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I would say black... The fear of the unknown is the worst fear of all.
PS, can't WAIT to see this mod in action! :)
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An Open Window is an experimental MOD for Half-Life 2, Episode 2. In this project I will attempt to bring the concept of different realities to life in a realistic scenario. Instead of being another Shooter, AnOpWi centers around the role of the player and his/her experience, emotion and memories. By interacting with the world the player will define his own reality within the story. For this project I chose an open development cycle, which means I will update very frequently and share every step I take in the process of creating this game. Next to the regular media updates, I will also share my thoughts on the different areas of game design in the form of articles. In every article I will also ask for your opinion with the Question of the Day. This MOD also functions as a knowledge base for new and experienced designers.
After 2 conceptual text updates, it's time for some new media. Today I'd like to show you a conceptual video of a new visual feature: emotion.
Posted by Hezus on Mar 9th, 2011
An Open Window: Project Launch Day +39
After 2 conceptual text updates, it's time for some new media. In the last 2 weeks I havn't had too much time to dedicate to the project but I was still able to work on the art passes and finalise a new visual feature: emotion.
Just as the concept of memory, trying to visualise emotions is a tough challenge. To make it even more complex there is a wide array of different emotions, which would all need their own unique visual effects, so they can be recognised by the player.
One of the most important effects is the use of colour. However, the connection between colours and emotions is something that can vary from culture to culture. To the left you can see a graph of Robert Plutchik's wheel of emotion. In this experiment, they searched images online in 6 different languages, determined the dominant colour and connected it to the term on Plutchik''s wheel. Fear was mostly displayed in light blue in the English language, while in German the colour was yellow. Personally these wouldn't be the colours I would assign to fear, so I realised this was going to be more difficult. I had to find more common grounds to display the emotion of fear.
One of the primary human reactions to fear is to flee from the danger. The player would need to get away to shake off the feeling. When confronted with the feeling, the body goes on full alert, which raises your pulse. Setting a colour for being alert was easier, since this is commonly displayed with a strong signal colour such as red. A person can also be trembled with fear, unable to move or take quick actions, while others can because of the shot of adrenaline they receive from the scare. You can see these effects in the video below.
As the player approaches the door, he senses something is not right and is overwhelmed with fear. His view turns slightly red and distorted by using a colour and screen overlay. As the sequence is in effect, the player is confined in a zone with lower manoeuvrability. As soon as he manages to get out of the zone, the effects fade out and his view returns to normal.
So much for today's update. I hope you enjoyed the article and the video demonstration. Before I end with the QofD, I'd like to point your attention towards the new and updated summary header of this MODDB page. It contains some new information and makes the page a bit more attractive. As always, I look forward to your comments!
Question of the Day:
Which colour would you assign to the emotion of fear?
I would say black... The fear of the unknown is the worst fear of all.
PS, can't WAIT to see this mod in action! :)
I agree, many of our first fears as a child are of the dark. Eliminating a sense such as vision or even hearing creates a sense of the unknown and vulnerability, which I believe is the heart of fear.
OH NO!! its a microsoft window!
Question of the Day:
Which colour would you assign to the emotion of fear?
Purple and black combo
The color of fear is brown of course... ))
Fear is black, yea.
I associate fear with darkness and sort of a shapeless, oppressive feel.
Red makes me think of anger or passion.. oh and damage or errors, when it comes to games or technical things.
Which makes me think of a new question then. How should we balance our games´ colour charts between cultural associations, like white is death, or technical culture, like green=good and yes, and red=no and bad. Thank god its a audiovisual format, so you can associate good and bad sounds with the colours as well, or motion.
You could make the screen get black and a bit white, like black on the sides and focus a part of the screen with white. That would be awesome. Black to make the player get focused on an important part of the screen, which would be in white.


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This is a beautiful thing--the way Jazz Fest is supposed to be...the small stages where the crowd is one with the music and the players...especially when you "discover" great local talent like Shamarr debuting his lil brother--reminds me of what JF was back in the day when I could afford to go 2 or 3 times @ $15 a ticket. I don't need to see Billy Joel or other "big names" in this venue--much as I love the guy--I'd rather see him in concert where I can actually see and hear him and not have a claustrophobic attack with the crowd closing in all around me...anyway...I'll be there on Thursday to see Johnny Sketch and I'll just pray it doesn't deluge like it did last year...hopefully all the rain that's going to fall has done fell this year!
Rock on with great reporting, Mark...great pix too!
Hey Sallygator, why don't you take a chill pill? If you're so cool with your sacred righteousness I think you may want to re-evaluate calling somebody who is working for a living to bring our great celebration to the folks who can't be there an idiot...and if he wants to call his mouth his foodhole I think that's his bizzzzzzzzness too. Walk the talk, baby.
Hello there all posters and readers of this "fantabulous" blog. Allow me to introduce myself--I am the proud mother of Mark Lastrapes, leader of the MJL Multimedia Team. He's the guy mistakenly id'd as Michelle Vega under his picture.
One thing I know about MJL himself is that he lives and breathes for music...as do I, but I'm more into Broadway tunes and I know that's not the venue for the Fess where I am a Gospel Tent lover--can't beat all that great spirit lifting, soul enhancing music and getting out of the son ain't too bad either.
