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by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 4/21/05 10:12 AM
Happy Friday everyone!
Thanks to all of you who contributed to this week's topic. Many of you wrote some outstanding answers to Kenny's question. And I hope these opinions, recommendations, and tips from our members will prove to be helpful when it comes time for any of you to decide whether to buy or build a computer. So read them all!
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I have been using the same PC for the last four years. It's time to upgrade. I'm considering just buying an off-the-shelf computer, but I'm also thinking about the challenge of building one myself. Are there any outstanding benefits to building one yourself? Will this save me money? I've done hardware upgrades in the past (adding RAM and a network card), but I'm a bit apprehensive about starting from
scratch. What are your recommendations--build or buy? Any tips or advice are appreciated.
Submitted by: Kenny C. of Olympia, Washington
Kenny, the short answer to your question about whether building your own computer will save money is generally no. Off-the-shelf OEM builders buy trainloads of components directly from suppliers at prices you and I cannot touch.
What you get from building your own system is the satisfaction of owning and operating a machine you built yourself, as well as a greater understanding of your system and the knowledge you gain during assembly, construction, and operating system installation.
If you are a die-hard eBay aficionado, you can scour the web for great deals on components at prices that will begin to approach what you might pay for an off-the-shelf model; however the big caveat here is that you may have little knowledge of the quality of the parts or whether they will all work together in your new system. One of the advantages of buying an off-the-shelf system is that the manufacturer has already assumed the responsibility for ensuring that all the component piece parts are tested and confirmed to all work together, with all the correct drivers either already installed or supplied on a CD that comes with the system. Furthermore, when you buy an off-the-shelf system, the manufacturer also supplies you with a guarantee and warranty in the event you have a component failure within the warranty period. If you build one yourself, you have little or no such protection.
Having said all that, there is tremendous satisfaction from building your own system, and you can mix and match components precisely to what you desire. For example, many OEM systems use motherboards with integrated sound, video and Ethernet. You can even buy one of these motherboards yourself if that is what you choose, but let's say for the sake of argument that you want a Turtle Beach sound card, a 256Mb Radeon graphics card with analog, digital and TV out, a 3-Com Gigabit Ethernet LAN card, a Seagate 300Gb SATA hard drive, and a Plextor CD-RW/DVD-RW Dual-Layer optical drive. Finding all of these components in any single off-the-shelf system is highly unlikely and a DIY custom-build option is about your only recourse.
You might also consider what you intend to use this new computer for, whether you build it yourself or buy one off-the shelf. If your usual computer time is spent word processing, medium internet surfing, email and organizing the family photo album, you probably don't need a "killer" machine. Depending on the components you purchase and install, custom-built machines can sometimes be "twitchy", temperamental, and somewhat less-reliable than a good-quality off-the-shelf system.
Another factor for you to consider is what I call "time to liftoff". If you purchase an off-the-shelf system, you can usually be up and running, surfing the internet in less than an hour from the time you first open the box. On the other hand, should you choose to build a system yourself, you first have to choose, purchase and assemble all the components you want; then comes the fun part: putting it all together and making it work. This can take days or even weeks. Given what you describe as your limited familiarity with getting into the guts of a computer, the risk of error or potentially damaging one or more components is somewhat higher than for someone who does this all the time and has experience.
If you decide to build one yourself, I would highly recommend that you do extensive research on various hardware forums and blogs, both to help choose the right mix of components, and also to familiarize yourself with as many of the pitfalls, tips and pointers you can before you first pick up your screwdriver and plunge in.
Good Luck!
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READER IDEAS - Week of 3/20/2011
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- AshKuku said...
Kudos Banu.....:D
- Sat Mar 19, 10:51:00 PM CDT
- phatelara said...
Love this week's sketch! Just submitted mine! Thanks DT for the gorgeous inspirations. Yay! :)
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- Sun Mar 20, 10:11:00 AM CDT
- Amber Rose said...
I loved this week's sketch! Totally my kinda thing, thanks for the inspiration :)
- Sun Mar 20, 01:55:00 PM CDT
- June said...
Thanks for the sketch this week!
- Sun Mar 20, 07:44:00 PM CDT
- Helen F. said...
Fun sketch. Thanks for the challenge.
- Sun Mar 20, 09:01:00 PM CDT
- Lezlye said...
This is a great Sketch! I loved how my card came together! Thanks!
- Sun Mar 20, 10:29:00 PM CDT
- Heather said...
Great sketch. I loved the idea of the panels. Thanks for the challenge. Have a great week.
- Sun Mar 20, 10:40:00 PM CDT
- Julz said...
