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Henry Fonda is a name that immediately evokes the term "film icon," with a career spanning from the late 20s to the early 80s. Fonda, over the course of his long and distinguished career would garner three Oscar nominations, with his swansong performance in 1981's "On Golden Pond" netting him the win a year after receiving the Lifetime Achievement award. "The Henry Fonda Collection" is another 10-film release of previous DVDs from Fox in a handsome looking, but completely unusable digipak (like with "The Robert Mitchum Collection" the tight cardboard slots scuff the discs with reckless abandon). The collection by and large is a rousing success save for a questionable technically inferior disc for one film and the notable exclusion of "12 Angry Men" (which granted, has a fine Criterion release, but would have made a nice addition here in lieu of one of the lesser films), showing some of Fonda's best work (with two exceptions all the films are from the 30s or 40s).
While Fonda's role as Tom Joad in 1940 was a career defining moment, the choice to return to the role of Frank James in the aptly named "The Return of Frank James" was far from a wise decision. The film is another historically inaccurate romp through the exploits of the James, specifically the years following Jesse James' demise. The film is gratifying on a base level, but lacking any real redeeming value. Fonda is perfectly serviceable in the film, but thankfully his talents in the genre would be put to better use in the years to come.
"Immortal Sergeant" is your standard morality play, following Fonda's Cpl. Spence, a meekish Canadian and his exploits on the North African front during World War II. Maureen O'Hara appears in flashbacks as Kelly's love, Valentine, while Thomas Mitchell plays the titular Sergeant who has a pivotal stirring scene with Spence that acts as the catalyst for the remainder of the film and Spence's growth as a character. Unlike many films of its time, it's not as blindly patriotic as one might expect, while Fonda delivers an admirable, lower-key performance.
Fonda delves back into the Western in William Wellman's "The Ox-Bow Incident", which for my money is on par with "The Grapes of Wrath" in terms of narrative importance in the set. Running a very brisk, 75-minutes, Fonda is Gil Carter, who alongside Art Croft (Harry Morgan) are drawn into a vicious, vengeance stricken posse in order to keep alleviate suspicion that the duo, outsiders themselves, were not responsible for the murder of a local. The film is a solid adaptation of the 1940 novel of the same name and is a crushing morality piece that touches on numerous societal issues including race and the danger of groupthink. In addition to Fonda and Morgan, the supporting cast is incredibly solid and includes Dana Andrews and Anthony Quinn, both of whom have pivotal and heart wrenching roles. "The Ox-Bow Incident" represents a shift in the standard for the Western to a certain extent and shows the consequences of cowboy justice that was (and still is to this day) a genre staple.
While "The Ox-Bow Incident" would mark Fonda's last film before his real-life WWII career, "My Darling Clementine" would be his return to the silver screen in another historically inaccurate, but crowd pleasing Western directed by John Ford. Fonda portrays legendary lawman Wyatt Earp in a film that follows the trend of completely embellishing the bloody, brutal, and brief "Gunfight at the OK Corral" into another melodramatic set piece. The film is a technical and narrative success if one looks past shaky history featuring Victor Mature as Doc Holliday and Walter Brennan as the patriarch of the villainous Clanton clan. When it comes to "old school" Westerns, one can't go wrong by "My Darling Clementine" and Fonda's firm establishment as a leading man doesn't hurt matters either.
"Daisy Kenyon" is a refreshing change of pace in the set in terms of genre, taking Fonda out of the world of horses and guns and into a post-WWII world of affairs and jealousy. Although Fox classifies the film under its "Film Nor" line, the film only resembles noir in its cinematography, with director Otto Preminger delivering a tightly crafted melodrama, held together by key performances from Fonda, Joan Crawford and Dana Andrews. The film is perfectly serviceable and entirely entertaining, but there's not a lot that jumps off the screen as particularly magnificent, especially considering the power in front of the camera and behind.
"The Longest Day" makes an appearance in the collection likely for the same reason it appeared in the "Robert Mitchum Collection." It's arguably Fox's biggest war film and sees Fonda cast as Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. I'll reiterate what I had to briefly say about the film in the Mitchum set: "The Longest Day" is a true who's-who of major actors of the time, "The Longest Day" holds up on its sheer spectacle, cast, and expansive storytelling. Frankly, I doubt we'll ever see a film as "big" as "The Longest Day" ever again; while it's surely been passed by other films in terms of realism and authenticity, it's place in film history is not up for debate and its entertainment value wanes little if at all.
The final film in the set feels like the biggest curveball, with Fonda playing John Bottomly in Richaard Fleischer's 1968 crime film, "The Boston Strangler". Fonda plays it relatively safe, but it's Tony Curtis as the titular murderer, Albert DeSalvo that makes the film a fascinating viewing experience. The film is a stark contrast to Fleischer's other two most previous films, "Fantastic Voyage" and "Doctor Doolittle" respectively, but the director's work here is only faulted by a wishy-washy script that apparently has some issues in the accuracy department. Overall, "The Boston Strangler" is the strangest inclusion in the set, if only for the veteran Fonda being generally unremarkable. Watch it for Curtis' performance primarily and as a thriller, secondly.
"Jesse James" features a 1.33:1 OAR transfer that is mixed bag. For a color film from 1939, it generally looks pleasing to the eye, but there is a fair amount of instances of issues with intense contrast and muddled colors, not to mention merely average levels of detail. Digital noise/grain are surprisingly low as is print damage.
"Drums Along the Mohawk" is presented with a 1.33:1 OAR transfer. Like "Jesse James" detail levels are a mixed bag and contrast feels overly intense at times. Fortunately, the colors feel a bit more vibrant and solid, while the transfer itself is very clean and clear.
"The Grapes of Wrath" features a 1.33:1 OAR transfer. The transfer is quite clean, a product of Fox's respected Cinema Classics line. The black-and-white image boasts strong detail, generally natural, balanced contrast, and no indication of artificial digital tinkering.
"The Return of Frank James" features a 1.33:1 OAR transfer. Detail is adequate for the age of the film, while print damage is minor but still visible. Color levels are not quite as natural as expected, but generally consistent throughout, as are contrast levels.
"Immortal Sergeant" features a 1.33:1 OAR transfer. It's a overall, solid transfer with minimal print damage, consistent, natural contrast, and above average detail.
"The Ox-Bow Incident" features a 1.33:1 OAR transfer. Contrast levels are natural and consistent, while detail is about average for the age, and a little less so in a few scenes. Print damage is kept to a minimum but can be quite noticeable at times.
"My Darling Clementine" features a 1.33:1 OAR transfer. It's another very well-restored transfer that is very clean from print damage, sports noteworthy clarity and detail, and features incredibly solid contrast levels from start to finish.
"Daisy Kenyon" features a 1.33:1 OAR transfer. It's a very slick presentation for a classic noir, despite some varying contrast levels. Digital noise/grain is kept to a moderate level and detail is more than acceptable.
Infuriatingly, "The Longest Day" is the decade-plus old 2.35:1 NON-ANAMORPHIC transfer. It's incredibly insulting that MGM/Fox has repackaged this inferior disc when an anamorphically enhanced version was released back in 2006 that also sported two great commentary tracks. Not much more needs to be said about a transfer in 2012 that's not even anamorphically enhanced, although it's worth noting the film has very intense contrast levels and noticeable digital/noise grain.
"The Boston Strangler" features a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. Colors stay generally within the realm of the natural, while detail is decidedly in the average range (with a few scenes dropping even below that mark). There's no signs of digital tinkering, but it's far from a restored transfer.
