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Just after World War II, the Great Books program, initiated by Columbia University and the University of Chicago, introduced college students to the great thinkers of Western culture (sometimes referred to as "Dead White Males"). This program opened to the general public and at one time drew 50,000 participants. Today, 850 groups continue to discuss these classic works and an expanded list that now includes women and Hispanic writers.
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These activities are forums where people come together to talk about books and the reading experience.
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Cookies add to the charm, of course. And laughter, of which there may be an abundance. And the comfortable, welcoming environment talking with others who have taken the same literary journey can be a very pleasant experience.
Sometimes the most interesting discussions occur when there is disagreement about a book's appeal, or when participants do not like a particular book. Dissecting the reasons for this can actively engage people and result in a satisfying session that can redeem the experience of reading a book that is somehow lacking.
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TCPL offers two book discussion groups which welcome anyone who would like to participate. The Richlands group meets on the second Monday at 4:30, and the Tazewell group meets on the second Wednesday at noon. January's selections are The Tall Woman by Wilma Dykeman and Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Details of books and schedule changes are available on our website. Come take part in a venerable tradition, enjoy good company, and expand your horizons this year.
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|Robin Vos
|Wisconsin State Assembly District 63
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He has worked as a congressional district director, legislative assistant, and small business owner.
Vos is a member of Ducks Unlimited, Knights of Columbus, Leadership Council - National Federation of Independent Business, Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce, Racine County Republican Party, Racine Zoological Society, and the Racine/Kenosha Farm Bureau.[1]
Issue positions
Vos did not provide answers to the 2008 Political Courage Test. The test provides voters with how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.[2]
Committee assignments
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Vos has been appointed to these committees:
- Audit Committee
- Audit Committee, Vice Chair
- Joint Committee on Employment Relations
- Finance Committee, Co-Chair
- Finance Committee, Chair
Legislative Council
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Vos served on these committees:
- Finance Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Legislature
- Joint Legislative Council Committee, Wisconsin State Legislature
- Special Committee on Regional Transportation Authority
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2010
Vos was re-elected to Wisconsin State Assembly District 63. He was unopposed in the September 14, 2010 primary election and in the general election on November 2, 2010.[3]
|Wisconsin State Assembly, District 63 Republican Primary (2010)
|Robin J. Vos (R)
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Legislation sponsored in 2009 includes:
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I posted a question and a couple of respondents asked for the source code. I could only post portions of the code.
If attachments were allowed I could have uploaded a .zip file with the whole application. Will this be a feature in SO?
I posted a question and a couple of respondents asked for the source code. I could only post portions of the code.
If attachments were allowed I could have uploaded a .zip file with the whole application. Will this be a feature in SO?
There are lots of free file hosts you can use -- it puts us in a difficult position to be hosting arbitrary files for user.
I'm strongly against such a feature. StackOverflow is meant to be a knowledge exchange platform, where we try to build, say, the Wikipedia of programming questions, not a place for troubleshooting "hey, dig through my source code. fix the problem for me" issues for free.
Currently, if you look at the answers in Stack Overflow, many of them are much longer than "change that line to something else" type of answer. Many good answers here really try to explain the reason that caused the problem and many alternative suggestions. They are more like blog entries than classic answers found in forums. This is what makes Stack Overflow a unique Web site. Those answers can be useful for a lot of people, not just the OP.
As a consequence, I believe any feature that encourages asking arbitrarily long questions and make the OPs think less before asking is completely against the spirit of Stack Overflow. It would no longer be a knowledge exchange platform but place to troubleshoot specific problems, which in my opinion, is no fun at all.
I think if you're posting a zip file of code for a question you're posting far too much.
SO allows a substantial amount of code to be posted. In all honesty, if you're finding the limit to be too little, you're probably not getting close enough to your problem before posting your question.
Many people, not accusing you, ask questions like "What's wrong with this?" and then plaster 100 lines of code into their browser (many times un-tabbed). Try not to be that person. Instead, use your error-reporting to determine what problematic section should be copied. That, or ask a more general question about your issue and extract a solution from the answers.
When questions exhibit more than a dozen lines of code, I switch to another one. Digging the code for finding bugs is my real life job, and I am good at it because I have spent time for learning the context. Getting into that kind of learning curve is not something I expect from Stackoverflow.
As a potential answerer, I expect from Stackoverflow that the OP has already isolated his bug and is able to present its essence to the community.
As a potential asker, I expect from Stackoverflow that the essence of the problem I am struggling against has already been exposed and solved. This will never be the case if every problem is flooded with specific context.