I'm lovin' this sketch! I knew immediately what I wanted to do when I saw it & this is my first time playing! :)
- Sun Mar 20, 11:05:00 PM CDT
- Tonya said...
Great sketch this week!
- Sun Mar 20, 11:46:00 PM CDT
- Robin Kirkpatrick said...
Fun sketch and wonderful samples! Thanks for the inspiration!
- Mon Mar 21, 07:08:00 AM CDT
- miriam said...
love this sketch ,thanks for the insperation
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- Mon Mar 21, 10:47:00 AM CDT
- Oney said...
What a clever sketch. I see so many possibilities with this one. Everyone's cards are so gorgeous...I have SO much to learn.
- Mon Mar 21, 11:06:00 AM CDT
- candi said...
I LOVED this sketch! It was PERFECT for an image I have been holding onto for the right inspiration. Thank you!
- Tue Mar 22, 07:50:00 PM CDT
- Colien said...
Great sketch, thanks!
- Wed Mar 23, 02:49:00 AM CDT
- paula said...
What a wonderful sketch. Thank you, I enjoyed using it xoxoxoxo
- Wed Mar 23, 07:16:00 AM CDT
- cg said...
Yes, another wonderful sketch! So nice I used it twice!
Great projects, everyone!
- Wed Mar 23, 08:41:00 AM CDT
- Tiffany said...
Great sketch! Thanks!
- Wed Mar 23, 09:58:00 AM CDT
- jenny said...
Only just found your blog!! Where have I been????
Fabulous sketch, love it!!
Thanks for the challenge x
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- Thu Mar 24, 12:13:00 PM CDT
- Yvonne said...
Thanks for the sketch! I like to see what others have done with it. I want to try it again!
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Retired deputy shifts his focus to photography
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Jake Funston, a former deputy sheriff who was forced to retire after he was injured on duty, levels his camera while shooting photos on the Everett waterfront. Funston has discovered a love for photography in retirement.
Quinn Russell Brown / The Herald
Jake Funston, a former deputy sheriff who was forced to retire after he was injured on duty, laughs as Bella walks behind him.
Quinn Russell Brown / The Herald
Jake Funston, a former deputy sheriff who was forced to retire after he was injured on duty, watches his dog Taz run down the dock on a recent evening at the 10th Street boat launch in Everett.
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Jake Funston, a former deputy sheriff who was forced to retire after he was injured on duty, photographs his dogs Taz and Bella on a recent evening at the 10th Street boat launch in Everett.
Jake Funston
Jake Funston calls this photo of a sunrise over a barn in Arlington �Foggy Morning.� Sunrises are one of his favorite things to shoot, he says.
Now he's trying to capture the good ones.
Funston, 57, picked up photography to stay busy after an on-duty injury forced him to retire last summer.
"I'm not looking for criminals. I'm not looking for victims or witnesses," he said. "I'm looking to take pictures."
He patrols the waterfronts and back roads he came to know so well as a cop, leveling his lens on seagulls and snails, airplanes and American flags, barrel races and boat launches.
"It's my escape," Funston said of his new hobby. "Without it, I'd probably go crazy."
He begins each day by taking his wife, Terri, to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, where she works in the evidence department. The two met there in 2005 and married a year later. After seeing Terri off, Funston hits the road with his camera. Tagging along in the back of his neon orange Jeep Wrangler are Taz and Bella, a lively pair of rescue dogs.
"Most of the time, we don't know where we're going," Funston said. "We just get coffee and start driving."
They go to air shows and rodeos, up mountain ranges and down to ocean shores. On weekends they reach Darrington, Bellingham, Diablo Lake and SeaTac.
Funston grew up in Sierra Madre, a small city in southern California. His first hands-on experience with police work came at age 15, when he went on a ride-along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
"The first call we went on was a bank robbery," Funston recalled. "We were doing over 100 miles an hour going down the freeway. We started getting close and he goes, 'Boy, get on the floor.' "
The perps had fled by the time they got to the bank, but Funston was hooked. He graduated from high school early and shipped off to the Marines, where he was a military police officer.
A bad fall forced him to retire from the Marines in 1987. Doctors diagnosed the injury, an ankle tear, as severe, predicting he'd have difficulty walking in the future. But six months later, Funston, fully rehabilitated, joined the El Paso County Sheriff's Office in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1999, he followed a fellow cop to Washington, settling in Arlington and joining the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
The call that ended his 28-year police career came in December 2012. A suspicious vehicle was reported near Ebey Slough. Funston headed to the scene in an unmarked car.
"When I walked up, the fire department was already there," he said. "I parked behind them, and I could see a vehicle sitting in the middle of the street."
