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Virginia's General Assembly opened session today — several privatization bills were offered up including a bill to privatize all highway maintenance and correctional food service. There are several other great ideas on cutting costs and restraining the size of government. The Virginia Cost Cutting Caucus blog has a rundown of some of the key bills.
Several Privatization and Cost Cutting Bills Introduced in Virginia
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August 12, 1981
IBM officially announced the IBM PC on August 12, 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. With 16KB of RAM and a single floppy drive, the machine had a suggested price of $1,565; loaded, it could reach $6,000. Those prices got you Microsoft BASIC for free, hosted in ROM. MS-DOS, sold under IBM's licence as PC-DOS, would cost you $40, while UCSD Pascal would cost you over $500. IBM also announced that CP/M-86 would be available—at some point. In the end, it would be over six months before Digital would finally deliver CP/M-86. When they did, IBM dutifully put it in their catalogue, but at a price of some $240.
Kildall, who remained convinced until his death that MS-DOS was a rip-off of CP/M and from time to time claimed to be able to prove it via this secretly embedded message or that odd API attribute, believed that IBM deliberately priced CP/M six times higher than MS-DOS in order to make sure no one actually bought it, thus honoring the letter of their agreement but not the spirit. IBM, for its part, simply claimed that Digital had demanded such high licensing fees that they had no choice. Of the four operating paradigms, three of them—CP/M, Microsoft BASIC, and UCSD Pascal—ended up being used so seldom that few today even remember they were options in the first place. MS-DOS, of course, went on to conquer the world.
The hardware, meanwhile, is best described as stolid and, well, kind of boring. For all of its unusual (by IBM standards) development process, the final product really wasn't far removed from what people had come to expect from IBM. There was no great creative flair about its design, but, from its keyboard that clunked satisfyingly every time you pressed a key to its big, substantial-looking case with lots of metal inside, it looked and operated like a tool you could rely on. And that wasn't just a surface impression. Whatever else you could say about it, the IBM PC was built to last. Perhaps its most overlooked innovation is its use of memory with an extra parity bit to automatically detect failures. It was the first mass-market microcomputer to be so equipped, giving protection from rare but notoriously difficult to trace memory errors that could cause all sorts of unpredictable behaviour on other early PCs. RAM parity isn't really the sort of thing that inflames the passions of hackers, but for a businessperson looking for a machine to entrust with her livelihood, it's exactly the sort of thing that made IBM IBM. They made you feel safe.
Even if its lack of design imagination would just confirm hackers' prejudices, for plenty of businesspeople uncertain about all these scruffy upstart companies the IBM PC's arrival legitimised the microcomputer as a serious tool for a serious purpose. Middle managers rushed to buy them, because no one ever got fired for buying an IBM—even if no one was ever all that excited about buying one either. IBM sold some 13,500 PCs in the last couple of months of 1981 alone, and the numbers just soared from there.
With IBM in the PC game at last—machines actually started shipping ahead of schedule in October—those who had been there all along were left to wonder what it all meant. Radio Shack's John Roach had the most unfortunate response: "I don't think it's that significant." Another Radio Shack executive was only slightly less dismissive: "There definitely is a new kid on the block, but there is nothing that IBM has presented that would blow the industry away."
Apple, then as now much better at this public-relations stuff than just about anyone else, took a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal saying, "Welcome IBM. Seriously." Like so much Apple advertising, it was a masterful piece of rhetoric, managing to sound gracious while at the same time making it clear that a) IBM is the latecomer and b) Apple intend to treat them as peers, nothing more.
Years later it would be clear that the arrival of the IBM PC was the third great milestone in PC history, following the first microcomputer kits in 1975 and the Trinity (Apple II, PET, TRS-80) of 1977. It also marked the end of the first era of Microsoft's history, as a scrappy but respected purveyor of BASICs, other programming languages, and applications software (in that order). In the wake of the IBM PC's launch, Microsoft quite quickly cut their ties to the older, more hacker-ish communities in which they had grown up to hitch their wagon firmly to the IBM and MS-DOS business-computing train. Plenty of aesthetic, technical, and legal ugliness waited for them down those tracks, but so did hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars.
The other players in this little history had more mixed fates. Seattle Computer Products straggled on for a few more years, but finally went under in 1985. Rod Brock did, however, still have one thing of immense value. You'll remember that Brock sold 86-DOS to Microsoft outright, but had received an exclusive license to it in return. With his company failing, he decided to cash out by selling that license on the open market to the highest bidder. Microsoft, faced with seeing a huge vendor like Radio Shack, Compaq, or even IBM themselves suddenly able to sell MS-DOS-equipped machines without paying Microsoft anything, decided retroactively that the license was nontransferable. The whole thing devolved into a complicated legal battle, one of the first of many for Microsoft. In the end Brock did not sell his license, but he did receive a settlement cheque for $925,000 to walk away and leave well enough alone.
Of course, the man history has immortalised as the really big loser in all this is Gary Kildall. That, however, is very much a matter of degree and interpretation. Digital Research lost its position at the head of business computing, but continued for years as a viable and intermittently profitable vendor of software and niche operating systems. Kildall also became a household name to at least the nerdier end of the television demographic as the mild-mannered, slightly rumpled co-host of PBS' Computer Chronicles series. Novell finally bought Digital in 1991, allowing Kildall to retire a millionaire. For a loser, he did pretty well for himself in the end. Kildall, always more interested in technology than in business, was never cut out to be Bill Gates anyway. Gates may have won, but perhaps Kildall had more fun.
Although the IBM PC marked the end (and beginning) of an era, eras are things that are more obvious in retrospect than in the moment. In the immediate aftermath of the launch, things didn't really change all that much for happy Apple, Commodore, Atari, and Radio Shack users. IBM throughout the development process had imagined the IBM PC as a machine adaptable for virtually any purpose, including going toe to toe with those companies' offerings—thus the BASIC in ROM, the cassette option, and even an insistence that it should be possible to hook one up to a television. IBM even made a deal to sell it through that bastion of mainstream Americana, Sears. Still, the machine was quite expensive in even its most basic configurations, and it lacked the base of casual software (particularly games) and the dedicated users of those competitors. Nor were its graphics and sound capabilities, if perhaps surprising for existing at all, particularly tempting, especially when a new machine called the Commodore 64 came down the pipe in 1982.
So, while the business community flocked to the IBM and MS-DOS in remarkably short order, the world of home, hobbyist, and educational computing would remain fairly divorced from that of the IBM PC for years to come. Eventually, of course, MS-DOS would win out—but that would take more than a decade instead of mere months, allowing space for some of the most vibrant and fun computing cultures to grow and thrive.
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Jimmy Maher is the author of The Digital Antiquarian, an ongoing history of interactive entertainment and matters related in blog form. This article, about the history of the IBM PC, originally appeared there. If you enjoyed this article and the many others on his personal site, you can support his ongoing work by becoming his Patreon patron.


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When you get with that unexpected illness that suddenly has you up feverish, sweating, stomach cramping, wanting nothing more than to curl up in a ball and sleep some more and this goes on for a few days, we often call this flu, for lack of a more precise term.
So when the worst of it finally passes, you awake and it is daylight, and you think that you will have a cup of coffee for the first time in days, and as you sit there, sipping it, and feel your consciousness gently coming back into your body, your physical sensations realigning with your awareness, there is nothing to do but savor the moment. Do not rush it. Listen, in the silence of the place to all the little sounds you generally overlook, the sound of the refrigerator motor, the sound of heat coming through the room, the faint sound of neighbors and traffic.
This is an exquisite moment when the appreciation of being alive and having a body comes slowly back into focus. There is still silence, and as I begin to wash, the sound of hot water running through the pipes. In a little while, I will have chicken soup for breakfast. Yes, I always have chicken soup in my kitchen, and yes, it always helps me recover from illness.
It a little while, I may put on some soft music, solo piano, flute or cello, so that I hear gentle harmonies as I come back into full consciousness.
