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Showalter had an impressive July 25 performance competing against talented solo singers, duets, and groups of all ages — all in the running for the $1 million grand prize.
She is now headed to the final round after wowing the crowd with her rendition of "Before He Cheats" by Carrie underwood.
Catch her compete on local NBC at 8 p.m. Thursday.
A 1992 DSU graduate with a Music Education degree, Showalter has been promoting her strong Delta connection since gaining recognition on the show.
Dr. Kimberley Broadwater, a former DSU classmate of Showalter, has been passionately rooting for her old friend.
"I think it's great that she hasn't forgotten her Delta roots," said Broadwater, who once taught in DSU's music department, before making the move to Mississippi Valley State University. "Since the minute she found out she'd be on the show she's been reconnecting with all of us.
"Every statement she's made on the show has been about back home and being proud to be from Mississippi."
Born in Columbus, Showalter spent her youth in Louisville. She graduated from Greenwood High School before attending DSU.
At Delta State, Showalter earned her title as Miss Delta State in 1991 and went on to participate in the Miss Mississippi Pageant where she was named a talent winner and second alternate.
She currently resides in California where she has taught performing arts for over 10 years.
"I'm so proud of Amy," added Broadwater. "She's living her dream performing and teaching. I think it's awesome what she's already achieved."
Dr. Mary Lenn Buchanan, a voice instructor at DSU, is also proud of Showalter's dedication to the green and white. She remembers her as a very strong student in her classes.
"I think it's thrilling — number one because she is doing so well for herself, and number two, she is promoting DSU as her alma mater," said Buchanan. "We're all very proud of her."
Barry Bays, a DSU music instructor and director of DMI bands, said he's excited to see a former student succeed on national TV.
"The music department was awesome at the time she was a student," said Bays. "Anyone who came through the program had to be good, and she's certainly showing that."
Showalter has thrived thus far after being judged by a special in-studio panel of 101 'music experts.'
Judges vote for the act they like best in each duel, with the unique twist that each competitor has the opportunity to negotiate a deal after they perform.
Competitors can "take the money and run" or choose to stay in the competition for the million. Viewers who play along online also have a chance to win $10,000.
Local supporters and friends are routing for her to reach the ultimate prize.
Follow Showalter during the broadcasts at https://twitter.com/amyshosays, and learn more about the show at www.nbc.com/the-winner-is.


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Senator Harris?
Yes, it's true. Sources in the local Republican Party say our own Congresswoman Katherine Harris has locked up the contributors and the funding needed to run for Sen. Bob Graham's U.S. Senate seat next year. As you may have guessed, and what makes this interesting locally: The Republicans are already lining up for a shot at Harris' seat in the house.
County Republican Chair Tramm Hudson is considered the front-runner, although there are rumbles that Ringling Museum of Art board chair and local Ford dealer Vern Buchanan still hungers for a taste of the political life. Don't forget, Hudson supposedly had to talk Buchanan out of running last year when Harris decided the seat from Sarasota was going to be the launching pad for her political career in Washington.
And don't forget State Sen. Lisa Carlton. Some Washington experience would be helpful when she makes the run to become Florida's first female governor down the road-according to some Republican insiders.
There is one potential glitch in all this, however.
Solidly Republican Sarasota always seems to have a taste for the token Democrat, especially if it's a good solid candidate. Bob Graham routinely carries the area, and Barbara Ford-Coates does the same on the county level.
A savvy, fresh-faced Democrat such as City Commissioner Mary Anne Servian could come out of the weeds and turn the run for Harris' seat very interesting indeed.
Best Bite
Diners interested in truly fresh fish often aren't choosy about their surroundings if their main objective-good local fresh fish-is the mainstay of the menu. Toss in a magnificent view of Sarasota Bay and a table on historic fishing docks, and you have Star Fish Restaurant in Cortez.
Nothing's fancy, but the grouper and whatever else came into the fish house that morning (Star Fish is actually a fish house with a small market in front and a restaurant out back on the docks) make for a potentially memorable lunch that will have you dragging out-of-town guests up to Cortez.
This is the real thing, right down to the cheese grits that come with the fried mullet lunch, and, along with genuinely good hush puppies, are available as a side with everything else.
Open every day for lunch at 11:30 a.m., Star Fish is open until 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and until 3 p.m. Sundays and Mondays. Just drive down Cortez Road (from either direction) to 123rd Street, turn south, go to the end-and there you are.
Jurassic Park South
The big lizards are coming back, and it has nothing to do with it being an election year. Of course our native alligator never left, but now it's being joined by some relatives, none of whom you want to meet.
Just a couple of months ago the county natural resources department let it be known there have been two local sightings of saltwater crocodiles. Luckily, this particular species of crocs is shy-at least as far as crocodiles go-and poses little threat to human beings.
