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Lavaun A. Dunning
Lavaun A. Dunning
December 7, 1914 ~ September 19, 2013
Lavaun A. Dunning (Agnes Lavaun Aasen) was born December 7, 1914 to Alice and Louis Aasen on a small dairy farm near Arago, in Coos County, in southwest Oregon. She had one brother, Steve, seven years younger. As young children, they learned to love animals and the outdoors. After high school in Arago, Lavaun graduated from Southern Oregon Normal School, in Ashland. She taught in small country schools for five years, until her marriage to Jess L. Dunning in 1939. They lived in Washington and southwest Oregon for the first few years of their marriage, eventually settling in Eugene, OR, where they raised their family of four children. Jess taught full time, while Lavaun was a homemaker and substitute teacher, later teaching full time when the children were all in school. She went back to school at the University of Oregon, completing a BS degree, and an upgraded teaching certificate in 1960, just before their oldest daughter began college.
Having grown up amidst fields and forest, Lavaun especially loved the forest. The many varieties of trees, ferns, and wild flowers; the thimble berries, huckleberries, miner's lettuce, the salal berries—it was all her sacred space, her garden. She was also devoted to gardening at home, sharing produce, plant starts and regularly bringing bouquets to church on Sundays. Camping and hiking were included in family vacations every summer, when she enthusiastically called attention to the beauty of God's World.
Their Christian faith was central to who Lavaun and Jess were. They served in many ways in the Church of the Brethren throughout their lives. From young adulthood, well into their senior years, they devoted countless hours to building and caring for the Church of the Brethren camp, Camp Myrtlewood, in southwest OR—including moving their family with two young children (ages one and three) and the family cow, to the camp for the whole summer of 1945. Lavaun, at age 16, had first attended a youth camp at Camp Myrtlewood; she attended nearly every year following until 2012, when she attended family camp there for the last time at age 97.
Lavaun and Jess served for six months in Brethren Volunteer Service in the Appalachians in 1975, after they retired from teaching. They lived out their strong belief in peace in various ways, including being part of a peace pilgrimage to Japan in 1985, on the 40th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They loved their family deeply, yet still opened their hearts and home to others, including international students and many more people over the years.
Lavaun created many beautiful and practical items during her long life—everything from paintings to terrariums to quilts—and delighted in giving handmade gifts. She was a very creative teacher, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, as well—sharing lots of hands-on activities. She enjoyed taking children on nature walks and helping them create candles in beach sand at the ocean.
Jess and Lavaun moved to Wenatchee in 1995 and became active members of the Sunnyslope Church. They enjoyed events with family and friends, and Lavaun continued with her gardening and creative projects. After Jess died in 2002, Lavaun lived in Wenatchee for three more years, and then, at age 90, made her last move—to live at Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg, OR. She made new friends there, and enjoyed trips to visit family.
Lavaun Aasen Dunning spent her last few days surrounded by her four grown children, before returning Home to her Maker on September 19, 2013. The extended family (including children and spouses, many grandchildren and great grandchildren) and numerous friends held a Celebration of Life service on September 28, 2013 at the Peace Church of the Brethren in Portland, OR.
Lavaun was preceded in death by her first-born son, Leelan Paul (who died at birth); her husband, Jess; and her brother, Steve. Her survivors include daughters, Vona da Silva (Richard Silva) of Portland, OR; Karen Dunning-Wells (Bob Wells) of Wenatchee; Phyllis Soto (Pieter Tillema) of Diamond Bar, CA; and son, David Dunning (Libbi Lepow) of Portland, OR.
Memorial donations may be sent to Camp Myrtlewood, Habitat for Humanity, or Heifer International, all of which Lavaun supported enthusiastically.
Lavaun will be very much missed, but special memories warm the hearts of all who knew her.
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February 21, 2008
The Department of General Services takes great pride in the maintenance of Capitol Square and its preservation of nature. It is unfortunate that birds have been harmed when trying to resolve another issue, this was not the intention.
Due to the large quantity of pigeon droppings on the General Assembly Building ledges, there was a health concern. The ledges were treated over a week ago and Tuesday morning was the first report of the repellent having an adverse effect on another species. An EPA registered product was used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. The intent was to dissuade pigeons from roosting, not to harm the pigeons or other birds.
Within thirty minutes of the issue being reported to the Department, personnel were mobilized. The repellant was neutralized within two hours and the ledges were cleaned by noon the following day and the focus was on collecting the birds, the Cedar Waxwings, as quickly as possible in order to save them. DGS contacted the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and they were on-site by early afternoon. Unfortunately, some birds perished, but it is our sincere hope that through the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and their rehabilitation centers that some birds may still be saved. The use of repellants has been disbanded.
February 25, 2008 Update
On Tuesday, February 19th, the focus was on saving the birds that were still living and DGS reported the number of fatalities as we knew them at that time.
On Friday February 22nd, after receiving additional Cedar Waxwings fatality accounts, a detailed inquiry was conducted to determine exactly how many dead birds had been disposed during normal operations prior to the Department activating to handle the issue with the pigeon repellant. Upon this further investigation DGS now estimates that approximately 30 birds died onsite. Immediately upon discovering this information the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the local media was informed.
Unfortunately collisions with office windows have resulted in additional Cedar Waxwings deaths over the past several days. The repellant was not a factor in these deaths and DGS continues to work with experts to ensure we are doing everything possible to minimize harm to these birds.


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Too many partylist groups with 'A' names, Comelec to stop using alphabetically arranged ballots
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MANILA, Philippines - Aware of how a lot of partylist groups in the last five elections used a trick to have their names listed first on the ballot, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has taken action to prevent the ploy from being carried out again in the next polls.
On Friday, the Comelec raffled off the placements of partylist groups in the official ballots that will be used in the May 2013 elections.
The Comelec will no longer use alphabetically arranged ballots for the partylist groups running in the May polls because many of them had either affixed letter A or number 1 on their names in previous elections so that they could be on the top of the voting list and get ahead of their poll rivals.
"The reason for these group names is in order for them to be in the top of the listing of party-list groups," Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento told reporters on Friday.
"And so, to level the playing field we decided to conduct a raffle. This is a historic first for the party-list groups," he added.
Data from Comelec showed that in the 2010 elections, 103 of the 187 groups that joined the race had names that started with either A or AA, while 11 of them either affixed "1" or "1st" to their names, similar to what partylist group 1-Utak did in 2007 when it won in the polls.
In 1998, the first partylist polls, six of the 13 that won had names starting with the letter A - Abanse!Pinay, ABA, Akbayan, Alagad, Ako, and Apec.
In 2001, five of the 12 winners also had names starting with A - ABA, Abanse!Pinay, Akbayan, Amin, and Apec.
The trend continued in the 2004 elections. Eight of the 16 winners also had names starting with the first letter of the alphabet - Akbayan, Alagad, AVE, An Waray, Amin, Anakpawis, Alif, and Apec.
