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One of the fastest growing areas in the field of education these days is education policy, according to Amy Stuart Wells, Professor of Sociology and Education and the new Coordinator of Policy Studies for the College with the TC Office of Policy and Research. But there's no consensus on how policy programs should be organized.
"I think schools of education across the country are struggling with how to institutionalize education policy programs, and most of them have taken the route of centralizing them into one area," she says. "What makes TC distinct is that we have people who are experts in these different areas of education who also do really important policy related work." Wells adds that, in the last 10 years, some of the top people in education policy have been hired at the College. These experts now teach in six policy-related programs located in four different departments of the College. The programs are early childhood education, economics and education, education leadership, international education development, politics and education, and sociology and education.
Wells believes TC's decentralized policy studies model is best, she says, because each area of education looks at policy through a different lens. "I always say education policy is everywhere and it's nowhere. Meaning, it's everywhere in terms of different issues that we study in education, but it's never in one place within a school of education." Most important when going out in the world to do education policy, she says, is not that your diploma says you have a degree in education policy, but that you have a strong grounding in your field, and that you studied with a top policy expert-someone like Lynn Kagan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Henry Levin, Jeffrey Henig or any of the other leaders in their fields who teach at TC.
How, then, can students navigate the policy labyrinth of Teachers College, and what are the options open to those who want to add a policy focus to their studies? Up until now, it was not always easy to know where to find the policy courses available across the different departments and programs. Now, that information is centralized at www.tc.edu/academic/edpolicy. The Web site organizes the wide array of TC policy courses into four categories-the craft of policy making and analysis, the context and history of educational policy, content-driven policy, and research methodology-that cut across the different programs to help students find classes that interest them most.
Students have the option of becoming involved in policy studies at three different levels: minimal policy study, a college-wide policy concentration or enrollment in one of the policy-related programs. At the minimum, students can choose to enroll in individual policy courses that are open to the whole community. A college-wide concentration allows students from any program at the College to take a specified sequence of courses within the Sociology and Education Program and earn a "Policy Concentration" certificate of completion. Students who want educational policy to be more central to their graduate studies can apply to one of the six policy-related degree programs that will provide a unique focus on policy studies.previous page


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In yesterday's issue of this paper we ran a news story on how small-scale gold mining in the Mkinga District (Tanga Region) portion of Segoma Forest Reserve causing environmental degradation and threatening the reserve's very survival.
We have established that the rush for gold and other precious stones in that part of the Eastern Arc Mountains is damaging the major water supply source in the Region and threatening to wipe out its fauna and flora.
According to our investigations, residents of surrounding communities have been trying to prevent groups of armed miners from wreaking any further harm and damage but to no avail.
The story of gold diggers invading this very important reserve, where they mine stones as they move from one stretch to another, is cause for great concern and calls for immediate remedial measures.
This is because it is not the first time that the miners are entering the forest reserve, indiscriminately felling trees as they search for minerals.
Nor is it the first time we have published stories on this sad development. In the early 2000s some groups of youths, after being informed of the reserve's riches, started combing its escarpments, promontories, ridges and valleys for the "hidden wealth". As they did so, erosion, pollution and land degradation, which were not very known in the area, gradually assumed alarming proportions.
The Energy and Minerals ministry intervened at one stage, with a view to ensuring that these invaders were kicked out of the area. The intervention worked, but the problem was far from conclusively addressed – and pollution of River Zigi nearby continued.
Village leaders in the area are now complaining that the youths have come back and this time in full force, as they are not only out to get gold but are also polluting the river and engaging in poaching.
It is to be understood that we are talking about an area legally recognised as a forest reserve where, by definition, any form of invasion is a criminal offence.
We are aware that the village leadership has shown concern over the fact that most of the mining and poaching are strategically conducted deep in the forest and usually under cover of darkness, that is, when there is hardly anybody to ensure there is no such invasion.
But we are also aware of a promise Dr Terezya Huvisa, Minister of State in the Vice President's Office (Environment), made in an exclusive interview with this paper with regard to ways to arrest the situation.
Our concern is that the government is taking needlessly long to chip in with appropriate interventions by reining in all culprits and therefore bringing the situation back to normal.
Villagers as well as local, district and higher authorities in Tanga Region have always complained about the mess going on in Segoma Forest Reserve.
The longer it takes to find a lasting solution to the problem, in part by suitably empowering villagers, the more one fails to understand if the respective authorities are really serious about walking their talk.


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One of the rounds hit a window at Canon Elementary School, shattering some glass. The incident occurred sometime before 4 a.m. Thursday, so no one was present at the school.
Police say a group of at least three unidentified people were firing guns near the southwest side school. The round that hit the window was one of 11 fired.
The suspects left the scene in a silver Volkswagen Jetta and a red 90s-model Oldsmobile.
Workers with District 12 responded to the school to secure the window.
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Starry nights prevailed this week where I live. It�s not always the case. If you look forward to looking up at the stars, patience is the lesson to keep you looking. Even with a special event such the recent lunar eclipse; if clouds got in the way, know that there will be more eclipses to come.
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May 2, 2016
Two cities in the state marked the beginning of 2013 with two murders, just hours, after the new year.
Fayetteville Police say the city's first homicide of 2013 happened just two hours after the new year began.
Investigators say doctors at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center called them after someone with a gunshot wound was taken to the hospital around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday.
Authorities say the man died in surgery less than two hours later.
