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Those of you who regularly read Nobel Intent have probably recognized that we rely heavily upon Eurekalert (run by the American Association of the Advancement of Science) for finding out what's new in the world of science. Eurekalert acts as a clearing house for press releases related to scientific topics. It links researchers, often via the public relations departments of their institutions, to the press who attempt to convey their stories to the public. Because of this central position, Eurekalert was able to pull together over 1,000 people in science communications to survey the challenges involved. About 40 percent of these were public information officers, while the rest were a mix of freelance and staff journalists, most from the USA and Western Europe. The majority have over 10 years of experience.
What do these people find the most challenging? No single item was rated a concern by more than half of the respondents, but it seems that in general, they're reporters first. The two leading concerns are beating their competitors to a story and covering a story before it's generally known to the public. After that, it becomes an issue of conveying the information: finding researchers who can explain their own work and obtaining images and multimedia to accompany a story come next. The only clearly scientific challenge that showed up as a concern for over a third of the respondents was judging the reliability of the research and researchers.
Once a story's in the works, what's the worst problem? Hype. Press offices hyping their institution's work showed up as the top problem, with fellow reporters hyping it trailing close behind in third place and researchers doing the hype in fifth. Scientific uncertainty comes in at second, while the remaining issues that drew more than a third of the responses are really where science gets messy: its intersection with politics, ethics, and money. The reporters also have a variety of complaints about the lack of media savvy in most researchers: they don't return calls and e-mails, they don't warn the press about upcoming stories, they lack effective communication skills, and they just don't understand the needs of the press.
The report broke out responses from US and non-US reporters, but those showed few significant differences in the responses to most questions. The exception to this is when they were asked what they felt their readers or viewers were interested in. In the US, the environment barely made the top five, while elsewhere, the environment, natural disasters, and climate change all rated top five places.
Overall, it's nice to get a picture of where the challenges in portraying science to the public lie, as perceived by some of the practitioners of that. We here at Nobel Intent occupy a bit of an odd position in all of this. For one, we're not exactly journalists, and we average less than a year's experience popularizing science. On the plus side, because of our scientific training, we're typically able to write stories based on primary publications, rather than relying on direct communications with researchers. But some of these concerns are extremely familiar to me. I'd love to have some advanced warning about upcoming publications, so that I could prepare reports on them to coincide with the release of the publication, rather than scrambling afterwards to try to get the report out while the news is still current. I'd also love to have access to more graphics unencumbered by a journal's copyrights, as they often carry a healthy dose of explanatory power. But if full time journalists have problems here, expecting that to change may be unrealistic.

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Nightfall Retro Collection Virtual Tour
Nightfall Retro Collection Virtual Tour
Photo Gallery update of my Retro Collection / Retro Trash
Clicking on the photo will download the highest resolution version available (10708 x 5137).
Updates of the Nightfall Retro Collection:
You can see my Retro collection with a Virtual Tour, we hope one day to be able to expose my things to the public.
Many thanks to Andrea Schillani and Freddy Anselmo for the photos and graphic support.


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Five people were transported to Lenoir Memorial Hospital after a two-car collision on U.S. 258 south of Kinston Tuesday afternoon.
Five people were transported to Lenoir Memorial Hospital after a two-car collision on U.S. 258 south of Kinston Tuesday afternoon.
A Jeep truck � pulling into the Hess gas station at 1608 U.S. 258 South � was overturned after it was struck by a white Lincoln heading southbound.
The white vehicle had New York state license plates.
�(The) green truck was � going to turn into the store and it turned right in front of the (white) car,� said witness Bud Gooding, who was unloading a Pepsi truck at the station.
Three people were in the Lincoln and two in the Jeep, including an elderly man with a prosthetic leg who wore a Vietnam veteran hat. He was carried to the ambulance on a stretcher.
His passenger was apparently stuck in the back seat when the car landed on its left side, chucking many of the car�s contents, such as soda bottles and clothes.
A Southwood Fire and Emergency Services responder tried to help her, but she crawled out through the front window appearing unharmed.
Two women were in the front seats of the white car, Caroline Cook, a witness, said.
�The airbags hit them pretty hard,� she said.
She said she arrived at the scene around the same time of the near 1:30 p.m. wreck.
�I was up there talking to the man who got hit and everything and giving him paper towels because his nose was all bloody,� Cook said. �(There were) two women in the front, I�m assuming they were his daughter and his wife.�
State Trooper Coleman Health said he did not have the names of the drivers and passengers at the press time.
Free Press Photographer Zach Frailey contributed to this report. Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.


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Identity Management for Multitenant Applications in Microsoft Azure
This sample shows how to manage user identities in a multitenant application on Microsoft Azure, using Azure Active Directory for authentication.
The project consists of:
- A reference implementation of a multi-tenant SaaS application. To get started with the application, see Running the Surveys application.
- Written guidance on best practices for identity management in multitenant applications on Microsoft Azure. The written guidance reflects what we learned in the process of building the application.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact email@example.com with any additional questions or comments.


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The Pawtucket Pit Stop Parade
When PawSox manager Torey Lovullo left the Cleveland Indians organization last winter, he thought he was going to work for the Red Sox, not the Red Cross.
The Boston Red Sox have 11 players on the disabled list, including six current or former All-Stars, a former MVP, a pair of World Series MVPs, and a two-time stolen base champ. Their ailments include mononucleosis, two sets of broken ribs, two broken feet, a broken thumb, a strained back, a strained hip, a strained forearm, and a strained hamstring.
And yet, despite Thursday's loss to Texas, the Red Sox are still only 5 � games back in the AL East and 3 � games back in the wild card race.
"I'm amazed," Lovullo told me. "It's a credit to everybody involved from top to bottom. I think Theo and Tito have done a great juggling act in getting everybody to perform at that level. They're only a few games out and they have nearly half of their team from the start of the season on the disabled list. We're proud of the fact that several guys have been promoted from Pawtucket and contributed – that's our job."
It's also his job to get the walking wounded back to Boston.