In 2007, 17 of the 33 winners likewise had names starting with A - A Teacher, Aba Ako, Abakada Guro, Abono, Abs, Agap, Akbayan, Alagad, Alif, Amin, An Waray, ANAD, Anakpawis, Ang Kasangga, Apec, ARC, and AT.
Ballot positioning influences candidate selection, according to studies.
For instance, the 1998 study, ""Impact of Candidate Name Order on Election Outcomes," by on A. Krosnick and Joanne Marie Miller of the Ohio State University showed that candidates listed on top of the ballot "nearly always" had an average vote advantage of 2.5 percent over their poll rivals.
Another study by Yale University assistant professor of politics Jonathan GS Koppell and Boston College assistant professor of political science Jennifer Steen showed that, "Candidates received a greater proportion of the vote when listed first than when listed in any other position."
Meanwhile, workers group Partido ng Manggagawa Coalition (PM Coalition) has filed with the Supreme Court an urgent omnibus motion to seek its inclusion in the Comelec's raffle of party list organizations.
PM Coalition earlier asked the Comelec to defer the raffle to give way to the high court's action on petitions by disqualified party-list groups.
In the omnibus motion, PM Coalition also asked the high tribunal to hold a special raffle for the petition the group earlier filed seeking to overturn the Comelec's disqualification and to facilitate action on the temporary restraining order that it sought.
In its petition, PM Coalition requested for a TRO on the party list raffle and printing of ballots. But in the motion filed with the Supreme Court, the group asked for inclusion in the raffle as an alternative to a TRO.
The group hopes that it will get the same reprieve from the high tribunal after submitting substantial evidence supporting its petition for certiorari and eventual qualification as a legitimate partylist group.
In the assailed Comelec resolution denying the accreditation of PM Coalition, the poll body states: "A careful perusal of the petition clearly shows that PM Coalition fell short of the requirement to be accredited as a sectoral coalition. While petitioner has extensively submitted documentary evidence to support its petition, it failed to consider a material requisite to seek registration as a coalition, that is, that its member organizations should be duly registered parties with this Commission."
PM Coalition president and PALEA secretary Bong Palad said this particular Comelec resolution "was highly irregular and questionable" and therefore the offended party must be given due course before the poll body conducts the raffle and the final printing of ballots.
"Many were aware of the fact that the Comelec's half-serious purging of the partylist system has disqualified many groups but at the same time allowed many spurious groups and parties with no substantial qualifications to remain in the race. This is truly unjust and unfair for a legitimate sectoral group such as the PM Coalition," said Palad.


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For the past year I've been reading The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I'm now just starting book 12. With 2 books to go after this one I kinda feel like I don't want to finish . . . It has become my favorite fantasy series along with A Song of Ice and Fire, and of course Tolkien's work. Jordan's writing isn't as gritty as Martin's, and not as masterful as Tolkien's, but the world he created is immense and dense with detail. I feel like I've watched the characters grow up any other WOT fans on the board?
I enjoyed WoT up through book 7, A Crown of Swords, but when I found out it wasn't the last book in the series (I got into the series when the seventh was the latest book out), I rather hit a wall in my interest. The early books were released almost yearly; the recent ones, prior to the author's existence failure, were released about every three years. I've been buying the books in paperback for my library, but I'll wait to read them until the series is complete. The density of detail, as you call it, is one of the features of the books that tends to turn people off, I think. Describing a dress in detail for more than a page, or even more than a paragraph, is unnecessary - it doesn't move the plot along. Frankly, Jordan seemed to be writing just for the money, assuming he was paid by the word. Editing the unnecessary details out would probably reduce books 7-11 to half the length, which wouldn't hurt. The glacial pace of the plot annoys me. If the series needed to stretch to 14 books, I'd expect the epic tale of good-vs-evil to stretch over a decade or more, not the three years or so that seem to have elapsed in-universe from The Eye of the World.
I heard a rumor that the last book was finished in late December 2011 and it has been sent off to the editors for more polishing. We should be getting it late this year!
Started becoming disinterested at Book 7. Lost the plot at Book 8. Someone has to give me credit for sticking with it that far. Even very successful writers need editors who can crack the whip on 'em. But as they become more and more famous, they're allowed more freedom which ironically can be the death knell for any great series.
I haven't gotten to them yet, but I have Eye of the World on Nook Wishlist, and plan on reading it some time in the next few months. Is the comic adaptation any good? It seems like a situation where there's a chance that something visual like that could actually be better, since you don't have to deal with all of the details that could drag out the story in the novels.
The comic adaptation has been disappointing so far, it's written by Chuck Dixon. The art is really good though. I've been a WOT fan since discovering the series when I was 13 years old and flew through the first four or five books. It lags in the middle part of the series but Brandon Sanderson has picked things up nobly since taking over for RJ. Sanderson indeed completed the first draft of the manuscript for the final book which he stated would probably be published between March and November but not before November. Everyone seems to be expecting it in November since that has been roughly when the last two books have been released. Brandon tweeted that the last scenes he wrote were pretty emotional for him. It is still titled Memory of Light. I'm really excited for it as well.
Oh, sure, like you would know! I've recently gotten interested in The Wheel of Time again after taking a break from it for several years. I'm thinking of reading The Eye of the World again after finishing the book I'm currently on. I only got partway through The Dragon Reborn when I stopped, and it's been a while since then, so I figured I might as well start over.
You'd know this, Greg. How much leeway are well known authors usually given by publishers compared to lesser known authors?
I hear there was a fourth little pig who built a house of paper using the Wheel of Time books as blocks.
Started the series back in the nineties, read it again at some point, considering rereading it a third time just before Memory of Light comes out. Absolutely one of my favorite fantasy series, but is it because it is good, or because I grew up with it? Not sure. Most of the criticism leveled against it are quite valid, and starting from book seven or so the pace of things slows to a glacial crawl and the cast of characters becomes too large to be manageable or satisfying. Oh, and large numbers of the female characters(and more than a few male ones) are horribly, horribly annoying. Sanderson has done a good job so far in wrapping things up(even if he doesn't quite feel like Jordan), but there is so much stuff left to do that it seems the last book is going to have to be a thousand pages long and move faster than Eye of the World to get everything done. And after so much lengthy build up, so many years, is that really going to satisfying? I hope it will be, fingers crossed. Please, please don't pull a Smallville where you build things up for ten years then give us a few seconds of what we've been wanting.
You mean regarding word counts? Typically, the word count is spelled out in the contract, although these are usually just considered guidelines. As a rule, nobody has a cow if a book contracted to be around 80,000 words comes in around 78,000 or 100,000 words instead. Now if it came in at 200,000 words instead, that might be an issue, but, sure, nobody is going to complain if Stephen King or Robert Jordan runs longer than anticipated (although at some point there might be a discussion of splitting the book into volumes).
That's interesting (genuinely), but I was wondering more about the content or quality of the writing. If a famous author is writing something that the publisher isn't pleased with, how much power does it have to control his/her work? Do they even dare object or suggest? Do you know what I mean?