Jazz Fest is a spiritual experience and I love it with all my heart. Looking forward to reading the posts from the MJL Multimedia Team (which also includes my other offspring, Lauren Lastrapes) and getting out to the Fest a day or two myself--definitely next Thursday to hear Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes where my cousin, Margaret's son , who is more like a nephew to me, David Pomerleau, the most awesome bass player on the Planet will be performing.
Ya'll ROCK...looking forward to many updates over the next 7 days--the ones in between the two best weekends of the year don't really count, do they?
Angelique (aka Mark and Lauren's MOM)
How about this?
Oklahoma doesn't have high living costs, compared with some other states. But to cover the basic needs of a family of four there typically requires an income of more than $33,000, according to an online budget calculator created by the Economic Policy Institute in Washington.
At $5.15 an hour, it would take three full-time jobs for a family to earn that much. So while this family is managing their three full time jobs, when are they going to fit in their this vocational training you are suggesting were it even available? And I promise you they don't have the luxury of time to even read about your great theories online either.
The "bootstraps" theory you so easily throw out there sounds great, but what about retired people who worked hard all their lives and now find themselves having to regularly choose between eating and buying prescription medicine? We are the only industrialized democracy in the world today that does not have a single payer health care system. And Medicare doesn't cover prescriptions because the chemo-industrial complex pays a lot of lobbyists big bucks to keep it that way.
A majority of families today spend more than 50% of their incomes on just food and shelter alone. They are called the working poor. And they live in the richest nation on earth. And they just don't get even a crumb from the great American pie.
How about progressive liberals? And what's wrong with that? Why has the word "liberal" become so demonized ?
As a lover of language I took this opportunity to go to dictionary.com and look up this very controversial word. There are many definitions (see below) and there is not one that I don't identify with. If I had to pick the one that is most relevant to what I believe today it would be #6.
So just what is your problem with believing in freedom, self-governance and the power of We The People? I'm proud to be called a Liberal!
1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
2. (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.
3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism.
4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.
5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.
6. of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.
7. free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners.
8. open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.
9. characterized by generosity and willingness to give in large amounts: a liberal donor.
10. given freely or abundantly; generous: a liberal donation.
11. not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule.
12. of, pertaining to, or based on the liberal arts.
13. of, pertaining to, or befitting a freeman.
The January 12 "Rebuilding the Democratic Party" was a great success! A big thanks to the Mike, Deborah and Vicki for all their hard word in organizing this special day! I was very inspired to hear from Democratic candidates for DPEC and DSCC committee positions from around the state. Everyone in attendance (and there was a great turnout!) got a chance to introduce themselves and tell their stories. Most important, we all had a chance to vent our frustrations with how the Party has been run, or should I say, allowed to stagnate for the last eight years. The good news is that we are all ready to roll up our sleeves and work together to be the change we want to see on the local level--the grassroots--the only place real change can take place.
GEAUX DEMS and don't forget to get out and vote for change when you elect your committee members on February 9. Early voting is taking place this week through Feb. 2. I'd like to take this opportunity and ask for your support for the Dems4Change St. Tammany Ticket:
District 2--Della Perkins
District 10-- Zella Walker
At Large--Alicia Breaux
At Large--Richard Boyd
At Large--Jim Long
At Large--Renee Pitre
HD 74--"A" Alicia Breaux
HD 89--"B" Daryl Pettit
Please give these candidates your vote so they can get to work for YOU to rebuild the Democratic Party in St. Tammany Parish!
Time to party again in the Democratic Party!
Angelique LaCour
Two things we need to keep in mind on the Northshore regarding voters: First, there are a lot of new voters who have moved here post Katrina,, especially from St. Bernard. So the "reliable conservative" history may not turn out to be so reliable. Second, while the pollsters don't want to admit it, phone polls aren't as reliable as they used to be because many people no longer have home phones in addition to celluar phones. And cell phone numbers are not easily obtained. I know that one of my opponents in the state house race who did a lot of polling said that I drew twice as much vote as I polled prior to the election. Nothing delights me more than pollsters being wrong. I think too many people are influenced by polling results instead of deciding who they think will be the best candidate for the job. Nobody wants to vote for a "loser." And we all know that the only poll that matters is the one taken on election day in the voting booth.
I just want to weigh in about the vigorous competition for seats on the Democratic Parish Executive Committee in St. Tammany. Take a look at the number of Dems that are running for the DPEC--21 and compare to those who have thus far signed up to run for RPEC--12.
Hey! Isn't St. Tammany supposed to be the Republican stronghold in Louisiana? Don't you have to be a registered Republican to even CONSIDER running for office in St. Tammany Parish? Maybe not.
