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Is it just my computer, or is there a problem with the chatroom? I have logged on several times lately; my name shows up on ths "online list", but I also see others that have joined in. When I type anything, the text doesn't show up, nor do I see others chatting. HHHhhhhhhmmmmm . . any others with the same problem?
My scarf is coming along nicely and my knitting is really improving. It was all of a sudden a night and day difference. My stitches are nice and even, and I'm having to tink a stitch very rarely now.
As I can only work on it for a couple of hours in the evening, it's naturally taking a while, but my knitting is getting a bit faster too. Right now the scarf is just a tad over 18" long and progressing.
While the first several inches show a lot of mistakes and uneven stitches, it suddenly changes from that to a nice even ribbing and even the edges are nice and even.
I think I'm starting to get the hang of it finally. I'm looking forward to learning other techniques now. I may try to cable on the next scarf. I have some nice light blue yarn and may try to make myself a matching hat and scarf with it. I'm thinking maybe something like a sailor's scarf.
Ah well, that's for later, right now I need to finish this one.
What a lame title.....nevertheless I thought that the best way to introduce myself to the other members of the site is to post an entry....and thus I've chosen to post a picture of my latest FO (from right before Christmas):
Started: March 2006
Finished: 22 nd December 2006
Yarn: Regia Canadian Colour 4-ply sock yarn, colour #4727 "Vancouver"
Needle: 2.5 mm/ US #1/#2 Inox dpns
Pattern: JayWalker by Grumperina on MagKnits
So, here's hello from me. ;-)
I am trying to source Reynolds Lite Lopi in the following colours: #005 Black Heather and #0054 Ash Heather. I have done multiple internet searches but to no avail. Does anyone know of a source for these colours? I cannot buy them in New Zealand. Cheers!
I just wanted to say "Hi" to everyone again. I decided to go back to school and it has kept me very busy. I wasn't doing much knitting or contributing to any blogs.
Now that I'm break between semesters I've been knitting and visiting my favorite websites- including this one!
TGIF. Started the week with a great New Year's party at friends' house in downtown DC. Took my knitting and sat and knit all evening, occassionally getting up to dance to various hits of the 70's and 80's (the big bonus was that the hostess, a woman from Iran, had The Very Best of Country Gold CD, so we got to listen to Donna Fargo belt out "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA").
Went home, woke up with a slightly sore throat, and spent New Years catching up on reruns of the new Battleship Gallactica with a fire in the fire place. By Tuesday though, I had NO VOICE. Not just a scratchy, deep, Lauren Bacall, sultry sort of no voice, but really NO voice. Then, I opened up the kiln and what to my wandering eyes should appear but some strange and unwanted (read: ugly) variation on a trusted glaze that I had used dozens of times - for a HUGE order that was due mid-December (I won't go into the kiln disaster and the successful and very butch experience of rewiring the whole d**m thing that made the order late in the first place).
So Wednesday, still with no voice, I drove out to the burbs to the clay supply store to pick up a commercial clear glaze (ack) and then mixed up a simple low fire clear glaze in my shed just to be on the safe side. throw the glaze on a couple of pots and stuck them in the kiln to test fire.
We share the house with a 5 foot bear - 'Blackie' is handy to have around as he does like to model knitted items - however, he tends to lounge around the house in a kimono (He's home all day - the least he could do is clean up a little or occasionally have dinner ready)
and he also insists on his constitutional right to arm bears.
see attached photo.
(sorry for the duplicates)
Hi all,
I have been lurking for quite a while now and just wanted to share some updates to what I have been knitting since I started learning last April.
That's me standing and the sweater I'm wearing is my first major project. The pattern is Vanille (http://www.bluealvarez.com/bluealva/portfolio/pf-vanille.html) and it was made with sea green acrylic yarn. The sweater is warm and fits just right.
The cellphone cozy in the picture is my gift to my SnB groupmate during our Christmas celebration last December.
The shrug in the picture is my second major project. It is a gift to another friend. I just made up the structure of the shrug and just used the Feather and Fan stitch pattern. It was made with cotton yarn from China.
Other finished projects include a beanie hat, scarf, shawl and several practice swatches including a dishcloth.
I am currently making a scarf for a friend. The pattern is here http://www.crystalpalaceyarns.com/cpy/patterns/scarves/cameo-faggotst-scarf.html. I'm using the same cotton yarn from China in green and brown combined together.
Hello everyone.
I am in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan right now. I found a nice knitting shop here in Houghton, MI. I will be traveling a lot in the near future, so I hope to keep you up to date on all of the knitting shops I visit. I would love to tell you more about knitting projects, but I have hit a stand-still on the current project. I will do more when I have more than a few seconds to sit down.
A glimpse into my life can be found at: www.seniornationals.org This is what I do for a living.


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Sir Alex Ferguson and Sven-Goran Eriksson will both lay wreaths on the pitch before Sunday's Manchester derby in honour of those who died at Munich.
The two managers will lead the teams out of the tunnel prior to kick-off at 13:30 GMT. Both sides, who will be wearing special retro kits for the game, will be accompanied by 23 mascots wearing shirts with the names of the air crash victims on the back.
Sir Alex and Sven will place the floral tributes on the centre spot, before joining the whole stadium in a minute's silence.
Fans are urged to be in the ground by 13:20 GMT. Supporters will not be admitted to the seating area after that time until the pre-match tribute has been completed.
You can follow the match live on ManUtd.com via Match Tracker or listen to live radio commentary of the game by logging into MUTV Online.
