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Many of us older folks who grew up in our area have the benefit or influence of a parochial education. As such, we have a foundational teaching that puts us in touch or at least makes us aware of the details behind specific holidays on the calendar. I know this Holy Name attendee fits this mold — especially as it relates to Easter.
Many of us older folks who grew up in our area have the benefit or influence of a parochial education. As such, we have a foundational teaching that puts us in touch or at least makes us aware of the details behind specific holidays on the calendar. I know this Holy Name attendee fits this mold — especially as it relates to Easter.
Sadly, a large majority of our younger generation seems to have fallen away from pursuing an upbringing that features the ways and things of God. Family Life radio recently broadcasted statistics which indicate that 80 percent of the children in the U.S. do not attend church. One particular interview featured a 19-year-old who said he only knew of Jesus Christ in the context of people swearing.
For countless folks, Easter is a day dedicated to the likes of painted eggs, candy, bunnies, or the celebration of pagan rituals. From a man's perspective, including mine for over 50 years, the cross makes little or no sense whatsoever. Where is the miracle and what is the cause for celebration as it relates to a brutalized "religious" figure from the distant past?
God certainly does not need me to defend Him or any of His special occasions, but I'm inspired to share a personal testimony of why the true meaning of Easter is critical for people to know and understand. A little over 16 years ago, I had the opportunity to stand in front of the Pacific Ocean while on vacation.
The blend of vast water, beautiful sand, towering mountains, and painted sky literally brought me to my knees. The majestic view had the effect of setting my inner eye on the awesomeness of God; more specifically, it made me realize the magnitude and significance of what Jesus had done for me on the cross 2,000 years ago. Imagine… He so loved me that my sins and salvation were on His mind when he sacrificed Himself on those rugged beams!
Just as the Bible predicts, from that time to now, the shade cover of my previous view has lifted steadily. I have come to know more intimately this God who overcame sin, the grave, and death. Jesus Christ is alive indeed and His spirit lives in me. It's His perspective, not mine, that truly matters to me now. I believe His biblical Word reveals His nature and will for man's conduct called truth. In fact, Jesus said He was the way, the truth, and the life and that no one could come to the Father except through Him (John 14:6).
By faith, I hold that Jesus Christ died for me personally. He physically rose from the dead (unlike anyone ever) to live again and to live specifically and spiritually in me. What ownership of dynamic faith, hope, and joy that brings! The lover of my soul pursued me to the ends of this country to bless me with His gracious gift of an eternal relationship; a personal encounter far more than amazing!
So friends, stand right where you are and delight in your opportunity to receive His godly perspective. Life is something designed to hold great abundance. After all, He is risen for that very purpose! Happy Easter!
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Mary Louise Prowant, age 86, of Adrian died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Charlotte Stephenson Manor.
She was born Aug. 9, 1927, in Ogden Township to Harry C. and Ella (Cook) Kafer. She was a lifelong resident of the Adrian. Mary Lou married Harold L. Prowant in Adrian on Aug. 18, 1945, and he survives.
Mary Lou and her husband formerly owned and operated the Tip Top Restaurant in Adrian from 1954 until 1986, when they sold it and retired. She attended the First United Methodist Church, Adrian. Mary Lou was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary at ProMedica Bixby Hospital.
Mary Lou is survived by her husband, Harold; a brother, Dr. Lowell Kafer of Florida; a sister, Elaine Kafer of Marquette; and several nieces and nephews, most notably Ralph and Pat Erlacher of Adrian. She was preceded in death by parents and a brother, Howard Kafer.
Cremation has taken place and there will be a memorial service at 11 a.m. Monday, March 31, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church in Adrian with Pastor Chris Brundage officiating. Burial of cremains will be in Lenawee Hills Memorial Park in Adrian. Visitation will be from 2 until 5 p.m. Sunday at the Anderson Funeral Home, Adrian.
You may send condolences to the family at www.andersonfuneralservices.com. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Lenawee. Envelopes are available at the Anderson Funeral Home, Adrian.
Mary Louise Prowant
Mary Louise Prowant, age 86, of Adrian died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Charlotte Stephenson Manor.

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This is an activity about how the Sun can affect the Earth's atmosphere, specifically the ionosphere. Learners will use real data from a Sudden Ionosphere Disturbance Monitor, or SID Monitor, to identify the signatures in the graphed data that can... (View More) be used to determine the times of sunrise and sunset. Although the SID monitors are designed to detect SIDs caused by solar flares, they also detect the normal influence of solar X-rays and UV light during the day as well as cosmic rays at nighttime. There is a distinct shape to a 24-hour SID data graph, with unique shapes, or signatures, of the graph appearing at sunrise and sunset.This activity is part of the Research with Space Weather Monitor Data educators guide. Use of and access to a Stanford Solar Center SID monitor and the internet is encouraged but not required. Locations without a SID monitor can use sample data provided in the educators guide. (View Less)
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This plugin provides Python integration features.
WWW: https://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=python
make generate-plist
Dependency line: claws-mail-python>0:mail/claws-mail-python
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/mail/claws-mail-python/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install claws-mail-python
cd /usr/ports/mail/claws-mail-python/ && make install clean
pkg install claws-mail-python
PKGNAME: claws-mail-python
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SHA256 (claws-mail-3.17.3.tar.xz) = 504e1f5a6f0880192662826ac07bcd083c3167b3db7143858617d6c51233d2f2
SIZE (claws-mail-3.17.3.tar.xz) = 6164392
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
autoreconf gettext-tools gmake iconv libtool pkgconfig tar:xz gnome
Affects: users of mail/claws-mail*
Author: email@example.com
claws-mail has been updated to 3.7.0, with this update OpenSSL support
has been removed by upstream in favour of GnuTLS. GnuTLS is now enabled
by default. Themes were have also been split to an extra port which
your can find under x11-themes/claws-mail-themes. Menu was rewritten
entirely in version 3.6.0 using modern GTK interface; as a consequence,
all your custom shortcuts will be lost after upgrade.
Number of commits found: 27
- Switch to python3 and fix build
- Unbreak mail/claws-mail-python
Submitted by: mmokhi
Sponsored by: Netzkommune GmbH
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18800
Mark BROKEN: fails to stage
&& install -s -m 0644 .libs/python.so
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Reported by: pkg-fallout
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Changelog: http://claws-mail.org/news.php
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Bounce PORTREVISION for gettext-related ports. Have fun, ya'll.
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Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
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Bug fixes:
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decrypt incoming PGP mails -displays base64
instead - sucks completely'
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Pilot ejects, escapes injury as US fighter jet crash lands in Bahrain
Pilot ejects, escapes injury as US fighter jet crash lands in Bahrain
The U.S. Navy says an F-18 fighter jet has crash landed at Bahrain International Airport and the pilot ejected from the aircraft after it "departed the runway."
Cmdr. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, said in a statement the pilot wasn't hurt in the crash landing Saturday on the island nation.
Urban says the F-18 took off from the USS Nimitz, an aircraft carrier now in the Persian Gulf.
He says the F-18 suffered an engine problem and tried to divert to Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain. He said the plane couldn't make it and instead landed at the island's commercial airport.
Urban said: "Due to the malfunction, the aircraft could not be stopped on the runway and the pilot ejected from the aircraft as it departed the runway."


