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Through several hands-on tutorials, instructor Todd Perkins shows how to best build dynamic, streamlined sites using Flash CS3 Professional. Learn how to create custom keyboard shortcuts, apply advanced text techniques such as animating scrolling text with custom easing controls, and using advanced animation techniques. Flash CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics covers many challenging features, including adding complex interactivity to a Flash CS3 project and getting Flash content on a phone. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.
Now we'll add a soundtrack to our dancing robot. If you're following along, I'm working in 05_Soundtrack.fla in the Chapter 06 folder in the Exercise Files folder. Before we go to our ActionScript, let's take a look in the library at a sound called soundtrack.mp3. This is the soundtrack for our dancing robot. If you right-click or Control-click the sound in the library and choose Linkage, you can check the Export for ActionScript box, so that we can use the soundtrack in the ActionScript. For the Class, I'm going to truncate the default name, so that the Class is simply soundtrack.
Then I'm going to click OK. Let's go the first keyframe in the actions layer and open up the Actions panel by pressing Option+F9 on the Mac, or F9 on the PC. Above all the other code for new variable called sound, and the datatype will be soundtrack, all lower case. This is the same value that we just set in the linkage properties for our sound. We'll set it equal to a new instance of the soundtrack Class. Now what this does is it creates a new instance of the soundtrack Class, which is the Class that we created in the linkage properties that we set for our soundtrack.mp3 file in the library.
When we set that Class, the base Class for that Class was the Sound Class. What that means is that we can work with our soundtrack Class just as if we're working with the Sound Class. Let's go to the next line of code and create a new variable called soundControl, with a capital C. And the datatype is going to be soundChannel, with a capital C. We'll set it equal to sound.play.
The soundChannel Class is the class that you use to control sound. When we set our soundControl object equal to the playing sound or our playing soundtrack. Let's test the movie and listen to the soundtrack. ::Music plays:: And there's our robot dancing to the soundtrack. Nice.
And now we've added a soundtrack to our dancing robot. Next we'll explore a few different ways to add interactivity to this application.
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This painting has been very patient with me. As I return to it once again, it has whispered to me, now is the time for color. The time is right to finish it, and honor the story. Though, I do realize it will not be a quick finish. Yet, anything worth doing is worth taking time to do.
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Systematic study of the theory and technology of measurement, assessment and evaluation in educational settings, emphasizing the development and use of traditional techniques.
- Develop knowledge needed to understanding and evaluate current issues related to standardized and traditional assessment.
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With the release of every new education report, it seems, we hear from commentators that the findings are promising but certainly do not constitute a "silver bullet" or a "panacea" for k-12's problems. No longer. This sounds like a bonafide silver bullet to me.
The latest issue of Commentary contains a review of Checker's newest book, Troublemaker. It's available here for subscribers.
Baffled by America's arcane process for electing a president, the Edmonton Sun's Edward Greenspan has this to say:
One super delegate is Inez Tenenbaum, South Carolina's former education superintendent. That makes her the most super super delegate of all.
Ha! Good one, Edward! Jeff, is this sort of thing that made you want to leave Canada?
Amid all the news of doom and gloom, here's one reason for optimism: America's best spellers appear to be getting better and better. According to the Washington Post, these are some of the words which clinched the National Spelling Bee over the years:
1925: gladiolus
1932: knack
1938: sanitarium
1940: therapy
1956: condominium
1960: eudaemonic
1973: vouchsafe
1980: elucubrate
1991: antipyretic
2001: succedaneum
2004: autochthonous
2006: Ursprache
2007: serrefine
2008: guerdon
1925: gladiolus
1932: knack
1938: sanitarium
1940: therapy
1956: condominium
1960: eudaemonic
1973: vouchsafe
1980: elucubrate
1991: antipyretic
2001: succedaneum
2004: autochthonous
2006: Ursprache
2007: serrefine
2008: guerdon
"Knack," really? Maybe the "Greatest Generation" (whose members would have been right around 12 years old in 1932) weren't our greatest spellers ever. Or maybe, what with the Great Depression and all, they had other concerns on their mind. Regardless, it's pretty cool that American students (or at least .000001 percent of them) have gotten better at something.
It seems that students at top colleges can't soon shed the feelings of anxiety that accompanied their hypercompetitive high-school careers. Our intern Amy notifies me that the stress that bears down upon aspiring college-goers can manifest itself even more intensely after one matriculates at the university of his or her choice.
Take her high-school classmate, currently studying theater at NYU, who, determined to face his demons, wrote an off-Broadway musical about the dog-eat-dog world of AP testing:
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In response to Mike's question: "Yes."
Brian Greene, a Columbia professor who wrote two top-selling popularizations of physics, pens a passionate call for American students to rekindle their love affair with science in Sunday's New York Times.
Update: Wow--it's currently the most emailed article on nytimes.com. Must have hit a nerve.
My recent post on special education (SPED) had one education scholar emailing me to point out that a perverse financial incentive exists to place students in special education. I agree with that, though it doesn't discredit the influence that special education advocacy and parental groups have exerted on the issue (which others like Wade Horn and Douglas Tynan have also acknowledged).
But I'm also intrigued by some other factors that may be influencing the rise in SPED costs. I'm referring to research in Massachusetts a few years ago which found that cost increases in that state were less a factor of district policy or practice (e.g., inaccurate over identification of SPED students) and more a case of increasing numbers of students with significant special needs requiring more costly service. Specifically, researchers found several major underlying causes of rising SPED costs. One was changes in medical practice that now enable increasing survival rates for premature babies (many, unfortunately, with lifelong developmental and neurological problems); deinstitutionalization (more SPED children once served by state facilities are now served by school systems); and social/economic factors (more children exposed to child abuse, neglect, drug use, and dysfunctional...
Mike and I can disagree all day, during normal business hours, about the level of transparency we should demand from voucher schools. But in the NOLA case, the issue is "contentious" and might stall the $10 million proposal (although the city's Catholic schools will accept standardized testing--they're desperate).
It's entirely appropriate that the Louisiana Senate would require schools participating in a possible New Orleans voucher program to "administer state tests to voucher students." That's hardly out of line for other voucher programs. Milwaukee's requires schools to test all students (not just those in the program); D.C.'s requires all voucher recipients to participate in an annual evaluation--i.e., testing. (Though, regrettably, the D.C. results aren't broken out by school.)
