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With the new smart electric drive as smart fortwo, smart fortwo cabrio and smart forfour, smart is electrifying its entire fleet. These three locally emission-free models set the scene for a lasting, seismic shift in urban mobility, making the ride cleaner and quieter, while retaining unique customizability.
Discounting the few electrified hackney cabs built at the dawn of the 20th century, e-mobility is still a relatively recent field.
Yet smart, the brand that started testing electrified fleets in 2007 and released the first electric vehicle of all German car manufacturers in 2009, remains a clear pioneer when it comes to electricity-powered vehicles.
A tradition smart is happy to honor with further trailblazing milestones. The three new smart electric drive models make smart the first manufacturer to additionally electrify its entire internal combustion engine-powered portfolio.
Beyond the smart fortwo electric drive and, a premiere, the four-seated smart forfour electric drive, the company also launches the world's first-ever electricity-powered convertible with the smart fortwo cabrio electric drive, allowing drivers to enjoy the smooth, silent handling even more – thanks to the model's open roof.
Electrifying specs: record turning circle and sheer driving pleasure
Meanwhile, the handling and sheer driving pleasure of the electric models is just as unique and intense since they not only boast the nimble measures, but also the agility of their petrol-powered cousins.
Add the world-record turning circle of the smart fortwo – still unbeaten at 6.95 m – and the brand's tried-and-tested flexibility when it comes to driving and parking in tight spaces, and you have a clear winner.
With their 60 kW electric engine and a reach of 160 km (for a smart fortwo electric drive), the new smart electric drive models have been tailored to urban driving conditions and sport a driving performance optimized for fast and clean urban mobility.
The new smart electric drive models also come with the new, powerful on-board-charger that, when plugged into a wall box or public charging station, nearly cuts charging times in half.
The charging process and many further functions like intelligent charging can be monitored and controlled via the custom "smart control" app.
"The even more perfect city car"
"The smart is already the perfect city car – and it gets even more perfect with the new electric drive," explains smart CEO Dr. Annette Winkler. "Together with many smart fans and enthusiastic drivers of the three previous generations, we are now looking forward to the one-of-a-kind driving pleasure the new smart electric drive has to offer."
Even the standard configuration of the smart electric drive – a. o. with an additional instrument featuring a power meter and a battery level indicator – is more comprehensive than that of the matching petrol-powered smart models.
In terms of colors and extras, the smart electric drive allows for a maximum of customization. Take the electric drive design package, which paints the tridion safety cell and exterior mirror trim in an exclusive shade of electric green.
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Thus, the new smart electric drive proves itself as a city cruiser with nearly unlimited potential. Well, this shouldn't really come as a huge surprise – after all, smart originally started out as an electric vehicle concept.
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Last week, we finally made it through Chapter 30. Hopefully Chapter 31 won't take as long. :crosses fingers:
Rayford is still being held in the KK...well, I thought about calling it the Keystone Kidnappers Kompound, but that felt more than just a wee bit wrong. So we'll shuffle away from that joke.
As you can probably guess, Rayford is working with Rehema to chalk up another Saved on his fuselage. And for some reason, she's just going along with this instead of punching him in the throat or tasering him in the dick, either of which I would do. If I couldn't do either or both of those things, well, you know The Simpsons episode with the parody of The Amityville Horror? I would totally be like that house, destroy myself rather than have to spend another minute in the presence of Rayford Steele.
But he may have more of a hope of converting Rehema than any of the other KK, because while she is dark and swarthy, she's not as dark and swarthy as her compadres.
She was fairer-complexioned than most in the compound, despite her dark brown eyes and hair so black it could have been dyed but clearly wasn't.
I would love to see how Ellanjay would defend this as, y'know, not being racist, but I should really stop indulging that masochistic tendency I have. It never ends well and I should accept that. Plus, given that Tim LaHaye is dead, if he were to show up again, I think we'd have bigger problems to worry about and my question would probably seem kind of piddling and insignificant.
Out of curiosity, in the event of a Zombie Uprising, what would you all use as your weapons? Obviously, the smartest thing to do, would be to hunker down and let the National Guard take care of this via tanks and machine guns. Be nice if that bloated military budget was finally put to good use. But okay, suppose for some reason, hunkering down isn't an option. What are your weapons?
For close quarters, I'll go with a baseball bat with nails hammered into it. As cool-looking as katanas are, they require specialized training to use properly and at the End of the World, I'm a firm believer in Keep It Simple, Stupid. As for ranged weapons, obviously, guns are the best, but they need reloading (which can only be done with bullets) and they make a helluva lot of noise. So while I'm okay with having them around in the Zombie Apocalypse, I do feel that we should have some quieter ranged weapons. I'm leaning towards a crossbow, myself. You don't get the range and force of a bow and arrow, but crossbows require little, if any, training to shoot and use. Plus, they do look cool. I may be about Keeping It Simple, but even I'm willing to acknowledge the Rule of Cool, just so long as it isn't ridiculously impractical.
Anyway, regarding Rehema, well, I'm trying to envision some kind of Character Morality Spectrum and where each character would fall. I thought about trying to draw one as part of the post, but couldn't figure out how. Sorry, guys. Y'all will either have to make one yourselves or use your imaginations.
Anyway, it would be a spectrum with the left side of it (natch) representing the evil of the LB-verse; the closer you get to the right, the less evil a character is. Of course, Nicky/Satan are at the very end of the evil spectrum, because they're supposed to be the greatest evil in the LB-verse. We can and will quibble about it, but let's just go with Ellanjay's interpretation for now. Characters placed in the middle at 0 are basically NPCs: they appear in one or two scenes, maybe even say a line, but overall, hang in the background. Though furthest right, I'm wondering if I should place Zod or TurboJesus or since St. Rayford and Cam-Cam are the greatest forces within the universe, does that mean even on a morality spectrum they outrank Zod and TurboJesus.
My long, rambling point is, based on this spectrum idea, I keep trying to figure out where Rehema would fall. She is female, which makes her somewhat suspect in the LB-verse. But women in the LB-verse tend to be more Ineffectual Irritating Evil, rather than of the pure, cold-hearted variety. She is brown which further pushes her towards the Evil end of the spectrum, but that mention of her being lighter-skinned than her compatriots makes me wonder how an LB character determines the Brown factor. Do they keep paint samples with them and compare them against a character's skin? Though a slightly lower melanin count does put Rehema closer to the right.
I suppose I could quibble some more with my calculations, but I don't think I will. Like I've said before, math scares the crap out of me. Though if everyone is considered a child until they reach the age of 100 in the LB-verse and Rehema is 90, I find myself wondering what she would look like. I imagine it as being like Tolkien's elves where they age very slowly until they reach adulthood, after which they just stop all together. In fact, Tolkien's elves do sound very similar to citizens of the MK, minus the long tragic history, the pointed ears, and the cheekbones that are to die for.
Anyway, for Tolkien's elves, puberty is over when they reach the age of fifty. Before that they look like and resemble children; in their twenties, they physically resemble seven-year-olds. Like the MK citizens, Tolkien's elves are considered full-fledged adults at the age of 100.
But all that speculating, doesn't help me get much of a picture as to what Rehema looks like. I harp on this point so much, because later in the conversation, she mentions having a four-year-old son, even though she isn't :gasp: married, so I find myself wondering if she had a kid when she was barely out of puberty or was the conception the product of statutory rape or what? Though I suppose it could have been a consensual affair. Rehema, after all isn't an RTC, and thus would view sex as an act of love, rather than a grim necessity needed to produce more believers. Though having a child out of wedlock does put her further to the left on the spectrum.
Anyway, poor Rehema is stuck with Rayford until midnight and I sympathize. In a just world, she would have a taser or something to use on him, but this is the LB-verse, so no go. Just that I would totally sympathize with her tasering Rayford in the balls after this line:
"Poor girl. You're going to know more about me than I know about myself, because I plan to talk until I cannot go on."
