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#DearG8: Summit must focus on food security (PERSPECTIVE)
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By Shenggen Fan
As the G8 leaders meet in the United States this week, agriculture and food security must be at the forefront of the discussions, and ways to prevent price volatility, including halting grain-based biofuels production, establishing grain reserves for emergency use, eliminating food export bans and increasing the transparency of food and agricultural market information - should be addressed.
Most importantly, the G8 leaders should fulfill their commitments on global food security.
In 2009, G8 leaders made considerable financial commitments to global agriculture and food security, pledging to mobilize $22 billion over three years through a coordinated, comprehensive strategy focused on sustainable agriculture development. But as of May 2011, it was estimated that only 22 percent of these commitments had been disbursed.
In addition to the G8 leaders, the heads of states from Ethiopia, Ghana, Benin and Tanzania will take part in the summit discussions. The direct participation by these African leaders underscores the seriousness of the food security situation on the continent, where more than 220 million people are undernourished. Millions suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, a total of 100 million women and children are iron deficient, and 33 million children have Vitamin A deficiencies. The 2011 Global Hunger Index, a combined measure of the proportion of undernourishment, child malnutrition, and child mortality, shows that Sub-Saharan Africa is home to all the countries with "extremely alarming" scores and many of the countries with "alarming" scores.
In addition, it is projected that smallholder farmers, particularly those living in the highland areas and semi-arid savannahs in Sub-Saharan Africa, face increasing natural resource scarcity risks, including land degradation, which can cost as much as 10 percent of national GDP. Many parts of the region are extremely vulnerable to both man-made and natural shocks. Last year, more than 13 million people were affected by the drought in the Horn of Africa. This year more than 15 million people across seven countries in the Sahel region are already suffering from severe food insecurity or at risk.
It is crucial that developed countries take action to fight starvation in Africa. The cost of hunger is high, and the damage is irreversible.
For over three decades now, the International Food Policy Research Institute has been engaged in promoting the transformation of smallholder agriculture across Africa through evidence-based research and support to country-driven development initiatives. Priority areas include: building capacity for agricultural and food policy analysis and supporting country-led development strategies; improving nutrition along value chains to increase poor people's access to nutritious foods and increasing the availability, access, and intake of nutrient-rich, biofortified staple foods for the poor; resilience-enhancing schemes such as productive social safety nets, weather insurance index, and other risk management tools that help reduce vulnerability and enhance resilience to shocks and contribute to overall long-term growth and prosperity.
Technological innovations such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and biofortification are crucial to increasing agricultural productivity, building resilience to weather-related shocks, enhancing the nutritional value of food crops, and ensuring food safety. Biotechnology has great potential to improve crop yield, nutrition and resilience to weather, which will be even more frequent in the future due to climate change.
As the world's population increases, there is enormous pressure on the planet's ecosystems. The most reasonable solution to feeding the ever-growing population is sustainably producing more food on the existing land. Scaled-up investments in science and technology and support for improved country capacities are essential to accelerate progress and achieve development objectives. While the governments of developing countries have taken important steps to boost food security-related investments, support from the G8 countries remains critical.
- This commentary first appeared at XinhuaNet
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I've been a tutor for 11 years, and started my own company 3 years ago. I focus mostly on SAT and ACT test prep. These are the college entrance tests for American students... and worry a lot of students (and their parents). I offer high school AP class tutoring, as well. I offer 1-on-1 tutoring (almost exclusively) and travel to the student's home. I've been basically a one-man operation from the beginning, doing most of the tutoring myself. I'm hoping to grow bigger but not huge, and a more professional logo seems like an important symbolic start to that process.
Although I work with high school students, the vast majority of my calls comes from their parents. Of those, it's usually the mother calling. So the parents of high schoolers are definitely my biggest target audience. My company prides itself on *not* being huge and corporate (unlike Kaplan or Princeton Review), and even when we grow a little bigger, we'll never outgrow that personalized feeling.
Most important:
I would like a logo that incorporates the text "Satisfaction Tutoring," gently highlighting the fact that 'SAT' and 'ACT' appear in the word 'Satisfaction.' I love the wordplay aspect of my company's name, and I've yet to find a design that shows it off well.
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Incorporating an icon would be great, too.
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If you can use the entire "Satisfaction Tutoring, LLC" my lawyer would be happier, but I'm more than willing to be flexible on that. I care much more about it looking good.
I don't want:
Overly fancy, nor overly childish. Also, the word 'satisfaction' has sexual connotations to some people, and needless to say, that must be 100% avoided.
This will be used for:
My website, for sure, but also for business cards. Because it's a long company name, it will be important for the logo to look good in a smaller size, too, suitable for those business cards.
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Giving honor to whom honor is due
This week we celebrate one of my favorite days of the year — Mother's Day.
I heard a lady at church yesterday morning say that Mother's Day was a very sad day for her. Being a reporter for so many years, I sensed a story and made a point of speaking to her privately after class. She shared with me that her own dearly loved mom was dead and had been gone for years, all of her aunts had passed away, her teachers and many of her friends were dead, and she had outlived most of her closest of relatives. She was herself a mother of two, but her son and daughter were adults and busy with their own lives. They seemed to have little time for her. She doubted that she would see them Mother's Day weekend.
As I listened to her story, I realized that this good woman felt abandoned in life and that she was unhappy in her own heart and soul. As I mulled over what she had said to me, I began to think seriously of all of the wonderful people God had placed in my life to help nurture, educate, teach and care for me. The Bible teaches us in Romans 13:7 to "give honor to whom honor is due." I know this is written primarily to government officials and leaders, but it works for me when thinking about the people God has put in my life. Romans 12:10 in the KJV of the Bible teaches us to "be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly (or sisterly) love, in honor preferring one another."
Many of those on my personal honoring list are not family members. Some were teachers, employers, neighbors, fellow church members and people I met in connection with my profession.
The first person on my list of those to honor on this special day will always be my beloved Mama Cole, a 4-foot-11, leathery skinned powerhouse of a woman who worked from dawn to dusk and was the most influential person I have ever encountered. Lena Darby Cole came from solid Cherokee Indian stock and went to work in a tough environment when she was 10 years old. She was employed by Scottdale Mills, a hot, lint-filled textile mill in the little village in DeKalb County, Ga. Her entire weekly paycheck was given to her family to help pay their bills and to buy food. She was so short that she could not reach the weaving looms, so the boss man had a wooden box constructed for her to stand on to do her job.
She did all of her own housework, cooked, cleaned, and reared three daughters and me while Granddaddy Cole worked the day shift. He came home at 3 in the afternoon and she went to work at 3 and worked every night until 11 p.m. Sleeping only a few hours, she was back up and at 'em the next morning with a hot breakfast on the table and many of her chores done. The owner of the mill who loved her greatly finally came to see her when she was 86 and made her retire. He said the law made him do it. Her reply was, "Well, Mr. Scott, you can make me quit and stay home, but I can still outwork three of those young girls you've got in there now." That one sentence gives you an idea of her strength, her determination and her stamina.
Mama Cole did not have the opportunity of an education, as was true of many women of her generation. She was, however, brilliant. She could size things up, make a decision and carry through with her plan of action before most folks could even see the scene in their mind. I'd like to think I inherited my sense of work ethic from her. I know I learned to cook, bake, clean, care for others, and develop an outgoing and happy spirit because of her teaching. She was my rock and the anchor of my life and for as long as I can remember. When she died at age 99, I was crushed. I still miss her every day of my life in some way.
Her two daughters, my aunts Anna and Minnie, were also wonderful examples in my life. Aunt Minnie went away to nursing school, a really big deal where we lived, and served in the medical profession for more than 45 years. She is a wonderful wife, mother, friend and neighbor and still to this day cares for many medical needs among her friends. My Aunt Anna worked in the laundry industry, manning the front counter of a busy dry cleaner for much of her adult life. She has more friends than anyone I know and is the epitome of a good Christian. When I think of "a good woman," I think of my Aunt Anna. I trust I learned the importance of education from Aunt Minnie and the art of encouragement and Christian living from Aunt Anna.
Irma Nowell was the teacher I will never forget. She was the first to offer me the opportunity to write. "You can write. Now, get busy and do it," was what she said to get me going. I believed her and have been writing since, starting with my school newspaper and the yearbook. I have earned my living doing it.
My mother-in-law, Willie Estelle Stancil, came from a hard life. She was a sharecropper on a rugged, rock filled South Carolina farm, planting and harvesting cotton and all of the food the family had to eat. It was a brutal life and depended greatly on the elements. She can outwork any two men I've ever seen. With her meager start in life, she has always taught me the meaning of simple beauty in flowers, our homes, and in finding the good in each person she meets. I have learned strength and an appreciation of beauty from Willie, who will always be my mother-in-law. In fact, she's coming for her annual visit to Texas soon. I have many things planned to be sure she enjoys her trip.
There were many others over the years, but what I am trying to get you to do is to look back and see the women (and men at another time) that have influenced you. This is a wonderful weekend in which to say thank you and mean it from the depths of your heart. A telephone call, a note, a card, an e-mail or a visit might go a long way in letting these very important people in your life know their standing.
The very best thing we can do to honor those whom God used in our lives is to mentor others as we were mentored. I have a long list of my "adopted kids," young men and women who came to me in a time of need or uncertainty. They lived in our home, ate our food, drove our vehicles, cried on my shoulder, faced problems, made great gains, and I was allowed to be a small part. I get so much joy from seeing their accomplishments, meeting their families and learning about those they are now mentoring.
Happy Mother's Day, and our honor goes to you today. Remember the blended families, those who have no children of their own, and those women who might be hurting on this important day.
Brenda Cannon Henley is an award-winning journalist and writer living on the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast. Having enjoyed more than four decades in ministry, Brenda shares her columns with our readers and works with churches and faith-based programs nationwide. She can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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The three area wrestling teams participating in the CIF-Southern Section Dual Meet Championships on Saturday experienced a case of one-and-done.
California, Montebello and Schurr high schools all lost in the first round of their respective division tournaments.
The Condors, who went unbeaten in the Del Rio League, lost to Downey 69-3 in the Division 4 event at the University of Antelope Valley in Lancaster. Downey was an at-large entry from the San Gabriel Valley League.
Montebello and Schurr participated in the Division 5 tournament at Glenn High in Norwalk.
The unbeaten Almont League champion Spartans lost 34-33 to Western, an at-large team from the Empire League. Schurr entered as the No. 4 seed.
Montebello, the Almont's second-place team, fell 48-28 to Mission Valley League champion Arroyo. The Oilers, who had a 4-1 league record, qualified as an at-large entry.
"It was a good battle," Montebello coach Robert Ferra said of his team's match against the Knights. "They started with four quick pins on us. We kept battling back and forth. They got two pins in the end. They're just a little stronger in the lower weights and we were a little stronger in the upper weights. Arroyo is a tough school."
A quick start lifted Arroyo, which took an early 24-0 lead.
Six Montebello wrestlers had victories against the Knights. Ryan Cabrerra (138 pounds) recorded the Oilers' first win, which came by fall in just 1:59 against Jason Lambarena.
Jonathan Solorzano (145), Anthony Villegas (152) and Johnny Ramos (160) each won by decision. Solorzano was victorious 9-7 over Nathan Nguyen while Villegas and Ramos won 4-2 and 15-6, respectively, over Danny Velasquez and Thomas Chen.
Alex Molina (171) and John Tenorio (182) delivered the Oilers' last two victories, both by fall. Molina won in 3:10 against Marcos Lopez while Tenorio finished his match in 1:13.
Ferra, the second-year Oilers coach, believes qualifying for the dual meet championships represented another big step for the program's future.
"The last time we were there was four years ago," he said. "It's a good experience. That's one thing to look forward to for the returners for next year."


