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North Surry High School's annual Destination FFA Cattle Sale is an almost perfect backdrop of solutions and issues facing farming — coming at a time when many farmers are aging out of the profession and interest in local produce and livestock is on the rise.
On one level the sale is a crucial fundraiser for the program at the school. It is scheduled for March 9 at noon at the Mount Airy Stockyards.
The registered and commercial cattle sale is a group effort sponsored by both North Surry and South Stokes chapters of the FFA.
"From the beginning, it's been a cooperative event. This is the third year we've done our own sale and the fifth year we've been involved in cattle sales," said North Surry FFA Sponsor Aaron Tompkins. "It is an important part of our curriculum and is a 100 percent hands-on activity for our kids. They get to learn public relations and real world scenarios and skills that they are able to apply."
He said sales experience helped North Surry advance to national competition for the past three years.
"All of this takes a lot of money, especially with all of the different events we participate in. This sale is our major fundraiser but it also teaches lifelong skills many of these kids take with them and these skills also have the potential to lead to future career opportunities. It's a way for many students to interact on a professional level with local cattle industry leaders who become important contacts."
Senior Alex Nichols, who is also FFA president, has come away from three sales with insights into what it takes to manage people.
"You learn it takes a whole lot more than one person to to do something like this. It's a whole lot of responsibility. There's a lot of manual work but someone has to work with the money," explained Nichols. "You get to know and work with other people. I also had to make sure everybody was where they were supposed to be. Others had to get the cattle ready by giving them shots."
She is more than willing to share insights she has learned while learning the art of managing a group of peers.
"If people really want to help they'll do it and they'll work hard. A lot of us are doing something we haven't done before in these sales. Last year, Lakin East took bids for the first time and did better than the boys. It was a new experience for her."
Tompkins said the project has been helped by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals which donates vaccines for the livestock. Twin Oak Veterinary Clinic of Sparta has also donated their services, and the Mount Airy Stockyards have helped with advertising. He said another important benefit from the sale is students learn more than traditional ways to market animals. He said the sales are also incorporating more technology with the events being broadcast live on the Internet.
"They (Mount Airy Stockyards) put us in their calendar now," beamed Nichols. "We're hoping to get more of their regular customers to our sales as well."
Tompkins said one change for this year's sale is the students will be offering a larger group of breeding bulls. This is in line with an emphasis in the industry for improved genetics in herds. He pointed out that Nichols attended the North Carolina Beef Leadership Institute last year. This made her one of 20 youth selected every two years for the program. This means she was in the top 20 statewide for two years. The institute offers opportunities for youth to learn leadership, teamwork and public relations skills.
Nichols said the institute told participants they are the future of the industry. She was drawn to the profession after growing up in a farm family which produced both dairy and beef cattle.
"A lot of the conference participants were from the East Coast and I enjoyed meeting new people. We got really close. It's great to get to see people that are from another part of the state as well," said Nichols.
Freshman Addison Moser represents one of the sale participants who enjoys working with cattle as his role in the sale.
"I got really interested in this in the fall sale. I really enjoyed it," said Moser. "I really like working with cows. It's something I enjoy. I grew up on a family beef cattle family. I've gotten more interested in it since high school. I really want to make it my profession. The sale is a lot different from working a family farm. You have to learn to work with others instead of just doing what you're told."
The sale will offer livestock including breeding bulls form breeds such as Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental and Sim-Angus, open heifers, bred heifers and cows, show prospects, bred gilts, feeder pigs, breeding gilts and cow and calf pairs. All commercial cows must be examined safe in calf or be nursing a calf and commercial cows must be sound, less than eight years old.
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Every week during the summer there are activities especially for 6 to 12 year olds. This year one of these programs is called Tidal Art during which sculptures are created on the beach using only natural objects left by the last high tide. Local artist Karin Bach and park interpreters are there to assist in each creation. Below are photos of the sculptures from our July programs. Check the schedule if you would like to participate next time.


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There will be a murder in Yadkinville on Oct. 6.
The Downtown Business Association [DBA] will host its second Dinner and Mystery fundraising event at Allison Oaks Vineyard on East Main St. in Yadkinville at 6 p.m.
"It's an adult play," said Jim Drum, an actor in the play. "This time we thought about going bigger with a real play but it really didn't fit into the way we do stuff because we do a lot of ad libs. It's kind of like Clue."
Drum said that his wife, Lisa Reavis Drum, wrote the play this time around. Lisa has been a member of the Yadkin Arts Council for several years and has acting experience.
Drum said that when the DBA hosted its first Dinner and Mystery in February this year the play they used was purchased by Allison Oaks Vineyards owners Gene and Pam Gray.
"I'm really impressed with my wife because she volunteered to write it," Drum said. "We looked at a whole lot of different options before and then she said that I can just write something and use the guidelines of the last one and it's as good as the last one."
Drum said that the plot of the play is about a rich man who dies off stage the night before and the gathering of the dinner is a tribute in his honor. Drum who plays the detective will bring in the individual characters and introduces them to the crowd by interrogating them as to their whereabouts the night of the crime.
The actors in the play are Bobby and Trish Todd, Cindy Austin, John Hutchens, Lisa and Jim Drum, Becky and Tony McCarson and some other surprise actors that will be revealed the night of the play.
"The characters and the play are a little risqué and way overblown," Drums said. "Cindy Austin plays a hussy; her name is Trixie Blue. Tony McCarson plays a gay butler and his wife plays an off the wall psychic."
Drum said that he has some concerns that the play might ruffle some feathers because of its risqué plotline and characters, but he seems confident that people will wind up finding the humor in it.
"I'm a little concerned that we'll offend somebody but fortunately there's a cocktail hour before hand so if it's like the last time I think everybody will like this because they're drinking," Drum said. "We thought it was funny last time because we were drinking too."
DBA Treasurer Brenda Brown said that the last dinner and mystery was a big success and that the crowd thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
"The applause was wonderful last time," Brown said. "You could walk outside and you could hear the laughter from up and down the street because everyone was laughing so hard. I didn't have anything to drink at the last one and I thought it was very funny."
