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The widely publicized hack of Sony's computer networks is worse than previously thought, also affecting 24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment network accounts.
The widely publicized hack of Sony's computer networks is worse than previously thought, also affecting 24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment network accounts.
Sony Japan's explanation for the PSN's takedown yesterday didn't tell us much, but -- nearly a week and a half on -- at least the company apologized. Sony's deputy president Kazuo Hirai took the stage, bent forward as if to touch his toes in a deep a...
Sony said it has found no link between an attack on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and Internet activist group Anonymous, which had earlier targeted its systems.
Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services will begin a phased resumption this week, after the company took them offline in response to a "very sophisticated" intrusion, the company said Sunday.
Sony is expected to provide its most detailed update yet on Sunday on a hack that hit the PlayStation Network and the status of personal information and credit card numbers of up to 77 million customers.
A U.S. congressional committee has asked Sony Computer Entertainment to explain several issues surrounding the massive potential leak of information on customers of its PlayStation Network.
Sony may offer users some form of compensation for the outage, now in its 8th day, of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, its U.S. unit said late Thursday.
The city of Taipei is demanding that Sony provide details about any leak of PlayStation Network user data following an intrusion last week or face fines.
The hacker who has received widespread grassroots support after being sued by Sony for posting code that can jailbreak Sony PlayStation consoles blamed the company's recent data breach on executive-level arrogance.
This is a timeline of major events associated with the attack on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services.
Things just got a lot worse for users of the Sony PlayStation Network. With the service still offline after almost six days, Sony has now said that an intruder stole personal information about its users, potentially including their credit card number...
Sony's top executive in charge of its games division appeared in front of journalists in Tokyo on Tuesday but failed to address an outage of the company's PlayStation Network that is now in its sixth day and is affecting up to 75 million customers.
Sony has yet to determine the full scope of an attack on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services that has left more than 75 million people without access for more than four days.
The outage of Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity service, now in its fourth day, looks set to continue after the company said on Sunday that it is "rebuilding" its system to better guard against attacks.
An unexplained outage of Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services entered its third day Saturday, with no clear details on when the service might be up and running again.
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Pure Havane
I work very hard, many hours per day and when I come home, usually late in the evening, I like to enjoy my downtime. I have a nice shower, get cleaned up, and have something to eat. I would like a nice fragrance to enjoy in the evening/night. Something that gives a calming, soothing effect. Right now, I'm using Pure Malt and Musc Ravageur. I choose these because by the time I get to bed, they are drying down and smell very nice. Any other ideas? Maybe some lavender or eucalyptus? Maybe Body Kouros from what I have read? Thanks in advance fellas
edit: i am open to anything
Pure Havane
Original Vetiver
By the experience i found Givenchy insense works very well.
Fumerie Turque, Eau Lente, Jaïpur Homme EdP, Dzongkha, Yerbamate, Équipage, Mitsouko, Aomassaï, Méchant Loup, L'Homme de Coeur and (I kid you not,) Carnal Flower all do it for me in their various ways during that reading by the fire downtime.
1725 by Histoires de Parfums
John, you've got a great idea going for a straight lavender. I also suggest a straight verbena, which is what I use to relax after the shower after an evening run. Caswell-Massey makes a good one and so does Molinard, although it's called Vervienne.
You've already picked good ones you're using now though.
That girl, that bottle, that mattress and me.
Caron Pour un Homme or a Taste of Heaven
Hi John,
I posted about a month ago a similar need for a relaxing scent. I did a bit of searching to see what works for me.
I find Gucci Pour Homme II relaxing as well as Knize Ten Golden edition. The leather in Knize I find soothing. Others have mentioned Tea for two and I also love Dior Homme Intense - quite lovely with the chocolate/vanilla vibe.
Best of luck.
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Body Kouros
Dior Homme
Gucci PH II
Hypnotic Poison
TOP 3 hot weather:
1. Gucci Pour Homme II
2. Lalique Encre Noire
3. Creed Millesime Imperial
TOP 3 cold weather:
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2. Eau Des Baux
3. L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme Extreme
+1 Pour Un Homme
Shalimar Ode a la Vanille
Mazzolari Lui (seriously)
Bois des Iles or any quality Mysore Sandalwood.
Apres l'Ondee and/or L'Eau d'Hiver (Heliotropin)
Eau Lente (Diptyque)
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I don't know about good lavender scents, don't really care for the stuff myself, but I think a tea scent may fit the bill but don't know tea frags well.
Personally, I find sandalwood to be very relaxing, I started trying frags because I was looking for a mellow sandalwood and ended up getting Tam Dao because it has a strong calming effect on me. You have to give it a moment to calm down, or spray it on something. I put some on my winter coat, certainly alleviate my irritation when I have to step out into the bitter cold we get up here.
Tam Dao is a relaxing fragrance
Hermès Ambre Narguile.
I agree with StylinLA, Caron Pour un Homme is what your after. That lavender/vanilla combo is so soothing.
I relax with some Fleur d'Oranger, Chanel 19, any green floral...
Caldey Island Lavender
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Another vote for Gucci Pour Homme 2. Very very relaxing fragrance.
Gendarme 20 - Clean, clean, clean. Operating room clean Lavender.
I'm supposed to be getting a sample of Nancy Boy signature scent (Lavender, Peppermint, Rosemary) from a friend. I'll do a mini review in the next couple of days.