Honestly, there's no one-size-fits-all answer to that. Naturally, big name authors have more clout than less profitable authors, but how the editing process works is going to depend on the individual issues and personalities involved. Sometimes authors and publishers are on the same page, sometime they have creative differences. How these are resolved is going to vary on a case-by-case basis. (And, of course, Robert Jordan was married to his editor, so that's a very special case!) In my experience, some big name authors are more open to constructive criticism than others . . . but, really, that applies to first-time novelists and mid-listers as well!
^ I thought it was well known among fans of the novels that Harriet was RJ...and now Sanderson's editor. She has had I think final approval over all the manuscripts.
I'm just hoping I can get through the last book in the series before our own last battle this December. F**kin' Mayans.
I do have to say that Brandon Sanderson has done a pretty good job of wrapping up the story. The characters seem much more fleshed out than when Robert Jordan was writing, which makes the task of relating to them easier. Even Cadsuane, whom I previously cannot stand, now seem a lot more sensible and wise under Sanderson's touch. On the other hand I do miss the way Robert Jordan is able to vividly paint action sequences and convey in loving detail what's happening on a battlefield. The battle at Dumai's Wells is the perfect example. How easily Jordan was able to convey the hopelessness as tens of thousands of Shaido surrounded the White Tower's paltry force of a few thousand when suddenly gateways appear out of no where as Asha'man pour through them, blasting away with One power as another contingent of Asha'man link up in circles to form shields of air that merge as more and more shields are patched together until a giant silvery dome protectively surround Rand's forces. With the final battle looming, I do have to wonder how Brandon Sanderson will be able to handle the clashing of armies.
there have certainly been some epic battles, and Dumai's Wells was certainly the most epic I really hope Tarmon Gaidon lives up to all the decades of anticipation on a side note . . . am I the only one who pictures Alexander Siddig as Davram Bashere? :P (Bashir/Bashere )
I did try to get into this series, but I don't think I even made it to the end of the third book...or was it the fourth? Honestly they all blur together for me so much I can't even remember what had happened by the time I lost interest. Part of the problem for me (and it's a peeve I have with several of these long running series fantasy books) is that it quickly becomes apparent that the author knows exactly how the last book is going to play out, could write it at any time but is determined to milk the story for all it's worth and for as long as possible. The thing with that is that by the end, all the drama, danger and urgency that was there at the beginning is long since spent and nothing can live up to all that build up.


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People with ankle injuries who do not respond successfully to initial treatment may have a second chance at recovery, thanks to two new procedures developed to restore the injured area, according to a study published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS).
The study reviews emerging techniques that have proven successful in treating injuries to the talus, the small bone, which is located between the heel bone and the lower bones of the leg. The talus helps form the ankle joint.
Although most injuries to the talus can be successfully treated using traditional "first-line" therapies involving removal of dead tissue (called "debridement") and drilling, about one-fifth to one-quarter of people with ankle injuries need additional "second-line" restorative treatment to heal successfully, said lead author Matthew Mitchell, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in private practice in Casper, Wyoming.
The two new techniques rely on cells grown in a lab, and eliminate the need for ostetomy (cutting the bone of the tibia) in some cases, he said.
Of these two techniques, the newer MACI technique may offer the most benefits to the patient, according to Dr. Mitchell.
"Both ACI and MACI show a lot of promise, but I think the advantage of MACI is that an osteotomy is not necessary in order to successfully implant the matrix," he said. "You only need to make an incision to place the graft, which decreases the morbidity of the procedure quite a bit."
"In my experience so far with this emerging technique in Australia, the results have been as good as, or better than, other restorative techniques," he added. MACI is currently considered investigational by the FDA in the United States.
Traditional restorative techniques involve removing a cartilage donor plug from the knee and implanting it over the ankle injury, or "lesion." This requires an operation on the knee and cutting the bone (osteotomy) of the tibia to accomodate the graft.
As a result, these traditional techniques involve potential problems, including:
"In most individuals, results are favorable with reparative techniques, such as debridement and drilling," said Dr. Mitchell. "The lesions that are problematic and which don't respond well to reparative treatments are lesions that are larger, and those which are fairly deep, as well as lesions which have a cyst-like structure. Whether or not an ankle "lesion" requires additional treatment after an initial reparative procedure often depends upon several factors, including: size, depth and structure of the legion.
"Once you've performed a reparative technique and the patient still doesn't heal properly, then we would move on to a second-line restorative treatment," he said
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Christina Aguilera's estranged father Fausto Aguilera has decided to comment on Christina's alleged pregnancy, telling Life & Style magazine, "I'm so excited. I want Christina to achieve all her goals. I wish her all the happiness in the world." Some publications are saying he's "confirming" her pregnancy, but the quote sounds more like they called him and told him the news, and he responded.
For those who know Aguilera's story well, you'll know that the five-time Grammy winning diva barely has a relationship with her father, as her mother left him when she was a young girl because of physical abuse in the home. The abuse and the effect it's had on Christina is well-documented in her music — in songs like I'm OK (video below), Oh Mother, and even The Right Man — where she talks about how emotional it was to realize she had no father to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.
In her 2006 interview with gay magazine The Advocate, she said "It was a turning point in my life. I went through my whole life not really ever caring or wanting [a father figure], but when the time came around and everybody started asking, 'Who's going to walk you down the aisle?' it saddened me that I really didn't have a good answer. I have a good answer, I think, for everything."
Fausto popped up years and years later — naturally after Christina had become rich and famous, and Christina was even seen with him in her MTV Diary. But Christina says that was a one-time thing, and other than letters he has sent her that she didn't respond to, she has not been in contact with her father.
Which is why it's quite odd that publications would call him up for a quote in the first place, let alone use his words as a "confirmation" of the pregnancy. The media seems to have taken for granted that Christina is pregnant, and judging from pictures of her stomach, outfit changes on her highly successful worldwide tour, and a videotaped visit to a maternity doctor in New York City, she probably is. But Christina and her reps have not confirmed that she is in fact with child.
I think this is quite an interesting subject, because I've heard some people compare Fausto Aguilera to fathers like Michael Lohan who are horrible to their children and are absent fathers in their childhood, but pop up years later to latch on to their children's success and fame for attention. And naysayers respond, saying we constantly complain about men not being good fathers to their children, but then bash them when they try to repair the damage they've done. My personal take on the matter is that if Christina weren't rich or famous, he would never have made any effort to contact her. And when someone hurts you as deeply as an abusive parent can, it's often extremely difficult to forgive and forget, when years and years later you are still dealing with the repercussions of the abuse.
Either way, Christina seems to have her head on straight, and will probably be a good mother to her child. I foresee no rehab, crotch shots, bald heads, or umbrellas in her future.


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The V-2 rocket offensive launched by Nazi Germany in the closing months of the Second World War was one of the most fascinating episodes in 20th century military history. The rocket technology used in the V-2s was years ahead of its time, and led directly—through the exploitation of captured rockets after the war—to both the US and Soviet space programmes. But the V-2s were more than just geeky technology—they were terrifying killing machines, that arrived without warning and were more than five times as lethal as the same amount of explosive delivered by more conventional means.