Drum said that this will probably be this group's last performance for the Dinner and Mystery event.
"After this we will probably get Cindy Austin to get a group together because everyone has seen this particular group make fools of themselves twice so we need to get a younger group in," Drum said.
The proceeds from the event will go to help the DBA pay off the debt for the seating area that the organization had built beside the courthouse. Brown said that it has taken the DBA two years to get this project paid off.
Any extra profits that the DBA earns from the event will go towards paying for plants that were used to refill the planters around the downtown area and other projects to benefit the downtown area.
Brown said that the Dinner and Mystery event will be catered by Regal Catering, which is run by Steve Potts.
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The Science Matters Podcast: Questions and Answers with EPA's Dr. Peter Grevatt
The latest Science Matters podcast features Dr. Peter Grevatt, the director of EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection.
Below are a few highlights of the conversation. Click here to listen to the entire conversation. (mp3, 8.2 MB, 9:03min)
Science Matters: Can you give us an overview of the work EPA does to protect our children and help give them a safer future?
Dr. Grevatt: EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment, and our goal is to focus on the protection of children in everything we do that affects human health. Our children's health agenda includes three key priorities. First, to use the best science on children's environmental health as we implement environmental laws. Second, to protect children through the safe use of chemicals. And third, to implement effective, community-based programs to reduce threats to children's health.
A few examples of EPA's work under these priorities include the recently finalized mercury and air toxics standards that will prevent 130,000 asthma attacks every year. The value of air quality standards such as these total between $37 and $90 billion each year - and those are just health-related savings.
Another example of the work EPA does to protect children's health is partnerships with other government agencies and nonprofit organizations to improve environments where children spend most of their time, such as homes and schools. And earlier this year, EPA partnered with Health and Human Services and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to release a coordinated federal action plan to reduce racial and ethnic asthma disparities.
Science Matters: That's an impressive amount of work EPA is doing to protect our children. All of these effects are supported by science, correct?
Dr. Grevatt: Yes, all of these actions, and others, rely on the use of the latest science on children's environmental health.
Science Matters: Can you tell us a bit more about how EPA's science and research support your efforts to protect children?
Dr. Grevatt: EPA simply cannot be fully successful in fulfilling our children's health mission without a strong research program. We know there are unique windows of vulnerability for children developing in the womb and early in their lifetimes. We also know that children are exposed to a myriad of chemicals during development, many of which have very little toxicity data available, and we know that children are much more highly exposed to these compounds than adults. We often do not yet know the implication of these factors for children's health, and this is why a continued robust children's health research program is so important.
A good example of science and research that help protect children's health is the Children's Health Research Centers, jointly sponsored by EPA and NIEHS, that foster research collaborations among clinical and behavioral scientists with participation from local communities. These centers contribute to understanding the complex interactions between the environment, genetics, and other factors, and how those interactions affect children's health from preconception through young adulthood.
Science Matters: In your opinion, what area of children's health research has had the biggest impact on EPA protecting children?
Dr. Grevatt: Some of the most important emerging areas from the Children's Health Research Centers include endocrine disrupting chemicals, epigenetics, and implications for pesticide exposure in children.
Another important area of research includes having additional toxicity studies of developmental endpoints. These have helped the agency develop more health assessments that address potential childhood concerns. Some of the newer IRIS assessments have included critical effects for developmental outcomes.
Also, comprehensive children's exposure factors have been critically important because we now understand how much more children' eat and drink , pound for pound, than adults. We also much better understand the unique behaviors like breastfeeding and putting non-food objects in children's mouths and how this makes children more vulnerable to environmental factors.
Science Matters: In your opinion, what area of children's health research has had the biggest impact on EPA protecting children?
Dr. Grevatt: It is really difficult to identify just one type of research that has had the biggest impact and that's because all lines of children's health research support EPA's efforts to protect children. So, I gave you examples of epidemiology research, toxicology, health assessments, and children's exposure factors. We need data from all of these lines of research to help make sure we're protecting children's health.
Science Matters: Looking back over the past ten years, what kind of overall progress do you think we've made as a result of EPA's children's environmental health research?
Dr. Grevatt: Substantial progress has been made toward advancing children's environmental health over the past ten years. The unique vulnerabilities of children have increasingly become an essential part of the national discussion on policy, science, and education in public health.
In recent years, we've seen laws and regulations to protect children from chemical exposures and other environmental hazards, and our increased understanding of the complex link between children's health and environmental exposures has advanced our children's health protection activities.
For example, ten years ago we certainly understood that lead impacts children's IQs, but through additional research, we now understand that even low levels of lead exposure can affect children's health. This increased understanding of lead's effects led to the development of a revised National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) that substantially strengthened protections for children from lead exposures in air.
Science Matters: Going forward, what would you say is the greatest challenge we face in the field of children's' environmental health?
Dr. Grevatt: One of the greatest challenges we face is how to address the many stark disparities in children's chronic health outcomes that we see in America today. For example, the national prevalence of asthma in children is slightly less than 10%, but in African American children it's nearly 16%. There is a very high prevalence of asthma in Puerto Rican neighborhoods as well.
If we want to address these issues and help protect all of the children in America, we must build on the progress that's been made in pediatric care, medical research, and community involvement. We need to expand the conversation on children's health by getting messages out to parents and health care providers about basic, simple steps they can take to help to protect children from potentially dangerous exposures.
Another major challenge is understanding the vulnerabilities during both the prenatal and postnatal periods of a child's development. There's still more we need to know in this area to determine how we can best protect pregnant mothers to have healthier children at these critical stages of life.
A strong children's health research program has laid the foundation for the progress that we've made to date. I'm confident that a robust children's health research program will lead to continued progress in EPA's work on children's health in the future.


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Opening statement ... "It was a tough battle. Appalachian State did a good job of mixing up their defenses and keeping us off balance. Down the stretch, I felt like our kids made plays when they needed to. They've done that all year long. I'm really proud of the way they hung in there when things were a little shaky and were able to make plays down the stretch to pull it out."
