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The New Zealand Institute of Architects has named winners of the 2014 New Zealand Architecture Awards. BVN Donovan Hill and Jasmax earned the New Zealand Architecture Medal for ASB North Wharf, commended by the jury as an "exuberant workplace with a variety of spaces for big and small meetings, private work, and social interaction." The banking headquarters project also garnered awards in the Commercial Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Sustainability categories.
ASB North Wharf; photo by John Gollings
Additional winners include:
Commercial Architecture
Regional Terminal at Christchurch Airport
Firms: BVN Donovan Hill and Jasmax
Victoria University of Wellington Campus Hub and Library Upgrade
Firms: Architectus and Athfield Architects
Interior Architecture
Regional Terminal at Christchurch Airport
Architects: BVN Donovan Hill and Jasmax
Sir Paul Reeves Building at AUT University
Firm: Jasmax
Massey University's Te Ara Hihiko – College of Creative Arts
Firm: Athfield Architects
International Architecture
New Zealand Guest of Honour Pavilion, 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair
Firms: Patterson Associates and Inside Out Productions
Sustainable Architecture
Massey University's Te Ara Hihiko – College of Creative Arts
Firm: Athfield Architects
Planning and Urban Design
Sir Paul Reeves Building at AUT University
Firm: Jasmax
Dowse Square
Firm: Athfield Architects
Hurstmere Green
Firm: Sills van Bohemen
Small Project Architecture
Arruba Bach holiday home
Firm: Bossley Architects
Dune House at Omaha
Firm: Fearon Hay Architects
Headland House
Firm: Stevens Lawson Architects
Torea House
Firm: Tennent + Brown Architects
Wellington City Council's Central Park Apartments
Firm: Novak + Middleton
Enduring Architecture (Awarded to buildings that are at least 25 years old)
Cocker Townhouses, Freemans Bay Auckland
Designer: Claude Megson
A House at the Beach, Te Horo
Designer: Gordon Moller of Moller Architects


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Call for Nominations: Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards
From the Vice President for Student Affairs
President's Medal for Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Student
One undergraduate student and one graduate student will be awarded the President's Medal at Commencement ceremonies in May. The President's Medal is the highest honor awarded to a student by Buffalo State College. This award is given to a student who, through use of his or her natural talents and acquired skills, has demonstrated a commitment to meeting the goals of higher education as set forth in the college's mission statement. Recipients deliver the student address at Commencement. A grade point average of at least 3.5 is required for consideration for this award. Students graduating in December 2008, May 2009, or August 2009 will be considered.
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
The Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence is the highest honor bestowed by SUNY upon a student. This award recognizes model students who have integrated academic excellence with achievement in areas such as athletics, community service, creative and performing arts, entrepreneurship, leadership, and career achievement. Although there is no prescribed grade point average for this award, it is assumed that recipients will have high academic achievement. Award recipients are recognized at a spring ceremony in Albany and at Commencement ceremonies in May. Only students graduating between June 2008 and May 2009 will be considered.
Nominations are being sought for both awards. Students must be nominated by a faculty or staff member. Candidates must have demonstrated the qualities recognized by each award.
Selection criteria are the same for each award; however, nominees must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 to be considered for the President's Medal. A student may be nominated for either or both awards.
Selection Criteria for Both Awards
Academic Performance: Documented via grade point average, honors received, rank in class, research, and other scholarly projects.
Citizenship: Documented membership in a professional organization or community outreach activities.
Leadership/Creativity: Documented local, state, national, or international recognition for excellence (e.g., recipient of major national scholarships or athletic awards and/or recognition by national and international associations and honor societies). For Graduate Students: Documented activities related to the discipline of graduate degree program or other college service leadership in a professional organization, or community outreach activities related to the field of study.
More information and nomination materials are available online or from the Information Center in the Campbell Student Union. Nominations and supporting documentation must be delivered to Daniel C. Vélez, assistant to the vice president for student affairs, Cleveland Hall 519, by Thursday, January 22, 2009.


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This week we're inspired by the branding materials for jewelry line Guy & Max by the Proud Creative studio in London. They totally stole our favorite font (Gotham) that we use for a lot of our own branding, but we're willing to let it slide because it looks so good with their brand. We're loving the photography and business cards, but it's the storefront that really does it for us. The awning is beveled to look like a diamond - subtle, but it really adds dimension. The addition of the photography in the window (a collaboration between Guy & Max and English photographer Jason Tozer) gives it the finishing touch of perfection. Good work, guys.
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Kian Egan and Jodi Albert on making marriage last in a celebrity world
Together for 11 years and still smitten? We want whatever they're sprinkling on their breakfast cereal. Our fave showbiz couple talk romance, bust-ups and making baby number two
Kian Egan is aghast. "How many do I have to eat for you to know that?" he protests. He's just overheard his wife, Jodi Albert, saying that if he had to eat one food for the rest of time, it would be burgers. Surely, he says, Jodi should know he's a sausage-sandwich man? But she argues that her husband is simply impossible to predict. "He's always changing his mind," she explains. "It could be burgers today, sausages tomorrow."
As marital disagreements go, that's about as narky at it gets between this loved-up duo. It was their super-sweet reunion on last year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! that arguably clinched Kian the King of the Jungle crown. Up to that point, he had been the quiet man of the series, the ex-boy-band member trying to shine amid a sea of stronger personalities.
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Cataclysm Class Changes: Priest {WoW}
Apr 12th 2010 12:13PM I do not see Leap of Fail or "Life Grip" whatever you wan to call it, as being a priest spell.
Anyone that has played a healing class knows what a fight looks like. It looks like every fight you ever heal. Here's a hint: Health Bars with some sort of motion in the background, and the occasional glance to make sure you yourself aren't standing in the fire.
Priests have enough going on with healing. I would very seriously hate to see a priest take the time to actually see someone standing in fire, have to move in range if necessary, target them, cast Leap of Fail, re-target the tank and start a heal. It seems it would be more beneficial to let 1 retarded dps DIAF than to lose your tank.
I can hear it now...
Tank: "I'm down... wtf happened w/ healz"
Priest: "I had to lof Azmunch out of the fire."
Arcane Brilliance: Why I hate DPS meters {WoW}
Jan 24th 2010 5:13PM First - My main at the moment is a pally tank. The problem that have with most dps (especially aoe dps) is their misunderstanding of what "threat" is. Just because something is running toward me, doesn't mean you can unleash your mega AoE spell. Another indicator that you should not dps/aoe yet is - I'm still running. I'd much rather your dps be 500points lower if you'll just give me that extra 2-3 seconds to establish threat.
Second - I recently leveled a shaman and have respec'd him to Elemental. I cannot count the number of people that comment on my dps.. and not in a good way. I hit 80 about a week ago, and was leveling as Enchancement... so I had to build an elemental set from scratch. To anyone that hasn't played an Elemental shaman, there's not a lot of gear choices out there unless you roll on leather and cloth... which would seem I cannot Need on in PuGs. To me, so far - elemental shamans play a lot like Affliction Locks. There's not a lot of AoE damage spells that Ele shamans have. I refuse to use thunderstorm unless its an emergency because, well... if you look at my first point, I play a tank. Nothing pisses me off more than some Ele Shaman coming up and thunderstorming everything I'm fighting out of my range, as well as the range of the melee dps. So when it comes to trash pulls I'm usually pretty low on the meters. In addition to that though it's mainly because I'm stopping my casting to cast windshear on that loose caster that isn't in the tanks range, or I stop casting all together because.. for example, the skele's in Forge of Souls. Once they put up their reflective shields, I might as well stop until they're off. Once we get to a boss fight however, I'm usually 1st or 2nd.
