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LILBURN -- With four confirmed cases of tuberculosis at Lilburn Middle School, the Gwinnett County Health Department plans to test the entire campus after spring break.
As a precaution, public health officials plan to test all students at the school who have not yet been screened. The health department will also do follow-up screenings on students who were originally tested in February.
"We're going out of our way and taking an abundance of caution to test these students and ensure their health and safety," said Suleima Salgado, spokeswoman for the Gwinnett County Health Department. "This is not considered an outbreak at this moment. Our investigation is still ongoing."
Tuberculosis is a disease that usually affects the lungs. TB germs are spread from person to person through the air when a person with TB disease coughs, sneezes, laughs or sings.
Officials from the health department will visit the school April 14 to administer the TB skin test, Salgado said. The tests will be administered at no charge, but students will need to bring a consent form signed by their parents.
To administer a skin test, a health care worker uses a small needle to put some testing material, called tuberculin, just under the skin on the lower inside part of the arm. After the test is administered, health officials must inspect the arm in two to three days to see if there is a reaction to the test.
A negative skin test usually means the person is not infected. However, the test may be falsely negative if the person was infected recently. It usually takes two to 10 weeks after exposure to a person with TB for a skin test to react as positive.
A positive skin test usually means the person has been infected with the TB germ. It does not necessarily mean the person has TB disease. Other tests, such as an X-ray or sputum sample, are needed to see if the person has TB disease.
Salgado said families that do not want to wait until after spring break for the test can visit a Gwinnett County health center or their personal care physician. If a TB test is administered by a private physician, the results must be forwarded to the Gwinnett County Health Department.
In a letter to families, Lilburn Middle School principal Gene Taylor said there are two important things to keep in mind about tuberculosis.
"First, tuberculosis is a disease that is hard to spread to others. Close and continuous contact over hours is necessary to transmit (give) the disease to another person," the letter states. "Second, even if a person is infected with (given) the TB germ, they cannot give it to another person without being ill with the disease themselves. This does not happen right away and may take years."
TB is treatable, and medication can help a person fully recover, Salgado said.
For more information about TB, call the Gwinnett County Tuberculosis Control Program at 678-442-6880.
More like this story
- Tuberculosis screening: Results: 50 exposed to infection ( March 24, 2010 )
- Meadowcreek student may have TB ( October 4, 2008 )
- Case of tuberculosis suspected at school ( February 10, 2010 )
- More students to be tested for TB ( March 15, 2010 )
- Chest X-rays for TB at school ongoing ( October 25, 2008 )


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Wesley Kane Hauer shot during domestic violence dispute in Mohave Valley
MOHAVE VALLEY, AZ - Mohave County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a domestic violence case that ended with a man suffering a gun shot wound to the groin.
According to authorities, deputies responded to the domestic violence call at a residence in the 3000 block of East Deadwood Drive just after 7 p.m. Thursday night.
Deputies learned that shots were fired during the incident and located a male lying outside near the front patio with a gunshot wound to his groin area.
The male was identified as 39-year-old Wesley Kane Hauer, a Mohave Valley resident
Hauer was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
During the investigation, officials learned that Hauer was outside assaulting his girlfriend when his mother stepped outside to help her.
Hauer began chasing his mother back into the house and he soon continued to assault the female.
The mother's boyfriend told Hauer to stop the assault. He then went back into the residence and grabbed a .22 caliber gun.
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Heads up IT Pros: the SQL Server 2005 "Discover the next paradigm in database development" webcast series kicks off today. Yes, it's an MSDN series targeted at developers, but check out the topics. There's some in here that I think would interest you as well. http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnsqlserver2005.mspx Kimberly Tripp, industry SQL guru, is presenting the series. She's going to present a TechNet webcast series on SQL Server 2005 in the first part of 2006. So stay tuned for that. Here's photo of Kimberly educating the masses (or a few at a time) during the recent Tech-Ed conference.
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We carry out assessments of the suitability of land for a variety of uses including housing, employment and Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople. These help us to understand the amount and type of development we can deliver through the development plan.
To inform these assessments we carry out a 'call for sites' on an annual basis and accept submissions until 31 March each year. If you know of any sites which may be suitable for future development, please submit details of them to the Planning Policy Team. All submissions received before 31 March 2016 will be included in the 2015/16 update. To be included in the next update, please submit your proposals by 31 March 2016.
Submissions should be made using the downloadable form below (paper copies are available on request) and supporting information can also be sent in. All submissions must be accompanied by a map showing the boundaries of the site. Please be aware that not all sites we receive will be considered appropriate to be included within future planning policy documents. This is particularly the case where a site is small or constrained by local issues such as flood risk.
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All submissions should be sent to the Planning Policy Team either:
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by post: Planning Policy, Tewkesbury Borough Council, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5TT
The Interim Update to the 2013/14 Assessment of Land Availability is available to download below. This document corrects the previous 2013/14 report published in February 2015. A schedule of the changes is available in Appendix 8 below. Potential Gypsy, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople sites are currently being considered by the Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Search Assessment and the findings will be published separately.
2013/14 Assessment of Land Availability Report & Appendix 1- Methodology
Appendix 2 - Accessibility Maps
Appendix 3 - Submitted Sites Pro-forma
Appendix 4 - Submitted Sites Maps
Appendix 5 - Identified Sites Pro-forma
Appendix 6 - Identified Sites Maps
Appendix 7 - Residential Sites Phasing
Appendix 8 - Schedule of Changes
Gloucestershire Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment 2013
The Gloucestershire Local Authorities, with support from the County Council, commissioned the consultants Opinion Research Services and Peter Brett Associates to undertake a Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment.
The report has now been published and can be downloaded below. The purpose of the study is to provide evidence to enable the authorities to consider the accommodation needs of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople (GTTS) in their area and to set out a strategy identifying how their needs will be met.
The study involved an extensive household survey with members of the GTTS community and stakeholder engagement with officers and Members from the Gloucestershire Local Authorities, the County Council and neighbouring Local Authorities. The main objective was to identify the Countywide and Local Authority requirements for GTTS sites up to 2031 in five year periods from 2013. In addition, the study looks at whether site provision over these periods should be on public or private sites, and whether or not authorities should plan for the provision of transit sites or emergency stopping places. The consultants also identify and provide guidance on broad locations for future site searches.
This report is now part of the evidence base that will inform the preparation of the Joint Core Strategy and the Tewkesbury Borough Plan. The findings will now be used to help establish pitch/plot targets for traveller communities and for future site identification.
