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|Allows a candidate to complete a bachelor's degree while simultaneously completing the requirements for an Oregon Initial Teaching License in early childhood and elementary multiple subjects.
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|A cohort program designed to accommodate candidates who wish to work while attending school. Courses meet in the late afternoon, early evening, and on weekends over the course of four semesters. Upon completion of the program, candidates qualify for a Master of Arts in Teaching degree and an Oregon Initial Teaching License.
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Intended for licensed educators who wish to continue their development as professionals in the field of education.
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We bring you the most revealing photos yet of the upcoming 2012 3-series (F30)! Until now, the F30 has been fully cladded with little showing other than its general lines, shape, stance, and proportions. The strip tease has now commenced with part of the headlights now visible – showing beautiful LED angel eyes. The tail lights have now also been partially unveiled, showing a wrap around design featuring upsweeping light bars, LED indicators, and regular brake lights.
The production rear bumper has now also been installed (albeit with camouflage tape affixed). Previous spy photos showed a heavily clad rear bumper with little indication of its styling.
In the close-up photo of the front-end, the grille can also be seen hiding behind the black metal mesh (look closely!)
Compared … CONTINUED
Here is another F30 3-series render, courtesy of Bimmer Magazine. The front front fascia's more upright stance and lower bumper borrows from the current 5 and 7-series bumper. We hope the headlights come out as sleek as the ones in this render.
We reported earlier about the rumor that BMW was considering to build a fourth model at the US plant in Spartanburg, SC. Ian Robertson, member of the BMW board of management responsible for sales and marketing, now confirmed with FAZ that they were actually looking into this. While there's no final decision, Robertson said they "would by no means put that off the table." The US market continues to be the most important market for premium vehicles, so an US production would make sense for either the F10 5-series or the new F30 3-series coming later this year.
BMW currently produces the X3, the X5 and the X6 at the Spartanburg Plant. As Robertson puts it, "the Spartanburg plant still has enough capacity to allow the … CONTINUED
Autocar Magazine in the UK is speculating that the rumored 3-cylinder engine that BMW has been working on for some time now, will be seen under the hood of the F30 3-Series. This should come as no surprise, as the 3-Series is the bread and butter volume car in the BMW brand, and such an efficient engine would go a long way into promoting BMW as THE brand for sustainability.
The engine itself is rumored to be a 1.5L 3-Cylinder diesel engine putting out 150HP and produce less than 100g/km of CO2. Its already been rumored that this engine setup, which will come in both diesel and regular gasoline formats will drive the smaller cars in the BMW lineup such as … CONTINUED
Motortrend has posted its speculations on the 2012 F30 3 series, ruminating on the F30′s size, wheelbase, styling, suspension, and powertrain.
The next generation F30 3-series sedan is currently undergoing winter testing in northern Sweden. It wears the same heavy camouflage as the previous sightings, so these photos are best for determining proportions, size, and stance. Thus far, the F30 test mules spied have all had great proportions and stance. The F30 will be slightly larger and have a longer wheelbase than the current E90 sedan but features shorter overhangs to maintain sporty and squat proportions. Consistent with current BMW design language, the F30 will have wider and lower kidney grilles and the front fascia will be more upright than the E90 design.
Engine options will include a full range of turbo and naturally aspirated 6-cylinder motors, 4-cylinder motors, and possibly even a new 3-cylinder motor. The F30 … CONTINUED
Autoexpress previews the 2012 F30 3-series sedan and 2014 F32 M3 coupe. Not much info is new here than what we have previously posted, but their renders are a fun look at what the next generation F30 and F32 3-series and M3 may resemble.
Consistent with what we have posted in the past, the front fascia features a more upright angle, consistent with BMW's current designs seen in the Z4, 5-series and 7-series. The F30/F32 3-series is also expected to be slightly larger in size, but with shorter front and back overhangs.
Next generation 3-series engine options will include a full range of turbo and naturally aspirated 6-cylinder motors, 4-cylinder motors, and possibly even a new 3-cylinder motor. The F30/F32 M3 is rumored to be lighter than the … CONTINUED
Here are some new renders of the next generation 2012 F30/F32 3-series coupe and sedan. Like the current generation, the coupe and sedan will continue to sport unique designs. The next generation 3-series is expected to grow slightly in size and wheelbase, but feature even shorter overhangs to preserve its sporty stance and style. The front fascia is expected to become more upright, consistent with BMW's latest design language seen in the current Z4, F10 5-series, and F01 7-series.
The F32 3 series coupe is expected to share some design elements with the new 6-series coupe, such as sculptured flanks, low roof line, and possibly the turn indicators located under front headlights. It will also have wider and lower kidney grilles than the current E92 coupe.
Engine options … CONTINUED
We previously posted spy photos of the F30s interior which was a dummy interior from the 1-series, but the F30 mules have now been fitted with production form interiors. Visible now is the steering wheel, entire driver console – including tach and speedometer, as well as parts of the center console and interior door. Exterior-wise, the same camouflage remains as in previous F30 sightings.
Compared to the E90 3-series, the F30 will feature a longer wheelbase, but shorter shorter overhangs, for a sporty squat look. It will also have wider and lower kidney grilles. Engine options will include a full range of turbo and naturally aspirated 6-cylinder motors, 4-cylinder … CONTINUED


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March 6, 2013
Dawn Clark Netsch seemed to have been around forever, and so it seemed as if she always would be.
She must have been young once, but from the time she came into my consciousness, 20 or so years ago, she seemed old.
I mean old in a good way, the kind of old that equates to steady, wise, durable, rooted. When she died Tuesday, at 86, she was remembered for all those qualities, along with her fondness for cigarettes, sherry, beer and baseball.
She was also widely hailed as historic.
"Dawn Clark Netsch is without a doubt one of the most important women in Illinois political history," Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County Board, said in a statement. "Her fighting spirit and unending pursuit for equality among the disenfranchised will remain a guiding principle for all who follow in her footsteps."
And yet the young people who follow in Netsch's footsteps are unlikely to see her footprints. That's how time works. It erases the footprints, except those of giants.
Netsch belonged to the vanguard of women who broke through the midlevel barriers, whose accomplishments opened the way for women to go further. She helped clear the path for giants still to come.
The word "first" seemed like a part of her name.