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I pleased to hear I am not the only web designer who favours multiple iterations over multiple concepts (tip #4).
By producing multiple concepts, not only do you hazard the client mixing and matching between several designs, you run the risk of them picking a design in its entirety that is below par. The idea that it is possible to produce multiple concepts that are of equal merit is an optimistic one, and to trust the client to pick the best of the bunch is more optimistic still.
In my experience my first design usually contains my best ideas, and in subsequent concepts I either rehash the good ideas from the first design, strike out in an entirely different direction in an attempt to produce something that looks unique from the first design, or worst of all, knock out a sub-standard design simply to make up the numbers.
Today, if a client requests multiple concepts I steer them towards the "one concept, multiple revisions" approach instead.


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FRESNO, Calif.-- It seems like everything is made in China these days, but there's one thing that's made in the USA that may surprise you: the iconic Chinese take-out box.
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The box is one for the most recognizable take-out boxes in the country. It's the traditional white box with the familiar red text and the image of the pagoda that has dominated America's Chinese restaurants for decades.
The company that makes this famous product is Fold-Pak. Fold-Pak has three manufacturing facilities across the country with their west coast operations in Fresno, in Central California.
"Honestly, I would have never guessed that these were made locally, I actually thought they would be made in China," said Mike Schapansky who loves getting his Chinese food out of these famous boxes.
This product seems like it would be ideally suited to be made in China, but Fold-Pak has the market cornered and is the No. 1 maker of Chinese take out boxes the United States. It has 60%-70% of the market share of the containers.
Ironically, restaurants in China don't use the Chinese take-out boxes that we associate with Chinese food here in America. Instead, they use other type of carry out containers.
It is cheaper to manufacture similar types of Chinese take out boxes in China. It can cost between a penny to 8 cents per 16oz. box on an order of 1,000 pieces if you order similar types of take out boxes from China, while buying 1,000 pieces from Fold-Pak can cost around 14 cents per 16 oz. box.
But Fold-Pak prides itself on having the best-made container -- and it's made right here in America.
The popular box has a wirehandle for easy carrying, good closure, a special lining to keep food from leaking, and good heat retention.
"As far as I've remembered they've always been here," said Albert Young owner of Visalia Tea Garden a Chinese restaurant in central California.
Like thousands of Chinese restaurants around the country, Young uses these boxes because his customers like it.
"Customers like it because you get to eat out of the box. Big family meal that you just pack it up and take home and feed the families," said Young.
The original box was invented in the 1700s and has evolved over the centuries into Chinese food containers and is now predominately used in the Chinese food industry in North America.


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Wagons Stolen From Zoo Of Acadiana
The Zoo of Acadiana needs your help recovering five stolen wagons.
According to their facebook page, five heavy duty wagons that costed them $400 each have been stolen from the zoo.
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I LOVE this card made by Helen. Quite a clean and simple style, muted colours, very clean lines and Helen has used the technique of paper piecing on the dress, which all go together to make a very striking card.
What's Your Favourite Technique?
I LOVE this card made by Helen. Quite a clean and simple style, muted colours, very clean lines and Helen has used the technique of paper piecing on the dress, which all go together to make a very striking card.
8 comments:
- Mau xx said...
All great cards, I am just an Avid Stamper, I love colouring with a passion and have become addicted to your adorable's. I used to love Pencil drawing ...don't do enough these days! and love painting so colouring images feed my passion xx
Like all these three card techniques though.
- May 26, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Paula said...
It's amazing the variety possible with Sugar Nellie stamps = there really is an image to suit everyone's style & technique - you just have to look at the Sweeties' examples for a huge variety of styles.
Paula (PEP)
- May 26, 2011 at 4:29 PM
- Shazza said...
gorgeous cards, love the masking one.
- May 26, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- Janette said...
I think my fav technique would be flowers and pearls etc, have tried to do the CAS simple look, but don't think I succeed to well...but I mainly just love the colour images, still learning all the time, but I just adore it.xx
- May 26, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- Maria Therese said...
Beautiful cards!!
- May 26, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Kim. said...
These are all gorgeous cards. Especially love the two images merged together they really work. I never cease to be amaze each time I find a new blog and talented crafter.
Kim xXx
- May 27, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Vicki said...
Such fabulous cards, all different in their own special way. My favourite technique is shabby, distressed, that way you don't have to worry so much about your measuring of papers when matting and layering....lol!!!!Thanks for sharing xx vicki xx
- May 27, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- Marianne's Craftroom said...
Fab entries, mine will be on tomrrow. My fave style is detailed with lots of layers so love playing with your sketches. Marianne x
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Captain's ReportA Rugged, Coastal FishboatBy Capt. Bob SmithLake Wawasee in Indiana was a perfect place to test the 162 Tracer as it offered lots of coves, shallows, and open running for testing. This boat has been a popular in the West Coast of the U.S. and it is ready to charge into the East Coast market.ConstructionThe 162 is a rugged utility/coastal boat with an entry-level price that should meet just about everyone's budget. It is a versatile performer and is comfortable in the coastal waters as well as the rivers and lakes. This boat has a .100 gauge hull bottom which is unusual for a 16-footer in this class. There is no wood in this model instead, they use a proprietary composite material. You don't have to worry about the seams on this boat, they are warranted for life.Starting Up FrontThe 162's simple utilitarian design has a handy storage cubby in the bow where you can either put a mushroom anchor or store the foot control for the trolling motor. Sturdy stainless steel rails surround the bow and another large storage box is in the sole for more gear, such as tackle boxes and life jackets. The easy care deck makes clean-up simple when you get back to shore.Helm LayoutSmoker Craft raised the windshield on this model to improve protection from the elements and allow for a greater amount of leg room at the helm. You wouldn't believe the amount of leg room there is for a boat this size! The helm is simple with a fixed position wheel and fuel gauge and there is plenty of space to add a fishfinder and a GPS. Beneath the easy fold-down seats is room for storing life jackets and tackle. The 162 has its tank mounted down the center, below the composite flooring. This helps to stabilize the boat and the composite floor insures a lifetime of worry-free deck. CockpitThe open cockpit has plenty of room for fishing. Everything is well-arranged with rod racks conveniently on the side and excellent toe-kick space. The lips of the boxes all have a raised and protected edge to keep tackle from rolling off onto the floor. At the stern, the battery is placed low on the starboard side, the fuel fill top center and the stern light clips on the back edge.Honda-PoweredOur test boat was powered with a Honda BF40 four-stroke outboard engine. This engine is known for delivering maximum power, performance, and economy. The offset crankshaft design puts the power head over the transom pivot point and the Autostart Enrichment delivers better fuel mixture for quick starts. The 3-3 lightweight carburetor design gives you smooth, sewing machine quiet operation.Perfomance ResultsWe tested in good conditions on an inland lake. The 162 Tracer handled well with some wheel torque at top end. She cruises at 18.6mph at 4000 rpm and she can go 137 miles on a full tank of fuel. Equipped with a 40-hp Honda four-stroke this Tracer achieved a top end speed of 28.5 mph at 5800 rpm.SpecificationsThe 162 Tracer is 16'0" length overall with a beam width of 76". She has a 60-hp maximum rating with a maximum weight load of 1200 lbs. She carries 18 gallons of fuel in her center mounted tank and weighs 700 lbs dry without engine.If you want a no-nonsense boat that is just as comfortable on a craggy river, open lake or coastal cruising for fish, the 162 Tracer from Smoker Craft certainly offers a lot.
