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TAMPA, Fla. — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night at a storm-delayed national convention, every mention of his name cheered by delegates eager to propel him into a campaign to oust President Barack Obama in tough economic times.
Romney watched on television with his wife, Ann, at a hotel suite across the street from the hall as the convention sealed his hard-won victories in the primaries and caucuses of last winter.
"I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage,'" she said in excerpts released in advance of a primetime speech meant to cast her multimillionaire-businessman-turned-politician husband in a soft and likable light. "Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once."
"A storybook marriage? No, not at all. What Mitt Romney and I have is a real marriage," she said.
Aides said her husband of 43 years would be in the hall when she spoke.
Through the evening, a parade of convention speakers mocked Democratic President Obama mercilessly from a made-for-television podium, as if to make up for lost time at an event postponed once and dogged still by Hurricane Isaac.
The Democratic president has "never run a company. He hasn't even run a garage sale or seen the inside of a lemonade stand," declared Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican Party.
Said House Speaker John Boehner, "His record is as shallow as his rhetoric."
To send Romney and ticketmate Paul Ryan into the fall campaign, delegates approved a conservative platform that calls for tax cuts — not government spending — to stimulate the economy at a time of sluggish growth and 8.3 percent unemployment.
Polls make the race a close one, to be settled in a string of battleground states where neither Romney nor the president holds a secure advantage.
While there was no doubt about Romney's command over the convention, the residue of a heated campaign for the nomination was evident inside the hall.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who never won a primary or caucus, drew several dozen delegate votes — precisely how many were not announced from the podium. Earlier, his supporters chanted and booed after the convention adopted rules they opposed, but were powerless to block, to prevent those votes from being officially registered. "Shame on you," some of his supporters chanted from the floor.
Boehner, presiding over the roll call, made no attempt to have Romney's nomination made by acclamation, even though Ryan's was a few moments later.
The night was Romney's for sure, but some of the loudest cheers were accorded Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a hero among Republicans for fending off a labor-backed recall attempt last spring.
Convention planners squeezed two days of speeches and other convention business into one after scrapping Monday's scheduled opener because of fears that Isaac would make a direct hit on the Florida Gulf Coast.
That threat fizzled, but it was instantly replaced by another — that Republicans would wind up holding a political celebration at the same time the storm turned its fury on New Orleans, devastated almost exactly seven years ago by Hurricane Katrina.
Romney's convention planners said they were in frequent contact with weather forecasters, but they declined to discuss what contingency plans, if any, they had to accelerate plans for him to deliver a formal acceptance speech Thursday night.
Ratification of a party platform was prelude to Romney's nomination, a document more conservative on abortion than the candidate.
On economic matters, it backs extension of the tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 and due to expire at year's end, without exception. It also calls for an additional 20 percent reduction in income tax brackets that Romney favors.
In a time of 8.3 percent unemployment and the slowest economic recovery in the post-World War II era, that went to the crux of the campaign for the White House.
By contrast, Obama wants to allow existing tax cuts to expire on upper income taxpayers, and has criticized Romney's overall economic plans as a boon to millionaires that would raise taxes on the middle class.
The GOP platform also pledges that a Republican-controlled Congress will repeal, and Romney will sign, legislation to repeal the health care legislation Obama won from a Democratic-controlled Congress. So, too, for the measure passed to regulate Wall Street in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse.
On abortion, the platform says, "The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed."
Romney opposes abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or when "the health and life of the mother" are at stake, he said in a convention week interview.
Obama, who accepts renomination at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., next week, campaigned in Iowa Tuesday as he set out on a tour of college campuses in battleground states in hopes of boosting voter registration among college students.
Before departing the White House, he made a point of appearing before reporters to announce the government's latest steps to help those in the way of Isaac. He signed a declaration of emergency for Mississippi and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local storm response efforts in the state.
His surrogates did their best to counter Romney and the Republicans.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, dismissing GOP attempts to woo Hispanic voters, said, "You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate." He added, "This is a party with a platform that calls for the self-deportation of 11 million people."
Hispanics strongly favor Obama, according to public polls, and Romney and his party have been seeking to win a bigger share of their votes by emphasizing proposals to fix the economy rather than ease their positions on immigration.
Female voters, too, prefer the president over his challenger, and Democrats have done their best to emphasize GOP opposition to abortion and even suggest the party might try and curtail access to contraceptives if it wins power.
Whatever the impact of those issues, the polls show the economy is overwhelmingly the dominant issue in the race, and on that, the voters narrowly say they trust Romney more.
In an AP-GfK poll taken Aug. 16-20, some 48 percent of registered voters said they trust Romney more on economic issues, to 44 percent for Obama.
However, a Washington Post-ABC News in the days immediately before the convention found that 61 percent of registered voters said Obama was more likable, and 27 percent said Romney.
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I would describe myself as a simple gal. It's the little things in life that make me happy! I have a serious side, but most of the time I am a complete goof ball.
Music is a deep passion of mine. I love discovering new bands/artists and writing music as well; I can't think of a better form of self-expression. My other favorite hobby would have to be baking -- I have a little sweet tooth!
I also love to write, and have a deep obsession with social media and everything digital.

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What about me? How many times does a solo attorney ask that question? Not often enough, in my opinion. So this column will be devoted to how solo attorneys can get some fun out of life in some surprising ways that they may never have ever thought of themselves. Fly me to the moon, anyone?
And you there—yes, I mean you, the one who has already decided not to read the rest of this column because it isn't about the business of your law practice: Trust me, you're the one who needs this the most, so stick around and read on.