Police have figured out where the victim was when he was shot, but haven't given a time the shooting took place or a motive. The victim's name was not released.
Police in Durham are now looking into their first murder of 2013.
Investigators say 33-year-old Kinta Newman was shot around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
His friends brought him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Durham Police are looking for a dark-colored Cadillac that was seen in the area around the time Newman was killed. A motive for the slaying has not been released in this case either.
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Might get blasted for some of these, but here it goes.
-Our replay board operator has got to know not to show a replay when something positive could come from it for the other team. Showing a fumble replay on the kickoff right after they scored to take the lead in the second half. I was right there and it sure looked like a fumble to me. Refs never saw it. Then our replay board operator plays it right away and the head coach is watching to see if its a fumble to challenge it. Fortunately the camera angle didn't show it. That right there is part of home field advantage.
-Sweet Caroline after the opponents first score? Come on. Either find a good time to play it or get rid of it completely.
-We have some very stupid fans. Booing a coach in his first game? That was bad. I had people in my section literally throwing McFarland under the bus after our first series. Everyone who thinks they can call plays for a college offense because they won a National Championship with ISU on Playstation needs to realize there is a LOT more at stake when you try to throw a bomb to Blythe every play on a real football field.
-I'm starting to think there's a reason we don't use Blythe. This is 2 coordinators now who don't throw to him. I don't think he saw a ball in his general direction until the end of the first half. There's something to that. I'm not sure what, but something. We have some fans that won't be happy until we throw it to him every down.
-JTS is NOT a family-friendly venue. Don't know if it should be or not? What's everyone's thoughts on that. I realize that things will naturally be vulgar in the student section, but its bad throughout the stadium right now. No way I can take my 18 month old there anymore right now as she is learning to talk and several people around me tonight would have made a sailor blush. Don't know any way around it I guess other than to not bring kids.
-Those of you frustrated tonight probably should be. I'll tell you this-I honestly think we got about the most out of our talent that we have right now. Bass is a playmaker and we tried to use him, but we just don't have the talent all around right now. Hopefully as guys (these guys, this year) become more comfortable with the system, they will start to play faster and with more confidence, but tonight it sure wasn't there.
-I really think Thursday night games need to be done. As exciting and great as it is to have a game mid week, it is TOUGH to get to Ames in time for Kickoff. We actually rolled into Ames at 6:10 and got to the top of the stadium stairs to see the first tackle on the opening kickoff. Didn't do any tailgating whatsoever. Went straight from our parking spot to the gate.
Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
Another thought about the board/music operator. How about turning down the treble or something on some of those commercials? There were a few, especially right after the game, that made me cringe because they were so loud and high.
What ever happened to truth, justice and the American Way?
I agree with you on several of those. I had fun singing Sweet Caroline, but good god, to use it right after Kent State scored is horrible. I feel like those controlling the PA system up in the press box are giggling to themselves and saying "look what we can make the students do".
I left a minute to go in the game. Did the remaining fans REALLY boo Chizik as he left the stadium? I would think that all the sour fans would have left, and the real fans stayed behind to show their support.
Go Sssssssssyclones!
I don't know about boos at the end of the game, I would hope we're above that. I give in to the fact that I was ready to get going and left about 2 minutes to go. There were boos earlier on in the game on some time that the offense came off the field.
I didn't hear any booing. If that was the case then it would be an absolute embarrassment to the fans of iowa state. It's his first game as a college head coach for cryin out load.
I stayed until the end and I didn't hear any booing. I'm disappointed we lost, but not surprised. This was a decent team w/ a lot of returning players and a couple all conference players in the right positions.
At the end of the season this might not look as bad as some think it does now.
Unfortunately I think the reality is that Kent State is simply not a good team. I know that the talent is there for Iowa State, can the coach do something with it? What is for sure is that at this level of play we are looking at an 0-12 season.
End of the first half stands out in my mind right now, with 2 seconds left we down the ball. Nothing wrong with that. A lot more chance of something bad happening than something good. Definitely boos from various places around JTS and drunkards in my section yelling about
"thinking McCarney wasn't around anymore"
Does anyone think any D1 coach in the exact situation wouldn't have done the same thing?
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Unfortunately I think the reality is that Kent State is simply not a good team. I know that the talent is there for Iowa State, can the coach do something with it? What is for sure is that at this level of play we are looking at an 0-12 season.
You really think the talent is there for Iowa State? We may not have a single OL that would have started for Kent State, maybe not half of our defense either.
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End of the first half stands out in my mind right now, with 2 seconds left we down the ball. Nothing wrong with that. A lot more chance of something bad happening than something good. Definitely boos from various places around JTS and drunkards in my section yelling about
"thinking McCarney wasn't around anymore"
Does anyone think any D1 coach in the exact situation wouldn't have done the same thing?
Yeah, that did bother me. There are so many things that could go wrong. Just take a knee.
We were in the playoffs one year and right before half our coach decided to run a play instead of taking the knee. Well, the RB fumbled the ball and it was run back for a TD. We lost by 7.
It's the right call to make in this case.
The problem is that too many people aren't thinking when the do react with boos.
We had impact players at the sophmore level who are failing as seniors. That's coaching.
Originally Posted by cycloneinmonaco
We had impact players at the sophmore level who are failing as seniors. That's coaching.
2 of them. Kind of hard for 2 guys to make up for 20 others.