On the differences in today's game compared to the regular-season matchups..."We knew it would be tough. At their place we shot 63 percent in the first half. Everything went our way. We had a lot of momentum and a lot of confidence. I knew today would be different. They start four seniors, so you knew they were going to lay it all out there, and they did. We were fortunate to have some players who, in a clutch time, could hit some shots. Alex Black hit a couple of big 3s when we had to have them. Taylor Hall hit her free throws. We out-rebounded them, which is hard to do. They are a great rebounding team. We also had more points off of turnovers, and that's hard to do. Playing against their defense can really cause you problems offensively."
Junior forward Taylor Hall
On their play on the road..."I knew I had to knock them down. For a while, we really weren't attacking much. Once we started attacking, they kept fouling, and I was able to knock my shots down."
On getting back to the SoCon championship game..."We know this program has really high expectations. We won the regular season but we know that isn't our overall goal. It feels good to be back and to get this program back where it is supposed to be."
Senior guard Kayla Christopher
On the victory.... "We're really excited. This is where we wanted to get, but we know we aren't finished yet. We have to keep our focus. We can celebrate this for a couple of hours, but there is a quick turnaround tomorrow. We need to make sure we switch our focus to tomorrow as soon as we figure out who we play."
Junior forward Ashlen Dewart
On being successful offensively against tough defense.... "Every game is a battle, especially in conference tournament time. I think our guards have done a great job hitting their shots and drawing the defense out. It's a give-or-take game. If I score, the guards are more open, if they score, it opens things inside for me. I think we've done a good job of balancing that out in the last two games."
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What I didn't like about his post was it targeted several third party apps, called out an icon [really?], and nitpicked simple stuff like "item(s)" vs "photo(s)" when selecting pics/videos. I'm good for a discussion [as you know Rene] but something more than the above and "why is this button so long?" has to be provided.
iOS Jailbreak developer's take on Android's user experience
Noted iPhone Jailbreak developer Grant Paul, better known as chpwn, has started the ICS Papercuts blog to share his thoughts on user interface and user experience inconsistencies in Google's latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.
Android Central's Jerry Hildenbrand has responded, agreeing with some of Paul's complaints and calling him out on others, and Paul has now responded to Hildenbrand's response as well. It's a great discussion and an important one and hopefully we'll see more like it across sites and platforms. UI and UX are iterative processes and criticism is the fuel that feeds iteration.
Consistency is something I've harped on as well, both here on TiPb and on the Iterate podcast.
While iOS has more than it's fair share of UI eccentricities -- stitched leather and felt come immediately to mind -- it has by and large provided a more consistent experience than Android to date. The same type of control is typically in the same approximate place from one Apple app to another, and many -- though certainly not all -- iOS designers take pains and pride in following the same conventions. Like chopping wood, or reading repetitive words, it causes the chrome to disappear and interactions to become near frictionless.
Google has stepped up their design game across the board over the last year, but it remains challenged by legacy apps and interface elements, and a culture that traditionally places engineering ahead of design.
2012 represents a new opportunity for both platforms, however, with iOS 6 and Android Jellybean (Jujube? Jaffa cake? Jawbreaker?) on the horizon. Let's see what they can do.
Meanwhile check out the discussion via the links below.
Source: ICS Papercuts, Android Central response, ICS Papercuts reponse
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I agree with most everything Paul said, but he did nitpick a few things like the items vs photos stuff.
I also think that Jerry's response came off sounding very immature and childish. It's okay to respond and call him out and clarify some things for him, but you don't have to sound like some Internet troll doing so.
I'd also like to point out that Jerry's iTunes comment toward the end is obsolete since iOS 5, correct?
I'll end with saying that I very much enjoyed read both contributions and challenge Jerry to start using and iPhone and posting "iOS Paper Cuts"
haha, it's like the 'vagina monologues', only with a different wording and order on the title.
iOS has the second best keyboard, after Windows Phone. There is NO antennagate AT ALL in the iPhone 4S (differently from many android phones that DO have it)! Airprint is NOT only compatible with HP printers, the list has grown a lot! It's compatible with HP, EPSON, Brother, Canon and Lexmark printers. It has HSPA+ at least, LTE wasn't too popular until now, so Apple decided to wait so that they won't have to pay much for the technology next year. Even people who HAVE a phone with replaceable batteries DON'T carry an extra battery around, it's just a stupid statement, gosh, there are android phones that don't have replaceable batteries because no one fcking cares! Only in very rare and specific cases people need a phone with a replaceable battery, but juice packis are for that. That "small" screen was considered HUGE in 2007, people's sight is still the same I think, that's just bullsht, we have pocketability. Yeah, except that iTunes is the biggest and the best service for music, movies and TV shows, but we don't necessarily need to use it, we have Google Music, Spotify, Netflix, there isn't a single content provider you can have that we can't.
chpwn called out some stuff for not swiping and then complained about having to swipe in other places, dude make up your f'ing mind.... Jerry f'ed up by responding to the bait in the first place. Both posts seem completely trollish. Both completely biased opinions from people who devote their life to a particular UI. You won't get an honest representation from reading the OP or the response.
I have a 4S and a Galaxy Nexus. Both have problems that are complete garbage and other features that blow me away. It's just the nature of the beast. I like both. Kinda wish I could mix and match the two to create what I want, MIUI roms on Android kinda give me that option, but not completely.
I don't see any reasons to make my iPhone to look like an Android. If I want it, then I purchase an Android phone.
You sibling site posts a lot of garbage Rene. I'm not a frequent reader of Android Central, but I'm starting to see where all the ill-mannered kids with hateful ideology come from when I read the comments here. Nothing in Jerry Hildenbrand's critique was constructive, only condescending. What's worse was reading the comments to his post afterwards and having a bunch of idiots agree with him. There are just too many stupid people in the world. It's about time to give up.


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All students who wish to host or serve at a campus event are required to receive Event Hosting Certification. Trainings are held regularly throughout the semester and must be registered for in advance.