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"Xeriscape" What The Heck Is That?
May 07, 2013
Google "Xeriscape" and Prepare To Be Amazed By All the Drought-Tolerant Beauty!
Summer is arriving, there is no stopping it. As the cool breezes of spring give way to higher temps we all take great care to water the new flowers, shrubs and gardens planted only weeks ago....


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I hope we get spankings for being so naughty while the boys were away. *Crosses fingers and toes*
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Don't worry Belle, no one will spank you unless you want to be spanked. Now I have some errands to run but I want to leave my bag of tricks in case the boys need them. Be back soon I hope.Have fun-37
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Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1929, Christopher Plummer (shown here in a 2007 photo) was nominated for his first Academy Award for his work in the film "The Last Station."
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Christopher Plummer poses in the press room at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. The 82-year-old veteran won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Beginners."
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Christopher Plummer is married to his third wife, Elaine Taylor. They reside in Connecticut although he still remains a Canadian citizen.
Christopher Plummer's first major film role was as the rather unstable Commodus in "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964).
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Christopher Plummer, Julie Andrews, and the Trapp Family Singers in "The Sound of Music" (1965).
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Christopher Plummer and Romy Schneider in the 1966 "Triple Cross," based on the true-life exploits of Eddie Chapman, a British double agent whom the Nazis believed was working for them.
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After appearing on Broadway as the Spanish explorer Pizarro in "The Royal Hunt of the Sun," Christopher Plummer starred in the 1969 film version, but opted for the plummier role - the Incan god-chief Atahualpa, played on stage by David Carradine.
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Christopher Plummer and Susannah York in the clinch during the London Blitz in "Battle of Britain" (1969).
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Christopher Plummer played the Duke of Wellington in the historical epic "Waterloo" (1970), which also starred Virginia McKenna, Orson Welles, and Rod Steiger as Napoleon.
Christopher Plummer played the writer Rudyard Kipling in the John Huston film adaptation of "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975).
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Christopher Plummer donned the deerstalker as the fabled detective Sherlock Holmes on the trail of Jack the Ripper in the 1979 thriller "Murder by Decree."
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Christopher Plummer doesn;t realize that the rival for his love Jane Seymour's affections hasn't even been born yet - the time-traveling Christopher Reeve in the romantic fantasy "Somewhere in Time" (1980).
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Christopher Plummer played the fiance of Sigourney Weaver in the thriller "Eyewitness."
Christopher Plummer is shown here in 1988, 33 years after his blockbuster hit "The Sound of Music" debuted, in which he played Captain Von Trapp.
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Christopher Plummer played a Shakepeare-spewing Klingon general in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country."
Christopher Plummer in 1992, the year his film "Malcolm X" premiered.
Christopher Plummer played legendary "60 Minutes" newsman Mike Wallace in "The Insider."
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Christopher Plumme rplayed the vampire hunter Van Helsing in "Dracula 2000."
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Christopher Plummer, seen with Jennifer Connelly, played the doctor of mathematics genius John Nash in the Oscar-winning "A Beautiful Mind."
Christopher Plummer as Captain Newport in Terrence Malick's "The New World" (2005).
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Christopher Plummer, Q'orianka Kilcher and Christian Bale in Terrence Malick's "The New World" (2005).
Christopher Plummer is a bank president with a secret in the crime thriller "Inside Man," co-starring Jodie Foster.
Denzel Washington and Christopher Plummer with director Spike Lee on the set of "Inside Man" (2006).
Christopher Plummer in the political thriller "Syriana" (2005).
Christopher Plummer is shown here in a scene from his film "The Last Station," with co-star Helen Mirren. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Russian author Leo Tolstoy.
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Christopher Plummer plays Russian author Leo Tolstoy in the film "The Last Station," for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He co-stars with Helen Mirren in the historical drama.
From left: Director Michael Hoffman and actors Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer pose during a press conference for their movie "The Last Station" in Berlin, Germany, April 4, 2008.
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Christopher Plummer played an immortal mystic who makes a deal with the Devil (Tom Waits) in the Terry Gilliam fantasy "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus."
Director Terry Gilliam, right, poses with cast members Christopher Plummer and Lily Cole at the premiere of "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus," at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 2009.
Christopher Plummer supplied the voice of the explorer Charles F. Muntz in the Pixar animated feature "Up."
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In "Beginners," Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor play a father and his son who must deal with the elderly man's coming out as a homosexual.
Plummer won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
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Stars Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent and Ewan McGregor attend the New York screening of "Beginners" at Tribeca Grand Screening Room on May 24, 2011 in New York City.
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Christopher Plummer attends a screening of "The Tempest" at Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharp Theatre on November 6, 2011 in New York City.
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Christopher Plummer stars as Henrik Vanger, who hires investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) to find a killer in David Fincher's adaptation of the Stieg Larsson thriller "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (2011).
Christopher Plummer and his wife, Elaine Taylor, attend the New York premiere of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," at the Ziegfeld Theater, December 14, 2011 in New York City.
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Christopher Plummer accepts the Best Supporting Actor Award for "Beginners," during the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. At 82, Plummer is the oldest actor to win the award.
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A History of Elliott P. Joslin, M.D., Founder, Joslin Diabetes Center
Click to watch "The Story of Elliott P. Joslin." Video courtesy of dLifeTV
Joslin History
More than a century after its creation, Joslin Diabetes Center continues its tradition of excellence as an internationally recognized diabetes treatment, research and education institution. Though our focus is on what we can do today and in the future to improve the lives of people with diabetes, we also honor our past achievements—on which those of today are built.
Pathway of Research and Discovery
Our research model allows basic researchers and clinicians to forge a bond that fosters creative thinking and spurs discovery. Some of the most important discoveries and improvements in diabetes care were developed at Joslin. Click on RESEARCH for a timeline with some of the highlights of this important legacy.
Pathway of Care and Education
Joslin's founder, Elliott P. Joslin, M.D., believed that the key to managing diabetes lay with patient involvement, education and empowerment. This is still the core of JoslinCare today. Click on CARE & EDUCATION for a timeline of innovation in patient care and education at Joslin.
Pathway to Institutional Expansion
To make an impact globally on the care of diabetes beyond our walls has taken an expansion of facilities and programs, as well as bonds forged with other institutions. Here is a CHRONOLOGY of how we grew from Elliott P. Joslin's private practice to be the global leader in diabetes research, care and education.
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Lambert (left) and Jumper (right) finished second in the A division at the Victoria Coffee Urn (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In two of the most competitive regattas of the fall, Harvard's coed and women's sailing teams each captured third-place finishes. The coeds finished behind Boston College and Roger Williams at the Erwin Schell Trophy, while Boston College and Connecticut College were the only two teams to outsail the Crimson women.
At the Schell Trophy, the third-place Crimson trio of Alan Palmer, Quincy Bock and Meghan Wareham completed 18 races for a point total of 94 in the A division, 10 behind second-place Boston College. In the B division, six sailors competed for Harvard. The Crimson tallied 120 points, just nine behind both Roger Williams and Brown, for a fourth-place division finish.
In Harvard's third-place finish at the Victoria Coffee Urn, juniors Alexandra Jumper and Emily Lambert finished in the top two in half of the 12 races in the A division. The pair registered 50 points, good for second in the division. A quartet of Crimson freshmen finished ninth out of 18 teams in the B division.
The Harvard coed team also participated in the Nickerson Trophy, the New England Freshman Championship regatta. The Crimson sailed to a 12th-place finish.
Harvard is scheduled to host the Michael Horn Trophy Nov. 5-6, while also competing in five other regattas this weekend.


