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by Walter Fox
Dr. Ruth Patrick, 105, a freshwater ecologist whose pioneering research on water pollution set the stage for the modern environmental movement, died Sept. 23 at The Hill at Whitemarsh in Lafayette Hill.
A longtime resident of Chestnut Hill, Dr. Patrick was a world authority on freshwater ecosystems. She developed key methods to monitor water pollution and to understand its effects on aquatic organisms of all kinds.
A recipient of the National Medal of Science, she is credited, along with author Rachel Carson, as being largely responsible for drawing widespread attention to the health of the environment.
Dr. Patrick, whose career at at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia spanned nearly eight decades, assembled the definitive collection of diatoms, single-celled plants that she identified as key indicators of environmental quality. The collection is a major resource at the academy.
Dr. Patrick developed an "ecosystem approach" to assessing the health of a water body that has become the current standard in river monitoring. It involves not only examining the chemistry of the water itself, but also evaluating the number, kinds and health of the plants, insects, fish and other organisms living in the water.
Even at 100 years old, she still was a familiar site at the academy, where she maintained an office to work on her book series on rivers. On her 100th birthday she was celebrated with a gala at the academy and received tributes from around the world, including from former Vice President Al Gore.
Born in Topeka, Kan., Dr. Patrick spent most of her childhood in Kansas City, Mo. Thanks to her father, Frank Patrick, a lawyer with a passion for the natural world, she enjoyed an unconventional upbringing for a girl at that time. Her father would lead young Ruth – then about 5 years old – and her sister on Sunday strolls through nearby woods, where they collected bits of nature and put them in a can they carried at the end of a stick.
Dr. Patrick's father gave her a microscope of her own when she was 7 years old. Such interest in nurturing a young girl's pursuit of science was unusual for the time, and she credited these experiences with launching her lifelong passion for the environment. One of the many values her father instilled in her, Dr. Patrick often said, was: "Leave the world a better place for having passed through it."
Dr. Patrick attended Sunset Hill School, now Pembroke Hill School, in Kansas City, Mo. Despite her mother's desire that she simply learn social graces and marry well, she went on to study biology. She received a B.S. from Coker College in Hartsville, S.C., and a master's degree and a Ph.D. in botany, both from the University of Virginia. In 2008, Coker College named her its "Alumna of the Century."
Dr. Patrick's long association with the Academy of Natural Sciences began in 1933 when she came to Philadelphia as a graduate student to study diatoms. In 1937, she became an unpaid assistant curator of microscopy. In 1945, she was finally put on the payroll, and two years later she established the Department of Limnology, later called the Patrick Center for Environmental Research.
She was the first researcher to notice that different species of diatoms live in different environments and, therefore, are key indicators of water quality.
According to conservation biologist Thomas Lovejoy, she demonstrated that biological diversity could be used to measure environmental impact.
"I call that the Patrick Principle and consider it the basis for all environmental science and management," he said.
Dr. Patrick later expanded her research to include general ecology and biodiversity in rivers, studying hundreds of streams, rivers and lakes in North and South America. She invented the Catherwood diatometer, which allows scientists to collect diatoms growing in a water body.
In the 1950s, the Atomic Energy Commission asked her to assess the ecological status of Georgia's Savannah River near the DuPont Company's nuclear power plant. In 1975, she became the first woman and the first environmentalist to serve on the DuPont board of directors. She held positions on many boards, including those of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. and the World Wildlife Fund.
Dr. Patrick was an advisor to President Lyndon Johnson on water pollution and to President Ronald Reagan on acid rain. In the 1960s, she worked with Congress to help draft legislation that resulted in the Clean Water Act, the primary federal law governing water pollution. For the next 30 years she was called to Capitol Hill for frequent appearances as an environmental expert.
From 1973 to 1976, she served as the first female chair of the Academy of Natural Sciences board of trustees and later held the academy's Francis Boyer Chair of Limnology. She formed the academy's Environmental Associates, a group of corporate executives concerned about the environmental effects of industrial activities.
She taught limnology and botany at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 35 years and wrote more than 200 scientific papers and a number of books on the environment, including the five-book series, "The Rivers of the United States."
In 1970, Dr. Patrick was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and in 1974 was elected to the American Philosophical Society. She received the John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in 1975 and was awarded the National Medal of Science from President Bill Clinton in 1996.
She received lifetime achievement awards from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the National Council for Science. Other awards included the Pennsylvania Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, the Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America, the Gold Medal from the Royal Zoological Society of Belgium, and the Benjamin Franklin Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the American Philosophical Society..
She received 25 honorary degrees, including ones from Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1996 was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Science and Technology. In 2009, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Dr. Patrick was married to the late Charles Hodge IV and the late Lewis H. Van Dusen, Jr. She is survived by one son, Charles Hodge V of Kansas City, Kan., and several stepchildren and grandchildren.
A memorial service is being planned.


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Should Jim Do Another Horton?
Discuss other upcoming Jim Carrey movies (not confirmed/rumours).
Should Jim Do Another Horton?
Should Jim Do Another Horton? Horton Hatches An Egg?
To God, every living being is beautiful... Except for you.
No. No way. Ok he was good in it. But since when does Jim reprise his roles??? With AV as an exception.
He wont do another horton. He woudlnt do Ace Ventura 3, he wouldnt do the mask 2, he wouldnt do bruce almighty 2, he wouldnt do dumb and dumberer. No chance he will do this.
I think though voice acting is easy, anyone can do that as you can see. So if he does do horton again, even though it would be good, Jim cant improvise as much as letting his spirt roam free as in full bloom acting. voice acting is somewhat constrictive
I say Maybe, because it should depend on a good script that Jim may find good enough to do it!
"Snakes! Why it had to be snakes?"
-Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Yes. But I prefer seeing grown up movies, not kid movies. Horton was good if you went into it with the perspective that it's a kids movie. However, to people like me it was just O.K.
There's no point for Carrey to do a Horton sequel.
But absolutely no point in not doing it. If they make that other Horton movie, there's no reason he shouldn't do that voice again. It doesn't hurt his carreer, in fact, 80% of the comments were very positive about his voice-acting as some called it "The best voice-actin since Robin Williams in Aladdin". It's a good thing. It's a positive movie. It's for all ages and it's perfect for Jim.
I just wasn't a big fan of the movie. I'd like to see him push in different directions. Or if he does animated voice work, do it for movies like Coroline.
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The second annual Art of the Car Concours® featured a wide variety of vintage, classic and special vehicles. Vintage motorcycles and fire trucks also were on view for the first time. Nearly 170 vehicles were in the concours, which drew more than 3,000 spectators to the KCAI campus. The event raised more than $50,000 for student scholarships at KCAI through paid admissions and underwriting by 12 sponsors.
