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TI InterActive! enables high school and college teachers and students to easily investigate ideas in mathematics and science. Teachers can enhance students' learning through interactive lessons that encourage exploration, visualization, data analysis and writing. Students can use TI InterActive! to help them master math and science concepts, improve problem solving skills, create great looking homework, access and download teacher-prepared materials from the Internet, and more. Parents may wish to include TI InterActive! on their home computer for students at home.
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Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management
Program Description
Increasingly, diversity and inclusion are becoming strategic business drivers that have a direct impact on organizational effectiveness, profitability, and reputation. According to a recent report by Deloitte Consulting that surveyed 245 companies, including Fortune 500 companies, the top three reasons for investing in diversity and inclusion are improving employee engagement, serving customers more effectively, and increasing organizational innovation and agility. A recent study by McKinsey quantifies the "diversity dividend": highly diverse companies appear to excel financially due to their talent recruitment efforts, strong customer orientation, increased employee satisfaction, and improved decision making.
Taught by academics and experienced practitioners, the Certificate in Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management program is designed for executives, managers, and consultants responsible for human resources, talent management, and organizational effectiveness. The program is grounded in research demonstrating that embracing diversity and inclusion can bring a broader range of mindsets and backgrounds into the organization, leading to more effective decision-making and drawing in a wider customer base. A critical focus of the program is integrating diversity and inclusion into strategic decision-making processes and recognizing its value as a driver of organizational effectiveness and profitability.
During the program, participants will gain a sound understanding of the latest academic research and best practices in the fields of cultural competency and diversity and inclusion. More importantly, participants will learn to apply this knowledge to their work using a systems-thinking approach. The program links emerging research in the field of diversity and inclusion management with current theories in organizational development and change management. Further differentiating the program from others, participants will acquire skills in analyzing and diagnosing diversity and inclusion issues by working with real clients in the completion of a practicum project.
Program Objectives
The program emphasizes the development of critical competencies, metrics, values and ethics—in addition to technical skills, effective communication, and strategic thinking relevant to a wide variety of industries, sectors and disciplines.
Designed For
The program will benefit professionals with diversity and/or talent management responsibilities in the government, non-profit, or private sectors. Participants will gain the necessary insight, skills, and tools to lead or support a strategic, long-term, sustainable approach to diversity and inclusion management in their organization. The courses will provide functional and relevant templates and tools to effectively plan and implement a sustainable diversity strategy.
Industry Outlook
Between 2010 and 2020, both SHRM and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expect a 21% increase in the number of HR specialists positions created, which is faster than average employment growth. Several trends are driving growth:
- Many organizations in the private and public sectors have recognized the importance of diversity and inclusion as a critical strategic component to recruit talent, better serve existing customers, and acquire new customers. Read more about the "diversity dividend".
- Projections by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that changing demographics of American society will have a significant impact on business as the U.S. becomes more diverse. For example, minorities are projected to comprise 57% of the U.S. population in 2060 compared to 37% today.
- The U.S. federal government recently launched a strategic and coordinated government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce. President Obama signed Executive Order 13583 in August 2011 to enhance the federal government's ability to recruit, hire, promote, and retain a more diverse workforce.
Program Prerequisites
Participants must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent. A TOEFL examination for non-native speakers of English is not required but students are expected to read, write and comprehend English at the graduate level to fully participate in and gain from the program. Any requests for exceptions to these requirements must be made in writing to the program director at CCPE.
Certificate Requirements
To earn the Certificate in Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management, participants must complete the six (6) required courses for a total of 14.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or 144 contact hours.
|Course Name
|Course Type
|Theoretical Foundations of Diversity & Inclusion
|A Systems Approach to D&I Measurement
|Cultural & Social Group Identities
|Resistance & Renewal: D&I Change Initiatives
|Workplace Application (A) - Leading & Influencing
|Workplace Application (B) - Leading & Influencing
|6 Required Courses
See below for course schedules and registration information.
Program Format & Schedule
Courses meet Thursday, Friday, and Saturday during the day. This is a cohort-based program. Students are not able to take sessions independently of the certificate program. Participants are required to attend every day of each session. During the program, students meet periodically as a group with a learning community advisor to gain greater awareness of self as a change agent.
Program Materials
Most course materials are included in the cost of tuition. Course materials will be distributed in digital format and accessible through Blackboard, Georgetown's learning management system. Students must have a laptop or tablet computer to access course materials.
Program Tuition
Total tuition for the certificate program including all six (6) courses is $5,970.00. Tuition is due at time of registration. An interest-free payment plan is available for eligible students. Withdrawals and refunds are processed based on the Withdrawal and Refund Policy.
This program also qualifies for Veterans Affairs Benefits for eligible students.
Tuition Payment Considerations
While non-credit professional certificate programs do not qualify for federal financial aid, prospective students should consider the following for tuition payment:
- Seek employer funding or reimbursement
- Enroll in our interest-free payment plan
- Use Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits/ GI Bill
- Apply for a private education loan
Program Registration
The Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management certificate program has a competitive admission process. As this is a cohort program, each applicant will be evaluated as an individual and as part of a well-balance cohort of students. For each cohort, an admissions selection committee chooses a group of students who represent a variety of backgrounds, occupations, and goals for the program to enrich the classroom experience. Students must be open to feedback and personal growth, have a capacity for self-examination, and have a willingness to challenges one's own beliefs.
Application Checklist
A complete application consists of the following documents:
- A completed application form.
- A non-refundable $35 application fee.
- An updated resume or CV (no more than 2 pages).
- One letter of recommendation in which the recommender specifically addresses the following points:
- How you know the applicant.
- The applicant's self awareness and capacity for self-reflection.
- The applicant's receptivity to feedback from others.
- The applicant's willingness to challenge her/his own beliefs.
- An example of the applicant's commitment to her/his own personal and professional development.
- Evidence that the applicant cares about the development and growth of others.
- Individual essay in which the applicant addresses the following questions:
- What are your goals, both personal and professional, in attending this program?
- Describe a recent situation and the impact when a) you examined or challenged a belief you held; or b) you received feedback that surprised you.
- In what activities do you engage to foster your personal growth and development?
- What measures of success will you use to assess your time in the program?
International Students
Non-credit professional certificate programs are classified as part-time education programs. As a result, Georgetown University cannot sponsor international students for student visas (F-1) to enroll in certificate programs. However, prospective international students who enter the U.S. on a valid visa are eligible to enroll in courses. For more about travel visas, please see the section on international students under Frequently Asked Questions.
More Information
For more information or to speak with a program advisor, please complete the Request More Information Form, send an email to email@example.com, or call 202.687.7000. Interested students are also encouraged to RSVP for an upcoming information session.
Required:A Systems Approach to D & I Measurement and Accountability
Cultural and Social Group Identities: Expanding Self-Awareness
Resistance and Renewal: Managing the D & I Change Initiative
Theoretical Foundations of Diversity and Inclusion
Workplace Application (A) - Leading and Influencing Across Differences
Workplace Application (B) - Leading and Influencing Across Differences
Course Schedule
|Course Name
|Semester and Section
|Fall 2015
|Theoretical Foundations of Diversity and Inclusion
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sep 17, 2015 to Sep 19, 2015
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2015
|Cultural and Social Group Identities: Expanding Self-Awareness
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oct 22, 2015 to Oct 24, 2015
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2015
|A Systems Approach to D & I Measurement and Accountability
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Nov 19, 2015 to Nov 21, 2015
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2015
|Resistance and Renewal: Managing the D & I Change Initiative
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Dec 10, 2015 to Dec 12, 2015
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2015
|Workplace Application (A) - Leading and Influencing Across Differences
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Jan 21, 2016 to Jan 23, 2016
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2015
|Workplace Application (B) - Leading and Influencing Across Differences
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Feb 18, 2016 to Feb 20, 2016
640 Mass Ave.

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Following yesterday's hearing by the US Sentencing Commission on whether to make "Drugs Minus Two" retroactive or not, the Justice Department has issued a statement supporting limited retroactivity.
