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At Luther, we hold ourselves to a high standard when it comes to sustainability—in fact, part of our mission is to "practice joyful stewardship of the resources that surround us." We recognize that sustainability goes hand in hand with a just, equitable, and prosperous society, and we work hard not only to green our campus practices but also to teach students through academic courses and campus life that creating a sustainable society is a responsibility that falls to each of us.
The Center for Sustainable Communities coordinates all sustainability initiatives at Luther College. The mission of the Center is to promote sustainability and be a catalyst for change on campus and in the region.
As a leader in college campus environmentalism, Luther has made some serious commitments to renewable energy. In 2013, we completed installation of one of the largest solar arrays in Iowa. This brings our total solar array count to three, with two more underway. Our wind turbine, erected in 2011, harnesses a second renewable energy source and supplies a third of Luther's power, dramatically reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and enabling us to shrink our carbon footprint while we work toward our goal of carbon neutrality and other sustainability commitments.
We've had a tradition of recycling at Luther since 1973, and in addition to recycling waste from classrooms, offices, and residence halls, we compost pre- and post- consumer waste from the cafeteria and use it to enrich our many college gardens. Produce from the gardens helps supply the cafeteria, and Luther purchases many of its other food products from local, sustainable providers. We also strive to build new campus construction to the LEED silver standard or equivalent, and we use hybrid, electric, and biodiesel vehicles in our campus fleet. These are just a few of the many measures that we've taken as stewards of the natural world around us.
Luther is proud to be recognized as one of the most sustainable schools in Iowa and the nation. Among recent distinctions, we earned a STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System) silver rating, a 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Award, and, in 2013, a listing as a top green college in The Princeton Review's Guide to 322 Green Colleges and recognition by the Sierra Club as one of the nation's greenest universities. As a recognized leader in campus sustainability, we consider it a responsibility to promote ecological and wellness efforts throughout the region. Our outreach initiatives include food and health programs in northeast Iowa, particularly in the public schools, as well as environmental clubs, camps, and classes for children.
Sustainability isn't just lip service at Luther—it's part of our ethos.
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Patriots for Self-Deportation
In collaboration with the Yes Men and a group of artists-activists from the Yes Lab calling themselves the Repatriotas, Marlène co-created Patriots for Self-Deportation (SelfDeport.org): a satirical critique of the increasing criminalization and deportation of undocumented immigrants, as well as the uptick of extreme anti-immigrant laws like SB 1070 in Arizona, HB 56 in Alabama, and the Secure Communities program, which deny basic rights to undocumented people and their families. The Tea Party-esque "go-back-home" rhetoric is so over-the-top—some even clamoring to change the 14th Amendment, so that U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants would not automatically become citizens—that we thought parody was the only sane response.
The Patriots for Self-Deportation website was created in the fall of 2011 and officially launched as SelfDeport.org in January 2012, after Mitt Romney said in a debate that the answer to immigration issues was self-deportation. While the concept Romney invoked (like Daniel D. Portado's in the 1990s) was "attrition through enforcement"—making immigrants' lives so miserable, they'll give up and leave—, we view "repatriation" as a logical extension of the "anchor baby" argument, specifically the far-right proposals to modify the 14th Amendment to deny birthright citizenship for children of undocumented people.
The hardline "RePatriots" depicted on the satirical site are mostly young, white, ultra-conservative U.S. citizens who have recently discovered a shocking truth: they themselves, or their (grand)parents, are "anchor babies." Adamantly against birthright citizenship, these Patriots believe they should've never been allowed to be citizens this great land, and are willing to make the ultimate patriotic sacrifice: self-deporting to their ("illegal") ancestor's country of origin.
Following the group's fake press release, they got calls from reporters and individuals who were often not just astonished but also emotionally concerned for the young Patriots choosing to leave "their" country. "But you're...American!", some said. "Why would you leave your country!"
Through satire and "laughtivism," the Repatriotas spark a conversation about "The Real America"and question mainstream assumptions about who belong in it. "Why do descendants of European immigrants who also stayed in the US without proper documentation," they ask, "feel their own immigrant past is somehow 'different' from the DREAMers?"
The name Repatriotas was an inside joke: "They're not just patriotas, they're re-patriotas." (¡Pero réquete-réquete patriotas!)
Selected press:
- Tea Party 'patriots' urge Americans to deport themselves, National Post (Canada)
- Americans for Patriotic Self-Deportation, Slate
- Site mocks Romney on 'self-deport' comment, UPI
- Self-deportation cruel and unjust, The Western Courier
- Are You an Anchor Baby Too?, Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast
- Candidates on the Border, William Finnegan, The New Yorker
Highlights from the site:
What is Patriots for Self-Deportation?
Patriots for Self-Deportation is a grassroots movement that calls awareness to the threats that our beloved nation, the United States of America, faces from illegal immigration. Patriots for Self-Deportation represents the voice of the true owners of the United States: WE THE PEOPLE.
We believe in individual responsibility in the face of legislative inaction on the issue of birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants ( the anchor baby problem). We urge all true patriots to set the example of responsible citizenship by proving their own rights to be a here in this great nation, America.
What should I do if I learn that my ancestors came to or stayed in America illegally?
It is your responsibility as a Patriot to uphold the laws of this country. You can be a more effective deterrent to illegal immigration than even a border wall or border drones. Stopping illegal immigration starts with you.
The first step is to do your research and verify that you (or your ancestor) can be verified as an anchor baby. Once you know for sure, then you can begin researching your options. You can apply for proper citizenship, but it is best to do this from the country where your illegal ancestor was born. Please visit How to Self-Deport for more detailed instructions. You can also e-mail us here with your questions or to find a Patriots for Self-Deporation mentor.
Do aunts and uncles count? Or does Baby Zero have to be a direct, immediate ancestor?
Since our premise is that birthright citizenship for children of illegals is illegal citizenship, only those Americans directly benefitting from an anchor baby ancestor should self-deport. Usually, the OAB is a parent, grandparent or great-grandparent. However, if your citizenship is a direct result of an anchor baby relative twice- or thrice-removed (who may have, for instance, requested your immediate ancestors to come to the USA, eventually resulting in their citizenship), then we do believe the right thing would be to self-deport.
What is an "OAB," or "Baby Zero"?
OAB stands for "Original Anchor Baby", also known as "Baby Zero." The term refers to the first person in your family who was born in the USA to an illegal parent, and received automatic citizenship nevertheless.
I'm not illegal. What can I do?
Get the word out to your friends! Post links to our website on your Facebook and twitter feeds. It is likely that you have friends whose ancestors came here illegally, but most people don't realize that they can do something about it. Stopping illegal immigration doesn't only mean staying at home and worrying about magnets and entitlements. It means standing up for what is right.
If you live in the DC area, join us every first Tuesday of the month for our "14th Amendment's Got to Go" rallies, starting at 4 PM in front of the Lincoln Memorial and marching to the White House.
Please contact your local Patriots for Self-Deportation chapter for events near you.
I heard that you're an anchor baby only if your mother was an illegal, but not your father. Is this true?
No. Although the American Heritage dictionary definition defines it as "a child born to a non-citizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil; especially such a child born to parents seeking to secure eventual citizenship for themselves, and often other members of their family" (they later changed their mind and endorsed the liberal agenda, see this blog post for more info), we believe that if any of your parents was in the US illegally at the time of your birth, you are an anchor baby.
Who can be a member of Patriots for Self-Deportation?
We believe that the responsibility of our beloved nation is entrenched within the hearts of true American Patriots from every race, religion, national origin, and walk of life who share a common belief in the values which made and keep our beloved nation great. We serve as a beacon to the masses that have lost their way, a light illuminating the path to the original intentions of our Founding Fathers.
We have members in 32 states and over 18 countries, both legal citizens and illegal immigrants. We accept as members all illegals, Baby Zeros, descendants of anchor babies, and any American who believes their citizenship was acquired illegally, provided that they are willing to do the RIGHT thing and self-deport.
How can I join Patriots for Self-Deportation?
There is a list of local chapters and contacts here. Please contact us here if you are looking for advice or mentorship as you prepare to self-deport.