GTAA 2013 Executive Summary [415kb]
Assessment of Housing Requirements
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners (NLP) was appointed by the three JCS councils to undertake an independent assessment of housing requirements for the JCS area.
The key purpose of this study was to provide further evidence to support the emerging JCS by:
1. Verifying the approach that has been undertaken to date in respect of the Local Projections and Household estimates and the translation of these figures to dwelling requirements
2. Reviewing the representations that have been made in respect of housing requirement matters and providing commentary and advice on the ways in which these might impact upon the assessment of market and affordable housing requirements.
3. Demonstrating the housing requirements for the overall JCS area, at an individual local authority area level, and for the Cheltenham and Gloucester Wider Policy Area.
4. Providing a clear understanding of the impact of the National Planning Policy Framework upon housing requirements for the JCS area.
Assessment of housing requirements [1Mb]
Assessment of housing requirements (appendices) [2Mb]
Assessment of housing requirements (executive summary) [406kb]
Further work
To support the earlier work above, Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR) supported by NLP were asked to review the housing numbers and their alignment with economic forecasts, as well as incorporate the latest census data.
Below is the report from CCHPR and NLP's addendum to their original report.
CCGHR Household Projections report [1Mb]
NLP Assessment of Housing Needs addendum [1Mb]
As a conclusion to these reports, in the draft JCS, the level of objectively assessed need was established as in the range of 33,200 to 37,400 dwellings. The draft JCS therefore set a requirement of 33,200 new homes in the plan period to 2031.
March 2014 update
To further support the work undertaken in assessing the housing requirements of the JCS area, CCHPR were asked to review the data.
The conclusion of this work advises that the 'partial return to trend' scenario would continue to represent a reasonable central case for establishing the level of objectively assessed need, but that there are two credible alternative options. The JCS authorities consider that, as a result of this latest advice, the most credible option focuses on a partial return to trend to enable the 25 to 34 year old age group to form households; this would imply an objectively assessed need of 30,500 dwellings.
Supplementary Report on Alternative Options March 2014 [842kb]
June 2014 update
The Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research were asked to advise the JCS authorities on the implications of the Office for National Statistics population projections published on 29 May 2014. A letter and presentation given to the JCS Members Steering Group can be downloaded below.
Implications of the Latest Population Projections for the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Joint Core Strategy [104kb]
Associated presention to JCS Members Steering Group [461kb]
Gloucestershire Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) 2014
In 2013 the Gloucestershire authorities appointed consultants to update both the previous Strategic Housing Market Assessment in Gloucestershire (published in 2009) and the Housing Needs Assessment across the County undertaken in 2009 (finalised in 2010). The Update was required to inform the prospective development plans being produced in several authorities within the County and to ensure compliance with the NPPF.
Gloucestershire SHMA 2014 [2Mb]
JCS Settlement Audit 2015
The Settlement Audit reports on a study to audit the services within, and access to settlements within the JCS area and thereby achieve clarity on each settlement's role within the study area. The settlement audit was originally published in 2011 and updated in 2013 with a subsequent correction published in September 2014 to correct some factual inaccuracies. The refreshed audit, published in July 2015, builds on the work of the earlier findings and to present a more up to date picture of the services and facilities available within each settlement. Following publication of the audit, two factual inaccuracies were corrected via an addendum published at the end of July 2015. The results of this revised audit helps inform a detailed hierarchy based on each settlement's level of service provision and accessibility. In turn, this forms part of the evidence base that helps to inform where new development may be directed by the JCS and the Tewkesbury Borough Plan - encouraging close proximity of housing, jobs and services in pursuit of sustainable development.
A settlement's position within the hierarchy does not mean that development is appropriate and deliverable, or that it is to be avoided. Other factors must be considered such as environmental constraints, available development sites and local character. This audit must therefore be viewed within the context of the wider JCS evidence base.
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Metallica: death magnetic opinions
I like metallica myself, I have liked them for a very long time. I wanted to like St Anger, but I couldn't. It seems they lost me there. I got a copy here at my deployed location and have had the opportunity to listen to it once.
Death magnetic seems to be a return to the pre-black album "bite" they used to have. At first listen (I may be in the minority here) I like it, and most definately better than St Anger.
Lar's drumming fits, though not overly complex or busy. I will have to see if the cd holds up to repeat listenings, and how well it grows on me.
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All you had to do was scroll down to the middle of the page and you would see the thread. The search function works well here buddy. I hope you found what you were looking for.
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I'm not trying to be a jerk. Did the link work?
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Alas, unless photos are an attachment I cannot see the nice kits people have here. Photobucket, myspace and the rest are blocked by the cyber-fascist "smartfilter" software they run here.
See, it's ok for me to be involved in a war, where people are mutilated, and die...but they are worried I might *accidentally* see a bare breast or something.
-ooh- not that! That could allow the taliban to win! :P
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Derrick Wyman Appointed Director of Strategic Initiatives
What's New, 2012-06-29
Walsh University has announced the appointment of Derrick Wyman as Director of Strategic Initiatives.
In his new position, Wyman will lead efforts to forge partnerships with the Intelligent Community Forum, with regional partners for the Center for Transformative Learning, and with global partners to enhance student involvement in worldwide issues such as food production and distribution. He will also engage in regional outreach to develop initiatives that support economic development through unique partnerships.
Wyman earned a B.A. in Government and Foreign Affairs and an M.B.A. from Walsh University, and previously served as Vice President for U.S. Technology/U.S. Aircraft Corporation, Director of Public Affairs and Special Projects for Sisters of Charity Health System in Cleveland, and in various capacities at Ursuline College and Walsh University. He serves on the boards of Pathway Caring for Children and Summit Academy. In addition, he was honored in Stark County's first "Twenty Under 40" cohort, and has been active in many political and philanthropic campaigns.
Walsh President Richard Jusseaume called Wyman's appointment "... a giant step forward as Walsh integrates itself into regional and global efforts to improve the livelihood of all."
"As a Walsh alumnus, joining the University staff full-time is a homecoming of sorts for me," Wyman said. "I look forward to helping shape the future of this Catholic University and seeking opportunities for continued growth."
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Stranger Than Fiction Soundtrack
Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax will release the soundtrack for Stranger Than Ficition, on November, 7th. Read on:
On Tuesday November 7th, 2006, Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax will release the soundtrack to the new Will Ferrell film Stranger Than Fiction.