She chuckled. "That will keep me awake. Keep me out of trouble. But I am supposed to be talking to you, propagandizing you, selling you on the inevitability of our cause and the certainty of our victory in the end as evidenced by all the work you see being accomplished on the screens. This will continue for centuries until we are invincible."
"Oh, dear one," Rayford said, "you have already lost. Victory is ours. You have so little time, really. Follow your heart and mind, change your course, join the forces of the one true and living God before it is too late."
I'd ask if there was a way Rayford could sound like anymore of a patronizing jackass, but experience has taught me that every time in the LB-verse where you're like, "Okay, that was bad, but it'd be hard for things to get any worse," Ellanjay rises (or falls) to the occasion and produces something that makes you fondly long for moments like Rayford smirking about an unsaved coworker who committed suicide in the wake of losing his family.
Okay, I'll assume that Rayford probably can't be killed. He said The Prayer by the time TurboJesus showed up to burninate the heathens, but does that mean there still aren't ways to take him out? Like could we encase him in concrete and bury him underground? He'd still be alive, but the weight of concrete and earth would leave him unable to walk around and be a patronizing ass towards everyone. It'd take some work, but frankly, the benefits would far outweigh the costs.
Of course, what keeps me from having too much sympathy for Rehema (though I do have some)is again, the KK's scheme is even more poorly thought-out than the Underpants Gnomes' path to riches.
Rehema turned and faced Rayford. "You are a nice and well-intentioned man. But it is you who are out of time." She looked at her watch. "In fewer than seventeen hours, your God will have been shown incapable of delivering you from our hands in time for your meeting. Then we will know whose god is worthy."
Uh, guys, you do realize that even if Rayford isn't there, Saintly Irene, Token Jew, Chaim, Mac, Mr. and Mrs. Barnes will be, so I'm fairly certain they will still be able to rack up converts and do damage to the cause. Though wait, that would be going against the rule of the LB-verse: Our Buck and Rayford are the single, greatest forces in the LB-verse. So much so that when either character isn't onscreen, I have a hard time believing that anything goes on. Probably everybody just hangs in the wings, waiting for them to show up so the play can continue. Or maybe when they're not in the scene, the LB-verse resembles the world before the creation, as told in Genesis chapter 1, which describes the world as being formless and void. But then again, even when they're onscreen, it's formless and void.
The section ends with Rehema being all "Tell me about your family," and I'm shouting "NO! Please don't give him an opening to recite any more non-specific generalizations about the people he's supposed to love above all others!"
Anyway, after all this, we're back with Abdullah who is still working on his Sooper Sekrit Mission to
Abdullah sat across from Mudawar in his office, leaning toward him earnestly. "So you feel, as you have expressed it, that you 'owe me one.' "
"Yes. You earned it. You deserve it. One for your side. What will it be?"
"I have no idea what you have in mind. You know my heart's desire: that you and Sarsour come to faith."
And my heart's desire is that the TOL Panthers or the TOLstapo show up and tear gas the living hell out of you, but we're not likely to get that, are we?
For the record, of the two names, I prefer TOL Panthers. It seems to better fit with the TOL motif of fighting for their right to exist and express themselves in whatever manner they see fit, so long as it harms no one else in the process. The Gestapo weren't known for their sterling beliefs in the rights of others, I'm just sayin'.
Though I suppose I will have to console myself with fantasies about the TOL Panthers coming in and dragging Abdullah off. Because like I've said before, Mudawar and Sarsour have been ridiculously tolerant of Abdullah, allowing him to hang around and use their facilities to loudly proclaim that they are horrible people deserving of nothing but hellfire and damnation. This building is their property and as the owners/operators, they have the right to say, "I don't want you around. Get out before I call the authorities!"
If nothing else, if the TOL Panthers did show up in full tactical gear and go to town on Abdullah, he would at last have experienced some actual suffering for his faith, which would give him all kinds of street cred and boost him further to the right on the Good-Evil spectrum. Of course, being beaten with a nightstick probably pales in comparison to the very real anguish and suffering experienced by White Christian Males when the over-worked, under-paid cashier :gasp: :choke: :pearlclutch: wishes them a "Happy Holidays," but still.
Mudawar offers Abdullah a chance to be able to preach in front of a large gathering of TOL. And I'm like, "Finally!" Because I thought this whole scheme of Abdullah's was that he would go to the TOL and hang around and preach at them in an office or on a street corner, if needed. Yet all he's done so far is hang around an office, sit on his fat ass, and harass Mudawar and Sarsour.
Once again, the Satanic-Worshipping Godless Heathens are way more respectful of the rights of others. Because can you imagine one of the RTCs allowing a member of the TOL to hang out on their property and try to win converts. :Insert So Much Bitter Laughter Here:
Though at the same time, you do feel like shouting at the TOL, "Oh come on! Stop being such pushovers!"
Much of the conversation is taken up with, well, I suppose this is supposed to read as high-tension sly spy manipulations, but lordy... There is so much stupid that I may just do a linkstorm, dump a whole lot of spy-related clips/songs, starting with Secret Agent Man, seguing into Austin Powers, Inspector Gadget, and Maxwell Smart.
And I really wish I could just keep going at this for all time, bringing in The Pink Panther, The Avengers, and just about any other spy/espionage show theme I can think of, but I should probably show some work ethic and get back to the review. I'll let you pick your spy music of choice to read these scenes to. Just know that any fictional spy, even Inspector Gadget, is way more competent than any character in the LB-verse.
Though of the themes I've just linked to, have to say The Avengers is my personal favorite for its grandeur. Then again, it was composed during an era when people gave a shit about TV show theme songs.
I have to admit that the overwhelming amount of stupid kept me from getting much of the conversation between Abdullah, Mudawar, and Sarsour, but from what I can tell, he's still all "Kenny might be an infiltrator!" and Mudawar and Sarsour are vaguely blackmailing, threatening to make it look like Abdullah is working for them via editing and such. Given what we've seen with Kenny proves that RTCs have no problem immediately believing the worst about someone they've known and cared about for a long time, they might actually be able to set up Abdullah and have it work.
Anyway, we might need to have a candlelit vigil for Abdullah, because just think of the immense amount of suffering and pain he's going through.
Abdullah's mind was too jumbled to even think about crafting a message. Soon it would be time to make his daily run for Mudawar's coffee and Sarsour's snack. Should he continue to do that, to serve his enemies out of love while they stabbed him in the back?
Poor Abdullah...Jesus was only repeatedly whipped and scourged, before being nailed onto a cross to die a painful, excruciating death for the sins of humanity. Whereas you may find yourself enduring something far worse: buy coffee and snacks for people who don't like you. I mean, sure, crucifixion was the kind of death where, if the Romans felt like being merciful, they'd send someone out to break your legs with a club, so you die from asphyxiation, rather than linger for days on end, but you face being mildly inconvenienced and having spend an amount of money that probably doesn't add up to $20.
:hums "We Shall Overcome" for Abdullah while playing the world's smallest violin:
On an unrelated note, if I keep communicating in brutal sarcasm, how soon until I won't be able to communicate in any other form?
There's an interlude with Cam-Cam and Chloe. Chloe is all weepy and female, but believes that Kenny-boy isn't a traitor. Cam-Cam is all steadfast and manly, but still unsure about whether Kenny-boy is a traitor. Like I said, given how quickly everyone's willing to accept the worst about Kenny, I feel like telling him to give everyone the finger, meet up with your boyfriend, and attend a Black Sabbath concert. Kenny is such a moral prig, but the nature of all the stupid, forces me to have a quark-sized amount of sympathy for him.
