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Alumni Newsletter: July '08 to July '09
by Jan Tullis
Once a year the department replaces the usual Thursday afternoon colloquium (where an invited speaker discusses cutting-edge research) with a special panel presentation by three to four alums who acquaint us with the wide variety of jobs and careers open to those with training and degrees in geoscience (other than those in research universities, which our students see examples of every day). In the past several years we have had a series of informative and inspiring presentations, demonstrating that studying, understanding and communicating about complex Earth processes gives one many important skills that can be productively and enjoyably applied to other pursuits.
The format is as follows: from 4:00 to 5:30 PM we have brief presentations in MacMillan Hall 115 by the alums describing their personal career path and current job situation, with insights into what aspects of their Brown education have served them particularly well. There is time for questions from the audience as well as panel discussion, and then about 5:30 we adjourn to the hallway area directly outside MM115 where staff member Gloria Correra has prepared a fantastic buffet dinner for everyone. This provides a delightful and informal setting in which students can talk with the panelists individually or in small groups.
Geo Career Day guest panel, l-r: Jordan Raddick (ScB '00), Antje Danielson (an "honorary alum"), and Gordon Binkhorst (ScB '86)
In early February 2009 we hosted two undergrad alums and an honorary grad alum; a brief summary of the presentations follows.
Jordan Raddick got an ScB in 2000. He came to Brown intending to do Physics, but soon decided that Geophysics would be more interesting and satisfying. He did research with Professor Marc Parmentier that resulted in publication. In his senior year he wondered "what next"? He had always been interested in writing, for the Brown Daily Harald and the Catalyst (as well as his geo courses!), and he had an interest in communicating science to the public. He applied to science writing masters programs, and decided to enroll in the one-year program at Johns Hopkins. The first semester was "Science Stories" -- he interviewed people, wrote articles, and workshopped them with the group. His second semester involved a longer thesis (40 pages), basically a series of feature articles; he did his on nanotechnology.
After receiving his masters, Jordan worked for a professional organization, AIP, on their website (Physics Central) which targets high school kids interested in physics. He profiled famous physicists, including Jim Valles of Brown and a Hopkins astronomer (who started as a rock star in Hungary who was also doing a major Digital Sky Survey and needed a science writer to create education modules for the "broader impacts" part of his grant). Jordan put sky images on the web, then created modules to get kids to "use them". He gets his salary through Hopkins but it comes via NSF and NASA grants. A significant part of his time is spent writing proposals, the "broader impacts" parts of other scientists' proposals, but he also works a lot for the planetarium at Chicago, and posts popular versions of new scientific results.
Jordan enjoys science writing because it enables him to keep learning lots of new stuff in different fields. The best way to learn something is to teach it, and writing is very like teaching. He especially enjoys doing educational writing, because he can express more enthusiasm than when doing science journalism for a newspaper or magazine. In creating on-line resources to teach different subjects, he works with teachers to create a draft version, and then one or two classes use it as a "field test" before it is released on the web. Recently he has developed middle school modules on soil ecology, using data from sensors buried in soil all around Baltimore.
Jordan is currently working toward a masters in Technology for Educators at Hopkins; he is taking one course at a time, mostly aimed at getting a certificate. He will put together a portfolio at end of his masters and then have one semester as an apprentice, hopefully with PBS.
Gordon Binkhorst got his ScB here in 1986. He grew up in New York City but while in high school had the opportunity to participate in the Juneau Ice Fields Research Project through an NSF program; for 2 summers he got to do skiing and glaciology, and thus gained a love for the out of doors and natural processes.
He came to Brown thinking he'd possibly concentrate on premed but soon decided to switch to geo. His first summer he worked as a field assistant for Tim Byrne on Kodiak Island, AK, and the next summer he was an intern at Hanford, WA (high level waste site), mostly doing hydrogeology. At Brown, he enjoyed working in environmental remote sensing with Professor Jack Mustard. When he graduated in 1986, oil companies were not hiring, but environmental consulting was big, in part due to many new environmental laws. He worked at Kurz (now Conoco) in West Bridgewater, MA for three years, on air and water quality, property transfer, and liabilities. His training in science writing in the geo department was extremely valuable.
Gordon lacked formal training in hydrogeology, and decided he wanted to learn more about that critical field, so he started a PhD at UConn. He took courses he had avoided at Brown (organic chem, multivariable calculus and partial differential equations); he was now really motivated to know the material so he could actually apply it. He did hydrogeology research with Gary Robbins, involving field work as well as modelling.
After his PhD, Gordon went back to work as an environmental consultant. He now works at a small firm (six employees), where he is one of three partners who do it all (no secretaries, they subcontract out for drilling or lab measurements, and hire an attorney when needed). Property transfer is the principal source of jobs and contracts, but there is lots of variety to the work. Connecticut environmental regulations are currently being changed, and he is on the task force to consider what changes to make and how to phrase them.
Gordon's explanation for why geoscientists make the best environmental consultants: Engineers don't think in 3D or think outside the box, they don't understand subsurface site constraints, and they cannot visualize changes over time -- but geologists can!
Antje Danielson is an "honorary alum"; she is married to our newest faculty member Professor Steve Parman.
In high school in Germany, Antje decided on geoscience because it seemed to involve the intersection of all the math and sciences, plus it offered the chance to be outdoors and travel. She got a PhD in Geochemistry at a research institute similar to WHOI, working on trace elements in banded iron formations, which involved travel all over North America and South Africa.