Video: City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson previews the match on MUTV Online.

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Apple's Tiger is set to pounce
Summary: Apple says its new OS, Mac OS X version 10.4, or Tiger, contains more than 200 new features and applications.
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Dashboard and its widgets appear at the touch of a hot key. Other widgets can be launched from the bottom of the screen.
Probably the key feature of Tiger is its capability to search a hard drive from the desktop--something Windows can't do. To begin a search, simply click on the Spotlight icon in the upper right corner.
Apple's upgraded Safari browser features an RSS reader that can be activated from the address bar. A search box and the article length are displayed in the upper right of the browser window.
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Ask Slashdot: Best Drone For $100-$150? 90
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from the eye-in-the-sky dept.
from the eye-in-the-sky dept.
andyring writes With Christmas fast approaching, and me being notoriously hard to buy for, I thought a camera drone would be great to suggest for Christmas. But the options are dizzying, and it's nearly impossible to find something and know it'll be decent. What are Slashdotters suggestions/recommendations/experiences with a basic camera drone in the $100-150 range? Looks like all of them do video but I'm more interested in high-res stills although that may be a moot point.


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Eating New Orleans dry...
- chef_eats Jun 1, 2007 09:12 AM
This is my first post here on Chowhound!
I'm a chef here in New Orleans and I know a lot of the chefs around the city.. But I feel like I'm eating the city dry. I've eaten everywhere and everything.. Vietnamese, Creole, Cajun, French, Italian, Poboys, Crawfish, Pizzas... etc..
List of Places I've already eaten: (off the top of my head)
Stella, August, La Provence, Cochon, Herbsaint, Bayonna, K Pauls, GwFins, La Petite Grocery, Pho Tau Bay, Tanh Dinh, Kims, 9 Roses, Frosty's, Mother's, Zoe, Cafe Du Monde, Morning Call, Puccinos, Zea, Cuvee, Palace Cafe, Kanno, Rock n Sake, Horinoya, Sake, Dragos, Muriels, Baccos, Andreas... ok I'm going to cut it off there. It was getting obnoxious.. lol
Anyways... Any recommendations? I'm tired of the same ol' food, and I know that the menus are constantly changing but I'm in search of something new.. Anything?
does that count as the "Sig"?
How about Jamilia's or Bennechin's? Sorry if they spelling are wrong...too lazy to look them up right now.
re: Philly
Yeah I've been there.. Good food and nice place.. I liked it but nothing mind-blowing though.
re: steveds
Fire is closed. The rest are all good recs.
re: steveds
Yes I know about the 800+ restaurants in the city (I prefer quality over quantity.. a lot of the restaurants are good, just gotta find them right? ) As for your list... Those are great restaurants! I have been to a few of them now that you mention it. Iris and Alberta both have good solid food.. Domilse's Po' Boys are pretty damn tasty. I've also been to La Boca and Vega, I enjoyed it.. Marigny isnt too bad either.. Never been to Fire or Adolfo's (been wanting to try it though).. and never heard of Lola? And I did read something about Atchafalaya today in the paper... maybe I'll try it out. Thanks for the recs!
It is well worth getting off the beaten path. I pulled into Cajun Seafood on N. Carrolton on my way to San Muguel taco's. The fried chicken was unbelievable (it also has the best shrimp in town). Thankfully, it was so hot, it did not alter my direction, and my plate of chipotle pork and other offerings at San Muguel was superb.
Here's another vote for Bennachin. Order the bennachin and domoda, but I prefer the dishes with chicken rather than beef. Great ginger drink too.
Christy's poboys on the westbank (Stumph). Go on Friday-Sunday and order the oxtail stew. The Red Maple on the west bank is also excellent.
Two Sisters (not the court of); Siamese; Madrid; Lil Dizzy's; Salt & Pepper . . . more to follow.
re: chef_eats
Have you tried Bacchanal where Pete Vasquez does a weekend menu.
re: chef_eats
Fridays are Tapas and tomorrow Sunday it is all Italian, but it is always changing. He used to have the restaurant Marisol's
re: pilaf
Welcome to chowhound. I suggest you try the neighborhood approach: concentrate all of your eating for a month or two to a particular neighborhood....dig deep, try the plate lunch joints and corner groceries, meat markets and shrimp-fried-rice-n-wings dives. Start with your own immediate neighborhood....dig deep. Some fascinating food can be found in surprising spots in this town; it's easy to eat good "high on the hog" (as most of your list was mid-scale to upscale) but takes a real hound to sniff out the goods in the 'hood. Make friends with your local taco truck guys & gals. Figure out where your UPS deliveryman (or in your case, the Caire's or Loubat's delivery guy) eats lunch.
re: Hungry Celeste
Okay, I just realized that I didn't list any actual restaurants. Focusing on Kenner alone, how about Madrid, Pupuseria Macarena, Hillbilly BBQ, Restaurante da Piero, le Parvenu, Calas, Baru Cafe, Harbor Seafood, Siamese Thai.....
re: momus410
I have eaten at Madinas, Theos, Camellia, and Dragos...