These moments of recovery from illness are to be savored, letting mind and body settle back into place gently. Simply be aware and notice all the subtle sights, sounds and senses as your mind and body reintegrate. There is nothing to do but let it come together. Often, it is these moments of recovery from difficulty that sharpen our senses and present us with moments of awareness where we cannot do anything but be present. It will serve us well in times of stress to be able to remember this.
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Life was not looking so hot when I turned 70 last year despite the fabulous low-key birthday celebration with close friends, a guitar player and a blues singer. It seemed like I was heading into a painful future and a loss of my precious independence.
The gastroenterologist who gave me the diagnosis of NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) told me there was nothing I could to do to help myself other than lose weight, lose weight, and lose weight. His recommendation of "eat less, move more" was not useful and downright offensive as far as I'm concerned. I'm not an unintelligent woman (of which I reminded him) and recounted the fact that I'd been a low fat, healthy eater all my life. Never a processed food eater and never a great sweet eater either.
He suggested a referral to a dietician which I was dead against. I want to eat real food and understand its value. I've been a Weston A Price Chapter Leader here in Australia and work with many people to access real food and work to support local farmers as much as possible. So a dietician was out of the question.
I've had obstinate obesity for many years which I'd not been able to resolve – at all. I have a wonderful GP who practices nutritional and environmental medicine and he was stumped. Thankfully my GP printed out some research papers which indicated some nutritional supplements that could be beneficial. That really empowered me to seek out some answers myself. Nothing worse than being told "there's nothing you can do".
I believe I ended up in this situation because of a 33-year history of chronic fatigue syndrome, a metabolic disorder. I'd been bedridden at many times in my life and had to retire at age 50 because of disability.
Because of this, my liver function tests were abnormal and heading very much in a dangerous direction. NASH can get worse and cause scarring of the liver, which leads to cirrhosis and my tests indicated I was heading towards cirrhosis.
NASH is similar to the kind of liver disease that is caused by long-term, heavy drinking, but it can also occur in people who don't abuse alcohol. I've never been a big consumer of alcohol, but had stopped any intake for six years prior to diagnosis.
Understanding that weight loss was a key to healing my liver, I started my online research and dug and dug and then kept on digging to find some answers, as I knew I was not unique in trying to understand my fat issues. I was just so uncomfortable in my fat loaded body, and disheartened that I just couldn't find a solution.
Somewhere along the line, I started reading up on keto diet and a low carbohydrate lifestyle and I'm not adverse to animal fats and/or bacon, so decided to have a go!
I started in February 2016, looking for fat loss, but more importantly, healing for my liver. Connecting with lots of Facebook pages and websites and finding the key players was a little frustrating but eventually I was headed on the right track. Lots of research to read and then irrefutable facts on lowering my carbohydrate intake and increasing healthy fats just made sense.
I started questioning my GP as to why our dietary guidelines recommend so many carbohydrates much to our detriment in this modern world.
I implemented some natural supplements and also increased my fish intake to three times a week.
My results were surprising; I lost 13 kg over a 7 month period enjoying delicious and satisfying meals and seeing many others regain their health.
I enjoyed a low-carb cruise in September 2016 for a four day educational intensive. I met lots of great local and international people so willing to share their stories about health gains, and even Persephone the cat who shrunk on a low carb diet – I was impressed!
The experts were there to impart knowledge and experience in a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere on the high seas, or at least the east coast from Brisbane to Airlie Beach and return. Just enough time for me to experience a cruise and know I never need another one!
From that time, I've continued my low carbohydrate diet with some refinement. I've learned to reduce my fat intake and that just eating low carbohydrate vegetables along with some berries maintains my current weight. That's enough to stop my craving for more carbs and continue my health gain lifestyle. I have not lost any more weight since that time but my healing continues.
I've had a couple of visits to an endocrinologist who referred me for further insulin and lipid tests which were enlightening and pointed to a refinement of my lipid and fat intake. No further fat loss and there still seems to be a lurking mystery in regard to this point and I believe that's associated with the very metabolic disorder of CFS where much more research needs to be directed worldwide.
I'm undertaking a gut healing protocol at present as I've been diagnosed with a nasty gut bug that is destroying my healthy bacteria. Low carbohydrate eating is an excellent way to prevent feeding up this gut bug, so I'm already ahead on this matter.
Another benefit after attending the cruise was a presentation in Brisbane when we returned, where I heard and met a neurosurgeon from Brisbane who recommends a low carb diet for many of his patients with spinal pain. I've had lower back pain and sciatica for many years and had regular nine monthly visits for a procedure called radio therapy neurotomy, where nerve endings are lasered/zapped under sedation for temporary pain relief. I undertook an 8 week functional movement training program that this neurosurgeon has developed and offers a unique motor pattern and movement deficiency restoration system through central nervous system rehabilitation.
The practical focus and essence of the program is to develop and retrain patient's dysfunctional spinal, pelvic and hip movement which is the dominating cause of lower back pain.
By acquiring skilful coordinated movement patterns of the lumbo-pelvic spine through the application of the Functional Movement Training Centre program, secondary benefits of flexibility and power in the posterior kinetic chain and spinal core stabiliser muscles will ensue, and they have.
It's hard work for this lady, especially having to travel across Brisbane during peak hour traffic but so worthwhile. I've had a pain syndrome in an ankle in the past which had caused a knee to turn inward and I thought that would be with me for the rest of my life. With a lot of guidance and attention from the very well trained staff at the centre, I've managed to change the direction my knee was headed with special exercises that were aimed at changing the neural pathways and now have a normal centred knee – amazing.
The results this week (two years after diagnosis) following a liver fibroscan and a liver ultrasound – NO FATTY LIVER! My liver function tests are now normal.
My back pain has disappeared as long as I continue to do some specific exercises at home that are not onerous.
I'm the woman with her hands in the air jumping for joy!
The human body is an amazing thing and well able to heal given the right nutrients and instructions.
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Well summer has arrived here finally!!
On Friday I wore for the first time (except for on our Australian holiday) some new shorts. I love them!! Loose comfortable and the right length on me. At the moment I only really like them with a black top, but I may find alternatives that can work. The abstract floral has an unusual orange/yellow in it as well as a taupe/olive. I think white could cut me in half too much? Never mind I have at least three black tops that work including this workhorse one I wore twice last week as well. I did start the day with a black and white spotted top but after seeing the photo quickly changed - a more tailored fit definitely worked better on me. Excuse the black bra strap peeking out.
Second shot is me today. I have shown all these pieces before. I am still not 100% convinced over myself in white pants, I feel this way is about as good as it gets - long top, heels, bit of sparkle. It does feel like a good colour palette for early summer.
I dropped my 14 year old to go on camp today - black and white water rafting as well as a hike over the Tongariro Crossing. I had to drop him outside school, not allowed to go in and say goodbye LOL.
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Aw, you make me long for summer...almost. The second outfit is my favorite but the first looks great for really hot weather. Do you have anything special planned while DS is away at camp?
I usually don't get white pants, but I think the second outfit looks fantastic. I love the way you paired them with the top and camel/cognac (?) shoes and bag. The shorts in the first outfit are fun and I love the shoes! Great casual summer look.
I love your new patterned shorts. The abstract floral design is unique and lovely. They look fabulous paired with the black top and nude shoes. I also adore your outfit with the white cropped pants. The shades in the top are very flattering on you... yes, that might be a fabulous color palette for your warm weather days.
Thanks Joy, it is lovely right now, probably spring temperatures for the mid west (early 20C). We have VIP work visitors this week - I have to host them for a meal - and will be busy supporting everyone while we try and land a deal!!
Thanks Astrid - I struggle with the white pants too - but it is nice to have a pair for occasional wear on a warm day....I have accepted that I will only wear them a couple of ways but I am a happy repeater so that does not worry me.
Cheers El Cee - I am a "spring" so these soft warm pinks are good on me. I like this top because it is not too "saccharine" which is not me at all! Yes I hunted for a while to get the right shorts- being tall so many just make me feel like a whole lot of leg is exposed....I may even get a second pair in a different fabric in the same style because it was a long painful look with some pretty awful WIW last year.
Yes Summer is finally here!
I would try the shorts with white for a change, I think it could work nicely.
