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As many people can attest, building a successful sports and events complex has its challenges. Among the toughest decisions are where the money will come from, which amenities should be included, and how to ensure the complex will be successful. All of these questions can be answered with a little research. Oftentimes, when building a complex that costs millions of dollars, the decision even to move forward can be overwhelming. The city of Kennewick in Washington was in dire need … Continue reading
Modern-Day Employment
As I progress in my career, I find certain ideas evolving around executive newcomers. Some of these findings are the result of ambitious youth and some from a revised financial mindset (circa 2008) that sees danger in projects that take too long or tie up too many people. Also, in an age of multi-taskers, modern technology has given people tools, dexterity, and abilities that have diminished the likelihood of success through the once-honored path from mailroom/stock-boy to corporate vice-president. Age … Continue reading
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The needs of a community can only be articulated by the community at large. And when the conversation is about designing a universal-abilities playground, the needs of children with different types of disabilities must be considered. The city of Brentwood, Calif., did just that when officials met with representatives from the Special Kids Foundation to discuss the needs of the community's disabled children, and to determine whether the city was meeting those needs. Immediately, 13 disabilities were generalized into five … Continue reading
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It was the winter of 1984 and all the kids on my street were hooked on the Winter Olympics. Each night we tuned into whatever event the network was showing and spent the rest of our non-school hours hosting our own Olympic program in the fields and frozen streams of our Wisconsin home. Of all the "events" we competed that fateful winter, my favorite, by far, was the Wisconsin Bobsled Race. All the kids on my cul-de-sac and my siblings … Continue reading
In The Flow
If you were to visit Snyderville Basin Recreation District in Park City, Utah, you would find a bike-skills park, flow trail, pump track, and slopestyle trail, all unsupervised, wide-open, and available for your enjoyment. Just grab a bike, take your turn in line, and enjoy the ride. If you fall, get up, dust yourself off, and continue. Learn your limits. Push your limits. And, increase your skill. But, if you were to travel back in time, say 10 years, you … Continue reading


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When engineers discuss innovation, they sometimes miss the point entirely. Here's the bottom line: If an invention does not meet a need or is otherwise unappealing, it is not innovative.Far too often, the terms "innovation," "invention," and "creativity" are used as though they are synonymous. They're not. An invention is creative if it's original and imaginative, but if customers can't or don't want to use it, it's not innovative.Here's an example of something that's creative, but not innovative. An engineer can develop a CD player for your shoe, but how useful would that be? Would anyone really want to have a CD player on a foot?So let's look at something that is innovative. How about Apple's iPod? The iPod and iTunes revolutionized the way that music is sold. It's an excellent example of satisfying customer need with a cost-effective and convenient way to access content. Similarly, the iPhone and the iPad kick-started the multibillion-dollar market for mobile apps.Innovation is too important to fall prey to misconceptions. We need a vibrant innovation culture in this country, and if you don't take that seriously, consider that half of the corporations that were on the S&P 500 in 2000 had disappeared by the end of 2010, largely due to their inability to continue innovating. We can't allow this to happen to our nation's competitive edge—our whole future depends on innovation. Getting people to think about innovation should start with science, engineering, and math—commonly known as STEM—education.With this in mind, here is my list of ten things to remember about innovation:• A invention may receive a patent, but a patent doesn't guarantee that the invention is innovative.• Ninety percent of new products fail in the marketplace, even when their technology works, because nobody wanted them.• Innovation does not have to be based on new technology. Apple's iPod essentially has no groundbreaking new technology; its innovation is the way that it connection with iTunes, creating a new method for the sale and distribution of music.• Innovation takes a diverse team—no one can do it alone. • Innovation requires the generation of real value.• Value is determined by the end user.• The competition is always better than you think. Many of the best innovations are developed outside of your organization.• Organizations become less innovative as they grow. • Venture capitalists don't take risk. Sure, there is risk in investing in new companies, but VCs do their homework. They research the need and demand, and if convinced of the demand, they assess whether the technology or new concept will satisfy the market better than the competition.• Innovation takes discipline, commitment, and dedication.Sometimes coming up with a great idea that people will want and can really use isn't enough. The engineers who developed the liquid crystal display were honored for their work with the Draper Prize—the Nobel Prize for engineering—in February, but some of them faced significant resistance from their own organizations, which feared that LCDs would disrupt their existing business. However, these engineers didn't give up. Look around you and see all of the LCD screens—on your watch, TV, computer monitor, or smartphone. This is a perfect example of innovation requiring discipline, commitment, and dedication.
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Open Access at Duke
Yesterday the Academic Council at Duke University unanimously adopted an Open Access policy for scholarly articles written by the Duke faculty. The policy was brought forward by a Provost-appointed committee of faculty and librarians that was chaired by Professor Cathy Davidson (whose earlier post on the subject is here) and Paolo Mangiafico, Duke's Director of Digital Information Strategy. I also serve on the Task Force and participated with Cathy, Paolo and others in many discussion sessions where questions were raised and adjustments made to the final documents.
For those who would like to see the policy as adopted, which consists of a preamble, the policy itself, which is a single page, and a nine page FAQ, here is a link. There was also a news story that describes the policy quite well published by Duke News and Communications two weeks ago.
