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He has taught as adjunct assistant professor at Parsons MFA in Design & Technology and Parsons School of Art, Design, History, and Theory (ADHT) from 2010 to 2014. He has also taught in the Media, Culture, Communication dept of NYU Steinhardt School of Culture Education and Human Development (2009, 2010, 2011). He has also taught at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) (2007, 2008), and Trinity College's MsC in Interactive Digital Media (2003, 2004). From 2001-2004 he was a Research Fellow in the Human Connectedness Group at Media Lab Europe and from 2006-2007 he was an R&D OpenLab Fellow at Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in New York City. He received his Masters from ITP in 1999 and was an Interval Research Fellow from 1999-2001.
Jonah's work and thesis focuses on the theme of "Deconstructing Networks" which includes over 80 projects that critically challenge and subvert accepted perceptions of network interaction and experience.
He is co-founder of the Dublin Art and Technology Association (DATA Group), recipient of the ARANEUM Prize sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Art, Science and Technology and Fundacion ARCO, and was a 2006 and 2008 Rockefeller Foundation New Media Fellow Nominee. His writing has appeared in numerous international publications including WIRED Magazine, Make Magazine, Neural, Rhizome.org, Art Asia Pacific, Gizmodo and more, and his work has been presented at events and organizations such as DEAF (03,04), London Science Museum (2008), Future Sonic / Future Everything (2004, 2009), Art Futura (04), SIGGRAPH (00,05), UBICOMP (02,03,04), CHI (04,06) Transmediale (02,04,08), NIME (07), ISEA (02,04,06,09,12), Institute of Contemporary Art in London (04), Tate Modern (03), Whitney Museum of American Art's ArtPort (03, 12), Ars Electronica (02,04,08), Chelsea Art Museum, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art (04-5),Museum of Modern Art (MOMA – NYC)(2008),San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) (2008), and Palais Du Tokyo, Paris (2009). His work has been reported about in The Times, The New York Times, Wired News, Make, Boing Boing, El Pais, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Register, Slashdot, NY Post, The Wire, Rhizome, Crunch Gear, Beyond the Beyond, Neural, Liberation, Village Voice, IEEE Spectrum, The Age, Taschen Books, and more.
He has given lectures about his work at locations and venues such as Intel Corporation, School of Visual Arts, Ars Electronica, Canadian Consulate, NYU, UCLA, USC, San Jose State University, ISEA 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Contemporary Art London, Transmediale, Universität der Künste Berlin, Tate Modern, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Urbis Manchester, CCCB Barcelona, Open Hardware Summit, Contemporary Art Museum Belo Horizonte, Brazil, The Banff Centre, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Rhode Island School of Design, Maker Faire, Royal College of Art, Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark, Eyebeam, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Pratt Institute, and more.
Locative Media Revisited
Molly Dilworth, 547 West 27th Street (2009). From the series "Paintings for Satellites."
In the early 2000s, as location-aware devices first became commonplace, there was a lot of hype surrounding their potential creative use by artists. However, over time, this initial enthusiasm for "locative media"--projects that respond to data or communications technologies that refer to particular sites--leveled off, even dissipated. Regardless of this drought, geospatial technologies are widely used, and play an important and often unnoticed role in conditioning many aspects of our existence. Responding to this condition of ubiquity, artists have continued to use locative technologies critically, opening up closed systems, making their effects visible, and reconfiguring our relationship with such systems.
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A kind of cold weather antipode of summer's "Love Parade," the Transmediale 2014 media arts festival was a beacon of light in the long dusk of a Berlin winter. As a twist on the usual curated exhibition, this year's festival opted for an ad-hoc "Art Hack Day" (AHD) approach, where submitting artists were expected to create new and original artworks in the span of two days (and nights). Opening the exhibition with a more down-to-earth feel, AHD ultimately resembled a DIY, garage-style party instead of a highbrow exhibition space.
Art In Your Pocket 3: Sensor Driven iPad and iPhone Art Apps
PXL, Rainer Kohlberger, 2012
As the iPhone just celebrated its fifth year on the market, artists have already made a substantial dent in the commercially lucrative world of Apple's AppStore. Despite this success, artists are still pushing forward to build apps that further integrate with the device's sensors and location-based capabilities. Rather than working solely within the context of software art as I have covered in two previous articles on the subject for Rhizome, there is a focus now on artists who are interacting with the physical world by using the device's internal sensors, location capabilities, constant Internet connectivity, and built-in cameras.
"Konfetti", Stephan Maximillian Huber, 2012
Using the camera as a sensor, "Konfetti" by German based designer Stephan Maximillian Huber visualizes the image of its subject into countless dots. In effect, the camera image is translated into virtual confetti that follows any movement and creates an ever changing images based on which camera is selected. The dot's movement is correlated to the detected flow captured by the camera and by repelling other dots, which also move as you touch and drag them. Huber explains over email how the app works as a reflection based art tool. "The app started as an iPad-only app, and on an iPad the app acts like a mirror, showing an abstract reflection of yourself. You'll get a clear image of yourself only when you concentrate on the process of the app, and don't move too fast. It's like contemplating about yourself and the image of yourself. And as your thoughts and emotions aren't static the image the app generates is dynamic and adapts to minimal movements and new ...
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In the summer of 2009, I wrote an article here at Rhizome about the burgeoning activities of media artists creating new works or updating versions of their older interactive screen-based projects for Apple's iPhone and iTouch mobile devices. As the article made its way throughout the blogosphere, comments surfaced ranging from criticism of the "closed world of Apple's App Store and iPhone devices" to a championing of the availability of inexpensive multi-touch technology now available to artists who had been waiting for a platform that could adequately display and allow for the type of interaction their projects demanded. A year after the article came out, the draw of these devices and their potentially expansive audience has become even more irresistible to artists enough so that several more "apps" have surfaced. The following article catalogs several new iPhone works which have emerged over the past year, works that are pioneering the next generation of portable media art.
Top 5 - 10
Jonah Brucker-Cohen is a researcher, artist, professor and writer. His writing has appeared in numerous international publications including WIRED Magazine, Make Magazine, Neural, Rhizome, Art Asia Pacific, Gizmodo and more, and his work has been shown at events such as DEAF (03,04), Art Futura (04), SIGGRAPH (00,05), UBICOMP (02,03,04), CHI (04,06) Transmediale (02,04,08), NIME (07), ISEA (02,04,06,09), Institute of Contemporary Art in London (04), Whitney Museum of American Art's ArtPort (03), Ars Electronica (02,04,08), Chelsea Art Museum, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art (04-5),Museum of Modern Art (MOMA - NYC)(2008), and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) (2008). He received his Ph.D. in the Disruptive Design Team of the Networking and Telecommunications Research Group (NTRG), Trinity College Dublin. He is an adjunct assistant professor of communications at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and in the Media, Culture, Communication dept of NYU Steinhardt School of Culture Education and Human Development.