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- Best cruise for the Smoker Craft 162 Tracer (2007-) is 18.6 mph (29.9 kph), and the boat gets 8.45 miles per gallon (mpg) or 3.59 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 137 miles (220.48 kilometers).
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Penny Pritzker Is Considered as Commerce Secretary
President Obama's consideration of Penny Pritzker to be commerce secretary comes amid a potentially damaging campaign by labor unions against her family's Hyatt hotel chain. WSJ's Peter Nicholas reports on The News Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.
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Feb. 23 marks a milestone for Communities In Schools of Lexington/Davidson County as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Snow Ball for Children event.
Feb. 23 marks an important milestone for Communities In Schools of Lexington/Davidson County as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of its signature Snow Ball for Children event.
The annual festivity highlights the much-needed services provided to prevent students from dropping out of school. Live music, food and a silent auction is all planned for the semi-formal cocktail from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Sapona Ridge Country Club.
The second purpose of the event is to raise money for the nonprofit organization whose focus is to empower students to believe in themselves and their future. Tickets are $85 for individuals and $150 for couples. The cost for a table of 10 is $1,000.
"I enjoy what the organization does for young folks," said Mark Smith, chairman of the board of directors. "People know and trust the organization. They know we put on a good party. It's benefitting students in our community. This is a great way for the community to get involved with the investment of our future."
Some new things that are happening this year start with the new venue. The fundraiser will be held at Sapona Ridge Country Club to give the agency a larger space. Also, the band Empty Pocket will be the entertainer for the evening. Officials noted the band is a traditional, fun and funky cover band that will bring a lot of energy. There will also be silly activities such as a photo booth with props to dress up.
The agency will use the in-house chef at the country club to make the hors d'oeuvres that will be served. A silent and live auction features a range of items from Lexington businesses.
"I like the fact it gives people in town who are loyal supporters a chance to kind of mingle and meet one another," said Ryan Jones, community resource coordinator for CIS. "It's our way of giving back. It's a chance for us to show them a good time and celebrate what they can accomplish when they pool their support."
Christina Howell, executive director of CIS, said people attend each year because it is a fun event on top of it being for a good cause. On average 200 to 250 people attend to raise $40,000 to $50,000.
"We appreciate the community's continued support throughout this event," Howell said. "It says a lot about the community's support … they have invested 10 years."
This serves as the main fundraiser for the agency. Another big fundraiser is the 365 Club, which surpassed its goal of $20,000 this year through mail solicitation. Big Toy Day at the Davidson County Airport features several vehicle displays, food and games. Other donations come from individuals.
Jamie Davis, CIS program director, said with it being the 10th year they wanted to make it more elegant.
"It's a huge celebration and a night of fun," Davis said.
Dropout prevention programs
Proceeds from the Snow Ball benefit students in both the Lexington and Davidson County school systems through several programs initiated by CIS.
The biggest program of the organization is its Lunch Buddy initiative that places mentors in the community with students to offer encouragement and friendship.
"I enjoy it. It's fun," said Lexington Middle School eighth-grader Yenifer Chavez.
Yenifer said having a lunch buddy gives her someone to talk to about everything because she's more comfortable talking with her mentor in certain situations. If she didn't have someone to talk to, she would be filled up with all kinds of issues and no way to release them.
"It's really good because some kids have problems and need someone to talk to," she said. "(My mentor) encourages me to do better on my school work."
Beautiful Thompson, a seventh-grader at LMS, enjoys having an adult role model to talk with and attending Camp Challenge. The summer camp provides activities for students in CIS who might not otherwise have the experience of horseback riding, swimming and hiking.
Her favorite part of the camp this past summer was doing all of the activities and meeting new friends.
She said the benefits of having a lunch buddy are going out to eat and having someone to talk with about feelings, grades and teachers. She said her mentor holds her accountable for trying new things and keeping her grades up.
"We all need someone to talk to," Beautiful said.
There are 161 mentors in both the Lexington City and Davidson County school systems. The agency has 341 students in the program. There are cases where some mentors have more than one child. There are still more than 100 students who need someone.
Jennifer Freeman is a mentor and fourth-grade teacher at Southwest Elementary School. She meets with her second-grade mentee in the mornings for breakfast instead of during lunchtime. Freeman said it does not take anything away from her day to eat with her mentee on Fridays before school starts usually around 7:15 a.m. in her classroom.
"I really, really enjoy it," she said. "It starts my day off great. It doesn't take a whole lot. It's just amazing what it can do to children. It does a lot for the kids. Some don't have stable relationships at home."
She gained interest in the program due to her mother and stepfather serving as mentors. She knew there were so many students on the waiting list who needed someone. This is her first year.
"I saw how much they really enjoy it. I also see how much it impacts the children," Freeman said. "I think it's wonderful. The kids really look forward to it. It's very rewarding."
Being a mentor can be as simple as participating in the CIS Lunch Buddy program, which places mentors with at-risk students at various schools. The one-on-one interaction allows the two to meet once a week for an hour during lunchtime on or off campus. Davis said the adults are role models who show kindness to students who desperately need it.
"It's the easiest thing somebody can do to give back," she said.
Jones added that many people think it's a lot of expectations, but it is just creating a friendship. She said adults do not have to achieve any specific goals.
"They just have to listen and share," Jones said. "The impact extends so much further beyond the student. By having support the students are prepared to enter adult life as a contributor to society."
Another project is the backpack program that ensures students have nutritious food when they are not in school. There are 500 students who receive a bag of food — such as applesauce, cereal, beans and franks, juice or milk box, chili, lasagna, macaroni and cheese, and mixed fruit — every Friday to take home.
"It helps a lot of kids. It's stuff they can fix by themselves," said Michelle Shoaf, data manager and coordinator of the backpack program at Churchland Elementary School. "They really like it and look forward to getting the food."
The food comes from Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina out of Winston-Salem.
The program focuses on children who receive free or reduced-price lunches. Other participating schools in the county are Southwood, Denton and Welcome elementary schools and all six schools in Lexington City Schools.
It costs $10,000 per school to run the program for a full year. Although CIS works with the schools as partners, the schools are responsible for coming up with the funds. That can vary from fundraisers, contributions from Parent Teacher Organizations or even donations.
"It's a fantastic program," Howell said. "It doesn't take away the issue at home. We need the community supporting the program."
The agency also provides basic necessities such as clothing, food and school supplies. It gave assistance to 19,000 students last year. Since the start of the school year, it has already helped 9,000 students.
Benefits in the community
Communities In Schools surfaced in Lexington City Schools in 1997 and then Davidson County Schools in 2002. It is stationed in 24 schools in both Lexington and Davidson County.
"We're built on the foundation that every child deserves the opportunity to reach their potential in life," Howell said. "The services we provide day to day are very expansive. We try to creatively meet the needs because we believe in the worth of every child."
Statistics of students who are part of CIS show the programs are working. Last school year 95 percent of the students in the program remained in school, 87 percent improved their attendance rate, 78 percent improved academic achievement, 80 percent improved behavior, and 93 percent who were eligible graduated.