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If Saturday at Sepang taught us anything, it is that if the new qualifying system for MotoGP is exciting, the new qualifying system with a little rain mixed in is utterly breathtaking. A brief shower at the end of Q1 left the area through turns 6 and 7 very wet, while the rest of the track was still mostly dry.
Add in the searing tropical heat which dries the surface quickly, and the color of the Sepang tarmac which tends to disguise wet patches, and qualifying becomes even more tricky. And then there's the fact that Sepang is a long track, the two-minute lap time leaving the riders precious little time to turn laps while waiting for the surface to dry out.
Strategies went out the window, and already stressed mechanics were forced to work themselves into even more of a sweat as they rushed to set up two bikes, one dry and one wet, just in case the rain returned. Some riders went out early and despite being warned, found themselves thrown out of their seats and given a proper scare.
With qualifying being just fifteen minutes, the most likely scenario was that the last rider to cross the line would be the fastest, unless it started raining again.


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I'm generally in line with Dana Jean, guido, and Tery on the subject. Which means I do not think I have any kind perfect answer, because the circumstances of each case are different. Since we live in a finite world with limited resources, I would point out some of the costs in a different manner. The time from booking to execution continues to grow. I understand that costs are now $50,000+ per year to house an inmate. If they are there for 20 years (which is getting more common) that is $1,000,000 in expenses (and the longer they stay the more it piles up). Notice the chart on this site.
Is it better to house and feed the innocent hungry, or house and feed killers, many with no remorse for their crime? I have a feeling if budget cuts continue, we, as a society, may have to revist this question with a different perspective. And if not death, is there something more creative as an answer, as sometimes is written about in near future sci-fi books.


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UW-Madison will give targeted raises to about one-third of its faculty and academic staff members in an effort to make salaries more competitive and buoy spirits amid a four-year dry spell in across-the-board pay increases.
The new initiative, described in a memo to university administrators that was to be sent out Tuesday, will mean raises of at least 5 percent for some high-performing staff members who are at risk of leaving or underpaid compared to those in similar jobs.
Paul DeLuca, UW-Madison's provost, described the plan as "retention on steroids."
"If we don't do something to retain the best of the best faculty, we're going to start to hemorrhage our most important human resource," he said in an interview Monday. "And that's something you can't recover too quickly from. When that starts to happen it can be devastating to an institution."


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Utility Partners of America (UPA), one of the nation's largest utility solutions providers, recently celebrated the opening of 40 public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across South Carolina. UPA serves as the exclusive installation and support partner for the initiative, which is spearheaded by Plug In Carolina, an organization dedicated to promoting the adoption of plug-in technology.
A ceremony recognizing the achievement was held on December 8, 2010, on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse. Multiple automotive companies showcased plug in vehicle technologies at the event, which featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a workshop on the 2011 Clean Cities Grant Submission.
EV drivers will be able to "refuel" in as little as 10 minutes at publicly-accessible charging stations situated in municipal parking garages, public streets and participating retailers in seven South Carolina host cities. To date, stations have been deployed in Columbia, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, and Union. Next up, cities slated for deployment include: Blythewood, Charleston, Lockhart, Myrtle Beach, and North Myrtle Beach.
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HIST-106, History of the United States from 1876
Credits: 3
This is a General Education Course
Course Description
HIST-106, History of the United States from 1876, surveys American History from the end of Reconstruction to the present. It focuses upon the major political, diplomatic, economic, and social developments, paying particular attention to changes in the role of government, racial and cultural relations, and to the nation s place and responsibilities in a more interconnected world. Prerequisite: exemption/completion of READ-099. Credit by exam available. Three hours lecture each week. Three credits. Three billable hours. GENERAL EDUCATION Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer terms.
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MAJOR COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Summarize and explain the major events of the years from 1877 to the present, in order to show clear, concise understanding of how they changed America (GE1, GE2, PG1, PG2, PG4)
2. Communicate orally, by discussing original documents and key issues in American History from 1877 to the present (GE1, GE2, PG1, PG2, PG4)
3. Demonstrate informational literacy; i.e. know when there is a need for information, and to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand (GE2, GE4, PG1, PG4)
4. Express themselves in formal writing, by authoring papers such as essays, analyses, book reviews, or bibliographies that offer a clear and supported position on a complex historical subject or event (GE1, GE2, GE4, PG1, PG2, PG4, PG5)
5. Think critically, from analyzing the successes and failures of the past and explaining and predicting how people with values and mindsets different from our own handle similar circumstances (GE2, GE6, GE7, PG1, PG2, PG3, PG4)
6. Make historical connections by recognizing contemporary behaviors, actions, and policies that demonstrate how people fail to learn lessons from those past successes and failures (GE2, GE7, PG1)
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Lead vocalist of American Metalcore band Tim Lambesis was arrested in Oceanside, California, Tuesday on suspicion of hiring a hit man to murder his wife, according to San Diego County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jan Caldwell. Lambesis was booked on three federal counts which included one count of solicitation to commit murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit crime.
Caldwell said investigators got wind of the information "late last week" and acted quickly.
According to Reuters, police declined to disclose details or a possible motive behind the alleged murder plot due to the ongoing investigation.
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Admission to the event is free, and it will be held regardless of weather.
Celebration 2003 offers demonstrations in all of the Craft Center studios — ceramics, glass blowing, weaving and textile arts, blacksmithing, jewelry making, woodturning and furniture making.
Other activities will include door prizes at each studio, fine craft sale and 10 percent discount off all gallery items, hands-on craft projects for children, tie-dye T-shirts, silent auction, food by Mama Lea's Café and live music by the Cluster Pluckers and Abusua, TTU's West African drumming and dance troupe.
The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Appalachian Center for Craft of Tennessee.
As a volunteer support organization, FACCT — in partnership with the Craft Center — provides educational outreach programs in arts and craft to thousands of Upper Cumberland students in grades K-12.
Proceeds from the celebration directly support educational outreach, and these programs are also funded in part by grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission.
The Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts Build Communities grant program is providing, in part, additional funding to support this year's celebration.
To get to the Craft Center, take Interstate 40 to Exit 273, turn south onto Highway 56 and take an immediate left after crossing Hurricane Bridge near Smithville.For more information, call the Craft Center at 931/372-3051 or 615/597-6801 or visit www.craftcenter.tntech.edu.