She graduated first in her class — the only woman in it — at Northwestern University's law school. It was 1952, an era when women who worked outside the home were typically fenced into the schoolroom or the secretarial pool.
She was the first woman to teach law at Northwestern.
She was the first woman to be elected to statewide office in Illinois.
She was the first woman to run for governor on a major ticket, which she did with a female running mate. She was 68 then, ancient for a woman in politics, and she ran against a sitting governor who was 20 years younger and far more telegenic.
She responded to attacks on her appearance with the slogan "Not just another pretty face."
After she lost to Jim Edgar, big-time, she said: "Please, no tears or sympathy. I did it my way."
Her way was always a mix of crisp intelligence, humor and principle. She was against the death penalty even when it risked being a death sentence for her political career. She was among the first public officials to back gay rights, riding in Chicago's Gay Pride Parade before that was a smart campaign tactic.
The worst thing you could call her was "limousine liberal," which some people did because she lived in Chicago's wealthy Old Town neighborhood, with her husband, Walter, an architect.
But her vistas extended far beyond her own privilege. A civil rights advocate, she once sent me a note about columns I'd written on Cabrini-Green, noting that Cabrini was her "neighbor" and had been in her legislative district when she was a state senator.
"Yes," she wrote, "it was real people and real lives, not just a Project."
Whenever I saw Netsch — except for once, that was only on TV or in a crowd — I had an image of her as an old-fashioned pioneer woman, her sharp face and bright eyes under a big bonnet as she rocked across some bumpy, roadless land in a covered wagon, going where no woman had gone before.
She was a pioneer, one who wore trim skirt suits and neck scarves, and her passing is a good moment for adults to tell the young people in their lives about her.
Show them her footprints while they're still visible.
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The actress got a perfect purse-sized flask in which she put the tequila in.
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- Home Visiting Campaign
- Contact Susan King 202.552.2000
- April 14, 2011
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed by President Obama in 2010, provides $1.5 billion over five years for state-based early childhood home visitation grant programs. To be eligible for funding, states must conduct a home visiting needs assessment. The assessment requires states to identify high-risk communities as well as the quality and capacity of existing home visitation programs.
- View Pew's summary of the law's home visiting provision (PDF).
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The Pew Home Visiting Campaign partners with policy makers and advocates to promote smart state and federal investments in quality, voluntary home-based programs for new and expectant families.
The campaign is offering resources to assist states with their required needs assessment efforts, including providing state-specific question and answer sessions and an ongoing webinar series. The free webinars feature state agency experts from across the country and address topics such as performance measures, evidence standards, coordination and finance. State agency employees and local program administrators can e-mail home visiting staff to request assistance for their state or sign up for webinars.
State Resources
The following resources provide greater detail and answer questions about the federal home visiting initiative:
- Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) — June 2010
- Department of Health and Human Services FOA Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) — June 2010
- Pew Home Visiting Campaign FOA Summary (PDF)
- Proposed Criteria for Evidence of Effectiveness of Home Visiting Models
- State Lead Agencies: Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (PDF)
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- Home Visiting Supplemental Information Request (SIR) (includes models that meet the criteria for evidence base) — February 2011
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Histological Analysis Following Ulthera System Treatment for Hyperhidrosis
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Up to 40 subjects will be enrolled into one of three treatment groups. Enrolled subjects will undergo 4 axillary punch biopsies during the course of the trial to determine the number and depth of the sweat glands, and receive one bilateral Ultherapy™ treatment(Group C) or two bilateral Ultherapy™ treatments to the axillas 30 days apart (Groups A and B). Follow-up visits will occur at 7, 30 and 90 days post-treatment #2.
Device: Ulthera System Treatment
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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Histological Analysis and Correlation With Ultrasound Imaging to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Treating Axillary Hyperhidrosis Subjects With the Ulthera® System
- Reduction in the number of sweat glands from baseline to 90-days post-treatment. [ Time Frame: 90 days post-treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Based on histological analyses of biopsied, Ultherapy™-treated, tissue, the changed in the number of sweat glands present at 90days post-treatment will be compared to the number of sweat glands present at baseline.
- Reduction in spontaneous axillary sweat production assessed by gravimetric method at 90-days post treatment [ Time Frame: 90 days post-treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]A 50% reduction or more in Gravimetric measure at 90 days post-treatment compared to baseline.
- HDSS score reduction [ Time Frame: 90 days post-treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]HDSS score reduction from a 3 or 4 to a 1 or 2
- Starch iodine test [ Time Frame: 90 days post-treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Assess the reduction in starch iodine test area at 90 days post-treatment compared to baseline.
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|August 2012
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|August 2014
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|July 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Active Comparator: Group A
Subjects naïve to Ultherapy™ for treatment of hyperhidrosis will receive bilateral Ulthera System treatments.
Device: Ulthera System Treatment
Focused ultrasound energy delivered below the surface of the skin
Other Name: Ultherapy™
Active Comparator: Group B
Subjects who were non-responders to a prior Ultherapy™ treatment for hyperhidrosis will receive bilateral Ulthera System treatments.
Device: Ulthera System Treatment
Focused ultrasound energy delivered below the surface of the skin
Other Name: Ultherapy™
Active Comparator: Group C
Subjects will receive one double-density Ulthera System treatment.
Device: Ulthera System Treatment
Focused ultrasound energy delivered below the surface of the skin
Other Name: Ultherapy™
Detailed Description:
This study is a prospective, single-center, non-randomized pilot clinical trial. Subjects enrolled will include those naïve to Ultherapy™ for treatment of hyperhidrosis (Group A, n=31), those who were non-responders to a prior Ultherapy™ treatment for hyperhidrosis (Group B, n=approx 5), and those naive to Ultherapy who will receive one double-density study treatment (Group C, n=4). Ultrasound images will be captured of each axilla to assess dermal thickness and depth of sweat glands. A gravimetric measurement of sweat production and starch iodine test will be performed prior to treatment. Digital images of the starch iodine test will be obtained. Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale (HDSS)scores will be obtained prior to each treatment. During treatment, the average Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score will be obtained by axilla treated. Efficacy will be determined by a reduction in the number of sweat glands from baseline to 90-days post-treatment, as evidenced by histological analysis. Subject Gravimetric results, Starch iodine results, and HDSS scores at all follow-ups compared to baseline will also be analyzed as secondary outcomes.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female, ages 18-75
- Subject is in good health
- Diagnosis of bilateral axillary hyperhidrosis refractory to previous topical therapies
- Group A: At least 50 mg of spontaneous resting axillary sweat production in each axilla measured gravimetrically at room temperature/humidity (20 - 25.6°C/20-80%) over a period of 5 minutes. (Patients should be at rest for at least 30 minutes after physical exercise including walking.) Group B: A mean of >50mg/5min of sweat production following a prior Ultherapy treatment
- A HDSS score is 3 or 4. An attempt will be made to approximate an equal number of scores 3 and 4.