Keep in mind, this is with crappy blue and some epic gear. Most of it not even enchanted yet and only gemed with green quality +hit gems. All these people with 5k+ gear scores seem to have forgotten that once upon a time, they too were only pushing out about 2.5k dps. (if they were lucky) I remember the first time I seen a rogue break 3k and was like This guy is godly!
Lichborne: Patch 3.3 Roundup for Death Knights {WoW}
Dec 9th 2009 3:33PM After leveling most of the way to around 72 as blood, I grew very fond of the healing abilities. I tried unholy and for some reason I couldn't stand it.. maybe its the whole pet thing. =\ I'm currently a 77 frost dk and love it.
This was a very informative article; however, I must say that these youtube wars are getting old, lame and far off topic. I visit wow.com for information about the wow community. If I wanted to see Lady GaGa's lastest video, I'd visit mtvmusic.com or vh1's website.
That's not to say that I don't like Lady GaGa, I think she's awesome... creepy -- yes, but still awesome. What I am saying is I think you guys need to put this youtube senseless youtube video war to rest.
Realm Status: Coming back online {WoW}
Dec 8th 2009 6:20PM I would imagine that Arthas must have a certain "Nightelf Mohawk" on his payroll and he's hacking the World of Warcraft servers as Arthas's last defense for Icecrown Citadel.
Patch 3.3: How to find the Frozen Halls {WoW}
Dec 8th 2009 2:32PM ^ when the *video* starts...
(seriously, get an edit button) :P
Patch 3.3: How to find the Frozen Halls {WoW}
Dec 8th 2009 2:30PM Raid entrance is straight ahead of the drake when the raid starts. Looks like the doors are closed though. You can see a battering ram on the stairs.
Patch 3.3: How to find the Frozen Halls {WoW}
Dec 8th 2009 1:51PM Yes, the intro quest... "Go find Sylvannas at the side entrance of ICC." Okay... hop on the trusty flying mount and fly from Dalaran to ICC.
20 minutes later... I finally find the entrance.
Let's see if blizzard takes my feedback about adding "West" side to the quest text. :P
Patch 3.3 compatible addons {WoW}
Dec 8th 2009 10:37AM Uhm.. so - what are your character's names and which server so I know never to group with you people. lol
Whether you're 68 running normal UK, or a veteran 80 farming TotC25 - there's one important rule for every fight.
"Don't stand in the [random color here] stuff!"
Don't have time to look at your character? Scary.


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Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office: The Battle for Your Business Gets Ugly
Google and Microsoft each say their office apps are the best fit for your business. But the smart choice for many firms may be refusing to choose at all.
Last Monday, I attended Google's Atmosphere, a conference at its Silicon Valley headquarters. Other than journalists, the packed audience consisted of CIOs attending at Google's invitation.
The event's nominal topic was cloud computing, and the speaker lineup -- including Google employee and Internet co-creator Vint Cerf, Harvard Law School Professor Jonathan Zittrain, and DreamWorks Animation's Kate Swanborg -- was impressive. But Google's overarching goal was obvious: It wanted to sell all those CIOs on the idea of dumping Microsoft's venerable Office suite and Exchange server software in favor of its Google Apps services. And maybe even replacing PCs with the Web-centric devices known as Chromebooks.
By bringing so many business IT strategists to its home court, Google hoped to get their undivided attention. But up in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft was busy lobbing snarky little missiles of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the direction of the conference.
It did so in the form of two blog posts -- here's one, and here's the other -- explicitly designed to raise troubling questions about Google's Atmosphere pitch even before the conference got underway.
For Google, Microsoft pointed out, business productivity is a sideline that amounts to a rounding error: The company makes 96 percent of its revenue from advertising. The Google Apps services are immature in comparison to their Office counterparts. And Office remains so useful that even job listings for open positions at Google seek applicants who know how to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Microsoft also said that it isn't worried about Google Apps threatening its Office business.
What Microsoft Won't Admit
The software company doth protest too much, methinks. True, Google Apps for Business, which provides a Web-based office suite, email, and other tools for $50 per user per year, won't render Office obsolete anytime soon.
But if Apps was manifestly mediocre and irrelevant, Microsoft could simply ignore it. Instead, it's busily trying to undermine it.
And Google is biting back: On the Google+ social network, Dave Girouard, a Google vice president, linked to one of Microsoft's blog posts and declared it "lame."
As a user of both Microsoft and Google products, the public squabbling makes me uneasy. Microsoft's blog posts in particular feel like negative campaigning that happens to be aimed at a product rather than a political candidate. Some of the points they raise are important, but the churlish tone hurts Microsoft more than it hurts Google.
With both Office and Google Apps, I'm struck by the degree to which the products reflect Microsoft and Google's own corporate personalities. Microsoft has built a product for Microsoft-like organizations; Google has built one for Google-like ones. That makes the emphasis radically different.
A Tale of Two Corporate Cultures
In the case of Office, the personality in question is cautious and conservative. Microsoft knows it has a good thing in the perennial cash cow that is Office. It also understands that this Internet thing isn't just a fad. Those dueling priorities are visible in Office 365, a pay-as-you-go version which competes with Google Apps by bundling the conventional desktop-based version of Office with Web-hosted services.
Office 365 lets companies dip a toe into the cloud without giving up anything they like about Office 2010: It's Office in all its traditional power, plus Web-based tools. But it's not for organizations that want to make a decisive shift to online services. The Office Web Apps are mini-me sidekicks to full-blown Office, not replacements for it, and there's no sign that Microsoft intends future versions to be anything else.
How about Google? It understands that lots of businesses won't even flirt with Google Apps until it fills in some of the holes that Microsoft loves to remind people about. It announced at Atmosphere, for example, that it's finally offering 24/7 phone support rather than expecting customers to seek assistance by e-mail.
It also recently beefed up Google Apps' presentation program, historically the suite's weakest link.
What You Want, What You've Got
Overall, though, Apps remains a product aimed at companies which -- like Google -- have an aversion to desktop software, a love of the cloud, and a hunger to figure out where things are going so they can get there first. It's missing lots of features, and most of it stops working if you don't have an Internet connection. (I still wonder what Google employees do when they take flights that don't have Wi-Fi.) But it's sleek, fundamentally collaborative, fun in ways that Office may never be, and both the apps and your documents are available on any computer that has a browser, period.
At Atmosphere, both Google execs and CIOs sometimes seemed to be as excited about Apps' potential as they were about its present state. For instance, some of them expressed enthusiasm for using Google+ as an internal tool -- even though it's still missing most of the features you'd want an in-house communications network to offer. (Google itself is using a private version of Google+ that isn't available to us outsiders.)
Ultimately, Office feels like it's about protecting what you've already got; Apps errs on the side of opening up new possibilities. Both approaches have their pluses, but neither is entirely satisfying on its own.
Why Pick Sides?
It's not surprising, then, that plenty of companies are choosing to meld them.
One of the speakers at Atmosphere was Michael O'Brien, CIO of Milwaukee-based media company Journal Communications. Not surprisingly, he's a major Google Apps fan. But he has no plans to forcibly expunge Microsoft Office from his company. Instead, he's allowing employees to make the transition at their own pace. He wants them to adopt Google Apps willingly. And he's found that it's possible for one business to use both Office and Google Apps and still get stuff done.