Please note that registration closes at noon the day prior to the session. In the case that you are registered for a session that does not have enough participants, you will receive an email with instructions for registering for another future session.
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Existing Home Sales Dipped In February, But Ran Well Above Pace Of Year Ago
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There was a 0.9 percent drop in sales of existing homes in February from January, the National Association of Realtors reports. But, at an annualized rate of 4.59 million they were still up 8.8 percent from February 2011.
"The market is trending up unevenly," NAR chief economist Lawarence Yun concludes in a statement from the association.
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I can see myself possibly using it at work, once my coworkers upgrade their iPhones (We have quite a few). However, for talking with the wife and kids while on a trip...I doubt it. At least, not until other devices can be used, and Apple works out a deal with AT&T for 3G. I simply can't afford to buy another iPhone 4 so I can FaceTime with my family.
Will you be spending some FaceTime with iPhone 4?
Steve Jobs brought back the "one more thing" bump for FaceTime, Apple's new iPhone 4 feature that promises no setup, Wi-Fi only, one-on-one video calling. You start a call or choose a contact and you're video chatting.
We're curious if you think you'll be using it? Nokia has had video chat for what seems like a century and half, and the Android-based Evo 3G has it via Qik, but it's hardly a mainstream phenomena yet. Apple has a history of taking interesting technology and making it usable for the masses, but given the iPhone 4-only, Wi-Fi only restrictions, will the masses embrace it?
Apple has made the protocols behind FaceTime open, so while we hope iChat on Mac gets compatibility ASAP, it's possible Skype could provide the same functionality, and Nokia, Android, and other platforms could have compatible apps. We could (and should) even -- finally -- get camera equipped iPads and iPod touches to join in the fun.
Is that enough to make it mainstream?
Let us know what you think about FaceTime. Do you see yourself using? If so, how? And where else do you want to see the FaceTime tech pop up?
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Will you be spending some FaceTime with iPhone 4?
I think it will be a novelty until Skype picks it up. Most people won't know many other people with the iPhone 4 for quite some time, so it will need 3G or at least 3rd party developers to pick it up, if it is ever to take off. I am saying we are still a few years out before it is mainstream. Much like text messaging was at first.
Facetime at the actual status is ridiculous and unuseful: you've to be on a wifi network and you can talk only with another iPhone4: absurd!!
Facetime will be useful when iOS 4.x will be available, I'm sure than in the future talking over a 3G network and with other devices will be available.
I think that FaceTime is an EXTREMELY cool feature but I have never video chatted and have no plans to. I have an MBP and iChat and never video chat.
I'm curious how this would work in conjunction with your allotted minutes on contract. Of course, when it's only iPhone4 to iPhone4, it's not going to matter because both people would be AT&T customers anyway. However, if down the road you can make an iPhone4 to Skype call, and you begin the call as a normal phone call on the cell phone network and then hit the 'FaceTime' icon, does that somehow hand the call off from the cell towers to wi-fi such that you are no longer using your minutes? I'm just curious about the technology.
In any event, I think it is neat enough of a feature that I'll be buying 2 new iPhone4's instead of giving my old 3G to my wife.
I know quite a few people with iphones that plan on upgrading. We will probably use it in the beginning. I can't see myself using it a lot until it becomes available for Skype, Qik, or iChat . I use Skype A LOT with my kids. I'm sure within a couple of months we will be able to use it with just more than Facetime iphone 4 to iphone 4.
WiFi only
Capped data plans if it ever gets off WIFI
Apple Specific (don't believe they will set if free)
Already done better by Skype Video and several others.
The only reason for rolling their own was control.
No, this is just another non-standard Apple standard just like their flawed html5.
Not ever going to be a significant player.
I think the key will be how quickly other platforms integrate the protocols. Currently, since it's only on iPhone 4, I doubt it will see much use, but I'd bet that it will explode once Skype picks it up or once it's integrated with other Apple devices/apps.
The WiFi-only restriction will definitely limit its use, but Steve definitely said that they're trying to expand it to 3G use ASAP. So that may not be a restriction for long.
For me personally, my wife and I both travel some. I could see us using it when we travel, even with the WiFi restriction. However, since we'll have one iPhone 4 and one 3GS, we won't really be able to use it until it's integrated with Skype, iChat, or some other desktop service.
Not securing a 3G service deal with the carriers is a huge shortcoming on the part of Apple.
Why get iPhone 4 for the whole family if you're on business trip at a customer's site without wifi or when your spouse is at a store or performance and wants to facetalk?
If i was to poll my family and friends about Skype, they'd answer "what's a Skype?"
But if i call their iphone, they're at least capable of tapping the Facetime icon after prompted to.
This will take off because it doesn't involve 3rd party apps or registering for a new chat account, or figuring out what Skype is. You call someone and tap for video. Simple stupid.
I think it's a great feature and will use it. Especially since I have family out of state who have iPhones. And for it only being on wifi isn't too bad, I'm sure it's a test to see how people like it and would use on the network. As fa as jailbreking to use it on 3g is a waste. Maybe it's the jailbreak communtiy who is messing up AT&T network by doing things your not supposed to.
Will never use it. Well.. maybe for porn, otherwise will never use it. i don't use the phone feature of the iphone much either.
If I go ahead and get my wife the iPhone4 then I could see us using it intermittently. I figured the functionality would be crippled by WiFi restrictions but was really hoping it would at least work with a Mac running iChat. I use iChat video conferencing with my family back east all the time, but none of them have iPhones, so this feature will not help me in that way at all.
Since this is WiFi only, i wouldn't think it would use your AT&T minutes at all (but would chew up data charges if it ever goes 3G capable)
I thought about this and I'm saying I'll never use it except for a few times to test it out with friends. I don't want to hear my iPhone ring, roll out of bed and have someone SEEING my face in the morning. Besides, I have a MBP, iMac and a PC laptop all with webcams and I have never used the feature.