Firefighters told him that a male driver was sitting with a female passenger on his lap, the woman leaning on the center console. Funston approached the car.
"I couldn't see inside," he recalled. "I knocked on the window and got close to it. All of a sudden I see the guy turn and look at me. He takes his foot off the brake, hits the gas pedal."
As Funston turned to draw his pistol, the car fishtailed out and clipped his knee, shifting several vertebrae in his spine.
"They had to put a plate in my back, and screws, and they replaced the whole knee when they did that," he said. "The surgeon said, 'I'm not going to let you go back.' "
He retired on June 30, 2013.
"I was brokenhearted," he said. "Depressed, in a sense, at what I was leaving behind: the people that I knew, the people that I worked with."
Terri Funston was relieved that her husband was out of harm's way, but worried about what he would do next.
"I knew he wasn't ready to retire," she said. "He needed a hobby because he was really, really bored. He was tired of sitting at home with nothing to do."
She suggested he buy a good camera and learn photography. Funston was far from tech-savvy, but he took his wife's advice and got a Nikon D3200. His sister in California helped him with the technical stuff over the phone.
"Then I just went out and took picture after picture 'til I got it right," Funston said.
Photography has led Funston to meet all sorts of new people. One evening at the beach, he photographed a woman playing with her dog and later gave her a disc with the pictures on it.
Another time, he noticed a wooden frog in the window of an old barn while stopping at an intersection. He pulled over and took pictures of the moss-covered carving, then framed an 8-by-10 print and delivered it to the people who lived on the property.
"I said, 'Hey, you don't know me. I took this picture of your frog and I think it's really cool. I just wanted you to have it,' " Funston said. "They turned out to be the nicest people. They showed me all the birds in the back."
Since then he's made prints for about a dozen other strangers.
He also shares his work online, posting albums to his Facebook page and contributing to the reader photo sections of news websites, including The Herald's (look for photos by "Jake" at www.heraldnet.com/yourphotos). Photos of a treetop scuffle between an eagle and a hawk were posted on the Facebook pages of two local news stations, garnering more than 2,700 likes and 1,100 shares.
While Funston enjoys the relationships and recognition that come with photography, he says the main purpose of his new hobby is simply to keep his mind off everything else, especially the leg and back pain that still pesters him throughout the day.
"It's like when I go out and start taking pictures, I'm in a different world. I'm in my own world," he said. "I'm looking for something completely different than what I've ever looked for before. It gets my mind off everything else and puts me in a better place."
He admits his ears still perk up when he hears sirens, but he's learning to ignore them and go about his day.
"I know I'll never be a cop again," he said. "It's getting easier every day."
Sometimes on the weekends, when he's awoken as early as 3 a.m. by a throbbing back, Funston whistles for the dogs and heads out to capture the sunrise, which he says is one of his favorite things to photograph.
"You can't beat the colors coming out of it, the feeling of everything," he said. "It's a whole new day. Whatever happened yesterday is gone. Now it's today."
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Over the coming five years, global entertainment and media revenues will continue to grow – in line with its historical trend – slightly behind global GDP. But this apparently consistent picture masks deep discontinuities, as digital drives revenue growth and spending diverges across different segments and countries. In 2018, non-digital media will continue to account for the largest share of global spending, TV will still be the biggest advertising medium, and the US will be the world's biggest entertainment and media market. But – respectively – digital revenues, Internet advertising and China will all have dramatically narrowed the gap. This evolving environment will be characterised by six underlying shifts.
Advertising revenue is outpacing consumer revenue in the migration to digital. Digital revenue from advertising has risen from 14% of total advertising revenue in 2009 to 25% in 2013, and will hit 33% by 2018. In contrast, digital entertainment and media consumer revenue in 2018 will account for just 17% of total entertainment and media consumer revenue. Meanwhile, non-digital advertising revenue will rise at a CAGR of only 1.9% through the forecast period.
By 2018, Internet advertising will be poised to overtake TV as the largest advertising segment. As recently as 2009, Internet advertising revenue was US$58.7bn and TV advertising revenue was more than twice as big at US$132.0bn. But Internet advertising revenue will rise at a 10.7% CAGR to reach US$194.5bn in 2018, just US$20bn behind TV advertising. We are approaching a major tipping point in the advertising universe.
The biggest challenge is monetising the digital consumer. Although consumers are embracing digital content experiences, consumer revenue from digital sources – excluding Internet access – will reach only 17% in 2018 from 10% in 2013. More must be done to encourage not just consumers' digital behaviours, but their digital spending.