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Alternative formsEdit
From Sisyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). Sisyphus was a Greek mythological figure who was doomed to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill in Hades.
Sisyphean (not comparable)
- Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile.
- 2013 August 10, "A new prescription", in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
- Sisyphean labors
- Relating to Sisyphus.
- Edith Wharton (1862–1937), The Torch-Bearer
- The Sisyphean load of little lives,\\Becomes the globe and sceptre of the great.
- 1959, Leo Strauss, What Is Political Philosophy? and Other Studies
- In spite of its highness or nobility, it [philosophy] could appear as Sisyphean or ugly, when one contrasts its achievement with its goal.
- 2006, Hannah Tucker, Entertainment Weekly, no. 888 (28 July), p. 50
- Rob Paulsen won an Emmy as the voice of Pinky, who was responsible for supporting Brain (Maurice LaMarche) in his Sisyphean quest for world domination […]
- "How Life Imitates Chess" by Garry Kasparov, Bloomsbury USA publishing, 2007/2008: pg. 145 (Chapter 12, "The Inner Game"): "You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that winning requires a constant and strong psychology not just at the board but in every aspect of your life...It begins with intense preparation, which requires that you motivate yourself to work long, grueling, lonely hours. It often feels like a Sisyphean task, since you know that perhaps only ten percent of your analysis will ever see the light of day."
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We blended quinoa with local fava beans from Green String Farm in Petaluma, our very own Limonato Olive Oil, ricotta, mint, garlic, and lemon zest, topped it with a simple yogurt sauce, and achieved perfect little bursts of flavor.
This light and zesty Springtime creation stands alone wonderfully over a bed of greens, along side grilled lamb, or as an hors d'oeuvres.
Fava Bean, Ricotta, Mint and Limonato Fritters w/ Lemon Yogurt Sauce:


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It's Mortgage Renewal time
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Log::Dispatch::Message::Passing - log events to Message::Passing
In your application code: use Log::Dispatch; use Log::Dispatch::Message::Passing; use Message::Passing::Filter::Encoder::JSON; use Message::Passing::Output::ZeroMQ; my $log = Log::Dispatch->new; $log->add(Log::Dispatch::Message::Passing->new( name => 'myapp_aggregate_log', min_level => 'debug', output => Message::Passing::Filter::Encoder::JSON->new( output_to => Message::Passing::Output::ZeroMQ->new( connect => 'tcp://192.168.0.1:5558', ), ), )); $log->warn($_) for qw/ foo bar baz /; On your central log server: message-pass --input ZeroMQ --input_options '{"socket_bind":"tcp://*:5558"}' \ --output File --output_options '{"filename":"myapp_aggregate.log"}'
This provides a Log::Dispatch log output system that sends logged events to Message::Passing. This allows you to use any of the Message::Passing outputs or filters to process log events and send them across the network, and you can use the toolkit to trivially construct a log aggregator.
"new" my $table_log = Log::Dispatch::Message::Passing->new(\%arg); This method constructs a new Log::Dispatch::Message::Passing output object. Required arguments are: output - a L<Message::Passing> L<Output|Message::Passing::Role::Output> class. log_message This is the method which performs the actual logging, as detailed by Log::Dispatch::Output.
Message::Passing The logging framework itself, allowing you to very simply build log aggregation and processing servers. Message::Passing::Output::ZeroMQ The recommended network protocol for aggregating or transporting messages across the network. Note that whilst this transport is recommended, it is NOT required by this module, so you need to require (and depend on) Message::Passing::ZeroMQ separately. example/ directory Instantly runnable SYNOPSIS - plug into your application for easy log aggregation.
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Zizek: A Critical Introduction
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Sarah Kay's book provides a lucid and comprehensive introduction to Žižek's work. His writings to date are presented and evaluated here for the first time, together with an outline of their development and explanations of his key premises, themes and terms. This book will be essential reading for students of cultural studies, literary studies, philosophy and social and political theory.
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Scarborough wrongly accused Democrats of seeking to "abolish" abstinence programs, cherry-picked opinion poll on sex education
MSNBC host and former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough claimed that Democrats plan to introduce legislation to "abolish" federal abstinence programs. In fact, the proposal he was discussing is bipartisan and would not eliminate funding for abstinence-only education; rather, it would grant states discretion to decide on the most appropriate sex education curriculum. He also cited poll data to claim wide support among teens for abstinence programs, but failed to note that the same polls found that a substantial majority of both teens and parents support sex education that teaches both abstinence and contraception.
On the May 2 edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country, Scarborough declared: "Democrats are planning to introduce anti-abstinence legislation that would abolish federal abstinence education programs and give the money to safe-sex public health organizations."
In fact, the proposed legislation, an amendment to the bill reauthorizing the 1996 welfare reforms, has reportedly attracted bipartisan support and would not abolish federal funding for abstinence programs. According to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), the measure will be introduced by Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Lincoln Chafee (R-RI). SIECUS described the expected proposal as follows:
[The Baucus-Chafee amendment] would give states the flexibility to choose to fund the type of abstinence-based program they choose -- be it abstinence-only-until-marriage or a more comprehensive program that includes abstinence as well as discussion of the benefits of contraception for pregnancy and STD prevention, including HIV.
Scarborough also referred to the amendment as "strange" in light of a "new Zogby poll" which found that "92 percent of high school students say they support abstinence programs." But it appears that the poll Scarborough referred to was neither "new" nor conducted by the polling firm Zogby International.
Much of Scarborough's commentary seems to have originated from an April 19 Washington Times opinion piece by Heritage Foundation senior fellow Robert E. Rector that also cited poll data, allegedly from Zogby, showing "more than 90 percent of teens" believe high schoolers should abstain from sex. But the rest of Rector's piece relied on data from a December 2003 Zogby poll of parents -- not teens. The statistics on teens that Scarborough and Rector referenced appear to come from an annual survey of teens and parents by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, which found in a December 2003 study that 92 percent of teens think it is important for teens to "be given a strong message from society that they should not have sex until they are at least out of high school." Rector correctly cited this statistic in a 2004 report on abstinence education.
Neither Scarborough nor Rector mentioned that the Zogby and National Campaign surveys found a substantial majority of parents and teens favor teaching teens about abstinence and contraception -- an option permitted under the Baucus-Chafee amendment. The Zogby poll found that 75 percent of parents believe that young people should be given information about both abstinence and contraception. The National Campaign 2003 survey also found that 74 percent of parents and 60 percent of teens supported giving teens more information about both abstinence and contraception. In the group's 2004 survey, that number rose to 75 percent of parents and 81 percent of teens.