"Jesse James" features an original English mono track as well as an English stereo track. The mono track is generally clear and balanced with little aural defects. An English stereo track is included as well as Spanish mono, and English subtitles.
"Drums Along the Mohawk" features an English mono track. English stereo, French mono and Spanish mono tracks are included as well as English and Spanish subtitles.
"The Grapes of Wrath" features an English stereo track. It's a solid track with little if any high-end distortion of hiss due to age. English and Spanish mono tracks are included as well as English and Spanish subtitles.
"The Return of Frank James" features an English stereo track that is nothing incredibly impressive, but generally clean and balanced throughout. English, French, and Spanish mono tracks are included as well as English and Spanish subtitles.
"Immortal Sergeant" features an English stereo audio track that sports a bit of high-end distortion, but is more than adequate on a whole. An English mono track is included as well as English and Spanish subtitles.
"The Ox-Bow Incident" features an English stereo audio track is respectable by-and-large, with a good mix, that keeps high-end distortion and hiss to a bare minimum. An English and Spanish mono track are included as well as English and Spanish subtitles.
"My Darling Clementine" features an English stereo track that is incredibly clean and well balanced. English, French, and Spanish mono tracks are included as well as English and Spanish subtitles.
"Daisy Kenyon" features an English mono track that is perfectly serviceable for the tone of the film. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are included.
"The Longest Day" features a Dolby Digital English 5.0 track that is thankfully, well above the image in terms of technical merit. It's still an ear-pleasing track and much better than the 4.0 tracks Fox has done for other films of the same era. English and Spanish subtitles are included.
"The Boston Stranger" features an English stereo audio track that is generally clear, but not as well mixed as one would expect for the newest film in this set. English, Spanish, and French mono tracks are included as well.
The extras on "Jesse James" includes the film's original trailer and two Movietone newsreels.
"Drums Along the Mohawk" features a commentary by film historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman as well as a still gallery and the film's original theatrical trailer.
"The Grapes of Wrath" features an audio commentary from a Joseph McBride and Susan Shillinglaw, two experts on Ford and Steinbeck respectively. An A&E episode of "Biography" featuring Darryl F. Zanuck" is included as well as a textual prologue that accompanied the UK release, a brief restoration segment, the original theatrical trailer, stills gallery and Movietone newsreels gallery.
"The Return of Frank James" features the film's original theatrical trailer.
"Immortal Sergeant" features the film's theatrical trailer.
"The Ox-Bow Incident" features a commentary with historian Dick Etulain and the director's son William Wellman Jr. An A&E "Biography" episode focused on Hendry Fonda is included as well as a restoration segment, theatrical trailer and still gallery.
"My Darling Clementine" features a commentary by author/historian Scott Eyman and Wyatt Earp III on the theatrical release. The biggest extra is the flipside of the disc, which features the pre-release version of the film, a featurette on the pre-release version and a stills gallery. The film's original theatrical trailer is included on the other side of the disc.
"Daisy Kenyon" features a commentary from historian Foster Hirsch, as well as a featurette on the film, a featurette on Otto Preminger's work at Fox, interactive pressbook, original theatrical trailer, and stills gallery.
"The Longest Day" consists of the film's original trailer.
"The Boston Strangler" consists of a Movietone newsreel and a short featurette on the Boston Strangler.
Ultimately, I'll contest that despite Criterion having better versions available, "Young Mr. Lincoln" and "12 Angry Men" deserved a place in the set far more than "The Return of Frank James" or "The Boston Strangler." As a whole, the set is a great encapsulation of Fonda's career despite only containing his efforts with Fox. In terms of other notable omissions outside the Fox banner, only "Once Upon a Time in the West" or "On Golden Pond" feel glaringly obvious. The technically quality of these discs is still generally admirable as are the bonus features; it's only Fox's inexcusable use of the long antiquated non-anamorphic "The Longest Day" disc that forces me to knock my recommendation of this set down a whole notch. If you're looking for a good place to start a Henry Fonda collection, you'd be hard pressed to do better than starting here. Recommended.


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Following the direction of the CMS at the June 1997 meeting, the President set up an ad hoc committee, with the following terms of reference:
The committee members appointed were:
Arthur Sherk, Treasurer (CHAIR) Richard Kane, President Elect Joan Geramita, Board Member Michael Lamoureux, Board Member Graham Wright, Executive Director (RESOURCE PERSON)
One impetus for the establishment of the BPC in the first place was the observation that there were trends in several revenue and expense lines of recent budgets which needed careful attention. These patterns appeared mostly in the General Accounts, rather than the investment accounts; thus the Committee will have nothing to say about investments, particularly since investment policies and issues are currently under scrutiny by other CMS bodies.
We are very grateful to the CMS Ottawa staff, particularly Monique Bouchard, for supplying each committee member with policy manuals, budget statements and other reports that were relevant to our investigations.
The reader is referred to the Treasurer's Report for the Period ending June 30, 1997 for complete details of comparative expenditures. Here we include only those figures that seem to us to merit special attention (Although recent budgets contain some genuine anomalies, we are disturbed that there may be a growing adverse imbalance between revenue and expenditures.):
The BPC wishes to comment on what seem to us to be the most important issues arising from the observed trends. We isolate nine:
I. Membership. II. Fund Raising III. Publications. IV. CAMEL V. Educational Activities VI. Research Activities VII. Released time policies. VIII. Executive, Board and Committee expenses. IX. Administrative Office staff and procedures.
As a general introduction, we wish to point out the obvious, but sometimes ignored, fact that times have changed and continue to change. When the CMS was organized in 1945, it was seen as an instrument for encouraging the activities of professional mathematicians in Canada. This meant in effect that it was an organization run by university mathematicians for the benefit of university mathematicians, particularly to stimulate research. Thus the Canadian Journal of Mathematics made an early appearance, and it was not long before biennial seminars were held, and the Summer Research Institute was formed. Now with the advent of PIMS, the Fields Inst., CRM and AARMS, we share this important activity with them, and it is not clear that we have yet found our proper new role.
At the same time, we now spend a lot more energy and resources on the development of mathematical talent than previously. It is not clear that our membership and organizational policies have fully caught up with the changing role of the CMS, or even recognized it.
The CMS has also had to respond to current social and political issues (Human Rights, Women in Mathematics, Government Affairs, to name three). This of necessity has resulted in an expanding bureaucracy. Policies can proliferate and vie for limited resources. At some point, the CMS must either increase the size of its administrative staff, or cut down on activities, or establish priorities. As we look at particular facets of the whole operation, the above options insert themselves.
From the beginning, the core of our membership has been university mathematicians. We need to continue to recruit agressively among that group, particularly among the younger mathematicians. With the emphasis that we now have on education at all levels, it is unsatisfactory that we have not been able to attract many educators at pre-university levels. It is also important to recruit industrial and commercial individuals with mathematical interests. CMS contacts with applied mathematicians is weak at the academic level, and virtually non-existent at the industrial level.
We applaud and encourage efforts by the Fund Raising Committee and the Executive to finds ways and means of attracting such potential members. We suggest that the membership fee should be very reasonable; this should not be a major source of new funds.
We also encourage efforts to attract Institutional members. Traditionally, Mathematics departments in Canadian universities have been institutional members, and this is a good base. Suggestions from the Fund Raising Committee that other bodies could also be attracted to institutional membership should be followed up. Corporate membership fees should be modest. It seems to us, however, that corporations that do become members are more likely to make substantial financial contributions to various CMS projects than those who do not.