That blended approach makes sense to me. If every organization on earth followed Microsoft's cues, the speed of business-productivity innovation would be achingly slow. But if every organization were compelled to adopt Google's services immediately and exclusively, a lot of important work couldn't get done.
Keep that in mind as these two companies compete fiercely for your company's business -- and don't feel bad if you conclude that neither one has figured it all out for you just yet.


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[1854] Solid Tumor Molecular Diagnostics: Workflow Challenges for Anatomic Pathology and Molecular Testing.
Rachel Ochs, Charuhas Deshpande, Christopher Watt, Kathleen Montone, Vivianna VanDeerlin, Antonia Sepulveda. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Background: With recent clinical evidence guiding treatment decisions, demand for molecular characterization of solid tumors is increasing, presenting distinct challenges to molecular and surgical pathology laboratories. Testing is frequently requested on outside submitted specimens (OSS) that require review by an anatomic pathologist. Submitted material is often a small surgical biopsy or cytopathology cell block and this material may be exhausted during initial diagnosis. Communicating with clinicians regarding receipt of outside slides and/or paraffin blocks and specimen adequacy can be complex. Here we report our experience with solid tumor molecular diagnostics following transition to a laboratory information system (LIS) based specimen tracking system handled by a dedicated Molecular Anatomic Pathology service.
Design: Solid tumor testing requested on paraffin-embedded tissue was tracked using an internally generated report in the LIS during a three month period (July to September 2010) following transition from a manual tracking system. Comparison of overall turn-around time (TAT), specimen type received and specimen adequacy was performed on OSS and our institutional specimens (OIS). TAT comparison with our prior manual system was also performed.
Results: Analysis performed for melanoma, lung and colon cancer specimens (n=115) revealed 68 OIS and 47 (41%) OSS requests. Significantly shorter average TAT for OIS-11.8 workdays compared to 15.4 workdays for OSS (p<0.05) was noted. Specimens submitted for molecular testing included 73 KRAS, 67 EGFR, 33 BRAF, and 21 CKIT requests. Thirteen tests were cancelled for inadequacy due to low tumor volume (12.8% for OSS, 10.2% for OIS) including 6 fine needle aspiration (FNA) specimens (43% of FNA's) and 7 surgical pathology biopsy specimens (15% of biopsies). Three tests were cancelled because adequate outside materials were not received within two weeks of the initial request (6.4% of OSS). Average TAT in a prior manual system for a representative molecular assay was 18.4 workdays.
Conclusions: Solid tumor testing at an academic referral center results in requests for testing on same institution specimens as well as a high proportion of outside specimens. This leads to challenges for laboratory personnel, including issues with efficient communication and difficulties that arise from processing test requests unaccompanied by adequate or appropriate specimens. Our experience supports the role of a dedicated Molecular Anatomic Pathology service with an integrated LIS solution for efficient workflow.
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President Obama signs anti-ETS bill
Two weeks after EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard announced that the European Union is "stopping the clock" on the Emissions Trading Scheme, President Obama ratified S. 1956, a law prohibiting U.S. carriers from participating in the EU ETS. In an official statement, the U.S. government reiterated its goal to "pursue a worldwide approach to address aircraft emissions," instead of a unilateral approach.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed its own version of the "European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011" in mid-November, two months after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Bill S. 1956. Representatives from the House acknowledged the EU's change in stance, but said they needed to pass the bill anyway.
"Fortunately, EU leaders who have promoted imposing an unjust tax on international aviation have temporarily backed off the emissions tax proposal," John Mica (R-Fla.) said in a statement. "The proposal must not be allowed to resurface in one year like a phoenix rising again from the ashes. We must ensure U.S. operators, airlines and consumers are not stuck with a future unfair tax burden."
After the Senate vote, industry body Airlines for America, expressed its support of the bill. In a statement, Nicholas E. Calio, A4A's president and CEO, said the House's move sends a clear message that the EU ETS violates the sovereignty of the U.S. "There is a better way to improve the environmental efficiency of the airline industry, and U.S.-based carriers are already leading those efforts," he said.
In announcing that the EU will conditionally freeze its emissions trading scheme for one year, EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said she is seeking to create "a positive atmosphere" for global talks concerning aircraft emissions management. In a press release, Hedegaard said seeking a global approach to sustainability has been the EU's goal since day one.
"Nobody wants an international framework tackling CO2-emissions from aviation more than we do. Our EU legislation is not standing in the way of this," Hedegaard said in a statement.
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This article is from the WebMD News Archive
June 13, 2005 -- People who drink diet soft drinks don't lose weight. In fact, they gain weight, a new study shows.
The findings come from eight years of data collected by Sharon P. Fowler, MPH, and colleagues at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Fowler reported the data at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego.
"What didn't surprise us was that total soft drink use was linked to overweight and obesity," Fowler tells WebMD. "What was surprising was when we looked at people only drinking diet soft drinks, their risk of obesity was even higher."
In fact, when the researchers took a closer look at their data, they found that nearly all the obesity risk from soft drinks came from diet sodas.
"There was a 41% increase in risk of being overweight for every can or bottle of diet soft drink a person consumes each day," Fowler says.
Fowler's team looked at seven to eight years of data on 1,550 Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white Americans aged 25 to 64. Of the 622 study participants who were of normal weight at the beginning of the study, about a third became overweight or obese.


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Eleven Cool Ideas for Finding Hot New Board Members
The Best of the Board Café
Eleven Cool Ideas for Finding Hot New Board Members
1. Form a "one-meeting nominating committee"
2. Take out a "Help Wanted" ad
3. Consider your volunteers, donors, and clients
4. Network with staff from local organizations
5. Read the local paper, especially community leader profiles
6. See if your community has a board recruitment program
7. Ask for suggestions from funders
8. Call a community association
9. Contact a friend or colleague who's affiliated with a local university
10. Call the head of a local corporate foundation or corporate giving department
11. Ask your supervisor at work for suggestions
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From Becky Andrews, Marketing Manager, Fieldstone Alliance:
I ASKED Marla Cornelius, Projects Director at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, what she thought the hot board issues were right now. As it turns out, she was facilitating "A Peer Discussion for Next Generation Leaders: What's Next?" the following day. Therefore, I choose to focus this issue of Tools on creative (and inexpensive) ways to find new board members. It's excerpted (with slight modifications) from our book The Best of the Board Café by Jan Masaoka. The book is a compilation of the most requested articles from CompassPoint's popular e-newsletter, Board Café.
Eleven Cool Ideas for Finding Hot New Board Members
The tasks of recruiting new board members are often those for which no one volunteers. One reason is that although board members are often told they have been recruited for their "connections," it hasn't been made clear that an important use of these connections is to recruit new board members. A second, and more subtle, reason is that many people are reluctant to recruit board members whom they perceive as being more important (by whatever standard) than themselves. The techniques below help overcome these barriers and others.
1. Form a "one-meeting nominating committee"
Draw up a list of twenty well-connected people you would want on the board, who you suspect wouldn't join, but who might be able to recommend good board members. Call those twenty people and ask them to come to a one-time meeting over lunch. Tell them that at the lunch they'll be told more about the organization and what it's looking for in board members. At the end of lunch they'll be asked simply for the name of one person they think would be a good board member. The day after the lunch call up each of the nominees and begin by explaining who nominated them.