Someone mentioned earlier that those guys will be playing on Sundays. No way Meyer is an NFL QB. Blythe has a lot of work to do to get there. He got shut down by a corner that was something like a foot shorter than him tonight.
As for JTS being a family-friendly venue...it will be very hard for that to happen. Folks that can't handle their alcohol go to tailgates, drink too much, stagger into the stadium, and then the ole' tounge breaks loose, and stupidity abounds. Complicating the matter, many folks can, in reality, handle much less alcohol than they think.
I think the only way to maybe clean up the language a little bit would be to have 11:00 AM kickoffs. Less time for folks to get plastered before the game. The games will finish by about 2:00, which leaves plenty of time for tailgating after the game.
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Terrible football tonight, terrible intro, terrible music selection, terrible annoying fans in my section............for the first time I am asking myself, "Do I want to be a Cyclone anymore"?
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MINNEAPOLIS - An 8-month old boy is home safe with his mother after police say a woman took him from his home Wednesday.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert a few hours after the mother called police and that's where Guillermo Buenrostro and his 15-year-old daughter Daisy enter the story.
Buenrostro got an Amber Alert message on his cell phone around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. It said police were looking for Isabell Diaz Castillo, a woman who may have taken Carlos Orozco.
Police said the woman was driving a red Kia, a vehicle that happened to be parked steps away from Buenrostro's house on the 3700 block of 3rd Avenue South.
Buenrostro spotted what he thought was the car. His daughter stepped outside to investigate.
"I was kind of freaking out inside because I couldn't believe that I actually found the car," Daisy said when she stepped back inside her home.
That's when her dad called 911. A short time later, police moved in and arrested the woman. They found the boy unharmed.
"It actually felt good. I never had that feeling before," said Buenrostro.
Police said the suspect tried to escape out the back of a duplex when confronted.
"The suspect bailed from the vehicle and ran into the house. The officers found the child in the basement of the home," said Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau.
Not long after, came the image we don't often get to see, mom and her son reunited.
"He's 8-months old so he doesn't realize what a celebrity he is," said Harteau.
It was shortly before noon when police say little Carlos was in his car seat while his mother, Victoria Orozco was taking a shower in their home on the 2100 block of Portland Avenue South in Minneapolis.
When she stepped out of the shower and saw her son missing, she knew.
"My gut instinct told me it was her," she told KARE 11 while holding her son close Wednesday night.
Victoria said she met Castillo at a laundromat about a month ago, but always felt uneasy around her.
Police said Castillo was spending "inordinate" amount of time with the boy and although investigators wouldn't confirm, Orozco said the woman may have recently lost a child during birth.
"Generally these types of cases don't end happy and this one did," said Harteau.
"Thank God mine was a good ending," added Orozco.
Thanks to both police and a random father and his daughter.
"I was so relieved. I really just wanted to make sure that baby was safe," said Daisy.
"The detectives and the captain, really thank you for staying on top of this," added Orozco.
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Local Honey & Peppercorn Glazed Duck Breast Recipe
My Destination Dish recipe for the month of January is a Local Honey & Peppercorn Glazed Duck Breast with sweet hermiston, onion and butternut squash whipped potatoes, crispy beets, kumquat marmalade, and cherry demi glace. This dish is served with Glen Fiona Syrah, 2007 Walla Walla Valley. Visit The Cascade Dining Room at Skamania Lodge to try this delicious kumquat dish or try it at home using my recipe below.
1/2 cup Bourbon
1 pound fresh kumquats
2 pieces whole cloves
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3 pieces star anise
2 cups orange juice
1 jar (9.5 ounces) candied ginger in syrup
2 cups sugar
- Cut the kumquats in half. Using the tip of a small knife, remove the seeds from the kumquat halves. Place these seeds in a small piece of cheesecloth with the cloves, cinnamon, and star anise, and tie the corners together to contain the contents.
- In a large pot combine the kumquats, bourbon, orange juice and the cheesecloth containing the seeds and spices. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook until the kumquats are soft, about 30 minutes.
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Wilmington, NC (Sports Network) - Devon Moore tallied 19 points and seven
assists to help lead the James Madison Dukes to a 63-56 win over the UNC-
Wilmington Seahawks in Colonial Athletic Association action at Trask Coliseum.
Moore shot 8-of-11 from the field for JMU (12-10, 6-3 CAA), which extended its
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For UNCW (8-12, 3-5), Keith Rendleman had 20 points, 13 rebounds, four blocks,
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Neither team shot greater than 33 percent from the floor in the first half,
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JMU held a firm advantage in the rebounding battle, 42-30.
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In April 2011, Carbonfund.org partner and North America's leading provider of solar power systems infrastructure, Unirac, became the first solar infrastructure company to achieve both ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 9001:2008 certifications. Unirac voluntarily participated in the certifications highlighting their focus on environmentally responsible business practices. The ISO 14001:2004 is "a framework for a holistic, strategic approach to the organization's environmental policy, plans and actions" while the ISO 9001:2008 standard offers "a tried and tested framework for taking a systematic approach to managing the organization's processes." In order to achieve these certifications, Unirac's certification, in part, was based on the following:
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Can the U.S. Withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq?
Recorded: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Civil strife in Iraq continues and instability may only increase after the January elections. U.S. withdrawal has become an acceptable strategy in Washington, but will it be tenable if violence escalates and Iraq unravels again?