"(My mentor) helped me pull up my grades. They were terrible. (My mentor) encourages and helps me with my work," said LMS seventh-grader Andrea Wells. "It feels good and comforting to be able to get stuff off of my mind. I would be lonely without the program. It's a good program. We have developed a friendship."
Smith believes if it was not for CIS a lot of students would fall through the cracks. For example, the dropout rate would be higher and the attendance rates lower, he said.
"We provide that guidance they might not have at home and that feeling that somebody cares about them," he said. "If it was not for the volunteers, we wouldn't exist. It's just been a very rewarding experience."
Mentor Joey Goodman said the relationship between him and his fourth-grader at Pickett Elementary has been good for both of them. He said students need someone to nudge them in the right direction. Goodman said as a young man he would have appreciated having someone like a mentor in his life.
He has been a lunch buddy since the start of the school year. Goodman hopes to have a positive impact on someone's life. He said it's a great thing for students to have because they might not have support or encouragement at home.
"For me it's an opportunity to influence a young person's life who needs a positive role model," he said. "It's always good to have a little encouragement."
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Whether used or new, the vehicle is a superb contender for shopaholics who are interested in a vehicle that offers plenty of space for everyday versatility and all-season withering. The 1996 to 1998 double-overhead cam 2.5-liter models had issues with blowing head gaskets right around 100,000 miles.
The 2012 Subaru Outback is a five-seat wagon that comes in six trim levels, 2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited, 3.6R, 3.6 Premium, and 3.6R Limited. The Premium trim level of the 2012 Subaru Outback gets a new sound system, an iPod interface, audio streaming capability, and Bluetooth phone.
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The Outback 3.6R version comes with the 3.6-liter six-cylinder horizontally opposed engine that offers 256 hp and 247 lb-ft of torque. This variant of the Outback has a five-speed automatic transmission system along with shift paddles. This, in fact, is the only transmission offered for this model.
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Hello, My name is Evan Hoffman. I am a sophomore in college at Hobart and William Smith College in New York. My hobbies are fishing and football. I aspire to be an english teacher at the high school level. For my final project in a Education course I have decided to do a project looking at this website and trying to decide a number of questions. Does this site aid ESL students? How so? Who uses this site mostly, male, female, high school students, adults? What it is the purpose of this site? The history of the site? Who is responding to this email, an employee of the website, or a teacher? Any information would be VERY helpful.
Thanks a bunch,
Evan Hoffman
Evan welcome and thanks for your interest in the site.
Does this site aid ESL students?
Obviously, my answer will be biased, and it should really be down to the learners to judge this. However, traffic levels suggest that the learners using it find it beneficial. As it is an online resource, measuring the degree of benefit objectively is impossible, as there are no defined learning outcomes. People come, and many return, which is the only way a site can define its use. Other posters will be able to give you their impressions; I can only talk from the perspective of making the site.
How so?
Firstly, as the learner decides where to go and what to look at or do, the learner has total autonomy, widely viewed as beneficial in pedagogical theory, though this is in common with many other websites. The differences between sites would, therefore, be primarily qualitative. Many of the features we have are to be found elsewhere. There are, for instance, thousands of forums for language, though lively and active ones constitute a small number- many are rather barren.
The forum allows students to ask questions and get answers from a number of people, teachers, those interested in language and other learners. This is a wider perspective than the classroom, where there is a single teacher. This is one of the key benefits in my opinion.
In other areas of the site, learners can practise and test their knowledge in the Quizzes, which is another page that gets a lot of traffic. While quizzes are not a innovation in language teaching, students can access a huge range freely at their convenience, can take things more than once, etc. In the Member Area, they can log results for the tests they take there.
There's a considerable amount of information available about the language in the Reference section, so learners do have many possibilties. This section contains some of the most popular sections. The Grammar Glossary
is the busiest area of the site, with much of the traffic coming from search engines and sites like www.onelook.com, which uses the Glossary in its database.
In short, the site provides information, allows students to test their knowledge and also to interact with teachers and others.
Who uses this site mostly, male, female, high school students, adults?
Apart from some idea of where they come from, we obviously don't have any data on visitors to the site, except where they register. However, from an analysis of the sort of sites that link to us, the emphasis is on older students. We have links from universities and sites for adult learners, but very few from the primary sector.
We don't collect data about gender in the registration for the Forum and Members' area, so I can only give an impression. We started another forum in Delphiforums.com before we started the site and it was noticed there that there tended to be a heavy male majority, and I have not felt the same here. I'd say we have a reasonable balance here, but that is only based on posters where I know the gender, from the name or the person saying so. In many other cases it can be hard to guess as people use screen names, which often give no clue.
I'd say the majority of our users are adults. Firstly, the site is designed for adults (I have always taught adults) and there are sites specifically for young learners. While we do have some young learners here, high school and college/university students are here in far higher numbers.
You can get a breakdown of the first languages spoken by members, which will give some idea as to the diversity of the community. We do get people from all over the world.
What it is the purpose of this site?
To try to provide a worthwhile ESL resource online.
The history of the site?
We started the site at the start of 2002. We already had our Delphiforum running and decided we wanted to have a site where we could do a lot more. Since then we have continued to add sections and keep things updated as regularly as possible.
Who is responding to this email, an employee of the website, or a teacher?
I am a teacher and set the site up with Adam (Red5, the webmaster).
Does this help, Evan? Feel free to ask anything else.
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Jill Cicciarelli, a high school civics teacher in Florida, distributed voter registration materials to teach students about the electoral process and encourage 18-year-old students to register to vote. By doing her job she and other teachers inadvertently ran afoul of Florida's draconian new voter suppression laws, which impose fines of up to $1,000 on third parties who help voters register if the registration forms are not returned within 48 hours. Since the postal service may take more than 48 hours to deliver them, the law has done what the Republican authors desired.
It has stopped groups like the League of Women Voters from registering people unlikely to vote Republican: the old, the young, the poor, the working class, minorities and women. Minority voters are twice as likely as whites to register at a school or through a voter registration drive. The poor, the elderly, the disabled and those who lack the means to drive to a state office during business hours also rely on groups like the League of Women Voters to register. So Republicans passed laws making it very difficult for such groups to register voters.
In 2008 Democrats won more early votes and absentee votes than Republicans, so the Republicans have now limited early and absentee voting. Twenty five percent of African-Americans and 20 percent of Latinos lack government-issued photo ID's, so Republicans enacted laws requiring the types of ID's that minorities lack. Today in Texas, a gun license is accepted as an ID for voting, but state photo ID cards issued to students at state universities are not.
When the Bush administration Justice Department ran extensive investigations on voter fraud, they found there were more deaths by lightning strike in the United States each year than cases of voter fraud. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law notes that most of the very few cases of irregularities (only 86 cases in the whole country over a five-year period), were cases of clerical errors and misunderstandings about voter rules, not fraud.
Why then are Republican legislators and governors squandering hundreds of millions of scarce taxpayer dollars in these difficult economic times on unnecessary measures in response to a nonexistent problem? Republican legislatures in 16 states, including the battleground states of Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin and New Hampshire, passed restrictive voter laws in the past year alone. The new laws restrict voter registration, limit early and absentee voting and remove many legally registered voters from official electoral lists. These laws are the opposite of electoral reform; they are aimed at preventing the votes of citizens who might not vote Republican.
