HIV programming.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Despite a weeklong hiatus between games, the MIT women's lacrosse team picked up right where it left off as it recorded a 17-13 win over Eastern Connecticut State University on Sunday. Casey Flynn powered the Engineers (2-2) with six goals and four assists. The offensive explosion tied the Institute record for points in a game and also helped Flynn surpass the 100-point mark.
MIT raced out to a 5-1 lead after nine minutes expired, with Flynn and Katie Kauffman each finding the back of the net twice. The Warriors responded with four unanswered goals to even the contest at the 13:10 mark. The Engineers countered with three goals in a span of 1:35 to claim an 8-5 advantage. Erica Little started the spurt with an unassisted strike which was followed by another Kauffman blast that was set up by Flynn, who then buried a free-position shot. Each side traded goals to close the half as Little's solo effort put the Cardinal and Gray up, 10-7, at the intermission.
The Engineers quickly doubled their margin in the second stanza. Little tacked on her second goal of the day before setting up Flynn for her fifth strike of the contest. Samantha O'Keefe gave MIT its largest lead of the game with an unassisted marker at 22:28. Eastern Connecticut battled back, using a 6-2 run to come within two (15-13) with 5:06 left to play. Unassisted goals by Little and Flynn at 2:10 and 1:26 maintained the Engineers' small cushion as they held on for the victory.
Little finished the day with five goals and an assist while Kauffman tallied four goals, three groundballs, three draw controls, and three caused turnovers. O'Keefe posted two caused turnovers as Stephanie Leger collected three groundballs. Lynne Tye notched two draw controls while Alex Wright registered two caused turnovers. In net, Molly McCartin totaled eight saves.


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StatRad needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 159 designs submitted by 58 freelance designers.
RadConnect is a start up that will give patients control over their radiology examination records. The tagline is "Store, Share, Connect". Patients will be able to store their radiology exams online, share their exams with others through the internet and connect with radiologists for expert opinions.
Patients, Doctors, Hospitals
Clean, modern looking logo with the tagline.
Update: I have attached several images of intertwined hands. An animated drawing of this could be the basis for the logo. For example, the circular arrangement of hands could be the "O" in Connect.
Connected hands adds a human element since this service is being launched to improve patient care. This is just a suggestion and we are still open to any design ideas.
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For a few dollars more; synchronized SSD shooters draw first
Subject: Storage | August 8, 2011 - 02:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ssd, sata 6Gps, asynchronous flash, synchronous flash, SF-2281 controller
With the latest SSD controller from SandForce, the SF-2281 SATA III, we have been seeing two different types of flash memory used as the storage medium depending on which vendor or product line you look at. Asynchronous flash and synchronous flash differ in their timing when sending read and write commands, [H]ard|OCP's analogy of synchronous flash working like DDR is perfect as the new variety can send a command on both the rise and the fall of a clock cycle.
The reason this now matters is SATA III, which allows enough bandwidth for synchronous flash to show off its higher speeds; with the previous SATA standard it simply had no impact. That speed impact on the new standard becomes obvious in [H]'s testing, especially when they fill both drives half way and conduct some real world tests. Now that some of both types of drives are on the market, they also look at the price difference between the two types of flash,; a comparison in which the old asynchronous flash does not look good coming out of.
"News flash! All flash NAND is not created equal! Sure, you know about multi-level and single-level NAND when it comes to speed, but what about synchronous and asynchronous NAND inside your shiny new SSD? We have answers and tell you where your money is best spent for real data speed."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Patriot Pyro 120GB SATA III SandForce SF-2281 SSD Review @Hi Tech Legion
- Corsair Performance 3 256GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 - 480GB PCIe SSD Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Patriot Torqx 2 256GB @ Tweaktown
- Western Digital WD Elements SE 1 TB USB 2.0 HDD @ reviewstash
- Thermaltake BlacX 5G USB3 HDD Dock @ Funky Kit
- Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 32GB Review @ Techgage
- Akasa Noir Max 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure Review @ eTeknix
OCZ's 240GB Agility 3 SATA 6G drive; can asynchronous flash bring down the price only?