Antje did one post-doc in South Africa then one at Harvard, still researching banded iron formations. She married Steve, and had their first child. She did research and teaching in local colleges but began to think about a career change that would allow her to use her science to improve the world. She got a job at Harvard as head of their Green Campus Initiative. For three years she worked with academics in science, politics and law. She tried to initiate discussions about climate change, but there was no action or interest in 2000! She started ZipCar, based on a similar program in Europe, but it was a sideline project.
Steve and Antje spent three years at the University of Durham (UK), where she was Deputy Director of Sustainability. She started a campus green group, for example installing energy efficient light bulbs, also started a research group on carbon sequestration, and she did research on behavior change (with broad implications for education).
Antje is now Director of the Environmental Institute at Tufts and she loves being a research administrator. There are three parts to her job: (1) Energy & Climate Change, (2) Health, and (3) Education. Grant writing is an important part of her job, but she also gets to advise and mentor undergrads and grad students. She has researched wind energy, housing market (solar house for solar decathlon), efficient AC systems, and geological carbon sequestration, among other topics.
Antje agrees with Gordon that geologists are very good at thinking broadly and outside the box. In terms of science communication she sees the landscape changing - even research scientists have started blogs aimed at the general public. In terms of education she agrees that it is important to get kids outside to experience the natural world.


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Mobile web app "boom" still continue, so many tools we can use to build native mobile app or mobile web, in my previous post I have collected 10 framework to build mobile web application, this post will shows some similar javascript tools to build mobile web, whether it have full mobile UI framework or just a core javascript framework. It might be good for you to try another kind of javascript mobile framework.
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Make Your Scripts User Friendly with Zenity
The first time I played with Zenity, I recognized several potential uses for it. While I'm pretty comfortable with interacting with computers with a command line interface, I know many people are not. Zenity creates GUI widgets from a simple command line and can be used from any shell script. This allows an Administrator to write a shell script that performs a given function but make the program easy for less sophisticated users to interact with.
There are many times when you need to perform a repetitive task but you don't want to expose your users to the shell prompt. As much as I don't like having to point at things with a mouse in order to get a computer to do what I want, I understand that sometimes, using a GUI can reduce the chance of making a simple mistake. For example, if a program needs the user to enter a date, does it want the date in YYYY-MM-DD format, or MM-DD-YY format? Your program could tell the user how it expects the date,, but why make things more complicated than they need to be? Why not simply let the user select the date from an interface they are familiar with, a calendar? When was the last time you mistyped a long filename that that had mixed upper and lower case characters? Obviously, it would be easier to point and click on the filename instead.
With Zenity, your program can display calendar, file selection, text input and text message widgets. The results of the user's interaction with these widgets are then available to the shell script.
Let's take a look at a few simple examples before moving on to the real world example.
The following command will present the user with a calendar with "Example 1" in the title bar and the text, "When is your birthday?" at the top of the window. When the user selects a date, Zenity prints the selected date to STDOUT, which is then assigned to the variable, birthday.
export birthday=`zenity --calendar --text='When is your
birthday?' --title='Example 1'`
Users have learned what an error window means without even having to read the text and Zenity allows your scripts to give intuitive error indications. Simply use a command such as this.
zenity --error --text='Something very bad has happened!' --title='Example 2'
As you can see, Zenity is pretty easy to use. You simply tell it which widget you want it to display and then customize that widget using various other parameters. Then you can accept the results, if any, by reading Zenity's STDOUT.
Let's consider a hypothetical situation that arises quite often in business. You perform daily backups of your user's home directories and they frequently delete files and need you to recover them from backup. The problem is that you don't want to be bothered with simple tasks like that, but you don't want to have to train all your users to perform their own file recovery. Instead, like most Linux Administrators, you write a script.
Here is a quick script I wrote as an example of a backup file recovery program.
export repository="/tmp/backups"
export user=`whoami`
############# Step 1 #########################
zenity --info --title="File Recovery Program" --text="You are about to be
asked for the date of the backup file you wish to recover from. Select the
date to continue."
############# Step 2 #########################
export date=`zenity --calendar --date-format=%Y-%m-%d`
if [ ! -f ${repository}/${user}/${date}.tgz ] ; then
echo No such file ${repository}/${user}/${date}.tgz
zenity --error --text="I\'m sorry, the backup for $date wasn\'t
############# Step 3 #########################
export files=`tar -tzf ${repository}/${user}/${date}.tgz |
zenity --list--title "Select the files to
recover" --column "Files" --separator=" " --multiple`
############# Step 4 #########################
zenity --info --title="File Recovery Program" --text="Next, you must select
which directory to recover your files to"
export target_dir=`zenity --file-selection --directory`
############# Step 5 #########################
zenity --info --title="File Recovery Program" --text="If you would like, I can
create a new directory for your recovered files to be saved to. If you would
like this, enter the name of the new directory next. Otherwise, just click on
export dir=`zenity --entry --title="File Recovery Program"`
############# Step 6 #########################
if [ -f ${target_dir}/${dir} ] ; then
zenity --error --text="I can not create a directory named
${dir} because there is a file with the same name already there"
if [ ! -d ${target_dir}/${dir} ] ; then
mkdir ${target_dir}/${dir}
############# Step 7 #########################
tar -xzvf ${repository}/${user}/${date}.tgz -C ${target_dir}/${dir}/ $files |
zenity --progress –pulsate
zenity --info --title="File Recovery Program" --text="File recovery complete."