You look great in both of these, Sally! That is a lovely pink on you, really pretty with your coloring. And I know what you mean about the sweetness of pink. I recently ordered a blush pink sweater, and I really hope I can find ways to make it a bit less "sweet!" I do love the color!
Thanks Lyn, I have three white/cream tops (one striped) plus a beach cover up, I will experiment.
I always worry that outfits that are light on the top and dark on the bottom cut me in half (and vice versa), it is something I am very conscious of, maybe too much so.
The shorts outfit is really cute. I like the pattern and the volume of the shorts (so many shorts are too short or too fitted or both). Where are they from? The white jeans outfit is elegant. Those colours are great on you.
I'm looking at how fresh and light you look and I'm jealous. It's cold and grey and rainy and miserable here in Texas and I'm Just wishing I could feel my ties again
You look great!
Brooklyn, They are Charlo, which is part of the Augustine Group. They are highly successful here with an online facebook community that lap up their designs. This is my only piece - both my sisters and others I know have several pieces.
(on sale now). Fairly true to size, I ended up in a 14 as they were slightly longer and better, but I could have worn a 12.
In the summer range they have other colours and patterns too.
Thanks Cynthia - it is funny being seasonally out of sync, I felt like that during our wet winter!!
I should add, given recent forum conversations, that Augustine have a wonderful range across sizes - they have a range called Stella Royal which is worth checking out too.
It is a very colourful patterned range of clothing - not to everyone's taste. But it is heartening to see how well they are doing and how they are doing it - featuring women in a range of sizes and ages modelling their clothes, and also a range of heights so you can see how short/long the dress will be on you.
So good to have some versatile and comfortable shorts Sally - they look good.
I also really like your white pants outfit. I have also been working on wearing white pants more this year (having bought my first 2 pairs of white jeans) and I do find they seem to take more work. They aren't FFBOs. But that combo is a great one so go for it!
You look adorable in those shorts, and the colour combination in #3 is sublime on you, Sally. LOVE you in white pants. Killer.
Thanks Kerlyn - I cross posted with you. I find wearing pink with tan works well to make it not too sweet - it is a flattering colour.
Thank you Anne. For me a bit of a heel or a flattering flat shoe help, and a top at the right length,. I agree, not quite a FFBO for me either.
Thank you Angie, white pants Queen!! I am pleased you like them. I used to have some white wide leg trousers in the perfect weight, that sat flat in my tummy. Oh I would love to recreate them, I loved wearing them with a cork heel wedge sandal and a simple tank top.
I hope you find another white pair of wide trousers just like them, Sally. They sound divine for your long and hot Summers.
(And I humbly accept my crown).
Ha you are making me nostalgic for summer and it only ended last week! You look fab!
How lucky your son is to grow up being able to do these wonderful camping trips!
The things I like most about these looks are the boho elements: bag, top in 2 and shorts in 1. I struggle to wear boho to work, but I really like what you've put together in 2, and think I should do something like that.
Is it the whiteness/preppiness of pants the issue? I like how summery they are. I mean, to me, they look fantastic.
Thanks Smittie- I do like a bit of summer boho:). You could wear these sorts of prints Smittie- they would definitely suit you.
I think with the white pants it is a mix of flattery and preppiness issues.
Re: white pants. You might try to find some with a little bit of embroidery detailing. I have a pair like this and it knocks out the preppy vibe.
Good idea, I would like some white flares, or wide legged pants, but I haven't seen many around, it is all about skinnies or boyfriend styles.
The white pants are fantastic, esp with that top.
The shorts are cute. A white top could be ok. Probably depends on the top.
Both outfits are soooo fab! The new shorts look a wonderful fit and length and you are amazing in those white jeans. The peep toe sandals and top are such a great pairing.
Thanks Rachy - I will experiment with white tops and the shorts..
Thanks Diane, I am enjoying wearing summer clothes - the last couple of months have been frustrating as I have been either mostly wearing winter pieces or summer tops with a layer over the top that does not work.
I absolutely love that second outfit! The white capris go great with the top! And I love the colors of the top.
I love those shorts Sally. They look great on you. I had a look at Augustine and it's definitely to my taste...dangerously so!! Must behave..
I really like the white pants on you and the way you have styled them. They will be great for Summer
I struggle with shorts too. I don't like long shorts at all, but I don't like a lot of leg exposed either, as I'm tall as well. I have 2 pairs that I wear when it's hideously hot (like now here), both are more of a tailored cut with pockets and both are low slung...in fact one pair is so low slung that I don't need to unbutton them to take them off..lol..but I manage to keep them on, and they're cotton and so cool.


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Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Coal, Prahlad Venkatesh Joshi has urged the geoscientific community to come up with innovative means of finding deep seated and concealed mineral resources, while causing least ecological disturbance. He said that the government had brought out the National Mineral Policy 2019 and aims to increase mineral production, in value terms, by 200 per cent over the next seven years.
The minister said that the need of the hour was to strengthen the synergy between the professional and academic institutions working in field of geoscience.
The minister expressed hope that after the completion of National Aero-Geophysical Mapping Programme covering 2.7 million km of Obvious Geological Potential by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), the mineral potential zones would be identified leading to auctionable mineral blocks. In the current field season, GSI has almost doubled its exploration activity by implementing about 400 mineral exploration projects on various mineral commodities.
Highlighting the transformative and investor friendly interventions undertaken in the mining sector, Joshi said that the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015, had brought in transparency in competitive auction process and grant of mineral concessions. The setting up of National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) and District Mineral Foundation (DMF) were important steps in this regard.
The government had also set up the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojna (PMKKY) to ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people living in mining areas, he added.
The minister was speaking at the National Geoscience Awards function for the year 2018. The awards, which recognises outstanding contributions in the field of geosciences, mining and allied areas, were presented to 22 scientists from across the country.
The awards were given in 10 disciplines covering mineral exploration, groundwater exploration, mining technology, mineral beneficiation, sustainable mineral development, basic and applied geosciences, geo-environmental studies and natural hazards investigation.
Prof. Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), received the Award for Excellence for his significant global contributions in the field of aquatic biogeochemical research. Dr. Sohini Ganguly, of Goa University was conferred with the Young Scientist Award-2018 for her significant work in the fields of petrology, volcanology and geochemistry.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Anil Mukim, Secretary, Mines outlined the background of the award, initiated way back in 1966 by the Ministry of Mines, and how it had evolved since then with the inclusion of new domains of geoscience to recognise the contributions not only in the field of mineral exploration but also in other disciplines. Till date, 820 geoscientists and engineers from various institutions in the country have received the award. SN Meshram, Director General, Geological Survey of India (GSI) and other senior officials of the Ministry of Mines and GSI were also present on the occasion.


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2019-20 Profile
1141 North Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Tel (405) 521-6436 Fax (405) 522-4586
School Code (CEEB): 372-684 www.ossm.edu
Created by legislative action in 1993, OSSM is Oklahoma's two-year, public, residential high school for juniors and seniors with exceptional ability in science and mathematics. The 127 students (68 seniors and 59 juniors) represent 75 high schools in 29 counties throughout the state of Oklahoma and 2 international students. Standardized testing is reported for domestic students only.
All of the 26 faculty members hold master's degrees; two-thirds hold a doctorate in their academic discipline.
Mission Statement
To educate students who show promise of exceptional academic development through a program of instruction and discovery that challenges them beyond the traditional high school model, imparting a superior foundation for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
Admission is a competitive process initiated by written application. Semifinalists are interviewed by a committee comprised of community leaders and faculty before final selection is determined.
GPA and Class Ranking
Due to the fact that all academic courses are advanced and/or accelerated honors-level courses, OSSM does not calculate grade point averages or class ranking.
Advanced Course Offerings
OSSM does not offer AP courses. OSSM's college-level curriculum includes courses in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Neurobiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics, Endocrinology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Geoscience, Organic Chemistry, Data Structures, Computer Architecture and Assembly, Java Programming, Multivariate Calculus, Differential Equations, Number Theory, Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Real Analysis, Physics: Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Thermal Physics, Waves and Optics, Modern Physics.