Admission was $10 at the door, and children age 10 and under were admitted free. Proceeds benefit the college's scholarship fund.
Marshall V. Miller, a local attorney, car enthusiast and Art Institute supporter, founded and directed the event.
A special guest at this year's event was Galen Handy, the acknowledged expert in the history of the electric car industry. His Web site, www.earlyelectric.com, provides comprehensive information. He maintains the sole directory of every existing electric car.
Attendees were invited to vote for the favorite cars, and the top five vote-getters received "People's Choice" awards. KCAI junior Julie Malen created the unique awards that were given to the winners. The five winners:
First place: 1933 Hupmobile K-321 4-door sedan, owned by Ron Smith of Louisburg, Kan.
From left are: Marshall Miller, concours founder and director; Kathleen Collins, president of KCAI; and Ron Smith.
Second place: 1921 Daniels D-19 Landau Brougham, owned by Jim Daniels of Kansas City, Mo.
From left are: Marshall Miller, concours founder and director; Kathleen Collins, president of KCAI; and Jim Daniels.
Third place: 1936 Cord 810 Phaeton, owned by Bob and Sandra Coleman of Mission Hills, Kan.
From left are: Marshall Miller, concours founder and director; Kathleen Collins, president of KCAI; and Bob Colema
Fourth place: 1948 Delahaye 125M, Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet, owned by Mark Hyman of St. Louis.
From left are: Marshall Miller, concours founder and director; Kathleen Collins, president of KCAI; and Mark Hyman.
Fifth place: 1964 AC Cobra 289 Roadster, owned by Jim Sfetko of Parkville, Mo.
From Left are: Kathleen Collins, president of KCAI, and Jim Sfetko.
People's Choice award recipients with their plaques. From left to right are Ron Smith, Jim Sfetko, Jim Daniels, Bob and Sandra Coleman and Mark Hyman. Photo by Bruce Mathews.
Marshall Miller, concours organizer, and Kathleen Collins, president of KCAI, prepare to present the People's Choice awards, which were created by Julie Malen, a senior majoring in ceramics at KCAI. Photo by Bruce Mathews.
Media coverage included this report on Kansas City's NBC affiliate: View newscast.
Hear organizers talk about the event with host Ken Smiley on the Roger Twibell show on KCSP-Radio (610 on the AM dial), the exclusive NASCAR station in Kansas City, Mo., courtesy of Executive Producer Andrew Ellenberg: Segment 1; Segment 2; Segment 3; Segment 4
Watch Marshall Miller talk about the event on KCTV-5.
This year a new set of awards based upon corporate sponsorship were presented. For $1,000, a sponsor could have their own corporate award presented to a motor vehicle of the sponsor's choosing during the concours. This is an unusual opportunity to become truly engaged in the concours!
View photos of the vehicles that received special recognition from sponsors at the 2008 Art of the Car Concours® .
A big thank you to our sponsors, including:
Aristocrat Motors-Jaguar
Aristocrat Motors-Mercedes-Benz
Aristocrat Motors-Porsche
Baron Automotive Group-BMW
Baron Automotive Group-Mini Cooper
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
Grass Pad
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Hyman Ltd. of St. Louis
Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.-Lincoln, Neb.
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July 16, 2010
Hotel du Lac
Anita Brookner's novel Hotel Du Lac won the Booker prize in 1984, but to this 21st c. American it could easily have been published and/or set in the Edwardian era--the constricting manners and mores lend it an E.M. Forster feel. It's a dreamy tale about a romance novelist who is banished by her "friends" to a sleepy Swiss hotel where she observes various types of women and how they relate to men, while her own story is slowly revealed. The book was adapted as a televised play by the BBC in 1986.
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Hidden in the rear of the college complex is a most beautiful place to sit and relax. It is built in and by the water. Looking above the buildings you will see a small white dot in the sky. That is "Fat Albert" a blimp on a 1,200 ft cable. It broadcast radio to Cuba and is rummored to have very complex snooping devices.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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lifetime necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 230 diseños de 61 diseñadores freelance.
lifetime services
We are currently merging 3 businesses, 2 x accountants and 1 x financial planning. Looking for a design that reflects our view of having customer for life and building on trust established over years with existing clients. Want to offer a one stop professional services shop with Accounting, investments, insurance, business advisory, financial strategy, legal services, mortgage broking etc.
We want to grow our combined business and need a representation of strength and stability - there for a lifetime. We are a regionally based enterprise where the main surrounding businesses focus on agricultural and Crayfishing and mining in Western Australia.
Initial focus will be to build on our strengths as trusted accounting and audit professionals, experienced and local. The financial planning an investment service represents 5% of overall current business - but acknowledge this to be the revenue and value growth area for the business. Using the Mcdonalds "do you want fries with that" to up sell to our established clients in a professional manner.
We have about 10 staff - Mixture of personalities but all aim for best result for client driven primarily by reduction in tax.
We have a financial services relationship with 'Count' will need to incorporate there logo on letterheads etc and may need to be considerate of colours being used etc for cost purposes.
Mainly targeting business clients who have a need for professional advice and multiple entities seeking professional assistance to cover there business and personal life journey. Mid 30's to Retirees
Providing lifetime of professional advice to manage business and personal investmnet solutions and family protection
lifetime services will be the main business heading and name with divisons or services being branded underneath eg lifetime accounting, lifetime wealth advisors etc
Some thought to make the key focus the lifetime brand or logo and keep services as a smaller part of design requirement. (per the first couple of designs in our web search). Ouyr office is currently unbranded (no signage) so working from existing logo has internal merit rather than market acceptance
Existing designs of 3 merging entities have been attached and that of our licensee affiliate "Count"
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CPR is cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Hands-Only CPR uses chest compressions without rescue breaths. Do this in 2 steps:
Any bystander can use this for adults only who suddenly collapse in places outside-the-hospital setting. Hands-Only CPR should not be used for:
Conventional CPR For Adults and Children Over 8 Years Old
CPR For Children Ages 1 to 8 Years Old
For a small child, pinch the nose closed, as for an adult. Give 1 full breath for 1 second. Give the 2nd full breath for 1 second. Each rescue breath should make the child's chest rise. If it doesn't, do head tilt and chin lift again.
{Note: Chest compressions alone are better than doing nothing, but it is best to do both rescue breathing and chest compressions in children. Why? Airway problems are the main cause of cardiac arrest in infants and children.}
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This letter begins with praise and thanksgiving offered to God. Paul celebrates all the spiritual "blessings" available to all believers in Jesus, the Anointed One. This means that He is the one through whom God has acted to rescue the world. But more than that, He is the Lord to whom we belong and the spiritual place where all believers are presently located. In God's purpose, heaven has come down to where we live so that we now occupy this wonderful realm where salvation is at work, where God's truth and beauty are a reality, and where we wait as the rest of His plan is worked out.