Is this movement real?
Absolutely. Since Romney's endorsement of our concept, (ok not quite our concept, but he used the word), we've received a number of inquiries about the legitimacy of our movement and our mission. "But you're a legal citizen," incredulous reporters insist, "why would you do such a radical thing?" We want there to be no doubt that our convictions run deep. In fact, they run deeper than Romney's, since we expect everyone to adhere to the law. We don't just talk the anchor baby talk— we walk the walk. Back to Europe.
See also: YOUR STORIES OF SELF-DEPORTATION (testimonials).

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DVD+RW Alliance negotiates royalty cut with optical disc makers
In the past, members of the DVD+RW Alliance have negotiated royalty charges with Taiwan-based makers individually, with Royal Philips Electronics being the most active alliance member, the source noted. However, this time the alliance has appointed Ricoh as its representative for the talks.
The DVD+RW Alliance is willing to reduce its royalty charges in order to better compete with the DVD Forum (DVD-R/-RW) in the optical disc market, the sources explained.
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Midtown Raleigh News
Wake sees a "few bumps" in bus service Monday
Bus trips ran more smoothly for most students and parents Monday, compared with the start of classes last year.
But problems popped up in some areas, according to Wake County school officials.
School officials said that most bus runs Monday were on schedule, with the majority of problems being reported in Apex, also the location for the worst problems last year. The district is working to try to resolve the Apex issues as soon as possible, said Renee McCoy, a Wake schools spokeswoman.
"There have been some bumps in the system that we regret," McCoy said. "In a system this large, there will be some bumps."
Wake transports more than 75,000 riders a day on 932 buses that make 4,667 runs covering 25,000 miles.
The opening month of school last year was marked by complaints about thousands of students dealing with buses that came extremely late or not at all.
Wake made several changes, including hiring more bus drivers, hiring new staff to develop routes, and having drivers practice their runs multiple times before the opening of traditional-calendar schools Monday. Wake also improved the district's website, adding features such as a list of buses that were running late.
As of 7 p.m., McCoy said, Wake had received 2,175 phone calls and online comments, including questions, concerns, compliments and requests for changes in bus stops. She noted that the figure is a small percentage of the district's riders.
A better start
Some families in Apex saw improvements from last year, while others were feeling a sense of déjà vu
About 20 parents and students cheered Monday morning at the Lindfield Court and Apache Lane stop as the Apex Middle School bus arrived at 7:42 a.m. It was a welcome relief for parents worried about a repeat of last year's transportation nightmare.
"It's good for the first day, but after last year I'm hesitant," mother Lori Segletes said. "I'm cautiously optimistic."
But some of Segletes' optimism faded Monday afternoon when the bus arrived 56 minutes after school ended. She said it should only take 10 minutes by car.
McCoy said that buses were running late Monday afternoon because, as a first-day precaution, schools were taking additional time to make sure students got on the right bus.
Parents and students at the Eastham Drive and Chimney Hill Road stop in Apex weren't as lucky Monday morning. The bus missed the stop, and frustrated parents wound up driving their kids to school.
'Been here, done that'
Parent Sherri Bolton said she got an automated message when she tried to call the transportation department.
"It's the same old, same old," Bolton said. "Been here, done that."
McCoy said school officials are meeting daily to identify the most serious problems that have been reported, such as buses missing their stops or arriving at the stops after school has already started. She encouraged parents to continue using the online comment form at the district's website ( www.wcpss.net/parents/transportation/) to report issues.
"Our goal is to address the problems as soon as we can," she said.
Despite the first-day problems, McCoy urged students to continue to ride the bus. She said that's the only way the district will get an accurate number of how many students are at each stop. After the first few weeks, Wake will adjust the routes.
But Angela Smelcer said she's willing to give Wake only as long as two weeks, and maybe not even that long. Smelcer said that parents were forced to repeat Monday what they often did all last year in carpooling their children when it became clear that the bus wouldn't get the students to school on time.
"We were hopeful," she said. "But we saw it was just like last year."


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Buy a license or permit and give the gift of the outdoors this holiday
PRATT – Looking for the perfect gift for dad? Need an affordable stocking stuffer for the kids? Consider purchasing a 2014 hunting or fishing license. Starting Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, all licenses and permits for the 2014 season will go on sale, and for those looking for one last "hoorah" of the year, 2014 license holders can hit the field or a stream the very same day.
2014 hunting and fishing licenses and permits can be purchased online at ksoutdoors.com, at any Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism state park or regional office, and at any license vendor beginning Dec. 16.
New this year, significant price reductions have been placed on youth deer, turkey and antelope permits, for hunters age 15 and younger. Youth fees that have been reduced beginning 2014 are as follows:
General Resident Youth Deer Permit: $10.00
General Resident Youth Antelope Permit: $10.00
General Resident Youth Turkey Permit (1-bird limit): $5.00
Resident Youth Turkey Game Tag (1-bird limit): $5.00
General Resident Youth Turkey Permit/Game Tag Combination (2-bird limit): $10.00
Nonresident Youth Turkey Permit (1-bird limit): $10.00
Nonresident Youth Turkey Game Tag (1-bird limit): $10.00
Nonresident Youth Turkey Permit/Game Tag Combination (2-bird limit): $20.00
Nonresident Youth Combination 2-deer Permit (antlered deer and antlerless white-tailed deer): $90.00
Nonresident Youth Antelope Permit (Archery only): $100.00
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Talk about landing on your feet. In 10 months, Washington Mystics' Mike Thibault went from being fired to winning the WNBA's 2013 Coach of the Year, the league officially announced Saturday.
Thibault received 12 votes from a national panel of 39 media members. Seattle's Brian Agler and Chicago's Pokey Chatman each were one behind.
The WNBA's all-time leader in victories has won the award three times including 2006 and 2008 with Connecticut. The Sun let their longtime coach go in November after 10 seasons
"Last year I finished second and got fired, so I don't know," Thibault cracked when searching for answer about this honor compared to his previous awards. "Maybe this is job security for a year?"That's a safe bet. Washington was 11-57 in the two years prior to his arrival including a league worst 5-29 in 2012.
On Thursday night, the Mystics won their first playoff game in nine years, routing No. 2 seed Atlanta on the road. This came after the third-seeded Mystics won 17 games in the regular season.
Thibault now matches Van Chancellor for the most ever in league history and joins San Antonio's Dan Hughes as the only coach to win the award with two different teams.
Only four players remained from last season's roster. Four rookies are part of the 2013 edition crafted by Thibault, who also serves as Washington's general manager.
"They had to buy in," Thibault said of his players. "I was asking the veterans, the four that came back, to do things differently. ...I think that's best part of coaching in this business, see a team grow up right before your eyes."
He received the award in Washington from WNBA president Laurel Richie before the Mystics faced Atlanta in the second game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Thibault received a career-altering call from Washington's ownership group shortly after the Sun let him go.
"About 10 months ago, I wasn't sure what I was going to do," Thibault said. "Ted Leonsis and Sheila Johnson reached out and gave me an opportunity that was too good to pass up."
Indiana's Lin Dunn received three votes. Tulsa's Gary Kloppenburg and Minnesota's Cheryl Reeve each had one vote.
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Recently in New York City a 21 year old "subway surfer" was killed after getting bounced off a moving C line train. Subway surfing is the dare-devil stunt that involves riding either atop or clinging to the side of a moving train. While popular in certain South American and European cities (including in Denmark, where the documentary excerpt below is from), it has only been sporadically popular in New York City's MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) subway system over recent years, and for good reason. The stunt has a very high probability of ending in fatal disaster due to the tight space between the train and the MTA tunnels. Unlike in other foreign cities, where the trains are mostly outdoors, the MTA run mainly through underground tunnels. Four years ago there were several subway-surfing fatalities on New York's subway system within a short time span -- apparently inspired by some publicity about the practice at that time. Since then, the MTA has initiated a campaign educating those foolish enough to try surfing a New York subway car.