From Lawyer to Secret Agent
Ever fantasize about being a secret agent? Well you can learn the skills of a secret agent at the Stiletto Spy School for women ("Where the routine gets shaken and stirred") or the MI6 Academy for men (sorry, no tag line for the men). Run by the same company, these one-day courses teach real skills used by secret agents: hand-to-hand combat, extreme stunt driving, knife fighting, precision shooting, samurai sword fighting, and survival skills (fashion weapons out of everyday products—this would give high-strung lawyers something to do at the office other than play with paper clips). They also teach you how to play a good game of poker and pool. The women also get courses with names like "Elegance and Sophistication" and "Seduction and Flirtation." Not to worry, guys, the men get "Scotch Tasting and Fine Cigars" and "Mastering Martini Mixology."
The company is based on the East Coast but also offers classes in Las Vegas, Nevada, and can hold corporate event classes anywhere in the country. Alana Winter, the founder and president of the company, states, "People often tell me that they take away a lot more from the course than they thought they would. The concepts taught in the course—observation, analysis, focus, intention, commitment to action, and follow-through—apply to everyday life."
So how about it, ladies and gents: Are you prepared to enter the world of James Bond and Jason Bourne?
Become an Author—In a Month
Every November is National Novel Writing Month, billed as "Thirty days and nights of literary abandon!" by the website NaNoWriMo. That's right: From November 1 to November 30 you write an entire novel that's at least 50,000 words long. But don't worry, you're not alone. You get assigned to a group in your area, and there are meetings at local restaurants and bars where you can commiserate with each other. You also get your own page on the site where you can post your progress. There is an online forum as well where you can learn tips and strategies, talk about life during the month, learn about resources to assist you in your crazed adventure, and discuss the genre of your book (everything from chick lit to science fiction).
If you don't quite get why anyone in their right mind would attempt to write an entire novel in one month, here is some of the rationale from the website that might be of help:
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.
There have been a number of NaNoWriMo authors who have gone on to have their novels published (after a bit of editing and polishing, of course), including a New York Times number-one best seller (Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen). You can see a complete list of the novels published in the FAQ section on their website.
So go start that great novel you have always been dreaming of writing. No more excuses. It'll be done in a month. That's less time than it takes to get through discovery in most lawsuits, and you'll have a lot more to show for it!
Lawyers in Outer Space
Want to get away from it all? I mean really away from it all? Well, these days you can do just that.
Space tourism is alive and well, and you can order your ticket online.
At Space Adventures you have a choice of zero-gravity flights, which is not going into outer space but in a plane that dives several times to make you feel weightless; suborbital spaceflight; orbital spaceflight; and a lunar mission. Yes, you read that last one correctly, but keep in mind that you don't get to land on the moon, only fly to the moon in a Soyuz spaceship, orbit the moon as close as 100 kilometers, and then return to Earth. Still, not too shabby. Of course, they don't give the price tag on the website, probably because they won't even know what it will be until someone first signs up.
The price of the orbital spaceflight isn't listed either, but it lasts 16 days and includes a spacewalk. Heck, if I was in a confined space for 16 days, I'd insist on getting out once in a while. It must be quite a view.
The website does give the cost of the zero-gravity flights—a mere $4,950 per person—and the price of the suborbital spaceflight is listed as "starting at $102,000." What, does it cost more if you want bathroom facilities? At least this price seems in range for normal human beings—just push your retirement back by five to ten years. You fly into space 62 miles above Earth, experience weightlessness, and have a great view of our planet.
So go for it! And send me a few photographs when you get back.
Laugh It Up with Yoga
Don't have to funds to fly to the moon? Here's an activity that will get you out of your daily routine at no cost. Called "laughter yoga," it is a new form of relaxation that consists of . . . laughing. That's it. Laughter yoga clubs are opening at a furious pace—there are currently more than 5,000 clubs in more than 50 countries. The concept was made popular as an exercise routine by an Indian physician named Madan Kataria. There's a video on his website that will give you a sample of laughter yoga.
There are many claimed health benefits to laughter, which you can easily find on the web. Some of the positive effects are increased oxygen to the body, increased blood flow, and the release of endorphins. I'll let you sort it out, but I can personally say that I've always felt great after a good laugh.
Et Cetera
Still wish you had learned to play the piano? Or the guitar? Or French oboe? Music after 50 is a website that will be encouraging to those who feel they are beyond hope of ever learning their dream musical instrument. In addition to recommendations and encouragement, the website features community boards where music is discussed, advice is given, and new friends are made.
Parkour anyone? Parkour is the discipline of moving from one object to another, usually in an urban area, in a way that makes you look like Batman. Walls are scaled, leaps are made from the rooftop of one building to another, and other remarkable feats that seem to defy gravity are performed. You really have to see it to fully understand what it is, so drop the word "parkour" into the search box on youtube.com and you'll find some of the most amazing videos showing you how it is done. Safe to say, you won't be thinking about your clients when you are engaging in this activity.
If you have never heard of the TED conference, I can't encourage you strongly enough to get over to its website and start sampling some of the conference videos, which are awe inspiring, brilliant, and entertaining. TED began in 1984 with a "Technology, Entertainment, Design" conference, and since then it has come to encompass a host of other "ideas worth spreading." The ticket price for admission to these remarkable two-day conferences on cutting-edge ideas is $6,000.
But now you can be privy to some of the best of TED via its website. Presentations are limited to 18 minutes; that sort of discipline encourages focus and I believe adds to the experience.
What are the topics covered in TED talks? The range of subjects really is too wide to capture here, but a few examples follow:
- Unique insights about strokes by Jill Bolte Taylor, a medical doctor who specializes in the study of the brain, from her own experience of having a stroke.
- Steve Jobs on how to live before you die.
- Dean Kamen previews the prosthetic arm he's developing at the request of the U.S. Department of Defense.
- Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning.
There are hundreds of these talks that you can view on the TED.com website. Make some time to view these and allow them to educate and inspire you.
Which One of These?
Secret agent? Author? Space traveler? Laughter yoga master? Musician? You choose, or create your own idea and choose that. But please, do choose.


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This year marks 20 years since I started my first rock band ever. My friend, Greg Axelrad, and I called ourselves "Umbrella Sauce".
We played covers from Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Megadeath, Metallica, Pearl Jam, and any other band from the early 90's that had their guitar tabs in Guitar World or Bass Player Magazine. Band practices consisted of arguing over what songs we should play (since I played bass, I always wanted to play Chili Peppers and Primus, while Greg was always trying to get me to learn Dream Theater), watching Headbanger's Ball (back when they had music videos on Mtv), eating Pizza Hut, drinking our weight in Pepsi, and watching live Van Halen and Chili Peppers videos on VHS.
I had a short scale bass I bought from my friend Sammy Shulman for fifty bucks, and played through my mom's ghetto blaster. My dad was/is somewhat of an electronics nerd, so we had various cables laying around the house. I spliced a 1/4″ cable (what you use to plug a guitar in) with an RCA cable (what you use to plug things into ghetto blasters). I didn't know how to use a soldering iron, so I just wrapped the connections up as tight as I could and used electrical tape to keep the wires from touching each other…pretty fancy stuff.
We played our first and only gig at the BHMS 6th grade talent show. We got this kid on our basketball team, Mike Brown, (who had the most amazing mullet) to play drums, and our favorite teacher, Mr. Pagnanni to sing for us. We played Lithium by Nirvana, and I Could Have Lied by the Chili Peppers.
I remember Greg and I were at the mall about a week before the big talent show, and some hip looking older lady came up to us and said, "You kids look cool! Have you ever thought about starting a band?" Well hot corn!! We told her about the amazing show we were going to play the next week, and it turns out she worked as a talent agent or something like that. She gave us her card, and promised to come to best casino reviews the talent show and turn us into rock stars! Of course she never showed. That small experience really stuck with me though, and I think about it every time anyone "talks the talk" or starts making promises and flashing business cards or name dropping or anything like that.
So much has happened with bands and music since i was twelve, and even though it's been 20 years, every day when I wake up it still feels like the journey is just beginning:)


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Wouldn't it be good if you get the consolidated results, of the government elections happening in your state, at one place? If you feel this is true then here is something you may be interested in. Hiox India – a web services company, has launched a website called Indiaballot.com. The website currently has full reports and results of the Assembly elections in India including all the data for the five states where Assembly elections took place recently.
The website nicely structured with all the election data categorized under the respective states. There is also a search feature which you can use for finding information about a party or alliance wise, district wise and constituency wise information of parties from any state in the country.
Among other things, indiaballot.com has information about the number of contestants from each party or alliance, along with the name of the candidates, who participated in the election and number of candidates who won or lost are recorded. Another website which has been profiling similar information is myneta.info. It will be interesting to see how these websites profile the info for better use during elections.


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It is simple, really. You have work to do, customers to serve. CP is there to help you get the job done, without compromise.
Our pledge to you: People. Passion. Performance.
At Chicago Pneumatic, our goal is to deliver best-in-class global service and local support to our vehicle servicing, industrial and construction customers through a dedicated product portfolio and a strong network of authorized distributors. We generate added value by delivering the best solution to your needs based on our decades of experience.
What does our mission mean to your business? In the end, it is all about powering your productivity. CP helps make tough jobs easier.


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The editors of The Space Between: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945 would like to announce a call for papers for the next special topics issue, The Great War: Centenary Perspectives (volume 10.1), which will be guest edited by Mark D. Larabee. Especially appreciated are interdisciplinary articles on new developments in understanding literature, art, and culture of the First World War (produced by combatants or noncombatants, representing any nations and languages) and interdisciplinary articles on understudied issues or non-canonical figures influenced by the War and active between 1914 and 1945. Deadline for submissions to this special topics issue is April 15, 2013.
Please send submissions or correspondence regarding submissions to the special issue editor, Mark Larabee, at email@example.com. Articles should be 6,000 to 9,000 words (including notes and works cited). Please submit an electronic copy in MS Word. Articles should conform to MLA style. Include an electronic cover letter that describes the contents of your article. For inquiries about general topics issues, please contact the editor, Kristin Bluemel, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Space Between is a refereed journal that is published annually. Its editors are especially interested in innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to texts of all kinds. Publication is annual and is co-sponsored by the Space Between Society and Monmouth University.
The Space Between will publish reviews on books that represent various disciplines' approaches to the culture of the space between the wars. Correspondence for the review editor should be addressed to Book Review Editor J. J. Butts, at firstname.lastname@example.com or the Department of English, Simpson College, Indianola, IA 50125.
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El Río Guadalquivir en 360º
On the website of Sevilla in 360 degrees (www.sevillaen360.es) we can find 360º photographic compositions showing the most typical, characteristic and distinctive monuments and places in Seville.
If we click on the link below, we can watch River Guadalquivirin 360º. The River Guadalquivir, with a length of 665 Km., rises in the mountains of Cazorla, in the province of Jaen, and flows into the Atlantic in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cadiz. It is no doubt the most important river in Andalusia as its basin flows through the great majority of this region. It runs through the cities of Cordoba and Sevilla.
Link to the River Guadalquivir in 360º:
We recommend watching compositions in 360º in full screen mode and increasing the zoom. This tools are provided on the left lower side of the website.