Several observations about the process of getting this policy adopted occur to me. First, I think we were all surprised to find that the idea of open access itself was fairly uncontroversial. Most of the difficult challenges we faced had to do with the process that will be implemented for faculty to make their works available in a repository, not the concept of openness. Now we are faced with developing procedures and systems that will be easy and intuitive for faculty, which may be the greatest challenge yet. Our faculty have told us, in essence, that if we build it they will come, as long as we build it well.
In that vein, I was interested by this blog post called "Let's Make Open Access Work." I don't agree with all of it (as the author himself predicts), but it is a interesting set of challenges to reflect upon as we design OA systems.
There were, of course, questions about the impact of OA on journals, and the presence on the task force of a representative of the Duke University Press and others with ties to traditional publishing was a great help. But it is also true that we heard a lot of complaints directed against the traditional models of scholarly communication from the faculty.
One thing that librarians often believe is that faculty will only be motivated for open access by their own self-interest — impact, citation and the like. But yesterday Cathy Davidson made an eloquent plea for greater access for people around the world who are blocked by high subscriptions costs and other "toll-access" policies. All round the room, heads were nodding as she spoke. I was reminded that most faculty members genuinely do care about the overall welfare of scholarship and learning.
Finally, I was very impressed by the collegial and respectful system of faculty governance that I got to observe yesterday. The challenges raised throughout this process about open access were very real, and the work of getting to a unanimous vote was considerable. But all the way along, and especially in yesterday's Academic Council meeting, I had the strong sense that people were listening to each other and learning as they conversed, which is, I believe, shared decision-making at its best. Of course, it helps that they ultimately made the decision that I favored; this is the real world, after all!
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Kevin Z says:
Great News! I would love to hear Cathy's pleas and arguments in more detail. Is there video from the meeting or an article written by her outlining her case?
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I just wrote on my Facebook page, as a status update: "Relentless optimism has served me well as a practice and a politics. Reminded again." Thanks for the shout out. I am very, very proud of our Task Force for all of their hard work and for our faculty for their trust, vision, and desire to be heard and read and to make a difference.
EighteenthCentury.org » Blog Archive » Open Access? An Important Question. A Handful of Links. says:
[...] articles written by the Duke faculty." In a post at Scholarly Communications @ Duke, Kevin Smith writes One thing that librarians often believe is that faculty will only be motivated for open access by [...]
Brett Walters says:
This is very good news and a positive move toward realizing the section of the University's mission which calls for the promotion of "an intellectual environment built on a commitment to free and open inquiry."
The link above to the actual policy is password-protected; will it be available for folks to read?
Kevin Smith says:
Sorry about the password-protected link. Rather ironic, isn't it? I have changed the link to one that will work for folks. I'm not sure how long the document will be there, however, so I will work to establish a permanent home for it asap.
Ryan Scherle says:
The link to the policy is restricted-access. It is freely available here.
Charles J Greenberg says:
I guess the Duke faculty believe the evidence and want to get cited more often.
Charles J Greenberg says:
I guess the Duke faculty believe the evidence and want to get cited more often.
Charles J Greenberg says:
I guess the Duke faculty believe the evidence and want to get cited more often.
[...] – Read full article here. [...]
New Directions in Scholarly Publishing » Open Access for Scholarly Writing at Duke - UCSD Libraries says:
[...] As posted by Kevin Smith in his blog, Scholarly Communications @ Duke, [...]
[...] a comment » Duke's Academic Council has voted unanimously to adopt an Open Access policy for Duke [...]
Deborah Teramis Christian says:
I am so delighted to hear this. As an independent scholar, I lack access to most high-cost journal databases and similar sources of easily searchable academic literature. It is a constant frustration to work around this problem, and often not possible at all. I highly value all quality open access sources I come across, and am eager to add Duke's collection to my list of go-to places for research. Thank you all so much for your foresight in moving in this direction.
Pam Shurmer-Smith says:
Can I say a huge "thank you".
The increasing number of institutions doing this really makes a difference – obviously to the poorer countries, but also to the smaller universities and colleges and to people who aren't at university.
When I retired early I was amazed to discover that all the journals I was accustomed to reading suddenly became inaccessible – an intermittent series of temporary attachments has partially solved the problem for me but this isn't open to everyone and it doesn't need to be like this.
[...] Smith, Scholarly Communications@Duke Blog, "Open Access at Duke" posted March 19, [...]
[...] Over eight hundred users in the first year is, indeed, more than a pilot, and part of me was excited and wanted to take some small amount of credit for the success, but that would make little sense. Reason being is that one of the reasons I was nostalgic about Duke University today is that this is a university that not only has money, prestige, a championship Basketball team, and some of the nation's top scholars and researchers. But they also approach things like a WPMu pilot (and just about anything else they do in this field) very intelligently. They brought me in last year because they knew they wanted to start experimenting with "flexible publishing platforms," and they brought Joel Theirstein of Rice Univesity's Connexions project and Micahel Boezi of Flat World Knowledge in as plenary speakers this year to ramp up their exploration of Open Access at Duke. [...]
[...] benefits of open access, and the web site has sections on economics and campus policies. A few campuses have had their faculty commit to publishing their research in open access repositories, and many [...]
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I decided to ink up the adorable PI set Crazy for Daisies. This is the newest set in the Pure Innocence monthly flower set series. I stamped the image on a piece of X-Press It card stock and I colored it with Copics.
