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As more and more scrutiny is placed on military and civil maritime reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities, nations are asking how they can deliver enhanced maritime domain awareness and just what the best platforms are for the job and if they affordable. Will the traditional Maritime Patrol Aircraft remain the norm as the P8 comes of age or will business jet conversions continue to increase in popularity? Undoubtedly, satellites can play a significant role, but are they effective at an affordable cost?
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Arguably the best breakfast/brunch in Menlo Park – Awesome bread-and-butter menu for brunch. The problem is that it's always mobbed, so tough to wait if you have kids.
Never got past the host – This is not a review of the food. We were a party of 5 + 1 infant who waited outside for our table to be called. When our table was called, not all of us were immediately on site as some were visiting a neighboring store. The host refused to seat those of us who were on site and instead passed up our table. I found it outrageous that the host would not seat us because we weren't all within his eyesight. We would have waited for the next table except for the host's unapologetic attitude on this out of the blue policy. Obviously they did not want our business. Instead, we went across the street to Cafe Barrone, where the atmosphere is always welcoming.
Good Food, Good Service – Like many popular places with good service and good food, the wait can be long but is definitely worth it. The servers are friendly and accomodating. The dishes are huge but good sized for a brunch.
Best Breakfast Place in Town. – This place has the best breakfast ever. Although the waiting time is terrible the food is worth the wait. Have to try the Pancakes.
Definitely worth the wait – Brunch times can get crowded and you may have to wait, but it's worth it! One of the best brunches I've had in a long time- the pancakes here are to die for! The service is great- very fast and friendly, even during busy hours. A great place for brunch to catch up with old friends!
best breakfast i've had in a long time – i had breakfast here a month ago and it was awesome. the variety on the menu is mind-boggling it mustve taken me at least 20 minutes to decide what to get. in the end, i settled on the sausage skillet (~$8.00) served with eggs, potatoes, chicken apple sausage, and a buttered bagel. the chicken apple sausage was very good not too oily and spiced perfectly. i also split the chocolate divine belgian waffle with some friends. it was stuffed with chocolate and topped with whipped cream whats there not to love? my friends all ordered different things like the frittatas, omelettes, and pancakes and everyone was extremely satisfied. the fruit-filled pancakes tasted especially good (and single pancakes are available as sides). service was pretty good and we got coffee refills when we wanted them. i left stuffed and very happy.
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JOHNSON CITY — Seventeen points down? That was nothing for ETSU's comeback kids.
Youth responded again for the Buccaneers in Saturday's Atlantic Sun bout. Freshman Lester Wilson and junior college transfer Hunter Harris keyed an 18-4 run that gave ETSU a lead it wouldn't relinquish in an 89-75 win over North Florida at MSHA Athletic Center.
Harris finished with a game-high 25 points and eight boards, while Wilson added a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double for the Bucs. Senior Jarvis Jones scored 19 points while sophomore Rashawn Rembert hit for 12. Freshman guard Petey McClain added seven points and eight assists.


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Founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, on December 4, 1906. Alpha Phi Alpha is the oldest black Greek-lettered organization. The Omicron Phi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, established on the TTU campus during the 1982-83 academic year, is proud to serve not only the campus but the entire community.


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From instant meals to organic, natural food products , what's really inside our food and drinks?
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For starters, there is triticale, but what is it?
It's a hybrid grain, a cross between wheat and rye
Dr. Mike says for the most part the scary looking scientific names listed are something simple and good.
"Pyradoxine hydrochloride - now that's a name that sounds like it's right out of DuPont when in fact it's vitamin B-6," he says.
It is FDA rated level one and recognized as safe.
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Center for Corporate Climate Leadership
Frequent Questions
Climate Leadership Awards
- About the CLA
- 2014 Award Winners
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EPA's Climate Protection Partnerships Division is committed to reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) through cost-effective partnerships to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency across the U.S. economy. As part of this commitment, EPA's Center for Corporate Climate Leadership ("The Center") co-sponsors the Climate Leadership Awards with three NGO partners: the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), and The Climate Registry (The Registry).
Program Basics
What are the Climate Leadership Awards?
The Climate Leadership Awards are a national program that recognizes and incentivizes exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change. By showcasing and recognizing voluntary action on climate and energy under a unified banner, EPA, ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry are sending a strong signal that innovative, sustainable leadership and reductions in GHG emissions are critical to addressing climate change.
- In February 2012, the first-ever awards were presented to one individual and 20 organizations from across the U.S. who are leading the way in the response to climate change.
- In February 2013, the second annual awards were presented to two individuals and 21 organizations from across the U.S. who are leading the way in the response to climate change.
- In its third year, the 2014 award winners will be publicly recognized during an awards conference on February 25, 2014 during the Climate Leadership Conference, which will be held in San Diego, CA from February 24-26, 2014.
Why is EPA jointly recognizing climate leadership with ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry?
EPA recognition of organizational and individual performance encourages voluntary action on energy efficiency, the production and use of cleaner power, managing and reducing GHG emissions, building resilience, and other climate-friendly activities that go beyond business-as-usual activities. EPA also values the contributions and expertise that other organizations working to address climate change can bring to a recognition initiative.
How did EPA form a partnership with ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry?
In early 2011, EPA requested proposals from one or more organizations to recognize corporate leadership on climate change. In May 2011, the proposal from the consortium consisting of ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry was selected by EPA to partner on this new national recognition program. ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry have a history of collaboration, complementary expertise, and their combined memberships include more than 450 corporations and other public and private sector organizations.
Are the Climate Leadership Awards a replacement program for Climate Leaders?