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Traveling businesspeople who need the power of their office computers on the road can find it in the newest high-performance, feature-rich notebook computers. Outstripping their full-sized 486 desktop brothers, these small machines have faster processors, larger hard drives, more memory, more flexibility and greater capabilities than many 2- or 3-year-old desktop PCs.
High-performance notebooks--characterized by their 8-by-11-inch size--have multimedia capabilities and include CD-ROM drives, stereo speakers, speedy built-in modems, color display screens, a variety of ports for PC cards and connectors, microphone and phone jacks, and docking capability once you're back at your office. Some have an "open architecture" that allows you to build the notebook to your personal specifications.
Except for ultra-thin models, extra features tend to add bulk and weight to portable computers, even though many notebooks incorporate slots for interchangeable components such as CD-ROM, floppy disk and backup drives, and extra battery packs.
Although you can, of course, leave some of the components at home, most mobile entrepreneurs need multimedia versions to take their offices with them, especially if they are making presentations or videoconferencing. But remember, extra cables and plugs add pounds to your luggage--and dollars to your total.
If it's speed you're after, the new notebooks' "brains" work faster than ever, many offering 150 MHz. To power that speed, rechargeable batteries provide two to six hours of operation. Some notebooks have a "sleep" mode to save power; most have a backup battery.
Prices for high-performance notebooks have not decreased with their growing popularity: Standard models still hover around $2,500; those with greater speed and muscle cost up to $5,000. (Remember, street prices can be hundreds of dollars lower.)
Almost every notebook on the market is powered by Intel's Pentium chip, which is swifter than a 486 but uses more battery power; hence the expansion bay for an extra pack. Most of the new models have upgradable RAM for more memory and can use several applications simultaneously.
Lower-end models, such as AST's Ascentia P series, are
expandable to 40MB RAM. Higher-end models, including
Panasonic's CF-25 series, are expandable to 72MB RAM, and the
Hitachi Mx series to
80MB RAM. The more memory you add, however, the higher the price.
Multimedia, which combines video, audio and graphics for taking your show on the road, is accommodated in notebook computers through multiple stereo speakers or ports to connect external speakers, removable CD-ROM drives, and ports to hook up to large monitors or screens.
Display screens are larger this year, and it's rare to find a high-performance notebook screen smaller than 11.3 inches; in fact, many have 12.1-inch screens. Trackpads, usually located front and center, are more popular on the new notebooks, although some have a port for connecting an external mouse.
Docking capabilities--relatively new for notebook computers but becoming commonplace--allow you to plug in to your full-sized desktop components once you've brought your notebook home. If desk space is at a premium, a dockable high-performance notebook takes up less room and does double duty for road warriors when it's time to upgrade or replace your desktop hard drive without getting rid of your standard keyboard and monitor.
Shopping for a notebook can be simple if you:
- determine how much speed and performance you need--the faster the processor, the higher the price.
- take the time to comparison shop. Ask to see the entire line of a series, then discuss lower- and higher-end versions with salespeople before coming to a decision.
- make a list of must-have features, then add like-to-have features depending on your budget.
- decide how fast you need your CD-ROM drive to be--the faster it is, the more expensive.
- calculate how many ports you need for printers, modems, networking, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, scanners, speakers, jacks, three-plug connectors, an external mouse and a keyboard.
- buy from a company that has a solid reputation and service record.
- check out warranties.
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Why didn't the Sanford, Fla., police arrest George Zimmerman after he shot Trayvon Martin Feb. 26? That's a question that today is more relevant than ever amid reports the lead investigator in the case thought Mr. Zimmerman should be charged with manslaughter for his actions.
The investigator, Chris Serino, was unconvinced by Zimmerman's assertion that he resorted to deadly force in self-defense, according to ABC News. Mr. Serino filed an affidavit to that effect on the night of the killing.
But Serino's superiors, in turn, were apparently unconvinced by Serino's reasoning. They did not take Zimmerman into custody because of two words: "probable cause."
"The Sanford police said this is why they did not arrest Zimmerman: they did not have probable cause to believe that he had broken the law," writes legal analyst Dave Kopel, research director of the Independence Institute, on the widely read legal blog The Volokh Conspiracy.
Florida' Stand Your Ground law would have been legally irrelevant to this determination, according to Mr. Kopel. Florida has other statutes that allow the use of force against a criminal attack, as do virtually all states. Zimmerman's story has been that he was doing exactly that: defending against an assault by Martin. In his version of events, Martin knocked him down, then straddled him and pounded his head on the ground. He did not have an opportunity to retreat, he told police.
On the day of the shooting, Sanford police officials determined that they did not have enough evidence to the contrary to detain Zimmerman. Whether they were suspicious of his story would not have mattered. They would have had to produce hard evidence to the contrary. The "probable cause" criterion is derived from the Constitution and is meant to protect against unreasonable arrest.
"The normal rule in American law is that a police officer must have 'probable cause' in order to arrest someone," writes Kopel.
This does not mean Zimmerman is innocent, of course. Since the shooting other evidence has come to light, such as the assertion by Martin's girl friend that during a cell phone call he told her he was being followed and was trying to escape. The Sanford police could have botched their initial investigation.
According to CBS News, police interviewed six witnesses in the days following the attack. Nobody said they had seen the beginning of the altercation. None said they saw the shot that ended it.
Martin's family has asserted that race overlies the case and that if the situation had been reversed, and a black teen had pulled the trigger, the teen would have been arrested that night.
They made this point in a brief appearance Tuesday at a forum organized by congressional Democrats on racial profiling and hate crimes.
"Trayvon was our son, but Trayvon is your son," Sybrina Fulton, Martin's mother, told the forum. "A lot of people can relate to our situation and it breaks their heart like it breaks our heart."