I've broken the script into 7 parts to make it easier to discuss what each part of the script does.
The script starts by defining a few important variables. Since this is a fictional scenario, I defined by backup repository to be in /tmp/backups; you'd probably put your backups elsewhere. Then we start step one of the user dialog.
Step one is pretty intuitive. It simply tells the user what to expect from the next dialog. When the user clicks on the OK button, we go to step tow and the user is presented with a calendar. The user picks the date from which to recover the lost files. The program line that displays the calendar uses a format string to tell Zenity how to format the resulting date. I wanted the date to be in a sortable format, so I chose YYYY-MM-DD. I replaced the default slash character with simple dashes because otherwise, the shell would think YYYY/MM/DD referred to 3 directory levels, when we really want it to mean a single filename. The format string is exactly like those used in date(1).
Step 2 then checks to see if the backup file actually exists. If it does not, then it displays an error message and terminates. Otherwise, we continue to the next step in the script.
In step 3, we send the output of the tar command to Zenity so that our user can select which files they want to restore from the tarball. We use the --multiple parameter so that they can select more than one file to recover. Also notice that we set the --separator to a single space. By doing this, we cause Zenity to produce a list of filenames for recovery and we can use that list as a single variable substitution on the command line.
Next we want to give the user the chance to restore their files to a directory other than their current working directory. We use the --file-selection widget for this purpose. By using the --directory parameter, we restrict the user to only being able to select directories, not files.
In step 5, we tell the user that the program can create a subdirectory in the directory they just selected and all of the recovered files will go into that subdirectory. Then we use the --enter widget to let the user tell us what subdirectory to create. If the user presses the OK button without entering anything, our script will simply restore the files into the selected directory.
In step 6, we do some error checking to make sure there isn't already a file with the same name as the subdirectory the user entered. If there is, we give the user an error message and our program terminates.
Then we make the subdirectory if it doesn't already exist.
Finally, in step 7, we recover the user's files from the selected tarball and place them in the appropriate directory, while giving the user visual feedback in the form of a progress bar. This way, our user doesn't need to guess if the program is working, and they aren't confronted with a list of filenames, or even worse, error messages.
As you can see, Zenity makes it very easy to write shell scripts that interact with the user via the GUI. Admittedly, this example was a little contrived. The example was meant to be rich enough to demonstrate as many of Zenity's features as possible while still appealing to practicality. It wouldn't take many changes to have the recover script use ssh and scp to access a remote backup repository, perhaps at a remote location. The user wouldn't have to know any of the details since all they ever see is a nice user-friendly series of dialog boxes.
Most Linux Administrators are comfortable with the command line interface and many might think that using Zenity to "dumb-up" a simple shell script is a waste of time. However many Linux Users aren't as proficient with the shell interface and will appreciate your efforts to make their work as "point and click" as possible.
Mike Diehl is a freelance Computer Nerd specializing in Linux administration, programing, and VoIP. Mike lives in Albuquerque, NM. with his wife and 3 sons. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
formating text
im realy happy with zenity, and i have found the
\n =new line
\r =carrige return
\t =tab input
is there anny more options i can use to format text in a zenity dialog? i would like things like bold text, textsize and so on
Zenity --list with variables
zenity --list --column 1 --column 2 --column 3 \
one two "three four" five six "seven eight"
The example above puts "three four" in column 3 as one phrase as well as "seven eight" in column 3 as one phrase.
blah="one two \"three four\" five six \"seven eight""
zenity --list --column 1 --column 2 --column 3 $blah
This example doesn't behave quite the same. I've tried this 50,000 ways and can't get it to work. Any ideas?
eval is your friend: eval
eval is your friend:
eval zenity --list --column 1 --column 2 --column 3 $blah
will do what you want. You need this to process quotes within quotes properly.
BTW, you can simplify setting blah this way:
blah="one two 'three four' five six 'seven eight'"
Another zenity Question
Is there an item limit on zenity --list --checklist dialogs?? I had a script that was supposed to display a bunch of files for the user to select from via a zenity --list gui. However I've never been able to get them all to show up.
Quick example:
I ran this in a directory for testing purposes and tries to get zenity to show me all the files in a list.
for i in $(seq 1 44)
touch $i.txt
The command
"ls | zenity --list --checklist --column pick --column file --multiple"
will never show all 44 files, in fact i don't think it displays more than maybe 20. Is there some way around this?
Old Version Maybe?
I'm using zenity version 2.28.0 and I ran the above command in a directory with 500+ files and it shows all the files.
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
Zenity --list
I've found that it works if you don't use the --checklist option and you use only one column. I'd still like your help with the --checklist option though if you have a more elegant solution.
It works with checklist too
Just make sure you deliver the right data
$files = $( ls -1 );
result=$( zenity --list --checklist --column pick --column file --multiple $files $files );
echo $result
cheers, Frank
WIndow Position
Is there a way to change the window position of a zenity gui?
Window Position
There doesn't appear to be a way to do set the window position. Normally one could use the -geometry option, but that produces a "This option is not available" error when you try to use it.
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
Excellent Article
I am lovin' it :-)
Thank you for this great article.
getting a value from text box
How can i get the value from a text box, if i need the name entered in text box inside my script.how can i get that.. also how to get the item selected in the case of radio selection and multi selection list..?
i will be thankful if i gets ur help..thanks!!
Is it me, or does Zenity lack the ability to show a bitmap?
I see no option in man zenity to show a bitmap. Would have made a great addition. Just show a bitmap (centered) with buttons below to make a choice.