Subject: Storage | June 1, 2011 - 01:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ssd, ocz, agility 3, asynchronous flash
In case you missed it in the rotation at the top, Al has wrapped up his review of the Agility 3 SSD, which utilizes less expensive asynchronous flash memory to bring the MSRP down and hopefully leaves the performance at the same level. Slow is a relative term when you describe SSDs, even one ranked at the bottom of the performance charts will give you better performance than a platter based hard drive. Al does answer the performance question in the review, unfortunately no one can answer the pricing question yet. If these sell like previous models have, retailers will be able to charge whatever they feel like if the supply cannot keep up.
"While the switch to asynchronous flash memory makes the Agility 3 cheaper to produce and therefore sell, the performance dynamic can shift in either direction, varying with what you plan to do with the drive. Many users saw the same type of thing back with the Agility 2 / Vertex 2, and some users actually preferred the cheaper drive performance wise. We may see the same thing here once users (and us) get some actual seat-of-the-pants time logged with it."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- OCZ Agility 3 240GB SATA 3 SSD Review @ The SSD Review
- G.Skill Phoenix Evo 115GB SSD Review @ ITShootOut
- OCZ Technology Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240GB @ Tweaktown
- Crucial M4 128GB SSD Review @ The SSD Review
- Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD - Long Term Test Results @ Legit Reviews
- Intel 510 Series SSD @ InsideHW
- Part flash, all flash or dedicated flash? @ The Register
- Seagate Barracuda Green 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB Review @ OCC
- Sharkoon Flexi-Drive Extreme Duo 16GB USB 3.0 Thumb Drive @ Tweaktown
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If you're a fan of baseball, you must check out "An Exhibition of Baseball's Finest" by Dick Perez at the Agora Gallery in New York. If you collected baseball cards in the 1980s, you'll surely know Dick Perez' work as he painted Donruss' Diamond Kings series.
In this exhibit, Perez has paid tribute to some of the greatest ball players to ever grace the field including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson and the list goes on. Each oil painting will immediately transport you into a legendary era gone by and you can nearly taste peanuts and Cracker Jacks as you walk through the gallery.
"An Exhibition of Baseball's Finest" by Dick Perez is showing at the Agora Gallery (located at 530 West 25th Street) in Manhattan. Play Ball!


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Transportation Operations Institute
Vision Statement
The Transportation Operations Institute strives to offer quality/innovative instruction to address the current and future needs of the rapidly changing global transportation maintenance industry.
Mission Statement
The Transportation Operations Institute (TOI) in partnership with Mohawk Valley Community College offers innovative instruction and training by supporting
The Transportation Operations Institute had its beginning in mid–year 2000. At this time, a meeting was held with the Commissioner of the NewYork State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), several of his deputy commissioners, Mohawk Valley Community College President (MVCC) and several of his staff.
MVCC had, and continues to provide welding certification classes to all NYSDOT people requiring this training. The Commissioner inquired whether there were other transportation–related programs that could be provided by MVCC.
A joint meeting was held which included representatives from NYSDOT and MVCC. The team met for several weeks to develop a vision and mission statement, and strengths, weaknesses and opportunities to measure the success or failure of this program. Additionally, training courses that were applicable at the time were identified.
Several visits were made to talk to people at the policy level in NSDOT to get their input and approval.
As this project began to mature, it became apparent to all of us that we were developing a program that was needed and unique for municipal highway transportation.
We at MVCC are proud to continue our heritage of offering innovative, first of its kind courses, that provide occupational/technical training to all highway transportation municipalities and other agencies under the new Transportation Operations Institute at Mohawk Valley Community College.
Training Programs
- Transportation Maintenance
- Masonry
- Carpentry
- Electrical
- Transportation and the Environment
- Safety
- Supervisor Safety Training Seminar
- Traffic Control for Workzones (Basic)
- Workzone Safety Training
- Inspection
- Advanced Technology
- Craftsmanship
- Facility Maintenance
- Management Training
- Traffic Control Devices
- General Skills
- Contract Administration
Transportation Maintenance
Equipment Operations School
Commercial Drivers License
Training for Licensing to obtain a Commercial Drivers License B.
Equipment Covered: heavy dump truck.*
Snow Plowing School
Learn to become proficient in snowplowing technique, procedures, including one-person operation. Also equipment safety, and use of equipment, including classroom–shop, dry run and certification.
Equipment Covered: one person snowplow, rotary plow, front end loader, calibration of automatic spreader controller (Dickey John.) *
Paving School
Learn to become proficient in paving technique, procedures, safety and use of equipment.
Equipment covered: paver, roller, widener. *
Earth Moving School
Learn to become proficient in earth moving technique, procedures, safety and use of equipment.