Stay tuned for a surprise candidate who will be qualifying today for a position on the DPEC. Remember, you heard it here first! :-)
Angelique LaCour

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LIQUID NUTRITION?! Just typing those words in combination seems unethical. We are seeing a growing trend of speciality food shops that sell the nutrition dream: the idea that fruits & vegetables can be consumed "naturally" in a liquid form. The idea sounds great in theory and provokes interest in a society that falls short eating a healthy amount of real fibrous fruits & vegetables. Is it possible to extract the essential nutrients from food sources and blend them together in a new style of consumable nutrition without altering the way they absorb in our bodies? Can juicing and smoothie-sipping be beneficial for those who would otherwise forgo eating fruits and vegetables? These questions and more are addressed as we explore the newest liquid nutrition craze.
Where Do We Begin?
You should see the outline I have for this topic; It looks like collapsed dominoes meets an NFL football play with arrows in every direction. I suppose we should begin by discussing what's actually inside these liquids concoctions we create.
What happens when you take 5-8 fruits and vegetables and blend them together for a snack?
The answer is very complex, scientific, and, truthfully, pretty boring to read. Instead, I'll pose a different question:
If the following foods were laid out on a table (2 carrots, 1 lemon, 2 tomatoes, 1 head of broccoli, 3 red apples, 1 lime, 1 ginger, and 1 pineapple), could you eat them all in one sitting?
0% of you would answer YES. That's a fact.
You cannot consume all of these fruits and vegetables because YOU ARE NOT MEANT TO. These nutrition superfoods are great sources of real vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals. But, like most things in the USA, we feel the need to over-consume because more of anything must be better, and drinking an enormous amount of fruits and vegetables together will yield an improved state of health.
Well, unfortunately, when we bypass the natural barriers of consumption and maximize the amount of food ingested, there are internal mechanisms within our small and large intestines that actually prevent nutrient absorption and send most of the liquid food out of the body (after some time passes).
[Simplified] When you alter the properties of nature's environment (in this case: food), the reactions will not be the same as it would have been in its original form.
[Even Easier] When you manipulate the amount of fruits and vegetables you can consume in one sitting by juicing/blending them together, you will not be healthier. You will have simply consumed a large amount of calories, with a substantial amount of sugar, and utilize only a small portion of the magic potion for vitamin/mineral uptake.
What's The Difference From Chewing Food?
Let's start with understanding the role of fiber. Again, you could not eat even close to the amount of fruits and vegetables that you drink in liquid nutrition because your body would stop you from eating a second piece of fruit. The fiber within fruits and vegetables acts as a regulator of intake and works wonders within your intestines. Fiber is one of the components of fruits and vegetables that makes them so superior for the functioning of the human body. Fiber helps regulate the amount of food you eat, helping you consume just enough of what you need without overdoing it.
This stuff called fiber can actually regulate your body and brain to stop eating without feeling deprived or hungry. Imagine that -- no more calorie counting! All you have to do is eat your fruits and vegetables with every meal (more of the latter if you really want superior health) and fiber will take care of the rest.
Now for a little science: Have you ever noticed your mouth filling up with saliva just before you ate something delicious? This is one of the initiating automatic mechanisms of mastication (chewing) . Your body will start to produce saliva in your mouth to help break down the food using enzymes and lubricating the passage from your mouth into your stomach acids. Yummy. These enzymes help bring fiber to the stomach and then digestion is slowed down because fiber either becomes a gel in the stomach (called soluble fiber) or passes through the body intact (called insoluble fiber). These mechanisms get compromised when you pull a QB-sneak and flood your stomach with liquid fruits and vegetables. You just faked out your body! And, how the heck does your body know when to say STOP if the structure of the fruit/vegetable is shredded by steel smoothie blades and the fiber is not ingested with the salvia?!
This is why you can tackle a large fruit/veggie smoothie without much effort, yet you can't eat just two damn apples!
[Sorry for all the football references; It's Sunday at the moment.]
But What About All Those Vitamins & Minerals? ... I Need To Be 100%!
Hate to break it to you, but you'll never be perfect. No person will ever be completely balanced in every vitamin and mineral. Deficiencies are inevitable because our bodies are never at the same state for more than a few seconds. The engines are always a go and it is IMPOSSIBLE to be perfectly healthy. Now, that doesn't mean throw it all away and forgo all good eating habits. Instead, focus on a balanced amount of fruits and vegetables, high quality proteins, various omega-3 fats, and limited carbohydrates (depending on exercise frequency).
Your smoothies may contain 260% Vitamin C, 120% Vitamin A, and a plethora of other great vitamins. But do all these vitamins absorb just because you ate (drank) them? No guarantee whatsoever. Could you be drinking an overabundance of nutrients that make their way to out of the body? You bet. And, do all those sugars from the fruits enter your blood stream and cause a spike in your insulin? Guaranteed.
So Is All Liquid Nutrition Bad?
As much as we love to place foods on two extreme spectrums, nothing is innately bad or good. Food is different for each person, depending on a number of variables. Smoothies and Juicing can be great for certain people who need the liquid nutrition. I'll outline a hypothetical situation that shows what type of person could benefit from a smoothie/juicing consumption:
[Hypothetical Situation]
Stevie likes to exercise. Stevie wants to add as much muscle strength as he can while maintaing a lean figure. Stevie weighs around 150 pounds and begins to exercise harder, more frequently. He exercises 2-3x a week with resistance training and and 3-4x a week with high intensity cardiovascular exercise. For Stevie to add muscle strength, he would need an excess of 3,000+ Calories just to make any gains! Though eating is a pleasure, Stevie finds consuming that much food is a struggle for him. You would think 3,000+ Calories of nutrient-dense food would be plenty for Stevie, but he still lacks the muscle strength he expects from his hard workouts.
