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Houston, TX —Safety Vision, a Houston-headquartered provider of mobile video solutions, announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has named Safety Vision President Bruce Smith as Small Business Person of the Year. The award coincides with National Small Business Week, which celebrates the small business community's contributions to the American economy and society.
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Safety Vision has been helping safeguard people and property since its 1993 founding, when Smith was a one-man operation. Over the years, Smith and company evolved from distributor of a single mobile camera line to designer, manufacturer, and installer of Safety Vision's own complete suite of mobile video products. The company today boasts over 115 employees, serving an international client base out of six offices across the U.S.
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"This is a special award for me—as a businessman, a Texan, and an American," says Smith. "I'm proud of the growth and accomplishments of the company I founded, and I'm proud of the contributions we've made to the country's economy and to the safety and wellbeing of its citizens. They say everything's bigger in Texas? Safety Vision has shown just how big a small business can be. We do Texas proud."


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Commercial LCD display and projector solution provider NEC Display Solutions of America recently showcased its latest digital cinema and digital signage technologies at CinemaCon 2012 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
According to the announcement, CinemaCon is the largest annual gathering of cinema owners and operators from around the world, representing more than 30,000 movie screens in the U.S. alone and more than 41,000 in multiple countries worldwide.
NEC offers a full lineup of digital cinema projectors, including the 2K-resolution NC1200C, NC2000C and NC3200S models, and the 4K-resolution NC3240S models. The NEC projectors were upgraded in December 2011 to prepare for higher frame rates, or HFRs, in the digital cinema industry. The upgrades enable the projectors to support the HFR with IMB input, allowing 60 frames per second in 2D and 3D, with 48 frames per second in Double Flash 3D. This leads to faster movement, sharper images and a much smoother picture, leading to less eye fatigue for the viewing public. NEC demonstrated HFR content on the NC2000C digital cinema projector in the Milano Meeting Suite by appointment.
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One upside of working at 8020 Publishing is location. Our office is in the Financial District of SF which is close to a bunch of great views so every now and again I skip lunch and take a walk. Today I was trying out my new Nikon D300 with my 18-200mm zoom. So far I'm really happy with the combo but need to get a feel for it. It's a big old honker of a camera but a lot of fun.
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Hey guys, we'll be getting started here in a little bit. Hope this is fun....I've never liveblogged a non-live event before. Quick Bill Murray update: he has not emailed me yet.
Someone, tell Bill Murray his wife is about to have sex on TV!
Hey guys, we'll be getting started here in a little bit. Hope this is fun....I've never liveblogged a non-live event before. Quick Bill Murray update: he has not emailed me yet.
Stephen Tobolowsky!
Realizing how much I know of that culture makes me want a shower now.
No one will ever believe that is your favorite Bill Murray story. message.snopes.com
So years ago, I bought the Special Edition DVD of Groundhog Day, which has a little featurette and director's commentary from Harold Ramis. And the featurette is pretty good -- the original script was much darker/artier, it started with Phil being already caught in the repeating loop. But the director's commentary is just terrible.
if you weren't aware, stephen tobolowsky has had some health issues thewrap.com
I'm reading this Buzzfeed list about GHD and Tori Amos was considered for the role of Rita? buzzfeed.com
So, there's an entire book about this movie: amazon.com
The author of the book wrote this piece for the Guardian: guardian.co.uk
Here's the original NYT review from 2/93.
"That glimmer of recognition is what makes "Groundhog Day" a particularly witty and resonant comedy, even when its jokes are more apt to prompt gentle giggles than rolling in the aisles. The story's premise, conceived as a sitcom-style visit to the Twilight Zone, starts out lightweight but becomes strangely affecting. Phil Connors, Mr. Murray's amusingly rude Pittsburgh television personality, surely deserves to be punished for his arrogance. But who in the audience hasn't ever wished time would stand still and offer a second, third or even a 20th chance?"
That poem is My Native Land by Sir Walter Scott: poemhunter.com
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd
From wandering on a foreign strand!
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung.
Jamie Zawinski calculated four years but the screenwriter said it was about 10 years: jwz.org
That screenwriter was Danny Rubin...he wrote a book called "How to Write Groundhog Day" that answers a bunch of questions about the film: howtowritegroundhogday.com
Fun fact! On Nantucket, they pull a clam out of the harbor and see if it spits left or right. This year, it spit left, which means 6 more weeks of winter. Meet Quentin the Quahog: ack.net
took me awhile to snap and upload but OMG RITA'S VEST remember the 90s? i owned more vests than i care to admit to twitpic.com
That piece was Chris Pasick's submission to last year's Super Precious Art Gallery's mini-Groundhog Day art show. superprecio.us
There's a playlist on Rdio of all the music from the movie: rdio.com
i saw him in the diner scene, i never knew michael shannon was in this movie cityoffilms.com
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VCN - Ladies Earn $200 for hair care blogs and video chats!!!