The Climate Leadership Awards are a legacy of the former Climate Leaders program, not a replacement. The EPA Climate Leaders program, logo, website, and all other activities and affiliations officially ended on September 30, 2011.
While EPA is no longer providing individual companies with one-on-one technical assistance for developing GHG goals, inventories, and inventory management plans (IMPs) in a programmatic setting, in 2012, EPA launched its Center for Corporate Climate Leadership ("the Center") to serve as a resource for all organizations looking to expand their work in the area of GHG measurement and management. The Center helps to establish norms of climate leadership by encouraging organizations with emerging climate objectives to identify and achieve cost-effective GHG emission reductions, while helping more advanced organizations drive innovations in reducing their greenhouse gas impacts in their supply chains and beyond. The Center serves as a comprehensive resource to help organizations of all sizes measure and manage GHG emissions, providing technical tools, ground-tested guidance, educational resources, and opportunities for information sharing and peer exchange among organizations interested in reducing the environmental impacts associated with climate change.
The Center also recognizes exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in addressing climate change by co-sponsoring the Climate Leadership Awards and serving as the Climate Leadership Conference headline sponsor.
In keeping with the new Center's mission, EPA released its Corporate GHG Goal Evaluation Model in May 2012. The goal model was initially created under EPA's Climate Leaders program as a tool for projecting business-as-usual GHG forecasts in order to assess the aggressiveness of GHG reduction goals set by companies participating in the program.
Awards Criteria
What will be recognized within the Climate Leadership Awards program?
Specific award categories are as follows:
- Organizational Leadership Award – Recognizes organizations that have comprehensive, publicly available GHG inventories and aggressive GHG emissions reduction goals, and exemplify extraordinary leadership in addressing climate risk in their organizational strategies and through engagement of their peers, competitors, partners, and supply chain.
- Individual Leadership Award – Recognizes individuals demonstrating extraordinary leadership in their organizations' response to climate change and/or affecting the responses of other organizations.
- Supply Chain Leadership Award – Recognizes organizations that have comprehensive GHG inventories and aggressive emissions reduction goals and demonstrate extraordinary leadership in managing GHGs in their organizational supply chains.
- Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award) – Recognizes organizations that publicly report and verify corporate GHG inventories and achieve aggressive corporate GHG emissions reduction goals.
- Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate) – Recognizes organizations that publicly report and verify corporate GHG inventories and publicly set aggressive corporate GHG emissions reduction goals.
Who is eligible to be recognized by this awards program?
For most categories, organizations with annual revenue over $100 million as well as governmental entities or academic organizations with annual budgets over $100 million are eligible. Applicants must have significant operations in the United States, however, the majority of GHG emissions reductions do not have to occur in the United States.
For the individual leadership category, applicants whose employers meet the aforementioned criteria are also eligible. Individual applicants must also work and reside in the United States.
Why is there a threshold of $100 million in revenues for businesses, and of $100 million in budget for governmental entities and academic organizations?
While all actions taken to reduce GHG emissions and enhance climate resilience are important, this program focuses on motivating and recognizing those organizations that may yield the largest impacts through their efforts. A threshold was also implemented to ensure that volunteer judging panels would be able to provide an adequate review for each application.
What constitutes an aggressive GHG reduction goal?
Applicants are expected to demonstrate that their goals are sufficiently aggressive and beyond business as usual in the applicant's sector. The determination of an aggressive goal may vary for different sectors and for different organizations depending on a variety of factors. For instance, GHG intensity tends to decrease over time in most sectors as equipment is replaced with newer, more efficient technology. This trend can be rapid in sectors where capital stock turns over quickly, and much slower in traditional manufacturing sectors. The rate of intensity improvement can also be affected by the growth rate of the sector. At the same time, organizations within the same sector can have different GHG emissions sources and a wide range of reduction opportunities. In addition, some organizations have undertaken GHG reduction activities prior to announcing public GHG targets, which should be taken into consideration when evaluating an organization's goal.
What tools or resources are available to help assess whether a GHG reduction goal is aggressive?
EPA published the Corporate GHG Goal Evaluation Model, which is available for download on the EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership's Goal Setting page.
This resource provides organizations with a transparent and publicly available benchmarking tool to help evaluate and establish new or existing GHG goals. This model was created under EPA's former Climate Leaders program as a tool for projecting business-as-usual GHG intensity improvements in order to assess GHG reduction goals set by companies participating in the program. The model incorporates best available forecast data on energy consumption and economic production output from a variety of publicly available sources and has been updated and enhanced with data from 2011 and can project out goals to 2018.
In addition to the benchmarking tool above, other ways of demonstrating the aggressiveness of GHG goals include providing input from external industry experts or stakeholders, demonstrating unique emissions reduction opportunities specific to the organization and how those factored into goal setting/achievement, qualitative and quantitative evidence of past performance, how the organization is implementing energy management best practices for the industry, appropriate production metrics, and other GHG management innovations that might support an applicant's claims.
Do the Climate Leadership Awards allow for recognition of the goals set by Climate Leaders during their participation in EPA's former Climate Leaders program?
Yes, however, companies that participated in the Climate Leaders program and have already received recognition from EPA for their goal setting and/or achievements are not eligible. Partners who were recognized for goal setting under that program, but that have not yet been recognized for achievement of that goal, are eligible for recognition.
Will the Climate Leadership Awards recognize intensity-based GHG reduction goals?
- For the Excellence in GHG Management (Goal Setting) category: Eligible organizations achieving intensity-based GHG reduction goals that result in aggressive absolute emission reductions may be recognized. Intensity goals that do not result in an aggressive absolute reduction are no longer being accepted.