If I'm wrong feel free to correct me.
Exporting variables
Why are you exporting the variables? There's surely no need for that?
I usually set my variables in separate files which I then source as needed. I have to export them in that case and over the years it's just become a habit.
Lack of persistence
I really love the idea of Zenity. My problem is that I can't write a serious, multistep app in it because it doesn't have persistent windows. The only way is to keep popping up new windows all the time, which is very hard to deal with.
It is a shame you can't use
It is a shame you can't use glade with scripts like you can with python/
Who said you can't use Glade
Who said you can't use Glade to design your interface ?
Take a look at autoglade.sf.net, it's an attempt to automate as much as possible the design and program of Gnome/GTK based, cross platform applications whose GUI is designed with Glade.
True indeed.
True indeed.
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Harry95 wrote: yeah
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#1: Peer-Learning.
While in a networking environment, you can learn a tremendous amount from others. The power of observation is in full force. Think of networking as a focus group. Be aware of what works best for you and what doesn't. Learn how to improve by observing those around you.
#2: You Must Always Be Ready.
Networking can't be forced. If you try to force it, it rarely goes anywhere. Engaging in dialogue with new people requires you to be quick on your feet and ready for responses and reactions to the conversations around you. If you are caught off guard, you may find yourself in an uncomfortable situation. Be active and ready for engagement. You are either an active networker or not. There is nothing in the middle. We know what happens when people fall asleep at the wheel.
#3: Take Notes While You Network.
Just as when you are being trained for something, retention comes from taking good notes. Gather intelligence about yourself and others. Think of yourself as part of a think-tank. Be diligent and take note of what you are contributing and how you can improve. I have learned that people take notice when you are taking notes and it opens the door for more spontaneous conversations.
#4: Ask Non-Traditional Questions.
When you are being trained, you may be asked to apply new knowledge to a situational analysis. This is a great way to apply what you have learned immediately to a real life scenario. In networking, apply your knowledge in the form of non-traditional questions. Get people to discover something deeper about what you know by asking them a question they wouldn't expect. For example, at a conference I once spoke following a world renowned economist, who was presenting his views regarding economic recovery. Before I took the stage, there was short break and we found ourselves in the green room together. So I asked him the following question: "How can we all be so optimistic about economic recovering when we – the people in the United States – have not been taught how to survive?" A non-traditional question led to a relationship that remains strong to this day.
#5: Put Your Personal Brand to the Test.
Networking is a discovery platform and a great way to give your personal brand more exposure. Always be prepared to unleash your identity so that others will remember you. Be careful that you are not overly deliberate or focused solely on self-promotion. But seize the opportunity, too. When you walk away from the conversation, those around you should know the following about your personal brand:
#6: Continue the Conversation.
If the dialogue and exchange were worthwhile, invite those you have met to continue the conversation. This can be done both onsite and online (or both). To get started, send a follow-up email with a link to an article or whitepaper that supports something they were interested in. Or you can expand upon your conversation by sending a presentation that showcases your unique point of view while supporting their ideas and ideals.
Reconnect at lunch, invite them to another networking function, or get connected online via LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Google+, Facebook Facebook or another favorite social networking tool. You can also invite them to join your LinkedIn or Facebook group. The point is that in taking the lead to continue the conversation, you are the catalyst for opportunity. You are testing the longer term relationship that can form from the networking encounter.
#7: Hold Yourself Accountable.
And finally: Follow-up, follow-up, follow-up. Each conversation is an opportunity and only you can gauge it. Think of yourself as a project manager responsible for identifying the next steps, who is responsible for what, and defining the outcomes and desired results. Being accountable will help you to sustain the momentum that you have built up in the first six steps.
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Excellent article. I love the idea of asking non-standard questions instead of the expected stuff. I am working with several college interns from Wabash College and onf the goals is to expand their network during the summer. Your article will serve us all well. Thanks, Frank
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for making connections i can totally understand that you need to make that commitment locally, but what if you need to build your circle of influence in cities around the world. Technology has given us the opportunity to Network globally.
To make the right connections quickly, professionally and through respected people, I use www.8Contacts.com to ensure i make the connections that matter in my business.
This is a great article. I have recommended this article to a friend of mine who is in the midst of deciding a career change. The 7 reasons for networking are very useful, especially for those aspiring to promote themselves within their career and personal branding.
Thank you, Glenn, for verbalizing them in a very succinct and concise manner.
Lots of good information in this post, Glenn. I couldn't agree more about follow up. Follow up is where many people fail in networking. They collect a stack of business cards and then never do anything with them. I think part of that may be due to the fact that people get too focused on the transaction rather than focusing on building trusted business relationships. When your focus is on the transaction (getting a card, a name, or a ph #), it is limited to that single event. But, when your focus is on building trusted business relationships, it moves from a single transaction to a person. Jeffrey Gitomer has a great saying that goes something like this: "You can make a sale and earn a commission. Or, you can make a friend and earn a fortune."


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The Sinfonietta Pops Orchestra is working with the Vigo County Public Library's Big Read to present a concert based on Mark Twain's classic "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," also celebrating 2013 Year of the River.
The Sinfonietta concert "From the Headwaters to the Sea" will be presented at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Hippodrome Theatre in the Scottish Rite Building.
Chris Schellenburg, VCPL community services and marketing coordinator, will narrate the concert. Free copies of "Tom Sawyer" will be available.
The Sinfonietta has been a partner in the Big Read program since 2008. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment of the Arts, in partnership with Arts Midwest.