(photos courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
The "Pawtucket Pit Stop Parade" started last Sunday with Josh Beckett's solid showing at McCoy Stadium (4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K). He'll make at least one more rehab start for the PawSox on Saturday night at Syracuse.
After hitting .400 in 6 games for Single-A Lowell, Jed Lowrie joined Pawtucket on Thursday and went 1-for-4 with a long double and a sacrifice fly. His 20-day rehab stint expires on July 25th.
2010 All-Star Clay Buchholz is expected to make one rehab start for Pawtucket tonight (Friday) in Syracuse, and Jeremy Hermida is scheduled to play a few games for the PawSox beginning on Monday night at McCoy Stadium.
"It's like a puzzle right now and they're trying to figure out when to get all the pieces back into the right places and I'm sure their heads are spinning with all of the injuries that have happened up there," Lovullo said. "We welcome those guys. They're such great influences for so many reasons and the first is their professionalism – they come in here and work hard and guys can see quickly why they're such special players."
So special that they get to keep their uniform numbers.
When Buchholz takes the mound on Friday, Torey Lovullo will relinquish his #11 to allow Clay to wear the number he wears in Boston. Similarly, Randor Bierd will switch from #19 to #29 on Saturday when Josh Beckett is his teammate.
Jed Lowrie's #12 was available, but he opted for #2 in a PawSox uniform with Ryan Kalish agreeing to switch to #12. Kalish did so even though he was on a hot streak – violating the Crash Davis rule that a player on a streak has to respect the streak – but it didn't slow him down on Thursday as Kalish had a single and triple in an 8-2 win at Syracuse.
Kalish has had multiple hits 9 of his last 11 games, going 21-for-45, .467, with 4 doubles and 1 triple. In 23 games at the Triple-A level, the 22-year-old outfielder is batting .337/.406/.477.
"He goes out there and always gives you 100%," Lovullo said. "He's so athletic, powerful, and graceful and he doesn't leave any of his gifts behind on a given night. He has a football player's mentality playing a baseball game but not with that, 'I want to run through a wall and kill you,' mentality. It's with the power and grace that I'm talking about and he does it very, very well."
Another Pawtucket player who has excelled lately is pitcher Michael Bowden. Since being moved the bullpen, the 23-year-old righty has tossed 4 scoreless innings in 3 relief outings without giving up an extra-base hit.
"He's got so much durability," Lovullo said. "With his body type and his mindset, he can go out and throw every single day. I think that's one of the reasons why we chose him as a candidate to make this move. You just can't take a starting pitcher and make him a reliever – there's a certain adjustment that you have to go through and it's a difficult transition. It's like asking a right-handed batter to go out there and hit left-handed all of a sudden. If you can't get a feel for it you're going to stumble and fall. He hasn't done that whatsoever. He's gone out there and his stuff has played up – his fastball has had a little bit more velocity, his breaking ball has been very effective and we're just fine-tuning some things to hopefully get him in line to get that opportunity to go to the big leagues as a reliever."
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If you've never been to a Sunday afternoon home game at McCoy Stadium, kids are allowed to run the bases after the game.
4-year-old Sam Hoard did so for the first time last week. Thanks to Michael Gwynn for the great photo!
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The PawSox will have Clay Buchholz on the mound as they look for their third straight win on Friday night at 7:00. I hope you'll join us for radio coverage beginning with the pre-game show at 6:45 on the PawSox radio network and pawsox.com.
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You might see this electric vehicle in the X Games someday.
Well, you already see its manual version in the annual competition — the skateboard!
The folks at Boosted Boards have created what they're calling "the lightest electric vehicle that's ever been made." It's a longboard that's designed to carry you the "last mile" of your commute. The prototype probably weighs less than your dumbbell and even climbs steep hills.
But don't try any tricks; you might break the expensive motor.
"The last mile of transportation is this huge problem that hasn't been solved yet," the small company's co-founder Sanjay Dastoor says in a YouTube video that promos the contraption (check it out below). "Once you get off of a public transit system, whether it's a bus or a train or anything else, how do you get along that last mile to your destination? What Boosted Boards does is gives you a really portable vehicle that you can use in conjunction with public transit."
The tiny board's throttle and braking are all controlled by a small hand-held remote that users wear on their thumb — and the vehicle's brakes are "regenerative," meaning they charge the battery a little bit every time you stop.
Don't hang up your walking shoes just yet! Right now, the company is still just working on prototypes, which weigh something in the area of 12-15 pounds.
Check out full coverage on the little electric longboard that could from GrindTV.com here.
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I just can't say enough about how much I really love the entire teaching process. There are the very young, the very old and everyone in between! It just always seems to have a rewarding side to it…regardless of the age or the ability of the given student. I know that lately I have been able to come back to teaching the very young, innocent and extremely impressionable students I love to teach so much. After the death of my first daughter at 14, it was a very long time, many years in fact, before I could even look at another child, let alone teach them guitar, or have them do anything that Gillian so excelled at. So it's a very big step for me to even be doing this kind of teaching again in the first place.
I find that the right kind of lesson really helps both me as well as the student. It should be rewarding for all parties involved, and as is the case with many of my younger students, even their parents get involved, and before you know it I'm getting Christmas gifts, thank you notes, little bonus checks and all other kinds of perks that come from a great lesson experience. When the parents see the kinds of results and happiness it gives both them as well as their kids, it's just gigantically rewarding on all levels!
I also find it so rewarding to teach those who at an older age, have decided that they want to "come back" to the guitar after either years of non-playing, or years of basic indifference or discouragement. I love being able to be a part of the "re-igniting" of their love for the guitar as well as their skills, and they also are forever grateful and happy that they decided to take me on! My hat's off to them period, since as someone who's never put the guitar down since I was 10 years old, it's hard for me to even imagine giving up an instrument such as the guitar, and then "coming back" to it so many years later!