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Video Chat Network is conducting a fun project about hair care among ladies 21-45.Please take a minute to fill out the questionnaire in the attached link completely so that we may see if you qualify. http://videochatnetwor The project will start with some blogging assignments that will take place on 5/1-9 along with a one hour video chat on 5/7. During this time frame you will also need to purchase and try a specific hair care brand/product that we will be asking you questions about on the blogs and video chats. The blog assignments will take around an hour to complete and the video chat will last an hour as well. Participants who complete both blogs and chats will be paid $200. As always you need a working webcam and and strong internet connection for the video chats. And for the blogs, you need to be comfortable working on a blog and uploading pictures and videos to it. |


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dc.contributor.author | Msimango, Sindiswa Nontembiso | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-12T06:33:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-12T06:33:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-03-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11413 | |
dc.description.abstract | This research report describes the learning histories of computer assistants and expert assessment practice. This takes place in a workplace where computer training, specifically the fixing of hardware (CPU) occurs. It is hoped that the evidence collected might contribute towards the recognition and understanding of tacit assessment on the National Qualifications Framework, (NQF). In uncovering these learning histories and expert assessment practices, a component of ethnography which involves case history interviews and discussions was used. The theoretical framework used was situated learning theory and the legitimate peripheral participation of the computer assistants. This framework is itself embedded in the theory of constructivism. Case histories used as a component of ethnography is part of a bigger ethnographic project developed by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). This particular study will contribute along with other projects in the University of Witwatersrand research group, to make up a full ethnographic account of learning and assessment in the workplace. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Legitimate peripheral participation | en_US |
dc.subject | Communities of practice | en_US |
dc.subject | Tacit knowledge | en_US |
dc.subject | Explicit knowledge | en_US |
dc.subject | Assessment | en_US |
dc.subject | Constructivism | en_US |
dc.title | Personal histories as a component of an ethnography of expert assessment practice in the workplace. | en_US |
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Roxy and I woke up in this cabin at The Trek Stop in San Jose Succotz (note to best beloveds: this is the cabin Mike, Mariah, and I slept in when we were there in 2003).
We had just a few minutes to enjoy the company of the owner, Tino - turns out he sold butterflies to Roxy's mom, Nancy before Hurricane Mitch devastated her butterfly project.
and to check out a few medicinal plants; this 1 is called "piss-a-bed". Ew.
We drove the few blocks into Succotz to Ken Dart's office and headed up the hill in his burly Landrover; as you can see, the roads required it.
We visited 2 caves on Ken's property. Here's guide Leo, Tino's cousin, at the mouth of Actun Halal, a beautiful shelter cave.
Many of the natural formations were altered by the Maya 1000 or more years ago to represent faces and skulls.
A bat skeleton adds to the ambience.
We left Actun Halal behind and headed deeper into the jungle along an ancient Maya causeway toward Actun Chapat, an extensive cave or - perhaps more accurately - cave system with underground lakes, Maya artifacts, and miles yet to be discovered.
Ken gingerly works his way along a ledge to the entrance.
Although archaeologists have removed most of the larger artifacts (darn!) the floor was littered with pot shards.
Yay! A whiptailed scorpion spider with plate-sized leg span.
The curved piece is a metate (grinding stone).
It was hard to take photos because the moisture in the air obscured the formations if I used a flash; I used my small tripod and took mostly available light photos. Some of the chambers are massive but I wasn't able to document that with a camera. The circular shape just left of center is a jar lid.
Big flying cockroach.
They call the formation on the left "Gandalf".
This beautiful grasshopper had the misfortune of finding it's way into the 2nd opening, a smaller one a few hours into the cave you'd need ropes to access from inside. A steady breeze blows in so critters and butterflies would be unable to make their way back out. This grasshopper and the lizard centered in the next photo were alive but we saw remains of blue morpho butterflies that weren't so fortunate.
Lunch is served - delicious!
After lunch we snapped a portrait and headed back out the way we came.
More modified formations
Crystal formations, very delicate
A skull and bones, jaw near the bottom of the photo. A while back a famous Maya cave expert didn't believe it was a skull, reached in, and broke teeth away that had embedded jade adornments; he believes it now. :-P Leo holds them in the 2nd photo.
Big spider. BIG.
There were a few tightish places.
Ken uncovered a scorpion.
At the entrance again!
We hiked out and headed back to San Jose Succotz in the truck - a day well spent yet still young.