Music From The Motion Picture Stranger Than Fiction will feature four songs from Texas rockers Spoon, one of which was recorded specifically for the film. Additionally the film will feature a few songs composed by Spoon's Britt Daniel and the soundtrack producer Brian Reitzell.
"When I was approached to do the music for "Stranger Than Fiction," writes soundtrack album producer Brian Reitzell (Redd Kross, soundtracks for "Marie Antoinette" "Lost In Translation," "Virgin Suicides," "Thumbsucker") in his liner notes for the album, "I thought it might be the perfect occasion for Britt Daniel (singer/ songwriter of Spoon) and I to collaborate….I was basically scoring the film with Spoon songs – it created a kind of sonic thread that had just the right amount of nervy melody and rich, simplistic tone I thought suited Zach's story and Marc's vision of the film. The actual 'job' of scoring that Britt and I were so excited about doing together became a much easier task since the existing and newly remixed music worked so well. For this soundtrack album, it seemed appropriate to include the full vocal versions of the songs so you can hear them in all their glory as the band originally intended."
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Wine Spectator Hands Out 2010 Restaurant Awards
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(Actually, the magazine might have announced these a few weeks ago. Gut Check's subscription lapsed a year back -- though I do prop up my monitor on a stack of 2008 issues.)
This year two restaurants joined the list of local honorees: the Clayton location of J. Buck's and Niche. Both were given the Award of Excellence. Returning winners of the Award of Excellence, the first of the magazine's three award tiers, are Cardwell's at the Plaza, Charlie Gitto's on the Hill, Eleven Eleven Mississippi, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, Lucas Park Grille, the Melting Pot (both locations), Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood, Morton's, Remy's Kitchen & Wine Bar, Tony's and Vin de Set.
St. Louis restaurants winning the Best of Award of Excellence, the second tier of the awards, are Annie Gunn's, Monarch and Truffles.
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Four & Twenty Blackbirds' Egg 'n' Grogg Pie
Four & Twenty Blackbirds takes the flavor of boozy, creamy eggnog and pours it into a gingersnap crumb crust. There are plenty of eggs, and a little grogg (here, dark rum). More
Four & Twenty Blackbirds takes the flavor of boozy, creamy eggnog and pours it into a gingersnap crumb crust. There are plenty of eggs, and a little grogg (here, dark rum). More
Instead of rum, brandy, or whiskey, this nog from Anvil Bar & Refuge in Houston uses a generous pour of Angostura bitters as the base spirit. The Angostura adds a punch of winter spices (and a burnt sienna color) to the classic drink. More
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A direct frozen version of our favorite holiday drink, spiked with just enough bourbon to keep it interesting. More
Advocaat is often called Dutch egg nog, but it's actually more like a creamy brandy custard with a deep and rich flavor and a light, pudding-like texture. More
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I don't always drink coffee, but when I do, I drink it in my eggnog. More
Bittersweet chocolate melted into the cream forms the base for this eggnog variation. More
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Sometimes you feel like a nut. Then this peanut butter variation on eggnog is just right. More
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The smokiness of Scotch pairs nicely with light brown sugar in this eggnog variation. More
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Northshore Technical Community College plans to build a new campus in Lacombe for science, technology, math and engineering studies and training as part of an expansion in St. Tammany Parish, school officials said this week.
Meanwhile, the college this summer will launch a program for students to take basic courses in Mandeville before transferring to Southeastern Louisiana University under a partnership between the two schools. That program, called "Connect to Success,'' is taking on new studentsas Delgado Community College phases out and closes its Covington campus.
"Bottom line, what we're doing is we're expanding access for students, which is why it's so important that we're here in St. Tammany Parish," said Northshore Technical Community College Chancellor William Wainwright. "If you look at national data on two-year college students, when you get 20 miles outside of their commuting radius, their chances of degree completion become reduced."
In 2011, state lawmakers voted to expand the mission of Northshore Technical from a workforce training and certification-based school to a full-fledged community college. Its main campus is in Bogalusa, but the school also has a presence in Hammond, Greensburg and Slidell.


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Welcome to the Web Portal of the Small World Initiative: Crowdsourcing the Discovery of Antibiotics.
** Small World Initiative 2014 Application is now available: Word or PDF formats. Due date = April 25th, 2014 **
The Small World Initiative will be highlighted at the President's Forum at the asm2014 General Meeting in Boston, MA on Monday, May 19th, from 12-1:45pm. Join us to learn more about what the amazing things our Pilot Partners and their students are doing and learning!
The Need for Undergraduate Research Courses
Numerous expert panels have recommended expanding research experiences for students at the introductory levels of science. For example, the report from the PCAST report, "Engage to Excel," and the AAAS/NSF report, Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education, recommended replacing standard laboratory courses with discovery-based research courses. Recommendations are based on education research demonstrating that students benefit from early research experiences in numerous ways, including persistence in science majors.
Currently, most undergraduates are first exposed to a laboratory when taking an introductory lecture course and perform techniques and experiments with predetermined results. Research must wait until the last two years of college, which is too late to affect students' decisions about whether to leave science majors. In contrast, the reports suggest that the benefits of an early research experience can be best attained through the research courses which are more appropriate and feasible for most introductory students than research in faculty labs. Thus, we developed an introductory biology course, From Microbes to Molecules (M2M), in which student learning is driven by their engagement in original research.
The Antibiotic Crisis
The antibiotic pipeline has slowed to a trickle because the interests of most pharmaceutical companies have shifted toward lucrative drugs for chronic diseases and away from acute infectious disease. Moreover, many of the antibiotics currently in use are losing efficacy due to the development of widespread antibiotic resistance in pathogens. This health crisis creates a vehicle for drawing students into the practice of research as well as the societal implications of its outcomes. Studies have shown that the relevance of research to human welfare enhances students' motivation and learning, and the effect is particularly strong among women and certain ethnic minority groups, who represent a large talent pool that is underrepresented in scientific majors, in part due to current teaching practices.
Thus, with the driving force of providing an authentic research experience early and a relevant research project that addresses a worldwide health threat, we have created an undergraduate research course designed specifically for freshman and sophomore students. This novel research course, Small World Initiative, teaches students the principles of introductory biology by engaging them actively in a research project that examines antibiotic-producing microbes obtained from soil. About 75% of antibiotics in current use originate from soil bacteria. Thus, the focus on the discovery of new antibiotics produced by soil microbes connects the antibiotic crisis and infectious disease to broad biological principles. It also provides an opportunity for student ownership of research strategies and results, another well-known factor that fosters student learning and retention.