Eucalyptus relaxes me what about trying
Thymes Eucalyptus
Cyprus also is a calming scent try
Encre Noire
If you like Musc Ravageur, give Shalimar a try -- it's just as unisex and served as Roucel's inspiration for MR. It's a very relaxing, cozy and comforting. The original is great, but as Mr. Reasonable suggested, the Ode a la Vanilla is really wonderful.
Though not necessarily a fragrance, per se, I find the peculiar blend of aromatics in Tiger Balm very relaxing. Probably an association I developed using it for its original purpose after long practices and games, its particular scent really has a relaxing effect. That being said, supposedly Heeley modeled Esprit du Tigre (Spirit of the Tiger) after Tiger Balm. The best part is, after working a hard day and long hours; Tiger Balm also helps with pain relief!
+1 Gucci Pour Homme II...it's relaxing and refreshing, so perfect for the evening after you've taken a shower (you wanna feel relaxed and clean, right!)
I've also been sample L'Air Du Desert Marocain this week and find it to be an extremely relaxing and peaceful fragrance (not to mention awesome!)...you may want to look into sampling it.
Looks like you have a bunch of good options!
The first thing that came to mind for me is Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Santal Noble.
I agree with the more simple suggestions - a subdued sandalwood, amber, verbena, or lavender. I think the more complex scents might be a little too much stimulation for relaxing sometimes, so keep the notes simple and I think you'll be set!
I'm a colognosaurus. Rawr!
Mugler Cologne and Bulgari Blu put my tired body and soul to rest.
And from what i read, Old Spice has this effect too.
Blu Mediterraneo Tuscan Cypress / Cipresso di Toscana (1999)
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Five that I am enjoying right now
1) Sel de Vetiver by The Different Company
2) Spiritueuse Double Vanille by Guerlain
3) Bois des Iles by Chanel
4) Devin by Aramis
5) Coromandel by Chanel
Kenzo Power Cologne
A lavender based fragrance is what you need, in my case i always use The Different Company Osmanthus when I need to relax, but I think is just a personal thing what fragrance creates that relaxing effect.
If you like gourmands something with
Chololate & Vanila notes like Comptoir Sud Pacifique Amour de Cacao
Lavander & Vanila : Caron Pour Homme
Fresh Vetiver : Guerlain Vetiver , Vetiver Extraordinaire
Floral Vanila : Shalimar
Mentholated : Cartier Pasha
Lavender : Caldey Island
for bath :
Aromatherapy Associates
in menu Bath and Body oils :
Deep Relax : sandalwood, grounding vetivert and soothing camomile
Support Equilibrium :geranium, frankincense, rose
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I'll throw in a couple of other calm, simple scents: l'Occitane Vetyver (vetiver and nutmeg), BPAL Deep in Earth (moss and rose).
+1 to these lavender scents:
1725 Casanova by Histoires des Paris
Caron Pour Un Homme
I am adding Jicky by Guerlain. A sublime lavender.
"No elegance is possible without it...perfume is a part of you." Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Tam Dao, it's like a meditation studio in a bottle.
4711...good for what ails you.
Support your local Leonberger rescue.
For me are relaxing Truth by CK and Rive Gauche YSL...
Mecca Balsam and Hindu Kush = yoga in a bottle without having to do the yoga.
I wear these when I want to feel grounded, soothed and relaxed.
+1 Pure Havane
Rochas Lui
Weed by Mary Jane...
but aside from joking around...I like pure Borneo Oud oil....very relaxing scent....for the nose, mind and soul....
My Top 10
1. Amouage Homage Attar
2. Serge Lutens - Muscs Koublai Khan
4. Serge Lutens - Ambre Sultan
5. Chanel Egoiste
6. 24 Gold by Scentstory
7. Amouage Epic Man
8. Amouage Jubilation XXV
9. Bond No. 9 New York Oud
10. Serge Lutens - Chergui
"A beautiful fragrance to the nose is like good jazz music to the ears, great food to the mouth, and Megan Fox and Jessica Alba to the eyes..."
so many suggestions. Thanks again everybody, I tried to "Thank" everyone but it only lets me do like 3 and then thats it....
When I get home I usually grab some particular scents that have a calming effect on me....
Hermés - Hiris, dries down to a lovely mix of iris with salty vanilla
L´artisan Parfumeur - Dzing! has a dusty, evocative beauty that I find very conforting
Miller et Berteaux - Spiritus / Land is a warm herbal incensy beauty
Etro ´Messe de Minuit dark and churchy, but with a fresh honey and orange twist.
Olivier Durbano - Rock Crystal is a warm woody incense that puts me in meditative "mode"
I'd go with Gucci pour homme II for a relatively cheap, calming tea smell. L'eau de artisan by L'artisan Parfumer a very soothing fragrance to me too though.
+ another one for Caron Pour un Homme, or also from Caron, The Third Man...or pretty much any good lavender scent of your choosing.
I also find the honeyed floral incense of Kouros rather comforting, but I'm probably in the minority there. Maybe a nice clean vetiver like Vettiveru.
Some of those old Guerlains are like a nice soft pillow, too...L'Heure Bleue, Vol de Nuit, Shalimar, Mitsouko, etc.
"It's not what you look like when you're doing what you're doing; it's what you're doing when you're doing what you look like you're doing."
Anything with lavender and/or vanilla is naturally relaxing. I like lavender such as is in Oxford & Cambridge or Caron pour un Homme for a natural relaxation experience.