Experts: Ivan Eland, Peter Galbraith, Charles V. PeñaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Freedom, History (International), Politics, Terrorism and National Crises
Is White Guilt Destroying the Promise of Civil Rights?
Recorded: Tuesday, May 9, 2006
In the 1960s, civil rights victories dealt a blow to racial discrimination, and yet 40 years later many blacks remain left behind. Has affirmative action sabotaged the gains of the civil rights movement? What is the role of personal accountability in improving the standing of minority groups?
Experts: Shelby SteeleType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Race Issues


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A hail is a form of subspace communication between starships, starbases, and other ports of call. It has been in use since at least the mid-22nd century and can be digital (computerized messages), audio, or visual.
Most hails are visual, although routine operations can be handled by the computer or communications officer without requiring the commanding officer's involvement. In addition, hails may be audio-only. The treaty ending the Earth-Romulan War was negotiated entirely over audio channels, as neither side had the technology to send visual images to the other.
A hail, whether audio, visual, or computerized, involves two-way communications. A hail is sent by one party, and must be responded to by the other to initiate communications. When a recipient is unwilling to accept a hail, a one-way wide-band subspace transmission can be initiated by "opening a channel," although it is customary to answer all hails. Such a message is usually not directed at any specific target, and there is no guarantee that it will not be eavesdropped upon if it is earmarked for a specific recipient. In fact, there is no guarantee that it will be received at all. However, it can be reasonably assumed that any race that posesses the technology to receive these messages would probably view or listen to them out of curiosity, if nothing else. If needed, the receiving party can escalate the communication into a full two-way conversation by starting a return transmission.
There are many subspace frequencies over which hails are sent. Most of the major powers, such as the United Federation of Planets and the Dominion, have their own frequencies and protocols for sending messages such as distress calls, but there are also general frequencies. (DS9: "Waltz")
When contacting a starship or space station the normal command was "open hailing frequencies". (DS9: "Dramatis Personae" et al.)
Many types of atmospheric disturbance and certain elements or compounds will prevent hailing signals from reaching their destination. Engineers can often find creative ways to solve this problem, but some conditions are impossible to penetrate.
Jamming of hailing frequencies is a common technique used for purposes such as disrupting enemy communication in battle and preventing vessels from emitting a distress call. Most jamming techniques do not prevent the jamming party from sending out its own hails. Of particular note is the Breen method of sending out a rotating electromagnetic pulse. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")
Types of hail
Non-contact hail
Hailing does not require direct communication with the other party; messages relating to routine procedure or an unimportant matter can be handled via computer signals. For example, when Jem'Hadar attack ships request ketracel-white from Dominion installations, the procedure is conducted entirely through computerized hails. It is more common for a computerized message to precede visual contact, however. (DS9: "A Time to Stand")
When dealing with a vessel or location whose hailing protocols or capabilities are unknown, a general message can be sent over wide-band subspace. Additionally, wide-band subspace can be a technique for contacting anyone in the vicinity during dire situations.
Standard hail
The most common type of hail is through audio or visual contact. The recipient must first accept the transmission in order to initiate such contact.
Making visual contact is normally standard, but it is not required. An audio link can be established when either a visual link is not possible or one does not wish to be seen. Some foreign entities are also incapable of a visual link and thus communicate over audio channels.
The more common method involves a two-dimensional display showing the party on the other end. The area displaying the image is known as the viewscreen. One can pause the hail, which briefly stops the transmission, as well as mute the other side when necessary.
Standard hail normally takes place between two parties, although three-way hails are possible and have been used on occasion. (TNG: "The Outrageous Okona"; DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
Holo-communicators were a new type of communications device used briefly by the United Federation of Planets circa 2374. They utilized holographic technology to create a life-size version of the person on the other end of the hail. As Captain Benjamin Sisko said to Captain Sanders when he first used a holo-communicator, "It looks like you're on my bridge!" (DS9: "For the Uniform")
Although holo-communicators had the potential to revolutionize hailing as we know it, this was not to be. It is possible that holo-communicators were too costly or incompatible with normal hailing devices; for whatever reason, they never saw wide use.
When making visual contact, a person can often use a holo-filter to mask their appearance. However, if the transmitting ship is scanned at close range, sensors could alert the recipients to the person's true identity. (DS9: "Second Skin")
Background information
- Hails have been used in all incarnations of Star Trek. The exact point at which they were developed has never been stated.
- Like subspace itself, the nature and specifics of hailing technology remain largely unexplored.
- In truth, the holo-communicator was a piece of "Treknology" that never caught on. It was seen in several DS9 episodes and never seen again.


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For weeks county workers have been trying to settle a contract dispute. All weekend, members of AFSCME, who represents county workers stood outside River Bluff nursing home. AFSCME handed out flyers to residents' families.
Within the flyer, AFSCME workers talk about the fact that they don't want to strike. They also gave names of all the Winnebago county board members who they urge residents and their families to call. AFSCME workers worry about the care of the residents if there is a strike.
A meeting with a federal mediator is set for this Wednesday.
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"Your D-men for tonight: Chara, Boychuk, Seidenberg, McQuaid, Bartkowski, Miller. Goalies in lineup: Rask, Svedberg
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Maine hasn't had an active mining operation in more than two decades. But last year, Maine's largest landowner, J.D. Irving Limited, said it would like to explore the possibility of mining for copper, zinc and other metals on land it owns in Aroostook County. In response, lawmakers passed a bill to rewrite Maine's mining regulations. But environmental groups worry that a consultant with ties to the mining industry is doing most of the work. And as Susan Sharon reports, they've come back this year to support bills designed to include more safeguards.
