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-> http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/01/10-agenda
-> http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/01/03-minutes
No regrets given.
Norm: Anyone think we want to try to do that before the Tech Plenary? (Oct in Mandelieu, probably.)
Henry: I can imagine that we are
sufficiently finished with XProc in a few months that it will
be time to turn our attention to our other task.
... Sitting around a table would be the best way to start.
Norm wonders about Balisage...
Norm: Let's wait and see
-> http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2007/09/lastcall/comments.html
Comment 21: XProc localization
Norm outlines his message about making p:error take its description from an input port
Henry: This resonates with
something I encountered when trying to simplify the early
example pipelines.
... Sometimes you'd like an alternative between an input port and an option.
... For example, I'd like to be able to specify the XSLT stylesheet by way of an option instead of on an input port.
... It's just laziness, but the idea of having an option and a port in a trading relationship seems very natural
... The alternative is that folks won't provide descriptions for errors.
... Do we want to consider adding this feature?
Richard: Can't you do it with a select and an expression?
Norm: No, because it gets turned
into a string and the markup is thrown away.
... I guess my reaction is, gosh that's a nice feature but aren't we done adding features?
Henry: It's not a feature it's a design pattern.
Richard: It seems to me that it's a bit excessive for what it does.
Support does not seem to be rising for the coocurrence constraint idea.
Norm: Do we want to make the
description of p:error an input port?
... I observe that it does require the user to make up some random document element for the message.
Richard: What about structured content?
Norm: No, way too much feature
for now. We could remove the restrction to strings, but that
didn't get support alst time it came up.
... Straw poll: Input or option?
Input wins with unanimity.
<scribe> ACTION: Norm to change the spec to make error descriptions come from an input port on p:error [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/01/10-xproc-minutes.html#action01]
Some discussion of why we might do this
Richard: I'm inclined to keep
them together.
... I think it's simpler for readers to ahve it all in one document.
Paul: The biggest advantage as
far as I'm concerned is that you could advance different parts
to PER, for example, independently.
... For example, you can tell folks we haven't fiddled the language, we've just changed the steps.
Henry made apoint earlier about the fact that breaking it into pieces doesn't necessarily make it into separate RECs
Paul: I don't think it makes sense to do unless we make different RECs.
Norm: The editor doesn't feel strongly one way or the other, for what it's worth.
Henry: I think Paul's argument has value, but I don't feel that strongly either.
Some discussion of adding steps in the future
Henry: At worst, we can always
change our minds later.
... At V1.1 time, for example.
The chair doesn't hear consensus for splitting the document at this time.
Norm summarizes how we got where we are
Richard: One advantage to inventing your own namespace is that it designates the owner of the info.
Norm: We could mandate, suggest, or leave that problem to implementors
Alex: Why?
Henry: Because it's just not
clear and is contradictory in the spec.
... The core of my problem is that we invite people to put an element between two steps but we say it musn't change the flow. That's just bizarre.
Some discussion of the extent to which deleting them is appropriate.
Norm: I guess the position I've come to is that ignored namespaces introduce some complexity without much benefit over having a single element for this purpose.
Alex: What about making them top-level?
Henry: Yes, excpet that the spec
tries to do that and it gets confusing.
... Instead of putting it in subpipline, couldn't we put it in the prolog?
Richard: Does having a p:appinfo solve the placement problem?
Some discussion, basically yes.
Alex: I'm partial to the ignored namespace thing, but I don't mind having an appinfo, as long as we don't call it "appinfo".
Straw poll: keep ignored namespaces,or abandon them in favor of some element to be named later.
Results: 6 for new element, 1 for ignored namespaces, and 1 abstention.
Name the new element...
<MoZ> pipeinfo
Results: pipedata: 3, userdata: 2, pipeinfo: 4, pragma: 3
The winner is p:pipeinfo.
Norm: I'm inclined to say not.
Alex: I'm inclined to allow them so that you don't have to jump into a new syntax just to provide two input documents.
Richard: Because this is the simple case, I was expecting it to be used on the command line and that's possibly going to make the output syntax different.
<MoZ> +1 with Richard on output
Richard: I was planning to
implement sequences as directories, that means I'll always get
a directory even when there's only a single file.
... I can work around it, but it seems a bit yucky.
Some discussion of the various possibilities
Alex: If I put an XSLT inside a pipeline, I shouldn't have to fiddle the syntax depending on whether or not a sequence is produced.
Straw poll: sequence or no sequence?
<ht> I note that saxon 8 just concatenates multiple unnamed result-documents on stdout
Results: sequence: 2, no sequence: 4, abstain: 2
Henry: What about sequence on input, no sequence on output?
Alex: I'm not going to lie down in the road over sequences.
Alessandro: I think we shouldn't let constraints on the command line system influence how we design our language.
Richard: I'd agree, except that
we're only discussing the abbreviated form. And that does seem
to me to have a more direct connection to useability on the
command line.
... It's there for simple cases.
Norm: Is there anyone who can't live with no sequences on input or output
None heard.
Henry: I'd like to encourage the wG to identify any issues between here and last call.
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VIDEO: Mike Krzyzewski shares his view on Team USA as FIBA play nears
HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — Mike Krzyzewski came back for more.
After originally deciding to end his tenure as the U.S. National Team's coach, Krzyzewski changed his mind last spring and signed on for another four years. Now, he's putting a 43-1 record and a 36-game winning streak on the line at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which begins Saturday in Spain.
There's no arguing with Krzyzewski's success, either on the college or international level. With four national championships at Duke, two Olympic gold medals and a World Championship gold medal, his legacy is set. He certainly didn't need to coach this team again.
The goal, of course, is two more golds.
"Obviously, the best moment is when there are 45 seconds to go and you know you can't get beat," Krzyzewski told NBA.com last week. "Those are the defining moments."
But coaching the National Team is a whole lot more than that for Krzyzewski. And it's the journey, as much as the destination, that brought him back for three more years.
No easy task ahead
The 2014 World Cup is likely to be Krzyzewski's biggest test with USA Basketball. The U.S. doesn't have LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul or Kobe Bryant. The two stars Krzyzewski had at the starting forward positions for the first week of training camp – Kevin Durant and Paul George – aren't with the team anymore.
There are five players on this year's roster with Senior National Team experience, but four of them had limited roles on the teams they played on in 2010 or 2012. And the fifth is Derrick Rose, who's working his way back after playing just 10 games over the last two NBA seasons. There also aren't as many natural ball-sharers on this roster than there have been in years past.
The host of the World Cup – Spain – is the team that came close to knocking the U.S. off in the gold medal games of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, when Krzyzewski did have James, Anthony, Paul and Bryant on the roster. The Spanish team also has more NBA experience (total regular season and playoff games) than the U.S. team does.
Yes, the U.S. always has a talent advantage. No coach in the world feels sorry for Krzyzewski, who seemingly just has to steer the ship in the right direction.
But the talent advantage and the margin for error are reduced in a 40-minute game and in a single-elimination format. And when everyone expects you to win (and most of the arena wants you to lose), the pressure can be overwhelming in the closing moments of a tight game.
So, with just 21 days to prepare for the World Cup, Krzyzewski has to use every opportunity to make the most of his roster. As the U.S. has learned in years past, talent alone doesn't win these games. There will be moments in the next 18 days when the USA's talent will need to be supplemented by both chemistry and effort. And there's nobody better than Krzyzewski to build that chemistry and elicit that effort.
Building relationships
VIDEO: Coach K talks with players during the team's training camp in Las Vegas
Krzyzewski has never been and never will be an NBA coach. But he certainly knows how to connect with NBA players.