Equipment Covered: backhoe,maintainer, windrow loader, hydraulic excavator, grader, bulldozer. *
Roadside Maintenance School
Learn to become an operator in all aspects of mowing and roadside maintenance.
Equipment Covered: bucket truck, stump grinder, sewer cleaner, brush chipper, sweeper, paint stripe-machine, herbicide truck *
Bridge Maintenance
Learn to become proficient in bridge maintenance that includes under bridge, climbing/rigging skills, cutting/welding skills.
* Equipment includes, but not limited to described equipment.
Masonry 1
This course introduces the student to the fundamental concepts of masonry and concrete construction. The instruction will include theory and emphasize hands-on experience. This course includes, but will not be limited to the following: concrete design, construction methods and materials, tools, foundations, walls and flat work.
Masonry 2
This course introduces the student to the fundamental concepts of block masonry construction. The instruction will include theory and emphasize hands-on experience. This course includes, but will not be limited to, the following: history, development and manufacturing of mortar and block, hand and power tools, mixing mortar, laying block, safe use and care of scaffolding.
Masonry 3
This course introduces the student to the fundamental concepts of brick masonry construction. The instruction will include theory and emphasize hands–on experience. This course includes, but will not be limited to the following: history, development and manufacturing of brick, mortar, bonding, corners, hand and power tools, mixing mortar, laying brick, safe use and care of scaffolding.
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Carpentry 1
This is an introductory course designed to instruct the student in the proper use and selection of hand and power tools and shop safety. Other topics include the selection of materials, planning a project and completing a project. The course will be taught by lecture/laboratory sessions.
Carpentry 2
This course covers the basic skills required to do basic floor and wall framing, sheathing insulation, dry wall and paneling installation and finishing. The course will be taught by lecture/laboratory sessions.
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Technical Electricity 1
An introductory course designed to provide the student with basic knowledge and skills necessary for personal growth in any electrical service technician program. The course includes an in-depth study of electron theory. Ohm's Law, series and parallel circuits, electrical energy and power relationships. Methods of generation of electromotive force, electromagnetism, motor principles and capacitance as these apply to D.C. circuits are included in the course. Uses, construction and calibration of voltmeters, ammeters and wattmeters are also investigated.
Technical Electricity 2
A continuation of the introductory electrical course designed to reinforce and apply previously acquired information to alternating current (A.C.) circuits. This course investigates A.C. sine wave generation, mutual inductance, inductive and capacitive reactance, instantaneous values of voltage and current as well as real and apparent power. Uses, construction and calibration of A.C. metering equipment are an integral part of this course. Practical application of each topic in both introductory courses will be included in all laboratory experiments conducted by students.
Technical Electronics
Fundamental properties of semiconductor materials and the utilization of these materials in devices such as diodes, bi–polar transistors, field effect transistors, thyristors and common substrated integrated circuits are investigated. Experiments pertain to various rectifiers, voltage regulators and elementary amplifier circuits. Emphasis is placed on student ability to construct, troubleshoot, modify and repair those circuits considered fundamental to the operation of electronic equipment.
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Transportation and the Environment
This course is designed to give participants a general working background on environmental topics. The course will assist participants with standard maintenance operations, developing both large and small highway projects,managing transportation facilities, and the environment in respect to right-of-ways.
The course will provide the participant with a general knowledge of the many different environmental issues and concerns, such as water resources, wetlands, wildlife, beaver problems, hazardous waste, air quality, noise, cultural resources, contaminated soils, fuel storage, waste disposal, vegetation management and stormwater management. A general working overview will be provided on laws, rules, regulations and guidance. Resource contacts and best practices will be discussed to assist participants on how specific environmental issues should be addressed. The course will also address the new SPEDS regulation MS4.
This course is flexible and can be designed to put special emphasis on certain subjects to fit your particular needs.
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OSHA Guidelines and Regulations
These courses for private or public sector personnel cover OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as construction and general industry health and safety principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA standards that affect public and private sector personnel the most. Examples might include: Lockout/Tagout, Hazard Communication, Ladder Safety, Rigging Safety, to name a few.
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Supervisors Safety Training Seminar
This course is for both new and experienced supervisors. The seminar provides participants the opportunity to develop or improve the skills necessary to provide a safe accident injury free work environment. The seminar includes instruction on the following:
Role Of The Supervisor
Duties and responsibilities including the importance of the supervisor as a trainer and mini safety meeting table–top exercises.
