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The order by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to stop the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves has shocked women's health advocates, a key part of President Barack Obama's Democratic base.
Major doctors groups also are stunned by the decision. They have argued that over-the-counter sales could lower the nation's high number of unplanned pregnancies.
(AP) — Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky is behind bars after failing to post $250,000 bail in cash. New sexual molestation charges have been brought against Sandusky based on the testimony of two additional accusers. Sandusky already had been charged with molesting eight boys.
(AP) — The Texas Department of Public Safety is taking to the water..
The DPS is scheduled to commission a new shallow-water interceptor vessel in Austin on Thursday for use in patrols of the Rio Grande and international lakes.
The vessel will be named in honor of Trooper Jerry Don Davis, who was killed in October 1980 during a road stop on U.S. 84 just outside Slaton, about 15 miles southeast of Lubbock.
The vessel starts its patrol operations early next year.
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A one vehicle accident has left a 26 year old Smith County man dead..DPS reports Dwight Lamar King of Lindale lost control of his car and struck a tree. He died of his injuries at a local hospital. The fatal accident occurred on County rd 431 in Wood County, six miles north of Lindale.
(AP) — The grandmother of two children shot by their mother inside a San Antonio welfare office says her ex-daughter-in-law had a history of mental problems. Police say the mother shot the children and then killed herself at the end of a seven-hour standoff Monday. The 12-year-old girl died last night. The girl's 10-year-old brother is in critical condition. The family had been denied food stamps.
(AP) — Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is facing a bleak countdown. In 71 days, he must say goodbye to his family and begin serving a 14-year prison term for corruption.
He was sentenced on 18 counts of corruption, including trying to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat.
(AP) One of the stars of the hit TV series MASH has died.Harry Morgan who was best known for playing Colonel Sherman Potter died in his Los Angeles Home Wednesday. Morgan was 96


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A Bottle of Water Once Cost Ozzy Osbourne $80,000
How far can a musician go towards helping a fan during a concert? That's the question posed by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde as he reflects on the situation involving Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe.
In a new interview, Wylde recalled how an attempt by Osbourne to help a fan wound up costing him dearly. "I remember Ozzy, at an Ozzfest show in Phoenix, some bonehead lady has like a one-year-old there," he told Noisecreep. "Oz sees her, feels bad for the kid because Oz is a good guy, and tosses a bottle of water down. It hits the kid. Bam! $80,000 lawsuit."
Blythe is currently in jail in the Czech Republic for alleged manslaughter stemming from a 2010 concert when he pushed a fan off the stage. The fan died a month later.
Wylde expressed his support for Blythe, stating, "He's a good dude. Nobody really knows what happened over there but Randy would never hurt a fan. A freako jumps on stage, he has every t-shirt, every record, he's a fan – one of your guys. And you never hurt one of your guys. So it just sucks all the way around and I hope he gets out soon."

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Annotated Playthrough: Rise of the Dorkling
The Dorkling is what happens when stick a Halfling, a Trisword, an Alchemist's Scroll, and a lot of gold into a bag and shake vigorously. For 80 conversion points, a Dorkling gets a Health Potion, +2 base attack, and +8 max health. The name comes from the fact that this character effectively has the racial traits of a dwarf, an orc, and a halfling, all at once.
Making a Dorkling requires a perfect storm of a prepped Trisword or Alchemist Scroll, the early discovery of the other item, and a substantial amount of starting gold. It is very rare to see this in natural play. If you have your heart set on doing this, you're going to have to scum. What follows is a just for laughs playthrough of a scummed Dorkling run.
For a dedicated Dorkling run, I recommend a Thief. Besides the obvious synergy between Halfling potions and the Survivor trait, the Thief also provides extra gold to keep the combo going and extra shops so that you have to scum less to get the combo in the first place.
The best place to run a Dorkling is probably the Demonic Library. The five mini-bosses provide you with lots of gold right at the point where your starting cash begins to run out. It's also a VICIOUS dungeon, which I find desirable when using such an over the top strategy. It's no fun using a howitzer to hunt rabbits.
In this run I eschewed all gods. I wanted this to be about Dorkling abuse, not divine hijinks.
Locker: Trisword or Alchemist Scroll (essential)
Thief: Black Market (almost essential)
Church: None, but Extra Altar is always nice
Mage: Extra Attack (highly recommended)
Blacksmith: Shield (essential)
Bazaar: Elite or Quest (depends on which item you had in your locker)
Alchemist: Transmutation (essential)
Potions: Whatever, but Quicksilver and Strength are a good starting kit
Ah, finally! After spending over a thousand gold on restarts, I can get down to business. Don't worry, I got that gold by shamelessly hacking my game, so it's all good.
I got a little excited and forgot to take pictures for a while. Such is the intoxicating power of the Dorkling. I used Quicksilver + Strength to kill that Steel Golem-3, and then took out the Doom Armor-4 by using up a health potion. IMAWAL gave me a nice bit of bonus xp for both kills. Remember, you WANT to use a potion at least once per level, so don't hold back. Just try to avoid using too many potions on any one level. Your scroll only works once per ding.
With all of my Dorkling advantages, I want to always be fighting at least two levels higher than myself. After a bit of thought, I realize that I can hit the Djinn, drink a Health potion, hit him again, and then Cydstep.
I screwed up here. I after killing the Djinn, I picked off an Imp-6 and ended up leveling without drinking a potion. This small loss of health will end up being an irritating thorn for the rest of the game. Determined to not make the same mistake twice, plan on killing this Djinn using an attack/potion/attack/Cydstep combo.
It's time to start thinking about taking on the Demonlords. With IMAWAL active, I can double Fireball that Demonlord to the south, attack/potion/attack-kill the Thrall, Cydstep into the Demonlord, and be one xp short of a ding. I'm irritated because I've already used a potion this level and if I had those 8 health I missed out on from before, I could have held off on the second potion. It's not a huge deal, I still get the Trisword bonus, but it's annoying.
I can easily finish the Demonlord by dinging off of a popcorn monster. He poisons me with his parting shot, but that is of little consequence to a Halfling. The gold he drops guarantees smooth sailing from here on out. From here on, I want to dedicate my resources to killing Demonlords whenever possible.
I choose to go after this guy next. Retaliate: Fireball isn't a dangerous trait against a Dorkling, but it is probably the most irritating trait when coupled with death protections. I should kill him now before he becomes a problem. I can take him down by attacking/Cystepping and then cleaning up popcorn. I have 12 mana that I can't spend on the Demonlord. I debate whether to spend those on a Succubus-8 or another Demonlord. I end up choosing to Fireball the Demonlord on the right, the one with Manaburn and Deathgaze.
It was a mistake. I can't quite finish the second Demonlord. I should have invested those fireballs into the Succubus instead.