- Understands and accepts the obligation not to undergo any other procedures in the areas to be treated through the follow-up period.
- Absence of physical conditions unacceptable to the investigator.
- Willingness and ability to provide written informed consent and HIPAA authorization prior to performance of any study-related procedure.
- Subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test result and must not be lactating at Visit 1 and be willing and able to use an acceptable method of birth control.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Dermal disorder including infection at anticipated treatment sites in either axilla.
- Previous botulinum toxin treatment of the axilla in the past year.
- Expected use of botulinum toxin for the treatment of any other disease during the study period.
- Known allergy to starch powder, iodine, lidocaine, or epinephrine.
- Secondary hyperhidrosis, for example, hyperhidrosis that is secondary to other underlying diseases including hyperthyroidism, lymphoma and malaria.
- Previous surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis including sympathectomy, surgical debulking of the sweat glands, subcutaneous tissue curettage and ultrasonic surgery.
- Unwillingness to wash off deodorants and abstain use 72 hours prior to treatments or assessments.
- Subjects with a history of a bleeding disorder
- Use of cholinomimetics, anticholinergics, or any oral herbal medicine treatments for hyperhidrosis.
- Inability to withhold use of antiperspirants and deodorants, or any other topical treatments for hyperhidrosis within 72 hours prior to study treatments and assessments.
- Unwillingness for complete shaving or removal of underarm hair within 12 hours prior to study treatments and follow-up visits.
- Women who are pregnant, lactating, possibly pregnant or planning a pregnancy during the study period.
- Inability to understand the protocol or to give informed consent.
|United States, Florida
|The Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research
|Aventura, Florida, United States, 33180
|Contact: Julie Santos 305-933-6716 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Mark Nestor, MD, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Mark Nestor, MD, PhD
|The Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Ulthera, Inc
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01708551 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 15, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 4, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Ulthera, Inc:
Axillary sweating
Ulthera® System
Ultherapy™ Treatment
Ulthera, Inc.
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sweat Gland Diseases
Skin Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on April 17, 2014


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Sure beats counting sheep, especially when you don't know how to count. A toddler unable to sleep decides -- what the heck -- now's as good a time as any to practice faceplants onto the crib mattress.
And so the baby does, over and over again. The parents watch their pint-sized pro wrestler on a baby video monitor and can't help but laugh at their child's unusual way of dealing with insomnia.
The video has garnered over 700,000 views on YouTube. Commenters note the baby seems primed for a career as a diver. Others point out that the footage resembles one of the "Paranormal Activity" movies.


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Driving along the back roads of the 800-acre U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Two Rock, it doesn't take long for MudMan organizer John Olson to get down to the core of the matter — the art of mixing dirt and water.
"Making mud isn't as easy as you think," he says.
"We had a problem at first with everything falling out of it and you're left with water on top of a sand base.
"But then we figured it out: You've got to keep it churned right up until the competition starts."
He stops his truck and gets out to show off a wide patch of dirt, soon to become one of five massive mud pits competitors will have to slog, tread or swim through to finish the second annual competition of grubby endurance.
Next weekend's MudMan event is Sonoma County's answer to the nationwide trend of MOB (Mud, Obstacles, Beer) events luring a younger generation into the field of endurance sport.
At events such as Tough Mudder, Mudathlon, Dirty Girl and Muddy Buddy, it isn't always about how fast you finish (although bragging rights are a bonus), but that you actually finish at all.
"Most people aren't trying to win. They're here to have fun and for the experience," said Russ Pugh, owner and of Vineman Inc., which stages a handful of world-famous triathlons every year in Sonoma County.
He created MudMan to bring in "a different set of competitors who might never enter a Vineman."
But whereas the super-strenuous Tough Mudder events, described by some as "Iron Man meets Burning Man," involvea 10,000-volt electric-shock obstacle, MudMan is not quite as hardcore.
"We like to call it a family adventure picnic," said Olson.
And finishers only earn one beer at the end, not a limitless flow like some competitions.
Last year's overall champion, Catherine DuBay, a 30-year veteran of 10K runs, triathlons, half-marathons and marathons, had never entered a MOB event before.


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i hate how good kohli is. still no idea why he didn't play in the tests whilst india were over in england last year
i hate how good kohli is. still no idea why he didn't play in the tests whilst india were over in england last year
186 - good batting practice for the Saffers there. Scored 51 from last 3!
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Jebus - 51 off the last three overs from SA.
Our death bowling needs some Southee.
Yes 51 off last 3 shows NZ continue to struggle at the death. Franklin, Bracewell and Milne won't be our usual death bowlers though.
Why the Indian think tank didnt promote Yuvraj for the warm up game? I mean Kohli is in prime form and he could have been rested for the game or at least Yuvi could have batted @ 3...
Only a warm-up, tbf. Kohli or Sharma could retire out at any point.
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Jeez, Sami beams Kohli and scones him. Lucky he has a lid on. Nasty.
Rob Key on Kohli:
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Hamish aside, I'm not actually disagreeing as violently as I thought I would.
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Outdoor recreation can play a vital role in protecting our natural resources. When you register your boat, you do your part in sustaining resources that promote safe and responsible use of our nation's waters. Your registration dollars also help pay for marinas, boat ramps, lake clean up and much more.
The PFBC is responsible for regulating the state boating laws in Pennsylvania.
All vessels propelled by machinery, including gasoline, diesel and electric motors, and principally operated on Pennsylvania waters must be registered and issued a Pennsylvania Boat Registration Card by the PFBC. Documented recreational vessels such as yachts also need to be registered as well as sailboats that use gasoline, diesel or electric motors for auxiliary power.