Each science class at OSSM includes three hours of lecture and a two- or three-hour laboratory session per week.
Special Topics and Directed Studies
OSSM offers opportunities for students to pursue academic interests to the highest levels. These courses regularly include topics in Theoretical Physics, Advanced Genetics, and Chemistry, as well as Literature, History, and Modern Politics. Directed studies are not counted towards graduation requirements and are not graded.
Grading Information
The academic year is comprised of two semesters. Final grades are given after the eighteenth week of each semester. Students are required to sit for a comprehensive three-hour final in each course.
Due to the rigor of our college-level courses, we suggest the following grading scale be used to evaluate a student's coursework:
<70 = No credit received
Students receive a Pass (P) for physical education and fine arts. Mentorships also receive a Satisfactory (S) or Pass grade.
Graduation Requirements
OSSM students must successfully complete a minimum of sixteen (16) units: one unit of biology; one unit of chemistry; one and one-half units of physics; one unit of science electives; two units of mathematics (inclusive of calculus); two units of English; two units of history; two units of the same foreign language; one- half unit of computer science; one unit of fine arts; two units of physical education.
60 hours of community service and 60 hours of school service are also required.
The Mentorship Program
More than 60% of OSSM students participate in independent research, receiving hands-on experience in their field of interest outside of the classroom. Mentorships have been a part of the academic program at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics since the first graduating class.
The proximity of OSSM to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation as well as other organizations in Oklahoma City allows students to have the opportunity to work alongside nationally acclaimed researchers, physicians, engineers, and business people.
Standardized Tests
ACT (juniors and seniors 2019-20)
English Math Reading Science Composite
32.2 31.6 32.7 31.4 32.1
SAT (juniors and seniors 2018-19)
EBRW Mean Math Mean Total Mean
674 705 1379
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) – Class of 2018– Tested as juniors 2016-17
EBRW Mean Math Mean
666 675
Advanced Placement (AP)
- 57 students took 152 AP exams, May 2018
- 74% of the AP Exams received scores of 3 or higher
College Acceptances – Class of 2019
*Bold denotes matriculation
Click here to see an interactive map of the Class of 2019 College Acceptances and Matriculation.
Abilene Christian University, Arizona State University, The University of Arizona, University of Arkansas, Austin College, Babson College, Baylor University, Benedictine College, Boston College, Boston University, Butler University, California Institute of Technology, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Riverside, University of California, San Diego, University of California, Santa Barbara, Capital University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, University of Central Oklahoma, University of Cincinnati, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado College, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Denver, Duke University (2), The George Washington University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Grinnell College, Harvard College, Harvey Mudd College, Haverford College, Hendrix College, Illinois Institute of Technology, Jefferson College of Health Sciences, King's College, LeTourneau University, Loyola University Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Missouri Columbia, New York University, Northwestern University (2), University of Notre Dame, Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma State University, The University of Oklahoma (26), The College of the Ozarks, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Pomona College, University of Portland, Princeton University (2), Purdue University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rhodes College, Rice University, University of Rochester, Saint Louis University, University of San Francisco, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Simpson College, University of Southern California, Southwestern University, St. Olaf College, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, The University of Texas, Austin, The Ohio State University, Trinity College Dublin, Tufts University, Tulane University, University of Tulsa (3), United States Merchant Marine Academy, Vanderbilt University, Vassar College, Washington University in St. Louis, Western Michigan University, Whitman College, Wichita State University, Wittenberg University
This publication is issued by The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics as authorized by the School President. Copies have been distributed electronically and in print upon demand. An electronic copy has been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.


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I Love this Man
Today I just finished my first week back to work and I am in pain.
Not from the surgery but the lack of muscle use while I was off.
I stand all day
My Neck back legs and even my arms are sore.
My husband works much harder than I. He delivers freight in Picton all day long.
He lifts and loads and unloads freight from 7:30- sometimes 6:30 at night Mon-Fri
The man has arthritis and gout in his knees and is constantly in pain.
when I arrived home tonight, he met me in the driveway and came and hugged me when I got out of the car.
It was quite the sight as we were both limping and laughing towards eah other at our not so graceful aging process.
He was also BBQ-ing potatoes and porkchops and the garlic bread was ready to go.
He offered to pour me a drink and when I walked into the house it was immaculate.
He even borrowed pledge from the neighbour.
And even with all he did today plus mow the lawn and walk the dog.
He took the time tonight and rubbed my back shoulders and feet while watching the hockey game because he knew I had a long first week.
Sometimes we look for blessings in our lives and we can often tend to think they will be
Big and Bold and Obvious
it's the simplest acts of selflessness that are truly the Blessings.
God has given me an amazing Blessing
and his name is Steve
and I want for nothing more


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Kirkwood, Hilda – 1917-2017
Hilda Thompson Kirkwood Green passed away peacefully at Fairview Manor in Almonte, Ontario, on January 27, 2017. She was in her 100th year.
Hilda was born in Beer, England and came to Canada with her parents Roy and Ada Thompson as a small child. She grew up in Peterborough, where her lifelong passion for literature and poetry led to her writing book reviews for the Peterborough Examiner under editor Robertson Davies. Associated with the Canadian Forum for more than 40 years, Hilda served on its editorial board and contributed scores of articles, reviews and travelogues to it and numerous other publications. In her 70s, she authored two books: Phoenix Time, a compilation of her poems, and Between the Lines, a collection of her interviews with such notable Canadians as Margaret Laurence, Northrop Frye, Leon Rooke and William McElcheran. Hilda was also an accomplished painter.
In 1940, Hilda married Jack Kirkwood, who would spend much of their early married life away from home while serving with the Canadian Forces during the Second World War. In 1949, Hilda and Jack moved with their son, Bill, to Brampton, where they welcomed their daughter Katharine. In addition to her writing, Hilda was a vibrant presence in the Brampton community. She was involved in local theatre, with the Peel County Historical Society and the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives. She served as a trustee on the Peel Board of Education and on the local, county and provincial library boards.
Jack died in 1973 and in 1975 Hilda married John Green. Hilda and John shared a love of music and travel and lived in Toronto and Peterborough before moving to Almonte in 1999. John died in 2004.
Hilda is survived by her son, Bill Kirkwood (Susan Hanna), daughter Katharine Kirkwood (Ron Bell), stepdaughter Debbie Green, stepson Chris Green (Christina Sass-Kortsak), grandsons Andrew, Cameron and David Kirkwood, granddaughters Rosamund, Megan and Emma Dunkley, grandsons Sam, Will, Andrew and Matthew Green, great-grandchildren Thompson, Sarah, Quincy, Gavin, Matthew, Jamie, Felix, Hayden, Bridget, Zoe and Paisley, sister Patricia Young, brother Jim Thompson and many nieces and nephews. Also predeceased by brothers Bill, Bob and Lang Thompson and stepdaughter Virginia.
Hilda's family wants to thank the staff at Fairview Manor, who provided such excellent and compassionate care to her for almost 10 years, and Heather Sword, who was a faithful visitor.
A celebration of Hilda's long and well-lived life will be held at a future time. For those who may choose to honour Hilda with a memorial donation, please consider the Almonte General Hospital/Fairview Manor Foundation.
Arrangements are entrusted to
C. R. GAMBLE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL Inc.,
127 Church Street Almonte, Ontario. (613) 256-3313,
Condolences & Tributes: www.crgamble.com.


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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Why "don't ask don't tell" is still a galactic-central issue
I recall in the mid 1990s that a trial attorney from a major Washington DC (Pennsylvania Ave) law firm told a GLBT audience that the military gay ban (aka "don't ask don't tell" policy) was one of the most important issues that it faces, and that it could potentially become one of the nation's most important national security and public policy issues. That is so despite the fact that the quantity of people affected is, compare to many issues, relatively small (although close to 12000 people have been discharged since 1993 under the policy).
Some of the effects of the ban are practical. The military often provides careers and college educations to those who are otherwise disadvantaged, and the tuition recoupment cases are particularly troubling. From a security perspective, the ban seems to be causing the military to lose scare language and medical skills.