The investigation into the case is now starting over. A new special prosecutor is bringing in witnesses to be interviewed again, as well as revisiting the physical evidence of the altercation. Zimmerman remains free, for now.
But as the Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates notes, the case to be made against Zimmerman "will not be an easy one."
The point is not whether investigators disbelieve Zimmerman. The point is whether they can prove that he is lying. Given that the other participant in the altercation is dead and unable to testify, that won't be easy.
"I think it's worth understanding how difficult it is going to be to prosecute Zimmerman," writes Mr. Coates.


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This is a photo of a restaurant called the Indiana Barbeque. Mom, Phyllis Adair DeWitt-VanVleck, was a waitress at this restaurant.
Originally, she worked at the restaurant across the street, but tired of the way they cut meat off of meals that were half eaten and served it to another diner, and just unsanitary practices like that. The owner of Indiana Barbeque had offered her a job several times and she finally took him up on his offer.
One night, this gentleman came into the Indiana Barbeque on a search for mashed potatoes.
Harold G. VanVleck was not in the military yet, but he fell in love with that waitress. Not just the mashed potatoes that they happened to have that night because the owner wanted some for his dinner. The owner shared them with Harold and Harold lined up all the pennies in his pocket and when Phyllis picked up that plate, she found her tip in pennies, in a ring.
Now, that may not sound like much of a tip, but this was somewhere around 1939. Pennies were worth a whole lot more.
Phyllis is 90 now and lives alone, for the first time in her life. Harold passed away in 1998, at the age of 79.
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In its 2011 annual report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, lodged 1 May, Ming Yang revealed details of its US licensing agreement with Aerodyn for its 2.5/3MW and upcoming 6MW turbines. The company is listed in the New York Stock Exchange.
Ming Yang has previously played down the input of Areodyn into its designs, describing the relationship between the two companies as a collaboration.
Ming Yang said it could not guarantee shareholders that Aerodyn would not make a similar agreement, or sell new technology, to its competitors. It also said the German company had provision to terminate the licensing agreement.
Additionally, the agreement also prohibits Ming Yang from entering into joint ventures or contracting subsidiaries to manufacture either the rotor blades or the turbine.
Worryingly Ming Yang appear to have reservations about the ability of its turbines to stand up to offshore conditions. In the report it said: "Due to the fact that our SCD wind turbines are based on a new technology and that the long-term reliability of such technology has not been proven, it is uncertain whether our SCD wind turbines can be installed on offshore wind farms and will perform as designed.
"It has not been proven whether the special surface treatment and design of our SCD wind turbines are adequate for the erosive and salty environments that are typical of offshore wind farms. The installation and maintenance of such offshore wind turbines are expected to be more difficult, labor intensive and costly."
Earlier this year, Ming Yang launched an research and development centre in North Carolina to test the SCD turbines and lower the cost of energy.
Aerodyn will also receive an up-front annual royalty payment for the SCD 2.5/3MW turbine regardless of the market demand for the turbine.
In a section titled 'Risks related to our company', Ming Yang said it was reliant on a small number of customers for most of its orders. In 2011 almost 80% of orders came from three companies China Huaneng, Datang Renewables and Huadian.
Like fellow Chinese turbine manufacturers, Ming Yang has had a difficult 2011. The company's profits for the year have fallen from CNY 709 million in 2010 to CNY 292 million, a 53% fall in profit.
As with Goldwind and Sinovel, which suffered higher profit fall, Ming Yang blamed this on falling turbine prices in the Chinese market.


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May 31, 2013
Dozens of crabs, three small sharks and scores of fish thump on the slippery deck of the fishing boat True Prosperity as captain Shohei Yaoita lands his latest haul, another catch headed not for the dinner table but for radioactive testing.
Japan's government banned commercial fishing in this area, some 200 km (125 miles) northeast of Tokyo, after a devastating 2011 tsunami and the reactor meltdowns and explosions that followed at the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, has battled since then to keep radioactive water used to cool the crippled reactor from leaking into the ground and the sea.
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Summary Report for:
17-2111.01 - Industrial Safety and Health Engineers
Plan, implement, and coordinate safety programs, requiring application of engineering principles and technology, to prevent or correct unsafe environmental working conditions.
Sample of reported job titles: Environmental Health and Safety Director (EHS Director); Health and Safety Professional; Health and Safety Specialist; Industrial Hygienist; Industrial Safety Engineer; Safety and Health Consultant; Safety Engineer; Safety Manager; Safety Team Leader; Safety, Health, and Environment Vice President
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
- Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
- Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
- Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
- Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
- Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.
- Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
- Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.
- Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
- Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
- Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.
- Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes.
- Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
- Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research.
- Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents.
- Write and revise safety regulations and codes.
- Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.
- Install safety devices on machinery, or direct device installation.
- Design and build safety equipment.
- Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — Root cause analysis software; Static strength prediction software; The MathWorks MATLAB ; Virtual interaction simulator software (see all 25 examples)
- Compliance software — Fire safety inspection and testing software; Material safety data sheet MSDS software; Safety integrity level SIL software; Safety, health, and environmental management software (see all 6 examples)
- Computer aided design CAD software — Electronic design automation EDA software; Roof support design software
- Computer based training software — Hazardous waste operations and emergency response standard HAZWOPER training software
- Data base user interface and query software — Anthropometric databases; Incident tracking software; Microsoft Access
- Document management software — Records management software
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — SAP
- License management software — Permit administration software
- Map creation software — Geological mapping software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software — Microsoft Project
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Video creation and editing software — Multimedia video analysis software
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Accelerometers
- Acoustic sensors — Noise monitoring equipment
- Air pollutant samplers — Microbial contaminant measurement devices; Multi-vapor reading instruments; Particulate measurement devices
- Air samplers or collectors — Aerosol sampling devices; Sampling probes
- Air sampling pumps — High-flow air sampling pumps; High-volume asbestos sampling pumps; Sampling pumps
- Air velocity and temperature monitors — Velometers
- Cardiac output CO monitoring units or accessories — Heart rate monitors
- Desktop computers
- Digital camcorders or video cameras — Digital video recorders
- Digital cameras
- Dynamometers — Digital dynamometers; Hand dynamometers; Reference frame dynamometers; Strength evaluation systems (see all 6 examples)
- Electromagnetic field meters — Magnetic field meters
- Electromyography EMG units or accessories — Electromyograph processing systems
- Force or torque sensors — Force gauges; Torque gauges
- Gas detector tubes — Sorbent tubes
- Heat stress monitors
- Lightmeters — Light meters
- Notebook computers
- Organic carbon analyzers — Volatile organic compound VOC measurement devices
- Oxygen gas analyzers — Portable oxygen consumption meters
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers — Personal digital assistants PDA
- Physiological recorders — Electrogoniometers; Inclinometers; Physiographic recorders; Reaction time simulators (see all 8 examples)
- Potentiometers
- Pressure indicators — Force platforms; Pinch meters
- Radio frequency identification devices — Radio frequency signal analyzers
- Scanners — Three-dimensional laser scanners
- Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter — Acoustic calibrators; Noise dosimeters; Octave band analyzers; Sound level meters
- Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies — Respiratory flow rate meters
- Strain gauges
- Sulfur dioxide analyzers or detectors — Sorbent dosimeters
- Thermocouple probes — Thermocouple temperature probes
- Thickness measuring devices — Anthropometers
- Torsion testers — Torsion meters
- Vibration testers — Vibration analyis equipment
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Biology — Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
- Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Speed of Closure — The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Work Activities
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
- Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Detailed Work Activities
- Investigate safety of work environment.
- Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.
- Inspect equipment or systems.
- Teach safety standards or environmental compliance methods.
- Update technical knowledge.
- Document design or operational test results.
- Maintain operational records or records systems.
- Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.
- Explain engineering drawings, specifications, or other technical information.
- Install instrumentation or electronic equipment or systems.
- Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality.
- Advise others on health and safety issues.
- Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.
- Research human performance or health factors related to engineering or design activities.
- Investigate the environmental impact of projects.
- Design industrial equipment.
- Fabricate devices or components.
- Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 90% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 87% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 83% responded "Every day."
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 74% responded "Every day."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 52% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 71% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Contact With Others — 50% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 47% responded "Extremely important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 58% responded "Very important results."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 55% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 48% responded "Very important."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 52% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 50% responded "Every day."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 37% responded "Some freedom."
- Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled — 37% responded "Every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 40% responded "Very important."
- Time Pressure — 39% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 35% responded "Every day."
- Outdoors, Exposed to Weather — 30% responded "Every day."
- In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment — 33% responded "Every day."
- Letters and Memos — 33% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Public Speaking — 39% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 50% responded "Moderate responsibility."
- Exposed to Hazardous Equipment — 26% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Very Hot or Cold Temperatures — 27% responded "Every day."
- Deal With External Customers — 42% responded "Very important."
- Exposed to Contaminants — 30% responded "Once a year or more but not every month."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 46% responded "Very important."
- Consequence of Error — 35% responded "Fairly serious."
- Exposed to Hazardous Conditions — 29% responded "Once a year or more but not every month."
- Outdoors, Under Cover — 29% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Level of Competition — 48% responded "Moderately competitive."
- Spend Time Standing — 35% responded "About half the time."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 39% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Physical Proximity — 33% responded "I work with others but not closely (e.g., private office)."
- Exposed to High Places — 32% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting — 29% responded "Once a year or more but not every month."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
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- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Work Styles
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Work Values
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors.
Employment data for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors.
Industry data for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors.
|Median wages (2019)
|$43.95 hourly, $91,410 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|27,000 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Average (4% to 6%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
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- Air and Waste Management Association
- American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Public Health Association
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- ASTM International
- Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics
- Board of Certified Safety Professionals
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- National Fire Protection Association
- National Safety Council
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Health and safety engineers
- Society of Women Engineers


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The test scores were disappointing. As long as equations were in slope-intercept form, my students did pretty well. But, if they had to rearrange the equation in order to solve it, they would rather guess an answer than try to get y by itself. We had spent days on both standard form and point-slope form. We had created foldables for each. And, they had seen lots and lots of practice problems. They were even allowed to use their interactive notebooks on the test.
But, somewhere along the way, I had failed my students. Looking back, I realize that my students had never really had to learn what form of an equation they were dealing with. I would tell them that we were working with standard form that day or point-slope that day. That would tell them what page in their notebook to reference. On the test, however, all of the forms were jumbled up. I had not given my students practice determining what form an equation was in.
I especially realized this when helping students with test corrections. I learned how to do test corrections from my cooperating teacher at the middle school level during my student teaching. He set up test corrections in such a way that students had to think through the problems they missed. They had to actually discuss math. Then, they have to express either their mistake or what they have learned in writing. And, the results were priceless. The group set-up for test corrections actually hasn't worked as well for me in my classroom since I have such small classes. Usually, I love, love, love my small class sizes. But, this is one activity where it is better to have twenty-five or thirty students in a room.
During test corrections, students would constantly be raising their hand and asking me to help them with a problem. I heard "I don't know why I got this one wrong because I just guessed" way too many times. First of all, the logic of that statement does not make sense to me. You got it wrong because you guessed. Anyway, my first question would almost always be "What form is this equation in?" I heard way too many "I don't know" responses. Eventually, I would be able to coax an answer from them, but it was a frustrating process for both of us.