In comparison, the relatively tame, although still illegal and dangerous, annual Broadway Bomb -- a race in which about a hundred daredevil skateboarders roll from uptown to downtown Manhattan along Broadway from 116th Street all the way down to Bowling Green, which is eight and half miles, dodging cars, buses, and taxis and ignoring traffic lights along the way -- went without incident two Sundays ago in New York City. And even though the motto for the event is "You could die," no one has so far. But then, the event is held on a Sunday when there is very little traffic in NYC compared to weekdays. There is also talk that the event, which already has sponsors, may soon become legit.


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I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
Where I felt somethin' die, 'cause I knew that
That was the last time, the last time
Sometimes I wake up by the door
Now that you've gone, must be waiting for you
Even now when it's already over
I can't help myself from looking for you
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I set fire to the rain. (Can she really set fire to the rain?)
And I threw us into the flames. ( Did she really trow him and herself into the flame or throw what?
Where I felt somethin' die, ( What dies?)
Sometimes I wake up by the door (Dose her bed is by the door?)
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Eric Schmidt Claims Google Considered Moving Its Servers Out Of The US To Avoid The NSA
from the that-would-be-big deptWe've been hearing more and more reports that many folks within Google are incredibly angry over the NSA's activities, some of which has bubbled up already. There have been some questions, though, about whether those attitudes go all the way up the management chain, so it's interesting to see Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt, now claiming that the company actually considered taking all its servers out of the US in the wake of the NSA revelations.
Google, the giant of the Internet, thought about moving its servers out of the U.S. after the NSA debacle, said Eric Schmidt, the company's chairman, on Friday at the Paley International Council Summit in New York.Of course, what Google probably realized is that, once out of the US, the NSA actually has more powers to spy on anything with basically no oversight. At least in the US, there are some (if minimal) restrictions, and there are at least some ways to fight back. Still, it would be quite a statement for a company like Google to make that kind of a move, and again would highlight just how much of a bad business impact all this NSA spying can have on American companies.
"Actually, we thought about that and there are many, many reasons why it's impossible for Google to leave the United States, although it's attractive," Schmidt said.
"But the reason it's an interesting idea is because American firms are subject to these rules, the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] rules, Patriot Act and so forth, and this government surveillance is really a problem."
The real question is how much will Google continue to do in response to these revelations. Many, many people don't trust the company, and taking a strong stand to protect its users privacy and to push back against government surveillance is going to be necessary, or the company runs a real risk of driving many people to other services that promise to be more secure.
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- 自治州 : Galicia
- 県/島 : Pontevedra
For centuries this village was one of Galicia's most impregnable defensive fortresses.
Catoira is 37 kilometres from Santiago de Compostela, where the mouth of the Ulla River meets the Arousa Estuary. Its privileged location means the area enjoys mild temperatures almost all year round. Its natural surroundings are one of its main attractions. The local landscape is made up of thick forest, marshland and river beaches, where windmills can often be seen – Catoira is the only municipality in Galicia with all three traditional types of windmills.
Nevertheless, the village's most emblematic symbol has always been the Torres del Oeste Towers: work on this fortified structure began in the 9th century. It was part of Santiago de Compostela's defensive system, resisting attacks by Norman armies and Saracen pirates for centuries. This part of Catoira's history is commemorated on the first Sunday of August with a "Viking Pilgrimage". This unique fiesta has the International Tourist Interest designation and features reconstructions of Viking attacks. The fortress originally comprised seven towers, although only the remains of two can be seen today. Between them there is a shrine dedicated to the apostle Santiago. Legend has it that his body came through here on its way to Santiago de Compostela.


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Winning with engineering
National Instruments celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the opening of its manufacturing facility in Hungary, on Friday, Oct. 7. Petr Pohorský, editor-in-chief for Control Engineering Česko, interviewed Dr. James Truchard, president, CEO, and cofounder of National Instruments.
I have been told that NI wants to hire new engineers…
The fact that we have continued hiring, while many other companies have not , is always a good sign. We're taking a longer term view than most and because of this we've been able to invest heavily in R&D, so we have great opportunity in the marketplace, both in the test and measurement space and in the industrial embedded space. Our focus with industrial embedded is to offer an integrated platform that helps solve the more complex applications that normally would have used a custom design, like a DSP chip or a real-time DSP design. You can use NI LabVIEW system design software in NI CompactRIO hardware to build a system with a field programmable gate array (FPGA) that would have previously requireda custom design, and we've been very successful with this platform.
Some companies are just not hiring because they are implementing new economic efficiency measures. Do you believe hiring will happen?
We have made significant investments in hiring engineers throughout 2011, specifically in R&D and sales. We believe these investments serve a strategic long term strategy for our business. By serving scientists and engineers broadly, we can go where the new business is including smart mobile devices, wind turbines, and electric vehicles. We work with hardware-in-the-loop testing of electric systems, controllers, solar, and other alternative energy forms. These are all opportunities that countries are holistically investing in and we're nimble enough to move where the investment is – that's a key part of our success.. Additionally, we're capitalizing on other opportunities such raw materials and natural gas, which are important for growth in China and emerging countries. It'll be years before the supply catches up with the demand, all the way down to iron ore, which has risen substantially in cost. Guess who helps make the mining companies more efficient by adding efficiency to the designs of big cranes, shovels, and related machines. All these challenges in the general economy are opportunities for National Instruments. So, by being flexible enough to go to these technical applications, we can be much more diversified than others in this industry.
A couple of managers of automation companies in the Czech Republic told me they were fighting the economic depression by hiring new salespeople. Is this true for you as well?
Well, of course, because our growth is often limited by our ability to serve the customer and provide information and sometimes computation examples. Hiring the appropriate sales people is an investment we have made that we believe gives us more capacity for realizing visions so that we're nimble enough to find the businesses that are actually investing. Regardless of the recession, engineers are going to be out there working every day, and our job is to make them more efficient.
The Czech companies that got rid of engineers during the economic crisis find it difficult to keep up now that the economy is growing again. Did National Instruments avoid these problems? Did you downsize during the economic crisis?
Yes, we were able to avoid those challenges. No, we continued to grow the company from an employee base point of view, so we added a partner in R&D and in co-sales and as of September 2011 we have 6,130 employees worldwide. Here in Debrecen we performed a vast majority of our production, and we didn't lay off any floor personnel because we believe in our long-term 100 year plan. There is still much work to get done. Though it may not have immediately returned revenue, we really focused on optimizing costs in the '09 recession. As a result, we focused a greater proportion of our employees' engineering performance in manufacturing towards optimization as opposed to volume. When we came out of the recession, this strategy enabled us to see a reduction in overall production costs and better close margins.
Ultimately, there's plenty of productive work that can be done during an economic downturn and control is the key to successfully handling a recession. In the end, you need to stay profitable and ensure enough cash resources are available so that you don't depend on an empty purse.
One of the economic trends in the last few years is that many companies have been hesitant to hire more people, so they focus on productivity instead. And productivity in the U.S. and Europe has been rising quite significantly through this time because most companies are just trying to get additional output with the same number of people. And this works to our favor because that's what we do in the industrial embedded space. We help make operations more productive. It's just like being productive on the PC. Productivity took a while, but ultimately it dramatically changed the number of systems people needed and the bookkeeping required as these processes were greatly improved through the productivity of the PC. We're bringing a similar transition to the industrial embedded and control space as we increase the productivity. We have case studies where our customers, like the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore Lab, have benchmark traditional approaches with built-in systems and while using our technologies it takes them one-third of the labor compared to alternative tools. There is tremendous productivity improvement in the development phase and in running the machine to produce the customers' products.
When you worked for U.T. Applied Research Laboratories, how did you get the idea to establish a new company?
Well, I had been working at the research lab and I'd probably gone as high in the bureaucracy as I wanted to. I liked what I was doing, a great deal of autonomy, and had been thinking of ideas for products. Also, I had received my masters and PhD while working full-time, so I guess I was kind of a workaholic too. Starting a company gave me something to do in addition to the regular workday, which I really liked. It was frustrating to prepare a research report and make sure five people understood what it was about. I wanted to see more use from the technology that I was working with. Now supporting hundreds of thousands of customers, we can always find applications that we're really excited about. For example, we're involved in several big physics applications, including those seeking efficient fusion power generation. I visited one customer just this week. It's very rewarding to me – seeing so many people use our technology. Also, it's really satisfying to create tools that make it possible for people to be more productive
How did you find the right name for the company—National Instruments?