Other research-based undergraduate courses:
SEA-PHAGES Program
Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory (REAL) Course
• Strobel, S.A. & G.A. Strobel. (2007). Plant endophytes as a platform for discovery-based undergraduate science education. Nature Chemical Biology 3, 356 – 359.
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Tour of California trip, Mount Baldy
Our last day on the road in California with a fabulouse ride to Mount Baldy. Great party atmosphere and easy to get close to the race action. A nice end to a perfect week at the Tour of California. We'll be back in 2013 for sure.


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Pediatrics is the medical specialty that focuses on the development, care, diagnosis, and treatment of children, adolescents, and infants. In addition to general pediatrics services, our clinics house specialists who focus on a particular aspect of pediatrics care. Below is a list of our pediatrics clinics and the specialty services they offer.
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Try these sweet, tender vegetables in a salad, side dish, or stir-fry, or eat them raw as a snack. Garden or English peas must be shelled before eating. Edible-podded peas include the popular sugar snap pea and its kin, as well as flat snow peas. Before it grows pods, the pea plant produces pea shoots, dainty, curling tendrils that are edible.
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Ok, i hope someone else has run into this... i'm all out of ideas. kernel 2.6.4 was working fine but lacked features i need and didn't seem to support the newest nvidia video card drivers. I've installed 22.214.171.124 and it seems to work just fine, except for the network. the network drivers load with no complaints and even seem to work fine intially. i can ping stuff, i can use gaim (open source aim client, for the uninitiated) no problem, but when i try to load a webpage any bigger than about the size of
it never finishes loading. It doesn't freeze, or lockup in anyway... it doesn't even *stop* loading ... the progress meter on my browser just keeps spinning away, but i verified with ethereal what my network switch lights had already told me; after the first 158 packets or so, no more get through, its like time just simply stops in the networking subsystem. same problem with audio streams; after 4k the shoutcast buffer just stops filling... not that it doesn't hang or stop trying, it just stops at 4k and never finishes. SO wierd. transfers *to* the computer initiated via scp from another computer don't seem to be affected, which is SUPER wierd but i havn't tested this thoroughly.
so here's the best (worst) part of this insane network glitch; its happening with both the forcedeth drivers AND the nvnet newest drivers, and it even happens if i disable the onboard network device via bios and try to use my trusty old linksys tulip-based ethernet card instead.
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Off the Map Presents Top 25 Blogs in GIS, GeoWeb and Cartography
*Post updated at 2:00 PM, September 9, 2008 to reflect blogs we missed. Our next edition will include ONLY the top 25 blogs, but we wanted to keep all on the original list from this week.*
Here at Off the Map we're always interested in what bloggers have to say about new technologies and services in GIS and on the GeoWeb. With our interest in cartography through the development of Maker!, we've broadened the categories beyond just GIS and GeoWeb blogs.
We decided to have a little fun and do a friendly ranking of some relevant blogs. The Top 25 Blogs in GIS, GeoWeb and Cartography will be ranked according to the number of sites/blogs linking to each, as reported by Technorati. If a blog does NOT have Technorati Authority (if they have not registered for example), then we'll take the number of blog reactions listed and divide by 3 for an estimate.
We realize Technorati is not a perfect barometer, but it is open, and this is not a FortiusOne subjective ranking. We think this will be a great way to share blogs and get feedback from others regarding their top GIS, GeoWeb and cartography blog picks. We'll note changes in rankings, new blogs and up and coming blogs.
If you're on the list and feel so inclined, you're welcome to place the following badge on your blog to share your ranking.
Our first ranking follows. We'll be updating the list bi-weekly and note changes in ranking and inbound links. Since we're only doing a Top 25 list, we'd like to give a shout out to some other great blogs out there such as Indiemaps and Cartogrammer. If there is another blog you feel should be included, please let us know!
- O'Reilly Radar Geo Blog 2,733 – overall O'Reilly (5 Blog reactions for Geo Blog)
- Strange Maps 1,895
- Google Earth Blog 950
- Google Maps Mania 553
- Ogle Earth 186
- All Points Blog (Directions Magazine) 176
- James Fee GIS Blog — Blogging GIS, Google Earth, Virtual Earth and Programming 156
- The Map Room: A weblog about maps 139
- The Beer Mapping Project 91
- Geobloggers 73
- Mapperz 72
- Very Spatial (Blog and Podcast) 66
- Bret Taylor's Blog 64 (estimate based on 195 Blog Reactions)
- Mibazaar 61
- Dave Bouwman – GIS Blogs: Where's the Conversation? 53
- Ed Parsons 52
- What is so special about Geospatial? 52
- Chris Spagnulo's Geoscrum 51
- AnyGeo – Anything Geospatial 46
- Mandown 35
- The Earth Is Square 35
- Mapdango 34
- GIS Lounge 31
- Mapping Hacks 28
- Geography Matters – Est. 27 (based on 83 blog reactions)
- Geospatial Semantic Web 26
- Vector One 26
- Computing, GIS and Archeology in the UK 23
- GeoNames Blog 18
- GeoMusings 14
- Slashgeo 14
- Geocarta 12
- Webmapper 10
- Sean Gillies 10
- Indiemaps 8
- Cartogrammer 7
- Geography 2.0 2
52 Responses to Off the Map Presents Top 25 Blogs in GIS, GeoWeb and Cartography
Sean Gillies says:
Technorati authority is a joke. Look at the details and you'll see that most authority is due to other bloggers' sidebar aggregators. Make yourself pair of blogs, aggregate mutually and presto: instant authority. My blog is pretty well read, I get plenty of comments, but all my authority (56 total) comes from this kind of automated linking from geomaticblog, gisuser, etc.
There's actually very little discourse among geo-blogs.
Sean Gorman says:
Good point – we debated including traffic as an indicator as well. Any suggestions on better metrics for doing a ranking?
Also if we missed any blogs that people believe are relevant please let us know. This was a first cut and no doubt we have missed several. We've also had an internally debate whether the list should only include blogs with original content or if we should also include aggregators of GeoWeb content. Any thoughts?
Matt Ball says:
I'd love to come across a reliable third-party traffic counting service for Blogs and websites. I'm amazed that site traffic is still so hard to quantify objectively. There are a few available services for website traffic (Alexa, Quantcast, Compete). All use some sort of proprietary and closed metrics as they're out to make a buck. Is there a reliable outside third-party traffic counter out there?
And, I don't see my Spatial Sustain blog on the list.