Rising consumer revenue may be driven by 24/7 access. Two of the best-performing consumer sub-segments use a model by which consumers pay for round-the-clock access: digital music streaming, where revenue will grow at a 13.4% CAGR, and electronic home video OTT/streaming, set to rise at a 28.1% CAGR. Growth rates such as these will not only offset a slow-moving non-digital consumer market, but may also point the way forward for other segments.
Revenue growth is being driven by Internet access rather than content spending. A concern for content providers is that spending on Internet access may be taking share away from spending on content and services. In 2013, 45% of total entertainment and media revenue came from consumers, 30% from advertising and 25% from Internet access. But by 2018 Internet access's share will rise to 30%, while the proportion from consumers will slip to 41%.
Two-thirds of revenue growth from consumers and advertising will be digital. Of the US$241bn growth in total entertainment and media consumer and advertising revenue from 2013 to 2018, US$157bn will come from digital sources. So 65% of global entertainment and media growth – almost two in every three extra dollars – will be from digital.


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Minecraft on PC features two modes - Survival and Creative allowing you to worry about health and hunger or just build, build, build. The console versions feature a new crafting interface to make the jump from keyboard to controller a little easier, also you can grab a friend and mine together!
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The Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Children's National is an accredited program committed to the training of outstanding physicians dedicated to the care of patients with pediatric cardiovascular disease. During the program, fellows develop skills in clinical care, research, and teaching over a 36-month period. Fellows benefit from the vast expertise of and dedicated teaching by faculty from the Division of Cardiology as well as the other programs within the Children's National Heart Institute (CNHI).
The CNHI is a multidisciplinary team comprising Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiac Intensive Care, and Cardiac Anesthesia. It is a national and international referral center and is the largest congenital heart program in the mid-Atlantic region. This large and diverse patient population offers a robust clinical experience in all facets of pediatric cardiology. Our research benefits from the resources of Children's National including the Children's Research Institute, the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, a partnership with George Washington University. We maintain strong collaborations with the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Washington Hospital Center.
Children's National is a member of the Pediatric Heart Network as well as the NHLBI Bench-to-Bassinet Program's Cardiovascular Development Consortium.
If you have any questions, please contact our fellowship coordinator:
Brenda Roach
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Phone: 202-476-2020
Fax: 202-476-5700
Lowell Frank, MD
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Christopher Spurney, MD
Associate Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Research experience occupies approximately 13 of the 36 months of training and occurs predominantly in the second and third years. Opportunities for clinical and basic science research are available with Children's National faculty in Cardiology and other divisions as well as at the National Institutes of Health. Fellows are provided support to prepare their research for presentation at national meetings and for publication in peer-reviewed journals. Recent fellow research projects have included screening for rheumatic heart disease in Uganda, a review of femoral vein homografts used in the Norwood procedure, computational models of flow dynamics in reconstructed aortic arches, comparative cardiac embryology of the murine and human fetus, percutaneous VSD closure in pigs using interventional MRI, and echocardiography in mouse models of congenital heart disease.
A list of our division's recent publications is available here.
The Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training Program at Children's National Medical Center involves 36 months of clinical, research, and academic training. An approximate breakdown of the fellowship schedule is shown below:
* During the second and third years of training, HKU and consults are performed together
Clinical rotations include the Cardiology Inpatient Service (HKU), the Inpatient Consultation Service, the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, the Echocardiography Laboratory, the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, the Electrophysiology Service, and the Adult Congenital Service. Fellows participate in outpatient continuity clinic for one half day per week during their first year and for one full day every other week during their second and third years. Training during the third year can allow for flexibility for elective experience and to tailor the year to meet individual training goals.
On call responsibilities for the cardiology fellowship are performed predominantly through a night float system, which allows for continuity of care without sacrificing time from clinical and research duties. Monday night through Saturday night coverage is provided by an in-house cardiology fellow. Saturday day shift and Sundays are covered by an additional fellow, allowing for continuity of care over the weekend. Sunday overnight call may be performed at home if the clinical service allows. Call responsibilities include coverage of cardiology service and consult patients, new consults throughout the hospital and in the Emergency Department, answering parent phone calls, and assisting in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit as needed. On call fellows may also spend time performing echocardiograms and participating in cardiac catheterizations and electrophysiology procedures as they arise. Fellows are on call for approximately four weeks of night float and four weekends per year.
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit call is approximately every fourth night while on service in the CICU and is shared by cardiology and critical care medicine fellows. Each fellow also performs a limited number of additional cross-cover CICU calls per year. CICU call responsibilities include the primary care of all Cardiac Intensive Care Unit patients.
The cardiology fellowship program is supportive of and compliant with all ACGME duty hour standards.
