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The system of the invention includes a method for monitoring changes in the status or condition of a Container using one or more monitoring units mounted to the Container. The monitoring units preferably include a power supply, sensors using reflective energy with programmable parameters, globally-unique sensor identification, recording capability on a timeline, long term memory and the ability to rebroadcast information on RFID radio technology. Programmable monitoring hardware in the monitoring unit detects significant changes in the sensor outputs as a triggering event. The programmable monitoring hardware includes memory for storing identification information for the Container. The sensors which can include conventional devices that detect various forms of energy including visible light, infrared light, magnetic fields, radio frequency energy and sound. In one embodiment, a monitoring unit is mounted inside a shipping Container suitable for long distance transport. The triggering event can be used for tamper detection security.
1. A security system for monitoring a cargo storage compartment, the system comprising:
a cargo storage compartment;
a sensor positioned within the storage compartment and capable of emitting and receiving a monitoring signal;
monitoring electronics positioned within the storage compartment and connected to the sensor, said monitoring electronics capable of comparing the emitted and received signals of the sensor and identifying a triggering event based on the comparison of the emitted and received signals; and
an active RFID tag positioned within the storage compartment and connected to the monitoring electronics and capable of storing data about a triggering event and;
wherein said active RFID is further configured to receive radio transmissions for initiating operation of said sensor.
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a cargo storage compartment defined by an interior and an exterior;
a sensor in the interior of said cargo storage compartment, said sensor capable of emitting energy and receiving the emitted energy;
monitoring electronics positioned inside the storage compartment and coupled to the sensor, the monitoring electronics for detecting and recording changes in the emitted and received energy as a triggering event;
a power supply electrically connected to the sensor; and
an active RFID positioned inside the storage compartment and coupled to the monitoring electronics, said active RFID configured to transmit information on the triggering event supplied by the monitoring electronics, the information including a sensor identifier for the monitoring unit, said active RFID further configured to receive radio transmissions for initiating operation of said sensor.
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wherein said sensor is disposed in said cargo storage compartment so that the emitted energy signal will reflect off of said access port;
wherein the monitoring electronics comprise a microprocessor, firmware memory for storing a program for the microprocessor, and data memory; and
wherein the active RFID is disposed within said storage compartment for transmitting information on the triggering event supplied by the monitoring electronics.
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27. A security system for monitoring a cargo storage compartment, the system comprising:
a cargo storage compartment defined by an interior and an exterior;
a sensor in the interior of said cargo storage compartment, said sensor capable of emitting energy and receiving emitted energy;
an active RFID positioned in the interior of the storage compartment and connected to the sensor;
a radio frequency reader wirelessly coupled to said active RFID and configured to transmit and receive radio frequency communications with said active RFID; and
wherein said active RFID is further configured to receive radio transmissions for initiating operation of said sensor.
This application is a divisional of and claims priority of utility application Ser. No. 10/813,150 filed on Mar. 29, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,135,976 and provisional application bearing Ser. No. 60/458,260, filed Mar. 31, 2003 entitled "Tamper detection security device that monitors the presence of the door on a shipping container using reflective energy proximity sensors and radio frequency identification technologies."
The invention relates to methods and systems to monitor the condition or security of containers, crates or shipping cartons and recording that information for transmission using Radio Frequency Identification technology.
Radio frequency identification tags (hereinafter referred to as "RFIDs") are well-known electronic devices which have uses in many areas including freight transportation and retail product tracking. An RFID works by first recording or "burning in" identification or other data into memory in the RFID device. Thereafter, the RFID sends the recorded identification or other information to an RFID reading device. A particular advantage of RFIDs over bar code, optical characters and magnetic storage (such as the magnetic strip on many credit cards) is that the RFID does not require physical contact, or as is the case with optical character and bar code readers, line of sight, between the tag and the reading device to be read. Some currently available active tags can be read at distances up to 300 feet through typical crates and containers used during shipping.