OK, well, it was a random process. We started by taking perturbations of our initials, and then we had some other ideas, such as Longhorn Digital. All of those got turned down. Then we made another list, and voted on these names, so in the end it was pretty random. We liked the name, but only at first, being just a general purpose interface bus (GPIB) supplier, the name seemed a little big. Over time, we grew into it and now it fits very well.
How important were your cofounders Jeff Kodosky and Bill Nowlin, with whom you started working?
My background was primarily in analog designs, though I learned digital design on the job. Jeff was the software programmer. Like me, he had been in physics and gravitated toward software and computer science. Bill Nowlin was an electrical engineer, trained for digital designs, and we were working at the research lab together. Jeff was the guy who could always figure out very difficult problems, which was important to help start the company. When we set out to create LabVIEW, I worked very closely with him to figure it out and it took us 2 years to complete. Over the years, Jeff has continued to innovate with LabVIEW, adding to what we're ultimately trying to accomplish – equipping engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. Bill Nowlin and I designed some of our early digital boards. At the time we were starting the company, Bill was also working on his master's thesis, moonlighting by conducting university research. He went on to supervise engineering and retired basically when we went public. That's a little history on the three gentlemen involved.
What memories do you have from those days?
Well, it's all been good. We've been fortunate to work with some of the best customers doing very exciting things. I actually met Steve Jobs in 1986. I spent a day and a half with him when he was trying to talk us into putting LabVIEW on his NeXT computer. Certainly he was a great hero of mine as Apple was an inspiration to us. Because we were on the Macintosh for 6 years, we learned a lot about using the company's vision to drive the company forward. We spent quite a bit of time with them in sales and marketing because they were trying to make the Mac successful and had a very exciting product that showed the Mac's best graphical features. As a result, we were highlighted in all of their introductions. When the Mac II came out, we were at the introduction, regularly went to their training centers, and performed training. We had a very close relationship with them during that time frame. We needed their help to be successful because the Mac wasn't exactly the industrial computer everybody was using. They were all using the PC, and so we had to work closely with Apple to be successful on the Macintosh.
So, actually, what advice would you give to beginners, if someone wanted to start a company?
It's tricky, because I've tried many times, people say "Okay, yeah, I'm starting a company, tell me something." Currently, my brother-in-law is starting a company, so I've been advising him, and he's coming closer to taking my advice than anybody I've worked with. You know, a lot of companies were venture-financed and that's a whole different approach because you have to progress very fast. You can't learn on the job, and so it takes a lot more resources and dollars—money—early on. Fortunately, we had time to learn and grow simultaneously. We claimed most of the ownership of the company collectively, whereas normally a venture-financed contact will end up with maybe 4% of the company. Most people need a salary while they're working, which creates another problem and we were able to develop a start-up while I worked at the university by doing a lot of work at night. I never missed a paycheck. We had enough revenue by the time we started full-time that we could pay ourselves and that was important. In terms of advice, I have some sayings like "start from where you are." You first have to understand where you are and what conditions you have: technology, market position, and so forth. Many companies start with assumptions that aren't correct. Inaccurate assumptions are probably the biggest reason for failure, so it's important to understand the assumptions you're making about the business you're going into. Also, it's key to understand your options: if this doesn't work, or if the economy is bad, we can take a 15%-20% downturn, etc. In hindsight, we started the company at the worst possible time. In the early 1980s, interest rates were 21%, and prime was 21%. I actually had some money I inherited, which I was saving for a rainy day, I had 15% tax-free insured bonds, and the Dow had just been down. All this meant was the economy was really bad.
When you started your company, did you imagine having more than 6,000 employees one day?
My goal was to create a thriving company. If you don't grow, you don't create career paths. So for us, growth was very important.
Your company has been named as one of the Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work For" for 12 consecutive years (2000-2011), so how important is your employment policy?
Right, well, first off, I'd like to point out that there have only been four high-tech companies on that list for 10 years: NI, Cisco, Microsoft, and Qualcomm.
At a high level, it's important to have a relatively good business plan because if your sales are unpredictable it makes it very difficult to make this list. First, you need to focus on culture. In the early 1990s, I spent quite a bit of time reading hundreds of books. I read about a dozen books on the quality of a working environment. It's important for employees to understand why companies exist because there's a tremendous amount of negative press on capitalism and companies. Yet nobody has found a better way to create wealth for everybody. That serves as a framework to explain why we operate the way we do. Second, create a working environment using the company's vision. Visions are very effective at providing leadership without telling everybody exactly what to do. As a result, you can stimulate conversations about the future, what you should be doing and the technology that is needed. Being vision-driven provides a very good framework. With a culture of innovation, not everything you try is going to work. Given this, you have to support failure as well, specifically fast failure. Thomas Edison tried 50,000 experiments for the battery before he developed a battery design that was used. You also have to support continuous improvement. Here at Debrecen we've done an incredible job with continuous improvement. Quality systems are really about motivating people in a positive way, right? and the combination of these factors helps create a good environment where sophisticated work takes place.
I have been told that more than 80% of your employees are engineering graduates. Is part of your employment policy to let people know they can grow up in the company?
Exactly. Hiring experienced people in areas you're not familiar with is one of the challenges that venture-financed companies face. At National Instruments in Austin, it starts with a recruiting pitch that I give. It's similar to some applied sociology today, talking about a culture and a philosophy where one operates, so perhaps some of it is self-selection. We get folks that agree with our point of view, a group of people who really grow up in the culture, straight out of school. They put up their school flag above their cube and so we retain some of that spirit and build it into the culture of the company and then use that vision.
At work you don't have your own assigned parking space, you have your own cube between the other workers, and you wear jeans. Is this part of your employment policy as well, to be just like everybody else?
Well, a big part is just because I like to be comfortable, and I will wear a suit, but not as often as I used to. I guess I didn't get the memo for the dress code, or I might have been more casual and brought an extra NI shirt along. But yes, and that's always a challenge, because it's very tempting to take perks, but then you're different than everybody else, which is especially important in the engineering environment. Because engineers don't like to see the differentiation between themselves and bosses who don't tune in and understand their technology. For me, that's all part of creating a good culture, making it work in a way that doesn't create a stiff hierarchy.
I heard that you began work on the CompactRIO by drawing a picture on a tissue. Is that true?
It started out when we were at a trade show called MESCOM in Wiesbaden, Germany. There were all these little boxes inside every stand. Every booth seemed to have one of these, and we would come with our plug-in boards. I got to thinking about what we could do to make a platform that would serve a rugged, high-temperature environment. Meaning it could be stored and started up somewhere in Canada or up in northern Sweden and still work. Soon after this idea, we held a sales conference in Austria, and I interviewed about half of our salesmen, asking about features and their general thoughts. Then we had a project that was kind of going awry and not working well – we were trying to take multiple asynchronous measurements at the same time and at different rates. All the while, in the back room, no, back cube, we had three engineers who had been working for three or four years on this technology for programming FPGAs with LabVIEW. I saw that, and said, "Gee, that's a much better way to solve this problem." As a result, we added the FPGA board to the CompactRIO processor to make a very customizable solution. On the mechanical side, I worked with the mechanical engineers as I did with LabVIEW programmers, where each day I'd visit and give them another few ideas to try. After about 6 months, we finally closed on the mechanical design, and the real inspiration for it comes from these batteries used in little electric tools, like a drill and small saw. The CompactRIO modules have a similar concept as they're very modular, yet extremely rugged. Now I know what engineers will do, they'll look up in the table, and they'll see I want it 50-g, so they'll do 50.01-g or something, and I didn't want that. I wanted something really rugged. So I said, "I want to be able to throw it off our 8-story building, and I want it to survive." And so that got the engineers thinking, and sure enough, we threw it out the 8-story building, it hit the ground at 230g, and it survived. Also, I wanted it to survice when Ron Wolf ran it over with his Hummer vehicle, and it did. So those were two of the input requirements for design, and it has been extremely successful. It's just amazing the things people are doing with this technology. We now have an alternative with a single board also. Because we can program the FPGA, domain experts including medical doctors, environmental engineers, biologists, and life-science experts can build devices with it. We've been able to solve some incredible challenges with this technology as it's really versatile and helped us realize our vision for the embedded space: to do for embedded what the PC did for the desktop.