The fellowship training program prides itself on a robust schedule of protected time for fellow lectures and conferences, including formal fellow conferences, cardiology division conferences, and hospital-wide conferences.
Division conferences include our weekly combined Cardiology - Cardiovascular Surgery management conference, catheterization conference, and performance improvement conference. Fellow conferences incorporate a wide variety of both topics and learning modalities and are relevant to both a robust education in pediatric cardiology as well as the pediatric cardiology board examination. Regular fellow conferences include sessions on echocardiography, electrophysiology, cardiac critical care, core book review, surgical techniques and perspectives, pathology, embryology, and principles of outpatient management.
Fellows are also encouraged to attend Pediatric Grand Rounds, Pediatric Professorial Rounds, hospital basic science research lectures, and Washington Hospital Center cardiology conferences.
Children's National Health System will be participating in the National Resident Matching Program ( NRMP ) and the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) for those applying for fellowship beginning July 1, 2016.
To Apply:
Visit the ERAS site to submit your application.
The required documents include:
ERAS Applications become available to Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs as of December 1, 2014. The ERAS website will guide you in uploading your documents.
Match Begins: February 4, 2015
Rank Order List Opens: April 1, 2015
Quota Change Deadline: April 29, 2015
Rank Order List Closes: May 13, 2015
Match Day: May 27, 2015
Children's National will be accepting four fellows to begin in July 2015. Interviews for select applicants will occur January through April 2015.
For questions, please contact Brenda Roach:
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Benefits for all Children's National employees include health, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts, life insurance, sick leave, disability insurance, and back-up dependent child and elder care. A detailed summary of all benefits can be found in our Benefits Guide.
The 2014-2015 salary scale for fellows at Children's National Health System is as follows:
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All cardiology fellows receive a laptop computer for use during their training with full access to cardiology clinical and educational content. Each fellow receives a $1,500 educational stipend per year for books, conferences, and other educational materials.
All graduating cardiology fellows have been successful at pursuing academic, private, or military careers after completing their fellowship, including both research and senior clinical fellowships at Children's National and other prestigious institutions. The post-graduation experiences of our recent graduates are shown below.
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The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) worked with its regional and local stakeholders to develop and publish 12 Regional Broadband Investment Plans. The regional plans will help promote broadband investment based on the needs of each region, facilitate efforts to promote awareness and adoption, and identify sustainability strategies for broadband investments. Each region is in the process of implementing its plans that aim to advance economic development in some of the more underserved regions of the state.
The Alaska Department of Education held a project launch meeting in Anchorage on December 15 and 16, 2010, for project partners and librarians from across the state. The $8.2 million Alaska OWL: Online with Libraries project will enhance public computer centers at 104 libraries in Alaska. In addition to providing faster Internet connections to these libraries, many in remote rural areas, Alaska OWL will establish an innovative public videoconferencing network for a number of purposes ranging from online training in remote villages to recording and preserving indigenous languages.
This collaborative effort primarily funded by the BTOP and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will also use funds to extend library hours and create jobs. Currently, many local libraries are open for less than 20 hours each week. However, with the help of BTOP funds, these libraries will be able stay open for an additional five hours per week and serve approximately an additional 12,000 users. The Alaska Department of Education is in the process of hiring four employees to assist in launching the project and expects to hire an additional 65 part-time employees as Internet aides. To see local news coverage, please visit here.
Last Updated: October 19, 2011
According to a 2011 American Library Association survey, 64.5 percent of libraries report that they are the only provider of free public Internet in their communities. The Arizona Public Access Computers (AzPAC) project, run by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records division, targeted this need by deploying new computers in libraries across the state. These computers increased access to e-resources and enabled the libraries to provide training in digital literacy and technology skills.
Upon completion, the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records division had deployed more than 1,100 computers at more than 95 public library computer centers across the state. In conjunction with government, non-profit, and tribal organizations, AzPAC deployed the new computers to libraries serving 450,000 underserved citizens, many of whom did not have access to the Internet at home or work. In certain areas of Arizona, such as Yuma County, large populations of seniors relied on public libraries for access to computers and the Internet. In addition, three tribal libraries participated in the program.
Local members of the community used these computers for a variety of tasks, including completing online courses, filling out healthcare benefits, building resumes, and searching for jobs. AzPAC also provided resume building and job search training to stimulate employment and economic growth throughout the state. The project supported approximately 75,000 computer users per week.