One swipe of a good Borneo Oud to the chest, underneath the shirt allows the the minty green medicinal wood vapors to lift up through the fabric and surround the head for an extremely relaxing experience. I recommend all try it at least once. I believe that the vapors from the older aged pure oud oils, whether they are Cambodian, Indonesian or any highly aged pure oud affects the release of serotonin in the brain by slowing the reabsorption thereby opening the mind a little. It widens the spaces between the moments a bit. I have no evidence for this other than personal experience.
Pure lavender kind of does the same thing too as many have already mentioned.
+1 for Oxford & Cambridge
Either Tea for Two or Chergui
Coromandel by Chanel always makes me feel relaxed. It's my 'blanket' fragrance.
I wear it a lot when I go to bed. It also makes a great 'comfort' smell.
"All problems are illusions of the mind."
-- Eckhart Tolle
i reach straight for sandalwood. in fact, creed bois de santal is my official "we're taking my car for the road trip, which means i'm driving" juice.
eric b
I routinely pull 13 hour days with 9 of them being in surgery so soothing fragrances are a healthy part of my evening routine. My favorites are: Amouage Reflection Man, D&G The One after their balm gets rubbed into my face, and MFK Cologne pour le Soir. Amouage Memoir Man and Epic Man work well too if I'm up to the intensity of those fragrances, and sometimes I am. The last two become quite incensy and woody after an hour or so which works well for the Pacific Northwest's Endless Rain. Weekends are pretty shattered due to the schedule and I'll often use Dia during that time including their excellent shower gel. The first 3 listed, however, are my favorite down time scents.
Aveda Men Pure-Formance
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Central Park by Bond No 9...........relaxing in the garden with a tall glass of ice cool vodka lime and soda.....a wonderful chill out fragrance ;-)


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U.S., EU clear takeover of Mobility firm; few hurdles remaining
Earlier this month, the European Commission launched an investigation into whether Samsung is using some of its key patents to hinder competitors. Like Motorola, Google is also locked in a legal battle with Apple, claiming the maker of the iPad and iPhone is using some of its patents without permission. At the time, Almunia's office indicated that similar investigations against other companies may follow.
Motorola Mobility, Samsung, Apple and Microsoft are involved in numerous patent lawsuits in Europe as demand for smartphones and tablets soar. Global smartphone shipments surged 55 percent in the fourth quarter as demand for Apple's iPhone 4S, International Data Corp. said this month.
Besides signing off on the Motorola Mobility deal, the Justice Department also approved two other moves in the mobile patent battles. The approvals cover the $4.5 billion purchase of Nortel Networks patents by a group including Apple, Microsoft and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and a separate Apple acquisition of Novell patents.


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Capacity building through service learning.
This paper explores how two university-based service learning programs enhance capacity building in the community. Analyzing the service learning programs in two universities, respectively at the University of Central Florida and Eastern Michigan University, this paper explores the differences and similarities between the two universities with respect to the practical approaches to service learning pedagogy and community civic engagement. The paper uses the concepts of social capital and capacity building to understand the partnership between these universities and community organizations.
"A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. "--Horace Mann
As society relies more and more on nonprofit organizations to provide critical services and advocate for public policy, leaders in the nonprofit sectors are concerned about enhancing organizational effectiveness. Many believe that investment in organizational capacity is the main avenue to improve organizational effectiveness. As part of their strategies to enhance their capacity, organizations collaborate with one another as well as with universities. Service learning is a program that seeks to promote student learning through experience associated with service in the community (Chaskin 2001 ; Coleman 1990; Gray 1989; Hanifan 1916). Service learning also gives the community the opportunity to address its needs through the service learning courses. This paper explores the history and characteristics of service learning at two universities, University of Central Florida (UCF) and Eastern Michigan University (EMU), and presents service learning as one way for the community and institutions of higher education to engage in capacity building. This paper is a critical reflection on field experience not a systematic scientific inquiry. Conversations with faculty and service learning coordinators provided information to the paper.
Capacity building: definitions
Capacity building is presently a major topic among nonprofits and management support organizations (funders, associations, training centers, consultants, etc.) that provide services to nonprofits. The concept of capacity building in nonprofits is similar to the concept of organizational development, organizational effectiveness and/or organizational performance management in for-profits. In Investing in Capacity Building Barbara Blumenthal defines capacity building as "actions that improve nonprofit effectiveness." In a research funded by the California Wellness Foundation, capacity building was defined by practitioners as:
... The development of an organization's core skills and capabilities, such as leadership, management, finance and fundraising, programs and evaluation, in order to build the organization's effectiveness and sustainability. Capacity building is facilitated through the provision of technical support activities, including coaching, training, specific technical assistance and resource networking (Campobasso and Davis 2001: 4).
According to research conducted by Millesen and Bies (2004), capacity building is best understood by looking at the interplay of four theories, strategic management, agent theory, resource dependence, and institutional, that are useful in "understanding, explaining and predicting why a nonprofit organization might engage in capacity building" (Millesen and Bies 2004:3).
These different approaches to defining capacity building show that there is no one single formula for building the capacity of community organizations and of the communities they serve. However, there is a general agreement that capacity building is based on the notion that in a rapidly changing environment, change is a norm and not an anomaly (Hansberry 2002; De Vita et al. 2001; Kretzman and McKnight 1993). According to Loza (2004), the variety of meanings of capacity building led to the identification of capacity building areas, which are: human resource development (leadership and skills and knowledge development), research and advocacy, information access, use and dissemination of information, organizational development (networking, building alliances and coalitions) and financial sustainability.