At Ken's office I scraped away the worst of the mud, threw fresh clothes on top of the rest, and headed to the municipal airport in Belize City with Tash and her (young adult) son, Spider Man held the windshield in place, upper right.My boarding pass
My trusty pilot; it was cheaper to fly from the municipal airport than from the international airport, BZE, yet we flew there before heading south to Punta Gorda with a stop in Dangriga.
I enjoyed the water and land art along the way.
Punta Gorda from the air
and from Hickatee Cottages owner Ian's pickup.
I settled briefly into my beautiful room
before heading to the deck of the bar for chocolate cake and Garifuna drumming lessons with Ray McDonald - a festive end to an eventful day.


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01.03.2013 - Why commodities supercycle far from over as US and China recover |
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A group of First Nation high school students learned about future career options at the Aboriginal Workforce Resource conference, held Nov. 9 in Thunder Bay.
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Five Aboriginal students told the Chiefs of Ontario that language restoration and retention were the most important aspects to strengthening First Nations education.
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Challenges of leaving home, DFC students talk about life in the city
Four Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFC) students sit in the office of principal Jonathan Kakegamic.
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Sleepover at DFC a fun experience for students
Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School students held a sleepover Oct. 29-30 at the Thunder Bay-based Northern Nishnawbe Education Council school.
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Workshop aims to increase Aboriginal business in Timmins
A 12-week workshop initiative aimed at training aspiring youth entrepreneurs is set to begin Sept. 28 in Timmins.
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National chief welcomes strong stances on education
National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo has agreed with Nishnawbe Aski Nation's right to speak for itself during the upcoming national education review process.
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NAN rejects national education review
Nishnawbe Aski Nation has rejected the proposed national education review process established by the federal government and the Assembly of First Nations.
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Program supports youth entrepreneurs
Stefanie Armstrong, Summer Company coordinator at the Northwest Business Centre – Dryden location, is happy with how the youth are progressing.
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Students choosing medical field for careers
Whitefish Bay's Alexa Lesperance learned more about potential health careers during the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Summer Health Sciences Camp.
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Wahsa grad yields largest class since 2004
It takes a special type of student to graduate from Wahsa – they usually have to balance family, jobs and life.
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First Nation grads start work in mining
Six First Nation trainees are ready to start work in the mining sector thanks to a partnership program between Matachewan First Nation, Northgate Minerals Corp. and Dumas Contracting.
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Cornerstone grad a close-knit gathering
The graduation ceremony at Cornerstone Christian School in Sioux Lookout June 10 was a close personal affair with laughing, crying and sharing.
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Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy received an honourary doctor of education degree through the University of Nipissing in North Bay June 8.
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Welcome to the 2014 Oktoberfest in Big Bear Lake 43nd Anniversary Big Bear Oktoberfest - Sept. thru Oct. 2013 Big Bear Lake's Oktoberfest held from September thru October 2014 has once again been named one of the great and most authentic and largest OktoberFest anywhere. Has anyone mentioned beer yet? Oktoberfest style beer includes Warstiener Pilsner, Warstiener Oktoberfest, Warstiener Dunkel, King Ludwig Hefenweisen, Budweiser, Bud Light, Amber Bock, Red Hook Blondie, and Jack's Pumpkin Spice! Some of the German foods that you can expect to find are Oven Baked Chicken half, Roast Beef, Apple Strudel, Bavarian Dumplings, Landfager, Pickled Ham Hocks and other German foods will be served at the German festival. Live bands, music and special events from log sawing to dancing in Big Bear Lake! |
New This Year: Kindermeister Party Pack New this year, Oktoberfest's little visitors will enjoy the Kindermeister Party Pack Includes admission, Children's Cup (with half-price re-fills throughout your visit), German dinner ticket, one Soft Drink, and children's toy. (Available for children 12 years and under). Pricing and On Line Sales Coming Soon! Burgermeister Bucks and Beer Booklets now available for pre-purchase on line! Get prepared, walk-in and enjoy everything Oktoberfest has to offer from the start of your day. Burgermeister Bucks $50.00 The Burgermeister Bucks are a pack of 50 $1.00 tickets good for purchasing any item off of our German menu or at Cafe Americana, all beverages (including beer, wine, soft drinks, coffee, etc.) and items sold at the Oktoberfest Souvenir Shoppe. (Burgermeister Bucks are non-refundable, have no cash value, are equivalent to $1.00 each. expire at Midnight on 10/29/11. Must be 21 years and older to redeem coupons/tickets for alcoholic beverages. Must present valid photo I.D.) Beer Booklets Also coming soon for on line pre-purchase will be the popular Beer Booklet – 10 beer tickets at a savings of $2.00. More details and pricing will be available soon. Burgermeister Party Pack $40.00 Back by popular demand . . . the Burgermeister Party Pack. Party Like The Burgermeister and enjoy the entire Oktoberfest experience. Party Packs include admission, commemorative beer stein, one beer ticket (or beverage of choice), one German dinner ticket, and party beads. (Must be 21 years and older to purchase) |
For six and a half weekends every Fall a very special extended family comes together in Big Bear for Southern California' s party of the season and you're invited to join the celebration! Rated California's #1 Oktoberfest, celebration, Big Bear's festival commemorates the traditions of a simpler era. A time when family and friends offered happiness and enjoyment. And that is precisely what has made the Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest such a long standing tradition. It's about good company and celebration. It's about creating memories that bring a smile to your face. Traditional festivities include the Log Sawing Contest, Stein Holding Contest, Safe Slam Beer Drinking Contest, Chicken Dance and performances by a variety of authentic dance groups. The Budenstrasse offers a variety of arts and craft exhibitors, children's activities and the Highest Elevation Bier Garten in the U.S. Escape the everyday and join us for the hospitality, laughter and camaraderie that has made the Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest world famous.From our family to yours, Ein Prosit! The Convention Center at Big Bear Lake |
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COLUMBIA — Picture the image of a man sleeping on a non-existent chair and surrounded by colorful bubbles.