The orchestra will set the tone immediately with "Water Music" from George Friedrich Handel. The Sinfonietta will play an abridged version of this fifteen movement work.
The scene will move from England to Austria with the familiar sounds of composer Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube," possibly the most famous waltz in the world."The Moldau," by Czeck composer Bedrich Smetana is part of a cycle of tone poems called "My Fatherland" and describes a journey down this river.
Coming a bit closer to home is Ferde Grofe's "Mississippi Suite" a musical journey down the Mississippi; its movements are titled: "Father of Waters," "Huckleberry Finn," "Old Creole Days" and "Mardi Gras.""The Dixieland One Step " which features the music familiar in the New Orleans area also offers an opportunity to hear Sinfonietta's Dixieland quartet featuring Steve Steppe, cornet, Bill Heinrich, trombone, Ed Harbour, clarinet and Michael Livingston, tuba.Other music on the playlist includes:"Moon River", "White River Legend" and "Contrasts for Orchestra."


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By Nita Johnson
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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
Business is booming in London and Laurel County, with more and more jobs available.
In the past few months, two major businesses have put down roots in Laurel County, adding more than 1,600 new jobs in the area.
But that is not the end of the story.
According to Charles Pennington, executive director of the London-Laurel County Industrial Development Authority, and Paula Thompson, assistant executive director, the recent decision of Benore Logistics Systems to locate in London is keeping with the ongoing growth of the community.
"Location is vital to a company's success and we are at the crossroads. This makes London a great choice, Pennington stated.
General Dynamics, located in the former Micro Devices building on Ky. 1006, was originally set to fill 1,000 jobs but Thompson said company officials have offered jobs to more than 1,100 people since deciding to locate in London in July.
Source HOV, an offspring of the former SourceCorp operation on Main Street, is also hiring for new employees although Thompson did not state how many new jobs will be added. They are located in the London Shopping Center next to Tractor Supply.
The industrial park off west Ky. 80 near Vaughn Ridge Road is booming with business.
Two weeks following General Dynamics' announcement of relocation, Serco, an information technology company based in Reston, Va., announced their intentions to locate in London. Located in the former SourceCorp building in the Vaughn Ridge Industrial Park, the new business would add another 600 jobs to the area. But expansions and continued growth are extending the job opportunities to include even more people.
"Serco is expanding to 800 employees, up from the original 600," Thompson explained. "Springleaf (Financial Services) is expanding to add 200 more employees, and Midwest Logistics Truck and Trailer Maintenance is hiring and is opening in December with an expected 100 people."
ABC Automotive, also located in the Vaughn Ridge Industrial Park with Serco, Midwest Trucking, SERVPRO, ABC Automotive and Springleaf, also expect to hire in January. Senture is also needing 50 more employees at their location in the Vaughn Ridge Industrial Park.
"Aisin (Automotive) is hiring more people and the cookie factory (Hearthside Food Solutions) is always hiring," Pennington and Thompson added.
"We have been so blessed with companies wanting to locate here. We keep working with companies and showing them locations and some of them have committed. We're still working on others and hopefully they will come here too."
The location of new businesses in the area is good news for the community.
"Those people who get jobs at the new businesses leave vacancies in other businesses," Thompson said. "That creates an open spot where they did work, making room for other people to find a job. Plus there are the seasonal jobs, where stores need help through the holiday season."
Many local employers will be available for a Job Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the London Community Center in downtown London.
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UPDATE—Baltimore County police have identified the two individuals suspected of conspiring to distribute Schedule II narcotics out of a Lutherville pain clinic.
Gerald Wiseberg, 78, of Boca Raton, FL, and Michael Jacob Reznikov, 51, of Brooklyn, NY, were arrested Tuesday evening following a raid at the Healthy Life Medical Group clinic in Lutherville.
Wiseberg and Reznikov were the operators of the pain clinic, where doctors were reportedly over-prescribing powerful painkillers and other drugs to out-of-state addicts, according to an affidavit in support of a search warrant.
A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge this morning set the defendants' bail at 50,000—cash only.
"At this morning's preliminary hearing, the judge also prohibited Wiseberg and Reznikov from traveling outside the U.S. pending trial, and ordered them to surrender their passports," according to a release. "Additional arrests are expected. All suspects in this case may face federal as well as state charges."
ORIGINAL—Baltimore County police said they have arrested two individuals suspected of fraudulently over-prescribing painkillers and other medications without properly examining patients over the course of the last year.
About 25 narcotics officers and DEA agents raided the Healthy Life Medical Group in Lutherville on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
"They seized non-drug evidence in what remains an ongoing investigation," according to a Baltimore County police news release.
"One was arrested at the Healthy Life clinic; the other was arrested at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport," the release states. "Their names will not be released today because they have not yet had judicial review. They are scheduled to appear before a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge tomorrow."
The clinic relocated from the 9600 block of Reisterstown Road to the 1100 block of York Road in Lutherville on Nov. 26, 2011, according to an affidavit in support of a search warrant.
The clinic was seeing more than 120 patients per day, based on 25 days of collected surveillance camera footage between April and May of this year, according to the affidavit obtained by Patch.
"These suspects, as well as any others who may be arrested in connection with this case, may face federal charges as well as Maryland charges," the release states.
The affidavit lists Alina Margulis and Michael Reznikov as the clinic's operators.
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In some cases, the amounts of money at stake were enormous. One company had been assessed $46 million for back taxes and penalties; another had been assessed $35 million. There was no record of how much either company wound up paying in their settlements.