- For the Excellence in GHG Management (Goal Achievement) category: Applicants that publicly established aggressive intensity-based GHG reduction goals prior to October 5, 2010 (the date after which Climate Leaders no longer accepted intensity goals) and achieved the goal between January 1, 2011 and September 13, 2013 will be eligible for recognition (if they have not yet received recognition from EPA). Eligible organizations achieving intensity-based GHG reduction goals that result in aggressive absolute emission reductions may also be recognized.
- For the organizational and supply chain leadership categories: Organizations that set aggressive intensity-based GHG reduction goals before October 5, 2010 (the date after which Climate Leaders no longer accepted intensity goals) will be eligible for recognition. Organizations with intensity goals that also result in aggressive absolute emission reductions may also be recognized.
Is a publicly reported and third-party verified inventory required?
Yes, for all categories except the individual leadership award. To qualify for a Climate Leadership Award, applicants will need to have a GHG inventory that is publicly reported and third-party verified to a 'limited' level of assurance, or has been through a third-party critical review (see more detail below). This requirement is an essential component for evaluating and ensuring the accuracy of the material contained within applications, as well as the consistency and quality of the data submitted. Applicants with inventories previously reviewed and approved under EPA's former Climate Leaders program may submit those for the relevant years referenced in the application.
What is international best practice in GHG reporting, and what standard of third-party verification will CLAs accept?
There are multiple GHG accounting and reporting methods contained within established GHG reporting guidance, such as the International Panel on Climate Change Methodology Reports, the World Resources Institute/World Business Council for Sustainable Development's GHG Protocol standards, the International Standards Organization's 14064 series, and The Climate Registry's GHG reporting and verification protocols.
Once an organization has completed its annual emissions report, the inventory must be publicly reported and the goal period's base year and target year inventories verified by a third-party in order to be submitted in a CLA application. Three levels of third-party verification are currently accepted in the CLAs: 'reasonable' level of assurance, 'limited' level of assurance, and third-party critical review. These levels reflect the degree of confidence the verifier has that the emissions report is materially correct. As the assurance level increases, so does the required rigor of the review process.
- 'Reasonable' assurance statements are generally considered to reflect the highest possible level of confidence from a verification body. They result from a comprehensive review and site visits and are typically crafted as a positive statement, in other words, the verifier demonstrates there is 'reasonable assurance that an emissions report is materially correct.'
- 'Limited' assurance statements provide a lower level of confidence, as they require both less detailed testing of GHG data and less examination of supporting documentation. These are typically crafted as a negative assertion, in other words, the verifier demonstrates there is no evidence that an emission report is not materially correct.
- Third-party critical reviews are conducted by an independent third party who, at a minimum, ensures that the measurement methodologies and data collection processes are consistent with international best practice and are scientifically and technically valid. Applicants must include a written statement from the third party that confirms the data used to estimate emissions are appropriate and reasonable for public reporting. If the inventory is reported to a particular standard, the critical review findings should also include a statement that the inventory is in conformance with that standard.
Important Notice: While limited assurance statements and third party critical reviews will be accepted for both the 2013 and 2014 CLAs, it is expected that verification standards will be increased for the 2015 awards such that 2014 inventories and beyond must be consistent with ISO 14064-3, conducted by a verification body accredited to ISO 14065, and verified to a reasonable level of assurance in order to align with emerging international best practice. For more information, see the answers to the following frequent questions.
Do scope 3 emissions have to be reported and third-party verified?
Scope 3 emissions must also be reported if they are incorporated in the GHG reduction goal and should be reported for Supply Chain Award applications. If scope 3 emissions are included as part of the applicant's goal, these must also undergo, at a minimum, a third-party critical review.
How are the verification standard awards criteria for scope 1 and 2 emissions evolving? Will these changes impact the Climate Leadership Awards in the future?
In order to align with international best practice, beginning with the 2015 awards, third-party verification for 2014 GHG inventories and beyond must be:
- consistent with ISO 14064-3,
- conducted by a verification body accredited to ISO 14065, and,
- performed to reasonable level of assurance.
A high-quality verification standard is directly linked to accurate, credible data, which is critical for validating emission reductions and for demonstrating true accountability to your stakeholders.
Are ISAE standards acceptable for verification of GHG inventories?
Beginning with the 2015 awards, verification for 2014 inventories and beyond must be consistent with ISO 14064-3. For the 2013 and 2014 awards, other standards such as ISAE 3000 may be accepted. Base year reports that were submitted to U.S. EPA's former Climate Leaders Program for technical review by an EPA-contracted reviewer and were found to be consistent with the requirements of that program are also accepted.
If an organization had its base year accepted by EPA as part of the former Climate Leaders program and no further base year adjustments have been made, does it have to have its base year re-verified?
If an organization had its base year accepted by EPA as part of the former Climate Leaders program but then had to adjust its base year, does it have to have its base year re-verified?
Yes. It may be possible for an organization to have the adjustment verified in conjunction with the achievement year inventory.
What if there has been a change in the applicant's base year emissions?
If base year emissions have changed by 5% or more as a result of structural change, a change in calculation methodologies, or because of a discovered error, applicants must adjust the base year inventory to reflect this correction or change.
If the inventory has undergone a previous third-party review, but there has been an adjustment of 5% or more of the base year emissions, a third-party verification body must attest to the accuracy of the base year adjustment.
Can a subsidiary or government agency apply for an Excellence in GHG Management award?