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The billionaire mayor supports equality with words, but he helped the GOP retake the state SenateFriday, Jun 24, 2011 3:40 PM UTC 0
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Salon's Justin Elliott joined Amy Goodman to talk about House hopeful Ilario Pantano's controversial past in IraqFriday, Oct 29, 2010 2:49 PM UTC 0
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Obama crushes a medication policy he'd vowed to endorse. Such bogus election-year promises undermine democracySaturday, Dec 19, 2009 1:30 AM UTC 0
The conservative favorite had retracted his concession, but won't challenge the final resultsTuesday, Nov 24, 2009 8:58 PM UTC 0
Victory's out of reach for now, but the conservative candidate may try to overturn the resultsFriday, Nov 20, 2009 9:41 PM UTC 0
Republicans look ahead to 2010, without bothering to figure out whether they've solved their problems firstFriday, Nov 20, 2009 12:20 AM UTC 0
It's still possible the conservative could challenge the results of a special election, but for now, he's lostThursday, Nov 19, 2009 11:45 PM UTC 0
The conservative candidate worries about "scheming behind closed doors"Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 3:37 PM UTC 0
The two newest Republican governors offer weak explanations for why they didn't campaign with the former Alaska oneThursday, Nov 19, 2009 2:19 AM UTC 0
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The Fox News host says "what's coming next year" will "dwarf 1994"Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 11:30 PM UTC 0
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The RNC chairman says that the GOP is speaking with one, sane voice again, and America is listeningWednesday, Nov 4, 2009 5:45 PM UTC 0
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lostWednesday, Nov 4, 2009 5:05 PM UTC 0
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Zephyrs' right-hander confounds Redbirds
A disgusted Redbirds right fielder Jamie Romak threw his bat and helmet down after whiffing on a breaking ball from New Orleans starter Tom Koehler to end the fourth inning.
Disgust and frustration were the common themes for the 'Birds (25-45) Saturday night, as Koehler and the Zephyrs (36-34) overmatched them 7-0 in a game that nearly didn't happen because of a bizarre rain delay.
Koehler took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and completely befuddled the Memphis lineup before he was lifted for a reliever in the eighth.
The 6-foot-4 right-hander pounded the strike zone against the Redbirds, who didn't seem to be willing to take a hack at his offerings. Koehler tied his season high with 10 strikeouts, six of which were looking.
Most of the outs came easy, either by strikeout or lazy fly ball. The lone exceptions came in the fifth inning, when Koehler was the beneficiary of some fine defensive play.
Redbirds shortstop Pete Kozma smacked what looked to be a sure single down the third-base line, until Matt Dominguez plucked it out of the sky with a leaping grab. Two batters later, Zephyrs second baseman Nick Green robbed first baseman Aaron Bates of a would-be single up the middle.
It's the third time this season that Koehler has limited his opponent to just one hit, though oddly enough he was tagged with a loss in the other two contests. Reliever Gary Glover came on in the eighth and finished the one-hitter.
Romak broke up the no-hit bid in the seventh with a bloop single to left-center field, to cheers from the 13,240 in attendance at AutoZone park.
It was the Zephyrs' seventh team shutout. They came into the contest leading the Pacific Coast League with a 3.86 ERA.
Though he earned the loss, it looked like Redbirds starting pitcher Shelby Miller — regarded as one of the top prospects in the organization — had snapped out of his recent funk.
Through four innings, the only runs he allowed came on the heels of two errors by third baseman Eugenio Velez. But his undoing came in familiar fashion in the fifth inning.
Miller was chased from the game by Dominguez' three-run bomb to left field, making it a 7-0 New Orleans lead. It was the 10th home run Miller has allowed in his last six starts.
In those six starts, Miller's turned in a 9.46 ERA — causing his season total to soar from 3.79 to its current 6.00 — and has been on the losing end of the decision four times.
The game was originally slated for a 6:05 p.m. start, but an unexpected shower caught the grounds crew by surprise and nearly derailed Saturday's contest, forcing it to start a full 2 1/2 hours behind schedule.
Though it only rained briefly, it snuck up on the crew at the stadium and soaked the playing surface before the grounds crew could cover it with a tarp.
Both managers repeatedly came out and tested the dirt along the first-base line, deeming it unsafe and leading to three separate delays while the crew tried to dry the area out.
To compensate for the delay, fans who held on to their ticket stub can redeem them for tickets to any other Redbirds game this season.
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Talks between the NHL and NHLPA are set to resume today, with the NHL reportedly getting ready to present a new offer.
Part of me fully expects some form of lockout at this point. But I also harbour this foolishly optimistic notion that the League could present a decent proposal, a starting point from which to work from.
Wishful thinking, no doubt.
Habs and Hockey News
- Speaking of potential lockouts, a few more players have spoken out on their potential plans should their be a lockout. ESPN's Morning Links also features a few stories on the subject.
- Seems potential Phoenix Coyotes owner Greg Jamison still needs more time to finalize his attempt to purchase the beleaguered franchise. This is truly turning into the Neverending Story....
- The Hockey News wraps up its annual predictions, revealing their pick for top spot in each conference. Speaking of predictions, USA Today compares the ever-connected Nashville Predators and Detroit Red Wings. Their conclusion? Nashville should come out on top.
- Habs Eyes On The Prize continues its look at the best Canadiens under 25, today looking at number ten, Sebastien Collberg.
- Here is quirky story out of Sweden, courtesy of USA Today. Apparently, a star in Sweden's Third Division intentionally punched his coach, therefore being released from his contract with the team which in turn allowed him to sign in the Second Division. In any case, the story is worth reading — especially for the pun at the end of it.
- Finally, don't forget to look at Amos Legault's interesting retrospective on the NHL's old goaltending rules.