After the interlude, Sarsour shows up. He and Abdullah talk and surprise surprise, Abdullah's steadfast assholishness has earned him another convert. He also tells Abdullah that the eeeevil TOL infiltrator is Qasim. :dramatic prairie dog:
Again, since the RTCs have been just such absolute shitstains towards Qasim, I totally have no objections to him working for the other side. In fact, I'm looking for my pom-poms so I can do a proper cheerleading routine on his behalf.
Mouse's Life Lesson to Anyone, Young or Old, Reading This Post: Don't reshape or completely change yourself, just so shitstains will stop bullying you and let you live your life with some peace and dignity. One, it never works, and two, bullying is always wrong, regardless of the victims age/sex/race/orientation, regardless of how terrible their fashion sense is, regardless of how weird and socially awkward the victim is. Don't waste time and energy trying to make shitty people like you. They never will like you and it's never worth it.
There's a brief interlude with Kenny-boy that I'm quoting because, well, if I'm going to be doing Beavis and Butthead laughter until I die, so should the rest of you! I'm a firm believer in Misery Loves Company.
Kenny had sketched out some handicraft projects for the kids that would help drive home the current lessons from the life of David. It hadn't been easy to concentrate. There had been times when he slid off his chair to the floor, moaning in frustration and crying out to God for relief. A knock at the door made him wipe his face and straighten up. He peeked out to see Ekaterina. Thank You, Lord.
Like I said, if perverted thoughts could ever be converted into a viable fuel source, a Utopia may ensue.
Based on the contents of this paragraph, I'm assuming the handicraft projects for the kids involve making a diorama of when David saw Bathsheba on the roof. :wicked grin:
The rest of the paragraph...I want to say it reads like a letter to Penthouse, but given that there are kids in the room with him, I'm like, "Oh for the love of God, Kenny! Either think about baseball or grab a box of Kleenex and duck into the men's room for a bit!" Do something before the kids starting going, "Why are Kenny's pants bulging like that?"
OW! Okay, that's as far as I was going to take it, thank you.
After that brief bit, we're back with Sarsour, Mudawar, and Abdullah. Sarsour announces to Mudawar that he's converted. Mudawar is all angry and pissy.
Then we cut to Kenny-boy and Kat. Apparently Kat has finally rubbed together her two braincells and realized that the email is :gasp: fake. Granted this decision took place entirely off-screen as we were given no indication that Kat had found something that might convince her to stop automatically believing the worst about Kenny, but hey. I'll just stop ranting and raving and make more sex jokes. That's what you guys are here for, right.
She rose and approached him, but before he could stand, she sat on his lap and buried her head in his chest. "I just want the truth to come out so everyone will know. You know the others are suffering too."
"So is that a Bible in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
The chapter ends with Kenny-boy getting a call on his skull phone. I'm assuming it's Abdullah telling him that Qasim is the mole, but I'm more focused on how Kenny called Kat, hon. Which is totally something one twentysomething says to another. As if he wasn't enough of a patronizing jackass.
And that's it for this week. Take care until I see you all again. For those of you wondering we've got two more chapters until this is all over, though there is an afterword from Tim LaHaye. I don't really have much planned after this book. I think I'll finally go through with my threat to do some copy and paste, cut out the mothereffin' front matter and the passages with the Biblical figures reciting copy and paste from the Bible, just to see if this book's wordcount would even qualify it as a novella, never mind a novel. Maybe I'd make my Kingdom Come Abridged available to everyone else, but I'm not sure if I should. Sounds like a good recipe for a lawsuit.
Afterwards, I'm not sure what I'll do, though I do want to rest on my laurels for a bit. If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me know.


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Martin Franz (PhD student in our group) explains in the La Côte newspaper his researches about tsunami in lakes. Please find the article in the "Media" section.
Martin Franz (PhD student in our group) explains in the La Côte newspaper his researches about tsunami in lakes. Please find the article in the "Media" section.
The 12th international congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG) took place in Torino (Italy) from 15 to 19 September 2014. Several members of the risk group attended the conference and presented their work (see the list of contributions below). The conference was also a good opportunity to meet people working on similar topics.
Contributions (co-)authored by the group:
FOSS4G conference is the largest gathering for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial techologies. It is hosted by OSGeo since 2006 and has been held all over the world and drew attendees from over 40 countries. This year, the conference was organized in Portland, Oregon, USA and it aims to held in Seoul, Korea for the year 2015 (more information can be found on: https://2014.foss4g.org and http://foss4g2015.wordpress.com )
CHANGES framework is an ITN European project entitled: "Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks as Analyzed by a New Generation of European Scientists" (A Marie Curie Initial Training Network – Jan 2011 to Dec 2014). Within the CHANGES project, it is aimed to have a spatial decision support system to analyze the current and future risk scenarios and help the decision makers in selecting the best risk reduction alternative for the current and future years. The system is to be implemented by using open source Geospatial software and it is planned to make it free for the potential users.
The reason to attend this conference was to gain the insights on the new works, updates and technologies supported by OSGeo. The technologies that are currently using to develop this web based platform of CHANGES project, are recognized by OSGeo: OpenGeo, Postgres and PostGIS, Geoserver and possibility use of GeoNode.
It is possible to watch the keynote speakers' talks and other sessions online at:
PDXPUG Day 2014 on 6th of September 2014 was held at Portland State University:
The presentations related to Postgres, an open source relational database management system, can be watched online here:
The PhD student of the CHANGES project: Roya Olyazadeh, has attended the conference as a volunteer to help organizing the conference and she has been called "the travel Volunteer" (The farthest distance traveled by the volunteers was from University of Lausanne, Switzerland.)
One of the monthly meeting within the CHANGES project for development of a Spatial Decision Support system (SDSS)
The purpose of these meetings is to present the current results of each components of the system and synchronize the activities within the five members of group.
In the framework of CHANGES Project a spatial decision support system is under development with the aim to analyze the effect of risk reduction planning alternatives on reducing the risk now and in the future, and support decision makers in selecting the best alternatives. The interface based on open source software tools should be able to analyze risk scenarios that can be used in disaster response planning and in risk reduction strategies. These interfaces will be designed user-friendly to make hazard and risk information better accessible and to support the interpretation of this information by additional features for analysis. [more information: http://changes-itn.eu]
In the context of our project SNIS named "Sustainable Land Management in Mountain Regions of Bolivia and Nepal in the Context of Outmigration, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction" (in collaboration with: Universität Bern, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Université de Neuchâtel, IUCN, RCO-NCCR, AGRUCO, Others). Prof. Jaboyedoff, Dr. Ivanna Penna and Mr. Jean-Marie Vuignier, conducted around two weeks of field work survey during July 2014 in the Jatún Mayu-Pankuruma watershed (Cochabamba, Bolivia). The research was conducted in collaboration with the researchers Angelica Machaca and Edgar Cuba from the AGRUCO-Agroecología Universidad de Cochabamba. Survey aimed to collect data on landscape and demographic dynamics, and included the interview with the Mayor of the Sipe-Sipe locality. In addition, during the second week of August 2014, a Science- Policy workshop was held in La Paz as part of our project. The workshop was organized by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, our second partner in the project. In this meeting counted with participants from ONG's, government and universities who discussed about linkages between outmigration, land degradation and climate change adaptation in mountain regions of Bolivia.


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Thursday – December 12, 2019
Appointment Process
Applications for three positions on the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) District Board must be residents of the District and meet other necessary qualifications as set forth below.
With one (1) term expiring June 30, 2022, the following is a synopsis of the qualifications needed for the appointment based on state statutes and MATC's District Plan of Representation as approved on March 19, 2019.
- One (1) Employer which shall represent an employer with 15 or more employees
An "Employer" is defined as a business entity operated for profit, a nonprofit organization that provides health care services, a credit union or cooperative association. A person representing an employer must have at least 2 years of experience managing the finances or the hiring of personnel of a business entity, nonprofit organization, credit union, or cooperative association with at least 15 employees. An "Elected Official" is defined as a person who holds a state or local office as defined in section 5.02, Wis. Stat. s 5.02(3m).