RFIDs come in two varieties: active and passive. An active RFID includes a battery or other power source, and is activated by a signal from a reading device. The activated RFID then broadcasts its identification or other data, which is picked up by the reading device. Some active tags have memory chips on which data can be written and received remotely. An advantage of active RFIDs over passive RFIDs is that the inclusion of a power source allows the active RFID to transmit to a receiver without entering into an electromagnetic field to power the tag circuit. Active RFIDs are also generally able to transmit over a longer distance and be activated individually. The advantage of active RFIDs has led to its use in automatic toll-paying systems, or the like.
Passive RFIDs have no power supply per se, but power is provided to the RFID circuitry by using an electromagnetic power receiver. The RFID reading device sends power to the RFID's electromagnetic power receiver, thus powering up or turning on the RFID's circuits. Next, the passive RFID broadcasts a response signal containing identification or other information, which is then read by the reading device. Because the passive RFID has no battery, it is less expensive and lighter. Passive RFIDs have been in use for some time, notably in security access cards where the user holds the card near the card reader to unlock a door, and in clothing stores as security tags attached to clothing items.
Active tags can be contacted individually or in groups by a computer equipped with RF transmission capability (hereinafter referred to as a "Reader"). A reader can be a handheld, transportable device or it can be mounted in a fixed position.
Fixed readers work with an antenna array arranged around a portal and read all tags that pass through that portal. Fixed readers can be much more selective in that they read only the tags that pass through the portal. Fixed readers can also tell the direction the tag was moving as it passes through the portal and can do so at speeds at 40 or 50 miles per hour.
Proximity sensors, or sensors that can sense the presence or absence of an object without physical contact are available in many forms. All of these devices have the common functionality in that they generate and transmit or direct energy and receive back portions of that energy as it is reflected back from the target and thereby detect the presence or absence of the target or in this case the door. Some types of these sensors are described below. Hall Effect Sensors employ a magnetically biased semiconductor, Hall element to sense moving objects. Light Feedback or fiber optic sensor: the emitter and receiver can be in the same housing or side-by-side. The emitter sends out a beam of pulsed red or infrared light which is reflected directly by the target (at any angle), it is diffused in all directions and some light is reflected back. The receiver sees only a small portion of the original light, switching the sensor when a target is detected within the effective scan range. Ultrasonic Proximity Sensor: This device allows for alternate transmission and reception of sound waves. The transducer emits a number of sonic waves which are reflected by an object, back to the transducer. After emission of the sound waves, the ultrasonic sensor will switch over to receive mode. The time elapsed between the emitting and receiving is proportional to the distance of the object from the sensor. Radio Frequency Sensors use pulsed RF source for reference RF Power value, the Diode receiver is polled for average baseline value every T seconds. Changes in baseline value reflect movement. All of the above items and similar devices will hereinafter be referred to as "Sensors".
Shipping containers, crates, cartons, and boxes (hereinafter referred to as "Containers") have long been a target for theft and are a security threat because not only are items stolen out of them, but terrorist devices or contraband can be placed aside them. In the past shipping containers have been ordinarily protected by the use of locks or other physical impediments to entry. Physical seals have also been used so that a quick visual inspection can determine if the seal has been broken. More recently the seals and locking devices have become more sophisticated and some contain RF devices that broadcast RF alerts when the seal is physically broken. Some of the RFID seals contain fiber optic cables or wires which signal a fault when cut or broken. Some contain micro switches, magnetic latches, or contact switches. All of these require some mechanical or electromechanical device to determine the fault before it is broadcast on the RF communication tag.