You have four grown children and one of them, Michael, works in the IT department at National Instruments. Did you try to persuade your other children to work for NI?
Well, we believed in letting them be very independent in what they did, and so each one has ideas of what they'll do. Michael is actually now working as part of the LabVIEW team on features that make LabVIEW work in an IT environment. Each one of them at some point did some work as a student, they come in and do summer work at National Instruments. I believed in giving them autonomy to do what they like to do, and they're all successful in what they've chosen.
And do you think Michael could be a future CEO of National Instruments?
We certainly haven't given any special preference to him, so I don't think so. I wouldn't say no, if it made sense….
– Petr Pohorský, editor-in-chief, Control Engineering Česko, www.controlengcesko.com.
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Quick Tech Engine - Comp Cams' new conical valvespring design looks to potentially change the stakes when it comes to making horsepower in your racing engine
These days circle track racing engines are so finely tuned—and so constrained by the rules—that any gains in power made are almost always incremental. For example, we know of one engine builder who actually spent time, and some serious coin, researching new materials for rear main seals that would create less drag from the seal's contact with the crankshaft. The engine builder wins races pretty regularly, so we're not saying he was wasting his time or money, but it does give you a good idea just how desperate engine builders are to continue raising the horsepower bar.
So any time you are able to make a significant gain, it definitely catches our attention here at Circle Track. And Comp Cams' new conical valvesprings are a concept that definitely has the potential to help engine builders make significant gains in race engine performance from Street Stocks all the way up to the big guys that race on Sundays and hog all the glory.
What is interesting is that the real improvement for this valvespring comes from simple geometry. Just like it is named, the spring is shaped like a cone with each coil on a continuous decreasing radius. At first you may think it is just another way to use a smaller, lighter retainer on a valvespring with a larger base much like the beehives that Comp has had for a while now, but there is a very critical difference.
Before we can get to that difference we have to discuss the Achilles heel of the modern performance valvespring. Today wire technology and the manufacturing process is so advanced that getting enough spring pressure and building valves that can survive a super-aggressive cam is now quite possible. What still causes problems is harmonic vibrations that can degrade the spring's ability to control the valve and, in turn, destroy engines.
Almost all current generation valvesprings will have a point in the rpm range where the rate at which the spring is compressed and allowed to expand matches its natural frequency. When this happens the spring's oscillations feed upon themselves and grow out of control. When this happens, valve control quickly goes out the window. Because you can't get around that point, the only solution engine builders have is to band-aid the problem by trying to find a spring that has a natural frequency above or below the rpm range the engine will see on the track.
But the conical valvespring design is very different. Because each coil on the spring is different from every other coil on the spring, every coil has its own natural frequency. It is impossible for the spring as a whole to fall into a harmonic state because when one coil hits its natural frequency, the other coils will serve to dampen the oscillation. When the engine moves out of that rpm range, that particular coil moves out of its harmonic state and becomes a damper for the next coil that reaches its natural frequency.
This isn't just academic; Comp's Billy Godbold says they've seen the damping effect of the conical spring in testing. "What really shocked us with the conical design once we got the right aspect ratio—the top-to-bottom pitch—once we got that conical shape right the damping between all the coils was so much better," he explains. "If you put a load cell on all these other (traditional) springs, you see that they go through clash modes every couple hundred rpm. But when we repeated the tests with the conical valvesprings we couldn't get the springs to show these load spikes."
For engine builders, this self-damping phenomenon that takes place thanks to the specific coil geometry Comp developed has two significant real-world benefits. First, given the very same engine package, the conical spring is much less likely to break than either a straight barrel spring or a beehive spring. Godbold says that because the spring doesn't have a natural resonance it simply doesn't see the stresses that a traditional spring does. When a valvespring reaches its natural frequency, it can no longer provide enough pressure to adequately pull the valve back toward the seat and, as a result, the entire valvetrain can go out of control. Besides a loss in power, this is also quite damaging to valvetrain components. For example, if the spring allows the valve to float, that creates a gap between the tip of the valvestem and the end of the rocker arm. When the spring finally catches back up, it sends the valvestem crashing back into the rocker arm with damaging force. Loss of spring pressure can also allow the valve to bounce, which destroys both the valve and the seat. Finally, it's all that uncontrolled movement that's also the cause of many valvespring failures.
Second, when the conical springs are properly matched to the valvetrain they can significantly increase the engine's rpm redline. "The conical spring can get by with a lot less spring pressure than a standard straight spring because the reduced diameter at the top, as well as the smaller retainer required, significantly cuts down on the mass at the top of the spring that's moving up and down," Godbold explains. "In that respect they are a lot like our beehive springs. And beehive springs have been around long enough now that most engine builders will have a good idea what spring pressure works for their engine package.
"Where the conical spring really separates itself from the beehive is the beehive still exhibits some resonance and you have to get around that is by putting too much spring on the engine—which is really just a crutch. Where I've been really impressed with the conical spring is we've done tests with engines where we have taken off the beehive spring, installed a conical spring with the same open and seat pressures and instantly raised the engine's maximum speed by four- or five-hundred rpm.
"With the beehives springs, they would hit their natural resonance rpm and they couldn't get through it. They may have had more left, but because of the loss of valve control when the springs were in resonance, the engine isn't operating as efficiently as it should, so it loses power and it can push past that rpm. So with the conical we are seeing the rpm limits go up considerably more."
Even if you are already past peak power, a higher redline means you can put more gear in your car and gain a mechanical advantage on the rest of the field. More rpm means the car is also less likely to "lay down" halfway down the straight.
We are eager to put Comp's new conical springs to the test to see for ourselves just how much can be gained both on the dyno and the racetrack. This is just a preliminary look at an emerging technology; stay tuned as we see just how far this new spring design can be pushed in future issues of Circle Track.


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The Moral Monday rally on Oct. 28 at the Historic Depot Amphitheater provides an important opportunity for people of faith.
While it is not by definition a religious movement it offers people of differing forms of faith a chance to join in the chorus of those who are calling upon our government to hear its people and to hear us now.
When I hear the statement that politics and religion do not mix I wonder which religion and whose politics we are talking about. Within the Judeo-Christian tradition there is a consistent prophetic voice which links the health of religious institutions and the health of government to the safety it provides the most vulnerable of its members. While the mix of religion and politics creates a discomfort it is those in power who feel that discomfort.
In the texts which guide our faith the litmus test to the purity of religion and the faithfulness of government to its vocation was in the ancient world identified with its treatment of �widows and orphans.� Today while we are all impacted it is the poor, children, the elderly, members of the LGBT community and other minority voices who are having the hardest time being heard and are most hurt by the current trends of legislation.
I am thankful for this moment in our county�s history when we are afforded an opportunity to not be divided by our differences but instead united in a voice calling for justice. These are historic days and a time when religious voices can join those prophetic voices of the past which have been agents of change.
Will that voice make some uncomfortable? In the name of the God who goes by many names, and is understood through various symbols; let�s hope so.
The Rev. Phil Hardy is pastor of Life�s Journey UCC.


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Okay, about two days ago I was drawing live and the subject was a chibi version of Stewie. Although a lot of the members that where joining me in Live stream liked what I was drawing, I on the other hand thought the chibi looked like an old man version of Stewie. Anyways I was asked the other day to upload the lesson, and so here it is. I'm going to show you "how to draw chibi Stewie", step by step. To tell you the truth it was kind of odd making a chibi version of Stewie because his character is already a baby or toddler. There is really no right or wrong way to draw chibi Stewie because all the limbs are going to be the same size, the head is actually the same shape too. I mean the only different between the two figures is the eyes. I think that is why this chibi version of Stewie looks a bit creepy to me, because the eyes are darkened and this makes him look kind of like an alien. Anyways there really isn't much more I can say about this tutorial except have fun with learning "how to draw chibi Stewie". I don't think I will be making any more chibis based on characters that are already in baby form. Adios people and try to have fun.