I will definitely use it! I have many friends all over the USA that are iPhone lovers and deaf/hard of hearing. We love our iphone because it is very handy for ASL clips. I think talking among the deafs, this is what we wanted. Time has come. I know video chat on the cellphone has been around since 2003, but it was more of a hassle to use. The way I see it, Apple has made it more simplified, "out of the box" requiring no account. I think this is a big turning point. Also talking to my deaf friends, they are content with wifi only for now because Jobs did mention that it will be done over 3G network. I believe that he doesn't want all of us to get turned off using 3G video conferencing if it isn't up to the par. I'm sure Apple is working hard to make sure it's smooth, reliable, and maintains a good high quality conferencing using 3G network. Once it's perfected, I can envision that there will be VRS(Video Relay Services) apps integrated into the iphone. Any hearing people calling deaf or hard of hearing using 10 digit number, it will automatically include interpreters to assist you whether you can't talk or can do voice carry over. Such thing exist now but not through the cellphone. (see Sorensen, Viable, etc) We hope this is the future for video calls.
It's hard to find a place where there's no
wifi most work places schools and households hotels coffeeshops even most cities have it available so really only problem finding wifi would be while driving and I don't exactly think using facetime while driving would be the safest thing anyways lol
Don't tell me I didn't say it yesterday ;)
Skype open to using FaceTime on iPhone, other deviceshttp://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/08/skype.hopes.to.spread.face...
I for one use skype daily, and Ichat too. FaceTime is marketed at those of us whole do use these type of features, and will use it daily, just like we use Skype daily.. Apple isn't taking away regular phone calls from people, so who cares that its only over Wifi for now. I live in an apartment complex right off of my College campus, and we all have wifi. as soon as you get to the campus parking lot, school wifi.. Whoever thinks wifi is limiting needs to get real and look around them and notice with starbucks on every block, its there. I rather this be stable on wifi then crappy on the the sometimes suspect att 3g
I told my iPhone team to call it iChat, apparently they never got my memo :(
"I just wish it was compatible with the 3GS"
Uh...how would you use it on a 3GS with no front camera? It wouldn't really work.
The WiFi restriction is a big one, how can you know the person you're calling to chat with will be on a WiFi at the time? Unless they happen to be at home, it probably won't work. On the other hand, this could be great for people who have crappy cel connections (coughAT&Tcough) but have WiFi.
Once I and my wife get an iPhone 4 each I can see us both using the FaceTime app. I'm also sure that with a little JB magic you'll be able to use it over 3G soon enough.
Skype = Duplicate Functionality
I have quite a few friends and coworkers upgrading so I'll use it. Not sure how much tho.
I do see this getting some people in trouble once it's available via 3G.
Wife: "Where ya at honey?"
Husband: "At the bar with the boys." as he looks around the strip club.
Wife: "I wanna see you, lets start FaceTime."
Where is iChat to iPhone 4 compatibility ??
The way I see it video chatting is a very popular tool for social networking or just blogging to the masses and has become very useful and fun over the past couple years . Although Facetime is a way for apple to show off there new front facing camera and attempt to bridge the gap of the competition I doubt if this feature will even be able to be accessable regularly due to the fact that not everybody gets an iPhone 4 right away because of the absurd early upgrade price and no contract price. This feature is amazing when you look at it with you're eyes but wen u think about it I don't think it will soar for quite some time
This is probably just a basic version of the possibilites that video chatting on a phone has. Just like the stock applications. The good thing about that though is that there are always gonna b apps to do it better. Like Skype when it comes out with an iPhone 4 compatible version , which we all know They will due to the profit they could make from this.
@RobCal: "Whoever thinks wifi is limiting needs to get real and look around them and notice with starbucks on every block, its there."
It's not a matter of whether or not you're willing to walk to Starbucks or another hotspot, but whether or not the person you're calling is on WiFi. If the odds aren't better than 50/50, it's more reliable just to call or text.
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Inspired by their mother, a pair of Summerville sisters completed their first triathlon Sunday.
Jessie Halajcsik, 20, and Dani Halajcsik, 16, participated in the latest Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series race held at James Island County Park. Joining them was mom Teri, 47, who is no stranger to distance races.
"Their mother has been an avid runner for as long as I can remember and has participated in these types of races for years but Sunday was a dream come true for her," Bruce Halajcsik said. "Teri has a (jogging) stroller that she used to push both of them (all over the place) in when they were young so I know having both of our daughters compete with her in a race is special for her. In fact, before the race they took markers and wrote Dream Team on their arms."
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"Jessie does the P90X workout and in December she ran a half marathon with her mother so she was used to the running," the father said. "Dani plays softball and volleyball for Summerville so she stays in good shape. Leading up to the triathlon Dani and Teri started biking to the Miler Pool and doing laps several times a week."
Teri, Jessie and Dani set the goal of finishing Sunday's race in less than two hours and all met the goal. Jessie, a trident tech student working on nursing degree, finished with a 1:39:40 time. Teri, a Register Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Independent Contractor, finished in 1:41:14. Dani, a rising Green Wave junior, finished in 1:43:39.
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Rangel was furious with the official after he awarded a stoppage-time penalty to the visitors, which Charlie Adam converted.
Jonathan Walters and Stephen Ireland had put Stoke 2-0 up but goals from Wilfried Bony (2) and Nathan Dyer looked to have secured all three points for the home side before Madley's controversial intervention.
Madley incensed the home players and fans when signalling that Wayne Routledge had handled in the area six minutes into time added on, despite little, if any, protest from Stoke players.
"I am obviously disappointed by that decision but we can't talk much about the referees," said Rangel.
"We are always the ones who get fined but hopefully in this case it won't be the players who get punished but it will be the referee as we have done nothing wrong.
"When referees make mistakes they should be the ones to get punished."
Visiting goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, who was in the Swansea penalty area when the incident happened - looking to score his second goal in eight days - said: "I saw a scramble happen but I am not sure if I saw a handball."
Swansea manager Michael Laudrup said: "In every game there are talking points over decisions, but when I saw it again, or even out there, there are seven Stoke players in the box and none were asking for a penalty, apart from Peter Crouch who who was appealing for a corner.