It just shows that regardless of the "path" one takes, it's really never too early nor too late to actually embrace the guitar and all of its rewards. As a player and as a teacher, the entire process does nothing but make me feel good, and there's nothing like really making that "difference" to someone who really needs it! On that note, I salute YOU………all the students in the world!


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MAC Cosmetics is coming out with a new line in April called Sweetie Cake. For die-hard addicts like me, this collection could really put a dent in my wallet.
This collection features a new eye shadow quad in gorgeous new shades, four new eyeliners with a special sparkle, two brand new nail lacquers, three lip gloss pots, four mouth watering new Lipglass shades and best of all: three brand new pigments.
Most exciting aspect of this new collection? For me, I'd have to say the quad, pigment and eyeliner. Collections come out with new lip products all the time but colorful goodness for your eyes? Not as much… The eyeliners in particular give off a sparkling effect due to the pearlized particles in the pencil. When you factor in the three new pigment shades, that just spells trouble.
If you love MAC as much as I do, be sure to snap these items up as soon as possible. It's not unheard of for particular pieces to sell out within a week, the eyeshadow quads especially. Those sell out really fast. Be on the lookout for this to appear in stores early to mid April.
Thanks to the Specktra Forums for the scoop on this new collection!


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I am writing to relay a story to your readers that my brother told me the other day.
My nephew is not doing so well in his math class. He says that the teacher will write problems on the board and when someone asks the teacher to explain it, is told to refer to the book.
Now my nephew is a pretty smart kid and is in an advanced class. After speaking to the teacher, and learning that his son was not always paying attention, he decided to audit this class and went to the school to get permission. He was told he had to make an appoitment for the next day so he did and came back for the next day's class.
The teacher had a guest speaker there to speak to the class. With my brother in the back of the class, he was watching what was going on in the class. About two-thirds of the class was paying attention to what the speaker was saying, but there were a few that decided to be disruptive, talking and fooling around.
When the speaker called two of these boys to come to the front and sit dawn, one did so quietly while the other one decided to climb on top of his desk and walk on all the desks to the front of the room, throw his arm around the speaker and began to mimic him.
The school police officer was called and this student was escorted out of the class. This shows the sorry state of the schools today when a few rowdy students can cause the others to suffer through such crap.
Another student was wearing sun glasses in class and was asked by the teacher to remove them, and he pushed them up on the top of his head. When the teacher turned around, he put them back on. He was told numerous times to remove them and kept on doing the same thing.
With the state of disrespect by students in school nowadays, it is no wonder we have all the crime we have today.
One day I might even have to kill some parent's child when they come into my home or confront me on the street attemping to rob me.
What has this country's school system come to when they allow rowdy students to stop the ones who want to learn by disrupting the class? Bring back corporal punishment.
Richard Moore
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For men : a non-synthetic or light wool suit, or a blazer and slacks if the environment you want to work in is more casual. Be certain your shirt is crisply ironed and white or light earth-tone color. Be careful in selection of a tie. Buy a coordinating tie to your suit in a width similar to the width of the lapels of the jacket. Make certain your socks compliment your suit and wear length. Always wear polished shoes.
For women : suits are preferable for a woman or a plain sweater, blouse and skirt. Make certain your clothes are tailored and not frilly with ruffles and patterns or gathers. Wear a conservative gray, black or navy suit with a very tailored silk or cotton blouse of light blue, light gray or white. To soften your outfit or add color wear a silk scarf to compliment your outfit . Select pumps or shoes which are conservatively stylish with closed-toes and a low heel. Wear a neutral color of hosiery. Be careful with jewelry. A simple necklace or bracelet, or a lapel pin is fine. Wear small earrings that don't dangle and only wedding or engagement rings.
Arriving at the Reception Room:
Be certain to arrive at least fifteen minutes early so you can use the rest room and collect your thoughts. It will also allow you to observe the activities of the area and maybe even prospective co-workers. Tell the receptionist you've arrived and be friendly. A receptionist can be an ally. Look around for company information, annual reports, trade magazines, brochures, anything you can find. If you can't find these , ask the receptionist. Find a comfortable seat and try and visualize yourself relaxing to remove the tenseness from your muscles. When you are greeted by the interviewer, stand tall, look them in the eyes, smile and give a firm handshake! Tell them it's nice to meet them and you are ready to begin.
Interviewing Body Language and Listening:
Be careful of nervous body language such as swinging your legs, biting your lips, lengthy avoidance of eye contact, wringing your hands or covering your mouth. Instead, speak with honest open hands, tilt your head to show interest, or lean forward. Listen intently and know when to lead or fill pauses with words. Keep the interviewer's needs in mind and pay attention to strong feelings, signs of boredom, frustration, confusion or loss of interest. Just remember that the interview is simply a conversation where there is a productive give and take of information.
How to Handle Those Difficult Interviewing Questions:
Below are a few examples of complex questions and some accompanying suggestions for handling them:
These are just a sampling of difficult questions you may be asked. If you are asked an illegal question about age, gender orientation, family status, etc, decide if you want to answer. Consider why they might be asking the question. If you think the question is improper and you don't wish to answer, you might ask about the question's relevancy.For more examples of how to answer questions refer to the reference books in Career and Employment Services, or concentrate on a virtual interview in your area of expertise with: Monster Career Center or The Virtual Interview.
Handling a Business Luncheon:
Knowing how to handle yourself at a business luncheon is important to your professional success. Dining etiquette could make the difference in being accepted for a job. For specifics on this refer to: Dining Etiquette.
How to Negotiate Salary:
An employer may ask you what salary you desire. Instead of answering with a figure try and clarify what the responsibilities would be and how your skills fit their needs. You might indicate a range of two or three thousand dollars below and above what you expect. This does not allow the interviewer to set a "ceiling" figure too low. (To find the salary range for a position of this type refer to the "Michigan Occupational Information System" (MOIS) in our office, in computer labs at LCC and in the LCC library. The "Occupational Outlook Handbook" will also be helpful, or other salary guides in Center for Employment Services, and professional trade journals in the library).