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Flashback: Not a single Texas Democrat voted against Defense of Marriage Act in 1996
A growing group of Texas Democratic lawmakers is beginning to embrace same-sex marriage. But when Congress enacted the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 — the law the Supreme Court is reviewing today — not a single Texas Democrat voted against it. Most of the members of the Texas Democratic delegation from 1996 have been [Read More]
Texas Democrats, after decades in the wilderness, find reason for hope at Obama inauguration
The Lone Star Project premiered this video at its rollicking Sunday afternoon event at Hill Country Barbecue in downtown Washington. Texas Democrats haven't had a lot to cheer about in recent years. As San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro is quick to remind you, the political score in Texas is 29-0. In favor of the Republicans. [Read More]
Why Texas congressional incumbents are beating their Tea Party challengers
The Texas Tea Party Patriots want Montgomery County's member of Congress to be a thorn in the side of the political establishment, an unwavering conservative and a leader in the fight for causes they hold dear. So faced with a Republican primary choice between a challenger claiming Tea Party credentials and an eight-term incumbent, the […] [Read More]
Incumbents beware: Former Texas lawmaker says 2012 could bring record turnover to Congress
Former Texas congressman Martin Frost thinks 2012 may be a year for the history books. "Every few years, someone advances the idea that this will be the year that the public is so fed up with politicians in Washington that they go to the polls and vote against all incumbents," he declares. "It has never happened before, but this could finally be the year." [Read More]
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As one half of the eponymous duo in MacMillan's Romeo & Juliet, Alina Cojocaru had just given the performance of her life. Yes, she has a world class technique, but they are ten a penny in the Royal Ballet today; her acting abilities are usually a little less than standard and her musicality on the self indulgent side, but something has happened to this Romanian refugee. Her Juliet was so much more than just the steps; there were no over the top clichés or agonised grimaces and she moved through the music as if orchestrated by Prokofiev. Something has been liberated, her stage presence is a force of nature all on its own. Movement, music and emotion are blended into a living portrait, a breathing, flesh and blood experience recognisable to us all.
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WASHINGTON — Because Syria's convulsion has become as serious as Barack Obama has been careless in speaking about it, he is suddenly and uncharacteristically insisting that Congress participate in governance. Regarding institutional derangements, he is the infection against which he pretends to be an immunization.
In the Illinois Legislature, he voted "present" 129 times to avoid difficulties; now he stoops from his executive grandeur to tutor Congress on accountability. In Washington, where he condescends as a swan slumming among starlings, he insists that, given the urgency of everything he desires, he "can't wait" for Congress to vote on his programs or to confirm persons he nominates to implement them. The virtues of his policies and personnel are supposedly patent and sufficient to justify imposing both by executive decrees.
In foreign policy, too, he luxuriates in acting, as most modern presidents have improvidently done, without the tiresome persuasion required to earn congressional ratifications. Without even a precipitating event such as Syria's poison gas attack, and without any plausible argument that an emergency precluded deliberation, he waged protracted war against Libya with bombers and cruise missiles but without Congress.
Now, concerning Syria, he lectures Congress, seeking an accomplice while talking about accountability. Perhaps he deserves Congress' complicity — if he can convince it that he can achieve a success he can define. If success is a "shot across the bow" of Syria's regime, he cannot fail: By avoiding the bow, such a shot merely warns of subsequent actions.
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has advertised his skepticism about intervening in Syria. His very public intrusion in a policy debate may exceed what is proper for the uniformed military, but he seems to have played Obama as dexterously as Duke Ellington played a piano. Dempsey assured Obama that the military mission could be accomplished a month from now. (Because the bow will still be there to be shot across?) This enabled Obama to say that using the military to affirm an international norm (about poison gas), although urgent enough to involve Congress, is not so urgent that Congress' recess required abbreviation.
Britain's Parliament inadvertently revived the constitutional standing of the U.S. Congress when Prime Minister David Cameron's incompetent management of the vote resulted in Parliament refusing to authorize an attack. His fumble was a function of Obama's pressuring him for haste. If Parliament had authorized an attack — seven switched votes would have sufficed — Obama probably would already have attacked, without any thought about Congress' prerogatives. The Financial Times' Gideon Rachman reports that in an Aug. 24 telephone conversation with Cameron, Obama "made it clear that he wanted a swift military response — before global outrage dissipated and Bashar al-Assad's regime had the chance to prepare its defenses."
Many Republicans are reluctant to begin yet another military intervention in a distant and savage civil war. Other Republicans, whose appetite for such interventions has not been satiated by recent feasts of failure, will brand reluctance as "isolationism." Reluctant Republicans can invoke Dwight Eisenhower.
He, who in 1961 enriched America's lexicon with the phrase "military-industrial complex," sought the presidency in 1952 to prevent its capture by what he considered an isolationist, or at least insufficiently internationalist, Republican faction represented by "Mr. Republican," Ohio Sen. Robert Taft. Yet after one look as president-elect at the front line in Korea, Eisenhower ended that war. To advisers urging intervention on France's behalf in Vietnam, he said (this from his memoirs): "Employment of airstrikes alone to support French troops in the jungle would create a double jeopardy: it would comprise an act of war and would also entail the risk of having intervened and lost." He was not an interventionist regarding the 1956 Hungarian revolution, and he not only refused to support the 1956 British-French-Israeli attack on Egypt, he ruthlessly forced its termination. About his brief and tranquil intervention in Lebanon, he wrote: "I had been careful to use about U.S. forces the term 'stationed in' Lebanon."
Obama's sanctimony about his moral superiority to a Congress he considers insignificant has matched his hypocrisy regarding his diametrically opposed senatorial and presidential understandings of the proper modalities regarding uses of military force. Now he asks from the Congress he disdains an authorization he considers superfluous. By asking, however reluctantly, he begins the urgent task of lancing the boil of executive presumption.
And surely he understands the perils of being denied an authorization he has sought, then treating the denial as irrelevant.
George F. Will is a columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group.
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Nice try, katmanbern! Now, can you name where this lion is?
I took down your double post. And I'll pass on the suggestions about what you guys would like to see in the comments. Also, I love the pineapple story!
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Sacred Heart is having a noon assembly to discuss this decision. We'll have a reporter there and live coverage. http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2012/04/noon_assembly_planned_for_moun.html
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Congratulations, Jovanna. What an inspiring story. I hope her speech and story can show other kids in in the area that there is a way to get an education and better yourself.
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I'm sure neighbors will be glad to see these houses come down. What do other residents think- is this something you are glad to see the city invest money in?
It's nice to see the Sting getting involved in helping out the Mills' family. Anyone planning to go to the games this weekend?