One of the most interesting things about the V-2s is the combination of secrecy and scepticism that surrounded their development and initial deployment. In the 1920s and 30s, many scientists were dismissive of the very idea of long-range, liquid fuelled rockets, and claimed that they only had a place in children's science fiction stories. Astonishingly, even after the V-2s started to crash down onto London, it was two months before the British government reluctantly acknowledged their existence. During this time, the outbreak of sudden devastating explosions—sometimes several a day—was officially attributed to "exploding gas mains". Why was the government so slow to admit that such a serious threat existed? One reason was that the allies were officially supposed to be winning the war, and such negative publicity would be bad for the country's morale. But another factor was that any public announcement would be picked up by the Germans, and the government didn't want the enemy to have any information on where the rockets were landing.
You can read a lot more about this subject in a short ebook I've just written in the Bretwalda Battles series: The V-2 Offensive on London. This is metaphorically "hot off the press", and is currently only available in Kindle format from Amazon.com and Amazon UK, and in other formats direct from the distributor Smashwords. But it will be released by iTunes and other retailers over the next few weeks.
Incidentally, all of my self-published ebooks are now available on iTunes -- I've set up a new Books page on my website with links to all the detailed information.


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text: Xenoblade, Pandora's Tower, The Last Story Still Possible For American ReleaseStephen Totilo6/08/11 4:48pmFiled to: BlipWiiE3e3 2011E311newsday2E311news160EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkAmerican Wii owners who've looked lustfully at some acclaimed Japanese Wii games will have to lust some more. During a wide-ranging interview with Kotaku, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said he had "nothing to announce" regarding whether role-playing games Xenoblade and The Last Story as well as action game Pandora's Tower would be coming to North America. They could; they could not. He had no news on that. Sorry, folks. We'll have much more from Fils-Aime in the coming days.Reply160 repliesLeave a reply


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That panicked feeling we get when the family pet goes missing is the same when we misplace our mobile phone, says a Kansas State University marketing professor. Moreover, those feelings of loss and hopelessness without our digital companion are natural.
"The cellphone's no longer just a cellphone; it's become the way we communicate and a part of our life," said Esther Swilley, who researches technology and marketing. This reliance on cellphones and other mobile technology in daily life is an interest of Swilley's, and a phenomenon she hopes to explain.
One long-term study has Swilley looking at the attitudes people have toward their mobile phone and how these attitudes are influenced by a user's relationship with their device. That attachment, called mobile affinity, depends on whether an owner views their cellphone or smartphone as a device that's more fun than it is functional or vice versa. Gaining insight into this relationship could enable retailers to better understand the consumer mindset and could even make it possible to market to consumers individually based on their interests and beliefs.
To find and collect this data, Swilley uses a hotbed of information: a college campus. She observes how Kansas State students use and respond to their phone, as well as surveying students in her marketing course.
According to her data pool, the majority of participants are between ages 19-24, with 52 percent being male. More importantly, 99 percent own a mobile phone.
"Honestly I'm surprised this wasn't 100 percent," Swilley said. "People share other devices like computers, but cellphones are an interesting thing because we each have our own. That individual ownership is a really big deal for people."
Swilley found that a majority of the participants said they are attached to their phone because of its functionality as an entertainment device rather than as a tool that can communicate anytime and anywhere. So it comes to no surprise to Swilley that games are the most downloaded application for cellphones, according to app stores.
What is surprising to her is that study participants indicated their mobile phone allowed for little to no self-expression. This is odd because while mobile phone owners have said their phone is a part of themselves, it's not a way they express themselves, Swilley said. A future study looking at what makes mobile technology aesthetically pleasing may eventually answer this, however.
With the adoption of more smartphones and the introduction of apps, Swilley has noticed that for many owners, their phone's entertainment factor has become a source of pride and joy -- similar to that of a lovable new pet.
"It's sort of similar to when people had those Tamagotchi pets as children; cellphones are just the adult version of that," Swilley said. "People don't turn them off, are constantly playing with them, and want to show off the neat things the phone can do."
The concept for looking at consumer attitudes toward their phone stemmed from the time Swilley was employed at BellSouth Corporation, now a subsidiary of AT&T Inc.
"Every employee was given a BlackBerry. Some of us weren't interested in having a pager, so the phones just sat there for some time," Swilley said. "But when I left three years later, I almost cried because I had to give up my BlackBerry. It had become a part of me and I was attached to it. It was the way I communicated. Today when I look at people now with their cellphones I see the same attachment."
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Gabrielle Giffords was eloquent and passionate.
"Too many children are dying; too many children," the former congresswoman told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "We must do something. It will be hard, but the time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you."
A few minutes later, back in Phoenix, an angry man pulled a gun and shot two people after mediation went badly for him.
Giffords' words resonated loudly. Do something.
But what?
The advocates on both sides of the gun debate are sure of the solutions.
Ban semiautomatics and extended magazines; require a background check for all gun sales, say those who seek tighter regulations.
Arm more people and put security guards in all schools, say the gun advocates. And increase services for the mentally ill, both sides agree.
Would any of these proposals actually solve the problem? No one can answer that.
And from what we know so far, there's no evidence any would have prevented the shooting of Steven D. Singer and Mark Hummels.
Police haven't said what weapons were used at the office building, but the gunman killed himself with a handgun.
There are no specific proposals before Congress regarding handguns, though they kill far more people each year than assault weapons.
Nor did the gunman appear to have a felony record, so a background check wouldn't have stopped him from buying a gun. Anger issues are not the same as mental illness.
So, how about putting more weapons in the hands of the "good guys"? The shooter had the element of surprise. Everyone in the lobby could have been armed and it wouldn't have changed the outcome.
Does this mean we should just throw up our hands and say nothing can be done? Not at all. Giffords was right: Too many children are dying. And too many adults.
We need to do something, but thoughtfully. Rhetoric isn't enough. Gun violence is an incredibly complex problem, immune to simplistic answers. Talking points may help raise funds, but they're not going to save many lives.
And there are realities. Confiscating every gun would prevent a lot of deaths. So would putting guards with weapons in every school and building open to the public. But both of those approaches trample the freedom we treasure.
Some ideas might nibble at the problem. When you can buy a gun with less scrutiny than it takes to buy cold medicine, a universal background check is reasonable.
Greater access to mental-health services may or may not prevent shootings, but it would make this country a better place.
There is less certainty any of the other solutions proposed by either side would make a difference. They are based on belief, not data.
That's part of the problem. There is no conversation, only shouting. Like the gunman, the proponents on both sides aren't willing to concede that their opponents may have a point.
No one wants to see a repeat of the events of Wednesday, or of Newtown or of Tucson. But to achieve that goal, we need to do more than shout past each other.


