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With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) signaling its increased attention to workers' exposure to crystalline silica, and the plaintiffs' bar evidently in search of new subjects for "toxic tort" claims, there is growing concern among builders about a potential rising tide of "silica exposure" lawsuits against them. Will that type of suit soon take its place alongside such historical legal headaches as asbestos and Chinese drywall claims? The possible good news for builders is that the science underlying silica exposure claims has generally been deemed questionable enough that plaintiffs have encountered significant difficulties in proving their claims. The bad news is that OSHA nevertheless appears to believe that pertinent studies clearly establish the dangers of crystalline silica. OSHA also believes that avoiding silica inhalation should therefore be a high priority both for workers and those for whom they work. OSHA's sustained focus on this subject makes it imperative for builders to educate themselves, and their personnel most likely to come into extensive contact with silica particles, about the key issues -- including the preventive measures that OSHA touts.
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Fiorentina's Riccardo Montolivo is focused on beating Milan this weekend – the club that he may join in the very near future.
The Italian international will leave Tuscany in January, for a nominal fee, or at the end of the season on a free transfer once his contract expires.
"Milan are not in my thoughts," the former Atalanta man, who was targeted by the Rossoneri last summer, told calciomercato.com.
"I am only concentrating on Fiorentina right now and winning against the Rossoneri. It's not a peculiar game for me, just a tie of great fascination."
The Stadio Franchi encounter will also be the club's first since Delio Rossi replaced Sinisa Mihajlovic on the Viola bench.
"We want to put in a great performance for our new Coach," added Montolivo. "We'll give our all and hope that the fans will give us a helping hand.
"I've spoken to a number of my teammates over the last few days while I've been away with Italy and all of them are pumped up for this game."
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Video:How to Make a Black Martiniwith Amanda Hertzler
The black martini is a unique for it's dark color, which makes it perfect for Halloween cocktail parties. Check out how to mix and serve the black martini.See Transcript
Transcript:How to Make a Black Martini
Hello, my name is Amanda Hertzler, I am a mixologist here at the St Julien Hotel & Spa in Boulder, Colorado and today I am here with About.com to show you how to make a black martini. The black martini a great martini especially during holiday times, Halloween it is really fun because of the black color it's got.
Chill the Martini Glass
When you are preparing this make sure you already have that martini glass chilling. Then you are going to fill up your shaker with ice.
Shake and Strain the Black Martini
You are going to pour two ounces of vodka, 3/4ounce of Blue Curacao, 1 1/4 ounce of Chambord, and the you chill that, and then you are going to strain that into the martini glass. Then if you want you can garnish with a blackberry. And there's your black martini.
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In Part 1 of this series, Jason and I talked about the basics of the PwC and Booz and Co deal, and also some comparisons to the stunted courtships (Booz and AT Kearney in 2010), failed marriages (EDS and AT Kearney back in 2006), bankruptcies (Monitor Group), fire sales (Monitor Group & Deloitte; or Archstone Consulting & The Hackett Group), brain drains, and generally more drama than Sunday night on cable TV – or the Cardinals breaking the hearts of the entire Midwest after leaving three runners stranded on base last night in the top of the seventh.
I (Pierre, that is), have also personally lived through many of these dramas, as have many others on our team. I was at CSC when it acquired Index Group (a disaster). I was at Arthur D. Little when it started entering a death spiral that led to its 2002 bankruptcy (from which it eventually re-emerged). I was at Hackett when it acquired Archstone Consulting and REL Consultancy, and saw many of the 'interesting' dynamics of when five different services groups were all doing procurement services work.
Jason was lucky enough to leave Northeast Consulting (an ADL spinout) in 1999 before it was acquired by Nervewire and ultimately by Wipro (deals brought on by .com mania which ended up destroying the DNA of the original firm). Lisa Reisman (see her bio on MetalMiner which completely fails to mention the BearingPoint fiasco) fled on the last (leaking) lifeboat out of Arthur Andersen to KPMG's services spin out (an utter failure of a combination, which faced organ rejection when it "acquired" her supply chain team from Andersen Business Consulting). And Richard Lee, our CFO and leader of our own services arm, actually put a number of deals together for Diamond Technology Partners during the same frothy services time frame. We won't comment on the outcome of those ...
Given our experience living through the front lines of services acquisitions as well as covering them as analysts over the years, we will be writing a PRO piece on what practitioners should look for in a post-M&A environment, especially with services and consulting providers, and a few lessons learned on what has worked in some of the post M&A environments. In the mean time, let's finish with the coverage of the Booz and PwC deal…
On the Booz side, Booz Allen had always stood out from the Big 6 (now Big 4) and the strategy firms in a somewhat alternative way – it was not quite the Boston brainiac pure-play strategy practices at Bain or BCG (or later Monitor or Parthenon). Rather, it brought enough depth in high-level corporate strategy and combined it with operations capability, and later, IT expertise as well. Booz offered a well-rounded service grab bag and was not as IT dependent as Accenture, Deloitte and others for a firm that was not pure-play strategy at the time. And, it is smaller and more easily acquired than Bain and BCG (and McKinsey obviously).
But, although Booz and Co provides a nice self-contained set of capabilities that transition from business strategy to IT strategy, operations strategy, organizational strategy, etc. (which itself is not always so clean – e.g., the Booz Digital folks would likely argue that digital strategy helps drive/disrupt the business strategy rather than just support a traditional business strategy process), a cohesive and tight-knit group that is proud of its brand is often the hardest to integrate, especially if the partners are older and/or looking to cash out (e.g., as PwC found to be the case with its PRTM acquisition).
But candidly, Booz probably had to do this acquisition rather than just be caught between the mega firms and the boutiques. It's hard competing with the top end strategy firms who've gotten better at transitioning to lower-level strategy execution projects (and reducing costs for general services delivery – see below), and similarly against the mega players in the mega deals.
For example, McKinsey led the charge in building out an offshore shared services delivery model in India – one that actually works – in which on-site consultants across the globe now funnel half-baked stuff to IIT grads to put in nice frameworks and run some numbers. Contrast this with studies from the dark ages (circa 2000) which relied on BAs, Associates and EMs sketching out detailed charts on graph paper with mechanical pencils for graphics assistants to refine at 1:00 AM before a senior engagement manager or partner would give it her blessing at 5:00 in the morning. We digress (though what McKinsey has been able to do in leveraging India has forever changed consulting in our view).
Others have not been as prescient. Part victim of the professional services shift, E&Y found itself in the position of having to change its DNA after getting squeezed, but to its credit has been busy bringing on experienced partners (e.g., senior journeywoman Sarah Pfaff) and building out a niche a procurement and outsourcing advisory practice (niche relative to the larger players). PWC, after selling off its consulting arm to IBM, also was slow to rebuild in the past decade in key practice areas.
When it comes to operations consulting (inclusive of procurement and supply chain), the combination of PWC and Booz represents a merger of two smaller players. PWC has lagged Deloitte and KPMG in building out a significant procurement practice as an example (Deloitte did it organically; KPMG did it organically and by acquiring BrainNet in 2012 and outsourcing adviser Equaterra). But, it is still a formidable presence, especially in Europe.