Paul Weyrich, founder of the Heritage Foundation and the Moral Majority and an advocate for the new laws, is quite candid: "I don't want everybody to vote. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." Instead of competing for votes, Republicans seek to bar the votes of those who might disagree with them.
Photo ID laws are poll taxes, because state issued photo ID cards are not free. The ID costs money, and so do the supporting documents (copies of birth certificates and, for women, marriage licenses to document a name change from maiden name to married name). If a person no longer lives in the state where he or she was born or married and cannot go in person to that state's office to procure copies of required forms, additional processing and shipping fees are incurred. A U.S. passport costs $165, not counting additional document ($150) or expedited shipping ($60) fees.
Many Americans may not realize votes are being stolen months before the election. These are the tactics used by Southern Democrats to suppress minority voters in the 1960s. This shameful legacy is now being revived by new sponsors. The laws are being challenged in court, but legal challenges take time. Many legal voters will be turned away in the meantime. The Catholic Church supports voting, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urges parishes to help register voters. Citizens must actively protect their votes before election day. Voter suppression has no place in our democracy, no matter which party practices it.
I served 23 years in the Navy and believe that the orchestrated efforts by the Republican oligarchs to interfere with voters are the most reprehensible tactics i've ever seen. What amazes me is the orchestrated campaign by the Bishops against "Obamacare" and Pres. Obama and their sitting on the sidelines while voting is depressed. Only their being shamed by the Nuns have they come out mildly against the proposed gutting of laws which protect "the least of my children".
I have been a faithful Catholic for 78 years but now have decided that, with these outragfeous Bishops in charge, this Church is not the place for those who would follow Christ.
For comparison, we can ask ourselves is it good policy when the man at the bank who doesn't know us personally asks for photo ID before passing out the cash? Is he doing that to discourage us from using the bank, or because he wishes to protect both the bank and its customers? (In truth, we don't know the answer to that for certain, as most of us have experienced employees working against the best interests of the bank.) Likewise, is the grocer requiring a photo ID attempting to discourage all those who do not have one from purchasing groceries, or is his true motive maintaining the viability of the grocery to continue to serve its legitimate customers and avoid those who would harm it in that effort? Likewise, does the state democratic convention which required photo ID's for admittance attempting to help or harm its constituents?
We have seen enough voter fraud and willingness to assist tax fraud evidenced by Acorn, the organization our president helped found and supported. Who would have expected such activities from this group? We should declaim not only those who would by their actions disenfranchise legitimate voters as we would those who would oppose taking reasonable steps to assure that illegal voters don't vote in the hope that those illegal voters would vote as they wish.
But in the final anlysis, the proper question before us is whether or not requiring photo IDs is a reasonable and prudent step taken to assure the integrity of the vote, not the motive of this or that individual.


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David Moyes labelled Manchester United's match-winner Adnan Januzaj a "special talent" after his double against Sunderland on Saturday and compared his debut to that of Wayne Rooney's.
The 18-year-old struck twice in six second-half minutes to seal United's win and cap his first Premier League start with a 2-1 victory.
He followed in the footsteps of Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring twice on his league debut and Moyes hailed his influence.
"I remember giving Wayne [Rooney] his debut, and Ross Barkley, and Adnan is certainly that quality. He is a top, top player," Moyes told Sky Sports.
"I would've played him two or three weeks ago, but for different reasons it didn't quite work. I thought today was the right time, he's been so good it was hard to stop him.
"He's going to be a great talent, he's a special talent, he got goals, he's got ability on the ball, but we'll keep his feet on the ground and make sure he gets on with it.
"We won't let him get ahead of himself and we'll keep trying to do the right things with him."
United made the worst possible start to the game as Craig Gardner capitalised on some sloppy defending to give the hosts the lead but Moyes insisted he was happy with the overall performance from his side.
"I thought it was just a good performance, even a 1-0 down I thought we played really well," he added. "We made a real hash of the first goal we gave away but apart from that I thought we played some really good stuff.
"I'll not be getting too excited because I've won, just as when I was losing I wasn't getting too low either, a lot of people were but I wasn't.
"I know the quality in the players I've got in the dressing room."
United's win moves them back into the top half of the Premier League table with 10 points from their opening seven matches.


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Judging and prizes: Three winners will be chosen from the drawings entered. Two will be chosen by our staff and the other by popular vote on Facebook. Each winner will receive a prize pack containing three items of their choice: One Swim Step item, one Toy, and one Spring Float!
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The EPA has approved the first misfueling mitigation plans (MMPs) for individual companies, which was the final step necessary to be cleared before E15 could be sold by retailers for use in 2001 and newer vehicles. Please visit http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/additive/e15/documents/e15-mmp-aproved-companies-list.pdf for a list of companies that have approved MMP submissions. (Other companies seeking approval must contact the EPA.)
"This gets us one step closer to giving the American consumer a real choice at the pump. The public has a right to choose between imported oil and home-grown energy and today's action by the EPA advances that goal," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stated Friday. Vilsack added that "the EPA has fulfilled its responsibility to the American public to ensure that E15 is a safe and reliable fuel."
The final issue delaying ultimate approval of MMPs was EPA's concern over residual fuel left in the hose of a single hose pump, such as a blender pump, used to dispense E15 and other fuels. EPA's concern was that a consumer who used E10 directly after a consumer had purchased E15 from the same hose could actually receive fuel containing more than 10 percent ethanol because of possible residual E15 in the hose. According to the EPA, it consulted the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and individual MMP submitters and determined that an addendum to the RFA's E15 Retailer Handbook provided the necessary information to address the concern.
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), however, warns that the EPA's ruling is dangerous. "For the first time in American history, fuel used for some automobiles may no longer [be] safe for any non-road products. It may, in fact, destroy or damage generators, chain saws, utility vehicles, lawn mowers, boats and marine engines, snowmobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, and more," says Kris Kiser, OPEI president and CEO.
In September 2011, the Engine Products Group (OPEI, National Marine Manufacturers Association, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Global Automakers) filed a legal challenge to EPA's E15 partial waiver decision. The decision is expected to be issued at any time by the court, OPEI reported.
OPEI adds that the EPA's prior experience with the introduction of new fuels shows that labeling alone is insufficient to prevent misfueling. During the transition to unleaded fuels, the agency reported a misfueling rate of nearly 15 percent almost ten years after the introduction of unleaded gasoline.
Growth Energy filed the initial E15 waiver request in 2009 and in the three years since filing, the industry has worked with the EPA to meet its conditions for approval. Growth Energy and the RFA said, "Ethanol has been proven a safe and effective fuel component, reducing tailpipe emissions and improving the quality of our air, while simultaneously providing the much-needed octane to help boost engine performance."


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Judge Will Not Delay Start Of Gay Marriage In New Jersey
A New Jersey judge has denied a request from Gov. Chris Christie's administration to delay the start of gay marriage in the state until after a legal appeal is final.
The ruling Thursday from Judge Mary Jacobson moves the state a step closer to start recognizing same-sex nuptials on Oct. 21. That's the day Jacobson had said in a previous ruling that the marriages had to be allowed.