"That's what he does best," USA assistant Jim Boeheim said. "He's a tremendous communicator."
Krzyzewski knows that communication takes effort. He doesn't view this as just a summer job. He makes sure to build a bond with his players throughout the year.
"During the NBA season," Krzyzewski said, "you try to text them a few times or give them a call if you knew there was a special event or something really good happened or something not so good happened, and continue having a relationship. So when you do get together in the summer, it's not 'Oh, I remember when we went to summer camp together last year.' It's 'Oh, we touched each other a few times' to maintain a relationship."
When he does get his players in the gym, Krzyzewski doesn't just focus on basketball.
"I try to touch a few guys each day," he said. "Not these big individual talks, but just goof around with them and just try to get to know them."
At Duke, Krzyzewski has four months to get to know what makes each guy on his team tick. With the National Team, he has five weeks. But he uses the relationships he has with guys who have played for him to build ones with the new guys. He may be 40 years older than his players, but all those years have helped him develop the requisite leadership skills for this job.
"He just knows subtle ways to talk to you," Stephen Curry said, "whether it's cracking jokes or getting on you if he needs to, but not in a disrespectful way at all."
Multifaceted motivation
VIDEO: USAB at West Point: Coach K on USA Basketball
When it's time to light a fire under the best players in the world, Krzyzewski can do that too.
"He's rah-rah, but he's chill," James Harden said. "So when he gets rah-rah, we know it's go time."
"They see his passion through what we're doing," Boeheim added. "I think that's important, because players are constantly pulled and pushed to do different things. And I think that passion is very important."
Talk to a U.S. player after a game and it's clear that the coach got them fired up in the pre-game locker room, no matter the stakes or the opponent. He keeps their eyes on the prize while reminding them that, with such little time to prepare for the knockout rounds, they have to value every possession of every game.
"They realize this isn't an 80-game run here," Boeheim said. "We're making a short run. We've got to be ready. It's one-and-done. If you get into bad habits, there's no correcting it."
For more motivation, Krzyzewski and USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo make the U.S. Military a part of the program every year. This summer, they took the team to West Point, Krzyzewski's alma mater, and had the players connect with the cadets who are sacrificing a lot more than they are. It's a reminder of who they're playing for when they put on a USA uniform.
"That right there alone," Harden said, "makes us want to go out there and play hard."
This group was ready to go after the team's initial meeting on the day before training camp began.
"His opening remarks in Vegas, he showed like three different videos," Curry said. "One of them was all the gold-medal teams he's coached, their celebrations on the podium and as the clock struck zero and the buzzer goes off at the end of the gold-medal games, basically to say that's what we're working for and all the sacrifices each guy has to make to make the team better, the commitment that we all made to be here.
"There's a goal and visually, we all got to see what that goal was. I'm sure every guy wanted to lace 'em up right after that meeting, just watching those videos."
A two-way street
For Krzyzewski, communication goes both ways. He may seem old-school and rigid from the outside, but there aren't many coaches that are more open-minded. Last season, Duke became the first college team to put STATS LLC's SportVU cameras in its arena. And it put them in its practice gym too.
Krzyzewski clearly isn't afraid to embrace new ideas to help him gain an advantage. With USA Basketball especially, he's open to input from his assistant coaches and his players.
"In college, I help guys get over bridges of improvement," Krzyzewski said. "When I coach the U.S. Team, these guys have gone over a lot of bridges already. And they have a lot of really good practices or ideas, that, if they're shared and we can incorporate them, will make us better. So that's what I try to do."
That doesn't go unappreciated by the players and staff.
"A lot of coaches will listen, but they don't necessarily use the input," Boeheim said. "To be a good communicator, you've got to not just listen, but you got to be able to implement what people talk to you about. He does that. He includes people."
A learning experience
Boeheim also keeps coming back. He was part of Krzyzewski's original USA staff in 2006 and is the only assistant still here. Mike D'Antoni and Nate McMillan were replaced by Tom Thibodeau and Monty Williams last year. Boeheim has a national championship and over 900 career wins himself. But he's picked up plenty from Krzyzewski over the years.
"He's different than I am," Boeheim said. "He's much more organized, much more detailed. That's good. I learn from that."
And Krzyzewski learns from the other coaches and the players.
"There are plays, terminology, strategies," he said. "Right now, just the defense that we're putting in and how you put it in. The best practices of players, how they work out, their individual workouts, their stretching routines, how they eat. There are a number of them.
"I learn a lot from being in this. Hopefully, I'm able to impart knowledge too, but we learn from one another. You get a bunch of good people together, that's what happens."
The intangible reward
This job isn't for everyone. With his resume, Krzyzewski obviously commands respect from his players. But he builds on that that through communication, motivation and leadership. And for him, the reward is much more than the medals that are placed around his players' necks.
"Every once in a while," Krzyzewski said, "someone asks, 'What do you get out of it?' Obviously, whoever asked that question really may never understand what you get out of it.
"What do you get out of an amazing experience with amazing people and tough competition? You get something that most people never get. Is it worth it? It's more than worth it."

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Pineapples are a tropical fruit; yellow on the inside, spikey and green on the outside.
Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, Copper and Manganese, which supports normal brain function and bone formation.
Pineapples are actually berries, like blackberries or blueberries.
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June 14, 2010
Using Google Street View to See an Ancestor's Home
My grandparents were born in England in a town called Ramsgate in Kent. I've never been to England but I've always wondered what the houses they lived in look like. What are the streets like where they played and walked to school?
Recently I discovered Google Maps Street View and I'm thrilled. Using Street View I was able to see the home where my great grandfather died in 1920. He'd lived there for almost 20 years before his death and seeing it was a very moving experience for me. I could picture my great-grandma coming out the front door and walking to the nearby shops to get groceries. So many images came to my mind!
Here's how I did it. From census and death records I knew that my great grandparents lived at 40 Grove Rd in Ramsgate. I searched for that address using Google Maps. The screen that opens can be set to see Satellite, Map or Hybrid. Here's what I saw using Hybrid:
I could zoom in or out, I could change that to satellite view or whatever I want.
I could also click on STREET VIEW which is an option in the little white popup window with the address and tiny photo. Choosing that gave me this:
It's the view taken from the street looking at their home. Now, Google Maps isn't 100% accurate so you do need to do a little moving around to be sure you are looking at the right house! In this example, the red "A" balloon/pin was pointing to a house next door. So I moved down the street looking for house numbers and names. Great grandpa's home was called Pentreith (as per his obituary and other records) and lo and behold on the house beside the Red "A" balloon was a black door with the number 40 and over it the word Pentreith. That was the correct house.
I knew where Grandma and Grandpa lived when they were little, I knew where they were born (the actual houses) and even further back - because all of this information is available on census records. The English census was taken every 10 years so I had 1901, 1891, 1881 and so on to look through. Using all those records back to 1841 I can gather addresses and cottage/house names to try to find the actual buildings (if they still exist)
I will be having quite a bit of fun over the next few weeks looking for houses and cottages in England where my ancestors lived. You can do the same thing world-wide but be aware that not all locations have a street view option. But give it a try, see what you can find!
4 comments:
- Lisa Wallen Logsdon said...
I just started using Google Maps and Google Earth about 2 months ago and I have had an absolute BLAST! It's great for finding cemeteries and I was even able to relocate a place I'd been to 12 years ago. I didn't have an exact address but I could remember a small gravel road just before a sharp bend in the main highway. I looked for the sharp bend and found the road I was looking for. Too much fun! I love new toys!