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Who is greater odi player?Jayasuriya is better in my paper.
Who is greater odi player?Jayasuriya is better in my paper.
And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
Lot of posters are in good form today
Asinine thread.SJs average is 32 compared to Ricks 45 odd.Ricky has 3 WCs to his name to SJs 1 and captained in 2 of them.Much better fielder also.No contest tbh.
Jaya was the better ODI cricketer. Average wasnt great but the SR was, particularly when Jaya was going at 90+ in an era where most international openers were struggling to go above 70. Chuck in 300+ wickets also and you have a ODI great. Strange versus thread mind...
Yea it's Jayasuriya for me as well.
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Reserves: J langer, J Kallis, K Sangakkara, M Muralitharan
Greatest ODI XI::: A Gilchrist, S Tendulkar, R Ponting*, V Richards, M Dhoni, M Bevan, S Pollock, W Akram, S Warne, J Garner, M Muralitharan
Reserves: A deVilliars, B Lara, R Hadlee, V Kohli
Jayasuriya as an overall player, Ponting as a batsman.
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If you include Ponting's captaincy it becomes very close I reckon
Ponting comfortably when you consider the fielding and captaincy. The batting is a no contest.
Yeah Jaya took a lot of wickets but I don't think his bowling was strong enough to tip the scale.
Dont forget Ponting's quite insane fielding, he must have run out more batsmen with direct hits then anyone in the history of cricket, amazing accuracy.
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Both great players. Personally if i were to choose either Jayasuria or Ponting it would be the latter. You could build a whole team around this guy and he could lead it.
Jayasuriya's fielding was good too which is why i only included Ponting's captaincy in the equation.
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Today at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society, NASA's Kepler team announced the discovery of the smallest exoplanet yet identified. The planet, called Kepler-10b, is only 1.4 times the diameter of the Earth, but it's significantly heavier and quite a bit hotter, since it orbits its host star much more closely than Mercury orbits our Sun. Its detection, however, provides a clear indication that Kepler will be able to pick up similarly sized bodies orbiting further out from their host stars.
Kepler detects planets by watching for any reduction in light originating from its host star as a planet passes in front of it. If the decreases show the correct curve and happen with regularity, they're almost certain to result from a planet, although other instruments are used to confirm this. In Kepler-10b's case, the orbit period was less than a day (a year there lasts 0.84 Earth days), so it was relatively easy to get this sort of data. An estimate of the planet's radius was made based on a combination of its orbital period and the amount of light it obscures—that's where the 1.4 diameter figure comes from.
With a potentially small planet in their sights, follow-up observations using the Keck telescope in Hawaii have confirmed the planet and helped figure out its mass. The Keck is able to detect the Doppler shifts that occur as the planet pulls its host star ever so slightly closer or further away, depending on where it is relative to the line of sight from Earth. These measurements can provide an indication of the planet's mass. Kepler 10-b weighs in at about 4.6 times the mass of Earth, making it rather dense; NASA calls its density "similar to that of an iron dumbbell."
But what's probably most striking about the planet is its temperature. To complete an orbit that quickly, Kepler-10b has to be only a fraction of the distance from its host star that Mercury is from the sun (less than five percent). That would almost certainly make it incredibly hot. Not only would liquid water be an impossibility, the planet would almost certainly lose any water vapor in its atmosphere. Kepler team member Natalie Batalha said, "We expect that a planet subjected to such intense radiation from the star it orbits would not be able to hold onto an atmosphere for long."
So, Kepler-10b isn't "Earth-like" in the way we typically think about it. But it does demonstrate that Kepler continues to operate as planned, and should be capable of detecting similar planets should they be out in the habitable zone of their host star. And it's still the smallest exoplanet we know about, although Kepler is spotting so many that the record is unlikely to stand for long.


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I enjoy driving; whether it's hooning a curvy mountain road or a just taking a relaxing cruise, listening to music and enjoying the scenery. Driving can be enjoyed in many different ways by anyone who has a car, but there's one thing that consistently ruins a driving experience: other drivers.
They cut you off, they drive too slow in the fast lane, they almost come to a complete stop because they just realized they need to be in that exit lane, they tailgate you, they're the one slow moving thing standing between you (and the ten other cars stacked up behind you) and that beautiful, curvy expanse of backroad driving pleasure. They just generally make a mess of things.
This is why I'm excited by the prospect of a network of interconnected autonomous cars, because it can effectively get all those people who don't want to drive off the road and leave it open for us who do. Autonomous cars that can share data about where they are and where they're going with all the other cars around them will be able to move incredibly more efficiently than a bunch of jackass humans who have no idea what they or anyone around them is doing.
So that's my vision of the future, a sea of robotic cars parting as I speed past them in the left lane in my operator controlled car, without having to worry about some jackass driving too slow or swerving in front of me, cars on two lane roads actually yielding to faster traffic, and never being stuck in a traffic jam again because people don't know how to merge.


text: On the one hand, it's nice to see that Nike's Phil Knight, the 47th richest person in the world, has finally found an interesting way to spend his insane amount of cash. But if you were going to clone any group of people, would Brazilian soccer players really be near the top of the list? I can only think that when humanity falls one day at the hands of a lab-perfected race of super-human, fútbol-minded warriors of the apocalypse, we will rue this day.


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Australian media face Aus$10 mn suit over doping scandal1 min read . Updated: 11 Feb 2013, 11:01 AM IST
Sports scientist Stephen Dank plans a Aus$10 million lawsuit against media outlets
Sports scientist Stephen Dank plans a Aus$10 million lawsuit against media outlets
Sydney: A sports scientist at the centre of doping allegations in Australia plans a Aus$10 million lawsuit against media outlets, with his lawyer on Monday scathing of how investigations have been handled.
Stephen Dank claims he has been falsely accused of selling illegal drugs to sportspeople as part of a bombshell nationwide doping scandal after an official report said the use of prohibited substances was widespread.
Dank, co-owner of a Sydney anti-ageing clinic, has worked with both National Rugby League and Australian Rules football clubs. One of them, Essendon, is being investigated for supplying suspect supplements to its players.
Despite no charges, he has been widely portrayed by media as the villain of the piece but his lawyer Greg Stanton said it was unfair and he was launching a defamation claim against various, unnamed, outlets.
Stanton said he had concerns about the way the process had unfolded, with the Australian Crime Commission report, released on Thursday, claiming the use of peptides, hormones and illicit drugs was common across multiple sporting codes.
"There are no specificities," Stanton told ABC radio, adding that Dank had been provided with no information and was not aware of any investigation into him despite the media attention.
"What we do know is this: the government, hand in hand with the commission it would seem, is prepared to create a shadow and a cloud over people such as my client without any credible and reliable information being suggested, yet alone being made public.
"That is the gross injustice of what is occurring at this point in time."
The official report indicated that sports scientists, coaches and support staff as well as doctors and pharmacists were involved in the provision of drugs, which were often supplied by organized criminal gangs.
But it did not name specific players, teams or codes due to legal reasons and concern has been growing that all sportspeople and those working with them are being tarred with the same brush.
On Sunday, Australian Rules football chiefs admitted the code was involved in the scandal, saying two clubs and a number of individual players had been implicated.
Separately, News Limited reported that six of Australia's 16 National Rugby League sides had been named, citing confidential sources.
Cricket, football and rugby union authorities have insisted they were not under investigation.