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Leanne M.E. Boyd 9/30/2006 12:36:50 AM
I like the pattern and tones, Steve - excellent b&w! #531647Jessica Jenney 9/30/2006 9:42:53 AM
Stunning design, textures and contrasts, Steve! #3390454Melissa G. Meiselman 9/30/2006 9:51:43 AM
This image is beautifully presented in the vertical format with wonderful designs, dramatic lighting and fantastic textures, Steve!!!! I REALLY like this image!!!!!!! #3390480The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 10/26/2006 6:39:08 PM
Nice use of black and white. #3504360Clemente do Rosario 10/27/2006 5:58:49 AM
Congratulations Steve. Beautiful design and lighting in the image. #3507646Evy Johansen 10/27/2006 6:58:16 AM
Wow... this is a very beautiful image, Steve! Big congratulations on your finalist!! #3508077AMALIA Veralli 10/27/2006 11:25:07 AM
Great image. Love the patterns and textures. Congrats on your finalist. #3509810Milan Banik 10/28/2006 10:58:42 AM
Congratulations and winner to me. #3514555Deborah C. Lewinson 10/28/2006 1:12:39 PM
Outstanding finalist! #3514917She-She Killough 10/28/2006 3:50:16 PM
LOVE the Lead in lines!! Fabulous! COngrats!!! #3515289Evy Johansen 10/29/2006 12:32:37 AM
Congratulations on your win, Steve! #3516420She-She Killough 10/29/2006 4:58:35 AM
Good on ya Steve!! I am so glad this came home for you it is a well deserving win!!! COngrats!! #3517388Jessica Jenney 10/29/2006 7:34:01 AM
Congratulations, Steve on your gorgeous winning image! #3518184Milan Banik 10/29/2006 8:09:26 AM
oh oh oh so happy to see this in winning .............Janine Russell 10/29/2006 2:26:50 PM
Steve, excellent tones, lighting and textures; congratulations on your Second Place Win! #3519592Nan Fischer 10/29/2006 3:35:53 PM
Fabulous! The B&W really makes this great. Congratulations on your win! #3519866Gary Lange 10/29/2006 4:24:25 PM
Great work, B&W looks great here. Congratulations!! #3520003Mick Burkey 10/30/2006 12:02:03 PM
Very nice work, Steve. Congratulations on your win! #3523906RC Fritz 10/30/2006 4:34:52 PM
Excellent composition in B&W. Congratulations on your WIN! #3524881Steve M. Sieren 10/31/2006 7:45:02 AM
Wow. It's been a while since I got this much feedback. Thank you all so much it really helps. Wandering paid off. #3527970Cathy M. Gromball 11/1/2006 11:51:35 AM
Congratulations on your Second Place win, Steve! Wonderful photo!Cathy :) #3533183
Alton I. Vance 11/6/2006 11:30:03 AM
Steve, this is beautifully done. Congratulations on you win! #3553181Darryl Wilkinson 11/22/2006 12:14:30 AM
This is one beautiful POTD, Steven. Congratulations on your win and recognition!! #3614429Evy Johansen 11/22/2006 12:15:57 AM
Big congrats on your POTD, Steven!! #3614430Michelle R. Kovach 11/22/2006 2:58:03 AM
Congratulations Steve! #3614643Joy Rector 11/22/2006 3:51:44 AM
congrats on the POTD #3614783Ronald Balthazor 11/22/2006 4:12:37 AM
Impressive textures. Congratulations, Steve. #3614873Terri L. Scribner 11/22/2006 4:13:58 AM
Belated congratulations, on your win and POTD!! #3614879Milan Banik 11/22/2006 4:23:53 AM
congrates on POTD STEVE #3614921Jen M 11/22/2006 4:25:02 AM
Congratulations on this awesome POTD! #3614926Mary N C. Taitt 11/22/2006 4:44:02 AM
Absolutely stunning! Congratulations on this gorgeous winner and POTD! Mary :-D #3615006Josselyne Klecanda 11/22/2006 5:00:24 AM
WOW! great designs and textures. #3615082Lindley Johnson 11/22/2006 6:18:39 AM
Great image, Steve! I love the vertical format and the black and white. The contrasting textures are fantastic! Congratulations on your winner and POTD. #3615418Stan Kwasniowski 11/22/2006 8:16:56 AM
Steve, excellent #3615853Janine Russell 11/22/2006 8:25:41 AM
Steve, congratulations on your POTD. #3615873Sandy Driscoll 11/22/2006 8:43:01 AM
Lovely POTD. Great tone & texture; this is what B/W does best! #3615915Donna LaMattino Pagakis 11/22/2006 8:44:55 AM
Gorgeous winning image and potd. Congratulations on your wins!!! #3615922RC Fritz 11/22/2006 9:14:25 AM
Congrats on your POTD! #3616000Mary Clarke 11/22/2006 12:54:30 PM
Congratulations on POTD Steve, wonderful image #3616443Stanley C. Sims 11/22/2006 4:25:29 PM
This is one of those "WOW" images.David N. Lindberg 11/22/2006 6:29:27 PM
Wow Steve,Donna J. Eaton 11/22/2006 6:58:20 PM
Amazing image! Love the shapes, lines, & contrast! Congratulations on your POTD and your win! #3617443Sarah J. Milburn 11/22/2006 7:03:06 PM
This is just wonderful - the composition is perfect! Love the way each 'section' of the photo has different patterns on it, it's just so interesting! #3617464Allan L. Dy 11/22/2006 8:35:48 PM
Congratulations Steve! Great image. #3617658Irina Kotikova 9/24/2007 8:45:30 AM
Perfect! #4837316Yves Rubin 9/26/2007 11:01:47 PM
So beautiful and perfectly composed. The sense of depth is particularly striking in this image. Big CONGRATS! #4851247Jean Lechleiter 2/12/2009 10:08:09 PM
This is truly magnificent. It's a place we love to go to. In fact we'll be there soon.I'll be thinking of your work when I'm out there! #7159709Death Valley Dunes
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Hello and welcome to another awesome year at UIS! We at SAC are really excited about getting this year started because we have some pretty amazing things planned for campus. We are a standing committee of the Student Government Association (SGA) of the University of Illinois at Springfield and are affiliated with the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA). If you are a new freshman WELCOME to the greatest of the U of I campuses and if you are returning, WELCOME BACK! We are YOUR Student Activities Committee. We work constantly to bring awesome events to campus – both social and educational. Our coordinator positions include: marketing, traditions (Homecoming & Springfest), performance, coffeehouse, comedy, film, off campus & travel, education personal growth & diversity, spirit, and special events. The coordinators are each responsible for all of the aspects of planning the events. SAC meetings occur every Sunday during the academic year at 6pm in the Student Life Building Multipurpose Room. If you would like more information please email us, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter. We are here for the students and our goal is to bring all of the talent that you want to see! We want to hear your voices! We want this to be the best experience that you could possibly have. We want to prove to you why UIS is the best school to attend and why you should continue to return every year!
The mission of SAC shall be to:
- Provide programs that are socially and academically beneficial to the UIS student body.
- Maintain a practical structure to ensure the continued effectiveness of the organization.
You can read the SAC Bylaws here!