- Renae said...
wow, this is something I had not thought of. Guess how I will be spending my day off? Thank you for posting this.
I've been using Streetview for a while for the exact same thing. Another site that is great for rural locations in the UK is www.geograph.org.uk
You were lucky - the house number didn't change over the years - but it's always a possibility. For example, Hillary House in Aurora, Ontario (built in 1862) has the current address of 15372 Yonge Street, but the number beside the front door says '72'.
- nicolajr said...
Great idea, I'll be looking some places out soon, just hope they haven't knocked them down.


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To operate the laboratory in a manner consistent with the best scientific principles and practices.
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Crime Laboratory System
The NYSP's Crime Laboratory System (CLS) provides statewide support to all state criminal justice agencies with state-of-the-art forensic analytical and investigative capabilities and expert testimony related to the investigation and resolution of criminal matters. The System has four laboratories located across the state:
Forensic Investigation Center (FIC), Albany, (1996), CLS Headquarters: Provides a full range of forensic science services, including the state's DNA Databank.
Mid-Hudson Satellite Crime Laboratory (MHSCL), Stewart Airport, Newburgh (1978): Provides controlled substance examinations and toxicology analyses.
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With one call to any one of the laboratories in the system, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys and courts can access:
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Tech Receives $15 M for Anti-Terrorism Program, Sept. 25, 2002
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 18, 2002 - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today heralded the release of nearly $15 million to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), which the institute will specifically use to provide two terrorism-preparedness courses for First Responders.
The funding award was made to the Socorro institution through the U.S. Justice Department's (DOJ) Domestic Preparedness Training and Technical Assistance Program. Domenici, a member of the Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, secured the program funding in the FY2002 CJS Appropriations Act and last year's emergency supplemental bill.
"New Mexico Tech plays a significant role in supporting our government's anti-terrorism activities. That is why I continue to work to see that federal resources are allocated to support their work," Domenici said. "First Responders from all over the country travel just to receive anti-terrorism training, including this terrorism-preparedness instruction. I fully expect this program to expand as we ramp up homeland security activities."
New Mexico Tech is a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), a partnership among the DOJ and five nationally recognized public universities that support the department's Office for Domestic Preparedness. Training courses are run through the school's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center.
Domenici indicated that two awareness and operations-level "Incident Response to Terrorist Bombing" courses will be presented at the center to First Responders from around the country, including firefighters, law enforcement, medical and other emergency personnel trained to respond to acts of terrorism, including chemical, biological and nuclear attacks.
Domenici said the awareness-level course will provide basic instruction on weapons of mass destruction, with a focus on explosives and incendiary devices as terrorist weapons. It includes classroom presentations that address potential terrorist targets in U.S. communities, common military and commercial explosives, and response to procedures that support safe and effective operations during bomb incidents.
Domenici explained that the operations-level course will also provide basic training in weapons of mass destruction, with a focus on explosives and incendiary devices as terrorist weapons. It offers a blend of classroom presentations and covers commercial and military explosives, and improvised explosive formulations used by terrorists.
Domenici noted that New Mexico Tech's involvement in anti-terrorism activities has been extensive. He pointed out that the U.S. State Department Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) program is carried out by Louisiana State University with New Mexico Tech as a partner.
The $15 million funding award is related to the 1996 Nunn-Lugar-Domenici law that created the First Responders program to provide training courses to local police and fire chiefs, health authorities, and local leaders who would likely be the first to arrive at the scene of an attack. The Nunn-Lugar-Domenici program has provided the United States with the ability to
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I picture the AHA GC more like this:Sent from my iPhone using magic.
Denny...I see you're sporting your Chucky T's for the photo.
Quote from: prccap on April 03, 2012, 07:49:31 PMGongrats Ron!!!! now you just need to bring the conference to delaware....lolThanks again!Well... it will be right in Delaware's backyard next year. I'm excited to see NHC come to Philly.
Gongrats Ron!!!! now you just need to bring the conference to delaware....lol
Quote from: denny on April 05, 2012, 04:17:00 PMWhat a homely bunch of dudes. I don't know why they insist on taking that photo as the meetings ended and we're bleary from the beverages and hours of staring, sitting and talking.
Shedding a little light on those hiding in the shadows:
Seriously, the men and women of the AHA GC each comes with their own unique talents...


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The two have been recording and performing together in the classical repertoire for almost a decade, and have become equally at home thumbing through the pages of the Great American Songbook. On this week's Song Travels, Bell and Denk perform selections from their latest project, French Impressions, an album of works by César Franck, Maurice Ravél and Camille Saint-Saëns. Through conversation and music, Feinstein and his guests connect the dots between classical music and standards.
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Israeli warplanes destroyed an convoy that was delivering advanced Syrian weapons to Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist militia on Tuesday, according to several regional media outlets.
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The Kuwaiti newspaper that first broke the story by citing an unnamed Israeli official also reported that Israel is aware of a large Hezbollah stockpile of long-range missiles in southern Lebanon, and could strike the target in the near future.
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882-11100 Introduction to Business NLA
Overview of the world of business, its management, and its economic, political, and social environment. Particular note is taken of the areas of finance, accounting, personnel, production/operations, marketing/sales, and their interdependence. Not available to declared business majors. 3 credits. (Y)
882-20600 Organizational Behavior and Management NLA
Study of characteristics and processes of individuals, groups, and organizations that affect behavior within an organization. Attention is also given to the roles, functions, and principles of management. This survey course provides theoretical concepts and practical applications that focus on improving an individual's effectiveness within an organization. Students may not receive credit for this course and 885-30600. Prerequisites: Three courses in business or social sciences; sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
882-22000 Principles of Management NLA
A survey of concepts, theories, and practices in which managerial functions are addressed in the context of global competition, workforce diversity, ethical and environmental considerations, and performance. Current trends in management theory and practice are examined, as well as the traditional functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Not open to seniors in the School of Business. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
882-26000 Business Systems and Technology NLA
Introduces the student to information systems concepts and principles and the role systems play in business management. The focus is on traditional transaction information systems and current electronic systems. Students are exposed to business process modeling techniques and Internet website design and implementation. This course is generally project-based, and students have an opportunity to model an active business system, as well as create a fictitious business-to-consumer (B2C) website. Computer applications will be presented and taught as required. Written analyses and oral presentations are an integral part of the course. A student may not receive credit for both 882-26000 and 882-36000 or, 312-10500 or 312-13800. Prerequisites: 312-11000, 312-17100, or 663-13900; sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
882-31000 Leadership in Organizations LA
This course focuses on the nature and role of leadership, along with topics in trust, visioning, and control theory that are relevant to the needs of modern-day managers. The course prepares future managers to understand how best to motivate employees and guide them to the attainment of organizational goals. This course develops students' abilities to facilitate team building, manage projects, and implement strategic change or other organizational initiatives, such as a quality management program. Prerequisites: 882-20600 or 885-30600; or both 330-31600 and 330-33400. 3 credits. (F,Y)
882-32100 Power and Conflict in Organizations LA