Slice? Vic? and Natlies? What's good and what kind of food is it?
re: chef_eats
If your willing to make a trip there's a bunch of places kind of outside the city; Middendorf's in manchac (great fried catfish) on the northshore there's Young's steakhouse, worth the trip and not too too expensive, Badeaux's (great burgers and malts) or Morton's right next to it (great seafood), and finally theres Pig's (family style buffet food and burgers. Pretty interesting spot if you don't mind little old rundown places)
I know I've said it on a few of my other posts but Calas Bistro is a great new place out in Kenner (great new spins on traditional New Orleans dishes and a great list of whines as well. Chef used to work at Brighstens) or Dante's Kitchen right by Camellia Grill if you haven't already tried it; they both have pretty similar menu's
I know you probably said it on your other website post but what restaurant are you (or were you) working at?
re: gamecook91
I'm currently working part-time at the Metairie Country Club.. I own my own business so I'm very busy, but whenever I can, I try to get over there and help out. Thanks for the recs!
re: chef_eats
Slice is pizza on St.Charles , VicandNatlies is Bunny Matthews take on N.O. great burgers chicken jambalaya etc.
I would check out Longbranch in Abita Springs. Juan's Flying Burrito is good and really inexpensive. Lola's is a hidden gem that I would not miss -- their seafood paella is great!
I've had a few wonderful meals at Cafe East on Rye St. in Metairie (Clearview exit). Excellent wine list and the food is definitely Chinese fusion but far better than anything this city seems to consider "Chinese food". The ambiance, styling and even the glassware are above average. They're open daily for lunch and dinner.
re: igloominaboom
If you are going to come out to Metairie you really shoud try Laurentino's.
Have you been to The Joint? Also would recommend Bacchanal Friday and Sunday (get there early on Sunday). Both are on Poland deep in the Bywater...
Dante's Kitchen
Cafe Degas
Irene's Cuisine
Le Crepe Nanou
I agree - Lola's & Adolfo's are wonderful, but if you go on the weekends, expect a looooong line.
I can't believe you didn't mention Galatoire's or Commanders, or Antoine's, Arnaud's, Brennan's or Mr. B's, they're the most famous in New Orleans .......
You need to get uptown! There are tons of restaurants hidden in every little neighborhood in the city and uptown/garden district seems like your next best bet. Commanders Palace, Jacques-Imos, Dick and Jenny's, Crepe Nanou, Upperline, Brigtsen's, Casamento's, Lillette...oh and go to Port of Call for a burger over on Esplanade...
re: kevin
Port o Call is in the French quarter. Esplanade is the dividing line between the quarter and the Marigny. Downriver from the Marigny (past Elysian Fields) is the Bywater. North of the quarter is Treme, and continuing up Esplanade, you are in Mid-City by the Fairgrounds (including the smaller neighborhoods like Bayou St. John and Esplanade Ridge along Esplanade itself). West of the CBD, you've got the lower Garden District (lower meaning downriver) below St. Charles and Central City above St. Charles. I usually include the Garden District (below St. Charles) and Irish Channel (below Magazine) in "uptown", which then extends all the way to the Jefferson line (Riverbend/Carrollton) and up about to Claiborne or Earhardt, where midcity starts again.
I'd love to hear a real local's definition; I've only been here 9 years.
re: JGrey
is jefferson, the city and parish, very near the upper reaches of uptown. thanks.
i think jefferson hwy turns into claiborne right? and to keep this chowish,
where's good to go for some coffee and a bakery (if possible, beignets would be great) in the carrolton neighborhood area or along claiborne? thanks.
re: kevin
Jefferson is the parish abutting Orleans parish to the west, composed of Harahan/River Ridge, Metairie and Kenner, as well as most of the West Bank. Yes, Claiborne turns to Jefferson Hwy, Crabby Jack's is right over the line in JP.
I can't think of any beignet purveyors in the Carrollton area. I just noticed a for rent sign on Maurice's Bakery on Carrollton, anyone know what's happening with that?
In this area, I like Rue de la Course and Zotz (though it's smoky) for coffee and decent snacks, and there's always La Madeleine (a chain, but pretty good). You can google locations. La Boulangerie is where I would recommend, on Magazine near Napoleon.
re: Hungry Celeste
Are the doughnuts any good?
re: Frolic
They're good--the "house doughnut" at my office, where every Friday is doughnut day. We like Baker's Dozen better than Joe's (on Causeway, and a close second, but often drenched with too much glaze), with Tastee running third and Krispy Kreme at the back of the pack. BD is a family-run business; no wacky nouveau or meta-doughnuts with bacon & peanut butter, just the usual glazed, chocolate, nut-topped, cake, etc.
re: kevin
The definition of Jefferson City is Toledano to Joseph, Claiborne to the River. It existed from 1850 to 1870, when it was absorbed by New Orleans, but people still sometimes use it as a reference when they mean uptown but not Garden District, LGD, Universities, Riverbend, etc. At least this has always been my understanding.
I second Baker's Dozen as the best doughnuts in the area.
re: uptownlibrarian
The Jefferson in my post is not Jefferson City, but rather "old" Jefferson, or the community riverside of Shrewsbury in Jefferson Parish: from the Huey P bridge along Jeff Highway to the river & the Orleans Parish line.
I know it's gotten a really bad rap, but I went to Riche last weekend and LOVED it. The menu has changed a little and the service was 1000x better than when they first opened. I had the whole redfish smothered in a new orleans style bbq shrimp sauce and it was absolutely divine. My husband had the double cut pork chops and they really were outstanding. We started with their french style seafood bisque and frisee aux lardon salad. . . perfect, perfect, perfect. Dessert we split strawberry dessert that had a fried strawberries on it. I would have been happy with a bowl of fried strawberries alone. I definately think this place is worth another look.