You are not required to register your boat if it is unpowered - unless used at a Fish & Boat Commission access area or lake, or at Pennsylvania state park lakes; or required by the owner (one example is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Also note that the boat owner is required to obtain their boat title before they can obtain their Certificate of Boat Registration. This requirement applies to the following:
A certificate of title is a legal document proving ownership.
To obtain a boat title the boat owner must contact the PFBC. The fee for issuance of title is $15 and an additional encumbrance fee of $5 may apply if there is a lien against boat. The cost of a duplicate title is $5.
Titling your vessel also offers certain advantages. Having your boat titled may make it easier for you to secure a loan and may act as a deterrent to boat theft. Similarly, in the event you were ever to sell your vessel, a title assures potential buyers that you are the clear owner.
Boat Owners must keep their Certificate of Ownership in a safe place.
Note - On the reverse of the Certificate of Ownership there is an application for the transfer of ownership.
Boat owners must have at least a 60 day temporary Certificate of Boat Registration before they can operate in state waters. Upon receipt of the Certificate of Boat Registration please note the following:
If you have proper vessel registration in another state, you are not not requires to have a Pennsylvania registration as long as they are operating on Pennsylvania waters for no more than 60 consecutive days.
The Certificate of Boat Registration, validation decals and title are obtained by submitting the proper application and fee to an authorized Pennsylvania boat registration agent or to:
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Licensing and Registration Division P.O. Box 67000 Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000
Successful registration results in a Certificate of Boat Registration, physical boat registration numbers and a decal. Boat numbers must:
For example: PA 1234 BX. This is a federal and state requirement.
Color coded validation decals issued to you by the PFBC and must be displayed within 6 inches of the boat number on the same level (before or following the number).
Please note that canoes are in fact required to display the boat registration numbers as well as the validation decals, whereas kayaks, sculls and sailboards are only required to display the decal itself. In the case of inflatable vessels, they are permitted to display their boat registration number and validation decals on planks which must be securely attached to both its sides.
Lack of the correct documentation may result in delays and fines.
Make sure all boats are properly marked and documented. It is important to keep your papers with the boat - be particularly aware when transferring ownership of your vessel.
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Redlands Congressman Jerry Lewis bids farewell to 3 decades on Capitol Hill
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Retiring Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands) reflected on his long political career, which ends with him as Chairman Emeritus of the House Appropriations Committee.
He shares a name with a famous comedian but, on Capitol Hill, California Congressman Jerry Lewis is the big celebrity.
The longtime Republican lawmaker from Redlands is stepping down after more than three decades in Congress. Lewis looked back on his political career from his favorite spot in the Capitol: the elegant office of the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Lewis chaired the influential committee for two years. When he remodeled the chairman's office, he replaced the carpet with blue and gold tiles. Lewis is a die-hard UCLA fan. His beloved dog is named Bruin. But Lewis said it was geography, not the design, that made this office special. It's right off the House floor.
"To the say the least," said Lewis, "it's nicely situated for the chairman."
Lewis described Appropriations as the heart of the work Congress does. It's close to his heart as well, and the reason he decided to return to Capitol Hill after a rough freshman term.


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Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials
Building on concepts of understanding learning styles and how to organize and 'chunk' instructional content for the online environment, this course's main goal is to teach librarians best practices for creating effective screencasts (video-based online instruction modules) using Camtasia, and other similar tools. Student learning outcomes for this full-day, face-to-face workshop include: the ability to determine how to get the most from your screencasts; learning how to divide content into logical chunks that are most appropriate for online learners; an understanding of best practices for creating content for their topic (e.g. storyboarding, script writing, and voiceover/narration); an understanding of what hardware and software tools work best for which content (and best sources for acquiring needed tools); and the ability to assess the effectiveness of screencasted content.
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AUGUSTA — Florida lawmakers are weighing whether to participate in the federal health care law's proposal to expand Medicaid. On Monday, Maine Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew attempted to explain why they shouldn't.
Mary Mayhew, commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is expected to warn Florida lawmakers that increasing Medicaid eligibility won't significantly reduce uninsured rates.
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Mayhew testified before the Florida Senate's committee reviewing implementation of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Mayhew, appearing via video conference, or Skype, told Florida lawmakers on Monday that Maine's decision a decade ago to increase Medicaid eligibility did not live up to expectations.
She said it didn't significantly reduce the number of uninsured or the free care that hospitals have to provide to individuals who can't afford health insurance.
Mayhew also linked the state's Medicaid expansion efforts to $484 million in delayed Medicaid reimbursement payments to the state's 39 hospitals.
Mayhew's testimony dovetailed with a 20-minute presentation by Tarren Bragdon, the former CEO of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, the conservative advocacy group that has spearheaded several major health care reform efforts with the assistance of the Gov. Paul LePage. Bragdon was also a lead member of the team that helped LePage select his cabinet when he was elected in 2010.
Mayhew was appointed by LePage in February of 2011.
Bragdon is now the head of another conservative advocacy group in Florida, The Foundation for Government Accountability. On Monday, Bragdon said that Maine's experience with Medicaid was proof that the expansion would be more costly than the federal government and health care advocates have acknowledged.
Mayhew's testimony comes as Florida and other states consider whether they want to enroll in the health care law's plan to expand health care coverage for low-income residents. LePage has already ruled out expansion for Maine, telling the Obama administration in November that it doesn't plan to participate.
Mayhew reiterated the administration's position on Monday, telling Florida lawmakers that Maine could not be assured that the federal government would deliver on its promise to fully fund states' Medicaid expansion through 2016 and 90 percent of it after that.
State Sen. David Simmons, R-Seminole County, asked Mayhew if she didn't believe that "the federal government would live up to its promise."
Mayhew said that is was difficult to envision the federal government could afford to pay for the program amid ongoing fiscal crises and debates over the national debt.
Other states, particularly those with Republican governors, have wavered on Medicaid expansion, which has been highly politicized as Republicans are under pressure to avoid implementing any provisions of the health care law that are not mandatory. However, some Republican governors, most notably Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, have broken ranks.
Florida is one of eight states that has not decided if it will participate in expansion, according to the Advisory Board Company, a national health organization. Maine is one of 15 states that has either rejected expansion or is leaning against it. Twenty-seven states have either agreed to participate or are leaning in that direction.
With the exception of six states like Ohio and Arizona, the state-by-state breakdown largely aligns with the party controlling the governor's office.