For more information about SAC stop by our office (SLB 16G) inside the Student Organization Center (SLB 16) located in the Student Life Building. There will be a coordinator or executive board member in the office:
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I think she should have told him to go ahead and eat the rat poison, and stay "in line". By the time you get to him, he might have begun to see the effects of the delayed toxin (48 hours)! Not a refusal or delay of care....just good planning.
The only bright spot of my Tox rotation was a lady who called into Poison Control. "Yeah" she said, "I need to know how much rat poison it would take to kill a 185 pound man". I told her that before I could access the computer program, I needed to enter her name, address, and phone number. She hung up.
85- Frank Drackman8:06 AM, February 18, 2008
It would only take 50mg of cyanide, and for some reason, the lab used to have a huge bottle of it just sitting on the shelf. Another example of government waste is that California used to use several pounds of cyanide during each execution, quite the overdose when you figure you can kill 9000 people/lb. I remember the question being posed during the lecture on pulse oximetry of how you would be able to detect cyanide poisoning during a case (prior to the lethal moment) as your pulse oximeter is going to happily beep along at 100%.


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Andrew Jazwick is named senior vice president of aviation security
Science Applications International Corp.'s point person on Capitol Hill has a new job.
Andrew Jazwick has been named SAIC's senior vice president of aviation security. He will help deliver threat detection products and services to key customers for the company's Security and Transportation Technology business unit, according to an SAIC announcement.
In his new role, Jazwick will focus on developing customer relationships related to SAIC's acquisition of Reveal Imaging Technologies Inc. in August of this year.
That acquisition expanded SAIC's homeland security solutions portfolio by adding Transportation Security Administration-approved Explosive Detection System baggage screening systems to the company's Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System for passengers and cargo.
Since joining SAIC in 1999, Jazwick has served as a liaison to the executive and legislative branches of the government and has advised the SAIC leadership on legislative policy initiatives.
Most recently he served as vice president for government affairs responsible for communicating and representing the company's defense, homeland security, intelligence and international programs before Congress.
Jazwick has more than 20 years of intergovernmental affairs, policy and business development experience, including work in opportunity and market analysis, bid and proposal development, and program-project execution.
SAIC, of McLean, Va., ranks No. 5 on Washington Technology's 2010 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
About the Author
David Hubler is the former print managing editor for GCN and senior editor for Washington Technology. He is freelance writer living in Annandale, Va.
His first assignment was to lay off 70 or the 172 employees at Reveal Imaging. Has that been announced yet SAIC?
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Cheery diamonds of red and white in a diagonal pattern are given a sense of three-dimensionality by the black intercrossing line. If you are a fan of the bouffant but want to add a little color to your scrubs, the operating room Poppy scrub cap is for you. This surgical hat can also be worn as a pony-tail cap.
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June 22, 2011
how did you get so close???
Bad Mojo
June 22, 2011
haha=) the squirrel in my back yard does that too
June 22, 2011
haha really? Crazy squirrels
Purple Leopard
June 23, 2011
That pic is amazing I took like 5 000 pics of squirrels but yours is Wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ay better
June 24, 2011
haha thanks, but I'm sure yours are great as well :)
June 24, 2011
That's the funniest picture ever! Amazing! We don't have a lot of squirrels around our house. They only come up near to eat from the birdfeeder. :(
June 25, 2011
Thanks! We have TONS of squirrels around lol. They can be little trouble makers, but I think they can be funny XD Thanks everyone for commenting and rating my picture! It means a lot to me! :)
June 25, 2011
IT IS SO CUTE! awwww,
June 25, 2011
Aww. great shot. It's amazing how close you can get to animals to take pictures. I just got back from Peru, and I was able to get closer to the alpacas and llamas that weren't wild (Cause the wild ones spit at you) than you can imagine. Great shot though. He looks lazy.
June 26, 2011
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so funny!
June 27, 2011
@ pianoman700: yeah I know! The squirrel really didn't notice me until after a few minutes. I think he was too lazy to leave XD. Haha spitting llamas and alpacas... I didn't actually believe they did that. That's so funny!
June 27, 2011
This is a really interesting picture! You are very creative with your photo's! How did you get close? Did you zoom lense or did you sneak up? Did he notice you? He would definatly notice me. I would scare him. I'm a heavy walker! Again, really creative photo you have there!
June 28, 2011
Thanks so much all your comments Falco! And I did a little of both. The squirrel was so lazy it didn't feel like moving even when I was super close to it XD
June 28, 2011
That is a great funny picture, I've never seen a squirrel do that before, but he looks comfy.
June 29, 2011
thanks so much for the comments everyone! They've all really made my day :) I'm so glad everyone loves them and more pictures are for sure to come!
lilja :)
July 04, 2011
OMG this photo is sooo cool!!! it should be made into a postcard
She Shot It_97
July 04, 2011
Haha! Thats awesome!
Cats and Dogs
July 05, 2011
Aww! so cute! and funny lol!
Tree Frog
July 09, 2011
That is so cute! The squirrels at our house do the same thing!
July 09, 2011
Thanks everyone for all the comments! :D
August 17, 2011
That's HILARIOUS. Great focuse!
September 05, 2011
hahaha thanks Blommer :)
September 15, 2011
lawls squirrels are adorable. but theyre sooooooooooo mean to my dogs... they tease them and make them mad :) nice shot.
Lil' Rocker
September 17, 2011
THATS SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!! Congrats on the award! You deserve it!
September 17, 2011
you are a good photographer
September 17, 2011
Very good shot. I have to say, I am not a squirrel lover but this photo is really funny!!!
September 17, 2011
I can sooo see why you won the 'ahh' award, its too cute for words. I really love your work :)
September 17, 2011
this is so cute. i wish squirrels would do that at my house. super creative! i almost died laughing when i saw this pic!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
September 18, 2011
thats hilarious!! great shot of something so everyday. [squirrels]
September 18, 2011
THAT IS SOOOOOO CUTE! Now WONDER you recieved the "Cutest" award! (;
September 19, 2011
ohmygosh. so adorable. love this<3
September 19, 2011
That is so funny and cute!I used to have a lot of squirrels at my house but we moved into the country so we hardly have any squirrels at all.
September 20, 2011
Ohmygoodness!! This is such an awesome photo!!!
September 22, 2011
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September 23, 2011
lol What kind of lense did you have to get close you must have had a 200
September 23, 2011
Thanks everyone for all the comments!! I'm so glad so many people like it. It truly makes my day :)
September 24, 2011
Squirrels do the funniest things! So cute and awesome prespective too :)
October 01, 2011
I LOVE that pic! That is SO CUTE!!! Awesome shot! Oh and congrats on the award! :)
October 11, 2011
Haha Cute photo! Its the perfect shot of that squirrel :)
October 30, 2011
He found his new best friend...the fence! Haha!
November 05, 2011
thank you everyone for the comments! :)
November 06, 2011
November 30, 2011
almost there! [ exuasted voice ]
December 16, 2011
awesomeness in a bottle! Do u mind checking out my pics?