I'm actually a bit surprised by the amount of negative emotions towards this in general... As Mehrdad pointed out, Stack Overflow is a great knowledge exchange platform. I completely agree. It is an excellent knowledge exchange platform. But why must we limit knowledge transfer to text?
The ability to upload supporting docs/code/images/etcetera to questions and answers is definitely a limitation of the overall SO experience. As Jonathan pointed out, questions that are along the lines of "hey whats wrong with these 200 lines of code" are going to be frowned upon. These questions will be met by down-votes and folks asking what the specific issue is. If someone were to post a project in a zip file and say "whats wrong with my project, it doesn't work"), it'll be met by huge resentment with downvotes, negative comments, etc.
So what do we lose by folks posting some zip files with project code in them? Do we stand to be negatively affected more by that or will our overall experience be improved? I certainly don't think it would be more negative and having this feature would only help some folks and make answers a bit more robust.
I'd like to approach this from another angle.
I spend a lot of time on the Electronics Stackexchange site, and many questions and/or answers there have links to component datasheets on external sites.
Now, I thought that the general policy was that questions and answers shouldn't rely on external sites if at all possible, so that if the external site went down / went through a restructuring, the question or answer was still complete and valid - hence the enforced use of imgur to host images.
Now, being able to attach the datasheet to the answer instead of referring to an external site must surely be a bonus to the longevity of the content in general.
I agree that uploading whole projects, or big code files is a no-no as this doesn't add any value to the content, but being able to attach files with information in to which the answer refers instead of relying on the data still being on an external site 6 months down the line has to be a big yes point.
Maybe it should only be allowed for answers, and not questions, and maybe for people with more than a certain threshold of reputation.
I understant there are 10's of good reasons against uploading code files, however: what if it's the answers that require some uploads?
I had the perfect code for a utility function that did exactelly what the OP was asking for. Code was 200+ lines, and would probably benefited a lot of people trying strugling with the same formatting problems.
Then you could just answer:
Well, this is the function that I use to format a DataSet into an XML-compliant Office Excel 2007 document: codegoeshere.cs
I would love to be able to upload small 10-15kb human-readable text files.
I've read a couple of the responses falling on the side of the argument that uploading code might be a bad thing.
Configuring and building projects can be a difficult task, especially for beginners - and sharing a Visual Studio solution may be the only way readers can determine the cause of the problem.
In short, I think uploading would be a great feature.
Youtube can store and serve all that video, so what's a few source code files by comparison?! Isn't that what the Internet's all about?
I take onboard that there are free hosting sites that specialize in hosting files, but providing a git / SVN compatible interface to SO to allow users to upload files or projects would greatly add to the quality of Stack Overflow. IMHO.
You can use http://pastebin.com/ or GitHub Gist for long snippets and http://imgur.com/ for sharing images.
No one wants to dig through an entire project to find the problem but sometimes when i post a question i think the problem lies in one part of my code but it really is something else entirely. It would be nice to be able to say here's the relevant code but here is the full file just in case my problem is in a different part. If we narrow the scope to including one file not an entire project i think is a perfectly acceptable thing to do. it should not necessarily be hosted on stack overflow but i think posting a link to the file instead of dumping it all into the question is a much better approach.


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Solution to activate (or deactivate with false instead of true) the global mandatory proxy under Ubuntu (not tested elsewhere).
Others keys you can configure :
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gconftool-2 --set "/system/http_proxy/port" --type int 8080
gconftool-2 --set "/system/http_proxy/ignore_hosts" --type list --list-type string ["localhost","127.0.0.1","*.local"]
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When you need to work a long time in the same directory, which prompt is of the type:
it is better to hide all this with the command PS1='$'
To retrieve a normal prompt, type: PS1='$PWD$ '
watch the seconds of your life tick away - replace YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM:ss w/ your birthtime.
used in an if-then-else in case the default shell is ksh, not bash.
The $(basename ${0#-}) is handy to echo which shell and strip the dash some flavors put in front of "bash"
if [ $(basename ${0#-}) == "bash" ] ; then
export PS1='\[\e]0;\h \u \w\a\]\n\[\e[0;34m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0;32m\]\n\$ '
ESC=`echo "\033"`
BEL=`echo "\007"`
RAW=`echo "\r"`
export PS1='-${RAW}${ESC}]0;${HOST} ${USER}${BEL}-${ESC}[0;34m${USER}${ESC}[0m@${ESC}[0;34m${HOST%%.*}${ESC}[0;33m${ESC}[0m $ '
this application monitors the apps you use most often and load them into memory with their libraries and other dependencies.
So now, when you launch Firefox or Thunderbird or OpenOffice, the display is immediate as on Mac.