Individuals who reside in the MATC District are eligible to serve as an Additional Member.
View/Print District Board Application (.pdf)
Applications must be received by Mr. Chris Abele, Chair, MATC District Board Appointment Committee, c/o Kristen DeCato, Office of the General Counsel, Milwaukee Area Technical College District, 700 West State Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233-1443, no later than 4:30 p.m. on July 8, 2019 in Room M278. Reference letters must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on July 12, 2019 in Room M278.
About the MATC District Board of Directors
The governing board of the Milwaukee Area Technical College District is made up of nine appointed members from geographical areas within the Milwaukee Area Technical College District. Members include:
- Five Persons Representing Employers:
- Three of these members shall represent employers with 15 or more employees
- Two of these members shall represent employers with 100 or more employees
- Two of these members shall represent employers that are manufacturers
- One member must be an Elected Official;
- One member must be a School District Administrator (not considered for gender purposes);
- Two Additional Members;
- At least three members must be women;
- At least three members must be minority;
- Two of the three minority members must reside in the City of Milwaukee
- Seven of the nine members must reside in Milwaukee County.
All candidates must meet four eligibility requirements for Wisconsin Technical College board membership. They must:
- Be residents of or employed in the WTCS district in which they are apply for membership.
- Submit a properly completed application/affidavit to the district board appointment committee within 14 days of publication of the Announcement of Intent.
- Attend a district board appointment committee public hearing in person and be interviewed.
- Have at least two letters of reference submitted supporting their candidacy.
Plan of Representation for Appointment of Board Members
Equal consideration is given to the general population distribution within the district and the distribution of women and minorities within the District. In addition, the plan must give equal consideration to the distribution of minorities within the City of Milwaukee.
At least two of the members from the City of Milwaukee must be minorities with a least three minority members overall; at least three members must be women and at least three members must be men, in each case excluding the school district administrator.
Note: All candidates are eligible to apply for and be considered in the Additional Member category.


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Chat about College Hockey
Send your questions now and join INCH every Thursday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
INCH Archive: Chats
Joe Gladziszewski (2:32 PM)
Hello and welcome to another INCH chat here on The Show. We'll be taking lots of questions in the next 30 minutes.
Tim (Syracuse, NY)
How do you think the St. Lawrence Men's team will do in the ECAC tournament?
Joe Gladziszewski (2:36 PM)
St. Lawrence has been one of the more surprising teams out there so far this season in the ECACHL. I think this year's playoffs will be determined by matchups. It won't matter what the seed is, or even what rink teams are playing in, but how they compare against other teams. I do expect St. Lawrence to play on the second weekend of the tournament, but I don't think they'll advance to Albany.
Jeff (Boston, MA)
Do you think Boston University can generate enough offense to go deep into the Hockey East play-offs and the Frozen Four?
Jeff Howe (2:37 PM)
I do now. With Brandon Yip back, BU has two very, very talented scoring lines. The offense hasn't been much of a problem over the last month or so, and the Terrier defense has been absolutely amazing. John Curry is also the Hockey East MVP to this point of the season.
Kevin (Cambridge, MA)
Niagara has fared well against top competition this season, compiling an impressive 6-2 record against ECACHL teams (including two wins over Quinnipiac last weekend). If the Purple Eagles stumble in the CHA Tournament, is an at-large bid plausible?
Joe Gladziszewski (2:41 PM)
The Purps are a pretty good team. I really like how they've played outside of the league, but I think that the two losses at Denver might keep them out of the tournament. The ECACHL teams they've beaten, other than Quinnipiac and possibly St. Lawrence aren't particularly strong.
Chris (Dracut, MA)
As a Northeastern graduate, I'm a little geeked up about this year's Beanpot. The Huskies have played both BU and BC close this year. Any chance NU takes the 'Pot for the first time since '88?
Jeff Howe (2:42 PM)
If Northeastern wasn't running into BU, currently the hottest team in the country, in the first round of the Beanpot, I'd like the Huskies' chances. I think they match up well with BC and Harvard this year, but the Terriers are flying right now.
Casey (Denver)
What do you think the Pioneers' chances are of returning to the NCAAs this year?
Joe Gladziszewski (2:44 PM)
I think Denver will definitely be back in the NCAA Tournament this year and they'll be a tough matchup for anyone once they're in. This senior class has two national championships, and lots of experience in big games.
Joe (Princeton, NJ)
What gives with the ECACHL...is it the deepest league in the Country (they don't have the most draft picks but night in night out, you don't know who will win) in the Country? For example one day the Golden Knights destroy the Saints and just days before can't get out of the nuetral zone against Union. Is Clarkson is top dog and are you still picking them to make the frozen four?
Joe Gladziszewski (2:46 PM)
I remarked in the latest INCH podcast that Union is in last place, but its overall record is .500 right now. They're a pretty good team. There isn't a lot to separate the top from the bottom at this point in the season. Every game is tough. Insert your own favorite coachspeak here. But Clarkson is still my choice as the team to beat, and while they weren't playing poorly in recent games against Cornell, Colgate, RPI, and Union, they also weren't playing well. The second and third periods of the game at SLU on Tuesday night changed that. They're back on track heading into the weekend.
Patrick (St Paul)
The Gophers have split the last 2 weekends. Do you think the dismissal of Hirsch is having an impact? or is this just a happening in a great season?
Mike Eidelbes (2:48 PM)
Anytime a team loses a player of Hirsch's caliber, there's going to be an impact. He was arguably the best set-up man on the team -- just ask Kyle Okposo. That said, I think the splits can be attributed to a team that has had to play a couple tough opponents in Wisconsin and Denver on back-to-back weekends (and NoDak coming up). Also, they're probably a little tired -- between the guys who were at World Juniors and the guys who had to log the minutes to plug the holes when they were away, the gas tank's probably a little empty.
Kevin (Grayslake, Illinois)
I started following college hockey last year, and after attending the NCAA skills even, I became hooked. I bought tickets to the Frozen Four this year, who should I expect to see?
Jeff Howe (2:49 PM)
Expect to see Minnesota ... if the Gophers don't run into Holy Cross. Expect to see one or two Hockey East teams - right now, maybe UNH and/or BU. And expect to see Notre Dame or Denver, which has a coach who knows a thing or two about the playoffs.
Travis, Canada
Guys, you pointed out the obvious last week about the tough season schedule for LSSU, but did you use Voodoo or curse them because they have been sweept the last two series?
Joe Gladziszewski (2:51 PM)
No curses cast by INCH ... we like all 59 teams equally. And there's no shame in being swept by Notre Dame and Michigan State. Those are two of the best teams in the country, and MSU is playing particularly well right now.
Bobby ( marquett michigan)
what do you think about the Wildcats and there leading scorer? shoundt he be a hobby baker contender?
Mike Eidelbes (2:53 PM)
Mike Santorelli has quietly had a terrific year -- he entered the week ranked second nationally in goals with 22. His Hobey cadidacy is hurt, however, by the Wildcats' lackluster performance thus far. They're four games under .500. In my opinion, that's unacceptable for a team with that much talent, and Walt Kyle's got some players up there. If NMU can put together a run over the remainder of the regular season and playoffs, Santorelli's got a chance, but I don't envision that scenario.
Cletus (Duluth, MN)
With Minnesota and UNH looking as the premier teams which one do you think will finish on top? Do you see St. Cloud or Denver overtaking Minnesota in the WCHA?
Joe Gladziszewski (2:56 PM)
I think Minnesota will win the regular-season title. Denver and St. Cloud State are excellent teams, but I think the Gophers will hang on. Recent results have made the races in the WCHA and Hockey East a lot closer. BU has a very good shot at catching UNH in Hockey East. That will also be fun to watch over the last month and a half.