For both individual and institutional membership, we suggest that attention should be paid to what the CMS has to offer as an inducement to membership. (Again, the Fund Raising Committe has given some attention to this issue.) We need to be better at selling ourselves.
Inducements for Institutional membership recently introduced have been the offering of free on-line access to some periodicals, and reduced rates for advertising on CAMEL. Perhaps an inducement to individual members could be options for certain periodical subscriptions; e.g., pre-university educators might well prefer to receive CRUX WITH MAYHEM, rather than the NOTES.
Vigorously led by Kathy Heinrich, the Fund Raising Committee has tried several new ways to address the question of attracting gifts for CMS activities. The approach to traditional sources, such as government agencies and sympathetic corporations has had mixed success. Most bodies are lukewarm to a request for funds to support the general work of the Society, but often respond well to particular appeals, especially those that have to do with education.
Another very important initiative of the Fund Raising Committee has been the recruitment of influential and knowlegable people from the corporate sector. These contacts have already borne some fruit, and there is the potential for much more.
The IMO 95 Committee was successful in raising more than enough funds for the 1995 Mathematical Olympiad held in Canada. They used a professional fund-raiser to do this. No doubt CMS efforts at fund-raising would have been more successful if professional help had been used, but, like the IMO effort, it would need to have a very definite and popular focus.
As we observed earlier, it is revenue from publications that keeps the CMS operating "in the black". While revenue has gone up, production costs have gone down, thanks largely to the efficient operation of Michael Doob's TEX office in Manitoba. We have no problem with the current policy of modest increases in the subscription rates each year, even though it is clear that the driving force is to increase CMS revenues, not to cover production costs. Comparatively speaking, the CMS periodicals are still very reasonable in price.
The less rosy side of the publications operations is that a great deal of office time and energy is taken up with administrative matters. While subscriptions are handled mostly by the publisher, the varying subscription rates of any given journal cause much confusion. This translates into a significant amount of time spent by the Managing Editor (Graham Wright) and his assistants in straightening out errors. In fact, it has been necessary to take some special subscription categories out of the hands of the publisher to restore some equilibrium to the operations. It seem to us that too much of the Managing Editor's time is spent in details related to subscription rates; therefore:
RECOMMENDATION 1: We recommend that the rates schedule for publications be simplified by the elimination and/or amalgamation of special categories.
Another cause for concern is the declining number of subscriptions to our major journals (Canadian Journal of Mathematics and the Canadian Mathematical Bulletin). We tend to view this as inevitable, given the tight budgets of university libraries and the new possibility of substituting hard copy with on-line material. So we do not recommend a new subscription drive, because we are not optimistic about the results of such a drive. We would like to think that there will still be a substantial demand for hard copy in the foreseeable future. At the same time, we hope that as the on-line alternative becomes more popular, ways will be found to make it generate significant revenue. We return to this issue when we discuss CAMEL.
It is a well-known fact that sister organizations such as the American Mathematical Society make good profits out of their publications. Perhaps we should make an in-depth enquiry into the AMS publication operations to see how we could improve.
CAMEL is now in its fifth year of operation. In that time, its importance to the mathematical community, and to the CMS in particular has become obvious. There are few people, we suspect, who would say that we don't need CAMEL. We are told that the number of "hits" per day on various offerings is highly satisfactory, and we have no doubt that by this means we are reaching many interested people. There is no doubt potential for much greater influence. However, there are many questions and opinions about the operation, and there are concerns about the cost.
No one on this committee claims special expertise on matters related to electronic communications. We have raised questions about the efficiency of the operation, having as it does two "humps" (one in the West, one in the East), and the presence of technical staff at each place. We also see CAMEL going into many different areas, and ask if, in fact, CAMEL has a focus. At least one individual, more closely associated with CAMEL than we are, has expressed concern that its focus is so wide that it is unable to keep up with the constant revisions needed.
On the question of a focus for CAMEL, Bob Rosebrugh, Chair of the Electronic Services Committee writes:
"When CAMEL began . . . it was unclear how services like it would develope. So at first it was a matter of collecting information and seeing what got used and also starting up services, some of which grew and some of which didn't. The mandate to collect information is still there, but other newer services are now the main foci. I see two of these, though they are related. The first is the provision of an electronic face for the CMS. This is handled more and more by the Ottawa hump of CAMEL in terms of maintenance, but it is necessary to upgrade and update the face constantly. It is becoming a much more used service as more and more people consult CAMEL for information on meetings etc, then stay to register on-line, or pay membership dues, etc. The second (and currently the most important) focus is the on-line Journals (and eventually the Notes). This is a major project which is being completed by CAMEL at a tiny fraction of the cost of much less impressive efforts."
Loki Jorgenson, Director of the CAMEL office, agrees, and adds that "there is a general trend here at the Camel Office to "narrow" our focus, away from general collections or services and towards specific projects and purposes". Loki invites comments, suggestions or criticisms, regretting that "we have not had more feedback from CMS committees and the membership".
Apart from the question of focus, there is concern over the expense involved. In the beginning the project was successful in attracting start-up grants, but there has been little grant support since. The CMS has directed funds generated by publications to the support of CAMEL, and devoted entirely to salaries of staff. Very little has gone towards equipment replacement, even though this has been requested. So far, CAMEL itself has generated little income by way of sponsors and advertisers. At a recent meeting of the Electronic Services Committee, a resolution was passed: " that the ESC ask the CMS to vigorously explore the possibility of hiring professionals to aid in attracting sponsors and advertisers to Camel."
So the ESC is searching for a solution to the financial problems of CAMEL. We of course encourage this. Our short summary of the focus and cost issues is of course merely introductory. We are unanimous in our conviction that an in-depth study must be made:
RECOMMENDATION 2: That there be a full-scale review of CAMEL, conducted by some person or persons not now in close association with CAMEL, but having sufficient expertise to understand the opportunities and problems involved.
We do not regard this as hostile action; our hope is that it will be helpful to the development of CAMEL, and that it will give some suggestions on sources of financial support for the project. It would be particularly helpful, from the point of view of future budget planning, to have expert opinion on whether and when CAMEL can be self-supporting.
We are aware of the fact that a task force is proposed to study communications, with terms of reference that include some review of CAMEL. Judging from the proposed terms of reference, we doubt that the review of CAMEL by this task force would be sufficiently rigorous to answer the purposes of the action we propose. We suggest that both policy and budget issues related to CAMEL have become so important to the CMS that it is necessary to conduct a review devoted exclusively to CAMEL.
For some years, the CMS has adhered to the principle that both Educational and Research Activities should be self-supporting (the same is true of Publications, of course, but we expect Publications to do much better than break even). The Educational Activities have increased several fold in recent years, and, by and large, so has the level of financial support. When, however, the large amounts of time spent by the Administrative Staff, and by the Executive Director in particular, are taken into consideration, it is not clear that Education is self-supporting in a strict sense. Preparation for the annual mathematical competitions have taken up much of the Executive Director's time, as has fund-raising, CMS representation at meetings of educational groups, preparation of promotional literature, and other promotional activities. This should not be alarming in itself (after all, education matters form a large part of our total CMS policy), but it needs to be realized that there are strong budgetary implications to most education-related policies, and that some of these are less obvious than others.