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Thanks, everyone for all the feedback! It's extremely interesting to see all the thoughts on this topic. I have to wonder if every new energy source gets this same kind of reaction. Just seeing the kind of debate a new coal-powered plant gets makes me think yes. I imagine we'll always have debate about energy. What do you guys think- is this the same kind of debate most energy sources get, or is there something different about wind energy?
Does anyone live in an area near these wind turbines? I wonder how much of a nuisance they actually are once they are up? I guess being a suburban girl my whole life, I don't really know how much of a disruption these are in the country, but I don't quite get the outcry. What do you guys think?
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I'm sorry you are not a fan of our coney dog project. The reason there was so much coverage of it on Thursday was because that was the day of the taste testing. We didn't want to exclude any of the coney joints we visited from coverage. Also, if you check out the links above, only two of them are about coney dogs - the rest are a variety of news items. Even with our coney dog coverage yesterday, we had reporters working hard all day to bring you non-coney related news.
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Hi gladelift - The video is back up. We had to switch it out so you could see this coney instead of the last one we filmed! Hope you get a chance to check them out.
Thanks Ziggy. Will you participate? As an apartment dweller, I'm thinking about it since I have no place to plant anything. Although, I did manage to kill a cactus, so I may need someone with a green thumb to help.
I agree, Draymond. I don't watch much Idol now, but I may tune in tonight to see her!
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The Xavier Grade School Tennis team posted its first victory this school year in the Prince NextGen 12 & under Tennis Tournament held last 19 - 20 July at the San Beda Alabang Tennis Courts. Other participating schools were San Beda College Manila, San Beda Alabang, La Camelle Cavite, Assumption College Manila, Las Pinas Academy and Sucat Integrated School. Read the rest of this entry »
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Summerville picked up wins on the diamond, the pitch and the golf course this week.
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The Green Wave softball team improved to 7-0 with a 9-7 win over Stratford Wednesday. Taylor Wuerfel picked up the win in the circle to improve to 6-0.
Brittany Olean hit a walkoff homerun in the seventh to seal the victory. Taylor Belfiore was 3 for 4 at the plate with two RBIs and Hannah Horton was 2 for 4 with a homerun.
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The University of Northern Iowa has requested approval to perform $450,000 in repairs on the president's house, according to Iowa Board of Regents meeting documents released Friday.
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Tim Tebow may have been the draw for a crowd of 2,000 at Tuesday's Leadership Conference held at Ohio Christian University, but the real celebrity at the event, according to Dr. Mark Smith, OCU president, was Dwight Radcliff, Pickaway County Sheriff.
Radcliff was presented the university's first Community Leadership Award at the event for his years of service to Pickaway County.
"To me, the hero of the night was Dwight Radcliff for his leadership," Smith said. "When you see a role model like the Sheriff who has given himself literally to the community as a servant for all these years, we just felt this was the time to kick off this award and make him the first recipient."
Radcliff announced his retirement earlier this year at the completion of his current term Dec. 31 after 48 years in office. He holds the distinction as the longest-serving Sheriff in the United States.
Radcliff said he was surprised but honored by the presentation, which included a quartz clock, a plaque and certificate.
"There were a lot of people there," Radcliff said. "Mark Smith went on and on, talking about my years of service and how we've helped them out there (at the university). I didn't have a chance to say anything other than thank them for it, but I'm very appreciative of it coming from them and doing it with a crowd like that when Tebow was there."
Smith said Radcliff is an outstanding community leader, and Pickaway County is blessed to have a man like Dwight Radcliff as its Sheriff.
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UV Photolytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Sulfide to Its Constituent Elements
Hello! My name is Clovis Linkous, senior research scientist at the Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida.
Under funding from the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, we have been studying environmentally acceptable approaches to the treatment and disposal of refinery-based waste streams, particularly that of sulfur. The removal of sulfur from crude petroleum and natural gas is a major process in refinery operation worldwide. The predominant sulfurous waste product of hydrodesulfurization is hydrogen sulfide, H2S, a noxious, poisonous gas. Conventional treatment technologies convert the H2S into sulfur and water, so that the original energy content is lost. We are developing a UV photolytic process that decomposes H2S not only into sulfur, but hydrogen gas as well. The following is a video showing how the process works.
Now let's take a tour around the sulfide loop showing how H2S is photolytically converted to its constituent elements. Much of the apparatus is located inside a fume hood, mainly for safety reasons. The H2S supply, the scrubbing apparatus, and associated plumbing are shown. The photoreactor and circulation pump are off on the right, gas chromatographic apparatus is off on the left.
This is our hydrodesulfurization plant, consisting of a tank of H2S with regulator. The yellow object in the lower right is an H2S sensor.
The sensor is electrochemistry-based, and gives off an intermittent beep at 10 ppm, and continuous above 20 ppm.
The darker object in the middle toward the rear of the area shown is the H2S flow controller. In order to use only as much H2S as is necessary to balance the chemical turnover in the photoreactor, this flow controller is coupled to the pH in the scrubber vessel.
We have also installed a flow monitor and integrator into the H2S supply line, so that we can quantitate the amount of H2S flowing into the system. A check valve in the upper right prevents scrubber solution from backing up into the monitor.
Our scrubber vessel consists of a glass round-bottom flask fitted with multiple ports to accommodate H2S inflow, scrubber solution outflow, and sulfide solution returning from the photoreactor. It also has ports for a pH monitoring electrode and a pressure relief valve. Initially, the vessel contents, consisting only of scrubbed bisulfide ion, are clear in color.
This is the pH monitor, which tells the H2S solenoid when to supply more gas to the scrubber. In this scene, the monitor has been set to pH 7. By maintaining scrubber pH in the neutral to moderately alkaline range, sulfur- laden solution coming from the photoreactor can be induced to release its sulfur content.
Once the system is brought up and the photoreactor turned on, the photolyte quickly turns yellow from the production of complexed sulfur. Even though most of the disulfide complex decomposes in the scrubber, enough remains so that the scrubber solution in the steady state is decidedly yellow.
Shown here is a flowmeter and the pump that draws sulfide solution from the scrubber and sends it to the photoreactor. The UV photoreactor is housed in a 6-foot black box standing on the floor to the right.
The photoreactor consists of a 30", 60 W, low pressure mercury lamp mounted along the centerline of an annular quartz reaction chamber.