In this case, a smoothies and or a juiced liquid would be an appropriate addition with Stevie's meals because it'll give him an easy way to sneak in an extra 500+ Calories of quality nutrients. Plus, if Stevie is exercising this frequently with this much intensity, he needs the extra vitamins and minerals to repair his muscles and replenish his strength.
Smoothies are a great way to ingest extra Calories without your body stopping the intake. Smoothies, in this case, work well for Stevie. I personally can relate to the above situation because I'm always struggling to keep size on my body. Smoothies, in my case, work well for me.
To Be Specific: Smoothies/Juicing works well with a population who needs to ingest a large amount of food in order to meet the demands of their bodies and/or activity level. Smoothies act as SUPPLEMENT. Like any supplement, the smoothies/juicing are an ADDITION, not an replacement, to eating normal foods. It's just a simple boost in calories that hopefully contain some nutrients. Again, we [the population that can benefit from liquid nutrition] do not view liquid nutrition as our go-to source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
One more time... Liquid nutrition is an add-on supplement to everyday food. GO EAT YOUR DAMN VEGETABLES!!!
*Side Note: Another crowd that could benefit from liquid nutrition are the people that suffer from stomach pains and digestive issues. As explained earlier, liquid nutrition can have laxative effects because small amounts of the remaining insoluble fiber which acts as a laxative and aids in the digestion process.*
The SCAM -- Unveiled!
The proof is in the pudding. This drink would score a 100 on the Glycemic Index, meaning it would have a near lethal effect on your blood sugar. Great for diabetics going through an emergency blood sugar crash. That's about it.
Let's Review...
Liquid Nutrition does not give you any extra benefits compared to eating food.
You can drink more in quantity than you can eat, especially when it comes to fruits and vegetables.
When you alter the structure of a food into mush, the food does not have the same effect(s) within the body.
Food is meant to be eaten in its natural state. You have teeth for a reason -- practice the art of chewing.
If health and weight maintenance/loss are the goals, eating food will be the best strategy.
Liquid Nutrition removes most of the fiber yet retains all of the sugar in fruits and vegetables.
If you need a boost of sugars and carbohydrates along with some vitamins and minerals, liquid nutrition would be a viable option IN ADDITION to eating all of your necessary foods daily. This is usually for a small population, consisting of mostly males who need 1,000's of extra Calories each day. How many women are trying to gain weight and can afford a hefty dose of insulin-spiking sugars and carbohydrates? Probably not too many, if any.
However, there is a slight loophole to everything I discussed in this article. There is small window of time when drinking a smoothie/juiced liquid could be beneficial. This is the Post-Workout Period. Yes, after an intense resistance training session, your body will have used its sugar stores for energy to perform the exercising and these stores needs to be replenished, along with the balancing your blood sugar levels. In this specific case, liquid nutrition could be justified. In order to maximize the replenishment, include protein in any liquid nutrition.
So, unless you're coming straight from the an intense workout and are about to request two scoops of protein in your drink, liquid nutrition is nothing more than liquid candy. It's dessert. It's a treat. Don't be scammed by the brands or the marketing -- good health requires more than liquid in a plastic cup.


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DNR To Hold Public Meeting On Waterfowl Regulations
Annapolis, Md. (July 20, 2010) — The Maryland Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) will hold a public meeting to discuss the proposed late season
waterfowl hunting regulations at 7 p.m. on August 16 at Chesapeake College in
Wye Mills, Md. The proposed seasons and bag limits will be announced in early
August after DNR receives the late season framework from the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
"Public input is an important step in the seasons and bag limits selection process," said Bill Harvey, DNR's Game Bird Section Leader.
Hunting regulations (seasons, bag limits, etc.) for migratory game birds are established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via the Service Regulation Committee (SRC), with the final rule made by the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The SRC conducts three meetings each year to discuss migratory game bird management regulatory issues. The final meeting is being held to develop regulations for late seasons (regular duck and goose seasons).
Citizens who are unable to attend the meeting may comment by email, letter, fax, phone and an online forum available on the DNR website after the proposals are announced. The details on providing public comment will be included in the early August announcement.
Finalized seasons and bag limits will be announced in early September. For more information about the 2010-2011 Maryland Late Waterfowl Season regulations submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, visit http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide/lwfchart.asp.
|July 20, 2010
Contact: Josh Davidsburg
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is the state agency responsible for providing natural and living resource-related services to citizens and visitors. DNR manages more than 461,000 acres of public lands and 17,000 miles of waterways, along with Maryland's forests, fisheries, and wildlife for maximum environmental, economic and quality of life benefits. A national leader in land conservation, DNR-managed parks and natural, historic, and cultural resources attract 12 million visitors annually. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. Learn more at www.dnr.maryland.gov


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Second semester has started off well. I have probably my heaviest academic load so far, but it is exciting at the same time. Sophomore year is the year that your major really kicks off. Up until around your second semester you are all about general education credits.