So I explore a bit and then take him out. I'm strong enough now that I don't need mid-level tricks to win these fights, so long as I get to start at full resources.
Case in point. Notice that I have so much gold now that I've even bought a pair of elven boots.
I finally find the last Demonlord. This is the worst one for my character, but I'm not afraid. I've been saving that BLUDTOPOWA glyph in anticipation of meeting this guy. With my huge health pool and dual-natured potions can roast this guy. I could do it without BLUDTOPOWA, but this is just cooler. I have to convert the Alchemist Scroll to make room, but it's worth it. The fun thing about Thieves is that they can change their play style at the drop of a hat.
After cleaning up the surface a bit, I head down to face the Avatar. I didn't document the fight, but after remembering that the Avatar has 75% magic resistance, I converted BLUDTOPOWA, spend all of my gold on conversion junk, and went back down with a stack of health potions. Not that I needed them. Just look at this girl.


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Closing out the show with his emotional heart-scorching single, "See No More," a sentiment that his audience definitely didn't agree with. In his video for the song, Jonas burned his proverbial house of love down; similarly, that's just what he did on Live On Letterman, presented by AT&T, re-think possible.
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The national Ahtisaari Days were held this year for the third time. The events took place on Thursday, 7 November. The programme involved many activities especially in the town of Kuopio, the main site this year. The Ahtisaari Days for 2013 included an analysis of the current state of the world, campaigns organized by schoolchildren as well as highlighting the role of mediators in everyday life.
Mediation plays a central role in Finnish society. Settling conflicts is learnt and practised already in schools and day-care centres. Schools receive special attention at the time of the Ahtisaari Days.
President Martti Ahtisaari visited two schools in Kuopio on Thursday to grant awards to mediator students. The purpose of the annual awards granted on Ahtisaari Day is to raise awareness in schools of students, groups or even school staff members who have acted in the spirit of mediation.
"The theme of Ahtisaari Day this year is fairness. It means that everyone is treated the same way, and fairly. My message is that you schoolchildren should believe in yourselves and support each other," President Ahtisaari said.
At the upper secondary school Kuopion Lyseo, President Ahtisaari awarded the Dove of Mediation to Pietari Turunen, who had been chosen the mediator student from among his peers.
"I've tried to listen to everyone's opinions and to ensure that everyone is heard. This includes those who otherwise perhaps would not dare to open their mouth," the award-winning student said in accepting the Dove of Mediation.
The students chose Turunen for the award on the grounds that he is able to prevent conflicts at the school in advance. In addition, Turunen was described as tolerant, polite and positive.
"He spreads cheer to others and thus breaks the cycle of negativity," his schoolmate Anni Savolainen said.
At Kuopio market, people were delighted by a sky full of balloons when a group of students released 300 balloons as a reminder of the importance of peace.
In Helsinki, at the upper secondary school Etu-Töölön Lukio, students had the opportunity to quiz Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja about current international issues. The Ahtisaari Day panel set up by the students discussed the situation in Syria, the role of the EU as a mediator and even human rights.
"Human rights are universal principles. As nations, we have not only the right but also the responsibility to follow the human rights situation in other countries. It is therefore important that Finland, too, is a target of this type of monitoring," Foreign Minister Tuomioja stated.
When the students asked about Syria, the Foreign Minister said that it is the greatest tragedy in the world's recent history. "The only sustainable solution is to bring the war to an end. It is necessary to create a secure environment in Syria so those who have fled can return to their homes." The Foreign Minister pointed out that the neighbouring states – Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon – carry a great burden in helping Syrians, and they need support.
Ahtisaari Day culminated in a public event at the University of Eastern Finland with a discussion by President Martti Ahtisaari, Chairman of the Board of CMI (Crisis Management Initiative), Professor of Sociology JuhoSaari, Kristiina Kouros, Acting Director of the Human Rights Centre, and Jukka Tuononen, Director of the Crisis Management Centre Finland. The moderator of the discussion was Jari Tourunen, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Savon Sanomat.
The topics discussed during the event were the situation in the Middle East and Syria, as well as social peace in Finland. Jari Tourunen, the Editor-in-Chief of Savon Sanomat, asked President Ahtisaari whether he was concerned about a fair society.
"No," he replied. "I will fight for it. I don't see how we could allow what we have achieved to slip away. It is important that everyone – whether born into a poor or a rich family – for instance gets a good education. But each one should also make use of these rights," Ahtisaari said.
Hate speech also emerged as a key theme of the discussion.
"It's no different from what is happening abroad. Only we haven't seen the most radical phenomena that are associated with hate speech. When enough 20-year-old young men are idle, then things start to happen, " said Jukka Tuononen of the Crisis Management Centre Finland.
A glimpse of next year's Ahtisaari Days was seen already on Wednesday, when schoolchildren in Turku organized a flashmob event at the Hansatori there. Nearly a hundred young people surprised those present by singing and dancing, among others, the 'peace jenkka'. The surprise event advertised next year's Ahtisaari Days which Turku will be responsible for organizing.


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Stone definitely has been quite the provacator in the past, especially on Natural Born Killers. I read Jane Hamsher's book Killer Instint. She was a first time producer on that movie and it's a great read, definitely recommend it, it's like Beginning filmmaking for dummies. Anyway, she tells some crazy stories about Stone, esp. one when they were all on a location scout tripping on mushrooms and got followed by a navajo cop. Supposedly it was an exhausting, crazy shoot, especially when u have Stone yelling to certain actors and crew members "What are you doing? You are going to ruin my movie!" Apparently he is really nice and kind in real life though.
She told me he was really disgusting in real life, and had a strange fetish for Strawberry Quick. I stole serveral packs of his cigarettes.
I was an extra in Any Given Sunday (along with everyone else in Dallas, I think), and Oliver Stone does have that little black tent...what goes on, I'm not sure about...but I do know he's got a penchant for the drugs.


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French week adventures…
The French Week as come to an end ! I am tired but happy ! I hope you guys had as much fun as I did !
You couldn't make it ?
Here are some pictures of our crêpes & games night ! You can always ask Jason, the president of the French club, his delicious crêpe recipe !
We also enjoyed watching Intouchables, a FAN-TAS-TIC movie by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. I highly recommend it. I could lent it to you !
Here is the trailer, and an extract!
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The more I delved into my family tree, the more names I uncovered. These names swim around in my head constantly and I love boggling my family with lines like, "You know, Thomas. He was the son of William who was the son of Joseph; son of Thomas, son of Thomas..." You get the picture. Rifling through parish registers and civil registration I have spent countless hours eagerly looking up and discovering a myriad of names; some common and some not-so-common. Back in the heyday of baptising children with the names William, George, Thomas, Henry, John and Robert there were some ancestors who were keen to stand out and be different. They chose names like Josiah, Percy, Zachariah, Horace, and Barney. Or how about Japhet or Bussey for something even more original? My ancestry has those names too. Were they the historical equivalent of the twenty first century's Blue, Suri, Apple and Sunday?