But now comes something much stranger. Groups of Nile monitors-or whatever it is you call a bunch of them-have been sighted in south Charlotte County near Cape Coral living in the decades-old undeveloped canals.
Growing up to seven feet long, these meat eaters (yes, you read that right) can run up to 12 miles an hour; and since both adults and juveniles have been sighted, they must be reproducing, according to Chris Becker, biologist for the Scenic and Wild Myakka River program.
Dr. Todd Campbell of the Institute of Biological Invasion at the University of Tennessee has applied for a grant from the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program for a project entitled "Eradication of Introduced Carnivorous Lizards." Becker says the project has been "rated high for funding."
Dr. Kenneth Krysko of the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, who has been assisting Campbell, says he doesn't know how many Nile monitors are running loose down south, "but there have been over 120 observations."
So if you're planning a trip south, don't forget the short leashes for your pets.
Hot Seat
Dr. Laurey Stryker was named chief executive officer for USF Sarasota/Manatee in 2000. Since that time her plate has been overflowing with orchestrating USF's separation from New College, planning campus expansion on the Crosley Estate while the neighbors are crying, "Not in my backyard," and building relations with the surrounding institutions.
Q: Well, welcome to NIMBY. Ever experienced this before?
A: I've spent a lot of my career in planning and serving on various boards, so I'm familiar with people having strong opinions. Long-term, we're just trying to be good neighbors. We're sensitive to the neighborhood, sensitive to change, and have made accommodations. But at the end of the day, it appears they'd rather we not be there [the Crosley Estate campus]. I hope the day after we complete the project they'll all say. "What a great project."
Q: The campus location controversy aside, what's your biggest challenge in the separation of USF and New College?
A: The challenge is USF and New College both have plans to grow. Sharing facilities such as our library makes a lot of sense, but we're working out the separation in a time of tight budgets. It's not a matter of land but getting the facilities we each need.
Q: What about FSU? Is its proximity at Ringling and the Asolo another challenge for you?
A: It's another opportunity. There are regular meetings with FSU, Ringling School of Art and Ringling Museum. Let's face it, three universities along a quarter mile of bayfront is unique in Florida and maybe the world. So the opportunity here is how to link up and use our strengths.
Q: Any time to enjoy the Sarasota lifestyle?
A: Yes, I do enjoy the Sarasota lifestyle through the theater, good restaurants, good music and, most of all, the many stimulating people I know.
Q: What keeps you awake at night?
A: Opportunity. The idea of how to get it all done, provide the progress they want. The great thing is, Sarasota is so supportive of higher education and yet there's not enough of an opportunity for higher education. Just look at the young people; so many go elsewhere.


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Graham Ogle wrote:The one thing which is lacking from many of these programmes is any explanation about the science involved and any assumptions or guesses which are made. It would be nice to have the option of subtitles, so when they show a stripey dinosaur, there is some text to explain why they think it is stripey. Or why do they show carnivorous dinosaurs as being vocal creatures?
Healerman wrote:I think, Graham, that the "details" used in finishing the dinosaurs are just extrapolations of what we find with existing life. Predators tend to be stealthy as they hunt but do seem, by and large, to make an awful lot of noise when they kill. Perhaps to intimidate the prey, making the kill easier?
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even comcast's PQ is better than DTV's
LMAO alright. Thats why I currently only subscribe to their internet service.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 10:56 PM
even comcast's PQ is better than DTV's
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 12:10 AM
2 Hoppers would give you effectively 9 tuners during prime time and 6 otherwise.
But I have to ask, what in the world can you want to watch that would have you need 10 tuners at any given time? The most I've ever had going at once were 5 of the 6 tuners I have and that very rarely.
Posted 25 February 2012 - 08:12 AM
Does DISH have more basic channels in HD than D*? Yes. Does D* have more sports content in HD than DISH? Yes. Does D* have more Premiums in HD than Dish? Yes. Let's not forget that D* serves a more premium customer (customers that watch more Premiums, Sports..like YES Network, Sports Packages). Dish is a quality service and the right service for some people. D* is a quality service and the right service for some people.
Not everyone has everything.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 08:54 AM
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 09:15 AM
My wife will record as many as 5-6 programs in the same time slot, very few of wich are on the regular broadcast channels. Add to that my 1-2, which hmeans that there have been as many as 8. Not very often, but it happens. If the grandson is over, that chewe up one more tuner.
Posted 25 February 2012 - 10:52 AM
It's only the end if you can't get them OTA either. Works out great for me because I can record 4 things at once on my 722k (2 OTA + 2 Sat).Both DirecTV and TWC offer my locals in HD while DISH does not. End of discussion.
Posted 25 February 2012 - 01:04 PM
Yes definitely looking better not to mention having E! In HD which I'm totally lost as to why directv doesn't I used to watch it before got directv.
They have many more has I'm interested in too.