In March 2011, the Center for Governmental Services at Auburn University, in partnership with Tuskegee University and the Alabama Public Library System, began upgrading and adding Internet workstations in schools and libraries throughout Alabama. This statewide initiative is designed to provide visitors with computer resources that they can use to search for jobs online, find career development materials, and apply for employment, training, or related assistance. As of June 2011, BTOP funds have allowed the project to distribute 1,400 new workstations, which are serving an average of 29,300 students and library patrons per week at 66 public computing centers.
In many cases, these centers were using computers more than 10 years old. The response to receiving these new workstations from the librarians, patrons and students has been overwhelmingly positive. Members of hard-hit communities are using these new computers for schoolwork, jobs, and digital literacy training.
Auburn University is also providing training for library staff members. Librarians participate in webinars via Auburn University's website and learn techniques for managing their new computer resources. Additionally, BTOP funds have allowed Auburn University to create six new jobs to assist with the project's administration and distribution of new computers. By the end of the project, more than 130 locations in 55 counties throughout Alabama will receive $3.5 million worth of new computers and computer equipment.
Last Updated: October 14, 2011
Axiom Technologies offered sustainable broadband adoption programs to increase the utilization of technology in the fishing and farming industries in Washington County, Maine. Washington County is a major blueberry crop producer and is home to 23 percent of Maine's small and medium-sized commercial fishing and marine harvesting operations, many of which are small, socioeconomically disadvantaged businesses.
Some of the farmers and fishermen who attended Axiom's training classes had never used a computer, but learned to design websites, develop spreadsheets, and use office productivity software to improve operations and sales. Axiom also provided an entrepreneurship coach to help these small business owners identify skills and software to solve their business needs and acquire appropriate training.
Additionally, Axiom Technologies built new applications that helped improve the use of land and water resources and increased business knowledge and productivity software for economic development purposes. They developed and introduced MAPOnline, a data entry program that helped farmers and fishermen record statistical data from their business activities. Through June 2013, Axiom Techologies had recorded more than 400 new household subscribers and more than 60 business or community anchor institution subscribers.
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Through March 2012, Boat People SOS (BPSOS) delivered approximately 3,000 hours of training to more than 3,000 participants at public computer centers in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and Louisville, Kentucky. BPSOS is implementing its Neighborhood Empowerment and Support through Teamwork (NEST) program to provide broadband access, training, education, and support to economically vulnerable individuals in these communities, both of which have significant Vietnamese immigrant and refugee populations.
BPSOS's goal is to help people in these communities fully participate in today's digital world by providing tools for economic and educational advancement. Through the NEST program, individuals participate in a variety of digital literacy and workforce development classes such as basic computer learning, English as a second language (ESL), resume building and job searches, how to use Skype and social media to communicate with family members abroad, and U.S. citizenship preparation.
In Bayou La Batre, a fishing and shrimping town of nearly 2,700 inhabitants, BPSOS collaborates with the community to help local fishermen and seafood processing plants reach new customers across the country. Fishing and shrimping business owners, many with limited English proficiency, can visit the BPSOS branch office in Bayou La Batre to obtain training and assistance with digital marketing. Additionally, BPSOS supplied laptops to Alba Middle School for a "rolling lab" on carts. Teachers use the laptops to help teach science, math, social studies, career exploration, and other subjects. BPSOS also equipped the community room of the Bayou Clinic with the technology to provide GED classes in partnership with a charitable organization.
In Louisville, BPSOS's two computer centers provide training to help community members acquire the digital and workforce development skills needed in today's economy. The two centers offer classes in basic and advanced computer concepts, ESL, citizenship preparation, online job searches and applications, and other topics. BPSOS also provides tutoring to youth, resources to get parents more involved in the education of their children, and even digital literacy training for senior citizens.
The C.K. Blandin Foundation worked to make broadband an integral part of Minnesotans' lives through the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities (MIRC) project. MIRC was a collaborative project between the Blandin Foundation and project partners focused on supporting individuals and communities in rural Minnesota, especially the unemployed, small businesses, local leaders, and coalitions of government entities. The Blandin Foundation estimated that it had encouraged more than 56,000 households to subscribe to broadband services.
The Blandin Foundation partnered with the University of Minnesota Extension (UME) to provide technical assistance and training to small businesses in rural areas. UME held training and outreach events and provided technical assistance to small businesses with fewer than 10 employees in the retail, food, and tourism industries. The organization was also able to provide outreach to approximately 6,000 small businesses with a primary focus on minority and women-owned businesses.
Another project partner, the Minnesota Renewable Energy Marketplace (MNREM), provided technical assistance and training to renewable energy businesses in rural areas, and delivered at least 1,500 hours of training and technical assistance. MNREM resources focused on industry-specific, customer relationship management, and e-commerce applications designed to produce efficiencies and promote business growth.