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This Week's ChessVideos Show: Karpov-Georgiev, Biel 1994
This time around I cover the game Karpov-Georgiev (Biel 1994), a positional struggle in the Queen's Gambit Declined that concludes, sneakily, with a shower of tactical fireworks. The first part of the video offers what I hope is an instructive look at key themes in the QGD Tartakower where White plays for a fixed pawn center (8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4) and Black goes for the more complex option in reply (11...c6 rather than 11...c5).
A maneuvering battle ensued, and as was almost always the case during his peak years, that battle was more successfully conducted by Karpov. What had looked for a while like a normal, quiet and roughly equal position turned suddenly into a position where Karpov's pieces dominated and a crushing, beautiful combination concluded the game.
Have a look for yourself - the show is free (free registration required), as always, and will be available on-demand for the next month or so.


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Looking Back at the Last Year in HIV Science, Activism and Policy
For each year that passes since 1981, when the human immunodeficiency virus infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) was first clinically observed in the U.S., there have been new advances in science, policy, activism and hope. In this capacity, 2012 has been particularly bright. From the repeal of DADT, to the end of preexisting conditions with Obamacare and scientific advances, there is more hope than ever for the roughly 34.2 million people that were living with HIV in 2011. Some highlights from this incredibly exciting year follow:
One amazing stride forward in the treatment of HIV was the FDA approval of Stribild and Truvada, both HIV-1 Infection Drugs. They are single-dose medications approved for the treatment of HIV, and may significantly simplify the treatment protocol for sufferers of HIV, especially those who are "treatment-naïve," or who have never received treatment before. Over the past decade, co-formulated HIV medicines have simplified therapy for many patients and have become standard of care. The approval of Stribild and Truvada will provide physicians and their patients an effective new single tablet treatment option for individuals starting HIV therapy for the first time.
In July of this year, Timothy Brown, a.k.a. The Berlin patient, became the first person to be considered medically cured of HIV. In 2007, Brown was given a stem cell transplant as part of his treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). After 20 months without antiretroviral drug treatment, it was reported that HIV levels in Brown's blood, bone marrow and bowel were below the limit of detection. The virus remained undetectable over three years after the first transplant. These findings, while still under scrutiny by medical researchers, have given hope to millions.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson shocked the world in 1991 when he announced he had HIV and abruptly retired from a hall of fame basketball career. Now, 21 years later, Magic Johnson is extremely active in HIV/AIDS education campaigns through the Magic Johnson Foundation and has sought to show that the risk of infection was not limited to traditionally high-risk groups like IV drug users, and using his life as an example of the fact that an HIV diagnosis is not a death sentence. At age 53, Johnson is an activist, entrepreneur and the new owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
An organization of HIV/AIDS patient advocates in San Francisco, CA announced in November its intent to put a measure on next year's ballot in San Francisco encouraging the city to negotiate for the lowest possible price for the prescription drugs that it purchases. The "Stop Runaway Drug Pricing" measure requires the collection of 9,703 valid signatures from San Francisco residents on a petition before it can go on the city's ballot. The foundation notes that governments are the single-largest purchaser of pharmaceutical products and could help in November 2013. The measure would establish as city policy that San Francisco negotiate directly with the drug manufacturers and could be used as a model for other cities and governments to stop runaway drug pricing.
The 19th Annual International AIDS Conference to the United States was held in July 2012. It represents a significant victory for public health and human rights. The choice of Washington, D.C. as the site for the conference was the result of years of dedicated advocacy to end the nation's misguided entry restrictions on people living with HIV/AIDS that were based on fear and ignorance rather than science. Those 22-year-old travel bans on people with HIV were lifted by President Barack Obama on Nov. 5, after he noted that he was fulfilling a promise he made to gay advocates and acting to eliminate a restriction he said was "rooted in fear rather than fact."
Additionally this year, there was a new Viking-3 study that was designed to address a significant medical need for those patients who have advanced disease and have developed resistance to integrase inhibitors as well as multiple other antiretroviral agents.
On the social front, new HIV-positive online dating sites, including Adam4Adam and Volttage, emerged to break down the stigma and fear that HIV-positive people live with daily.
Politically in 2012, part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that requires HIV screening and counseling became mandatory and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided an important status update about ongoing research studies. They are currently examining the lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have ever had sex with other men since 1977 and are reviewing their policy.
These and other myriad events, both nationally, internationally and in our own hometowns herald the coming of new hope, acceptance and compassion in the fight against HIV/AIDS and the support of those living with the disease. Looking forward to 2013, it is easy to expect these accomplishments to be surpassed by the dedicated men and women who work tirelessly in this field scientifically, socially and politically.


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- Yet another celebrity split: Thomas Jane and Patricia Arquette are set to divorce after four years of marriage. The two had previously separated and later reconciled in 2009. [People]
- Eliza Dushku says she's "loving" living with her boyfriend, Rick Fox. [People]
- David Fincher has already rejected Natalie Portman, Ellen Page, Carey Mulligan, and Emma Watson for the role of Lisbeth Salander in the upcoming Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; the part is expected to go to an unknown. [PageSix]
- Danny McBride says he'd be "completely flattered" to join the cast of The Office, though "I have my own TV show now that I'm trying to work out so I don't know what the reality of it could be. It's pretty insane to read that [it's a possibility]." [EW]
- Nicolas Cage says he signed on to The Sorcerer's Apprentice due to the importance of magic: "You can't really survive in the arts if you don't keep the magical child's mind alive. Magic is really very simple. It's about imagination, plus willpower, focused in such a way to create conscious effects in the material world. Every book is a work of magic, every speech that moves people is a work of magic, every movie is a work of magic." [ShowbizSpy]
- Zsa Zsa Gabor was hospitalized again last night due to complications from the hip surgery she received last month. [RadarOnline]
- Julia Roberts' children take up all of her time, but she wouldn't have it any other way: "I don't have the luxury of sitting around anymore. I must have had bags of spare time before I had children but I don't know what I did with it and I didn't appreciate it. But it's such a terrific trade off. And as with anybody who's a mum or a wife, it just becomes part of your everyday routine. Some days it's super fun and some days it's a chore." [ContactMusic]
- Katy Perry was none too pleased with her record label when they told her a song called "Peacock" didn't belong on her new album, Teenage Dream: "They were all a bit worried about the word 'c**k' and it gave me deja vu because they did the exact same thing with 'I Kissed A Girl'. They said, 'We don't see it as a single; we don't want it on the album'. And I was like, 'You guys are idiots.'" [DigitalSpy]
- Meanwhile, Lady Gaga is pretty excited about her upcoming album: "The new album is my absolute greatest work I've ever done, and I'm so excited about it. The message, the melodies, the direction, the meaning, what it will mean to my fans and what it will mean to me in my own life - it's utter liberation. I'm on the quest to create the anthem for my generation for the next decade, so that's what I've done." [DigitalSpy]
- Gaga also doesn't want to take a ride on your disco stick unless she's in love with you: "If you're not having sex with someone who really cares about you or who really loves you they can screw up your energy. I think sometimes, I don't know, if you are promiscuous and are just sleeping around that people can take things from you. I think it's always important to be making love." [TheSun]
- Ne-Yo has been losing his hair since he was a teenager: ""My hair starting thinning when I was 13. It runs in the family. I initially started wearing hats to cover up my shame. Now I don't give a damn. I can be sexy without hair." [DigitalSpy]
- Vivica A. Fox's boyfriend, Slimm, dumped her via press release, only to send a second press release the following day announcing that the two had not split, after all. [DailyMail]
- Kanye West recently held a secret show in New York City; guests included Estelle, John Legend and Kid Cudi. [DailyExpress]
- The Awl's David Cho was at the show, if you'd like to read an in-depth review. [The Awl]
- Alexander Skarsgard says he based his True Blood character on a lion: "I was fascinated by the male lion on a documentary, the way he moved, the confidence. When he just sat down and looked straight at the cameraman, he did absolutely nothing, but for a second you didn't know whether he was going to yawn and fall asleep or pounce. I thought it would be interesting to try to find that. You don't show your teeth, you don't say anything, you don't show it. It's the not knowing that's interesting. Anything could happen." [ShowbizSpy]
- James Franco is rumored to be joining the cast of Breaking Dawn, which really isn't all that surprising, if you think about it. [DigitalSpy]
- Ke$ha says she's learned a lot by watching Rihanna on tour: "I don't know what she would be learning from me, aside from how to look like a maniac, but I definitely learned a lot from her. I've only been performing pop music for under a year, so I'm relatively new to the arena thing. It's terrifying, so I really do, every night, watch her, and she's so graceful and so sweet and so badass. She just always has such a good attitude. You just have to own it!" [DailyExpress]
- Juliette Lewis says she and Jennifer Aniston didn't discuss their mutual ex, Brad Pitt, on the set of The Switch: "For Jennifer, being with Brad was profound as it was a marriage. For me, it was only like a high school relationship. Brad and I were on a journey together at the start of our careers. Then he became this sensation in a whole other way. I always knew I'd stay an outsider." [DigitalSpy]
- Lea Michele says that a Justin Timberlake-themed episode of Glee may run after the Super Bowl: "I think they are saving Justin Timberlake for the Super Bowl episode. They have to be, because he is so perfect for our show. He has to be on it! When I met Jessica Biel, like a loser, I asked her to tell Justin to come on our show. She was a little taken aback and said, 'Um, OK. I'll tell him.'" [DigitalSpy]
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Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull (kôrdĕl´), 1871–1955, American statesman, b. Overton co. (now Pickett co.), Tenn. Admitted to the bar in 1891, he sat (1893–97) in the Tennessee legislature and, after service in the Spanish-American War, was appointed (1903) circuit court judge. He served (1907–21, 1923–31) in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was the author of important tax legislation. He was elected (1930) to the U.S. Senate, but resigned (1933) when Franklin Delano Roosevelt named him Secretary of State. Hull placed great emphasis on international economic relations. Through his efforts, pacts were signed with several nations under the Reciprocal Agreements Act (1934), and he fostered the
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policy toward Latin American countries. After World War II broke out in Europe he pushed for aid to the Allies and recommended revision of the Neutrality Act. After U.S. entry into the war, he worked to improve cooperation among the Allies, visiting Moscow in 1943, and backed the establishment of a world organization to maintain peace. Ill health caused his resignation as Secretary of State in 1944. He was awarded the 1945 Nobel Peace Prize.