I used Black Licorice, Red Hot and Kiwi Kiss for card stock. The patterned paper is from October Afternoon. I finished off the card with some stripped twill and some Charcoal twine. I used the Die-namics Layered Label die for the sentiment on the inside of the card.
Here are the details for the weekly MFTWSC challenge. Simply follow the sketch and create a card or other paper creation. You may use any stamps and supplies that you wish. Each week, a keyword is assigned to the sketch. All you need to do to enter, is upload your card to the gallery at SCS, and enter the given keyword in the keyword box, during the upload process. After the deadline, we randomly choose a winner from that week's entries and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher. If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher! That is up to $100 per month in prizes, JUST for playing along.
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There's a season that calls Chicagoans to gaze out the window and curse the weather. No, it's not the bone-rattling winter. It's summer. During these hot, humid, unpredictable months, in which the thermometer swings between 60 and 100 degrees, Mother Nature can never win.
Korean summer food is a lot like Chicago summer. It's hot when you expect it to be cold, and it's cold when you expect it to be hot. It stokes you into perspiration, it chills you into brain freeze. It's simple and complex, spicy and sweet, sour and creamy. You just never know what to expect, so you learn to enjoy it all.
Chicago's Korean food goes way beyond bulgogi (grilled marinated rib-eye) and bibimbap (mixed rice with vegetables and runny egg), though those two dishes are promoted heavily to Westerners. That's a shame because, with almost 5,000 years of history, Korean cuisine offers layers of culture and philosophy, all stirred with a good dose of practicality and ingenuity. You'll find all those aspects in Korea's traditional summer dishes — all available in Chicago.
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Here's your quick guide to cooling Korean dishes: what to order, how to eat, where to go — and why.
Sam gye tang
(Pronounced "sum-ghere-tah-ng"): Ginseng chicken soup
Boiled chicken in a steaming stone bowl may sound like the last thing you crave on a sweltering, 90 percent humidity afternoon. But that's exactly what Koreans line up for during the summer doldrums.
Sam gye tang is young chicken or hen stuffed with glutinous rice, garlic, jujube (a prune-y maroon date), ginseng and sometimes ginger, then simmered in its own fat and juices. The two vital "warming" ingredients, ginseng and garlic, are meant to inject you with nutrients lost to excessive sweating, as well as regulate blood flow and metabolism.
The idea of fighting heat with more heat ties to the principle of ki (qi in Chinese) — or life force, a sort of energy that flows within all living systems. Traditional beliefs say our well-being depends on how balanced your ki is. So if your surrounding environment's essence is hot, you must adjust your internal temperature to maintain health and balance, or so the idea goes.
The best place for sam gye tang is Ssyal Ginseng House in Albany Park. Like all sam gye tang places, Ssyal carts the stone pot over to you — a whole bird sitting in burbling broth, served alongside fresh chopped green onions and coarse, pepper-flaked salt ($13.99).
Ssyal's Cornish hen actually includes a whole stem of ginseng, unlike some other places that mutilate the ginseng into a barely 1-inch stump. At least two whole apricot-sized jujubes tumble out of the bird, licorice-sweet and plumped with chicken juices. The stuffed rice is cooked just right — not clumped into a doughy fist, but still sticky enough to hold together for a chewy mouthful, or mash into the broth.
Scatter the green onions over the hen, then taste a small spoonful of the broth. Season the broth with the provided salt, but leave some for dipping white meat. Slurp the broth, letting the vapors unfurl into your face. Sweat it out, then tear into the bird with your fingers. Pick up chopsticks once in a while to pop a kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchee) into your mouth. Pick up a spoon to slurp more broth and rice. Sweat, repeat.
Ssyal Ginseng House, 4201 W. Lawrence Ave., 773-427-5296; lunch and dinner Monday-Saturday
Naeng myun
(Pronounced "naeng-mee-un"): Cold noodles
For a simple, plain dish of noodles and sparse toppings originating from North Korea, naeng myun is wonderfully diverse. The ingredients for noodles vary, from buckwheat to arrowroot to sweet potatoes, sometimes tinted with green tea or seaweed. Toppings and broth differ too. But the two main versions are the mul naeng myun (literally "water chilled noodles") and the bibim naeng myun ("mixed chilled noodles"). Want something refreshing, tangy and quenching?
Go for the mul naeng myun. Want something a little spicier, a little drier and exploding with more flavor? Shoot for the bibim. Chicago offers both versions and more, and does them well.
Mul naeng myun is typically a tangle of long buckwheat noodles in chilled beef broth, waiting to be uncurled with steel chopsticks. You'll have vinegar and wasabi-like mustard on the side to season your icy broth. Bibim naeng myun comes dry and dressed in a spicy red pepper sauce, but with similar toppings: half a boiled egg, thin slices of beef, shaved radish, crisp Korean pear and slivered cucumbers. Both versions typically come in large stainless bowls that keep the contents as cold as possible.
Da Rae Jung in Lincoln Square, a nondescript shop squeezed into a strip mall, specializes in Hamhung-style naeng myun ($9-10). They make their noodles in-house, shipping the flour from South Korea. Get their raw skate bibim naeng myun, because that's what Hamhung (a city in North Korea) is known for. The special noodles, drenched in a light, puckery red sauce, are sprinkled liberally with sesame seeds and topped with sour kimchee and smooth pieces of jerky-like raw skate.