It was that image in watercolor, titled "Suspense," that gave artist Paul Jackson of Columbia a first-place win at the Missouri Watercolor Society Members' Invitational opening reception and awards ceremony Sunday.
The yearly exhibition showcased 121 entries that featured both realistic and abstract subjects, all done using a water-based medium.
The Columbia Art League gallery was crowded with members of both the society and community who turned out to view and discuss the works on display.
Carla Reinagel, a watercolor artist who entered one of her pieces, said she enjoyed the overall experience.
"Here is a show where there is just incredible talent and a place I can learn and grow," Reinagel said.
Jerry Berneche, this year's judge and first-place winner of the 2007 show, judged the wide collection based on subject matter, technique, color, composition and whether the work captured his attention or was "thought-provoking."
Berneche said "Suspense" did just that.
"I think the idea behind it was so unusual," Berneche said. "It was the one that was so different. It was really unique."
George "Papa" Tutt, artist and president of the society, remembers the organization's humble beginnings.
"In 1999, five of us from St. Louis to Kansas City got together in Fulton and decided to create the Missouri Watercolor Society," he said. "We thought if we could have 35 members, we'd do really good."
The society currently has 407 members with artists from across the country. Tutt said having the exhibition in Columbia expands the city and gives it a chance to bring other artists to the community.
Diana Moxon, executive director of the Columbia Art League, agrees.
"It's wonderful to have this quality of watercolor work come to Columbia," she said.
Marlin Rotach of Kansas City took second place at the Invitional, and Loran Creech of California, Mo. received third place.
The exhibition will be on display through Oct. 11 at the Columbia Art League, 207 S. Ninth St.


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Jackie Chan suggests in a recent interview that protests should be restricted in the freewheeling Chinese city of Hong Kong.
The action star lamented that Hong Kong has become a city of protest, where people "scold China, scold the leaders, scold anything, protest against anything."
"There should be regulations on what can and cannot be protested," Chan told the Southern People Weekly, which published his comments Wednesday. He didn't say what kinds of protests he thought should be restricted.
The star of movies such as "Rush Hour" and "Rumble in the Bronx" triggered a backlash three years ago with similar comments about his hometown.
A former British colony, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 and is now a semiautonomous region. Residents are fiercely proud of their Western-style civil liberties not seen on the mainland, including freedom to demonstrate.
Chan also reflected in the interview on how different Hong Kong was before 1997.
"Hong Kong in the British era was not so free. Did you hear so much gossipy news? Were there so many taking to the streets? No. Very well behaved. The British badly repressed us," he told the magazine.
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It may be 2012, but it's a repeat of 2011 for Adele: Once again, she has the year's top-selling album on iTunes.
Her "21," which recently passed the 10 million mark in sales, topped the list even though it was first released in January 2011. It remained popular this year, particularly after she nabbed six Grammy Awards in February.
Second was Taylor Swift's "Red," which wasn't released until October. Rounding out the top five: Mumford & Sons' "Babel," One Direction's "Up All Night" and fun.'s "Some Nights."
Carly Rae Jepsen had the song of the year with "Call Me Maybe" – and so it was also tops on iTunes, followed by Goyte's "Somebody That I Used to Know," fun.'s "We Are Young," Maroon 5's "Payphone" with Wiz Khalifa and Nicki Minaj's "Starships."
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Carole King has a friend in the Library of Congress. She's the first woman to win the library's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
In her five decades of songwriting, King's hits have included "You've Got a Friend," "So Far Away" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman."