Accident Causes
Identify unsafe conditions and equipment; unsafe acts by employees; proper job training along with group discussions and problem solving.
Accident and Injury Investigation
The key to accident prevention is understanding how the incident occurred. The seminar explains the importance of the supervisors role in an accident/ injury investigation; understanding evidence, interviewing witnesses and group problem solving exercises.
Human Relations
Learn the importance of good relationships in improving work productivity, study the basic needs and desires of employees and use them to motivate co-workers and subordinates.
Personal Protective Equipment
Learn the various types and importance of proper use and training. Understand the supervisors responsibilities toward PPE and the OSHA requirements.
Hazard Awareness And Control
Learn the definition, purpose and need of identifying, eliminating and controlling workplace hazards. Students learn to develop job safety analysis for workplace tasks to eliminate workplace injuries.
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Traffic Control for Workzones (Basic)
This is a one day introductory course designed for the student to understand the basics of Traffic Control and safe work procedures within established Workzones. The student develops a clear understanding of flagging procedures associated with Maintenance and Protection of Traffic as well as the knowledge and skills needed to meet traffic control needs. This seminar includes instruction on the following:
Duties and responsibilities of the flagger, including the importance of traffic control at emergency operations, legal authority of the flagger and understanding driver characteristics and how they can impact traffic control. Signaling Devices – Identify the Manual of UniformTraffic Control Devices (MUTCD) required signaling devices, their applications and use.
Basic Workzones
Develops an understanding of basic Workzone applications and flagger roles in multi-flagger Workzone situations. Placement And Operation Of The Flagger Station – This segment instructs the student on the proper flagger station site placement and distance, flagger visibility, position, procedures and night flagging.
Signs and Related Equipment
The student learns the various types and importance of traffic control advanced warning signs and their proper use as well as supplemental devices used to enhance traffic control.
Accident and Incident Reporting
Discussion of the importance of the flagger's role as an observer and information resource if an incident or accident would occur in or near the Workzone.
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Workzone Safety Training
This is two day course designed for individuals or work teams responsible for establishing and providing safe Workzone environments. It provides participants with a knowledge and understanding of the requirements for the maintenance and protection of traffic on streets and highways. Instruction includes the following:
Planning Workzone Traffic Control
Identifies Key factors to be considered when establishing short and long Workzones. Discusses components necessary for the development of a traffic control plan and how they can impact traffic control.
Workzone Traffic Control
Identifies the principles and components of a proper Workzone with instruction and discussion on Advanced Warning Area, Transition Area, Activity Area, including buffer space and Work Area and the Termination Area. Included in the instruction is the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Devices, their applications and use.
Traffic Control and Flagging
Develops an understanding of traffic control, procedures, applications and flagger roles in multi–flagger Workzone situations.
Moving Workzones
Discusses the use and implementation of buffer and shadow vehicles, truck mounted impact attenuators, arrow boards.
Workzone Problem Solving
Student participation exercise that involve hands on Workzone problem solving where students identify and develop maintenance and traffic control solutions for typical highway configurations.
Legal Liabilities and Public Officers Law
Discussions on steps that can be implemented for protection from liability from improper Workzones.
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Drainage and Culvert Inspection
Learn the proper procedure for culvert design and installation. Learn practices associated with stream protection and erosion control. Become aware of environmental impact and roadside safety. Learn techniques of assessing conditions of existing culverts.
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Advanced Technology
(GPS) Global Positioning Systems
Basic GPS theory and use of GPS equipment to gather data in the field. Satellite mission planning, use of controller software, and sources of error in GPS. Use of correction files or real time systems for correction. At the completion of this course, the technician will have the ability to take the GPS system into the field, and perform the necessary steps to bring good positional data back to the engineer's office.
What makes a leader different from a manager? See if you can identify the highly effective qualities and characteristics, and best practices of a good leader. This is an excellent seminar for anyone interested in team growth and development.
Public Sector Ethics
Designed for public sector employees, this course discusses business ethics generally and the NewYork State Public Officers Law specifically. Examples will be presented and discussed. The course emphasizes a practical, non-legal approach to the topic.
(GIS I) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems – 2 Day
GIS is a technology that can be applied to a variety of tasks where location matters, such as asset management, vehicle routing, or site selection. It provides a linkage between digital maps and databases. Most databases contain a location component such as an address – GIS can be used to manage, analyze, map, and query this information.