David (Sydney, NSW)
Cornell has a big home-and-home coming up. Do they need a sweep to solidify NCAA hopes? What kind of chance do they have for an at-large bid?
Joe Gladziszewski (2:57 PM)
I'm actually heading down to the game later tonight, and am looking forward to it. Cornell and Colgate are both teams that have the potential to make a good run down the stretch. This home-and-home series will be pivotal to jump-starting that push toward the playoffs.
Michael (Connecticut)
How impressed are ya to hear about RIT playing well in Atlantic league on their first season in Division 1?
Joe Gladziszewski (2:59 PM)
It's been an excellent season for RIT, and they've proven that they're already capable of challenging for league honors in Atlantic Hockey. With no postseason to play for this year, the team set its sights on the regular-season crown and has a very good chance at achieving that goal.
Jared (Ann Arbor)
What do you think about Michigan's chances this year?
Mike Eidelbes (3:01 PM)
They're not a national championship contender, nor do I see them advancing to the Frozen Four because I don't trust their goaltending. Still, they should make the NCAA Tournament and probably finish third or fourth in the CCHA.
Joe Gladziszewski (3:02 PM)
Thanks for the questions and thanks to the INCH staff for taking time to field them. We'll be back next Thursday at the same time for more discussion, and follow-up on some big series this weekend between St. Cloud State and Denver, Minnesota and North Dakota, and Miami and Notre Dame.
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I've been hesitating to write this post for quite a while. Frankly, I think I am probably the least interesting person on the planet..and yet, almost every day I spend the evening replying to at least 10 messages between Facebook, Instagram & email from people asking me about my life, my travels, my dress, earrings, marriage, job….I could go on and on.
It's no secret that I am an avid social media user – I truly don't recall a time in which I didn't have a status, blog, top 8 (RIP Myspace), profile picture, etc. to update. On top of that, I'm a sharer – I like sharing stories, selfies, photos of my family, vacation memories – I treat my social media like a sort of digital scrapbook that I can look back on one day and smile, laugh or, in some cases, hurt a little bit. Because of my social media behavior I have made lots of "digital friends" – people all over the country (some all over the world) that laugh with me, reply to my stories and just connect with me on some level.
The number one request I have gotten is to PLEASE start updating my blog regularly again. That is an insanely flattering request but also overwhelming…because, again, I find myself wildly uninteresting…so whenever I sit down to post something I find myself forfeiting halfway through..certain that no one is going to want to read it, but maybe I'm wrong?
Considering the fact that I adore writing and that people actually want to read what I write I've decided to make a promise to myself to check in on here once a week!
That being said, I decided to answer 5 of the questions I most frequently get asked in response to my little "social media life". And I am going to be brutally, embarrassingly honest.
1. You're soooo pretty! What's your secret to such smooth skin? What products do you use?
Filters. Most of the time more than one! With access to such fun, amazing & flattering photo apps its so hard not to take advantage of all of the pretty ways I can improve a photo and my face! As for products – I use Purity cleanser at night, Dove sensitive skin in the shower in the morning followed by IT Cosmetics Confidence in a Cream every morning & each night. I use at least one mask a week – but those are always changing and I don't have a favorite. As for foundation, I don't use one – I stick to Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer and if for any reason I need additional coverage I just mix a little liquid concealer in the tinted moisturizer..super simple! Also, there may or may not be a little Botox in my forehead….just saying. Bottom line…thank YOU for all of the compliments but I'm not as pretty in person as I appear to be in carefully doctored photos! Lol!
2. What are your favorite photo editing apps?
On that note, what apps do I use to achieve the picture perfect selfies?
These are my top 5:
YouCam Perfect/YouCam Makeup
….Have fun with those!
3. What exactly do you do for a living? Do you work?
I can see how it would appear in my social media world that I don't actually have a "job". Ha! I actually have several! My parents own a transportation company that spans most of the midwest region – I do the online marketing, social media & SEO for their company. In addition to that I have a small online marketing company called Clever Click Marketing – I do online marketing & social media for a number of small businesses throughout Omaha. Also, my mom & I just opened a small boutique in Elkhorn, NE called Dreamcatcher – I work out of there most of the week helping run the business, buying, IT, marketing side of things while my mom & her sister handle the creative, staging, decorating aspect of the store. AND, I'm a part-time assistant for my husband. So, you could say I stay busy. 😉
4. Do you have kids? Is it hard being a step-mom? Are you trying to have kids?
I'm combining these questions all into one to keep it simple. I have a step-son/bonus son – he's 12-years-old! It's not hard being a step-mom, there are challenges and days in which I can't believe how different my life is from the way it was before but its truly amazing and I love the experience. I don't take how lucky I am for granted, he's an exceptional kid and treats me like gold and his dad & I have a great relationship with his mom and her husband…I know that not all people have it that easy and some really struggle and while I sympathize for them I just can't relate! Yes, my husband and I are trying to have a baby…but it's proving more difficult than anticipated but that's a story for another time!
5. "Your life looks perfect!" "You get to travel so much!" "You and your husband seem so in love!" "I wish I had your life!"
These are just a handful of the statements that get flung at me every day. Yes, my social media life looks pretty perfect and lots of days are perfection but just as many days are mediocre at best and some straight up suck. I do get to travel a lot but my husband & I work hard to do so and we sacrifice & save to make those trips happen. My husband and I are in love – maybe even annoyingly so but we have our issues. To give you some perspective…I was ugly crying in the HyVee parking lot less than 3 hours before this photo was taken.
So…you know…take everything with a grain of salt. 😉
I'll be around more now, I promise! And keep the questions coming – at least that way I'll always have something to blog about!


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In our daily lives, a disaster bad enough to require immediate evacuation is an extremely rare event. It is something we generally do not think about and certainly hope never happens. Watching the evening news however, shows us these events happen all over the globe and no one can predict where they will happen next. It is prudent to prepare for your family to evacuate at a moments notice should the need arise. This article is intended to assist you in creating a Family Evacuation Plan.
In every area of the United States there are widely known hazards we hear about every year. Massive hurricanes on the east coast, tornadoes in the central plains, Blizzards in the western mountains and the north east, droughts in the south west, heat waves that can hit any where. No where is totally safe from nature's wrath. Preparing for a Hurricane when you live in Spokane Washington might be a bit foolish, but preparing for a forest fire or an ice storm might be a pretty good idea! Here is a Family Disaster Risk Evaluation Sheet which will help you recognize what threats may potentially be in your area. Take some time and look this list over and ask yourself if any of these could happen to you.
If one of these disasters were to cause your family to flee your home how would you survive? Ask yourself these questions.
- How immediate is the danger?
- Do I have to gather family members before evacuating?
o Kids in school.
o Spouse at work.
o Parents in nursing home.
- Will I have time to pack any essentials?
- How long will the evacuation last?
o The Hurricane may only be a day or two BUT…
o House wiped from the earth, what now?
- Where will you and your family evacuate to?
o What is my planned escape route?
o What is my planned destination?
o Will there be fuel on your escape route?
- What will my family eat, drink, wear, sleep on, and live in?
- Where will we get money?
o Katrina evacuees learned quickly ATM's were either empty or did not work without electricity and phone lines.
o Cash, lots of is needed.
- What documents are irreplaceable? Photographs? Insurance papers?
- Who will protect us from the riots? Looters? Thieves?
Don't panic. We have suggestions to these very tough questions. Right now you have a chance to prevent the worst in the worst case scenario. Planning is the real key here. If you have a plan with nothing else, you are ahead of most people. Taking the time to prepare for a really bad day can save your life and the lives of your family.