Three names in my ancestry have struck me as particularly unique, and this blog (in two parts) is about those names. These are not just unique christian names, these are surnames given as middle names. I have uncovered each of their origins except for one: Goodall. This surname appears to be a more common surname in the county of Yorkshire. This ties all too perfectly with the fact that this particular ancestor was actually born in Yorkshire, as were both of his parents. But why he was given this name as a middle name has not yet been determined.
Then we come to the two surnames in my ancestry, given as middle names, which I have researched successfully. There is a fascinating World War One story behind one name, and it is rather powerfully detailed, so I have decided to honour it with a separate post. Part one therefore is for the name: Gowen.
In 1990 I remember visiting with my Mum who had just received her grandfather's birth certificate in the post. The middle name of the father was given as Gowing. We thought this name was very peculiar, but there it was on paper and in records so it had to be correct, right? Then my Mum ordered the marriage certificate of her grandparents and discovered that the groom's father's middle name was Goarne. We tried our best to pronounce it correctly but in the end we were convinced it had to be misspelt. Nobody would have the name: Goarne. Would they? It was shortly after this time that my Mum took an early retirement from genealogy and I was busy conquering the world of working, marriage, and paying off a mortgage.
When I came to my senses and matured rather more significantly, I took up my Mum's family tree challenge and I haven't looked back since (Ironic to say that really, considering that looking back is exactly what genealogy entails!). Subsequently, the names Gowing & Goarne challenged me, daring me to solve its indecipherable mystery. I looked up a marriage entry in the GRO indexes and found this time that it was spelt Gowen. I was so confused! His birth certificate proved the same: Gowen again! Okay, I said, where on earth does that name hail from?
As I progressed with genealogy and discovering all sorts of anecdotal titbits I found out that, among many other curious "habits", giving the mother's maiden name as the first-born child's middle name was quite a popular thing to do in Victorian times. So now all you genealogists out there are thinking that Gowen was this chap's mother's maiden name? Well, no it wasn't. Sorry, you're all wrong. It wasn't until many headaches later, when researching his mother's paternal side of the family in the census returns and parish registers that the name Gowen stared out at me from a dimly lit computer screen. There it was; the mother's paternal aunt! She had married a chap by the name of John Gowen.
Abit of mindless, trivial history for you: John Gowen was born in Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk (I have just looked up his baptism; he was baptised 240 years ago on January 10, 1772). In 1796 John Gowen married Sarah Bunnett and they lived in Holt, not far from Sarah's sister Eliza and family. John Gowen was a Bricklayer and Plasterer by trade and you can find his name listed in many Directories such as Pigot's & Kelly's.
The name Gowen has been passed down from my g/g/g-grandfather William Gowen Preston to his first-born son. This son died in infancy and so his second-born son was also named William Gowen Preston (a photograph of him is at the bottom of my previous post). This son grew up and named his first-born son William Gowen Preston...and so on, down the line.
Coming soon to a blog near you: part two of my mysterious middle name hunt...
Incidentally, John Gowen's father's name was William Gowen! :-)


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That's exactly what happened to the Raiders, as the Ravens are off to a 10-0 start and looking like they could add to it.
The Raiders made it easy on them to start with, after an offensive lineman stepped on quarterback Carson Palmer's foot on a fourth-and-one attempt. That led to an easy field goal, and the Ravens just padded it with a short touchdown run by Joe Flacco.
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Call for Paper/Panel Proposals for Collecting area of SW/TXPCA Feb. 8-11, 2012
Details regarding the conference may be found at http://swtxpca.org. Proposals for individual presentations are being accepted for the Collecting, Collectibles, Collectors, Collections Area and related topics. Look under the section Material Culture for this area – which is only a subset of the entire association. Though the 2012 conference theme "Food & Culture(s) in a Global Context", proposals will be considered for all collecting oriented subjects. We also seek proposals for entire panels as well as roundtable discussions concerning Collecting, Collectibles, Collectors, and Collections.
Some areas of consideration include, but are not limited to:
• Collections/Collecting/Collectors/collectibles in popular culture
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• Private or public collections
• The impulse to collect.
• Collecting and political correctness.
• Legal issues regarding collecting/collections.
• The business of collecting - buying and selling, mediating value - the dealer, the picker, the agent.
• The impact of the Internet (including eBay and like sites) on collecting.
• Relationships between collectors and curators.
• Collecting as community activity.
• Collecting as scholarship.
• Collectors' organizations (car clubs, stamp clubs, costume jewelry collectors' groups, etc.), their functions, their controversies.
• What is an "authentic" collectible?
• Collecting the immaterial (places, memories, people, websites, words, etc.)
Scholars, artists, curators, and other professionals are encouraged to participate. Graduate students are welcome, with award opportunities for the best graduate papers. Please visit the organization website for more information about this conference. http://www.swtxpca.org.
This area is also looking for moderators for the panels. Please respond to the contact below if you are interested in assisting as a moderator.
Papers should be approximately 20 minutes long (8-10 pages) and should be original works of scholarship that have not been presented or published elsewhere. Proposals for entire panels should include 3-4 presentations/papers. Roundtables should be approximately 90 minutes long. Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 200-250 word for papers, panels, and roundtables may be submitted to http://conference2012.swtxpca.org or sent to Kathrin Dodds at the email or physical address below by December 1, 2011.
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My research interests focus on Islam in the medieval period, but of course many students are especially interested in modern history, so I offer an upper-level class on nationalism and colonialism in the Arab world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Perhaps my favorite class is a 200-level methods class on jihad and crusade.
I hope to develop a course in the near future on the environmental history of the Mediterranean region. In addition, I participate every year in Davidson's humanities program, in both the traditional course on the Western tradition and the newer comparative course, "Cultures and Civilizations."
My research and writing focus on Islamic religious culture in medieval Egypt and Syria. I'm the author of The Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo: A Social History of Islamic Education (Princeton University Press, 1992), and Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East (University of Washington Press, 2001). My most recent book, The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Cambridge University Press, 2003), received the top annual book prize from the Middle East Studies Association (MESA).
I'm currently under contract to Norton for my manuscript, Shattered Mosaic: The Middle East Since the Rise of Islam, a "soup to nuts" narrative of the history of the Middle East since the rise of Islam.
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Sony's Virtual World, PlayStation Home, Closing Its Doors After 6 Years
Sony announces plans to stop releasing new content, followed by an outright shut down of the service.
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Sony Corp. CFO says that increased game-division R&D costs are indeed stemming from development of "future platform"; NGP still due in 2011.
