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The Entertainment and Media Management Institute at UCLA Anderson School of Management has named Walter Zifkin, CEO Emeritus of the William Morris Agency, as the Institute's first Industry Fellow. Zifkin, a UCLA alumnus who has been very involved with entertainment efforts at UCLA Anderson for much of the past year, will share his expertise with students in UCLA Anderson's full-time, part-time and executive MBA programs.
To date, Zifkin, who will serve as an Industry Fellow for the Fall 2004 and Winter 2005 academic quarters, has participated in several classes and seminars at UCLA Anderson. He has launched an advanced student Leadership Seminar series with a select group of 15 MBA and FEMBA students, discussing the real challenges of being CEO in a creative, service-driven business. He also will be appearing as a Distinguished Speaker in the school's Executive MBA Program in January.
Zifkin's supportive engagement with UCLA Anderson precedes this current honor. Last year, Zifkin hosted a group of MBA students at his home as part of the school's successful "Dinner for 8" program, which brings eight UCLA Anderson MBA students together with a business executive to discuss business and management issues. He also has been a popular and engaging guest lecturer for Negotiations Behavior courses.
Zifkin's expertise in negotiations includes not only his professional experiences as chief of a top talent and literacy agency, but also his appointment as a Special Master by the U.S. District Court in New York — a role in which he worked pro bono, conducting Austrian Holocaust settlement discussions. His efforts successfully resolved slave and forced labor claims, allowing compensation and justice to more speedily reach elderly Holocaust survivors.
"We launched the Industry Fellows program as a way to recognize top-level executives who take time and energy to give back and share with our student community," said Gigi Johnson, executive director of the Entertainment and Media Management Institute at UCLA Anderson.
The Industry Fellows program provides an opportunity for senior executives in the entertainment industry to share their expertise in leadership and management inside and outside the entertainment business. UCLA Anderson MBA students gain insight from executives by learning about their experiences in a number of areas, including:
- Real-world challenges as leaders of complex, changing businesses
- Negotiation of their own industry and career paths
- Perspectives on the accelerating complexities of the media and entertainment industries
- Abilities to adapt to transforming entertainment and media business models
"We're pleased to have someone of Walter Zifkin's prominence share his knowledge with our MBA students," said Bruce G. Willison, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management. "The Industry Fellows program helps students connect the theories they learn in the classroom to practical experiences in the corporate world and beyond."
"We're excited to engage other senior industry senior executives as Industry Fellows in the future, though Walter is setting quite a high bar of with our students," added Johnson.
Bio Brief of Walter Zifkin, CEO Emeritus, William Morris Agency
Walter Zifkin, a UCLA graduate, began his career at William Morris in 1963 after working in the CBS legal department. He shifted into management at the William Morris Agency in 1966. Mr. Zifkin was named corporate vice president in 1975, then executive vice president in 1980, when he joined the board of directors. He was promoted to chief operating officer in 1989.
In 1992, Mr. Zifkin was the chief architect of William Morris' acquisition of Triad Artists, the largest merger of two talent agencies in entertainment history. In April of 1997, he was named the firm's CEO; and in 2003, Mr. Zifkin was named CEO Emeritus upon his 40th anniversary with the company.
Mr. Zifkin has additional perspective and experience from his community involvement, which includes service on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the Board of Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services and the Board of the Los Angeles Police Foundation. He has been a member of the Mayor's Economic Advisory Council for the City of Beverly Hills, the Board of Overseers of The University of Pennsylvania's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and, more recently, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic Board of Overseers. In May 2004, Mr. Zifkin was appointed by Mayor James Hahn to the Board of Airport Commissioners, which is the governing body for LAX, Ontario, Van Nuys and Palmdale airports.
About William Morris Agency
Founded in 1898, the William Morris Agency is the largest and most diversified talent and literary agency in the world, with principal offices in New York, Beverly Hills, Nashville, London and Miami Beach. The Agency represents clients in all segments of the entertainment industry, including Motion Pictures, Television, Music and Personal Appearances, Broadway Theatre and Theatrical Touring, Book Publishing, Commercial Endorsements, Sports Marketing, and Corporate Consulting.
About Entertainment and Media Management Institute (EMMI)
The Entertainment and Media Management Institute brings together industry professionals, MBA students and UCLA Anderson faculty and doctoral student researchers to exchange and embrace new ideas for managing and thriving in the face of transforming entertainment and media business models. With the growth of the entertainment industry and the impact of technology, globalization and deregulation on both content and distribution, EMMI will serve as a key center of influence helping organizations adapt to change in this important global arena.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management is perennially ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award-winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective admissions, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning environment. UCLA Anderson students are part of a culture that values individual vision, intellectual discipline and a sense of teamwork and collegiality.
Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson School of Management provides management education to more than 1,400 students enrolled in MBA and doctoral programs, and some 2,000 executives and managers enrolled annually in executive education programs. Recognizing that the school offers unparalleled expertise in management education, the world's business community turns to UCLA Anderson School of Management as a center of influence for the ideas, innovations, strategies and talent that will shape the future.


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The Navy is getting a special reward for shooting Osama Bin Laden: Gay marriage! Navy chaplains will be, officially, allowed to officiate same-sex marriages after Don't Ask Don't Tell ends this summer. The news came in a memo, which also covered the possibility of using base facilities for the events:
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Examples of General Resources
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) www.aapd-dc.org
AAPD, the largest national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United States, is dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for Americans with disabilities. AAPD works in coalition with other disability organizations for the full implementation and enforcement of disability nondiscrimination laws, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Center for Workforce Preparation (CWP) www.uschamber.com/cwp
An affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, CWP assists state and local chambers to build their capacity as leaders in workforce development. CWP helps chambers recognize the value and importance of this leadership role and provides information, resources, promising practices and opportunities for chambers to learn from one another.