One bill, sponsored by Independent Rep. Ben Chipman from Portland, would repeal the changes to mining laws enacted last session. Chipman told a packed public hearing before the Environment and Natural Resources Committee that the bill approved last year rolls back environmental protections.
"It weakened groundwater protection standards. It redefined a mining area so that less territory would have to be restored after mining, and it generally ushered in the prospect for destructive, grand scale open pit mining," Chipman said.
Open pit mining is a technique in which minerals are extracted from an open pit close to the surface. Environmentalists say it could be especially damaging to Bald Mountain, which is where J.D. Irving wants to explore for metals. That's because Bald Mountain is at the headwaters of the Fish River, which provides some of the best brook trout fishing in the state of Maine, worth millions of dollars to the Maine economy.
And Dr. David Chambers says when it comes to mining, there is no end to monitoring."You can never completely walk away from a mine, which is one of the messages I left with the Legislature," he says.
Chambers is president of the Montana-based Center for Science in Public Participation, a non-profit corporation formed to provide technical assistance on mining and water quality to public interest groups, businesses and government about mining. Chambers briefed the Environment and Natural Resources Committee last week. His visit was paid for by the Natural Resources Council of Maine.
"When you do a mine, 99 percent of everything that comes out of the mine remains at that mine site as waste, and that becomes a longterm management issue," he says. "It can create contaminants that get into surface and groundwaters. And again, these are problems that remain on that mine site forever."
But Democratic Sen. Troy Jackson of Allagash, who lives about 20 miles away from Bald Mountain, takes issue with environmental groups and lawmakers from southern Maine trying to interfere with his region's attempts at economic development. Preliminary estimates suggest Irving's proposed mine could create up to 700 jobs and generate $45 million to the regional economy.
"It's tiresome that people keep telling us, thinking that we're ignorant, we don't know how to do anything right and be environmentally safe," Jackson says, "when I think that most of the area has been pretty well protected and we know how to be good stewards."
Jackson advised members of the committee to give the legislation passed last year a chance. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with a hired consultant, is working up draft mining rules that are expected to receive public input early next year.
Pete Mahar, an engineering expert who specializes in landfill permitting, agrees that the rulemaking should be left to DEP.
"I know the staff there. They are as experienced as anyone in the country in implementing and regulating these industries," he says. "And again, this is just a big landfill or two big landfills. That's all it's gonna be."
Concerned that the risk of open-pit mining could extend beyond Bald Mountain, Democratic Rep. Jeff McCabe has introduced a measure that would prohibit any mine that would require perpetual wastewater treatment. The measure would also make mining permits contingent on proof that at least one mine has operated in the U.S. in a similar climate to Maine's "without polluting groundwater or surface water."
And supporters say the bill would protect Maine taxpayers by requiring an independent, third-party estimate of cleanup costs, and ensure that mining companies secure that sum in a trust. Nick Bennett is a staff scientist with the Natural Resources Council of Maine, which supports McCabe's bill.
"The take home message for us is if there's going to be mining in Maine it better be done right," he says, "because we have huge numbers of jobs that depend on the resources these types of mines will impact."
But how mining can be done right is precisely the question for Maine lawmakers, who must weigh both the environmental and economic consequences of allowing the current mining rules to move forward or rewriting them once again.


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I didn't try out older os, first of all because i don't have one. If you disable visual effects in winxp @ ps3 it will run a little faster. I have a PIII 866MHz overclocked @ ~950Mhz 192mb SDram and compared to the emulated WinXp they run fast as hell.
I don't think the way of emulation is fast. I think if ps3 had more RAM it will increase quality. Ps3 uses Elpida ram. If someone brave enough install more ram-chips (if it has extra slots) or remove and out higher capacity RDRAM, it would be great! Xbox has a similar mod.
Eternal, i didn't tried other OS emulation, because i don't have anyone of them. I don't think emulation is the best way. I have a PIII with 192mb SDram and it runs compared to ps3 fast as hell. It can run Photoshop 7, Nod32, Firefox in the same time w/o stuck...
If ps3 had more Ram i think it would had been an improvement. PS3 uses elpida ram chips. If someone brave enough tries to change the chips with larger RDram chips it would be amazing! Xbox has a similar mod.


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RoAb #9 - The 'Trying Too Hard' Episode
So SEMA was this week, and as has become the tradition over time, we saw a lot of over-the-top, never-gonna-happen cars. It made us think, are these guys overcompensating for something? Hmm, I smell a theme ... Perhaps this episode will be all about trying too hard.
As if to will away all bad associations, Chrysler creates a new Aston-Martin-esque logo. Meanwhile a Toyota Tacoma tries way too hard to be a middle-schooler's fantasy. Oh yeah, and two Trans-Am body kits are a little too eager to bring back the '80s. All that plus, our features this week: Blind Spot is all about creepy, fez-wearing old men, AutoGadget will ensure that you never lose your car in the parking lot again, Highway Hearsay is about new Chrysler product that's already out on the roads and more!
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We are 7th grade technology class in Western Pennsylvania. In our classes we learn about digital photography, video editing, blogging, podcasting, television broadcasting and simple programming.