The library said Thursday that King would be the fifth person to receive the prize. Prior recipients include Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney.
Librarian of Congress James Billington says King's work has been recorded by many artists to communicate universal human emotions like love, joy and pain.
King will receive the prize in the spring and says in a statement that she looks forward to performing in Washington.
Honorees are typically saluted at the White House.
'Bosom Buddies' to reunite onstage
Tom Hanks' Broadway debut will include an old buddy – former "Bosom Buddies" co-star Peter Scolari will share the stage with the Oscar winner.
Producers revealed Wednesday the rest of the cast appearing with Hanks in Nora Ephron's play "Lucky Guy," which begins previews March 1 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Hanks will play Mike McAlary, a gutsy New York City newspaper columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing that a Haitian immigrant had been sodomized by police officers in 1997.
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Former "Cheers" star George Wendt is heading to the other side of the bar – he'll play a bartender when "Breakfast at Tiffany's" hits Broadway next year.
The play, a return to the story by Truman Capote, will star Emilia Clarke of HBO's "Game of Thrones" as Holly Golightly in the role Audrey Hepburn made famous in the 1961 movie.
Performances at the Cort Theatre begin March 4.
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The owners are Sharkeez are trying to make up for the past sins committed in the name of oh-so-much bad tequila.
The two famous mole states will battle it out this Sunday on Olvera Street.
The city's main mezcal ambassador curates over 50 bottles, but saves the best for her inner circle.
The new spot will serve the usual Mexican standards, plus some more ambitious dishes as well.
The owner also recounts the meal at Super Rica that started him on the path to taco entrepreneurship.
Mixto Comida Latina's healthy take on Mexican just might be a sign of times in Silver Lake.
This will be The South Bay's first location of the big burrito slingers and L.A.'s third.
The rumored change might be intended to highlight the presence of Sergio Penuelas in the kitchen.
Thirteen different styles of mole will be the focus of this free Olvera street festival.
You can drink beer anytime, but when will you ever make your own cactus tortillas?
A Kosher Mexican restaurant run by a Mexican-Japanese chef? Only in L.A., kids.
Bil Esparza predicts, "It will feel like I'm at a taqueria in Condesa, where wine is served and valet parking is available."
Putting Red O at the top of its "Best Mexican" list and giving Loteria two spaces makes the publication strike out on L.A.'s favorite food.
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Danijel is a soldier fighting for the Serbs, and Ajla is a Bosnian held captive in the camp he oversees. They two knew each other before the war, and could have found love with each other. But as the armed conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship grows darker, their motives and... Full description
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As the university moves towards 2025, periodic climate surveys will be implemented, with the first survey implemented in fall 2014. While K-State has conducted or participated in climate surveys in the past, this was the first comprehensive climate survey including faculty, staff and students.
Final report presentation
Dr. Susan Rankin, Rankin & Associates Consulting, will present the results of the survey in two town hall style meetings on April 29. Please join us for one of the following meetings:
- Town Hall meeting I, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Wed., April 29, Hemisphere Room, Hale Library
- Town Hall meeting II, 2-3:30 p.m., Wed., April 29, Little Theatre, K-State Student Union
Learn more by reading the Frequently Asked Questions.
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Over the past year or so, since the economy crashed, we've been encouraged by Americans' disenchantment with inefficient, unsatisfying McMansions and evidence that they're seeking smaller, greener homes and home features instead. A National Association of Home Builders survey found that after 30 years of continual growth, average single-family home size had declined from 2,520 square feet in 2008 to 2,480 square feet in 2009. An American Institute of Architects' Home Design Trends Survey showed more homeowners eschewing upscale amenities in favor of flexible, open and informal spaces that allow for easy movement and family living. The not-so-big and tiny house movements are exploding.
In this morning's Allentown Morning Call, reporter Dawn Klingensmith offers more good local anecdotes that illustrate this trend. Opulence is out, she reports, and mini-castles aren't selling. "People don't like to display evidence of wealth in their houses anymore," San Diego real estate broker Marian Anthony said.
"Granite countertops and stainless steel appliances were very popular in the past," Chicago realtor Eileen Casey said. "But now more eco-friendly countertops and energy-saving appliances and fixtures are in, along with other eco-friendly choices."