"Granting a stay would simply allow the state to continue to violate the equal protection rights of New Jersey same-sex couples, which can hardly be considered a public interest," Jacobson wrote.
In her order Thursday, she ruled that the start of nuptials did not have to be delayed, finding the state was not likely to win its appeal and that it would not hurt the state if same-sex marriage licenses are issued.
Gay couples who want to wed "would suffer many hardships of constitutional magnitude if the stay were to be issued, but the state has not demonstrated how it would suffer in any meaningful way if the order is enforced," she wrote.
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora praised the ruling. "I think it's to Judge Jacobson's credit for recognizing that equality under the law means just that and that gay couples should enjoy the same benefits as any other married couples deserve," said the Democrat, who expects the Christie administration to appeal the ruling. "I would imagine that the state would continue to waste taxpayers' money by appealing up the chain to the appellate division and ultimately the Supreme Court."
The Christie administration has asked an appeals court judge to consider an emergency challenge to that order. Christie wants same-sex marriages put on hold at least until all appeals can be resolved.
The administration has already asked the state Supreme Court to reverse Jacobson's earlier ruling that the state has to allow gay couples to get married.
Troy Stevenson, Executive Director of Garden State Equality, said in a statement on the Lambda Legal website, "Momentum is with us. All couples in New Jersey need the dignity of marriage, and they need it now. We look forward to seeing many of them, who have been denied that dignity for too long, marry in the coming weeks." Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit seeking to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey in 2011.
Senator Barbara Buono, who is challenging Christie in the gubernatorial election calls upon him to stop appealing."It is time for Governor Christie to put New Jersey first and stop delaying marriage equality," she said in a statement. At their debate on Tuesday she told Christie to "show a profile in courage" and support what she called a "human right" that should not be on the ballot.
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The family of a couple killed when a speeding driver ran a red light in Melbourne say they are devastated she could walk from jail in just over three years.
Fernando Marino, 33, and Karen McGovern, 31, were hit as they crossed a road in Carlton's restaurant district in August 2011, leaving their two young children orphans.
The driver, Kathryn Eliza Matiszak, wept in a Victorian County Court dock on Monday as Judge Damian Murphy outlined the consequences of her crime.
"Your conduct has resulted in the death of a loving couple, the building block of our society, and left two children orphans," Judge Murphy said.
"Your dangerous driving has destroyed the natural order. Parents should not have to bury their children.
"Children should be raised by their parents, not grandparents, aunties and uncles."
Judge Murphy sentenced Matiszak to six years in jail with a minimum of three years and three months and cancelled her licence for four years.
But Ms McGovern's father Peter McGovern said the sentence was lenient.
"Devastated, we all are," he said outside court.
"No sentence is good enough for what we've lost.
"We've got a life sentence, her children have a life sentence.
"It's not enough. It never will be enough."
The couple from Albion Park in NSW were on a weekend trip to Melbourne to watch Ms McGovern's beloved AFL team the Sydney Swans play at the MCG, when they were killed.
Matiszak, 31, of Keilor pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing death.
She was travelling 65km/h in a 50km/h speed zone and the traffic light had been red for six seconds when she drove through the intersection and hit the couple.
Matiszak never provided a reason for her lapse of concentration, but Judge Murphy condemned her combination of speed and significant inattention.
"For a period of nearly 10 seconds you were inattentive ... and exceeding the speed limit to boot," he said.
He accepted Matiszak was genuinely remorseful for her crime and said her young son would provide incentive for her rehabilitation.


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I'm teaching a cabling class later this month featuring Jared Flood's handsome reversible scarf, Cinder. We'll go over cabling with a needle and without, reading cable patterns and charts all the while stitching away happily on this little gem.
I'm knitting this as a store sample, which means, I. Get. To. Knit. It. For. Free! Yes, it goes back to live at Wild Yarns, hopefully doing its job selling piles of Thirteen Mile yarn.
The Thirteen Mile chunky is perfect for this patter and lends Jared's design a tougher, more rustic look.
For my part, even though our time together will be brief, I'm happy to be in the company of this gorgeous yarn for as long as my two skeins last.
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Alfresco Expands Americas Team to Meet Enterprise Demand
Expertise Added to Nourish Growing Base of 2,500 Global Organizations
London, UK - September 4, 2012 - Alfresco, the cloud connected content platform, today announced three new strategic appointments as well as the expansion of its Atlanta, US headquarters. New hires include the appointment of Bill Goodson as Vice President of Public Sector Sales, John Kenyon as Regional Vice President of Americas Channels and Alliances as well as Ken Munro to the role of Regional Vice President of Enterprise Sales West.
"We are committed to continuing to invest in driving our US business and are pleased to welcome Bill, Ken and John to the Alfresco leadership team," said Martin Musierowicz, Vice President of the Americas for Alfresco. "I am excited about the future of Alfresco as we look to further leverage the team's combined extensive sales experience to drive sustainable growth while at the same time continue to deliver exceptional value to our customers and their partners."
In his role, Bill Goodson will manage Alfresco's federal sales and consulting initiatives in North America. Over the past 20 years, Bill has held various executive level positions for Adobe, PeopleSoft, Autodesk and Sybase building and leading successful government sales teams. In each position, he built top-performing sales units that significantly increased revenue year-over-year. Throughout his career Bill has demonstrated a keen ability to establish and nurture strategic partnerships with system integrators, the consulting community and reseller partners to increase market share and boost sales.
"Alfresco's solutions continue to enable a new approach to content management and improve the way organizations store, access and share their most precious commodity – content," said Goodson. "I'm excited to join Alfresco and look forward to building out a public sector sales organization that will continue to position us as a trusted advisor in the government community."
Ken Munro joins Alfresco with over 20 years of sales leadership experience, most recently at Nimsoft, a Division of CA, where Ken headed the West and Central Regions leading the company's revenue performance. Prior to that, Ken gained experience in enterprise content management (ECM) successfully leading teams across the US for EMC's Documentum. Under Ken's direction, Commercial and Enterprise Sales organizations lead the US in performance with consistent year-over-year growth.
John Kenyon is based in the Alfresco Atlanta office and in his role will be responsible for the sustained growth of Alfresco's reseller and systems integrator (SI) partners. John has spent the majority of his career leading both sales and channel organizations at companies such as Honeywell, Alventive, Interwoven and Fios. He has worked in the ECM software space for the last 13 years, where over ten were spent at the combined acquisition of iManage, Interwoven and Autonomy. As VP of Channels and Alliances at iManage, John was responsible for the significant growth of its ECM partner ecosystem including reseller, SIs and key technology alliances.
Along with these strategic hires and the expanded Atlanta office, Alfresco has also grown its global workforce by 70 percent while at the same time added more than 70 channel partners.
About Alfresco
Alfresco is how great businesses share, organize and protect their content. Nearly 7 million people in over 180 countries use Alfresco Enterprise, Cloud, Mobile and Community to manage over 3 billion files worldwide. Whether on the go or in the office, Alfresco empowers today's teams to do great work.
Founded in 2005, Alfresco is headquartered in London with US headquarters in Atlanta. For more information about Alfresco please visit: http://alfresco.com.


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|2013-01-24, 21:21
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
And there are many parts of America that are better then the best parts of Europe, the best country in Europe is Austria at 4.5%, the best state in the US is North Dakota at 3.2%.