Jim Hoolihan, former president and current trustee of the Blandin Foundation, stated, "In this incredibly fast-paced world of the Internet, one thing is clear: communities that invest in broadband connectivity, a robust knowledge workforce, digital inclusion, innovation and marketing, and advocacy will harness the power of the Internet and overcome barriers of distance. That's the goal, and the critical work, of this statewide coalition."
Representatives from BTOP recipient California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) spent the weekend of September 18-19, 2010, reaching Hispanic residents in the Central Valley through community events. CETF sponsored a large booth at a Mexican Independence Day celebration in Fresno, distributing materials, answering questions, subscribing attendees for broadband services, providing onsite Internet access, and setting up e-mail accounts. The second event, sponsored by CETF's partner, Radio Bilingue, was targeted at agricultural workers. Attendees received information about CETF's broadband awareness and adoption campaign. CETF's involvement in both events was designed to increase awareness of the importance of broadband access and to increase residents' comfort around computers.
CETF partners also actively engaged community residents, sponsoring Computer Help Day events with Chinese‐speaking seniors in San Francisco's Chinatown and San Mateo, implementing an education and awareness campaign intended to reach low-income Latino youth and adult audiences in the Central Valley, and promoting basic Internet classes at a farm worker community center in Half Moon Bay, hosting a booth at the San Mateo County Fair, and at two food distribution centers in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
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The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) re-opened two community computer centers, created a third, and started teaching digital literacy courses again in September 2010 after receiving BTOP funds. State budget cuts had forced CHA to close computer centers that offered job and computer training to more than 10,000 low-income public housing residents. With BTOP funds, CHA, in collaboration with the Cambridge Employment Program, moved quickly to host a clinic to help people conduct online job searches, prepare resumes, and submit resumes to potential employers. CHA also started five-week advanced computer classes and 15-week basic computer skills classes, which are offered to local residents. More than 30 participants signed up for the first five-week program focused on using Microsoft Office® productivity software and conducting online job searches. The 15-week course also has gained momentum with more than 72 students participating in specialized classes on digital editing and publishing software. CHA has also reinstated other services, such as the digital enhancement of its Gateway English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course and its family literacy and support program, Reading on Computers with Kids. Reopening the centers has already helped secure employment for 15 adults, all of whom faced being laid off after the computer centers closed in July 2008.
The BTOP funds also allowed the CHA to reopen and expand the digital component of its Work Force program, which provides comprehensive life-skills and vocational training for low-income youth. Participants receive academic tutoring, academic testing prep work, and mentored employment opportunities from eighth grade through their senior year of high school. Students use the computer labs to develop resumes, fill out job applications, and perform college searches.
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The Central Iowa Hospital Corporation, d/b/a Iowa Health-Des Moines (IH-DM), established the Rural Iowa Telehealth Initiative to deliver affordable healthcare to Iowans living in rural and medically underserved areas. The initiative also offered training and educational opportunities for the rural healthcare workforce. IH-DM provided an introduction to telemedicine presentation for shift leaders and staff members working in IH-DM Emergency Department facilities and women's services. IH-DM also placed telemedicine equipment in physician offices, including specialties such as cardiology, neurology, and podiatry.
Clarke County Hospital, a rural partner, had 10 specialty clinics this quarter that improved care access to the inpatient population. The placement and adoption of telehealth equipment also has enabled family members of inpatients to participate in medical visits and meetings. Additionally, IH-DM deploys equipment, broadband connectivity, and support to community serving institutions, including the Southwestern Community College (SWCC). SWCC has made educational opportunities more accessible by offering distance learning classes, saving students a 60-mile commute. As of June 2013, IH-DM has recorded more than 80 new business and community anchor institution subscribers, including medical centers, EMS units, and provider clinics.


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This was a workmanlike effort for Jamaz Richardson.
The Lejeune senior ran for 181 yards and four touchdowns on 20 carries to lead the Devilpups to a 42-12 win over Rosewood on Friday night in a nonconference game aboard Camp Lejeune.
The 5-foot-6, 134-pound Richardson did most of his damage in the first half as he ran for 164 yards and three touchdowns before halftime to help Lejeune take a 35-12 lead into the break.
"I just get out there and run and let my blockers do what they got to do," Richardson said. "When they hit a block, I cut off and just go as far as I can."
This marked the third consecutive week Richardson ran for over 100 yards in helping the Devilpups (3-1) record their third straight victory following a 36-7 loss at Swansboro last month. Lejeune plays host to Dixon (4-0) next week.
"We did a good job," Lejeune coach Darryl Schwartz said. "We had a good week of practice, we had a good hitting week of practice, we were psyched all week and we had great discipline. We came out like gang-busters."