Power dynamics are fundamental to the effective exercise of managerial leadership in organizations. This course examines the nature and use of power, organizational politics, and conflict in organizations. In addition, the course provides a survey of methods to sustain and develop both personal and organizational power, including the network-building and conflict-handling skills needed to manage the increasingly pluralistic interests found in organizations. This course develops students' abilities to create and use sources of power and to exercise skills that will make for more effective management. Prerequisites: 882-20600 or 885-30600; or both 330-31600 and 330-33400. 3 credits. (S,Y)
882-35000 Database Applications in Business LA
This course examines the basic concepts of data management, database systems, and database applications in business. The goal is to provide adequate technical detail while emphasizing the organizational and implementation issues relevant to the management of computerized data in a business environment. A class project involving the design and implementation of a database using a microcomputer database management system is required. Topics include data models, database design, database applications, database administration, and data standards and policies. Students may not receive credit for both this course and 312-37500. Prerequisites: 882-26000 and 880-22500. (Y)
882-39700 Selected Topics in Management NLA
See 880-39700. Offered on demand only. (IRR)
882-42100 Strategic Management NLA
Deals with upper-level management skills and attitudes as they encompass all basic business fields. Stresses the integration of the various disciplines studied and the opportunity to develop managerial decision-making abilities. Students will utilize professional communication and teamwork skills. Open only to students in the School of Business. Prerequisites: 882-20600 or 885-30600; 883-31100; 884-31200; 886-34500; 885-30200; senior standing. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
882-45100 Small Business Seminar I NLA
Introduction to the concepts and principles of small business management. Case study analysis will lead to practical understanding and application of management concepts. Prerequisites: Upper-level standing; permission of instructor. 3 credits. (F, IRR)
882-46000 Seminar in Organizational Development and Change NLA
In-depth examination of the nature, strategies, models, and intervention activities associated with planned change efforts for organizational improvement. Students build on previous knowledge of organizational structure and processes through independent readings and research, culminating in a challenging team consulting experience in an ongoing organization. Prerequisites: 885-30600; senior standing. 3 credits. (IRR)
882-48000 Cases In Contemporary Management NLA
This course is the capstone course for the management concentration with an emphasis on current topics and issues in management. Selected cases are analyzed, integrating knowledge and skills that students acquired from management and management-related courses. Focus is placed on an understanding of the requirements of effective management in various organizational and institutional environments, the role of managerial leadership in guiding employee contributions to the attainment of organizational goals, the need for ethical and socially responsible management, and the role of managers in their relationships with various stakeholders. Prerequisites: 882-31000; 885-34000; senior standing. 3 credits. (S,Y)
882-49700 Selected Topics in Management NLA
See 880-39700. Offered on demand only. (IRR)
882-49800 Internship: Management NLA
Off-campus experience involving varied, nonroutine work projects designed to allow students to synthesize academic theory with "real world" operations of an organization. Primary responsibility is on the student to develop a project proposal and then carry out its requirements in conjunction with a faculty sponsor. Prerequisites: Junior standing and completion of appropriate principles course; a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.70 at Ithaca College; approval of proposal by term beginning. Also offered at the Ithaca College London Center. Business majors who plan to study in London should confer with their faculty advisers early in their programs; otherwise, they may not be able to fulfill all program requirements in four years.: Three business elective credits are granted for each internship. An internship may not be repeated for credit with the same employer. A maximum of 6 credits may be earned in any combination of 8xx-39800 Internship and 888-19800 Experiential Learning. Offered pass/fail only. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
882-49900 Independent Study: Management NLA
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Freshman Caroline Ham (Marietta, Ga.) of the Georgia College volleyball team was named Bobcat Athlete of the Week for her performance during the week ending Nov. 3. This is the first time for Ham to receive such an honor.
The freshman led the charge defensively for the Bobcats, posting 6.33 digs per set over two matches this week. Ham recorded 20 digs in the loss at USC Aiken Wednesday, her ninth 20-plus dig effort of the year. She also put down two kills to help the offense. At Lander University Saturday, Ham added 18 bumps. She ranks fifth in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) in total digs (401) and seventh in digs per set (4.36) this season.
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Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, 46, speaks at a news conference after supporters nominated him as a presidential candidate on Dec. 15 in Moscow.
Who is Mikhail Prokhorov? That's easy. He is the most interesting man in the world!
Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov, 46, is a singular figure in Russia and now the larger world. At 6 foot, 9 inches tall and thin, he is the Global Russian - very different from the short, dour New Soviet Man of decades past.
A billionaire somewhere between 18 and 25 times over, he is a partying playboy who swears he has never tasted vodka. He is called Russia's most eligible bachelor and has been seen in the company of some of the world's most beautiful women. He is quick-witted, charming, droll and affable, someone who enjoys the spotlight, craves it in fact. In a literary sense, he is more Jay Gatsby than Dr. Zhivago.
Although he is a Russian patriot, he also is a man of the world. He travels in a $45 million Gulfstream V corporate jet and can't seem to keep track of his $45 million yacht. His watch is reportedly worth $138,000.
He owns a large house in one of Moscow's new gated communities. He's been in a French court trying to retrieve a $30 million deposit he placed on what is purported to be the world's most expensive home -- the $700 million Villa Leopolda, built for a Belgian king on the Riviera. First he liked it, then he didn't.
He owns an NBA team – the New Jersey Nets -- and part of a billion-dollar arena being built in Brooklyn. His business partner in both is the rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z. He's received medals from the presidents of Russia and France and met U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the latter of whom suggested he'd like to play with Prokhorov in any pickup basketball game.
And now he's running for president of Russia. Prokhorov was not born interesting. He arrived a simple comrade in the Soviet Union on May 3, 1965. His father was a member of the Soviet sports committee and his mother a scientist.
New Jersey Nets owner and billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov plans to challenge Vladimir Putin for the Russian presidency. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.
While privileged, his upbringing was nothing special for the day. His parents sent him to English Special School No. 21 in Moscow, where he received a gold medal and was recommended by the local Komsomol (Young Communist League) for college admission.
But first, he did what other Soviet youths were required to do. From 1983 to 1985 -- at the height of tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union -- he served in the Soviet military. He also joined the Communist Party, though it doesn't appear he was ever much of a Communist. While in college, he sold stone-washed jeans -- his first capitalist venture-- under the brand name, "Yourself Jeans."
But all that presents only an inkling of who he is. Let's start with the money.
Prokhorov went into banking after graduating from the Moscow Financial Institute with a degree in international economics. From 1989 to 1992, he was head of the International Bank for Economic Cooperation's Management Board.
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Mikhail Prokhorov, fourth from right, and other members of the Norilsk management team visit a mine in 2003.
Then, in 1993, during the largely unregulated and highly controversial privatization of former state-controlled industries, Prokhorov and a partner, Vladimir Potanin, saw an opportunity. They engineered the purchase of Norilsk Nickel mines in Siberia through the then-small Uneximbank. He was 28 at the time, Potanin slightly older.
It was a bargain, but hardly an instant bonanza. Workers hadn't been paid for six months and the arctic terrain was polluted beyond most Westerners' comprehension, according to published reports. Early on, Prokhorov was Mr. Inside at Norilsk, working on pollution control and financing, among other things, and negotiating with Soviet-spawned labor unions on compensation.
Prokhorov doesn't apologize for buying up dilapidated Soviet era properties for a song. He followed the rules, he will tell you. Some oligarchs succeeded more than others. He succeeded the most. He is credited with turning the inefficient Soviet nickel mines into one of the world's largest and most profitable natural resource corporations. And over the past decade he expanded his holdings to include palladium, gold and bauxite, from which aluminum is made.
(Not everything at Norilsk is yet up to Western standards. In spite of large-scale spending on pollution control technology -- about $100 million, according to the New York Times -- the company is still one of the world's worst polluters, emitting nearly 2 million tons of sulfur dioxide annually, more than the entire nation of France.)