Enjoying AT 250 HBO,
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 01:23 PM
E! You really that junk?
DIRECTV customer since 1995.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 01:48 PM
Yep, amazing how judgmental everyone is. So it's frowned upon for those that want to watch the Academy Awards Red Carpet in HD. Yep, it's on other channels as well, but some might like the E! coverage. Everyone's an expert.One man's candy can be another man's poison.
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I was thinking drunks in a sport's bar arguing over their team, but guess it's the same thing.This is like a bunch of rednecks fighting over who makes the best pickup.
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Maybe I'm not understanding this, but adding an AM-21 will do this for you.What I miss from DISH: OTA local recording (better PQ,) local subchannels.
Posted 25 February 2012 - 06:51 PM
Posted 25 February 2012 - 06:57 PM
This has been an interesting read. It's been awhile since I did an Dish vs. DirecTV comparison and I am surprised. Currently, I have Choice Xtra (68.99) and found the Dish America's Top 250 to be a close match (69.99). Dish has the following in HD which DirecTV does not:
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You can attach an external HD to the Dish 722 DVR and still use the internal drive. Their DVR svc is $6/mo and HD is free.
HD offerings on Premium channels are not up to par - this is a bummer for me. Lower HD resolution? Inferior customer service - especially if it's off shore.
I've been pleased with DirecTV so switching to Dish would not be an easy choice. I'd enjoy to hear from more of you except for emotional fanboys.
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McGuffey High School marching band recently completed an undefeated season in Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association competition. The band captured first place at events in East Allegheny, Norwin, Beaver and West Allegheny. On Nov. 3, the band captured the Class AA PIMBA Championship, including awards for outstanding music and outstanding general effect. Senior members of the band are, from left, Charles Demi, Eric Nolin, Halie Madosky, Megan Pendleton, Kaleigh Snider, Leo Friedrich, Max Levy, Megan Miller, Mikayla Schultz, Andrew Adams, Kelly McCosby, Cera White, Stacey Martin, Kaitlyn Moore and Haley Crompton.


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History of the Department
On the following page is a brief history of the department, along with a video entitled "The First 48 Years of the Department of Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania". On the subsequent page there are four additional videos: "The Billingham Chairmanship and Transplantation Immunology" (Clyde Barker and David Gasser), "The Mellman Chairmanship and Cytogenetics" (Beverly Emanuel and David Gasser), "The Mellman Chairmanship and Maternal/Fetal Medicine" (Michael Mennuti and David Gasser), and "The Kazazian Chairmanship" (Haig Kazazian and David Gasser). Read and view more about the department...
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Seminar Series
The Department of Genetics hosts a different speaker every Monday of the academic year, with invitees ranging from postdoctoral researchers to prominent scientists presenting a broad array of current, genetics-related research. Our series is cosponsored with the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Click here to view the schedule.
Department Highlights
We are pleased to announce that this year's Tom Kadesch Prize in Genetic Research has been awarded to Judy I-Ting Wang. Read more about Ms. Wang, the Kadesch Prize, and the Symposium...
Zhaolan Zhou, Dan Rader, Judy Wang, Alex Kadesch, Becca Mueller
Recent Faculty Additions
We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Christopher (Casey) Brown, Ph.D. Casey received his Ph.D. in Genetics from Stanford in 2007 in the laboratory of Arend Sidow, where he used a combination of whole embryo expression data and statistical modeling to explore the role of evolutionary processes in defining constraints over a compendium of over 70 expression-defining determinants in the tunicate, Ciona intestinalis, genome. His postdoctoral studies in the lab of Kevin White at the Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, focused on the analysis of cis-regulatory variation in human primary tissue using novel adaptations of quantitative trait locus (eQTL) mapping. Casey will join the Department as a tenure track Assistant Professor on January 1, 2013. His arrival is expected to further strengthen and expand the Department's capacities in the field of biomedical informatics and to extend our mechanistic studies of gene regulation by noncoding determinants. |
Recent Genetics Faculty Publications
Yoseph Barash
In silico to in vivo splicing analysis using splicing code models.
Gazzara MR, Vaquero-Garcia J, Lynch KW, Barash Y.
Methods. S1046-2023(13)00444-1, 2013.
AVISPA: a web tool for the prediction and analysis of alternative splicing.
Barash Y, Vaquero-Garcia J, González-Vallinas J, Xiong HY, Gao W, Lee LJ, Frey BJ.
Genome Biol. 14(10):R114, 2013.
Maja Bucan
From Mouse to Human: Evolutionary Genomics Analysis of Human Orthologs of Essential Genes.
Georgi B, Voight BF, Bucan M PLoS Genet. 2013. 9(5): e1003484.