This is a rare view of the photoreactor opened up while in operation. A steady flow of hydrogen gas bubbles can be seen rising to the top of the reactor.
It was difficult to operate the gas collection apparatus straight out from the headspace of the photoreactor, so we installed a small gas separation vessel just downstream from the photoreactor. In order to be able to measure the gas evolution volumetrically, it was necessary to maintain a constant head space inside the separator. To perform this function, a fluid level gauge was connected via a relay to a small pump.
In this view, the photoreactor input, output to the scrubber, gauge wiring, and ancillary circulating pump can be seen. Segregated pockets of gas and sulfide solution can be seen pushing through the 0.25" connection tubing into the separator.
The gas exiting from the separator passes through a sampling loop on the chromatograph and then on to an inverted graduated cylinder, whose liquid volume is displaced by the hydrogen gas.
Once the hydrogen gas has been separated out, the complexed sulfur solution is returned to the scrubber. The scrubber vessel immediately becomes turbid from the release of elemental sulfur, as it is being held at a pH where the disulfide complex is unstable. This is how the scrubber vessel appears in the steady state.
To collect the sulfur precipitate, a dual in-line filter arrangement has been installed between the scrubber vessel and the main circulating pump feeding the photoreactor. Stopcocks above and below the filters can be opened or closed so as to direct the scrubber effluent through either or both of the filters. This feature enables the operator to remove and clean one of the filters while the system is still running.
Here the operator demonstrates how a filter can be taken off-line while the system is operating and continue collecting the sulfur through the other branch.
The sulfur is typically dried and weighed to confirm the mass balance of the overall system.
The collected gas has been shown to be mostly H2, but it is of interest to know how much H2S is coevolved, and correlate it to the operating parameters of the system.
With the aid of a multi-channel sampling loop, fixed volume samples, typically one milliliter, of the gaseous output from the system can be sent through the chromatograph. Separation of the gases in the Hayesep DB packed column under He flow is easily accomplished.
The output from the thermal conductivity detector is shown on the screen. In this case, only a single peak, whose retention time corresponds to hydrogen, is shown.
In conclusion, we have demonstrated a closed-cycle H2S treatment process that decomposes H2S via UV photolysis into its constituent elements, sulfur and hydrogen. One not only recovers marketable sulfur, but also hydrogen gas that either could be sold on the commodities market, burned to produce clean process heat, or recycled back to the desulfurization plant. This process may some day help oil refineries reduce their increasing reliance on outside sources of H2, and make sour gas refineries more profitable.
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An Annandale tax preparer has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Internal Revenue Service out of at least $419,000.
Stanley Kyungjin Cho, 50, of Annandale, pleaded guilty in federal court March 12 to two counts of felony tax fraud in connection with his personal income taxes and his accounting and tax preparation business; Kyung Jin Cho, C.P.A., P.C.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Thomas J. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation's Washington, D.C., Field Office, made the announcement after the plea was accepted by United States District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. Cho will face a maximum penalty of three years in prison on each count when he is sentenced June 7.
In a statement of facts filed with his plea agreement, Cho admitted to knowingly making false statements in his personal income tax returns for tax years 2008 through 2011. The false statements resulted in Cho underpaying his federal income taxes by about $262,000, according to court documents.
Cho also admitted during the same three-year period, he knowingly falsified a significant number of tax returns for his clients, resulting in additional losses to the federal government of at least $157,000, according to court records.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, which estimates in 2006, the last year for which figures are available, the national tax gap — the difference between total taxes owed and total taxes paid — was estimated to be $385 billion. The IRS estimates that three-quarters of this tax gap was attributable to individual taxpayers.
Under IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman, the IRS initiated a comprehensive review of the tax return preparation industry in 2009. A multi-faceted return preparer regulation strategy was launched the following year to ensure ethical service to taxpayers. "Taxpayers should be very careful when choosing a return preparer. You should be as careful as you would in choosing a doctor or a lawyer," said Shulman. "While most preparers provide excellent service to their clients, a few unscrupulous return preparers file false and fraudulent tax returns and ultimately defraud their clients. It is important to know that even if someone else prepares your return, you are ultimately responsible for all the information on the tax return."


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Meaning & Origins
Roman family name, of obscure derivation, borne most notably by Gaius Julius Caesar (?102–44 bc). It was in use among the early Christians, and was the name of an early and influential pope (337–52), as well as of a later pope (1443–1513) who attempted to combat the corruption of the Renaissance papacy. The name is used occasionally in the English-speaking world, one of its best‐known bearers being the writer John Julius Norwich (b. 1929).
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English: topographic name for someone living by a pointed hill (or regional name from the Peak District (Old English Pēaclond) in Derbyshire), named with Old English pēac 'peak', 'pointed hill' (found only in place names). This word is not directly related to Old English pīc 'point', 'pointed hill', which yielded Pike; there is, however, some evidence of confusion between the two surnames.
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Nicknames & variations
Julious, Julissa, Julis, Julisa, Juliza, Julija, Julias, Julies, Julice, Juliusz
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Posted 2 years ago
By Post Staff
The mercury on the Raise the Roof fundraising thermometer at WESTCO in Alliance and at the Mobius office in Hemingford is moving upward.
WESTCO employees this week stepped forward and donated $21,000 towards the new livestock pavilion at the Box Butte County Fair in Hemingford.
Company president David Briggs says the contribution is a great show of support for Box Butte County 4-H and FFA and is a huge step forward toward getting the over $100,000 debt paid on the new building, which will be used for the first time during the fair this August.
In addition, the Box Butte County Extension Office has received an additional $4,000 from various donors for this project since WESTCO and the Hemingford Cooperative Telephone Company and Mobius issued the challenge that they would jointly match up to $30,000 in public contributions.
Both companies continue to urge people to donate financially to the Raise the Roof campaign and take the mercury to the top of the fundraising thermometers.
Donations may be sent to: Raise the Roof, c/o UNL Extension, 415 Black Hills Avenue, Alliance, NE 69301


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At a private meeting last night in New York City, Facebook revealed to trusted partners a plan to restructure the 3-year-old Preferred Developer Consultant program around 4 areas: Page management, Ads API, Insights, and custom app development. My sources tell me Facebook will be granting approval badges in the 4 verticals, the latter two of which have never had their own distinctions.