Do ls with permissions written in octal form.
The example will create a directory called "
Caveats: @imports of css files will not be converted.
kill all processes of a program
special thanks to XwZ :)
HTP (HTTP Time Protocol) is an alternative way of getting "good enough" synchronized time. htpdate will give you near-second accuracy.
It works where NTP/SNTP does not because of firewalls and proxies. Of course, if NTP/SNTP can be used, use that instead.
htp is not in Ubuntu!
Just tape:
sudo -s
your passwd
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ccache is a compiler cache, which speeds up your compiler on successive runs, because it caches intermediate compiled output.
I sometimes want to know what packages are installed on my Ubuntu system. I still haven't figured out how to use aptitude effectively, so this is the next best thing. This allows finding by name.
The grep '^ii' limits the display to only installed packages. If this is not specified, then it includes listing of non-installed packages as well.
Given a GNU Make file version 3.81 with the following entries:
.PHONY: runtest
runtest: $(ARCHNAME) $(TESTAUTOEXES)
@for i in $(TESTAUTOEXES) ; do \
echo ">>>> Running test harness $$i" ; \
env $(RUNTESTENV) $$i ; done
.PHONY: runtestsingle
runtestsingle: $(ARCHNAME)/test/auto_$(testsingle).exe $(ARCHNAME)
@for i in $< ; do \
echo ">>>> Running test harness $$i" ; \
env $(RUNTESTENV) $$i ; done
(ARCHNAME is something like ix86-linux-gnu)
Instead of typing gmake runtest to run all the tests, you can run one specific test with the example command.
The sample output is from compiling a C++ program using Boost::Test testing framework.
Replace 10.0.0.0/8 with your largest local subnet. replace 10.1.1.123:3128 with your proxy information.. Note this only works with a proxy server configured for passive setup..
Now your firefox transparently proxy's stuff destined outside your network.. and Doesn't proxy stuff inside your network. as well as all your other favorite web applications. curl, wget, aria2 ect.
I can remember "cp -av" on Unix like systems to copy files and directories. The same can be done on Windows without extra software, somewhat.
The switches mean:
/E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.
/H Copies hidden and system files also.
/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.
/I If destination does not exist and copying more than one file,
assumes that destination must be a directory.
/K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.
/F Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
I don't type that all the time, I stick it into a file called "cpav.cmd" and run that.
echo xcopy /e/h/y /z/i /k /f %1 %2 > cpav.cmd
cpav zsh zsh2
dd for windows is available from http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
Tested with CD-ROMs like Linux install discs
I don't know about DVD-ROMs.
In the Windows cmd.exe window, you can change the directory using cd, but if you need to go to a directory on another drive, you need to type in the drive letter and colon first (e.g. d:). With the /d on cd, you don't need this intermediate step.
cd /?
Tested on Windows XP
Sometimes I want to use the mouse to move/copy/delete files.
(I also sometimes feel like a nut, sometimes I don't.)
This is for Windows 2000 and later, probably.
Tested on Windows XP, cmd.exe.
This works in bash and zsh.
You may also want to alias it, if you need to look at it often...
alias lpath="echo \$PATH | tr : \\\\n"
"\$PATH" to make sure to look at your current $PATH
On Windows 2000 or later, this command will give a listing of all the registered Windows services. You can then know what the name of a command is in order to start and stop it.
sc start Apache2.2
net start Apache2.2
Please note that sc will allow the SERVICE_NAME only, while net will allow both SERVICE_NAME and DISPLAY_NAME.
Note that the space between the = and the next word are important. Not very unixy, that.
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Mytheon Overview
Mytheon is a 3D action MMORPG that plays similarly to other action MMORPGs like Warrior Epic. Much of the game world is broken down into two different types of areas 'instanced areas' and 'player hubs'. Like Guild Wars, towns exist in a persistent world where players can interact with each other while adventuring areas outside of town are individually instanced. Even with heavy use of instancing, the high quality graphics and gameplay give Mytheon a persistent world feel. Mytheon's three playable classes are:
Warcaster - Warcasters are a melee oriented class with some supportive capabilities. They have high hitpoints and armor making them the most ideal 'tank' in the game. Warcasters make heavy use of companions and are considered the easiest class to play. Their appearance is that of a Greek soldier.
Elementalist - Elementalists are the primary spell casting and damage dealing class in Mytheon. They rely less on companions and more on powerful elemental spells. Elementalists are considered the more advanced class and are dressed in Greek robes.
Eidolon – Eidolons are a mix between Warcasters and Elementalists. They can play the supportive role of a healer, an aggressive damage dealer or strike a balance between the two. They wear Egyptian clothes and are considered the intermediate class.