James Fee says:
Is Radar a GeoWeb blog? Is blogging about Google Earth KML a GIS blog? Is blogging about Google Maps mashups Cartography blogging?
You got me! I've had to deal with that question over at Planet Geospatial for the last few years. As hard as it is to figure out blog traffic, the question as to what is a GIS, GeoWeb, Cartography blog is harder.
Andrés says:
La Cartoteca (http://alpoma.net/carto/) it's an excellent Spanish blog written by Alejandro Polanco. Has an authority of 103 (http://www.technorati.com/blogs/alpoma.net%2Fcarto), so it should be on the Top10!
Alexandre Leroux says:
I agree with Sean, Technorati is not a good tool to evaluate blog popularity. I also agree with James. Slashgeo, like PlanetGS, has a similar "definition problem". We offer original content, but we're (mainly? and) also (the only?) geoblogs aggregator.
With Slashgeo's 1,700+ registered members and thousands of unique IP addresses reached daily, I don't feel too much useless, but these stats don't matter anymore, over a year ago when I temporarily closed Slashgeo, Jeff of Vector One was the one who made me understand that I must contribute to the geospatial community for the fun and pleasure of it. I found out it can be fun
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Peter Batty says:
I think my blog should just sneak in there: http://technorati.com/blogs/geothought.blogspot.com
Mr Minton says:
How about EVS Islands? A typical post consists of a Landsat image of a project island and a high quality map of that same island. Each map consists of at least three to four layers of information. My blog has been active since April 2005. To date, EVS Islands has had in excess of 80,000 page views from island-o-holics throughout the world. My site consists of 485 posts, most of them containing a unique island map or pointers on how to make island maps. Not sure my site deserves to be in the top 25, but it is a site of applied GIS note. Thanks for calling attention to the GIS community.
Leszek Pawlowicz says:
Technorati seems like a pretty arbitrary criteria:
Vector One says:
Actually, my blog works like a car odometer. It reached 10,000,000 and rolled over – so I should be at the top.
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Mapperz says:
Mapperz just blogs for fun.
Hopefully others find it interesting and useful.
Khanh Le says:
Wonderful list! Thanks Off the Map.
andrea says:
Hi all,
this list is only for geoblog in English?
Bill Dollins says:
Your update implies this will be an ongoing thing.
I think James' experience in culling down Planet GS perfectly illustrates the difficulty of even classifying what blogs should be listed.
As much as I actually appreciate even making it onto this list, I am somewhat skeptical of the value that ranking blogs in such a manner will bring to the overall quality of the discussion in the "geo" community.
As more people enter this technology area for the first time and begin looking for resources, they may be drawn to such a "top 25″ and inadvertently miss out on excellent blogs such as Fantom Planet, "GIS and .NET Development" by Brian Noyle, "Thinking in GIS" by Paolo Corti, "GeoThought" by Peter Batty, "The Memory Leak" by Kirk Kuykendall and many others.
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Kristina says:
How come Off the Map didn't make this list? Also, dividing by three blog reactions is too generous for Technorati authority. Most of the blogs list with actual authority have a much higher ratio of authority to blog reactions than that.
Kevin Liske says:
Hmmm…folks are right about the value of the metrics.
For instance, the last blog, Geography 2.0, has not been updated since April 2007. In my book, that's a dead blog.
Sean Gorman says:
Thanks for all the feedback. Got stuck in meetings and missed most of the conversation. Anytime you make a list and rank stuff I figure it is bound to create a bit of controversy. Which can be good or potentially bad.
The question in my mind is if there is value in doing rankings. We'll miss blogs in the first go of it and the ranking criteria is always open to debate, but is there value if you get those two things close to right?
The idea we had was to do the ranking once a month and chart if blogs were moving up or down. There are categorization issues but I think those can be overcome. Technorati has its issues and is constantly changing their algorithm to keep people from gaming the system (as Sean pointed out), so that is another big issue.
On the upside just going through this process I've learned about several blogs I did not know about or follow before. So from that perspective I think there is value, but is that a recurring value that makes it worth doing once a month?
It is all meant as a bit of fun and a chance to stir the pot. To answer Kristina's question we did not include "Off the Map", "High Earth Orbit" or "BrainOff" since the bloggers all have affiliation with FortiusOne and we thought it important to keep it clean and avoid any taint of self promotion.
Apologies to everyone and anyone we over looked. If we do additional installments we'll definitely add them in
Mickey says:
Great list. One few of mine could slide in there.
Authority: 48
Go Street Maps says:
The barometer is raised again for the rest of us, excellent post. Couldn't agree more re sites like Alexa etc, I guess all this further emphasizes that blogging in this space is about quality, not quantity.
Anthony says:
Excellent topic – it's nice to see the start of a consolidated list of blogs for our field.
My question is, now that the sites above have been listed and are being replicated across the Internet, won't that throw off future results? Technorati is going to pick up all of these links and give them authority.
Tom Weir says:
Have you considered creating an OPML file of the blog feeds? That would make it much easier to import into feed readers…
Bill Dollins says:
@Tom Weir
Wouldn't that be the same thing as Planet Geospatial?
Wilson says:
My favorite geoblog is Nikolas Schiller's Daily Render. What makes his blog unique is that it covers a wide variety of topics and his kaleidoscopic maps are some of coolest cartographics I've ever seen.
Ron Exler says:
Hi Sean,
My blog ranks higher in Technorati than some of the others on your list, and has a different slant, yet I agree with many of the comments.
This ranking thing is problematic. Technobabble 2.0 has been ranking industry analyst blogs for a year or so and keeps switching criteria.
It uses 4 criteria now – Google PageRank, Google Reader Subscribers, Technorati, and Technobabble's subjective measure. There are still inherent problems in this method, which are spelled out in my comments there. For example, the top ranked blogger on that list writes about social media yet gets lots of blog hits (more than half, he admits) from his Twitter feed about traffic in the bay area. So while his blog is interesting and lots of people read it, the #1 rank is probably not deserved.
There is value in such a ranking for geo blogs as long as people don't take it too seriously and realize the limitations. The fact that there are so many blogs around geographic information would surprise people. And in the end, I hope we are not just talking to each other but reaching out to a wider audience so they can better appreciate the value of geographic information. If such a ranking helps reach that goal, there is great value.
Otto says:
There does seem to a lot of GIS, cartography, and mapping blogs. But what about blogs that just focus on spatial thinking and geography? Most of the blogs in this list are mainly concerned with making maps. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that, but I'd like to see some blogs that feature conversations and ideas that will make us better spatial thinkers. Does anyone know where we can find this kind of discussion?