Service--learning: definition and characteristics
Civic commitment has been a major emphasis of education around the world since ancient times. In the United States, public education was founded on the notion that people need to be trained in basic skills in order to serve their communities as effective citizens and leaders. The more recent roots of service-learning in the United States can be traced to the 1960s, when political activism among students was a major cultural influence. In that time, students began to demand a connection between their civic commitments and their educational experiences. Since then, the movement has grown steadily. It surged in the late 1980s with the formation of the Campus Compact, a nationwide organization of university presidents who pledge to emphasize service on their campuses (Zieren and Stoddard 2004). Today, over 860 institutions of higher education are part of the growing Compact, and on average, 28 percent of the students at those institutions participate in service-learning (Kaye 2004; Ostrander 2003; Bernstein et al. 2003; Hammer 2003; Payne 2000; Zlotkowski 1999; Driscoll and Holland 1996; Jacoby 1996, 2003; Marcus 1993).
Service-learning is a method of teaching by which people learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that: meet community needs; are coordinated in collaboration with college and community; are integrated into each person's academic curriculum; provide structured time for a person to think, talk, and write about what he/she did and saw during the actual service activity; provide people with opportunities to use newly acquired academic skills and knowledge in real life situations in their own communities; enhance what is taught in the classroom by extending student learning beyond the classroom; and help to foster the development of a sense of caring about others (adapted from The Alliance for Service-Learning in Education Reform 1993). Service learning emphasizes problem-solving and critical thinking. Service-learning places "curricular concepts in the context of real-life situations" and "empowers students to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize these concepts through practical problem-solving" (Alliance 1993: 71). Students inevitably encounter issues that must be addressed or obstacles that must be surmounted in order to complete their service-learning projects which generally occur over a single semester, but multi-semester projects can occur as well (Bringle and Hatcher 1996).
Kenworth-U'ren and Peterson (2005) use the "WE CARE" concept to define service learning and its components. WE CARE represents: Welcomed, evidence-based, complementary, action-oriented, reciprocal, and epistemic. Successful service-learning courses are welcomed by the faculty member(s) teaching the course and coordinating the service-learning project activities in the community. Service-learning projects should be evidence-based; service-learning projects are complementary tools for experiential education. Service-learning projects are action oriented applications that can be translated into service in the community, and are reciprocal; everybody involved in the service learning activities learns.
Service learning at University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando is a metropolitan research university that has grown from 17,000 students fifteen years ago to 45,000 students today. In 2001, a small group of faculty determined that UCF should become an active participant in service-learning. To that end, the group designed an educational program for faculty, an outreach program for civic partners, and the foundation for the institutionalization of service-learning at this large urban state institution. In 2002, the Service-Learning Committee received a grant from the Florida Campus Compact to expand service-learning activities at UCF. Two workshops were presented and the grant supported presentations at the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL), including a service-learning track in the Summer Faculty Development Conference. In addition, some faculty members with service-learning experiences offered consultation to faculty developing service-learning courses. Three strategies emerged from this initiative, largely through workshops:
1. Educate the faculty: via disciplinary workshops, student testimonials, civic group presentations, and faculty development conferences.
2. Identify and involve civic partners: a variety of experiences were organized: a. civic partners' advisory board, b. civic partners' presentations, c. civic partner day, d. civic partner database to achieve this aim. A community partners service-learning advisory board was assembled in January 2003 to connect service-learning at UCF to the community.
3. Establish an institutional structure through activities such as: discover and publicize existing service-learning courses; demonstrate value to the institution; establish a coordinating committee; reach consensus on terms and criteria; educate administrators; and seek university-level funding.
The Service-Learning Coordinating Committee meets monthly. They have defined service-learning at UCF; discussed service-learning theories, models, and practices; planned events; proposed ways to promote service-learning on the UCF campus; and established the criteria and procedure to be used in approving service-learning courses. Currently, 83 courses are approved as service learning courses at UCF by the course approval committee (UCF Service Learning Office 2005). The Service-Learning Course Approval process was instituted because the new provost allocated additional funding for service-learning courses in January 2004. The Service-Learning Coordinating Committee created criteria for service-learning courses and a procedure for approval of service-learning courses. In March, 2004, the Service-Learning Course Approval Committee (Eight faculty members and a Service-Learning Coordinator) approved fifty-five courses for the service-learning designation. Of these 55 courses, 45 were for the fall 2004 semester.
Service--Learning at Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University (EMU) was established in 1849 as a teachers' institution. Today, with a total of over 24,000 students, its mission of providing an excellent teaching and learning environment has expanded by incorporating new institutional values. Among them, public engagement led to several changes in the way the University relates and works with the community, one of them being the creation of the Office of Academic Service-Learning. To emphasize the importance shown to the academic structure of service learning, the term academic service-learning was institutionalized. The mission of the Office of Academic Service-Learning is to build an infrastructure that will support students, faculty, administrators, and community members in their efforts to implement academic service-learning. The Office provides several services to its constituents:
1. Faculty Fellow Seminars are offered each fall and winter. Six selected faculty are released quarter-time to participate in a semester-long weekly seminar. Fellows learn academic service-learning theory, implementation and assessment.
2. Workshops and Seminars to provide faculty with strategies to help implement academic service-learning in courses and to conduct community-based action research.
3. Assistance to faculty in identifying community partners, respectively to contact and partner with agencies and community sites. A database with profiles of available sites is maintained by the office.