For those who are just joining the conversation, earlier this year the Sentencing Commission sent an amendment to Congress which would lower all drug sentencing guidelines by two levels. If Congress does nothing within 180 days, it automatically becomes law. In practical terms, it would lower the sentencing guidelines for drug offenses by an average of 11 months per defendant, according to FAMM.
In their statement, the DoJ tried to apply Solomonic wisdom by supporting retroactivity for some but not others:
"We believe that the federal drug sentencing structure in place before the amendment resulted in unnecessarily long sentences for some offenders that has resulted in significant prison overcrowding, and that imprisonment terms for those sentenced pursuant to the old guideline should be moderated to the extent possible consistent with other policy considerations," [Sally Yates, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia] said. Yates said. Under the plan supported by the department, Yates added, "retroactivity would be available to a class of non-violent offenders who have limited criminal history and did not possess or use a weapon, and thus will apply only to the category of drug offender who warrants a less severe sentence and who also poses the least risk of reoffending."
Sounds reasonable. Until you consider that the DoJ is supporting the bill's application to all offenders henceforth by supporting the "Drugs Minus Two" amendment in the first place. Even for those who would benefit from retroactivity, none would be automatically released from jail — all applications be reviewed, and one would assume that people deemed too violent to be released would be turned down.
As Mary Price, General Council for FAMM tweeted, "DOJ worried about numbers. Their solution? Just say "no" to many. Guess they can't trust their partners, including judges who will consider all."
It's basically a political document that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but makes the DoJ seem like they are being cautious and prudent.
In February the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys (NAAUSA) issued a statement opposing passage of the Smarter Sentencing Act, which would make crack cocaine sentencing disparity reform retroactive. It sounds like they just don't want their handiwork undone by sentencing reform that might release people they put in prison, and the DoJ is indulging them.
FDL also supports the passage of the Smarter Sentencing Act, which is designed to reduce the US prison population among non-violent offenders.


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What is the Right to Information?
The Right to Information Act 2009 commenced on 1 July 2010 and provides for greater access to information held by government bodies by:
The Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority is a public authority.
Section 3 of the Act includes this statement of the objects of the Act:
(1) The object of this Act is to improve democratic government in Tasmania –
(2) This object is to be pursued by giving members of the public the right to obtain information held by public authorities and Ministers.
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The Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority is required by the Right to Information Act 2009 to make information available to the public through proactive disclosure, this means we are to routinely make information available which will assist the public in understanding what it is we do and how we do it.
This is may be done via our website, through publications (e.g. fact sheets, or discussion papers), via reports (e.g. our Annual Report).
Some information is not released in this way, either because it is not of general public interest or because it is information the Authority would need to assess against the exemptions in the Right to Information Act 2009 prior to disclosure.
If you cannot find the information via one of the means below contact the Authority and we may be able to assist you in finding it or we may give it to you. If it is not freely available we will assist you to make an application for an assessed disclosure.
You may find information from the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority in one of the following ways:
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ESPN's X Games is the ultimate action sports event, attracting adrenalin-crazed athletes from across the globe who continuously push the boundaries and keep coming back to defy gravity, and belief – drawing record audiences with an insatiable appetite for the extreme.
For three consecutive years, the Winter X Games has been our most-viewed event, with millions tuning in from around the globe. This year more than 200 world-class athletes – including dozens of current and past Olympians – will be vying for medals and prize money in Ski, Snowboard and Snowmobile events. Past winners include Australia's Torah Bright, the gold-medallist in Women's Halfpipe Snowboard at the Vancouver Olympics, Shaun White who made history by winning Men's Snowboard SuperPipe for the third time in a row, while France's Ophelie David has notched the first four-peat in Women's Skier X history and Tucker Hibbert did the same in Snowmobile SnoCross. Not to be outdone, in 2010 Nate Holland made it a five-peat in Men's Snowboarder X, the first five-peat in Winter X Games history.
The Summer X Games are held in July in Los Angeles and feature athletes from across the globe competing in skateboarding, motocross, BMX and rally car racing. ESPN covers the games live both in 2D and 3D (on Foxtel Channel 201) as well as on ESPN3.com.


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Updated: 08/28/2008 - Texas Tech has had one of the most prolific offenses in the nation for years, but success on only one side of the ball has yet to put the Red Raiders among college football's elite teams.
Updated: 08/28/2008 - Texas Tech has had one of the most prolific offenses in the nation for years, but success on only one side of the ball has yet to put the Red Raiders among college football's elite teams.
Posted: 08/28/2008 - Texas entered its first game of last season expecting to roll over a Sun Belt Conference opponent en route to another double-figure win total.
Posted: 08/27/2008 - Kevin Millwood pitched his second straight complete game and the Texas Rangers took advantage of some poor Kansas City Royals defense to score two unearned runs in a 2-1 win Tuesday night.
Updated: 08/27/2008 - Former Oklahoma basketball standout Wayman Tisdale had part of his right leg amputated at an Oklahoma City hospital as part of his continuing fight with bone cancer.
Posted: 08/26/2008 - Nelson Cruz had three hits including a three-run homer in his season debut, and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4 Monday night.
Posted: 08/26/2008 - Terence Newman participated in practice with the Dallas Cowboys for the first time in four weeks Monday, an indication that the Pro Bowl cornerback could be ready to play in the season opener.
Updated: 08/29/2008 - Are you as pumped as we are about the return of high school football? Show off your enthusiasm with our new Friday Night Blitz desktop wallpaper.
Posted: 08/24/2008 - Franklin Gutierrez's tiebreaking single in the ninth inning Sunday night led the Cleveland Indians past Texas 4-3 for their seventh straight win and a three-game sweep of the fading Rangers.
Posted: 08/24/2008 - With the retirement of seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan, the job of repeating as Super Bowl champions was going to be difficult for the New York Giants.
Posted: 08/23/2008 - Carl Edwards isn't giving up anything to Kyle Busch and his domination of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, especially when it counts the most.
Posted: 08/23/2008 - Take away a couple of bad throws by Tony Romo, and the Dallas Cowboys finally resembled the team that everybody expects to see this season. Including a relieved coach Wade Phillips.
Posted: 08/22/2008 - Texas Stadium is the place to be tonight if you're a fan of NFL teams in Texas. The Dallas Cowboys will host the Houston Texans, who've won both of their pre-season games.
Posted: 08/22/2008 - The U.S. Olympic men's basketball team has advanced to its first major gold-medal game in eight years after a 101-81 victory against Argentina.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - Kevin Millwood scattered six hits in his second complete game of the season, and Josh Hamilton hit one of five homers off Detroit starter Nate Robertson in the Rangers' 9-1 victory Wednesday night.