Yes, as long as the applicant can provide a detailed GHG inventory that is accounted for separately from that of the parent organization. Additionally, the subsidiary/agency must meet the established revenue/budget eligibility thresholds.
Can offset and renewable electricity purchases be listed as one of the three mitigation activities under the Excellence in GHG Management criteria?
Purchases of renewable electricity demonstrated by the ownership and retirement of renewable energy instruments, such as renewable energy certificates (scope 2) and high-quality offsets (scope 1, 2, and 3) can be used as part of a program to reduce an organization's GHG emissions. If used, they should be incorporated into the verified GHG inventory. However, the Climate Leadership Awards look to recognize leaders that undertake additional mitigation activities that go beyond the purchase of renewable electricity and offsets. Thus, the three mitigation activities provided in the application should be internal initiatives that an organization undertakes to manage and reduce its emissions.
Can offsets and renewable electricity be sourced from outside the United States?
While it is preferred that offsets are sourced in the U.S., non-U.S. offsets are also acceptable as long as they meet the following key accounting principles:
- Real: The quantified GHG reductions must represent actual emission reductions that have already occurred.
- Additional: The GHG reductions must be surplus to regulation and beyond what would have happened in the absence of the project or in a business-as-usual scenario based on a performance standard methodology.
- Permanent: The GHG reductions must be permanent or have guarantees to ensure that any losses are replaced in the future.
- Verifiable: The GHG reductions must result from projects whose performance can be readily and accurately quantified, monitored and verified.
Purchases of renewable electricity from the U.S. for U.S. facilities are also preferred. Purchases of renewable electricity outside the U.S. for non-U.S. facilities may be acceptable as long as the applicant can demonstrate that the renewable electricity purchases otherwise meet the EPA's Green Power Partnership eligibility requirements (PDF) (19 pp, 630K) .
Does the organization have to be a participant of EPA's Smartway program to be eligible for the Supply Chain Leadership Award?
Applicants citing significant achievements in U.S. and Canadian transportation and distribution-related supply chain activities and that are eligible to be a SmartWay partner in one the six categories—freight shippers, logistics companies (including 3PLs/4PLs), rail carriers, truck carriers, drayage truck carriers, and multi-modal carriers—must be both SmartWay partners and eligible for recognition under EPA's SmartWay Excellence Awards criteria.
If an applicant's supply chain achievements do not include significant transportation and distribution-related activities in the U.S. and Canada, or they are not eligible to be a SmartWay partner, then these criteria do not apply.
More information on EPA's SmartWay partner categories.
More information on EPA's SmartWay Excellence Awards criteria.
Application and Judging Process
What is the application process?
Application forms will be available on the website. An application may be submitted by or on behalf of the organization/individual for a Climate Leadership Award between the opening of the application period and September 13, 2013.
What is the timeframe for applications?
The deadline for applications for the 2014 awards will be September 13, 2013.
What is the early bird application process and how does it work?
The EPA, ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry will conduct an advance review of all applications submitted by COB on August 7, 2013 and provide guidance to applicants if specific clarification is required. Applicants will be informed by August 16, 2013 of requests for clarifications. If clarifications are requested, the applicant will have until September 13, 2013 to resubmit the application. Applications submitted after the early bird application deadline will not be reviewed in advance of the September 13, 2013 final deadline.
Can organizations apply on their own behalf?
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- The third party must be duly authorized to represent the applicant;
- For organizational recognition categories, a responsible point of contact employed by the applicant organization must be identified in the application (full contact information for that individual must be provided).
- For the individual leadership award, full contact information for the applicant must be provided in the application.
How will the applications be judged?
Applications will be reviewed by EPA, ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry in collaboration with independent committees of recognized experts. EPA will review all applicants to ensure that they are in good standing with EPA. Finalists will need to pass an EPA compliance screen in order to be selected.
Climate Leadership Awards Conference
When and where will the Climate Leadership Awards Conference take place?
The 2014 award winners will be publicly recognized during the Climate Leadership Awards Conference on February 25, 2014. The awards conference will be held in conjunction with the Climate Leadership Conference (February 24-26, 2014 at the Hyatt Mission Bay Hotel in San Diego, California).
What is the Climate Leadership Conference?
The 2014 Climate Leadership Conference is an annual exchange dedicated to professionals addressing global climate change through policy, innovation, and business solutions. Providing a powerful platform for collaboration, the event gathers forward-thinking leaders from business, government, academia, and the non-profit community to exchange best practices, share challenges and new opportunities, and support peers who are addressing climate change in their operations.
The Climate Leadership Conference is hosted by the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), and The Climate Registry (The Registry), with U.S. EPA's Center for Corporate Climate Leadership as the event's headline sponsor.
More than 500 climate professionals participated in the 2013 conference. The 2014 event will feature high-profile speakers from the public and private sectors who will share key insights and innovative ideas on topics related to the Climate Leadership Awards such as: energy efficiency and clean energy opportunities, setting and achieving GHG reduction goals, engaging supply chains, developing adaptation strategies, and other practical applications for climate change response strategies. Comprehensive information about the conference is available at www.climateleadershipconference.org.
Who may attend the awards conference?
The awards conference honoring award and certificate recipients is open to the public. Conference attendees, award winners, and special guests are encouraged to attend. Pre-registration for the event is required.
Will there be multiple winners in each award category?
Multiple winners may be recognized where it is deemed appropriate to do so. A list of 2012 and 2013 award winners is published on the EPA web site.
When will applicants be notified regarding the status of their applications?
All applicants will be notified by late December 2013 as to the status of their application for recognition under each category.
Note: Applicants to multiple categories will receive a separate notification for each application submitted.
What do award winners receive?