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation www.rehabnetwork.org
Founded in 1940 to provide input into the State-Federal Rehabilitation Program, the council is the only national organization whose sole purpose and function is to advocate for the Public Vocational Rehabilitation Program. CSAVR's mission is to maintain and enhance a strong, effective and efficient national program of public vocational rehabilitation services, which empowers individuals with disabilities to achieve employment, economic self-sufficiency, independence and inclusion and integration into our communities. It is composed of the chief administrators of the public rehabilitation agencies serving individuals with physical and mental disabilities in the states, the District of Columbia and the territories. These agencies constitute the state partners in the state-federal program of rehabilitation services provided under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The council's members supervise the rehabilitation of some 1.2 million persons with disabilities.
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) http://www.dbtac.vcu.edu/
DBTACs provide information, training and technical assistance to employers and consumers with respect to rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
Employer Assistance Referral Network (EARN) www.earnworks.com
EARN is a nationwide, cost-free referral and technical assistance service for employers. EARN connects employers who have job vacancies to employment service providers who have direct access to job-ready individuals with disabilities. EARN provides technical assistance to assist employers in locating appropriate organizations and information as they seek to hire qualified candidates with disabilities.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu
JAN is a free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations, ADA and the employability of people with disabilities.
National Organization on Disability (NOD) www.nod.org
NOD promotes the full and equal participation and contribution of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) www.ncil.org
NCIL is a membership organization that advances the self-empowerment philosophy and advocates for the human rights of, and services for, people with disabilities to further their full integration and participation in society. NCIL represents over 700 organizations and individuals including:
- Centers for Independent Living (CILs);
- Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs);
- individuals with disabilities; and
- other organizations that advocate for the human and civil rights of people with disabilities throughout the United States.
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment Policy
for Persons with Disabilities www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/p-eprrtc.cfm
Cornell University's coordinated research, training and dissemination activities deepen the understanding of policymakers and other stakeholders about how the economy, public policies and other socio-political factors affect the employment and economic self-sufficiency of people with disabilities.
U.S. Business Leadership Network (USBLN) www.usbln.org
The U.S. Business Leadership Network (USBLN) is the only national employer-led organization that provides a corporate perspective to businesses regarding hiring people with disabilities and marketing to customers with disabilities. With chapters in 31 states and the District of Columbia, the USBLN is the nationally recognized disability voice for the business community because it makes the inclusion of people with disabilities a business imperative. A nonprofit trade association, the USBLN provides a best practices strategies, specific industry perspectives, tool kits and resources to employers and its 43 BLN chapters seeking to diversify their workforces by including people with disabilities.
Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
(RRTC) on Workplace Supports www.worksupport.com
The RRTC on Workplace Supports identifies factors that enhance or inhibit businesses from tapping into a pool of potential employees with disabilities. It collects data and resources related to employment supports, a particularly useful employment strategy for individuals with severe disabilities. The center's Web site contains valuable information on return-to-work strategies, effective disability management programs and financial tax credits to encourage hiring, retention and advancement of people with disabilities.
Federal Resources
The Access Board www.access-board.gov
The Access Board is an independent federal agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities. It operates with approximately 30 staff members and a governing board of representatives from federal departments and public members appointed by the president. Key responsibilities of the board include developing and maintaining accessibility requirements for the physical environment, transit vehicles, telecommunications equipment, electronic and information technology; technical assistance and training on these guidelines and standards; and enforcing accessibility standards for federally-funded facilities.
Census Bureau Disability Statistics www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html
The Census Bureau provides data on disability based on three primary sources: the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the Decennial Census of Population, and the Current Population Survey.
DisabilityInfo.gov is the result of a collaborative effort across multiple federal agencies in conjunction with the president's New Freedom Initiative. It contains information on civil rights, education, employment, housing, health care, technology and transportation, among other subjects. The Web site is designed to be a one-stop source of government information relevant to people with disabilities, their families, employers and service providers. Employers can specifically learn about sources for job candidates with disabilities at www.earnworks.com, and about tax credits to offset the cost of accommodations, assistive technologies and more at www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=96151,00.html.
Social Security Administration, Ticket to Work Program www.yourtickettowork.com
The Ticket to Work Program is a nationwide initiative administered by the Social Security Administration designed to increase job training and employment choices for individuals with disabilities. Employers that offer (or arrange for) job training, vocational rehabilitation (VR), support, retention or other types of job-related services and assistance for individuals with disabilities can become Employment Networks and are eligible for compensation for services. Employers can directly provide, or arrange for, appropriate employment services including job readiness, placement, VR, training and support or retention services for individuals with disabilities.
U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov
The Department administers federal laws, including the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act; ensures equal access to education; and promotes educational excellence for all Americans. Among the resources offered on www.ed.gov is the Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD), which provides contact lists for state education agencies, VR agencies and other organizations useful to employers. The contacts are organized by state and territory and by type of organization. EROD is accessible at http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/index.cfm.
The following Department of Education offices address the needs of people with disabilities:
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/
OSERS is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages. OSERS provides a wide array of supports to parents and individuals, school districts and states in three main areas-special education, vocational rehabilitation and research-through its component offices as described below:
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/
OSEP is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youths with disabilities, from birth through age 21, by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) authorizes formula grants to states, and discretionary grants to institutions of higher education and other nonprofit organizations to support research, demonstrations, technical assistance and dissemination, technology and personnel development and parent-training and information centers.