Updated: 08/21/2008 - Austin College volleyball coach Ed Garza's team finds itself ranked No. 13 in this year's preseason CBS College Sports Network/AVCA Division III Coaches Poll.
Posted: 08/20/2008 - Terrell Owens promises that, even though the Dallas Cowboys have lost two preseason games, they'll be fine, once the season starts.
Posted: 08/20/2008 - Detriot's Matt Joyce homered twice, including a three-run shot in a nine-run seventh inning, and Armando Galarraga beat his former team as the Detroit Tigers defeated the slumping Texas Rangers 11-3 on Tuesday night.
Updated: 08/19/2008 - Southeastern has a new starting quarterback. Ray Richards named Brandon McCain the starter just nine days before the opener.
Posted: 08/19/2008 - The Dallas Cowboys had three weeks of training camp workouts in California and Denver -- with one day off -- and two pre-season losses.
Posted: 08/19/2008 - Rangers All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sports hernia. He could be headed for season-ending surgery.
Posted: 08/19/2008 - Gary Sheffield hit a two-run drive in Detroit's four-run seventh, Curtis Granderson added two triples and four RBIs and the Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.
Posted: 08/18/2008 - DENVER -- Dallas' first-team offense couldn't muster much scoring. Its defense didn't slow down quarterback Jay Cutler and the Denver Broncos. Perhaps even more frustrating for the Cowboys were the penalties they committed that kept them out of sync in a 23-13 loss to the Broncos on Saturday night.
Posted: 08/17/2008 - B.J. Upton homered and drove in three runs in his return from a benching, Scott Kazmir allowed two runs in six innings and the Tampa Bay Rays added a game to their AL East lead with a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday night.
Posted: 08/17/2008 - Carl Edwards sent a not-so-subtle message to Kyle Busch Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
Posted: 08/16/2008 - The Texas Rangers were looking from a good outing from anyone in its rotation.


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Is the new business model for publishers to be selling over-priced and under-performing services to writers?
That's the question that needs to be asked as Simon & Schuster (S&S) links with Author Solutions (AS) to run their new self-publishing service, Archway.
And same question to Penguin-Pearson, who kicked off this sorry trend with their purchase of AS for $116m earlier this year. And to any other trade publisher thinking of emulating their lead.
Author Solutions is, of course, the controversial company widely distrusted by savvy self-publishers for its exorbitant and problematic service provision, under a variety of names — AuthorHouse, Xlibris, iUniverse, and Trafford.
As The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)'s Services Watchdog, Ben Galley, puts it: "Author Solutions [is] the company which owns AuthorHouse and Xlibris, companies which make my blood boil, who sell overpriced packages to unaware authors, to 'help' them publish sub-standard books. S&S have really gone down in my opinion here."
When we started The Alliance last April, companies like Author Solutions loomed large in our minds, companies who had little interest in good writing, in creative excellence or even, in some cases, in decent business practice, whose only interest in publishing or the literary world was to make a handsome profit out of writers' dreams
This was a key motive in establishing a non-profit organisation that would show writers effective ways to self-publish books with excellence and ethics at reasonable cost, in the company of other indie authors who were doing it well.
Self-Publishing Partners
As well as bringing writers who want to self-publish together, from the outset ALLi also offered a Partner Membership to service providers who were willing to be vetted by our authors.
And we are delighted to have been joined by partners of great skill and integrity — many of whom are writers themselves or otherwise embedded in writing and publishing. Accessible through a search database on the member section of our website, their services are ethically delivered, transparent around terms and conditions and value for money.
A quick comparison: we have book designers, excellent at their trade, who've seen their books at the top of the Amazon charts, starting as low as $150 for an ebook cover. Formatters who will sort your manuscript for e-publication or print-on-demand for as little as $99, depending on length. And we point writers in the direction of software and other tools. For example, many of our members use software like Scrivener, which allows you to compile your manuscript for Amazon and all other platforms, at a cost of $45, once-off (discounted for our members).
Compare this to AS's inflated fees. Their fiction packages start – start – at $1,999 and go all the way up to $14,999. For a nonfiction book, it can zoom as high as $24,999.
So what are you paying for? That's where the bad news gets worse.
Our watchdog, and longtime industry analyst, Victoria Strauss, on her blog at "Writer Beware" recently quoted Emily Suess, another writer-centred blogger who has long kept an eye on ASI. In a colourful blog post, Emily claims "The short list of recurring issues includes: making formerly out-of-print works available for sale without the author's consent, improperly reporting royalty information, non-payment of royalties, breech [sic] of contract, predatory and harassing sales calls, excessive markups on review and advertising services, failure to deliver marketing services as promised, telling customers their add-ons will only cost hundreds of dollars and then charging their credit cards thousands of dollars, ignoring customer complaints, shaming and banning customers who go public with their stories, and calling at least one customer a 'fucking asshole.'"
Repeated complaints from ALLi members, and other community feedback, confirm that these accusations do not arise from isolated incidents.
Strauss has repeatedly criticised Author Solutions for their misleading marketing strategies. And now they've gone even further, as outlined by David Gaughran in this post about their S&S link up and how the company "rips off writers", using fake accounts, posing as independent commentators or happy customers.
The Cause of Trade Publishing's Woes
It's no secret that trade publishing business models need to adapt if they are thrive in the new digitised landscape. What started their woes, I would argue, was a loss of focus on readers and writers. A creative business has to balance both sides of that delicate scales and since the 1990s, when the mergers and conglomerations began, and deep discounting and super-size-me sellers started to dominate bookselling, that balance has tilted too far towards the business side of the equation.
Contemporary trade publishing focusses on mergers and buy-outs, cost-cutting and consolidation and slash-and-burn discounting on a scale never before witnessed. Retailers like WH Smiths and Barnes & Noble or supermarkets like Safeway and Tescos decide how much shelf space a book should have and whether it will succeed. Supermarkets tell publishers what price the book will sell at, how many copies to print, what to put on the cover, what to call the books and even, on occasions, what to put inside them.
It may be an exaggeration to say, as Michael Levin's recent HuffPo article claimed, that publishers hate authors but it is certainly true that publishing executives and editors do not view writers as equal partners in the publishing process.
We see this in language like 'slush pile' for unsolicited manuscripts or 'list-culling' for letting authors go. In lip service to the importance of writers while treating them as a supplier (in the new parlance 'content provider') rather than a creative partner. Why, for example, is the writer of the book the very last person the marketing team would allow at their table when deciding how to reach readers?
When we launched our alliance last April at London Book Fair, a representative from Amazon attended wearing a T-shirt that said "We Love Authors". Afterwards, two editors I know sniggered about this and when challenged said they thought it cynical and manipulative. I disagreed then and, almost a year on, having dealt with hundreds of self-published writers in the meantime, I disagree now.
It's not just a T-shirt slogan when it's reflected in terms and conditions. Not only do Amazon and Kobo pay our members up to 70% royalties instead of the 7% or so those of us who previously trade-published got when the discounting was done, they give us accurate, timely sales and payment reports instead of unreadable royalty statements. And they pay monthly instead of yearly or bi-annually.
They, and Smashwords and Bookbaby, have figured out a way to do business in the new environment that is respectful of writers and readers. Their models reveal the venerable houses, Simon & Schuster and Penguin-Pearson as the cynical and manipulative players in linking with the world's most controversial self-publishing provider.