The system of the invention includes a method for monitoring changes in the status or condition of a Container using one or more monitoring units mounted to the Container. The monitoring units preferably include a power supply, sensors using reflective energy with programmable parameters, globally-unique sensor identification, recording capability on a timeline, long term memory and the ability to rebroadcast information on RFID radio technology. Programmable monitoring hardware in the monitoring unit detects significant changes in the sensor outputs as a triggering event. The programmable monitoring hardware includes memory for storing identification information for the Container. The sensors which can include conventional devices that detect various forms of energy including visible light, infrared light, magnetic fields, radio frequency energy and sound. The event can be logged for subsequent readout and/or an immediate RF transmission can be generated. In one embodiment, a monitoring unit is mounted inside a shipping Container suitable for long distance transport. The sensor is disposed so that opening and closing the Container door creates a change in the sensor output which is detected as a triggering event by the monitoring hardware. The triggering event can be used for tamper detection security. The status and logged information contained in the monitoring unit can be read by RF communication with any suitably equipped device including handheld devices and laptop computers.
Various modifications to the preferred embodiments described below will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, and the disclosure set forth herein may be applicable to other embodiments and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and the clam hereto appended. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments described, but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the disclosure set forth herein.
A system 20 according to the invention is described in
In a particular application, large numbers of the Monitoring Units 21 can be used simultaneously in freight yard, warehouse, etc. Various Containers can each be equipped with a Monitoring Unit 21. The Monitoring Units 21 can be contacted by RF transmission and respond individually or in groups. The distances between the Readers 30 and the Monitoring Unit 21 are a function of the actual RF Transmitter/Receiver 25 and the various environmental factors such as the physical characteristics of the Container, but typically distances up to 300 feet are practical and the signal can pass through a shipping Container. Active RFID technology is commercially available, and the invention can be implemented in part using the active RFID technology. The sensors 22 are used to monitor changes in the environment in the Container. For example, the opening and closing of a door can be detected. The sensors 22 can also be used to detect movement of the cargo or intrusion into the Container. The sensors 22 typically use reflected energy and, for example, can sense the presence of the door by sending and receiving back reflective energy. This method utilizes no wires or fiber optic cables that need broken or cut to sound an alarm, nor does it require switches or electromagnetic contacts to operate or sound the alarm. The invention is not limited to any particular type of sensor. Sensors 22 which can be usefully included in a Monitoring Unit 21 according to the invention include conventional devices that detect various forms of energy including visible light, inured light, magnetic fields, radio frequency energy and sound.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the invention provides a method for using a Monitoring Unit 21 to monitor the security of any container, crate or shipping carton by monitoring the condition such as the position of the door or opening device and recording that information for immediate or subsequent transmission. More specifically, the door's position, etc. is monitored by sending energy and receiving the energy back to a sensor as it is reflected off the door. When the door is opened the energy being received by the sensor changes, and a fault condition occurs. The fault signal is then rebroadcast immediately and/or recorded with a relative or real-time timestamp for transmission by an RF communication signal.
This device depending on its mounting location allows the door, door jam, doorframe, mobile opening, or removable side (hereinafter referred to as the "Door") to be monitored using a Sensor instead of a physical seal or an electromechanical switch. The device allows the fault condition which is detected by the sensor when the Door is moved to be recorded with a timestamp accessible to a RFID tag where it is available for transmission to an RFID Reader.
The Sensor 22 is preferably placed in close proximity to the Door, cargo or other monitoring target. The maximum distance is limited by the capability of the Sensor. The Monitoring Unit 21 can be mounted with screws, magnets, etc. preferably on the inside of the Container. The Sensor is preferably mounted with the energy emitter and receiver aimed at the target with no impediments between the Sensor and the target. When the target moves or is disturbed the Sensor will detect the difference or absence of the reflective energy off of the target. The difference or absence of energy indicating movement of the target is a fault or triggering event. This Sensor 22 can be similar to the commercially available SICK ELF Sensor in the document labeled SIC Technical Information.