2009 was an important year for the Internet as a whole. The advent of web 2.0 and "crowdsourcing" initiatives has enabled a much richer array of content from users who might never have ventured onto the Internet in previous years. My top 10 sites for this year cover a wide range of topics from art made for mobile devices with iPhoneArt.org to evidence of both information saturation with Information Aesthetics and physical and pseudo intellectual abundance with This is Why You're Fat and There I Fixed It, to strange observances of mistakes in the public realm with Fail Blog. In addition to these crowdsourced content sites, I also see some ongoing potential with artist-created sites such as Brett Domino's lowtech approach to music making ...
SimpleTEXT: June 5th @ EYEBEAM NYC (Tomorrow Night!)
SimpleTEXT: June 5th, 2007 @ EYEBEAM, NYC
* Below is information about the next SimpleTEXT peformance on
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 @ Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology
This event is in conjunction with the Upgrade NYC
Please forward to those who might be interested in attending the performance!
*a cell phone enabled interactive performance* by Family Filter
URL: http://www.simpletext.info
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 (7:30 pm) - Beginning with a talk by Jonah
Brucker-Cohen, Performance at 8pm)
Bring your Cell phone and/or Wireless Laptop to contribute to the performance!
540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
New York, NY 10011
Web Site: http://www.oboro.net
Map Link: http://tinyurl.com/2qb28h
About SimpleTEXT:
SimpleTEXT is a collaborative audio/visual public performance that
relies on audience participation through input from mobile devices
such as phones, PDAs or laptops. SimpleTEXT focuses on dynamic input
from participants as essential to the overall output. The performance
creates a dialogue between participants who submit text messages
which control the audiovisual output of the installation. These
messages are first parsed according to a code that dictates how the
music is created, and then rhythmically drive a speech synthesizer
and a picture synthesizer in order to create a compelling,
collaborative audiovisual performance.
To date, SimpleTEXT has been shown 13 times in 9 countries across
Europe and North America.
SimpleTEXT focuses on mobile devices and the web as a bridge between
networked interfaces and public space. As mobile devices become more
prolific, they also become separated by increased emphasis on
individual use. The SimpleTEXT project looks beyond the screen and
isolated usage of mobile devices to encourage collaborative use of
input devices to both drive the visuals and audio output, inform each
participant of each other's interaction, and allows people to
actively participate in the performance while it happens.Our purpose
with the performance is to create the possibility of large-scale
interaction through anonymous collaboration, with immediate audio and
visual feedback. SimpleTEXT encourages users to respond to one
another's ideas and build upon the unexpected chains of ideas that
may develop from their input..
SimpleTEXT is an example of an interactive piece that works well in
crowded public spaces such as social and unruly atmospheres where
heckling, irony, criticism, and sarcasm are common modes of
communication. The project is a large-scale piece in terms of scale
of audience interaction, where the communication between audience
members is tangible and direct.
SimpleTEXT is created by Family Filter, a collaboration between Jonah
Brucker-Cohen, Tim Redfern, and Duncan Murphy. It was originally
funded by a commission from Low-Fi, an new media arts organization
based in London, UK. This event is sponsored and hosted by EYEBEAM
and The UpGrade.
Eyebeam: http://www.eyebeam.org
The Upgrade: http://www.theupgrade.net
About SimpleTEXT including video documentation: http://www.simpletext.info
SimpleTEXT video on YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/kd9yw
Jonah Brucker-Cohen - http://www.coin-operated.com
Tim Redfern - http://www.eclectronics.org
Corrections to Report from Futuresonic 2007
FutureSonic 2007 - for the record:
1) FutureSonic is in is its 11th year, not 12th as I reported.
2) Drew Hemment organized the conference and speakers, and invited
Anne Galloway to be its 'host', and brief the speakers. I reported
that Anne organized it alone.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Conference Report: Futuresonic 2007 Festival
Conference Report: Futuresonic 2007 Festival
Social Technologies Summit
May 10-12, Manchester, UK
by Jonah Brucker-Cohen
2007 marked the 12th year of Futuresonic, a festival that began as a
sound art/ music festival and has morphed into a media art/ mobile
communications-themed event with concerts, exhibitions, talks, and
screenings staged all over the city of Manchester, England. This
year's festival focused on topics ranging from "Free Media" to "Urban
Playgrounds" to "Network Infrastructures" and featured a wide array
of speakers, artists, musicians, and thinkers from around the globe
converging on this urban landscape.
Futuresonic featured a new addition to its exhibition this year,
called "Art For Shopping Centres," which included three
newly-commissioned art pieces staged inside the city's "Arndale
Shopping Centre," a large indoor mall in the center of Manchester's
bustling inner city. British artist Graham Harwood's "NetMonster" is
a net-scraper application that searches and compiles data on the
Internet for historical information related to the 1996 IRA bombing
that devastated the city centre near the Arndale, injuring over 200
people. Meanwhile, Dave Valentine of MediaShed (in which Harwood is
also involved) created "Methods of Movement: The Duellists" a
videography of two "le parkour acrobats" running through the empty
Arndale at night, in a continual "duel" that was filmed entirely
though the shopping arena's CCTV camera system. This project marked
the first use of MediaShed's "GEARBOX Free-Media Toolkit", an open
source software application co-developed with Eyebeam's Production
Lab, that allows for video editing on free platforms. New York-based
artist Katherine Moriwaki's piece, "Everything Really is Connected
After All," consisted of a flock of mobile devices that, when brought
within radio range of each other, produced emergent audio narratives
about the shopping and downtown areas of the city (as told by
Manchester locals). The intent of the piece was to focus on the
shopping mall as a "non-place" or location that is both unique but
still identical in any location around the world.