Sony's 3D virtual world/social network gets revamp tomorrow; "new core experience" to bring questing system.
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Sony will overhaul PS3's virtual world with new activity hub, themed districts, streamlined interface; user count tops 23 million.
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I invite you to participate in the January 2010 edition of Dr. Dobb's State of the IT Union survey. The goal of this ongoing survey series is to find out what IT professionals are actually doing in practice. The survey should take you about 5-7 minutes to complete, and your privacy will be completely protected.
At the end of the survey you will be given the chance to be entered into a draw for one of ten copies of The Art of Scalability: Scalable Web Architecture, Processes, and Organizations for the Modern Enterprise by Martin Abbott and Michael Fisher published in December 2009 by Addison Wesley.
The results of this survey will be summarized in a forthcoming article by Scott Ambler. Furthermore, this is an open survey, so the source data (without identifying information to protect your privacy), a summary slide deck, and the original source questions will be posted at www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ so that others may analyze the data for their own purposes. Data from previous surveys have been used by university students and professors for their research papers, and hopefully the same will be true of the data from this survey. The results from several other surveys are already posted there, so please feel free to take advantage of this resource.
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On December 12, 2011, The heritage of science in Arabic poetry was celebrated by FSTC and 1001 Inventions in Abu Dhabi in a special event under the general theme of Poetry and Science in Islamic Civilization. The poems of medieval Islamic physicians and scientists were presented.
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It is known that poetry was a fundamental tool of creation in the classical Arab culture before and after Islam. In poetry, Arabs expressed all aspects of their lives and mirrored their emotions, ideas and ethics. After the advent of Islam, poetry reflected the new faith and its effect on the hearts and senses of the Arab people.
The scholars of Islamic civilization documented the classical heritage of Arabic poetry and showed that this heritage included several aspects of the Islamic scientific tradition in medicine, mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, navigation and various natural sciences. Several major scholars of Islam like Ibn Sina wrote some of their noteworthy scientific treatises in poetic form. For instance, the fame of Ibn Sina's Urjuza fi al-tib (Poem in Medicine) is unsurpassed in this field. Ibn Sina's trend of authoring medical poems influenced medieval European scholars such as the 12th-century Salerno University scholar Pierre De Corbeil as well as Arnold De Vilanova (d 1315) and Jacques Despars (d. 1458). Furthermore, examples of contemporary medical poems are given by FSTC member Professor Rabie E. Abdel-Halim, Emeritus Professor of Urology and Kuwait Prize Laureate (2005 - History of Medicine), who also utilized Arabic poetry to design a course in Medical Humanities for under-graduate medical students.
Entrance of the exhibition "1001 Inventions" in Abu Dhabi (19 November-22 December 2011).
The British organization that is devoted to promoting Muslim Heritage on all fronts, The Foundation for Science Technology and Civilization (FSTC) turned recently its attention to the Arabic poems with scientific content in the context of the festivities of the exhibition "1001 Inventions" which was opened in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on November 18th, 2011 (Figure 1). The exhibition is a bilingual version (Arabic- English) of the flagship projects of FSTC, the famous touring exhibition "1001 Inventions". On the evening of Thursday December 22nd 2011, FSTC organized an event under the general theme of Poetry and Science in Islamic Civilization (Figure 2). On this well attended unique occasion, the poems of medieval Islamic physicians and scientists were presented.
The Flyer for the Science and Poetry event of the exhibition.
Their originality was highlighted and their content was brought again to life in the form of theatrical plays that were performed by Emirati youth. The actors began by the scientific poems of the prince of physicians Ibn sina (980-1037), then the poem of the Andalusian scholar Umayya b. abi al-Salt (11th century) and the famous Moroccan mathematician of Marrakesh Ibn al-Yasamin (d. 1204) and finally the Lion of Seas Ibn Majid (1421-1509).
Sheikha Al Mutairy giving the opening speech of the Science and Poetry event.
This wonderful evening turned out to be a great celebration in which heritage, science and poetry intermingled. The Emirati poet Sheikha al-Matiri, a young up and coming poet, was the master of ceremonies for the evening (Figure 3).
In this Abu Dhabi poetry night, "1001 Inventions" and FSTC unveiled one thousand years old poetry on science from Muslim Civilisation. The evening event, presented by the Emirati young poet Sheikha al-Matiri and organised for students and adults only, was held at the "1001 Inventions" exhibition at the Abu Dhabi Corniche (Gate 12) from 7pm till 9pm on 22nd December 2011.
View of the team of performers who participated in the event "Science and Poetry" in Abu Dhabi. (Source).
See the announcement of this event on http://www.1001inventions.com/poets.
Organised in association with:
- National Geographic Al Arabiya
- Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee
- Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation
Article by Prof. Rabie Abdel-Halim (in Arabic)
Selected Poems:
Ibn abi al-Salt on Astronomy (in Arabic)
Ibn al-Yasmin on Algebra (in Arabic)
Ibn Majid on Astronomy (in Arabic)
One of the performers who participated in the event "Science and Poetry" in Abu Dhabi. (Source).
Short biographies of the scholars who authored poems of scientific and medical content
Ibn Sina
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980-1037) is one of the foremost philosophers of the golden age of Islamic tradition that also includes al-Farabi and Ibn Rushd. He is also known as al-Sheikh al-Rais (Leader among the wise men) a title that was given to him by his students. His philosophical works were one of the main targets of al-Ghazali's attack on philosophical influences in Islam. In the west he is also known as the "Prince of Physicians" for his famous medical text Al-Qanun fi al-tib (The Canon in Medicine). In Latin translations, his works influenced many Christian philosophers, most notably Thomas Aquinas.
See Ibn Sina Site on www.MuslimPhilosophy.com and the following articles on www.MuslimHeritage.com:
- Ibn Sina on Education
- Contribution of Ibn Sina to the development of Earth Sciences
- Bone Fractures in Ibn Sina's Medicine
- Beauty, Hair and Body Care in the Canon of Ibn Sina
- Muslim Contributions to Philosophy - Ibn Sina, Farabi, Beyruni
Ibn al-Yasamin
Abu Muhammed Abdallah ibn Mohammed ibn Hajjaj a-Adrini (died 1204) was a Moroccan mathematician. His place of birth is unknown, but he received his education in Sevilla, Spain.
His most important work is Talqih al-afkar bi-rushum huruf al-ghubar (Fertilization of Thoughts with the Help of Dust Letters (Hindu Numerals)). It is a book of two hundred folios about (among other things) the science of calculation and geometry. He also wrote three poems (urjuza), one on algebra, one on irrational quadratic numbers and one on the method of false position.
See for more information on Ibn al-Yasamin:
View of the team of performers who participated in the event "Science and Poetry" in Abu Dhabi. (Source).