Although Bernhard Raschke has left (executive recruiting beckons as he attempts to change the European talent game for procurement/operations leadership), CPO luminary and Cranfield University professor Remko Van Hoek is trying to bring a little magic to PwC's consulting business like John Paterson did at IBM. But, PwC doesn't have the advantage of telling the story of how it re-invented its own supply chain like IBM did over a decade ago. Still, if there's anyone with the knowledge and 'confidence' to pull it off, it's Remko.
Together, by our estimates, the combined operations and procurement assets of PWC and Booz will still trail Deloitte and KPMG by revenue (and AT Kearney for that matter – not to mention McKinsey and BCG which quietly make a very significant portion of their overall revenue from operations work). But even more important than combined practice size, the proof in these deals is always in the execution, and such execution is fraught with risk.
As I said earlier, we'll be following up with a PRO piece on this that should help practitioners with a checklist of things to watch out for, and for the providers who might shockingly bear some strong resemblances to the proverbial shoeless kids of the cobblers. It's an apt metaphor for these deals that do often get cobbled together regardless of how well they'll fit the consultants in the trenches and the clients they serve.
We have many contacts in these firms and will stay close to this deal as it progresses. Stay tuned.
See related posts and research briefs:
AT Kearney and Booz to Merge? Procurement, Sourcing and Operations Implications
KPMG to Acquire BrainNet — Initial Reporting, Analysis and Recommendations
Monitor and Deloitte: Exploring Cultural Synergies and Differences
Monitor Group Goes Bankrupt: Why Services Procurement and Risk Management Best Practices Matter
Monitor Group's Bankruptcy: Risk Management and Services Procurement Matter
Monitor Group: A Failure of Scenario Planning
Monitor Group and Libya: The Consultant Interview and Perspective (Part 1)
Monitor Group and Libya: The Consultant Interview and Perspective (Part 2)
Monitor Group and Libya: The Consultant Interview and Perspective (Part 3)
The Booming Procurement Services Market: Backdrop and Challenges
Procurement Services Market Landscape: Market Drivers and Trends
Procurement Services Market Landscape: The Continuum of Procurement Services
Procurement Business Services: Part 1 – The Promise and The Problem
Procurement Business Services: Part 2 – Defining, Building, and Delivering


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Yesterday i saw in a post a guy said that built in Stack/Queue are 5x slower than a normally coded Stack/queue !
Is it true ?
If true then why Microsoft (C#.NET,VB.NET) or Oracle (JAVA) is giving such ADT ?
Which one you prefer ? Writing your own or using the built in ?
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Paci, Raffaele - Usai, Stefano (1999) The role of specialisation and diversity externalities in the agglomeration of innovative activities. Working Paper. CRENoS.
Official URL: http://www.crenos.it/working/pdf/99-15.pdf
This paper contributes to the analysis of the process of spatial agglomeration of innovative activities by investigating directly its determinants. Our main purpose is to identify the extent to which the degree of industrial specialisation (Marshall externalities) or diversity (Jacobs externalities) in the region may affect the innovative output in a particular local industry. Moreover, we test if any relevant difference arises with respect to the role of diversity in metropolitan areas and in high-tech sectors. The analysis is carried out thanks to an original databank on innovation and production across Italian local labour systems. According to the estimation results there are clear signs of the two types of externalities working simultaneously: Marshall externalities (or localisation economies), associated to industrial specialisation within the sector and also within the science base cluster; and Jacobs externalities (or urbanisation economies), associated to the degree of diversity of both the local districts and the science base cluster. With respect to the industrial diversity at the local district level, however, it is worth noting that it plays a different role depending on the dimension of the local district (whether it is a metropolitan area or not) and on the type of industry (high Vs low tech sectors).
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How to Deal with Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition in which the upper airway collapses during sleep, causing breathing to periodically stop at night, is an under diagnosed disorder that can lead to serious health problems as well as impaired quality of life. However, with proper treatment, you can conquer your apnea and improve your heath tremendously. Here are some guidelines on what to do if you suspect that you have apnea.
1If you routinely wake up feeling unrefreshed, fall asleep during the day, feel a decline in your mental sharpness, notice yourself sometimes waking up gasping or out of breath every few minutes, or have feelings of depression, consider talking to your doctor about a sleep study. If you wake several times during the night, and maybe more frequently towards the end of your sleep cycle - when sleep apnea is at its worst. If you sometimes do not remember covering the last few miles while driving, or drift off most times you are the passenger in a car traveling any distance, you also should consider that discussion. These are all signs of unrestorative sleep, and OSA is a major cause of unrestorative sleep. You may have accepted any or all of these issues as part of your life, and so not be aware of their impact on your life's quality.Ad
2Ask your sleeping partner if they hear you snoring loudly or a steady rise and fall of snore volume, snorting or stopping breathing entirely at any point during the night, or during nap times in the day. Sleep apnea can sound a lot like snoring, often mistaken for steady breathing. Apnea is, in fact, a small step beyond snoring, if you snore chances are you will eventually develop some form of apnea as you get older.
3If your doctor agrees you might have OSA, they will write a prescription for a sleep study. In a sleep study, you will go to a sleep laboratory and be hooked up to electrodes to monitor your breathing, blood oxygen saturation, sleep state, and general physical state overnight. Some sleep centers and insurance companies require two separate studies, one for diagnosis and a second, called the titration study, which will identify whether some variation on CPAP therapy will fix your OSA. In some cases, these two studies will be combined in one night, but the results of that first study are always used by a doctor to diagnose OSA.
4If you have OSA, your doctor may discuss treatment options with you. The most common treatment, CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machines and their variations, use air pressure in your airway to keep that airway open. Other treatments include several types of operations to remove part of the tissue that blocks the airway and tracheotomy for extreme cases.
5If your study results show that you have apnea, and your doctor believes a CPAP or variant is the right treatment for you, they will write you a prescription for a CPAP machine. You will then have to deal with your health insurance company and a DME (Durable Medical Equipment supplier) to get the equipment you need to successfully treat your apnea. The DME supplier will be responsible for supplying the equipment, setting it to your prescription, fitting whatever mask or nasal plugs you'll be using, fitting whatever headgear you will be using, and training you in how to clean and maintain your equipment. They should also check back regularly, to replenish filters, to replace masks and headgear as needed (roughly twice year, usually), to check the accuracy of your CPAP settings, and to answer any questions you might have.
6Find a mask that works well for you. Mask options range from nasal pillows to nasal masks to full face masks. Your DME may not provide you with a variety of options, but be assured that they are out there. Many people find fitting their mask properly to be the most crucial part of adapting to CPAP therapy.
7Request a heated humidifier and extra bacterial filters for your machine. Most DMEs do not provide these as a matter of course, but they should be standard to help protect the delicate mucous membranes of the nasal passages and lungs.