That said, very few states have better unemployment rates then Germany, but then I don't speak German so...
|2013-01-24, 22:11
|Link #25922
Not Enough Sleep
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 42
|2013-01-24, 22:57
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formerly ogon bat
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Mexico
Age: 48
|2013-01-24, 23:03
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Join Date: Feb 2008
|2013-01-24, 23:26
|Link #25925
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Alas, I see too many job postings with "Must have 5 years of experience with deformable plastics". Hopefully it will be better in the US.
I'd move to Cali, but getting an engineering job can take time, and I don't want to be among the 10% unemployed there. I'll probably end out working in some coal mine or Oil rig, knowing my luck.
|2013-01-24, 23:57
|Link #25926
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
California is also expensive.
Amd the "must have x years of experiance" has been fustrating me for some time now. My basic question being "how am I suppose to gain expiance if no one hires anyone without experiance?"
|2013-01-25, 00:06
|Link #25927
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
There's plenty of jobs available here in Downtown Los Angeles..... for non-resident, H1-B visa holders.
btw my jewelry biz is mostly made up of H1-B holders.
Protip: California consistently ranks as the #1 state for visa (H1-B) sponsorship.
|2013-01-25, 00:45
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
|2013-01-25, 01:44
|Link #25930
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
I'd also be careful with the "low Euro makes Germany successful" theory that's floating around everywhere. Switzerland has had similar rises in exports despite its strong currency. It probably has more to do with the rise of the developing nations than anything else.
Now that we've looked at Austrian, Swiss and German unemployment rates, maybe you really should consider studying German in all your free time?
|2013-01-25, 02:15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
First, prospective immigrants need only concern on where he/she's most likely to get sponsored. Everything else comes distant 2nd. For prospective __skills based H1-B__ immigrant(s) CA is still a safe choice to get sponsored.
"CA is expensive" is almost a non-issue if the primary concern is to get sponsored and land a job.
top states to get you sponsored
New Jersey
New York
|2013-01-25, 02:37
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
So I can pretty much take my pick.
I've been in a few parts of the US, and europe. From what I can see, Ireland is anaemic, the Sun Belt of the US seems fairly vibrant, the Rust belt is depressing. Haven't seen much beyond that.
|2013-01-25, 02:38
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
I wouldn't put it as "the accountants took over", but rather "logically handicapped morons took over". I am a technician, and I am teaching new ENGINEERING MANAGERS-IN-TRAINING from SK how do home appliances work. When I asked "What engineering degree do you have? Electrical or Mechanical?", they told me that they aren't engineering graduates.
And they get paid more than me, have a higher corporate rank, yet they don't even know what a bloody magnetron is and why it is dangerous to open a microwave up outside of a workshop without proper gear. Sometimes it even amazes me why do they get a place telling me what to do when they don't even know the most basic science behind everyday electronics.
|2013-01-25, 03:05
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Well, what I meant about the accountants taking over was that people who weren't engineers swamped the management ranks and all they see is cost. They don't want to train a tech person how to write assembly, let some other company do that. They don't want to have to train a EE how to read high power circuit diagrams unique to their sector, let the "other companies" do that.
First thing you know, you have a lot of degree graduates who can't find jobs because all the companies have decided to cost-shift the seasoning of tech personnel to "someone else". Then they can't find "qualified candidates" and bray for H-1Bs like little jackasses.
In my book, no company should be given an H1-B waiver unless they can show they hire new grads and have in-house training programs
If you look at Texas, try to focus on the Austin region for quality of life - Dallas is tolerable though it sprawls. Houston is a dystopian cancer (and I mean that literally - the air can catch on fire and the lightning comes in colors), no zoning (literally dumpyards next to churches next to strip bars next to pig farms next to homes) and no urban growth boundary so its like an onion with inner layers of rot.
And that's me being objective about the place.
|2013-01-25, 03:25
|Link #25935
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
I think the problem is that a lot of companies don't understand the concept of "human capital". What makes one corporation more competitive then another is the people within it. If a company fosters and improves it's people, it will become greater.
I think this thinking goes back pretty far though, at least to Ford. Under Fordian Mass Production, the people are just standardised interchangeable parts. All the intelligence is in the machines, and the people aren't expected to think at all. For the skilled personnel, they all had to specialise and fit a single predefined role, and never move outside it. It's not an efficient way to do things, as the entire organisation becomes super compartmentalized and inflexible.
It's that same attitude that demands exact parameters of incoming employees. They want an employee that exactly fits into their industrial system, and that's really a big ask. A better attitude would be to advertise for a skilled engineer, and give them a few months to research what they need to know. Maybe attend a short local university course. Because if they're going to be that anal about their job descriptions, they'll never be able to fill their positions, and they'll miss out on a lot of good talent who have everything but the exact knowledge they need. Good engineers are able to pick things up quickly, they don't need to be so ridiculously specialised.
But a lot of people still haven't gotten the memo that you have to invest in people to make a successful business.
One thing I'll say of the best Japanese companies, is that they don't tend to go in for these shenanigans. They train engineers from the ground up. All you need is a good attitude and good academic record to get a job at one of them. (the downside is that it's more difficult to transfer into them mid career)
|2013-01-25, 04:37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Gensokyo
|2013-01-25, 05:00
|Link #25937
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
What part exactly?
Every EU citizen can enter and work freely in e.g. the UK, even if they are not part of Schengen. The only difference is that the UK can do passport controls, unlike when you travel from e.g. Denmark to Sweden. Subsidizing also has nothing to do with the Euro - all EU members pay into the big pot out of which the subsidies are then paid. True, giving up your currency is de facto not enforced at the moment, but it is required by every existing and new member to join the Euro zone once it meets the goals, the U.K. and Denmark being the only exceptions to that rule. Guarantees come in several forms not limited to the Euro membership.
|2013-01-25, 05:21
|Link #25938
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Gensokyo
It's exactly as you say, UK has no control on its border for european citizen, as such it's still has control of its border for no european citizen, schengen is a region for no european citizen, I misread your first text since I just woke up.
Though the difference between Euro zone and European union is fundamental, since the crisis we are undergoing is from the former. European Union holds well, the problem comes from Euro zone, and it's where you understand that a no regulation economy is kind of foolish, the idea at first was really good and supported by many economist, but ten years later, it's obvious that "weak" country like Greece Italia etc that from the beginning had no straightened economy could only fell once losing their economical sovereignty.
Now the solution comes from reforming the Euro zone, problem is to reform the euro zone which has 17 members, you need the autorisation of the 27 others EU members.
And that's why UK has slowly began to piss me off since some year, it's the sole one saying "No" at each reforms.
And don't get me wrong as I said before they have the right and the politicians must protects the strong point they have, that is the financial sector.
But if they truly want to have only the good points without bad points, they can leave, the earlier the better, as I said yesterday, we lost years because of them.
The whole situation could be an anime, UK is the main hero, Europe is the osananajimi, and US is the new transfer students. Both are yandere so careful if you choose the other, and there's no harem ending possible.
|2013-01-25, 08:41
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books-eater youkai
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
North Korea threatens war with South over U.N. sanctions
|2013-01-25, 11:04
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Unspecified
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This is a story of two constructions that actually end up being essentially the same thing, as I recently discovered.