A signal indicating a fault is then detected by the microprocessor 48 or other logic circuit where it is stored in the memory which may be separate from or internal to the microprocessor or microcomputer as shown in
RFID tag 54 used in the embodiment of invention described above can be a commercially available Identec Solutions i-Q Series described in the document Active UHF Tag i-Q Series. The RFID tags used in this invention are active and must have the capacity to access the fault information including the timestamp or as in the case of the Identec i-Q tag have a time-stamping capability which is actually part of the tag's memory capability. In this embodiment the Identec tag takes the fault information directly from the microprocessor via an outside lead and stores the fault on a timeline in the memory of the Identec tag. The advantage of the above method is that the timeline can be extended due to the magnifying effect of using two devices with memory. An example of this is as follows: The iQtag from Identec with a 5 year battery life and a 32K memory can record 13,312 events or readings on a timeline which means to cover a shipping time of 30 days it can read the sensor every 20 seconds. To provide adequate protection on the door the sensor must be monitored continuously or at least every couple of seconds. One way to accomplish this is to record the event as described above and hold it in the volatile memory for over 20 seconds until it can be recorded on the non-volatile memory which is activated every 20 seconds by the Identec tag. The disadvantage of this method is that the time of the fault as it is recorded is only accurate within 20 seconds. In this embodiment the sensor is always in the on position as is the Identec tag. Because the sensor records a fault when no energy is reflected back to the sensor a fault condition will always appear if the battery is disconnected, removed, or goes bad. Likewise, proper function will be evident and indicate a successful installation when there is an absence of a fault. This information can be read and tested using a reader at the time of installation.
In an alternative embodiment of the Monitoring Unit 21 of the invention the RFID Tag 54 need not have a timeline storage capability. In this embodiment, when the triggering event occurs the fault signal from the Sensor 22 is stored on a timeline or real-time clock in the memory 49 of the Monitoring Unit 21 where it is available to the RF circuit to be read by a Reader. In this case the microprocessor would be programmed to monitor the sensor continuously or turn on the sensor in predetermined intervals to look for a fault condition. When fault occurs it would be rebroadcast immediately or recorded directly on the timeline or real-time clock in the logic circuit of the microprocessor. The same microprocessor would also provide memory and an interface with and logic for the RFID circuit, in this embodiment the microprocessor can be accessed directly via the RFID circuit to accomplish additional functions such as turning the door sensor off and on. Reading the values from the sensor to determine if it is functioning correctly, changing the gain or sensitivity on the sensor to adjust or calibrate the sensor due to differences in the sensors mounting distance from the door, or reflective values of its environment.
For the purpose of this invention it is not important whether the logic controlling, and monitoring the sensor and the timeline or real-time clock are actually part of the RFID circuit and its memory or held on a separate memory accessible to a self contained RFID tag with memory so long as the fault information is readily available for mediate transmission or stored with a timestamp accessible for subsequent transmission.
After the fault is recorded on the long-term memory associated with a timestamp and where it is accessible to the RFID circuit, it must be transmitted to a Reader 30 to be used. RFID tags can be read with either fixed or hand-held Readers. Readers can also work as re-broadcasting devices reading the information on the tag and then transmitting information via a long-range technology.
An alternative embodiment of the Monitoring Unit 21 illustrated in
The Monitoring Unit 21 contains memory that is used to store important information relating to the container, such as owner name, container contents or inventory, and contact information relating to the particular shipment being monitored. In addition, the Monitoring Unit 21 contains data that is logged from the sensor(s), such as the state of the container door (security alerts). Encryption of data that is sensitive in nature is handled by the Readers. Thus, the application programs for the Reader must encrypt the data when it is written to the Monitoring Unit 21 or RFID tag 54 memory. In this way, only authorized Readers and users may see the data, and the select few with appropriate authority may make changes to that data. Any unauthorized attempts to alter the data results in a breach of the electronic envelope, and once the electronic seal is broken, then a fault condition is raised and appropriate notifications can be made. The data can be written in a three-step encryption process: First, the data that is to be written is encrypted using RSA-standard encryption algorithms (64-bit, 128-bit or 1024-bit depending on the country using the application). An initial checksum key is stored in the data stream to be used upon decryption to certify the data structure is intact. The resulting data is then preferably compressed using prior art compression methods in order to both optimize space in tag memory as well as provide additional scrambling of data.