For a non-po-boy sandwich, Martin Wine Cellar is great. I live in NYC now, and have yet to find a better sandwich here. Well it might not rank as high on these blogs, Martinique Bistro on Magazine is one of my favorite meals in the city and it has caribbean slant, so could be a change of pace for you. Checking on Zagat, Eleven 79 has a new chef, but the italian was fantastic. Pre-Katrina they had a "feed me" flight, where they would just bring you out unknown app size portions until you cried "stop!"


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Report of Ad-Hoc Committee to Review Senate Committees
Members of Committee: Katherine Tachau (Chairperson)
Patrick Lloyd
Sue Moorhead
John Westefeld
This ad-hoc committee has met four times for the purpose of reviewing all Faculty Senate committees as well as the generic Senate committee structure. The current senate committees are: Budget/Planning, Committee on Committees, Elections, Faculty Welfare, Governmental Relations, Judicial Commission, Rules and Bylaws, and Selection of Central Academic Officials. Our committee reviewed annual reports of these committees from the last five years, the charge of each committee, and Faculty Senate committee structures at a few other Universities.[1] We have also consulted some recent Faculty Senate Presidents, and conducted an e-mail survey of members of the Senate committees and their chairs to gather their input vis-à-vis the strengths of each committee as well as suggestions for improvement. (A copy of the survey questions is appended.)
Below are our findings. First we have listed some generic findings/suggestions that relate to all of the committees. Second, we have included specific information for each committee. Finally, we recommend the establishment of a new standing Committee on Awards and Recognition.
Our committee does not believe that faculty committees are well advised to meet superfluously, but we do assume that the Senate's committees exist for an important purpose – to make it possible for faculty to share governance effectively – and so believe that we need strong committees that function well, attract dependable colleagues of good judgment to serve, and allow their members to reach the end of their committee terms aware that they have made an effective, positive difference to the University and its faculty. Participation on Senate and Charter Committees is often the means by which we discover our common concerns, gain good friends across the university, and recruit colleagues to university service whose energies supplement and will replace our own. This Committee finds that, generally speaking, our committee system functions well. In our view, most of the committees are contributory and well run. We do, however, have a number of suggestions concerning the senate committees:
(1) One of our central concerns is getting more faculty involved in the committee process and reinforcing faculty members' work on committees. To this end, we have revised the recruitment form to connect committee member interests more closely with committee member qualifications. We also suggest that the Faculty President, Past-President, or President-Elect write a note of thanks to every committee member at the end of each year thanking them for their service, with a copy to the committee member's department head and dean. We believe that by formally acknowledging the value of our colleagues' contributions we can encourage continued participation in governance and inform deans of the faculty member's service.
(2) It appears to us that sometimes new committee members are assigned to committees with minimal orientation. We therefore think it important that the Faculty Senate President continue the practice of orienting the chair of each committee at the beginning of his/her term as the Senate Bylaws require in Article III.8, and that each committee chair in turn orient the committee members according to the format that may best suit a particular committee. This orientation should include a discussion of the committee's charge, and might usefully include copies of the past year's meeting minutes and annual report.
(3) Each committee should maintain minutes of their meetings, and file an end of the year written report. The General Charter for University Charter Committees (Operations Manual I.I.2.8.(6).i. requires that "Minutes from each [Charter] committee meeting are to be sent to all members of the committee . . . to the presidents of the three assemblies [including the Faculty Senate] . . . . At a minimum, the minutes should reflect any resolutions or other recommendations or motions of the committee and be fairly reflective of the committee's discussion." While this requirement does not apply to Senate committees, for the purposes of "closing the circle" of information between the Council/Senate and its committees, we deem it a useful model to follow. We therefore recommend that, when a Senate committee meets, minutes be recorded, sent to all the committee's members and to the Faculty Senate President and to the chair of the Committee on Committees. When confidential matters are at stake, such minutes need not be detailed, but should indicate who was present, and create a record from which future committees could reconstruct whether issues had come to the committee in the past.
(4) There is great variability among the committees in terms of meeting frequency, the need for meetings, etc. This may also vary by year. In general, our suggestion is for the committees to meet often enough to accomplish what is needed, but not to meet for the sake of meeting, which apparently happens occasionally.
(5) In general we believe there needs to be more interface between the committees and Faculty Council/Faculty Senate above and beyond written reports. Again, this will vary a great deal according to the particular committee. Our suggestion is for all committees to occasionally make a verbal report to the council/senate, again depending to some degree on how much business is being transacted by a committee at a given time.
(6) The time at which the annual reports of committees' activities are due to the Faculty Senate does not correspond to the academic calendar, and often falls before the committees' annual activity has come to fruition; moreover, the timing of the report means that – so far as we could determine – the reports are not put to any use and do not routinely go to the incoming chair. Because recommedations made in them are not implemented, many constructive, creative ideas that would make committees more effective are lost. We therefore urge that these reports be solicited after the last Senate meeting of the year, be considered over the summer by the Faculty Senate Officers, and brought to the first Faculty Council meeting of the subsequent year, with a recommendation from the Faculty Senate Officers regarding the implementation of any proposals made in those reports.
(7) At present, the Senate bylaws require that its records be preserved and, at unspecified times, be "retired to the University Archives." While we think this an excellent practice, it renders older records somewhat more complicated for committee chairs to consult than those readily available in the Senate office. We urge that the Senate Office acquire a document scanner that will allow the routine scanning of documents that the Senate preserves. This should allow space in the office to continue to be conserved by transferring records to the archives regularly while also making it feasible to search archived records more easily in the Senate office.