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/
RSA oversees formula and discretionary grant programs that help individuals with disabilities obtain employment and live more independently through the provision of such supports as counseling, job training and other individualized services.
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR) www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/
NIDRR provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the community integration and employment of individuals with disabilities.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) www.ready.gov
The Department of Homeland Security has created the Ready Business Web site, on which is featured the Plan to Stay in Business, a series of emergency planning guidelines for employees. The site, accessible at www.ready.gov/business/st1-empwellbeing.html, offers guidance for addressing the needs of people with disabilities in emergency planning, evacuation and recovery.
U.S. Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Home Page
This Department of Justice Web site provides information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in employment, state and local government services, public accommodations, commercial facilities and transportation.
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
ODEP provides national leadership to increase employment opportunities for adults and youths with disabilities while striving to eliminate barriers to employment. Employers can find examples of best practices and guidance on how to account for the needs of people with disabilities in the workplace, including their safe evacuation from the workplace during emergencies.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) www.eeoc.gov
EEOC enforces Title I and Title V of the ADA, prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of disability in the private sector and state and local governments. The EEOC conducted a series of workshops for small businesses on the ADA in 2002 and 2003. These workshops included information on tax incentives and community resources.
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) www.sba.gov
The SBA's ADA Web page (www.sba.gov/ada) supports the ADA, which guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services and telecommunications. SBA also has published a 15-page illustrated guide, ADA Guide for Small Businesses, available at www.sba.gov/ada/smbusgd.html (HTML) or www.sba.gov/ada/smbusgd.pdf (PDF), that presents an overview of some basic ADA requirements for small businesses that provide goods and services to the public. It offers guidance on how to make services accessible and how tax credits and deductions may be used to offset specific costs incurred in accommodations. In addition, the SBA has launched Business.gov at www.business.gov, a resource to help businesses navigate government rules and regulations and get access to information on the employment of people with disabilities.
The White House www.whitehouse.gov
The White House's comprehensive Web site supports the president's policies, agenda and activities, and serves as a portal to the U.S. government.
New Freedom Initiative www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/newfreedom
This Web site features President George W. Bush's New Freedom Initiative (NFI), announced by the president during his first month in office, as well as annual progress reports. The NFI is dedicated to increasing access to assistive and universally designed technologies, expanding educational opportunities and promoting full access to community life for Americans with disabilities.
Workforce Recruitment Program www.dol.gov/odep/programs/workforc.htm
Coordinated by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Defense, the Workforce Recruitment Program provides summer work experience, and in some cases full-time employment, for students with disabilities. The program develops partnerships with other federal agencies and businesses. Each year, recruiters develop a database of approximately 1,500 qualified students that employers can use to recruit interns.


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Senate approves Haslam's free tuition plan
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam's signature proposal to create a program that would cover tuition at two-year colleges for any high school graduate is a step closer to the governor's desk.
The Senate approved the plan 30-1 on Monday. The companion bill was scheduled to be heard on the House floor.
Called "Tennessee Promise," the legislation is a cornerstone of Haslam's "Drive to 55" campaign to improve the state's graduation rates from the current 32 percent to 55 percent by 2025 to help improve overall job qualifications and attract employers to the state.
Haslam wants to pay for the program by using $300 million in excess lottery reserve funds and join it with a $47 million endowment.
One concern of higher education officials and lawmakers is making sure the plan is adequately funded.
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To overcome the lack of local expertise and to increase the standard of living of underprivileged people, Schneider Electric supports training programmes with NGOs and local authorities.
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I am searching for any connection to William Bell Gardner Sr. of Kentucky, his father Phillip Gardner born 1818 in Kentucky, his father William Gardner birth place unkown Married 1819, probably born around 1790 to 1798. This is were I loose the Gardner men. This would be 6 x great grandfater. We have been able to follow most of the other branches, but being a direct decendent I would like to find any further informatioin I can.
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On March 31, 2014, James Hewitt Smith, a loving and loved husband, father and brother passed away peacefully at ninety-one years of age. He was at home with his immediate family by his side. He was born May 10, 1922 in Elyria, Ohio to Edward Reuter Smith and Alice Kelly Smith. He was third in a family of seven children.
The full life led by Jim is difficult to recount in a few paragraphs.
He was a loving husband, father and brother who cared for his family until his last day on earth. He survived the Great Depression working with his father on construction projects that included bridges and roadways of the Appalachian Highway. The stories, while sometimes harrowing, were nonetheless laced with humor.
Jim enrolled at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1941 just prior to the start of World War II. Jim immediately enlisted in the Army in 1942. He transferred to the Marine Corps in 1943 and graduated from Boot Camp at Parris Island. He attended Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, Quantico, Virginia. He spent most of his Corps career assigned to Camp Pendleton where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant. As a Tank Officer he trained men to fight in the Pacific and would most likely have been part of an assault on mainland Japan had President, Harry Truman not made the difficult decision concerning the Manhattan Project-the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. He was discharged in 1946. His sons often expressed relief he was not part of an assault on Tokyo as they may not have otherwise entered this world.
After WW II, Jim returned to Cornell University where he attained one of the first degrees awarded in Industrial Labor Relations, in 1948. He maintained contact with Cornell Alumnae and the campus until his last days with us. As a product of the Great Depression and Marine Corps esprit de corps he put himself through college and simultaneously paid off his parent's mortgage.