8Take it slowly. Many people find getting used to CPAP difficult. Try wearing your mask and machine for progressively longer periods during the day, until you are ready to sleep with it.
9Be patient and determined. It takes time to iron out the wrinkles in CPAP therapy, and you may not see the benefits immediately, especially if your body has a large "sleep debt" to make up. However, rest assured that your health and well-being will improve tremendously when your apnea is treated.
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- Seriously consider joining an online sleep apnea support group. These forums can be invaluable resources for new CPAP users.
- Be assertive when dealing with your insurance company and DME. These people are out to make money for themselves, and they do not have your interests in mind. Stand up for yourself.
- Older people and those who are overweight are at a higher risk for developing sleep apnea, but the condition can happen to anyone, even those who don't fit the profile.
- If you sleep alone, you can try recording yourself while you're sleeping. You can do this with a computer. Or a tape recorder and a timer - set the tape recorder to record and set the timer to go on when you know you'll be asleep (for example, 3am-4am). What you want to listen for is a stop in the snoring (maybe even up to a minute gap or longer) and possibly a gasp afterwards and snoring to start again. That gap could possibly be when you've stopped breathing altogether (and then the gasp for air). The longer the gap, the worse your sleep apnea might be. Of course, a sleep study is the sure way to know if you have sleep apnea but this may give you an indication.
- The blowing air from the CPAP can cause a painfully dry mouth. If this happens it may be your mouth falling open during sleep, most commonly during REM, a "chin strap" could be used to alleviate this problem. Also, you should have a humidifier that attaches to your CPAP. You can also use an OTC product like "Oasis" from Sensodyne to help keep your mouth moist.
- If you have trouble following the doctors orders, try using a chin strap. Using a chin strap is associated with increased treatment compliance for people with sleep apnea [1].
- If you have to pay for a CPAP machine out of your own pocket, don't buy one from your doctor. Have the doctor write you a prescription and then buy the machine over the Internet. It can cost you two or three times as much to buy it from your doctor.
- If you have trouble with the high CPAP pressure, consider an APAP (Automatic Positive Airway Pressure) machine. This machine will stay on a lower pressure for most of the night and increase the pressure when it senses that your airway is collapsing. This machine can behave in a seemingly erratic fashion, sometimes causing irritation during pressure changes.
- People with muscles weakness affecting the diaphragm (whether from spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy or other neuromuscular disorder) often experience nocturnal hyperventilation, a condition symptomatically similar to sleep apnea, in which breathing becomes too shallow at night. This problem can be easily treated with a BiPAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure) machine on specific settings (high IPAP, low EPAP) to support breathing overnight.
- Purchasing from an Internet vendor is the best choice for those who have no insurance, limited insurance, or a very high deductible. Some patients don't even realize they have this choice. Shop around. Prices vary greatly from site to site and customer service is paramount when dealing with your health.
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July 29, 2015
June 2014 rainfall goes down in the record books as "all over the road" in Texoma.
Heavy rainfall in the Washita River watershed during the first part of June helped push Lake Texoma to its highest level since December (however, it's still more than six feet below full), and some locations in southern Oklahoma received more than 150% of their normal June rainfall.:
June average rainfall ranges from around 4" in Ardmore to 5" in Sherman.
Meanwhile, the coin was flipped the other way across many of the Red River counties, from Sherman where 64 percent of the June average fell, to Durant where rain gauges logged only 57 percent of the average, to Gainesville where precipitation was even scarcer at less than half of the norm.
The overall drought conditions have improved over the eastern and northern reaches of Texoma from Ada to Paris, but extreme drought persists from Bonham and Durant westward to Gainesville and north to Ardmore.
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Credit FAQ: How Sovereign Credit Quality Affects Our Ratings On European Toll Road Network Operators Oct 12
- Language: English
- Published: October 2012
- Region: Europe
Standard and Poors RatingsXpress Credit Research provides in-depth coverage of international corporates, financial institutions, insurance companies, utilities, sovereigns and structured finance programs. RatingsXpress Credit Research lets users determine the credit rating of holdings and identify key factors underlying an issuer's creditworthiness, distinguishes the different risk exposures for new and existing deals, and provides an understanding of how their analysts interpret key regulatory, political and environmental events and their economic impact.
This product consists of a Summary Analysis: Bi-annual (at least). An abbreviated analysis containing Standard & Poor's issuer credit ratings as of the time the article was published. The analysis includes a rating rationale - the basis on which the rating was assigned - and an outlook section if the issuer is not on CreditWatch. Financial statistics are not included.
The rating on Holding d'Infrastructures de Transport S.A.S. (HIT) was placed on CreditWatch with negative implications on Nov. 16, 2007, following the announcement by Abertis Infraestructuras S.A. (A/Watch Neg/--) of its nonbinding bid for the transmission towers business of Italy's Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA (B+/Stable/--) and 3 Italia SpA (not rated). Abertis, a Spanish infrastructure operator, owns 52.6% of HIT, with the remainder owned by several creditworthy French financial partners. HIT, in turn, is the holding company of French toll road operator Sanef (A/Watch Neg/A-1). The CreditWatch listing reflects Standard & Poor's Ratings Services' concerns about and lack of visibility on Abertis' acquisition strategy and future financial policy, given the company's increased appetite for diverse telecommunications infrastructure assets. We continue to...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Holding d'Infrastructures de Transport S.A.S.,Abertis Infraestructuras S.A.,Sanef
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Wonders of Winter Wildlife
- When: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Where: Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center, Buford
- Cost: $10.50 - $3.50
- Age limit: All ages
- Categories: Children, Community, Culinary, Museum exhibits, Museum (ongoing), Print Community Events, Gwinnett Arts
The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center will hist a Wonders of Winter Wildlife experience from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 16, 21, 28 at the center, 2020 Clean Water Dr in Buford. For more information, visit www.gwinnettEHC.org.
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Rush called a 30 year old law student a slut and a prostitute, went home and got up the next day and said he wants to see what his money is buying and demanded the law student post sexual videos on line. Creepy, old coke head pill popper that talks out his butt and people see nothing wrong with this? Thanks Honda City for doing the right thing. Of course that radio station lost this listener anyways. Oh newsflash, Rush now says he is sorry, ya sorry he is held accountable is all he is.


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Rice Creek Ramble
Guided walk showing visitors what creatures are around, what they eat and where they live. Participants should dress for the weather and call 312-6677 the morning of the hike to check trail conditions. Program size is limited; unable to accommodate groups. An adult must accompany children. Free.
Location: Rice Creek Field Station
Saturday, Aug 1, 11 a.m. - noon
Rice Creek Ramble
Guided walk showing visitors what creatures are around, what they eat and where they live. Participants should dress for the weather and call 312-6677 the morning of the hike to check trail conditions. Program size is limited; unable to accommodate groups. An adult must accompany children. Free.
Location: Rice Creek Field Station
Saturday, Aug 8, 11 a.m. - noon
Men's Soccer vs. St John Fisher Scrimmage (Time TBA)
Thursday, July 30, 3:07 a.m. - 3:07 a.m.