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- The victory of hope over Angst? : Funding, asset allocation, and risk-taking in german public sector pension reform (2007)
- Public employee pension systems throughout the developed world have traditionally been of the pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) defined benefit (DB) variety, where pensioner payments are financed by taxes (contributions) levied on the working generation. But as the number of retirees rises relative to the working-age group, such systems have begun to face financial distress. This trend has been exacerbated in many countries, among them Germany, by high unemployment rates producing further deterioration of the contribution base. In the long run, public sector pension benefits will have to be cut or contributions increased, if the systems are to be maintained. An alternative path sometimes offered to ease the crunch of paying for public employee pensions is to move toward funding: here, plan assets are gradually built up, invested, and enhanced returns devoted to partly defray civil servants' pension costs. In this study, we evaluate the impact of introducing partial prefunding, paired with a strategic investment policy for the German federal state of Hesse. The analysis assesses the impact of introducing a supplementary tax-sponsored pension fund whose contributions are invested in the capital market and used to relieve the state budget from (some) pension payments. Our model determines the expectation and the Conditional Value-at-Risk of economic pension costs using a stochastic simulation process for pension plan assets. This approach simultaneously determines the optimal contribution rate and asset allocation that controls the expected economic costs of providing the promised pensions, while at the same time controlling investment risk. Specifically, we offer answers to the following questions: 1. How can the plan be designed to control cash-flow shortfall risk, so as to mitigate the potential burden borne by future generations of taxpayers? 2. What is the optimal asset allocation for this fund as it is built up, to generate a maximum return while simultaneously restricting capital market and liability risk? 3. What are reasonable combinations of annual contribution rates and asset allocation to a state-managed pension fund, which will limit costs of providing promised public sector pensions? We anticipate that this research will interest several sorts of policymaker groups. First, focusing on the German case, the state and Federal governments should find it relevant, as these entities face considerable public sector pension liabilities. Second, our findings will also be of interest to other European countries, as most have substantial underfunded defined benefit plans for civil servants. In what follows, we first offer a brief description of the structure of civil servant pensions in Germany, focusing on their benefit formulas, their financing, and the resulting current as well as future plan obligations for taxpayers. Next, we turn to an analysis of the actuarial status of the Hesse civil servants' pension plan and evaluate how much would have to be contributed to fund this plan in a nonstochastic context. Subsequently we evaluate the asset-liability and decision-making process from the viewpoint of the plan sponsor, to determine sensible plan asset allocation behavior. A final section summarizes findings and implications.
- Lifecycle impacts of the financial and economic crisis on household optimal consumption, portfolio choice, and labor supply (2011)
- The direct financial impact of the financial crisis has been to deal a heavy blow to investment-based pensions; many workers lost a substantial portion of their retirement saving. The financial sector implosion produced an economic crisis for the rest of the economy via high unemployment and reduced labor earnings, which reduced household contributions to Social Security and some private pensions. Our research asks which types of individuals were most affected by these dual financial and economic shocks, and it also explores how people may react by changing their consumption, saving and investment, work and retirement, and annuitization decisions. We do so with a realistically calibrated lifecycle framework allowing for time-varying investment opportunities and countercyclical risky labor income dynamics. We show that households near retirement will reduce both short- and long-term consumption, boost work effort, and defer retirement. Younger cohorts will initially reduce their work hours, consumption, saving, and equity exposure; later in life, they will work more, retire later, consume less, invest more in stocks, save more, and reduce their demand for private annuities. Keywords: Financial Crisis , Household Finance , Cycle Portfolio Choice , Labor Supply Classification: D1, G11, G23, G35, J14, J26, J32
- Will they take the money and work? An empirical analysis of people's willingness to delay claiming social security benefits for a lump sum (2015)
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You do not want it to be too thin and fragile, so pick a thickness that feels sturdy.
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The Hoops have yet to register three points in their two Scottish Premier League encounters with Pat Fenlon's men, with the first game at Celtic Park ending in a 2-2 draw and Leigh Griffiths' breakaway goal proving decisive in the capital.
Wales international Ledley has yet to feature against the Easter Road side during the current campaign, but knows Celtic could retain their SPL title if they beat Hibs and second-placed Motherwell lose to St Mirren.
"Hibs have done really well and have some good individual players," the Welshman told this week's Celtic View.
"Leigh Griffiths has done well for them. They are organised, but hopefully we can break them down and beat them for the first time this season. We know it will be difficult because of the way they play but with our home form, we can achieve it.
"They have got dangerous players going forward so we will need to try and keep at things on the back and try and keep a clean sheet.
"We always feel we will always score goals at home and that's what we will need to do in the next game but keep the back door shut."
Ledley has been impressed by Hibs' progress under Fenlon this season but insisted that the Celtic players were eager to end their poor record against them in recent fixtures.
"They have been a tricky team this season and have shocked a lot of people, considering they didn't do as well in the last campaign," he added.
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FAAMA: Inside the U.S. School Allergy Law
The following article was published in early 2011. The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network is now the FARE organization.
On January 4, 2011, President Barack Obama passed the Food Safety Modernization Act. Tucked into this sweeping act as Section 112 is FAAMA, the long-awaited Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act.
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network led the lobby for FAAMA, which will result in voluntary allergy management guidelines for schools across the United States. FAAN started pressing for the legislation back in 2005, when it held the first of three Kids' Congresses on Capitol Hill. [Update: the CDC guidelines were released in 2013.]
Allergic Living Editor Gwen Smith interviews Chris Weiss, FAAN's vice president of Advocacy and Government Relations, about FAAMA and what the guidelines will mean for American students at risk of anaphylaxis.
Gwen Smith: To start, after five long years of lobbying, how did FAAMA finally get passed?
Chris Weiss: Senator [Christopher] Dodd from Connecticut, early in 2010, was able to insert FAAMA into the larger Food Safety Bill. The reason he did that – and it was very smart on his part – was because Congress was pretty busy last year and the chance of Congress considering FAAMA as a standalone bill became sort of unlikely. The chance of Congress considering the Food Safety Bill, however, became probable. And so Dodd was able to insert FAAMA into the larger Food Safety Bill [officially known as the Food Safety Modernization Act].