Detained, then honored
Prokhorov became more than just an intriguing industrialist in January 2007, when he was detained for allegedly arranging prostitutes for guests at his annual two-week long Russian Christmas party at the French Alps resort of Courchevel. He was released without charges after spending four days in jail, and none of the women was charged. He later received an apology from French authorities, apparently arranged by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. By 2011, he had been awarded the French Legion of Honor for arranging cultural exchanges.
Reports on the affair by French and Russian publications offered jaw-dropping glimpses of Prokhorov's gilded lifestyle. Paris Match reported that when the women were detained and their luggage searched, lucrative gifts were discovered, valued at between 20,000 and 300,000 euros (approximately $25,800 to $387,000 at the exchange rate at the time). Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that Prokhorov engaged a "face patrol" at his favorite Courchevel haunt, "Les Caves," to filter out all but the most beautiful people.
He shrugged off his four days in French jail, noting that he had been a Soviet conscript.
New Jersey Nets owner and billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov plans to challenge Vladimir Putin for the Russian presidency. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.
Then there was the time he soiled one of the Soviet Union's -- and Russia's -- most historic icons: the Aurora, the Russian cruiser that fired the cannon blast that launched the Russian Revolution in 1918. Prokhorov rented the vessel permanently moored in St Petersburg in June 2009 for an evening of merrymaking to celebrate the first anniversary of his new magazine, the Russian Pioneer. The party became so rowdy that several millionaires jumped or fell into the Neva River and had to be fished out by authorities. Museum artifacts also were reportedly damaged.
Prokhorov's reaction to the resulting controversy? He offered to buy the ship and restore it.
He is not beyond anger, though. When his sister was harassed and insulted by local youths at a Prokhorov Foundation event in 2009, he threatened business rivals who he said had paid them.
"Since I was a child, I had a rule -- to punish crudity and disrespect towards women," he wrote on his blog, according to a translation by the ReadRussia blog. "I see one simple and effective way to handle it: If the two gentlemen who financed this PR campaign do not apologize to my sister in the next two weeks, I will do what every man should: I will personally beat the @!$%# out of them."
Asked later if he was serious, he responded, "Do you have any doubts? Those responsible made their apologies to Irina."
All of this made him famous, at least in Moscow. He was satirized on Russian television for his lavish lifestyle and his reputation as "Russia's most eligible bachelor."
It also caused him problems with the prudish Kremlin. He was pressured to sell his 25 percent stake in Norilsk to another oligarch, Oleg Derispaska, the owner of RusAl, the world's biggest aluminum manufacturer. Propitiously, the deal was completed just before the 2008 economic downturn, resulting in a bonanza for Prokhorov. He received nearly $5 billion in cash as well as stock in Polyus Gold and stock and debt in RusAl, now the main sources of his net worth.
At that point, there was no stopping him. At a time when no one had cold hard cash, he was flush. He shrewdly diversified.
By 2009, he had controlling interests in metals companies (Polyus Gold, UC RusAl), banks (Renaissance Capital, MFK Bank), media outlets (RBC, Snob and Russian Pioneer magazines, FIT television channel, F5 web portal/newspaper), insurance (Soglassye), real estate (OPIN Investment and Development Group), electricity production (Quadra) and LED technology (Optogan).
He also established a personal investment vehicle, ONEXIM, to control his various assets.
Entering the international arena
Then, in 2009, Prokhorov stepped onto the international stage.
The New Jersey Nets were a mess, stripped of talent and suffering through a 12-70 season under owner Bruce Ratner, who had suffered enormous losses as he tried to move the team from northern New Jersey to a $6.4 billion real estate development in Brooklyn called Atlantic Yards. But five years after the 22-acre project had been announced, lawsuit after lawsuit had caused delay after delay. To make things worse, Ratner faced a Dec. 31 deadline to sell $500 million in tax-exempt bonds to build the Nets' arena, to be called Barclays Center. Without them the project was going to die not with a bang but a whimper. And 2009 was not an auspicious time to get financing for anything, let alone a beleaguered basketball arena.
Larry Busacca / Courtesy of Mikhail Prokhorov
Mikhail Prokhorov and Jay-Z.
Enter Prokhorov, who had played basketball and previously owned Euroleague power CSKA Moscow. He had been interested in buying the Knicks, but the Dolan family wasn't selling. (Later after buying the Nets, he erected an 18-story billboard featuring him and business partner Jay-Z outside James Dolan's offices at Madison Square Garden.) An investment banker suggested an alternative, mentioning Ratner and his troubles.
A deal was stuck over dinner in Moscow, and it was every bit as shrewd as any of Prokhorov's Russian maneuvers. According to ONEXIM and Nets officials, he laid down a little more than $200 million in cash and got 80 percent of the team; 45 percent of the billion dollar arena, and an option to purchase up to 20 percent of the overall Atlantic Yards project at a bargain basement price. In exchange, he agreed to assume 80 percent of the team's astronomical debt load -- more than $221 million -- and pay up to $60 million to cover losses while the team was stuck in New Jersey. He also paid a $4 million buyout fee so the team could move out of its isolated and decrepit digs near the Meadowlands and into Newark's gleaming new Prudential Center. Moreover, when bond rating agencies wouldn't give the arena bonds an investment grade rating, Prokhorov agreed to sink another $76 million into the project. (He wasn't doing it for charitable reasons. If his partners can't pay it back at 11 percent interest per annum, he gets 80 percent of the arena.)
Within weeks, a key eminent domain case was finally dismissed, the bonds sold and his investment was well on its way to his goal: a billion dollar valuation within five years.
When asked by a reporter at a May 2010 press conference in New York if his purchase was part of a larger effort by Russian oligarchs to buy up Western sports teams, he smiled and drolly intoned, "Please tell America, I come in peace."
After he videotaped a message in his sister's kitchen promising a championship in as little as one year and no longer than five, his reception from long-suffering fans long-suffering bordered on obeisance. At his first game as the team owner in October 2010, a steady stream of them approached the owner's suite and thanked him profusely for buying the team. (Inside, bottles of Lafitte Rothschild 1982, valued at about $5,000 a pop, were scattered about for his guests.)
One night a couple of fans found themselves on a train from New York to Newark with their favorite team's owner and his entourage. The reason? When it looked like traffic would prevent his caravan of limos from making the game, he had jumped on New Jersey Transit. His spokesman distributed a video of the trip showing one of the world's richest men standing in the aisle of a New Jersey commuter train, joking in Russian with his friends.
He agreed to a "60 Minutes" profile that showed him in a trendy Moscow nightclub with scantily clad women half his age, posing with an AK-7, jet-skiing in the Maldives, working on his kick-boxing skills and claiming he really didn't know where his yacht was -- it was docked in the south of France and available for lease for $325,000 a week. It was masterful image-making. Later, there was an only slightly tamer profile in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, headlined "An Oligarch of Our Own" The cover featured him legs spread slightly apart, looking ahead and holding out two basketballs as if astride the NBA world.
Suddenly, the guy who dealt with gritty environmental problems at a mine north of the Arctic Circle was not just an NBA owner, but a bona fide international celebrity. Everyone wanted to meet him.
Maintaining mystique
Despite his fondness for the limelight, Prokhorov remained private in ways. He might spend nearly $18,000 on lunch at a Midtown restaurant, but it was the restaurant owner who bragged about it to the New York Post, not Prokhorov. He might spend $30 million on a vacation with friends in the south of France, as French media reported, but he wouldn't confirm it or boast about it. Of course, he didn't deny it either. He understands mystique.