Women's Soccer vs. St. Lawrence
Tuesday, Sept 1, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Brew at the Zoo
Save the date. http://alumni.oswego.edu/events
Location: the Zoo
Thursday, July 30, 3:06 a.m. - 3:06 a.m.
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The data reported in this publication are based on the Course And Section Analysis (CASA) report. CASA is SUNY's faculty instructional workload system which describes the teaching duties of all faculty for the fall semester. CASA is not a full faculty activity analysis as it does not include assignment for advisement, committee work, publishing, research, etc. which are included in the job duties of faculty. Therefore, data should be interpreted with limitations in mind, since the amount of time and energy devoted to other instructional tasks, such as class preparation, student contacts outside class room, and administrative work are not accounted for. Thus, within this system, anyone with faculty title code, who does any teaching, is treated as if teaching were his/her only function though it is understood these other items are part of their job.
An important consideration to keep in mind is that the data presented here do not deal with the nature of the program, the content of courses offered by various departments, or describing the instructional workload of individual faculty. This report provides only a general overview of instructional workload activity. These data should not be construed as basis for departmental comparison, or as representative of the instructional workload of individual faculty. Reports of greater detail on instructional workload are available from the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment upon request
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- 15: Departmental Instructor Roster showing all courses taught by individual members within a department
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FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT FACULTY (INSTRUCTIONAL FTE FAC}: The full-time equivalent faculty (FTE FAC) workload is a means of translating an amount of activity into a term that suggests a number of individuals taking part in that activity as if it were their only effort. This concept is practically useful in allowing several part-time individuals to be equated to an equivalent number of full-time individuals. The full-time or part-time status of faculty is generally defined by contract and for purpose here is extracted from appropriate personnel records. Special procedures exist for imputing an FTE for temporary service faculty, contributed service staff, etc.
CREDIT VALUE (CRV): Credit Value refers to the number of credit hours awarded through the course in progress toward a degree, certificate, or other formal award. Certain courses, including physical education, follow special rules for the assignment of credit value.
ENROLLMENT (ENR): Enrollment is the number of students in the sections of a course. Anyone registered for credit, regardless of full-time or part-time status, is included. Auditors and post-doctoral enrollees are excluded.
STUDENTS CREDIT HOURS (SCRH) OR TOTAL CREDIT ENROLLMENT: it is the sum of the credits that all students, full and part-time, are registered for at the fall semester. It is equal to the product of Credit Value by Enrollment:
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT WORKLOAD (FTE WKLD or FTE STUDENT): FTE workload is a unit of measure derived from student credit hours. Generally, one FTE workload is equivalent to 15 student credit hours in undergraduate courses, or 12 student credit hours in graduate courses. Professional and doctoral students are subject to special detailed definitions. Therefore, courses of different levels (e.g., undergraduate vs. graduate) with equal credit enrollment and equal FTE faculty result in different student/faculty ratios. Thus, graduate courses may have higher studenUfaculty ratios than undergraduate courses.
STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO (S/F): One way of measuring instructional workload is comparing the number of faculty members with the number of students. Studen /Faculty Ratio is calculated by dividing the Full-Time Equivalent Student Workload (FTE Student) by Full-Time equivalent Faculty:
AVERAGE CREDIT ENROLLMENT PER FTE FACULTY: This measure of instructional workload is equal to the ratio of total credit enrollment by Instructional FTE Faculty:
WEEKLY FACULTY CONTACT HOURS (WFCOH): The weekly faculty contact hours for faculty are the number of hours in a week the faculty meet with classes in a formal instructional environment or in credit-bearing tutorial sessions.
AVERAGE WEEKLY CONTACT HOURS PER FTE FACULTY: Another measure of instructional workload is the Average Weekly Faculty Contact Hour per FTE Faculty, which is derived by dividing Weekly Faculty Contact Hours per FTE by the number of FTE Faculty
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As mentioned by the Discovery Channel: "Throughout history, people from nearly every culture have independently described the same half-man, half-fish anomaly. What if there's a kernel of truth behind the legend of this mythic creature? Is the idea of mermaids really so far-fetched? Maybe so, maybe not. The show itself, though science fiction, is based on some real events and scientific theory."
Well,the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has felt obliged to issue a statement that "no evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found," after the Discovery Channel episode…which was dressed up as a documentary and caused many Americans to believe that mermaids were real.
The program, entitled 'Mermaids: The Body Found', was aired on Animal Planet, which is part of the Discovery Channel. Despite clearly stating it was science fiction, the documentary style of the program and the fact it claimed to "be based on some real events" led to considerable public excitement about the possibility that mermaids and mermen were more than myths.
As part of NOAA's mission "public education," they therefore felt obliged to issue the statement. So it appears that mermaids have now joined the ranks of the Bermuda Triangle and Atlantis – two other topics that have been addressed by the organization in recent years.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
Kimberly Krauklis recalls a time she gave one of her students a little, inexpensive journal.
Krauklis, who teaches writing to seventh graders at Alston Middle School, said the student just lit up when she received the journal a small gift meant to be a place where the young girl could pour out her poetry. Over time the student eagerly would show Krauklis her little journal and all the progress she had made within its pages.
Krauklis is finishing up her rookie teaching year at Alston, and is an avid writer herself. Every day at school her students have a free write session during class where they can jot down anything that comes to mind and some students are brave enough to share what they write. Krauklis recently conducted a poetry slam and was impressed with what her students came up with.
That is why Krauklis is on a mission. She wants to collect 100 journals to distribute to her students by the time school starts up again in August.
There is just something great about a new journal, she said. Its something more special than just your notebook.
Kraukliss project is, basically, relying on the kindness of strangers. She has 800 Facebook friends and thought if she could get one in 10 to donate a journal, she would be good to go.
I thought, I can do this, she said. I thought it would be a great way to start the school year with them, just to show them I care.
Krauklis took to the Internet to promote her project she sent out tweets to her favorite authors and posted her request on a blog called onehundredjournals.wordpress.com. She wrote how she felt a notebook would emphasize that each student has a story to tell, and deserve a chance to find their voice and develop their skills as writers.
Its amazing when you give them little things, how much they light up, she said. It just makes your heart feel fuzzy inside.
As the school year has progressed, Krauklis feels her students have definitely grown as writers. For their poetry slam, students got into it. Krauklis told students to dress in all black to look chic and after every poem recitation the class would snap their fingers instead of clap.
After the poetry slam session Krauklis asked her students what they learned through the experience and a lot of them requested to do poetry slams more often. A few said it helped them overcome their stage fright.
So far she has about 15 to 20 journals she found in clearance sections at stores such as TJ MAXX and Marshalls to give out at the start of next school year. Krauklis requests that donated journals should be hardcover and have lined paper approximately 150-200 pages. The journals need to be school appropriate and not contain themes of drugs, sex or religious messages.
Krauklis encourages donors to write an inspirational message to the young writer on the first page of the journal. Journals can be sent to Alston Middle School and addressed to Ms. Krauklis.