15 This is why, when I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus that is present in your community and of your great love for all God's people, 16 I haven't stopped thanking Him for you. I am continually speaking to Him on your behalf in my prayers. Here's what I say:
17 God of our Lord Jesus the Anointed, Father of Glory: I call out to You on behalf of Your people. Give them minds ready to receive wisdom and revelation so they will truly know You. 18 Open the eyes of their hearts, and let the light of Your truth flood in. Shine Your light on the hope You are calling them to embrace. Reveal to them the glorious riches You are preparing as their inheritance. 19 Let them see the full extent of Your power that is at work in those of us who believe, and may it be done according to Your might and power.
Friends, it is this same might and resurrection power that
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Far harder layout for Woods
Wednesday offered fresh, unmistakable proof that Tiger Woods has entered a strange, new realm.
One, his arrival at the PGA Championship prompted massive crowds to follow him around Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville - not to watch wondrous feats but to see if he could hit shots without collapsing in pain. He did and plans to tee off in Thursday's opening round.
Two, Woods' historical benchmark and adversary, Jack Nicklaus, made lavish statements about a player not named Tiger. This time, Nicklaus simultaneously praised and put pressure on Rory McIlroy, freshly re-minted as the world's No. 1 golfer.
Woods deserves respect, in some ways, for trying to fight through back spasms. Even so, his rushed return from March 31 surgery carried a strong whiff of desperation, as does this week's feverish attempt to play in the year's final major championship.
Just an educated guess here: Woods is having trouble coping with life as a mere mortal, his reality in 2014.
Based on the history of other elite players, Woods - who turns 39 in December - still has another five or six years to contend in majors. Nicklaus won the Masters at age 46, after all. Phil Mickelson won last year's British Open at 43.
It's reasonable to picture Woods staying in the mix until he's about 45. The man did win five times last season. He can still play the game.
But he needs his back to cooperate, and scrambling to make this PGA start suggests wild frustration with his six-year drought on the biggest stages. Woods likes to say he enters tournaments only to win, but he can't win this week. Not with a balky back and a game that's beyond rusty.
If he were honest with himself, he would resume his rehabilitation and start pointing toward the Masters in April.
On the other end of this week's spectrum sits McIlroy, long ago anointed as the heir to Woods' throne. Maybe this summer really will be remembered as the time one era ended and another bloomed, but don't expect the Rory Era to closely resemble the Tiger Era. Not at all.
McIlroy will not win seven of 11 majors, as Woods once did (1999-2002). McIlroy has pocketed one major title in three of the past four seasons, including this one, and that's an impressive pace for mere mortals.
That's also impressive in the context of golf's imposing depth. Many players now have the ability to win a major - way more players than in 2008, when Woods last won one - which is why the Rory Era also will feature appearances by Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth, among others.
McIlroy, with his aggressive Arnold Palmer-like style, seems headed for a comparable career. Maybe finish with eight to 10 majors (Palmer won seven as a pro), enough to land among the all-time greats but not challenge Nicklaus as the best player ever.
Nicklaus, though, raised the bar for McIlroy in an interview Wednesday on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike" show.
"I think Rory is an unbelievable talent," Nicklaus said. "I love his swing, I love his rhythm, I love his moxie. He's got a little swagger there, it's a little bit cocky but not offensive. ...
"I think Rory has an opportunity to win 15 or 20 majors or whatever he wants to do if he wants to keep playing. But you just don't know what the guy's priorities are going to be in life 10 years from now."
Even today, at 25, McIlroy doesn't have the single-minded ferocity Woods displayed in his prime. McIlroy also doesn't play the type of cautious, conservative golf Woods used to win many of his 14 majors. (Nicklaus rode a similarly measured approach to his 18.)
Woods highlighted McIlroy's hit-or-miss nature after the final round of his emphatic victory in last month's British Open. To paraphrase, Woods suggested McIlroy is great when he "gets it going" and pretty bad when he doesn't. Woods compared McIlroy to Mickelson in this regard.
The comments sounded like a not-so-subtle reminder that only Woods, among modern-day tour pros, has contended in major after major after major. And that's absolutely true.
Or at least it was back in the day. Now the question is whether Woods can simply make it through 72 holes. A strange realm, indeed.
PGA Championship
When: Thursday-Sunday
Where: Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Ky. (par-71, 7,458 yards - longest in PGA Championship history)
Defending champion: Jason Dufner
Purse: $10 million (winner receives $1.8 million)
TV: Thursday and Friday: 10 a.m. TNT; Saturday: 8 a.m. TNT, 11 a.m. Channel: 5 Channel: 13 Channel: 46 ; Sunday: 8 a.m. TNT, 11 a.m. Channel: 5 Channel: 13 Channel: 46
Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @ronkroichick


text: Danone Says China Recalls Hurt Baby-Nutrition Sales in Asia August 30, 2013 05:11 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bloomberg Email Danone, which gets 20% of revenue from baby nutrition, recalled the products in eight markets. Julie Cruz Danone said baby-nutrition sales will fall in the third quarter because it recalled infant- formula products in Asia after a warning of tainted ingredients in some products supplied by Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. The recalls had a "significant" impact on sales in the region, though Danone still expects to post organic revenue growth of about 5 percent in the quarter, it said today. "We are deploying action plans to restore sales in affected markets," Chief Financial Officer Pierre-Andre Terisse said in a statement. "Their success will enable Danone to meet its growth and margin targets for 2013." Danone, which gets 20 percent of revenue from baby nutrition, recalled the products in eight markets, including New Zealand, China and Hong Kong, as a precautionary measure. The findings of an investigation of Fonterra by authorities in New Zealand concluded that all ingredients used by Danone are in "full compliance with the highest standards of quality," the maker of Activia and Actimel yogurts said today. Danone will conduct communication campaigns for its Dumex baby-nutrition brand to rebuild trust through both the mass media and the Internet, spokeswoman Agnes Berthet-d'Anthonay said by phone today. The company is confident these action plans "will show results," she said. Maintaining Forecast Maintaining its forecast for 5 percent organic sales growth in the third quarter may indicate a better-than-expected recovery in Danone's dairy business, according to Jon Cox, head of European consumer equities at Kepler Cheuvreux in Zurich. "I presume sales in the impacted region have fallen over 20 percent in August and there has been no improvement in the trend," Cox said. He estimates that countries affected by the recall account for about 45 percent of Danone's baby-nutrition sales, or about 10 percent of total revenue. Danone shares fell 1.6 percent to 56.34 euros at 10:41 a.m. in Paris trading. The stock has gained 13 percent this year, valuing the company at 35.6 billion euros ($47.2 billion). Danone's ability to maintain sales growth in the face of adversity is "positive," according to Fabio Fazzari, an analyst at Equita SIM SpA. "If you are able in this particular environment to completely offset a negative impact in an important area like Asia maybe the underlying trend is better than people think," Fazzari said by phone. Danone, based in Paris, reported second-quarter sales growth that beat analysts' estimates on July 29 as the company sold more baby-nutrition products in China. Sales of baby- nutrition products surged in the country after a spate of food- safety scandals fueled frenzied demand for foreign formula. Danone was informed about the contaminated Fonterra whey protein on Aug. 2 and started preemptive recalls of affected milk powder products in China on Aug. 4, it said. Back to news