This new unified API partner program will launch soon to replace the PDC and Ads API partner programs, and make it easier for brands to discover Facebook marketing services vendors.
The overhaul is designed to encourage more companies to formally offer Facebook marketing services, and get brands spending more on Facebook faster.
Connecting brand wallets to vendors in each of the four areas helps Facebook make money and improve the site, which is why it originally started the Preferred Developer Consultant program in 2009. Page management services strengthen the quality of content published, Insights gives brands confidence in the ROI of their spend, and custom app development creates engaging experiences for users and generates ad-targetable behavioral data for Facebook. Most directly, Ads API companies that efficiently run huge ad campaigns get brands to increase their advertising spend, which goes straight into Facebook's pockets.
Previously, brands trying to discover relevant Facebook marketing services had to use the somewhat clumsy Preferred Developer Consultant lookup tool for Page management and marketing services shown below, or comb through the list of Ads API tools and services vendors. There was no official place for Insights vendors like PageLever or EdgeRank Checker, or custom campaign app development services.
The new badging system will let Insights vendors and app developers show off a Facebook seal of approval, and be discoverable through an enhanced, unified lookup tool that searches across each of the core marketing partner verticals. Some companies will only be badged in one area, while others that do it all like Buddy Media may be badged in all four. The information comes from sources that requested anonymity since Facebook wanted these plans kept private, but I've seen the emails. This is happening.
Brands will be able to easily find vendors that sport badges for all the services they need. This is crucial as the company announced new marketing products including Timeline for brand Pages, real-time Insights, and a bevy of new advertising options at this week's Facebook Marketing Conference.
A better self-serve discovery tool will reduce work for Facebook's developer relations team, which is bombarded with requests from brands looking to be matched with relevant vendors. Rather than asking for assistance and then blasting out requests for proposals of service to all the vendors that seem right, brands will more easily be able to home in on the best vendors for them and start spending money faster. Expect a big marketing push from Facebook to generate brand interest once it settles on a name for the program, designs the badges, and is ready to launch.
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Pepco (POM) was upgraded by Wells Fargo (WFC) to outperform from market perform, as a better regulatory environment should add to the bottom line.
Shares are higher by about 2.9 percent.
Facebook (FB) had its price target increased by JP Morgan (JPM) as growth should be driven by mobile advertising. An overweight rating was issued with a price target of $35.
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Troop 7306 Junior Girl Scout Uniform White polo/golf shirt Khaki bottoms (pants, capris, skirt, skort or shorts) Green Junior vest w/ appropriate patches
American Flag Patch
Junior Girl Scouts may wear the American Flag Patch above the council and Girl Scouts of the USA identification strips on their uniform. (You may need to lower everything on the vest in order to assure the flag is placed in a position of respect.)
Girl Scouts of the USA Identification StripPlace this strip just below the shoulder line on the right side of the vest. The strip for Junior Girl Scouts has a white background with blue edging.
Girl Scout Council Identification StripPlace this strip directly below the Girl Scouts of the USA identification strip. Every council has its own identification strip. The strip for Junior Girl Scouts white background with blue edging.
Troop/Group Crest
Center the troop/group crest directly under the council identification strip. The crest has a design chosen by the troop. Junior Girl Scouts and girls 11-17 can wear this emblem on their uniforms. Our troop chose the Hawaiian lei which symbolizes a circle of friendship.
Troop/Group Numerals
Center the numerals horizontally below the troop/group crest on the vest. Our troop number is 7306. Junior Girl Scouts have white numerals on a green background.
Membership Stars/Discs
Place the stars directly beneath the troop numerals, beginning with the Daisy Girl Scout star (on blue disc) on the right side, then the Brownie Girl Scout stars (on green discs), and Junior Girl Scout stars (on yellow discs). Each membership star stands for being registered one year
Bridge to Junior Girl Scouts Award
Place the Bridge to Junior Girl Scouts Award below the membership stars on the right side of the vest. Brownie Girl Scouts complete activities for this award to prepare for Junior Girl Scouting. This is worn on the Junior uniform only, unless placed on the back of the Girl Scout uniform for girls 11-17.
Junior Aide
Place this award directly beneath the Bridge to Junior Girl Scouts Award. The Junior Aide Award represents active assistance as a Junior Girl Scout, helping Brownie Girl Scouts bridge to Junior Girl Scouting. Only Junior Girl Scouts can wear it.
Our troop has not yet earned this award.
Brownie Wings
Center this emblem horizontally under the Junior Aide Award, or if you do not have that award, under the Bridge to Junior Girl Scouts Award on both the sash and vest. Any girl that completed her Brownie years can wear this patch.
Junior Leadership Pin
The Junior Girl Scout Leadership Pin indicates leadership roles assumed at the Junior Girl Scout age-level. Wear this pin on the right side of the vest above the badges and below the Brownie Wings.
Our troop has not yet earned this award.
Insignia Tab (Optional)Wear this tab on the left side above the heart on the Junior Girl Scout vest. It holds the World Trefoil Pin and Girl Scout Membership Pin.
World Trefoil PinAll age-levels wear the pin directly above the Girl Scout Membership Pin above the heart on their uniform.
The World Trefoil Pin shows that you are part of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). On it are three leaves representing the Girl Scout Promise, with a flame that stands for loving all the people in the world.The compass needle is to guide you, and the two stars are the Girl Scout Promise and Law. The outer circle represents the World Association, and the golden yellow trefoil on a bright blue background stands for the sun shining over the children of the world.
Girl Scout Membership Pin
Wear this pin proudly on the left side of the vest, centered above your heart.
Bronze Award Pin
The Girl Scout Bronze Award Pin is the highest award for Junior Girl Scouts and signifies completion of a Bronze Award project. The pin should be worn to the left of the insignia tab.
Sign of the Rainbow, Sign of the Sun, Sign of the Satellite, and Sign of the World
Place them in two rows, with Sign of the Rainbow and Sign of the Satellite on the right. Wear them centered horizontally directly below the membership tab on the left side of the Junior Girl Scout vest.
Junior Agent of Change Patches
The Journey patches are worn on the left side of the vest, above the badges but below the "signs". The troop has earned the blue "One" patch which will be the center of the trio. Be sure to leave enough room to add the outer rings.