She hopes greeting students with new journals will show them the school genuinely cares for them.
My school is wonderful, she said. Teachers care about these kids so much. I just want them to know off the bat that we love them, and we do I call them my kids.
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AUDIO 2 DJ announced
Native Instruments has announced the AUDIO 2 DJ, a compact USB audio interface intended for DJs. The device utilizes the same audio technology as the AUDIO 8 DJ and AUDIO 4 DJ interfaces but is much more compact -- about the size of a deck of cards. The AUDIO 2 DJ uses dual stereo outputs to connect two decks separately into an external DJ mixer or output independent signals when mixing music on a computer. These outputs provide a +9.7dBu audio signal and low-latency drivers for Mac OS X to help ensure tight mixing.
The AUDIO 2 DJ supports TRAKTOR and other DJ software and utilizes a 24bit, 96kHz Cirris Logic converters, making it compatible with demanding club systems. The device comes with two RCA break-out cables that plug into the interface.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Senior Tiffany Reid (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) finished first in the 100 and 200 dashes and ran in the first place finishing 4x100 and 4x400 relays as the Holy Cross men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up competition at the Patriot League Championship in Lewisburg, Pa. on Saturday afternoon. The women's team claimed fourth in the team standing with 80 points, while the men's team finished eighth.
Reid finished first in the 100 with a time of 12.05 seconds and took first in the 200 with a time of 24.39 seconds. Teammate junior M. Siobhan Straub (Mattituck, N.Y.) raced against Reid in both events, taking fifth in the 100 with a time of 12.77 seconds and sixth in the 200 with a time of 26.03 seconds.
Sophomore Erin Linnehan (Litchfield, N.H.) placed third in the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.76 seconds and sophomore Paige Sutherland (Groveland, Mass.) placed second in the 5,000 with a time of 18:00.83. In the 800, sophomore Katelyn Hartnett (Danvers, Mass.) placed second with a school record time of 2:12.49. Junior Cassandra Anderson (Saugus, Mass.) finished fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:15.93. In the 400 hurdles, senior Olivia Pruszko (Monroe, Conn.) placed fifth with a time of 1:04.82, while freshman Brittany Gorski (Tewksbury, Mass.) placed sixth with a time of 1:05.05.
Freshman Melanie Forte (Milford, N.H.) and junior Caitlin White (Miller Place, N.Y.) teamed up with Reid and Straub to take first in the 4x100 relay with a time of 47.97 seconds. Pruszko, Gorski, Reid and Anderson finished first in the 4x400 relay with a school record and ECAC qualifying time of 3:48.97.
Qualifying members of the men's and women's track and field teams will compete at the New England Championship on Friday-Saturday, May 7-8 and at the ECAC/IC4A Championship on Friday-Sunday, May 14-16.


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(by Suruchi Puri)
It was a damp night. The last evening sizzled with showers, enough to soak
an elephant. Dad's snoring was making me a helpless creature. I just
couldn't sleep with that heavy noise. Just then, a sudden crack added to my
surprise. 'Who on the earth would be here at this time?' I lifted myself off
the bed to have a glimpse of the stranger.
The clock struck sharp 12 at the midnight. I tiptoed in the corridor. The
new guest had already given his sign of arrival. A bleak voice followed by a
raucous bark dashed through my ears. I was wondering how to tackle the
situation when the voice again convulsed and disappeared. It seemed that the
new guest and me were playing hide and seek in the wee hours of midnight.
I followed the footsteps and to my surprise, I saw a tail wagging. I leapt
forward and last but not the least, I met the alien. He was a little white
German shepherd pup. I wanted to give him space so that he could come
meeting me at his own will. He realized my movement in a short span of
time and thus, I found a new companion in the world.
I dashed towards the bathroom and got myself with a towel. Mom shirked
for I was going to make an awful use of it. But I didn't respond. I put the
towel on his body and rubbed gently. In a few minutes, he was wiped off
completely. By the time, I prepared some milk and poured it into a bowl.
The bowl was presented by my aunt on my birthday. It was gifted so that I
could put down my chocolates in it. She knew how much I loved chocolates.
But I thought to make use of it in a different manner. Mom was getting hot
tempered by seeing all the activities going around her. She complained but I
didn't care.
The entire night, the new companion had put us awake. I decided to make
him stay in my house. I had no brothers and sisters, nor too many friends in
the locality. So his presence was likely to make me feel more joyful. Now, at
least I had someone with whom I could share my happiness and sorrows.
The very next morning, I quickly packed my school bag and bid goodbye
to my new friend. He barked in a low voice and wagged his tail. Probably,
he was thankful to me as he found a new family to live with.


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2.14.12 MEN'S BASKETBALL: Cavs Sink Raiders 66-51
Men's Basketball, 2012-02-14
(Rochester, N.Y.) - Walsh used some hot shooting from beyond the arc to down Roberts Wesleyan College 66-51 on the road Tuesday evening. The Cavs (21-5, 9-2) hit 11 three-pointers in the game and barely let the Raiders (8-18, 4-7) see the lead all night.
Except for the Raiders' initial basket which put the hosts up 3-2 less than a minute into the game, the Cavaliers led the entire way as they won their fourth game in five contests.
Ryan Vanderhorst (So., 6-3, New Knoxville, OH/HS) had the hot hand as he came off the bench to lead all scorers with 19 points. He missed the first shot he took, but then went on a rampage as he sunk his other seven shots in the game. That included a perfect 5-of-5 from outside the arc. His first three gave the Cavs a 27-19 lead in the midst of an 8-0 run in the first half.
After another Vanderhorst three made the score 48-40, Roberts Wesleyan made its strongest run of the night and scored three consecutive baskets to trim Walsh's lead to two. The Raiders didn't get any closer, however, as Ron Kinney (Sr., 6-7, Cleveland, OH/Rhodes) answered the run with a three-pointer of his own that sparked a 13-2 run by the Cavs to pull away.
Kinney shot well in his own right as he made 6-of-9 overall that included three 3-pointers for 15 points. Rian Burrell (Fr., 6-3, Zanesville, OH/HS) also scored in double figures with 11 points for the Cavaliers.
Overall, Walsh shot 51 percent from the floor and 55 percent from three-point range. The Cavaliers led 37-30 at the half.
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Her Story is a bold and largely successful experiment in interactive crime fiction.
Rocksteady's gorgeous-looking third Arkham game refines its open-world format a bit and lets you drive a whole hell of a lot of Batmobile.
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A rogue character who doesn't obey the law, bandits are known to steal from people for their own selfish gain.
Barbarians in games are often known for their brute strength, large size compared to normal humans, appetite for meat and ale, general crudeness, and prowess in melee combat.
Poet and scholar, singer and narrator. A lover of wine, women and song, the bard is the iconic minstrel of the medieval world.
While essentially just a floating head with a bunch of eyes, the beholder is a classic Dungeons & Dragons Monster.