Never Leave an Interview "Empty Handed" - Ask Questions!:
When you ask questions be sure there is a purpose. You want to know as much as possible about what is expected of you and what your role is in the company's goals. Below is a list of possible questions to ask:
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We asked readers, Should cellphone calls be allowed on U.S. airlines?
Spare us from people who can't put down the phone
Cellphone calls should not be allowed on airplanes. The conversation can wait and be conducted off the plane. I don't want to be exposed to a vast number of conversations in a small area.
It is bad enough that people are on their cellphones everywhere: driving, walking, shopping, the gym, at the ballpark, at church, in restrooms, etc. People can't seem to survive five minutes without being on the phone. Enough already.
I commend Delta for keeping the policy of no cellphone calls on flights. There is more to life than a 24/7 phone addiction.
— Tom Cuccio, Jr., Diamond Bar
Yes, it's annoying, but let's keep lawmakers out of it
Are phones banned on other forms of transportation? No. It's annoying, but do we really need legislation to deal with this? Don't these politicians have something else to do?
— Ralph Hainsworth, via San Bernardino Sun Facebook page
Original ban had nothing to do with safety concerns
There was never a safety issue with regard to the use of cellphones on airplanes. The Federal Communications Commission did not want phones 30,000 feet in the air being able to tie up bandwidth on the large number of cell sites that phones could reach from that altitude.
That said, allowing people to talk on their phones in the confines of passenger planes is a bad idea. When I'm trying to sleep, read a book or just relax, no, I don't want to be annoyed by someone having a personal conversation in a public place. The irony is that it is nearly impossible to get a digital cellphone to connect from an airplane, so it's sort of a moot point. That could change with technology. I have tried numerous times to no avail.
Hold my calls.
— Richard Cassel, Calabasas
If they're barred at movies, then bar them on airliners
I'm not in favor of lifting the ban on cellphone use while flying. People are asked to turn off cellphones in movie theaters, theaters, concerts and other public performances. I don't want to be stuck next to someone who endlessly yacks on their phone. It is rude. What did we do before cell phones? We waited until we were home or saw the person.
— Janet Reid, Upland
Thought of phones, planes brings poignant memory
Didn't some of the 9/11 passengers/victims use cellphones?
— Mike Pashistoran, via Pasadena Star-News Facebook page
Cellphones should be allowed for texting quietly
Users of cellphones frequently talk loudly. Not being able to move away from a loud talker can be considered a form of torture. Many people today communicate via texting and Twitter. Let them do that as long as their phones do not beep with every push of a button. Insist that all notifications be silent. That should let both sides win.
— Dave Hirsch, Northridge
Too few are courteous enough to stay silent
There should be no cell phone calls allowed on airline flights. We already know that many people don't have the courtesy required to regulate themselves. They should be limited to e-mail or texting if they must communicate.
— Bob Alperin, Long Beach
'Can you hear me now?' If only the answer were no
Having sat next to people in the boarding area loudly talking about their sex lives, future vacations or other personal details, I vote to allow texting but not talking. It is not the "nanny state," it is just basic courtesy that people confined in such a small area should not be subjected to other people's personal conversations. I don't want to hear "Can you hear me now?" yelled into the phone of the person in the next seat.
— Leslie Neff, Hermosa Beach
Allow cellphones — but also ejector-seat buttons
I hope the airlines provide an eject button for the person talking loud on their cellphone should they begin to allow passengers to use phones while on a flight. Or a parachute for me. The majority of cellphone users tend to not respect the space of others and have no volume control of their own voices while talking on their phones. I'd rather not have that restriction lifted.
— Rena Hutchins, Upland
Planes should be one place bad manners don't fly
Isn't it enough that we are subjected to other people's curses and conversations in elevators, markets, restaurants, sidewalks, crossing streets and in waiting rooms? Let's keep bad manners on the ground and let the skies be a haven where we can relax, enjoy some quiet, finish a book or spend some dearly needed private time. Cellphones and solitude — definitely not compatible. If the airlines pay me for flying with all those people who must be allowed to blather on — I might consider changing my mind, but only on short hops.
— Barbara Harris, Encino


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Elle Fanning makes 'Ginger & Rosa' dance
What makes a coming-of-age movie work? Lord knows we get enough of them: overripe period pieces in which a filmmaker re-creates a precise cultural moment and his or her adolescent struggles with parents and injustice and best friends and sex. Usually, it comes down to the metaphysics of personal observation, which means the secondary characters can be well drawn while the protagonist remains an underwritten blank. It's hard to see yourself when you're looking through your own eyes.
That isn't a problem in Sally Potter's "Ginger & Rosa,'' but only because Elle Fanning has the lead role of Ginger, a 16-year-old girl in 1962 London. Only 13 when the film was shot, the actress has a luminous naturalism that seems the opposite of performance: Emotions tumble forth from inside her, often in tight close-up, with a tremulousness that's specific and real and heartbreaking. Where her older sister, Dakota, has the brazen skills of a born trouper, Elle's acting feels artless and naive, and all the more powerful for it. Fanning easily convinces you of Ginger's emotional reality — that every moment is the only moment.
It's a great performance in a good movie, one that represents a daunting filmmaker's most mainstream work to date. Potter got her start with experimental films and performance art in the '60s and '70s, and her 1992 Virginia Woolf adaptation "Orlando'' remains her best-known movie. As recently as 2004's "Yes'' she was writing modern-day dramas in iambic pentameter, and, with 2009's little-seen "Rage,'' she premiered a motion picture via cellphone.
"Ginger & Rosa'' is comparatively straightforward stuff, Potter's gracefully fictionalized reminiscences of growing up in the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis and imminent nuclear annihilation. Ginger's mother and father are bohemian intellectuals (as Potter's parents were; the film's dedicated to her mother), part of the British generation that came of age, hard, during WWII. Roland (Alessandro Nivola) was a conscientious objector during the war and wears his prison time as a badge of honor; he's also a Hot Dad, and he knows it. When Ginger's best friend, Rosa (Alice Englert), starts playing eye-hockey with him in a car's rear-view mirror, you dread what's coming and feel powerless to stop it.