Junior Girl Scout Badges
Wear the first badge on the right side of the vest, just above the bottom edge. Place additional badges in horizontal rows, keeping the rows on the right and left balanced. If you run out of room, put badges on the back of the vest in rows starting at the bottom.
Each badge signifies specific achievements in Junior Girl Scouting. Junior Girl Scout badges can also be worn on the back of the Girl Scout vest for girls 11-17.
Participation Patches and Pins
Place participation patches and pins on the back of the vest, beginning at the top, just below the shoulder line. These patches and pins may be from camp, special events, or programs such as GirlSports or Issues for Girl Scouts. Patches/pins earned at an earlier age-level can be placed on the back of the sash, but it is not recommended, as you will soon run out of space!


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On a day when Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the time for negotiations on school closings was over, the Chicago Teachers Union led hundreds of supporters in a highly orchestrated downtown rally and march as part of its continuing efforts to derail the district's plan to shut 53 elementary schools.
CTU President Karen Lewis was cheered when she took the microphone at Daley Plaza late Wednesday afternoon and repeated her argument that the Chicago Public Schools' decision to close schools with predominantly African-American enrollments is racist.
"Let's not pretend that when you close schools on the South and West sides, the children affected aren't black," Lewis said. "Let's not pretend that's not racist."
In an event rife with political symbolism, the size of the crowd was anybody's guess. The official police estimate was 700 to 900 people, according to the department's news affairs office. A CTU spokeswoman said the union was "appalled" by the department's number, saying between 5,000 and 6,500 were on hand.


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Targeting generation X, Pt. 3
By Jason Kestler
Kestler Financial Group, Inc.
Editor's note: This is the third article in a six-part series. Click here to read the first in the series.
The baby boomers' claim to fame is being the largest demographic group in history. Several commentators have compared its effect on society to that of a large pig being swallowed by a python. As it makes its way through the animal, it wreaks havoc at every turn.
So, too, for the boomers. Their large numbers alone forced massive rebuilding, restructuring and expansion of everything from school systems to highways. Whereas prior to the boomers, fashion statements were largely the venue of young adults (think of the flappers and zoot suits of an earlier era), the boomers seized control of the marketplace in their teens and never let go. While marketers are often criticized today as "youth obsessed," current generations simply accept the attention. The boomers demanded it. They grew up planning to take over the world and have largely done just that.
Many assume the attention the boomers got from their parents and society in their formative years created the famous boomer stereotype that the world revolves around them. There is no question the typical boomer believes that, given the right combination of perseverance, skill and plain "we know we're going to win in the end" attitude, anything is possible. For this reason, personal growth is a priority, even at the expense of appearing self-centered and selfish. Boomers, for example, are almost solely responsible for the massive sales of self-improvement materials. Despite the harsh events of their lives — e.g. race riots, political assassinations — boomers are basically incurable optimists believing they will always prevail in the end. Why not, since they always have?
Boomers, however, are still the children of their parents. In the world of business, they may have planned to overthrow the status quo, but their tactics show an acceptance of the established rules and regulations, reflected so well by John Lennon in the Beatle's "Revolution."
"If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow."
In effect, the boomers were just as willing to pay their dues as their parents; they were willing to wait to make massive changes until they'd earned the right to do so. After all, the business world the boomers entered was the command and control universe so valued by their elders. Few options seemed to exist to start a business from scratch. As a result, a boomer didn't dream of competing with General Motors — he or she dreamed of taking it over. It didn't mean they were as convinced as their parents about blind loyalty, but to ultimately win the game, they didn't believe you had to fight loyalty. On the contrary, the road to success was simply to play the game better. In this pursuit of ultimate victory, boomers often leaned on each other. Teams were central to many of them growing up, and continued to be so in the workplace. This is the generation that, after all, saw Woodstock as a key example of how success follows if everyone will just help each other.
All this emphasis on success in the workplace, personal growth and "if we just keep at it we'll eventually get it right" had a dark side. While their parents felt that if you offer loyalty you were going to receive it in return, boomers felt their rebellious youth, the civil rights movement and the anti-war confrontations had taught them a different lesson: if you wanted something, you had to go after it with a passion. Boomers as a group are noted for incredible focus on their work as the foundation of self-worth. This may be because work is the one place where there are typically measurements of success and winning the game. The latest promotion or raise became the milestone of progress. In far too many cases, personal and family lives furnished no such benchmarks and thus slipped lower and lower on the priority list. Marriages often dissolved as one partner or the other claimed it limited their ability to grow. The flower children had somehow become the "me" generation.
These tendencies, for good or ill, determined the approach boomers take to their financial lives. While conservative in some ways, this is often an attitude of "I need to protect what I have so I can roll the dice elsewhere." Thus, while stock ownership grew massively, so did the willingness to bet on growth and the latest new idea, such as technology. While they bought life insurance, they single-handedly created a boom in universal and variable polices that offered protection plus the opportunity to make a financial killing. Boomers may not think outside the box as much as they believe, but they clearly are willing to stretch the sides of it as far as possible.
Part four will focus on Generation X Generation Next, discussing their differences and similiarties with older generations.


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Field Trip! AIA and Niantic Labs Partner on Mobile Architectural Landmark App
The AIA has joined with Niantic Labs at Google as a premier audio content provider to launch a new version of the Field Trip smartphone app. Field Trip runs in the background on your smartphone. When you get close to an architectural point of interest, Field Trip pops up a written description and an audio interview with an AIA architect about it. Using this app, listeners can get an inside look from the architect's perspective of the built environment around them in Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
On the heels of the AIA National Convention in Denver, listeners will get design commentary and the history of some of the Mile High City's most celebrated architectural landmarks, including Fentress Architects' Denver International Airport and Studio Daniel Libeskind's addition to the Denver Art Museum. Other national landmarks include William Thornton and Benjamin Latrobe's United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., and Edward Durrell Stone's Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Available for iPhone and Android users, Field Trip provides a unique avenue for architects to enhance their connection to the public, demonstrate the value of design, and promote physical engagement with urban environments. Starting on Aug. 24, Field Trip will host a series of historic neighborhood tours of Brooklyn, London, Los Angeles and Seattle, where app users can discover the hidden histories of these cities with Field Trip as their guide.
Download the Field Trip app on iTunes here or here on Google Play.
Sign Up for Field Trip Day in Brooklyn, London, Los Angeles and Seattle
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