As with Education, Research Activities demand much of the time of the Administrative Staff, and thus has strong budgetary implications. Planning and running of the semi-annual meetings alone takes much staff time. Perhaps this has not been fully realized in the continuing debate on the frequency and nature of our major meetings. We do not suggest that the large amount of staff time needed should necessarily be a deciding factor in any final decisions. But it needs to be considered.
In "the good old days", university Mathematics departments regarded it as an honour to have one of their staff members selected as an editor of one of the CMS publications, and assumed the expenses involved as a matter of course. So appropriate released time was arranged locally. Now with tight budgets everywhere, local chairs expect the CMS to re-imburse the university for the expense of released time. Naturally, CMS has been reluctant to do this, but for some years has been yielding on a case-by-case basis.
1: Released time payments for editors should be offered as a matter of policy, and such policy should be codified.
2: Universities which waive the released time offer and handle this themselves should be recognized as contributors to the work of the CMS.
Given the number of precedents that we now have, it should not be too difficult to come up with a good policy. When such a policy is known, it should make it easier for the Nominating Committee to find editorial staff. The downside is that relieving individual universities of this expense weakens their (often already eroded) commitment to the CMS. The second part of the recommendation suggests a remedy, unrealistic though that may be in the face of present fiscal problems facing universities.
These continue to rise each year. Formerly, committee and Board members would cover their travel expenses to meetings from their research grants, because they were able to combine business with some stimulation of their research. Many are reluctant to continue this practice now, and in some cases simply don't have the same resources to do so. The number of meetings and of legitimate reasons for travel has certainly not decreased either, although email communication has reduced the frequency of some meetings.
We have no solution to offer. The CMS must accept the fact that meeting costs are rising. The problem is not yet of the proportion that it would threaten to cut down on programs, but it needs to be kept in mind.
All of the new initiatives have of course placed great strain on the Executive Office Staff. It is usually the Executive Director and his staff who are expected to administer the new procedures while tending to the ongoing business of the Society. We distributed a short questionnaire among the Ottawa staff, asking the questions:
Four of the seven respondents reported that over 100% of their job time was used in doing their job, thus indicating that they are in a chronic overtime position. Collectively, 123% of their time is required to handle the work. By rough calculation, 48% is spent on office routines, 14% on communications and publications, 6% on research, 7% on education, 34% on new ventures, 5% on promotion and 11% on sundry other activities.
The staff seemed to appreciate the chance to respond to the survey, and their responses to questions 4 and 5 were candid and helpful. There is no reason to suppose that their estimate of time spent was exaggerated, since it collectively conforms well to the volume of work so far as we know it.
The efficiency level of the Ottawa office compares favourably with similar institutions. We get the distinct impression that some areas of office activity may at the moment be over-managed.
RECOMMENDATION 4. For increased efficiency, staff with the particular needed expertise should be hired (as distinct from personnel needing "on the job" training), and then be delegated their particular responsibilities with a minimum of supervision.
This is already happening in the case of computer-related expertise, and we understand that the recently unsatisfactory book-keeping operations are being corrected in the same spirit. If the need for extensive training and checking of individual employees is eliminated, considerable release of supervisors for other activities should result.
Respondents to the questionnaire also gave other suggestions, which reflected their particular views of the operation. Some saw a need for better software to streamline routines, and some mentioned pressure from the constituency as a whole to respond quickly to all communications. A concrete example was the "downside" of email: instant communication tends to assume that instant responses should be forthcoming. In fact, of course, some responses take work to generate, and any given matter may be lower on the priorities of the administrative staff than on those of the enquirer. The result is usually flak directed at the Office.
The above example prompts two suggestions:
1. The CMS Administrative Office should have priorities for action which are consistent with CMS policies, and which are understood by all CMS members who communicate with the Office.
2. Some efforts should be made (presumably by the CMS Executive) to apprise the membership of the excessive workload of the Administrative Staff, and to plead for patience.
Of course there is another solution to the Office's overloaded situation, namely to hire more staff. Apart from the formidable budget problems this would create, there is the question of housing. The present housing situation (a bargain, thanks to the University of Ottawa) allows little or no room for expansion. Our sense is that, while it is no doubt wise to re-configure and/or add modestly to the staff component, the CMS Office should remain in its present location for some time yet.
The last of our five terms of reference calls for a proposal on how to change our processes so that when policy decisions are made they are done so with a full understanding of their potential impact on the budget. We do not have a full formula to offer, and any procedures that might ultimately be codified would have to be tested out in practice for some time. But here are some ideas:
Undoubtedly some otherwise desireable new policies of the CMS will have to be constricted or postponed by budgetary pressures. What is obvious to us is that more attention than ever before needs to be paid to the financial implications of any new ventures into which the Society enters. Our hope is that this necessity will not unduly stifle vision and initiative.
May 11, 1998


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There are several options available for two-handed weapons in 4e.
Ignoring build, is there a qualified best option? Analysis in each category would be welcome. What are the best options for Simple Melee, Military Melee and Superior weapons?
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There are several options available for two-handed weapons in 4e.
Ignoring build, is there a qualified best option? Analysis in each category would be welcome. What are the best options for Simple Melee, Military Melee and Superior weapons?
The best two handed weapon not taking into consideration build and in terms of damage die and weapon proficiency bonus would probably be the Full Blade from the Adventurer's Vault. With +3 proficiency bonus and 1d12 damage I'm pretty sure it has the highest numbers.
It depends on intention and synergy from feats. Looking at only the weapons themselves, the Execution Axe has a .075 DPR increase over the Mordenkrad. That's not much. Considering common magical items and feats, the Gouge is best from a whole-character point of view.
First, let's look at the superior weapons available to us that are two-handed and interesting:
Statistically speaking, these are all functionally equivalent without looking at magic item or feat synergy.
Generally the only builds that care about big weapons are focused on charging, and at higher levels the choice of weapon is increasingly constrained by the specific build of the character: higher level chargers will have their choice of weapon dictated by their feats, class features, and magical items. This means that it's only at relatively low levels that a weapon's damage and proficiency bonus are significant considerations.
Most classes have feats and class features that guide towards a specific weapon group. Clearly, this is setting aside plot-relevant choices. Beyond that, most characters' damage comes from the static modifiers added on top of the attack instead of the weapon itself.
The Mordenkrad has the absolutely exceptional Avalanche Hammer which just adds an extra 1[W] on top when you charge.
The Gouge has Surprising Charge (feat), Spear Expertise (bonus on damage when charging) and Vanguard weapon, for a total of an extra 1[W]+1+1d8 on a charge.
The Execution Axe has a not particularly useful expertise (there are some edge cases, but they don't matter statistically speaking) and Vanguard weapon.
And the fullblade has... vanguard weapon. Technically, the increase in accuracy can be claimed to be worth the decrease in overall damage due to the fact that you've got extra stuff on your powers that occur, but that is a function of specific optimization, not general "what's the best weapon."
Fullblade has excellent numbers, but i find the Mordenkrad (Cleric here) was worth the feat for higher minimum damage plus the 'brutal' advantage. The +2 proficiency bonus is average indeed, but as a strength build battle cleric it works out better for me, especially combined with 'Strength of many' and adjacent to my two defender allies (Fighter/Paladin). My friend uses the Ex. Axe and sings it's praises, but i really do think the Mordenkrad is the better superior.


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It was standing room only in the meeting room of the Texas A&M Student Senate Wednesday night as senators voted in favor of the "Religious Funding Exemption Bill," a bill recommending to university leadership that students have the ability to opt out of mandatory student fees which are contrary to a student's particular religious or moral views.