Jim's business career began with Mesta Machine, in Pittsburg, PA. As a kid amongst men, he quickly gained the trust of all the men pouring steel in the foundry to management.
Jim's lifelong career was in the newspaper business. For almost sixty years he served as Personnel Manager, Publisher, or President for newspapers across the country. Some of these included the Christian Science Monitor, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Antonio Express News, and the Sacramento Bee. He also negotiated the sale of newspapers across the county; hired by owners who knew he had not just knowledge of the newspaper business, but the negotiation spirit required to bring people together. He distinguished himself as particularly adept at returning failing newspapers to profitability which led to his reputation as a "turn around publisher."
Jim was instrumental in initiating Business Journals across the country but primarily on the west coast. These included the Orange County Business Journal. Jim finished his working career at the Western Journalism Center, Sacramento, California in 2005. Never one to view the newspaper business as a static institution and lament the "old days", Jim saw the digital revolution as a natural evolution and had ideas germane to the current condition of the news business. He also saw the need for the inter-nationalization of news business and was conveying this message to the industry to his last days with us.
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Hamilton becomes Marlies all-time scoring leader in Toronto's win over RampageNHL.com @NHLdotcom
TORONTO - Ryan Hamilton thought of his family and teammates as he entered the Toronto Marlies' record books.
Hamilton became the Marlies' all-time goal-scoring leader in a 4-1 victory over the visiting San Antonio Rampage in American Hockey League action on Friday.
The Marlies captain scored his 75th career goal for Toronto to pass Jeremy Williams for first place in franchise history.
"Right now I'm remembering all of my teammates who were a part of this, the guys I've played with this year and teammates from past years," said Hamilton, who has 11 goals in 25 games this season. "I'll probably give the puck to my parents.
"They've supported me all the way and they live nearby so they come to most of the games."
Carter Ashton, Mike Kostka and Paul Ranger also scored for Toronto (16-9-2) as the Marlies won for the seventh time in nine games despite registering just 15 shots.
"To be honest, I didn't think we played that great tonight," said Marlies coach Dallas Eakins. "We haven't been up to our speed, our standard, the past couple of games. But we're still beating teams, we're still in the games, and if these are our down games then it's not too bad."
Toronto's Ben Scrivens made 30 saves to earn the win.
"He's playing so much better now than he did at the start of the season, and he'd tell you that himself," Eakins said. "He's been excellent as of late, he's really upped his game."
Hamilton and Kostka also added an assist apiece for two-point nights, while Spencer Abbott and Keith Aucoin collected two assists each. Aucoin also reached a milestone, recording his 804th AHL point to tie Bill Sweeney for 10th place all-time in league scoring.
Jared Gomes had the lone goal for San Antonio as the Rampage (10-17-3) lost their sixth game in a row. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 11 saves.
Hamilton tied it 1-1 late in the first period when he shed a San Antonio defender and broke in all alone on Markstrom, beating the Rampage goalie with a slick back-and-forth deke.
"I had a feeling I'd be able to get a jump on the D-man if Abbott could get the puck up to me, and he did," said Hamilton. "I was able to get around the defenceman and then fortunate enough to make a move and put it in."
San Antonio opened the scoring after the Marlies' Kostka turned over the puck behind the net and Gomes finished off a fast-quick three-way passing play at 6:14 of the first period.
Ashton gave Toronto a 2-1 lead when he skated down the left wing and whipped a low wristshot past Markstrom's glove at 9:16 of the second period, and Kostka put the Marlies up by two when he ripped a one-timer from the slot past the Rampage goalie at 17:33 of the second.
Ranger closed out the scoring when he blasted a slapshot from the right faceoff circle past Markstrom for a power-play goal at 18:17 of the third period.
"Paul has arguably been our steadiest defenceman all season," said Eakins. "And he's got a big shot on him, you saw that on the fourth goal."
Toronto went 1 for 4 on the power play while San Antonio was 0 for 4.
Notes: There was an announced crowd of 5,489 at Ricoh Coliseum.


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Remember when kids were kids and growing up was fun? Well, it still is for fans of Tiger. Created by Bud Blake, Tiger has captured the charm and humor of childhood for more than 50 wonderful years. A winner of the National Cartoonists Society's prestigious "Best Humor Strip of the Year" Award, Tiger is known throughout the industry for its warm humor and skillful rendering.
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Tiger's best friend but also his biggest opponent and we mean "biggest"! The "Mr. Fix-it" of the gang, Hugo has a huge appetite for life, especially the parts that are edible.
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Fifteen-year-old Sara knew that vegetable oils could be used as biofuels. But when she learned that algae might offer an alternative fuel source, she decided to learn more about these organisms' potential to supply energy without using precious crop land.
Surveying gaps in current research, Sara decided to explore how growing conditions of algae might affect their oil yields. Sara received a 2011 Young Naturalist Award for her experiment, which she describes in her essay Enhancing Algae Biofuels: The Effects of Nitrogen Limitation and Carbon Dioxide Infusion on Nannochloropsis oculata.
Sara decided she would measure whether nitrogen limitation and carbon dioxide infusion could enhance algae growth and the amount of lipids produced. Though environmental "stresses" like a nitrogen deficit might slow overall growth rates, Sara hypothesized that some stresses might make algae a more efficient fuel source if they significantly increased lipid production.