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Ms. Brinson's students started their own blog called "The Student Eye" and they writing about what makes life awesome. They were inspired by Neil Pasricha's "1,000 Awesome Things."
Please check out "The Student Eye" blog and leave the students some comments. Please remember to use capital letters and proper punctuation. CAPITAL I's!
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The funniest character in my house is my dog. His name is Pretty Boy Floyd. He is a Boxer.
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My grandmother was from Ireland and my family has a strong Irish heritage.
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[♪Chimes♪] If you've ever shot with a DSLR camera before, then chances are you've probably encountered rolling shutter, and unfortunately, this can be really irritating, especially if you just had that 1 shot, and there's no other opportunity to get it again. Well now in After Effects CS6, we have a really easy way to simply drag and drop the rolling shutter repair effect onto your footage and repair it literally in a matter of seconds. So if we take a look at this footage here, and you look at the back of this hot wheels car, you can see that the license plate has the camera as panning around; it just appears skewed, even the tires appear kind of skewed, and it's really evident right in this section right here; it just looks bent, and that of course is not how it actually appeared. Well once, it's a simple drag and drop operation. I can come over to my effect and pre-sets panel, type in rolling shutter, drag it on top of my clip, and boom, it's done, it's repaired. We can readjust our rolling shutter rate here. Let's go just around 68%, and again, now it looks to be perfectly straight. Want to see what it looked like before; let's go ahead and disable that, skewed and bent, here's the after, and now, if we do another preview, you can see that very quickly, simple drag and drop operation we repaired the shot, the key shot, the shot that we couldn't get again, restoring it to its glorious, beautiful state with a single operation, all in After Effects CS6. [Adobe]
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SPC5Studio Training Course
SPC5Studio Training Course
Course overview
This training introduces the new SPC5Studio Application IDE. SPC5Studio includes device configuration and code generation functions inside an Eclipse development environment.
It is oriented to:
- Users adopting professional high end tool chain offering a configurator and a dynamic code examples generator
- Users looking for a comprehensive software development environment including a low cost compiler and a newly developed budgetary cost tool chain supporting SPC56 and SPC57 product families.
Training agenda
SPC5 Studio introduction
• Marketing overview
• SPC5Studio overview
• SW tools configuration
• Component-based approach
• Application IDE with exercise
• Tools overview (Hightec, PLS)
• Available plugins and components
• Create components (introduction)
Hands-on session
• Testing an application on a board
• Flashing device
• Using PLS debugger
• Practical debugging
• Porting application with exercise
• Final test (including FAE certification)
General notes about SW courses
ST offers free training courses for our microcontroller products at locations across continental Europe and North America. Our training team would be pleased to share their expertise on our SW products and application development techniques with you.
Session Details, Location and Registration
- Technical English
- Principles of MCU programming, embedded C
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- To speed up the hands-on session, we suggest you install SPC5Studio and SPC5-UDESTK-SW that are available on ST's web at www.st.com/spc5studio
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- "You can't always tell who the good guys are. I'm not a good guy, but I'm fighting with them..."
- ―The U.L. Paper Contact
Charles Doberman, best known in-game as The Contact is a senior agent working for United Liberty Paper in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Contact works for United Liberty Paper, which is a front for a government organization. He works as a senior agent and gives several missions to Niko. The Contact also mentions a past military career in the Army during the Vietnam war. He justifies his and the organizations actions by saying that that foreign terrorist groups and governments that conflict with America are ready to commit even more heinous actions that could bring harm to the American population (which Niko finds to be true while working against said terrorist groups), but he also doesn't deny that a lot of his actions are not for procuring public safety but rather to satisfy the government's sometimes greedy requests. In the first cutscene of his first mission, it is revealed that he speaks Serbian, the language of Niko's home country, as he says, "Just like the old country.", to which Niko replies, "Just like it".
Events of GTA IV
The Contact blackmails Niko to work with the U.L. Paper after Niko finds out that his girlfriend, Michelle (Karen), was an agent assigned to monitor him. The Contact then gives Niko several tasks that usually include killing people that are "supposedly" linked to a powerful terrorist group. He also has him cover up some of U.L. Paper's activities, such as by killing a man who knew of the Organization, killing another man who funded terrorist plots and stealing a helicopter from the terrorist group to kill yet another man who funded the group's activities.
During the course of the mission line for The Contact, he tells Niko that, in repayment for his cooperation, he will find the man that Niko came to America to find. He ends up keeping that promise towards the end of the game when he has Darko Brevic delivered to Francis International Airport for Niko to deal with him.
Missions appearances
- Wrong is Right (Boss)
- Portrait of a Killer (Boss)
- Dust Off (Boss)
- Paper Trail (Boss/Voice)
- Weekend at Florian's (Post-mission phone call)
- Payback (Post-mission phone call)
- Liquidize the Assets
- That Special Someone (Boss/Voice)
- A diploma hanging on The Contact's wall has the name "Edward T. Fortune". The same diploma can be seen hanging on the wall of Vic Manzano's office in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
- The diploma on the wall also has a seal that is very similar to the one used by the C.I.A.
- On being asked by Niko at their introduction if U.L. Paper is actually FIB, the contact replies sarcastically asking if he looks like a homosexual, which might be a reference to the semi-confirmed homosexuality allegations of the FBI's first and longest serving director J. Edgar Hoover.
- The game's files have the U.L. Paper's missions named "CIA".