2. Take out a "Help Wanted" ad
Take out a "Help Wanted—Volunteer Board Member" ad in your own newsletter, in the neighborhood newsletter or alumni newsletter of a local college, or on online job boards. Example: "HELP Cypress House . . . We're looking for a few talented and conscientious volunteer board members to help guide our child care, teen, and senior programs into the next century. If you can contribute one evening a month and have skills or contacts in accounting, publicity, or special-event fundraising, call Sister Mary Margaret at 555-1234 to find out more about whether this volunteer opportunity is right for you."
3. Consider your volunteers, donors, and clients
Ask the executive director or the volunteer coordinator if there are two or three hands-on volunteers who would make good board members. Hands-on volunteers—such as support group facilitators, practical life support volunteers, meal preparers, weekend tree planters, classroom aides, and others—bring both demonstrated commitment and an intimate knowledge of the organization's strengths and weaknesses. Volunteers, donors, and clients should be the first place you look. You don't have to "sell" the organization or its cause—they're on board already!
4. Network with staff from local organizations
Pick four local organizations where you don't know anyone, but you wish you did (examples: Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, CPA Society, United Cerebral Palsy). Ask each board officer to call one of the four local organizations and ask to have coffee with the organization's board president or the executive director. Over coffee, suggest that your two organizations recommend to each other board members for limited terms as a way of establishing organizational links and strengthening ties among communities.
5. Read the local paper, especially community leader profiles
When you see someone intriguing, send that person a note (in care of the newspaper if you can't find a business or home address) commenting on the article and asking if he or she would be interested in getting involved as a volunteer board member. Even if the person doesn't respond to the invitation to meet, you will have caught the favorable attention of an influential community member.
6. See if your community has a board recruitment program
Such a program is perhaps run by the United Way, a volunteer center, or a technical assistance organization.
7. Ask for suggestions from funders
Tell government program officers and foundation grantmakers that you are trying to expand and strengthen your board, and you would greatly appreciate help from them. Ask each person for just one terrific suggestion.
8. Call a community association
Approach organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Gay/Lesbian Democratic Club, or the Council of Churches. Ask if you can make a presentation at an upcoming meeting about community needs and your organization's services. As part of your presentation talk about how your organization is seeking dedicated board members with clout and wide community contacts.
9. Contact a friend or colleague who's affiliated with a local university
Ask them to help you identify two or three professors of public health or management, or an administrative dean who might be capable of and interested in serving as board members.
10. Call the head of a local corporate foundation or corporate giving department
Get an appointment and explain your organization's work and the kind of board members you are seeking. It's likely that the executive staff of the corporation are already on boards and would like to see their junior members join boards (for community goodwill and for leadership development). Bring a short "organizational résumé" and ask your contact to circulate it among possible candidates and their superiors.
11. Ask your supervisor at work for suggestions
If nothing else, he or she should be impressed with your community involvement. (This tip, of course, is for people who are already volunteering as a board member.)
Additional Resources
The following resources aren't all on on recruiting new board members. They include related topics such as leadership development, executive transitions, and generational issues. (A special thanks to Marla Cornelius who was kind enough to share her list from her workshop!)American Humanics
- Publication: Recruiting and Retaining the Next Generation of Nonprofit Sector Leadership (Note: In March 2008, Fieldstone Alliance is publishing a nonprofit career guide for students written by Shelly Cryer of American Humanics.)
- Publication: Workforce Issues in the Nonprofit Sector: Generational Leadership Change and Diversity
- Program: The Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Bridgespan Group
- Publication: The Nonprofit Sector's Leadership Deficit
Building Movement Project
- Publication: Next Shift: Beyond the Nonprofit Leadership Crisis
- Publication: Up Next: Generation Change and the Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
- e-Newsletter: Board Cafe (There are over 70 great issues in the archive!)
- Publication: Daring to Lead 2006: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership
- Research: On The Rise: A Profile of Women of Color in Leadership, 2002
Fieldstone Alliance
- Article: href="/client/tools_you_can_use/02-21-07_generational_trends.cfm?disccode=TOOL110107">Six Trends that Will Affect Your Nonprofit
- Article: href="/client/tools_you_can_use/04-18-07_six_steps_gen_change.cfm?disccode=TOOL110107">Six Steps to Deal with Generational Change in Your Organization
- Article: href="/client/tools_you_can_use/03-07-07_generational_trends_part_2.cfm?disccode=TOOL110107">Four Impacts of Generational Change
- Article: href="/client/tools_you_can_use/10-06-06_managing_change.cfm?disccode=TOOL110107">Leading Through a Change Without Losing Your Mind
- Article: href="/client/tools_you_can_use/05-16-07_ecumen_example.cfm?disccode=TOOL110107">Managing at the Intersection of Generational Change and Policy
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN)
- Research: Stepping Up or Stepping Out: A Report on the Readiness of Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders
All the Best,
Becky Andrews
Fieldstone Alliance
November 1, 2007
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Wally And Mae : A fastidious rabbit and a slovenly bear make an odd couple. Every morning Wally sprang out of bed at 6 o'clock sharp, ate two carrots while he read the paper, washed the dishes, swept the floors, dusted the furniture, and watered the geranium. Every morning, Mae slept late. She fixed herself two rolls with honey and a pot of hot chocolate. Then she talked on the phone for a bit. After that it was time for a nap. Will Wally and Mae ever become friends? The chances look slim! This story of an unlikely friendship is certain to bring smiles.
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I am looking for some people who would like to swap some cross stitch charts! The catagories I have are- Bubble and Squeak Care Bears Country Companions Disney Forever Friends Humphreys Corner Lickle Ted Looney Tunes Muppets Newtons Law Peanuts Popcorn Precious Moments Strawberry Shortcake Suzys Zoo Tatty Teddy I am interested in getting more from those catagories or others. I am mostly interested in character patterns- mostly for children. I'm looking forward to hearing from you! Please email me at-
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Madoff verdict: The SEC is plain incompetent
A lengthy report examining the many ways the Securities and Exchange Commission botched its investigations of Bernie Madoff tells us something we already knew: the SEC can be awfully incompetent.
The report by the SEC Inspector General quickly dispenses with the notion that regulators either protected Madoff or covered-up their investigatory failures. But that's the best that can be said for the SEC in this massive undertaking.
For now, the IG has released a 22-page summary of his findings. But a full 450-page book, outlining all the gory details of regulatory bungling, will hit the shelves in the coming days.
SEC Chair Mary Schapiro commenting on the IG's findings says Madoff is a "failure we continue to regret." She says the agency is already reforming its ways and promises not to miss the next $65 billion Ponzi scheme.
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Please pardon the OT (I'm at a loss for words on the SEC report)
Over at the WSJ they're quoting Goldman economist Jan Hatzius as suggesting that the Fed can control inflation by dumping a bunch of their Agency Debt holdings.
"… Selling its billions worth of MBS, notes Mr. Hatzius, would drive up mortgage rates and cool the housing market, which in turn should slow the economy."
"MBS — Fed's Inflation-Fighting Weapon"
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Right. And emptying a couple of dozen rounds from a Thompson submachine gun into the patient might reduce his elevated heart rate.
1) that's, that's, … totally insane
2) why would GS even suggest such a thing?
3) don't you reporters, like, ever question what these experts come up with?