"When Penguin's parent company bought ASI and folded it into Penguin, I expressed the hope that Penguin would start to clean up the problems at ASI," says Victoria. "[To] make it more customer-friendly and transparent, as Amazon did years ago when it purchased the then-very-troubled BookSurge. I still hope that will happen — but I know better than to hold my breath."
David Gaughran agrees. "The scammy behavior hasn't stopped," he says. "In fact, some of it is getting worse. I've received reports of Author Solutions staff calling prospective customers and asking if they want to be 'published by Penguin'. Yes, they went there."
And, he points up that contrary to challenging how AS did business, they gave their CEO Kevin Weiss a seat on their board.
Questions To Ponder
"How can we make money out of this?" is a sorry response to the creativity and self-expression that is being unleashed by the surge in self publishing. What if trade publishing started to ask themselves a different set of questions. Questions like:
- How might your publishing house run if you truly put writers and readers at the heart of how you do business?
- If you remembered that you are a creative industry and actually got creative about how you sell books? And service writers?
- If you saw Amazon as somebody to learn from?
- If you thought of writers, rather than retailers, as your best route to readers in a newly technologised supply chain? What would that do to how you do business?
In short, how about a response to the challenges faced by our industry that incorporates the creative as much as the commercial?


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Reece was so nice and honest. He responded to me in a very timely manner. He honestly has his customer's best interest at heart! He searched for the best values and was very willing to find answers to all of my questions! I will definitely call him for all of my real estate needs in the future!
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We just (Mar 2012) bought a home in Gautier, MS with Reece Roberts being our realtor. I found Reece to be one of the most honest, sincere and capable professionals I have ever worked with. With us remotely located he skillfully represented our best interest throughout the entire process. Reece, kept us in the control loop while coordinated and directing the entire purchase: from initial viewing to final closing. Reece managed offer/counter offer, survey, inspections, utilities, landscaping, zoning concerns, insurance, the whole nine yards, it could not have been easier; and I must add he got us get a very good, if not great, deal on waterfront with gulf access and view property. From an initial meeting and "I like this guy" to closing where "I consider Reece to be a real friend," I/we could not have done it without Reece's professionalism, knowledge, sincerity and integrity. Final note, the entire process took place in a tad over a month and most of the delay was mine.
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Happy fifth birthday to the tea party from one of its biggest fans. I have spent most of my adult life preaching against the intrusiveness and profligacy of an unrestrained Washington, so the group's agenda of limited government, free markets and fidelity to the Constitution resonated with me more than any message I'd heard in 20 years. Even the name, an acronym for "taxed enough already" that invokes the sprit of Colonial rebels, sounds just right.
(I am such a fan that it irks me no end that newspaper style calls for not capitalizing the name – Tea Party – despite the fact that we granted that courtesy to Occupy Wall Street, a bunch of privileged, redistributionist malcontents. Heard much from them lately, by the way?)
When the tea party burst upon the scene (I know that's a clich�, but it seems appropriate) in 2009, its members were dismissed as yahoos and kooks, dangerous extremists but luckily for the country a fringe minority. Then they helped engineer a Republican takeback of the House in 2010, and they earned some grudging respect. Suddenly, no GOP presidential candidate could afford to challenge tea party positions on such things as tax policy and immigration.
At its fifth-anniversary year, the group is being dismissed again: The tea party's popularity has peaked with the public. It cost the GOP some easy seats in 2012, and it will do the same thing this year. It fights with establishment Republicans as much as it does with Democrats, and that weakens the Republican Party.
Maybe, maybe not. I may be wrong, but I think discounting tea partyers is a mistake. For one thing, they're just one part of a growing group of people unhappy with Washington. For another, they've already had a tremendous impact, forcing the GOP to pay more attention to the principles it was founded on but has drifted away from. And the movement has given us such stars as Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. A debate between them – a smart, gifted libertarian and a smart, gifted conservative – could help set the course for a new generation of Republicans.
Those of you who call the tea party extremist, by the way, might think about what it is you are really saying. Political factions do not form in a vacuum – they arise in reaction to something else. Progressives have pushed their agenda to the absolute edge, so the tea party reacts by going to the other edge. As extreme as you say the tea party is, that's exactly how extreme the other side is. You support your favorite extremism, and I'll support mine.


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Judith Canales, Administrator for Rural Business and Cooperative Programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), stopped by Propel Fuels' Oakland, California location to promote access to renewable fuel. Administrator Canales highlighted the beneficial economic and environmental impacts of American-produced biofuels.
Administrator Canales emphasized that a thriving domestic fuel industry will benefit the US economy. "The USDA is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America and we believe a strong renewable fuels industry, including convenient access to these fuels, is critical to this goal," said Canales.
The USDA plans to increase access to domestically produced fuels by helping to fund the build out of 10,000 renewable fuel pumps across the country over the next five years. Retailers selected to receive USDA funds have yet to be determined.
"Propel shares the USDA's vision for quickly increasing consumer access to renewable fuels in order to reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil, boost local economies, and reduce emissions," said Jim Iacoponi, Vice President of Operations of Propel. "Through a partnership between private investment and public funds, Propel will continue to build the critical link between California's drivers and the next generation of fuels."
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Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center whose professional schools and specialty patient care programs are consistently ranked as among the nation's top 50. Since opening its doors in 1969, UAB has used its entrepreneurial spirit to rapidly evolve from a small extension center into a comprehensive research university that encompasses 82 city blocks. What once was a commuter school for just over 5,000 students is now home to more than 17,000 students, of whom nearly 11,000 are undergraduates. For more information, please visit the UAB website at www.uab.edu
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Over the past month AFSCME People, the political action arm of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has been mailing eye-catching campaign literature to Connecticut voters deciding between Democrat Chris Murphy and Republican Linda McMahon for U.S. Senate. The mailers regurgitate talking points Democrats and their allies in organized labor have been […] [Read More]
Mayor Bill Finch has some fun with Linda's tracker
Trackers are hired by campaigns to follow an opponent and record his or her public appearances with a video camera, hoping to capture something that can be used against them. Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy both employ trackers in their battle for the U.S. Senate. McMahon's tracker tagged along with Murphy and his […] [Read More]
McMahon camp tries to change narrative about Thursday night's debate
The folks running Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon's campaign know the simplest message is the most effective. That's why McMahon and her people continue to insist her opponent, Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, who prior to his election to Congress missed mortgage and tax payments, must have subsequently received a special home interest line […] [Read More]
Why Linda frustrates the Tea Party or "Everybody is flailing trying to figure out who Linda McMahon is."
As much as Democrat Chris Murphy wants to tie Linda McMahon, his Republican opponent for the U.S. Senate, to the Tea Party, she doesn't make it too easy. For every example the Murphy folks have of McMahon seemingly kissing up to the more right-leaning members of the Connecticut GOP (like saying at a Tea Party […] [Read More]
Wait, who's the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate?
Unaffiliated voters, meet Linda McMahon. Some of you may have heard she's the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. Don't be fooled. You haven't seen her latest campaign mailer, directed right at you. The term "Republican" appears once, and even then as almost an afterthought. "Linda wants to go to Washington and work with Independents, Democrats […] [Read More]
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Not this Moses. This Moses. [Read More]
Maybe Linda McMahon needs to avoid questions at Tea Party events…
The Huffington Post tonight is reporting on Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon's "little noticed" remarks made at a Tea Party event in Waterford in April about Social Security. According to the report, McMahon made a vague reference to a Social Security Act "sunset provision" when asked about strengthening Social Security and Medicare. It's the […] [Read More]
PPP poll cuts Murphy tiny bit of slack after brutal month
Sometimes narrative is everything in political campaigns. And for a few weeks now the narrative about the race for U.S. Senate in Connecticut has been that Republican Linda McMahon has made Democrat Chris Murphy her… um… there's a term I'm searching for… tip of my tongue… Well, the narrative has been McMahon's run a really […] [Read More]
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June 22,2009
Rock bottom comes out on top!