Our mission here is to help you not only to survive, but to survive as comfortably as possible with out inconveniencing your current lives in any major way. This only takes a small amount of work and a little planning. With our help the planning should go fairly well. For instance, if you had 2 normal sized backpacks pre-filled with specific goodies, a fast evacuation lasting a week or more would only be an adventure instead of a constant stressful crisis. It is amazing how much relief can come from a well supplied back pack, that sits quietly next to the front door for 10 months, only to save the day when you need it the most. Doesn't this sound good? It does to me.
Answering your questions.
Get out the Family Disaster Risk Evaluation Sheet and make sure you are confident in what you wrote on it for your geographic area. Answering the proposed question will need this evaluation done. It is a good tool to keep your planning in line with what you will really need.
How immediate is the danger?
Some disasters will happen so fast, every survival tactic is a reaction not preparation. Others you will see coming on the news for days and this will bring its own problems. Looking at the Katrina Hurricane, if you were in the evacuation area, would you have been in the massive exodus that clogged highways for hours or would you be the person who heeded the very first warning and fled as soon as the call went out and you were in front of the bottle neck? Know when to flee and know when to drop everything and run. It is hard to leave all you know behind, so if you prepare now, grabbing a couple of well placed items can make the experience much easier. It all comes down to knowing the dangers on you list.
Do I have to gather family members before I evacuate and will I have time to do so?
If you have children, do you know what their school has for a disaster plan? How long does it take for you to leave work, drive to the school and then evacuate? Will the children have been evacuated prior to your arrival? What is their destination?
I looked at my youngest child's primary school's website. I found the following sentence after looking at 12 web pages. (Glad to see it was easy to find!)
"FYI: (EDIT: Removed town name) Public Schools do not release students early due to weather. Too many of our children would be unsupervised or would have no where to go. We also do not delay the start of school. If there was some kind of school emergency, you would receive a call. Please make sure to update your telephone number so that we can get a hold of you in an emergency."
I further went to the school district website and hunted for about a half hour and finally found the "Policies.pdf". On page 114 of 571 I finally found the "Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, (Formerly: Crisis Response Plan)". I read all 12 pages of the plan and realized, there is no real plan. There are several pages on how they have to approve the plan yearly, several pages on fire drills, and several pages on Bomb Threats and how they are against the law. No where does it talk about locking down the school in the event of a threat, or what happens if the fire drill isn't a drill. Oh, let the children stand outside in the cold until some one realizes they need lots of buses soon. Great planning. Hopefully your kids school is better prepared. Also take note of how in depth I had to look to learn these facts about our school, you will probably have to do the same.
Will I have time to pack essentials?
You have time right now don't you? What is an essential item? Here are some good suggestions.
• Clothing
• Food
• Water
• Money
• Insurance Paperwork
• Deeds, Titles, Mortgage Paperwork, Birth Certificates, etc.
• A few flash drives with all your digital content, photos, emails, documents, etc.
• Medications
• Spare Glasses
• First aid kit
• Hygiene and Feminine products.
The paperwork is really easy to prepare. Get a small, portable fire safe for the documents. Keep the documents and the flash drives in the safe. Keep the safe in a easily accessible location you can grab on the way out the door. The safe will travel nicely in a vehicle, but if you end up walking and abandoning your vehicle, you will want to protect the contents from water damage. A few zip locking bags are handy for protecting documents like this. If you have a collection of hard copy photographs you want to protect from loss, have them scanned to a digital format and added to the flash drives. Should you ever have a fire, your digital copies can be printed out and replacements made for the lost photos.
Clothing should also be protected from water. If your bag is not water proof, put the clothing into watertight bags.
How long will the evacuation last?
This will depend on the type of disaster involved. A hurricane can keep people away from their homes for a few days, weeks, up to a month or even more as the people in New Orleans discovered. Some of the people who fled New Orleans did not return to the city, but stayed where they fled to. A tornado might only need a frantic half hour in a storm shelter. This variation really stresses the need to determine the types of threats in your area and then tailoring your plans with these threats in mind.
Where will you and your family evacuate to?
Do you have a place to flee to? I have a couple in different directions. Let's face it, the most likely reason you have to leave your home in a big hurry will be a chemical spill of some kind. Probably only be a day or so of inconvenience. Less than a ½ mile from my house is a railroad. A train hits a tractor trailer and derails and some tanker with a nasty chemical is spilled. It happens. They make you leave so you don't die or worse, sue them, and they clean it up. A day or two later, you are back home watching it on the news.
What if your city is 35000 people and they ALL have to leave the area for a few days. The surrounding towns will have NO hotel rooms. Sounds like a good day for a vacation. Do you have a relative you can visit in a near by town for a day or two? Do you have the cash for a couple nights in a hotel if you have to? If you have pets with you, will they be allowed in the room? My metro area is a combination of two cities with a combined 59,000 people. The railroad goes right through the middle of both cities. So is my scenario really that far fetched? Could it happen, you bet. Am I ready? More than most, but I can do more.
What will my family eat, drink, wear, sleep on, and live in?
Prepare a Bug Out Bag now for you and your family. The American Survival Guide will be presenting an article shortly on the bug out bag, but until then, there are dozens of articles on the internet covering the bug out bag. Just make sure it includes the basics, Water, Food, Clothing, Shelter, Medications, and other needed items like toilet paper or a lighter. Just think as though you were going to go hiking for a week in the woods, what would you take?
Where will we get money?
Katrina evacuees learned quickly ATM's were either empty or did not work without electricity and phone lines. Cash, and lots of is needed.
Will we be safe?
Consider you may need to protect yourself and your family. There are several things to realize, first the police do not have an obligation to protect you. The United States Supreme Court has ruled several times on this. Do an internet search on "Warren v. District of Columbia" to start you on your own research on this topic. Personal Protection is just that 'personal'. We recommend being trained in the use of firearms.
We also recommend to avoid all relocation camps, fema camps, or other government run evacuation sites. Historically the fema camps will disarm all evacuees. These camps have also been the site of rapes, robberies, and other violent acts. Do your family a favor and plan your own evacuation with out relying on the government.
This being said, the fema website does have some very good reading material on preparing for disasters. FEMA.GOV


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WALTHAM, Mass. – Brandeis University senior forward Sofia Vallone of Westport, Conn., of the women's soccer team and junior forward Alexander Farr of Nahant, Mass., of the men's squad have been selected as the University Athletic Association (UAA) Offensive Players of the Week for the week ending Oct. 3.
Vallone, a co-captain, earned UAA honors for the second week in a row. She registered her first career hat trick in Brandeis's UAA opener on Oct. 2, a 5-1 victory over Case Western Reserve University. Vallone scored the game-winning goal on an assist from junior midfielder Alanna Torre of Weston, Fla., in the 21st minute, her fourth game-winner of the season. She added her second goal of the game in the 56th minute on a nice give-and-go with junior midfielder Mimi Theodore of Walpole, Mass. That goal gave Vallone her third multi-goal game in the Judges' last four contests. Theodore and Vallone also connected for the game's final goal in the 76th minute.
With the three goals, Vallone has taken over the UAA lead in goals with 11 and in points with 24. Her 11 goals match her career total entering the season, while her two assists are one short of her career mark.
Overall this season, Vallone and the Judges are 8-1-1 in head coach Denise Dallamora's 31st season on the sidelines. They are ranked second in New England and 15th in the nation on the strength of a seven-game winning streak and nine-match unbeaten string that they will take into a non-conference tilt against Tufts University Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Farr earned UAA Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career as he was involved in both Brandeis goals in a 3-2 loss to Case Western Reserve on Oct. 2. After the Judges fell behind in the 18th minute, Farr scored a game-tying goal in the 38th minute then assisted the Judges' 62nd-minute tally that cut their deficit to one. Farr is currently tied for third in goals scored in the UAA this season with five. Earlier this season, he set a Brandeis record with the sixth-fastest hat trick in NCAA Division III history. Farr scored three goals just 4:18 apart in the Judges' 13-0 win over Newbury College.