Solga in West Ridge offers chik noodles — a blend of buckwheat and kudzu, a Japanese arrowroot — that are earthier, inkier, chewier ($10). Cho Sun Ok in North Center serves yet another variety: yeolmu naeng myun ($10), basically mul naeng myun with fermented bitter radish greens added in for an even crisper, tangier broth. The best part is the creamy egg yolk. Mash the yolk just a little into the sauce or the broth, add a tiny squirt of vinegar, maybe a sliver of citrusy kimchee — and aaahh.
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A revamp of existing Cloud WiFi installations is also planned for 10 further stations including Bristol, Reading and Bath.
In total, the 23 stations handle over 64million train journeys each year.
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If I double the size of the house to 6,000 square feet, the calculator comes up with $600,000, still $100/square foot.
How can that be? I can't believe there are $300,000 in additional material and labor costs.
For example, it can't cost twice as much to build a 20 foot x 20 foot bedroom versus a 10 foot x 10 foot bedroom. It's just more lumber and drywall.
Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.
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I love the" It's just more lumber and drywall". That's what professional home builder's hear all the time when a client gets an estimate or bid.
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Homes are measured in square feet of living area (heated space).
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That's why a cost estimate based on "cost to build per square foot" is at the very best, a very rough estimate.
That's why the Cost to Build Calculator has 6 different "Quality Classes" for 10 major categories.
But as I always say, until you get actual bids and estimates from contractors and suppliers, or General Contractor's if you are using one, your best efforts at estimating will remain "approximate" estimates.
For more thoughts on this simple yet complicated thought, read my answer to the frequently asked question "Is the cost per square foot to build the same for any size house?" on my FAQ's.(Scroll down)
Well David, you can see that your question is a frequently asked question.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) apportionment of cost shares has changed over the years and how NATO determines what the members' cost shares will be for its three common budgets.
GAO noted that: (1) NATO does not routinely evaluate members' cost shares for any of its three commonly funded budgets; (2) rather, NATO has adjusted the shares based on comprehensive reviews occurring at no specific interval and in response to discrete events, such as entry of a new member; (3) cost shares for the NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP) budget, most recently reviewed in 1990, have been subject to comprehensive reviews more frequently than the civil budget--last reviewed in 1955, or the military budget--last reviewed in 1966; (4) NATO has adjusted cost shares due to discrete events infrequently--in 1966, when France withdrew from NATO's military structure; in 1982, when Spain joined NATO; and in 1994, when Canada sought to decrease its NSIP share; (5) NATO has used various methods to adjust cost shares; (6) for example, in 1955, NATO used expenditures to comprehensively review and adjust shares for its civil and military budgets; (7) in contrast, changes to NSIP cost shares in 1990 were based on negotiations among members that considered factors such as each nation's capacity to pay and the expected benefits from NSIP-funded projects; (8) NATO has also relied on negotiations to adjust cost shares in response to discrete events; (9) for example, when Spain joined NATO in 1982, its share was determined through high-level negotiations and the other members' shares were adjusted on a prorated basis; and (10) in 1997, the United States' actual cost-share across all the common budgets was 28.45 percent.
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Budget Issues:Opportunities to Reduce Federal Fiscal Exposures Through Greater Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme WeatherGAO-14-504T: Published: Jul 29, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 2014.
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IRS 2015 Budget:Long-Term Strategy and Return on Investment Data Needed to Better Manage Budget Uncertainty and Set PrioritiesGAO-14-605: Published: Jun 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 12, 2014.
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Mesa Robotics' rugged, reliable robotic vehicles are deployed in the United States, Middle East and Japan, and also saw action in counter-explosives operations in Afghanistan. The companies plan to integrate the Innova Holdings patented robotic software solutions with Mesa's full line of unmanned ground vehicles, ACER, Matilda and Marv. This combination of Microsoft Windows® architecture with Mesa's rugged, versatile robots will result in state-of-the-art platforms applicable for military, government, Homeland Security, law enforcement and civilian markets.
"The combination of these companies' new 'smart' products will add significant additional value across the full range of markets, including the military, where the potential to save lives is compelling," said Walter K. Weisel, Chairman and CEO of Innova Holdings. "What's exciting is that the new products that come out of this alliance will advance robotics development to a higher level than currently exists.
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Innova Holdings' innovative solutions include its control systems derived from the Universal Robot Controller™ (URC™), the world's first open architecture PC-controller developed by Innova's wholly owned subsidiary Robotic Workspace Technologies. Additionally, serviceability and modularity of the unmanned ground vehicles in the field will be a top priority. That includes ease of use, available spare parts and maintenance operations.
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Mesa Robotics has a reputation for excellence in engineering, design, development and integration of robotic vehicles and robotic vehicle payloads. Its vehicles have a wide range of uses, including tactical, search and rescue, remote material transport, and counter-explosives operations including humanitarian demining.
"As demonstrated by our recent performance at a National Institute of Science and Technology sponsored robotics evaluation exercise at Texas A&M University, Matilda and Marv readily proved their ruggedness and reliability," said Don Jones, vice president of Mesa Robotics Inc. "Soon, with a Windows-based architecture, we're really going to have something phenomenal.