4. Resource center which offers assistance to faculty regarding research opportunities, current research, publishing opportunities, and conference presentations and grant opportunities.
5. Provide networking opportunities. Faculty have the opportunity to meet one on one and discuss important decisions about courses, find valuable information, share ideas and keep up to date on any news events. Through this interaction, faculty form partnerships and supportive networks and engage in collaborative scholarship.
Academic service-learning outcomes
A. Participation: Since its start in 1994, through the Office of Academic Service-Learning more than 100 faculty members (approximately 15% of all EMU's faculty) were trained in and incorporated service-learning in their courses. These courses cover approximately 39 discipline areas.
B. Community partnerships: The Office of Academic Service-Learning conservatively estimates that at any given time a minimum of 55 faculty members are offering a course using academic service-learning. It also provided training and technical assistance in academic service-learning to sixteen school districts throughout the state of Michigan and partnered on grants with two school districts.
C. Learning experience for students: Within an academic service-learning experience, the student's role is essential. Depending upon the course and the community agency, the student's role can range from direct service to clients such as tutoring, mentoring, assessing needs, providing companionship or supervision, to service to the agency such as a marketing plan, participatory action research, public relations materials, curriculum development, and accounting.
D. Grants: The Office of Academic Service-Learning has a nationally recognized Academic Service-Learning Faculty Development Model. The Office has secured over two million dollars in grant funds from such funding agencies as the Corporation for National and Community Service and FIPSE (Funds for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education) to advance the teaching pedagogy of academic service-learning at the state and national level. Through grant funds the Office has disseminated its model to the four regional teacher preparation programs within the State of Michigan and to six universities throughout the nation. The Office has been very active advancing academic service-learning at the K-12 level. The Office received a grant to provide training and technical assistance in academic service-learning to sixteen school districts throughout the state of Michigan. The Office also partnered on grants with Romulus school district and Ypsilanti school district to train math and science teachers in academic service-learning.
Service learning: a social capital perspective
Although in two different parts of the country, both universities emphasize the importance of service learning, but practice it in different ways. Compared to UCF, at EMU the preparation of faculty is done in a more structured way, faculty being practically enrolled into an academic service-learning class where manuals, case studies and home work is being used. If we were to use a life cycle model, we could say that service learning at UCF is in the "growing" stage, while the academic service learning at EMU is at the peak of the cycle and has reached the "maturity" stage. At UCF, service learning is a relatively new endeavor and faculty are introduced and trained into service learning through seminars, workshops and conferences. In comparison, at EMU academic service learning has been "practiced" for over a decade and the service learning model developed has been disseminated state- and nationwide. Faculty involvement in the delivery of service learning is also different: at EMU, faculty engages in a structured, one semester long training session for which they are also given course load release. EMU has already established connections with the community while UCF is at the stage of building connections.
Having the same root, the Community Campus Compact, both service learning programs have the same objectives: utilize community service as a way to acquire new knowledge, engage in civic activity, and strengthen the community's capacity; they "civically engage students in community based work by addressing and helping to solve real life community issues through service" (Vernon and Foster 2002: 155). Through service learning, both universities are building and sustaining a strong civil society. A strong civil society creates social capital, since "the two dimensions of social capital are direct helping or service and social program solving" (Eyler and Giles, 1999:153). This argument is strengthened by Fukuyama and Porter & Sensenbrenner's definitions of social capital. Fukuyama argues that social capital is "the ability of people to work together for common purposes in groups and organizations" (1995:10). Porter and Sensenbrenner define social capital as "those expectations of action within a collectivity that affect the economic goals and goal seeking behavior of its members, even if these expectations are not oriented toward the economic sphere" (1993:1323). Table 1 illustrates how each university's structure of service learning program contributes to community organization capacity building, and overall, to building and strengthening social capital. See http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/spr2006.htm Table 1 makes it evident that both universities developed (EMU) and are developing (UCF) social network formed by faculty, students, university administration and the large community, which, according to Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1998), is the very definition of social capital: "a kind of relationship with resource embedded in human, group or social network."
A major difference between the two universities is how the two institutionalized relations with the community and the "route" to capacity building. UCF has a Civic partner advisory board in addition to the service learning office with staff while EMU has created an Office of Academic Service-Learning with a director (a new unit within the university). These both suggest the universities deep interest and involvement in capacity building, but also illustrate that there are different ways to contribute to capacity building. It might be expected that as UCF develops its service learning program, and therefore this program becomes more mature, UCF will too create an independent unit to administer and run all service learning initiatives that take place on campus.
The development of joint projects, such as the Civic partner advisory board at UCF and the collaborating grant writing at EMU, denotes the existence of a trust among the universities and community. This trust, according to Putnam, is another face of social capital, which allows for the effective pursuit of mutual goals (Putnam 1995). The trust building process is illustrated by the attention given by both UCF and EMU to developing relationships with the community. The quest for effective means is exemplified by all the activities organized to educate the faculty, the students and to involve the community in service learning projects. There is also evidence of networks' creation and extent. There are 83 service learning courses at UCF, and 100 faculty members coveting 39 discipline areas at EMU. At each university there is a center that sustains the network: the Civic partner advisory board at UCF and the institutionalized Office of Academic Service-Learning at EMU.