So this semester I have buckled down and am taking all credits that will go towards my degree. I am taking Gender, Class, Race and Media, Living in Performance, Ethics in Sports, Photography and Yearbook Production. All of which go to my Communication Arts Major or my arts minor.
It is my hardest load because they are all reading and writing. Depending on your major, that is pretty much what it consists of. It's exciting because it is actually things that I have an interest in. But it also make me busy, busy, busy.


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By: KOB.com Staff
A tanker carrying petrol has crashed along State Road 17 just south of the Colorado border.
State Police say the tanker is leaking 7,000 gallons of petrol and 1,000 gallons of diesel.
The road is closed in a three mile radius due to the flammable nature of the petrol and diesel.
The tanker's driver was flown out from scene via a helicopter ambulance.
Stay with KOB Eyewitness News 4 as we work to bring you latest updates in this developing story.


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President's Report
July 2009
During June I had the opportunity to welcome incoming students and their parents at several Orientation sessions for freshmen and transfers. It has been inspiring to repeatedly look out into a sea of expectant and enthusiastic faces in a filled-to-capacity Bettersworth Auditorium in Lee Hall.
It has been even more satisfying to hear the excitement in the voices of students and parents alike and to realize the magnitude of the responsibility with which we are entrusted. Here is a portion of what one father wrote to me in an email message just after returning home from a freshman orientation session:
"Every single staff member and student volunteer that I heard or had an opportunity to speak with was clearly interested in the success of the students at MSU. I don't know how you have imparted such a 'heart' for the students to your staff, but it was amazing to see such unity of purpose among this very impressive group of people. . . . I walked away from this weekend's activities with an amazing sense that my youngest son was entering the best environment possible to prepare him to succeed in life."
I am grateful to the faculty and staff for the dedication that earns such accolades for the university.
All indications continue to point to a larger freshman class, a larger group of transfer students, and a larger overall enrollment for the fall semester. We expect to again have the state's largest and academically best qualified freshman class.
Another opportunity to show support for our new students will be Saturday, August 8, when the residence halls open. If you can volunteer to help for an hour or more on move-in day, go to http://www.housing.msstate.edu/mvnu2msu/volunteer/ and sign up.
The freshmen--and some parents, too--are getting into the spirit of The Maroon Edition, our new first-year reading experience. The inaugural book selection of MSU graduate John Grisham's "A Painted House" is proving to be a popular and thought-provoking choice. Congratulations to the numerous faculty and staff who helped envision and implement this program.
I hope you will take a few minutes to explore the Maroon Edition website at http://www.maroonedition.msstate.edu/ and make a suggestion for next year's book or see how you can become involved. And remember to read "A Painted House" during the summer. I read it a few years ago, and it may be my favorite Grisham novel among the 20-plus he has written since "A Time to Kill" made its debut 20 years ago.
Financial outlook
In the wake of this week's special legislative session, we expect Board of Trustees approval on Thursday, July 2, of our state funding allocation for the new fiscal year that is about to begin. Higher education--including the separately budgeted units in our Ag Division--will be funded at approximately the same level as where we began FY 2009, thanks to federal economic stimulus funds. While that level of increase will not cover our rising costs for energy, insurance premiums, and other inflationary increases, it is a significantly better outcome than we might have expected a couple of months ago.
Level funding for our separately budgeted units represents a major improvement over what was being proposed this spring, when cuts of 6 percent or more seemed likely. I am grateful for the Legislative support that materialized in recent weeks and for the efforts of university constituents who worked with us to bring it about.
The Board of Trustees has chosen to allocate whatever funding we receive for FY 2010 in across-the-board fashion, rather than adhering to the funding formula adopted last year. That means that MSU's significant enrollment increases of the past two years won't be taken into account as we had anticipated, and our per-student allocation of state funds will be lower for the coming year.
The Board has declined to approve any in-state tuition increases for next year, although out-of-state fees will increase by about 7 percent. Fees for housing and meal plans will increase about 7 percent on average at MSU for next year.
We have no assurance that the FY 2010 budget will not be reduced at mid-year, as happened in FY 2009, in response to declining tax revenues. We have even less assurance about what FY 2011 and FY 2012 will bring. The forecasts for state revenues in those outlying years are not encouraging, and we cannot expect federal stimulus funds to continue to shore up our budget. We will hope for the best, but we must plan for the worst.
In that light, I have asked the vice presidents, in consultation with others in their areas of responsibility, to begin planning for an FY 2010 allocation based on of 95 percent of budgeted funds. That will soften the impact of a mid-year reduction, if it comes, and put us in a better position going into succeeding budget years.
The Board of Trustees has emphasized the need to achieve cost-saving efficiencies wherever possible, and we will be examining all university budgets and sources of funds in detail down to the department level as we plan for at least the next three years. This will be a painstaking process of cost cutting, prioritization, and reallocation, but we hope to finalize the FY 2010 budget within four to six weeks. We will be looking for opportunities to enhance programs with high demand and growth potential while we strive for efficiency in all that we do.