The Brandeis men's soccer team is currently 6-3 on the season, 0-1 in the UAA. After winning their first six contests, the Judges have dropped their last three headed into Wednesday afternoon's contest at Wheaton (Mass.) College.
Vallone is a 2007 graduate of Staples High School. She is the daughter of Joseph and Caryn Vallone, Westport, Conn.
Torre is a 2008 graduate of American Heritage School, Plantation, Fla. She is the daughter of Florencio and Carmen Torre, Weston, Fla.
Theodore is a 2008 graduate of Walpole High School. She is the daughter of James and Mary Theodore, Walpole, Mass.
Farr is a 2008 graduate of St. John's Prep School, Danvers, Mass. He is the son of Francis and Anne Farr, Nahant, Mass.
For more information on Brandeis athletics, visit us on-line at http://www.brandeisjudges.com/. Head shots and action shots are available on request.


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-Social anxiety?
-Self confidence issues?
-Struggling with something?
"Just get out there and do it."
"Get over it"
"Just be you and start feeling confident."
"Suck it up."
"Deal with it."
"You're x age and still doing this/feeling this way? Come on/it's time to grow up."
Basically, "man up."
I was just reading a forum post about anxiety written by someone with really bad social anxiety and of course the replies were full of those quotes above and others like them. Any time anyone ever says something to that effect (which includes me at some points in my life, either to others or to myself) I think to myself "okay, can you do the opposite?" When you say "man up" to someone, what you are basically saying is "be not like you."
Well, I have a question for you. Can you "man down?" If you are confident can you be anxious and insecure instead?
So what makes you think someone else can "man up?" If you are who you are why aren't they afforded the same sort of leeway?
Now, I'm not at all saying that people can't get past things, but sometimes I think people (myself included at times) downplay how strongly other people are who they are in the exact same way they are who they are, but just in the opposite direction. Next time someone acts like "manning up" is the easiest thing in the world to do, ask them if they could just as easily "man down." When they invariably say no, ask what the difference is. I've done this before and people usually get totally stumped because they've never thought of it like that before.
The thing is, the part that everyone always misses with this stuff is that most of the time, the anxiety, lack of confidence, whatever, comes from past experience and past experience is instrumental in making us who we are. If you have good experiences with people, you'll be fine looking them in the eye/feeling adequate socially. If, however, you have had bad experiences with people that made you doubt your self worth, you won't. It's not as easy as "being confident" or "finding your balls." You being uncomfortable around them is as much a result of your genetics, psychology and experience as them being comfortable in those situations is a manifestation of their genetics, psychology and experience.
That being said, this isn't necessarily it forever. A series of positive experiences and some practise can change this for the person affected negatively by their past. I know about this from experience and man; it isn't easy to change but it can be done.
Just not by being told to "man up."
P.S. In some instances, people really DO need to 'man up.' I'm just arguing against it being used in situations in which it's really not at all applicable, helpful and most importantly, fair.


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Galloway's first ever wheelyboat has been launched on Loch Ken, the largest loch in southern Scotland.
The wheelyboat has a ramp, so that wheelchair users can enjoy getting out and about on the water. It's the first boat of its kind in southern Scotland.
Scottish Natural Heritage: Risks are "very small"
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Full Report: Galloway holds crisis crayfish meeting
A meeting has been held in Galloway to highlight the impact of non-native crayfish.
The problem has existed at Loch Ken for a number of years, and now it's affecting farmers in the area.
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Crisis meeting over North American crayfish
A meeting has been called to discuss the impact that North American crayfish are having on farms around Loch Ken.
The non-native species is causing problems in cattle feed and is said to have almost completely destroyed the biodiversity of the Loch.
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Plans to develop a commercial crayfish farm in south west Scotland have hit a setback.
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Hard disk drives were introduced by IBM in 1956, when they were used in a real-time transactions processing computer. As time passed they became smaller and smaller and the capacity went up drastically. Today almost all computers have a hard disk drive, which is now transforming into a solid state drive SSD.
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Here are a few features that describe hard disk drives:
• Hard drives are electromechanical devices.
• The data is stored on a disk that is covered by ferromagnetic material.
• When reading, the data is processed on a logic board inside the hard drive converting data from analog to digital.
• Data is read and written with a so-called head which is positioned on the disk with a coil.
• All hard drives are designed to last a long time, but mechanical stress, temperature and other factors shorten the lifespan considerably.
• They have error correction algorithms that enable error correction on the fly and help to read the data from the disk.
Here are features of SSHD:
• As usual hard drives they have a disk where the data is stored.
• They also have a memory where the most used data is stored.
• They should be faster than a usual hard drives, but in reality their speed varies.
• There are two types of hybrid drives: dual-drive hybrid systems and solid state hybrid drives (SSHD).
Here is an illustration explaining what a dual-drive is and what SSHD is
As the name suggests, dual-drive systems have two drives - one is a solid state drive (SSD) and another is a usual hard disk drive. If we connect a SSD or mSATA and a hard disk drive to our computer we will then have a dual-drive system.
On the other hand, solid state hybrid drives (SSHD) have both of the above drives inside one device.
Seagate SSHD
As users are reporting, it takes some time for a SSHD to reach its maximum speed. And this is natural, as it learns what data is used the most.
As memory got cheaper and cheaper it became economical to make storage devices from it. Today solid state disks are still expensive, but the future definitely belongs to them.
• They are made only from electronics (with no moving parts);
• The reliability is still unknown as this is very young technology.
• They also have error correction code as the data written to cells is not perfect, as we may think.
• They are fast. They also have a different speed that depends on whether there a cache memory inside.
• Sometimes they are not compatible with older computer models.
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• All hard drives share the same interface, which is SATA.
• Earlier hard drives used to have a ATA interface
• They drive almost the same amount of power.
SSDs not only store data differently from hard disk drives, but also employ new interfaces. For example, there are SSDs with PCIe and NVMe interfaces. Both interfaces allow for transferring data at much higher speeds. Some laptops have an option to use PCIe SSD in the place where the Wi-Fi card is connected.
The future definitely belongs to solid state drives (SSD), not just because they are faster, but they are simple as they do not contain any mechanical parts. As the electronics get cheaper we will see more and more SSD in our computers.
Words like "amazing speed" is the right way to describe SSDs. They read the data at very high speeds. However, their data writing speed is a bit slower.
My experience with SSDs has been positive. There was just one SSD that refused to run on an old Dell laptop, but that was probably because of the laptop's incompatibility.
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Warehouse Industrial Cart Coffee TableFebruary 24th, 2012 in member junk
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I enjoy taking old things and making them better. I get much joy out of picking up somethign from a trash heap and turning it into something amazing. Who would ever think that 16 dusty, drafty porch windows could be transformed into an amazing walk-in wine room? Not me. But I was able to do it. Or how about an old door resting lightly next to a burn pile? Junk is my friend. :)
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TheLoftLab writes: Lani, thank you for featuring my "junk.". I am flattered. I love this site! Posted: 6:34 am on March 3rd
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has warned Joe Hart his position will be under threat if he fails to adapt to the Spaniard's playing style.
Guardiola is looking for a goalkeeper that is just as talented with his feet, and believes Hart needs to improve his level of skill playing out from the back.
City have been linked with a move for Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, with 29-year-old Hart's future the subject of plenty of speculation in the off-season.
Reports suggest Hart will not be number one for their Premier League opener – on Saturday at home to Sunderland – and Guardiola said the England international must adapt or face losing his spot in the squad all together.
"Joe is a goalkeeper and with a goalkeeper I talk to him and said 'Here is the ball at your feet' and about what he has to do rather than what he has to do with his hands," Guardiola said.