Genomic View of Bipolar Disorder Revealed by Whole Genome Sequencing in a Genetic Isolate
Georgi B, Craig D, Kember RL, Liu W, Lindquist I, Nasser S, Brown C, Egeland JA, Paul SM, Bucan M
PLoS Genet 10(3):
doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004229, 2014.
Doug Epstein
Divergent roles for Wnt/β-catenin signaling in epithelial maintenance and breakdown during semicircular canal formation.
Rakowiecki S, Epstein DJ.
Development 140(8):1730-9, 2013.
of Sox2-dependent activation of Shh in the ventral diencephalon by Tbx3
is required for formation of the neurohypophysis.
Trowe MO, Zhao L, Weiss AC, Christoffels V, Epstein DJ, Kispert A.
Development 140(11):2299-309, 2013.
Arupa Ganguly
Parental nutrient intake and risk of retinoblastoma resulting from new germline RB1 mutation.
Bunin GR, Li Y, Ganguly A, Meadows AT, Tseng M.
Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Feb;24(2):343-55. doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-0120-x. Epub 2012 Dec 8.
A case-control study of paternal occupational exposures and the risk of childhood sporadic bilateral retinoblastoma.
Abdolahi A, van Wijngaarden E, McClean MD, Herrick RF, Allen JG, Ganguly A, Bunin GR.
Occup Environ Med. 2013 Jun;70(6):372-9. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101062. Epub 2013 Mar 16.
Genomic profile of 320 uveal melanoma cases: chromosome 8p-loss and metastatic outcome.
Ewens KG, Kanetsky PA, Richards-Yutz J, Al-Dahmash S, De Luca MC, Bianciotto CG, Shields CL, Ganguly A.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Aug 23;54(8):5721-9. doi: 10.1167/iovs.13-12195.
Dominant form of congenital hyperinsulinism maps to HK1 region on 10q.
Pinney SE, Ganapathy K, Bradfield J, Stokes D, Sasson A, Mackiewicz K, Boodhansingh K, Hughes N, Becker S, Givler S, Macmullen C, Monos D, Ganguly A, Hakonarson H, Stanley CA.
Horm Res Paediatr. 2013;80(1):18-27. doi: 10.1159/000351943. Epub 2013 Jul 13.
Enhanced Sensitivity for Detection of Low-Level Germline Mosaic RB1 Mutations in Sporadic Retinoblastoma Cases Using Deep Semiconductor Sequencing.
Chen Z, Moran K, Richards-Yutz J, Toorens E, Gerhart D, Ganguly T, Shields CL, Ganguly A.
Hum Mutat. 2013 Nov 26. doi: 10.1002/humu.22488. [Epub ahead of print]
David Gasser
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Higher performance, greater functionality, and dramatically reduced die size enable delivery of superior bipolar products in smaller packages such as the popular SOT-23.
By Craig D. Wilson, PhD, Key Technical Contributor, ADSiV Process Development, Analog Devices, Inc.
The introduction of the Analog Devices iPolar™ manufacturing process represents the industry's first major re-engineering of 36-volt bipolar processing in nearly two decades. Designed for industrial applications that require bipolar analog components with high voltage tolerances, the new iPolar process yields devices that consume 75 percent less silicon area than earlier bipolar processes while offering unusually high performance and functionality. This, in turn, is fostering the introduction of families of off-the-shelf industrial devices that offer industrial systems designers a new array of lower noise, lower cost options in much smaller SOT-23 packages.
How Analog Devices came to develop iPolar
As semiconductor process technology continues to mature, much of the spotlight has focused on CMOS and the needs of mobile, battery-powered consumer and communications applications for components with ever-lower supply voltages. Unlike the digital CMOS domain, however, where designers work with sub-micron geometries and hundreds of thousands to many millions of devices per die, the industrial marketplace typically uses process geometries as large as 2.5 microns that yield perhaps a hundred active bipolar devices per die.
While many semiconductor manufacturers were driving CMOS-based chip voltages down and performance up, the needs of industrial users for higher speeds, more features, lower noise, lower power, and smaller packages did not keep pace. Indeed, until the advent of Analog Devices' iPolar process, most 36-V bipolar process advances were modest and depended on huge diffusion areas to adequately separate the transistors, which in turn required the use of larger die and wafers.
Figure 2. A smaller footprint - An 8-lead SOIC (small outline IC) package (left) is shown next to a 5-lead SOT-23, which at 8.3 mm2 is nearly 75 percent smaller. The more efficient use of board real estate dramatically improves performance and functionality. |
Why iPolar is so revolutionary
With the iPolar 36-V process, Analog Devices tapped years of bipolar process design experience by employing a proprietary deep trench isolation scheme to minimize transistor size without compromising performance. This was achieved by maintaining a junction isolation scheme between the devices and the substrate, rather than using a full dielectrically-isolated (DI) scheme that requires buried-oxide wafers (SOI substrates). While integrating the deep trench isolation scheme with a bulk substrate presents an additional process development challenge, when compared to a DI process the circuit benefits are clear. In addition to dramatically lowering costs relative to SOI (silicon-on-insulator) wafers, the iPolar process uses bulk substrates to provide much improved thermal conductivity for the active transistors, promoting better transistor characteristics over a wider temperature and voltage range.