This process will present us with difficult choices, but it is necessary to help the university weather the current recession and position itself to seize the opportunities that will come with recovery.
Your ideas on how we can operate more efficiently and productively are welcomed. We appreciate the patience and perseverance of the faculty and staff as we work through these lean years.
We will continue to emphasize increased enrollment and expanded research support as we attempt to outrun this recession.
Research awards for the current fiscal year totaled about $135 million through May, which is an increase of more than 14 percent from the same time last year. That is due in part to a substantial increase in the number of proposals submitted for funding by our productive faculty--great job!
Administrative searches
We have just concluded interviews with three strong finalists for the position of Vice President for Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, and we hope to bring that process to a conclusion next month. The search committee for the next Vice President for Research and Economic Development plans to begin reviewing candidates' credentials for that position on August 10.
The search committee for the Dean and Executive Director of the Meridian Campus is in the process of selecting candidates for interviews with an aim of having the new administrator in place for the start of the fall semester.
Nominations have been received during the past two weeks for faculty representatives to serve on the search committee for the next provost, and an election for those 10 positions--one from each college, one from the Library, and one from the Meridian Campus--will be conducted by the Faculty Senate via email during the first half of July. I have appointed Dean of Arts and Sciences Gary Myers to chair the search committee and will name eight more committee members, for a total of 19. We hope to convene the search committee for the first time within a few days after the election.
Faculty Senate leaders and I are appointing members to an ad hoc committee to consult with me on the development of the provost position description, and we hope to have a final draft ready for review by the search committee at its first meeting. Although the timeline is tight, we will work toward having the next provost in place in early 2010.
New leaders in place
Congratulations to recently elected Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman and Aldermen Ben Carver, Sandra Sistrunk, Eric Parker, Richard Corey, Jeremiah Dumas, Roy Perkins, and Henry Vaughn Sr., most of whom are MSU graduates or employees. We appreciate the public service being provided by each of these individuals and look forward to working with them to further strengthen university-community relations. We are also working on a plan to meet regularly with the new city leadership, our county supervisors, and representatives of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership to talk about how we can advance initiatives that will benefit the university and the community.
Our state universities are fortunate in the recent selection of Dr. Hank Bounds as the next Commissioner of Higher Education. As a member of the IHL Commissioner Search Advisory Committee, I had an opportunity to participate in the interview process, and I can assure you Dr. Bounds is an impressive leader.
He is a product the Mississippi education system, and he understands it very well. He has earned high marks in our state and nationally for his exceptional leadership and vision in tackling difficult issues associated with K-12 education in our state, including responding to tremendous challenges in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. I have every confidence that Dr. Bounds will make a seamless transition, and I am excited about the opportunity to work with him.
SEC meeting
Last month I had my first opportunity to participate in a Southeastern Conference Presidents meeting, and it was interesting to observe the interplay among presidents, athletic directors, coaches, and faculty athletic representatives as each group brought its set of viewpoints and expertise to a wide range of athletics-related issues.
Certainly the one issue that attracted the most public attention was the decision of the presidents to impose a new limit of 28 on the number of football recruits who can be signed in a single year. NCAA rules prohibit Division I schools from having more than 25 players on scholarship per class, but it is common to sign a few more than that to offset anticipated losses from the team roster.
In recent years, however, some institutions in the SEC have signed significantly more than 25. Recruits who fail to qualify academically often find their way to community colleges and eventually back to the school that signed them first. The process is sometimes called "greyshirting."
The presidents, in a move that I strongly supported, took the position that we should sign students who we believe are fully capable of qualifying academically and contributing athletically. The SEC will propose to the NCAA that its new rule be adopted nationwide.
Faculty honors
Congratulations to Dr. William Anthony Hay, associate professor of history, who has been elected a Fellow of Britain's Royal Historical Society, and to Dr. Cathy Grace, director of the Early Childhood Institute, who has been chosen for a one-year assignment directing early childhood development policy for the Children's Defense Fund in Washington, D.C.
Visit http://www.msstate.edu/president/facultyhonors.php to stay up to date on recent faculty and staff achievements.
Mark E. Keenum, President


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Modern Jewish history, Judaism in America, religion in America, gender studies
Religion in Modern America, Modern Jewry, Jews and the City, Gender and Jewish History
Selected Publications
A Jewish Feminine Mystique? Jewish Women in the Postwar Era, edited by Hasia Diner, Shira Kohn and Rachel Kranson (Rutgers University Press, 2010). Finalist for the 2010 National Jewish Book Awards Barbara Dobkin Award in Women's Studies.