This course provides a conceptual overview of GIS technology with hands-on exercises utilizing ArcView GIS. Topics include: applications using GIS; map projections and coordinate systems; map scale; methods of data conversion; and data sources (including the Internet).
Students will also learn the basics of ArcView GIS and how to:
- Edit shape and database information
- Query and analyze GIS data
- Create charts and maps
Students that would like to learn more advanced concepts and techniques, and gain additional practical experience should also enroll in the second course (Intro to GIS II).
(GIS II) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems – 3 Day
This course builds upon the concepts introduced in the Introduction to Geographic Information Systems I course (which is a prerequisite for this course). This hands-on course will introduce the student to some of the advanced techniques used in GIS.
Topics include: using GIS data from Internet sources; projecting GIS data; adding scripts and customizing ArcView GIS projects; and using aerial photography and imagery in GIS projects.
Students will complete an in-class project that is typical of how GIS is used in the workplace. The project will include: retrieving data from different sources on the Internet, getting the data into the same coordinate system, performing various analyses, and outputting a report and map.
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Oxy–Acetylene Welding Procedures
This course is designed to instruct students in the theory, proper methods and use of acetylene equipment that will enable them to oxy–weld and cut in all positions.
Electric Arc Welding Procedures
This course is designed to provide proficiency in oxy–acetylene welding procedures. This will include the theory and use of electric arc welding. Instruction will be provided in welding ferrous and nonferrous metals in all positions, including the theory of pipe design and cutting.
Welding Procedures for MIG and TIG
This course is designed to instruct the student in the theory and use of TIG (Tungsten Inert GAS) welding and MIG (Gas Metallic Arc). Welding non–ferrous and ferrous metals in all positions. Plasma welding, cutting and safety procedures.
Welding Certification
This course is designed to instruct the student in welding codes consisting of set regulations covering permissible materials, service limitations, fabrication, inspection, testing procedures and qualifications of welding operations. Special emphasis will be placed on preparation for the New York State Welding Certificate Exam.
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Facility Maintenance
Learn how to run and maintain a regional site, including equipment maintenance, staffing and maintaining the facility, both headquarters and sub-locations. An introduction to building and grounds management and maintenance.
Included as part of this course would be information pertaining to the mechanical systems associated with the building environment. Topics include introduction to HVAC, electric, carpentry and masonry.
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Management Training
Management in the Public Sector
This second level course concentrates on the changing management environment. The role of teams and the manager as a participant in the larger organization are discussed. In addition, group communications, group delegation, and group motivations are discussed.
Supervision in the Public Sector
The objective of this course is to help new (or newer) supervisors develop the skills needed to supervise others. To accomplish this objective, the participants will discuss core supervisory tasks including communications, decision making and problem solving, delegation leadership, and motivation.
Basic Management
In this seminar, we cover a number of timely, focused topics that you need to "survive" in the world of management.
Problem-Solving Tools
In this fast paced seminar, the instructor will cover a variety of methods designed to help you solve problems quickly.
Organizational Communication
We communicate every day of our lives and still problems persist. This seminar will outline basic models of communication and how to reduce barriers and apply new tools to enhance performance.
Stress Management
STRESS!!! This seminar will show you how to recognize the symptoms of stress and how to formulate strategies to overcome them.
Conflict Resolution
Today's workplace can create a lot of problems. This session will help you to identify the types and sources of conflict and cover ways to overcome them.
Performance Management
One of the critical roles of the manager is to help improve employee performance. In this seminar, you will have the opportunity to learn to distinguish between "external" and "internal" motivators.
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Traffic Control Devices
Introduction to Traffic Signals and Safety Control Devices
This is an introductory course designed for the student to understand the basic principles/fundamentals of Traffic Control Devices as they apply to highway safety of the traveling public. Traffic signals, emergency warning devices, and police/fire/ambulance pre-emption controls are among the topics to be discussed.
Basic Traffic Signal Device Technology
A continuation of Introduction to Traffic Signals and Safety Control Devices. This course focuses on the basic electrical, electronic and mechanical properties of traffic control systems. Emphasis placed on the technical components of control devices used by various government transportation agencies and their contractors.
Prerequisite: Completion of Introduction to Traffic Signals and Safety Control Devices.