"What's important to remember about Mesa's vehicles is that they have already proven to be successful in negotiating rubble, operating in harsh environments and saving lives. All of this at a lower-cost alternative to what's currently available today."
The MOU is available on the Innova Holdings web site at: http://www.innovaholdings.com/MOU.pdf.
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Innova Holdings, Inc. (IVHG:OTCBB), Fort Myers, Florida, builds shareholder value by developing and acquiring technology-differentiated solutions with extraordinary potential for profitable and sustainable growth. Innova Holdings is chartered to continue expanding its growing suite of technologies through acquisitions and organic growth.
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Robotic Workspace Technologies (RWT), Fort Myers, Florida, is a subsidiary of Innova Holdings, Inc. and a leading provider of open architecture, patent-protected, PC controls, software, and related products that improve the performance, applicability, and productivity of robots and other automated equipment. RWT holds three pioneer utility patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and patents pending pertaining to the interface of a general use computer and the mobility of robots, regardless of specific applications. Its technology has been applied in industries ranging from agriculture to automotive, to medical and R&D. RWT is recognized internationally for its pioneering contributions to the robotics industry. Its founder, Mr. Walter Weisel, has been a driving force in the robot industry for the past 33 years, and is a recipient of the prestigious Joseph F. Engelberger Award recognizing his contributions to the advancement of robotics and automation.
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Ragnarok, meaning "Twilight of the Gods," is an event in Norse mythology representing the end of the world. It is eschatologically different from similar concepts in many other religions in that the gods already know their fates (although it is no stretch of the imagination to conclude that the Devil has read the end of the Book of Revelation and hence already knows his fate as well).
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One interpretation of the Ragnorok myth sets it to occur on February 22nd, 2014, i.e. today.[1][2] As of the time of this writing, the sun and moon have not yet been consumed.[citation NOT needed] And, the day is February 23, 2014. The sun has risen, and the world has once again not ended, meaning that we can now wait for the next "apocalypse".
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A clear victory
Clinic students and professor win eye therapy for client
A Seattle woman who had been denied therapy that was her only hope in curing debilitating migraines and vision problems is now getting relief, thanks to the Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic.
The attorneys and students involved in the case fought the state's refusal to provide the services on grounds that it violated federal and state law and that the state failed to follow its own rule-making process – and the state agreed.
"I'm only halfway through the therapy, and my vision has improved to where I have to get a new prescription," the 50-year-old client said. "I am so grateful there is such a program as the law clinic. I didn't know how to navigate the system. They did so much research and prepared so many arguments. I was really impressed. I was amazed with the level of care they had."
The client, whose name is not being used because she is a domestic violence survivor, sustained a head injury in a car accident three years ago. As a result, she suffered from severe migraines, blurred vision, and difficulty reading and concentrating. After trying numerous medications and therapies, her neurologist prescribed vision therapy, which has been described as "physical therapy for the eyes." For the first time, she experienced some relief.
"I am so grateful there is such a program as the law clinic. I didn't know how to navigate the system. They did so much research and prepared so many arguments. I was really impressed. I was amazed with the level of care they had." – Client
Unable to work, she maxed out her credit cards, and soon couldn't pay for continuing therapy. Her doctor applied for coverage of her therapy through the Medicaid program. She learned that Washington's Medicaid Program, administered by the Department of Social and Health Services, had issued a new regulation in 2005 eliminating coverage of VT for all Medicaid recipients, regardless of their need for this service.
She sought help at Solid Ground, a Seattle organization dedicated to ending poverty and prejudice, which connected her with the Administrative Law Clinic, taught by Professor Lisa Brodoff. In 2006, an Administrative Law Judge ruled that pursuant to the binding regulation, the woman's claim for coverage would be denied.
But Brodoff and students Jesse DeNike and Amie Hirsch weren't about to give up. They enlisted Janet Varon of Northwest Health Law Advocates to serve as co-counsel and took the case to Thurston County Superior Court.
DeNike and Hirsch, both 2007 graduates, believed the state could not legally eliminate physical therapy services for the eyes if it covered other physical therapy services.
"We argued that the regulation was inconsistent with federal and state law," DeNike said.
Further, the students discovered the state hadn't followed its own rule-making process in denying the coverage. They had asked for the state's rule-making file to see if anyone had commented on the service reduction during the process. And they found out no one would've ever had that chance because the state never said coverage would be eliminated in the notice to the public.
"They called it a 'clarification,'" Hirsch said. "They never said they were cutting anything."
"We looked at it, and we all said, 'They messed up on this,'" Brodoff said.
The students wrote briefs outlining their arguments, and the clinic team presented them to the court and to the lawyers from the Office of the Attorney General representing DSHS in the case. Coincidentally, the assistant attorney general handling the case was Tim Crandall '81, who is an adjunct professor at the law school. He was quickly persuaded that the clinic team was right.
"The briefs were well-written and the problem was clearly identified. The rule was not properly promulgated," said Crandall, who has been with the Attorney General's Office since 1990 and was deputy director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit until 2003. "I can tell a winner from a loser, and this was a loser. I knew it was time to get the client the services she needed and figure out the best way to rectify the problem."