Before entering politics, he refused to identify his favorite author, his favorite fictional character, even his favorite color. He said he didn't want the media or public to be aware of his "cultural biases." He did identify a favorite quote, from a French author: "Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
He still hasn't revealed his favorite color but he did disclose that he is an atheist and that his favorite book is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," the magisterial work on life in Stalinist labor camps.
Prokhorov's entry into Russian politics was similarly contradictory. A week after denying he had any interest in politics, he agreed this spring to head a small right-wing political party called "Right Cause." it was seen as part of the Kremlin's "managed democracy," that is a party created to give the country's leaders "friendly opposition" from the right.
He even met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the latter's residence, where Medvedev praised him as "quite revolutionary" and arranged a photo op in which the two were seated across a table -- better than a side by side standing shot, since Prokhorov is a foot and a half taller than Medvedev.
Everything seemed to be going swimmingly as summer progressed. Prokhorov poured money into the party, giving it publicity. He resigned as the head of his investment vehicle, ONEXIM, to devote all his time to politics.
But in fall, something changed. Vladislav Surkov, who as head of presidential administration is in charge of the Kremlin's "managed democracy," began calling on the phone, Prokhorov later said, demanding changes in party personnel, in the party's list of candidates.
Pushed by the Kremlin, the party finally ousted Prokhorov as leader in September.
Prokhorov responded by holding a news conference where he blistered Sukrov as the Kremlin's "puppet master," although he pointedly did not criticize either the president or prime minister. Then he dropped out of sight.
In apparent retaliation, Medvedev removed him from the Russian modernization commission and, ominously, Prokhorov's application to have Polyus Gold listed on the London Stock Exchange was inexplicably delayed.
But as resentment mounted after Putin's announcement of his candidacy for president on Sept. 24, Prokhorov got back in, declaring himself an independent candidate for the office.
Some critics see a Machiavellian hand behind Prokhorov's political rebound, suggesting he is a "stooge" set up by the Kremlin to draw votes away from other opposition parties. He and those around him deny it.
In the unlikely event he is elected president in March -- polls show him with numbers in the low single digits -- there are some hints of what a Prokhorov presidency would look like:
By all accounts, he is calm in even the worst crisis and demands from his aides that they have Plans A, B, C, etc., at the ready.
He is not a hands-on manager, preferring to trust a cadre of loyalists in their 30s and 40s to run his companies. But if he doesn't like what he sees, he is quick to let someone go. The day he took over the Nets, he summarily dismissed the coach.
He is not a technocrat, having only lately begun using a cell phone. Although he claims he does not use a personal computer (too much information) and writes out his thoughts on yellow legal pads, his staff maintains both a personal website and a personal blog, regularly posting how he feels on life and business. He has recently branched out into Facebook and Twitter, but only because of politics. He told reporters in 2010, "I know of this iPad. I hope we never meet."
On the other hand, no NBA team makes more use of the iPad, even drawing up plays on it. And he's not afraid to invest in new technologies. His latest venture is a $150 million investment in an electric car called the "Yo," which will go on sale later this year.
Politically, he is described as right of center, but liberal, somewhat like another basketball playing pol, Bill Bradley. He was friendly with Yelena Bonner, the late human rights campaigner and widow of Andrei Sakharov. He financed a memorial to Stalinist repression deep inside Russia.
He has said he won't criticize Putin, but has also said the system will collapse in five years unless it's dramatically reformed. He calls himself a serious candidate and has vowed to give up partying if elected. He told one interviewer he may even marry if Russia feels it needs a first lady. Most recently, he has been seen in the company of Ksenia Sobchak, described as the Russian version of Paris Hilton, having posed for Maxim magazine.
Yet his quest for the presidency seems quixotic at best, cynical at worst. He still believes in the power of money. Shut out of state television, he tried to buy TV Rain, an independent satellite and online television operation. When that failed, he tried to acquire Kommersant, the Russian equivalent of the Wall Street Journal. No sale there either.
So he is resorting to using the social media. He has a YouTube channel where you can watch "This Week in Prokhorov" or his latest commercial, where dressed casually in a letter jacket and white shirt, he tells voters, "I want to work for you."
He also makes clear that he wants to reform the system, not overthrow it. After all, few if any, have benefited more.
"Revolution in Russia always resulted in loss of life and reduced living standards," he wrote recently on his blog.
He also indicated in other recent entries that he believes he is the right man to lead his country through what he sees as a pivotal period.
"I believe that the next president must find in himself the will and courage," he wrote. "And the people must clearly explain their vision and their actions. If he is honest, he will understand."
"… As president of the various structures -- in business, and not just business -- I have often resorted to the unpopular measures. Yes, it's difficult. Yes, sometimes you come across a lack of understanding and acceptance even in the immediate vicinity. Yes, sometimes you're risking much …on a grand scale, sometimes everything. But when you can clearly see the situation, you see that there is no alternative but to do this."
Robert Windrem is a senior investigative producer for NBC News and a Nets season ticket holder.


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When recording parent album Dare!, the Human League considered their adherence to a "strict policy of synth-only sounds" LW to be very cutting edge and a much needed break from the "archaic and antique" use of guitars. SF The song, "Don't You Want Me?," provided a synthesizer riff as memorable as any guitar lick, TB quieting critics who condemned the instrumental tool as bland. MUJ Marc Almond of Soft Cell went so far as to call the song "the greatest record of all time." KL He wasn't alone in his love for the song; it moved over 1.4 million copies in the UK to become the biggest seller of 1981. SF
In the US, the song was the first English synthesizer chart-topper, BR1 effectively launching a second British invasion, the first being helmed by the Beatles in 1964. KL That second influx of British music owed much to the launch of MTV. UK bands comprised a large chunk of the fledging music channel's initial library, thanks to a prevalence of video shows in Europe. SF While the Human League were frequently lumped in with British New Romantic acts KL like Duran Duran, Culture Club, and Adam Ant, they really had more of a post-punk energy and were more likely to use Kraftwerk as a musical reference point. LW
The song sports a "consciously cheesy boy-girl duologue" MUJ between Phil Oakley and the two female singers. That and his "emotion-free style of his singing" LW alongside a funky melodic bass line made the song a classic. LW
Oakley has stated that an article in a woman's magazine inspired the song SF and that it is "not a love song but about power politics between two people." SF Interestingly, Oakley had decided that the group needed women who could dance and sing backup vocals BR1 and so, as suggested in the song, he found them in a cocktail bar and "turned them into something new." LW Apparently their look took precedence over all else since the pair could neither sing nor dance. CR
- one of the top 100 songs of the rock era, according to the DMDB
- one of the top 1000 songs of all time
- Cash Box's Top 100 Songs, 1958-1996
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
- Virgin Radio – Top 100 Songs
- one of the top 100 songs of the 1980s
Resources and Related Links:
- the DMDB page for "Don't You Want Me?"
- BR1 Fred Bronson (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5th edition). New York, NY: Billboard Books. Page 556.
- CR Toby Creswell (2005). 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time. Thunder's Mouth Press: New York, NY. Page 627.
- KL Jon Kutner/Spencer Leigh (2005). 1000 UK Number One Hits: The Stories Behind Every Number One Single Since 1952. London, Great Britain: Omnibus Press. Page 276.
- LW Alan Lewens (2001). Popular Song – Soundtrack of the Century. Billboard Books: New York, NY. Page 151.
- MUJ Mojo Ultimate Jukebox (supplement with April 2003 issue of Mojo magazine). "The 100 Singles You Must Own".