Additionally, the high-performance precision bipolar devices that iPolar enables were constructed without poly emitters to create the best possible 1/f noise performance, while the emitter/base junction formation was carefully engineered to avoid the burst (or popcorn) noise often associated with older bipolar processes.
Though revolutionary, iPolar is flexible enough to have allowed Analog Devices to migrate popular design techniques to the new process, including ADI's patented XFET technology as well as trimmable thin-film and high-performance capacitor technologies. Rather than simply port older techniques to a new process, however, ADI re-engineered each to provide the highest performance and process uniformity while minimizing die consumption. At the same time, the iPolar process uses more a advanced wafer fabrication facility than other 36-volt bipolar processes, which allows ADI to take advantage of cleaner, more advanced process techniques to maximize yields by minimizing defects and lot-to-lot wafer and die variations.
Analog Devices also has improved the 'analog' performance of various transistor combinations, using device matching and a new emitter-base-collector architecture to better control important circuit parameters such as offset voltage and noise.
Figure 1 shows the layouts of two similar transistors. The iPolar-based transistor at the bottom features a 4× area reduction, making the resulting circuit small enough to fit into a SOT-23 package. In the case of an amplifier IC, the added space enables designers to add features like bias current cancellation and shut-down capability.
Figure 1. Before and after iPolar - At the top is a layout of a traditional 36-volt device. At the bottom is the same function tooled in the new iPolar 36-volt technology which brings about a far superior product in a much smaller die.
In addition to more efficient use of available die area, iPolar enables transistors with bandwidth of at least 750 MHz or more for both the NPN and PNP transistors, a significant improvement over standard 36-volt bipolar performance.
An overview of iPolar Products
Let's look next at some of the products that are enabled by the Analog Devices iPolar process. iPolar products being introduced now are listed in Table 1. iPolar products to be introduced soon are listed in Table 2.
The iPolar AD8675 brings significant improvements to the OP27 - Holding the bias current Ib as low as possible is essential in an operational amplifier. That is why Ib cancellation circuitry is essential, for otherwise the Ib rises with increases in voltage and temperature. Device designers create circuits that compensate, so that the b stays relatively constant over variations in voltage and temperature. This has played a major role in the design of the AD8675 iPolar amplifier. It exhibits improved precision and noise performance - vis-à-vis the low-noise, precision OP27 operational amplifier plus a 50 percent reduction in power and a 20 percent improvement in bandwidth.
Device | Description |
AD8675 Amplifier1 |
AD8677 Amplifier |
ADA4004 Amplifier1 |
1 Also available in dual and quad versions.
iPolar AD8677 outperforms the popular OP07 – Analog Devices' iPolar AD8677 is a redesign of the popular ultra-low offset voltage OP07 operational amplifier, bringing improved phase margin and stability. It fits into the SOT-23 package illustrated in Figure 2 and is far smaller than the SOIC. The SOT-23 is a surface mount package with overall dimensions, including leads of 0.112" x 0.115" (2.84 mm x 2.92 mm). Some of the salient features of the AD8677 are listed in Table 1.
Table 2. iPolar Products to be introduced soon
Device | Description |
Line Receiver |
Line Driver | |
ADR 12x, ADR13X - Voltage Reference |
ADR82x - Voltage Reference + Amplifier |
High Speed Amplifier at 26 V |
iPolar is the first significant effort to re-engineer 36-volt bipolar devices in a generation. It has made possible the introduction of a family of analog devices for the industrial marketplace that deliver dramatically improved performance and far greater functionality in just 25 percent of the board space. Together with iCMOS, the high-voltage industrial manufacturing CMOS process introduced in November 2004, Analog Devices reaffirms its continuing commitment to the industrial marketplace.


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Cheryl Hyman left corporate America with a mission to rebuild Chicago's community college system. And it's personal.
Facing graduation rates at just 7 percent three years ago, the success of students at City Colleges of Chicago was a fact Chancellor Cheryl Hyman took personally. She did, after all, graduate from the network of Chicago community colleges. Ms. Hyman took over in April 2010, equipped with both the passion and a plan to reinvent the definition of success and education at the community college level.
Today, the graduation rate is up, and the Reinvention initiative seems to be on track. We caught up with the chancellor to get the details.
You surprised many people two years ago when you left the your position as VP at ComEd to join City Colleges. Why the move?
I'm an alumnus of City Colleges of Chicago. I graduated from Olive-Harvey College, then transferred to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). This job gave me the opportunity to come in and try to set up an institution that ensured that every student got the same opportunity I did despite their circumstances. I often say that I left a career to take on a calling.