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Eight TSTC West Texas employees honored with Chancellor Award
Texas State Technical College announced that 20 members of its faculty and staff received the TSTC Chancellor's Excellence Award. Eight employees from TSTC West Texas earned the award this year. The TSTC Chancellor's Award for Excellence was established to recognize the outstanding contributions and achievements of faculty and staff who serve the students of TSTC and the communities of Texas, those whose demonstrated commitment to excellence makes a difference in the lives of others. As the award has evolved, recipients are also acknowledged for service as change agents in advancement of New Paradigm initiatives.Recipients will also receive the 2013 NISOD Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) at The University of Texas at Austin.TSTC West Texas• Nicole Whitley, Assistant Financial Aid Officer.• Leroy White, Instructor, Wind Energy/Energy Management.• Kevin Shipp, Assistant Chief Financial Officer.• Lisa Langford, Departmental Secretary, Vocational Nursing.• Shawntay Sparks-Hubbard, Program Chair/Instructor, Associate Degree Nursing.• Elizabeth "Becky" Jones, Instructor, Chemical Dependency Counseling.• Jeff Howard, Associate Vice President, Student Development.• Donalyn Alexander, Director/Instructor, Associate Degree Nursing.TSTC System Operations • Jennifer Sanchez, Solutions Coordinator.• Karen Sonnenberg, Associate Director, PayrollTSTC Harlingen• Mary Castanon, Assistant to the Provost.• Mary Prepejchal, Director of Human and Organizational Development.• Hector Yanez, Senior Instructor and Program Chair, Drafting and Design. TSTC Marshall• Bryan W. Maertins, Director of Workforce Development.• Hubert R. Staten, Director of Residential Life/Student Activities.• Chasidy M. Guthrie, Human & Organizational Development Consultant.TSTC Waco• Whitney Carter, Success Coach and ReFOCUS Coordinator.• Marta V. Getman, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences.• Iris L. Cunningham, Director of Student Accounting.• Jackie Adler, Director of Financial Aid.About TSTCTexas State Technical College System (www.tstc.edu) consists of four technical schools: TSTC Harlingen, TSTC Marshall, TSTC Waco, and TSTC West Texas, which has campuses in Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood, and Sweetwater. TSTC colleges rank consistently as top colleges in the state and nation for conferring associate degrees in engineering, precision production, computer information systems degrees, communication and information sciences, and enrollment of Hispanic students. More than 17,000 students attend TSTC each year in credit programs alone, and that number grows to nearly 30,000 when short-term continuing education and corporate training programs are included.


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U.S. cotton producers want farm programs that are stable and follow the intent of Congress without unnecessarily complicating the lives of growers who produce the majority of the nation's food, fiber and fuel.
Members of the National Cotton Council, the organization representing the U.S. cotton industry, support the 2008 farm bill's marketing loan and direct and counter-cyclical payment provisions, said NCC Chairman Eddie Smith, a producer from Floydada, Texas.
But Smith said cotton growers are unhappy with USDA's interpretation of Congress' intent in the 2008 farm bill, which made historic changes to payment limitations and program eligibility. Limitations were made more restrictive by eliminating the three-entity rule, applying direct attributions, and the adjusted gross income test was substantially tightened.
"Unfortunately, USDA went beyond the statute by modifying actively engaged rules, complicating spousal eligibility and requiring producers to authorize IRS to release information to USDA in implementing key payment eligibility provisions," Smith told the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
"For cotton growers, good farm policy is of little value if commercial-size farming operations are ineligible for benefits. Frankly, the statutory changes combined with overzealous regulations have pushed us to the brink, and we will strongly oppose any further restrictions."
Looking ahead to future policy, Smith acknowledged that the 2012 farm bill debate will take place with several new and increased points of pressure, including the record budget deficits.
"The WTO Brazil case puts cotton's marketing loan and counter-cyclical programs under special scrutiny," he noted. "While we are relieved that U.S. negotiators have been able to put together an interim agreement that has convinced Brazil to suspend retaliation against nearly $1 billion in U.S. exports, we know there are expectations about modifications to the cotton program as part of the 2012 farm bill."
Smith stated that the U.S. cotton industry has initiated internal policy deliberations with the appointment of a farm policy task force and is prepared to work with Congress to address the challenges faced in the writing of the 2012 farm bill.
He also noted that development of the 2012 farm bill must consider the competitive balance between commodities due to both farm and energy policies.
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Well, whaddya know? A large daily newspaper printed a story about low commodity prices in a foreign country without blaming them on U.S. cotton farmers or U.S. farm programs.
The Oct. 27 Memphis, Tenn.-based Commercial Appeal carried an article about Nicaraguan farmers who have been hurt by low coffee prices. Unlike an earlier story in the Wall Street Journal about cotton farmers in Mali, the story did not try to link the low prices back to U.S. farm programs.
Coffee farmers in Nicaragua and Columbia and Kenya have seen the prices they receive drop to next to nothing because of the glut of coffee on the world market. The article said the savings from the lower prices — surprise, surprise — have not been passed on to consumers.
The article, which was distributed by the Los Angeles Times, was a surprising feature for The Commercial Appeal, or the CA, as it calls itself, which has strayed somewhat from its agricultural roots of late.
At one time, the Commercial Appeal was the leading voice of Southern agriculture, and its ag writers, including the late Lloyd Dinkins and Emmett Maum, were widely known in farm circles for their knowledge and perception.
Lately, the newspaper has gone through a string of writers who seem to have little knowledge of the farm economy, farm programs or farm technology. Charles Conner, who stayed on the beat for several years and earned the respect of farmers, was an exception.
Like most metropolitan dailies, the Commercial Appeal had nasty things to say about the 2002 farm bill, a strange stance considering the impact it is likely to have on the Memphis economy.