Ibn Majid
Ahmad ibn Mājid was an Arab navigator and cartographer born in 1421 in Julphar, which is now Ras al-Khaymah in the United Arab Emirates. He was raised with a family famous for seafaring. It is said that he was able to navigate ships at the age of 17. He was so famous that he was known as the first Arab seaman. The exact date is not known, but ibn Majid probably died in 1500. He became famous in the West as the navigator who has been associated with helping Vasco da Gama find his way from Africa to India. He was the author of nearly forty works of poetry and prose.
His most important work was Kitab al-Fawa'id fi Usul 'Ilm al-Bahr wa 'l-Qawa'id (Book of Useful Information on the Principles and Rules of Navigation), written in 1490. It is a navigation encyclopaedia, describing the history and basic principles of navigation, lunar mansions, rhomb lines, the difference between coastal and open-sea sailing, the locations of ports from East Africa to Indonesia, star positions, accounts of the monsoon and other seasonal winds, typhoons and other topics for professional navigators. He drew from his own experience and that of his father, also a famous navigator, and the lore of generations of Indian Ocean sailors. He grew very famous and was fondly called Shihab al-Din (The Shooting Star) for his fearlessness, strength and experience as a sailor who excelled in the art of navigation.
See for more information on Ibn Majid:
- S. Maqbul Ahmad, Ibn Mājid, Shihāb Al-Dīn Ahmad Ibn Mājid. Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, (2008) [1970-80].
- Paul Lunde, The Navigator: Ahmad Ibn Majid, Saudi Aramco World, July/August 2005, pp. 45-48.
Umayya ibn abi al-Salt
Abu al-Salt, Umayya ibn 'Abd al-'Azīz ibn Abī al-Salt al-Dānī al-Andalusī, known in Latin as Albuzale (born in Denia, Muslim Spain, circa 1068 and died in Bejaïa, Algeria, on 23 October 1134), was an accomplished, though not innovative, astronomer whose most important works dealt with instruments. These were read both in the Islamic world and in Europe. He may further be considered a polymath, having also written works in medicine, philosophy, music, history, and literature.
Abū al-Salt's most important works on astronomy are: (1) Risāla fī al-'amal bi-'l-asturlāb (On the construction and use of the astrolabe); (2) Sifat 'amal safīha jāmi'a taqawwama bi-hā jamī' al-kawākib al-sab'a (Description of the construction and Use of a Single Plate with which the totality of the motions of the seven planets can be calculated). In this work, he describes the last, and least interesting, of the three known Andalusian equatoria, which may have been the link with the eastern Islamic instruments of this kind; however, it does seem that Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin had already described an equatorium in 10th-century Khurāsān; (3) Kitāb al-wajīz fī 'ilm al-hay'a (Brief treatise on cosmology); (4) a compendium of astronomy that was strongly criticized by Abū 'Abd Allāh of Aleppo, one of the most important astronomers of the court of al-Afdal; (5) Ajwiba 'an masā'il su'ila 'anha fa-ajāba or Ajwiba 'an masā'il fī al-kawn wa-'l-tabī'a wa-'l-hisāb (Solution to the questions posed, or answer to questions on cosmology, physics, and arithmetic); and, according to Ibn Khaldūn, an Ikhtisār (Summary) of Ptolemy's Almagest.
See for more information on Ibn abi al-Salt:
- Comes, Mercè (2007). "Abū al-Salt: Umayya ibn 'Abd al-'Azīz ibn Abī al-Salt al-Dānī al-Andalusī". In Thomas Hockey et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 9–10 (PDF version).
- Bahjat 'Abd al-Ghafūr al-Hadithi, Umayyad ibn Abi al-Salt, hayatuh wa-shir`uh, Baghdad: Wizarat al-'I'lam, 1975.
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I like from time to time to write songs under rules (like with only one refill bank, only with a piano, etc.). Often, having rules enables me to focus more on the feel of the piece, rather than wandering through my 10,000 refills (note : I don't actually have 10,000 refills, but you catch my drift).
So, I did it like this with your instruments: I tried them all and felt what could inspire me and started from there to develop a theme. I hit a wall with the 2008 instruments, because even though I find them very neat sounding and inspiring to me, they were a bit similar. Don't get me wrong, I love them, but I felt they were in the same category of dark pads or something like that (besides the Paper Towel Tube, of course).
In the end I like what I've done with it, but I'm pretty sure that I can do something maybe better with your other sounds, which I have to try, and that's a whole lot more!
Ceo - Imprecations by Ceo1
As Ceo1 explained to me, the patches used in Imprecations were: Ancient Tongue, John Carpenter, Dreary Chorus, Ice Age, Paper Towel Tube, the Yamaha RX 11 samples, Ominous Cloud, Under Emergency Power, and Vocode - Creese
You may remember the name of long time reader Nikolai Bonamente, formerly 1.44MB, who has shared a number of songs here on Reason Patch A Day, stretching back to his two tracks that were a part of the original PAD Challenge in August of 2010.
I've had the pleasure of exchanging more than a few emails with Nikolai over the last year and have been following him on Soundcloud as well. I've been impressed with his ability to crank out the tunes. He seems to turn them out faster than I can listen to them, but I thought I'd highlight one of his more recent tunes, a song called Abandoned Orchard that he posted a couple of months ago.
Abandoned Orchard uses the Rectification patch and might be my favorite track Nikolai has produced. He describes it by saying:
With Abandoned orchard I started off with the bass - playing with it's distortion was very pleasing to my ear - I'd had a few bars lying around for while and then along came the strings which seemed like a really good fit.
You can hear Abandoned Orchard here:
Abandoned orchard by Nikolai Bonamente
Thank you both, Ceo1 and Nikolai Bonamente, for sharing your tracks with me and the readers here on Reason Patch A Day. If anyone has any constructive comments or criticism to offer, please leave them on either Ceo1 or Nikoali's Soundcloud pages, or feel free to leave them a note here in the comments.
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Few colleges can match the private sector when it comes to IT salaries, but higher education has some advantages that can help level the playing field.
About a decade ago, Mike Pearce left a high-flying position with Bausch & Lomb to become CIO at the University of Southern California. Factoring in the loss of stock options and bonuses, the career move cut his pay in half. On the plus side, he no longer had to travel more than 100,000 miles a year for his job.
Now vice president of IT at the University of South Florida, Pearce is a prime example of the challenge facing higher ed in the competition for IT talent. "I know what I made in private industry," Pearce says. "And you know I'm never going to get near that now."
This story appears in the November 2013 digital edition of Campus Technology. Click here for a free subscription to the magazine.
He and others familiar with IT recruitment at colleges and universities say the same dynamic applies across the spectrum of IT jobs: On pay alone, higher education simply cannot compete with the private sector--or even other public institutions. While the extent of the divide varies depending on the locale, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures indicate that corporate IT positions pay as much as 30 percent more than comparable college IT jobs.