Ginger's mother, Natalie, is an artist who has given up painting for a life of domesticity, and in her Potter acknowledges a generation of strong women neutered by feckless men. (Some of the same concerns turn up in the adaptation of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road,'' also opening in the area today.) Christina Hendricks — Joan of "Mad Men'' — is a striking visual presence but a hesitant dramatic one in the role, hobbled by a hither-and-yon English accent. Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt, and especially Annette Bening register with more force as concerned family friends, the latter two bluff and American.
The focus is, as it should be, on Ginger as she goes to Ban the Bomb marches, ignores the growing attraction between her father and her friend, and struggles to become a poet. ("I thought you already were one,'' Rosa drily observes.) "Ginger & Rosa'' gets the period details exactly right — girls ironing their hair and wearing blue jeans in the bathtub — and the music choices are unerring, from "Tutti-Frutti'' blaring on a jukebox to Thelonious Monk's "The Man I Love'' under the end credits, a helpless admission of a filmmaker's ongoing love for a flawed father.
Still, it's Fanning's movie, and Potter films her from an aching teenage point of view, the camera looming in too close, the emotions too big to say. It's not a showy performance; rather, the actress holds back and lets her big, watchful eyes well up with betrayals global and familial, until the panic finally crashes to the surface. Englert, a good actress with an interesting pedigree of her own (she's the daughter of director Jane Campion) recedes into the background. "Ginger & Rosa'' is about adolescence as a state of absolute idealism and absolute self-absorption — a time when there's no difference between the world's calamities and one's own. In Fanning, Potter has found the perfect vessel, and the miracle is that the actress doesn't even seem to be trying. She just is.


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Every single teacher is concerned about his/ her teaching practices and the skills involved in this process. How many times have you wondered about a better way to teach the same lesson you have delivered to an eariler class? How often have you used technology to engage your students and improve their learning ? These are some recurring questions we keep regurgitating each time our teaching skills are put to the test.
Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge, Minter Dial


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Learn how MacUpdate Desktop can install apps on MacUpdate with the simple click of the icon. Plus, keep all your apps updated.
Connector transforms your iPhone, iPod Touch, or even your iPad into a wireless numeric keypad for your OS X computer. Very handy for laptops or those with a bluetooth wireless keyboard. NumPad Remote discovers your Mac in your local network automatically with no special setup required. Just make sure to download Connector below.
- Connects using your WiFi connection (no cables required)
- Automatically discovering computers in your local network with no setup required
- Comes with connection manager in case you have more than 1 computer. You can even connect to computers outside your local network.
What's New in Connector
- Overall bug fixes and performance improvements
- Connector is coming back to the Mac AppStore. You can download it there and it will be autoupdated like other AppStore apps.... However it usually takes Apple about 7 days to make a release in the AppStore. So if you want to get faster updates you can keep using this Developer signed version, as, from now on, both will be updated.
Requirements for Connector
- OS X 10.6 or later
- Compatible iOS device (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later)
- NumPad Remote 2.0 or later for iOS ($2.99)


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Chaga: From Tree to Tea
My chaga eyes are on, and I am having trouble turning them off. Despite the disconcertingly warm winter, Northern Vermont still has powder stashes if you know where to look (if there's one thing mushroom foragers and skiers have in common, it's that we don't disclose the locations of our coveted patches).
I used to think of backcountry skiing as a way to get myself through the winter foraging dry spell, but now it is becoming a way to keep my foraging fever alive in the winter! Incidentally, sailing through the winter woods on skis is a great way to access remote terrain and find enough chaga (Inonutus obliquus) to cure a classroom of sniffly kindergarteners.
Now that my pantry is stocked with several mason jars of dried chaga, I am doing my best to resist the urge to harvest more. I intentionally left my chaga harvesting tool at home this morning when I set out for a ski, to ensure that I don't wind up with a life time's supply of chaga. Sure enough, I spotted several beautiful chaga sclerotia on yellow and paper birch throughout the ski, which I proudly pointed out to Jenna before skiing on.
Without a hatchet to harvest my finds or a camera to document them, I found a certain satisfaction in having a partner to share in the revelry each time my gaze fell upon another snow-capped sclerotium. Somehow, the thrill of discovery just never gets old.
I even found one sizable chaga sclerotium cohabitating a beech tree with another medicinal mushroom – the tinder conk. While I had read that chaga occasionally grows on alder, elm, hornbeam, and beech, this was the first specimen I had ever seen not growing on a birch tree. Further research is needed to determine whether chaga found on these other hosts has equal medicinal value to chaga on birch. Chaga growing on other hardwoods would likely have a different medicinal makeup, since some of chaga's medicinal properties are derived from concentrating betulin and betulinic acid naturally occurring in the birch host.
Thank you to all the readers who commented on my recent post, "Chaga: A Remedy for Winter." Your stories of chaga's healing power are inspiring – who knew that our beloved feline and canine companions could also enjoy the flavor and medicinal properties of chaga?
Some of you asked for a recipe, and I don't blame you – it's not as if you can just take a chomp out of a raw, charred looking sclerotium. My favorite way to enjoy chaga is as a tea, since the heady flavor seems to contain the very essence of the forest. I find a cheese grater is very effective at breaking dried chaga into a coarse powder (just watch your fingers!). Let three tablespoons of ground chaga lightly simmer in two quarts of water for at least 20 minutes. You can reuse the strained grounds by adding more water and simmering for an additional 20 to 30 minutes. Sometimes I'll simmer as many as eight tablespoons of ground chaga in two quarts of water, creating a strong concentrate that I refrigerate and dilute before heating up to enjoy as tea throughout the week.
While a decoction (tea) has powerful immune system boosting and antitumor properties, a double extraction tincture is the best way to extract the full range of water-soluble and alcohol-soluble components. Start by steeping ground chaga in 80 proof or stronger alcohol for three weeks. Then, use a cheesecloth to strain the infused alcohol out of the chaga pieces before simmering them in a small volume of water for 25 minutes.