Sara examined three groups of algal cultures: nitrogen-depleted cultures, carbon dioxide-infused cultures, and control cultures. She conducted the testing in a photobioreactor that she built. After testing, she measured the dry weight and lipid content of each of the cultures, and then divided the extracted lipid quantities by the original dry mass of the algae to get the relative amount of lipid per sample. By then multiplying the amount of lipid per sample with the overall amount of algae produced, she could estimate the oil yield and see whether the benefits of growing algae in these conditions outweighed any loss in biomass.
According to Sara's calculations, the nitrogen-depleted cultures resulted in higher oil yields and higher lipid percentages. Her carbon dioxide-infused samples, however, quickly died off, most likely due to acidification of the culture by the CO2.
While Sara now understands more about optimizing algal biofuels, perhaps the most important lesson she learned was about the scientific process. "This experiment provided me with information not only on how CO2 infusion and nitrogen limitation affect N. oculata growth and lipid content, but also on how certain procedures tend to affect those results," she writes in her essay. And since she learned a few new laboratory techniques during her investigation, Sara says she will now be equipped for her "future forays into the mysteries of algae."
The Young Naturalist Awards is a nationwide, science-based research contest for students in grades 7 through 12 presented by the Museum. To learn more and to submit your own project, visit amnh.org. The deadline for the 2012 contest is March 9, 2012.
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MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Five French executives went on trial on Wednesday to jeers from victims for supplying women with hundreds of thousands of substandard breast implants and triggering a global health scare.
More than 300,000 women around the world were fitted over a decade with implants from the French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), and the trial includes 5,000 civil plaintiffs and 300 lawyers.
PIP's founder and long-time chief executive, 73-year-old Jean-Claude Mas, has admitted filling the implants with an unapproved homemade recipe made of industrial-grade silicone gel.
Mas and four PIP executives, including the chief financial officer, are charged with aggravated fraud and risk maximum prison terms of five years each, plus fines, for selling the implants around the world from 2001 to 2010, when they were ordered off the market.
Mas himself was in court an hour before the start of proceedings, which were mostly taken up with opening day legal arguments. "He bears the enormous weight of this trial on his shoulders," Mas's lawyer Yves Haddad said.
A vast exhibition building close to PIP's former premises has been set up as a makeshift courtroom to accommodate the huge crowds expected for the trial, due to last until mid-May.
Mas arrived at court under police escort and faced a crush of cameras as the trial began in the southern city of Marseille.
"Bastard!" shouted someone in the audience of some 300 victims as Mas appeared live on a giant video screen.
Of the more than 5,000 individual lawsuits filed against PIP - once the world's third-largest supplier of breast implants - and its executives, 220 have come from women outside France.
A French woman who alleges that one of her PIP implants began to leak four years after its insertion said outside the courtroom that victims were both scared and angry.
"We had foreign bodies put inside us that were flawed ... we could have maybe died from it. The anger is because we were tricked," said Tomassine Catalano. "It's frightening."
Leaving court, Mas sought to defend himself against such charges. "For 30 years I made prostheses," he told journalists. "I did my best to protect them (women)."
The scandal - revealed after inspectors pursuing a tip-off discovered vats of industrial-grade silicone outside the PIP factory in 2010 - sparked worldwide panic when the government recommended removal of the implants due to an abnormally high rupture rate.
Health experts say no link has been established between PIP implants and breast cancer, but in the months after the scandal broke, plastic surgeons around the world reported a flood of removal requests from worried patients.
Half the French women with PIP implants, or nearly 15,000, have already opted for removal, whether because of rupture or as a precaution, according to the government.
Mas was released in October from eight months in detention following a failure to post bail. He told police that 75 percent of PIP's implants had contained the homemade gel, which was never been approved by regulators, although he denies it was unsafe. He and the other executives deny the charges.
Investigators estimate that Mas's formula allowed PIP to save nearly $1.6 million in one year alone.
When Mas told the court he lived on a modest monthly retirement income of 1,800 euros, hoots erupted from the spectators, prompting the judge to warn that the next person to disrupt proceedings would be thrown out.
Minutes before the trial began, a court in Paris rejected a defense request to have the case thrown out.
Mas and PIP's former chief financial officer, Claude Couty are separately implicated in a civil case over fiscal fraud that has yet to reach trial. Mas is also under investigation for manslaughter following a complaint from the mother of a French woman with PIP implants who died of cancer in 2010.
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Marshall Henderson will troll March Madness and it will be great
March Madness is going to be so much more fun with Marshall Henderson.
The entertaining and polarizing Ole Miss star powered the Rebels past Florida to win the SEC tournament and gain an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. As you'd expect, he didn't do it without a little controversy.
After hitting a three-pointer to give Ole Miss its biggest lead of the game, Henderson paraded down the sideline, taunting Gators fans with UF's signature arm chomp.
Minutes earlier, Henderson hit three free throws to give Ole Miss its first lead of the game. His three-pointer off an offensive rebound gave the Rebels a six-point lead with 7:16 remaining.
Then, the chomp. It made J.J. Redick's shushing celebration look downright sportsmanlike. The only way he could have trolled Florida harder is if Tim Tebow had been sitting court side and Henderson had chomped in his general direction. (But we dream.)
"I dreamed I gave them the Gator chomp," Henderson said. "Then I woke up and said, 'Hmm, gator bait.'"
Our favorite part of the chomp: Notice how many people are on the court in this second clip. That cameramen had time to get to half court demonstrates how fully committed Henderson was to the cause.
We're all becoming Ole Miss fans this week. The life of the party is coming to the biggest dance of the year.