Geocrusader80 says:
Otto, I noticed your same comments about a lack of spatial thinking in most blogs. I am attempting to generate just that in my blog: http://geocrusader80.blogspot.com/ – Basically, in my blog postings I am attempting to deliver spatial thinking as it applies to things we all might take for granted in the geography world and how helpful spatial thought is in identifying the true value of a situation.
Glenn says:
the real question is what makes a geo-blog? Heck, you could cover off mobile social media, gaming, social networking, etc… all could easily be incorporated under this category. Purely subjective. Indeed a good start but its definitely a first jab looking at traditonal geo-blogs rather than examining the future of the geo web and the mobile geo web, both totally influenced by geo technologies. Simply ranking based on the numbers that technorati spits out every week is hardly the way to quantify these in my mind – also, what defines or makes it a blog? I've never viewed GIS lounge as a blog, for example, but I guess to some it is. The real value in the blog is not how many but rather, WHO is listening. Look at number #1 Strange Maps – sorry but never been there, never heard of it and I've been around the block a couple of times… the most recent post, from August touches on a topic that others (including myself) were interested in and blogging about some 3 years ago.
I am enjoying this discussion and watching it unfold… keep it up!
Timothy says:
These are some really great blogs. I have create my own as well. I know I do not have the authority that all of the ones above have. I am working to build my blog up the list. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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Richard Treves says:
my site
is about cartographic design in google earth and has a technorati rating of 67 so probably should be in your list but a] I'm not really aiming to be a popular blog b] I share other's views of the flaws in technorati so thanks, but no thanks for the badge just yet
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HappyGeo? ??…
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Douglas Young says:
Hey, kind of new to this blogging thing what is it exactly when you talk about "authority"?
Jesus says:
My geomarketing blog, Gis and Marketing suite.
It's in Spanish!
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Very interesting GIS Blog.
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He is due to make an address at the International Sustainability Forum in northern Manaus, the Daily Express reported. The Oscar-nominated star will join former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who has headlined a global warming awareness programme over the last few years.
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(E News)- Drake is taking the high road—kinda—when it comes to his feud with Chris Brown.
In an interview with online radio show Keep It Thoro on Friday, the rapper tried to be diplomatic when the topic of Breezy (and Rihanna) came up.
"Don't ask me s--t about that man when I come up there, and leave that man alone," Drake said. "Stop preying on his insecurities."
"His insecurities are the fact that I make better music than him, that I'm more popping than him and that at one point in life the woman that he loves fell into my lap," Drake continued.
According to Drake, he "did what a real n--ga would do" and treated that woman, Rihanna, "with respect."
But Drake doesn't want to prolong his issues with Chris (although this interview probably didn't help with that). "It shouldn't be about wanting to see me and him tear each other down," he exclaimed. "We have an issue and it's either gonna drag out or maybe in 10 years we'll laugh about it over drinks. Just let us solve that s--t."
Wise words from Jimmy Brooks. After all, YOLO!
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and said "Howl the heck did that wolf get all the way down here?"
Thanks everyone, I'll be here all week. Try the penned veal, but stay away from the free range meat.
Literally true, but not really responsive. Here's a screenshot noting that the liquidity trap is the point of agreement between Milton Friedman and Keynesians.
Krugman (along with Friedman and Keynes, among others) only recommends this policy in the current exceptional circumstances of the zero lower bound.
Agreed that a couple of PBRs would help the conversation, tho.
"Perhaps they should hire a kid you make sure things are done correctly."
The Hartford Courant can probably put you in touch with him. ;)
Props to you for balance - it's refreshing to see among the 95%+ of 100% partisan comments (including too many of mine).
Or maybe the statistics show a revealed preference for discrimination - it's worth, on average for otherwise comparable women and men, to pay a 25% premium for Y chromosomes.
Congratulations, and thanks for being an example to us all, and reminding us what we have the capacity to achieve.
Taking the easier route, I plan to have my kids drink only Washington County water from now through HS graduation.
With an attiude like that you're going to blow any chance we have of becoming the Sea-bowets!
Hey Joe,
Why does the graphic show the 1989 data instead of the 2009?
Ib: There's a difference between 'easily' and 'correctly'. I haven't seen the left railing against Warren Buffett as it supports the Buffett Rule - the beef seems not to be with weatlh per se, but with growing inequality and declining opportunity.
Nor have I seen a characterization of the concentration of wealth as zero sum. Instead, when the U.S. economic mobility falls behind that of the class-bound European countries, and when an increasing share of wealth is captured by the tiny share of the population groups whose real incomes haven't declined over the last few decades (e.g., the wealthiest 1% capturing 93% of the economic growth in the past year), I hear echoes of Justice Louis Brandeis, who said "We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
And most folks, not just the left, recoil at Citizens United and the flood of shadowy money (e.g., $100,000,000 in Karl Rove's 501(c)(4), untraceable in a timely way, in contrast to $100 you or I might give to the candidate of our choice).
PW, you're selling your side short. Don't forget the Republican legislatures of the 1990s - they limited the agenda to only bills that could gain majority support within their own caucus.
Also, too, Measure 5, Measure 50 and the prison building spree that leaves us spending more on corrections than on higher education (ask any parent about how their kids are going to afford OSU or UO or any of our other fine institutions) were products of conservative initiatives.
And Oregon's last Republican Governor, Vic Atiyeh, was a driving force behind Oregon's land use laws (signed by Tom McCall...)
Penny Pinching is a good term for a catchy headline, but sounds like an introduction to an editorial rather than a news story.
Government efficiency or attention to costs is a big issue, of obvious interest to lots of folks (as most comment threads on stories involving government spending of any kind will show), and deserves to be presented with less snark.
No, big money + politics = anti-democracy.
In response to post-Watergate campaign finance reform, the Burger Court (in Buckley v. Valeo) laid the 'money = speech' foundation for Citizens United. The Republican primaries have shown how massive money spent on negative advertising can overcome even less than lukewarm support (look at Gov. Romney's cost-per-vote vs. Senator Santorum's).
dk - sorry you missed a lovely 60+ sunny day outside! Spring has sprung!
Maybe he could dry out Portland a little so folks could get started on their outdoor projects?
Thanks, caped POTUS-man!
It's all part of a reasoned, dispassionate analysis that begins "Kitzhaber is wrong; here's another example..."
Surely you've noticed the national level counterpart - "Obama is wrong because..." which extended even to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Kindly do us the favor of providing a page and paragraph cite. I read the first few pages of the attached, and didn't see numbers matching your claim.