II. Suggestions for Specific Committees:
(1) Elections Committee: Make sure this committee is oriented, and that it meets early enough in the year to successfully transact its business.
(2) Judiciary Commission: This committee deals with crucial and sensitive issues. Make sure members are oriented and make sure there is an up-to-date list of volunteers for this committee, since many volunteers are needed. From recent annual reports, it appears that the Commission maintains (in addition to its other records) a grievance database. We recommend this be continued and updated as appropriate.
(3) Faculty Welfare Committee: Another pivotal committee, this one potentially is a catch-all for many issues. We propose renaming this the "Committee on Faculty Policies and Well-Being" to better reflect its charge. We believe this charge also needs to state more clearly that this is the appropriate venue to which the faculty expect administrators to bring projects and policies (either "pilot" or permanent) affecting faculty pay, benefits, or conditions of work before such projects and policies can be enacted. Such proposals would include, for example, creating "research track" faculty, salary bonus plans for bringing in research funds, and changing the ratio of clinical to tenure-track faculty in a College. As these policies may originate in one College, but have the potential to affect others, the entire university faculty have a stake in there being a Senate committee that considers and make recommendations to the Council and Senate as to whether and/or how such proposals/policies should be adopted or be amended before they are implemented. It is appropriate, we think, for this committee's evaluation of any such proposals, to include as it thinks necessary a study of the underlying assumptions, known costs, anticipated benefits and, if available, experience elsewhere of the plan or similar plans. We believe that undertaking such an assessment falls clearly within the current committee's charge as currently stated, but that the proposed name change will help its membership appreciate that this is within their compass.
In some years, this committee has not only responded to issues sent to it by the Council, Senate, or Administration, but, on its own initiative, has also taken up other policies or issues that can affect faculty well-being. We believe that this committee should be encouraged to continue to do so, and to monitor the effects of such policies. To carry out its mission successfully, this committee needs good, broad representation across the faculty. We recommend that the committee be expanded from the current seven to nine members, with no more than three from any given college, and we recommend a two year term for the chair.
(4) Committee on Committees:
This committee recommends to the Council, and then to the Senate, faculty members to fill openings on Senate and Charter committees as well as the Faculty Judicial Commission. In recent memory, this committee has not met until the Spring, when it proceeded to select faculty for Senate Committees and to recommend faculty to the incoming Senate President for him/her to propose to the University President for service on Charter Committees. Generally, interim appointments to fill vacancies have been decided through e-mail communication. In practice, this means that the expertise of the membership of this committee is not drawn upon effectively, and the President-Elect must find and recruit people to fill replacements. Some means must be found to share the work of this committee more easily and thereby enable it to build strong committees. We suggest expanding the membership on this committee for broader representation/more input. We also suggest that the committee meet in mid-September to get organized and to fill vacancies known at that time; meet again in January to fill any new vacancies, canvass the Committee's membership for names of qualified colleagues to recruit for committees, and to approve any changes to the recruitment form to be sent out; and then meet a third time at the end of the Spring as it has customarily done. This committee needs also to monitor the work of all other committees, both to staff them well and to give the Faculty Council a further means by which feedback from committees occurs in a timely way.
Finally, we recommend that the Senate Office maintain a current, accurate database of persons who have volunteered for each committee over the last five years (showing whether the person was appointed to a committee and, if so, to which one) for this Committee to draw upon in seeking volunteers to fill interim vacancies.
(5) Governmental Relations: This committee appears to us to be a strong one. It has been especially pivotal recently due to the continuing budget crunch. We believe that this committee is sufficiently crucial to informing the Senate of ongoing issues with the State Legislature and other governmental forces that it needs to report frequently to senate orally.
(6) Faculty-Staff Budget: Until 2002, this committee was the Faculty Budget Committee. Following the Carlson Budget Task Force Report, this committee was combined with the Staff Council Budget committee, initially on an experimental basis (2002-03) and, in accordance with the approval of the Staff Council and Faculty Senate in Feb. 2003, on a long-term basis (with a revue of effectiveness after three years). This change is not yet reflected in the University Operations manual, and we recommend that the necessary changes be made to it to reflect the new committee structure.
One function of the Faculty Senate that could be made significantly more efficient by a standing committee that does not yet exist leads us to propose the creation of a permanent "Committee on Awards and Recognition,"[2] as at least some Faculty Senates elsewhere have done. Each Spring, the Provost's office, with the help of the Faculty Senate Officers, constitutes an ad-hoc committee(s) to select recipients of the Regents Awards for Faculty Excellence; at about the same moment, the Faculty Senate creates an ad-hoc committee to solicit nominations for its own Brody awards. Staffing these committees on short notice poses considerable challenges. These ad-hoc committees play no role in the solicitation of nominations for these awards. This may be a reasonable separation of processes, but the lack of continuity from year to year does mean that structural problems in the nomination processes for these awards can be identified but not remedied. Our committee is also concerned that there is a scramble each year to find nominees for the Senate's own awards and, to some degree, for the Regents' Awards as well. We believe that all of these could be addressed by having a standing Senate Committee charged with staffing awards committees and recruiting nominations. In staffing awards committees, we think this committee should include one or more of its members, in part to provide the Honors and Awards Committee itself with timely notice of problems or successful strategies. In the case of the Regents Awards, we recommend that this new Committee work with the Provost's Office and the Deans of the Colleges to establish a process (entirely distinct from selecting recipients of Awards) by which the Committee may routinely assist in the identification of nominees, with special attention to women and other members of under-represented groups. (We make this recommendation because previous ad-hoc Regents Awards Committees have identified a persistent, disturbing under-representation of such nominees which is evidently due at least in part to the current nomination process.) In proposing this committee, therefore, we are responding to the distress of faculty who have served on awards committees who have found themselves without the means to improve a process that seemed to them to undercut our efforts to value the contributions of and retain excellent colleagues whom we have expended faculty time and energy to recruit and who, by their presence, make our faculty more diverse.