A all-day bar is a rarity in this city starved of 'real' pubs that don't just pretend to be casual but actually are (Read: No strict dress codes or entry hang-ups). Most bars in Delhi tend to culminate into a club/disc that closely monitor patrons and don't allow in those donning shorts/sandals and sometimes even Indian attire or even stag entry on the supposed premise that they create nuisance. While I do agree that basic decorum and female guests safety is very important (being a woman I've been troubled one too many times at these clubs), how can you call yourself a neighbourhood hangout zone that anyone can walk into anytime for a cold beer if you expect them to come dressed to the T.
That's the first thing I love about this tiny but cozy bar. They open early, serve fresh draught and don't snub my male friends/colleagues away. Big bouncers are around to keep a close watch though.
Absolutely adored the wrought iron, funky furniture and the neon LED bar with a kick-ass liquor storage unit hovering above. The music is actual rock, the hard and alternative kinds and definitely not being subjected to managements playlists, unlike other rock bars *ahem* Hard Rock Cafe *ahem* around.
Get tulleeho-ed on the fun Test Tube Babies, which are a steal @ Rs 120 a piece and the fruit cocktails @ 225. Eat if you wish (Sample the satay, fish n chips and burgers) but when there is so much cheap booze around, why not just stick to a liquid diet.
June 18,2009
jst the hooka is missing...wish it ws a little big
situated in nehruplace it comes as a delightful surprise. its jst a small bar with nice rudded iron furnishing and big red couches(which r really big as compared to the space they have).
the usual mocha menu is accompanied with d bar menu. fairly priced, full of opions and choices i must say...
the only problem is the place is way too small, and not aptly designed, the trade mark hooka is not served.
else nice place to be in this hot summer, best coffees and shakes, nice booze...
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In the third quarter of 2012, domestic online ad revenues reached $9.2 billion, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PwC US. Moreover, ad revenues are up 18 percent from the same time in 2011. As an online publisher, this is exciting news heading into 2013; and as a lifelong athlete rather than create a 2013 wish list, I prefer to set goals (I find them more attainable and tangible than wishes). Here are the five targets I plan to hit in the next 12 months—including getting a bigger slice of that multi-billion dollar online advertising pie.
Launch an Affiliate Program Channel – My company, Hitched, aims to entertain, educate and inspire married couples. Over the years we have had an amazing group of experts in various fields offer advice to our audience. Many of them sell books, offer weekend workshops, relationship enhancement kits, products and much more, on their own websites. We are in the process of putting together an affiliate channel that will allow our readers to find the resources they're looking for, allow our contributors and other relationship experts to reach a much larger audience, and provide my business with a new revenue stream. This is a win, win, win. As of today, we don't have a launch date, but we're hoping to have it up and running by the end of the first quarter. This will require building out a new channel on our website, marketing it to our audience and bringing in new partners into the affiliate program (don't be shy if you'd like to hear more).
Grow Our Wine Club – In the summer of 2012 we launched the Hitched Wine Club, which I wrote about here, with a new partner Touring & Tasting. The idea behind the club is to provide couples with a monthly reminder to slow down, have fun, and reconnect—over a bottle or two of wine, of course. With each shipment we provide a newsletter with exclusive date night ideas, along with wine deals, recipes, a complimentary subscription to Touring & Tasting magazine and more. The couples who have joined our wine club love it; one told me that they consider the wine from our club their "special" wine that they hide when guests come over. In 2013 I'd like to dramatically increase the number of members, as well as grow the community engagement around the wine club. Touring & Tasting has been an amazing partner and are constantly coming up with creative ways to boost engagement beyond getting the wine to your doorstep. For example, they're currently working with Celebrity Cruises on a Mediterranean wine cruise. We've had light discussions about a wine cruise for couples, which may or may not happen in the near future, but the creativity and opportunities are something I'm looking forward to in the new year.
Launch a Video Channel – Adding video content to our website is something we talk about every year. In 2012 we shot some video, but haven't put enough of it together for it to stand up on its own. In 2013 we will get a video channel up and running. How can we afford not to? According to ClickZ, online video advertising spend increased 27 percent in 2012 and is predicted further growth of 20 percent in 2013. Next, consider the penetration rate of web-enabled TVs. According to Gartner, 85 percent of all flat-panel TVs produced in 2016 will be web-enabled and production of these TVs will grow from 69 million in 2012 to a projected 108 million in 2013. By 2016, the number is expected to reach 198 million. With all of these TVs connected to the internet, we better have something for them to watch.
Triple Our Traffic – This seems like a really lofty goal, but we're coming off our biggest year of growth yet. In November of 2012 our monthly unique visitors grew over 40 percent compared to the same time the year earlier—and our traffic continues to climb. If we can stay on this trajectory while continuing to add more value for our visitors with video, more content and a few other surprises, I think tripling our traffic is very obtainable and realistic. While boosting traffic is the goal, I'd also like to increase the engagement and conversation of our audience. We've run a few contests in the past, asking for varying levels of participation, and I plan to try a few new things in 2013 (stay tuned for a column or two on running a contest). Of course, an easy way to become more engaged is to facilitate more conversations on our social networks. While we've been kicking around a few ideas, don't be surprised when you read another column on our Google Hangout discussions.
Quadruple Ad Revenue – It all comes down to money, doesn't it? Actually, it comes down to opportunity. With increased revenues we can offer more to our audience. Quadrupling revenue seems extremely ambitious, but I submit a few points on why I believe it's an achievable goal. First, I expect the economy to continue it's turnaround with marketing budgets opening a bit more (even as the fiscal cliff still looms). Second, I mentioned our traffic growth trajectory, and with that means more impressions which translates into added revenue. Third, we will be expanding our revenue streams with our affiliate program channel and the growth of our wine club. Fourth, we'll finally have content for the online video boom. Data from the Pivotal Research Group suggests that YouTube will top $1 billion in online advertising revenue in 2012. While I don't think we'll show up on the radar for what we generate in 2013, it'll be 100 percent more than what we did in 2012. Lastly, we're working on more editorial special features that are sure to please our visitors and advertisers (we're already having conversations with a few).
Reaching these goals will not be easy—I know that—but being zealous about helping marriages succeed is an intangible constant that has made 2012 our best year yet, and will be the driving force in 2013 and beyond. Happy New Year and I wish you much success in reaching your goals.


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For the sewing hobbyist, finding the space to hold all the sewing equipment, tools and other materials can be quite challenging. If a spare room to dedicate to this activity is not available, you can perhaps fit in all of your sewing paraphernalia in an old cabinet repurposed for your favorite activity.