A Concept mostly in MMORPGs. A Buff allows the player to increase their stats for a short period of time.
A concept common in MMORPGs, a debuff weakens a foes abilities or stats making combat easier.
Demons are generally creatures of evil, usually from Hell, who are often totally untrustworthy even when they're not murdering everyone and destroying everything in their path.
Dragons were originally messengers from heaven, according to early Buddhist texts. In video games, they are mostly adversaries to be overcome, but there are some exceptions.
Carefully exploring a large, labyrinthine area full of enemies (i.e., a dungeon) in the hopes of finding treasure, leveling up, or completing a specific task. Having their roots in tabletop games, video game dungeon crawls are found almost exclusively in RPGs.
Dwarves are a short, stout race that appear in any number of fantasy games and stories. They are almost always depicted as short with bushy beards similar to vikings. They can also be identified by their love for ale and gold.
Supernatural beings that are created from and serve their respective elements.
Elves are a race found in a lot of games based on a fantasy setting. They are recognizable by their elongated ears and often live much longer than humans. Some are even immortal. There are many variations of Elves.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
Ghouls are carrion eating undead creatures that dwell in graveyards and other lonely places. The stench of death surrounds these vile abominations wherever they go. Some Ghouls have been known to paralyse their victims with their manky claws.
Giants are tall humanoid beings, found in mythology and various fairy tales. They are usually portrayed as being slow-witted and quick to anger, though gentlier kinds also exist.
Gnomes are a race of mythological creatures, which are usually much smaller versions of humans.
Goblins are irritable, evil and mischievous creatures in folklore. They can range in size from halfling to average human size.
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A humanoid construct given life through magic. The materials used to create a golem vary greatly.
A living being who is the product of the reproductive mating of two different species.
Half-orcs are a race that is half human, half orc.
Halflings, also known as hobbits, average about three and a half feet tall. They have an innate affinity to nature and possess both the agility and dexterity to make great rogues. Halflings are generally good people, but also have a mischievous side that my infuriate others.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
The hunter is a popular class archetype. The usually travel light and excell best at range combat with either guns or bows. Often pets are associated with hunters as they are known to tame wild beasts.
According to greek mythology, Hydra was a many-headed serpent; the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. For each head that got cut off, two new heads would grow in its place. It was eventually slain by Hercules.
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A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
A heavily armored soldier in the service of a lord or cause. Typically a champion of good and a defender of the innocent.
Kobolds are anthropomorphic dogs that dwell in forests and caves. In fantasy RPGs, they typically wield primitive weapons and command limited shamanistic magic. The term "kobold" has also been used in reference to other types of creatures including lizardmen, spirits, or simply humanoids with various skin tones.
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Mac 20 Questions now and have been using AmadeusPro to edit my interviews that I record off Skype using WireTapStudio. Until recently I was using Garageband to turn the edited interview into a Podcast.
The last couple of podcasts I created using only AmadeusPro, and I am pleased with the process and the whole workflow of it. I highly recommend AmadeusPro for making podcasts and it is good for getting down to the waveform editing of any sound work. Martin told me in the interview that there are new things coming in future upgrades too.
You might be interested in looking at the Screencast I did for Martin Hairer the developer of Amadeus after I interviewed him on Mac 20 Questions, The screencast shows some of the basic functions of AmadeusPro.
I recently changed the way I used the microphone to record the podcast. I had been using my Samson C03U connected to my iMac but there is too much electrical noise in the office and I have not been getting close enough to the mic to get the full sound that is preferable.
I had become used to that sound but to my listeners it sounded distant and not as good quality as I was getting from most of my interviewees despite them coming from Skype.
To rectify this I have started to use my Behringer B02 studio mic connected to the Xenyx 1002 mixer more regularly and getting the right sound again. I have had to do this from the room upstairs and also to make a recording tent in the room, otherwise I would have had too much echo from the room acoustics.
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Southwestern students earned the honor of being the first to return to school for the new year Friday. Teachers and students settled into new routines and related stories about their summer vacation.
Trimble County High School's open house for the 2015-16 school year has been postponed due to construction at the building.
Madison Consolidated High School's Marching Cubs worked through the early morning heat Tuesday as they prepared for the upcoming season.
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, China's Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong encouraged his people to exterminate four pests believed to contribute to poor hygiene.
During his freshman year as a member of Southwestern High School's show choir, Tanner Wenzler was so nervous before one performance, that he accidentally put his shoes on the wrong feet.
Gretchen Ricketts, of Dupont, was recently named to the University of Dayton dean's list for the spring semester of the 2014-15 school year in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Sydney G. Hornsby and Dakota D. Lawson, both of Hanover, were among the nearly 350 students who earned dean's list honors for the winter-spring semester of the 2014-2015 school year at Hanover College. To qualify for the list, students must attend full time and have a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale.
Jessica Marie Cain,
a senior, was named to the president's list for the spring semester of
the 2014-2015 school year at Franklin College. Cain is the daughter of
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Lydia Middleton
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Consolidated students grades in first through sixth grades, as a way to
encourage innovation and creativity.
Six Courierarea students recently received degrees from Ball State University. They were:
Madison Consolidated High School's FFA program was named the state's agricultural program of the year and ranked among the top 30 chapters in the state at the state FFA convention at Purdue University last week.
Indiana State University recently announced its dean's list for the spring semester of the 2014-15 School year.
Sydney Whitham is the Christian Academy of Madison's only 2015 high school graduate. Whitham, the daughter of Steven and Susan Whitham of Canaan, plans to attend Ivy Tech Community College's Madison campus this fall to complete prerequisite courses.
Sixteen eighth-grade students from Madison-area schools spent three days on the Madison Ivy Tech Community College campus last week to take part in a summer camp aimed at preparing them for their future careers.


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Variant of rope
- a thick, strong cord made of intertwisted strands of fiber, thin wires, leather strips, etc.
- such cords strung between posts to enclose a boxing ring
- such a cord, or a noose made of it, for hanging a person
- death by hanging: with the
- lasso
- : a rope of pearls
- a length, esp. a thick, flexible length, of something: a rope of taffy, a rope of hair
- a ropelike string of things put together by or as by twisting, twining, braiding, or threading
- a ropelike, sticky formation in a liquid, as in wine
Origin of ropeMiddle English rop ; from Old English rap, akin to German reif (Goth raip) ; from Indo-European an unverified form reip-, rag, piece of cloth ; from base an unverified form rei-, to tear from source reap, reef
transitive verbroped, roping
- to fasten, tie, or confine with or as with a rope
- to connect or tie together (esp. mountain climbers) by a rope
- to separate, mark off, or enclose with a rope: usually with in, off, or out
- ☆ to catch or throw with a lasso
intransitive verb
to become ropelike and sticky: to cook candy until it ropes
Related Forms:
- roper
rope Idioms
give someone (enough) rope
to allow someone freedom of action in the expectation that that person will overreach himself or herself
know the ropes
Informal to be fully acquainted with the details or procedures of something
on the ropes
- Boxing knocked against the ropes
- Slang near collapse or ruin
rope in☆
Slang to entice or trick into doing something
the end of one's rope
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Summerville Journal Scene conducted man on the street interviews Friday, asking people:
1-Shane Huff
Hes been around the game for a long time and he knows how to change his system to fit the players he has. He just puts the talent he has in the right positions.