GS: Can you explain to the food allergy community: What does this new law mean?
CW: It simply calls on the federal government to create food allergy management guidelines for the schools. This is a tremendous thing because, to date, there has been no guidance from the federal level at all on food allergies. A few states have published guidelines, some school districts have done so, some individual schools have done so. But there was nothing coming down from the federal level.
GS: And why is that so important Chris?
CW: Well basically because it gives any school in the U.S. – in any state, in any town, in any city – it gives them something to look to if they need help managing students with food allergies. In essence, we sort of killed 50 birds with one stone by passing this law. Any federal guidance [in the guidelines] would be applicable to all 50 states.
GS: Allergic Living is getting some specific questions such as: "But I live in New York state and there's a law, or in Massachusetts, we already food allergy guidelines in the state. How will FAAMA work in conjunction with what's already in place in those states?
CW: This is a good question. There are about 12 states that already have published food allergy management guidelines for schools. Roughly 12, give or take one. If you look at all of those documents, they're essentially the same. They're 99 per cent similar.
Whatever comes out of the federal government as a result of FAAMA will likely be similar to these existing state documents.
So it's not as if the federal guidance will trump the state guidance. It's not as if the state guidance will trump the federal guidance. Everything is going to be essentially the same content. [CW agrees that federal guidelines will be reinforcement for a state law.]
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A 35-year-old Aiken woman was detained for shoplifting on Monday after she tried to steal earrings, socks and underwear from a store on Whiskey Road by concealing them in her purse.
An Aiken woman reported on Monday that her husband threatened to burn their house down and kill her if she went near his cache of tools.
An 18-year-old Warrenville man was detained for simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia on Tuesday after he was pulled over on Whiskey Road for making an illegal right turn. The officer smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle, he found a grinder, glass tubes commonly used to smoke marijuana and a glass jar containing a leafy green substance.
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An air conditioner unit and a stove were reported missing from a home on Pine Bark Lane in North Augusta on Monday.
A burglary was reported on Old Tory Trail Road in Aiken on Monday. The owner reported firearms missing.
An additional burglary was reported on Chipmunk Lane in Trenton on Monday. Electronics were reported missing.
A vehicle break-in was reported at a school on Columbia Highway in Aiken on Monday. The victim said she parked her vehicle and went into the school to drop off a book bag; when she returned, a window in the vehicle was broken and her purse was missing.
Two additional vehicle break-ins were reported on Vaucluse Road in Aiken on Monday. A generator and two drills were reported missing.
A vehicle was reported stolen from Bettis Academy Road in Graniteville on Monday.
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You guys discussed an issue with the "shaking" sound coming from the sleep/wake button on the iPhone 5. I noticed this as well when I received mine, but I read a few things online about it and the noise is not coming from the sleep/wake button. Its the camera and its autofocus. If you tap on the back of the phone and work your way up to the camera the noise will increase. This is apparently normal, and has been since previous generations. Also, just holding the sleep/wake button with your finger and tapping or "shaking" the phone will easily rule out the button as the culprit. Just thought you guys would like to know. Thanks and great show!
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iMore show 317: iPhone 5 gripes
Mine's the sleep wake button. Camera is solid.
No it's not.
Maybe it's because there's only one new device a year or it's just an Apple thing but it seems like there's a concerted effort by the tech media to magnify, nitpick and exaggerate every possible flaw with iPhone, real or imagined. Having both an iPhone 5 and a Galaxy Nexus, I still prefer to use the iPhone over the Nexus in most situations and the iPhone 5 is a considerable improvement over the 4S and niggling concerns over the phone are actually with iOS 6 as opposed to the device. As my secondary phone, I enjoy the GN as well but that doesn't mean I couldn't point out it's flaws or that one couldn't dig up negativity about the device on the various forums.
I don't know about you guys, but my iPhone 5 battery is killer. I'll get through a whole day (with normal use) and still have 60-70% power left at 5pm. I'm really surprised too. Best battery life I've ever seen on a phone. Maybe the device I got is just special.
I agree on battery. I get great performance. Surprising too. Cause as with any new device, I've been using the hell out of it. Usually on lte. And doing a lot of data usage/streaming. Definitely best battery I've experienced on iPhone.
Two comments...
1) I wish there was a way in settings to have each webpage automatically go to "full site" vs. mobile site. Some sites have a link, but for others, it's hard to find.
2) Will Apple ever put an FM/AM radio in the iPhone? And before everyone jumps on me saying radio is so 80's or use an app like Radio, I want one to tune to empty FM frequencies for TV audio when I am at the gym.
Thanks for the replies.
Hello! I'm a new listener of the podcast. And I loved the podcast. I'm Brazilian, my English is not so good, but I can understand you very well.Just do not quite understand when you talk really fast, but I can follow in mid-sentence. lol
I really like the iMore Show. Georgia's voice is very beautiful just like her. Rene congratulations podcast.
I just received my black iPhone 5 yesterday and have to say I love it. Traded in my S3 for it actually and haven't regretted it yet. Ive had an iPhone 3g, 4, 4s and multiple android devices as well. I have to say this is the smoothest and most enjoyable device Ive used to date! Oh, I must also add in that Georgia is stunning to behold :)
Georgia's bashing of the iPhone 5's Maps was really weird b/c thats maybe my favorite thing about the phone. I use Apple Maps constantly and its awesome, smooth, and beautiful. It hasn't failed me at all. She spoke about Maps like its a HUGE FAILURE across the board, but she doesn't speak for my experience. I'm sure it isn't so great for everyone, but it is a welcome upgrade for me. And Siri is not that bad, either. My complaints about the iPhone 5 are that the autobrighness has a mind of its own sometimes, the camera is still not as good as a $99 Nikon, and the Lightning cables and adaptors are ridiculously expensive and should have been free.