First, you will need a sewing workspace. Most manufactured sewing machines make use of a drop-leaf table. These are tables with a fixed section at the center and a hinged section on either side that may be dropped to conserve space or taken up and supported by a bracket or a fold-out leg underneath to extend the work surface. If you encounter difficulty in finding a ready-made drop-leaf table in your local specialty or craft stores, you can easily make one yourself. You would need a sheet of plywood, which can be made or birch, cherry, walnut or maple, as well as piano hinges to attach the fixed and hinge sections to each other and to affix the entire table to the inside of your cabinet. Be sure to consider the appropriate worktable height for you when you are sewing. Also, make sure that once the table is extended to its full-length, it is parallel to the floor and can comfortably accommodate your sewing machine together with your other sewing materials.
Once you have attached your sewing table to your cabinet, you would need to consider how to store your sewing materials. Clear plastic boxes and trays can hold your spools of thread, button and pins, while pocketed hanging storage can hold your needles, tape measures and shears. These solutions will allow you to maximize the remaining space for storage once the drop-leaf table is folded up.
With this space-saving solution, you may designate any room in your house as your sewing room, and then just fold up and close the armoire when your sewing is done.
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Houston philanthropist Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., had a passion for collecting, a fascination with gold art objects, and a desire to share them with the world. Like the cultures that fashioned these treasures, he valued gold not for its intrinsic value but for its spiritual meaning. The extensive collections of African, Indonesian, and Pre-Columbian gold that he gave the MFAH are a remarkable legacy. Among the highlights are a golden staff created by the Akan peoples of Ghana, a rare burial mask from Java, and jewelry made by the Moché culture of Peru.
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Cast and hammered gold discs called akrafokonmu, meaning "soul discs" or "soul washers' badges," are worn by individuals who represent the chief's soul. These "soul washers" perform a number of duties, including carrying ceremonial swords and performing purification rites that may involve bathing the chief and important items of state regalia, especially stools. The round shape of the soul washer's badge has been associated with a pool of water and the designs compared to what happens when a pebble is thrown into the water.
In 1819, Thomas Bowdich, an Englishman who led an information-gathering mission to the kingdom of Asante, related this account:
"The Ocras (soul washers) are distinguishable by a large circle of gold suspended from the neck; many of them are favorite slaves, many, commoners, who have distinguished themselves, and who are glad to stake their lives on the King's, to be kept free from palavers and supported by his bounty, which they are entirely; some few are relatives and men of rank. All of the two former classes, excepting only the two or three individuals known to have been entrusted with the King's state secrets, are sacrificed at his tomb."
Today, of course, there are no funeral sacrifices, and these breast plates are also worn by chiefs, women of the royal line, and deities. They can be attached to stools, swords, crowns, and other regalia as protection against evil.


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The General/Professional collection is comprised of juvenile fiction and non-fiction and professional resources. This collection includes large sections of materials on folklore, poetry and biographies. Professional materials in this collection include resources that K-12 teachers could use in a teaching situation. Types of resources found in this collection include books, videos, CDs, educational games, and manipulatives. (Books dealing with educational research, history, or theory are located in the Main Library).
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CMC maintains a small Poster collection that includes materials that cover K-12 related topics. The Map collection includes resources for various geographical areas.
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The Textbook collection contains sample textbooks found on the State of Florida Adoption List. Therefore, most of the books in this collection are the same titles currently being used in local area schools. Teacher's editions of textbooks and teacher's resource books are popular with CMC patrons because they frequently contain sample lesson plans and classroom activities.
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Multispacecraft and ground-based observations of substorm timing and activations: Two case studies.
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Two case studies are performed to investigate substorm timing and activations based on Double Star TC1, Cluster, Polar, IMAGE, LANL geostationary satellites and ground-based geomagnetic field measurements. In both events, an earthward flow associated with plasma sheet thinning is measured by Cluster 8-10 min ahead of the auroral breakup. A couple of minutes after the breakup, either TC1 at ∼X-10 R first detects plasma sheet expansion and then the LANL satellites near the midnight measure energetic electron injections at geostationary orbit or the LANL satellites first measure the electron injections and then TC1 detects the plasma sheet expansion. More than about 20 min later, Cluster at X∼16 R and Polar (at higher latitude) successively observe plasma sheet expansion. The open magnetic flux of the polar cap, ψ, is found to continually increase during the early substorm phase and then to rapidly fall when the IMF turns northward. When ψ reaches its minimum value, bright and broad auroral activities start to decrease. Tailward progression of the magnetic dipolarization and a poleward expansion of auroral bulges are shown to closely map to one another. These results suggest that substorm activations start in the midtail before ground onset and then move earthward, which leads to an expansion onset in the near-Earth tail around X∼ -(8-9) R. After onset, the activations progress both earthward and tailward. Substorm onset is possibly related to plasma sheet reconnection of close field lines, while tail lobe reconnectioh of open field lines release more energy to support the full expansion of the substorm. In a fully developed expansion phase, an initial dipolarization in the near-Earth may eventually evolve to enable disruption of the cross-tail current over a wide region of the magnetotail. Copyright 2008 by the American Geophysical Union.
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NEW ORLEANSThe connection between the body, mind and spirit has been the subject of conventional scientific inquiry for some 20 years. The notion that psychosocial and societal considerations have a role in maintaining health and preventing disease became crystallized as a result of the experiences of a layman, Norman Cousins. In the 1970s, Cousins, then a writer and magazine editor of the popular Saturday Review, was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. He theorized that if stress could worsen his condition, as some evidence suggested at the time, then positive emotions could improve his health. As a result, he prescribed himself, with the approval of his doctor, a regimen of humorous videos and shows like Candid Camera. Ultimately, the disease went into remission and Cousins wrote a paper that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and a book about his experience, Anatomy of an Illness: A Patient's Perspective, which was published in 1979. The book became a best seller and led to the investigation of a new field, known then as whole-person care or integrative medicine and now, lifestyle medicine.
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text: In this dissertation we: (1) develop a statistical framework for testing dependence assumptions in a given time series; (2) develop a statistical test for comparing dependence structures (aka copula functions ) derived from the Normal and Student-t distributions and use this to quantify the potential for extreme co-movements and; (3) analyze in detail credit derivative models and their sensitivity to different dependence assumptions. The main results of our studies may be summarized as follows. First, the t-copula assumption is a more plausible model of dependence for the tested time-series; the Normal copula provides a lesser fit than the t-copula but a superior fit compared with the three Archimedean copulas tested, namely, Frank, Gumbel, and Clayton. Second, exploiting the nesting of the Normal copula within the t-family we show that the former can be almost always rejected on the basis of a likelihood ratio test. Third, financial data exhibit a clear tendency for extreme co-movements which cannot be predicted on the basis of a Normal copula model. Fourth, as the dimensionality increases (i.e., the number of assets being tested for dependence increases) the distinction between the Normal and t-copulas become "sharper". Fifth, the dependence structure of asset returns is strikingly similar to the one underlying equity returns. Finally, the tendency for extreme co-movements does not seem to be affected by the sampling frequency, in contrast to the phenomenon observed in univariate returns that tend to be "heavy-tailed" in higher frequencies, and more "Gaussian-like" in lower frequencies. Our results bear important financial implications which we illustrate throughout this thesis with examples that include: MSCI national equity indices data; risk measure for portfolios of equity options; pricing n th to default baskets; pricing and risk measures of synthetic CDO tranches, and; analysis of portfolio tail dependence indices.


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The band will pipe out the tune "God Bless America" as it marches down Pennsylvania Avenue on Jan. 21 for the parade following President Barack Obama's inauguration.