2-Mark Epstein
Because his dedication to coaching is unmatched.
3- Tommie Nettles Jr.
He always seems to have the best quarterback and the best team.
4- Carol Stewart
He has a good staff and he has been doing it forever. Also, he loves coaching and he loves the kids. He just has what it takes.
5- Charlotte Keeney
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Update 3:24 PM: Shares in Google resumed trading at 3:20 PM, bouncing $695.00, still down 8% but popping nicely from its $676-low.
Update 3:05 p.m.: Google has filed an updated release including the following quote from Larry Page: "We had a strong quarter. Revenue was up 45% year-on-year, and, at just fourteen years old, we cleared our first $14 billion revenue quarter. I am also really excited about the progress we're making creating a beautifully simple, intuitive Google experience across all devices."
Shares remain halted, but are expected to resume trading at approximately 3:20 p.m.
Google was scheduled to post third quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, but unexpectedly they were released around 12:31 PM in New York, revealing a big miss on profit. The company also missed expectations on revenue.
The company founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin earned $9.03 per share in the third quarter, well below the consensus estimate that called for an EPS of $10.63; GAAP EPS came in at $6.53.
Search giant Google also missed its revenue number, which came in at $11.3 billion, excluding traffic acquisition costs, according to TradeTheNews.com. Wall Street expected Google to deliver $11.9 billion in sales. Consolidated revenues grew 45% to $14.1 billion.
Google blamed financial printer RR Donnelley for filing a draft 8K earnings statement without authorization. A spokesperson for Google told Forbes that they had ceased trading on the Nasdaq exchange until they finalize their release; they are scheduled to hold a conference call after the bell. The SEC declined to comment, noting they don't comment on individual companies' earnings releases.
RR Donnelley issued a statement saying they are "fully engaged in conducting an investigation to determine how this event took place."
Paid clicks increased 33% year-over-year, while cost per click fell 15%. Google's international revenue hit $6.1 billion, representing 53% of total revenue, compared with 54% in the second quarter.
Google-owned web site advertising revenues grew 15% to $7.7 billion. The all-important traffic acquisition cost (TAC) number ticked up to $2.77 billion, from $2.2 billion.
The company reported that it's cash stock pile had reached $45.7 billion.
Google's early earnings didn't reveal anything about its Android operating system, nor about its Nexus tablets, with which it's looking to compete with Apple on the mobile and tablet space. Google did note it's revenues from Motorola were $2.58 billion, or 18% of consolidated revenues.
Toward the top of the page one can read the phrase "Pending Larry Quote," which suggests the release wasn't finalized at the time of publishing.
Nasdaq's trading halts page indicates it's a T1 halt, which means trading is halted "pending the release of material news," and not because circuit breakers were triggered.
This isn't the first time companies have seen their financial results released during the trading session. In 2010, Disney's earnings were posted ahead of time, will last year Microsoft's financials were unveiled by a real time fact aggregation company, Selerity. At the time, Ryan Terpstra, CEO of Selerity, managed to get the document by essentially "guessing" the URL of the page on which Microsoft would post its earnings. In Google's case, the release appeared on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website.
The stock tanked in the aftermath of the early release and was then halted by the exchanges. By 12:50 PM in New York, Google had fallen 9% to $687.30. By 2:18 PM, the stock was still halted.
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- Booklet - 'Gardening to save water', published by City West Water and Sustainable Gardening Australia, circa 1996-2002. The booklet provides information about efficient watering methods, garden design, caring for soil, compost and mulch, greywater, low water use plants, lawn and alternatives, and a water conservation 'score card'. The enclosed information sheets cover the topics of: mulch, garden styles, efficient irrigation and compost.
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- 20 page A5 booklet with beige card cover and beige stiff paper pages, bound with 2 staples and folded flap pocket inside back cover containing 4 folded A4 information sheets. Coloured photographs.
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- These items were collected during the Water Smart Home project and document the developing strategies used by the Victorian Government, water authorities, private industries and communities in confronting the emerging water crisis from 1995 to 2007. It captures the increasing urgency to address the growing imbalance between water supply and demand. It demonstrates a shift in government strategy away from an investment in major infrastructure to a campaign focused on behaviour change methods to reduce water consumption and secure Melbourne's water future.
An interesting feature of this material is the focus on gardening. Prior to water restrictions, Melbourne households used up to 50% of potable water for gardening - a significant focus of the public education campaign was therefore directed to this popular cultural activity and offered many ways to preserve this activity within the limits of Melbourne's water supply.
The Smart Water Fund was set up as part of the 'Our Water Our Future' campaign to support innovative water conservation projects, including Museum Victoria's Water Smart Home project. This material was collected as part of the Water Smart Home project. It shows how the 'Our Water Our Future' campaign infiltrated households in Melbourne, and documents the broader community messages and education strategies.
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ProjectsProject 1: Development of yeast functional genomic approaches to identify proteins directly delivered into host cells by type IIII secretion systems
The vast array of strategies that bacterial pathogens utilize to survival within hosts and ultimately cause disease is staggering. Many gram-negative pathogens encode specialized secretion systems that can deliver on the order of tens of effector proteins (effectors) into host cells. Each pathogen delivers its own unique set of effectors. The identification and characterization of these proteins is often challenging and is a major limitation in furthering our understanding of how these pathogens cause disease. For example, pathogens that no longer express individual effectors often do not exhibit phenotypes presumably due to functional redundancy. Similarly, most of the effectors lack homology with proteins of known function and do not exhibit a detectable phenotype when expressed in mammalian cells.
We have expressed close to 2,000 bacterial proteins in yeast. Remarkably, we have found that bacterial housekeeping proteins rarely inhibit yeast growth. In contrast, close to half of proteins that are injected into host cells during the course of an infection inhibit growth when expressed in yeast. Presumably these proteins target cellular processes conserved from yeast to mammals. In addition, many of the virulence proteins localize to distinct subcellular compartments and/or alter yeast morphology- phenotypes that have provided novel insights into conserved host cell processes targeted by these virulence proteins.
Project 2: Development of yeast functional genomic approaches to identify conserved host cell processes targeted by bacterial virulence proteins.
There is ample evidence from our laboratory and others that yeast growth inhibition due to the expression of individual effector proteins is due to conserved targeting of cellular processes. In order to identify these processes we have developed the technology to systematically express individual effector proteins into the collection of >6,000 strains that overexpress one of the annotated yeast open reading frames as well as a collection of ~4,500 yeast haploid deletion strains that no longer express one of the annotated yeast non-essential genes. We then systematically screen for those yeast strains that are particularly sensitive (hypersensitivity or synthetic lethal screens) or resistant (suppressor screens) to expression of the effectors. In parallel with these functional genomic approaches we conduct genome-wide mRNA profiling experiments and biochemical screens to provide parallel insights into conserved cellular processes. We then use gene ontology enrichment studies and network analyses to identify candidate roles for the effector proteins in pathogenesis that we then test in physiologic models of disease.