What are the major goals of the Reinvention plan?
The first is to ensure students here receive more credentials of economic value. Simply put, that means: the credentials you earn…help put you on a pathway toward a career, help you advance in your current career or are transferable to a four-year institution. The second goal is ensuring more students transfer to four-year institutions and start as juniors. The third goal is to increase the outcome for students needing remediation. We have to figure out how to get those students remediated quicker and change the way we delivered remediation. Our fourth goal is to ensure our adult education population completes what they came here for and have a strong bridge into college-level courses.
In the past couple years, how have you seen Reinvention make an impact?
We just reported a 3 percent increase in our graduation rate, which took our graduation rate to 10 percent, a statistic we're still not comfortable with by any means. And it's the highest graduation rate that it's been in a decade. Transfer agreements have been signed with a number of institutions, including my alma mater, IIT, and UIC, DePaul and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Was that an 'a-ha moment' for you?
I think we were all a little bit surprised and happy when we finally got the real number of our accomplishment. It was an 'a-ha' and the greatest moment because it was an indication what we're doing is working.
There is a big focus on the skilled labor gap in the country right now. How are City Colleges prepping students for the workforce and skilled labor?
One of our proudest programs launched under Mayor Emanuel…is our College to Careers program. It's an innovative program where corporate partners work with faculty to create a curriculum relevant to a high growing, fast-paced industry. We're not trying to be a short order cook. What these partners are doing is helping us shape an industry.
How do you want the education at City Colleges to look in the future?
We studied where 80 percent of the jobs and opportunities will be over the next decade, and those are the areas on which we're focusing. When you look at 100,000 jobs unfilled with a 10 percent unemployment rate in the Illinois area, someone needs to have a sense of urgency around that. Our program portfolio should be reflective of what is needed in the industries growing to close those 100,000 jobs [gap], and what four-year institutions are looking for.
And your biggest challenge in respect to Reinvention?
When you look at culture, you can make a ton of changes, but people have to buy into those changes and believe in them. And that's why it was very important to me to set up a process by which the people who are here every day and do the work are actually the ones involved in it, and they see it's a win-win for everybody.
What has helped to define your leadership at City Colleges?
I can tell you the number one thing that has helped me, and the number one thing that contributes to my leadership, is the team that works with me. I can't say enough about the dedicated people here. There are six new presidents at City Colleges that are all phenomenal. The vice-chancellors working for me on a day-to-day basis come with strong credentials and backgrounds. I believe for any successful leader, just look behind them at their strong team.


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3 eggs
1 pinch baking soda
I have used this basic recipe for a couple of years. It's four stars with the changes that I made. I added a tsp of vanilla and decreased the sugar to 3/4 cup. I don't like a sweet pound cake. I added more like a heaping half cup of sour cream. The first time I made this it started to burn. Now I bake it at 350. If anyone is new to baking and unsure of what a pinch is just use a 1/8 tsp measure for the salt and the baking soda and you will be fine.
I think personally, that the flavor was ok (that's based on the batter, anyways). However,the cake came out dry and I was very careful not to overmix or overbake. Not pleased; will not use again.
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This is excellent! This is what I did to make it come out that way. I added 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp almond extract to the batter. I baked it at 350 degrees for 75 minutes. The inside was moist and tender. The outside was crusty and rich. I topped it with whipped cream and sliced, sugared fresh strawberries. It was yummy!
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I already had this basic recipe in my file, but I needed to make a few changes. To start, I doubled the recipe so that I could use a 10 cup tube pan instead of a loaf pan. I always make sure that my ingredients are room temperature before I start. This is very important in cake baking. I creamed the butter and sugar, but I used unsalted butter and I used 2 1/2 sticks instead. I kept the sugar at three cups and I used seven large eggs separating the yolks, adding them one at a time, beating well after each addition. I put the egg whites in a glass bowl and set aside. Then I added the extracts to the mixture, but I did something different. I like a very flavorful cake, so I used one teaspoon each of orange, lemon and almond extract and two teaspoons of vanilla extract and never, ever use imitation. I just can't imagine baking a cake without some extract or other flavoring. I used cake flour instead of all purpose and I sifted it three times. Because I like to use unsalted butter I had to add 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus 1/4 teaspoon baking soda to the flour. I split the flour into thirds and added it alternating with the sour cream. Then, I beat the egg whies until stiff peaks were formed and folded them into the batter, poured the batter into the tube pan and baked for about 90 minutes at 350 degrees. This cake was perfect and its a nice big cake. I simply love it and its moist, too.
I added lemon zest and poppy seed to this recipe. Zest of one lemon, juice of lemon and 1/4 cup poppy seeds. Then I added a lemon glaze of lemon juice, powdered sugar and milk.