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Date(s) - 12/03/2018
12:00 am
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art
Be one of the first to experience the Eiteljorg Museum's Jingle Rails: The Great Western Adventure, a favorite family holiday tradition that is unlike any other. Marvel as model trains wind past miniature landscapes of Indianapolis and the American West. Enjoy the return of the Indiana State Fair and this year's newest addition: a trip on U.S. Highway Route 66! Doors open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17.
Visitors can expect to see nine working model trains wind past the local treasures of downtown Indianapolis, including the Eiteljorg Museum, Monument Circle, Union Station and Lucas Oil Stadium, where you will hear veteran Colts radio announcer Bob Lamey call a game. The trains then head through the national parks of the American West, passing legendary sites, including grand railway lodges, Northwest Coast Native villages, and wonders both natural and human-made—Mt. Rushmore, Grand Canyon, Yosemite Falls, Old Faithful, the Las Vegas Strip, Hoover Dam and much more.
Every canyon and mesa, every lodge and geyser is created by Paul Busse and his brilliant team at Applied Imagination. Busse's inventive holiday creations are rare and only seen in cities like New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C.—and Indianapolis.
- Family photo op with a near-life-size train engine model, made of all-natural materials.
- Eight ultra-sized G-scale/gauge model trains
- Nearly 1,200 feet of track
- More than 30 features including:
- Indianapolis' Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Lucas Oil Stadium
- OneAmerica Tower
- Mt. Rushmore
- The Grand Canyon
- Old Faithful geyser (It actually erupts!)
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Las Vegas Strip
- Hoover Dam
- Access bonus content and videos about your favorite features with your smartphones via QR coding placed on the labels
Check out all of the Indy area Christmas events.
We do our best to provide the most relevant and timely information to our readers, but please confirm dates, times, and availability before attending an event. Events are posted on IWK from information found on, but not limited to, attraction sites, government city sites; as well as submissions from individual attractions, press releases and PR firms. All events are subject to change without notice and Indy with Kids cannot be held responsible.


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RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., March 11, 2013 – Samsung announced today the five grand prize winners in its nationwide Solve for Tomorrow contest, a competition to raise enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education among U.S. public school students. The five grand prize winners were chosen from the 15 finalists selected in February to receive $40,000* in technology from Samsung, Adobe Foundation, and DIRECTV. The five grand prize winners are:
|Franklin High School, Los Angeles, CA
|Leewood K-8 Center, Miami, FL.
|Forestview Middle School, Baxter, MN.
|Arrowhead Park Early College, Las Cruces, NM.
|MS 88/Peter Rouget Middle School, Brooklyn, NY.
Franklin High School won the Community Choice Award with nearly 80,000 public online votes, MS 88/ Peter Rouget Middle School won the Samsung Employees Choice Award, and the other three winners were chosen by a panel of judges. Each of the five winning schools receive more than $100,000* in technology products such as smart boards, LED TVs, and laptops.
"The excitement this contest creates is wonderful," said David Steel, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy of Samsung Electronics North America. "The public voting portion of the contest received a strong response from the online community. That kind of support is fantastic. Congratulations to all the winning schools as well as the other 10 finalists. We hope that the challenge of this contest, together with the technology for winning schools, will help spark students' passion to pursue careers that help improve the world through STEM."
All five winners will be honored in a special Washington, D.C. ceremony on April 17. As part of their prize package, the five winning schools also have the option to host a community e-waste recycling day through Samsung Recycling Direct, an e-waste program which has recycled more than 250 million pounds of electronic waste in the United States since the 2008.
The Solve for Tomorrow contest is part of Samsung Hope for Children, the company's philanthropic initiative focused on helping children lead healthier, smarter, and more sustainable lives.
More than 1,600 schools from across the country entered the contest that kicked off in August with an essay submission on how STEM can help the environment in their community. Seventy-five classrooms - 25 from each of the following three categories: rural, suburban, urban**– were selected as semi-finalists and received a Samsung camcorder, laptop, and Adobe editing software to create videos to compete in the video phase of the contest that answered the challenge: How can STEM help improve the environment in your community?
Five finalists were chosen from each of the three categories. The prize package for the 15 finalists includes a special service plan with a dedicated school support contact, on-site product training and maintenance service, online training, and an extended warranty plan.
The 15 finalist videos can be seen at www.samsung.com/solvefortomorrow.
Sound bites from David Steel and B-roll for the Solve for Tomorrow program can be downloaded:
|Franklin High School, Los Angeles, CA
|Leewood K-8 Center, Miami, FL.
|Forestview Middle School, Baxter, MN.
|Arrowhead Park Early College, Las Cruces, NM.
|MS 88/Peter Rouget Middle School, Brooklyn, NY.
* Estimated Retail Value
** As categorized by the Department of Education with Town included in Suburban.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in consumer electronics and the core components that go into them. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of televisions, smartphones, personal computers, printers, cameras, home appliances, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 235,000 people across 75 countries with annual sales exceeding US$143 billion. Our goal is opening new possibilities for people everywhere. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com.
About Samsung Hope for Children
Samsung Hope for Children represents the company's philanthropic commitment in the U.S. to help improve children's health, education and sustainability. Since 2002, Samsung Electronics America and its retail and business partners have helped more than 400 schools, community-based foundations, and charities throughout the U.S. raise awareness of and funding for their causes. For more information please visit: www.samsung.com/hope.


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GOP's Obamacare fears come true
Liberals wanted a national enrollment system under Obamacare.
They might just get it.
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Right now, 36 states rely on HealthCare.gov, the federal exchange, to enroll people in health coverage. At least two more states are opting in next year, with a few others likely to follow. Only two states are trying to get out.