Kaitlyn Paige
March 12, 2012
That is the coolest pic in the world!!!!!! I almost got a good pic of a squirrel....and it was looking at my camera and everything!!!!but then my camera said that it had a lens problem. When I look up to see if it was still there.and it wasn't :( But any way coolest pic and please look at my photos! Kaitlyn Paige
March 17, 2012
I think he is thinking......."Who cares if a dog comes and eats me I will still be alive.....in heaven!
April 01, 2012
I have NEVER seen such a FUNNY thing! I couldn't stop smiling at that pic!
April 13, 2012
Ha Ha how funny! =) How did you get so close?Anyway u r great at taking pics!
May 13, 2012
love the picture it is sooooooooooooo cute !!!!!!! congrats on the award
June 01, 2012
thank you everyone for the comments! :)
June 05, 2012
That happened to me, too! It was lounging on our deck railing. I took a picture of it.
June 13, 2012
That is TOO cute!! We have a lot of squirrels at our house too. They can be really funny!
September 29, 2012
hang on for dear life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 29, 2012
OMG that is one of the cutest pics I have ever seen LOL totes favoriting this
Gods photographer
November 12, 2012
lol that is so cute!!!!
January 04, 2013
Wow, he really loves that fence!!'!!!!!
January 19, 2013
" Ahhhhh, this is the life. Not a care in the world, just lounging around on BannanaBug39's fence " - one crazy squirrel
March 02, 2013
I wish squirrels even came to my yard! Love this :D
March 03, 2013
Cool picture! That is so funny! Check out my pics please!
March 24, 2013
How cute! The focus and color are perfect! You did an extremely amazing job on this pic! Adorable!
May 22, 2013
That is a really cute pic. You have great talent for this kind of photography. Congrats on the award! Check out my pics sometime @ #Balletdancer101.
June 15, 2013
I think this squirrel is saying: Must. Find. ACORN.
The Epic Factor
August 16, 2013
So many comments...squirrels are so fun to take pics of
October 01, 2013
Haha! So funny! Great picture! (:
November 12, 2013
So cute!! XD Love the way the squirrel is lounging and that face. It's adorable and it's looking at the camera too and ... wow! Great job! I love this picture!!! You think you could check out my pics? Oh yeah, and congrats on the two awards!!! This pic deserves them!
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April 06, 2015
Oh my gosh I laughed so hard. AWESOME SHOT!!!
April 15, 2016
So so so so so so soooooo cute!!! I love it!!!
June 13, 2016
Oh. My. Cuteness. Ok, first of all, that fence looks exactly like my neighbors fence. We get squirrels a lot too!
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Wireless N Access Point and Quadband Wireless N Router, which both transmit at 5GHz, are the latest additions to D-Link's family of 802.11n products.
The 802.11n standard is still under development, but if everything goes as planned, it will be ratified by the end of the year or early in 2009. The biggest benefit will be more bandwidth, over 100Mbits/s.
Today, almost all wireless products transmit at 2.4GHz. That frequency is used by a range of devices, including Bluetooth and walkie-talkies, which impairs performance. Using 5GHz will improve both stability and scalability, according to D-Link.
The first of the two products, Wireless N Access Point (or DAP-2553), was developed for the small office/home office market. It supports power over Ethernet, and can segment the network using multiple SSIDs.
The more interesting of the two products is the Quadband Wireless N Router - or DIR-855. What sets the router apart is that it can handle 802.11n at both 2.4GHz and 5GHz simultaneously, while still supporting existing standards. The "Quad" moniker comes from the fact that it can do all this at once.
For instance, the 5GHz band could be used to distribute video while the user surfs the Internet over 2.4GHz, without the two uses affecting each other.
The router is also equipped with five Gigabit Ethernet ports and an OLED (organic light-emitting diode) network activity display. The router, which will ship in May, will cost $377 (approx £190).


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Leave it to NBA2K11 to get Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Andre Iguodala, Russell Westbrook and Josh Smith together to talk about their favorite Michael Jordan moments. I think mine would have to be the shot over Craig Ehlo.
Check out Rose working hard in the kitchen while the other guys just lounge around doing nothing.


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Event Type: Childrens Drop-In Programs - Harnish Date: 10/8/2012 Start Time: 4:00 PM End Time: 6:00 PM Description: Does your room have books everywhere? Do you have books that you know you won't read again? Bring your gently used paperbacks to our book swap and trade your books for someone else's. Please note that only gently used children's books with minimal wear and tear will be accepted at this event. Water damaged, ink marked, torn/missing pages, coloring/activity books, etc. cannot be accepted. Please limit the number of books you bring to 15 or less per child.
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Two for-credit courses are currently part of the NCDS Pilot Data Science curriculum. Students in both courses receive access to a computing cluster designed to support big data problems. Guest lecturers from NCDS member institutions will also be featured in the classes.
ST 810. Big Data: A Statistical Perspective
Instructor: Lexin Li, associate professor, department of statistics, North Carolina State University
Course description:
The ability to turn data into information, then into action, presents many challenges. It requires multiple skills: a deep understanding of the field generating the data in order to ask the right questions; the mathematical skills to build models from complicated and messy data; engineering skills to carry out operations on very large data sets; and creative thinking capability to find insights and tell stories from the data.
ST 810 aims to help students develop statistical modeling skills by covering a wide range of modern statistical and machine learning techniques. The course focuses on the statistical perspective, however, it will connect with the engineering aspect of big data through detailed discussions about computing algorithms. The course emphasis will be on interpreting and finding insight in big data using real-world applications.
INLS 690-163. Introduction to Big Data and NoSQL
Instructor: Arcot Rajasekar, professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Course description:
This class will prepare students on current and emerging practices for dealing with big data and large-scale database systems used by many social networking services, such as Facebook and Twitter. Social networking services—as well as many science and business domains—generate data at an exponential scale and handling and analyzing these data requires different tools and processes than the commonly used business applications.
These new tools and applications are highly data intensive and must support heavy read/write workloads. In addition, new databases belonging to the emerging genre called NoSQL are used by social media services. Using and managing these database systems is very different from traditional relational databases. This course will look at several of these systems. Topics covered will include: fundamentals of big data, big data analytics, and NoSQL systems; examples of big data analytics such as Map Reduce and Hadoop; examples of NoSQL systems such as Google's BigTable, Amazon's Dynamo, Apache Cassandra, Apache HBase, MongoDB, Voldemort, CouchDB, and SimpleDB; and supporting systems such as Google's file system and Chubby file system.


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According to the Center for Public Health Preparedness, 2007 was the most active flu season in many years.1 As they do each year, influenza virologists will convene this summer to determine the formula for next year's flu vaccine, although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that the existing flu vaccine is only effective in fighting one of the three strains of influenza that are currently circulating in the United States.2 There have been concerns in recent years regarding the possibility of a pandemic, since several pandemics have occurred throughout history, and experts predict that we will experience at least one pandemic outbreak in this century.3 While there is currently no certain threat of such a pandemic, it is important to institute a pandemic plan and prepare your institution for potential disruptions.