Advanced Traffic Signal Device Technology
A continuation of Basic Traffic Signal Device Technology course. This course focuses on the elements necessary for design, installation, repair and inspection of traffic control devices used in highway safety. Computer interfacing, relating the operation of these devices will also be discussed. Prerequisite: Completion of Basic Traffic Control Technology.
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General Skills
Basic Computer Technology Computer Applications –Trades
An introduction to the use of a personal computer and its software as an engineering tool for work enhancement. Hands-on exposure to the computer and its hardware. Windows environment, introduction to CAD, word processing and spreadsheets will be stressed.
Reading,Writing and Oral Communication
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Chances are good there will be plenty of cotton in the Upper Southeast this year. With a record crop planted and only a few timely showers needed to finish the crop, cotton could be more than plentiful in the region.
Ginners across the Upper Southeast say they are ready for the increased volume and proud to have the extra business. Growers and ginners are two steps in the cotton chain that will eventually take most of the big cotton crop to a foreign textile mill.
Finding a place to store and efficiently transport cotton bales to waiting ships bound for overseas ports may not be as easy this year as it has been in recent years and likely not as economical for growers and ginners.
A hallmark of U.S. cotton is that it is high quality when it arrives at foreign mills and it arrives on time and in the quantity desired by the foreign buyer. Clearly, keeping foreign buyers, or end-users, happy is critical to long-term profitability of the U.S. cotton industry.
Getting such a big crop, one of the biggest on record in the Upper Southeast, from the field, through the gin, safely stored, sold and delivered to the end-user is going to be a challenge for the 2011 crop.
Over the past few years, the volume of cotton in the Upper Southeast has been on a downward trend. This reduction was in large part due to reduced acreage, but also because of weather-related yield reductions.
Finding a warehouse to store cotton hasn't been a problem in recent years. Finding a 'good' warehouse to store cotton has been a problem from time to time and could be a big problem for the 2011 crop.
For U.S. cotton growers, ginners and buyers, a good cotton warehouse is one that gets cotton in and stored in a timely manner from the gin and gets it out of the warehouse on a truck and to the shipyard when the buyer wants it there.
The same criteria don't necessarily apply when it comes to owners and investors in cotton warehouses.
Freight fee
When cotton is shipped from a gin to warehouse, there is a freight fee, which is most usually paid by the gin. In years in which there is competition among warehouses for cotton bales, the warehouse sometimes pays some or all of the freight.
There is also a receiving fee also typically paid by the gin. Again, in years in which there is competition for cotton bales, some or all of the receiving fee is often paid by the warehouse.
Needless to say, if Mother Nature provides needed late season rains, there will be plenty of cotton in the Upper Southeast this year. Most, if not all of the freight and receiving fees will be paid by the gin and at least in some part passed along to the grower.
Cotton warehouses are required by law to have at least 4.5 percent of their warehouse inventory available to ship each week. In the Upper Southeast ginners or growers pay from $1 to $5 per bale per month for storage.
From the warehouse owner's perspective, if he has a 100,000 bale capacity filled on day one at an average cost of $3 per bale per month, keeping those bales on the floor can make him a lot of money.
If he has to ship 4.5 percent per week, he can keep about 80 percent an extra month, making roughly $240,000 more than he would have made had he shipped 100 percent of his inventory in a month.
Warehouse operators say it doesn't work exactly like that, and rightly so. Most recognize their livelihood relies heavily on keeping overseas buyers happy and delaying cotton shipment isn't going to make either domestic or foreign buyers happy.
Not being able to trade on its long-standing reputation of providing high quality on a timely basis is likewise a threat to the future success of the entire U.S. cotton industry.
The longer a bale of cotton sits in a warehouse, the more money a warehouse owner makes from that particular bale.
However, if a warehouse gets the reputation of being a 'bad' warehouse, buyers are going to look to 'good' warehouses to buy their cotton.
In the long-run, making extra money from a bale of cotton could put the warehouse out of business as ginners, growers, and buyers all look for other places to house their cotton.
The cotton buyer, often called the merchant, has a commitment to an end-user. He needs to be able to tell that end-user with confidence precisely when cotton will be delivered to a particular textile plant.
The large quantity of cotton that will be moving through gins in the Upper Southeast this fall concerns ginners, warehouse managers and buyers. A common concern is that cotton will be stored in facilities that don't have the capability and/or the desire to get cotton out quickly.