The remaining ambivalence among Republican governors is due to the fact that the federal government will fund 100 percent of the expansion from 2014 to 2016, gradually declining to 90 percent after that. Accepting federal dollars, an estimated $1 trillion, may seem like a no-brainer, but Republican-controlled states face ideological and political dilemmas.
Expansion of Medicaid, known as MaineCare in Maine, was mandated in the Affordable Care Act as a way to increase coverage for 17 million low-income Americans, including an estimated 37,000 uninsured Mainers. States that didn't comply with the law's 2014 deadline to increase coverage faced losing all Medicaid funds.
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Mount Pleasant, Mich. -The Central Michigan women's volleyball team will face off at home for its annual "Dig Pink" weekend against Mid-American Conference opponents Buffalo (16-5, 4-4 MAC) and Akron (6-13, 0-8 MAC).
The Chippewas (9-11 overall 3-5 MAC) face the Bulls at 7 p.m on Friday to start off the weekend. Buffalo is 4-4 in the conference this season after splitting its matches last weekend.
• The Bulls bring a 16-5 record into the match against the Chippewas, and are 8-3 in away matches this season.
• Buffalo brings a potent offense into the match, as well as one of the MAC's top defenses, leading the conference in blocks per set (2.84 B/S) and ranking second in opponent hitting percentage (.154%).
• The Chippewas come into the conference matchup with one of the MAC's best offenses, ranking third in kills per set and fourth in offensive hitting percentage.
• CMU faces off against the Akron Zips on Saturday evening. The Zips are 6-13 overall on the season and 0-8 in conference play. The Zips own a 3-5 record on the road this season.
• The Zips rank near the bottom of the MAC in most statistical categories but are ranked sixth in the MAC in service aces per set with 1.27.
• CMU libero Jenna Coates has had a stellar season thus far, achieving the rank of eighth in the country in digs per set with 5.62. Coates' season average of 5.62 digs per set is up from last season's mark of 4.88 digs per set. This pace puts her within striking distance of the number two spot on CMU's all time leaders in digs for a career, currently held by Ali McCrite (2003-06).
• Moving up on CMU's all time kill list, outside hitter Kaitlyn McIntyre needs 113 kills to move past Kaitlyn Schultz and Whitney Evers for fourth all time. She has 287 kills on the season.
• McIntyre is currently averaging 4.10 kills per set, up from her career average of 3.45 kills per set last season. This rate would currently place her at second all time in kills per set average at CMU.
• Senior setter Kelly Maxwell is having a strong season, averaging 11.08 assist per game for the Chippewas. Her 3,290 career assists ranks her third on CMU's all time career assists list. Maxwell is currently 27th in the nation in assists per set with 11.08, and leads the Mid-American Conference in that category.


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The alarm rings.
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
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Margaret Frye
Margaret Frye, 80, of Celina, died Aug. 29, 2008, at her residence.
She was born July 24, 1928, in Roane County, Tenn., to Riley and Carolyn Welch. She married Charles E. Frye, who died in 1990.
Surviving are two daughters, Teri (Steven) Justice, Celina, and Vickie (Jim) Warner, Tipp City; two brothers; two sisters; seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a brother and a sister.
She worked at Litten Industry. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the Sunshine Grandmothers Club, and was a Rainbow Girls Advisor.
Services were held today at Hale-Sarver Funeral Home, West Milton. Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery, Louder County, Tenn.
Contributions can be made to Grand Lake Hospice, Celina.
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Killin's setting near the Breadalbane Mountains at the end of Loch Tay (where the Falls of Dochart rush into the lake) gives the village an almost alpine flavor. You'll find a surprisingly diverse selection of crafts and woolen shops here, as well as a plethora of B&Bs.
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In this episode of The Compete Marketing Group Show, we discuss reasons why your website may be running slow and what you can do about it. If your website is running slow, it can significantly hurt the performance of your site, and cause you to lose customers and revenue.
A study from Kissmetrics.com found that 40% of people will abandon a website if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load. If it takes longer than 3 seconds to navigate between pages on your site, visitors will just leave and go somewhere else.
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When running a business division or an entire company, it's important to know how effective each of your marketing dollars are. After all, each dollar needs to be held accountable for producing revenue or it may need to be diverted to another marketing channel that is measurable.
Some web marketing channels, such as online advertising with Google Adwords, are pretty straight forward to measure:
However, when pursuing search engine optimization to increase the rankings of your business on Google (and therefore your website traffic / sales) it may seem more difficult to connect the cost of your current SEO company to a specific financial outcome.
While understanding how SEO affects your entire organization and marketing initiatives is important, it's also important to be able to tie your SEO budget to financial metrics.
This blog post series explains a few of the ways that we work with clients to report on SEO's impact on their business. While each situation is unique and usually requires a conversation to cater it to a specific business, this should be a good start to help you quantify the value of SEO in your organization.
If you're doing any other online marketing, such as Google Adwords, you're more than likely already measuring the cost per lead or sale generated from online ads. SEO can be measured in a similar way and oftentimes ends up producing leads and sales for a much lower cost compared to other online advertising campaigns.
Here's the breakdown of how it's calculated:
Here's a few things to consider when using this method:
Here's some interesting things we found using this with clients:
The first step to using these metrics (and others) to valuate your SEO efforts is to ensure that you connect how you measure your SEO efforts to how you measure other marketing channels so comparisons can be made.
Feel free to leave a comment below or contact us, as we enjoy seeing clients light up when we help them establish simple metrics to measure the profitability of their business so that they can make better decisions with their marketing dollars.
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The martynia is an old-time garden curiosity very much unrecognized for its culinary merits. You might call it the okra lover's Holy Grail because the martynia has the flavor of okra, only intensified, and sometimes with an undertone of the highly rated morel mushroom. Also, the interesting hooked shape of the baby pods lends them to all kinds of culinary applications, from stir-fries to pickles (see recipe, below). Considered a tropical annual, the plant is very easy to grow in most parts of the country and is not bothered by pests or wildlife.