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HomeFranco-Australian Museum - Villers-BretonneuxOpening of the museum since Januray 5th, 2015 in the Victoria Hall. More info Welcome to official website of the Franco-Australien Museum. Created by the Franco-Australian Association in Villers-Bretonneux (existing since 1959 under the name of "The Franco-Australian Welcoming Committee"), the Franco-Australian Museum (then named The William Legatt Museum), unveiled the April 25th1975, is situated on the first floor of the Victoria School. Run by the Association, the Museum tells the story of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, particularly on the Western Front in 1918. With a surface area of 400m², totally renovated in 1992, thanks to the Local council of Villers-Bretonneux, Australia and the Regional Council of the Somme; it holds:
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SCTP is a reliable transport protocol operating over IP. SCTP is more akin to TCP than UDP, however it yields additional features to TCP while still supporting much of the same functionality. So SCTP is connection oriented and implements the same congestion/flow control. Detection of data corruption, loss of data and duplication of data is achieved by using checksums and sequence numbers. A selective retransmission mechanism is applied to correct loss or corruption of data. [1]
In the TCP/IP network model, SCTP resides in the transport layer, alongside TCP and UDP. The transport layer handles communication among programs in a network. This involves accepting data from the application layer, and repackaging it (perhaps fragmenting the data) so it may be passed on to the network layer. In addition the transport layer will also ensure the data arrives correctly on the other end. A transport protocol in essence is a set of rules that govern how data is sent between communicating nodes.
The network layer is used for; basic communication,
addressing and routing, IP is usually used. The application layer consists of
end-user applications and the link layer defines network hardware and device
Diagram 1 – 4-Layer Network Model
Comparing SCTP to TCP
SCTP and TCP have some distinct differences, yet also many similarities. In this section we will explore their similarities and then discuss the major ways in which they differ.
Startup: to establish an association between two nodes, both protocols
will exchange a series of messages. There are differences in the way these
messages are exchanged and their format, but they hold the same purpose- to set
up an end-to-end connection (association or connection).
Reliability and Ordering: both SCTP and TCP implement mechanisms to
endure the successful delivery of user datagrams. This includes reliable and
ordered data delivery.
Congestion Control: this is a critical element in any transport
protocol. It regulates the flow of data entering the network, limiting it to
accommodate for occurrences of congestion. SCTP and TCP hold the same congestion
control mechanism- Additive Increase, Multiplicative Decrease (AIMD) congestion
window management.
Closing Down: both protocols have two different close procedures, a
graceful close and an abortive one. The graceful close will ensure that all user
data in the queue will be delivered before the association is terminated. The
abortive close occurs during errors.
There are two key differences between TCP and SCTP:
These are new features in SCTP and are what really set the two protocols
Multihoming: an essential property of SCTP is its support of
multi-homed nodes, i.e. nodes which can be reached under several IP addresses.
If we allow SCTP nodes to support more than one IP address, during network
failure data can be rerouted to alternative destination IP addresses. This makes
the nodes more tolerant against physical network failures and other problems of
that kind.
Multistreaming: is an effective way to limit Head-of-Line Blocking.
The benefit in having multiple independent data streams is if a packet is lost
in one stream, while that stream blocks to wait for the retransmission the
remaining unaffected streams can continue to send data. In TCP if a packet is
lost, the connection effectively grinds to a halt while it waits for the
retransmission to be sent [2]. This phenomenon where packets are blocked by a packet
in front which has been lost is known as Head-of-Line Blocking and can be
illustrated thus:
Diagram 2 – SCTP Multistreaming
TCP Connection
An SCTP association is equivalent to a TCP connection, they both represent an
end-to-end relationship between two transmitting nodes.
Multistreaming can be achieved in TCP, however it involves opening multiple
TCP connections which each act as a stream to send data. This differs from
multistreaming in SCTP where all the streams reside in a single association.
Opening multiple TCP connections is TCP-unfriendly, which means that a pair of
communicating nodes will obtain a larger proportion of the available channel
bandwidth. Thus, SCTP is more TCP-friendly in this regard.
Although multihoming and multistreaming may be where SCTP and TCP differ
most, the two protocols exhibit other differences, which are also
important to discuss.
Security at Startup: SCTP and TCP both carry out an exchange of
messages to establish an end-to-end relationship. The way these messages are
sent however, are different. Traditional TCP uses a three-way handshake, whereas
SCTP uses a four-way handshake. A signed state cookie is involved in the SCTP
four-way handshake, which helps to protect from denial of service attacks.
Diagram 3 illustrates the start-up procedures in TCP and SCTP [2].
Diagram 3 – SCTP and TCP start-up
A denial of service attack is where resources are
tied up on the server side so that it is impossible to respond to legitimate
connections. The attacker issues vast amounts of SYN requests (a message
requesting set-up of a connection) to the server and when it receives the SYN,
ACK (see diagram 3) it simply discards it, not bothering to respond with an ACK.
This causes the server to retain the partial state that was allocated after the
SYN request, and if carried out repetitively will lead to a denial of service.