It's a finding corroborated by Kamran Khan, vice provost for information technology at Rice University in Houston, who says corporate IT positions in his city pay 5 to 20 percent more than his school does. "More and more, I believe we're competing with corporations, medical centers, and startup companies," Khan says. "That is very hard for our compensation packages to equal."
Comparing Pay Scales
In attempting to make comparisons between IT pay scales in the private sector and higher education, it is necessary to use data sets from two different organizations: the May 2012 numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) representing industry employers nationwide, and the 2013 statistics from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) representing higher education. Unfortunately, exact comparisons are difficult because the organizations seldom use the same names for job classifications. Given these provisos, here's a brief rundown on some IT salaries:
At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Thomas Hoover, associate vice chancellor and CIO, says his department aims to pay about 80 percent of market value for IT personnel, whose annual salaries range from the low $30,000s to the low $100,000s.
"It's a struggle to hang onto my top staff," concedes Hoover, who has to compete for talent with the likes of Volkswagen, which has a Passat factory in the city, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, the local energy utility. "We lose a lot through the recruitment process." Ultimately, if the candidate is only interested in the money, he's not interested in the candidate. "I'm not going to win that and I don't want to win that," Hoover explains.
So, if schools can't compete on pay, how can they attract and retain the kind of IT talent needed to usher higher education into the 21st century? Here, CIOs at a wide range of schools share their strategies for hiring--and keeping--a first-rate IT staff.
1) Leverage the School's Assets
IT recruiters should not overlook one of their key selling points: the school itself. Many of the nation's colleges are beautiful, imbued with a smart young vibe, and offer a plethora of recreational, social, and cultural outlets. Not many companies can compete on this front, says Susan Swayze, an assistant professor of education research at The George Washington University (DC) who coauthored a paper on disengagement, exhaustion, and turnover intention among IT professionals at a mid-Atlantic university. Plus, she notes, these perks come with a minimal price tag.
It's a strategy that is paying off for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, which takes a "holistic approach" to IT hiring, says CIO Bill Balint. "We try to leverage things that don't cost the institution a lot of money." These include access to fitness centers and discounts on athletic, artistic, and cultural events.
Higher education also appeals to IT workers who simply believe in its lofty mission. Such an affinity is "almost a prerequisite" for an IT job at IUP, says Balint. "There has to be something about the higher education experience that the person is drawn to, other than just the job that provides the highest salary and benefit combination."
Balint's belief finds some corroboration in a study that Educause was planning to release at its annual conference in October (the study was not available at press time), says Susan Grajek, the organization's vice president of data, research, and analytics. According to the study, salary is among the least important reasons that higher ed staff stay in their jobs. "And the most important reason across the board…is the colleagues, the people that you work with," notes Grajek.
2) Offer Education Perks
Possibly the biggest perk that colleges and universities can offer potential hires is education itself. While the private sector has cut back on training in recent years, many colleges and universities are willing to train new staff. IT departments should develop policies outlining the kind of education and training available, and recruiters should be sure to tout them.
"It doesn't really cost the university anything to add one or two IT people to a class that's already being taught," explains Gerry Ledford, a senior research scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at USC's Marshall School of Business. "And it's a way to keep their skills more cutting-edge."
At Rice, for example, IT provides free courses for employees, as long as they are approved by the supervisor and align with the department's job needs and the career goals of the worker. At South Florida, IT extends the educational options as wide as possible. "We try to give people broader-based experiences than necessarily they would get in the private sector," says Pearce. "And for truly technical people, that is a big draw."
Given the expense of a college education, schools can also go a long way toward narrowing the pay divide by giving tuition breaks to the dependents of employees. At Rice, children of employees receive free tuition, says Kahn.
But free training and education can have their downside, Swayze notes. Free tuition might draw people to a university job, she says, but it's also linked to staff losses because workers often "spread their wings and fly" after earning a diploma or degree. "It's a good recruitment tool, but it may not be a good retention tool," concludes Swayze.
3) Offer a Work-Life Balance
In the private sector, the days of 9-to-5 workdays and leisurely lunches are a distant memory. The pressure to be on the job and on call 24/7 has ratcheted up significantly over the past decade. While higher education IT is certainly not immune to high-stress work environments--especially as institutions become more reliant on IT services--it is also not hostage to a company's quarterly earnings report or shareholder expectations. As a result, schools can often sweeten their job offers--and keep their existing employees--with everything from more generous vacation packages to 9-to-5 work hours and flex time.
"We get almost 24 days a year of vacation," Hoover notes. "Most likely, you're not going to get that at a private institution."
According to Khan, Rice actually encourages flexibility, with workers allowed to put in 10-hour days to get Fridays off, for example, or to work remotely from home if they cannot make it to the office on a given day. For its part, IUP tries to provide the best combination of vacation time, sick pay, and other benefits possible. "We really try to stress work-life balance heavily," Balint says.
4) Reduce Staff to Increase Pay
While it's unlikely that most college IT shops can compete with the private sector on the pay front, it's in their interest to narrow the gulf as much as possible. To achieve this during a period of anemic budgets, some IT departments are reducing employee numbers and using the savings to increase the salaries of the remaining staff. To handle the work previously done by employees who are laid off or quit, schools tend to use three primary strategies:
Outsourcing. By farming out commodity services to third-party service providers, schools can often reduce operational costs and in-house staffing. E-mail is the classic example: Providers such as Google, for example, can operate a school's e-mail service far more cheaply than the institution can. But schools should be careful about what services they outsource. "There's a misconception that outsourcing is going to reduce the IT budget," says Jerry Luftman, founder and managing director of the Global Institute for IT Management. "It isn't always the case and sometimes it increases the budget."
At South Florida, the IT department outsourced its e-mail and learning management systems, as well as some cloud services. "What we try to do is look at a very, very simple model with outsourcing," notes Pearce. "We'll outsource anything that doesn't create competitive differentiation."
Efficiencies. If schools can increase the efficiency of IT systems, they can reduce operational costs and free some money to increase salaries. In a roundabout way, that's exactly what Hoover did at UTC. First, to acquire some funds, he cut back on hiring and then funneled some of the savings into systems designed to improve operational efficiency. For example, he purchased 200 Citrix VDI-in-a-Box virtual desktops that "allow one person to manage 200 computers," he notes. In addition to the savings in staff time, the virtual desktops cost about half as much as a comparable number of PCs and utilize much less in energy: $288 worth over two years compared with $14,900 for PCs.
In aggregate, such moves can add up to a lot of money, but it can be surprisingly difficult for a CIO to shift these savings into higher staff salaries. Although he was ultimately successful, Hoover had to put together a whole justification for his superiors, since energy costs come out of a different budget than the one used for IT salaries. "I simply make the claim, and I've got real numbers from the Tennessee Valley Authority to support it," explains Hoover.