"'The Gentle Jewish Mother Who Owned a Luxury Resort': Jennie Grossinger and the Jewish Feminine Mystique," in A Jewish Feminine Mystique? Jewish Women in the Postwar Era, edited by Hasia Diner, Shira Kohn and Rachel Kranson (Rutgers University Press, 2010)
"More Bar Than Mitzvah: Anxieties over Bar Mitzvah Celebrations in Postwar America," in Rites of Passage: How Today's Jews Celebrate, Commemorate, Commiserate, edited by Leonard Greenspoon, Studies in Jewish Civilization, v. 21 (Purdue University Press, 2010)
Selected Honors and Awards
Dean's Dissertation Award, New York University, 2008-2009
Margaret Brown Fellowship for Scholars of Women's History, Department of History, New York University, 2007-2008
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, 2007
Doctoral Fellowship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, 2007-2008
McKracken Fellowship, New York University, 2002- 2007
Current Project
"Grappling with the Good Life: Jewish Anxieties over Affluence in Postwar America" (book ms)
University Affiliations
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by Cathy Reiland, Window Shopper
- Created: February 10, 2013, 11:43 am
Would like to start a pet sitting business. What kind of licensing and bonding would I need? What if someones pet became ill or died while I am feeding or walking it? I know I would have to have some kind of protection so that I do not lose my house. Can someone point me in the right direction or am I barking up the wrong tree!
49th Street Bail Bonds | Window Shopper | 4/12/2013 - 12:16 pm
Currently there are no pet sitter license instituted by the government. However, Always ckeck on your local laws regarding general business licenses. Licenses vary from state to state and city to city. It is better to invest the time to do the research first than later find yourself in legal trouble as we see often happen. This comment was edited to remove a link.Please note that Community members may not include personally identifiable information, such as phone numbers. Please review our Community Best Practices (http://www.sba.gov/community) for more information about how best to participate in our online discussions. Thank you.
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The following thread can help shed some light on the pet care business. Our search tool can help you find out what licenses may be required for your state. Another approach that may be useful is talking to a mentor who could offer you specific guidance or reaching out to a SBA resource partner like SCORE, Women's Business Centers and Small Business Development Centers located across the country that provide free business counseling to individuals looking to start or expand a small business. Visit our local assistance guide to find your local SBA resource partners by entering your zip code.
sgraff | Window Shopper | 2/11/2013 - 6:23 pm
Hi Cathy, Depending on where you live you may or may not have to meet any licensing requirements. In our case, we had to get a business license (as every business does) from the city, and also file for an 'assumed name' certificate. In our case, there is no licensing specific to dog walking and pet sitting that we had to meet. Check to see if your city, county or state have such a requirement for pet sitters. You should definitely get some sort of liability insurance for your business. As you note, if disaster were to strike - pet getting injured or killed in your care, or even you causing damage to the pet owners home, that could destroy your financially. In our case, we got our . I'm sure that there are others. If you have employee's also look into getting a 'dishonesty bond' which covers the business should an employee commit a crime, such as robbing a clients home. Your locality may also have requirements for workers comp insurance. Some only require this if you have over a certain number of employees, such as three. I hope that this is helpful to you. There are also a variety of books available on starting pet sitting businesses. Check your local library, book store or Amazon to see what's is available. This post was edited to remove links. Please review our Community Best Practices for more information about how best to participate in our online discussions. Thank you.
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FOREST CITY — Children dressed in pajamas smiling and waving from a little blue train was what you would see if you visited Forrest Hunt Elementary School on Friday.
Polar Express Day was a hit among the students who got to take a ride around the parking lot on the train, enjoy hot chocolate, and watch the movie "The Polar Express."
The classes had already read the book in their classes, so the teachers spent the last six weeks preparing for this day of celebration.
"It is a way to celebrate reading and give the children the opportunity to see Santa," Laura Thompson, reading specialist, said.
The Polar Express train was driven by Engineer Rick Walker, who has been bringing his train to the school for this day for two years.
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After their train ride, the students were welcomed into the library, which was decorated like the North Pole, to have their pictures made with Santa. Some of the classes had even written letters to Santa, which they presented to him as they were getting pictures taken.
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South Carolinians clearly want the option of voting early. State lawmakers ought to give it to them.
South Carolina is among only 16 states bucking the trend of allowing voters to cast ballots before Election Day. The Palmetto State does, however, allow de facto early voting through its absentee voting system.
People can vote absentee at their county offices if they give a reason for not being able to vote on Election Day, such as being on vacation or working. And this year, South Carolinians really have taken advantage of the chance to vote absentee.
Just before Nov. 6, about 376,000 residents had voted absentee, a record and 33,500 more than the previous record set in 2008.
It is silly, however, to ask voters to jump through bureaucratic hoops and limit the early voting to county offices. Other states allow early voting at traditional polling places, and many include weekend voting.
But early voting has been a hard sell in South Carolina.
Since 2009, the states Republican-controlled Legislature has shot down early-voting bills, saying voters shouldnt be casting ballots while time remains for revelations about candidates and before campaigns have finished making their cases.
Democrats in the House and Senate, as well as a handful of Republicans, have introduced dozens of early-voting bills. In 2010, both the Republican-controlled House and Senate approved a bill, sponsored by House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, to create an early-voting window in the 16 days leading up to Election Day. But the Senate failed to pass a final compromise version of the bill.
Republicans also have resisted early voting because of the perception that it benefits Democrats more.
Democratic grass-roots efforts got many voters to the polls early in this years presidential election.
But that isnt a valid argument against early voting.
Republicans no doubt could be just as successful at getting their voters to cast ballots early if they devoted the time, money and manpower to the effort.