We recommend that this Committee be composed of seven members, with no more than three representing the Sciences.
IV. Summary:
The committee believes that the task that we have undertaken has been valuable, allowing us to examine both the general issues surrounding Senate committees and concerns related to specific committees. We urge the Senate to undertake such a review every five years, as specified in our bylaws, and that this review be carried out in a similar fashion, by an ad-hoc committee.
The recommendations made above that require a change in the Senate Bylaws are:
· That, when a Senate committee meets, minutes be recorded, sent to all the committee's members and to the Faculty Senate President and to the chair of the Committee on Committees.
· That Senate Committee reports be solicited after the last Senate meeting of the year, be considered over the summer by the Faculty Senate Officers, and be brought to the first Faculty Council meeting of the subsequent year, with a recommendation from the Faculty Senate Officers regarding the implementation of any proposals made in those reports.
· That the Faculty Welfare Committee be renamed the "Committee on Faculty Policies and Well-Being" to better reflect its charge.
· That the charge of the "Committee on Faculty Policies and Well-Being" state clearly that this is the appropriate venue to which the faculty expect administrators to bring projects and policies (either "pilot" or permanent) affecting faculty pay, benefits, or conditions of work before such projects and policies can be enacted.
· That the Senate create and charge a permanent Senate "Committee on Awards and Recognition."
Appendix A
Dear Faculty Senate
Committee Member,
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Family tribute to woman found dead in Cumbrian river
Last updated at 12:03, Friday, 21 December 2012
A woman whose body was found during a search of a river in north Cumbria has been named by police.
She was Kathleen Rosemary Dixon, 64, of Bluebell Court, Penrith.
Her brother and sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs Wilfred Dixon, today paid tribute to "a very special sister, sister-in-law, auntie and friend."
"She was kind, heart-warming, loving. She would never hesitate to help anyone who needed her," they said.
They added Miss Dixon loved doing voluntary work with Age Concern and Eden Animal Rescue and said: "She has now gone to join her mam, big brother John and sister, Daphne. Give her a cuddle from us and look after her."
Police officers launched a search after concerns were raised on Wednesday because Miss Dixon had not been seen for a few days by family and friends.
Her body was located at about 4.45am yesterday (Thursday) in the river Eden at Langwathby Bridge, near Penrith.
There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death, say police.
The coroner has been informed.
First published at 10:09, Thursday, 20 December 2012
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In a new commercial for the U.K.'s Sky Broadband, Jennifer Aniston makes a cameo as a woman struggling with an issue all-too-identifiable: a bad internet connection.
She's shown in the ad consuming countless cups of coffee in a cafe, staying way past closing time and projecting that trademark adorable neuroticism for which she became famous on Friends as Rachel Green. When a concerned barista asks whether everthing is OK at home, Aniston -- looking defeatedly at her laptop -- replies: "Devastating. My internet is down again. Again."
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What Doesn't Kill Her
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"WHAT DOESN'T KILL HER is a kick-ass thrill ride from page one. This is the American answer to THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO." - John Gilstrap, author of HIGH TREASON and DAMAGE CONTROLJordan Rivera is an ordinary kid with an ordinary family, until a vicious killer takes it all away, sparing her, but leaving her broken. The murders of her father, mother, and brother destroy something inside Jordan, who spends ten long, mute years in an institution. Catching a glimpse of a news report about another family slaying, Jordan at last breaks her silence. Now she's out, and she molds herself -- body and mind -- into an instrument of justice.While a young detective pursues the case on his own, Jordan teams up with members of her support group, people like her, damaged by violent crime. They have their own stories of pain, heartache, and vengeance denied. With their help, Jordan will track down the killer before he can ravage any more lives. Her life -- and her sanity -- depends on it.
Authors: Collins, Max Allan
Title: What doesn't kill her
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a thriller
Publisher: Las Vegas, NV :, Thomas & Mercer,, [2013]
Characteristics: 254 pages ;,21 cm
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Statement of Responsibility: by Max Allan Collins
Subject Headings: Victims of crimes Fiction.
Genre/Form: Suspense fiction.
Topical Term: Victims of crimes
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Hillary was our top diplomat. She should never have been given that position if her book tour is any example of her tact. She has none. She says that she called Bill when Obama told her to say that the video caused the terrorist attack. She obviously didn´t know what to do on her own. She is totally incompetent at everything she touches. I hope she gets off the stage before it gets any worst.
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One word: overexposure.
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Hillary made the same mistake of coming out of the gate waaaay too early in the run up to 2008, people got sick of her and the MSM ended up anointed the jug eared clod who is now dominating the political news with his disaster du jour. Why in the hell is this woman in our faces again right now?If she wants to run for 2016, fine, but if she had any sense she would hang back, do her homework and emerge when the rest of the field is beginning to form.Baloney like this smacks of desperation. I beginning to think Rove was right with the brain damage comment. Bill needs to keep her under wraps for another year or so like he did back in ´93 after her Hillarycare debacle.