- After visiting the Little Lacy sting website, The Contact will contact you telling you to calm down and keep your 'johnson in your pants'. He will also call you if you get a high wanted level.
- His real name is revealed in the game files.


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Many people don't know that for a time, Dred Scott lived in Fort Snelling, where he met and married his wife, Harriet Robinson. Local community member Frank White and others are working to see this knowledge becomes more widespread with various community events that will begin this coming spring. The Dred Scott case and its impact on this country too often have been undervalued in U.S. history. Scott was a Black man born around 1799 and had moved with the Peter Blow family from Virginia to St. Louis, Missouri. Continue Reading →


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And here's how it's gonna go:
Starting at the top of the hour, I will post your first instruction, followed by 1 more instruction every ten minutes through the hour.
At the top of the second hour. I will post the 7th and final instruction and then you'll have 1 additional hour to finish and post your LOs.
(I will allow a 15 min. grace period for gallery posting purposes. The gallery may slow down when we were all trying to post at once!)
If we have any other technical difficulties, I might also allow a few extra minutes. I will let you know.
Please note that prizes will not be given out to entries posted after this time, although we would still love to see what you have come up with!!
You must post in your GDS member gallery AND link back here in the forum. If you do not post back here I will not know that you have participated and you will not be able to receive the prize. Maybe soon we'll have a Speed Scrap gallery for you to post in! ;)
Some important things to remember to make the Speed Scrap go a bit smoother:
- The instructions are all pretty self-explanatory, but remember that you can interpret them creatively. I may be an Army wife, but I'm no drill sergeant! Do the best you can on the instructions, but don't freak out over them. Be creative! You won't be disqualified!!
- You can use a template if you want.
- goDigitalScrapbooking products are NOT required, but of course, we love it when you use them!!
- I will re-cap all the instructions again each time I post a new instruction.
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Please don't stress! Speed scraps are fun. Just take the instructions to mean what YOU think they mean and have fun!!!
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Water Fight
Recorded: Friday, March 7, 2014
Senior Fellow Randy T. Simmons, co-editor of Aquanomics, looks at the battles over water in the western United States. Thirsty citizens of growing cities, farmers, factories and environmentalists are in a fight for a natural resource that is priced arbitrarily. Its value is determined not by the free market, but by bureaucrats. Outdated government reclamation projects and water policies have put residents of the Golden State at the mercy of the weather, and of government's mandatory regulations.
Experts: Randy T SimmonsType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Business, Economic Policy, Environment, Land Use, Political Ideology and Philosophy
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2012 Summer Seminar for College Students
Recorded: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
This presentation is from our 2012 Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminar for college students, which was held from July 30 to August 3, 2012, at Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California.
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The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful… and since we've no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Yes, you can sit by the fire AND build an adorable, realistic looking snowman when you play Snowman Maker!
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Septoplasty (SEP-toe-plas-tee) is a surgical procedure to correct a deviated nasal septum — a displacement of the bone and cartilage that divides your two nostrils. During septoplasty, your nasal septum is straightened and repositioned in the middle of your nose. This may require your surgeon to cut and remove parts of your septum before reinserting them in the proper position.
When planning septoplasty, your surgeon considers your symptoms — such as breathing difficulties — and the physical structure and features of your nose. Talk with your surgeon about what septoplasty can achieve for you.
Having some deviation of the septum is common. When a deviated septum is severe, it can block one side of your nose and reduce airflow, causing difficulty breathing through one or both sides of your nose.
The additional exposure of a deviated septum to the drying effect of airflow through the nose may sometimes contribute to crusting or bleeding in certain individuals. Septoplasty straightens the nasal septum by trimming, repositioning and replacing cartilage, bone or both.
If you experience symptoms — such as difficulty breathing through your nose — that significantly affect your quality of life, you may consider surgery to correct a deviated septum.
As with any major surgery, septoplasty carries risks, such as bleeding, infection and an adverse reaction to the anesthesia. Other possible risks specific to septoplasty include:
Additional surgery may be required to treat some of these complications or if the outcome of the surgery doesn't match your expectations. Talk to your doctor about your specific risks before surgery.
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Septoplasty straightens the nasal septum by trimming, repositioning and replacing cartilage or bone. The surgeon works through incisions inside the nose.
Discuss with your doctor beforehand which kind of anesthesia is best in your case.
During surgery, the incision is closed with absorbable thread. Soft silicone splints may be inserted inside each nostril to support the septum. To prevent postoperative bleeding, your doctor may place bandage-like material in your nose.
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Though results are most often stable, cartilage and tissue may gradually move or reshape over time. The nasal tissues are relatively stable by three to six months after surgery. However, some changes can still occur for up to a year or more after surgery.
Most people find that septoplasty improves their symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, caused by a deviated septum. The level of improvement you can expect with septoplasty may vary.
Some people find that their symptoms continue even after surgery and opt to undergo a revision septoplasty to further refine the nose and septum.
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I was very fortunate to attend the National Independent Sector/Council of Michigan Foundations Annual Conference in Detroit earlier this month. It was inspiring to be among the 1,100 people from over 30 states who came together to share insights, build collaborative skills through interactive sessions, and delve into issues facing the nonprofit sector today.
Many of the themes of the three-day conference aligned with a plenary presentation made by Diana Aviv, president of Independent Sector:
Below is a summary of her comments as published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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Expanding on a key theme of this year's Independent Sector conference, Diana Aviv, the group's president, called on nonprofit leaders at all organizations – regardless of size or mission – to take a broad view of their work and their responsibility to help make society better.