Upon reading the data from the Monitoring Unit 21, the process is reversed by the Reader. At the conclusion of the decryption process, the checksum key is tested for validity, indicating that the data has in fact been returned to its original state. Depending on the authorization of the user, portions or all of the data is made available to the user.
An embodiment of the method of the invention using the Monitoring Unit 21 is as follows. A shipper loads a container with goods to be shipped. Container doors are closed, and using a handheld (or stationary) Reader, the container is recorded as "closed" by the Shipper. The Reader updates the Monitoring Unit 21 with a data packet including (but not limited to): the date and time the container was registered as closed the user name logged into the reader at the time the container was registered as closed owner information, inventory information, and document locations for pertinent shipping information. This data is written to the Monitoring Unit 21 using the process described above. At this time, the Monitoring Unit 21 initializes, calibrates itself and begins monitoring the sensor target: door, cargo, etc. The device will self-calibrate itself creating an average baseline value and then monitor changes in that value which will indicate a fault. All values, or a fault (values that are not within set parameters) can optionally be recorded periodically in the memory of the RFID tag along with a real time clock. Faults will sound an alert, or the recorded record will be available for remote access using RFID technology. The monitoring process continues until the container is received by a waypoint in the shipping process. Upon the Monitoring Unit 21 coming in contact with an authorized Reader, the data is then read into the application software, and the encryption process is reversed, with the application software the testing integrity of data at each process step. The data is then available for review by a user. If the waypoint is the endpoint of the shipment, a user may choose to receive the container. By doing so, the Monitoring Unit 21 is registered as "open".
A Monitoring Unit 21 has a command set to which it responds and which can vary according to the application. Each Monitoring Unit 21 has a unique address to which it responds, but preferably it will also respond to selected broadcast commands which are intended for all Monitoring Units. The broadcast commands can include an otherwise unassigned address such as "00" to indicate that all units should receive the command. However, the units do not respond to broadcast commands, so a typical use of a broadcast command is to wake-up all units in preparation for subsequent individual commands. A NOP command with a Monitoring Unit's address included can also be used to wake-up a unit. Another general command which should be implemented in the Monitoring Unit is "sleep." In the sleep mode, power is conserved. Since various types/embodiments of Monitoring Units are to be anticipated, an identification number which corresponds to the type of Monitoring Unit should be assigned and that identification number should be readable by a command (e.g. "Get Unit ID") issued by a Reader. A command to alter the address (e.g. "Set Address") to which the Monitoring Unit responds is desirable. The "Set Address" command can be helpful in avoiding address conflicts. Reading out the information on faults, etc., stored in the Monitoring Unit 21 is performed by a "Get Response" command. The amount of data returned by the unit will vary with the application.
In addition to security, this invention can also be used for monitoring and tracking items as they move through a supply chain. Reference is made to
In a preferred embodiment the monitoring of the sensors uses programmable parameters to determine when a triggering event has occurred. Every sensor and application environment has certain levels of noise or extraneous variations in its output that can be considered normal. In order to avoid recording and transmitting irrelevant information, programmable parameters can be used to filter the sensor output. A default set of parameters is written into the Monitoring Unit's nonvolatile memory as a part of the manufacturing process. The selected parameters for a particular sensor can be changed by a command which is transmitted to and received by the Monitoring Unit 21. Examples of parameters are sensor sample rate (how often the Monitoring Unit 21 take a reading), sensitivity or threshold parameters, output type (sensor output goes active as an "On" condition or sensor output goes active as an "Off" condition), alert signal duration (how long the alert is maintained before resetting and preparing for next notification) and boundary parameters such as max temperature, max shock, minimum radiation level, etc are set with default values at the factory.