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I have a '99 Forester L with the standard 205 60R15 tires that need to be replaced soon. I have a set of 225 70R15 tires available to me. I know that they are overall larger than the original. My question is, even though they are larger, since they are all the same size relative to each other, can I use them as replacements for the old 205 60R15?
ateixeira Posts: 72,587OEM size was 205/70R15 and 215/60R16, I believe.
225/70 is a *LOT* bigger than 205/60, but I think you may have the original size incorrect.
Comparing 225/70 to 205/70, you have a tire that is 20mm wider, almost an inch. My concern would be rubbing the base of the rear spring mount on the back tires, and maybe even the fronts at full steering lock.
Are the 225s mounted on rims that you could use, or would you have to pay to have them mounted? I'm wondering if you can test fit without any expense.0
I agree. 225/70 is MUCH larger than 205/60. If 205/60 is the stock size, these potential replacements just won't fit. Not only are the tires nearly an inch wider (appx 3/8" wider on each side), which might actually fit, they are 2.72 inches taller, which is well over an inch of radius, meaning that your tires will be over an inch closer to the wheel openings (front, back, top, etc). In addition, they would put your speedometer off by a full ten percent, meaning that when you're driving 60 mph, your speedometer would read 54. After driving a true 36,000 miles, your speedometer would have recorded only 32,431 miles.
Even though they will fit on the rims, they are more than likely just too big for the car in stock form. On the plus side, if you did squeeze them in there, you would have quite a bit more ground clearance!2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2008 and 2013 Subaru Forester(s), 1969 Chevrolet C20 Pickup, 1969 Ford Econoline 100, 1976 Ford F250 Pickup0
I'm doing the tire sizes by memory so I may be off on the middle numbers. I haven't yet tested fit because the potential replacements are on other rims and even if the bolt pattern fit, I'd probably have them remounted on the original rims.
I know that the spedometer and odometer would be off. What I'm more concerned with is the AWD. Will I mess up the AWD or something else by using the 225 tires?
Regarding the AWD, it won't likely affect it as long as all four tires are the same size. If you need to use a spare at any time, though, it could be a bit of an issue (assuming stock spare) if used for any appreciable length of time.2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2008 and 2013 Subaru Forester(s), 1969 Chevrolet C20 Pickup, 1969 Ford Econoline 100, 1976 Ford F250 Pickup0
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Writing Anime: An Interview
Today, instead of lecturing you on what to cherry-pick from certain animes, I've met with and interviewed an individual who knows his stuff. Cuchallain has a long career of analysing and reviewing anime, manga and video games. So much so in fact that I greatly respect his opinions on most of the review videos I've watched. He also happens to have my favorite Let's Play of Tales of Zestiria on the entirety of the internet, so let's put that out there too.
As the first interview I ever conducted, Cu and I started with just a few questions, and while he didn't exactly consider himself an expert to start with, it quickly became apparent to me that he was, in fact, quite knowledgeable. An avid anime fan since the age of ten years old, a convention-goer on the regular, and now the personality behind a youtube channel with over five thousand subscribers, Cu is also incredibly humble.
When asked what goes into his writing for his typical reviews, he explained that he's actually very unscripted with them. At most, he takes a few notes, generally about the speech of the characters and the themes behind the videos. He in fact, doesn't even script his theory videos. Then, unfortunately, we devolved into a discussion about his online name, and then that devolved into a conversation on fanfiction and the wonders of Inuyasha as a gateway drug.more