The vote total as announced at the meeting was 35-28 - an official count published by the Senate has yet to have been published.
The bill, which previously bore the name "The GLBT Funding Opt-Out Bill", has taken heat from critics who say the bill is a blatant attempt to de-fund Texas A&M's Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Resource Center.
The TAMU Senate-approved version, entitled the "Religious Funding Exemption Bill", has created a divide among students on the Texas A&M campus. Student leaders in favor of the bill tell News 3 that the measure was re-named Tuesday and stripped of all references of the GLBT center to protect student's religious rights without singling out the GLBT community. Others have countered that the re-branding was merely for show.
According to a university spokesman, the GLBT Resource Center receives about $100,000 a year in funding provided by student fees, averaging out to a contribution of around $2 per student.
GLBT Aggies President Kimberly Villa says the center provides a "safe space" for those students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered, and that a vote in any way to strategically divert funding would hurt a population which has experienced a history of discrimination on the Texas A&M Campus. The center provides reference materials, counseling support, and programming concerning GLBT health and awareness issues.
The "Religious Funding Exemption Bill" was originally written by a student who felt morally and religiously opposed to paying fees that go towards the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Resource Center on campus. Author Chris Woolsey told A&M's student newspaper, The Batttalion, that he brought the bill to the Student Senate because many students shared his concerns. Senators in favor of the bill argued Wednesday that when it comes to the use of students' money, those students should have a say in where it goes.
Other students disagree. Kimberly Villa spoke on behalf of the GLBTA this week online, saying that "it is offensive and unacceptable to mask this discriminatory bill against [the GLBT] community as an issue of religion. It is unfair to make our resource an 'option'."
Opinion on campus is mixed.
"I don't see why we should be forced to pay for something that we wouldn't take part in other wise," said Prima Starr, a student at Texas A&M. "I am morally opposed. I'm not saying you can't do what you want to do. But it my eyes, it's what I feel is wrong."
"I think it's really important that everyone pays their fair share for things they're comfortable with and things they're not comfortable with. It's just like taxes," said Texas A&M student Thomas Surratt, who opposed the measure.
Opponents like Surratt, say an 'opt out' bill is a slippery slope. "It's not just the LGBT stuff they can affect. They can pretty much stop paying any student fees because they can find a reason to disagree with it."
Texas A&M has a documented history of controversy over GLBT issues. In 1984, a landmark ruling from the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals mandated that university administrators recognize the "Gay Student Services" student group as an official student organization. When the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take on an appeal, the case set precedent for such organizations at colleges and universities across the country. As recently as 2011, a proposal to "require GLBT resource centers to provide matching funds to traditional sexual education" was approved by the Texas A&M Student Senate but vetoed by the sitting SBP. A concurrent, unsuccessful provision for "traditional values centers" was pushed in the Texas Legislature as a budget provision by State Rep. Wayne Christian (R).
The 83rd Texas Legislative Session is not exempt from the debate, either. An amendment to the General Appropriations Act has been proposed by Arlington Republican Bill Zedler which would prohibit universities in Texas from using any funds with regards to "Gender and Sexuality Centers" that would "support, promote, or encourage any behavior that would lead to high-risk behavior for AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis B, or any sexually transmitted disease."
The Princeton Review in 2012 listed Texas A&M as ranked 7th on a list of the "unfriendliest" towards GLBT individuals, based on annual student opinion surveys. Two other schools from Texas made the top 20 on that list, including Baylor University at number 10 and The University of Dallas at number 15.
As far as the impact of the "Religious Funding Exemption Bill," Texas A&M officials say "any action the Student Senate takes is non-binding and advisory in nature," and as such, there is no immediate consequence of the bill's approval. The pending legislation now heads to the desk of TAMU's student body president, John Claybrook, who has the option to veto the measure.
You can read the full copies of both versions of the bill as well as State Rep. Bill Zedler's amendment to the appropriations act by clicking on the links above. We've also attached a link to a recording of the TAMU Student Senate meeting.


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It started as a fight at a bowling alley.
The early-morning confrontation led into the parking lot of the Brunswick Zone blowing alley at 999 N. Circle Drive. where it became a full-fledged melee. The fist-fight turned into a knife and gun fight.
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As usual I was working the Saturday morning crime shift that July 9, 2011 at The Denver Post. I drove to Colorado Springs.
At the corner of Mission and Tia Juana streets, about a block from the bowling alley, tire treads crisscrossed pools of blood.
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It was tough to get anyone to give their names for the article, though. They were afraid that the people capable of the extreme violence they had witnessed could come back and attack them.
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"Shoot him! Shoot him!" Doug heard a man yell near the south end of the 800 block of Tia Juana. Cars were screeching and crashing.
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"I heard some cars squealing," Larry, who lives on the street, told me. "Then I heard what I thought were fireworks. Pow, pow, pow, pow. Bullets were flying everywhere. I heard screaming."
About 100 feet north on Tia Juana, Leticia, who asked that her last name not be used, said she saw a bald man slam on the brakes in the street in front of her house, get out of a blue car, fire a gun several times straight up into the air and curse loudly.
" 'Now come on (expletives),' he yelled," Leticia said. She also saw two other bald men fist fighting farther up the street.
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FUEL, originally scheduled to drop May 26, has been delayed to June 5, VG247 has reported. They say Codemasters confirmed it to them.
Maybe this explains why I haven't gotten my review copy yet. Of course, Joystiq points out that VG247 is a UK site, so it's not clear if the delay covers Europe only or if North America is included. Gamestop's showing the drop date as June 2.
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Four people are awaiting possible charges following an attempted armored car robbery Monday outside a bank on Interstate 45 in north Houston.
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Officials said guards in an armored car were at the bank servicing an ATM when the suspects confronted them.
One of the suspects fired shots at one of the guards who was standing outside the armored car. A second guard, who was inside the car, got out and returned fire.
No one was wounded, but a nearby parked car was hit by stray bullets.
The suspects, who were not successful in the robbery attempt, sped away in a dark colored Dodge Dart.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn said Monday that he doesn't feel pressure to act quickly on whether to sign a concealed carry bill, even as lawmakers from his own party have pleaded for him to hurry up before a court-ordered deadline next month.
Lawmakers sent the Chicago Democrat a bill outlining rules for who can carry after a federal appeals court ruled Illinois' last-in-the-nation concealed carry ban unconstitutional. The state has until July 9 to come up with a plan. Quinn hasn't indicated what he'll do.
"That's a very complex bill. It's a very long bill. I'm analyzing every single part of it. My mission is to protect the safety of people of Illinois, all 13 million people," he told reporters Monday after an unrelated event. "Politicians can wait. I'll have a decision within a very reasonable period of time."
Last week, nearly two dozen Democratic senators asked Quinn to act quickly so they have time to deal with a veto or amendatory veto, saying the consequences could mean a "public safety and constitutional crisis."
The lawmakers included Senate President John Cullerton. The letter didn't advocate that Quinn sign or reject the legislation. It did point out, though, that authorities in a dozen counties are already refusing to prosecute those who carry concealed weapons.
In the past, Quinn has advocated for allowing larger municipalities to adopt their own restrictions in the name of "local control."
The proposed legislation says any Illinois resident with a Firearm Owners' Identification card can get a concealed carry permit after passing a background check, undergoing lengthy training and paying a fee. Law enforcement agencies can object to an application by notifying a governor-appointed review board.
What happens if no law is enacted by July 9 has been debated.