Officially, the plant's common name is martynia. Though it is sometimes referred to as the "unicorn plant," the nickname most often used is "devil's claw," particularly on the Gulf Coast and in the Southwest where the plant is endemic. The colorful moniker refers to its dried seed pods, which are large, black, and have sharp hooks that latch on to clothing or animals. The label "martynia" came from Carl Linnaeus (considered to be the "father of taxonomy") who named the plant Martynia annua after John Martyn, a professor of botany in Cambridge, England. However, this nomenclature is now considered obsolete. Botanically speaking, there are at least two distinct groups of martynias: the Ibicellae with thorny seed pods and the Proboscidea with smooth seed pods. The first group is primarily South American while the second is found throughout North America.
Of the Proboscidea, Proboscidea louisianica is the species considered native to the Gulf Coast states and the Southwest, and is the subject of this article. You may also see P. parviflora listed — some botanists think that both P. louisianica and P. parviflora are subspecies indigenous to the United States, although I see no difference between them other than flower color, and treat the two classifications as synonyms.
Martynias usually grow to 2 to 3 feet tall. The stems are weak, so the plants tend to topple over if they grow much higher. The leaves are broad, round, and, along with the tubular flowers, remind me of catalpa trees. The entire plant is covered with tiny hairs that exude a slippery juice and a musky odor some people find unpleasant.
The musky hairs act as a deterrent against herbivores that would otherwise readily consume the succulent leaves and small pods hidden beneath them. For this reason the plants are safe from deer, groundhogs or anything else that might otherwise eat them.
While martynias can hold their own against wild animals, they are not people-proof: The seed pods have been part of the Native American diet for centuries. The first American seedsman to sell martynias was Bernard M'Mahon of Philadelphia, who listed the seed in his 1805 catalog. For the colonial elites, it was largely an ornamental raised for its eye-catching flower clusters. In the 1840s, martynias began to show up in cookbooks, mainly in the form of pickling recipes. Since then, they've been grown in so many parts of the United States that they have naturalized far beyond their original habitat and can be found as far north as Maine and Minnesota. If tomatoes will grow in your garden, so too will martynias. The plants are hardy and prolific — so much so that in the state of Washington, they are classified as a noxious weed.
To get started, soak the seeds in water for 8 hours, then sow them in individual pots in late April, about four to five weeks ahead of planting. If they are planted in early June in deep, rich and sandy compost without disturbing the roots, no further fertilization will be required. Harvest can start a month later because once established, martynias grow quickly.
For a good supply of pods for the kitchen, 15 to 20 plants should be sufficient. Each plant should stand 18 to 24 inches from one another in rows 3 feet apart.
Wear gloves when harvesting the pods if the smell bothers you, or wash off with lemon juice immediately after picking. (You will want to rinse the pods; they too are covered with the smelly hairs.) For culinary purposes, the pods must be picked very small, about 2 to 3 inches in length, well before the seeds begin to develop. The more you harvest the pods, the more the plants produce.
Production will start to decline when cool weather sets in during the fall — this is a good time to let many of the pods mature to save seeds for next year's crop. As they mature, the pods become woody and the outer green skin peels off, leaving the black seed pod. The seed is ripe once the pods are completely dry. They have hard, sharp points, so handle them with caution (it often takes a pair of pliers to split them open). Whole pods can be stored in a paper bag all winter, or the seeds can be removed and stored in an airtight jar. The high protein seeds are edible (they taste like sunflower seeds), and the black pods are used in floral arrangements. I have even seen them sprayed gold and turned into Christmas wreaths.
Much like okra, martynia pods lend themselves well to pickling. Choose pods that are 2 to 3 inches in length. Larger pods will begin developing woody fibers that will not break down in cooking. Be sure to add enough hot pepper to give the pickle a little kick.
Spicy martynia pickles are excellent with cold beer and barbecue. (If you cannot obtain martynias, this recipe will also work with baby okra.)
1 pound small martynia pods, well rinsed in cold water4 to 5 small hot peppers, or to taste6 cloves garlic, trimmed and cut in half lengthwise1 tbsp black peppercorns1 tbsp celery seed1 medium onion, cut in half lengthwise and sliced paper thin1 cup water2 cups white vinegar3⁄4 cup sugar1 tbsp salt3 tbsp tomato paste
Soak the martynias overnight in heavily salted water, then drain and shake dry in a colander.
Combine the martynias, hot pepper, garlic, peppercorns, celery seed and onion in a deep work bowl. Pack this mixture into a hot, sterilized 2-quart canning jar. Heat the water, vinegar, sugar, salt and tomato paste in a saucepan and bring to a rolling boil over high heat for 2 minutes. Use a whisk to break down the tomato paste until it is fully dissolved. Pour the boiling hot mixture over the martynias and seal. Cool on a rack, then store in the refrigerator 2 to 3 weeks before using. Be certain to use a small mouth jar, which will keep the martynias pressed down in the brine — as they marinate, they will eventually settle. Yields 2 quarts.
Martynia pickles should be stored in the refrigerator because they aren't as acidic as most pickles and may spoil at room temperature.
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Jeffrey Rollins' length of tenure as pastor of First Baptist Church of Springfield spoke volumes about he how felt about his church, and how his church felt about him, the church's deacon chairman said Monday.
STATESBORO - David Pennington says that if elected, he will be Georgia's first limited-government, conservative Republican governor.
A local pastor died Saturday in a one-car crash on Highway 119 near the Georgia/South Carolina state line.
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Kim Moretz was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison, and another five years of probation, following her conviction last week in concealing the death of Charlie Ray III.
With the general primary approaching quickly, political candidates are busy espousing their conservative credentials across south Georgia.
Friends of a military veteran who died in a motorcycle crash as he failed to pull over for a police vehicle said no one will ever know why he didn't stop and that he wasn't in any trouble with the law.
The parents of Charlie Ray III expressed relief and gratitude Friday after an Effingham County jury found Kim Moretz guilty of concealing their son's grisly death last year.
Kim Moretz will be back in Effingham County Superior Court on Wednesday, to be sentenced for her role in the gruesome death of a Wilmington Island man.
An Effingham County jury found Kimberly Moretz guilty Friday of concealing the death a Wilmington Island man last January and of hindering the apprehension of the man investigators say committed it, her husband Chad Moretz.
Kimberly Moretz's trial began Wednesday with the prosecution accusing her of committing "inexcusable actions" and her attorney countering that "she's a victim in every way in this case."
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Effingham County is preparing to go live with new safety improvements to the intersection of Blue Jay Road and Midland Road. The intersection will officially be a four-way stop Tuesday around 11 a.m. As a true four-way stop, all traffic will be required to stop and check both directions for oncoming traffic.