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The media isn´t able to hide the stench coming from Hillary so they are in the first phase of setting the stage for Mrs. Obama to run. Teehee
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The feminazis have a for real dilemma on their hands.On the one hand we must, MUST elect a female as our next President. The country needs it!On the other hand, they´re starting to realize that Hills is a worn out gaffe extravaganza, and everybody hates Michelle.Which leaves them with Sarah. Intelligent, accomplished, capable, and worst of all gorgeous. In other words, completely unacceptable.
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A person incapable of saying "I lied"
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Letter to the Senate in support of passing a permanent extension of the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Charitable Rollover, included as part of a package of five charitable giving provisions in the America Gives More Act of 2014.
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Letter to the House of Representatives outlining ACE's opposition to the Student and Family Tax Simplification Act (H.R. 3393), which would combine the Hope Scholarship Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit, the Lifetime Learning Credit, and...
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This artist's rendering provided by Martin Jutzi and Erik Asphaug, University of California, Santa Cruz via Nature shows a simulation of a collision between the Moon and a companion moon, four percent of the lunar mass, about 4 billion years ago. Earth once had a second moon, until it made the fatal mistake of smacking its big sister, some astronomers now theorize. For awhile when the Earth was young, it had a big moon, the one you see now, and a smaller "companion moon" orbiting above. Then one day that smaller moon collided into the bigger one in what astronomers are calling the "big splat." (AP Photo/Martin Jutzi and Erik Asphaug, University of California, Santa Cruz via Nature)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller one smashed into the other in what is being called the "big splat."


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Young lawmakers support change
Responses to UNDP and the Ministry of Justice's survey concerning the Turkish Judiciary System have indicated that there is a strong desire especially among younger generations to restructure the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) to better represent the judiciary.
New Horizons - The questionnaire findings from a total of 1021 judges and prosecutors were presented by UNDP's Democratic Governance Manager Leyla Şen during a seminar on the 16-17th of April. Survey results indicated 73% of judges and prosecutors do not see the current membership structure of the HSYK as representative of the entire judiciary.
According to the findings, 80% of those who support the restructing of the judiciary said they want members of the HSYK chosen from among all judges and prosecutors. 82% of the respondents indicated that the authority of and appointments to the Council must be open to inspection.
Almost all of the participants, 98%, agreed that HSYK's decisions should sit on solid legal ground. More than half the participants stated dissatisfaction with HSYK's current procedures in appointments, promotions, assignations and disciplinary actions and 46.5% said the existing procedures in selecting members to the HSYK must be changed.
All of the participants concerted to a transparent and accountable HSYK and reacted strongly against the fact that HSYK rulings cannot be overturned by the courts. 94% of the judges and prosecutors who particapated believed that disciplinary decisions should be regulated by the judiciary.
Another compelling result which came out during discussions at the seminar was the divided opinion regarding the Justice Minister's and the Ministry of Justice's undersecretary's exclusion from the Council. The percentage of both those who favored their membership in the board and those who believed they should be excluded was nearly equal. Despite the difference of opinion, however, the participants found the criteria used in selecting members for the Court of Cassation and the Council of State to be inappropriate.
Following the presentation of the results, the first day of the seminar witnessed important debates regarding the role of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors. The participants and the panelists comprising of law professors and UNDP international consultants discussed the possible structuring and responsibilities of the Council in comparison with the European experience.
The second day of the seminar hosted panels by academicians Prof. Dr. Mithat Sancar and Assistant Professor Eylem Ümit from Ankara University who assessed the results of the questionnaires from gender, age and occupational perspectives. The analysis indicated that the younger generation of judges and prosecutors were more fervent supporters of the restructuring of the current judicial system than their older counterparts.
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Midway through his second term, President George W. Bush found himself facing a foreign-policy disaster largely of his own making. He had ordered an invasion of Iraq without a sufficiently large force to occupy the country and without a well-considered plan for its reconstruction. The military and government were dismantled with nothing to take their place, and by 2006 the nation was on the verge of a sectarian war.
Bush replaced his defense secretary and his field commanders. He ignored the advice of a bipartisan commission to essentially accept defeat, deciding U.S. national security would be harmed by Iraq's fracturing. He ordered a surge of troops and a new strategy that helped restore stability.
At the same midpoint of his second term, Barack Obama faces a similar challenge, and at a news conference Thursday he offered some indications of a similar willingness to rethink. Obama had gambled that the United States could withdraw from Iraq and (by 2016) Afghanistan while staying aloof from the civil war in Syria. The result has been growing turmoil that he can no longer ignore.
The immediate challenge this poses is confounding. Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has put sectarian interests above national goals, so to join him in beating back the terrorist challenge might only widen the country's divide. But even if Maliki continues to ignore American advice to be more inclusive, an al-Qaida-style caliphate stretching from Syria into Iraq would be too dangerous for the United States and its allies. Obama is trying to square that circle, and the measures he outlined Thursday represent a judicious start.
First, and in some ways most important, Obama committed the United States to meeting the challenge. It is in our national interests not to see an all-out civil war inside of Iraq, he said. We also have an interest in making sure that we don't have a safe haven that continues to grow for ... extremist jihadist groups.
Second, he ordered moves to back up his words: increased intelligence operations, more aid to Iraq's military, joint operations centers in Baghdad and northern Iraq and the deployment of as many as 300 military advisers. These are appropriately modest steps as the United States assesses the situation and pushes for political responses in Iraq and the region. At the same time, Mr. Obama made clear that the United States would act more forcefully if warranted as he beefs up the U.S. military presence.