Preferably the Monitoring Unit 21 includes a sleep mode in which power is conserved. During sleep mode the microprocessor is put into a hibernation state to conserve power. An interrupt driven timer is set to periodically wake-up the wake-up the microprocessor to take readings and perform other tasks. Temperature, humidity, and other static sensors are awakened at predetermined sample rates (see parameters above) and measurements are then taken. Since temperature, etc. can usually be recorded over time, the measurement itself is not necessarily a triggering event to record, therefore it sleeps to conserve power, them wakes up to record the current reading. The log of recorded values is readable upon command received from a reader.
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Hi all, I haven't actually been to the Esplenade location but many people seem to like it, so here's the scoop, I saw their liquor licence application in the window at Portland & King where the Amsterdam Brewery used to be...
Yeah, it's a huge space. They do a great job (for what it is) - They can't help that a lot of young drunk "perfessionals" fill the place. I think it will do great on King West as they are surrounded by lots of hip places. Prime Restaurants is really on a roll with their pubs. The Bier Markt is their biggest revenue generating store in their stable. Like 7 or 8 million last year. I think this one is a bit of a lay up.
they should name the second location miet markt to more accurately portray the clientele and their offerings.
why in the world would you put bier in the name when you don't even have half or a quarter of the menu selection available at any time! it's not even as some of those beers are special anymore!
and the young ones i can deal with, it's all the cougars and "grown-up" frat boys that make me stay away.
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Not sure about that... my understanding was that the block behind that row of restaurants on The Esplanade will be demolished, but those historical buildings will be kept intact though floors might be built above them. So The Keg and Le Papillon will be gone, but Fionn McCools, Bier Markt, Scotland Yard, and Old Spaghetti Factory will remain. Would love 100% confirmation on that, though.
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I went there a couple of weekends ago with a friend for a few beers. Five draft beers, and the bill was just under $45!! No food, just five draft beers. Ouch!!
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Description: Under the George W. Bush U.S. presidential administration, the federal government pushed for greater accountability among institutions of higher education for educational outcomes. Graduation rate is a key performance indicator of institutional accountability. Previous researchers of student attrition focused primarily on the effects of student level factors on student persistence/withdrawal behavior. Recently, researchers put more focus on the effects of institutional characteristics on graduation rates, but most of these studies were exploratory and based on multiple regression models. No institutional model has existed to synthesize their results within a theoretical framework. Such an institutional model is needed to explain the process of student persistence at the institutional level. The purpose of this study was to develop a model of institutional performance in graduation rate for four-year, public and private not-for-profit, Title IV institutions in the United States. This study validated the institutional model based on the IPEDS dataset using the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. Further group comparison analyses are conducted by fitting the same SEM model to several subgroup datasets based on grouping variables such as control, geographical region and state. Benchmarking analyses were conducted to demonstrate how administrators and policy-makers can use the institutional model to compare the ...
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An Assessment of Undergraduate Course Syllabi in the Departments of English at Universities in Taiwan
Date: May 2010
Creator: Lin, Baysan
Description: This exploratory, qualitative research explored the extent that course syllabi in the Departments of English in 13 public and 9 private universities in Taiwan reflect the inclusion of syllabus components to promote learning as recommended in the literature in the United States. Research questions included: what components can be inferred from the literature in the U.S. for the recommended components of a course syllabus, for the components for a learning-centered syllabus, and for a model to analyze Bloom's cognitive level of learning? And when these are applied to analyze course syllabi in English courses, are syllabi in these universities congruent with the models? The research identified and analyzed 235 course syllabi from the core courses listed online at these universities. The findings indicated that these syllabi are highly congruent with the syllabus components template; 68% of the syllabi included seven or more of the ten components. Additionally, these syllabi reflect medium congruency with the learning-centered syllabus template. Verbs used in objectives and learning outcomes in different English courses indicate different levels of cognitive learning goals as identified by Bloom's cognitive domain. Additional findings indicate that there was no difference in inclusion of components based on where faculty earned their doctoral ...