My husband is a great cook, but following detailed recipes is not his style. This is an easy to follow recipe with a tremendous pay off! The crust is crisp with a tender and moist cake in the middle! Watch the time, as our oven cooks it in 45 min. Also, double the recipe if using a bundt pan!
Excellent pound cake - very moist and goes perfect with fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream. I did add 2 tsp. of vanilla extract and 1/4 tsp. of lemon extract.
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My first question is this: do we have a release date for the core rulebook yet? I'm more than ready to get mine ordered, but every time I check back on the site it stills says that it's not yet available.
Secondly, I was wondering: how easy do we think it'll be to carry a character from one rulebook to the next? For example, say you make a character for EotE that you really enjoy playing, and then FFG releases AoR - will it be possible for you to carry him over (which would be okay in theory, given that the systems are supposed to be identical or compatible), or would some tweaking be required? How likely is it that your Force-Sensitive Exile will be able to find a teacher and begin gaining access to talents and powers from Force & Destiny?


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MUHLENBERG COUNTY, Ky. (6/21/14) — The Muhlenberg Job Corps Center would like to recognize Robin Baker, Finance Specialist, as the Employee of the Month for May 2014.
Robin stepped in during a critical time and fulfilled the duty of the Center's Buyer for two weeks in addition to all her other finance duties. She continued to do all her other duties but made purchasing a number one priority in order to benefit our student population by ordering food, supplies, equipment, and services required to keep the center running efficiently. In a two week period Robin entered close to $30,000 in purchase orders that were critical to center operations.
She was also instrumental in meeting a May 30 deadline for entering equipment purchase orders that had to be committed per the regional Department of Labor office. She helped organize and set up an account for GED testing that had to be done quickly in order to test students before they went home for Summer break.
The Center is already seeing results from that testing with GEDs being passed.SurfKY News
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TP: How did you learn about TreePeople and volunteering here?
BP: I was supposed to come to a park work day but my car battery died. Then you emailed me a week later you said you needed office volunteers, so I came in.
TP: Why don't you tell folks a bit about what it's like to volunteer in the TreePeople office?
BP: Well, it's not an office, it's a yurt! But it's exciting to be here. I did a tree measuring project last week. I was calculating the impact of trees here at the park. I have done a lot of entering of information into the database. I did the park visitor count, calculating how many people visit the park every day. And I've posted events on VolunteerMatch.org.
TP: What do you do outside of volunteering here?
BP: Work primarily. I work at the UCLA Medical Center blood bank. I love to come volunteer here every week to get outside and experience nature!


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Never thought I would like a black pendant light until I saw this photo above. In a bright enough and simple enough room a black light fixture, chandelier or pendant light can work. Way back, everyone was doing black Murano glass chandeliers...I like this look as today's take on black lights!
Here is today's CHEAP TO CHIC on some black pendant lights.
DWR - Barn Lamp - $285 (Black pendant light. Dome and canopy made of spun steel. Shiny black exterior, white inside)(above)
yLighting - Shade Light - $900 (Black aluminium with silver aluminum interior. Matte finish)(above)
hive - Boon Light - $1332 (Designed Piet Boon. Classic drum shade in black. 37.5" diameter)
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Save the Date: USGBC-LA's 6th Annual Green Gala, November 3rd
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A Living Sacrifice
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All God Commanded
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All Things Under Christ
In His great wisdom, God has accomplished salvation for us but has decided to not yet apply all of its benefits. One of these benefits is the full and complete manifestation of His reign which is still yet to come. ...Read More
Always Reforming
Consistent preaching of the gospel both to ourselves and to the world around us is necessary if reformation is to endure. We need to be reminded of the gravity of our sin and the greatness of our Savior in order ...Read More
A Mandate for Fruitfulness
Given the scourge of abortion in the West today, adopting children is a worthy vocation for all couples whether they are fertile or infertile. Even couples who are unable to adopt can help provide financially for those who want to ...Read More
A Man Who Loved Riches
Even though not every Christian is called to sell all his possessions, one commentator has helpfully noted that those who find comfort that this call is not universal are precisely those to whom Jesus would issue it! As citizens of ...Read More
A Mark on Cain
Do you believe that you are self-sufficient? Do you really think that you can live without God and the assistance He provides through His people? Though we try to be strong and handle everything ourselves, attempts at complete self-sufficiency are ...Read More
A Marriage Myth
Single Christians must be careful not to think there is only one person out there who would make a perfect spouse for them. If you are single and want to get married, do not rule out someone with whom you ...Read More
A Mighty Wind
How often do you think about the work of the Holy Spirit in your life? Have you forgotten His real and living presence in you (Luke 11:13)? All too often we do not rely on the third person of the ...Read More
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The truth that Jesus will not snuff out a smoldering wick or break a bruised reed is one of the most encouraging truths of Christianity. When others would give up on us because of our failures, lack of money, talent, ...Read More
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Whether cloud, mobile, social, or analytics, businesses today are struggling to deal the massive amounts of data created by both traditional and the new era workloads. Businesses that have the storage infrastructure to better gain insights from this data will have competitive advantage. IBM offers software defined storage offerings such as code name: Elastic Storage (US) and IBM SAN Volume Controller as well as optimised data storage solutions such as XIV® Cloud Storage for Service Providers and TS4500 tape library along with enhancements to DS8870 , IBM Storwize® IBM Storwize® and FlashSystem™ offerings. The right storage infrastructure improves data economics which drives business success.