Mix this decoction with the infused alcohol, and voila – you have a double extraction tincture. It should keep for a few years, provided the final tincture is at least 25% alcohol by volume. If you are mathematically inclined, this should be easy enough to calculate. If not, just start with at least 100 proof (50%) alcohol and mix in a very small volume of boiled down decoction to err on the side of caution. Check out Greg Marley's Mushrooms for Health for a thorough description of the double extraction tincture process – this technique is also optimal for many other medicinal mushrooms.
Enjoy your home-brewed myco-medicine. Cheers!


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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Money managers touted the advantages of non-agency mortgage securities and bank loans on Thursday on expectations that housing prices will accelerate and interest rates will rise.
Yields on non-agency mortgages, which are mortgage securities that are not government-guaranteed, are likely to rise at least 5 percentage points as housing prices move higher, investors said at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago.
"They are a good entry point," said Curtis Mewbourne, managing director and head of portfolio management for PIMCO's New York office. Mewbourne said that yields on non-agency mortgages, which are around 5 percent to 6 percent, could rise an additional 5 percentage points as the U.S. housing market improves.
Last year, non-agency mortgages issued by Wall Street firms prior to the financial crisis were some of the best performing bonds. The bonds rose in part due to a search for yield by investors and a decline in the number of mortgages falling into default.
Mewbourne also said that the selloff in the bond market since May, which has also affected non-agency mortgages, has provided a strong opportunity to invest in the securities.
Bond markets have seen a wide selloff after the Federal Reserve signaled on May 22 that it could reduce its asset purchases this year. The U.S. central bank is buying $85 billion each month in Treasuries and agency mortgage securities in an effort to spur hiring and lower long-term borrowing costs.
The Fed's stimulus has contributed to the rise in housing prices, said Tad Rivelle, chief investment officer of fixed income for TCW. Non-agency mortgages will continue to perform well at current levels, but will also benefit if the Fed maintains its stimulus, Rivelle said.
Rivelle's $9.5 billion TCW Total Return Bond Fund earned a return of 13.37 percent last year, making it the top-performing mortgage-focused fund in the United States, according to Lipper. The fund is up 2.42 percent this year, besting 88 percent of peers.
Rivelle also said that bank loans, which are protected from rising interest rates by being pegged to floating-rate benchmarks, are one of his favorite asset classes in light of his prediction that interest rates will move higher.
Rivelle told Reuters that the recent selloff in bonds could be the start of a new trend of rising interest rates. "This is potentially the early warnings of a significant reversal that you may see in bonds," Rivelle said.
Interest rates will continue to rise over the next 18 months as the Fed moves closer to reducing its asset purchases, said James Keenan, head of leveraged finance portfolios at BlackRock. Keenan told Reuters that the Fed will likely begin reducing its bond-buying in the fourth quarter.
Keenan also said that bank loans will remain attractive in light of rising interest rates on bonds, including a rise in the benchmark 10-year Treasury. The yield on the 10-year Treasury was 2.15 percent at the close of trading on Thursday.
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25-1054.00 - Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses pertaining to the laws of matter and energy. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Sample of reported job titles: Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Physics, Associate Professor, Instructor, Math and Physics Instructor, Physical Science Professor, Physics Instructor, Physics Professor, Professor, Professor of Physics
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as quantum mechanics, particle physics, and optics.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
- Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
- Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
- Act as advisers to student organizations.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
- Supervise students' laboratory work.
- Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
- Maintain and repair laboratory equipment.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — Gravitation software; The MathWorks MATLAB ; VASP Data Viewer; Wolfram Research Mathematica (see all 11 examples)
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD ; Mathsoft Mathcad
- Computer based training software — Blackboard Learn; Desire2Learn; Learning management system LMS; Sakai CLE (see all 5 examples)
- Data base user interface and query software — Data entry software
- Development environment software — C ; National Instruments LabVIEW ; plotutils; PLplot (see all 9 examples)
- Electronic mail software — Email software; Microsoft Outlook
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Visual Molecular Dynamics VMD
- Information retrieval or search software — DOC Cop; iParadigms Turnitin
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Object or component oriented development software — C++ ; Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Optical character reader OCR or scanning software — Image scanning software
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Collaborative editing software; Google Docs ; LaTeX; Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Calorimeters — Microcalorimeters
- Compact disk players or recorders — Compact disk CD players
- Desktop computers
- Digital camcorders or video cameras — Digital video cameras
- Digital cameras — Compact digital cameras
- Digital video disk players or recorders — Digital video disk DVD players
- Epidiascopes — Opaque projectors
- Geiger counters — Nuclear counting equipment
- Global positioning system GPS receiver — Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Holography apparatus — Holography equipment
- Inkjet printers — Poster printers
- Laser fax machine — Laser facsimile machines
- Laser printers — Computer laser printers
- Lasers — Far infrared FIR lasers; Laser systems; Optically pumped molecular lasers
- Liquid crystal display projector — Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
- Microphone stand — Microphone podiums
- Microphones — Handheld microphones; Wireless microphones
- MP3 players or recorders — MP3 digital voice recorders
- Multimedia projectors — Multimedia projection equipment
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Overhead projectors — Overhead data projectors
- Parabolic mirrors — Concave mirrors; Convex mirrors
- Photocopiers — Photocopying equipment
- Pocket calculator — Digital calculators
- Portable data input terminals — Interactive whiteboard controllers; Student response systems
- Projection screens or displays — Projector screens
- Scanners — Computer data input scanners
- Simple harmonic oscillator — Non linear effects equipment
- Slide projectors — Carousel slide projectors
- Special purpose telephones — Multi-line telephone systems
- Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters — Stopped-flow fluorimeters
- Spectrometers — Circular dichroism CD spectrometers
- Tablet computers
- Teleconference equipment — Conference telephones
- Televisions — Liquid crystal display LCD televisions; Television monitors
- Touch screen monitors — Interactive whiteboards
- Ultracentrifuges — Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Video projectors
- Videoconferencing systems — Videoconferencing equipment
- Web cameras — Webcams
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Work Activities
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
- Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
Detailed Work Activities
- Research topics in area of expertise.