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Baptist Pastoral Leadership: An Analysis for Curriculum Development
Date: August 2010
Creator: Christine, David Wayne
Description: Through a qualitative study utilizing in-depth interviews, practitioner opinion was gathered regarding how Christian institutions of higher education, primarily Baptist seminaries, may better utilize formal and continuing education to prepare clergy for pastoral leadership. The sample of ten subjects for this study, drawn from the 550 active senior pastors in the Dallas Baptist Association and the Kauf-Van Baptist Association, was selected based on a maximum variation sampling method. The intention was to provide a better understanding of the leadership skills required by senior pastors, to help develop pastoral ministries curriculum and to assess the potential effectiveness of continuing education for pastoral leadership. The subjects indicated that the formal degree program of their seminary did equip them with the basic knowledge needed for pastoral leadership but it did not provide them in sufficiency with the necessary, practical skills for pastoral leadership. The pattern that emerged from the data indicates that, overall, seminaries are providing a quality education in preparing pastors for the ministry in their formal degree plans. However, seminaries may have opportunities to be of further service and to gain a competitive advantage vis a vis other seminaries by enhancing and expanding their continuing education programs.
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Bridging the Gap Between Access and Success: a Study of the Impact of an Access and Success Program on Academic Outcomes of Low-income College Freshmen
Date: May 2012
Creator: Collins, Sarah R.
Description: In response to the increasing cost of college, colleges and universities are leveraging financial aid and academic support services to implement access and success programs intended to help financially disadvantaged students afford and persist through a baccalaureate degree program. This research is a study of the efficacy of one such program at a large research university in the southwestern region of the United States. The study sample included low-income program participants in four cohorts of freshmen enrolling for the first time in college from fall 2007 (Cohort 1) to fall 2010 (Cohort 4) and a comparison group of almost 400 low-income freshmen who enrolled for the first time in college in fall 2006 (the year prior to program implementation) for a sample total of over 2150 students. Approximately 64% were female, 36 % were males, over 60% were African American and Hispanic, and over 75% were first generation college students. Logistic regression was used to measure probability and odds of their academic success and retention in the first year of college utilizing gender, ethnicity, parental degree attainment, and program participation as the independent variables. The logistic regression models illustrated that participation in the program netted a consistently positive and significant ...
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A Case Study of Undergraduate Course Syllabi in Taiwan
Date: May 2010
Creator: Tung, Yao-Tsu
Description: Higher education in Taiwan has been influenced by U.S. and Western practices, and syllabi represent one means to verify this. However, limited research exists in Taiwan on course syllabi and on similarities of syllabi with practices in other countries. In the U.S. as the paradigm shifted from teaching to learning and to the learning-centered context, scholars argued that syllabi should be learning-centered. Given the assumption that higher education in Taiwan is similar to U.S. higher education and the call for a learning-centered context, this qualitative research examined 180 undergraduate syllabi at a public university in Taiwan with a (traditional) syllabus component template and a learning-centered syllabus component template derived from the literature in the U.S. to describe (1) the contents of syllabi, and (2) the extent that syllabi in Taiwan were congruent to U. S. syllabus component templates. Syllabi at this university were highly congruent with the (traditional) syllabus component template and were congruent at the medium level with the learning-centered component template. About 90% of syllabi included 8 of 10 major components. Additional findings included: 70% of faculty were male, and 30% were female; more than 75% of the faculty earned their doctoral degrees from the United States or ...
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College Success for all Students: An Investigation of Early Warning Indicators of College Readiness
Date: December 2010
Creator: Davis, Denise
Description: The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine early warning indicators of college readiness among early college high school students at selected Texas institutions of higher education. Participants in this study included 134 of the class of 2010 from two early college high schools. The graduates were 86% Hispanic, 8% African American, 3% White, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian and 72% economically disadvantaged. A causal-comparative research design using multiple regression analysis of the data collected revealed that each one unit increase in world history was associated with a .470 (p < .05) increase in college GPA, while each one unit increase in Algebra I was associated with a .202 (p < .05) increase. Therefore, student grades in high school Algebra I and world history were the strongest statistically significant indicators that a student will maintain a 2.5 college GPA during the first year of college. According to the early warning indicators, students who maintain a grade of A or B in Algebra I are 10 times more likely to be college ready while having a 78% chance of maintaining a 2.5 or better in college courses. Further, the findings from this study found no significant relationship between TAKS assessment, ...