The state agreed to immediately withdraw the rule that eliminated the vision therapy; notify all providers in the state that VT was still a covered service in Washington; let anyone who was denied services over the last two years apply for retroactive coverage; and cover the clinic client's VT services. Further, the state paid her attorney's fees for the pursuit of the appeal.
"It felt really good," DeNike said. "Our client had serious medical problems and she got the help she needed."
Crandall credits the students and their supervising attorneys.
"Having been a student at one point and being an adjunct, I think it's great experience for the students in the law clinic to have a real case and to go up against a seasoned attorney and win," he said. "We're growing good lawyers at Seattle University School of Law."
Word of the students' work spread, and DeNike and Hirsch were invited to the fall Mountain West Regional Clinical Conference in San Diego to talk about the case.
"At the conference, our clinic was well-received," Hirsch said. "I think we have a really great program here. A lot of responsibility is given to the students."
Brodoff said it's exciting to give students the opportunity to practice law. And just as important is making them see what attorneys committed to the public good can contribute.
"If this client hadn't gotten representation in court, she wouldn't have gotten the service," Brodoff said. "Most poor people don't have that chance. This is a social justice issue."
The students said they benefited from having the chance to work on an actual case and to learn Washington law.
"This is the only class that taught us how to practice law," DeNike said.
They have high praise for Brodoff.
"If this client hadn't gotten representation in court, she wouldn't have gotten the service. Most poor people don't have that chance. This is a social justice issue." – Professor Lisa Brodoff
"She's awesome," DeNike said. "She's really good at breaking things down."
Their clinic experience has carried over after law school. Both are now working in administrative law. DeNike is an associate at McCullough Hill, PS, in Seattle working on land use and environmental law. Hirsch works for the state Department of Ecology on rule-making.
"I'm glad to know how their careers are being affected," their client said. "That's a real joy to me. As long as there are people and students who care like they did, I really think the future is good. They are really making a difference."
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What happens when you introduce human genes into cows? Why, you get
cow-people who cows that can produce the nutritional equivalent of human breast milk of course. Yum?
Now before you get your hopes up, no, this stuff is not for your Cap'n Crunch. The reason that Chinese researchers have introduced human genes into cows is to enable them to produce an adequate substitute for human breast milk, since baby formula doesn't offer the same benefits. That said, there's no reason you couldn't drink it, and according to the researchers, "the milk tastes stronger than normal milk," whatever that means.
To get the human bits into the cows, Holstein dairy cow embryos had their DNA modified using cloning techniques. The clones were implanted into surrogates, and so far about 300 of these "humanized" cows have been created. Their milk boasts a much higher nutritional content, 20% more fat, and a variety of proteins that boost immune systems in human babies.
While genetically modified plants and animals are certainly controversial, it's important to keep in mind that we've been genetically modifying everything we can get our hands on for thousands of years through selective breeding. Mixing in human genes is certainly a more aggressive step, but as population increases, it may be necessary to rely more on genetic modification to keep food on everybody's table.
As far as the milk goes, it'll take about ten years to make it to your fridge. In the mean time, I'll be sitting here wondering whether those humanized cows produce human steaks in addition to human milk. Mmmmm, human steaks.
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In the series finale, Henry defeats one final political foe but faces his mortality after the deaths of both his best friend Charles Brandon and King Francis of France, and the ghosts of his former queens appear for a final confrontation.
Powerful accusations of heresy are made against the queen but the ailing Henry has little interest. A chastened Lord Surrey faces the ultimate penalty for losing 600 men in an ill-advised action that nearly reignites war with France.
The war with France is nearly lost when one of Henry's officers cleverly engineers a sudden victory, but the triumphant king's health has been weakened by the costly adventure.
War looms with France as Henry marries Catherine Parr, who proves to be an able and respected queen and stepmother, finally giving England's king the stable, happy household he has long desired.
The newly single Henry surprises his countrymen by restoring his daughters to the royal succession, forging an unexpected political alliance, and manipulating events to marry an attractive, mature, and recent widow.
The king is devastated to learn of his beloved queen's ribald past and present affairs, and banishes her from court, even as the investigation rounds up and tortures suspects.
The king's warm welcome in the North reinvigorates him but his queen's past catches up to her when a former lover appears with threats of blackmail, and an anonymous letter exposes her infidelities to Henry.
A noticeably more benevolent and tolerant Henry VIII forgives the citizens of the North for their rebellion against him, but the youthful wife he dotes upon launches a passionate affair with Culpepper.
Henry's age catches up to him during Christmas celebrations, but his youthful and randy court continues the party without him. The arrogant Lord Surrey takes aim at the powerful Seymour clan.
In the season four premiere, King Henry VIII marries his fifth queen, a lusty teenager whose beauty and checkered past inflame the passions of a trusted courtier, Thomas Culpepper.
The Tudors presents the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII's nearly 40-year omnipotent reign (1509-1547) of England. In addition to his famous female consorts, a 20+ year marriage to Catherine of Aragon and the infamous dalliance with Anne Boleyn, the series delves into Henry's most notable political relationship and the deconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church in England.
Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new, teenage mistress. Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.
Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage in order to avoid war with France and Spain.
Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife--but the king's marital reputation precedes him.
Henry remains in seclusion while mourning. Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism.
The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty of the suppression. Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived.
The Tudors clip - starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Anthony Brophy, Natalie Dormer, Sarah Bolger. Directed by Michael Hirst.