"SEC Chair Mary Schapiro commenting on the IG's findings says Madoff is a "failure we continue to regret.""
as opposed to being a failure we can walk away from like FINRA?
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Hello all. I am perturbed; my bonsai is showing some weird signs. First of all, some of the needles are fading green. A few couple are browning. I then decided to scratch a branch, and it turned out green and smelling of juniper; but then I decided to scratch the base trunk, and it turned out whiteish-pink. Does this mean it isn't healthy? Please, I have had it for 2 years now, and I don't want it to die. :'( |
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- Breed: Boxer/Shepherd (Unknown Type) Mix
- Color: Tan/Yellow/Fawn - With White
- Age: Adult
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Female
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I am already spayed, housetrained, and up to date with shots.
Meet Maddie! A beautiful 2 yr old Boxer, possibly Shepherd Mix. Maddie is a very good girl who was rescued from TX along w/ her two babies. Maddie would love a home of her very own where she can settle in. She is great w/ everyone she meets. Maddie is house trained and will be a very loyal companion for all of her life! She is spayed, up to date on all vaccines, and heart worm negative.
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Maddie, a Hancock Boxer/Shepherd (Unknown Type) dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Boxer/Shepherd (Unknown Type) for sale in Hancock, or seeking a Boxer/Shepherd (Unknown Type) dog from a breeder in Hancock.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Hancock already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
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Adaptable Modernism
October 16th, 2013
It is very sad to see that the demolition of the Sports Centre in Grange-over-Sands is about to begin. The building is/was one of a number of sports facilities that Hodder Associates created, all of which expressed a connection with context, combined with an empathy with the needs of the user. The Sports Centre and the Swimming Pool are linked but separate volumes, which rise up the hill, to exploit the light, the view over Morcambe Bay and the advantages digging the double height spaces into the hillside.
The Swimming Pool and Sports Centre was constructed in 1998, and in his introduction to the Hodder monograph, Hugh Pearman described how towards the end of the Twentieth Century a style of architecture emerged that could be described as adaptable modernism, and Steve Hodder whose practice at the time was still in its infancy, was one of the "serious young architects making their way through the stern economic climate of the 1990's, who realised that modernism needed to be cleansed, and would be better for it".
Scottish Ballet Headquarters
March 18th, 2013
Recently CiA were honoured to receive a guided tour the Scottish Ballet Head Quarters in Glasgow, by the project architect, Clive Albert of Malcolm Fraser Architects. The building shares an entrance with the Tramway Gallery, and we although we had been warned about the inauspicious entrance, as we approached the building from Pollokshields station, the building did indeed look almost derelict. The SBHQ is actually entered from a staircase within the lobby of the Gallery, which deliberately encourages interaction between the different types of artist endeavour. The building itself is regarded as a place of work, rather that a place for performance, almost akin to an office and so it has a sense of serine calm and privacy rather than the dramatic flamboyance of a theatre. The dancers and all of the support staff turn up for workin the morning, just as the rest of us do.
The exterior of the building is tough, robust and somewhat uncompromising, however the interior is intricate and fastidious accomplishment. The sheer scale of the dance studios dictates the plan, but even so, these huge orthogonal spaces are skilfully arranged around a top-lit communal area. It is from here that the intricate three-dimensional relationships that have been created within the building are visible.
The timber-clad interior exudes the kind of warmth that the dancers need to keep their muscles supple. The studios themselves are uncluttered and clean. The space is graduated, so that the busy-ness of the ceiling space seems to recede into the greyness, leaving the pure white walls of the lower area to define the studio itself.
It is the fastidious attention to detail that ultimately defines this building. From the vertical timber batons on the interior walls to the deliberate inconsistency of the colour of the exterior cladding, it is clear that the architects have carefully considered the manner in which the building is used, the effect of weathering, and the experience of occupying it.
The Coalhouse, Kishorn
April 23rd, 2012
Buildings Outlast Civilisations. Throughout history buildings have been reused and adapted, they survive as culture and civilizations change. The already built provides a direct link with the past; it is a connection with the very building bricks of our society. The existing tells the tale or story of how a particular culture evolved. A simple building may depict a certain moment in time; it may relate the particular sensibility of specific era. A more complex collection of structures may have a much more elaborate story to tell. Jorge Silvetti describes this direct link with the past as part of our "fundamental urban condition". He links the physical survival of particular elements of any built environment with the spiritual survival of our civilisation, and it is this visibility and durability of the physical man-made environment that are testimonies to the societies that produced them. "At the risk of sounding too partisan and biased, I would say that even in historic times documents were not always available, and buildings (monuments, vernacular constructions, and public works) are themselves important texts, often providing the first and most lasting impression of a culture."*
* Interactive Realms' by Jorge Silvetti
** Prospects for a Critical Regionalism by Kenneth Frampton
Villa Romana del Casale
October 10th, 2011
Església de la Colònia Güell
July 26th, 2011
To the east of Barcelona lies the small town of Colònia Güell. This compact settlement was constructed to house the workers and the factories upon which Eusebi Guell's fortune was based. On the outskirts lies the local church, or rather the crypt of the unfinished church. This is an expressive and atmospheric structure designed by Antoni Gaudí. Of course Güell and Gaudí had a long and fruitful relationship, with the construction of a number of much more well known buildings. This structure nestles into the rock of the hillside and is obviously intended to appear as if it is part of the landscape. The building is random yet exact. The stone is irregular at the building's corners with what looks like a volcanic infill. The columns rise at acute angles from the earth and almost become flying buttresses as they struggle to hold the crypt itself in place. The interior is equally mysterious, the large open space is calm and organic, the unfinished quality adds to the drama. The only slight anomaly is the recent pavings, which is set in a regular manner around the building and becomes a podium upon which the building sits, thus breaking the illusion of the building growing from the landscape. The crypt is certainly big enough to hold the congregation, so perhaps that is why the ambitious building was never completed, but then again Gaudí and Güell have a reputation for taking their time.
Holl at the Glasgow School of Art
September 17th, 2010
The Glasgow School of Art flickr site now includes Steven Holl's proposals and sketches for his new scheme opposite the Glasgow School of Art.
Link: GSA Flickr
Urban Realm website. Scheme description/press release.
January 26th, 2010
Some architecture students I recently met had never heard of Peter Zumthor (!). I offer a photoset of the Kolumba Museum in Cologne as a reminder.
SANAA: Serpentine Pavilion
July 18th, 2009
It is hard to put in words the effect of this extraordinary intervention by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa at The Serpentine Gallery in London (until 18 October). A sinuous silhouette characterises the slender reflective roof suspended on tentative mirrored columns above a simple screeded floor. Those are the bare facts.
But the impact of these simple gestures are magical. The rhyming of columns and trees is a commonplace of organic design but is here given literal depth with the doubling of the column height through reflection. The depth of the visual field collapses through the folding in on themselves of covered and uncovered spaces. The implicit gravity of light from the sky is brought into doubt, as it is revealed to be a reflection from the ground. And just momentarily one experiences a figure ground reversal, when a solid leaden summer sky contrasts with the light and space seen on highly polished surface.
For a different view of another work by SANAA, their NewMuseum of Contemporary Art in New York see this film by recent MSA graduates.
Not Brutal but Savage
April 24th, 2009
The Barn, Exmouth by Edward Schroder Prior, 1896. Photoset taken this week.