But the biggest concern is somewhat more symbolic. The ban, at least until studied in detail, implies to the public that GLBT people are not fit to do their share in defending the country, a point that has become more important again in a post 9/11 world where we cannot take our freedom for granted. If they are not fit to serve, why should they have equal rights in other areas?
I came of age when we had the Vietnam era military draft. I remember the controversy about student deferments, which were eliminated with the lottery in 1969. I also remembered the moral dichotomies: it seemed that a draft penalized the healthy and fit. It penalized men and assumed that they had to prove they could protect women and children before they had rights to their own lives. A lot of this kind of thinking started to recede after Nixon ended the draft around 1973, but since 9/11 we have heard a lot of talk about restoring it and about how the "sacrifices" should be shared equally. It gets expanded into discussions of universal national service. You wouldn't need formal conscription (although the Selective Service System is still intact and ready to go); you could have a system with much stronger carrots, and some leading Democrats are pushing that angle. At least, that answers the objection of "involuntary servitude." Still, the obvious question is, what about gays? "Civilian" service only? What about the Peace Corps in Muslim countries.
That brings up the central justification for the "ban" as it emerged in the 1993 debate: that it was necessary to protect the "privacy" of straight soldiers in conditions of forced intimacy. That also led to discussions about unit cohesion. I had an upsidedown relationship with this whole debate. I had been thrown out of William and Mary as a freshman in November 1961 after telling the Dean of Men that I was gay, and it was assumed that my presence and knowledge of my predisposition threatened the delicate "masculinity" or moral normal boys. (Although, after a stay-at-home college education and dorm graduate school, I would personally serve in the Army stateside for two years without incident, not exactly openly.) That's similar to what the military was thinking. But we run into forced intimacy in other occupations: fire departments (this was a debate in NYC in the 1970s), law enforcement, intelligence. It seems that these concerns have not been as serious in these areas. One wonders about medicine, nursing, and even teaching, where at work one might have to attend to custodial needs of a non-consenting adult person.
To it's credit, when Congress passed the 1993 law, it tried to say that the military is "different" from these other areas. Nevertheless, the message was clear: gay people, men especially, should not be trusted in some intimate same-sex environments.
I even thought at the time that some sort of more "humane" kind of "don't tell" could work. After all, back then, the concern was "having a life" (we called it a "private life" and civil libertarians talked about "private choices" as "fundamental rights") and not having to bring it into the workplace. This debate was going on just before the general public caught on to the Internet, and in a few years search engines were making everything public, to the point that public openness and candor became a virtue that seemed more important to many people than "privacy", even in living quarters or in barracks.
It is true, there has been steady improvement in defense-related civilian employment for gays. I applied for a top secret clearance when I had a civilian job in 1972, and the outcome was indeterminate. By the early 1990s, the situation had become much better, and in 1995 the Clinton administration issued an executive order that supposedly protected gays in security clearances and civilian defense employment.
I was in an odd position, working in the 1990s for a company that specialized in selling life insurance to military officers when I decided to do the book. I was not comfortable with this, but fortunately the company was acquired, and I took a position with the acquiring company in Minneapolis. Still, this raises "moral" questions. If I am unsuitable to take up arms for my country, should I make a living off of it as a civilian? There are some people who would say no.
We get to the recent issue of ENDA which, along with hate crimes legislation, represents a practical advance in rights for many GLBT people, but it is far from perfect because of the various exclusions (trans-gender, military, disparate impact, etc.) But, really, we come back to the question of sharing responsibility.
It's interesting how history tracks. Clinton's attempt to lift the military ban came up after the "first" 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, which represented more of a threat to security than maybe many of us realize today. The war showed (just as World War II and Vietnam had -- indeed, the Army had stopped "asking" by 1966), that the military can look the other way on gays when it needs people deployed in real combat. It was about this time – when there was real need – that security clearances were being handled more fairly, too. And, to close the circle, the American success (in the Persian Gulf War) then may well have helped contribute to the pressure on the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, leading to the collapse of old-style communism. And now, elements of that War helped set the stage for 9/11 and our situation with Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. and Al Qaeda today. (I leave the conduct of Bush on Iraq for another time.) All of these historical trends relate. And, by the way, this was all accomplished with a volunteer military, until Bush started the repeat Reserve and Guard deployments to Iraq and the "back door draft" leading to calls for a real draft again.
Not long after Clinton raised the issue of the military ban, gay marriage (at least in Hawaii and then Vermont) percolated in the mid 1990s as an issue, to explode with the Massachusetts decision in 2004. But even in the 90s we were starting to see "shared responsibility" as part of the debate. Here the domestic responsibility includes raising the next generation (the constant call for adoptive and foster parents, the publicity over the teacher shortage and "no child left behind" and caring for the last one (the demographics of eldercare with a lower birthrate, and how filial responsibility could come to affect GLBT people. All of these issues are interconnected, like routes on a graph theory problem.
It's encouraging that individualism has held together somewhat even after 9/11, with Lawrence v. Texas (2003) and the successful outcome in getting COPA declared unconstitutional at a district court trial last year. The political pressure to lift the ban through democratic legislative processes, given how things are evolving (and the evangelical political meltdown after all the scandals) make Mart Meehan's bill to lift the ban seem credible, when a few years ago it sounded like a fantasy (constitutional challenges to the ban have not fared well in appeals courts because of "deference to the military"). A good blockbuster film on it could help seal its demise.
In the period after Stonewall, the real gains were in being able to lead our lives within reason, at least in larger cities. In the 80s, many of us fought for our lives. In the 90s, the thinking changed, away from the emphasis on protecting private choices to the importance of full equality because equality is an important part of sharing responsibility (and sharing psychological "risk taking" too). In general, full public equality is important especially in situations where one needs to be counted on as an authority figure or role model (like a teacher). All of this only became clearer after the 9/11 events. The sensitivity of so many people to having their feelings protected when they make and try to keep marital commitments and raise families, while other people "tell" and speak with such candor on global media never before available, seems to be a major stumbling block.
There is an LCR-SLDN announcement today about a display on the National Mall in Washington around the end of Nov. 2007, discussed here.
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Extending the lifespan of your assets can greatly reduce costs
Using UpKeep, customers such as Unilever and Rehrig manufacturing have seen their equipment lifespans increase by up to 11%.
Useful life is used to represent how long an asset is likely to be profitable to the business. It is used to calculate an asset's depreciation while also helping inform maintenance and purchasing decisions. The longer the asset's useful life, the lower its depreciation rate will be, but also the longer the company will benefit from it.
Increasing the useful life can have large capital impacts on a business, allowing capital to be reinvested into other areas of a business.


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text: Let's talk about how print has escaped death as various technology that should have killed it have failed in doing so completely: Radio, TV and now the internet. The web instead of killing print will empower it. Web will kill print as a medium for delivery content but will empower it an object: Something that can be touched, felt and kept. In a future world where digital contents and communications will choke our lives as they become too much to consume, The Printed Piece will always hold its place as a tangible branding element... and we will remember the brands who gave us something to touch, feel and keep more than the brands that just send digital contents our way. Printing media may suffer, but the printing industry will continue to grow. Print is not at war with the web, the web is will rather help print grow. Long Live Print.


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LS509 You Don't Need an App for That: EPUBs for Mobile Learning
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Thursday, March 17
Mobile is the new way of learning. Learners want it and companies want to provide it. However, app development can be expensive, especially if you are starting from a mostly print or standard eLearning model of training. Finding a way to give learners and organizations the mobile learning they want without breaking the bank is a must in today's training market.
In this session, you will learn how EPUBs can be used as a low-cost solution for taking training content mobile. See how these digital books are able to support many of the same bells and whistles traditional eLearning interactions support. You will examine how digital books leverage the same inputs as traditional apps such as gestures, but cost a fraction to develop and maintain across multiple operating systems and devices. You'll discover there is a slightly different design process required when building training for eBooks. And you will learn some great examples of how it's done so you can try it yourself.