- Write articles, books or other original materials in area of expertise.
- Supervise laboratory work.
- Teach physical science or mathematics courses at the college level.
- Develop instructional materials.
- Write grant proposals.
- Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
- Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization.
- Supervise student research or internship work.
- Evaluate student work.
- Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
- Prepare tests.
- Develop instructional objectives.
- Evaluate effectiveness of educational programs.
- Maintain student records.
- Advise students on academic or career matters.
- Guide class discussions.
- Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
- Select educational materials or equipment.
- Perform student enrollment or registration activities.
- Promote educational institutions or programs.
- Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
- Direct department activities.
- Compile specialized bibliographies or lists of materials.
- Advise educators on curricula, instructional methods, or policies.
- Plan community programs or activities for the general public.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 97% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 91% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 84% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Contact With Others — 67% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 65% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 51% responded "Extremely important."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 11% responded "Important."
- Duration of Typical Work Week
- Spend Time Sitting — 56% responded "More than half the time."
- Level of Competition — 52% responded "Highly competitive."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 56% responded "High responsibility."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 24% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 83% responded "Very important."
- Telephone — 50% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Public Speaking — 47% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 12% responded "Minor results."
- Time Pressure — 57% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
- Letters and Memos — 33% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 56% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Deal With External Customers — 22% responded "Extremely important."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
|Related Experience
|Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
|Job Training
|Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include librarians, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, surgeons, and veterinarians.
|SVP Range
|(8.0 and above)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Doctoral degree
|Post-doctoral training
|Master's degree
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- Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Work Styles
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Work Values
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Recognition — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
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Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2018)
|$90,800 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2016)
|18,000 employees
|Projected growth (2016-2026)
|Faster than average (10% to 14%)
|Projected job openings (2016-2026)
|State trends
|Top industries (2016)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 wage data and 2016-2026 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2016-2026). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Association of Physics Teachers
- American Association of University Professors
- American Astronomical Society
- American Geophysical Union
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KCTS 9's Enrique Cerna, the son of Mexican immigrants, traces his Yakima Valley roots and explores the growing presence and contributions of Latinos who are helping to shape the future of Washington state.
Mi familia
In 1946, producer Enrique Cerna's parents left Mexico for a new life in Washington state. Like many Mexican immigrants, they were looking for new opportunities and a better life for their children. Historian Erasmo Gamboa says they were part of the foundation of Washington's Latino community that has contributed greatly to the state's history and its economic growth.
Si tenemos las ganas
Political trailblazer Phyllis Gutierrez-Kenney is profiled along with her journey from life as a migrant worker to becoming one of only three Latinas to serve in Washington's legislature.
Gonzalez is an American name
Although the Latino population is increasing here, there is a dearth of Latino political representation. Is race a factor?
Come back. Give back.
The Toppenish School District is now more than 80 percent Latino. Yet, it is defying the nation's high Latino drop-out rate. Find out how the district and its homegrown Latino Superintendent are making it happen.
Musica, Vida y Vino
At the young age of 28, Victor Palencia is head of winemaking for J and S Crushing, one of the state's largest winemakers. Follow his journey from farmworker in the vineyards to becoming one of the most prominent winemakers in Washington.
I'm a Dreamer
Jessica Esparza is a promising, but undocumented college student. She hopes that immigration reform will give her the opportunity to reach her goal of becoming a registered nurse and a citizen of the United States.
As the Latino population continues to increase, what will be the impact on our state politically, educationally, economically, culturally, and socially?
Click here to see the full line up of PBS programs celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
In 1957, The Yakima Sunday Herald wrote this article about Enrique's grandparents. View as PDF
It was part of my banter with my close Anglo friends. I used to joke with them that one day Latinos like me would be a force. We would laugh ﹘ a lot. Now, it is no joke.
Times are changing and so is the demographic make up of America. The Pew Research Hispanic Center found that from 2000 to 2011 the Latino population in the U. S. rose 47 percent from 35.2 million to 51.9 million. The 2010 U.S. Census found that the state of Washington's Latino population grew an astonishing 71 percent in the last decade.
When my parents came to the state of Washington in 1946 with my oldest sister and two older brothers, the idea that Latinos would be a political force seemed unlikely. As the Latino population continues to increase, what will be the impact on our state politically, educationally, economically, culturally and socially? Who are the trailblazers who have led the way? Who are the up and coming voices in pursuit of the American dream that believe the demographic shift will benefit Washington state and the rest of the country?
As a native of this state, the son of Mexican immigrants and a journalist who has covered politics and social issues for nearly four decades, I examine those questions in Latinos: The Changing Face of Washington. The one-hour documentary takes viewers through my own family history as my parents migrated to Washington in the 1940s along with many other Latino families in search of a better life. Historian Erasmo Gamboa helps us understand the migration, how it helped Washington's economy during World War II and set the foundation for what would become the largest ethnic minority population in Washington state.
The son of Mexican immigrants, Enrique Cerna was born and raised in the Yakima Valley. Enrique joined KCTS 9 in January, 1995. He has anchored current affairs programs, moderated statewide political debates, and produced and reported stories for national PBS programs as well as local documentaries on such topics as juvenile justice, salmon recovery, and civil rights.
Enrique has earned five Northwest region Emmy awards and numerous other honors. In June, he was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Northwest Chapter's Silver Circle for his work as a television professional.
Poll Results Announced!
"Competing views—some positive, some negative—about significant demographic shifts in the state present its voters and its leaders with a choice as to which view will drive our politics and policy making," said Dr. Luis Ricardo Fraga, Russell F. Stark University Professor and Director of the Diversity Research Institute at the University of Washington.
KCTS 9's Enrique Cerna breaks down the poll results with Latino Decisions co-founder Matt Barreto and the Director of the University of Washington's Diversity Research Institute, Luis Fraga.