But the newspaper may have sunk to a new low as far as agricultural issues are concerned when it printed a series of articles on rice irrigation, titled "Draining Arkansas" and critical of Arkansas rice farmers.
"While there are several questionable statements found within this report, the greatest error is one of omission — the newspaper's total disregard for the economic impact rice farming has on the Arkansas economy," said a reader who e-mailed us to complain about the Commercial Appeal's anti-agriculture bias.
"Not to mention the fact that the entire Mid-South's economic infrastructure is founded on agriculture and agribusiness and not Federal Express as the newspaper would have you believe."
Back to coffee prices, the Commercial Appeal article notes that the glut of coffee is due to expansion in Vietnam and Brazil. Vietnam, it said, has increased its coffee production from 2 million 132-pound bags in the early 1990s to 14 million bags in 2001. It is now the world's second largest coffee producer — behind Brazil.
Knowing the Brazilians, they are probably preparing to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization, accusing Nicaragua and Columbia of conspiring to reduce coffee prices as they have against U.S. farmers on world cotton prices.
Like the CA's series on irrigation water for rice farmers, such antics might be funny if they didn't have such serious ramifications for growers.


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NEW YORK -- Most parents and teachers agree on the most important way for parents to be involved in their children's schools, according to a new study by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Public Agenda that takes a detailed look at one of the most prominent, if amorphous, trends in education.
The report, Playing Their Parts: Parents and Teachers Talk about Parental Involvement in Public Schools, finds that parents and teachers have mixed feelings about parents taking part in a school's hiring and curriculum decisions. But the two groups heartily endorse a different kind of parental involvement: having parents raise polite disciplined children who come to school enthusiastic about learning. The study was sponsored by Kraft Foods, an operating company of Philip Morris Companies Inc.
What many policy makers and reformers are talking about -- getting parents involved in school governance -- misses the most bedeviling concerns teachers and parents face, says Deborah Wadsworth, executive director of Public Agenda. Most teachers and parents see an urgent need for the type of parental involvement that starts at home, promoting good behavior and a strong work ethic.
Playing Their Parts finds that eight in 10 parents (83 percent) say the most important role they can play is checking homework and encouraging their children to learn. Only 4 percent say instead that parents' first priority should be to help hire staff and shape curriculum.
The desire to expand parents' role in school management has inspired numerous site-based management teams throughout the country as well as part of the federal government's Goals 2000 platform. But most parents say they simply feel uncomfortable and unqualified to take on management duties. I'm involved in my daughter's classroom, but choosing the topics, that's not my area, a New Mexico mother said. Given a choice of 10 activities they could do at school, parents are most likely to say they are very comfortable chaperoning a class trip or party (73 percent). Only a quarter (25 percent) say the same about helping plan curriculum.
This important survey confirms that parents have an absolutely crucial role to play in their children's educational success, says Amina Dickerson, director of corporate contributions for Kraft Foods. As a company deeply concerned with the welfare of families, Kraft calls on everyone to reduce all possible constraints to positive parental involvement.
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Nor are teachers enthusiastic about getting parents onto school governing boards. Only a quarter (25 percent) say that they approve of parents taking part in staff hiring. At the same time, it is worth noting that of those few teachers who work in schools where parents evaluate teachers, a high proportion approve of the practice (65 percent).
As it is, only a third of teachers (34 percent) say the level of parents' attention to their children's education is excellent or good. Eight out of 10 teachers complain about parents who fail to set limits for their kids or control how much time they watch television. Most teachers (69 percent) also say that students who try to slide by with the minimum amount of work present a serious problem.
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Most parents today (74 percent) say they do more for their child's education than their parents did for them, but about the same percentage also wish they could do more (71 percent). A careful look at Public Agenda's study and similar research suggests that today's parents juggle not just their schedules, but also their conflicting approaches towards raising children. Sometimes they sympathize with children: about nine in ten (88 percent) say that children who try hard should not feel bad about getting poor grades. At other times parents try to instill independence: 93 percent of parents say that children should learn to handle schoolwork on their own as they grow older.
The results show the incredible ambivalence parents feel, one moment wanting to bolster their children's self-esteem and the next letting them sink if they can't swim, Wadsworth said. This contradiction has profound implications for parental involvement, because it makes it hard for parents to raise the type of hardworking children that teachers say are needed in their classrooms.
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No activity exemplifies the dilemma of parental involvement better than the nightly ritual of homework. Most teachers (57 percent) say that parents should at least check to make sure their children have completed assignments and done so correctly, but only 16 percent say that parents typically reach or surpass that minimum level. Parents say that supervising homework is no easy matter: 50 percent of parents report having had serious arguments with their child over assignments where there was yelling or crying. I wanted this time to be quality love time, and it couldn't be because of this homework, a Birmingham mother says. That frustration has led one in every five parents (22 percent) to admit having done their children's homework themselves.
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In the coming months, two nonprofit organizations will use Playing Their Parts in community engagement projects also funded by Kraft. The Public Education Network, a consortium of school reform groups throughout the country, will host forums with four of its members: the APPLE Corps in Atlanta; the Charlotte-Mecklenberg (N.C.) Education Foundation; the Paterson (N.J.) Education Fund and the Portland (Ore.) Public Schools Foundation. The National Association of Partners in Education, a 30-year-old alliance devoted to partnerships between schools and communities, will make use of the research in day-long seminars at five sites across the country, later publishing the action plans that result. To focus educators' attention on parental involvement, Public Agenda will present Playing Their Parts at teachers' and administrators' conferences throughout the year.
Playing Their Parts is based on surveys conducted in the fall of 1998 of 1,220 randomly chosen parents of public school children and 1,000 public school teachers from across the country. The margin of error for either sample is plus or minus 3 percent. In addition, Public Agenda held eight focus groups and conducted 25 interviews with experts. The report was written by Director of Research Steve Farkas and Director of Programs Jean Johnson, both senior vice presidents; and Ann Duffett, assistant director of research; with Claire Aulicino, a research assistant; and Joanna McHugh, a research associate.
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While the rumors of Manny Pacquiao having financial troubles has been floating around, there are now reports that Pacquiao is suing his former accountants VisionQwest Group according to TMZ.
Pacquiao was originially sued for not paying for services rendered. In his countersuit Pacquiao alleges VisionQwest Group gave him "substandard accounting and tax service" Pacquiao hired lawyer Dan Petrocelli who reigned victorious over OJ Simpson in his civil trial.
More and more lately we've been hearing of athletes having financial troubles, Terrell Owens and now Pacquiao, sooner or later athletes are going to have to be more hands on when it comes to their finances. Considering Pacquiao is also a congressman in the Philippines you would think he would've found somebody to keep his finances in order. Hopefully he doesn't end up like other boxers fighting well past their prime just to get a check.