In this paper we have looked, succinctly, at how two universities, UCF and EMU, implement academic service-learning and the importance of service learning for the community's capacity building. What is actually done through service learning is the promotion and sustenance of the common good, respectively, civic engagement. Civic engagement, in turn, builds social capital (Vernon and Foster 2002: 155). Although using different means to develop and promote service learning, both universities have the same goal in mind and they work hard towards developing good relationships with the community and in having students involved in the community for the creation of greater good. The service learning project faculty and students engage in the community's life. Service learning projects help to foster the development of a sense of caring about others, positively impact civic participation, and sustain social capital. The students benefit from the advantages of the social support of others in the community. This is an example of the internal and external aspects of social capital. The internal aspect of social capital is that an individual forms relationships with others, and through these relationships, some type of need within that individual is fulfilled. The external aspects of social capital include the impacts on the entire community as a result of these newly formed relationships. Both UCF's and EMU's service learning programs utilize community service as a way to strengthen the community's capacity--building the effectiveness and sustainability of the community and community organizations by engaging students in community based work to address community issues. Thus, student learning is promoted through experience associated with service in the community and the community is given the opportunity to address its needs through academic service learning. Overall, everybody involved in the service-learning learns; social capital is developed, and community capacity is built.
The following individuals provided information and insights to the paper: Linda S. Hargreaves, Program Coordinator, Undergraduate Studies, University of Central Florida; Melody Bowdon, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Maria-Elena Augustin, Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Public Administration, University of Central Florida; Dr. Diane Wink, Professor, School of Nursing, Senior Faculty Fellow, Office of Academic Affairs; Dr. Kathy Stacey, Director of the Office of Academic Service-Learning, Eastern Michigan University. We do gratefully acknowledge their assistance.
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In what will become a frustrating pattern, I hardly slept at all last night. Despite the luxury digs, I was cold and uncomfortable through the night even though the temperature was in the mid-60s and I've got a good sleeping bag.
As I sat on Rick's deck in the pre-dawn sounds of birds and dew dripping off the leaves, looking out over the space which has housed countless good times, I snapped this pic.
I was awake well before sunrise and despite my best efforts, was unable to get back to sleep, so I decided just to get up early. Today was my first "real" day of travel. Yesterday was just a mileage buster.
Back down the gravel hairpins which make up the driveway.
Since it was barely after sunrise and the museum doesn't open until 9am, I killed a couple hours by looking for a geocache. My dumb ass forgot my camera when I went for the hike, so I just got some bad iPhone pics.
I never did find the cache. I think it may have been vandalized since there was some recent tree cutting in the area. Nonetheless, I was glad to take the early morning walk in the woods. I wasn't feeling well at all.
I headed for the 9am opening of Wheels Through Time museum. When I arrived, I was the first one there.
The above pic was taken several hours later on my way out.
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Matt told us about riding this Henderson cross country. He reported no mechanical issues and pointed out that it likes to cruise about 50-55 mph, though it'll run up to about 70.
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According to Matt, the engine and wheels are original. As he said, he couldn't imagine racing and risking a piece of history. He claimed this was only the second time it's been started since the rebuild.
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Because the boardtrackers have no brakes and no clutch, we do a rolling start similar to a NASCAR race. The main difference is that there is no "pole position" assigned to each rider. If you want a position, you better get there, and have the guts and awareness to stay there while others try to take your spot. It usually takes 2 laps or so for everyone to gather, and once we all come out of turn four together, the starter drops the green flag and we're literally off to the races.
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I nstead of building Hello World to get started learning Windows 8 development, consider customizing your own version of Pong. "I want to build a Windows 8 app/game, but I don't know how to get started." "I want to do a workshop with some kids but I am not sure what to do." "I want to do a workshop with...
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Can you really just take a template, change the data source and have a useful app? If you find the right data source, then the answer is yes. OpenDat a is an amazing concept. Organizations (especially municipal, provincial, and federal government) give the public access to their data so it can be used...
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How do you submit a new version of an app to the Windows store after you have made updates to the code? You've submitted your app, and now you've made some improvements based on comments or feedback from users, or maybe just because you had some time to improve it. Let's see how you submit an update...
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There have been a few really creative videos out there for Windows 8, when you want a smile and distractions, check out my favorite Windows 8 videos I have no idea who created these or which ones are official, I just know each of them made me smile :) If you know of any others let me know, I love creativity...
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Join us for the #DevMov Twitter party – an hour of tweeting, Q&A, prize giveaways, and more. Lots of students have already received rewards for their apps from Developer Movement . The Developer Movement program winds down at the end of June, but it's not over yet! To celebrate the Grand Finale and...
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ZipApp is a tool that claims to allow non-programmers to build Windows 8 apps quickly. Their claim seems to be accurate! As Windows 8 matures, more tools and templates are appearing to help developers and non-developers create Windows 8 apps. Two weeks ago, I tested IdeaPress . Today, I will test...
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An explination of how Titan ships will work in SotSS.
Posted by Wintercross on Jun 14th, 2013
The Titans of vanilla SOSE are game changers in some ways both good and bad.
Likewise they will make a solid impact in SotSS, however they will be very different.
For starters, Titans in SotSS are 'Artifact Ships'. These represent the finest technology availble to owning faction combined with advanced alien artifacts left behind by the Dom'Kavosh and scavenged from fallen Nomads.
As such, fielding an Artifact ship will require a faction having control of all many artifacts (this might either be all of them, or might be changed to a certain few that fit the faction)
Once these artifacts are under control of the player, they make available new experimental research which will eventually lead to unlocking the Advanced Experimental Facility (replacement of titan foundry) which allows the production of the Artifact Ship.