Billy McShane must be smilin'.
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For the Michigan Advertising and Marketing club, giving members hands-on experience working with real marketing clients is critical.
Founded in 2007, MAM consists of 100 active members who work in teams to create and plan distribution of advertisements for a wide range of organizations, including other student organizations and local Ann Arbor businesses. Each group, comprised of about five to eight students, works with one of the club's 13 clients for the entire academic year.
LSA senior Anusha Sthanunathan, president of MAM, said due to the large size of the club, each team sets their own weekly meeting time.
"Our executive board meets every Sunday, and we try to meet at a different location every time to change the pace of our meeting," Sthanunathan said. "Our last two meetings have been at Café Zola and Sava's."
Sthanunathan said the recruiting process consists of an online application and in-person interviews. She added that MAM is open to students of all academic majors and years, and the interdisciplinary nature of the club promotes individual growth.
In addition to working with clients, MAM hosts corporate events and workshops to provide mentorship for its members and the networking they need to succeed in careers in marketing and advertising.
"I've found that MAM gave me so many avenues to excel not only within the club but also in interviews for companies," Sthanunathan said. "Using this experience to showcase how I've grown as a leader is so incredibly valuable."


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Friday, October 8, 2010 - 3:30
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (1-5-1) (1-0-0 NEC) vs.
Saint Francis (Pa.) University Red Flash (5-3-0) (1-0-0 NEC)
DeGol Field - Loretto, Pa.
Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 1 p.m.
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (1-5-1) (1-0-0 NEC) vs.
Robert Morris University Colonials (4-4-1) (0-0-1 NEC)
North Atlantic Complex - Moon Township, Pa.
Pennsylvania Bound
The Quinnipiac University men's soccer team travels on the road for a Friday, Oct. 8 contest at DeGol Field against Saint Francis University at 3:30 p.m. and a Sunday, Oct. 10 contest at North Atlantic Complex against Robert Morris University at 1 p.m.
Follow The Bobcats
Live Stats for Friday and Sunday's game will be available. To access live stats, please click on the appropriate links on the men's soccer schedule at www.quinnipiacbobcats.com.
About Saint Francis
Saint Francis welcomes Quinnipiac to DeGol Field after earning its first Northeast Conference win against Bryant University, 4-0, on October 3. Four different players registered a goal for the Red Flash in the contest, including team-leader in points (15), goals (five) and assists (five), senior midfielder Patrick Fleming. Saint Francis is also led by senior midfielder Owen Gombami and sophomore forward Wayne Tiller, each with seven points. In goal for the Red Flash is the reigning adidas/Northeast Conference Goaltender of the Week, sophomore goalkeeper Daniel Valcicak. On the season, Valcicak holds a .837 save percentage and a 1.32 goals-against average in six games played.
All-Time Against The Red Flash
Friday's NEC matchup will be the 11th time the two teams will have faced each other. Quinnipiac leads the all-time series with a 5-4-1 record. Quinnipiac took the series lead with a 3-0 victory on October 4, 2009 in Hamden, Conn. On the afternoon, three different Bobcats registered a goal to give Quinnipiac its first NEC victory of the 2009 season. Senior goalkeeper Freddy Hall (St. George, Bermuda) earned his fifth shutout of the season.
About Robert Morris
The Colonials welcome Quinnipiac to Moon Township, Pa. riding a five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) that dates back to a September 17 win, 2-0, over Western Michigan. In their last time out, Robert Morris played NEC opponent Bryant University to a double-overtime, 1-1, tie. Senior midfielder and team leader in points (12), goals (five) and assists (two), Neil Shaffer, scored the first goal of the game off a corner kick, however the Colonials were unable to hold onto the lead as Bryant pulled even in the 54th minute to tie the game, 1-1. Quinnipiac will have its hands full trying to defend the reigning adidas/NEC Rookie of the Week, freshman forward Miro Cabrilo, who is second on the team with three goals scored. Junior midfielder Francis Bowman controls the middle of the pitch for Robert Morris, as he has totaled two goals on the season. In goal for Robert Morris is sophomore goalkeeper Toba Bolaji, who has a .776 save percentage and a 1.18 goals-against average.
All-Time Against The Colonials
Sunday's contest will be the 12th time the two teams have faced each other. Robert Morris owns the series lead with a 5-1-5 record. Four of the last five matchups have ended in a tie, including the last three straight head-to-head meetings. On October 2, Quinnipiac and Robert Morris played a double-overtime, 0-0, tie in Hamden, Conn. Senior goalkeeper Freddy Hall picked up the 110 minute complete-game shutout, his fourth of the season.
October Brings Better Fortune
The Bobcats won their first NEC contest, 2-1, on Sunday, Oct. 3 against Mount St. Mary's at Quinnipiac Soccer Field. With an inspired second-half effort, Quinnipiac came back from a 0-1 deficit despite playing a man down for the entire second period. Senior defender Pierre Soubrier (Aurignac, France) calmly buried his penalty kick in the 49th minute of play to bring the score back to a tie, 1-1. In the 87th minute, junior defender Matthew Rothbart's (Cheshire, Conn.) left-footed drive from far outside the goalkeeper's box found the back of the net, sending the Quinnipiac bench into a frenzied celebration. The goal was Rothbart's team-leading third of the season and the first game-winner of his career.
Offense Heating Up
After mustering only one goal in the first five games of the season, Quinnipiac has scored four goals in its last two games. Last season the Bobcats averaged 1.25 goals per game.
Coming Up Next
Quinnipiac will finish its three-game road stretch in Smithfield, R.I. on Friday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. against NEC opponent Bryant University.


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(April 30, 2012) -- Three Harker Heights athletes inked Letters of Intent to continue their athletic careers in college on Monday.
Knights goalkeeper Nick Merutka will be staying close to home, signing with Mary Hardin-Baylor. Merutka earned District 12-5A Goalkeeper MVP honors the past two seasons. He broke his own school record for saves in a season with 164 this year, including a season-high 19 saves against A&M Consolidated on March 24.
Taylor Bean will be swimming for McMurry University next fall, while teammate Daniel Lee signed with Hood College.


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30 inches x 7 feet. One of the biggest creations got finished up earlier this week and delivered just yesterday.
30 inches x 7 feet. One of the biggest creations got finished up earlier this week and delivered just yesterday.
Got a call from Brooklyn to build a few tables. A couple side tables and this big boy. 3×5 feet of heavy woodage. Like all our creations, this one was personal, fun and took on a life of its own. God bless NYC.