In the panel discussions and artist talks, lively debates ensued
about the state of mobility in public spaces and how, through
technological interjections into these spaces, new forms of dialogue
can occur. Ottawa-based Anthropologist and avid blogger Anne Galloway
organized the conference speakers this year which ranged from
sociologists to engineers, social scientists, and corporate
researchers, all examining urban space with a critical viewpoint on
topics ranging from wireless networks to urban gaming to mobile
systems that propagate across economic and social boundaries. The
conference itself examined how technology use has become a "social
practice" from open hardware and software platforms to collaborative
applications that allow multiple users to engage in the creative
process at once. This "Socialization" of technology was evident
through the various speakers that presented on how distributed
systems can enable new forms of urban interventions and
collaborative interventions into the city space as an organic
creature. This year's festival also held Manchester's first Dorkbot
event. Local artist Steve Symons spoke about his MUIO
(http://www.muio.org) interface, a real-time, multi-platform, and
open source hardware system (similar to the popular Arduino but
without the need for any programming) that allows for sensing the
external world and inputting data into applications like PureData,
Max/MSP, SuperCollider, and Processing through a standard USB
Although FutureSonic is in its 12th year, the festival is still
struggling with defining itself amongst the now multifarious amounts
of events focused on how "media arts" meet mobile technologies and
platforms. This year's line up of impressive speakers and interesting
commissions added some interesting discussions into the mix. Through
the next few years, it will be interesting to see how the festival
grows and adapts to the current changes in media arts and how
successfully it retains its focus on mobile technologies in order to
steer away from the larger, all encompassing events that include
every form and category of media art practice.
Report From ARS @ ARCO 2006
Report from ARS@ARCO
Madrid, Spain
Feb 8-9, 2006
by Jonah Brucker-Cohen (jonah_at_coin-operated.com)
During a temperate February in Madrid, the 25th
annual ARCO Art fair descended on the Spanish
Capital with close to 180,000 visitors, including
museum and art centre directors, gallery owners,
and representatives of international
institutions. The work of over 2,000 artists was
included in the event. From artwork in booths at
the convention center to those scattered in
galleries around the city, as well as many
speaking engagements, the fair was a massive
homage to the art industry as both a global
business venture and a cultural phenomenon. This
year's specially-invited country was Austria,
which brought along a wide array of digital art
projects curated by the Ars Electronica center in
Linz. Accompanying this exhibition was a
symposium on the theme of the "Future of Media
Arts" with artists from Austria and other invited
international visitors, curators, and theorists.
Located north west of downtown Madrid, the Conde
Duque complex housed the "Digital Transit" show
featuring interactive projects in an exhibition
curated by the Ars Electronica Center. Included
in the show were some projects from the
interactive art canon, such as Camille
Utterback's "Text Rain" and Christa Sommerer and
Laurent Mignonneau's "Life Species II." Other
projects in the show included John Gerrard's
"Watchful Portrait," two 3D portraits whose gazes
follow the sun or moon through each day and
night, and in the bio-art domain was
DNA-Consult's "GFPixel DH Portrait," a painting of
4000 Petri-dishes filled with genetically
transformed bacteria that produce green light.
Also in the show was Christian Moller's "Cheese,"
a video installation of six young actresses
attempting to hold a "smile" for over an hour
while video tracking measures the "sincerity" of
their smiles. An alarm sounded if their
"happiness" fell below a certain level. Most of
the projects in the exhibition had strong visual
components, including Norbert Pfaffenbichler,
Michael Aschauer and Lotte Schreiber's "24!," a
spatial audio-visual installation consisting of
24 pedestals in a grid formation with a
projection of a black pixel on the surface of
each. The pixel's movement is based on a simple
mathematical structure giving it 24 possible
movements to cover all corners of the square,
thus creating a cascade of sounds during these
movements. Examining public data sets was
Ubermorgen.com's "Vote Auction," a website that
offered US citizens a chance to sell their
presidential vote to online bidders during the
2000 elections which resulted in several states
issuing temporary restraining orders for "illegal
vote trading."
Across the plaza from the Digital Transit show
was the "Condition PostMedia" show curated by
Elisabeth Fiedler y Christa Steinle. This
exhibition featured projects attempting to bridge
boundaries between preconceived notions of media
art and more traditional art forms. A highlight
of this exhibition was the "Shockbot Corejulio,"
by Austrian artists Emanuel Andel and Christian
Guetzer, which consisted of a computer that ran a
program instructing it to "shock" itself by
lowering a metal instrument on top of its exposed
video card. The result was garbled video output
that attested to the frailties of modern
technology and its obedience to succumb to its
own demise. This project also recently won an
award at the Transmediale 2005 festival in Berlin.
North of the city, the Ars@ARCO symposium got
underway at the ARCO fair. The intent of the
panelists was to give their vision of where Media
Art will be in the next five to ten years.
Gerfried Stocker, director of Ars Electronica and
organizer of the panels and exhibitions began the
day by stating that the term "media art" is
problematic because it harbors too many
definitions such as "cyber art," "digital art,"
"virtual art," "software art," "net.art," or
"interactive art." The main focus seemed to be
that digital art had moved away from the gallery
as the only way of seeing the work and was now
more integrated in arenas such as the Internet
and other "happenings" in public spaces. Heidi
Grundmann opened the panels with a presentation
of her work in "Radio art."
Focusing on media art in an international
context, the second panel featured artists,
curators, and facilitators representing work from
Africa, Asia, South America, and India. Jose
Carlos Mareitegui, from Peru, spoke on how
technology enables the "de-materialization" of
information that has created a new artistic space
for artists who can update their work on a
continuous basis. Geetha Narayanan, director of
the Srishti School for Art and Technology in
Bangalore, India spoke about how new media art
from post-materialistic societies will be
different than those from developing countries by
shifting from "consumption" to "quality of life"
oriented approaches. Elaine Ng, director of Art
Asia Pacific Magazine, spoke on how Japan is not
reflective of the greater art scene in Asia and
how Korea and Taiwan are beginning to follow the
technological lead of Japan. Focusing on the
African continent, Marcus Neustatter, curator and
artist in the "Trinity Session" of Johannesburg,
South Africa, spoke about how future media
artists are a mixture of everything from
entrepreneurs, to musicians, to filmmakers and
how the distinction between media artists and
those trained technically is decreasing.
The third panel featured artists and art
historians working in various media arts fields.
I spoke about my work in deconstructing network
relationships and how the future of media arts
relates to open systems and reconfigurable
rule-sets that change dynamically based on user
interaction. Beijing-based game artist Feng Meng
Bo spoke about his work in alternative gaming
interfaces and his project "Q3," in which he
digitally inserted himself carrying a camcorder
into the Quake 3 gaming environment. Also on the
panel was Dr.Katja Kwastek, an assistant
professor of Art History at the University of
Munich, who spoke about media arts from an
historical perspective. Derrick De Kerkove,
director of the Marshall McLuhan Program in
Culture and Technology, at the University of
Toronto, wrapped up the session saying that "More
and more the consumer has the capacity to modify,
shift, and obtain ownership of art," and that the
"Art" is the act of this manipulation itself,
where rules are broken by consumers. In the
larger sense, most, if not all, interactive media
art has rules associated with it and the future
will see the audience redefine and break those
rules through their interaction. The resulting
system will then be integrated back into the work.