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One other business has been identified by name as using the strategy in Florida: Reynolds American, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based tobacco company, which avoided $4.6 million in state taxes from 2005 to 2008, according to documents from separate litigation.
Reynolds settled before its case had advanced as far as Circle K's. It ultimately paid $1.8 million in back taxes -- less than half of the amount initially charged. A spokesman for the company would not comment.
When other states have challenged a company's trademark subsidiary in court, the central question has typically boiled down to whether the state could tax an entity that had no physical property or employees in that state.
But in its lawsuit with Circle K, Florida tax auditors ran into a different issue entirely.
Under Florida law, companies are generally allowed to ignore the money they make from royalties when computing their state-income-tax bill. But there is one exception. Miners, oil drillers and other mineral-producing companies are required to count royalty income while doing their taxes. That's partly because royalties can be a major revenue stream for mining and drilling companies.
Lawyers for Circle K flipped that clause on its head. They argued that, because Florida specifically said mineral companies had to include royalties in their taxes, nobody else had to.
The judge agreed. He said Circle K Enterprises was subject to Florida's tax laws -- but also ruled that those very laws meant it owed no tax.
"I don't know why they [lawmakers] put it the way they did it, but clearly royalties have not been something that the Legislature said we're going to tax, except on the mining situation," Francis said during the December 2011 hearing.
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Bill would provide regulatory certainty for Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program at the Department of Homeland Security.
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The Security Industry Association (SIA) welcomes passage of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program Authorization and Accountability Act (H.R. 4007), SIA-endorsed legislation that was adopted unanimously in the House late Tuesday.
The security industry provides many of the innovative solutions being implemented to meet requirements under CFATS, said SIA CEO Don Erickson. Providing a multi-year authorization and making improvements to the implementation process will help ensure that solutions to make our nation safer are more readily adopted.
Sponsored by Rep. Pat Meehan, R-Pa., chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies, the bipartisan bill provides the first statutory authorization for CFATS program at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The bill would authorize CFATS for three years while requiring certain vital chemical security goals be met within this time period, according to Meehan. The bill would allow automatic approval of alternative site security plans and permit third-party audits and inspections with the approval of the secretary of homeland security.
CFATS was first created in 2006 to address recommendations from the 9/11 Commission to secure vulnerable infrastructure from terrorist attack. Under the program, DHS ensures that facilities handling certain chemicals meet risk-based physical security standards. The bill also takes measures to correct implementation issues that have plagued DHS and slowed implementation of security plans at chemical sites.
H.R. 4007 has been referred to the U.S. Senate, where it awaits further action.
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Chances are everyone reading this article took a shower this morning without any difficulty. They brushed their teeth, and they dressed themselves, without incident.
Peri Finkelstein, 12, cannot do any of these things without assistance from her mother. The West Hempstead girl was born with nemaline rod myopathy, a form of muscular dystrophy. She's in a wheelchair and breathes with the use of a ventilator.
But nemaline rod myopathy or not, the seventh grader made honor roll every quarter last year. The year before, she won the excellence award for her class at graduation.
Much of Peri's young life has included medical emergencies and hospital stays that last for months. By the time she was 2, she had both CPR and the Heimlich maneuver performed on her twice, including by her father, Paul.
"Sometimes I have flashbacks of them cutting her dress open in the ER and pounding on her," said her mother, Lori.
Many children born with this condition don't survive past the age of 7. Miraculously, Peri has survived one muscle biopsy (at 9 months old), about 25 sets of ear tubes, more than a dozen bronchostopies, a tracheotomy, the removal of her tonsils and adenoids, a broken femur, two broken tibiae and eight scoliosis surgeries, which give her the potential of living without the use of a ventilator.
"My older kids ... their entire childhood was shaped by Peri," said Lori of Peri's siblings, Katy, 20, and Joel, 17.
The medical emergencies and prolonged hospital stays prevented them from participating in the usual family activities. Early on, a fraction of the family would go to affairs they were all invited to, but eventually they decided they either all go together or they don't go at all.
"When she was in the hospital, we were all in the hospital," said Katy, a third-year art history major at Stony Brook University.
"Physically [and] medically, Peri's obstacles were immense," Lori said. But one early piece of advice she and her husband took heed to was to "maximize her potential."
"So we've always been very positive with Peri, we haven't said, 'she's never going to do this' ... We always assume she can do it," Lori said.
Peri knew she was different from about second grade. "At first I thought I was weird and … I wasn't going to have any friends, but then I realized as I got older, you can overcome anything if you put your heart all out," she said.
Peri has participated in Girl Scouts, one year selling more than 1,000 boxes of cookies, making her a top Nassau County seller. By giving customers the option to donate their purchases, she collected 200 boxes for patients in the Child Life Program of Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola.
Through her schools and synagogue, Peri has spearheaded toy drives for other special needs children including one at her bat mitzvah for Winthrop patients.
Her condition cannot even stop Peri from dancing. For years, she took classes with Dancing Dreams, which gives ballet lessons to special needs children, pairing them with "a helper who'll hold her and be her legs," Lori explained.
Peri even "danced" on CBS News' The Early Show in 2008. And last year, the California-based charity When U Dream A Dream arranged for her to meet New York City Ballet dancers from The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center.
Not everyone has been supportive of Peri and her family though. Up until recently, the Finkelsteins' home was not conducive to Peri's needs -- her bathroom was so small the ventilator couldn't fit inside – so they decided to build an extension onto the house. It would give her a more spacious bedroom with a larger, adjoining bathroom, enabling her to be more independent.