That's precisely the opposite of the Affordable Care Act's original intent: 50 exchanges run by 50 states.
( Also on POLITICO: Steve Scalise to push GOP leaders on Obamacare alternative)
The federal option was supposed to be a limited and temporary fallback. But a shift to a bigger, more permanent Washington-controlled system is instead underway — without preparation, funding or even public discussion about what a national exchange covering millions of Americans means for the future of U.S. health care. It's coming about because intransigent Republicans shunned state exchanges, and ambitious Democrats bungled them.
Republicans had warned all along that President Barack Obama's health law would lead to greater Washington control. "This was all predictable," said Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), a physician who sees growing federal control of the health system hurting patients. "Our friends on the other side didn't listen."
Tevi Troy, a health expert who served in the George W. Bush administration and advised Mitt Romney in 2012, says the country needs to stop and discuss the consolidation. "We're kind of, in a way, stumbling into this situation," he said of the increasing reliance on the federal portal.
HealthCare.gov is more than a computerized sign-up sheet. It's a marketplace, where people get health coverage through private insurers, for care from private doctors. It's not a single, nationalized Canadian- or British-style program. Even within the federal model, each state has its own insurance pool and state officials still regulate health plans.
( Also on POLITICO: Nevada latest state to scrap its Obamacare exchange)
The state-exchange option gave governors and legislatures more leeway to tailor the market to suit local conditions and demands. But the states encountered political and technical obstacles, leading to investigations, recriminations, disputes with contractors and hundreds of millions of wasted dollars.
"While [the administration] spent an inordinate amount of time and energy and money encouraging states to run and own their own exchanges, I think that that has kind of shifted," said Jon Kingsdale, a prominent consultant who helped build the original Massachusetts exchange under then-Gov. Romney. "How long can you push a boulder uphill?"
HealthCare.gov was originally conceived as a just-in-case alternative that would kick in if a state could not or would not build its own health reform enrollment system. The law didn't even set aside money to build the federal site, let alone operate it indefinitely. Even when red states shunned a role in running Obamacare and a handful of blue states also turned to Washington, the federal system was still seen as a short-term bridge to a state-based system.
Not anymore. After its fiasco of a start, HealthCare.gov is working. No one is pushing states with successful programs, like California and New York, to switch. But there are only a few of those. Most of the other states are in HealthCare.gov. And they're staying put rather than start their own exchange.
( CARTOONS: Matt Wuerker on Obamacare)
"Why would any governor or legislature in their right mind step forward at this point and say maybe…that's a good idea?" wondered John McDonough, a former aide to Sen. Ted Kennedy who worked on health reform in both Washington and Massachusetts.
In theory, states can still tap into virtually unlimited funding to create exchanges. But a number of state officials say the administration has signaled that it doesn't want to keep pouring millions into broken state systems. A spokesman for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees Obamacare exchanges, said only that states should choose whatever path "they believe best meets the needs of their consumers and insurance market."
"CMS is committed to working closely with states to support efforts to ensure that all consumers will have access to quality, affordable, health coverage in 2015," spokesman Aaron Albright said.
( See all of POLITICO's Obamacare coverage)
Republicans, who contributed to the growing power of HealthCare.gov by not supporting state-run exchanges, want federal investigations into why some states failed.
"While many of these states are simply moving to the federal exchange as a convenient method of alleviating the problems with their own exchanges, it is a short-sighted solution," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. "Nothing is more important right now than for Congress to find out what went wrong and why."
Nevada in mid-May became the latest to scrap its system and opt into HealthCare.gov. A few days earlier, Oregon had bailed on its $250 million exchange. Massachusetts is still trying to salvage its exchange, but it's also laying the groundwork to join HealthCare.gov.
Hawaii and Minnesota both insist they are moving ahead with their underperforming exchanges; skeptics predict they'll have to jettison them and join the federal system sooner rather than later. And some small states with high-performing exchanges may have trouble keeping them over the long haul as federal financial support ends.
Connecticut's exchange performed so well that Maryland wants to buy it and graft it onto its own broken one, but even the director of Connecticut's exchange, Kevin Counihan, doubts that all the small states will be viable. "There's going to be some consolidation there, some going to the federal exchange," he predicted. "We don't need 50 of these. And having this really functional federal exchange is really very, very desirable."


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daftbeaker wrote:S'presso wrote:A self portrait is usually about what the artist feels about themselves expressed visually.
Oooh, can we extend this Freudian analysis to avatars?
I suppose, but what does the penguin represent? (And does it have anything to do with the gay penguins in the zoos everyone's always on about?) Otherwise, your avvie says that you are a chemist, quite right I do believe.
(Before anything about crabs is mentioned, I would like to point out that Zoidberg is much more like a lobster!)


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I'm at home all week. I have a new job starting in San Antonio next Monday, but for now I'm just cooling my heels. I've been living in my sister's house for a while, planning to move to an apartment in a couple of months.
Anyway, this is build up to explain why I was enjoying a nice nap today after an exciting round of healing Heroic Oculus on my level 80 priest, when the doorbell rang. I answered it and was confronted by a smiley woman in her forties or fifties, and a twenty-something middle eastern looking young woman.
They were looking for "Katherine," and when I said there was no Katherine here the older lady said that perhaps they had the wrong house. I said "You might be talking about my sister, Keryn." Then she asked if we were believers in God in this house, and I said "No, we're pretty much all atheists." She lit up and said "Well that's great, we love talking to people of all religions and, uh… people of none. I am sure this is the house I was at before, she told me to come back later." At that point I asked if they were Jehovah's Witnesses, they confirmed it, and we were off.