As the ARS@ARCO event wound down, it was obvious
that the future of media arts remains a difficult
subject to clearly articulate. From commercial
and private research centers to art labs
releasing projects for the public domain, to the
independent artist working in their studio, the
creators of this type of art propagate from so
many different outlets and outlooks. With trends
in the blog-o-sphere pointing at DIY aesthetics
and "amateurs" creating inventive hacks to
existing consumer electronics products, the idea
of what "art" consists of, in this field,
constantly needs redefinition. The artists
involved in the symposium came to the conclusion
that media art is not only about using a medium
to express oneself, it is also about questioning
the very circumstances, time, place, and most
importantly, method and culture in which they are
new name for Net Art News?
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Taz is a talented entertainer and possesses one of the most versatile singing voices in Austin. An accomplished performer, he has performed with many local acts and is well known in the Austin Music Scene. Taz's enthusiasm on stage is infectious and he is known to do whatever it takes to get people dancing and having a great time. You haven't seen anything until you've seen him belting out the songs of Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder!
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Puerto Quetzal Guatemala Cruise Port
Puerto Quetzal has a new cruise terminal where the ship docks.
There is a jade museum/store, local vendor stalls and live music.
Printable map to take along.
Cruise calendar for this port.
Watch a destination video.
Ship's Location
in Cruise Port:
Puerto Quetzal, on Guatemala's Pacific coast, serves as a cruise passenger's gateway to the inland attractions of this Central American country. As with most Central American countries, the population centers are located in the more temperate central highlands, rather than along the humid, tropical coasts. Accordingly, Puerto Quetzal, while offering plenty for shipping companies, offers little in the way of attractions for cruise passengers.
There are some private cars for hire when you get off the ship right there at the new terminal and the prices are attractive.
For security reasons ship organized tours are recommended.
It pays to compare your cruise line shore excursions here.
|Nearby Places:
Not unlike Mexico 30 years ago, Guatemala has to be the most colorful country in Central America and second only to Peru in all the Americas. It offers superb, jungle encrusted Maya pyramid complexes, gorgeous smoking volcanic landscapes [Guatemala volcanoes], wildlife crammed rain forests, magnificent colonial towns, and colorful ethnic people with curious customs. It's also good value, relatively undeveloped and - if you go in the right season - has a climate of 'Eternal Spring' in highland areas.
Antigua, the old capital, is just what appalling Guatemala City
should be - elegant, peaceful, interesting and scenically situated
between three volcanoes. This World Heritage site has cobbled streets,
flowers, evocative ruins and fine, varied, drinking and dining establishments
It's popular with foreign families and Spanish language students
as well as tourists.
|Shopping and Food:
Quetzal (GTQ)
The US dollar is the most widely accepted foreign currency. Credit cards are accepted at many city hotels, restaurants and shops.
Language: Spanish, Garifuna and 21 Maya languages.
Internet access is widely available. Even most of the more remote areas have some type of internet access available.
|Opening Hours and Holidays:
January 1: New Year's Day, public holiday
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SIGNAL Talk: Detecting Memories?
April 22, 2013 4:15pm - 5:15pm
April 22, 2013 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Room 95
Please join us as we welcome Stanford psychology Professor Anthony Wagner, as he discusses his research on memory and recognition, as well as their neuroethical implications.
Pizza, beer, and discussion will be provided.
This event is in conjunction with the Law and Bioscience's workshop on Neuroscience and the Law.
- Amanda Rubin
- ajrubin@
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This event is open to the public.


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Who Should Consider This Certificate?The certificate is designed for those who work with youth, particularly at-risk youth, in schools and other settings, including:
Why Ball State?While a number of universities offer leadership studies at the undergraduate level, few are available at the graduate level or for those serving youth. Plus, few colleges offer programs that prepare counselors or others who work with youth to be educational leaders in their schools or agencies. However, Ball State has a long history of educating teachers and counselors and preparing grads to serve as educational administrators in school buildings and for school corporations. Ball State's Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services also has a rich tradition of multicultural counseling and programming with youth. Meanwhile, U.S. News & World Report has listed Ball State's graduate programs in education among the best in the nation. Mode of DeliveryYou can take the certificate fully online, except for the Identity Leadership Development Workshop, which is offered in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the summer. If you are taking the workshop for graduate credit or plan to enroll in the graduate certificate, you will take the course as part of "CPSY 601: Introduction to Identity and Leadership Development for Counselors," which expands on the workshop and serves as the start course for the certificate program.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - New Mexico Men's Soccer senior Nik Robson was selected by Toronto FC in the third round (39th overall) of the MLS Supplemental Draft. Robson, who joined the Lobos from UCF for his senior season, is the third Lobo to be selected in the MLS Draft after Blake Smith and Devon Sandoval were selected in last week's MLS SuperDraft.
"I'm feeling great, and I am really happy to get an opportunity to play with Toronto. It's a very exciting time for me, and I just can't wait," Robson said of his selection.
He continued, "My time in New Mexico was very important because I learned to adapt to a new team after spending three years getting comfortable at UCF. I knew I wanted to grow, so I put myself into this new situation and became a better player. Transferring in your senior season is never easy, but that challenge paid off for me."
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|The Main Bishop of Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in exile. Prints, materials for extension courses, newspaper clippings
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Collection transferred to the IHRC from the Estonian Archives in the U.S.A. (EAU) in 2003-2005. It was processed as part of a collaborative project between the Estonian Archives in the USA (Lakewood, NJ), the National Archives of Estonia (NAE), and the IHRC in March 2009. Gristel Ramler and Birgit Nurme of the National Archives in Tallin, Estonia, worked with IHRC staff on the project.
01.07.1914 - 01.12.1996 Born in Tallinn, Estonia (father: Georg Vehm). Emigrated to Germany in 1941 ant form there to Sweden in 1955. The Main Bishop of Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in exile
Collection is organized into three folders: 1. Prints: Articles and brochures by K. Veem, presentation "EELK olukorras" 1955-1975 2. Materials for extension courses "Et uskuda ja elada usus täna", based mostly on "Der Christliche Glaube, evangelischer Fernkurs" (translated by K. Veem) 3. Newspaper clippings and copies about K. Veem
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Biglaw, Election 2012, Partner Issues, Politics
Partner meetings should be better. As I discussed in last week's column, Biglaw firms tend to hold glorified lunches, sprinkled with some generic info-passing, instead of real informative meetings for partners.