- SF Songfacts.com
- TB Thunder Bay Press (2006). Singles: Six Decades of Hot Hits & Classic Cuts. Outline Press Ltd.: San Diego, CA. Page 193.


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The Rockets are far from where they'd like to be today, but they are in the place where most NBA teams would like to be and aren't — in the conversation.
NBA fans and pundits nationwide are talking about Orlando, Brooklyn, New York, Phoenix, Cleveland, Chicago, both Los Angeles teams — and now Houston.
Before yesterday, we in Houston were talking about Houston. But hardly anyone else was. The possibility of landing Dwight Howard seemed delusional. The possibility of landing Jeremy Lin was more realistic but probably not going to happen because of the Knicks' desire to match the Rockets' offer. Omer Asik–really?
But Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has done something that didn't appear possible even a couple of days ago — made the Rockets relevant.
They are still a long way from the playoffs, but if they could get Howard or Andrew Bynum — Bynum seems more likely at this point — and add Lin and they are able to hang on to a promising rookie like Royce White or Jeremy Lamb … well, now I've caught that offseason fever resulting in hallucinations.
Interesting, though, that when asked Tuesday how the next week or so was going to be for him and the Rockets, coach Kevin McHale said, "Interesting."
Asked to elaborate, he repeated: "Interesting."
Little did we know that Morey was elsewhere in the Toyota Center trying to do just that, make the Rockets interesting.
He's got my attention.


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Kellie Pickler's Drummer Seriously Injured in Accident
Kellie Pickler's drummer suffered serious injuries as the result of a car accident on Saturday (March 2). Gregg Lohman was traveling along Interstate 65 in Kentucky around 11:30AM when the crash occurred.
According to the Nashville's WKRN, Lohman was one of three hospitalized in a four-car wreck, which happened just shortly after a tragic accident on the other side of the highway, in which six people were killed. It's believed that traffic on the southbound side of the road slowed while drivers looked at the initial crash between a tractor-trailer and an SUV, which caused a fire on the northbound side.
As of Sunday afternoon, Lohman remained in serious, but stable condition at the University of Louisville Hospital. Pickler was not involved, but issued a statement to her social media sites on Sunday:
Yesterday, my drummer Gregg Lohman was in a horrific car accident and is currently in ICU. Gregg is not just my drummer, he is family. I believe in miracles and the power of prayer, so it would mean the world to me, my band, and Gregg's family if you would please keep him in your prayers. Thank y'all so much. -Pickler


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The Mennonite Encyclopedia published in four volumes from 1955 to 1959 (with a supplemental fifth volume in 1990), is the most accessible and authoritative reference work available on a host of Anabaptist and Mennonite topics. Published jointly by the Mennonite Church, the General Conference Mennonite Church, and the Mennonite Brethren Church, the four-volume set contains maps, illustrations, and 13,688 articles contributed by more than 2,700 writers.
In 1945, at a meeting of the Mennonite Research Fellowship in Bluffton, Ohio, historian C. Henry Smith proposed that American Mennonites translate and expand the Mennonitisches Lexikon, a German project that had been nearly halted during World War II. Smith and his colleagues formed a "Lexikon Committee." Three years later, the scholarly effort had grown to include a network of editors and a 50-member council representing 13 Mennonite groups and 6 non-Mennonite denominations. Smith's death in 1948, however, was a blow to the project.
The Encyclopedia's continuing editor, Harold S. Bender, and associate editor, Cornelius Krahn, wanted to stimulate young adults to pursue Anabaptist and Mennonite studies and sought to share contemporary research with a wide circle of non-Mennonite church historians and theologians. They included articles of the following types: doctrinal, denominational, institutional, ecclesiastical, biographical, and cultural. They also included articles on publications and on family and place names. Less than one-sixth of the completed work contained translated Lexikon material.
Editors Bender and Krahn researched and wrote many of the major articles. The historical perspectives of the two men differed markedly; however, they retained their cooperative partnership. Bender supervised scholarship pertaining to the South German and Swiss Anabaptists and Mennonites, while Krahn assumed responsibility for topics related to the Dutch, Prussian, and Russian streams of Mennonite history. Nanne van der Zijpp of The Netherlands also contributed substantially. Managing editor Melvin Gingerich and translator Elizabeth Horsch Bender provided valuable editorial assistance.
During the following 30 years, researchers noted various weaknesses of the Encyclopedia. Some pointed to unevenness in the quality of writing and lamented the dominance of European and North American subjects. Others cited the dated quality of some articles. Still others emphasized the inadequate coverage of theological issues. In 1978, Mennonite scholars from around the world laid plans for a supplemental fifth volume, which was published in 1990. Volume V included updates on materials in the first four volumes plus nearly 1,000 new articles edited by Cornelius J. Dyck and Dennis D. Martin. The content of the five volumes, in modified or updated form, is included in the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, also sponsored by an inter-Mennonite group of organizations.
An enduring legacy of the Mennonite Encyclopedia is the sense of denominational pride which guided its editors. Some contemporary scholars suggested that the Encyclopedia enabled Mennonites to establish themselves as a mainline Protestant church body during the post World War II years. Indeed, the publication of this inter-Mennonite reference work became a celebrated moment in the denomination's history.
Bender, Harold S. "The Mennonite Encyclopedia: Report of the Editor to the Publishing Committee." Mennonite Quaretrly Review 38 (1964): 361-367.
Gingerich, Melvin. "Harold S. Bender and The Mennonite Encyclopedia." Mennonite Quarterly Review 38 (1964): 172-74.
Waltner, Rachel. "From Anabaptism to Mennonitism: The Mennonite Encyclopedia as a Historical Document." Mennonite Life 37 (December 1982): 13-19.
Archival Records
Files of the Mennonite Encyclopedia are located at the Archives of Mennonite Church USA (Goshen, IN & North Newton, Kansas, USA).
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Goossen, Rachel Waltner. (July 2011). Mennonite Encyclopedia, The. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 May 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennonite_Encyclopedia,_The&oldid=100343.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, p. 571. All rights reserved.
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Book Review: Web Standards SolutionsJuly 11, 2004
If you've been following Dan Cederholm's SimpleQuiz series for any length of time, you'll be happy to note that his new book Web Standards Solutions is a full-length summary of the best practices that have evolved from it, and more.
Web Standards Solutions (WSS) is a quick, easy read. Broken into 16 chapters, each one takes no more than 15 or 20 minutes to breeze through. Broken into two parts, the first half of the book analyzes general markup and style best practices, while the second half takes these practices and others and applies them to a real site, simplebits.com.
Dan is interested in the theory as well as the practics; while multiple solutions are presented, he provides the best one along with reasoning why it is the best, and why the others aren't. Not to say this is a scholarly exercise in pedantry; writing around some needlessly mind-numbing purist issues that weigh down real-world projects, he presents the tools needed to get the job done quickly and well. A common sense approach to designing with web standards, this little yellow book is the perfect complement to another little orange book. Think of the latter as the book that'll sell you the 'why', and the former as the book that will instruct you 'how'.
Chapter 9, for example, talks about minimizing markup, and it's the sort of perfectly clear explanation of avoiding classitis and making the most of miminal markup elements that everyone needs to read. Chapter 6 covers basic text formatting markup and style, and in one of the most lucid explanations on the subject I've yet read, explains once and for all why <strong> should be preferred over <b>.
This isn't a design book. WSS discusses the practical approach to using web standards in your work, and provides some visual examples, but the imagery and design skills necessary to create the examples are left for the reader to negotiate using their own experience or another book. Dan discusses how to apply design, not how to design in the first place. If you're only interested in visuals then WSS may not be for you; if you're interested in applying visuals to properly structured and well-built sites using methods that allow for maximum accessibility and save you time, then you need WSS.