Mytheon Screenshots
Mytheon Featured Video
Mytheon Review
By, Erhan Altay
Mytheon is the second free to play MMORPG published by TrueGames and it is a much more complete package than their previous offering, Warrior Epic. Like their previous title, Mytheon keeps the action-RPG look and feel but ditches the lobby screen in favor of persistent towns combined with instanced wilderness areas. This same approach worked wonders for Guild Wars and Dungeons and Dragons Online, how does Mytheon pull it off? Let's take a look.
Three Flavors
Mytheon entered open beta testing on April 28th, 2010 after an extended development cycle. For accessibility purposes, the client size for Mytheon is pretty small, but a lengthy patching process is required before jumping into the game. Even after its installed, the game only takes about a gig of space which is very impressive given the visuals and graphic options in Mytheon. Character creation has never been very impressive in action-RPG style games, and its no different here. There are only three classes to chose from: the melee oriented Warcaster that looks like a Roman soldier, the Elementalist dressed in Greek robes, and the hybrid Eidolon that looks like an Egyptian priest. Each class is available in male and female variants, and has several hair style, hair color, face style, and skin tone options to chose from. Generally characters will end up looking similar, but gear differences help players stand out later in the game.
Ancient Mythology
After logging in for the first time, new players are greeted by their journal which acts as a comprehensive help guide, quest log, and achievement tracker. Mytheon has mouse driven controls which should be familiar to free MMORPG fans. The lack of keyboard movement isn't a big issue in this game since the point-and-click style has always been a staple of the action-RPG genre. The only complaint I can muster is that there is a slightly delayed response between movement orders. This isn't an issue when moving around, but it makes combat feel less fluid. The visuals are very attractive. They have an animated feel to them which allows for bright colors, varied scenery, and monster designs. Mytheon supports a wide range of resolution options and can be played in full screen or windowed mode.
Greece and the Underworld
The experience rate in Mytheon is slow paced, but that's mainly because the level cap is set low. New players start their adventures in a small encampment near Echidna's Swamp where they can pick up several quests and explore the level 1-5 zone nearby. Quests are usually repeatable and involve killing a certain number of a particular monster. Each region has a single 'hub' which acts as a shared capital city. Players can teleport to the hub cit from anywhere by clicking an icon near their mini maps. From hub cities, players can instantly travel to any location in that region assuming they meet the level requirement. The first of these regions consists of Greece and Anatolia which is labeled as the Underworld. The hub for this location is Argos. Another hub city called Thebes serves as the capital of the Egyptian region. Access between hubs requires speaking with a ship's captain NPC. All zones beyond the hub cities are instanced, the only way to see other players inside them is by partying up and adventuring together.
Stone Duelists
The gameplay in Mytheon is unlike anything before seen in a MMORPG. It mixes the standard dungeon crawler experience found in games like Diablo 2, Titan Quest, and Dungeon Runners which something similar to a card game. Depending on which class they selected, players start with about a dozen 'stones' which act as their deck of spells and skills. Stones come in a variety of types including companions (summons), structures, and spells. These stones must be arranged into 'Battle sets' of up to 40 though players only have access to six at any time. After one of the 'drawn' stones is used, it is put back in the deck and a new one is drawn after a brief delay. Most stones are cast instantly, but some have a casting time. Summoned companions and structures come with a timer and players can only control up to five at a time. Structures, spells, and companions themselves come in several forms, but the game does a remarkable way of easing players into the whole system without them being overwhelmed. New stones are collected off monsters, bosses, quests, and even from NPC merchants. While most gear and stones are class dependent, players can actually use a few stones that belong to other classes.
Quests are not just available in hubs, but also within the instanced wilderness zones. These zones contain a variety of monsters, including bosses. Mana and health shrines are scattered throughout which help reduce down time. All stones consume mana which replenishes at varying rates depending on the class of the player and the gear they have equipped. Players will find themselves repeating quests and grinding in the same areas repeatedly, but an achievement system helps break up the monotony. Labeled 'feats', players can see exactly what feats are available in each zone and what they have to do to accomplish them. PvE is not the only method of leveling, Mytheon also has extensive PvP options. The simplest PvP method is dueling. Players can challenge others to duels by right clicking on their avatar. Groups can challenge one another to duels in a similar fashion. Once accepted by the other party, all players involved are teleported to a gladiator arena and duke it out. The first side to win 3 rounds is declared the winner, and even receives a large amount of experience as a reward. It took me just one PvP victory to get from level 1 to 4, so it is very possible to progress with a strong emphasis on player vs player combat over grinding off monsters.