It does not have to be that way — even if your Biglaw firm ascribes to a "partners are just our highest-paid employees" ethic. And especially if your firm is serious about involving partners in the firm's business as much as possible in these days of behemoth Biglaw firms.
What kinds of improvements to partner meetings would I advocate implementing?
How about having three partners a month (one new, one medium, one old) give a three-minute description of their practice, background, family, and hobbies? With far-flung offices, and practice group structures that often result in the different practices operating as mini-law firms in their own right, it is not uncommon for Biglaw partners to know relatively little about fellow partners in their own office, to say nothing of the tax partners or two who alternate their time between Seattle and Tokyo, setting up tax havens for the Japanese Emperor and his family. I am willing to make the three-minute investment to know who I can email in the firm for Tokyo bar recommendations. And to amuse myself by looking for a way to name-drop the Japanese Emperor as a firm client in a totally inappropriate context. Maybe during an otherwise nonsensical meet-and-confer on a discovery issue. Generally, the more partners know about the scope of the firm's client base, the better. For serious reasons too.
I think the introductions are a good idea. I can already see the exercise turning into a bit of a roast, as some real estate partner from Boston talks about his sailing hobby, and one of his colleagues interjects a retort about the time the speaker crashed his sailboat in to the dock (with a client onboard) after a few too many mojitos celebrating a big closing. Forcing lawyers to speak publicly, in a way where they will be motivated to express some personality other than being a pain-in-the-ass, is always worthwhile. It also enhances firm cohesion, so that firm partners visiting the Boston office have something to joke about when they run into our erstwhile Captain in the pantry. All this good stuff in just three minutes per partner.
But I would not stop there. I would also force our "volunteer presenters" to answer questions from the partnership for an additional two minutes each. Rapid fire-style. No responses of more than ten seconds. Call it the "Justify Your Existence" round. Some possible examples:
(1) What are your average billables per year and why?
(2) Who is your biggest client and how did you land their work?
(3) What have you done in the last two weeks to attract new business to the firm?
(4) Do your associates like you or hate you?
(5) How much would it take to get you to sell a client's confidential information to a competitor?
The last question aside, I like the idea of partners "answering" to colleagues in a direct way. I would not mind sitting through the exercise myself. And I really believe that everyone would gain from the experience in some fashion. For all the lip service that Biglaw firms give to the importance of cross-selling, it always has amazed me how little is actually done to advance that particular cause. I think the fifteen-minute investment of otherwise useless time, so that partners could learn a little more about each other (and interact), could do a lot to increase everyone's comfort level with each other. Additional comfort could lead to additional cross-selling. Anything is better than hearing about some golf event the firm sponsored.
Marketing should be more involved in partner meetings as well. Why not take ten minutes to talk about (1) an unsuccessful pitch, and (2) one that worked? Biglaw firms are constantly fighting for market share, so partners need every edge. We pay the marketing people plenty of money, but generally we don't get as much information out of them as we should. Today's Biglaw partners need to know as much as possible about their firms' existing and perspective client base, and how the opportunities to grow the pie develop and are dealt with by the firm. Most well-run firm practice groups do a variation of this routine at the practice-group meetings. Time to roll it out on the big stage.
Another way to improve the quality of partner meetings is to have the managing partner, or a trusty lieutenant, talk about two firm initiatives of strategic importance, for the short-, medium-, and long-term periods. Short-term agenda items could the executive committee's take on the partnership candidates this year. Or how best to shrink the associate bonus pool. Medium-term items? That would be the time to talk about planning for the next partner's retreat to an airport-hub, gambling, and high-class escort service kind of town. Long-term issues could include talking about office expansion plans, with an eye towards capturing the lucrative international white-collar defense market in Sinaloa.
Most importantly, the financial update during partner meetings should be tweaked. Less on the absolute numbers and dry performance metrics. More analysis of trends, risks, and opportunities. I want to know when we have an office in a city where the rents for Class AAA space have doubled. Likewise, it would be informative to learn how the firm's investments in certain practice areas are panning out. Or where we have real need for laterals to service a growing amount of work. Again, we pay good money to the financial people. Let's hear some actual analysis and forecasting from them. I don't need a tutor to read last month's balance sheet. Thanks anyway.
Finally, for the most radical proposal. Every partner meeting should include some input from a firm client. Pick a city, pick a big or small client. But we need to hear from clients. Live. In person. About their business. About the quality of our work for them. About why they chose us, instead of Biglaw firm number two, or boutique number three, or their ex-husband's Uncle Hugo. About what we can do to get more of their business and help them succeed. We need to hear this. Every month.
Recap time. Fifteen minutes for "Meet Your Partners." Ten minutes for Marketing. Ten for the managing partner. Ten for the improved financial update. And fifteen for "Meet Your Clients". An hour well spent. Stop by reception for some Tums as you head back to the office. No one told you to eat three chicken avocado cheddar cheese wraps.
N.B. Everyone needs to vote next week. Too often we take our rights for granted, or only care about our right to make money. A vote today helps preserve the rights of our descendants to vote generations from now. My pick: Romney. Biglaw-related reason why? Simple. Recently, the New York Times ran an article from James B. Stewart, a journalist who used to work at Cravath. I loved the line in the article about how in a universe of equals (sparklingly credentialed Biglaw associates), it was the people who loved practicing law who ultimately made partner. In my opinion, Romney wants the job of president and will give it a real go. My sense is that Obama likes being president, but not the actual work — kind of like being president of the Harvard Law Review but never publishing. Romney/Ryan for me.
What do you think of these ideas about partner meetings? Any others to share? Please let me know, either by email or in the comments below…
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Last week: Ravens (9-3) lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 23-20; Redskins (6-6) beat the New York Giants 17-16.
Series: Ravens lead, 3-1.
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Injury report: RAVENS -- Out: LB Dannell Ellerbe (ankle), TE Ed Dickson (knee); Doubtful: CB Jimmy Smith (abdominals); Questionable: CB Chris Johnson (hamstring); CB Asa Jackson (shoulder), LB Terrell Suggs (biceps); Probable: DE Pernell McPhee (knee), LB Josh Bynes (thigh), WR Jacoby Jones (ankle), S James Ihedigbo (calf), S Bernard Pollard (chest), S Ed Reed (shoulder), FB Vonta Leach (ankle). REDSKINS -- Questionable: LB London Fletcher (ankle), CB DeAngelo Hall (ankle/knee), T Trent Williams (thigh); Probable: WR Pierre Garcon (foot), P Sav Rocca (knee), CB Josh Wilson (shoulder).