Fire, water, chemicals. Hells yes.
Yes, I feel like Betty Crocker with a huge saw. Hopefully my wife won't complain so much now that I'm coming home cleaner…
Making some awesome hoods for the Ripley's folks.
New portraits on some old hoods. YES.
Okay. Take two.
This table is shipping out today. And I hope the boys
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Fare thee well, my old friend.
We love this table so much and will miss it. But it's going
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Coming together so nicely. The installation is around the corner.
To step back and take it all in, I forget how big this ol' baby is.
It's massive at 14 feet.
Getting real close on the big boy table.
Installation day is a week away. Loving it.
The reconstructed Hot Rod Table and the Coke Table
are getting a new finish before I ship them out… soon…
I completed construction on the Hot Rod repair.
The table is better than before and I'm excited
for my customer to get it back.
FedEx trashed my Hot Rod table, so I got it back
and I'm fixing it – making it a better table. I actually
like it better than before. Some pics so far…
The table so far. Really excited about seeing coming together.
You know when they say it's the journey and NOT the destination? I understand that phrase quite well when walking down this path. While I'm thrilled to see the end, going there is interesting, educational and a whole lot of fun. I feel like a better man when I work on this table.
Off to Ripley's. I'll miss these boys. Big thanks to the FedEx dude and my pal, Sean Mizer. Couldn't have done it without them.
This baby is humming right along. I love it.
I love the people, the table and the process.
Love doing these hoods. And I've cultivated
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A conservative think-tank has released a study suggesting the University of Oklahoma gave preferences to African Americans in admissions to its undergraduate, law and medical schools — a claim university officials dispute.
The Virginia-based Center for Equal Opportunity study was released Monday — two weeks before Oklahoma voters are set to decide a state question on whether to abolish all affirmative action programs in state government.
The study analyzed students admitted to OU's law school in 2005 and 2006 and undergraduate programs from 2005 to 2007. The medical school data was from the 1990s.


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Can getting too zestfully clean be dangerous to your health?
Yes, say infectious disease specialists, who worry that overuse of antibacterial soaps might actually help create drug-resistant mutant germs.
But despite their scientific concerns, a new survey of more than 1,000 soaps on the market reveals that nearly half contain some kind of germicide, according to Dr. Eli Perencevich, an infectious diseases researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Perencevich presented his findings today at a conference held by the Infectious Diseases Society of America in New Orleans.
Soapy Survey
He found that 76 percent of 395 liquid soaps and 29 percent of 733 bar soaps — 45 percent of soaps overall — contained antibacterial agents, such as triclosan and triclocarban.
While hospitals have been using antibacterial soaps for more than 30 years, it is only in the past decade that antibacterial products have hit the consumer market, in everything from soaps to kitty litter to ballpoint pens.
Americans have flocked to the soaps, hoping to sanitize their homes and hands. But the jury is still out on whether they actually work any better at killing or inhibiting the spread of germs than good old-fashioned soap and water, which merely wash away germs before they reach a dangerous level.
Antibacterials may also kill bacteria that actually are helpful to the body because they keep other troublesome bugs in check, experts say.
"There has been no scientific data published to support the claim that adding these compounds to household products prevents infection," Perencevich says.
Spawning Superbugs
Indeed, recent research suggests these products may encourage the growth of "superbugs" resistant to antimicrobial agents, a problem when these bacteria run rampant, turning into a dangerous infection that cannot be treated with available medication.
Similar growth of drug-resistant strains has already occurred with antibiotics. The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to several drug-resistant microbes, such as streptococcus pneumonia and strains of E. coli.
Dr. Stuart Levy, president of the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics and a professor of molecular biology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, believes antibacterial soaps are dangerous.
"Triclosan creates an environment where the resistant, mutated bacteria are more likely to survive," says Levy, who published a study on the germicide two years ago in the journal Nature.
Charles Rock, a researcher at St. Jude Children's Research Hosptial in Memphis, Tenn., also published work in Nature last month supporting the resistance theory.
"The use of triclosan in these products will lead to the emergence of resistance," he predicts. "There is no strong rationale for [its] use."
Soon after Rock's article, the Soap and Detergent Association and the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association released a statement disputing his findings. It blamed the resistance problem on doctors' over-prescribing of antibiotics.
"Antibacterial products do not cause bacterial resistance," Ed Kavanaugh, president of the cosmetics group, said in the statement. "They kill germs, thus breaking the circle of infection."
Marketing Ploy? But groups like the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology in Washington, D.C., see the use of these antibacterial agents by soap manufacturers purely as a marketing ploy.


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Internships Give Students a Work-World View
Release Date: 6/15/2010
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Executive Assistant to the President
Carroll Community College
Internships Give Students a Work-World View
Westminster, Md., Christine Rhodes was enrolled this spring in two criminal justice classes at Carroll Community College. A graduate of the college, Rhodes enrolled in these classes because she wanted to take additional credits in Criminal Justice and Ethics and in Criminal Evidence and Procedure.
Her coursework immersed her in the Criminal Justice field. Yet, she was interested in taking a closer look at careers in the field. So she completed an internship with the Maryland State Police in the Crime Scene Unit.
"I interned with the techs and observed their everyday tasks," said Rhodes. "The internship showed me first-hand how to do my future job, because this is exactly the career I want. Carroll's internship program prepared me and gave me the credits that I needed to be qualified for a position."
Carroll Community College's renewed emphasis on internships has encouraged more faculty to help students design such experiences in the workplace.
"Internships provide students with real-world experience and the real world is much different than TV police dramas," said Wayne Livesay, discipline coordinator of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies. "Internships are an opportunity for students to spend time with an agency in which they have an interest. I always try to place them with an agency where they intend to apply for a job. There is also an opportunity to build their resume. I continually have students tell me that their class work complimented their internship. However, it was through the internship that students learn how to be a good employee, how to be responsible for their work, and how organizations function."
Joyce Schaum, director of the Victim Witness Assistance Unit at the Office of the State's Attorney for Carroll County, supervised a Carroll Community College intern this past semester. "Internships are important to an organization. Internships help with the backlog of filing, keeping up-to-date with correspondence, and numerous other tasks that need to be accomplished."
"Student interns have access to everyone in our office," said Schaum, "including attorneys. Students can get what they want out of the experience. This gives interns an opportunity to see part of the criminal justice system from the inside to help them determine if the choice of criminal justice as a career is the right one for them."