Hearing that Charles Brandon is very ill, the King summons his longest and most loyal ally to court. They reminisce about old days, and the King forbids Charles from dying. Don't miss 'The Tudors' on Wednesdays at 9/8c.
Queen Jane is in labor - and has been for an agonizingly long time. King Henry may be forced to choose between saving the life of his heir or his queen.
What counted as birth control in the Tudor age? Talk about Earls gone wild...
Suspense reaches new heights as Pope Clement's special envoy arrives in London to oversee the court deciding the legitimacy of the King's marriage. For Cardinal Wolsey, all is at stake...
Henry's sassy sister invites Charles for an innocent game of cards...and wine. Hmmm....
Poor Queen Katherine... her husband is angry with her for not yet being pregnant, and her lover is far away - in the arms of her lady-in-waiting!
King Henry throws a tantrum after being sorely disappointed by the looks of his future queen Anne of Cleves. He blames his advisors, especially Thomas Cromwell, the unlucky matchmaker.
A cook is blackmailed into poisoning a high-ranking bishop. (Sure hope his punishment doesn't fit the crime!) Meanwhile, Anne Boleyn insists Henry break all contacts with Katherine.
The King is determined to lead his armies into battle to recapture lands he once held, as well as a glimmer of his youth. Don't miss 'The Tudors' on Wednesdays at 9/8c.
Testosterone is seething, maidens are pleasing....King Henry 8 IS the man...
The Catholic alliance signals a weakening of the Reformation s influence in English politics. Realizing that the tide is turning, Bishop Stephen Gardiner goes on the hunt for suspected Calvinists. Don't miss 'The Tudors' on Wednesdays at 9/8c.
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Regional labor market courses serve as learning experiences for policy-makers and stakeholders in better understanding various labor market issues in specific regional contexts.Joint ILO-World Bank Course on Promoting Job Quality and Productive Employment in the Middle East & North AfricaIn October 2010, the World Bank and the ILO held this joint course with the main objective to support the adoption of more effective and inclusive labor market and employment policies, taking into consideration of how these may apply or be adjusted to rapidly changing labor market realities in the region. In response to the vulnerability caused by widespread low-quality informal employment, the featured topic of the course was informality and the job quality challenge.
Joint ILO-WB Course for Francophone AfricaThis joint WB-ILO course, held in January 2009, offered a learning experience for stakeholders from Francophone African countries to better understand the role of employment in a pro-poor growth strategy.Joint ILO-World Bank Training Course "Coping with the Global Job Crisis in South East Europe"In November/December 2009, the World Bank and the ILO held a joint course with the objective of better understanding the role of policies and institutions, and their interactions, for labor market performance and social inclusion in South-East Europe in the context of the global job crisis.
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Massive fish kill under investigation; Magnablend issued citation
WAXAHACHIE - The explosion at the Magnablend facility Monday, Oct. 3 in Waxahachie is still battling not only clean-up issues, but citations from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for killing thousands of fish in nearby lakes and ponds.
The plant, located off the Highway 287 and Interstate 35 bypass, provided custom chemical blending, manufacturing, and packaging services. As well as offering liquid and powder blending services; and specialty chemical blending services, such as exothermic and endothermic reactions, anhydrous ammonia, powder spraying, polymer dispersions and precision accuracy according to the company's website.
Records obtained from TCEQ, indicated the original reports of "hundreds" of fish killed because of aftermath chemical run-off from the clean-up were really thousands.
From Monday, Oct. 24 through Friday, Nov. 4 TCEQ had investigators onsite monitoring the water in the general vicinity of the explosion.
Reports indicate the fish were deprived of oxygen, eventually dying off after stressing to breathe for days. Lead TCEQ Investigator Michelle Havelka noted anywhere from small fish species to large bass were discovered killed.
A letter sent to Magnablend President/CEO Scott Pendry via certified mail notified the company about the TCEQ findings and "failure to prevent an unauthorized discharge into or adjacent to any water in the state resulting in a fish kill" with a notice of enforcement for Unauthorized discharge and fish kill at a pond located on private property on West Grand Avenue and South of John Arden Road in Waxahachie.
The letter states the Texas Legislature has granted enforcement powers to the TCEQ to carry out its mission to protect human health and the environment and additional violations may be cited upon further review.
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Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg. PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY
By CHRIS HILL
Friday, October 19, 2012
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has written to the president of the Newspaper Society to reinforce his support of the regional Press and to clarify that recent comments were "not focused on local newspapers".
The Lib Dem leader told his party's annual conference that he doubted the long-term viability of traditional newspapers and said falling circulation figures had led to the industry acting like "desperate animals around a disappearing waterhole".
The comments provoked a defence of the regional newspaper industry from Adrian Jeakings, who is chief executive of the EDP's publisher Archant and president of the Newspaper Society, representing 1,100 regional and local titles across the country. Mr Jeakings wrote to Mr Clegg (pictured below) questioning his "highly damaging and generalised remarks" and outlining the reasons for his own optimism in his industry's future.
The deputy prime minister's written response explains that his comments were made during a debate about the national Leveson Inquiry, and not directed at local newspapers – a point he also made to EDP reporter Dan Grimmer when they met in north Norfolk earlier this month.