Some challenging options
It is likely this fall that cotton buyers will face some challenging options on where to buy cotton and where not to buy cotton. For example, he may call one warehouse on Aug. 1, and ask for 20,000 bales of cotton and be told that cotton can be shipped until Oct. 1.
He may make the same call with the same request to warehouse 2 and be told the 20,000 bales of cotton can be shipped Aug. 21.
The first warehouse may make more money on that particular 20,000 bales of cotton, but whether they will make any money on the next 20,000 bales is uncertain.
For warehouses set up to store, find and move cotton efficiently, getting cotton out the door, even with high volumes of cotton expected this year, won't be a problem and won't prevent them from being profitable.
The United States Warehouse Act (USWA) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to license warehouse operators who store agricultural products. Warehouse operators that apply must meet the USDA standards established within the USWA and its regulations.
Application is voluntary. Applicants agree to be licensed under the USWA, observe the rules for licensing and pay associated user fees.
A list of USDA approved cotton warehouses can be found on the USDA website by searching 'U.S. cotton warehouse capacity'.
In general, licensees under the USWA are expected to have (each ofthe following characteristics):
Responsible persons and organizations, with a good business reputation, who:
• Are in the business of public warehousing;
• Have adequate financial resources to operate their business, and
• Have knowledge of and experience in generally accepted warehousing practices for cotton.
Have facilities that:
• Are physically and operationally suitable for the protection of cotton in store;
• Allow for the accurate and efficient weighing, sampling, and inspection of the cotton in store, and
• Are within the control, extending to the immediate surrounding environment, of the warehouse operator.
Have personnel available who:
• Have knowledge and experience in weighing, sampling, and inspection of cotton;
• Are able to assist the FSA warehouse examiner with examinations, and
• Have integrity, good judgment and proven performance.
Finding a good cotton warehouse may not be as critical to the 2011 cotton crop in the Carolinas and Virginia as few timely rain showers, but it will be critical to the long-term growth of the cotton industry in the region.


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give me one good reason
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until i walk away, walk away from you
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to why your so unkind
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you know i believed in you
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – May has been designated "Welcome to Golf Month" and PGA Professionals across the country are helping make golf more fun and accessible for golfers of all abilities, as well as celebrating how easy it is to enjoy the game.
"Whether you're just starting out or seeking a new way to approach the game, Welcome to Golf Month and the programs offered by our PGA Professionals are the perfect option at the perfect time," said PGA of America President Ted Bishop. "The PGA of America is committed to making golf fun, affordable and accessible for anyone interested playing, and May is the month we really emphasize these programs on a national level."
The opportunities offered by PGA Professionals include Get Golf Ready (GetGolfReady.com), which provides five lessons over five weeks that concentrate on basic skills and instruction for just $99; Welcome to Golf Days, which are single-day programs; and Bring-a-Friend initiatives that allow free or discounted play for new players. These programs also emphasize the social benefits of golf as participants can meet other new golfers and learn the game together.
For lapsed golfers interested in playing again or those seeking more enjoyment from the game, May is a great month to explore TEE IT FORWARD, a joint effort between the USGA and The PGA of America that encourages golfers to play from shorter tees. Players can TEE IT FORWARD at any course, and some courses have created special tees just for golfers who wish to play their approach shots from closer distances.
The PGA of America is also stressing the health and wellness benefits of golf as May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. A round of golf can consist of more than 10,000 steps, five miles traveled and between 1,300 and 2,000 calories burned. Exposure to sunshine and a beautiful landscape also contributes to a healthier overall wellbeing.
Interested golfers can search for available programs in their area, and learn more about the health benefits of golf by visiting PlayGolfAmerica.com.


text: Breathtaking beauty, indelible enchantment and hypnotic diversity collide in the five great archipelagos that make up French Polynesia. Jagged mountains, sapphire lagoons, and exotic flowers are the first thing to greet you in Tahiti, gateway to French Polynesia and the go-to spot for beach-infused bliss. Take a drive along the island's 72-mile perimeter, monuments, temple ruins, waterfalls and cliff-side beaches abound. Feed sharks off the coast of Bora Bora, scuba dive without a wetsuit in warm Polynesian waters and set sail in one of the many protected anchorages surrounding The Society Islands. For big wave surfers, winter time is best, but the summer swells are the same ones that hit Hawaii's famed shores. Traditional Polynesian culture means plenty of music, dancing and culinary indulgences, so don't be shy about getting your groove on or trying one of the many local dishes wrapped in banana leaves.