To do this, the Finkelsteins had to extend their home 11 feet more than the law allowed, so they needed to apply for a variance with the Town of Hempstead and inform their neighbors about it. Nearly all of them protested, including some who spoke up before the zoning board, but Peri and her family pled their case and prevailed.
Lori never lost her sense of humor though. Joking about the situation, she says one of her neighbors "will burn both a cross and a Jewish star on my lawn when she reads this article."
The family has not lost sight of how fortunate they are either. To give back to one organization that has helped them over the years, each January, the Finkelsteins run a half marathon together in Miami, while raising funds for Chai Lifeline, an international Jewish organization that supports sick children and their families.
The charity's volunteers have been by their side during Peri's hospital stays, and runs a two-week camp for children with enormous medical needs that Peri attends each summer and absolutely loves.
This will be the fourth year the family will run the 13.1 mile course. Last year, Peri, who was pushed by Lori in a jogging stroller, completed the race for the first time and received a medal.
" Team Finkelstein" depends on sponsors to raise at least the minimum amount of money required to participate. Since their team is larger this year, the goal is $18,000.
As for Peri's future, she's thinking about a career in fashion. (She owns a large collection of headbands, which is her trademark accessory).
"She can do anything she wants to do," Lori said, adding that her daughter has "a lawyer's mind." With her never-waning sense of humor, she joked, "It would be a waste if she didn't use her mind to do devious and evil things one day."


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Access one of nearly 90 computers in the TechCentral Computer Area on the Lower Level of the Louis Stokes Wing of the Main Library. All computers are equipped with Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010, WinWay Resume Creator, and Rapid Typing Tutor. Adaptive Technology Stations equipped with Jaws, ZoomText, and Sorenson Video Relay service are also available.
Family and Group Workstations, as well as collaborate work seating areas are available for teams and groups to work on projects. Wireless Internet access is available throughout Main Library, with convenient power outlets located in TechCentral.
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The TechCentral MakerSpace is a cutting-edge space equipped with industry standard technology and fabrication, equipment, and software, allowing you to turn your ideas into reality. 3D Printing and Scanning, Vinyl and Laser Fabrication, as well as Music, Audio, and Video production are all available in the MakerSpace. Learn more about the TechCentral MakerSpace.
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Learn how to create something new by attending one of our MakerLab series programs available at Main Library and throughout our branches. From learning how to 3D print or creating your own unique font, to making duct tape wallets or digital abstract art, MakerLabs are a great way to be creative and 'make' something new. See MakerLab Program Descriptions
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The Beautiful Soup Theater Collective, which will present a revival of Arthur Bicknell's Moose Murders later this season, has postponed its Nov. 11 staged readings of Ryan Cunningham and Joshua Salzman's musical Next Thing You Know until further notice due to the lasting effects of Hurricane Sandy.
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Kudos to Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells for seizing an opportunity and producing a report on the mishandling of city-owned vehicles by the Department of Public Works. While newly crowned Council Chair Kwame Brown still gets the credit for SUV-Gate, the report's revelations indicate that Brown isn't the only one to blame.
Of course, he's not the only elected official to take advantage of perks, even if they're the kind of perks you're not supposed to take advantage of. At a get-together with friends the other night, the most recent scandal, if you could call it one, came up in conversation. "It's the D.C. government. What do you expect?"
But let's not be too hasty. This is still a new Council. It's not new in membership per se, but it is still new in leadership.
It's been interesting to watch these first couple of months as the city's finest jockey for power, form alliances, and maybe more importantly, decide who to get rid of (Sulaimon Brown). Don't be surprised if other heads soon roll at District agencies; it's a way for Council members to put their stamp on things.
Lesson learned for Kwame Brown perhaps? He'll take this latest incident as growing pains and has already vowed to gain back the respect of his constituents. Let's also score one for Tommy Wells. Accountability should be the name of the game.
We all want an efficient government, don't we? It's not like Council members don't have a full plate, too. What about that massive budget shortfall and possible spending cuts to DC Public Schools?
And what about our new mayor allegedly paying his top officials too much money? Aren't you supposed to hook your friends up after winning an election? In case you haven't heard, there's a position that just opened up in the Department of Health Care Finance — if you're willing to take a measly $110,000 a year salary.
So far, it's been a pretty good show by this new Council and new administration. More fireworks will surely come, though it would be refreshing, for once, to keep the fireworks at a minimum. Keep showing us who you are. We'll continue to keep tabs as you adjust. Just be sure to get some work done while you're at it.


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Liverpool FC skipper Steven Gerrard says he's got three or four years left in him
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STEVEN GERRARD says he's fitter than he's ever been - and he's got another three or four years left at the top level.
The 32-year-old Reds skipper has been in sparkling form recently, scoring three goals in his last five games.
And across the league, only Everton's Leighton Baines has created more chances than Gerrard this season.
"Physically, from day one of the season I've felt great," he said.
"My form hasn't always been great but physically I've been great and I've always had the hunger.
"In some of the games earlier on, I played well but didn't score or set a goal up and it didn't get mentioned.
"I've played the same recently but I've scored one or set one up and everyone is raving about your performance even though there's not really that much difference."
Gerrard's current contract runs out in June, 2014, and Brendan Rodgers is keen to ensure this is extended.