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Over five decades ago, a group of motivated and eager individuals came together around a common goal. They sought to enrich people's lives through high-quality, non-commercial, educational programming. Institutions like Trinity College and the State of Connecticut supported this goal of reaching out to the community through public broadcasting.
In 1962, the Connecticut Educational Television Station began broadcasting in black and white from the basement of the Trinity College Library in Hartford, Connecticut. With a single videotape machine, 11 staff members launched what soon would become Connecticut Public Television. On October 1, 1962, at 9:40 a.m., CPTV (Connecticut Public Television) aired a discussion of the humanities with critic Clifton Fadiman. It was the station's first program, first broadcast, and first day as the nation's 68th station in the National Education Television Network, the predecessor to PBS. In 1978, Connecticut Public Radio joined the network, forming what is today known as Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., parent organization of CPTV and WNPR (Connecticut Public Radio).
In 2004, CPBI made the move to a new broadcast home in Hartford's historic Asylum Hill neighborhood, a facility with contemporary technology that has enabled CPTV and WNPR to provide programming through a variety of multi-media platforms, in addition to traditional television and radio broadcasting. A satellite office in New Haven also houses WNPR broadcast studios.
Thanks to the generous support of the communities we serve, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., has evolved from a single television station broadcasting in black and white to a vibrant statewide broadcasting network with four television stations each airing two distinct broadcast channels (CPTV and CPTV Spirit); four radio stations and translator sites across the state extending the reach of WNPR throughout Connecticut as well as Massachusetts and New York; three dynamic web sites (CPBN.org, WNPR.org and CPBN.org); and a print partnership with "Connecticut Magazine," highlighting CPBN program schedules, membership information and updates on new community and audiences initiatives to over 80,000 subscribers.
The art of storytelling is at the core of all of the Connecticut Public's education initiatives.
Those initiatives have exploded in the last several years, as it has pursued a bold new direction within the turbulent news industry: transforming a significant portion of its corporate headquarters into a journalism educational facility that would make newsrooms around the country jealous. Over the last decade, CPBN's Learning Lab has delivered over 10,000 hours of instruction to middle, high school, college and adult students.
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The Midtown Observatory sits atop the Science Building on Western's Midtown campus. It is used for classes, undergraduate research and public viewing nights. The Midtown Observatory will soon house a 14-inch Ritchey-Chrétien telescope on a height-adjustable mounting with a computer-controlled tracking system. An astrocamera, visible and infrared-sensitive photoelectric photometers, a television system and a CCD camera are available for use with this telescope. Two Coronado Solar Max 70 telescopes (H-alpha and Ca II K line wavelengths), an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector, three 6-inch Schmidt-Newtonian reflectors and several smaller telescopes are also part of the Observatory's equipment.


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A well-planned train station is one of the best investments a community can make as it seeks to expand greater tourism and business opportunities. Whether used by tourists or local residents, stations are proven to be fertile economic ground.
Experience has shown that local communities come together with unique and productive ideas and approaches to improving their stations and the surrounding environment. Amtrak is dedicated to building relationships with local cities to work together around the country to help build and restore the stations we serve.
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Point Park University announced yesterday during a private ceremony that the recently-constructed Dance building on the Boulevard of the Allies, which houses eight state-of-the-art dance studios, including the George Rowland White Performance Studio, has been officially named the George Rowland White Performance Center. The late George White and his wife, Kathleen, are long time benefactors to the University.
"To recognize George White's many years of service to Point Park as a trustee, to honor the vision he promoted for Point Park as a dynamic urban university, and in appreciation for his generous support of the University, the Board of Trustees voted to honor him by naming the Dance Complex the George Rowland White Performance Center," said Paul Hennigan, president of Point Park.
White was elected to the Point Park University Board of Trustees in 1995. During his tenure as a trustee, he served in leadership roles as chair of the Facilities Committee and was a long-standing member of the Academic Affairs Committee. White was a tireless advocate for Point Park's programs, students, and faculty.
The Whites contributed generously to the University by providing naming gifts for a performance studio in the Dance building, a theater in the University Center, and an endowed professorship in Urban Accounting and Finance.
White was a former Xerox executive with a Ph.D. in nuclear physics and served on the faculty of the Harvard School of Business. His wife, Kathleen, earned a math and science degree at Purdue University. She has also been elected to the Point Park University Board of Trustees.
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There's a tribe in the Amazon and they are circling around a campfire… wearing animal heads… and making loud rhythmic noises. They are prancing like animals and doing something that looks like Tai Chi – a meditation in movement. It is all so connected to the natural cycle of life.
Modern living has moved away from this.
There are great things in our world. However, a lot of the conventional technologies and lifestyles have moved faster than how WE are designed. We've gotten away from our natural flow.
You can be sure as hell those tribes are a lot healthier and physically fit than most people. They also have a lot less stress.
The world health organisation (WHO) estimates that stress is the cause of most illness in society… and it's growing.
This is because we've lost our natural evolutionary way.
Yes, child mortality is much better our developed nations. We also have more resources and knowledge in dealing with emergencies.
But boy oh boy are we bad at managing chronic health issues. It's out of control.
A lot of getting back that control will be in keeping what is resourceful in modern life and stripping back the rest of it. It is also about regaining many of our natural instincts, practises and rhythms.
This includes diet, workouts, less passive behaviours (like watching the boob-tube)… and cleaning our cup (as they say in the East) or taking some time each day to refresh our mind.
HOW we do these things can lead to very different results too, as many of THOSE practises have also gone away from our natural evolution.
When Conor McGregor fought Nate Diaz there was some very entertaining trash talk back and forth. One of the things Nate said was, 'You're playing touch butt with that dork in the park with the pony tail'… or something to that effect.
He was referring to videos of Conor training with Ido Portal in the park in skimpy MMA gym shorts. They were being creative with slow Tai Chi and animal type movements in a simulated sort of dual. Ido Portal calls that drill 'movement riddles.'
It looks so different that some people 'pooh pooh' at it and other such methods.
There are many that go so far to say that Conor is still a fake, that he is all promotion and no substance… even when he has two UFC world titles in two separate divisions. He also won them in spectacular fashion.
His method is so far ahead that it looks effortless. Even most experts can't figure out how calm, poised, skilled and brilliant he is in the octagon. They can't understand how he seemingly touches high level fighters and they crumble. They continue to back against him.
Then some none the wiser fans even go so far as to talk about 'dives.'
It's precision, timing and internal power. When you have such control of your own body… it's much easier to translate that into effortless power. For the same reasons he can also use unorthodox approaches, angles and strikes depending on the situation.