However, the Artifact ship is not actually produced on site. Rather it is built at a remote location, and the 'AE Facility' will deploy a Beacon which provides co-ordinates for the ship to cruise to when complete.
the actual process is the beacon is built, which then fires an ability to summon the 'Titan' and then destroys itself. The purpose of this is to get around the restriction of Titans keeping their level after death. In SotSS, if you lose your titan/artifact ship it will really hurt. But in that same manor a Titan/artifact ship is exceptionally powerful.
The plan is that many games will never see an artifact ship fielded as it requires control of many artifacts to get the technology, and if you lose one then you cannot build it until you regain it.
It also means that once an artifact ship is built, your enemies are in dire trouble and need to throw everything they can to take it down as quickly as they can.
No more games of 'don't feed the titan' because once it is dead, it does not save its levels.
One more thing to leave you all with, and that is a preview of one factions Titan/Artifact Ship.
Presenting the Kusari Empire's Yamato Class Battleship
(model used with permission from Shattered Worlds: War Torn)
The Yamato is the attempt of Kusari forces to field a ship with firepower to match even Rheinland battleships.
Taking advantage of advanced alien power sources, and improvements to their regular weapons in both range and power output make the Yamato a formidable ship in medium to close range engagements.
It's armaments consist of 24 Heavy Broadside Neutron Cannons (12 each left right), 6 Dorsal Heavy Missile Launchers and an (ability-based) Spinal Super-Heavy Photon Cannon.
It has the ability to divert power from the engines into the broadside neutron cannons, boosting their range and fire-rate significantly, and also can create a powerful disruption field that temporarily disables all cruise drives in a large radius.
Stay tuned for more updates at a later date!
Again, feel free to ask questions and I will attempt to answer them in good time =D
Nice, this mod will be the best i'll play !
feelancer was one of my favorite games in my youth.
also love soase.
tracking for shure!
Are you getting help from a modeller named Warb Null? I've seen the Yamato Class in another mod.
No, the Yamato model is used with permission from Shattered Worlds: War Torn (http://www.moddb.com/mods/shattered-worlds)


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07 May 2015
Climate Change: a predictable shock
Last month UNDP in Armenia held Yerevan's very first TEDx Salon. Speakers of all shapes and sizes – environmental experts, civil society leaders, government ministers, and academics – spoke in front of a packed audiences on the perils of climate change and what we need to do to combat it.
06 Apr 2015
Cracking coconuts: Big data, gaming, maps and portals
For the uninitiated: a Social Innovation Camp brings together people, ideas and digital tools in to create web-based social innovations – from software to business models – all in just a weekend. Originally created by the fine people at Social Innovation Camp, it has now gone global and been implemented in 16 countries across 4 continents.
13 Feb 2015
Developing not for but with: Co-designing Armenia
A common trap in development work is thinking that the service you're providing will address all the needs of those who will use it. But what would you learn that you otherwise might not if you involved everyday citizens in the design of public sector services?
19 Jan 2015
Dodging dystopia: crowdsourced foresight in Armenia
At Kolba lab here in Armenia, we have been testing foresight. We're trying to gauge its potential in shaping the UN's strategy in Armenia and in supporting the design of future development programmes. This blog is the second part in a series aimed at sharing our rationales, experiences and results.
06 Jan 2015
Kolba in 2015: it's your community, so what will we achieve together?
We have come a long way since Mardamej. Social innovation camps were a lot of fun, but many of the teams that emerged from these co-design events needed more support. So we built Kolba, a social venture incubator.
10 Dec 2014
UN in Armenia Launches the HuRiCamp!
On the occasion of the Human Rights Day, on 10th December 2014, the UN in Armenia organized the first-ever HuRiCamp – an experimental unconference on human rights at the American University of Armenia. Human rights activists and defenders, and simply enthusiasts from a wide range of backgrounds came together to speak on various human rights issues in Armenia. In a friendly, cooperative environment designed to educate, share learning and inspire collaboration, speakers shared their ideas, solutions, challenges and achievements in tackling human rights issues in Armenia.
05 Dec 2014
Understanding realities: Foresight for development in Armenia
In the past few months Kolba Lab here in Armenia has jumped on the "gold rush to the future". This is the first in a series of blogs that aims to share our rationales, experiences, and results. Today's challenges – increased complexity and interconnectedness of development issues, alongside endemic deficiencies within static bureaucracies – are pushing us to rethink the way the development industry operates.
26 Nov 2014
No ceiling: Three approaches to women's leadership in Armenia
In Armenia, like in much of the world, we have a problem with glass ceilings. Initially, our question was: What prevents capable and respected women to consider entering local government? Field work indicated a number of interrelated structural factors: narrow gender identities, a fear of failure and reputation loss, lack of skills, prohibitive costs, perceptions of the role of community councils, and the lack of a support network.
17 Oct 2014
Specialists gather in Yerevan for UNDP sustainable development conference
How can we merge the challenges posed by climate change with the need to develop economically? From 8th to 10th October 2014 a mixture of policy-makers, business leaders, researchers and practitioners from all over the world gathered in Armenia to answer this question, looking specifically towards the role that government should play in helping to drive this process.
08 Oct 2014
UNDP global leader in transparency
New York —The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the most transparent aid organization, according to a leading global ranking released today. The 2014 Aid Transparency Index recognized UNDP for its "commendable performance" in publishing information beyond international standards this year, placing it first overall out of 68 major agencies evaluated worldwide.