See his autobiography (1948); biography by J. W. Pratt (2 vol., 1964).


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October 10, 2003 • Posted By Shaun Lyon
Bill Nighy appears to be the front-runner for the role of the Doctor, being writer/producer Russell Davies' first choice. Now, another article in the Telegraph quotes television presenter Richard Bacon, who says the veteran actor is a "shoo-in" for the job. "I'm very good mates with the League of Gentlemen writer Mark Gatiss, who's going to be writing the show with Russell T. Davies. Mark says it's Nighy for the lead, and he's in the know on this." Of course, this is all second hand. (And the quest continues... Thanks to Matthew Sweet)


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Park and Greenway Planning and Development
The Park Development and Communications Division of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department is responsible for the planning and development of all City parks and greenways.
The information below outlines the process of developing a new park or greenway.
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What's the vision for the City's parks and greenways?
The City defines a broad vision for the entire park and greenway system primarily through two documents: the City of Raleigh 2030 Comprehensive Plan and the City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources System Plan. The documents provide a vision, goals, objectives and policies that guide staff.
The Park, Recreation and Open Space Element of the City of Raleigh 2030 Comprehensive Plan is a broad guide for all park and greenway facilities. This element and others, such as Environmental Protection, Land Use, Community Facilities and Services, provide policy and recommended actions for the City as a whole. The comprehensive plan projects local and regional growth patterns and public infrastructure needs including parks, greenways and open space for conservation of natural resources and protection of our quality of life. Funding, acquisition of properties, classification of new lands acquired, and master planning are each guided by the recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan.
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources System Plan
The System Plan is a supplemental document to the Comprehensive Plan and is the strategic system plan that guides the growth and development of the City's park and greenway system. Future park needs are compared with an existing inventory of park facilities over a twenty to thirty year horizon. Included within this plan are recommendations for new park development, maintenance and continued renovation of existing parks and facilities, and guidelines that will allow the system to provide ample recreational opportunities for all citizens while remaining flexible to change with recreational trends, significant development opportunities and Raleigh's growing population. A system plan is developed every five to ten years. On May 6, 2014 the Raleigh City Council voted unanimously to approve the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources System Plan. For additional information please visit the System Plan site.
Where will new parks and greenways be located?
Before a park or greenway trail can be built, the city must first acquire the needed land. Generally, the location of new parks and greenways are determined through extensive planning and public participation during the System Planning process.
The Park Development and Communications Division works with the city's Real Estate Division to continually identify and purchase land for future parks and greenways as directed by the Comprehensive Plan and the Parks Plan. The primary method of acquiring land is accomplished through a targeted acquisition process. The 2004 Parks Plan identifies Level of Service (LOS) goals and recommended Park Service Areas. Areas in need of parks are identified by combining these measures with geographic information system (GIS) data on the size and locations of existing parks. Properties in these areas are then analyzed to determine their suitability as park sites. The Design Development Division works through the City's Real Estate Division to pursue and acquire new properties. City Council approves all parkland acquisitions.
Greenway land is usually conveyed to the City through greenway easements and fee simple transactions. The City's acquisition of greenways is guided by the Capital Area Greenway System corridors. The widths of the greenway corridors vary based on the stream hierarchy and the 100 year floodplain. The City requires dedication of land for greenways from residential developments that fall along these corridors or other planned greenway connectors. Developers of non-residential properties may also be required to reserve a portion of their property for greenways. Additionally, planned greenway trail projects may require greenway land to be acquired. The Design Development Division works with staff from the City's Real Estate Division and City Attorney's office to acquire any additional land needed to complete a greenway trail.
What happens after the City acquires new park land?
In 2003, the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department initiated the process to develop System Integration Plans (SIPs) for property that the City has acquired for future park development. The objective of a System Integration Plan is to document existing site conditions and constraints, develop a set of guidelines for the interim management of parkland prior to the initiation of a Master Plan, to establish the park's classification consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, and if applicable, any proposed special intent for the park. The SIP is not intended to restrict the Master Plan process, but rather to enhance the overall park development process.
Site Specific System Integration Plan
Important elements include:
- marking property boundaries;
- identifying safety concerns and hazardous conditions; and
- conducting a site inventory to identify natural and cultural resources.
The site specific System Integration Plan is developed with input from the Parks, Recreation and Greenway Advisory Board. A draft SIP is presented to the public through notification of adjacent and nearby property owners, Citizen Advisory Councils, registered neighborhood groups, and registered park support groups. The public is encouraged to provide comments at a formal presentation of the SIP to the Parks, Recreation and Greenway Advisory Board. The SIP is then submitted to City Council for final action. A listing and status of system integration plans can be found on the Park and Greenway Projects webpage.
What do you want your new park to be?
Before a park is designed and constructed, the public is invited to assist in the process of park master planning.
Park master plans are completed at an individual park level, unlike the comprehensive plan. A park master plan is a conceptual design document that, once adopted by city council, generally describes and guides the future management, design, and development of a park property. In partnership with N.C. State University Cooperative Extension's Natural Resources Leadership Institute, then Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department created a comprehensive public participation process for park planning. The comprehensive public participation process guides all master planning processes. At the end of the process, master plans are reviewed by the Parks, Recreation and Greenway Advisory Board who recommends action to City Council. City Council takes final action on the plan.
Get Involved
The public is heavily involved in the creation of master plans for new parks. A group of committed citizens work in conjunction with staff and consultants to create master plans for new parks. There are also meetings with the general public to provide input at relevant points in the master plan process including visioning at the beginning of the process and feedback at the end of the process.
How are parks and greenways developed?
Once a park has a master plan or a greenway corridor has been acquired, design and construction will follow. The timing of design and construction can vary based on the size and scope of the project as well as budgetary constraints.