"We have Xabi Mancisidor [goalkeeping coach] for that. So we have had a chat.
"He's comfortable. He has quality and he can do that… with time. I'm not saying he's unable to do it.
"Maybe there are other goalkeepers with more quality at that. But Joe, with training, he can do it – with time.
"But his time is now. It's not about what happens in six months, seven months."
Guardiola arrives at City with big expectations, having won three consecutive Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich, as well as several major honours with Barcelona.
"I know the expectations are high," he said. "I know if we don't win it will be a big disappointment for the fans.
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Rock, Paper, Sofa
By Dave Fox
China and the Philippines have been baring their fangs at each other lately over Scarborough Shoal, an island in the South China Sea. Both countries say the island is theirs.
In my ongoing attempts to foster world peace, I went last week to survey the island. I went to my living room and flipped on CNN, which afforded me an excellent view of the disputed land mass.
I noticed a detail about Scarborough Shoal (or Huangyan Island, as China calls it) that neither China nor the Philippines has addressed: The island appears to be smaller than my living room sofa.
In spite of that, there has been talk of war. Both countries want it because fishing is good, and there might be oil or natural gas.
Last month, Philippines warships intercepted some Chinese fishermen in the area. In protest, a reporter from China's state run television took a boat out to the tiny rock and hoisted a Chinese flag. A news anchor pushed things further, stating, "We all know that the Philippines has always been part of China's territory…. This is an indisputable fact."
I hate it when somebody says "we all know" something and it's something I don't know. I feel dumb. I regret those days in eighth grade history class when I was thinking about girls or Morse Code instead of paying attention. Had the Philippines ever been under Chinese rule? To fill this gap in my historical knowledge, I turned to Wikipedia.
Wikipedia said nothing about China ever having a claim to the Philippines. Wikipedia did, however, mention on another page that quite a few years ago, dinosaurs ruled the earth. This led me to think, if this reporter wants the world to be like it was many centuries ago, then she should be just fine with us unleashing a bunch of dinosaurs in her neighborhood, shouldn't she?
After I thought up this idea, the reporter announced her earlier comment had been "a slip of the tongue."
But people, we must not let the sputterings of one confused news anchor distract us. We're talking about war here, and war is bad. We must seek creative alternatives, which is why I have come up with this plan:
I would like to bring China and the Philippines together for a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Whoever wins gets to choose: the island, or my living room sofa. Yes, as a humanitarian gesture, I will give up my couch to settle this conflict.
Granted, fishing from my couch is not as good as it is from Scarborough Shoal. In fact, fishing from my couch is so dismal, my wife has been begging me to stop. But we all know the real purpose of fishing is to sit and drink beer, which (I speak from extensive experience) works just fine on my couch. So to compensate for the fish, I am throwing in a case of whatever beer China or the Philippines wants. And some frozen pizzas, which I would personally choose over fish any day.
Of course, I cannot just unilaterally offer up my living room sofa to settle an international dispute. This is a diplomatic act that requires high-ranking approval. So I called my wife at work. Our conversation went something like this:
Me: Hey, you know that couch in our living room?
Kattina: You didn't spill beer on it, did you? You better not have spilled beer on it!
Me: I didn't spill beer on it. I was thinking we could…
Kattina: It better not have been Guinness, because Guinness seriously stains.
Me: I didn't spill Guinness. I was just thinking that…
Kattina: You snagged it with a fish hook again, didn't you?
Me: No! I was thinking we could give it to the Philippines or China to help stabilize their current political situation.
Kattina: Oh! That sounds like an excellent idea!
So that is my proposal. China and the Philippines: Please drop me an e-mail and let me know when you're available. We'll have a best three-out-of-five competition.
If you ask me, the winner should choose my sofa. Not only is it bigger than the Scarborough Shoal, it is also more comfortable to sleep on. As is the case with Scarborough, nobody has yet found natural gas or oil in my sofa, but you know what you probably would find if you had the right exploratory equipment? Several dollars in pocket change and some Oreo crumbs. Good luck finding those on your little island.
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I din't know, Dave. I think one time I dropped a few quarters on Scarborough Shoal. (Or was that the Scarborough Toll Center on the New York State Thruway? I can't remember.) Anyhow, there may have been some Oreos involved.


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A Kids' Glossary, a Nation's First Words
Centenary of Hebrew kindergarten glossary throws light on the rebirth of the language.
The first Hebrew kindergarten in Jerusalem, which opened 110 years ago, enraged the ultra-Orthodox community, which saw it as a foothold of the Zionist establishment.
Notices posted on the city walls warned parents "who care about their children's souls" not to send them to the new kindergarten, lest they stray from the ways of "our fathers and our fathers' fathers."
Several months ago the Academy of the Hebrew Language decided to mark the 100th anniversary of a kindergarten glossary published by the Hebrew Language Committee (later to become the Academy of the Hebrew Language). But many of the Hebrew words in it were obscure or incomprehensible, such as "mlechet afunim," "kmita" and "tzalmon."
The first Hebrew kindergarten was opened in Rishon Letzion in 1897, five years before the Jerusalem one. At the time, toddlers were either sent to an ultra-Orthodox heder or were left in the care of an older woman of Sephardi origin, known as the maistra.
"The maistra would sit knitting or do some other work, while making sure the children sat with folded arms so they wouldn't fight each other and mainly, not go outside and play," Hasia Feinsod-Sukenik, mother of Yigael Yadin and Jerusalem's first kindergarten teacher, wrote later.
"[It was] a dark room without a ray of light. ... 15 children sitting on straw mats on the floor, their arms folded on their chest. All the children's eyes were diseased, pus oozing from them. ... They had other skin wounds and ailments and the sight of their faces was depressing. The maistra knitted and would not let the children talk. I asked what they did all day and she said innocently, 'Do such small toddlers have to do something?'" Feinsod-Sukenik wrote.
This attitude was not unusual at the time, when children were not thought to have unique developmental and educational needs. The Hebrew kindergartens were based on the modern educational ideology developed by Friedrich Froebel, a German pedagogue who "invented" the kindergarten concept and founded the first of them.
Froebel's educational approach encouraged spontaneous games and toys to develop the child's personality.
The kindergarten teachers in pre-state Israel taught Hebrew as part of nursery school instruction. So kindergarten children spoke fluent Hebrew long before their parents did.
The children's songs and stories, which did not exist in Hebrew at the time, were provided by poets Levin Kipnis and Yitzhak Alterman, father of Natan Alterman. But Froebel's original games had no Hebrew names and every kindergarten teacher translated Froebel's work from German or some other language as best she could, Feinsod-Sukenik wrote.
In 1912 a delegation of kindergarten teachers met Eliezer Ben Yehuda, head of the Hebrew Language Committee, and asked for the committee's help in providing Hebrew names for the various games.
Thus the committee's third booklet offered a list of terms for kindergartens. However, most of them are no longer in use and the Hebrew Language Academy people working on the booklet's anniversary could not explain them.
Cordelia Hesterman, a researcher of the academy's historical dictionary, traced the German origin of the Hebrew terms in Froebel's book. She discovered that "mlechet afunim" (pea craft) is a game of sticking picks into peas to build shapes, kmita is origami and tzalmon is making animal shadows with fingers. Each game played an important role in Froebel's educational theory.
Rachel Elboim-Dror, a Hebrew University education professor, believes Zionist history has done the early kindergartens an injustice, while extolling schools like the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. The children educated in those kindergartens were the first generation of sabras, who would later lead the "war of languages" (in 1913) and the Zionist revolution, she says.
"The two institutions that had an outstanding influence were well-baby centers and kindergartens. There the children learned Hebrew in a Sephardi, sabra pronunciation. This created a rift between them and their parents, who spoke Yiddish, or at best Hebrew in an Ashkenazi pronunciation. They were the great patriots of the Hebrew language," she says.
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