In this session, you will learn:
- Which platforms and tools are available for digital publication use
- The different audiences for each publishing platform and which best fits your audience
- Real world strategies from companies that use digital book platforms as part of their mobile strategy
- The do's and don'ts of digital book publishing
Novice to advanced designers and developers.
discussed in this session:
Apple iBooks and Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.
Mikaylie Kartchner
Senior Learning Producer
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mikaylie Kartchner is a senior learning producer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mikaylie has been working as an instructional designer and writer for over a decade; before her current position, she designed learning experiences for ATK, NASA, and Fortune 500 companies such as Amway Global, Walmart, and Avon at Allen Communication. She has been honored multiple times for her writing and design work, including awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and The eLearning Guild.


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When The unspoken words unable to hold themselves in the emotional sky, they fall on paper..... like those of condensed and weighty clouds fall as rain drops on earth....
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Life Is Full Of Typos!!
Thursday, June 22, 2017
#Monsoon: Chham Chham Chham..Falling Raindrops
Watching the Dripping Drops Dancing
Mersmerising and Captivating.... A Feeling
A Soothing Assurance From Heaven...
That Whatever Happens,
How Troubled, Messed up, Hurt....Life is
At The End...
I Will Definitely Get My Share of Rain
Rain Of Blessings,
Rain Happiness,
Rain Of Peace,
And Rain Of Love...
Chham Chham Chham…
Falling Rain Drops
Let's welcome them
With an enthralling Heart!!
Monsoon Monsoon
Happy Monsoon
Sunday, June 18, 2017
#FathersDay: Fathers Spend Sleepless Nights For their kids
#FathersDay: Fathers Spend Sleepless Nights For their kids
Probably, I have heard for the first time, a man saying "Father Should Have Leave Like - Maternity Leave- to take care of the newly born". And it was from Santosh...my husband. I remember, sometime my son used to cry in the mid- night, making us confused and bewildered, with no clue, what he wanted exactly. I guess…every parent have those moments. Santosh used have a very erratic and abhorrent kind of shift duty those days. Sometime he used to back home after working more than 15 hours at a stretch. But in spite of that "He" used carry the baby for hours, sometime whole night staying awake - asking me to sleep peacefully. In fact, whenever he used to be at home, he used to spare a considerable time in taking care of my son…from bathing him to potty clean him….everything, he used to do. He is the BEST FATHER IN THE WORLD!
That's why I always strongly disagree if someone says; fathers don't spend "sleepless nights" for their children. It's an utter misconception. They do, may be at work or at home....raat raat bhar woh bhi jagte hain, Like stars at night, they stay awake, while we sleep and we don't see them when we are awake in the daytime.
Most of the time, I have seen fathers are often misunderstood as "heartless beings" as unlike mothers they don't wear emotional sleeves. But their sentiments are often invisible, like stars at night. If Mother endow with an emotional anchorage for a child, a father gives survival kit to wade through the waves of harsh realities and remain unfazed by them, and the bag of strength to think for the unthinkable, dare for the impossible!!
Love Your Dad; Love Him For Being Your Father!!Happy Father's Day!!
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
#WorldEnvironmentDay:If I Were Planet Earth
United Nation's World Environment Day, is celebrated on 5th of June Every Year. It encourages worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. It began in 1972 and is widely celebrated in more than 100 countries.
However, I feel it should not only be observed for a particular day, instead it should be on every day.
However, I feel it should not only be observed for a particular day, instead it should be on every day.
We are all well aware, how we humans, in search of better living in terms infrastructure and development, have blatantly abused nature. We have cut trees, reduced forest lands and polluted water bodies and air to accommodate more humans, projects, and factories...etc. That has imbalanced the Ecology.
In an endeavour to acclaim ourselves as the most intelligent and prudent creature, we have actually somewhere proved our stupidity and imprudence…in the course of time. We have forgotten the fact that "We are from the Environment and Environment is NOT from us".
There by, it's high time and imperative now to be alert and aware of our silliness to destroy nature.
Here are few quotes shared by different people on YourQuote.in on the prompt #Tree and #IfIWereMotherEarth.
If I would Have Been Planet Earth,
Revolution I would Have Stopped
Every time A Tree Is Curt!!
Cutting The Trees Will Leave The Future Generation breathless
If Everyone Plant A Tree It Will Help Keep The Environment Pollution Free.
When You save a Tree from Being Cut, You Increase the Life of Mother Earth
Let us all be open-minded and loving towards our home planet.
Friday, June 2, 2017
#OdiaFood: Alubhaja And paratha
Well…let Me tell you, I am not a good cook at all but I try to explore cooking. For me even though cooking is an everyday affair, I don't really do it with passion unless the dishes are close to me. In short, when I "have to" any way, I use my mind while if it is "I want" to cook, I put my hearts into it.
Being an Odia, I love Odia foods and "I Love" to cook them mainly for two reasons. They make me happily nostalgic and the other one is they are simple to make, less oily and spicy yet wildly tasty.Here is one…a very simple Odia dish.
Alubhaja and Paratha!
Potatoes cut into thin but straight pieces simply cooked with cumin seeds, oil, chopped onions, turmeric, salt and a pinch of red chilli powder. Served along with Parathas or Rotis…
A typical and classical odia breakfast!!
Evergreen....in its taste and appeal.I bet...it's always irresistible for any Odia!
Always in love with it...
Try it guys. Make sure you are asking for it, if you are visiting a Odia friend's house. It takes just few minutes to be prepared as the ingredients are always available at homes.
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So, you have a small or mid-sized private practice.
You're not operating within the boundaries of the red tape of a large hospital system or bending to the shiny, corporate marketing of a health network or brand.
You're on your own - and chances are, you're there for a reason. You do well on your own, and you enjoy having your own practice. You have your loyal patients, as well as the occasional new patient.
And you're doing just fine, in your opinion.


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Sliding it in under the "100 Days" mark, Mayor Newsom held the first "SFStat" meeting last Wednesday:
"San Francisco, CA – Mayor Gavin Newsom and seven department heads held the first SFStat meeting today in City Hall. SFStat, a performance management process and technology initiative, is based on the Baltimore's Citistat program first by Mayor Martin O'Malley. Baltimore's Citistat was based on the technology tools and processes of Compstat – the crime mapping model first implemented in New York City – and has become a proven system of management and accountability that reduces waste and improves efficiencies in government services.
The first SFStat meeting laid the groundwork for San Francisco's ambitious replication of the Baltimore model. During the SFStat meeting, Mayor Newsom and a panel of city leaders reviewed department human resources, budget and customer service data, and quizzed department heads about the metrics and methods the department will report going forward.
"San Franciscans deserve a city government that is effective, cost-efficient, and responsive to their needs," said Mayor Newsom. "SFStat will transform the way city government does business by implementing an innovative and highly successful performance management strategy. I am committed to managing city agencies to achieve excellence and results," concluded Mayor Newsom.
Regular SFStat meetings will initially be held monthly, allowing Mayor Newsom and his department heads to evaluate departmental performance on a timely basis. The departments participating in the first meeting included Animal Care and Control, Emergency Communications Department, Fire Department, Parking and Traffic, Police Department, Public Works, and the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services."


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Chicago jurors who've already spent nine days deciding the fate of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich won't be back in court until Monday.
But even before the 11-woman, one-man jury began its deliberations, Blago's lawyers had already filed an "omnibus motion for mistrial" – noting that it was "not an exhaustive list of every error and impropriety" that occurred in presiding U.S. District Court Judge James B. Zagel's courtroom.
Blago is being tried on a 20-count indictment for corruption – including a scheme in which he allegedly tried to sell Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
Sheldon Sorosky and his defense team accused a "biased" Zagel of "invad[ing] the province of the jury" when he "persistently prohibited defense counsel from eliciting facts from Blagojevich to present to the jury and other witnesses which the Court perceives as contrary to the government's theory of the case."
On May 31, the defense attorneys claim, Zagel ignored their opening statements that Blagojevich did not cut funding for Children's Memorial Hospital, bizarrely suggesting "that "…he can explain that this was his mental state in November, that I was just — I was really upset because I was getting a lot of bad publicity, if that's the way you want to go, and consequently it was the bad publicity that caused me to cut Children's Memorial, fine."