The reason he's so far ahead of his peers is how he thinks about sport and how he trains. Update: He's gone away from dedicated training in the last couple of years. I'm not condoning his antics outside the sport in recent times.
But his rise was sterling. He was very much in his natural flow in all areas; mentally, physically and emotionally.
What I will say to you is this… I've studied training and sport for years. Near the end of my research for my last book, a couple of years ago, I knew I'd gotten some very large chunks of the puzzle.
I came across Ido Portal and realised he was doing a lot of what I was finding (he does a lot more than touch-butt). Then I came across McGregor and realised he was doing pretty much ALL of it.
I had a hunch he was going right to the top and fast… or had a great chance based on his training. When I saw more of his fights I was even more convinced.
The way he trains applies to anyone, even if you just want health… but it will give you a LOT more than that.
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Vollrads Castle is located in the Hessian Rheingau about two kilometers away from the Rhine River at an elevation of 160 meters. The landmark of the castle is the massive tower house. The building was erected on Roman foundations and is surrounded by a picturesque pond. Since the 14th century, Vollrads Castle was the residence of the family Greiffenclau. Today Vollrads Castle counts as one of the oldest vineyards in the world. The trade in wine is documented since the year 1211.
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Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.


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Lady Gaga Has Intentional Nipple Slip, Smokes Pot in Beverly Hills
This was no wardrobe malfunction! There are no accidents when it comes to Lady Gaga and fashion. When the singer hit Mr. Chow's in Beverly Hills last night (July 10), she flashed her nipples through a sheer black bra-top and ensemble. Strange attire for a fancy dinner, no?
Her outfits are always carefully planned, so there is no way she "accidentally" flashed her headlights. What may have been an accident, though, were the other images of her smoking pot.
Gaga wore black sunglasses and black gloves with a black bodysuit featuring dominatrix-like straps down to her knees before dinner. That had to be difficult to walk in. She made the process of strolling even more difficult with her towering, skyscraper bootie heels. Our favorite part of Gaga's outfit was her black, WWE-style belt, complete with gold hardware. It added another layer of toughness to an already tough look.
According to The Daily Mail, Gaga was also spotted smoking pot after leaving the trendy eatery! She has never hid her fondness for the green stuff -- admitting in her '60 Minutes' interview in Feb. 2011 that she smokes "a lot of pot when I write music." Maybe that means she is currently working on new music while hanging, eating and flipping the bird in L.A.?
Gaga was photographed taking a hit off a gold pipe in the backseat of her car on her way back from dinner. Even though she is honest about her pot usage, she probably didn't care to be photographed while doing so.
Remember, Gaga traveled from Australia and likely has jet lag, and can use some herbal refreshment to help her relax. Toking up surely helps with that stress!
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President's Page
It is such a privilege to serve you. I have three main priorities for my term as your president, building on the great work of Trudi Bellardo Hahn and a dynamic board of directors. First, I want to build a digital library that responds to every member's needs the best digital library anywhere! Second, I want to continue the work of the ASIS&T Web redesign team and initiate recommended changes to our website. This group of information architects led by Stacy Surla has done wonderful work for us. Now, we need to be sure there is a revenue flow to support and maintain the revitalized and dynamic site. Third, I want to work on initiatives to improve services to all members, including communication venues and the use of new technologies for program delivery. Included in this priority is a good look at how we market our services. Of course, I want to work on initiatives that will recruit and retain student members. This may seem too specific, but I'm convinced that our future lies in the wealth of talent represented by students in our schools. I will be discussing specifics of these priorities in future columns of the Bulletin and in a monthly email letter that we will post on the ASIS&T website.
I call on each of you to reach out and make our new and student members feel welcome. When I was a student member, the attention of then-President Toni Carbo, Ed Sawyer, Jim Cretsos, Bahaa El-Hadidy and my advisors Gerald Jahoda and Elizabeth Logan kept me active in ASIS&T. I felt that I had found a professional home, and I continue to feel the same. I served whenever I was asked but more importantly, I served because I wanted to. I liked my colleagues and fellow members. We have a bizarre sense of humor as exemplified by the programs sponsored by SIG/CON. It is very important to me that we are able to make fun of ourselves, but we should never forget that the work that we do is essential to the free flow and dissemination of information in our world. It is this balance between fun and scholarly endeavor that I believe is at the very heart of our success.
At the August 2003 Board of Directors retreat, another dichotomy appeared as we discussed the results of the most recent member survey. We decided these results reflected a "bipolar" membership, a unique combination of practitioners and researchers. I believe we are blessed to be bipolar and able to have fun in the face of the seriousness of our work. I intend to continue to build on programs and services that serve all of our concerns and needs, that bridge our differences and celebrate our uniqueness.
Your board is working diligently to communicate your needs to your elected officers and headquarters staff. They work through your chapters, SIGs and committees to ensure that everyone has a chance to be heard. Feel free to contact any of the officers, board members and committee chairs at any time. We work all year, not just during the Annual Meeting. Your committee chairs for 2004 are:
If you didn't have the opportunity to attend the Annual Meeting in Long Beach, then you missed my attempt at an interactive inaugural address. We played ASIS&T Jeopardy and I tried to give homage to the wonderful history and spirit of this society. The game is available on my website and I encourage you to play. Let me know how you do! The text of my talk is also available at http://courses.unt.edu/shastings/HastingsWWW/.
Thanks to Linda Schamber and her wonderful program committee, we have a call for papers available at www.asis.org for the 2004 Annual Meeting scheduled October 14-18 in Providence, Rhode Island. You will notice a couple of changes. Special sessions and technical sessions are combined under "Special Sessions," and we added a new category for "Preconference Sessions" that includes workshops and tutorials. I believe this call has something for everyone and encourage you to think about your contributions for next year. Let's continue our commitment to excellent programming and put our best ideas forward. The deadlines for submissions start January 17, 2004.
Don't forget that the always-exciting Information Architecture Summit is scheduled for Austin, Texas, on February 28 and 29, 2004. More information about the summit is available at www.asis.org/Conferences/IA04/index.html.
In closing, I hope to develop our ability to communicate across all sectors of membership in new ways. If you have ideas on how to accomplish this then please let me know. I want to hear from you! You can submit your questions, concerns and comments by email to firstname.lastname@example.com or just call me at 940-300-3368 almost anytime.