SCTP protects against denial of service attacks
with the use of a cookie. The cookie is bundled with the INIT-ACK from the
server to the client. The server does not record the association or keep a
transmission control block (TCB), rather it derives the TCB from the cookie,
which is sent back from the client inside the COOKIE-ECHO. Since it has no
knowledge of the association till the client responds with a COOKIE-ECHO, it
becomes resilient to denial of service attacks.
There may at first appear to be an overhead to
sending four messages, however user data can be bundled in the last two SCTP
Data Delivery: Data transmission
in TCP is byte-stream oriented; in SCTP, it is message-oriented. In TCP, data is
transported as a consecutive stream of bytes between two endpoints, so user
message boundaries are not preserved when they are on the wire between two end
points. Parts of one message may be sent with parts of another message, in a
single data packet. This means that some kind of message-delineation is required
by the application, to inform the receiver, the message length and the amount to
read. The receiving application will need to do some complex buffering and
framing to reconstruct the messages.
SCTP, in contrast, makes an explicit demarcation
of user message boundaries. Each message is delivered as a complete read, which
lifts a lot of the work off the application layer. An exception to this is when
the message is larger than the maximum packet size. Although, parts of two user
messages will never be put into a single data packet.
Unordered Delivery: SCTP allows for data to
be sent reliably but unordered. This has benefits when dealing with large
amounts of independent transactions, e.g. components in a web page.
TCP has no such facility.
SACKs: All acknowledgements in SCTP are
with SACKs. They are useful as they indicate if there are any gaps in the
transmission, i.e. missing blocks. TCP does not make explicit use of SACKs but can be configured to support them. However, TCP can only report four missing
data packets in a SACK, SCTP allows for much larger amounts to be reported.
Closing Association: Despite the fact that
both TCP and SCTP have graceful close mechanisms, there is a slight difference
in what these mechanisms permit. TCP allows what is known as the
"half-closed" state, where one endpoint stays open while the other endpoint
closes. SCTP does not allow this, both endpoints must close when the shutdown
primitive is issued. One reason for not putting the half-closed state in SCTP
was the lack of use of it: very few applications require it.
Transport Protocol Functional Overview [2]
Protocol Feature |
State required at each endpoint |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Reliable data transfer |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Congest control and avoidance |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Message boundary conservation |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Path MTU discovery and message fragmentation |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Message bundling |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Multi-homed hosts support |
Yes |
No |
No |
Multi-stream support |
Yes |
No |
No |
Unordered data delivery |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Security cookie against SYN flood attack |
Yes |
No |
No |
Built-in heartbeat (reachability check) |
Yes |
No |
No |
[1] R. Stewart et al., RFC 2960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol, IETF, October 2000.
[2] R. Stewart and Q. Xie, Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP): A Reference Guide, Addison Wesley, 2002.
[3] SCTP for Beginners: http://tdrwww.exp-math.uni-essen.de/inhalt/forschung/sctp_fb/
[4] SCTP overview: http://www.sctp.org/sctpoverview.html


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Excerpt from Coach's F1Q07 earnings conference call transcript:
Lew Frankfort - Coach Chairman & CEO:
In Japan, eight locations were added while two were expanded. At quarter end, there were 130 total locations in Japan with 21 full-price stores, including eight flagships, 94 shop-and-shops, 11 factory stores and four wholesale locations.
We were also very pleased with the performance of Coach Japan this quarter where sales grew 21% in yen and 16% in dollars as our market share continued to increase rapidly. Last quarter, our growth in Japan was fueled primarily by distribution through both new stores and expansions augmented by mid single-digit, comparable retail locations sales.
[...] outside the US, we're continuing to rapidly grow market share with the Japanese consumer from about 9% this past year to a goal of 15% during the next few years. We are driving growth in Japan primarily by opening new retail locations and by expanding existing ones. Overall, we expect that eventually we will have a total of at least 180 Coach locations in Japan.
During this fiscal year, we expect to open 15 to20 net new locations in Japan, a net increase of at least 25,000 square feet or at least 13% to the store base. We also plan to expand about 15 of our most productive retail and factory locations in FY '07 adding over 7,000 square feet or about 4% to our retail base.
Thus, in FY '07, overall, we're targeting Coach Japan's constant currency sales to increase about 20% from the prior year. Our increases will primarily come from distribution growth with mid single-digit comps expected for the year. As we've said previously, the opportunities of our core markets of North America and Japan are abundant. Notably in East Asia and especially in Greater China, we're intensifying our efforts to build awareness by creating a presence that will position us for meaningful sales in the future.