Richardson finished averaging 9 yards per carry. He scored touchdowns on runs of 8, 39, 43 and 1 yards, all four scores coming after he took pitches from sophomore quarterback Daxton Derrick.
"I get out to the edge and (fullback) Stephen DiCenso gets on his blocks," Richardson said about the pitches. "It's all about speed and the key blocks."
Richardson is not only quick, he is elusive. He can slide around would-be tacklers and continue churning for more yards.
"I don't know how," Richardson said. "I guess it's the mentality of, 'Don't let anyone touch me.'"
Richardson's 39-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter gave the Devilpups a 14-0 lead. It was set up by senior Alex Ynfante's 12-yard run to the Rosewood 39-yard line on fourth-and-4. Lejeune actually punted moments earlier on fourth-and-9, but the Eagles were called for running into the kicker.
After lining up to punt again, Ynfante took a high snap and ran toward the right sideline for a first down.
"That's our play," Schwartz said. "I have to give credit to our assistants. We want to do that play once in a while."
And while the fake punt was big, Richardson's 43-yard scoring run was perhaps the finest play of the game. After taking a pitch to the right side, Richardson changed direction and charged toward the left sideline, where he went untouched as he ran toward the end zone to give Lejeune a 28-6 second-quarter lead.
"Anytime he touches the ball, you can say it can be a touchdown," Schwartz said. "Now he has great blocking, too. (Running back) Brady Bodine blocked really well and the line blocked well."
Richardson's 1-yard score that made it 42-12 in the third quarter was set up by a muffed Rosewood punt.
Richardson, though, wasn't the only one to find the end zone for the Devilpups.
Derrick added a 4-yard scoring run on a quarterback sneak while Lejeune senior Cameron Mallard returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown to give Lejeune a 35-6 lead with 2:21 left in the second quarter.
Overall, it was a dominating effort for the Devilpups, who beat Rosewood 41-15 last year in the regular season before losing to the Eagles 34-20 at home in the first round of the NCHSAA 1-A playoffs.
Rosewood fell to 1-3 entering next week's home game against South Lenoir.
"I wanted them again," Richardson said.
Senior Jamari McGown led Rosewood with 119 yards rushing and a touchdown to go along with a 48-yard touchdown reception. He scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds left to cut Lejeune's lead to 35-12.
It was a score that did not set well with the Devilpups.
"We went over into halftime and instead of looking happy, we were upset because we allowed them to score," Schwartz said. "We can't let them happen if we are going to move on."
The Devilpups seemed to have learned their lesson after that score.
"They didn't score after that," said Bodine, a linebacker.
McGown was held to just 14 yards rushing in the second half. He appeared to be Rosewood's most athletic player, something that concerned the Devilpups.
"We have great linebackers, the Bodine brothers and DiCenso," Schwartz said. "We made sure we keyed on the people we needed to key on. The linebackers transfer the knowledge we give them into the game."
Apparently the entire Lejeune team is getting the message. The Devilpups are on a three-game winning streak.
"Obviously I would like to be 4-0," Brady Bodine said. "But winning three straight games is good. We have improved each week."
Rosewood 0 12 0 0 — 12
Lejeune 14 21 7 0 — 42
First Quarter
L – Richardson 8 run (Black kick) 4:37
L – Richardson 39 run (Black kick) 0:13
Second Quarter
R – McGown 48 pass from Sasser (kick failed) 11:11
L – Derrick 4 run (Black kick) 6:37
L – Richardson 43 run (Black kick) 2:35
L – Mallard 30 interception return (Black kick) 2:21
R – McGown 1 run (run failed) 0:32
Third Quarter
L – Richardson 1 run (Black kick) 2:22
First downs 7 11
Rushes-yards 40-156 46-247
Passing 52 44
Comp-Att-Int 2-7-1 5-8-0
Punts-Avg. 5-25 4-31.6
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1
Penalties-Yards 7-55 5-35
RUSHING—R: McGown 17-119, Sasser 3-(-13), Woodard 9-19, Henderson 2-3, Ornelas 7-26, Helt 1-3, TEAM 1-(-1). L: Richardson 20-181, B. Bodine 6-25, DiCenso 6-14, Ynfante 1-12, Derrick 6-6, Dargan 2-(-2), Hamilton 2-3, Barnett 2-6, Detreux 1-2.
PASSING—R: Sasser 2-7-1-52. L: Derrick 5-8-0-44.
RECEIVING—R: McGown 1-48, Woodard 1-4. L: Mallard 3-21, DiCenso 1-3, Richardson 1-20.