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Raymond A. Brown, dean of admissions at Texas Christian University, said his school sent a "Fear of God" letter to 100 accepted seniors that demanded an explanation for students' slipping grades.
It's a bold move but one meant to avoid the awkward process of booting an accepted student.
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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2002 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz today praised construction, Sept. 11, 2002 Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz today praised construction workers and others who helped to make the Pentagon whole again one year after Flight 77 slammed into the building's western wall.
Speaking for the department at the Phoenix Project worker appreciation ceremony today, Wolfowitz conveyed the secretary's thanks to the workers for a job well done. He also received an award on Rumsfeld's behalf from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation.
"This award recognizes each one of the extraordinary men and women who have rebuilt the Pentagon with some of the greatest tools there are: professionalism, passion, and pride," he said.
"This one's for you," Wolfowitz told the assembled construction workers, pointing to the award, featuring a slab of Pentagon limestone.
Some 3,000 people were involved in the effort to rebuild the damaged sections of the 60-year-old building by the one-year anniversary of the attack. The deadline was not a condition of the contract -- the workers imposed it on themselves.
At the peak of the reconstruction effort, 1,000 construction workers were on site each day. Reconstruction began Nov. 19, 2001, after 400,000 square feet of the structurally damaged sections were demolished. The project was finished ahead of schedule and under budget.
The Pentagon's construction workers "are American heroes … the heroes that we honor at this event, today," Wolfowitz said, asking the assembly to stand for applause. "Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your sweat and sacrifice does great honor to the men and women we lost here a year ago and in the days since."
After moment of silence, Wolfowitz recounted the defense secretary's resolve for the Pentagon to remain functioning after the attack. This determination "not only set the tone for what was to follow, it captured what was happening here already," he said.
As "concrete crumbled and fires continued to blaze" after the attack, Wolfowitz noted, construction workers gathered Pentagon blueprints and plans to assist rescue workers. Others drove forklifts to help the FBI, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and firefighters work through debris.
Wolfowitz said Rumsfeld declared soon after the attack that business as usual would continue at the Pentagon and that it would be rebuilt.
"He made the promise, and you helped us keep it," the deputy secretary told assembled construction workers. With the Pentagon still smoldering, he said, construction workers jumped to the task with much personal sacrifice, working weekends and holidays, rain or shine.
Wolfowitz remarked that commuters passing by the Pentagon over the past year have seen that, like the mythical Phoenix bird, the building, too, has risen from its ashes to be reborn.
"They witnessed a remarkable transformation," he continued, "charred walls, once broken and burned, and became whole once more."
It was appropriate that builders adopted Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer's "Let's Roll!" battle cry, Wolfowitz pointed out. Beamer and his fellow passengers are thought to have battled terrorists who'd hijacked their plane and turned it toward Washington, D.C. The plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pa., killing all aboard.
"'Let's roll!' they said," Wolfowitz said, "They did. So did you. You have healed this wall, and in doing so, you have helped to heal our nation."
The builders' commitment at the Pentagon, Wolfowitz said, "honors those who died here, those who died in New York, those who died in Pennsylvania, and those who have died and are fighting for us now on the front lines around the world in this war against terrorism."
Wolfowitz praised the leadership of Pentagon Renovation Program Manager Lee Evey, who is retiring Sept. 16 after more than three decades of federal service. Evey took charge of an overall Pentagon renovation project in 1997. The first of the building's five "wedges" had just been refurbished and returned to service when terrorists crashed an airliner into it on Sept. 11, 2001.
"You inspired your workers to do their best throughout this enormous challenge," Wolfowitz said of Evey, who attended the ceremony. "And they have repaid your leadership with incredible performance."
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Fall Foyer & Front Porch
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I love all the monograms--and your spotted pumpkin!ReplyDelete
Really pretty, love how your decorated the pumpkins all differently.ReplyDelete
I love how you painted the pumpkins, Lori ~ so cute, I may have to try that. Your porch looks great, too. Your scarecrow is a cutie pie!ReplyDelete
Love it!! I love the painted pumpkins and the monograms. It looks great!!ReplyDelete
Loving your front porch! And the black rocker!! Great job dressing it up for fall!ReplyDelete
Your front porch is perfect! Love all the Fall decor. Thank you for sharing. Visiting from Domestically Speaking. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-it-pretty-monday-week-17.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouseReplyDelete
So simple and cute, I love it. Black doors are my favorite. I love the blue accents. Thanks for linking up on Super Sweet Saturday.ReplyDelete
Super cute fall decor. The painted pumpkins are great! I would love for you to come link up your awesome blog to my Get Social party. http://alivedinhome.blogspot.com/2012/10/get-social-sunday.htmlReplyDelete
The aqua is terrific!ReplyDelete
Looks so festive.....
Found and followed you through Adorned from Above's link party! Love the pumpkins with the light blue accents.ReplyDelete
Hope you stop by my blog sometime :)
You did an awesome job decorating the foyer and porch! Love it all, and yes, the fern should stay.ReplyDelete
Saw you linking at aka designs
Debbie :)
I love your decorating. I looks so pretty. Thank you so much for sharing with Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party last week. This weeks Link Party is opened atReplyDelete
from Wednesday until Sunday.
Hope to see you there.
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Love your fall decor - your porch is beautiful! I would never have thought to include aqua but it looks fabulous, and I do love aqua! Thanks for sharing, I found your link at Met Monday.ReplyDelete
I love the pumpkin scarecrow. It's so cute.ReplyDelete
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A bit farther north on Grand Boulevard, numerous ethnic restaurants, coffeehouses and shops had sprung up, creating a buzz of positive PR about the possibilities of city living in the South Grand district. A few blocks to the south, the long-empty Sears Building had been demolished for new houses, many pre-sold for upwards of $140,000. In December, the International Institute had moved into its remodeled headquarters nearby, providing a focus for the estimated 35,000 new immigrants who live in the city. But between the two beehives of boom, the South Side National Bank Building lay quiet, somewhat neglected.
But then Walgreens, the drugstore company that has seldom seen a street corner it didn't like, came onto the scene. Interest expressed by Walgreens, through a developer, woke up the neighborhood. Under the proposal, Walgreens would build a new store on the corner of Grand and Gravois, and the bank would open a new branch, once the current building was demolished. South Side National Bank president Tom Teschner insists nothing was ever put in writing and that "technically" there never has been an offer involving Walgreens "on the table."