Gun-rights advocates say allowing the deadline to pass with no law would mean any gun could be carried anywhere. Others insist it would allow local municipalities to adopt highly restrictive carry laws.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court has given Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan until July 22 to decide if she wants to appeal the court order. The extension was granted last week, but Madigan hasn't said what she plans to do.
The bill is HB183.
Online: http://www.ilga.gov.
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Kevin Rudd has prevailed in a dramatic Labor leadership ballot, defeating Julia Gillard 57-45 and paving the way for him to return to the prime ministership.
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Wayne Swan has quit as deputy leader and has been replaced by Anthony Albanese, while Penny Wong will replace Stephen Conroy as Labor's Senate leader.
Frontbenchers Greg Combet, Peter Garrett, Joe Ludwig and Craig Emerson have joined Mr Swan and Senator Conroy in quitting Cabinet following the vote.
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Actor Hugh Jackman teamed up with ex-NFL player Marshawn Lynch Saturday to coach a group of high school students in Oakland.
Jackman was in the Bay Area to promote his upcoming movie "Eddie The Eagle," which is based on the true story of an underdog British ski-jumper — Michael Edwards aka Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards — who made it to the Olympics in 1988.
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The year 2011 was good to the U.S. auto industry with carmakers Volkswagen, Chrysler and Ford all seeing significant increases in sales.
At Ford's top dealership, Galpin Ford in North Hills, sales were up 28 percent in December and 32 percent for the entire year.
There were 12.8 million cars sold in the U.S. in 2011, according to automotive research website Edmunds.com. That's the highest number since 2008 when 13.2 million vehicles were sold.
Edmunds projects an even bigger 2012, with 13.6 million in car sales expected.
Big vehicles are also making a comeback. High-tech touch screens and improved gas mileage have made bigger cars more attractive.
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lagopixel necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 56 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
A a stylish, modern redesign for our website is needed.
The website will be integrated with the cms-system "typo3" (but from you we only want the psd-file, no coding needed). The website should transport the feeling of joy to go into ones own garden and spend time there.
Here is the URL to the current site: http://creativ-gruen.de
As you can see it needs a redesign. The current design looks like it's from the last century...
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We need a unique, creative and modern redesign of our existing website (http://www.creativ-gruen.de). The website is of the nature providing information about the gardens and what you can do with/in it and should transport a joy-feeling of beeing in / getting in your own harmonic garden.
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We would like one horizontal navigation and one vertical navigation which has one sublevel of navigation.
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The flower-Image you can see on the old website in the top corners is a kind of "logo" for the company. This means it has to be integrated into the website in some way.
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If you've never heard of an Isuzu Bellel, don't worry you're in good company. Although these little Isuzus were the first diesel car in Japan and sport one of the coolest set of taillights we've ever laid eyes on, they were never officially imported to the US. Accordingly not many people have ever seen or heard of the handful of Bellels that made it over here back in the 1960s.
Even fewer of the cars that originally made it over here have survived several decades later, which is exactly why this Bellel caught our eye when we came across it last week. Some cars are interesting because of their history or design while other cars are interesting because they have been built into amazing custom creations—this Bellel is interesting just because it is so incredibly rare in this country.
Although the Bellel is sometimes confused with the smaller and better known Bellet, it's not a typo but an entirely different car. 37,206 Bellels were produced between 1961 and 1966. As the car was the first Isuzu independent design it was named by putting together the English word Bell and the Roman numeral for 50 to represent a translation of Isuzu's meaning in Japanese—"50 Bells".
This particular Bellel has project car hell written all over it. The car doesn't run, has some rust (less than you would expect) and has clearly suffered the cosmetic effects of sitting idle underneath the hot sun for years. Of the Bellels originally produced we can only guess how many survived to serve as parts cars and where they are. Luckily the seller is happy to point out the 2.0 liter diesel sitting underneath the hood of the Bellel can be found in forklifts and other industrial applications.
With this in mind we can only wonder what future awaits this Bellel. The decision to restore the car would be an act of pure lunacy, financial disaster and true project car hell—not that we don't support it. Perhaps more likely is someone attempting to get this car back to driving status and willing to trade having an ultra rare car for the lack of any domestic parts availability to speak of.
Currently the bidding on the Bellel is at $500 with less than a day left so at least the entry price to project car hell will likely be affordable. Whether this car ends up as a parts car, weird daily driver, restoration project or even returns to funky lawn ornament status when the auction ends the car will have a new owner. We would love to know exactly what they plan to do with this ultra rare Isuzu Bellel project.
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According to Professor Mark Williams (2011), Oxford University "Mindfulness is a translation of a word that simply means awareness. It's a direct, intuitive knowing of what you are doing while you are doing it. It's knowing what's going on inside your mind and body, and what's going on in the outside world as well.
Most of the time our attention is not where we intended it to be. Our attention is hijacked by our thoughts and emotions, by our concerns, by our worries for the future, and our regrets and memories of the past. Mindful awareness is about learning to pay attention, in the present moment, and without judgement. It's like training a muscle - training attention to be where you want it to be. This reduces our tendency to work on autopilot, allowing us to us choose how we respond & react."
Interest in mindfulness has been growing steadily in recent years. There are now thousands of research studies into the uses of mindfulness, and professionals are using mindfulness in Boardrooms, Schools, Prisons, Court rooms and hospitals across the world. Mindfulnet.org is an independent mindfulness website that aims to provide "everything you need to know about mindfulness in one place".
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Lesson Plans Details
CategoryLesson Plans.
TopicBasquiat art lesson plans.
AuthorBianca Faucett
PostedFri, Jun 14th 2019 12:19 PM
The lesson should begin with a topic derived from the adopted standards-based curriculum for a school or district. Because it relates to specific information the teacher is trying to impart, the topic should be part of the larger curriculum (such as unit instruction) required at your grade level. However, the specific topic for the lesson may emerge from student questions or interests (e.g., a lesson about the environment or space exploration), from community resources (e.g., the Rio Grande River, Manzano Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns), from local expectations included in the content standards (e.g., cattle ranching, New Mexico water rights, the connection between language and culture), and other topics listed in the standards (e.g., data analysis, geometry, life science).
A learning objective is a statement that provides a detailed description of what students will be able to do upon completing a course. The statement should be simple and to the point. It is the teacher`s role to help students understand how to use the information they will learn during the lesson in a practical way.


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Expert patients
The term 'expert patient' describes patients who manage their own long-term health conditions.
David Tucket and colleagues at the University of Cambridge coined the term in 1985. Tucket studied thousands of doctor-patient consultations. He argued medical care could improve if doctors accepted patients as experts of their own medical disorders. Doctors were an important authority on medicine, but patients could also be knowledgeable in managing their condition.
Though not a new phenomenon, health self-management became increasingly popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Psychologists such as Albert Bandura developed theories of self-efficacy. These were ways to help people realise they could manage aspects of their life such as health. Patients with long-term conditions such as diabetes took more control of their health and relied less on the medical profession.
The rise of the expert patient went hand in hand with the growth of the internet in the 1990s. Patients with access to online medical information could discover more about their conditions, and understand and control the medical treatment they received. By taking control of their illness, expert patients often need fewer visits to doctors. They are considered to have a better quality of life.
Since the 1990s, patient experience has been given greater significance within medical training. State health-care systems have adopted education programmes to train more patients with chronic illnesses to become expert patients.