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I just upgraded my '04 Dodge Durango Limited 4WD from the OEM 17" wheels and tires to 22" Fittipaldi's and Falken tires. VERY happy with the offset of the combination (thanks to the experts at Discount Tire Direct) so that I don't have the tires and rims outside of the wheel wells and they don't rub on the inside. The biggest problem now is to lower the vehicle SLIGHTLY (not slamming) so that I don't have that ugly "stink bug" look. Eibach has a kit for the 2004 and 2005 Durango for the rear but had not been able to get it out to retailers at this point. Anyone else have any luck?
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extremeavalon Posts: 3I have a set of 22 inch wheels for my 06 Avy and am having a little trouble with the back strut rubbing. The front to my surprise actually worked fine and fits perfect. A set of coilovers would do the trick but unfortunately theres no aftermarket parts for this car yet. Anyone have some suggestion that might help??
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ateixeira Posts: 72,587I'd ask the techs at the Tire Rack. It's usually either 5x100 or 5x114, something like that. Probably the latter for a heavy truck like yours.
Other issues like offset are also important, though, so just because the bolt pattern is corrent does not mean they won't rub or have other issues. -
garados Posts: 321I just got tokico illuminas on my IS300 this weekend and WOW! what a difference! The car is much easier to control. I didn't realize how badly the stock shocks were blown until I had them off the car. I could push them down with my pinky and they wouldn't even come back up. I flipped them over and the rod came out of the body :surprise:
All in all, illuminas are a good shock ... but konis are better :P
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Family Game Night will be Nov. 26 in the Community Room at 7 p.m. Enjoy video and board games with the whole family. The last Lego Club meeting for the year will be Nov. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in the Community Room for ages 7 through 11.
The Tween Art Zone will meet Nov. 28 at 4:30 p.m. for ages 6 through 12. Tween Science Zone will meet Nov. 30 at 4:30 p.m. for ages 8 through 12.
"Jazzy Little Christmas VII" will be presented by The Arts Center, 320 N. White St., Athens, on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 in the Sue E. Trotter Theater. Light hors d'oeuvres will be available at 7 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and are available in advance at www.athensartscouncil.org; by phone at 423-745-8781; and at The Arts Center. Table reservations may be made by calling 423-745-8781.
The Salvation Army's third annual Jingle Bell Jog: 5K/1 mile walk will be held on Dec. 1 at Tinsley Park. The event begins at 10 a.m. with registration at 9 a.m. Preregistration can be completed online at www.csarmy.com. Proceeds will go toward utility assistance for those in the Cleveland area during the harsh winter months. The 5K is competitive, flat, fast and certified. Preregister entry fee: $20; day of race entry fee: $25; preregister family fee: $40; day of race family fee: $45. One long sleeve T-shirt will be given to all 5K runners and 1-mile walkers, and four long sleeve T-shirts will be given per family. For more information, call Jim Welch at 308-3467.
The Scholastic Book Fair will begin Dec. 3 and continue through Dec. 10 in the Children's Room of the library. Stop by and look and give the gift of reading to someone. Besides books there will be other items that can be used as stocking stuffers. All monies raised from this Book Fair will be used to purchase additional books for the Children's collection.
Author's Night Out will be presented by the Etowah Writer's Alliance/Etowah Arts Commission on Dec. 13 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Etowah Community Center. The public is invited to come meet local authors and see their books, which will be available for sale as well. The event is free to the public. For more information, call 423-435-6480.
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It's becoming a growing concern that there are not enough students pursuing studies and careers in engineering. Manufacturers, especially, are increasingly feeling the pinch that comes from not enough skilled engineers emerging into the work force to replace baby boomers who are starting to retire.
Massachusetts, especially Boston, is a center for developing engineers. The state overall enjoys a fairly high 40% of students from public schools who pursue college as having interest in STEM fields. Other areas of New England, especially more rural areas, show a dramatic drop off in STEM interest. Overall, it could be that a misperception of what sorts of jobs are available in the manufacturing sector might be impacting what students foresee as opportunities for after they graduate. As many good paying engineering jobs exist in those industries, more can be done to raise awareness of this fact with students.
Efforts are ongoing to grow the perceptions of opportunities out there so that students can better envision futures... Read More