Some of the chapters are thinner than others; I found chapter 4 on quotations to be particularly wanting. And the good writing and clarity contained within the covers is unfortunately misrepresented by the grammatically and technically suspect marketing copy on the back cover; I certainly wouldn't be buying it on the strength of that alone.
Luckily there are plenty of other reasons to buy WSS, and these are minor criticisms of an otherwise excellent guide to making the right decisions and understanding why you made them. 9 out of 10, which on my scale means you should have it on your desk, no questions asked.
Reader Comments
it's not bad, with some good, light-hearted writing. i slightly disagree with some of the solutions - i found myself reading it and constantly scribbling little notes and suggestions in the margin, which i may pass on to dan - but that's just me being one of those pedants ;)
good stuff indeed, and yes…it's already on my desk (well, my scanner lid, to be exact)
Dave makes a key point - it's a quick read. This is why I think the book will be an excellent introduction to standards-based design for those only recently embracing the methods. By sticking to a uniform structure, each chapter is both in-depth and quick reference.
I'm sure that many may not agree with all of Dan's suggestions, but I think this is another strength. There are several solutions to each problem, and it's up to the user to decide which one to employ. I think the last thing Dan would want is for us all to start doing things the same way. Do it semantically, yes. Do it with structured, sensible CSS, definitely - but also do it YOUR way.
It's about time a good book was released that talks about and focusses on proper use of semantic markup. There are plenty of good CSS books out there, of which I've only started to read Eric Meyer's. But I found that there isn't as much emphsis on using correct semantic and structured markup as I think there needs to be. I feel CSS books tend to be aimed more at those who already know the difference between b and strong, p and br, etc… where as books like WSS would be more aimed at those just starting to learn XHTML, or for those that need to move away from writing tag soup.
I find too many people think about their documents presentationally, rather than structurally and semantically. (hence, the use of bold, italic, font styles, etc… by so many, from the toolbars of common word processors). It'd be good if people actually learned and applied correct semantics before they started styling their documents; then, one day, we may start seeing more accessible, tableless designs on the web.
I'll definately be recommending this book to some people I know, and I may even get a copy for myself. :)
I picked the book up the Friday before Fathers day and read it while at the parents house. It was definitely helpfull and presented a few new things to me, but for the most part I was skimming pages because I already knew the material. So it is definitely geared towards someone starting out with CSS design. The strong vs. b tag was for the first time explained to me well and makes me want to change all the incorrect uses of the strong tag I've made recently, but that would be too much work :)
It was a good book though. I let a co-worker borrow it who is pretty much starting out with CSS design. He says he's learned a lot from it.
I have been frequently visiting Dan's site and I have learnt quite a bit from him. I just got this book today and I can't wait to get into it. Thanks for the little review of the book Dave. hehe I also got that orange book you mentioned :)
Thanks for saying something about it. Everytime I drive by a bookstore I am so tempted to go in and get it but I am forcing myself to finish my current book before I get it. It looks awesome though and from reading SimpleBits every so often I can tell the author knows what he is talking about. Can't wait to try it out!
P.S. - I am stuck on a windows machine here at home where I am reading this right now and I noticed your forms look really good in IE! Talk to you soon.
I bought the book last weekend, read it through in about a day and a half and have now started doing a ground up rebuild of my code.
Personally, I have gotten a better feel for semantic markup from this book more than any other, even Zeldman's.
You've convinced me to buy it. Thanks Dave. :)
This book should be in every web designer/developer's library. For beginners, it's an excellent introduction to the concept of semantics. And as has been proven on Dan's weblog, even seasoned experts need to think about this.
There are a couple of questionable things in the book, but they are minor.
Dan's writing is really enjoyable and makes this tough subject a lot more palatable.
I've just ordered two copies, one for our design dept and one for the software dept, our lead designers may disagree with one or two points, but for the juniors and people who are still coding tag soup, its a godsend, saves me having to write it. thanks
Pardon my ignorance and curiosity, but could you perhaps summarize the main points of why is <strong> to be preferred over <b>? When we count the letters it's 6 : 1, <b> saves more space.
the text in question may not be displayed visually, so <b> has no meaning
They aren't the same thing. <strong> means that the enclosed text is strongly emphasised. <b> just means that the enclosed text should be rendered in boldface.
The fact that many browsers by default render <strong> in boldface is incidental.
If you want to strongly emphasise something, use <strong>. If you want to boldface it, use <span> with a class that indicates what it is and use CSS to make that boldfaced.
Read Dan's book, and you'll understand why semantics is a Good Thing and why structure should be separated from presentation. :)
It's the second time I read Dave's review on Dan's book and I am convinced again, my orange book needs a yellow friend so: Amazon here I go!


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As someone who spends only about seven hours a week at the gym, about half in the weight training room, I certainly appreciate all Aamir has gone through to achieve this look. Three hours a day of this is not at all easy, no matter how one looks at it. In typical Aamir fashion, he came out the other day saying if his look is what the audience remembers more than the film, the film is not good enough. Here's that video. I'm confident we'll see him walk the talk next week.
For now, enjoy this fun and telling video, basically the making of Aamir's Ghajini physique. It also features a glimpse of Director A. R. Murgadoss. If you want to watch it in full screen mode, visit this link. From the first few seconds alone, we can tell the background score by A. R. Rahman is going to rock!
For the record, he does not intend to maintain the physique, and has in fact been losing some of the mass for his next film 3 Idiots, in which his character requires a relatively leaner look.
Finally, here's a promo for Aamir's appearance on Oye! It's Friday hosted by the one and only Farhan Akhtar. Also present is the lovely Tanushree Dutta. From Farhan's blog post on the episode comes some candid (and true) discussion:
The term six pack has suddenly become a part of our vocabulary over the last year. Aamir's Ghajini body is the latest example, but one must remember that he worked to achieve that body [only] for a look. While I think it is great to be fit and commendable to achieve such a level of fitness, it's also a little tragic how today everyone is expected to have a perfectly sculpted body. But it's not a natural form and real people don't have six packs. Previously, potential actors were gauged on their dancing, acting and horse riding abilities. Added to the list they now say 'good body bhi hai'. A good body has become a prerequisite for an aspiring actor. I am thinking of putting on weight for my next role just to prove a point.
Happy Friday! There's lots more to discuss through Ghajini's release.
Addendum 12/21/2008:
This promo was revealed at Oye! It's Friday:


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The flowers of true friendship never fade.
Friends give a heartful of happiness.
Plant seeds of kindness -- gather friends.
If friends were flowers I'd pick you.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
Friends like flowers, give pleasure. Just by being.
This winter this fabric was sitting in my stash, and begged to be shared with Fabric Friends, inspired by the verses on the fabric (above). So I chopped it into FQs and secretly sent them off to QB friends with this explanation ...
"What you do with this FQ is up to you. You may add it to your stash or re-gift it. Although, I do hope that you will make something for yourself. It does not have to be a quilt, wall hanging, etc. Anything!!! Be creative. Be original. Or keep with your tried and true, go-to favourites! It'll be fun to see the colour mix and matches that are created, the unique uses, and the different spins that result!"
When Fabric Friends start with ... One FQ: "Sew" Much Creativity! can result, and thus what this thread is all about ... to showcase the different looks, the same FQ can take on. And too, perhaps it will inspire you towards new FQ creations of your own.
Here's the Virgin Fabric where it all began ...
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