Now, I know some people who would try to get rid of JWs as quickly as possible, but I love them. I've only had one other encounter with them, which I documented here. They are so full of confidence that their book holds all the answers, yet generally pretty ignorant of basic facts. So I decided to pass some time chatting.
I was introduced to the younger woman, who pretty much never spoke the whole time, as a converted Muslim. I had to explain the whole "Jewish atheist" upbringing thing, which the lady interpreted to mean "Oh, so you read the Bible but you never actually got to know the Lord." I told her I didn't see it as getting to know anyone, but rather as not being raised to believe that their god existed.
The woman eager to start reading from the Bible, so I patiently refrained from calling it a book of fairy tales, or a big book of multiple choice, and she proceeded to gush happily about how the Bible is full of stuff that she finds inspirational. She asked me permission to read me one, and I consented.
To be honest, I don't even remember which part she picked. I just remember that at some point shortly after, we were talking about Adam and Eve, the first people, and she brought up how they defied God and ate the apple. So I asked whether they had the knowledge of good and evil at the time when he ordered them not to eat the fruit?
A little evasively, she said that they didn't know good and evil, but they understood that it would be disobeying God. But I persisted, did they really? How did they know that it was wrong to disobey God if they didn't know good and evil? What did they learn from the fruit of knowledge if they had that much understanding about not disobeying God?
She started to read what God said about how the day that Adam and Eve ate the fruit, they would die. So I said "But they didn't die that day. So God was wrong." And she said no, they certainly did die, in the sense that they became mortal. Then we talked about how the word "day" is sometimes a metaphor, and I brought up young earthism, so she said that she dismisses young earthism. "Yes," I said, "but there is no indication in the Bible how long those 'days' of creation actually were. Science had to figure it out first, before you could take credit for her." I also had to fill her in on background history of Bishop Ussher, since she didn't know how widely accepted young earthism once was.
I asked how, with all the non-literal stuff in the Bible, she can tell the difference between what's meant to be taken seriously and what's not? The Bible has no key to interpreting itself — she pointed out that "in the beginning" from Genesis could be an indeterminate length of time and I pointed out that there is no way, without the insight of scientific examination, to actually determine that this is meant to stand for exactly 14.5 billion years.
But then she said that yes, the Bible has lots of original scientific knowledge, such as the order of creation matching up perfectly with what science says. "Oh reeeeally?" I asked, because this is one of my favorite claims to respond to. "Show me this ordering of creation please, that's fascinating!" So she skipped back to Genesis and started running through the separation of light and darkness, and then plants, and then… "Where was the sun at this point?" I asked.
She had an answer for me: "Oh, this verse doesn't mean that the sun was CREATED there. It just means that the sun was REVEALED at that point." Then she started to explain to me about the vapor canopy hypothesis, where the firmament water that would eventually become the water of Noah's flood, was blocking out the visibility of the sun.
"So," I said, "you believe that when plants came into existence, there was no visible sun on earth." "That's right." "And you believe this is in accordance with what modern science says? Seriously? How do you think plants get their energy? Ever heard of photosynthesis?" She put it to me that plants were getting energy straight from God.
So I said "I'm sorry, but you originally said that you think this information matches up with current scientific data. I know a lot of scientists, and I think it's safe to say that only a very tiny minority would give any credibility whatever to your version of events, including the vapor canopy hypothesis." She insisted that she had all kinds of literature she can bring back proving its scientific accuracy. I replied that I'm well aware that lots of creationists believe in that, but that doesn't make it in agreement with scientific thinking.
"What I'd really like to see is some kind of mainstream, peer reviewed, scientific journal that seriously advances the ideas that you're talking about." She promised that she would do the research and come back with it later. Asked what time would be good for me, and we agreed on Saturday at 11. The whole conversation lasted about 15 minutes, I think.
Personally, I'm betting they won't be back.


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After a year spent rolling out premium games for non-playing customers to play for free, online gaming service GameTap has announced that they're now beginning to roll them right back in.
Come January 22nd, a large chunk of the free content on GameTap is being rolled back into the premium membership, which means that non-paying members of the site have a couple of days to finish what they were doing or pony up some cash for a Gold membership.
There will still be 40 games available for free play, as well as weekly teasers - games that are free to play for a limited time - but for the most part, if you want to get the goods you're going to have to pay. Check out the link below for a full list of what's being pulled.
Free Games Returning to the Gold Vault [GameTap Blog via Blue's News]


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Erik Geschke, Art faculty, is currently participating in the exhibition "Head, Shoulders, Genes and Toes" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University. Curated by Judith Rushin, this exhibition features artists exploring the intersection of art, human biology and medicine. The exhibition runs from February 8 to March 31, 2013.
Exhibition Participants: Suzanne Alder, Hunter Cole, Joe Davis, Beverly Fishman, Erik Geschke, Holly Hannessian, Paddy Hartly, Richard Heipp, Carolyn Lee Henne, Perrin Ireland, Brian Knep, Heidi Kumao, Robert Sherer, Jordan Vinyard, Adam Zaretsky.
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the exhibition ''Voles, Vogues, Voyagez'' to Tokyo!!
Filled with amazing archives, the exhibition retraces the history of
''la maison LV'' from 1854 to today.
I felt so excited to see the bespoke trunks ordered by the celebrities
as Audrey Hepburn (drawing only), kabuki actors, and even Taiseki Itagaki
(a political leader in the 19thC) was there!!