I don't agree with the assessment Rene made that the purple fringing/flare is due to the Camera being "better". As a photographer sometimes we purposefully use lens flare as an effect, this is not the case with this accidental fringing due to hardware malfunction or poor design. It appears to me to be an aberration and an annoyance. I have never seen this issue with my 4s and I shoot a great deal with it.


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OREFIELD, April 13, 2010 – Nearly 100 KidsPeace employees, families, clients
and friends will make up the "KidsPeace Kares Team" in the Walk Now for
Autism Speaks event this
Saturday in Allentown's Lehigh Parkway.
KidsPeace has participated with a team since the
walk was launched in the Lehigh Valley three years ago. Individuals are securing pledges to
walk in the event and the team raised more than $300 toward the cause during a
recent hoagie sale.
KidsPeace provides community autism services in
the Lehigh Valley and also conducts "Sarah Smiles," a summer day camp for
Lehigh Valley children with autism.
"Our employees are very excited about
participating," said Paige Keeter, Program Manager, Autism Community Services
for KidsPeace, and team director.
" Walking with some of our clients and their families will make our
efforts especially meaningful." Keeter added that this year's team will also be
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Children ages 5 to 10 need to go to the doctor or nurse for a "well-child visit" once a year.
A well-child visit is when you take your child to the doctor for a full checkup to make sure he is healthy and developing normally. This is different from other visits for sickness or injury.
At a well-child visit, the doctor or nurse can help catch any problems early, when they may be easier to treat. You will also have a chance to ask any questions you may have about your child's behavior or development.
Make the most of your child's visit by:
What about cost?Well-child visits are covered under the Affordable Care Act. Depending on your insurance plan, your child may be able to get well-child checkups at no cost to you. Check with your insurance provider.
How do I know if my child is growing and developing on schedule?Your child's doctor or nurse can help you identify "developmental milestones," the new skills that children usually develop by a certain age. This is an important part of the well-child visit.
Developmental milestones for children ages 5 to 10 include physical, learning, and social skills – things like:
Learn more about the social and emotional development of children ages 5 to 10 [PDF - 848 KB].
Take these steps to help you and your child get the most out of visits to the doctor.
Gather important information.Take any medical records you have to the appointment, including a record of shots your child has received. If your child gets special services at school because of a health condition or disability, bring that paperwork, too.
Make a list of any important changes in your child's life since the last doctor's visit, like a:
Use this tool to keep track of your child's family health history.
Make a list of questions you want to ask the doctor.Write down 3 to 5 questions before the well-child visit. This visit is a great time to ask the doctor or nurse any questions about:
Here are some important questions to ask:
Take a notepad and write down the answers so you can remember them later.
Know what to expect.During each well-child visit, the doctor or nurse will ask you questions about your child, do a physical exam, and update your child's medical history. You'll also be able to ask your questions and discuss any problems.
The doctor or nurse will ask you and your child questions.The doctor or nurse may ask about:
Your answers to questions like these will help the doctor or nurse make sure your child is healthy.
See what else the doctor may ask when your child is:
The doctor or nurse will also check your child's body.To check your child's body, the doctor or nurse will:
Help your child get more involved in doctor visits.When children are age 7 or older, most doctors will spend a few minutes alone with them – if the child feels comfortable. This helps your child develop a relationship with the doctor.
You can also help your child get involved by:
Know what to do if your child gets sick.Make sure you know how to get in touch with a doctor or nurse when the office is closed. Ask how to get hold of the doctor on call, or if there's an information service you can call at night or on the weekend.


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Ambassador Samantha Power is the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and a member of President Obama's Cabinet. She formerly served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council. Power also served as the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she taught courses on U.S. foreign policy, human rights, and extremism and where she was the founding Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.
She is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide (2002) and Chasing the Flame: Sergio Viera de Mello and the Fight to Save the World (2008), the basis for the award-winning HBO documentary, "Sergio." She is also the recent editor, with Derek Chollet, of The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World (2011). Power has served as a columnist at Time Magazine and, in her journalism, has reported from such places as Bosnia, East Timor, Kosovo, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, and contributed regularly to the New Yorker Magazine, the New York Review of Books, and the New Republic.
Power is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. She lives with her husband, Cass Sunstein, and their son Declan in Washington, DC.
In honor of Human Rights Week, Samantha Power explains how advancing the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people around the world is central to, not separate from, our comprehensive human rights agenda.
President Obama's policy approach to Burma has been to support reform and those championing it – an investment in Burma's future that the President will personally reinforce later this month during his historic visit to Rangoon.
A new tool to strengthen our ability to prevent genocide and other crimes against humanity
In conjunction with the release of its annual Human Rights Report, the State Department officially launches HumanRights.gov.
Good government isn't just a priority for President Obama. In countries around the world, governments and civil society groups are taking new and creative steps to ensure that government delivers for citizens and to strengthen democratic accountability.
Samantha Power, Senior Director and Special Assistant for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, describes President Obama's visit to the Expo on Democracy and Open Government in Mumbai.
Samantha Power, Senior Director and Special Assistant for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, explains how a diverse group of countries has come together to create the first-ever Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and assembly.
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MUSIC-123, Symphony Orchestra 2, student perform compositions from all musical styles from the Baroque to the present. The orchestra consists of students from both McDaniel and Carroll Community Colleges as well as community musicians. There is at least one public performance every semester. Open by audition only. To schedule an audition please contact the FPA office at 410-386-8575. Prerequisite: exemption/completion of ASE Reading. Three hours laboratory each week. One credit. One billable hour. Students register at Carroll Community College. Orchestra is held at McDaniel College. Offered Spring and Fall terms.
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1. Develop rhythmic accuracy. (GE 5, GE 7, PG 1)
2. Develop pitch accuracy. (GE 5, GE 7, PG 1)
3. Develop musical expression. (GE 5, GE 7, PG 1)
4. Develop instrumental or vocal technique. (GE 5, GE 7, PG 1)
5. Interpret new musical literature. (GE 5, GE 7, PG 1)
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