In The Nature of Gothic John Ruskin proposed a list of the characteristics of Gothic architecture. This was an attempt to describe architecture as a living process rooted in building. In the sphere of the builder the characteristics of Gothic were: Savageness or Rudeness, Love of Change, Love of Nature, Disturbed Imagination, Obstinacy, Generosity.
E.S. Prior's buildings embodied Savageness in an architecture that tried to link the discipline to the process of building rather than the professionalism of the Victorian era. His buildings are traditional and experimental employing novel plans and uses of material and allowing the process of building in a specific environment to decisively affect the character of the building.
The butterfly plan of The Barn creates a sun-trap between its arms and exploits wide views of the sea (the English Channel). It has a linear arts & crafts plan broken to shorten circulation and respond to entrance and view. The house was built out of local stone - ashlar mixed with pebbles and boulders - and originally thatched (the house burned in 1905 and the roof was re-covered in slate).
Before the fire, from The English House by Hermann Muthesius
Uncle Monty's place
April 8th, 2009
Five Hundred Years of Andrea Palladio
November 30th, 2008
Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, born 30 November 1508.
The Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza. The red plan is Palladio's design as depicted in his Quattro Libri. The black plan is the structure as built, incorporating elements of the previous buildings on the site.
Graphic by Denis of CiA BArch Studio, Manchester School of Architecture.
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Olivetti Showroom
October 27th, 2008
Carlo Scarpa was commissioned to design the Olivetti Showroom in 1956 and the work was completed over the next couple of years. The site was awkward, long and thin, and at about four meters high, hardly able to support a second level. But it was also engaging, a corner position overlooking St Marks Square. Scarpa placed long wooden balconies along the long edges of the space, and these were accessed from a slightly off-centre stretched suspended marble staircase. Together these served to accentuate the length and height of the space, while also allowing the qualities of light and air to be gradually appreciated as the visitor moved from the entrance to the centre of the shop. The tiled floor appeared as if moving water and the display tables that were cantilevered from the windows seemed to float into the space.
Olivetti have long since left the premises and the shop now houses objet d'art. The decorative finishes are beginning to age, the plaster is stained, the bronze is tarnished and in places the marble has decayed, but the distinctive character and exquisite nature of the space is still very evident.


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- Breed: Domestic Shorthair
- Color: Gray Or Blue
- Age: Young
- Sex: Female
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I am already spayed, up to date with shots, good with dogs, and good with cats.
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Twinkie is quite the handsome and charming boy. He is cute as a button, calm and laid-back, and will likely grow up to be a very patient cat. He is a grey-striped tabby with green eyes. He loves to sit on top of the cat tree and look around. He enjoys being tickled on his belly and knows to keep his claws in.
Both kitties love bugs, both purr when you walk in, giving you head butts and rubbing against your legs. They love dogs, weaving themselves through the dogs' legs. They are used to riding in a crate in the car and tolerate it well. Both use the litter box faithfully. They often sleep together in their crate or in a basket.
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- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Washington already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Washington breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Domestic Shorthair breeders who help with Domestic Shorthair rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Washington paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Dec 30, 2011 8:48 AM by Christina Lysacek (KBZK Bozeman)
LIVINGSTON- When most people think of adopting animals they think cats and dogs. The animal shelter in Livingston has looked beyond that, taking in exotic animals which does not come without an extra cost.
"There are a lot of extra expenses that come along with sheltering exotic animals," said Kris King, the Livingston animal shelter's development director.
In addition to the extra expense small and exotic animals have, King said they tend to be at the shelter for longer periods of time than cats and dogs.
Stafford is the only shelter within hundreds of miles that carries any animals besides cats and dogs and it may be the only shelter in the state that has exotic animals.
"We have six rabbits, four guinea pigs, five exotic birds, two ball pythons, and a rat up for adoption right now," said King.
Rachelle Roope and her family adopted four guinea pigs from the shelter within the last year. At first Roope was hesitant to adopt a small animal, but she has no regrets.
"I think they have made our home happier," Roope said.
In order to keep sheltering small and exotic animals, Stafford needs more donations.
"We still need to raise at least another $10,000 to get near where our goals are for 2011," King said.
King suggests that people make their tax-deductible year-end donations now.
"As long as we have a check or any communication that is post-marked on the December 31st then we can make it for 2011 taxes. It is great that you can reduce your taxes as well as help care for the animals."
You can donate to the Stafford Animal Shelter at staffordanimalshelter.org; credit card donations can be taken over the phone at (406) 222.2111 or (406) 222.1311; and donations can also be mailed to 3 Business Park Road, Livingston, MT 59047.
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Location: 33 East Canal Street, Nelsonville
Phone: 800-967-7834
Sep 02 2013
Celebrate the holiday with an old-fashioned train ride!
The train will travel to Logan and does not include a stop at Robbins Crossing, which is only open on weekends.
Cost: Adult $13
Senior (60+) $11
Child (3-12) $10
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What does the Catholic Church teach about the moral implications of pornography?
Pornography involves exploiting the human body and viewing the body as an object. Of course, we know that the Catholic Church teaches that the human body should be respected, because of the dignity that Christ bestows on every person. We must understand the terrible reality of pornography in our culture today, so we can offer help to those who are suffering with this addiction.
Whether you are interested in learning more about how to defend the dignity of the human body, or are looking to free yourself from the bonds of your addiction to pornography, take time to explore the resources we have provided here. God bless you.
The Addiction of Pornography and How to Get Free From It
Porn No More
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The Culture of Pornography & Commitment Phobia
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The Link Between Pornography and Violence in the Media
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Win more maintenance day loot {WoW}
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Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Random Dungeon Finder changes {WoW}
Feb 23rd 2010 8:13AM I wonder how hard it would be for Blizz to add another feature to the Dungeon Finder - Achievement / Rep run.
I certainly understand that there are people who want high gear score / high DPS groups so they can plow through the dungeon as fast as possible. More power to them, but it is not my style.
We would all be happier if we aren't grouped together!
What effect does the Dungeon Finder have on smaller servers? {WoW}
Jan 20th 2010 8:12AM I guess people must be on servers where the trade chat isn't full of kids telling Chuck Norris jokes and linking anal to every spell they can find. I don't care if they do that stuff, but it makes it impossible to find anything useful in the trade chat.
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Nov 29th 2009 8:47AM Which spec requires expertise? If you are spec'ed Enh, you should be behind your target (since it is facing the tank) and expertise reduces dodge and parry - which don't come into play unless you are facing.
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Nov 29th 2009 8:30AM Dwarves and Gnomes are hard because their height makes it harder to see what is around you.
For the girls (irl) that play, it may be shallow, but it is just not fun to spend your time looking at a hideous character like a Forsaken, Orc, or Troll.
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The press has had some transparency issues of its own, however. In late January, PBS's NOVA program caught some flak when it aired an hour-long documentary, "Rise of the Drones," which listed Lockheed Martin, a major defense contractor and drone manufacturer, as one its funders.
Firedoglake, a self-described "progressive news site and action organization," charged that Lockheed's support was a violation of PBS's underwriting guidelines, which outline three tests to determine the acceptability of money:
- Editorial Control Test: Has the underwriter exercised editorial control? Could it?
- Perception Test: Might the public perceive that the underwriter has exercised editorial control?
- Commercialism Test: Might the public conclude the program is on PBS principally because it promotes the underwriter's products, services or other business interests?