Related Themes and Topics
N Fox, K Ward and A O'Rourke, 'The 'expert patient': empowerment or medical dominance? The case of weight loss, pharmaceutical drugs and the Internet', Social Science & Medicine, 60 (2005), pp 1299-1309
A Rogers, 'Advancing the Expert Patient?' Primary Health Care Research & Development, 10 (Jul 2009), pp 167-76
D Tuckett et al., Meetings Between Experts: An Approach to Sharing Ideas in Medical Consultations (New York: Taylor & Francis, 1985)
Department of Health, The Expert Patient - A New Approach to Chronic Disease Management for the 21st Century (London: Department of Health, 2001)J Shaw, and M Baker, 'Expert patient: dream or nightmare?', British Medical Journal, 328 (2004), pp 723–724


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As the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" That seems to be the approach taken by Alpine Electronics when designing its new iDA-X305 digital media receiver.
Based on the already impressive iDA-X100 receiver, the X305 keeps the same single-DIN size, rotary encoder-based interface, and lightning quick browsing of digital media while adding iPhone support and a few more watts of power to boot.
On the surface, the X305 also receives a visual refresh with a new matte-finish faceplate that blends better with many vehicles' dash panels and a brushed metal control knob that adds a bit of bling. Compact disc aficionados need not apply as the iDA-X305 also continues the X100's formula of omitting a CD-slot and moving parts in favor of a purely USB-based input scheme.
The most prominent aspect of the X305's interface is the control knob that sits just left of its center. Alpine calls this the Double-Action Encoder, for reasons we'll mention below. The knob can be twisted to perform such actions as adjusting the volume or scrubbing through menu options and media.
Selections are made by pressing the large Enter button in the center of the knob. Reversing through menus is accomplished by hitting the back button to the left of the knob.
Pressing in on the outer ring of the encoder and twisting activates the second action in the Double-Action namesake: QuickSearch. People can chose between either Percentage search (which jumps to a specific part of a list in 10 percent increments) or Alphabet search (which jumps through a list in order of initial letter). Search modes are easily chosen with a tap of the F button between the knob and the screen, and allow for quick navigation of large digital media libraries.
To the right of the control knob is the 2.2-inch, full-color TFT display. Here you'll find iPod album artwork and menu information. The entire faceplate is backlit in cool blue light, but can be changed to red if that better suits your ride's color scheme.
The left side of the faceplate is home to additional buttons for skipping tracks, pausing playback, and power/selecting audio source. A phone button answers incoming calls or activates voice-activated dialing when the iDA-X305 is paired with the Alpine KCE-400BT Bluetooth hands-free module. For security purposes, the iDA-X305 features a partially removable faceplate, so you can take everything except the 2.2-inch screen with you when you leave your car.
The iDA-X305 is a mechanical-free device with no moving parts. That means no CD-slot and no tape player. With the exception of the AM/FM radio, the X305 subsists on a completely on a digital diet.


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Author > Ganci, Aaron Michael
Degree > Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Industrial, Interior Visual Communication Design, 2011.
Abstract > Our everyday experiences are quickly moving into digital platforms. Nowhere is this more true than in higher education. As technology advances and students evolve, the industries around education rush to provide new digital tools to augment the course experience. One example of these new tools is the digital textbook. In an attempt to meet the needs of digitally native students, publishers have made a concentrated effort to provide a digital equivalent to the traditional textbook. However, the current offerings lack a consideration for the real needs of student users, and therefore tend to detract, rather than enhance the course experience. This study aims to define a better solution for the digital college textbook.
To do this, attention must is paid to all of the many aspects that contribute to the experience of using a textbook. Primarily, there are three areas that make up this experience: the historical context of the textbook, recent advancements of technology in the space, and the needs of real student users. After these aspects are better understood, insights from all three areas can be combined into a more useful solution for a textbook in the digital environment.
This exploration will take the form of multi-faceted methodological approach. To start, a contextual analysis is conducted to better understand the historical implications of a textbook, the capabilities of cutting-edge digital tools, and the generational preferences of digitally native students. The insights gained from this secondary research will be leveraged later and combined with insights from a set of qualitative methods. Surveys, interviews, participatory methodologies and evaluative sessions are all be utilized to gain a deeper understanding of student user needs when using educational tools. The outcome of this study will be a set of required attributes for the digital textbook of the future. These attributes are a translation of user insights gained throughout the research process.
Additionally, a tested design prototype will be proposed as a solution for the management, delivery, and use of digital college course materials. This study presents a novel approach to the gathering and implementation of user insights into new digital experiences. Insights gained in this study can be applied to other educational tools or any digital tool that aims to translate a physical experience in to a digital format.
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Introduced in 2009, Master Lock's Speed Dial is the first "directional" combination lock. It replaces a series of numbers with a sequence of up-down and left-right movements (like a video-game cheat). We talked to Lea Plato, one of the designers who worked on the lock, about how the lock came to be and why it's easier to use than what we're all used to.
Co.Design: The Speed Dial lock does away with numerical combinations and replaces them with left-to-right and up-and-down movements. What inspired the change?
Lea Plato: The combination lock for lockers has been around for so long, so Master Lock is trying to push different ideas. The Speed Dial is a very different and unexpected design. That's what attracted us to the idea.
The face of the lock—just four arrows—is clean and straightforward. How did that design come about?
We were trying to play off of simplicity. We wanted the appearance of the lock to match that simplicity. It's really basic—up, down, left, and right—and easy to remember. So nothing too fancy.
The center button has a nice accent ring around it to show that this is what you push on to make the movements. And the arrows are really simple triangles to suggest which direction you should be moving it in. A lot of the design of the actual body of the lock is driven by the interior mechanism. But we also wanted to give it a nice round shape so it fits well in your hand and it's easy to move that button up and down.
Another thing we focused on is how everyone could use it. A lot of the numbers are too small for people to see. If you're visually impaired, you don't have to see anything to be able to open this lock. Or if your dexterity isn't very good, the lock is still easy to use. We wanted the lock to be something that everyone can use without making it look like it was designed for just one person in particular. Leer más "How Do You Reinvent Something as Common as the Padlock?"


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From the time he was 15, Emile Najjar didn't have much of a home. So it's no surprise that when he and his wife, Grace, decided to build in the McGrath district of southwest Edmonton, homey was the note they were hoping to strike.
Through a complex set of circumstances, the teenaged Emile — now the president and CEO of Carco, an online dealership and auto finance company — ended up staying behind in Canada when his parents moved back to Lebanon. On his own, he grew up quickly, surviving through a combination of packaged noodle soup, hard work and paying close attention to the people and circumstances around him.
While working at a payday loan company as a young man, he began to form a blueprint for his own future. Now, at the age of 38, Emile has built an extremely successful company, one that affords him opportunities to help others, particularly children, who may need a hand.
Emile and Grace love to entertain in their home, hosting fundraisers for some of their favourite charities, including the Stollery Children's Hospital and Kids with Cancer. Emile is also the driving force behind Racing for a Cure, which treats kids with cancer to a day at the Castro racetrack, surrounded by exotic cars, such as his own Lamborghini and Ferrari.
Last summer's Racing for a Cure event raised nearly $350,000 for the Stollery and Kids with Cancer.
"We wanted to focus on the kids," says Emile, who exudes a quiet and humble manner. "With us not having kids, it's our way of giving back. We've been very blessed living the life we do and any way to give back, that's what you should do."
The 7,200-square-foot house, which features 16 big-screen televisions, was at the framing stage when Grace and Emile purchased it. They were sold on it, in part, by the elaborate wrought iron door that was imported from Lebanon by the home's builder, Prestige Eco Homes. The couple has enjoyed creating the cosy interior around what might be called a modern Middle Eastern theme.