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Strategic Planning Update 2013-2016
**The below information is from the 2006-2016 UIS Strategic Plan. For information on the current 2018-2028 Strategic Compass, visit https://www.uis.edu/strategiccompass/ **
The University of Illinois at Springfield is a young university – only 43 years old. Its relatively brief history is marked by two defining moments – its institutional founding, which was grounded in a commitment to innovation in education and engagement with public affairs, and its transition in 1995 to being one of three distinctive campuses of the world-class University of Illinois. The University of Illinois is among the preeminent public universities in the nation and strives constantly to sustain and enhance its quality in teaching, research, public service, and economic development. The guiding values of the University of Illinois are, in all that we do, to aim high; to strive to control our destiny; to be accountable for our actions and exercise responsible stewardship; to be inclusive, treat each other with dignity and respect, and promote citizenship; to value excellence, quality, and service; and to foster innovation and creativity. The mission and vision of the University of Illinois at Springfield are in accord with these values. As a campus of the University of Illinois, UIS aspires to be a premier public university; we are committed to achieving that vision by building on our foundation of innovation and engagement and by pursuing excellence in all that we do.
In 2006, UIS formally completed its first comprehensive strategic plan as the Springfield campus of the University of Illinois. The strategic planning process built upon earlier foundational work, including the 2000 Campus Master Plan and the 2003 National Commission on the Future of UIS report, and further engaged the campus in an intensive, rigorous, and data-driven competitive analysis and bold visioning process. Faculty, staff, and students on the Steering Committee conducted a careful, competitive analysis of our distinctive institutional strengths and weaknesses, as well as an assessment of significant environmental threats and opportunities. The process generated clear mission and vision statements and outlined action steps that would enable UIS to make significant progress in six strategic areas: achieving academic excellence, enriching individual lives, making a difference in the world, strengthening campus culture, improving enrollment and retention, and increasing resources and enhancing infrastructure.
UIS has made considerable strategic progress over the last six years, although not without significant effort. Few could have anticipated in 2006 the full measure of challenges that would soon converge on American higher education, though the winds of change were already making themselves known in steadily rising educational costs, troubling economic forecasts, and precipitous declines in state support for public higher education. Contributing factors include a major national recession and associated state-level impacts; shifting population demographic, migration, and educational attainment trends; increasing unmet needs for a highly skilled workforce in the science, technology, and manufacturing sectors; mounting regulatory burdens that slow research and consume shrinking administrative resources; growing pressure to increase access and affordability through the use of technology and streamlined curricula; increasing competition from for-profit universities for students; and rising federal and state demands for accountability in terms of retention and graduation rates, applied learning outcomes, and post- graduation employment. These and other factors will most certainly continue to impact higher education sectors for the foreseeable future.
Despite economic and competitive challenges over the last six years, UIS has maintained focus and taken significant steps to actualize the vision shaped through the 2006 strategic planning process. Our accomplishments over the last seven years are a testament to the integrity and strength of the 2006 strategic plan and to the dedication of our faculty and staff who remain committed to the mission, vision, and goals that emerged. After approval of the UIS Strategic Plan in 2006, divisions, colleges, and other major units of the campus developed unit plans in keeping with the UIS Strategic Plan. Unit-level processes contributed to the richness of the campus dialogue about the Strategic Plan. The following is a brief summary of significant actions and impacts that illustrate UIS' progress to date within the six overarching goals of the UIS Strategic Plan.
Goal One: Achieving Academic Excellence
Actions We've Taken
- Expanded student recruitment
- Designed and implemented general education curriculum
- Established Office of Faculty Development to create, organize, and sustain faculty development programming for best practices in teaching, scholarship, and service
- Implemented the ECCE Speakers Series, Lincoln Legacy Lectures, Wepner Symposium, and Annual Day of Dialogue to enrich intellectual culture on campus
- Established Undergraduate Research Support Program
- Integrated assessment of learning outcomes into formal program review cycle
- Developed the Center for Online Learning, Research, & Service
- Expanded international opportunities for collaborative teaching, research, and service projects
- Implemented research fellowships in the Center for Online Learning, Research, & Service and in the Center for State Policy & Leadership
- Designed and implemented an Academic Leadership Institute for faculty and staff
- Implemented intramural grant programs to support high-visibility research projects and strategic academic initiatives
- Incorporated category of strategic initiatives into annual budget planning process
- Developed First-Year programming and academic support initiatives to strengthen retention
- Enrolled a larger and more diverse student body
- Increased faculty participation in professional development
- Advanced the assessment of learning outcomes
- Increased faculty scholarship
- Increased external grant support for high priority research initiatives
- Increased faculty contributions to national dialogues on excellence in teaching and learning
- Increased faculty-student collaborations on research and creative work
- Supported the identification and development of future academic leaders on campus
- Enhanced intellectual life of campus
Goal Two: Enriching Individual Lives
Actions We've Taken
- Opened the ECCE Speakers Series, Lincoln Legacy Lectures, Wepner Symposium, and Annual Day of Dialogue to external community to encourage participation in campus life
- Expanded first-year recruitment and programming
- Increased infrastructure and resources for the visual and performing arts programs
- Established a Diversity Center for students
- Expanded academic, student life, and professional development programming to support diversity
- Enhanced search guidelines and support services to strengthen faculty and staff diversity Strengthened academic support programming for student athletes
- Enhanced visibility of academic and cultural programming and athletics
- Redesigned UIS web sites to ensure access for those with disabilities
- Increased participation by students, faculty, staff, and external community in intellectual and
creative arts events on campus
- Increased student diversity and provided support for student retention
- Increased private support for visual and performing arts
- Increased faculty participation in student athlete support programming
- Increased community engagement with and support of UIS athletics
Goal Three: Make a Positive Difference in the World
Actions We've Taken
- Developed and implemented innovative general education and online undergraduate degree programs to strengthen educational access
- Increased study abroad opportunities for students
- Increased efforts to recruit international students
- Increased faculty engagement in public affairs research and service projects
- Strengthened institutional linkages with local and regional constituencies through select partnerships in areas of shared interest
- Expanded public affairs programming to promote informed action on public policy and civic engagement
- Designed and implemented service learning and student volunteer services programming
- Increased support for faculty travel to present research at national and international conferences
- Developed academic and research affiliations with select international universities
- Implemented environmental sustainability programming
- Increased student enrollment in on-campus and online degree programs
- Enrolled more diverse student population
- Increased student and faculty participation in opportunities for international education and
research opportunities
- Increased student and faculty engagement in public service and applied research endeavors
- Named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for five consecutive
- Enriched educational quality and strengthened preparation of students for life in a global society
- Increased visibility of high quality education and research at UIS
- Increased awareness of and participation in environmental preservation and sustainability efforts
Goal Four: Strengthen Campus Culture
Actions We've Taken
- Implemented branding, communication, and competitive marketing strategies to enhance visibility of UIS
- Expanded recruitment
- Implemented the ECCE Speakers Series, Lincoln Legacy Lectures, Wepner Symposium, and Annual Day of Dialogue to enrich campus culture and engage external community in campus life
- Developed and implemented an annual campus-wide Student Arts & Research Symposium, which is open to the public
- Implemented annual CARE award program (Chancellor's Award to Recognize Excellence) to recognize outstanding performance by civil service staff members
- Expanded student life programming
- Implemented Campus Welcome Committee and orientation programming for new employees
- Became member of NCAA Division II
- Improved campus signage
- Enhanced student-gathering spaces
- Garnered increased national recognition for high quality online education and undergraduate
- Strengthened UIS identity and reputation at local, regional, and state levels
- Enrolled a larger and more diverse student body
- Increasing student retention and satisfaction
- Increased collaborations between UIS and external constituencies
- Increased community attendance at UIS events
- Received positive feedback from internal and external constituencies
- Enhanced awareness of UIS as an important steward of place
Goal Five: Increase Enrollment and Retention
Actions We've Taken
- Strengthened student recruitment and retention efforts
- Implemented innovative online transfer programs
- Implemented competitive marketing strategies to enhance institutional visibility
- Increased competitiveness of our merit- and need-based financial aid
- Increased private sources of funds for financial aid
- Implemented a general education curriculum and increased online degree programs to expand educational access
- Increased institutional partnership agreements to encourage transfer to on campus and online degree programs at UIS
- Raised additional money for scholarships and increased awareness of their availability
- Enrolled a larger and more diverse student body
- Expanded educational access
- Early indicators of improving retention
- Enriched educational and cultural environment for the campus
- Enhanced recognition and awareness of quality at UIS
Goal Six: Increase Resources and Enhance Infrastructure
Actions We've Taken
- Reviewed and reduced administrative costs
- Enrolled more students
- Increased tuition
- Implemented use of instructional resource metrics
- Reduced internal budgets as needed to offset sequential cuts to state appropriations
- Aligned funding allocations and investment priorities with strategic planning goals
- Successfully completed Brilliant Futures Capital Campaign raising $28 million
- Added The Recreation and Athletic Center in 2007
- Received funding for a new Public Safety Building
- Made the renovation of Brookens Library a major capital priority
- Secured funding for and developed the Therkildsen Field Station at the Emiquon Nature Preserve
- Renovated oldest student housing
- Enhanced campus grounds to support student recreational activities, including baseball, Frisbee golf, and cricket pitch
- Budget reductions, reallocation of resources, and marginal revenues from enrollment and tuition increases used to offset state appropriation cuts and to fund strategic investments
The campuses of the University of Illinois must be prepared to face continuing fiscal and paradigmatic challenges in the years to come. It will be necessary to contain costs, to allocate resources effectively to maintain quality, and to invest wisely in transformational initiatives that will advance each campus. Toward that goal, in January of 2013, President Easter and the Board of Trustees asked that each campus prepare a plan to guide academic investments and resource allocation decisions over the next three years.
The UIS plan for continuing progress under the 2006 Strategic Plan has emerged out of dialogues and discussions that have transpired since Chancellor Koch arrived at UIS in 2011. Chancellor Koch spent considerable time in the first eighteen months of her appointment talking with UIS faculty, staff, students, alumni, and constituencies in the external community about UIS' strengths, challenges, goals, and opportunities. In addition, special meetings were held with faculty and staff to exchange ideas on priority areas. What emerged was a sense of confidence in the ongoing validity and importance of the foundations and directions presented in the 2006 Strategic Plan, and priorities were refined in light of progress made and needs for further growth. All strategic planning documents are best regarded as living documents. Even as defining foundations and aspirations are affirmed, specific action items must necessarily evolve in concert with environmental realities. The remainder of this planning document affirms core components of the 2006 UIS Strategic Plan and identifies the strategic priorities that will guide actions and enable continuing progress over the next three years.
The impact of actions taken in accord with the 2006 Strategic Plan have advanced the University of Illinois at Springfield significantly and demonstrate its continuing cogency and relevance as a guiding document. Thus, as prelude to outlining priorities and action steps for the next three years, we begin by reiterating core components of the Strategic Plan:
The Mission of the University of Illinois at Springfield is to provide an intellectually rich, collaborative, and intimate learning environment for students, faculty, and staff, while serving local, regional, state, national, and international communities.
Our aspirational Vision for the University of Illinois at Springfield continues to be a premier public university offering innovative, high-quality liberal arts education, public affairs activities, and professional programs dedicated to academic excellence, to enriching individual lives, and to making a difference in the world.
Our Vision is grounded in a distinctive combination of four core attributes: we offer a teaching-focused academic experience; an abundance of opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to collaborate in the service of educational goals; a "right-sized" supportive community; and a special emphasis on public affairs and global citizenship.
We have established an institutional reputation that is consistent with these strengths as well as our strategic goals – we are known for Leadership Lived, a reputation that honors past and present by acknowledging the spirit of innovation in education and public affairs that has characterized UIS since its inception. It is also a very fitting reputation for a university located in the capital of Illinois and the home of Abraham Lincoln.
Within the landscape of higher education in the United States, UIS' identity is also reflected in its active memberships in the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). COPLAC is an organization of 27 public colleges and universities that works to support and promote the value of high-quality, liberal arts education; AASCU is an association of nearly 420 regional public universities that are student-centered, oriented toward access and opportunity, and productively engaged with their communities and the regions they serve. As we move forward in our vision to be a premier regional university, we bring to this endeavor a deep commitment to liberal learning, with the goal of preparing all students to be critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and engaged citizens. We also bring distinctive strengths in delivering exceptional public affairs opportunities and outstanding professional and graduate programs. We are and will continue to be a student-centered campus, offering both access and opportunity for educational achievement and community engagement that makes a difference in the world.
We have made significant progress toward the actualization of our Vision by allocating resources toward actions that best serve six Goals (2006 UIS Strategic Plan): to achieve academic excellence, enrich individual lives, make a positive difference in the world, strengthen campus culture, increase enrollment and retention, and increase resources and enhance infrastructure. Additional progress toward strategic goals will require renewed focus, clear priorities for action and resource allocation, and decision-making that continues to be grounded in our mission and aspirational vision.
Public universities in the Midwest region, generally, and in Illinois, in particular, are operating in an increasingly competitive environment. As funding for public higher education continues to shrink at state and federal levels, competition for students and for resources will escalate as universities look for ways to become more self-sustaining. Thus, clear and present competitive challenges for the foreseeable future will come not only from for-profit and private providers of education but from other public universities in Illinois and contiguous states as well. UIS will continue to face increasing competition for well-prepared students, for top faculty and staff talent, and for the resources needed to build and maintain the high quality facilities that enable and support excellence in teaching, learning, research, and student development. Thus, in order to make continuing strategic progress over the next three years, UIS' Priorities will be Growth, Talent Acquisition, and Facilities. We must grow our enrollment. We must recruit and retain a highly qualified, talented, and diverse faculty, staff, and leadership team. And we must provide the facilities needed to support a student experience that is commensurate with University of Illinois standards for excellence.
As we look toward the near future, our time, energy, and funding must be reserved for efforts and initiatives that best serve our priorities for growth, talent acquisition and retention, and facilities. Thus, the following eight Strategies will inform our decision-making with regard to action steps and budgetary considerations for the next three years.
Strategically, the University of Illinois at Springfield must be increasingly:
Excellent in all that we do
Relevant to our regional community
Visible to prospective students and their parents as well as other constituents
Affordable for qualified prospective students
Accessible to an increasing number of students, both on campus and online
Inclusive of an increasingly diverse community
Engaged with our students, our employees, our community, and with the world
Responsible in the management of our resources
Action Steps:
I.1 Maintain institutional excellence in accord with mission and vision
I.2 Recruit well-qualified and diverse students at undergraduate and graduate levels through local, regional, state, national, and international recruitment efforts that highlight competitive advantages
I.3 Promote the visibility of nationally competitive graduate programs
I.4 Deploy financial aid strategically
I.5 Develop and implement new undergraduate academic programs in mission- and vision-consonant high-demand fields
I.6 Strengthen student retention by implementing best practices, such as sophomore experience programming and learning communities within residence life
I.7 Increase financial support for UIS from alumni and friends
Target Outcomes:
- Increased enrollment of new well-qualified students at undergraduate and graduate levels
- Increased student retention and completion rates
- External recognition for educational quality
- Increased institutional visibility in local, regional, state, national, and international sectors
- Increased fundraising success
Action Steps:
II.1 Enhance salary competitiveness
II.2 Continue to recruit high quality faculty
II.3 Cultivate faculty and staff diversity
II.4 Maintain support for faculty scholarship and research
II.5 Continue professional development and performance recognition programs
II.6 Streamline administrative and governance processes
II.7 Encourage innovation
II.8 Foster supportive campus culture
Target Outcomes:
- Strong and diverse applicant pools for open positions
- Increased visibility for high quality graduate and undergraduate programs
- Greater faculty and staff diversity
- Strong retention rates for well-qualified, high-performing faculty and staff
- Increased job satisfaction
- External recognition for educational quality and engaged leadership
- Increased institutional visibility
Action Steps:
III.1 Build a student union to enhance student/campus life
III.2 Complete Brookens Library renovations when state capital funding is approved
III.3 Assess adequacy of science education and research facilities
III.4 Complete planning for next academic building
Target Outcomes:
- Increased student enrollment
- Increased student engagement and satisfaction with campus life
- Increased institutional visibility
We recognize the many significant challenges facing public universities today but we are committed to continuing advancement at UIS despite those challenges. We have defined a future for the University of Illinois at Springfield that is commensurate with University of Illinois standards of excellence. It is a future that reflects the core values of the University as well as the innovation mandate that energized the founders and first faculty of our campus. Building on progress made and exercising careful stewardship of our resources, we intend to make additional substantive progress over the next three years toward our Vision of the University of Illinois at Springfield as a premier public university. We move forward collaboratively and strategically, with momentum focused on the priorities of growth, talent acquisition and retention, and facilities.