By doing so, the judge engaged in inappropriate "fact finding" – and did it again the same day when he contradicted Blagojevich while he was still on the witness stand.
Under our constitutional system, a defendant is considered innocent until the government proves otherwise. So such interjections from the bench and repeated "references to the first trial" (over which Zagel also presided) prejudiced the jury and defeated the purpose of cross-examination, they claim.
"Not only is the jury the fact-finding party that should make those determinations, but the Court's rulings indicate a closed mind regarding both the merits of the case and the credibility of Blagojevich?s testimony. This prevents Blagojevich from receiving a fair trial," the motion stated.
Zagel's refusal to allow Blagojevich to present relevant evidence to the jury, including key government recordings, is also problematic, "putting him in the impossible position of not having evidence in the record to establish a key aspect of his defense, but then because the evidence is not in the record, the Court finds that there is no support to argue the defense."
Allowing the government to play 72 recordings to bolster prosecution witnesses' testimony, but not giving the defense the same opportunity, "gives an improper appearance to the jury that only 'bad' recordings exist," Team Blago pointed out.
"One example of this, among many, is the use of the government of the portion of the transcript not introduced by the defense on the 12-8-08 call between Blagojevich and [former deputy governor] Bob Greenlee in which Blagojevich references not making a Senate appointment until January 6th, the reported date of the sentencing of Tony Rezko.
"The government attempted to make much out of this issue – even playing the audio of the recording – but when the defense attempted to ask Blagojevich what he meant by his words on that call, the defense was largely prohibited. This was an improper and prejudicial set of rulings by the Court. Blagojevich?s testimony, if fully allowed, would have established his innocent intent and the reasoning behind these statements. "
One of the most explosive accusations in the motion for retrial is that the government "manipulated the system to have Blagojevich tried before this particular Court" – while making a "rare concession" to sever Republican fundraiser and Blago co-defendant William Cellini from the case. Cellini won't go on trail until October.
Chicago Magazine quotes "one of the city's prominent criminal defense attorneys" who thinks that the motion for mistrial has merit: "I think an appeal of this case would have legs, yes. Judge Zagel acted screwy. There's not even a pretense of being fair. If the right judge gets this appeal, I think the conviction could be reversed. It's hard to understand, too, because Zagel's really one of the brightest judges on the bench. [Sustaining all those objections] is a problem.
"In this trial, you've either got a judge who is overreaching his authority or is not being fair, or, if you want to say that the defense was asking the wrong questions, you've got incompetent lawyers. Either way, Blagojevich deserves a new trial."
So even when it's over, it may not really be over.
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Leadership is vision. You need to know what you want, in order to get what you want!
Leadership is vision. You need to know what you want, in order to get what you want!
Why reinvent? The game has changed
Think like your competitors in order to supersede them.
The players have changed. The heads of corporations are changing. How do we compete with the richest people on the planet?
Jim- Thank you for sharing our story with your audience. We appreciate people like you representing and reporting on our industry. Your team does a great job.
Yesterday it was announced that Amazon has decided to pull out of their plans to relocate headquarters to my own city, New York City. Once again, the tail is wagging the dog in New York City as the smallest of minds in the smallest number, manage to win their way to costing New York City taxpayers millions of dollars.
Amazon had promised 25,000 jobs in HQ2 all to be in the range of $100,000/year. That would have generated over $2.5 billion in income to Queens, New York. In addition, the income tax generated would be over $1 billion to federal state and local municipalities. This is simply for payroll tax. Those 25,000 new jobs and residents would influence the local community and local economy in ways that would generate billions of dollars in additional revenue and thousands of other jobs being created in the process. Other industries impacted include restaurants, hotels, transportation, police, firemen, teachers, beauty parlors, service stations, nightclubs, taverns, and every other business imaginable that is currently struggling to make ends meet with skyrocketing city costs and burdensome taxes.
Queens had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help solidify New York's presence as the East Coast tech capital of the United States. How could New York and its representatives be so shortsighted? State senator Michael Gianaris seemed to celebrate the loss of jobs, income, and revenue that Amazon would bring to the community.
Will additional tax dollars be generated by not having Amazon here? What about all the new construction in Long Island City? Who's going to occupy those apartment buildings? Tax abatements are routinely given to drive business to zones that would help the local community. This was a golden opportunity to see Queens flourish but instead, as usual, the special interest groups backed by people with a vested interest in seeing queens go backward, won again.
Many people in the community were rejoicing at the opportunity to have such an important business player such as Amazon in our backyard. Our community has always welcomed diversity and inclusion which apparently doesn't apply to successful tech companies coming with incredible opportunities for the communities at a time when it needs it the most.
Sadly, the concerns of few have won over the needs of many. The community, the borough, and the city are the immediate losers as undoubtedly business investment in this area will evaporate.
It's understandable that Amazon pulled out, receiving a lukewarm reception from the city is in stark contrast with the other cities and states fighting to have Amazon. The tax revenue that would've been generated when they located to our community will now be the burden of the taxpayers that remain in Queens. It's no wonder New York is no longer known as a business-friendly state. Nice job guys nice job…
As segmented as the modern marketplace has become, one lone retailer has impacted nearly every facet of commerce, no matter the industry – Amazon. What started in books has now exploded to reach its ever-expanding tentacles into everything from cloud storage to grocery delivery, and nearly every possible point in between.
In fact, Amazon has grown to the point where it has taken almost mythological proportions, enamored and envied by some, detested and reviled by others. No matter what your personal opinion on Amazon might be, as a business owner or entrepreneur, you cannot deny the fact that what started as a little online bookstore in a Seattle garage has become the stuff of legend.
To that point, Amazon is a living, breathing example of what innovation, tenacity, and a forward-looking point of view can do for any company, including your own. The Amazon Effect is very much real and ready to help guide you down your own path if you're willing and able to follow its lead.
We've taken lessons gleaned from concepts like the Amazon Effect to heart at Paragon Honda. However, as intimidating, frustrating, or overwhelming as today's dynamic marketplace might be, I assure you of this – something like the Amazon Effect should motivate and inspire you to accel, not fill you with terror.
While the Amazon effect might have started as a case study in supply chain logistics, it has become more of a catch-all to a way of operating or even looking at the market in a way that refines, redefines the status quo. In short, the Amazon Effect is about intelligent disruption, refusing to accept things as impenetrable or immovable but just in need of a new perspective.
To give the concept the proper context, think about what the supply chain was like just a few decades ago. It was big and cumbersome, inflexible and lacked any semblance of agility. Historical sales figures exclusively informed product shipments and inventory levels so any shift in consumer preferences would inevitably require months for distribution analytics to catch up.
Now think about the modern supply chain and how it has evolved over the last 20 years, primarily due to Amazon and its revolutionary distribution model. The marketplace is now almost entirely pliable, able to instantly bend and contorted self according to the ever-shifting demands of a fickle consumer base with interests that change by a stiff breeze.
Rather than waiting four to six weeks for an order to arrive, customers now expect deliveries to be sitting on their doorstep hours from the time of the initial order. This concept, in a nutshell, is the Amazon Effect – a complete reinvention of standard business practices, changing the customers very definition and perception of "good service" across every vertical.
You might be asking yourself what the Amazon Effect has to do with you and your own ambitions. Don't look at the concept is something strictly about the supply chain but, instead, about a different way of looking at modern business. There are always going to be competitors that are bigger, faster, with more capital and for more resources available, but that doesn't mean that your best response is to run in the opposite direction.
Instead, follow Amazon's lead and make the absolute most of what you have at your own disposal to carve a niche out of the market. Just as Amazon did in the 1990s, leverage the benefits of readily available technology to maximum effect. Amazon didn't invent the internet, nor did they create Federal Express/UPS, instead Amazon leaveragered the stuffing out of these existing technologies/platforms to provide unheard of service for their clients across multiple business models. Automate your marketing message across social media, email campaigns, and any other distribution channels you think beneficial to establish brand identity and a unique, compelling narrative.