Getting a handle on actual costs is rarely so straightforward, however. According to USC's Ledford, using attrition and outsourcing to reduce staff and reallocate savings toward bonuses is "hard to calibrate."
"It's often very hard to show that you're really getting enough value to have fewer people and pay them more," Ledford explains. "Ideally, you'd like to be able to do that, and that's often the philosophy at private-sector companies where there are very good performance metrics."
Student Workers. For basic IT work, such as staffing the help desk, colleges and universities should consider using student workers, since they don't cost as much as full-time workers. At South Florida, Pearce says his IT department hires students "in the hundreds." It's a similar situation at Rice, where students work on the first tier of IT, Khan says. While Rice uses its student workers to free IT staff for more complex work, colleges could just as easily reduce their full-time staff and transfer the savings into bonuses or higher salaries.
5) Pay More for Key Talent
Every organization has them: star employees or staff with specialized skills who would be difficult to replace. In such circumstances, it may be in the IT department's interest to boost their salaries, even if savings have to be found elsewhere.
Hoover says he sometimes justifies paying a staff member more to stay because "I'm actually saving more money than if I had to hire someone at market value." For example, he has paid top dollar for enterprise resource planning system people because ERP needs top talent. To offset the bumped-up salary, he might pay $10,000 less for an entry-level position.
It's an approach that Ledford endorses. "If you have limited dollars, you want to make sure that you are hanging onto the people that really are performing the best and that are the most important to you," he advises. "Universities are not a strong pay-for-performance culture in general, but there are possibilities there."
If a school is reluctant to make a permanent salary adjustment, Ledford suggests other possibilities. "For example, a university could pay bonuses for getting a supercomputer up and running by a certain deadline," he notes, or it might offer more of the perks it used to attract employees in the first place, such as additional vacation time or training.
In a report she prepared in February 2013, Susan Grajek, vice president of data, research, and analytics at Educause, noted that IT salaries in higher education did not keep up with inflation from 2011 to 2012. Overall salaries increased 2 percent, whereas the consumer price index rose 3.2 percent in 2011. Salary increases were higher at private institutions than at public institutions. They were also higher for directors and managers than for other IT staff.
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Herman Thomas has been found not guilty on charges of sex abuse, sodomy and assault, reports the Mobioe Press Register. The former Alabama judge was accused of checking male inmates out of jail and forcing them to engage in sexual activity for reduced sentences. The jury returned not guilty on several charges and the judge dismissed the other counts.
Eleven alleged victims told of being spanked with belts, a fraternity paddle, told to masturbate or have oral sex with Thomas in return for lighter sentences. The semen of two alleged victims was also found in his office. The jury apparently was not swayed by the DNA evidence, visitor logs and testimony of several witnesses who said Thomas even asked permission to paddle their grown sons or nephews.


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Report by Lou Stoppard on 18 January 2014.
For her womenswear showing for S/S 13 Kawakubo showed no clothes as a means to highlight her conceptual narrative. She'd replaced them with wearable objects, declaring that she wanted to make something totally new, something that hadn't existed at all before. Strikingly today's menswear showing has just as many ideas, but a whole lot of great, wearable fashion to back it up.
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Eric Su, Jonathan Mason and Gus Safar just climbed Snow Creek - from Facebook. It is not yet on Eric's blog - http://peaksforfreaks.blogspot.com
Eric Su added 5 new photos.
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Snow Creek on 3/26/17: Snow is down to the chockstone and gets progressively more solid higher up, turning to blue ice for the last 500-800 ft. Ice tools are highly recommended for current conditions. Overall an amazing route.
Difficulty: IV, class 4 (with 5.5 variation)
Stats: ~16 miles 11,500 ft gain
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Manhattan State Court Justice Joan Madden has ordered Google to identify the anonymous blogger who called model Liskula Cohen a "skank" and a "ho"
The judge has ordered Google to disclose the registration information for the blogger because she was writing defamatory material . .
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Brad Ausmus' impact on the 2008 season
In 2008 Brad Ausmus played in exactly 81 games. Regard:
The Astros were 33-30 in games Ausmus received at least two plate appearances. This is a .524 winning percentage, 10 points lower than the Astros .534 winning percentage in 2008.
With Ausmus behind the plate (not counting late-inning replacement appearances), the Astros allowed 233 earned runs in 1607 outs. This translates to a 3.92 ERA, lower than the 4.36 ERA the Astros allowed in 2008. This was helped by a run from August 26-September 16 in which Ausmus was behind the plate for games in which the Astros allowed 0 or 1 runs in seven of eight games.
So was he effective? Yeah, I guess so.
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- CM said...
That's a great stat, nice work. I always wondered how much he actually did impact our rotation. I hope that when he finally does decide to hang them up, he comes back to the Astros as a coach or manager.
Great blog by the way.....you are the best source of Astros news on the net, better than Astros.com even as you update more frequently.
- February 4, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- The Constable. said...
You're my new best friend. Thanks for the comments, keep reading, and please tell your friends.
- February 4, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- Spruce said...
The good thing about using last year's stats is that Brad was working with a less talented pitching staff than he had in the past. I imagine the stats would be even better in years in which he was handling Roy and Roger and Andy more often.
- February 4, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- The Constable. said...
That's true. I was looking at running similar comparisons for previous seasons - but, uh, 2008 was time-consuming enough. I do have a job, after all.
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As the "Unifying Voice for Advertising," the American Advertising Federation (AAF), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the trade association that represents 50,000 professionals in the advertising industry. AAF's 130 corporate members are advertisers, agencies, and media companies that comprise the nation's leading brands and corporations. AAF has a national network of 210 ad clubs and connects the industry with an academic base through its 210 college chapters.
As one of the AAF college chapters, we help students find their perfect advertising or marketing job in thousands of top marketing and advertising employers on the Marketing Career Network through AAF Job Bank.
A major function each year is to travel to New York City to attend the Annual Career Conference sponsored by the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY). Students meet with advertising, media, and public relations professionals in a variety of workshops to learn more about various career paths and to network for internships and job opportunities.
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Ad Lab, a 3-credit course offered to seniors in the Park School since 1980, teaches students the essentials of planning an advertising campaign, including media strategy, positioning, and ad design. The course culminates in a comprehensive plan for a specific product and the opportunity to compete nationally in the annual American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC), the most rewarding college advertising competition.
Widely regarded as the "college world series of advertising," the NSAC is held every year to provide college students with practical experience in creating a strategic advertising campaign for a corporate sponsor. A recent sponsor, Yahoo! Inc., challenged more than 6,500 students on 215 campuses to develop a $10-million national communications plan aimed at an audience of 13 to 17 year olds. The finalists presented their campaigns to a panel of industry executives.