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The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed the flu-related death of an adult male in Glynn County.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Revenue wants to remind citizens that if you purchased a motor vehicle on or after Jan. 1, 2012, and prior to March 1, 2013, you have the opportunity to opt in to the new title ad valorem tax. However, this expires at the close of business on Feb. 28, 2014.
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When I was kid there were no tanks or aggro or crowd-control specialists or any of that other new-fangled RPG stuff the kids have nowadays. You were a fighter, thief, magic-user or cleric, the way Gygax intended it.
Well, times have changed and there are debuffs and DPS and cooldown and many other terms and that's the way the game is played now. There is nothing wrong with this – every style of game must change or die. A side effect, however, has been that RPGs now feel more like small-scale RTSs. Once the combat mechanisms pass a certain level of sophistication it becomes easy to view a character as just a collection of stats. Their individuality gets lost in a pile of weapons, abilities and hit points. The RPG character becomes, in short, an RTS unit.
"Confrontation" takes this trend to its logical conclusion. You are put in charge of a four-member party which goes on various quests which play out in pausable real-time. Along the way you will encounter various enemies which you will need to defeat in battle. There are different types of loot laying around that your party can use. Defeating enemies and finding loot provides your party members with experience points which they use to gain levels. Gaining level gives your characters better attributes (e.g. they get stronger or smarter), more hit points and better, more powerful abilities.
This does not sound like a radical departure from the standard RPG framework. In fact, there are roughly a zillion games out there that work exactly this way. Throw in a decent world/backstory and you have a game. The thing that made "Confrontation" stand apart for this reviewer was the sheer cardboardness of the characters and their setting. I simply did not care about these little computer beings or their little computer world. That something was going on was not in doubt – there is this voice over that tells you all about it – but I never really understood what it was, or why I should care.
No matter what was happening outside, my little guys were going to do the same thing – march down a narrow hallway and kill whatever was in front of them. When all you have is a sword, every problem looks like a battle.
The battles are by far the best part of the game. You pick up additional party members along the way, but can only take four at a time on an adventure. This is the first interesting choice to make: melee vs distance damage, magic or brawn, there are all sorts of combinations available. And once you are engaged in combat this can be a pretty good game. Encounters are generally well-balanced, with enemies that are neither too strong nor too weak. It is important to know both your own and enemies' weaknesses and the combat system puts a premium on the correct and judicious use of your characters' special abilities.
After some initial beatings, I realized the best way to look at the battles was through an RTS lens. My guys were simply units – that guy is a tank, this other one is artillery, here's a scout, and so on. When played this way, things started to make more sense. I stopped worrying about character development and plot and concentrated on small unit tactics. And if that's all you're looking for out of a game, "Confrontation" is not a bad game.
The problem with this game is that there are other parts to the game. First off, the pathfinding is bad. There are too many times when there is an open path but a unit cannot figure out how to negotiate it. This leads to lots of micromanagement as one must continually stop the battle, re-point the unit, then let it run for a few seconds until the unit gets stuck again.
The loot is rather disappointing for such an exotic-looking locale. Generally one finds bandages (for healing, whee!). What self-respecting adventurer gets excited about finding bandages? There are also glyphs that can improve weapons or armor, but no awesome "+10 Sword of Smiting Mine Enemies". This part of the game could have used some work.
The look and feel of the world is acceptable. It starts out looking pretty good, but settles into repetition fairly early on, which blunts the effect. The voice acting is not good.
In summary, "Confrontation" is a below-average tactical fantasy slugfest. At its heart is a decent tactical combat engine, one that can provide some worthwhile challenges. Its problems stem from everything that surrounds the combat – bad pathfinding, shallow characterization, poor voice acting, and an irrelevant setting.
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Finally! I updated my Knockout.js-External-Templates plugin to support the new template architecture in Knockout.js 1.3. "So," you ask, "why would I want to use this?" If you're a developer using Knockout.js, perhaps you've run into the inevitable code bloat as your templates multiply and begin to crowd your document? If you've been using jQuery templates with Knockout.js, perhaps you've not only grown tired of keeping templates in SCRIPT elements, but you've also wanted to take advantage of real markup syntax highlighting in your favorite IDE (which should be WebStorm, by the way) – but alas, markup inside a SCRIPT element just can't do that. Fret no more! This plugin will enable you to:
- Separate your concerns by keeping templates in separate files, OR in the document, OR both (mix and match to your heart's content).
- Take advantage of syntax highlighting by storing your native or jQuery templates in their own HTML file.
- Lazy load templates only as they are needed by your application.
Enough preamble already, let's look at an example.
Here we have a simple page that displays a list of states. Each state has a list of cities associated with it, and each city has an image and an accompanying list of statistics:
Here's a look at the JavaScript view model that contains the data bound to the view(s) on the page:
var viewModel = { states: [ new State("Tennessee", "Southeast", [ new City("Nashville", [ new Statistic("Population", "749,935"), new Statistic("Mayor" ,"Karl Dean") ]), new City("Franklin", [ new Statistic("Population", "62,487"), new Statistic("Mayor" ,"Ken Moore") ]), new City("Brentwood", [ new Statistic("Population", "37,060"), new Statistic("Mayor" ,"Paul Webb") ]), new City("Murfreesboro", [ new Statistic("Population", "108,755"), new Statistic("Mayor" ,"Tommy Bragg") ]) ]), new State("Georgia", "Southeast", [ new City("Atlanta", [ new Statistic("Population", "3,500,000"), new Statistic("Mayor" ,"Kasim Reed") ]), new City("Snellville", [ new Statistic("Population", "18,242"), new Statistic("Mayor" ,"Jerry Oberholtzer") ]) ]), new State("Ohio", "Mid-West", [ new City("Columbus", [ new Statistic("Population", "1,100,000"), new Statistic("Mayor" ,"Michael B. Coleman") ]) ]), ] };
To drive this page, we have a state template, a city template and a statistics template, all of which are stored separately from the index.html page, here's a screen capture of the project folder hierarchy:
As you can see from above, the templates reside in the "templates" folder – relative to the index.html document. At the top of the main.js file, we tell infuser where to go and look for templates with this line: infuser.config.templateUrl = "templates";. You can easily change the template look-up location by altering the templateUrl.