Zues & Co
As the name and environment of Mytheon suggests, the lore generally centered on the mythology of ancient Greece and nearby areas including Egypt. It seems the Gods have turned on the humans and are waging a war against them. Fortunately, some bastions of humanity such as Argos have been spared their wrath due to the presence of powerful artifacts like the Golden Fleece. It's not the most original setting, but there's enough lore fluff to keep up the immersion. The cash shop was available during the open beta, but players couldn't purchase Mytheon Coins, the premium currency. Familiar premium features like additional bag space and experience potions can be purchased with real cash, but there are some things in there that cause concern. Health potions, mana potions, even weapons and armor can be purchased using Mytheon Coins. Certain quests and events do reward Mytheon Coins, but hopefully TrueGames will implement a way of earning these coins more regularly so that paying players don't have an unfair advantage in PvP. Overall Mytheon is a great free to play MMORPG that manages to innovate while still maintaining an aura of familiarity. It's casual friendly, easy to pick up, but original enough to keep players excited. The lack of a fully persistent world may annoy some players, but that's something that comes down to personal preference.
Final Verdict: Great
Mytheon offers classic gameplay elements mixed with a unique card-game like combat system. The heavy use of instancing allows for a detailed RPG experience while still maintaining a sense of community. The graphics and presentation are top notch making Mytheon a MMORPG well worth checking out.
Mytheon Videos
Mytheon Character Classes Trailer
Mytheon Release Gameplay Video
Mytheon Official Preview Trailer
Mytheon Links
Mytheon System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz
HDD: ~1.5 GB Free
Graphics Card: GeForce 6600
Recommended Specifications:
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CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz or better
RAM: 1024 MB (1 GB) or more
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Dell Rapids Public School has been hosting a music dinner for over 50 years. One can only imagine how the preparation and food choices have differed throughout the years. One thing is for certain, the music is wonderful and the food has kept people coming back year after year.This year you can expect performances from large and small group ensembles. Depending on the time of day you arrive, you will observe performances from many grade levels in both the vocal and instrumental departments. I encourage you to come out and support our music students. A tremendous amount of time goes into preparing for this day, and a large community turnout makes it all worthwhile.
If the South Dakota weather doesn't leave you wanting to go outside, please notice the number for delivery. You can't beat a good meal delivered right to your door. You would miss the performances and the opportunity to purchase leftovers; however, your support would still be very much appreciated.The 2013 Dell Rapids Music Dinner will serve from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 3 in the Dell Rapids Middle School Commons.The menu includes pork loin sandwich, potato salad, chips, pie and drinks for just $5 per person. Kids three and under will receive admittance without charge. For delivery contact Stacy Gleason at 1-605-553-1175.
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We are looking for a few focus group members (beta-testers in techie language) for the newest version of the Partners in Policymaking Moodle course.
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Sign up for a time on February 25th between 12:30 - 1:30 pm or 5:00 – 6:00 pm. We will send you a link to a Webex session. Once logged in, we will ask you to share your screen and give you a few tasks (look at lessons, check messages, etc.) to complete. Don't worry; we will talk you through all the steps after you are logged into Webex.
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The Citizen-Centered Leadership Development Community of Practice series is a unique combination of self-paced distance learning study, robust field work, interactive class assignments and live webcast instruction designed to advance theoretic and skill-based learning leading to quality outcomes in the lives of people with disabilities.
Through the use of PowerPoint presentation, lecture and written materials participants will gain the knowledge and tools needed to provide critical information to SSI recipients with disabilities who are considering a return to work. Online polling will be used to test participant knowledge of work incentive utilization. A preparatory reading assignment will be provided and is required.
Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) has been developing a body of research on effective secondary transition practices at the national level.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy recently published "Business Strategies that Work: A Framework for Disability Inclusion." This guide for employers focuses on policies and practices for recruiting, hiring, retaining, and advancing qualified individuals with disabilities and ensuring that the workplace is truly diverse and inclusive. It is organized into seven action areas.
This webinar focuses on the action area that most employers, public and private, report is critical to initiating or refining policies and practices for proactively recruiting and hiring qualified people with disabilities. Building the pipeline requires effective outreach practices and strategic recruiting strategies. During this webinar you will learn about building relationships with academic and community organizations, developing internal developmental programs and policies, specific talent resourcing, and the value of formal tracking and reporting procedures.
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Creating the capacity to deliver high-quality transition and career development curricula and services requires highly individualized, student-centered planning and resource development.
Participants will understand how person-centered leadership development for students with disabilities can build highly successful and sustainable secondary transition programs.
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