Ad Lab advisor Scott Hamula, associate professor and director of the IMC program, remarked: "The course is tailored for senior students following a basic three-step process: students first come to fully understand the business problem; next, they perform research that allows them to discover keen target-market insights; and, finally, based on this research, they then create a plan which combines truly creative traditional and nontraditional advertising along with unique, innovative promotions. The result is a total integrated marketing communications campaign that effectively resonates with consumers and motivates them to act on and bond with the client's brand."
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Florida Panthers goalie Tim Thomas a possibility for Sochi Olympics
Although his new team is likely going nowhere this season, Panthers goalie Tim Thomas has aspirations to return to the Olympics and represent his country in Russia.
Thomas, who saw limited action for Team USA in 2010 at the Vancouver games, is one of six goalies under consideration to make the team.
"That was an experience of a lifetime and I wouldn't mind doing it again," said Thomas, a native of Flint, Mich. "It's an incredible feeling."
According to a recent story in The New York Times, Team USA general manager David Poile — who serves in the same capacity for the Nashville Predators — said Thomas is on the short list for one of three roster spots.
Thomas is joined by Ryan Miller (Buffalo), Jimmy Howard (Detroit), Cory Schneider (New Jersey), Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay) and Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles).
Of the six, Quick is currently out with a groin injury, but led the Kings to the Stanley Cup in 2012 and should be healthy by the time Poile releases the final roster at the Winter Classic in Michigan on New Year's Day. Miller, Team USA's starter in 2010, is expected to return.
Ottawa's Craig Anderson, who played for the Panthers and resides in South Florida, could still be considered although he told the Ottawa Sun "you've got to go out and play and not worry about whether you get picked or not" when told he wasn't on the current list.
"My first thought was that's all the American goalies in the NHL," Thomas said with a smile when asked about Poile's list. "It's too early to mean much, but it's nice to be on a list somewhere. I would like to raise my game even more, but I'm always like that."
Although he hasn't played great in his past two outings — Florida coach Peter Horachek pulled Thomas from Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Penguins — Thomas has shown he can still play at a high level after taking last season off.
Florida general manager Dale Tallon, who is part of Poile's council with Team USA, says Thomas showed his strong work ethic with Team USA in 2010. Horachek was an assistant for Poile's Predators for a decade and has started Thomas in 11 consecutive games.
"I don't know what Team USA is thinking or not thinking," Horachek said last week. "We're managing him and there's constant conversation on how he's feeling and where his energy level is."
Unfortunately for Thomas, Pittsburgh's Dan Bylsma is the coach of Team USA and sure didn't see Thomas' best on Saturday. Thomas gave up four goals on 13 shots in two periods of work. Thomas hadn't been pulled since Florida's second game of the season in St. Louis.
"He's been playing every game," Tallon said during Florida's loss to the Rangers last week.
"He's getting his confidence back, he's battling every night. He competes like no one else. He's a true competitor. Playing in the Olympics is one of his goals and it's motivating him. It's tough competition but he's up for it."
Making the U.S. national team isn't going to be easy for Thomas although he certainly has the credentials. Not only was he the Conn Smythe winner when he led the Bruins to the Stanley Cup championship in 2011, but he also is a two-time winner of the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie and a five-time All-Star.
Yet Thomas would love nothing more than to slip a gold medal around his neck and put his hand across his heart on the podium as The Star-Spangled Banner plays in Sochi.
"I grew up thinking about playing in the Olympics," Thomas said, "not in the NHL."
Vokoun done?
Former Panthers goalie Tomas Vokoun has been out since September after having surgery to dissolve a blood clot. Vokoun, who helped lead the Penguins into the Eastern Conference finals last spring, has been spending time with his family in South Florida since leaving Pittsburgh.
Vokoun said he hopes to be able to play again yet isn't sure whether he has played his final NHL game. Vokoun had blood clot issues while with Nashville in 2006 before coming to the Panthers in a draft-day trade in 2007.
"This time anything can happen," said Vokoun, who played with Florida for four seasons. "When you play professional sports it's not going to be forever. I always choose my health over everything else. Whatever happens I'm kind of preparing for the worst-case scenario and best-case scenario."
Miami Herald correspondent Christina De Nicola contributed to this report.


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An explanation exists that makes the reason clear by which a person cannot be called God to if same, and we found it indeed in which they call the "Mystery of the Santisima Trinidad", that says to us:
They are three, Father, Hijo and Espiritu Santo.
The three united, form a single body.
And simultaneously they are different between if.
The one without the other not tendria felt.
Each trio forms a link, a body.
Each link has its mission and it implies or as well it unites to another one eslabon.
Formandose a chain between all.
But a link or trio exists, that serves as guide and who distinguishes itself of all the demas.Semejante to the closing of a necklace.
And that to the same time, the union of all the links forms a single body, much greater but equivalent to the main link or guide.
Resemblance to a medal that hangs of a chain or necklace, and that takes a walk by all the links.
Asi we passed all through the Earth, existing an equality between all and where a link or trio dominates the situation, leaving itself to notice whenever it happens through the Earth.
Similar to the closing of a necklace or chain that is bared, to its passage by the medal that of this hangs.
This study, gives to understand of the importance that each one has in this game, like, is enough whereupon a link is broken, so that the chain loses the medal along with. Reason why, the being God a single man, serious dificil without the aid of another Being over, and without an opposite with whom to fight, to defend or to save.
And so that that trio or eslabon;recobre life or power, must of being shared taking step to humility to yield the glory to your creator.
Soon the union between todos;benerar to the prophets who serve as guide, and without letting is important forget that single we are the necklace of a superior being, to that they call Father, others call Allah and others try to ignore.
The problem this in which some, formed a business to coast of the suffering of Just.
And if of the bible I form the Catolica Church; when in the Coran Asylum also speech of Christ (Isa) La Paz is with.
It was the ambition and the egoismo, the creators of the Catolica Church those that they named to Isa God, for his own interest, creating a barrier of ideals.
Soon if arbol is the Catolica Church, and their branches are all the evangelistas Churches, the fruits jump at sight and by means of them it judged arbol.
They are two twin towers, the evangelistas Catolica Church and churches.
The two towers you would seran defeated by a single man.
Its unica weapon, is the Word that actua like a sword. Their wings fly atravez of the communication.
That revealing one profecia on the antichrist, transmitted by prophet Mohamed, La Paz is with. Without realizing it gave to fulfillment to another one profecia, also hoped and that some badly they interpreted.
And nonsingle profecia gave fulfillment to one.
That it gave fulfillment to many but.
You request and you dara that is a God really Allah our Creative Father and from cielos;mucho over the satellites to all to judging.
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