"We do not and cannot work in a vacuum," she told participants at the gathering of charities and grant makers, which drew some about 1,100 attendees in all.
"If our employees and their families can't afford medical care, it limits their productivity," she said. "If our transportation infrastructure makes it hard to get to work, it affects people's performance. If we don't collectively attend to the harm inflicted on our environment, polluted air and climate change will ultimately damage everyone's work. And if we don't demand greater civility in Congress and in the public square, we diminish our ability to achieve our aims."
Ms. Aviv urged nonprofit leaders "to attend to these larger issues long before they threaten our work." As an example of the consequences of not doing so, she cited the experiences of health and human-services groups that now must take on loans as state and local governments increasingly delay payments for services already provided.
"Except for a sliver of public-interest organizations, at no time did we step up and try to fix a system that we have known to be problematic for years," she said. "Why was this the case? Because we have long believed that these larger issues were not our responsibility."
She called on participants to go back to their organizations and have at least one board meeting within the next year to define a role for their groups beyond their specific issue or cause.
"My point is that excelling at your particular mission is key – but so too is attending to the wider societal issues of the world you inhabit," she said. "Active engagement with these issues is part of the price we pay for this special place we, as a community, have been afforded by society."
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Comments On Jul 15, 2014:I'm 5'7" about 170 and the size large fit me pretty well. There are two zip in liners, one is the waterproof one, and the other is for insulating, I rode on a warm evening with the waterproof liner in thinking it might rain; it didn't, and I was pretty warm. Pockets are good size and have some integrated protection. I would recommend.
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Comments On Jan 21, 2014:Just like the jacket, these pants have far and exceeded their price. It's a great product that fits true to size. Looks great riding especially with the matching jacket. Again, it's great for all weather. I would recommend this product to other riders not looking to break their bank for an above average riding suit.
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Comments On Aug 11, 2013:Good pants for the price. There is enough room to take out the knee guards & use my own. Snug fit over boots & stops them from getting muddy. would buy again
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Comments On Apr 21, 2013:good fit, except for length if your tall. im 6'2" and they are just barely long enough. very warm with all three layers. would like better if the out layer was water proof. would buy again.
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Comments On Dec 01, 2012:I am very happy that I purchased these pants. I am 5'8 170 pounds and I ordered size Large. They are a bit big but I wanted to use them as an over pant and so I'm glad I went the size up. They have cinch straps on the waist that snugs them up over my jeans or Dockers. The length is a bit long as well but when I put my boots on they are perfect. Have rode in 40 degree weather and they nice and warm. Two things for Akito if they read these reviews. Use a better crotch zipper as the one used is not the quality of some of the other brands. The other thing is there are two snaps, a button snap and a slide snap. The slide snap came off when I tried the pants on the first time. Obviously a defect. I didn't return them as it isn't that important to me. So Akito, use a some better quality hardware and you've got yourself the best pant on the market. One last thing, I have the matching jacket and I have received numerous compliments on how great they look.
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Comments On Oct 04, 2012:size was spot on at 6ft and 180 a large fit perfect. These pants go well with the jacket i would recomend to anyone who is looking at ones in the $400 range.
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Comments On Sep 13, 2012:I received these pants today. The fit is spot on and there are straps to adjust the waist in case you lose weight after all the enduros you'll be winning while wearing these pants. With the liners in they are very warm, but not bulky.
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Comments On Aug 30, 2012:They are nice to look at, and very functional. I had to exchange one pair after 3 months as the seams started coming apart about the vent-zippers though. I am on my second pair and the same thing is happening again. RMATV was great about the exchange, but these pants are not very well built. I'd look elsewhere. You can't exactly inspire confidence regarding abrasion resistance when they fall apart with NO abuse or crashes.
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Comments On Jun 05, 2010:I ordered the pants and matching jacket and was pretty pleased with the appearance of the pant.
They do seem to be well made, but with a couple of easily fixable glitches.
The fly zipper is of poor quality with teeth that are way too fine. The zipper does not stay up. There are 2 types of catches for the waist. One is a hook-type which is fairly frail, and the other is a snap, which constantly comes undone.
The fit is really great for me, I generally have problems finding a pant that fits me nicely. Although RMATV shows them as a 32" inseam (which would be way to long for me), they are actually 30" and fit my 29" inseam to a tee. The knee pads stay in place, rather than sliding off to the sides on there own. The waist band is adjustable with a curious type of cinch-up, which works to try to pull each side of the pant away from the other (makes the zipper fall down even faster). I generally go with suspenders on my pants, so I just leave that part alone. The pant is designed to be worn alone, not an "overpant".
The pant comes with a removable moisture liner and a quilted liner. The pant is quite flexible, unlike some other pants which can be rather stiff. If I remove the quilted liner, I could wear jeans underneath, but this often detereriorates comfort. These pants are actually very comfy indeed.
I havn't actually tried them in rain yet, but the rain liner is the same type as in my FirstGear jacket, which is very waterproof.
I like the overall style, which is what attracted me to them in the first place. I do have 3 other brands of riding pant, these are definatly the "spiffiest".
Overall, I am pretty happy and impressed with the 115.00 I spent and will have the forementioned snap replaced and possibly a heaver zipper installed.
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