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A refined decoration makes the Acquerello dessert plate special. The delicacy of the shapes and the refinement of the bone china porcelain are embellished with concentric circles that characterize this tableware designed by Guido Venturini.
Guido Venturini's attention to plastic shapes and fluidity of lines finds its expression in the bone china Acquerello dish service. Uncertain and indefinite markings, light lines that recall the sophisticated painting technique that gives its name to the collection. Acquerello offers the opportunity of enriching the table in a versatile and refined manner, both for everyday use and for special occasions.VIEW THE COMPLETE RANGE
Born at Alfonsine in 1957. Architect, designer and explorer in the field of industrial design, interior design and architecture. In 1985 he and Stefano Giovannoni founded the Bolidist group and set up King-Kong Productions. He has taught at Domus Academy and at Florence Faculty of Architecture. Music is his greatest passion and source of inspiration.


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Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, the CEO of $8 billion Greenlight Capital, wrapped up an hour-long conference call about Apple.
Einhorn, whose fund owned ~1.5 million Apple shares at the end of the fourth quarter, has been taking aim at the tech giant's massive cash hoard.
Einhorn has been urging Apple investors to vote "No" on Apple's Proposal 2 in its proxy later this month that will eliminate the company's ability to issue preferred stock.
During his call today, he laid out his plan for Apple. Essentially, what he wants Apple to do issue perpetual preferred stock — what he calls "iPrefs."
What's more is Einhorn said that Apple wouldn't even have to use that massive $137 billion cash pile, which he called a "war vault."
"In the last week, Mr. Cook has called the idea 'creative,' and said that Apple would study the proposal carefully. We look forward to meeting with Mr. Cook and his team shortly," Einhorn said on the call.
We've included screenshots of his webcast presentation in the slides that follow.