Allowing early voting encourages more people to vote. Its that simple.
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Avian species can be found on every continent and subcontinent across the globe. They have remarkably adaptive physiological and behavioural strategies for breeding and survival. They are domesticated as pets, used as livestock, provide important laboratory models for basic scientific research, and their numbers in the wild often indicate stresses in the environment.
Written by leading researchers in the field, Avian Endocrinology provides a definitive and comprehensive review of all aspects relating to hormones in birds both wild and domestic. Divided into nine sections, the book covers behavioural endocrinology, circadian and seasonal cycles, gonadal function, maternal contribution to eggs, prolactin, growth hormone, appetite and osmoregulation, stress, and immune function.
Research which leads to better knowledge of the avian endocrine system will lead to better breeding of livestock, better understanding of stresses on the environment, and ultimately shed light on how these stresses can affect humans. Extensively illustrated with tables, charts, and diagrams, Avian Endocrinology presents in-depth, up-to-date information and demonstrates how much the field has advanced over the past 25 years.
"Avian Endocrinology is a meticulous, professional, scholarly, and highly specialized scientific text…condenses an immense amount of technical information…is a welcome and very strongly recommended addition to zoology reference collections in general and avian studies reading lists in particular."
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Genomic and Non-Genomic Controls of Brain Aromatase Activity, J. Balthazart, M. Baillien, and G.F. Ball
Steriodogenesis in the Avian Brain, K. Tsutsui and B.A. Schlinger
Steroid-Melatonin Interactions and Seasonal Regulation of the Song Control System, G.E. Bentley and G.F. Ball
Melatonin and Circadian Rhythmicity in Birds, V. Kumar
Photoperiodic Control of Seasonal Reproduction: Neuroendocrine Mechanisms and Adaptations, P. Deviche and T. Small
Seasonality in Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae), D. Blache, J. Van Cleeff, M. Blackberry, P.J. Sharp, and G.B. Martin
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Sex Differentiation of the Gonads of Birds, N. Saito and K. Shimada
Secretory Patterns of Luteinzing Hormone and Gonadal Steroids in Relationship to Reproductive Status in Male and Female Turkeys, W.L. Bacon
Extra-Ovarian and Intra-Ovarian Control of Follicular Growth and Differentiation in the Chicken Ovary, A.G. Hernandez, H.-C. Yao, and J.M. Bahr
The Inhibin Family in the Reproductive Process of the Hen, E. Decuypere, D. Vanmontfort, M.Safi, V. Bruggeman, and O. Onagbesan
Egg Size Variation: Mechanisms and Hormonal Control, T.D. Williams, W.L. Reed, and R.L. Walzem
Maternal Thyroid Hormones in Avian Eggs: Potential for Disruption of Thyroid Hormone Deposition and Effects on Embryonic Development, F.M.A. McNabb
Neuroendocrinology of Prolactin Regulation in the Domestic Turkey, M.E. El Halawani, O.M. Youngren, and Y. Chaiseha
Photoperiodic Control of Prolactin Secretion, P.J. Sharp and K.P. Sreekumar
Growth Hormone and Embryonic Growth: Which Came First - The Chicken or the Egg? S. Harvey, I. Lavelin, and M. Pines
Molecular and Functional Heterogeneity of Growth Hormone, C. Arámburo, M.Carranza, H. Martínez-Coria, M. Reyes, L. Berúmen, J. López, H. Pascacio, L. Huerta, and M. Luna
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Glucogen-Like Peptide-1 (7-36) Amide (GLP-1) is a Potent Satiety Agent in Chickens, T. Bungo and M. Furuse
Regulation of Feeding by Neuropeptide Y, T. Boswell
Structure, Characterization and Expression of a Vasotocin Receptor in the Domestic Chicken (Gallus domesticus), L.E. Cornett, F.-L. Tan, S.M. Jones, D.A. Baeyens, and C. M. Chaturvedi
Mechanisms Underlying Seasonal Differences in the Avian Stress Response, L.M. Romero
Downstream from Corticosterone: Seasonality of Binding Globulins, Receptors, and Behaviour in the Avian Stress Response, C.W. Breuner and M. Orchinik
Comparison of Corticosterone and Heterophil to Lymphocyte Ratios as Indicators of Stress in Free-Living Birds, C.M. Vleck
Effects of Sex Steroids and Induced Molting on the Localization of Immune Cells in Hen Oviduct, Y. Yoshimura, W.M. Zheng, and B. Heryanto
Melatonin and Immonological Functions/Expression Bursa of Fabricius in Indian Jungle Bush Quail (Perdicula asiatica), C. Haldar and S.S. Singh
Bidirectional Communication Between the Immune and Neuroendocrine Systems: Role of Growth Hormone, K.L. Hull, F. Nette, and S. Harvey
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Independent studios from the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Netherlands have united for an epic sales promotion, on July 9th, 2015 the sale will go live in the eShop in Europe and North America! Fourteen Wii U games are on sale with a discount of 60 %. The only condition: You need to own or buy one of the participating games to qualify for the promotion. The independent game developers behind this promotion want to say thank-you to all of their fans and show all Wii U gamers that great games are made all over the world.
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