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text: On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Moritz Grimm wrote: > Not examining all flags, including ECN (or any other tcp-extending flags > that might happen/do exist), makes perfect sense. Camiel Dobbelaar uses > S/SAFR, but I wonder about the remaining standard flags PSH, WND and > URG. None of those seem to be legal for a connection initiation. > PSH makes no sense, why should non-existent data payload go through to > the listening daemon unbuffered, while no connection exists, yet? Same > applies to WND and URG - flow control or urgent _data_ has nothing to do > with the initial handshake. Wouldn't S/SAFRPWU be the "ideal" set of > flags to check? An ECN-setup packet has SEW set, so W should not be in the mask. P and U probably don't belong in a SYN packet, but on the other hand: there are broken stacks out there, and you probably want most of the net to be able to talk to you and vice versa. S/SAFR is really a compromise, those are the four flags that really matter for connection establishment and closing. I see all the others as just "hints". That said, you may want to be more strict with the flags if you want to protect hosts against fingerprinting. Here's nmap -O at work (the tcpdump filters on packets with SYN set, but not plain S or SA). zigzag$ sudo tcpdump -i lo0 -n 'tcp[13] & 2 = 2 and tcp[13] != 2 and tcp[13] != 18' tcpdump: listening on lo0 20:13:40.950464 127.0.0.1.50631 > 127.0.0.1.22: SE 249035464:249035464(0) win 1024 <wscale 10,nop,mss 265,timestamp 1061109567 0,eol> 20:13:40.950626 127.0.0.1.50633 > 127.0.0.1.22: SFP 249035464:249035464(0) win 1024 urg 0 <wscale 10,nop,mss 265,timestamp 1061109567 0,eol> SFP is obviously invalid. rfc-3168 says that SE is invalid too: "A host MUST NOT set ECT on SYN or SYN-ACK packets". S/SAFR lets SE through, so you may want to block that seperately. Note that nmap doesn't use SU, SP or SUP for fingerprinting, so I guess those are harmless (but it's hardly conclusive evidence). :-) So, put together, this may be good practice if you're really cautious: block in proto tcp ... flags SE/SEW pass in proto tcp ... flags S/SAFR keep state BTW. I'd love to see evidence of SP, SU or SUP 'in the wild'. -- Cam


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The Ashley Hall visual arts program provides every student with a firm foundation of artistic skills through a sequential program of instruction based on the study of aesthetics, art criticism, art history and art production.
All visual arts students (K-12) explore a wide range of media and learn different techniques, in both two- and three-dimensional form. Activities are often selected to make an interdisciplinary connection with other subject areas.
Lower and Intermediate School students take art classes every year, with assignments often tied to cross-curricular work. This program encourages self-expression while being sensitive to each child's needs and abilities, allowing girls to become self-confident and secure in decision making and creative ability.
In the Upper School, the arts are elective subjects. One credit of drawing, painting or design is required for graduation. Many students take four years of coursework to master one or more of the disciplines. AP Studio Art is also offered; students build a portfolio in drawing or 2D/3D Design. Ashley Hall students have a legacy of winning area art contests, and those students who apply to undergraduate fine arts programs do so with great success.


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Joliet, Ill. (July 12, 2008) – After a disappointing weekend in Daytona, Greg Biffle and the 3M team were ready to turn their luck around at Chicagoland this weekend. They were well on their way on Thursday as Biffle topped the speed charts in practice. Qualifying was rained out, so Biffle started 11th on Saturday night. After several adjustments on the car and some late-race pit strategy, Biffle was able to bring home a fourth place finish. The top-five effort moved the team up to seventh in the point standings.
After a late night of dirt track racing at Cedar Lake Speedway in Wisconsin, Biffle was able to sleep in a little before practice on Thursday afternoon. At the end of the session, Biffle was at the top of the speed chart and seemed confident about qualifying. Shortly after practice, however, the rain began to fall and qualifying was cancelled. The teams came back for two practice sessions on Friday and felt that they would contend for the win on Saturday night.
The green flag dropped just before sunset on Saturday and the field drove off into turn one. Biffle picked up two positions on the first lap and was running seventh by lap 10. He quickly reported, however, that the 3M Ford was tight in the center of the corners and loose on entry. A competition caution came out on lap 35 and Biffle pitted for four tires, fuel, a wedge adjustment, a track bar adjustment and an air pressure adjustment.
Biffle restarted 11th on lap 39 and drove his way up to ninth before the next caution on lap 48. This time Biffle opted to stay out and he was in second place when green flag racing resumed on lap 52. He took the lead from Jeff Gordon on lap 56 and maintained it until a round of green flag stops began on lap 91. Biffle pitted on lap 92 for four tires, fuel and a track bar adjustment. He was right back in the lead, however, when the round of green flag stops was complete on lap 106.
On lap 107, Biffle reported that the 3M Ford was extremely loose but he was able to maintain the lead until a caution for debris came out on lap 111. He took the opportunity to pit for four tires, fuel, a wedge adjustment and an air pressure adjustment. Several teams opted for only two tires and Biffle restarted 13th on lap 116. He made his way back into the top 10 on lap 130 but informed the team that the car felt as though it had lost total grip.
A caution on lap 141 allowed Biffle to pit for fuel and four fresh tires. He lost a few positions in the pits, however, and restarted 16th on lap 146. After he had again driven his way back into the top ten, another caution for debris came out on lap 177. He brought the 3M Ford to the pits for four tires, fuel and a wedge adjustment. He returned to the track in the 17th position for the restart on lap 182.
At this point, Biffle and crew chief Greg Erwin agreed that they would have to use pit strategy to gain track position at the end of the race for a satisfactory finish. A caution on lap 225 gave them just the opportunity as Biffle pitted for two tires, fuel, a wedge adjustment and an air pressure adjustment. The decision to take on only two tires allowed Biffle to restart in the fourth position on lap 230.
Biffle did not drop out of the top five for the remainder of the race and held off charges by Tony Stewart, Brian Vickers and Matt Kenseth for a fourth place finish. The fourth place finish moves Biffle and the team up four positions to seventh in the point standings.
"It's just about having track position," said Biffle. "With this race car, you've got to be out front and stay out front, and it's really important. We weren't as good back in traffic as the other cars were, like David Reutimann, Kevin Harvick, all those guys were better than us back in traffic. They could pass cars and we couldn't. Matt Kenseth, good example. He drove by us back there in traffic. So, we need to work on our car a little bit and we just need to work a little harder in traffic and get our car running good."
Greg Biffle and the 3M team are currently seventh in the point standings. They are 563 points out of the lead currently held by Kyle Busch and 35 points ahead of Denny Hamlin in the 12th position. They are, however, only 66 points out of the sixth position. The team will return to the track on Sunday, July 27th at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
About Roush Fenway Racing
Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR's largest team operating 13 motorsports teams. Five in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; four in the Nationwide Series with Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, McMurray, Ragan, Erik Darnell and Colin Braun; and three in the Craftsman Truck Series with Darnell, Braun, Kvapil, John Wes Townley and Bobby East; and one in the ARCA RE/MAX Series with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.


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Orchestras and Youth Orchestras
Approximately 800 symphony, chamber, youth, and university orchestras are members of the League. Thousands of their musicians, conductors, managers, board members, volunteers, and staff take advantage of the following programs and services:
For information about our Dues Structure please click here.
A Powerful Network
- National Conference - Our annual conference attracts more than 1,000 artistic, administrative, and volunteer personnel from orchestras across the country each year.