Firedoglake felt, quite reasonably, that Lockheed's support for the documentary on drones failed the last two tests because the program covered some of the company's technologies and business partners without acknowledging the connections. Moreover, the media watchdog organization FAIR pointed out, though the broadcast included Lockheed's underwriting credit, it was missing on in the online version.
I contacted PBS last week to ask about the omission, and spokeswoman Jan McNamara provided the following statement:
While the sponsorship of NOVA by Lockheed Martin has now ended, given our commitment to transparency, PBS and WGBH [the producer of NOVA] have decided to add a clarification to the program's Web site, in the streaming version of the episode and future broadcasts that will read as follows:
"'Rise of the Drones' is produced by WGBH, which maintains complete editorial control over all episodes of NOVA. Lockheed Martin was a minor funder of the NOVA series at the time this program was broadcast. Lockheed Martin produces the RQ-170 Sentinel drone technology mentioned in the program."
NOVA's producer denied the charge that it had broken any rules by taking Lockheed's money, however. When PBS ombudsman Michael Getler followed up on the posts from Firedoglake and FAIR, he received the following statement:
WGBH fully adheres to PBS funding guidelines and takes our public trust responsibility very seriously. With regard to NOVA "Rise of the Drones," Lockheed Martin's sponsorship of NOVA is not a violation of the PBS underwriting guidelines. First and foremost, Lockheed Martin, like all WGBH/PBS program funders, had no editorial involvement in the program. Their credit on this episode was part of the ongoing recognition they have been receiving for their support of the NOVA series since January 2012. Their credit is included, along with other funders, for episodes in that period; their funding is not directed to or connected with any particular episode.
The difference between operational funding and program-specific funding is a technicality that would be lost most viewers, however, and Getler came down on the side of Firedoglake and FAIR, writing:
I think the Lockheed funding does present a perception and commercial test problem for PBS. My feeling is that this particular program would have been much better off without Lockheed support. That is easy for me, an outsider, to say when it comes to finding funders for programs.
The conflict-of-interest notwithstanding, Getler said that "Rise of the Drones," was a "good and useful program." And in a way, it was. As FAIR noted, the documentary had a "generally upbeat tone," but it did acknowledge the controversies surrounding targeted killings and civilian deaths. Still, it fell short of the morally penetrating reporting that McKelvey highlighted in her analysis for Harvard.
With so much obscurity in the federal government, we need journalists who both fight for transparency and uphold it themselves.


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News: Bronze medal for promising young chef
8 Mar 2010
Victor Chan, chef de Partie at Woodside, picked up the bronze medal in his first ever cookery competition, Salon Culinaire International de Londres at Hotelympia.
Salon Culinaire is a world class culinary competition with an unrivalled reputation across the globe and Victor, who joined our Kenilworth conference and events venue six months ago, received bronze in the Gran Master class for his Belly of Pork & Sticky Rib with puy Lentils. This was accompanied by delicious caramelised apples, spinach and golden beetroot with epice dressing.
Woodside's Orchard Restaurant is open every week for a Traditional Sunday Lunch, offering a delightful dining experience in an elegant Edwardian setting just off Glasshouse Lane in Kenilworth. Orchard Restaurant guests enjoy views of the gardens and lawns at Woodside while choosing from a menu that changes daily, ensuring freshness and variety. The kitchen is accredited by the Vegetarian Society, so creativity and finesse are also present within the meat-free options provided. Being located within Woodside's 32 acres of grounds allows The Orchard Restaurant to also offer something else that other eateries in the area may not be able to provide; ample on-site free parking.
Jerry Toth, himself a highly-decorated chef and respected competition judge, and Lee Gaskins, who has won many awards during his thirteen years with Sundial, oversee all catering at Woodside and our two other UK locations. Lee mentored Victor prior to the event and is delighted that the proud tradition of award-winning chefs at Woodside has continued into another decade. "To be placed in your first competition is a fantastic achievement," commented Lee, with Jerry adding "I have no doubt that he will have a sparkling career in catering and hospitality and all of us at The Orchard Restaurant, Woodside and Sundial as a whole are very proud of Victor's award."
The Orchard Restaurant is open seven days a week. To book a table, please call 01926 852217.


text: Source: DNL farms ltd This past week I met with an entire barn staff and their production manager for a pig handling workshop. While we were waiting for everyone to assemble I was told that one of the fellows is a Pig Whisperer: that if anyone has problems getting pigs to move, the Pig Whisperer can just step in and pigs do whatever he wants. The person telling me about the Pig Whisperer said she wished she could move pigs as easily as he does. The thing is, she can. If she does exactly what he does, she'll get the same results. Our workshops include video of a lot of different handlers moving pigs in a variety of situations. The video helps handlers recognize patterns in the way pigs respond and helps them see what they need to do to get pigs to do what they want. Part way through the workshop I asked the Pig Whisperer what he does differently than other handlers. His response: "I give the pigs more space." There were discussions about problems moving sows and clips comparing sow movement when you give them space vs. the resistance you get when you try to nag sows to hurry up. Then the frustrated question of how to get sows moved and all the rest of your work done if you don't keep urging them along. The idea that backing off can speed pigs up goes so strongly against our instincts, especially if we're in the habit of crowding sows or using repetitive contact when we move them. If this much hard work takes so long, how could less energy and effort possibly speed things up? And yet the Pig Whisperer says, "I give them more space." He didn't say he stands around and lets pigs take their sweet time or that he lets pigs do whatever they want. His co-worker says the pigs do what the Pig Whisperer wants them to do, willingly and easily. How does he do it? "I give them more space." He doesn't let the pigs do what they want. He lets them do what he wants; he lets them want to do what he wants - by giving them more space. The production manager and I talked about the shift in attitudes towards moving pigs that has occurred over the past 10 -15 years. We could both remember a time when someone moving pigs without breaking a sweat would be deemed lazy or lacking commitment. How wrong we were. As one trucker said, "If you're breaking a sweat moving pigs, you're working way too hard." And the Pig Whisperer said, "I give them more space." I'll be at World Pork Expo this coming week: Booth 902 in the Varied Industries Building. Stop by and introduce yourself and have a visit. I look forward to meeting you. That's it for this week. Take care Nancy Lidster


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[1170] The Lung-Restricted Marker Napsin A Is Highly Expressed in Clear Cell Carcinomas of the Ovary
Patricia L Kandalaft, Christina Isacson, Allen M Gown. PhenoPath Laboratories, PLLC, Seattle, WA; CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories, Seattle, WA; IMPRIS, Seattle, WA
Background: Napsin A is a member of the aspartic proteinase family that is expressed at high levels in type II pneumocytes and pulmonary macrophages and has been recently demonstrated to be a relatively specific and sensitive marker of lung adenocarcinomas. However, napsin A expression has also been identified in a subset of renal papillary and clear cell carcinomas, as well as a small number of thyroid carcinomas. Recently, we identified expression of napsin A in a case of clear cell carcinoma (CCCa) of ovary and, therefore, wished to determine the extent of napsin A in a series of CCCas, comparing results with other gynecologic tract (GYN tract) carcinomas, including endometrioid adenocarcinomas (EnCa) and high grade papillary serous carcinomas (PSCa) of ovary.