The point is this – take Amazon's lead and never stop innovating, disrupting, and reaching. Make the most of the tools available to maximize impact. And most importantly, always take direction from the best in class, bending their innovative thinking, practices, and procedures to suit your specific needs.
Can you imagine the day when your customers can ask their Google Assistant to schedule their car for service? Or if their car is ready to be picked up from your service department? Well, that day is here for Brian Benstock, Vice President add General Manager of Paragon Honda who's group has developed this exciting new technology.
We had an incredible night at the Classic Car Club Manhattan (CCC) earlier this week. Paragon Acura was able to deliver a new black 2017 NSX to the Classic Car Club Manhattan using Paragon Direct, a completely online purchase process where customers never need to visit a dealership to purchase a vehicle.
We celebrated with a gathering of 100+ Classic Car Club members last week. CCC members were able to get a personal look at several Acura NSX's an Acura TLX GT in a beautiful facility set on the Hudson River, and NSX designer Michelle Christensen was on hand to mingle with the crowd and answer questions.
Thank you to the Classic Car Club Manhattan for their partnership, Chuck Kendig for moving mountains to get the TLX GT to the facility in time, and Ms. Christensen for helping to make this event a memorable and unique experience for the Acura brand.


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Thugs Of Hindostan is not inspired by Pirates of Carribean: Aamir Khan
While confirming that his upcoming film along with Amitabh Bachchan and Fatima Sana Shaikh - Thugs of Hindostan - is an action adventure film, Aamir Khan refuted rumours that it is inspired by Johnny Depp's Pirates of the Carribean.bollywood Updated: Jun 14, 2017 17:25 IST
Bollywood star Aamir Khan refuted rumours that his upcoming film Thugs Of Hindostan being inspired by the Johnny Depp starrer Hollywood flick Pirates of Caribbean.
At a media meet after participating in chat show Dangal Dangal Baat Chali Hai with the whole cast of his mega blockbuster Dangal, Aamir was asked about the similarity and he said: "The film is not inspired from any other film. It is an action adventure film but the story is not similar.
"There are some hundreds of action adventure films. There is Pirates of Caribbean, there is Indiana Jones and many others. All these are action adventure films. So the genre of our film is action adventure but the story is different. Even my character in the film is not similar to any other character."
Thugs of Hindostan is directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and star Aamir, Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh in lead roles.
"We are starting the shoot for Thugs of Hindostan in June. Fatima is the heroine of the film. I am very happy as she is a very good artist, she suits the role," he said.
With Dangal doing great business in China, the actor said he good films do not have any language or culture barrier and have a global connect. "I suppose people have loved the film. These kind of films do not have any language or culture barriers. These are human stories which connect to everybody, irrespective of their language or region. So this is the beauty of creative things... that they do not have any national or political boundaries."
Asked whether he is receiving any messages from his Chinese fans, he said: "I am getting many messages from China, the way they are reacting on social media as well is making me very happy."
The press conference ended with Aamir singing song Dhakad Hai from Dangal.
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Final Project: My Stories for the Classroom blog
During my internship I learned about Listening to Reading from the Daily 5 and wondered how I could incorporate it into my classroom. My ECMP 355 class inspired me to create the Stories for the Classroom blog with a number of digital stories that I have created and found as my final project.
Feel free to check it out and I hope you enjoy it!


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Your driveway is one of the areas of your home that seldom gets a lot of attention and care particularly because it is a flat expanse of concrete that covers the area between your garage and the road. As overlooked and neglected as your driveway maybe, when you notice it sinking in areas, making it uneven, you should take notice. Ignoring this change can only bring about bigger problems that will cost you more in the long run to repair. When you need help with such a problem, the company to contact for help is Ox Foundation Solutions.
There are many reasons why your driveway might be sinking in parts, and all of these have something to do with the soil underneath it. Some parts of your property may be prone to soil consolidation, which is a process that occurs with the changing of the weather. Extremely cold winters and harsh summers can cause the soil underneath your driveway to expand and shrink over time, causing the concrete slab on top of it to crack and to sink.
Your driveway's concrete slab may also crack and sink due to soil erosion, which can happen due to improper drainage. When it rains, any loose soil that was not properly compacted underneath the slab can be washed away, which will result in a hole underneath the slab. Add constant pressure and weight on this area and you get a sunken slab that needs to be lifted and leveled.
If parts of your driveway are slowly sinking due to any of the aforementioned reasons, you need to fix the problem the moment you notice it. Leaving your driveway's concrete sinking issue alone will only worsen the situation. The answer to this problem is Ox Foundation Solutions' concrete leveling and lifting services.
The moment you realize that you have a sinking concrete slab on your driveway, you need to act fast in order to remedy the situation. The longer you delay acting on this, the bigger the problem will become and the more you will end up spending in fixing it. With our concrete leveling and lifting service, you not only solve the problem on your driveway but you also do so in an economical, fast, and efficient manner.
Ox Foundation Solutions utilizes a ground-breaking and economical solution to get your driveway back to its even level. You won't have to go through the long, expensive, and excruciating process of removing the old slab, filling out the hollowed-out space, and rebuilding your driveway. With the help of a substance called OxPoly®, you can get your driveway back to normal in a shorter period of time than it takes when you use the traditional method for fixing uneven concrete slabs.
Our process starts with the drilling of penny-sized holes in the area that needs to be lifted. These holes are then filled with an expanding geotechnical foam via an injection method. This foam fills up the eroded area and solidifies, lifting the sunken portion of your driveway.
OxPoly®, which is the substance we use to fill up the eroded areas underneath your concrete slabs, is a more durable and lightweight alternative to traditional mudjacking. While it uses the same principles, it does not bring with it the risk of further sinkage due to the lighter weight of the foam when compared with the heavy slurry used in mudjacking.
When you find that your driveway is in immediate need of repair due to settlement, Ox Foundation Solutions is the company to contact to help with your concrete lifting and leveling needs. Other services we offer include basement waterproofing, foundation repair, and crawl space services. Simply call us at 205-303-3404 or visit our Contact Us page to fill out our form and we will gladly assist you in any way we can.


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Protocol Submission: NMREB
Please ensure you read the following steps before submitting your protocol.
Faculties that must submit to the Non-Medical REB*
- Arts & Humanities
- Don Wright Faculty of Music
- Education
- Engineering
- Information and Media Studies
- Law
- Social Science
- Richard Ivey School of Business
* The research taking place overrides the Principal Investigator's faculty. If you have questions about which board to submit to, please contact the office.
- Supporting documentation (surveys, letters of consent). (Samples)
How to Submit your Protocol
- Submit the protocol and supporting documentation electronically using WesternREM;
- Effective January 1, 2013, the NMREB no longer accepts documents in hard copy. This includes the original submission and all post-approval forms (revisions, deviations, continuing ethics review forms, FYI forms, etc.);
How to Submit Revised Documents
All revised study documents must have version dates (e.g., dd/mmm/yyyy) in the footer of all study documents. Version dates identify the latest edition of study documents. Version dates, including the day, written month and year should be included in the footer of all study documents. If a study document requires further modification based on comments received during the REB review process, the version date must be modified to reflect the most recent edition of the study document.
Please also ensure to submit one copy with tracked changes and a clean copy of all revised study document(s).
If changes are required for the Western Protocol (initially submitted in ROMEO):
- Export a Word copy of the protocol, making changes using track changes. Please submit two (2) copies: one tracked version (in Word format) and one clean copy (as a .PDF) of the entire revised Western Protocol. PLEASE ENSURE TO INCLUDE A VERSION DATE (e.g., dd/mmm/yyyy) in the footer of all study documents. Every time an amendment is made to this document, please remember to revise the version date to reflect the changes made and re-submit the entire document.
Please refer to the following schedule for deadlines for review by the Non-Medical REB. Protocols must be submitted by 12 p.m. on the deadline day via Romeo. Early submissions are accepted, but late submissions will be held over to the following deadline and meeting.
- Ensure all required sections of the submission form are filled out completely;
- Ensure all supporting documentation (Letters of Information, Assent Letters, Telephone and Email Scripts, and Questionnaires) follow the suggestions template and guidelines.