When I look at a linear equation, I immediately try to classify it. My students don't have this intuition. The fact that we need to do this is something I should have taught them. Next year, I will know this from experience and will do better!
While reviewing for the semester test, I decided to take some of the time and review the types of linear equations. While browsing an antique store last weekend, I saw some flyswatters that had been decorated with fake flowers. The sight of these flyswatters brought back fond memories of the flyswatter game that I used to play in middle school.
|The flyswatters I used for the Flyswatter Game.
The premise of the flyswatter game is simple. On a dry erase board or sheet of large paper, write out all of the vocab words for a lesson, chapter, unit, etc. Form two teams. One person from each team takes the flyswatter and stands on a line in front of the words. (It's your decision whether students will start by facing the reader or the words.) Read a definition. (You could also project it on the screen.) The first student to swat the answer with their flyswatter gets to stay in the game. They will go to the end of their team's line. The other student will be out. (If both flyswatters land on the same answer, the one on the bottom wins.) The game continues until only one team remains.
I wanted my students to have more practice determining what form a linear equation was in. I also wanted to re-emphasize how to recognize the equations of horizontal and vertical lines. My categories were: Standard Form, Point-Slope Form, Slope-Intercept Form, Horizontal Line, Vertical Line, and None of These. I prepared a Smart Notebook file of 30 or so linear equations. After each team sent up a member, I would project a new equation on the Smart Board. Students would have to determine what form it was in and swat the correct answer.
|Where the Swatting Occurred. My dry erase board does not photograph well, apparently.
I'll be honest. The game didn't work out as well as I had hoped. The problem wasn't with the game, though. The problem was that I still had implicitly instructed my students how to determine what form a linear equation was in. This led to many students just swatting random answers. I still have so much to learn as a teacher!


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To promote and provide additional hunting opportunities, DNREC's Division of Fish & Wildlife has designated three upcoming Saturdays as special waterfowl and deer hunting days for youth hunters ages 10 to 15 and non-ambulatory disabled hunters on both public and private lands statewide.
Mark your calendars for these dates:
Saturday, Oct. 5 – Waterfowl hunting day for youth and non-ambulatory disabled hunters
Saturday, Nov. 2 – Deer hunting day for youth and non-ambulatory disabled hunters
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 – Second waterfowl hunting day for youth and non-ambulatory disabled hunters
Youth hunters must be accompanied by a licensed or exempt adult hunter age 21 or older. Youth hunters must be of sufficient physical size and strength to safely handle a firearm, and may also hunt on regular season days, accompanied by an adult. Youth hunters age 13 to 15 must have completed a hunter education course, possess a certification card and purchase a Delaware junior hunting license.
Licenses can be purchased from the Fish and Wildlife licensing desk at DNREC's main office in Dover, from license dealers throughout the state, or online at Delaware Licenses. No state or federal stamps are required for youth hunters. To promote youth hunting, the Division is waiving waterfowl blind and deer stand fees for youth hunting on state wildlife areas on youth hunting days.
"These special days are an excellent opportunity for experienced adult hunters to share their knowledge and experience with the next generation, thereby continuing one of Delaware's great conservation and outdoor recreation traditions," said David Saveikis, DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Director. "Hunting is an exciting outdoor activity for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy."
For waterfowl hunting, normal limits and duck hunting regulations apply. Standard daily duck bag limits apply, with hunters also permitted to harvest snow geese and two Canada geese. On state wildlife areas, a lottery drawing for waterfowl blinds will be held 1.5 hours before legal shooting time, except for Little Creek Wildlife Management Area which holds its drawing two hours before legal shooting time. Hunters should plan to arrive in time to sign up for the drawing. Hunters should check each wildlife area's rules before hunting.
For deer hunting, normal bag limits and regulations apply, and all deer taken must be registered. On state wildlife areas that require a lottery drawing for available deer stands, the drawing will be held 1.5 hours before legal shooting time. To sign up for the lottery, participating hunters should plan to arrive two hours before legal shooting time. The drawing for Woodland Beach Wildlife Area deer stands will be held at the Woodland Beach checking station; Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge will hold its own separate lottery for its deer stands. Hunters also should check each wildlife area's rules before hunting.
For more information, check the 2013-2014 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide, available at hunting license dealers statewide or online at 2013 Hunting Guide.
Specialized blinds/stands and hunting locations as well as special hunting permits also are available for disabled hunters. For more information, call 302-739-9912.
The Division of Fish and Wildlife also would like to remind hunters to take their cameras, as youth hunting days are a great opportunity for taking photos to be entered in the Division's annual Delaware Hunting Photo Contest. The contest is seeking photos of Delaware hunters, with the winner to be published in next year's Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide. Deadline for contest entries is Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Information and forms are available on the Division's website at Photo contest information, or www.facebook.com/delawarefishwildlife. Information also may be requested by calling Crystal Beck at 302-739-9911, or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
This program is part of Delaware's Children in Nature Initiative, a statewide effort to improve environmental literacy in Delaware, create opportunities for children to participate in enriching outdoor experiences, combat childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles. Delaware's multi-agency initiative, which partners state and federal agencies with community organizations, is part of the national No Child Left Inside program.


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CeBIT AMD's 45nm quad-core processors may not yet be ready to buy, but the chip maker said this week it has working versions in the lab running on test machines. It re-iterated its plan to ship the CPUs in the second half of the year.
The desktop version of the part is codenamed 'Deneb', a Socket AM3 part that'll ship as a Phenom chip. There's an Opteron server part too, 'Shanghai', the successor to 'Barcelona'.