1. Kernels
The story of kernels in machine learning goes somewhat like this:
Take a positive definite function $$K(x,y)$$ that captures some notion of similarity between objects (a standard example of such a kernel is the Gaussian $$K(x,y) = \exp(-\|x - y\|^2)$$). A positive definite function, btw, is like the generalization of a p.d matrix: the integral $$\int f(x)f(y)k(x,y)dx dy \ge 0$$.
You can then construct a Hilbert space that captures the structure of the kernel. Specifically, for a fixed set of points S, construct a vector space from the basis $$\{k_x | x \in S\}$$, where $$k_x(y) = K(x,y)$$, and then define an inner product of two vectors in this space in the usual way: If $$v_a = \sum a_x k_x$$ and $$v_b = \sum b_x k_x$$, then $$v_a \cdot v_b = \sum a_x b_y K(x,y)$$.
You get nice properties from this construction: the so-called reproducing property is one of them, which tells you that $$K(x,y) = k_x \cdot k_y$$. In other words, we can capture the similarity function K(x,y) by a "standard" inner product in a Hilbert space.
What's even neater is that by invoking Mercer's theorem, you can construct an orthogonal basis, and make sure that the Hilbert space is actually a Euclidean space. The squared Euclidean distance in this space can be written in kernel form, as
\[d_K(x,y) = K(x,x) + K(y,y) - 2K(x,y)\]
which is what you'd expect when treating K(.) as an inner product.
2. Negative-type distance.
The second story comes from Deza and Laurent. When can a distance function be embedded in Euclidean space ? It turns out that it's more convenient to talk about the square of the distance function, which we'll call D.
There's an elegant characterization of when D can be embedded isometrically into $$\ell^2_2$$: this can be done if and only if D satisfies the negative-type inequality:
\[ \sum b_i b_j D(x_i, x_j) \le 0, \sum b_i = 0\]
for all possible assignments to $$b_i$$.
The proof works via a construction called a covariance mapping that takes $D$ to the function $$k_D$$ defined as:
\[ k_D(x,y) = (1/2)(d(x, x_0) + d(y, x_0) - d(x,y)) \]
which differential geometry folks will recognize as the Gromov product.
The proof completes by showing that the negative-type condition on D implies positive definiteness of $$k_D$$, and this in turn means that $$k_D$$ can be expressed as an R-covariance:
\[ k_D(x,y) = \int f_x(\omega)f_y(\omega) d\mu(\omega) \]
for some measure space $\mu$.
Note that the RHS of the equation is an infinite-dimensional inner product.
3. Where the two stories come together
The mapping that takes a kernel to a distance is the inverse of the covariance mapping used to map a distance to a metric. In other words, if we take a kernel K, compute $$d_K$$, and then use the distance to kernel mapping to compute $$k_{d_K}$$, we get back K. Further, since we can show that the negative-type condition on D implies a positive-definite condition on $$k_D$$, we can start off with either "D satisfies negative-type inequalities" or "K is a positive definite kernel" and yield the same conclusion on $$\ell_2^2$$ embeddability.
What's interesting is that the two ways of thinking about this don't seem to have been connected together explicitly before.
p.s This is not a fully rigorous correspondence except possibly in the finite dimensional case, but I find that it's often convenient to replace the negative-type argument with a kernel positive-definiteness argument in my head.


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A lightning-caused fire that broke out Sunday had grown to 514 acres by Monday morning.
The fire burned through the night but did not make any significant runs," a news release from the Durango Interagency Dispatch Center stated. "A very small amount of precipitation fell over the fire last night. The fire has been backing down the ridge towards Basin Creek. There is no containment on the fire."
About 50 firefighters are on the fire and more crews are expected to arrive throughout the day. Air resources on the fire include one heavy air tanker and two single-engine air tankers.
Firefighters will be working to keep the fire west of La Posta Road, south of Nighthorse Reservoir, north of Indian Creek and east of Box Canyon.
The fire is about two miles east of Trapper's Crossing. All pre-evacuation notices issued Sunday afternoon remain in effect.
Fire managers are evaluating the possibility of conducting a burnout operation to the east of Basin Creek Road near Lake Nighthorse to control the fire on the west side.
Weather forecasters said the monsoonal rains that are typical for this time of year are expected to materialize this afternoon and tomorrow. But drier air is expected later this week on Thursday and Friday, said Dennis Phillips, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
Temperatures are expected to reach 88 degrees today, he said. Gusty winds and thunderstorms are predicted for late afternoon and early evening and are expected to increase in fire activity.
The fire burning southwest of the Animas Air Park in Basin Creek quickly grew Sunday, prompting authorities to issue a pre-evacuation order Sunday evening, making reverse 911 calls to 146 residents in Trappers Crossing and areas northwest of the fire.
The fire crossed over the ridge to the west and was headed toward Lake Nighthorse, Forest Service spokeswoman Bond said in a news release, sent Sunday evening.
A Type III helicopter, which had been in Dolores responding to lightning strikes, was on scene dropping water from the Animas River on the flames starting early Sunday afternoon. Two heavy air tankers and two heavy helicopters were en route Sunday evening, Bond said.
A threatened gas well pad was shut down Sunday, with gas companies preparing to shut down others in the area, Bond said.
"A gas well pad threatened earlier by the fire has been shut down by Chevron, and firefighters are working with other gas companies to prepare in the case of other well pads being threatened in the area," she said in a release.
Initially reported at 11:48 a.m. Sunday, the fire sparked as a lightning holdover, Bond said.
It is crowning and spotting in piñon and juniper trees on Southern Ute Indian Tribe land, she said.
Crews from the U.S. Forest Service, Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and Jicarilla Apache Indian Tribe responded late Sunday afternoon, joining crews and two engines from Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, along with a Southern Ute Fire Department engine and initial tech crew, which had been on scene for several hours, Bond said.
A Durango Interagency Type III Incident Command Team was also getting set up Sunday evening, she said.


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I have been this way my whole life and I am not like the idiots in your descriptions. I have never slipped and won't.
any ABA school from Harvard-Whittier will teach you the skills to pass the bar .
Thank you Legalized I have actually found a job at a sandwich shop and am saving up for school. The reality is, my parents will support me if I go to school THIS year but not next year. I have tried reasoning with them but they think that there is no point taking the lsat again and that it is too expensive (I only took it once and did not study near as hard as I should have). They are willing to help me buy books, move etc. so long as I go now! I got into Willamette as well but it has a terrible reputation locally and I have actually met a person who failed out as 3L's (not until after I applied of course). Willamette did not offer me a scholarship either. I have visited Orange Country and I would like to live there. They have a terrible attrition rate due to the fact that in 2007 the ABA threatened to remove their accreditation and everyone transferred elsewhere. (this is according to the head of admissions). The next year they had an 86% bar pass rate which is way above average. My feeling is, the ABA has put a fire under them to maintain a good bar pass rate and they have taken steps to do just that. I would like to benefit from this pressure. I guess I'm taking things one step at a time. Getting into law school doesn't mean a thing if you can't pass the bar and that is where my focus is.Sonofapickle: Not everyone who is poor is a crack whore! Where do you get your information? I also happen to support Obama's health plan. Are you really Anne Coulter?