This approach proved to be particularly fruitful in identifying a function for OspF in pathogenesis. Our functional genomic studies in yeast led us to determine that OspF inhibits yeast growth by targeting the cell wall integrity pathway, a highly conserved MAPK signaling pathway. Studies in yeast and mammalian cells led us to demonstrate that OspF inhibits MAPK signaling cascades by inhibiting phosphorylation of the terminal MAPKs in these highly conserved signaling cascades. Furthermore, we demonstrated that this down-regulation of MAPK signaling leads to a down-regulation of the host innate immune response during the course of a Shigella infection in a mouse model of infection. Notably, while biogenesis of the yeast cell wall and the innate immune system appear to have nothing in common, they are both regulated, at least in part, by MAPK signaling cascades. Thus, other effectors that target "complex" mammalian cellular processes like innate immunity are also amenable to initial analyses in yeast.
Project 3: Targeted approaches for identifying host cell processes targeted by bacterial virulence proteins in yeast and mammalian cells.We have a collection of over 200 type III secreted effector proteins in the laboratory in the Gateway site-specific recombination system. We are currently comparing the behavior of these proteins when expressed in a variety of cell types including yeast and mammalian cells in the presence and absence of a variety of reporter plasmids that monitor cellular processes and signaling pathways involved in pathogenesis. Processes of interest include regulation of MAPK signaling cascades, apoptosis and autophagy and other components of the host innate immune response.
Project 4: Development of Protein Interaction Platforms a new yeast-based visualization assay for identifying interacting proteins.
We have developed a visualization assay for identifying interacting proteins. This assay is based on the ability of a viral protein, µNS, to form functional inclusions when expressed in yeast. Proteins fused to µNS are recruited to these inclusions, which we refer to as platforms. These platforms, which display the chosen protein, protein A, also serve as platforms to recruit proteins that interact with protein A. If proteins that interact with protein A are fused to a fluorescent protein like GFP, then fluorescent green inclusions or PIPs are visible by fluorescence microscopy.
To initially determine the utility of the PIP assay for detecting binary protein interactions, we compared the ability of PIP and the conventional yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assay to detect interactions between Shigella flexneri chaperones and their type III secreted effector proteins. Remarkably, the PIP assay outperformed the Y2H and furthermore. One reason for this is that in our assay, we regulate expression of the GFP and muNS fusion proteins, so we are able to screen for interactions with toxic proteins. Furthermore, even with the non-toxic effectors, we detect additional interactions with PIP. Presumably this is because a positive readout in our assay just requires an interaction between the two proteins, while an interaction in the two-hybrid assay requires that the interacting proteins be oriented such that the reconstituted GAL4 transcription factor is functional.
Project 5: Investigations into the nature of chaperone-effector interactions.
Using the PIP assay we have now determined that Spa15, the Shigella flexneri "super chaperone" interacts with and is required for the secretion of at least 9 effectors into host cells. We are currently investigating the molecular nature of the chaperone-effector interactions as well as determining how Spa15 interacts with type III secretion machinery in order to facilitate the delivery of effector proteins into host cells. We are particularly interested in determining how the bacterial determine which of their thousands of proteins to deliver into host cells via the type iii secretion system.
Project 6: Development of yeast chemical genomic approaches to identify novel anti-virulence compounds.
Traditionally, screens for antimicrobial agents have focused on the identification of compounds that inhibit bacterial growth. A powerful alternative approach is to target processes required for virulence. Indeed, antivirulence molecules are potentially more powerful as there is less selective pressure for resistant. In collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Lory at HMS, we recently exploited the yeast system to identify two lead compounds for the treatment of Chlamydia pneumonia. These molecules were identified in a screen for compounds that alleviate the yeast cell cycle arrest conferred by expression of CopN, a Chlamydia effector. Remarkably, both of these molecules inhibit replication of C. pneumonia within host cells. We plan to expand this approach to screen for inhibitors of effectors that inhibit yeast growth that play a major role in virulence.
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Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt announced today that 62 percent of American households had already returned their census forms by mail, with just one week to go before census takers will complete the process of identifying those households that have not responded and will require follow-up visits by enumerators.
This is the last day the Census Bureau will report daily mail response rates for more than 38,000 local jurisdictions. Prewitt said, "...America is within reach of doing as well or better than 1990, which would be a major civic accomplishment and reverse a decades-long trend of civic disengagement."
Mail response rates to the census questionnaire have dropped from a high of 78 percent in 1970, to 75 percent in 1980 and 65 percent in 1990. The Bureau made substantial operational changes and modified the census form during the last decade to help reverse this decline. It predicted to Congress that even with these changes, only 61 percent of households would respond by mail in Census 2000. With just a few more days to process mail returns, Prewitt noted that reaching 65 percent again "might demonstrate that a positive shift in attitudes toward civic responsibility may be underway in the country, as well as a major improvement in the basic census design."
Prewitt also noted that the response rate for Census 2000 long forms continues to trail the short form response by a much larger margin than in 1990. "The long form response rate is lagging behind the short form by more than double the rate experienced in 1990," Prewitt said.
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Today, I want to talk to you about two important issues: force protection and safety.
In 1997, I accepted the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs to require vaccination of all U.S. military personnel against anthrax, a deadly biological agent which is almost always lethal to unprotected, untreated victims. For the past two years, the department has been vaccinating those of you deploying to Southwest Asia and Korea, the two most likely regions where anthrax could be used against you.
To date, we have provided more than 1.8 million safe and reliable vaccinations using a vaccine, certified by the Food and Drug Administration, with a 30-year history of safe and effective use, every dose meeting the highest quality and safety standards and backed by additional testing. And I would point
When we began this program, we had a stockpile of vaccine. The one facility that produced the vaccine has since been taken over and replaced by a new company which has yet to receive FDA approval to begin operations at a new facility. During this time, we have been conducting vaccinations from our original stockpile. Unfortunately, we're beginning to run low on tested and certified doses from that stockpile, forcing us to temporarily slow our vaccination efforts.
I want to explain how this may affect you. We will make every effort to continue vaccinating those of you who are serving or about to serve in high-threat areas. Of course, the rest of our force health protection package, such as detectors in the field and full supplies of antibiotics, are going to remain in place while we await more vaccine. And as soon as a sufficient and safe supply of vaccine is available, we will expand the program, ultimately vaccinating all members of the active and reserve force.
We deeply appreciate the tremendous efforts of those who have made the anthrax vaccine program a success to date, especially those of you already receiving vaccinations.
We put safety first when we started this program two years ago. I'm putting safety first again today. We will put safety first when we expand the program after we have assured ourselves a supply from a new FDA-certified facility. Our highest priority has always been and always will remain to protect those of you who are protecting America.
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