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Just when you thought that Air India has not been in the news for sometime, here it is albeit this time for not-so-embarrassing reasons. Infact, this time it is for good and in a true celebration spirit.Yes,
Air India will deploy an all-women pilot team on the ultra long haul, non-stop flight (AI-141) from Mumbai to New York
Air India will make history and mark the centenary celebration of International Women's day by engaging a team of female pilots,cabin crew, engineers and flight dispatchers for a lot of domestic and international routes including the Mumbai-New York flight.
As commendable the initiative is, I am at loss to understand if it is going to help Brand Air India in one way or the other. Given what Air India has been through in the recent past including employee strikes, in-flight nuisances and what not, I can't seem to understand what Air India is going to get out of it. Could it be only to celebrate the spirit of Women's day you ask me?
Well, I can't digest it for sure. Remember the harassment case which an Air India hostess seemed to have logged against the pilot. I wonder if anything happened of that except for de-rostering of the people involved. I wonder what kind of women's spirit they intend to celebrate if they can't propagate the same within their employees.
However, it is heartening to know that National Aviation Company India Limited (NACIL), the holding company of AI has 136 women pilots under its roster. The number may not be huge but still suggests that Indian women are taking to skies slowly but surely.
If anything, Air India is going to be in the news for good reasons today for a change.Hopefully, Women's Day celebration brings some much needed smile to this ailing national carrier.
Yes, Here's wishing everyone a very Happy Women's Day
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A mutual fund that confines itself to investments in securities from a specified geographical area, such as Latin America, Europe or Asia. A regional mutual fund will generally look to own a diversified portfolio of companies based in and operating out of its specified geographical area. However, some regional funds can also be set up to invest in a specific segment of the region's economy, such as energy.
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Photos and Description of this 3 bedroom holiday apartment in Appietto - Gulf of Lava apartments KPG
30 min away from Ajaccio, pretty wild gulf, T2 to T4, terrace, beach 80 m away
- 2-room apartment with sea view terrace: nice duplex apartment fully equipped, very functional, 2 rooms. (sleeps 4/5) with 1 duplex bedroom (bed 140), 1 bed of 90 in the entrance, 1 sofa-bed (2 people) in the living room with open plan kitchen, 1 shower room + WC, 1 terrace with sea view (barbecue).
- 3-room apartment with shaded terrace (barbecue): sleeps 4-6 persons. 2 bedrooms (1 with bed of 140 + 1 with 2 beds of 90), 1 living room with equipped open plan kitchen (+ washing machine), with sofa-bed, bathroom with shower,1 shaded terrace with built-in barbecue.
- 4-room apartment with dining area with barbecue: sleeps 8 persons. 3 bedrooms (2 with beds of 140 and 1 with 2 bunk beds of 90), 1 living room with equipped open plan kitchen (of which dishwasher), 1 bathroom with shower (washing machine), 1 shaded terrace with built-in barbecue.
- 4-room of 100 sq.m with sea view terrace: sleeps 6/8 people. 3 bedrooms (1 with beds of 140 and 2 with 2 beds of 90), 1 living room with equipped open plan kitchen (of which dishwasher), 1 bathroom with shower (washing machine), 1 semi-shaded terrace of 30 sq.m with built-in barbecue e panoramic sea view of the gulf.
Rates vary depending on the season
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Linen not provided
English: several apartments (for 1 to 8 people) located at 2 minutes (pedestrian issue) to the beach (sand) with sea view.
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Italian: apartamenti (1 a 8 pers) vista mare, accanto alla spiaggia (sabbia)
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Details for holiday apartment 3&4-room fully equipped, 2-3 bedrooms, terrace, BBQ, 80 m from beach, 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 8, 1 Bathroom
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About Kareen Philouze-Gagliardi
Particular renter of holiday apartment building since more than 20 years with a pro experience of 3 years in real estate negotiator in the Southern Corsica.
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Available locally for all the guests, for information or other enquiry.
What makes this apartment unique
It is a small heaven, ideal for families, far from the summer crowds, with all convenience on site and the owner's availability for all the regular and new guests!


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Definitely not as good as the first one. Skimmed some parts since I thought they were boring. Felt bad reading about the Katy Perry parts knowing that they wouldn't make it.
Not as good as the first one, but I would still read his work again simply for his adeptness with language. Love his metaphors and expansive vocabulary.
A difficult book to evaluate. The earlier one started with a chapter entering rehab for sex addicts, then never really mentioned the issue again. This book seems to be all about sex addiction ... or maybe it's about success and sex addiction. Then Katy Perry entered the scene, and I already knew how that had come out.
Meanwhile our boy Russell makes passing references to yoga, vegetarianism, transcendental meditation, and other issues that seem totally at odds with the boorish character he presents. Obviously a lot goes unsaid, and one realizes that he's only really comfortable when he presents his persona, not his real person.
Entertaining in places, but in others there's too many details, and it just becomes uncomfortable.
I didn't really read . Just sort of skimmed through. It just reminded me too much of Olivia Munn's " Suck it Wonder Woman" 10/28/11 @ 4p
Good and funny but not as good as the 1st one.
Comedian and actor's story - a poor kid overwhelmed by success and the gifts it brings - celebrity, fawning fans, drugs and sex. Especially sex.
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More Brand humor......Much like Olivia Munn's.....Hey maybe they should get together.
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