Organizations recognized for Excellence in GHG Management: Goal Setting will receive a mounted certificate. The Excellence in GHG Management: Goal Achievement, Supply Chain, Individual, and Organizational Leadership Award winners will receive a physical award. Additionally, a limited number of complimentary tickets to the Climate Leadership Awards Conference are provided to award winners.
How do I register to attend the Climate Leadership Awards Conference?
Registration information for the Climate Leadership Awards Conference and the Climate Leadership Conference will be available at www.climateleadershipconference.org.
Will the awards program occur on an annual basis?
Yes. EPA, ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry will produce the awards program on an annual basis.
Who produces the Climate Leadership Conference? What is EPA's role in the conference?
ACCO, C2ES, and The Registry co-produce the Climate Leadership Conference. EPA is the headline sponsor.
More information
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Hospitals in Tulsa are filled to capacity with patients diagnosed with flu-like symptoms.
"ERs that normally see 60 -70 patients like at OSU medical, they may be up to 90-100," said Dr. Scott Cyrus with Hillcrest South. "Those that are used to 200-300 a day are seeing 400-500 a day. Everything is being taxed."
Dr. Cyrus oversees most of the physicians' staff in Tulsa.
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LEGOs are rad. Unnecessarily complex machines are rad. An unnecessarily complex machine made entirely from LEGOs? Judge for yourself.
Maniacal genius 'Akiyuki' created an epic Rube Goldberg device from LEGOs that sorts little soccer and basketballs via mini LEGO motors. Why? Heck if we know, but we are in awe of the results. The 'Great Ball Contraption' is made up of 17 separate Lego modules, contains 500 balls, and took the Lego magician a whopping 600 hours to build.
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LOCAL interest will be high on Friday's Harkaway Point-to-Point contest in Chaddesley Corbett, with Himbleton-based Ashfield's Dream favourite in the Conditions race.
The horse, owned by Williams and Angela Rucker, would be popular winner but he has to see off the challenge of Khyber Kim, who was runner-up in the 2010 Championship Hurdle.
Corbett racecourse's star has been in the ascendancy in recent years after years of hard work by organisers and a bumper 225 entries are set to race in front of a big crowd.
The Ruckers must also stand a good chance of taking the Men's Open with their summer purchase Beneficial Reform, but he will have his work cut out against the likes of Cottage Oak, Bobs Law and Cock of the Rock, while Nobby Kivambo, All Great N Theory, Shouldhavehadthat and Theatre Queen have solid Point-to-Point form.
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'Braveheart" will have his revenge. That's how some fervent Scottish nationalists will portray the announcement last week that the British government has approved a referendum on whether Scotland will end its 300-year-old formal union with England. Meeting in Edinburgh, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Alex Salmond, Scotland's pro-independence first minister, agreed that residents of Scotland -- including 16- and 17-year olds -- would decide the issue in a 2014 plebiscite.
For Americans, schooled by the outcome of our Civil War to consider secession unthinkable, the willingness of the British government to see itself potentially dismembered is remarkable. But there is a precedent: In 1993 Prime Minister John Major declared that Britain would not object if a majority of the people of Northern Ireland someday voted to leave the United Kingdom and unite with the Republic of Ireland. And it was widely recognized that Parliament put the issue of Scottish independence on the table in 1998 when it approved legislation creating a "devolved" Scottish Parliament. (Similar regional legislatures exist in Wales and Northern Ireland.) In 2011 Salmond's Scottish National Party won a majority in that Parliament and has pressed for a referendum on independence.


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EA Sports to remove Aaron Hernandez from Madden NFL 25, NCAA 14 video games
EA Sports, the developer of popular football video game franchises Madden and NCAA Football, will remove all images and likenesses of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez from their football video games, according to a CBS Sports report.
A photograph of a Hernandez card featured as an achievement in NCAA Football 14 surfaced on Twitter Monday morning. An EA Sports spokesperson said that Hernandez will be removed from the NCAA game as well as Madden NFL 25.
SI Wire: Aaron Hernandez charged with murder, released by Patriots
According to the report, Hernandez was only included in the NCAA game because of the timing involved in the publishing of NCAA Football 14. The EA Sports spokesperson said the image of Hernandez will be replaced by an Alex Smith card as part of a title update "in the near future."
SI Wire: Aaron Hernandez leased secret 'flop house' with boxes of ammo found by police
Hernandez has been charged with first-degree murder of Odin Lloyd in June and was released by the Patriots shortly thereafter. Hernandez is also being probed for his possible involvement in a double-homicide in 2012.
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In 2013, the Minnesota Twins rotation was essentially in shambles from the get-go. Liam Hendriks started the team's fourth game of the season. Pedro Hernandez started the sixth.
Those two combined with Andrew Albers, P.J. Walters and Cole DeVries to make a total of 40 starts for the Twins last year. Now, they're all out of the organization, buried in Triple-A for other clubs (or in Korea) and unlikely to spend much if any time in the majors.
Meanwhile, the Twins
The fact that the Twins sit at 6-6 after two weeks could be viewed as a surprise in and of itself, given their low expectations and some of the rough patches we've already seen.
Of course, anything can happen over the course of 12 games, and that applies to individual players as well as the team as a whole. Still, the first half of April has been marked by some surprising developments -- from my perspective, at least.
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In 2013, the Oakland Athletics averaged 9.7 runs per game in their seven tilts against the Twins, and 4.5 runs per game against all other opponents.
Oakland's reign of terror against the team that ruined its happy ending in Moneyball continued this week, as the A's thoroughly dismantled Minnesota in a rather sparsely attended home-opening sweep.