A pandemic is defined as a global disease outbreak, and an influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza "A" virus emerges-for which there is little or no immunity in the human population-and begins to cause serious illness and to spread easily from person to person.4 Back in November 2005, the U.S. government issued its National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza to address the potential of a pandemic influenza outbreak.5 And in February 2008, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued its Interagency Statement on Pandemic Planning, which identifies the actions that should be taken by financial institutions to lessen the adverse outcome of a pandemic.6 The statement expands upon the Interagency Advisory on Influenza Pandemic Preparedness issued in March 2006, wherein FFIEC agencies, in a joint effort, reminded financial institutions of the importance of addressing pandemics within their business continuity plans.7
How Is Pandemic Planning Different from Business Continuity Planning?
Business continuity planning is based on the various degrees of difficulty caused by the potential outcome of natural and technical disasters, as well as deliberately harmful acts. Traditional business continuity planning develops responses suitable for disasters limited in duration and intensity. Most incidents that would prompt the activation of a business continuity plan would be confined to a particular region, physical structure, or network of related data or transmission devices. The severity of such incidents can be successfully minimized through effective recovery efforts.
Pandemics, on the other hand, pose distinctive challenges for financial institutions. Unlike natural and technical disasters, the duration and overall impact of a pandemic are unpredictable. The very nature of operating in a global economy heightens the possibility of effects involving a wide geographical area and an unknown duration, as pandemics generally occur in multiple waves, each lasting two to three months. In addition, unlike other disasters, a pandemic outbreak would likely have an enormous impact on staffing levels for prolonged periods of time. While no organization is protected from the inauspicious effects of a pandemic, financial institutions must plan for the unique circumstances that may arise. During business continuity planning, financial institutions must consider and address the complexities associated with a pandemic because so many of the services offered by financial institutions are critical to the local and national infrastructure.
What Are The Fundamentals of Pandemic Planning?
According to FFIEC guidance and the Federal Reserve's subsequent SR Letter 07-18, FFIEC Guidance on Pandemic Planning, issued on December 12, 2007, a financial institution's business continuity plan should include the following:8
The FFIEC guidance on business continuity planning (BCP) serves as an excellent resource for developing and maintaining a sound and comprehensive BCP plan.9 In addition, the FFIEC Business Continuity Planning Booklet has been updated to assist financial institutions with incorporating the elements of pandemic planning into an overall business continuity plan.
Who Is Responsible for Pandemic Planning?
It is important to note that, as with business continuity planning, all members of senior management within the organization who are involved in critical areas of operation, essential product lines, information technology, and human resources should be included in pandemic planning efforts. Senior management is charged with the development, internal communication, and regular testing of the pandemic plan. Ultimately, the board of directors is responsible for overseeing the actual development of the pandemic plan and should approve the written plan.
Financial institutions and their service providers alike should review the national strategy to better determine what actions may be most appropriate for them. Financial institutions with a global presence and those considered critical to the financial system may have greater preparation and response challenges. As with any unexpected event, a pandemic outbreak is a real possibility and potential menace to any financial institution. Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." When it comes to pandemic preparation, the ounce of prevention is in the planning process; therefore, institutions and service providers should take the necessary measures to be prepared, should a pandemic outbreak occur.
Additional Resources
The Department of Homeland Security - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Guide for Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources.
The Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control - Interim Pre-Pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation.
The Department of Health and Human Services - checklists to help prepare for a pandemic across all segments of society, including state and local governments, U.S. businesses with overseas operations, the workplace, individuals and families, schools, the healthcare industry, and community organizations.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and are not necessarily those of this Reserve Bank or the Federal Reserve System.


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This site is great! I have mid-heel shoes with a chunky heel that makes a loud clunk when I walk on hard floors. Is there a way to quiet them down? I tried putting layers of masking tape on the bottom of the heel, but it made the shoes slippery and the tape wore off pretty quickly.
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Head to the shoe repair shop. They can put heel plates in heavy duty rubber on for you. Quiets the shoes right down.
Actually, I did try the shoe repair shop. Cost me $25 and they're just as loud! They replaced the hard plastic on the very bottom with what I think is hard rubber. Anyone know where I can get the right kind of soft rubber to glue on myself?
I've successfully used the 1/4 in thick pads that are used under the bottom of chair legs so floors aren't scratched. The pads don't last forever under chair legs either, but because of wet weather and snow, I have to change monthly if it is a shoe I wear daily. I've not found them in black so I use a permanent black marker to color the edge that is visible.
The chair pads work great!! I then took a sharp knife and cut half the padding away so they weren't so noticeable to my feet.
I cut out a couple felt pieces the size of my noisy heel and hot glued them to my heel. Worked like a charm! I don't know how long it will last but it won't be too hard to replace.
If you're looking for a more reliable option, just replace the heel tip with Scarlet noise-free heel tips. It takes 2 minutes to replace. I recently changed the heel tips on many of my heels and love the sound proof walk. I got them at Amazon - Scarlet heel tips.
Here's a link: http://amzn.to/2mVEsUM
I covered the bottom of my noisy platform heels with self-stick cork pads which I bought from Walmart for $1 a package. Did an amazing job! Highly recommend it.
Omg I did the same thing it works fabulous
Is it not slippery?
Would there be a way you could find a cobbler to but some rubber on the bottom? Or hot glue some on yourself?
You could paint the bottoms with Shoe Goo or with Gorilla Glue (don't spread all the way to the edges as it expands.)
Did the Shoe Goo work? I really would like to know how to quiet down noisy shoes, we're discouraged to wear noisy shoes at work, and that has severely limited my shoe wardrobe.
Is there a household item that would make them quieter?
it'd probably wear off fast but isnt hot glue pretty much hot melted rubber? cover your heel with hot glue let it cool.. probably cheaper than goin to a shop..might not do anything though.. i'm too lazy to try things myself.
Peel off velcro works. I cut it to the size of my heel on my shoe and the other side sticks. I colored it with a black marker so it would not be noticeable when i left my foot off the ground.
Use glue gun to pase some glue below
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Presidents and football coaches often get along because they have such personal experiences with victory and defeat.
When President Obama called Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh this week, he lauded him for winning the Super Bowl after the a "bumpy season" that had included three straight defeats.
Harbaugh told Obama that life's greatest accomplishments can come after "the greatest tribulations and adversity," and he told the president: "I know you know this as much as anybody."
Obama joked to Harbaugh: "You know, you and me, we should try some try some time to do some things easy and smooth ... I'd like to know what it feels like; it's never happened to me."
Obama also spoke with Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome, and the two reminisced about Newsome's playing days with the University of Alabama and the Cleveland Browns in the 1970s and '80s.
The Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's Super Bowl game in New Orleans.
The president joked with the Ravens' leaders about the Superdome power outage that delayed the game for more than 30 minutes.
"We're going to investigate who was behind that whole blackout thing," Obama said.
The president also asked Harbaugh to send his regards to his parents, who watched John triumph over a team coached by brother Jim Harbaugh.
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