His letter says: "I made a number of comments about the challenges faced by the national newspaper industry. I am happy to clarify that my remarks were not focused on local newspapers.
"In fact, I stand by my comments to the Newspaper Conference last year, that local newspapers and news organisations have every reason to be optimistic about the future. I was also asked about this issue this very week [October 9] when interviewed by the Eastern Daily Press, and so am on recent record in my admiration for local and regional media."
Mr Jeakings said: "I am delighted that Nick has clarified his comments, expressing his continuing support for local and regional media. He clearly recognises the vital role that local newspapers play in the communities that they serve and the trust placed in them by their readers."
Mr Jeakings' original letter says although local newspapers had, like most other industries, been hit hard by the recession, advertising revenues are forecast to return to modest growth next year and online audience numbers continued to rise.
Mr Clegg's response says: "From my own experience as an MP in Sheffield, it is clear that people continue to have a huge hunger for local news and commentary – and a great deal of trust in their local newspapers. The statistics you quote paint the same picture."
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Louisville, Kentucky
July 23, 2003
BlackWyrm Game Studios would like to announce that it's received the thumbs-up from Green Ronin to release a hardcover supplement under the guidelines of the M&M Superlink license.
"The Algernon Files" is a collection of characters, some friends, some most definitely enemies, that can be thrown into practically any supers' campaign that's even remotely four-color. It captures a degree of modern sensibility in its character design, while keeping the silver and bronze age spirit. Face off against the likes of the supergenius Prometheus, or an ancient god made flesh in the form of The Serpent Queen; decide who's side Hell's Belles are really on, or trade blows with the mighty Magog – and if you feel a little overwhelmed by all the hostile attention, relax by visiting Fortress, expansive HQ for potential allies The Sentinels (Tours of the museum and vendor areas are 2-5 PM, weekdays only, thank you), the third team to carry on the legacy of their name.
In addition to the characters, who will be presented by Algernon, AI support for the aforementioned Sentinels, the book will also include example headquarters and vehicles, plot hooks galore, new feats and powers, some optional new rules, and maybe even a nifty little set of benchmarks to illustrate why we designed everything the way we did.
"The Algernon Files" will be a 128 page color hardcover and is tentatively scheduled for release in December. It will retail for $29.95.
BlackWyrm Games, Inc. (BWG) was founded in early 2003. It's done various d20 projects for such luminaries as Elmore Productions and Tintagel Media. "The Algernon Files" will be the first product released under the BWG logo. For more information, and future web enhancements, stop by www.blackwyrm.com.
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Beyond the Niche
The Maturing Giclée Market
Part 1 of a 4-part exclusive online series
It was in the spring of 2005 when I.T. Strategies conducted a survey of wide format print suppliers. The result was a report published in May 2006—Wide Format Print-for-Pay Shops: Continued Evolution. Out of the 777 respondents that participated, a mere two percent self-classified their businesses as fine art printers.
"Fine art is an interesting specialty," suggests Patti Williams, consulting partner, I.T. Strategies. "There are shops that specialize in just fine art. That's very unusual for the wide format graphics print community. Most print shops offer a lot of different types of print—a little of this, a little of that."
Jim Manelski, president of BullDog Products—a distributor of giclée supplies and systems integrator—says that he sees growth unfolding among those print business that specialize in fine art work. Demand is up; volumes are up. "BullDog Products' sister company, Harvest Productions, for example, currently has more than 40 printing presses, just printing fine art," Manelski marvels.
With such a small representation—two percent according to the I.T. Strategies study—in the total wide format market, fine art printing might seem a highly specialized niche. But look closer. That same I.T. Strategies study confirmed that virtually every other category of print company—commercial, display graphics, sign shops, etc.—reported they're also doing some amount of fine art reproduction work. If that's the case, niche hardly seems a fitting term for this growing slice of the wide format pie.
And it's not just among the print suppliers themselves where competition is becoming evident. A new breed of print supplier is being born—a sort of grassroots movement taking place in the art community itself. Artists themselves are quickly catching on to just what these inkjets are capable of—and are buying them, too, not only with the intention of reproducing their own work, but the works of other artists, as well.Tapping the Fine Art MarketWhile most sign and other large format print shops may already have the equipment and workflow needed to tap into the emerging fine art market, infiltrating and serving the art community may require much more than the ability to put ink on paper well. Building a lucrative fine art reproduction business requires a reliable, clean way to digitally capture original artwork; it requires a tightly controlled, color-managed workflow; and it requires an intimate knowledge of substrates and inks.
But perhaps most importantly, the printer must also demonstrate a special appreciation for the customer. Art, after all, is a very personal product. An artist will expect color to be spot on, that textures and details are preserved in print. And never has it been more important for the printer and customer to communicate and manage their expectations for the final printed result.
"Working with artists is more of a consultative sell," Williams affirms.
Fine art reproduction is definitely a growing niche, according to BullDog Products' Manelski. "But it's still a very specialized area. I've found that only the top five percent of companies, those that are really approaching print in an innovative way—those are the types of companies that could more easily adopt printing art," he suggests.
Don't miss the next three installments of Digital Queue, in which we'll take a closer look at fine art reproduction, and explore the technologies and best practices fueling this promising market.
Also, look for a full feature article on giclée in the February 2007 issue of Digital Output.


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