Emile says they were aiming to create a feeling of "mass" in the bulk of the house.
"It's a traditional look," he says. "We wanted to walk in and have big furniture, big show."
Characterized by lots of dark-toned, custom woodwork, the house is rich with opulent fabrics. Tufted ottomans placed atop Persian rugs invite guests to recline, while warm red drapes in the living room and kitchen area set a cozy, relaxing tone. Made locally by Design by Dreger, the window treatments run from the 20-foot ceiling to the floor. The home is decorated in cream and espresso throughout, with hand-scraped bamboo floors in the living rooms on the main level (both of them) and creamy travertine in the kitchen and dining room. The bedrooms (four up, one down) have wall-to-wall carpets, thick and comfortable underfoot in a caramel shade.
"We didn't go aggressive, and we wanted an inviting tone, with no harsh colours," says Emile. "It was all about flow, room-to-room."
The kitchen has a similarly opulent feel, with a custom-made, gold-leaf backsplash designed by Panache Ceramics, and a gigantic black granite island, perfect for a hospitable spread of appetizers when the couple is entertaining. Separating the front hall area from the dining room is another Panache creation — an artful, sculpted glass insert with a gold leaf pattern of the tree of life.
The Najjars often have upwards of 100 people in the home for catered events. Guests throng around the downstairs bar and the wine cellar area, which features a rustic pattern of small-scale travertine tiles on the wall and a nearby thermidor (Emile is a cigar aficionado). Also in the basement is a home gym, a "playroom" with a pool table and a theatre room for the youngsters in their lives (Emile refers to himself and Grace as the Sleepover Uncle and Aunt). Their godchildren love the theatre room, with its nine leather reclining seats in three tiered rows, 3-D projector and popcorn machine.
Most of the furnishings in the Najjar home were purchased locally at Finesse and Chintz and Company. Oh, except for the furniture in the basement bedroom, which is blond wood with sleek lines, restrained and completely different from the decorating style in the rest of the house.
The bedroom suite, explains Emile, was the first set of furniture that he and Grace owned, purchased from The Brick under a six-month layaway plan.
It remains a reminder of their roots.
Liane can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com for comments or suggestions for future features on unique or beautiful homes in the Edmonton region.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated thesquare footage of the home. The story has been changed to reflect that it is7,200 square feet.


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After the Dew Tour's first stop of the Olympic season, U.S. freeskiing and snowboarding teams taking shape
The Dew Tour in Breckenridge last weekend was the first step toward Olympic glory and delivered the first glimpse of who could represent the U.S. in the Sochi Winter Games, where ski and snowboard slopestyle as well as ski halfpipe will debut. Skiers have three more Olympic-qualifying contests in Copper Mountain, Park City in Utah and Northstar in California. Snowboarders will compete at this week's Copper Grand Prix and then Northstar before a final weeklong sprint with two halfpipe and slopestyle finals at Mammoth Mountain in California in mid January.
SKI SLOPESTYLE (Up to four men and four women.)
Indiana skier Nick Goepper, 19, took the strongest first step toward representing slopestyle for the U.S., followed by Denver's Bobby Brown, Utah's Tom Wallisch and Alex Schlopy. Vermont's Devin Logan, rookie Maggie Voisin, Breckenridge's Keri Herman and Utah's Ashley Battersby are leading the charge to represent the U.S. women in ski slopestyle.
SNOWBOARD HALFPIPE (Up to four men and four women.)
Snowboarder Greg Bretz leads Olympic favorite Shaun White, rookie Taylor Gold of Steamboat Springs and Louie Vito in the fight to represent in the halfpipe. Kelly Clark, Steamboat Springs' Arielle Gold, Kaitlyn Farrington and Aspen's Gretchen Bleiler lead the women snowboarders vying for Sochi.
SKI HALFPIPE (Up to four men and four women.)
For freeskiing's Olympic debut, Sochi very well could be an all-American show with Colorado skiers playing a prominent role. Halfpipe skier David Wise of Reno leads the race for the ski halfpipe team, after his back-to-back double-cork 1260s and vise-like grabs secured his second Dew Tour victory last weekend in Breckenridge. Crested Butte 17-year-old Aaron Blunck, one of seven Colorado skier's in Saturday night's Dew Tour finals, took second and Boulder's Lyman Currier, 19, won third. California's Kyle Smaine is in the running to make the team with his fourth-place finish. Several Colorado halfpipe skiers could easily qualify for Sochi with big showings in Copper, Park City and Northstar, including Aspen's Torin Yater-Wallace, who is recovering from an injury, Taylor Seaton of Avon, Broby Leeds of Vail, Alexander Ferreira of Aspen, Gus Kenworthy of Telluride and Walter Wood of Evergreen. Their female counterparts Maddie Bowman, Angeli VanLaanen, Brita Sigourney and Logan, who is vying to compete in both slopestyle and pipe, lead the U.S. women's push to ski in the Sochi halfpipe.
SNOWBOARD SLOPESTYLE (Up to four men and four women, but likely fewer.)
Perennially untouchable Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., is a lock for representing the U.S. on Sochi's three-rail, three-jump slopestyle course. International competition behind Anderson is very strong in women's snowboarding, but solid showings in the next four contests by Idaho's Jessika Jenson and Snowmass' Jordie Karlinski could ferry them to Sochi.
The U.S. slopestyle snowboarders are equally challenged by potent Canadians and Scandinavian riders. Only six U.S. snowboarders – minus the injured White – competed among the 16 finalists from five countries in Sunday's Dew Tour finals. None made the podium, but California's Chad Guldemond, Utah's Sage Kotsenburg, rookie Brandon Davis and Spencer Link led the U.S. in 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th place.


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What players have had both 300+ times reaching base (RB) and 300+ total bases (TB) in the same season? Not many. RB includes hits, walks and HBP. To see a list of all such occurrences, go to 300RBTB. It is in chronological order.
When you get there, the list on the left has all the players who did it. The list on the right shows some near misses, guys who had 280+ in each stat but did not make it. The tables also show each player's offensive winning percentage and RCAA or runs created above average, which is park adjusted since it is from the Lee Sinins Complete Baseball Encyclopedia. The most recent occurrence was Pujols in 2009, with 310 RB & 374 TB. The table below shows the leaders in such seasons.
The next table shows the very near misses, guys who had 297+ in both stats but not 300+ in both. Frank Thomas has one other very near miss. In 1995, when the season was only 144 or 145 games, he had 294 RB & 299 TB.
Now the breakdown by decade:
1890s 2
1910s 2
1920s 19
1930s 20
1940s 9
1950s 6
1960s 3
1970s 2
1980s 3
1990s 21
2000s 24
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Baseball's "300" Hitters
Posted by Cyril Morong at 12:06 PM
4 comments:
- Unknown said...
I'd say steroids had something to do with the large number of players reaching these milestones early in the 00's.
- November 27, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- Cyril Morong said...
Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Maybe steroids had somethig to do with it but there are lots of guys from the 90s and 2000s who have not been implicated in PED use or seem to look like it.
- November 28, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Not to mention that the number in the 90s and 2000s is not that different from the 20s and 30s. I know it's complicated, but I thought that interesting.
- November 28, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Cyril Morong said...
Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Yes, there were alot in the 20s and 30s, so it shows there could be another cause besides steroids.
- November 29, 2009 at 3:08 PM
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