- Meetings - National and regional meetings of personnel involved in specific orchestra activities including management, marketing, development, finance, education, and volunteering are held through the year.
- Online Discussion Groups - The League facilitates e-mail discussion groups for managers, conductors, trustees, volunteers, youth orchestra leaders, librarians, and staff members in finance, development, marketing, PR, artistic administration, operations, education/community engagement, human relations and information systems who are affiliated with member orchestras.
- Employment Search - The League maintains a web site, jobs.americanorchestras.org, where member orchestras may post vacancy announcements for administrative and conducting positions and search resumes of Individual Professional Members.
Information and Advice
- americanorchestras.org - The League's principal web site is designed as a comprehensive site for use by professionals throughout the orchestra field. The site provides detailed information about League activities and other trade issues.
- Knowledge, Research and Innovation - Access information on every aspect of orchestra operations through the League.
- Referrals - Questions that cannot be answered by available studies or publications are referred to League staff members and experts throughout the orchestra field.
Education and Community Engagement
- MetLife Awards for Excellence in Community Engagement — The League in partnership with the MetLife Foundation to rewards orchestras' community engagement efforts with this prestigious and competitive annual grant. Visit the Youth, Education & Community section to learn more.
Communications and News
- Symphony - Executive and Music Directors, Board and Volunteer Presidents receive our award-winning, bimonthly magazine that covers issues critical to the orchestra community.
- The Hub - News and insight for League members. Updated daily.
- Newsletters - Volunteer Notes provides specialized perspectives for orchestra volunteers. Upbeat focuses on specific issues related to youth orchestras. Education and Community Engagement Update keeps education and community engagement professionals informed of relevant news and events.
Leadership and Learning Development
- The Orchestra Leadership Academy is a comprehensive professional development initiative designed to enhance the institutional strength of orchestras. Holding seminars throughout the country, the Academy offers a diverse range of content focused on strengthening leadership throughout the orchestra, enabling individuals to hone skills in specific programmatic areas, and creating opportunities for those new to orchestra management.
- The Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview showcases important American conducting talent chosen by a national advisory committee based on their talent, accomplishments, and preparedness to assume professional conducting responsibilities.
New Music
The League is committed to identifying and promoting the performance of contemporary American compositions that merit a prominent place in the orchestral repertoire.
- Music Alive - A residency program which, in partnership with Meet The Composer, is designed to connect composers with orchestras and the communities they serve.
- ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming – Each year, the League and ASCAP celebrate American orchestras that program challenging concerts, build the repertoire, and strengthen support for American composers.
A Unified Voice in Support of Orchestras and the Arts
- Public Relations - The League communicates the public benefit of orchestras and provides media relations on behalf of the field.
- Advocacy Alerts/Government Affairs Updates - Stay informed of trends on national arts policy and pending legislation affecting the orchestra community through the League's Advocacy and Government Division.
- Direct Representation - The League represents the interests of America's orchestras to members of Congress and the Executive Branch and facilitates state and local advocacy efforts.
- Immigration Approvals - Support of orchestra requests for temporary immigration visas.
Primary contacts of current member orchestras may renew online at my.americanorchestras.org
For a full list of member discounts and services, click here.


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Problem with Final Cut Pro
Hey Guys I'm new to this forum hope someone can help with this problem.
I'm having with a problem with Final Cut pro, when I try to open it it keeps on saying "Final Cut quit unexpectedly" I hit relaunch every time and the same message keeps coming up so Final Cut Pro wont open.
I tried to reinstall it from the .dmg file but when I try to open that the message I get is 'the following disk images failed to mount, reason: no mountable file systems"
Anyone know how I can solve this or reinstall Final Cut Pro without hassle. I need to get FCP back up and running ASAP
One common thing to try is to remove (or rename) the FCP preferences file from your Library/Preferences folder.
Why would you have a .dmg file. You should have original DVDs for FCP.
OK the "Final Cut Pro User Data" folder in library/preferences, if I delete that will it help the problem. I use an external 1TB drive as the scratch disc so should I change some of the Final Cut pro folder on that too.
I really need to get this problem solved and I'm stumped I have no idea how to fix it.
I was speaking of the com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist file. I hadn't realized Apple has a folder in there too.
I don't think changing the drive scratch disc should make a difference for this problem. Although if the problem is caused by some kind of permission issue, then it would be worth a try.
You may want to do further research on Apple's FCP forum because there is a lot of expertise there.
Did you installed Perian? Sometimes Perian will cause unexpectedly quit of FCP. You need to uninstall Perian first.
Mia Yuan: The only problem is - the OPs FCP appears to be crashing on launch, not during footage ingest which is where the perian bug shows its ugly head. Besides, as it appears the OP has a not-fully-legal copy of FCP, I think that may have also had a hand in why this thread was allowed to fade into the past (see post 1 which references using the .dmg files to install, FCP is on DVD only, so unless the OP for some reason made .dmg files of the discs, he's probably not using a legit copy)...
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What is Nanosphere?
Today, connecting to a VM console typically requires both server-side dependencies (a VDI broker, a Windows stack, or specialized guest customization) and client side dependencies (installing a special ActiveX browser plugin that works only on Windows, and only in IE or Firefox browsers). By deploying WSX on ESXi, it makes it possible to connect to any VM (any guest OS) with any modern browser (e.g. including iPad) without any special software.
What can Nanosphere do?
- Network auto-configuration
- Automatic network configuration without ever typing an IP address
- Web Management Interface
- Provision, Delete, Power On/Off Virtual Machines with pure HTML5 interface
- Console access without special apps or plugins
- WSX remote console running on ESXi
- Dead-simple installation
- Just install a tiny VIB onto any ESXi host and you're good to go. The VIB can also be integrated into a vanilla ESXi ISO image
Assuming you have a simple cable-model-like setup:
- The physical host has ESXi and Nanosphere installed.
- You "unbox" it (take it home from Staples) and plug it in on your home LAN, headless.
- It gets DHCP but you have no idea what the address is because it's headless.
- Nanosphere "phones home" to a broker running at nanosphere.cloudfoundry.com (custom application written on Cloudfoundry) to report its local LAN address (e.g. '192.168.0.4') and its UUID. The broker also records the WAN address.
- You use a plain browser on any device on the same LAN - we used an iPad - to connect to the same broker. It matches the WAN addresses and redirects the browser to the Nanosphere's LAN address.
What's next for Nanosphere?
As mentioned earlier, nanosphere is still a proof-of-concept but the VMware engineers have some interesting ideas on where it could go and would love to get your feedback if the following use cases interests you.
- Early adopters and hobbyists playing with ESXi for fun
- VARs delivering Nanosphere-based servers in selected vertical markets
- Nanosphere-based appliances delivering NAS and media streaming
- Nanosphere-based servers for developing markets and nonprofit organizations
- Hybrid public/Nanosphere clouds with bidirectional app portability
- OEMs delivering Nanosphere-based servers through a retail channel
- Value-added services like cloud backup and remote admin (including VMware GO)
I think the Nanosphere project is a really cool initiative and hopefully we will get to see more in the future. I wanted to also give a big thanks to folks who worked on the Nanosphere project and made it possible to show off at the #NotSupported event: Steve Strassmann (VMware Staff Engineer), Shivam Tiwari (VMware Intern) and of course Randy Keener (VMware TechOps) for presenting on Project Nanosphere!