Mike Devine - Coach CFO:
For Japan, we've previously reported full price Coach Japan comps only. Going forward, we plan to increase our disclosure to combine full price and factory, or total comps. This will provide a better bridge to our overall direct-to-consumer sales results. For the first quarter of '07, our total comps were up high single-digits, consistent with last year's first quarter when full price comps rose at a mid single-digit pace and total comp was high single-digit.
Excerpt from Q&A session:
[I.] Jim Hurley - Chelsea Advisory Group:
My question is about Japan. Obviously very good results out of that region, which has not been the case for some of your competitors, and I just wanted to understand the integration efforts with CJI, and specifically if you are able to see operating expense leverage in the first fiscal quarter?
Mike Devine:
I'll take the latter part, the financial answer, Jim, is that we did not see leverage there. We're continuing as we guided the Street to build infrastructure in Japan and we'll see that happen throughout '07. So in none of our projections or any of our forward-looking guidance have we planned on that happening in '07 and we are continuing to build that infrastructure so we can capture some of the integration opportunities that we believe we have there.
Jim Hurley - Chelsea Advisory Group:
Just in terms of how that business is developing. It seems like the strength has been maintained when that's not been the case for the rest of the market. Anything that you're doing on a merchandising front?
Lew Frankfort:
I think the most important thing to appreciate Jim, and I know you do, is that we have an alternative to the established brands. We offer a value-based proposition. Our accessible luxury proposition resonates especially well in Japan with the younger consumers and what we're finding, as we open in regional markets as well as our continued presence in existing markets is a very strong penchant towards Coach. They're embracing our monthly product flow, the innovation that we're offering in product responding very well.
[II.] Margaret Major - Goldman Sachs:
[...] I would like to ask about Japan, too. If you wouldn't mind running through how FX impacts the Japanese results, not just on the translation of the top line, but on gross margin. Because if you are sourcing in dollars and selling in a strong yen, wouldn't that be a positive?
Mike Devine:
[...] about FX, ... we actually have that as a gross margin negative because we're buying inventories now with a weaker yen and therefore it costs us more yen to convert to dollars to buy the bags. So although, we've hedged pretty effectively, there still is a modest negative impact to our gross margin rate as a result of the weaker yen. In the prepared remarks, I talk about weaker yen and channel mix driven by the success of factory being negative. The two combined hurt us about 30 bp in Q1.
[III.] Brad Stevens - Morgan Keegan:
[...] what percentage of your Japanese business is now at the premium price points , and is there potential longer term to increase your 70% markup for doing business there?
Lew Frankfort:
[...] there's always an opportunity that we have to weigh that against the cost and we're very comfortable with the relative positioning between the United States and Japan, and we're not looking to make any adjustment in the relative pricing of Japan to the United States.
In terms of our limited edition product, in Japan, we're only scratching the surface . For example , last quarter, as part of our 65th anniversary, we presented a series of four bags that were numbered and I believe the total quantity was 2,000, and we sold through that enormously quickly. The Japanese consumers are particularly appreciative of limited edition product and again, we're in early days there.
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Use | Civil and state flag |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | March 21, 1971 |
Variant flag of Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |
Name | Flag of the governor of Massachusetts |
Design | State flag in the form of a pennant |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' flag in the United States has been represented by official but limited-purpose flags since 1776, though until 1908 it had no state flag per se to represent its government. A variant of the white flag with blue seal was carried by each of the Massachusetts volunteer regiments during the Civil War alongside the National Colors. An exception were the two "Irish regiments" (the 9th and 28th Volunteers), each of which was permitted to carry an alternative green flag with a harp symbol. The state currently has three official flags: a state flag, a "naval and maritime flag" (despite it no longer having its own navy), and a governor's flag.
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The flag of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts displays, on both sides, the state coat of arms centered on a white field. The shield depicts an Algonquian Native American with bow and arrow; the arrow is pointed downward, signifying peace. The arm itself is the Goliad symbol common in early Texas flags and signifying the philosophy that those represented would rather lose their right arm than live under tyranny. A white star with five points appears next to the figure's head, signifying Massachusetts' admission as the sixth U.S. state. A blue ribbon surrounds the shield, bearing the state motto Ense Petit Placidam, Sub Libertate Quietem ("By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty").[1] Above the shield is the state military crest: the bent arm holding a broadsword aloft. The sword has its blade up, to remind that it was through the American Revolution that liberty was won.[2]
The state flag was officially adopted in 1901, but had been used unofficially since the American Revolutionary War as the ensign of the Massachusetts State Navy. In 1971, the earlier pine tree was replaced by the current design.[3]
In April 1776, the Massachusetts Navy adopted, as its flag (naval ensign), a white field charged with a green pine tree and the motto "An Appeal to Heaven." In 1971 the motto was removed, and the flag was designated "the naval and maritime flag of the Commonwealth".[4]
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