After investing $84 million into the rotation during the offseason, the Twins have received painfully
It happened again on Tuesday. A local mainstream writer put out a column that was, to some extent, critical of Joe Mauer, and the reactions from fans were highly visceral on both sides.
The piece in question came from Patrick Reusse, suggesting that the impetus is on Mauer (who still hasn't driven in a run this year) to step up and carry the team back to respectability.
Some saw it as a reinforcement of the reservations they have long held about
* The Twins' offense has been a very pleasant surprise in the first week of the season.
Though it hasn't always been pretty, and sloppy play from opposing defenses in Chicago and Cleveland were undeniable contributors, the Twins have scored 38 runs through their first six games.
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Adlerian Play Therapy: Effectiveness on Disruptive Behaviors of Early Elementary-Aged Children
Date: August 2010
Creator: Meany-Walen, Kristin K.
Description: Approximately 20% of children experience serious mental health problems severe enough to meet diagnosis criteria, and less than one third of these children receive the services they need. Identifying effective school-based counseling interventions provides a viable and accessible solution, especially for families with financial barriers. This randomized, controlled outcome study examined the effectiveness of Adlerian play therapy (AdPT) compared to reading mentoring (RM) with 58 kindergarten through third grade students who qualified with clinical levels of disruptive behavior in the classroom. Participants were identified as 48% Latino, 33% European American, and 19% African American. Approximately four-fifths of participants were male. Children were randomly assigned to AdPT (experimental group) or RM (active control group) for 16 sessions of treatment. Children in both groups participated in twice weekly, individual, 30-minute interventions that took place in their schools. Results from a two (group) by two (repeated measures) split plot ANOVA indicated that, compared to the RM group over time, the AdPT group demonstrated statistically significant improvement on (a) disruptive behaviors in the classroom, as directly observed by objective raters and as reported by teachers, and (b) stress in the teacher-child relationship, as reported by teachers. Teachers and observers were blinded to children's treatment ...
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Aerospace and Defense Industries Online Recruiting of College and University Graduates: Strategies Toward Defining a Comprehensive Informational Benchmark
Date: August 2011
Creator: Holland, Marcia Annette
Description: This qualitative, inductive study analyzed online recruiting information posted at the websites of five major aerospace and defense corporations to recruit college juniors, seniors, and recent graduates. Recruitment of this group is critical to staff the personnel for the scientific, technical, and management needs of aerospace and defense industries. The study sought: (1) to determine the use of multiple recruitment factors inferred from the literature and recommended for successful recruitment of college graduates, (2) to determine use of online social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) to recruit this population, and (3) to explore commonalities among these corporations regarding online recruiting information to determine if a model for online recruitment now exists. A matrix of recruitment factors was developed from a review of the literature on the personnel needs of this industry and on effective recruiting factors for this group. Content analysis involved filtering information at each website with the matrix. Conclusions of this study include: (1) the matrix of recruitment factors and the rating scale developed for the purposes of this study provide a tool for researching, documenting, and comparing recruitment information on the internet; (2) that while these corporations represent the latest applications in technology in their manufacturing processes and ...
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Analysis of Graduation Rates for Four-year Colleges: A Model of Institutional Performance Using IPEDS
Date: May 2010
Creator: Fung, Terence Yip-hung
Description: Under the George W. Bush U.S. presidential administration, the federal government pushed for greater accountability among institutions of higher education for educational outcomes. Graduation rate is a key performance indicator of institutional accountability. Previous researchers of student attrition focused primarily on the effects of student level factors on student persistence/withdrawal behavior. Recently, researchers put more focus on the effects of institutional characteristics on graduation rates, but most of these studies were exploratory and based on multiple regression models. No institutional model has existed to synthesize their results within a theoretical framework. Such an institutional model is needed to explain the process of student persistence at the institutional level. The purpose of this study was to develop a model of institutional performance in graduation rate for four-year, public and private not-for-profit, Title IV institutions in the United States. This study validated the institutional model based on the IPEDS dataset using the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. Further group comparison analyses are conducted by fitting the same SEM model to several subgroup datasets based on grouping variables such as control, geographical region and state. Benchmarking analyses were conducted to demonstrate how administrators and policy-makers can use the institutional model to compare the ...
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An Analysis of Sexist Language in ESL Textbooks by Thai Authors Used in Thailand
Date: August 2008
Creator: Na Pattalung, Piengpen
Description: This study identified the types of sexist language that appear in ESL textbooks by Thai authors. The study analyzed the ESL textbooks by Thai authors sold at the Chulalongkorn University bookstore during spring 2007. It was a qualitative case analysis of fifteen ESL textbooks covering the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of ESL instruction. The study used feminist criticism to discover what gender roles are sanctioned as appropriate in ESL textbooks by Thai authors and if the language used supports or challenges patriarchy. The results of this study show that sexist language is present in the textbooks and that the textbooks contain content that promotes sexist assumptions concerning gender roles. As a whole, the language and examples used in ESL textbooks by Thai authors support patriarchy.
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An Analysis of the Satisfaction of the Students during the First Ten Years of the Collaborative Program between Dallas Theological Seminary and the University of North Texas
Date: August 2008
Creator: Kavlie, Lucas B.