The state.html template:

The city.html template:

The stats.html template:

  <input class="stat stat-value"type="text" data-bind="value: value"><input type="button" value="save" data-bind="click: toggleEdit">

The main index.html file is very lean, holding only the script & css includes, plus the initial placeholder for the starting template:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">   <title>koExternalTemplateEngine Example</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">

When you call ko.applyBindings(viewModel), Knockout will parse the template binding on line 13 (UL element) in the index.html file and ask the template engine to get the template content for the "state" template. The KoExternalTemplateEngine will check the DOM first (if you included the template in the page), and if it doesn't find it locally, it tells infuser to pull the template down from the external endpoint you configured via the infuser.config options. (It's worth noting that the KoExternalTemplateEngine will handle anonymous templates just like the native engine if the template being retrieved isn't a DOM template or an external one.) As the "state" template is evaluated, the same steps will occur when Knockout asks for the "city" template, and again when it comes across the template binding to the "stats" template.
Although this is a very simple example, I've included a click binding that will swap the "view" template for a statistic out with an "edit" version if you click on one of the statistic values. This is to demonstrate that all the normal "native KO template" functionality behaves as you would expect.
The KoExternalTemplateEngine also supports jQuery templates (special thanks to Ryan Niemeyer for fixing the last two bugs I had with jquery-tmpl support). Since it takes a dependency on infuser, you may want to look at the configuration options available in infuser (it will give you an idea of how you can control where templates are pulled from, etc.).
The sample app from this blog post is included as part of the KoExternalTemplateEngine repository on github (it's in the example/native2 folder).


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The new John and Frances Angelos Law Center opened on April 30, 2013. The facility, constructed on a UB-owned parcel at the intersection of N. Charles Street and Mt. Royal Avenue, is a transformative building for the UB campus and a major architectural landmark for central Baltimore. It received both public and private support.
UB School of Law alumnus Peter Angelos, LL.B. '61; the Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.;
Sayra Wells Meyerhoff, J.D. '78, M.S. '04, and Neil Meyerhoff; Jana Howard Carey, J.D. '76, and James H. Carey; The Abell Foundation; and Renée Bronfein Ades, J.D. '00, are among the leading private donors for the new law center.
The University of Baltimore selected Behnisch Architekten of Stuttgart, Germany, in
partnership with Baltimore's Ayers/Saint/Gross to design the John and Frances Angelos
Law Center following an international competition. The firm has worked in both the
public and private sectors and has completed many award-winning projects, a
number of which have become recognized as cultural and architectural landmarks.
Behnisch is known as an international leader in environmentally aware design.
UB President Robert L. Bogomolny called for a pathbreaking building that will provide a strong foundation for those activities that are central to the School of Law's mission: community involvement, public interest, diversity.
"As an educational institution, we envision a building whose design teaches critical lessons about how to create and sustain healthy urban environments," Bogomolny said. "As an institution committed to excellence, we envision a signature building whose materials reflect the quality of our aspirations."
Of the winning design, Bogomolny said, "Stefan Behnisch has articulated an initial concept for our new law center that is truly forward-thinking. Stefan's ideas about sustainable design and his creativity in responding to the evolving needs of higher education place him in the forefront of 21st-century architecture."
The project's timeline is as follows:
- Contract awarded to architect - January to February 2009
- Design phase; selection of contractor - February 2009 to May 2010
- Construction - June 2010 to late 2012
- Opening - April 30, 2013
The University of Baltimore School of Law produces many of Maryland's leading lights throughout the legal community—practitioners, judges, public defenders, prosecutors, scholars, and community and civic advocates. Alumni account for 30 percent of Maryland's circuit court judges, 34 percent of Maryland's district court judges and more than one-third of Maryland's elected state's attorneys.
- central atrium featuring natural light, greenery, zones for quiet contemplation and group interaction
- below-grade garden and seating area with a water feature
-green roofs and terraces featuring natural plantings and trees
- 300-seat moot courtroom and event space
- 15 classrooms, all with advanced technology
- 29 large- and small-group study spaces
- home to all of UB's clinical services and law-related centers
- 32,000 square foot library
- cutting-edge technologies for heating and cooling
- rainwater capture and re-use
The building's overall intent is to capture and spread as much natural light as
possible while also carefully controlling the use of natural resources. The new law center is designed to be one of the greenest buildings in Baltimore and in the metropolitan region, using revolutionary equipment for heating and cooling, rainwater capture and re-use, and advanced classroom technology. The building incorporates a number of remarkable features including a rainwater harvesting system that captures and repurposes runoff and reduces overall water use; a green roof, terraces and a sunken garden that incorporate native and adapted plants; a dedicated system to manage fresh air through automated windows in offices, classrooms and open spaces, which is tuned to maximize the flow of clean air,
reducing energy needs during high-use periods in good weather; and nonemergency
lights that automatically shut off after business hours. During the three years of building and construction, the project partners recycled at least 50 percent of construction materials.
Current plans call for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating of platinum—which would make UB's one of the first law schools in the country to have this status. The building's LEED rating will be determined by the U.S. Green Building Council, which will validate the innovative and environmentally aware techniques and materials used to create the new law center.
UB's electronic newsletter, The Build Up, covered the construction of the Angelos Law Center. Check it out.
The Angelos Law Center earned recognition as part of the 2013 American Institute of Architecture-Maryland chapter's 2013 Design Awards. It received an Honor for Institutional Architecture. Learn more.
The Building Congress & Exchange has presented the facility with several accolades:
-2013 Wood Floor Treads and Handrails Craftsmanship Award
-2013 Curtainwall Craftsmanship Award
-2013 Spiral Staircase Craftsmanship Award
-2013 Mechanical Pipe Installation Craftsmanship Award
-2013 Elevators Craftsmanship Award
-2012 Exposed Concrete Structure Craftsmanship Award
From Europe's interclima+elec, the building earned the 2013 Energy Performance + Architecture Award as part of a portfolio of architectural projects submitted by Behnisch Architekten
The Maryland chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council has given two awards to the building:
-the USGBC 2012 Wintergreen Award for Innovation in Sustainable Design
-the USGBC President's Award
Learn more about both.
The University of Baltimore School of Law: A Vision for the Future (pdf)
Message from the President (pdf)