What's on the table now is a feasibility study prompted by last fall's controversy over Walgreens' replacing the nine-story landmark. Ald. Marge Vining (D-15th) funneled $15,000 of federal block-grant money to a study to see what could be done with the bank building. The study, performed by the Siedlund Co., recommends that the seven-story tower of the building be renovated into apartments with rents ranging from $850-$1,000 for 1,063-square-foot units. Putting offices back in the tower also is proposed, but the study states that most offices want more space than each floor has. The study presents five options, each with financial analysis, each with the need for "gap financing." There's the rub.
After accounting for investment from the developer and monies from state and federal tax credits, it looks as if the "gap" must be made up from some governmental source, most likely City Hall. Depending on the option, the gaps range from $543,140 to $1.8 million. South Side National Bank could partner with a developer and facilitate the financing. Vining thinks it's time for the bank's Teschner to look at the study and see what the bank is willing to do.
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"What I'm waiting for is to see what the interest level is of the city to provide gap financing," says Teschner. "If the interest level of the city is not to do that, then they've pretty much signed off that this doesn't work financially." A spokesman for Mayor Clarence Harmon says the mayor's office is looking into the feasibility study.
If the city doesn't help close that gap, then Teschner plans to go ahead with the developer's plan for a shiny new Walgreens and a new, much smaller and less noticeable bank building at the corner. "It would only make sense to move forward with doing a plan that brings two new buildings to the city," Teschner says. "I would think we would get the cooperation of the city to make that happen, if that's the general plan we want to do."
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This kind of hyperactivity can be terrifying, especially for young children, and many owners facing this problem quickly get to the point of thinking they need to re-home their dog because they just can't cope with these dog behaviour problems.
What Makes a Dog Hyper Active?
There are a few health problems that can cause hyperactivity, as well as some dietary causes, but most dogs are simply reacting to what is going on their environment, sometimes mildly and sometimes in quite an extreme way. There is almost always a point to their behaviour, but that is not always easy to work out.
Anxiety in dogs, attention seeking and unruly behaviour are all potential reasons behind a dog's hyperactivity, so it is important that you try and discover what lies behind your dog's problem before you decide how to approach solving it. Observe your dog over the next week and try and notice what triggers the hyperactivity, how you react to it, and how they respond to you and then try some of the dog calming methods below.
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Be calm yourself. Dogs will often take a lead from the feelings they pick up around them, so if you are stressed out, or other people around your dog are stressed, they will be picking up on it which can then intensify their own anxiety. If you're calm you may find your dog calms down too.
Make sure your dog knows that you are the pack leader. Hyper behaviour can be caused by anxiety, or by unruly behaviour from a dog that thinks they are the boss. Either way, establishing yourself as top dog will help as it will give confidence to an anxious dog, and allow you to impose your own house rules on your badly behaved dog. There is no need to do this through dominance or force though; it's more about demonstrating that you are the decision maker.
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Start by re-assessing the training you have already done with your dog. Do they need more training or do you need to tighten up on the rules in one or more areas? Being consistent in your expectations of your dog is very important, so don't allow them to do something one day and not the next as they won't understand how you want them to behave.
If your dog is suffering with anxiety, use desensitisation training to build their confidence around the things that cause the anxiety and remove some of the triggers that set it off. This training combined with demonstrating that you are pack leader can be very effective. Find out more about dog anxiety by watching this free video series by professional dog trainer, Tony Knight.
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Make sure your dog gets some stimulation and exercise every day. It doesn't always need to be a long walk, as games and other activities at home can be just as beneficial. However, keep the games under your control by deciding when the game starts and stops. If the game gets out of hand and the dog starts to get hyper at any stage, stop the game immediately as this is another way of giving them a consequence for bad behaviour.
Don't pay your dog any attention while they are hyperactive. Walk away from them if possible or go in another room and don't speak to them, touch them or give them any eye contact. If they are acting this way because it gets your attention, they will soon learn that it doesn't work and should stop their manic behaviour.


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State Wrestling Notebook: Brasch, Johnson grab third
TACOMA — South Kitsap senior Amberlee Brasch more than earned her third-place finish Saturday at Mat Classic.
Wrestling in her third girls state tournament, Brasch survived two grueling overtime matches in the consolation bracket before besting Sedro-Woolley's Taylor Dawson in the third-place match at 137 pounds.
The extra wrestling didn't prevent Brasch from finishing strong, although she admitted to being a bit more tired than usual after two days and six total matches.
"It's tough catching my breath," she said.
Brasch, who finished fifth as a sophomore, didn't place last year as a junior, giving her motivation heading into the weekend. After falling to Othello's Tatum Sparks in the quarterfinals, she outlasted Kent-Meridian's Bonshee Freeman 8-7 in four overtimes on Friday night, then edged Liberty's Joanna Moreira 4-3 in three overtimes Saturday morning to set up her meeting with Dawson.
Brasch, who expects to wrestle at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia next year, planned to celebrate Saturday night by doing something she normally isn't able to do — eat whatever she wants.
"We are going out and having burgers and shakes," Brasch said.
Central Kitsap senior Alison Johnson joined Brasch by finishing third place in the 100-pound bracket.
Johnson lost to Levi Guerra of Warden in the semifinals, but bounced back to Toppenish's Elizabeth Galvez 8-4 in her third-place match. She placed seventh last year.
Sequim's Kaylee Ditlefsen was eighth at 130 pounds.
Dickson settles for third place
Kingston's Aaron Dickson expected to be contending for a state title Saturday night, but found himself flat against the mat against Deer Park's Trevor Eicher in the 182-pound semifinals in 2A.
Dickson, the Kitsap Sun's football player of the year in the fall, battled back to win his final two matches to grab third place.
Other placers in the 2A tournament included Olympic's Tre Toledo (8th, 106), Adrian Madison (7th, 132), Geordyn Shinard (8th, 195), Umu Timoteo (7th, 285); Port Angeles' Tyler Gale (4th, 106), Ozzy Swagerty (4th, 126), Matt Robbins (7th, 182), Roberto Coronel (5th, 285); and Kingston's Josh Henden (7th, 160).
At 4A, placers were Central Kitsap's Josh Criollos (6th, 113) and South Kitsap's Brandon Forster (7th, 126), Adam Lutovsky (5th, 145) and Tristan Hartmann (5th, 195).
Bainbridge's Jack Miller placed seventh at 138 pounds in the 3A tournament, while Port Townsend's Shae Shoop (113) and Matt Cain (152) both took seventh.