Samantha Hastings
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Oilers 3, Flames 5 – Game 27 – 2011-12-03 @ 8:00 PM MST – CBC
I must say, I'm more and more impressed by this team. Before the season started, we were a team that had defensive holes everywhere, but good offensive guns. By a dozen games in, we were a team with a water tight defense and strong goaltending, but were squeaking out wins despite our offensive struggles. Now, this team is 13th in scoring per game, 11th in goals against per game, they have the 4th best powerplay, and the 12th best PK. Plus, Nikolai Khabibulin is 3rd in goals against average, and 6th in save percentage (just 0.003 behind 2nd place Josh Harding). Things seem to be firing on all cylinders. This team can dig deeply from behind and pull off a win. They can get a head on the scoreboard, and .. well .. frequently hang on to a lead. They can score goals in bunches. This is the team we had all been waiting for.
So, can we finally start dominating the Battle of Alberta again? The Flames won the first game of the Battle of Alberta by a score of 2-1 on October 18th. It's time to show those f—ers what this rebuild was for. I am expecting a hard played game tonight too. I know many of you haven't been impressed by Darcy Hordichuk. Some more fodder was given when he showboated after a decisive fight victory (which I don't much like either), earning himself an 2-minute unsportsmanlike penalty. The Oilers likely would have killed that off though, had they not have taken a league leading 7th too many men on the ice penalty. The Blue Jackets scored on the 5-on-3. But that will add fuel to the anti-Hordichuk fire. I didn't like the antics, but you can either remember Hordichuk as the guy that got a 2-minute penalty that led to a goal against, or you can remember him as the guy that suckered Brad Staubitz into 8-minutes of penalties, plus had the last laugh with him in a fight (I'd say he won it.. although it wasn't one sided at all), plus ended up knocking Jared Boll on his butt with a hard punch… all in the span of a week. I like what he's doing. It's not all going to be good (see the stupid unsportsmanlike penalty), but he's absolutely embarrassing any contribution Steve MacIntyre gave to the team in those similar few minutes a game he gets. If Ben Eager played with as much fire as Hordichuk did, I think he would be more liked here too (I like him.. he can play hockey as a regular NHLer, but he hasn't been very physical yet).
Anyways, I think this should be a great game tonight. It's the fuckin' Battle of Alberta. Enjoy yourself.
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From the new coaching staff to the roster to the way business is conducted by the Raiders these days, it's not difficult to notice that this is the dawn of a "new era," as the Raiders media guide touts in block letters.
Things were run a specific way under late owner Al Davis for most of the past 50 years or so. Change abounds in Raidersland these days.
"They're real strict on discipline now," strong safety Tyvon Branch said, "as far as showing up to meetings. They're even making us check in for lunches and dinners now. They're trying to change the discipline factor."
Let's just assume that Branch meant showing up on time to meetings and not just showing up, period. Either way, general manager Reggie McKenzie and coach Dennis Allen have a way that they want things done, and the players are learning that, you either climb aboard or get left at the station.
Bottom line, running back Darren McFadden and defensive tackle Richard Seymour said, it's incumbent upon the players to take what they hear and see from their coaches and get it to translate onto the field.
"Just knowing where to be and where to be at the right time and being there on time, that's one main thing for us," McFadden said. "And I feel by tightening down a lot of things. that's going to help the guys and that's going to translate on to the playing fields."
Seymour said there needed to be change, if for no other reason than the fact the Raiders went 8-8 last season and missed the playoffs for the ninth straight season.
Yet, the players shouldn't have to be told what needs to be done. If they do need to be told, well, then, they should be able to do as told.
"We're all grown men and we should all know how to follow the rules," Seymour said. "I don't think that's a big adjustment if that's who you are. That's who you should be anyway."
— Allen said he intends on using McFadden in exhibition games and not holding him out the way the San Diego Chargers used to do with lead back LaDainian Tomlinson.
That's fine with McFadden, he said. Give him the ball and let him do what he does best.
"It's whatever he decides to give me," McFadden said of Allen. "If he wants me out there eight or nine plays, that's fine. If he wants me out there 20 plays, that's fine. It's not a big deal to me. It's playing football. I enjoy doing that. I love being out there doing it."
As for McFadden's role, he said he doesn't mind if he is used primarily as a ballcarrier or if offensive coordinator Greg Knapp uses him as a wide receiver from time to time.
Former Raiders coach Tom Cable capitalized on McFadden's ability to create a mismatch in the Raiders favor by lining him up out wide every now and then. That's something that Cable's successor, Hue Jackson, got away from.
It says here that the Raiders would be wise to go back to using McFadden as many ways as possible. Seeing him lined up against a safety or smaller cornerback oftentimes spelled doom for the opponent.
McFadden said he has heard the talk about him being injury-prone and not durable enough to hold up over the course of a 16-game season.
It's something that he takes in stride, confident in the fact his injuries have been more of a fluke thing and not the result of his not being in shape or being able to play through pain.
"You hear that all the time, but that's something I can't do anything about," McFadden said. "It's not like I'm going out there and just falling over and getting hurt. I'm out there playing and going hard. So I can live with that if I get hurt that way."
Through it all, McFadden doesn't intend to change his aggressive style of play. It's what makes him so successful, even if it also makes him more susceptible to injury.
"It's one of those things, it happens in football," McFadden said of injuries. "I can't say I'm unlucky about it because I'm a very blessed person to even be playing in this league. I just go out there and take it one day at a time. I can't control injuries. If I get hurt, I'm going to get hurt going hard because that's something I can't control, and I'm not going to go out there and play not to get hurt."
— Seymour isn't one to talk much about injuries. In fact, one time he chided me for asking a player about his injury status in the locker room.
Hence, it's not surprising that Seymour isn't keen about writing off his up-and-down play last season to his myriad injuries.
"Injuries are a part of the game," Seymour said. "You never want to talk about injuries. That's one thing you really don't want to get into, how bad you're hurt or whatever the case may be.
"I came out of the gate well and then a knee injury, and then I kind of slowed down from there. Toward the end of the year, I started to regain my form a little bit. I'm optimistic and feeling good right now. Feeling good and excited about the season. I'll be ready to go."
Seymour added that he is excited about the change in the Raiders defensive philosophy from one that relied upon man coverage, four defensive linemen rushin the passer and a dearth of blitzing.
Under first-year coordinator Jason Tarver, the Raiders intend to be what Allen calls "multiple." That means an infusion of a 3-4 alignment, more zone coverage and frequent blitzing from all over the field.
"If you want to be one of the best, or one of the elite, in the league, you have to be able to do multiple things," Seymour said. "Be versatile, playing this front, that front, rush the passer, stop the run, just being an every-down player. That's how you make yourself valuable. It's hard work but this is a big-boy league."
Branch said he and his teammates are excited about the prospect of playing in a varied scheme, where teams aren't as apt to know what's coming on a given down.
"It's a lot of new stuff we're learning," Branch said. "We were primarily a man-to-man team, so to get some zone stuff, some different stuff going in, there's definitely a lot of learning going into it. But everybody is up to the challenge."