Design: A series of 12 CCCa, 10 EnCa and 10 PSCa were tested by immunohistochemistry (IHC) with a monoclonal antibody to napsin A (IP64, Leica), comparing results with antibodies to another lung-restricted marker, TTF-1 (SPT24, Leica), and a GYN-restricted marker, PAX8 (BC12, Biocare). The following scoring criteria were employed: 0 = negative, <1% = rare cell, 1-25% = focal, 26-75% = variable, and >75% = uniform.
Results: All 12 of 12 (100%) of CCCas were napsin A-positive, with all 12 cases showing variable to uniform expression. In contrast, 3/11 (27%) of EnCa, 0/10 (0%) of PSCa were napsin A-positive. The lung-restricted marker, TTF-1, was positive in 0/12 (0%) of CCCa, 1/11 (9%) EnCa, and 1/10 (10%) PSCa, usually either rare cells positive or focally positive. The GYN-restricted marker, PAX-8, was positive in 9/9 (100%) CCCa, 9/10 (90%) EnCa, and 10/10 (100%) PSCa; all cases were uniformly positive.
Conclusions: Napsin A is highly expressed in clear cell carcinomas of ovary, occasionally expressed in endometrioid adenocarcinomas and not expressed in serous papillary carcinomas. This unexpected finding suggests that napsin A may assist in separating CCCa from its mimics in GYN tract and could prove critical in the evaluation of metastatic carcinomas of unknown primary in which ovarian carcinoma is in the differential diagnosis. A potential pitfall, however, could be the rare case of TTF-1-positive/napsin A-positive endometrioid adenocarcinoma. These findings underscore the importance of using a complete antibody panel to include multiple "organ-specific" markers in identifying carcinomas of unknown primaries.
Category: Gynecologic & Obstetrics
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:00 PM
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It's the late afternoon - wouldn't you like to sneak out of work to head down to the boardwalk and play some skee-ball? Well, Google might not be able to hide your tracks as you escape your day job, but you can still salvage some fun while locked away in your office. A new Chrome Experiment has just been launched that uses your phone's accelerometer to fling a virtual ball on your desktop browser.
Last Updated: March 1st, 2013
Google's no stranger to using web technologies to do cool, innovative things. In fact, some would say that over the last few years the company has pushed (or broken) the barriers of what a web browser is, and can be – just look at ChromeOS, for example. It's an entire OS based on the idea that you can live your digital life inside of a web browser. The thought itself is bold, but the execution could be game-changing as the OS grows and becomes more polished.


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This is way out of my comfort zone. Looking at this overhead, what kind and number of ceiling lights would be necessary? And where, how far apart, yikes. Should this be a x post to lighting? I read a few posts over there and my brain starts to make a buzzing noise... I'd like to NOT have cans if I could. There will be undercabinet lighting and pendants (those are marked on the image) on either side of the stove. Could I get enough light with 2 or 3 flush mount somethings in the ceiling? There will be a table at the end of the kitchen but it'll be moving around as we need it to for more or less people so a fixed light over the table area isn't necessary. Any thoughts or advice? Thanks! |
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- Posted by measure_twice (My Page) on Tue, Mar 5, 13 at 17:51
That space seems to be 11x15 ft wall to wall. It is exactly the same size as our kitchen with a different layout. We have very traditional lighting arrangement that is more an sufficient for our needs. I planned it out 15 year ago to meet the needs of our eyes as we aged. It seemed terribly bright back then. Now the undercabinet lighting is very welcome. There is a simple two bulb fixture flush to the ceiling exactly in the center. It's two 75W equivalent CFLs put out sufficient light and stay within the heat range of the fixture. We have a single bulb flush ceiling fixture right over the sink. There are T5 fluorescent fixtures under the cabinets controlled by wall switches. The undercab lights can be daily-chained if we feel the need for more light. The CFLs can be replaced with even brighter bulbs in the same space. So, that's it for a simple and effective lighting arrangement. What type of fixtures - puck, LED, fluorescent, pendant, or chandelier - is all up to your aesthetics and budget. |
- Posted by measure_twice (My Page) on Tue, Mar 5, 13 at 17:58
Almost forgot - we also have corner cabs with glass doors and shelves. Each has a 10W halogen puck inside on the ceiling of the cab. Those corner cabs really spiff it up for the price of glass doors. The halogen bulbs burn out regularly and are a total PITA to replace. I'm going to replace them with LED pucks. My bicycle has a 5W Cree LED and it is painfully bright, so there are probably LED pucks out there that will do the job. |
Thanks, measure_twice: I have 2 lights in my current kitchen and they're good with undercab lights. I'm probably over thinking the lighting in this small kitchen. |
This post was edited by Bellsmom on Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 15:34
Yikes! What a difference! Does your kitchen tend to be dark or is the natural light in the day pretty good? Thank you for the info and the pics. I'll clip this so I can show DH when the time comes. He always thinks I want too much lighting and too big of windows, lol. |
Deedles The windows face west and slightly north. There is a 30'' door with full glass, a 40'' plus or minus by 36'' wide double crank out window over the sink, and the small window over the stove. No large trees obscure the light that enters the windows and door. Natural light during daylight is pretty good, but not good enough on the island, since I work with my back to the windows, blocking the directional daylight from reaching the work area. The can lights make daylight acceptable without the flush mount. But at night!! Not so. Also, of course, can lights do not illuminate the ceiling, which was always dark. By the way, notice in the top picture there are only two places in the corner where the cans lights DO strike ANY of the cabinet fronts, and those are two small places on upper cab doors. The rest of the cabinet fronts are dark. |
This post was edited by Bellsmom on Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 11:25
Yeah, your awesome gulper fish! (sorry can't remember what you called them) Point taken on the can lights. |
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Birmingham: Rich History with Modern FunThe statue of Roman God Vulcan, at Vulcan Park , is Birmingham's most famous landmark. The impressive 56 foot tall statue guards a massive 10 acre park containing fully interactive history exhibits, as well as many places to picnic, play, and relax. For another fun outing, visit Cadbury World. This interactive museum explores the history of chocolate and the origins of the Cadbury brand. This extensive 14 attraction exhibit has become one of Birmingham's most popular attractions, and hosts over 500,000 visitors each year. Be warned, it's impossible to leave without tasting at least one piece of the delectable chocolate." More on Birmingham |


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What an unearned blessing To delight in the calming blue of these walls; to hear the robin's song again at daybreak; to feel the warmth in this room and to enjoy the promise of summer almost upon us.Each moment of wakefulness has so many gifts that offer energy and delight.
Yet, too often they seem unavailable as the weight of our troubles press down on us.The threats to our well being, real or exaggerated, feel like mosquitoes in the night looking for a place to land.Minds become captive to rising flood waters forceful, murky, threatening and ominous.
Even in moments of great danger, the direction of attention is a choice.Fear can dominate the mind binding it like a straitjacket.Or love can unbind it and open it to resource and opportunity.The soil of the mind can be watered with kindness.The thorns can be removed one by one to allow another close enough to appreciate the buds ready to flower.
Great possibilities await us even if all we can see is the cliff before us.The grandeur of life, of which we are a part, scatters rainbows in every direction, even as the deluge approaches.Holding reality and possibility together Is the holy hope filled work of humanity
If … we choose it, again and again, in love.
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Taylor MomsenTHE LOOK Messy bun
HOW-TO Part the hair on one side and pull the hair back to the base of the neck. "Put it in a ponytail and then with your hand, smoosh the hair up to the head and pin all the pieces," says Gossip Girl hairstylist Jennifer Johnson.
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