14 Aug 2014
Big hits and blunders: A social innovation lab in Armenia
When UNDP in Armenia launched Kolba over a year ago, it was the only social venture incubator and design lab within the organization. Twelve months and a lot of (emotional) scars later, we thought it was time to share some of our big hits and blunders.
11 Jul 2014
Armenia's Human Rights Action Plan – the beginning of a journey
Human Rights have always been high on the agenda of progressive states, including Armenia. And while I fully acknowledge that we still face many human rights issues, it is worth noting that never has such a commitment and readiness to advance human rights been recorded in Armenia as in recent years. We now have a new Human Rights Action Plan, but how do we ensure that it doesn't gather dust on a shelf?
08 Jul 2014
Connecting local and national decision-makers: women taking the lead
More than twenty Avagani (community council) members recently brainstormed with the Vice Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly on the importance of women's involvement in democratic governance. Here UNDP's Natalya Harutyunyan captures the key points.
04 Jul 2014
Journalists from Yerevan and regions trained on covering climate change related challenges
UNDP in Armenia and Armenian Red Cross Society teamed up to organize a two day training on climate change related challenges and their coverage by media in Yerevan in the scope of the UNDP-EU "Clima East Pilot Project" and Armenian Red Cross Society "Climate Forum East Project."
26 Jun 2014
Hunting Black Swans
The nature of global development challenges has changed dramatically. While the foci remain the same – such as poverty and climate change – their pace and interconnectedness have caught many off guard. Unpredictable events – so called "black swans" – are becoming increasingly common. Look no further than the frequency and unpredictability of natural disasters for examples. For this reason, old approaches are looking tired. The idea that development was about poor countries just doing what rich countries have been doing is increasingly absurd. Development is now a shared challenge for all of us.
09 Jun 2014
Design literacy for development
Last week we were joined by the Waag society, one of Europe's foremost social innovations incubators. Waag was in Armenia to develop design literacy. This means empowering citizens to influence their environment through structured design processes.
23 May 2014
PM appreciates UN-Armenia cooperation and implementation of joint projects
Yerevan, 23 May 2014 - Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan received UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia Bradley Busetto.
16 May 2014
A Training Center was opened at the Crisis Management State Academy
Yerevan, 16 May 2014 – Today, the opening ceremony of the Multi-functional Simulation Training Center took place at the premises of the Crisis Management State Academy (CMSA) of the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations.
23 Apr 2014
The Forest and Climate Change: Children's painting contest on occasion of the Earth Day
Yerevan, 23 April 2014 – Today UNDP in Armenia, in partnership with the "Armenia Tree Project." organized "Forest and Climate Change" children's painting exhibition and contest on the occasion of the International Mother Earth Day. The event took place in the Geological Museum of the NAS Institute of Geological Sciences.
08 Apr 2014
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Jeffrey Loria spoke to the media today for the first time since June and the Marlins owner was non-committal about retaining Jack McKeon as manager beyond this season, saying:
We'll see where we are at the end of the year. There could be a number of candidates but right now Jack is the manager and we'll see where it goes at the end of the year. There is a chance, of course. I'm not ruling anything out. But it will have to be somebody with experience. I'm not gonna allow a repeat of what happened this year.
McKeon has the market cornered on experience, obviously, and he's successfully turned the Marlins around with a 12-8 record since taking over for Edwin Rodriguez.
Loria blamed Rodriguez and former hitting coach John Mallee for most of the pre-McKeon problems and was understandably full of praise for the 80-year-old manager, saying: "I mean, Jack, let's face it, he's brilliant. And I don't care if he's 180 years old. He's got his hand on the pulse of this team and everybody on it."
If the Marlins finish above .500–and they're currently in last place at 44-48–it would seem like a no-brainer to offer McKeon the 2012 job as long as he's actually interested in taking it. Throughout his career he's never stayed in one place for very long and who knows what he'll want to do at age 81. My grandpa is only a few years older than that and mostly just wants to nap and read obituaries.
- Old Gator - Jul 15, 2011 at 2:34 PM
When Scrooge McLoria speaks to the media, it's always an event. It's such a tonic, an antidote, to all the bullshit, half-truths and noncommittal euphemisms that get thrown around in the sports media. And an interview with Scrooge McLoria is always full of surprises, too. Who knew he had it within his power all along to allow "what happened" in June actually to happen? I sure didn't. Maybe it was his idea all along. Maybe it was the Chihuahua's idea, but McLoria doesn't want to let him take the credit for it. One never knows, do one?
I can see why he wants to 'okey-kokey his way around the question of the Curmudgeonly Undead. What happens if Scrooge makes a commitment to him, like the one he made to, oh, John Buck and the ole' feller promptly "falls asleep" on the bench and won't wake up? You'd have to keep moving his arms around, re-lighting his cigar and putting him back in the cryogenic cylinder in between every few innings to have half a chance of getting away with your insistence that he's just being extraordinarily thoughtful. Come on now. You can't blame Scrooge for not wanting the inaugural season at Macondo Banana Massacre Field to be a protracted Weekend at Bernie's now, can you?
- kiwicricket - Jul 15, 2011 at 8:12 PM
Ozzie AND Frenchy are coming to play in Macondo next year Gator. Please arrange suitable stuffed toys and devices to stimulate young undeveloped minds.
- Old Gator - Jul 16, 2011 at 12:15 AM
You been eating those big mussels without washing them off again, have you?
- Detroit Michael - Jul 15, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Depending on how one chooses to characterize it, McKeon is standing in front of a corporate logo or McKeon is standing in front of a white flag.
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