Olympic's Isaiah Rodenhurst was in line to place at 120 pounds in the 2A tournament, but prior to his seventh/eighth-place match against Washington's Jose Martinez, Rodenhurst was told he missed weight and was declared ineligible. ... Out of 49 West Sound wrestlers who competed at Mat Classic, 26 were eliminated Friday. North Mason had the toughest time as all five of its wrestlers — including junior Tyler Grewell, who placed seventh in 2013 — didn't make into Saturday's competition. ... Bremerton also saw both of its wrestlers, Cameron Dubos and Ben Smith, eliminated Friday. When Smith lost in the consolation bracket at 152 pounds, it signaled the final match for Bremerton coach Jeff Barton, who announced last month he was stepping down after 25 seasons coaching the Knights. His career spanned almost as long as Mat Classic, which turned 26 years old this year.
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Team scores (Top 10 and locals)—Lake Stevens 133, Moses Lake 116.5, Union 111, Central Valley 101.5, Tahoma 100.5, Yelm 89, Rogers 81, Mead 69.5, Puyallup 69, Lewis & Clark 65, South Kitsap 29 (18th), Central Kitsap 10 (T38th)
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113—Nick Whitehead (Tah) p. Josh Criollos (CK) :40. 145—Adam Lutovsky (SK) d. Dalton Meyers (Ken) 8-4. 195—Tristan Hartmann (SK) d. Sam Lindsey (Aub) 4-2 OT.
126—Ramon Ortiz (Eve) d. Brandon Forster (SK) 5-2.
Class 3A
Team scores (Top 10 and locals)—North Central 108.5, Decatur 100, Sunnyside 97, University 94, Bonney Lake 93.5, Mountain View 80.5, Mt. Spokane 77.5, Hanford 66, Stanwood 63, Enumclaw 59, Bainbridge 7 (T39th)
Individual placers
138—Jack Miller (Bain) d. Connor Kerr (SP) 8-6.
Class 2A
Team scores (Top 10 and locals)—Deer Park 109, Sedro Woolley 104, Orting 98.5, Othello 97, Fife 85, Toppenish 83, Colville 78, Grandview 67, Port Angeles 61.5, Kingston 60, Olympic 28 (20th), Klahowya 25 (23rd), North Mason 12 (38th), Bremerton 5 (43rd), North Kitsap 4 (T45th)
Individual placers
138—Brian Burchett (Kla) d. Josesiah Saunders (Gra) 12-1. 170—Bobby Reece (King) p. Nate Vaughn (SW) 1:28.
106—T.J. Baun (Col) d. Tyler Gale (PA) 2-1. 182—Aaron Dickson (King) d. Aaron Tisinger (Ana) 10-0.
285—Roberto Coronel (PA) won by injury default over Ricky Miller (WVS).
106—Bryce Hornbeck (SW) d. Tre Toledo (Oly) 13-3. 132—Adrian Madison (Oly) d. Chris Ridner (Ort) 6-1. 182—Matt Robbins (PA) p. Jeff Harrison (Lak) 4:09. 195—Allan McClure (WFW) p. Geordyn Shinard (Oly) 2:20. 285—Umu Timoteo (Oly) d. Jorge Timoteo (WVY) 4-3.
Class 1A
Team scores (Top 10 and locals)—Blaine 110.5, Forks 109, Warden 92, Lakeside 80, Freeman 78, Zillah 71, Vashon Island 69.5, Kiona-Benton 66, Montesano 62, Quincy 60, Port Townsend 10 (35th)
Individual placers
113—Shae Shoop (PT) d. Fernando Gomez (Con) 8-2. 152—Matt Cain (PT) d. Konner Forshag (Fre) 4-1.
Team scores (Top 10 and locals)—Warden 104.5, Puyallup 88, Centralia 79, Kelso 60, Lakes 57, Washougal 55.5, Grandview 55, Nooksack Valley 55, Mt. Baker 54, Enumclaw 54, Kingston 24 (24th), Central Kitsap 17 (33rd)
Individual placers
118—Jordyn Bartelson (Puy) p. Peyton Reece (King) 5:42.
100—Alison Johnson (CK) d. Elizabeth Galvez (Top) 8-4. 137—Amberlee Brasch (SK) d. Taylor Dawson (SW) 10-2.
130—Jennifer Mendoza (War) d. Kaylee Ditlefsen (Seq) 10-0.
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April 5, 2006 | BOSTON – Sharing their passion for the Semantic Web at the Bio-IT World Life Sciences Conference + Expo session on Tuesday were several prominent leaders of the movement.
Providing a clinical perspective was Tonya Hongsermeier of Partners Healthcare, who said the Semantic Web is necessary for knowledge management because "the market is balking at healthcare inflation." She said eight datapoints are now kept for each patient (age, height, weight, etc.), but with new tests and personalized medicine, the number could balloon to 3000. The Semantic Web can reduce the cost and liability of knowledge management, said Hongsermeier, and is a critical component of translational medicine going forward.
Eric Miller, Semantic Web lead at the W3C, spoke of the huge growth of interest in recombinant data, which integrates and re-uses data across artificial boundaries. The use of uniform resource identifiers (URIs) in the Semantic Web makes data more machine-readable, freeing it from the application in which it was created to be used in other applications. The use of resource description framework (RDFs) lets users link objects in relational databases that they could not link before.
Explaining the difference between current Web applications and the Semantic Web, Teranode's Matt Shanahan said the Semantic Web, in effect, adds "lenses" that let you visualize the data in different ways. In addition, Semantic Web applications incorporate multidimensional links, pop-up boxes with related data, and annotations, in contrast to the regular Web's plain hyperlinks.
There is a great need for data integration in biology, said Teranode's Eric Neumann, and the Semantic Web provides the flexibility to "plan for change." He stressed the importance of the power of links – the "network effect" that the Semantic Web provides, as well as the lower reliance on complex middleware. Within a Semantic Web framework, data is not a string, but a URI, and using the same URIs lets you "stitch together" different data from different sources.
Oracle's Susie Stephens and Northeastern University's Ken Baclawski offered a programming perspective. Stephens touched on the importance of RDFs, which she said are complementary to Oracle's databases. Baclawski addressed the question: How can you use the logic-based Semantic Web when a lot of the information you're searching for is uncertain? The answer, he said, is in Bayesian networks, which are graphical techniques, and graphics is also an important feature of the Semantic Web.
Asked if the Semantic Web was not reminiscent of the hierarchical databases of the 1970s, Stephens agreed that they are similar, but the big difference is today's computer infrastructure is much more powerful, allowing the Semantic Web to scale.
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