Description: This study analyzes the satisfaction of doctoral students in the joint doctoral program in Christian higher education between Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) and the University of North Texas (UNT). The study focuses on the 18 students who have been identified as advanced participants in or graduates from the joint program from its inception in 1997 through its 10-year mark in 2007. Fourteen of the 18 eligible students agreed to participate in this study for a 77.8 % response rate. The doctoral students completed a survey that was created using a study of Garrett in 2006 of doctoral students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and of McLaughlin in 2002 of graduate students in Christian education at DTS. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the joint doctoral program in higher education between both institutions meets the expectations of the students and prepares them for the range of careers that they then pursue. The study offers a number of findings surrounding the five research questions and offers several conclusions and recommendations for further research. The study concluded that the surveyed participants were immensely satisfied with their education experience thus assuming that the joint program does meet expectations ...
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An Assessment of Undergraduate Course Syllabi in the Departments of English at Universities in Taiwan
Date: May 2010
Creator: Lin, Baysan
Description: This exploratory, qualitative research explored the extent that course syllabi in the Departments of English in 13 public and 9 private universities in Taiwan reflect the inclusion of syllabus components to promote learning as recommended in the literature in the United States. Research questions included: what components can be inferred from the literature in the U.S. for the recommended components of a course syllabus, for the components for a learning-centered syllabus, and for a model to analyze Bloom's cognitive level of learning? And when these are applied to analyze course syllabi in English courses, are syllabi in these universities congruent with the models? The research identified and analyzed 235 course syllabi from the core courses listed online at these universities. The findings indicated that these syllabi are highly congruent with the syllabus components template; 68% of the syllabi included seven or more of the ten components. Additionally, these syllabi reflect medium congruency with the learning-centered syllabus template. Verbs used in objectives and learning outcomes in different English courses indicate different levels of cognitive learning goals as identified by Bloom's cognitive domain. Additional findings indicate that there was no difference in inclusion of components based on where faculty earned their doctoral ...
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Baptist Pastoral Leadership: An Analysis for Curriculum Development
Date: August 2010
Creator: Christine, David Wayne
Description: Through a qualitative study utilizing in-depth interviews, practitioner opinion was gathered regarding how Christian institutions of higher education, primarily Baptist seminaries, may better utilize formal and continuing education to prepare clergy for pastoral leadership. The sample of ten subjects for this study, drawn from the 550 active senior pastors in the Dallas Baptist Association and the Kauf-Van Baptist Association, was selected based on a maximum variation sampling method. The intention was to provide a better understanding of the leadership skills required by senior pastors, to help develop pastoral ministries curriculum and to assess the potential effectiveness of continuing education for pastoral leadership. The subjects indicated that the formal degree program of their seminary did equip them with the basic knowledge needed for pastoral leadership but it did not provide them in sufficiency with the necessary, practical skills for pastoral leadership. The pattern that emerged from the data indicates that, overall, seminaries are providing a quality education in preparing pastors for the ministry in their formal degree plans. However, seminaries may have opportunities to be of further service and to gain a competitive advantage vis a vis other seminaries by enhancing and expanding their continuing education programs.
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Bridging the Gap Between Access and Success: a Study of the Impact of an Access and Success Program on Academic Outcomes of Low-income College Freshmen
Date: May 2012
Creator: Collins, Sarah R.
Description: In response to the increasing cost of college, colleges and universities are leveraging financial aid and academic support services to implement access and success programs intended to help financially disadvantaged students afford and persist through a baccalaureate degree program. This research is a study of the efficacy of one such program at a large research university in the southwestern region of the United States. The study sample included low-income program participants in four cohorts of freshmen enrolling for the first time in college from fall 2007 (Cohort 1) to fall 2010 (Cohort 4) and a comparison group of almost 400 low-income freshmen who enrolled for the first time in college in fall 2006 (the year prior to program implementation) for a sample total of over 2150 students. Approximately 64% were female, 36 % were males, over 60% were African American and Hispanic, and over 75% were first generation college students. Logistic regression was used to measure probability and odds of their academic success and retention in the first year of college utilizing gender, ethnicity, parental degree attainment, and program participation as the independent variables. The logistic regression models illustrated that participation in the program netted a consistently positive and significant ...
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A Case Study of Undergraduate Course Syllabi in Taiwan
Date: May 2010
Creator: Tung, Yao-Tsu
Description: Higher education in Taiwan has been influenced by U.S. and Western practices, and syllabi represent one means to verify this. However, limited research exists in Taiwan on course syllabi and on similarities of syllabi with practices in other countries. In the U.S. as the paradigm shifted from teaching to learning and to the learning-centered context, scholars argued that syllabi should be learning-centered. Given the assumption that higher education in Taiwan is similar to U.S. higher education and the call for a learning-centered context, this qualitative research examined 180 undergraduate syllabi at a public university in Taiwan with a (traditional) syllabus component template and a learning-centered syllabus component template derived from the literature in the U.S. to describe (1) the contents of syllabi, and (2) the extent that syllabi in Taiwan were congruent to U. S. syllabus component templates. Syllabi at this university were highly congruent with the (traditional) syllabus component template and were congruent at the medium level with the learning-centered component template. About 90% of syllabi included 8 of 10 major components. Additional findings included: 70% of faculty were male, and 30% were female; more than 75% of the faculty earned their doctoral degrees from the United States or ...
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) with Adoptive Families: Effects on Child Behavior, Parent-Child Relationship Stress, and Parental Empathy
Date: May 2010
Creator: Carnes-Holt, Kara
Description: This randomized controlled study is a preliminary investigation on the effects of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) with 61 adoptive parents. The participants in this study identified themselves as the following: 54 European American, 3 Black American, 3 Hispanic/Latino, and 1 individual who chose not to indicate ethnicity. The study included 23 couples and 15 individual mothers. The CPRT is a structured, time limited approach that trains caregivers to be an active participant as a therapeutic change agent in their child's life. Results from a two (group) by two (measures) split plot ANOVA indicated that adoptive parents who participated in 10 weeks of CPRT reported statistically significant decreases in child behavior problems and parent child-relationship stress. Statistically significant increases in parent empathy were also reported by raters blinded to the study. CPRT demonstrated a medium to large treatment effect on reducing children's behavior problems and parent-child relationship stress. In addition, CPRT demonstrated a large treatment effect on increasing parental empathy. The results of the study provide preliminary support for CPRT as a responsive intervention for adoptive parents and their children.