"I think I can play another three or four years," he said. "I'm not saying I want a contract that length, nothing of the sort - nothing has been spoken of yet.
"But I feel the best I have."
Having missed the start of last season through injury, the England captain is the only Liverpool player to have played every minute of every Premier League game this term.
"The injuries I've had have done my head in throughout the years but the desire and the hunger are still there.
"As soon as that goes, I'll stop playing. If you haven't got that, I don't see the point."
He puts his newfound fitness down to the team assembled by Rodgers at Melwood.
"Under this manager, the sports science team are brilliant," he explained. "They've looked at all my figures from all the managers I've worked with before they've come in and my training programme was adapted around that.
"I get two days' recovery after every game - that doesn't mean total shutdown, it means doing the right things for a couple of days after a game.
"The day before a game, I don't do any high intensity work that could make me tired going into the game.
"And it works."
Gerrard has scored against tomorrow's opponents, Manchester United, seven times in all - the most recent at Anfield in September.
And he'd love to add to that at Old Trafford - even if, like Luis Suarez at Mansfield, he has a helping hand from the referee.
"I can't sit here and claim I would run to the linesman or referee and say, 'I've handballed it' at Old Trafford," he said, responding to criticism of Suarez in the media after the Uruguayan's controversial goal last weekend. "What would Wayne Rooney do?
"What did [then-Manchester United keeper] Roy Carroll do years ago when the ball was four yards over the line?
"I never saw Alex Ferguson or Carroll run to the referee or linesman and say it was over the line, did you?
"It's football. These things happen."
Like any football fan, Gerrard is relishing the prospect of tomorrow's showdown between the league's leading lights.
"I think Suarez and (Robin) Van Persie are the two best players in the league on current form," he said.
"Van Persie is a top player and I love watching him, but Luis is the best centre-forward I've ever played with.
"Why? Just watch him. Imagine being a defender marking him. He's got everything, hasn't he? He can score fantastic goals or tap-ins, and if he gets you in the box you're in trouble.
"He is a fighter, and he doesn't like losing even in training. Luis ticks every box for me. He has been incredible this season."
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This thesis develops a cognitive linguistic approach to language comprehension. The cognitive approach differs from traditional linguistic approaches in that linguistic description is seen as an integral part of the description of cognition, and that the object of description is the nature of conceptual structures, the processes which relate these conceptual structures, and the effect of context upon these processes. As a cognitive description within cognitive science, a computational approach is adopted: language comprehension is described in terms of two modules, a linguistic processing module and a discourse processing module. Within these modules, conceptual structures and processes are given a uniform characterization: structures are characterized as partial objects which are extended by processes into (potentially) less partial objects. In the linguistic processing module, linguistic expressions are characterized as signs which combine as head and modifier. The conceptual structu...


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Sign Off, At Last - After months of meetings, discussions, legal opinions, public input and a lot of revisions, the Pleasant Hill City Council approved the city's new sign ordinance, which regulates the size and number of campaign signs that can be posted on private and commercial property. The whole kettle of fish began when a candidate for county office posted an oversized campaign sign on public property and was told it was too large. The candidate then cut the sign in half, which technically adhered to the city's existing ordinance. Seeking to close that loophole, the council proposed new regulations, only to find First Amendment issues popping up all over the place. But last Monday night, at last, the ordinance was adopted.
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Salman Akhtar, a distinguished analyst, Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College, and a Training Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, immigrated from India as a fully trained adult. He is the author of many books and articles and has received many honors for his scholarly work. He has written here a fine book on the immigration experience, particularly in the United States.


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International Fair (also known as I-Fair), one of our largest events, is held each year during winter term. Cultures from all over the world are represented and celebrated. Features of I-Fair include:
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The theme of I-Fair 2013 was "Media: Painting a Global Canvas." A total of 18 clubs on campus participated in the day, and 63 countries and territories were represented in the flag ceremony.
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International Club also helps international students on campus adapt to the new environment and provides them with opportunities and events to get to know their American colleagues. Included in these events are:
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I-Club also hosts the International Formal (I-Formal) dance each spring, giving international and domestic students another opportunity to celebrate together. The International House (I-House) is also a housing option on campus for both international students and domestic students to mingle and learn more about each other's cultures.
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This exquisite Wide-Field Panoramic Landscape captures a northerly vista of the dramatic basaltic High Cascades Plateau lava flows found near the Dee Wright Observatory withinside the Belknap Crater Region. Print is imbued with a wide range color gamut capturing the atmosphere and dramatic scale of this recent 1,500 year old lava flow. The photograph was taken June 29, 2007 inside the Belknap Crater region. A telephoto Nikkor lens was employed to capture the 32x10 degree sweep, atmosphere and stark contrast of the rough, jagged "clinkery" surface of the basaltic lava flows. The panorama was made facing intermittent 20 mph wind gusts and drizzle, both a technical challenge. Note the wild flowers shown far left and the atmospheric effects of the inclement weather. The violence and huge scale of the basaltic flow is shown to impressive effect by the use of panoramic technique.
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Yamaha EMX5016CF 16-channel powered mixer comes loaded with 12 microphone inputs, configured across 8 mono and 4 stereo channels. Yamaha EMX5016CF is powered by a dual 500 + 500-Watt amp stage and all channels offer 3-band EQ and Clip LEDs, with switchable +48 V phantom power and a swept mid on channels 1-8. EMX5016CF powered mixers also offer powerful SPX series digital effects processing and easy to use one-knob compressors, making the ideal front end for any serious sound reinforcement system.
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