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8, 1841
|Charles Julius Guiteau is born
in Freeport, Illinois. He is the 4th of 6 children born to Luther
Wilson Guiteau and Jane Howe.
25, 1948
|Charles Guiteau's mother, Jane
Howe, dies. Charles is subsequently raised by his older sister Frances,
|Charles receives an inheritance of $1,000 from his maternal grandfather, which provides him the means to attend the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His father, Luther, is very much against sending his son to college and wants his son to join the Oneida Community.
|June, 1860
|Charles is unhappy at Ann Arbor
and leaves college to join the Oneida Community in New York.
|Charles begins to suspect that
his calling is to be a great newspaper editor.
3, 1865
|Charles believes that he has been chosen by God to spread the word of John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the Oneida Community. With the permission of the Oneida Community, Charles moves to New Jersey to start a newspaper, entitled "The Daily Theocrat."
20, 1865
|Charles applies to reenter the
Oneida Community after his failure to get the funding he needed in
order to start "The Daily Theocrat" newspaper.
1, 1866
|Charles runs away from the Oneida Community and begins writing letters for the return of the money he had consigned to the Community when he first entered.
|After spending the money the
Oneida Community had given him, Charles moves to Chicago to live with
his sister, Frances and his brother-in-law, George Scoville.
George Scoville offers Charles a job in his law office in Chicago.
|Fall/Winter 1867
|After a few months in Chicago
Charles grows restless, and he moves to New York hoping to work for
Henry Ward Beecher's newspaper, the
Independent. However, to Charles' consternation, he is unable to
get a job as an editor and instead is left to sell subscriptions to the
|Fall/ Winter 1867
Charles previous worship of Noyes turns into
bitterness. Wanting revenge against the Oneida community, Charles
brings suit against the community for uncompensated work
performed while he was a member of the community. The
suit fails, so Charles resorts to blackmail. Eventually
Charles gives up his blackmail attempts after
|Early 1868
|Desperate for money again, Charles returns to his sister in Chicago and works as a law clerk. He passes the Illinois Bar and set up his own law practice. His practice consistsd mostly of bill collecting, although he frequently keeps the money for himself and informs the clients that the money was irretrievable.
|Charles Guiteau marries Anne
Bunn, a librarian at the YMCA.
|Summer 1872
|Charles Guiteau decides to
support Horace Greeley, the Democratic candidate for President.
Charles writes campaign speeches, attends public meetings, and pesters
Greeley's friends and acquaintances for their endorsement of his
efforst to obtain an appointment from Greeley as minister to Chile
should Greeley obtain the presidency.
|Anne Bunn divorces Charles on the ground of adultery. Charles had purposely slept with a prostitute so that his wife might have the requisite legal grounds for a New York divorce.
|Late Spring 1875
|Charles begins his unsuccessful career as a religious lecturer. He travels the country delivering sermons. Most often, his message is incoherent and consists merely of his repeating John Humphrey Noyes' message and claiming it as his own.
|Luther Guiteau, Charles' father,
|Charles becomes a member of the
Republican Party.
6, 1880
|Charles Guiteau delivers a
speech, "Garfield v. Hancock." The speech is written in hopes of getting Ulysses S. Grant
elected, but after Garfield gets the nomination, Charles merely
replaces the name Grant with Garfield.
|November 11, 1880
|Garfield writes to the Secretary
of State, William Evarts, inquiring whether there would be any new
appointments made by Garfield, should he win the election.
|After Garfield's election to president, Charles moves to Washington D.C. Charles Guiteau believes that his speech was the primary cause for Garfield's victory and eagerly anticipates an appointment by the new administration.
|January 1881
|Charles writes to Garfield, mentioning his impending marriage to a woman of wealth, and his interest in the ministry appointment in Vienna.
|May 14, 1881
|Charles' repeated attempts to
get an appointment as repayment for the contributions he thought he had
made to the Garfield election are put to a halt by a heated encounter
with Secretary of State, Blaine. Blaine snaps at him, "Never bother me
again about the Paris consulship as long as you live."
|Charles Guiteau conceives the
idea to "remove" the president, concluding that it was a political
necessity and is sanctioned by God.
|June 8, 1881
|Charles Guiteau purchases a .44
revolver and begins practicing in the Potomac's muddy banks.
16, 1881
|Charles writes his "Address to
the American People" and a letter for General William T. Sherman.
Both are to be sent following the assassination of the President
1, 1881
|Charles writes another letter of
explanation for his intended act.
2, 1881
|A few minutes before 9:30 am, at
the Baltimore and Potomac Train Station, Charles Guiteau shoots
President Garfield twice. One bullet inflicts a flesh wound on
the President's arm and the other bullet lodges in his back.
|July 2, 1881
|Guiteau is stopped by Patrick
Kearney of the District of Columbia police, the ticket taker and the
depot watchman. Officer Kearney escorts Charles Guiteau to the station
house but the Police Captain quickly move Guiteau to the District Jail
to await a hearing.
|July 2, 1881
|President Garfield is moved to
the White House. It is presumed that he is dying of internal
hemorrhaging and there seems little chance of his survival.
|July 7, 1881
|The District Attorney, Corkhill,
announces that there would be no formal proceedings against Guiteau
until the President either recovers or dies.
|July 10, 1881
|No effort is spared in helping
the President fight for his life. Because of the heat wave in
Washington, Navy engineers implement a plan for cooling the air in the
President's sickroom. Over a half-million pounds of ice are delivered
to the White House.
|July 16, 1881
|The president sits up and it is
reported that his "ultimate
recovery was beyond all reasonable doubt."
|July 23, 1881
|The President's condition
suddenly grows worse.
|July 26, 1881
|Alexander Graham Bell invents the first metal detector in an attempt to find the bullet lodged in President Garfield. The device consists of two electromagnets connected to a telephone receiver. The device is supposed to click when a metal object passes in between the magnetic field. The metal detector is not able to locate the bullet; possibly because Garfield is on a bed with metal springs or because Bell (like the doctors) searches in the wrong part of Garfield's body.
|Late August 1881
|President Garfield has shrunk
from 200 to about 120 pounds and appears to be getting worse.
|September 6, 1881
|The president is moved to his
oceanside cottage at Elberon, New Jersey. In an effort to minimize the
effects of the trip on the President's deteriorating condition, a few
more miles of railroad tracks are laid, reaching almost to the door of
the President's cottage.
|September 19, 1881
|President Garfield dies at 10:35
|September 20, 1881
|Chester Arthur, the
Vice-President becomes the 21st President.
28th, 1881
|Corkhill sets in motion the
procuring of an indictment and issues subpoenas to witnesses.
8th, 1881
|The presentment and indictment
for the murder of James A. Garfield is filed
|October 11th, 1881
|The marshall serves a copy of
the indictment, list of the jurors, and a list of the witnesses for the
United States against the defendant.
|October 14, 1881
|Charles Guiteau is arraigned
|October 26, 1881
|Judge Cox appoints Leigh
Robinson, a young District of Columbia attorney, to serve with Scoville
in representing Charles Guiteau.
14, 1881
|The trial first day of trial
16, 1881
|The final juror is chosen.
It has taken three days and 175 potential jurors to complete the
jury. The jury consists of twelve men, including one restaurant
keeper, one retired businessman, one machinist, two plasterers, one
iron worker, two grocers, a cigar dealer, and three merchants.
|November 17, 1881
|The prosecution begins its case
|November 19, 1881
|Bill Jones, a drunken farmer, fires at Guiteau through the bars of the prison wagon. The bullet pierces Guiteau's coat. Bill Jones is quickly apprehended and dubbed a "hero" by the Washington Times.
21, 1881
|Leigh Robinson is successful in
having himself discharged from the case.
|November 28, 1881
|Charles Guiteau takes the stand
on his own behalf. His direct testimony lasts until December 3,
|December 16, 1881
|The prosecution begins its
succession of medical experts. From Friday, December 16th until
Wednesday January 4, the government presents experts who deny any
possibility that Guiteau might be insane.
|December 23, 1881
|Charles Reed, a defense witness
and former State's Attorney in Illinois, is formally added as one of
Guiteau's lawyers
|January 4, 1882
|Scoville petitions the court to
be allowed to introduce new witnesses, but his motion is denied based
on a technical objection made by the prosecution. Scoville
requests a recess until Saturday.
7, 1882
|The prosecution begins its
closing plea to the jury
16, 1882
|Scoville delivers his address to
the jury. It lasts five days and is one of the longest ever delivered
in the District's criminal courts.
21, 1882
|Charles Guiteau speaks to the
jury on his own behalf--but his speech had already been printed in the Herald earlier in the week.
|January 25, 1882
|The jury
returns a verdict of guilty as indicted
26, 1882
|Charles Guiteau's writes an
"Appeal to the American People" in which he expresses his
disappointment in the jury.
3rd, 1882
|Scoville argues before Judge Cox
a bill of exceptions and a motion for a new trial. The defense
motion is rejected.
|February 4, 1882
|Guiteau is sentenced to be
22, 1882
|Guiteau's last appeal is denied
by the court in banc. Guiteau's only remaining hope lies with
President Arthur.
|June 22, 1882
|Dr. Godding, Dr. Beard, and Miss
A. A. Chevaillier visit President Arthur asking for the appointment of
a lunacy commission to review the decision reached in the Guiteau
24, 1882
|President Arthur decides not to
30, 1882
|Charles Guiteau is hanged at the
District of Columbia jail.


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2 more charged in Independence triple homicide
2 charged Wed. night, 2 charged Thurs. morning
Jackson County prosecutors announced on Thursday morning that a Kansas City, Kan., man and an Independence, Mo., woman are facing charges in last week's triple homicide.
Raul Soto, 22, and Bobby Jo Phillips, 37, face 9 felony counts including 3 counts of 1st degree murder.
Soto and Phillips join 32-year-old Antonio Cervantes III and 33-year-old Kevin Finley in facing charges in the case. Cervantes and Finley were charged in the triple homicide on Wednesday night.
Prosecutors said that Independence Police detectives worked through the evening which resulted in the additional charges on Thursday.
"The community benefits immeasurably from this kind of stellar police work," Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said.
The investigation into the triple homicide continues, Baker said.
Maria Hernandez, 48, her boyfriend, Tomas Dominguez, and Hernandez's 20-year-old son, Antonio Hernandez, were killed in the shooting last Friday. The 20-year-old's hands and mouth had been duct taped.
A 12-year-old boy was shot and suffered critical injuries. Police said the boy, who turned 13 the day after the shooting, had stepped in front of his mother to try to protect her.


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Join the Company necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 43 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
We are building an online game that will have achievements for various accomplishments, called badges. We are looking to see many different styles and ideas, and pick a winner, whom we will then do a larger project with to fill out what we need.
Join the Company
Many websites and games use "badges" or awards to give credit for little achievements...
Here is a collage of several examples.
Usually, there is a NAME for the badge, and an iconic representation in the badge of what the achievement was for, and a brief description of what they did to earn it. For example:
Played the game every day for 1 week for at least an hour every day. (badge would show a needle)
We like the military "medal" idea, and have mocked up the kind of look we are aiming towards. However, we are open to any and all ideas, and will pick the winner we like best... So dont be afraid to try something totally outside the box.
The badges should be 50 pixels wide, and 100 tall.
What we have in mind:
The top half of each badge image will be the ribbon, while the bottom half will be the iconic medalion. It should appear to be metal or embossed like an actual military medal would be. But we are a fun, cool, simple game... not a WWII FPS, so style should reflect that.
Ribbons will be a variety of colors and stripes depending on what "type" of badge is earned. The medal area will be some sort of symbol or icon of what the specific achievement was. It can be embossed on a circle, or hang freely.
We want to see 3 badges from each submitter.
Use different techniques / styles for each one if you want.
Use 3 different ribbon colors / stripes / styles
Pick 3 different items to show as a badge from this list:
A Syringe,
Rennaisance Man (something like this http://tinyurl.com/de272r),
Game Controller,
Article Icon,
Video Icon,
Mouse Cursor,
Shopping Cart,
Fishing Hook,
Piggy bank
I really like this design :::
modified from this series of amazing medals from a game called the Outfit: http://bit.ly/FDaOV
Also, we might need some additional iconography projects to do with the winner... For instance a clock, coin stack, game controller icon, video play button, etc.
something too childish or simple.
not photos please/


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