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Bandera Mountain Climber's Log
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|Bryan K
|Snowy day
Date Climbed: May 12, 2006
|The route was snowy and the winds were blazing!!!!
|Posted Oct 19, 2009 5:39 pm
Date Climbed: May 18, 1993
|It was good. Did long before the Ira Spring Trail was built. http://www.willhiteweb.com/snoqualmie_pass/bandera_mountain/ira_spring_trail_183.htm
|Posted Oct 8, 2009 1:30 pm
|Still Huckleberries!
Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2009
|Beautiful sunny day. The steepness after the trail splits off surprised us, but was fun nonetheless. The views of the lakes and Defiance and tons of other mtns was absolutely great. Made it to the true summit where we didn't see anyone else, or even any footprints. Grazed on huckleberries between the false summit and the true summit.
The road is all cleaned up now and you can park at the TH again.
|Posted Oct 5, 2009 9:45 pm
|Justin Pucci
|Mason Lake Trail to Little Bandera
Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2009
|My wife and I finally got over to Bandera Mountain after about a year or so of it being on our list. We only went to the "false" summit or Little Bandera Mountain, as we wanted to relax and cook some food with great views. The "bootpath" to the true summit was faint at best. We'll head back up to tag the true summit eventually. The views along the way were some of the most spectacular that I've seen from an I-90 peak.
|Posted Sep 27, 2009 10:17 pm
|Cascade Scrambler
|Nice views
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2009
|As with most mountains in this area, the views were amazing. The trail to the Mason Lake junction is ridiculously easy, it gets fun after that point.
As of today, the road to the TH is funky in five places, three of which are currently marked with construction sandwich board signs and tape. The final washout on the road is pretty good, but anyone with a four wheel drive and some clearance should have no issues getting to the TH.
|Posted Jul 1, 2009 1:26 am
|to the East or true summit
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2008
|with Eask King
|Posted Dec 25, 2008 4:00 pm
|the hard way
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 1998
|the new trail makes it a lot easier now.
|Posted Dec 13, 2008 4:21 pm
|Nice day
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008
|Standard route up
|Posted Nov 3, 2008 8:22 pm
|Hit both "Little Bandera" and Bandera
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2008
|Cloudy and foggy. It is amazing how many people stop at the false summit or "Little Bandera"
|Posted Jun 22, 2008 10:42 pm
|Dan Winter
|mountaineers route
Date Climbed: May 24, 2008
|I finally made it all the way to the true summit! A fun trip on a beautiful day when the weather predictions were clouds and rain. The snow slopes down from the ridge were the perfect angle and softness for excelent foot glissades.
|Posted May 24, 2008 11:24 pm
|Rainy Day
Date Climbed: May 14, 2008
|This trip served to refresh my memory about the miseries of hiking in the rain.
|Posted May 14, 2008 9:53 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1996
|Posted Mar 8, 2008 11:31 pm
|Awesome Views
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2007
|Just did this hike yesterday, and the weather was absolutely perfect. The traffic on the trail definitely thinned out at the turn-off for Bandera, and it was nice and clear at the top. Nice views of Rainier and Seattle in the distance.
|Posted Sep 10, 2007 2:00 pm
|Some Trail!!!
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
|After the trail junction, the hike becomes STEEP for a while. Then there are several spots with nice views of Mason Lake. It's easy to realize why most hikers do not go to the true summit. There are several points which could be considered as "false summits", and the trail(s) (I use that term loosely) between them and the true summit occasionally disappears & requires minor bushwhacking. A GPS is helpful. You should be both physically fit & adventurous to go to the true summit.
|Posted Aug 25, 2007 2:58 pm
|Wine & Pretzels...
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2007
|Had a good hike. We intended to take the old climbers' trail, but must have missed it. Just under two hours up. 45-minutes at top to enjoy pretzels and a bottle of wine, then about an hour back down.
|Posted Jun 21, 2007 11:05 am
|Route CLimbed: Mason Lk Trail Date Climbed 5-23-2007
|Climbed in the morning before work. Great day and good views!
|Posted May 26, 2007 12:22 pm
|Bandera is a fun SHORT hike on the 90 corridor. Its fun to climb Defiance, then Bandera in one outing. There is a treasure on Bandera. Clue: Where the trail splits... Hmmm... If you search for it, you will find it. The near last section is steep and fun...
|Posted Jan 19, 2007 10:49 pm
|New trail route -- before it was there!
Date Climbed: Nov 17, 1996
|A small OSAT group (Roy, List, Tom and Leah, and I) climbed the open south slopes before the new Mason Lake Trail was built. It involved a bit of bushwacking back then, but was worth the effort.
|Posted Sep 2, 2006 11:09 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2006
|combined with defiance for a nice dayhike.
|Posted Sep 1, 2006 1:20 am
|Kyle Bissell
|Didn't make summit
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2006
|Made it to the end of the hiking trail.... I was pretty sure that we weren't on the true summit, but then another hike told us we definitely were. Unfortunately, he was wrong, so I'll have to bag this one some other time.
|Posted Jun 28, 2006 4:19 am


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