View PDF of Full Results (Updated 9/13/2013)
About the Poll
An important element of this comprehensive, multi-platform project is the KCTS 9/Latino Decisions/DRI Poll, which will provide new, relevant data about race relations in the country and in Washington state. The poll will sample 800 adults in Washington state on questions regarding government intervention, attitudes toward distinct racial ethnic groups, discrimination, immigration and education.
The KCTS 9/Latino Decisions/DRI Poll is a collaboration of KCTS 9; the Diversity Research Institute (DRI), Dr. Luis R. Fraga, Ph.D., Director; and the polling firm Latino Decisions, Dr. Matthew A. Barreto, Ph.D., Co-founder. DRI is based at the University of Washington.
The Latinos Story Project takes a closer look into the Latino culture through stories of traditions and identity from a diverse group of people including painters, students and musicians. Learn More. Watch Now.
Watch LATINO AMERICANS, a landmark six-hour documentary from PBS featuring interviews with nearly 100 Latinos and more than 500 years of history.


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At first glance, Donald Sterling's gesture may seem like serendipitous news for the NBA. Taking him at his word, Donald Sterling has agreed to leave the league without a fight and has signed off on the sale of his team. Digging deeper, however, reveals possible ulterior motives on Sterling's part to delay and potentially block the sale of the team. Do not forget a crucial point: capital gain taxes. As first reported by SI.com, the Sterlings have significant incentives under capital gain tax law to avoid the sale of the team and keep it in the Sterling family. Doing so, would save them hundreds of millions of dollars. Also, contrary to some reports, the Sterlings are unlikely to benefit from the "involuntary conversion" tax avoidance provision of the Internal Revenue Code. The bottom line is if the Sterlings have to sell the Clippers, they will probably pay hundreds of millions in state and federal taxes.
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For those that don't know about history ... Here is a condensed version:
The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:
1. Liberals, and
2. Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.
Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement..
Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. Those became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.
Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jack**s.
Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives drink domestic beer, mostly Bud or Miller. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, engineers, corporate executives, athletes, members of the military, airline pilots and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America . They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.
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I have been away from this blog for a while and of course I watched some TV. Here is a short recap.
This series still leaves me undecided. I think it is because after 9 episodes I still haven't built a relationship with the characters. But I guess that it is hard as they get different personalities every episode. Of course Eliza and the other actives are gorgeous. The problems a technology like this would create should be a good ground for a TV series. But this one needs to find some kind of path. It is all over the place at the moment.
Castle ***Newish***
I really like the characters in Castle. It still remind me of other shows so maybe its not that original. But it is fun.
Southland ***NEW***
New cop series in the footsteps of Shield with a bit of O.C. mixed in. Edit: It got canceled then moved to another network.
Ghost Whisperer
Still goes strong, and back to the Ghosts now that Sam remembers and are back with Melinda.
The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency ***NEW***
Botwanas first female detective series is something else. Differently paced than most TV series.
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Perth you so so seriously suck. You would think that a city in Australia, a beer drinking powerhouse, would be able to organise a beer festival and do it well. You would wouldn't you? Yeah you would. But no.
$20 a ticket, which mind you gives you nothing more than admission, sure there's a few live bands but no one to write home about. That's the first atrocity but we were willing to get past that, it's Perth and not much happens here so you have to support stuff like this, but to arrive and then see this...
Seriously?!! We have to line up for almost an hour to get in? No fucking way. Why is there only 2 small gates in and those at the same entrance? Why are you searching everyones' bags? I mean it's a fucking beer festival, no body is going to pay you a $20 entrance fee and then sneak their own beer in. The whole point of the exercise is that we want to sample the exciting exotic beers you have on offer, you do have exciting exotic beers on offer don't you? Don't you?
Well no, not exactly, they had about a half dozen (if that) beer tents and when I say "tent " what I mean to say is they had a table with some servers behind them and a small tent like awning over those servers so that the servers weren't affected by the 36 degree heat and full sun, everyone else on the other hand had to line up without any awnings to get one of these beers and then when you arrived at the end of that line YOU ARE HANDED A WARM BEER. Yep they ran out of cold beer at this particular "tent" 2 hours into an 8 hour event. Oh and to the organisers, I can get Boags, Becks and Heineken beer anywhere, it's no longer exotic. If you are going to have an international beer festival maybe source some lesser known overseas, beers not something I can buy at my local tavern and at half the price. Oh and to the organisers, this is what a beer festival looks like okay.
So let's recap here, $20 admission, almost an hour standing in the full sun waiting to get in, then another half an hour in another line to be given a hot beer, apart from maybe one beer everything on offer can be bought anywhere, oh and did I mention the whole event was in a fenced off area no larger than say, oh I dunno, roughly 300m x 300m in size, maybe. My local pubs beer garden is bigger than that, well maybe not, but you get my point.
Lets not be too critical on the organisers here, too late you say? True, but they did provide some rides for the kiddies, downside being that the rides took up a nice slice of the miniscule compound and then they charged $10 for those kidlets to get in and then made the kidlets pay to ride the rides. Brilliant stuff, I hope you win some kind of event or tourism award for this cos you're awesome. Although I might ask why you are enticing kids to a beer festival, but you already have enough questions to answer at this stage. Also, so glad we did the responsible thing and did a 45 minute sweaty walk into the city to arrive at this debacle, the pay off meant to be an ice cold beverage or 3 .... if only.
The decision was easy though, no way where we going to suffer all of the above, so we messaged the crew already in there and headed off to the Queens where we were welcomed with these big icy cold beauties....
Beer festival that my son.
Saw this bad boy out the front of the Queens, owner was a helmet-less green haired girl. There was an element of Ghost Rider about it all, only no flaming skull and no leather jacket and no Nicholas Cage, but apart from that it was ALL ghost rider.... kind of.
On a final note and it may well have been the beer and the sun talking and none of us are true fashionistas, except maybe Macca, but none of us really thought this outfit worked, what do you think? Personally I think it needs more checks.
Perth YOU ROCK.