AMD's Deneb: quad-core at 45nm
AMD's 45nm process was co-developed with IBM, though the first, 300mm wafers were punched out at its Fab 36 facility in Dresden, Germany. The fab technology incorporates metal gates with a 'high-k' dielectric material, and AMD talked at length about the production technologies that underpin in its 45nm processors.
However, the bottom line is that the chip maker hopes these techniques will allow it to deliver higher performance without huge increases in clock speed, and therefore significantly higher power consumption - the much-vaunted 'performance-per-Watt' criterion.
One wafer, many chips
It won't be part of AMD's initial run of 45nm products, but the company said it plans to extend its 45nm process technology to take in ultra-low-k dielectrics "to reduce wire delays by as much as 15 per cent", again with the goal of improving processor performance overall.
Unable to resist a dig at its arch-rival, AMD noted: "A common misconception is that being first to a new process technology generation is the fundamental determinant of performance and energy efficiency leadership. AMD has proven this to be false."
The proof's in the eating, as they say, and with AMD's 45nm products at least three months away, intel's 45nm processors have the edge on performance and energy efficiency.
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Proficiency Exams
Most applicants whose native language is not English are required to take either the TOEFL or the IELTS. Applicants may submit unofficial scores while applying for admission. However, admitted students are required to submit official scores in order to enroll at UHM. Official scores should be sent directly to Graduate Division Student Services. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) code for UHM is 4867. Test scores cannot be more than two years old.
|Required Minimum Scores
|TOEFL – Test of English as a Foreign Language
Minimum scores vary for each graduate program.
For teaching assistantship applicants, minimum scores are 600/100 (paper/Internet), with subtest scores of 25 for listening and 25 for speaking.
|IELTS – International English Language Testing System
Minimum score is 6.00 for the overall band test results.
For teaching assistantship applicants, minimum score is 7.00.


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|Convention Name
|WildPig Comic Convention and 50% off Sale
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|About This Convention
|Formerly a comic book store in central NJ for eleven years, WildPig Comics now runs a comic convention twice a year based exclusively around our inventory. Our convention features 60,000 50 cent comics from the Silver Age to the present in alphabetical order, 2,000 trades at 50% off, comic and comic-related magazines at 50% off, free raffles at 1 and 4 PM (featuring Marvel Omnibuses and DC Absolute Editions), and 30 artists. We offer a superb selection at bargain prices, so customers never have to haggle or fear being swindled. Our convention is dedicated to a celebration of the comic book medium, so all 3500 square feet of space is free of the multimedia dog and pony aspects of the bigger shows.
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|Holiday Inn Somerset
195 Davidson Ave
Somerset, New Jersey 08873
United States
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|Fred Chao, Comic Geek Speak, Bryan J.L. Glass, Fred Hembeck, Rudy Nebres, Alex Robinson, Tom Smith, Timony Brothers, Neil Vokes, JK Woodward, and many more!


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Floyd J. Phillips
Floyd J. Phillips' humor is derived from his upbringing in the ghetto of Chicago. His mother raised five kids all by her lonesome after his deadbeat dad shacked up with another woman. But that didn't stop Floyd. He found role models in his football and wrestling coaches. He'll never forget that day, at the tender age of eleven, when a thirteen-year-old, ex-con line backer clobbered him at practice. When Floyd, with tears in his eyes, regained consciousness, his coach said those inspirational words in front of his whole team, "Floyd, if you want to continue to play football tomorrow, make sure you leave your purse at home." That day taught him a valuable life lesson about pain: either walk it off or learn to accessorize better. He's been walking it off ever since.
Comedy has taken this little kid from the ghetto of Chicago to winning the Seattle Comedy Competition in 2000 and being a finalist in the 2001 San Francisco Comedy Competition. Floyd J. Phillips' diverse comedy has allowed him to play USO tours, cruise ships, colleges, and comedy clubs across the nation. All of which has shown Floyd more of the world than he ever thought he would see.
Floyd's tough background gives him the courage to talk about the topics other people avoid: topics such as abortion, pedophilia, date rape, death penalty, gun control, the mentally challenged and racism. Not to exclude Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses. Floyd also discusses happier things like dating, babysitting his precious nieces and nephews, and technology.
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Reputation points are given to members who you feel has helped you, helped others or written posts you approve of. Each member begans here with 10 points as soon as they sign up but each member must have earned reputation points themselves in order to give reputation to another. You can not give another person reputation points unless you have yourself earned rep. This does not include the 10 donated rep points you were donated for joining.
There are a line of symbols on the right above the posts. The "weigh scale" sign is where you give another member good reputation if you approve of advice they have given another or you feel they have helped you. The green boxes in your posts is a sliding scale. As you get more reputation points, that scale will grow eventually leading to a gold star.
Giving a member reputation points costs you nothing nor does it take away from your own reputation points. The Reputation system is not to be taken lightly. It is a great honor to be given good reputation by another member. It let's other members know this person has good advice and can be trusted. It is also not a feature to be misused!
To view your reputation points, Click on User CP at the top L. of the page. If you have been given good reputation, it will show up there as little green boxes and who has honored you with good rep. If a box is there and is grayed out, don't be alarmed. It simply means someone attempted to give you good rep but didn't have enough rep themselves to do so.
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How many points you give is based on how many you have earned yourself, number of posts, time on the site, etc.
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You might have noticed photographs where subject is pin sharp while the background is hazy giving a feel of motion. Such photographs are known as pan shots. Panning gives the image a dynamic perspective. Panning helps in showing action in still photographs & is often used in sports photography. Though similar to Bokeh but still Panning is way different than Bokeh. Bokeh doesn't portray motion but panning does.
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