For large projects, a design consultant is hired to transform the master plan into buildable instructions. For smaller projects, such as playgrounds, this process may be completed by design development staff. During design, exact locations are solidified for all elements of the site such as buildings, walkways, parking, playground equipment.
When the design is 30 percent complete it is presented at a public meeting and at the Parks, Recreation, and Greenway Advisory Board meeting. At this time the public is invited to provide verbal and/or written comment on the design.
Once the design is complete, the City will put out the design for a competitive bidding process. A construction company will be chosen to complete the construction of the park or greenway as described in the design documents. As required by the North Carolina General Statutes, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder will be awarded the contract by City Council.
How are parks and greenways paid for?
Parks and greenways are funded through the city's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The CIP is the city's five-year financial plan that analyzes major facility needs, projects fiscal resources, establishes priorities, and develops schedules for the acquisition and construction of capital facilities. The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department's CIP primary sources of funding come from Parks and Recreation Bonds, Facility Fees, General Fund (Tax Base), grants and donations.
Bond Referendum Program
The Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Department's primary source of revenue for the development of new facilities comes from voter approved bond referendums. Projects are approved by the Raleigh City Council and put on a ballot for voters to approve. The four most recent Parks and Recreation Bond Referendums were 2000, 2003, 2007, and 2014. In addition to Parks and Recreation Bond Referendums, greenways have been funded through the 2011 Transportation Bond. In 2012, three specific parks and recreation projects were funded through a two-thirds general obligation bond. Two-thirds bonds are a long-term financing option available to local governments in North Carolina under state law. The bond total can be up to two-thirds of the amount by which the municipality reduced its outstanding general obligation indebtedness in the preceding fiscal year.
Facility Fee Program
The City of Raleigh's Facility Fee Program assesses impact fees to residential developers when new homes are being built in Raleigh. The Facility Fees are used for two different purposes in Raleigh, Transportation and Parks and Recreation projects. The fees collected must address projects related to new growth in the City. The City must spend $1 for every $0.50 collected in the geographic area they were collected in.
General Fund (Tax base)
The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department receives a nominal annual transfer of revenue from the City's General Fund (Tax Base) in order to develop and maintain its facilities.
The Parks and Recreation Department actively applies for Federal, State, Local, Private and Non-Profit grant opportunities. In many cases, these grants require a match and allow the Department to leverage its resources. Grants that have been received include, CWMTF, PARTF, LWCF, and RTP.
Public and private donations are welcomed by the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department. Donations are accepted in the form of money, time (volunteering), and park amenities, such as benches and trees, as well as land donations. The City of Oaks Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private foundation that was formed to accept major donations including land, monetary, and other donations.
Get Involved
The City Council traditionally holds a public hearing on the Proposed Budget after its first regular meeting in June. Council meetings, public hearings and work sessions are held in the Council Chambers of the Avery C. Upchurch Municipal Complex, 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh, NC 27601.


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Here's my response to Dr. Campbell's blog post:
Dr. Campbell,
I appreciate your intent, but I do not agree with your point of view. "Rhetoric put forth in the New York Times"? Seriously?
In a world in which physicians' views are sometimes marred by speaking fees and consulting arrangements with medical device companies, patients must rely on the media for information about recalls.
This case is not at all about the sensationalization of a medical device recall. This is about the unprecedented request by St. Jude for the retraction of Dr. Hauser's paper and failed attempt to discredit his work by dragging a competitor down with them.
This is about the Class 1 recall of a lead that's been implanted in 79,000 U.S. patients. These are people who, like me, were told the device would be there to save their lives in case they ever needed it, and who are now learning that this might not be the case.
This is about how poorly the "the guys in the suits" have handled this crisis so far: defensively and arrogantly. And how it reflects on their company's image and reputation.
Doctors and medical device companies should realize that a new world has emerged. It is a world in which patients are more empowered, equipped with information and engaged in their care. We are connected through social media like never before and we are talking. We're talking about doctors, therapies, brands of devices and even recalls.
You can no longer control the message. Patients have the right to know. After all, we are the ones living with heart disease. That's how WE put ourselves at the center of a device recall.
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PHILADELPHIA – New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may help more smokers keep their New Year's resolution by helping them quit smoking. Extended use of a nicotine patch – 24 weeks versus the standard eight weeks recommended by manufacturers – boosts the number of smokers who maintain their cigarette abstinence and helps more of those who backslide into the habit while wearing the patch, according to a study which will be published in the February 2 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
"Our data suggest that the many smokers who relapse while trying to quit will be especially helped by extended treatment, which appears to make it easier for smokers to 'get back on the wagon' after a small smoking slip, instead of having it turn into a full-blown relapse," says lead author Robert Schnoll, PhD, an associate professor of Psychiatry at Penn. "We know that tobacco dependence is a chronic, relapsing condition that may require extended treatment, and we hope our research efforts will encourage physicians to recommend to their patients that they use nicotine patches for a longer duration."
Schnoll and senior author Caryn Lerman, PhD, a Mary W. Calkins Professor of Psychiatry and Deputy Director of the Abramson Cancer Center, studied 568 adult smokers who smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day for at least the past year. At the end of the 24-week study, smokers who used a nicotine patch throughout the whole trial were about two times as likely to have been successful in their quitting attempts than those who received a placebo patch after the eighth week of the study: 31.6 percent of extended therapy participants had not smoked in the past seven days, compared to 20.3 percent of standard therapy participants. More than nineteen percent of participants on the extended patch regimen did not smoke at all, even a puff, during the trial, compared to 12.6 percent of those who stopped getting the active transdermal therapy after week eight. The benefits also extended to those who relapsed during the study: The smokers on extended therapy abstained from cigarettes for longer, and were more likely to stop smoking again even if they relapsed.
When the researchers followed up with participants at week 52, however, they found no difference in the main measures of smoking abstinence between those who had used the extended patch therapy (14.5 percent) and those who used the standard regimen (14.3 percent), though the extended patch users were more likely (29.1 percent vs. 21.3 percent) to have reported no periods of smoking lasting more than 7 days in a row — during the entire year.
Though drug therapies including Zyban and Chantix produce similar results to extended patch therapy, the authors say their findings provides a cessation option to more smokers, since nicotine patches are available over the counter and can be used even by people with seizure disorders or mental health problems like depression, who are generally advised not to use those drugs. The authors estimate that the cost per quitter for extended therapy costs $2,482, which is similar to other drug-related cessation aids. However, cost may remain a barrier to accessing proven smoking cessation tools: Just 8.6 percent of U.S. health insurers fully cover the cost of nicotine patches, and only 33 states pay for Medicaid patients to use the patch.
The new research is part of an ongoing effort in Penn's Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction learn more about the genetic underpinnings of nicotine addiction – and tailor smoking cessation approaches to individual smokers. In addition, to buoy smokers' long-term success following extended nicotine patch therapy, the authors suggest combining cessation strategies, such as pairing extended patch use with more intensive counseling or having smokers begin using nicotine patches before their quitting attempt begins.
"While we have documented that extended therapy is more efficacious overall than standard therapy, not everyone benefits equally," Lerman says. "Therefore, our team is using genetic approaches to identify smokers who will achieve the greatest benefit from an extended or maintenance therapy approach."
This research was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes on Drug Abuse (P50 CA/DA84718; P50 CA143187).
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $3.6 billion enterprise.
Penn's School of Medicine is currently ranked #3 in U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools, and is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $367.2 million awarded in the 2008 fiscal year.
Penn Medicine's patient care facilities include:
- The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – the nation's first teaching hospital, recognized as one of the nation's top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center – named one of the top 100 hospitals for cardiovascular care by Thomson Reuters for six years.
- Pennsylvania Hospital – the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751, nationally recognized for excellence in orthopaedics, obstetrics & gynecology, and behavioral health.
Additional patient care facilities and services include Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse, a Philadelphia campus offering inpatient rehabilitation and outpatient care in many specialties; as well as a primary care provider network; a faculty practice plan; home care and hospice services; and several multispecialty outpatient facilities across the Philadelphia region.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2009, Penn Medicine provided $733.5 million to benefit our community.


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