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Community College Student Success in Developmental Mathematics Courses: a Comparison of Four Instructional Methods
Date: May 2014
Creator: Keller, Judith
Description: The student success rates for three developmental mathematics courses (prealgebra, elementary algebra, and intermediate algebra) taught through four instructional methods (lecture, personalized system of instruction [PSI], hybrid, and online) were examined. The sample consisted of 9,211 students enrolled in a large Texas community college from fall 2009 through spring 2011. Student success was defined as a grade of C or better. Chi-square tests were used to compare the three developmental mathematics courses success rates. Statistically significant differences in student success were found between all four methods of instruction for all three mathematics courses (prealgebra: χ2 [df = 3] = 107.90, p < 0.001; elementary algebra: χ2 [df = 3] = 88.39, p < 0.001; intermediate algebra χ2 [df = 3] = 254.18, p < 0.001). Binary logistic regression modeling was used to determine to what extent age, gender, ethnicity, residency, Pell eligibility and mode of instruction accounted for the community college students' course success for each of the three developmental mathematics courses. For prealgebra, the independent variables of gender, race, age, residency, and mode of instruction made statistically significant contributions to the model (χ2 [df = 14, n = 1,743] = 159.196, p < .001; Nagelkerke R2 = .119), with ...
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Comparative Analysis Of 105 Higher Education Doctoral Programs In The United States
Date: December 2011
Creator: Valerin, Marcus P.
Description: The mission types of 105 current doctoral programs in higher education and the extent to which their missions have changed since a similar study was conducted by Dressel and Mayhew in 1974 was studied. The curricula offerings of these programs by degree type (e.g., Ed.D. & Ph.D.) were compared with Fife's 1991 findings. Finally, the study examined the various modes of instruction (e.g., classroom, online, cohort, blended) these programs utilize. The population was the 131 U.S. higher education doctoral program coordinators or directors who were identified using the ASHE Higher Education Program Directory. A total of 46 hosted Ed.D. programs and 59 hosted Ph.D. programs for a combined total of 105 doctoral programs. An electronic survey, developed by utilizing an expert panel and the cognitive interviewing technique, was sent to each participant. A total of 46 hosted Ed.D. programs and 59 hosted Ph.D. programs for a combined total of 105 doctoral programs. A total of 77 institutions (59%) returned usable questionnaires, and six other universities (5%) indicated their doctoral higher education programs no longer existed. Twenty-three of the responding institutions identified with a research-focused mission; 25 institutions identified with a practitioner-based mission; and 28 institutions identified with both types of ...
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War is not Peace
no..but you have to wage it to maintain the Peace…War is NOT always violent, nor is always meant to kill people…war on diabetes, cancer, illiteracy, poverty, crime…you wouldn't participate in those wars…peace
I take it you're unfamiliar with George Orwell, 1984 and sarcasm.
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
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Some folks have already begun shopping for gifts for Christmas and other holiday celebrations in December.Aviation enthusiasts and the general public will be able to make a contribution to a good cause, while getting much of their holiday shopping done at the same time, according to Richard Grigg, operations manager at the National Museum of Commercial Aviation. The museum will host its sidewalk/hangar garage sale on Saturday, Nov. 19, he said. Museum officials said there will be 2,500 new and vintage airline collectibles for sale at discounted prices, and proceeds will go to the museum. Vintage items, such as galley serving carts and in-flight serving ware, including china and glassware, will be sold at 50 percent off, he added. Collectors often donate items that are already in the museums permanent collection, or pieces that dont fit our [collections] plan, added Chuck Maire, the chairman of the National Museum of Commercial Aviation. Donors then make those items available for us to sell to raise money for operations and public programming ... The museum does not sell its permanent collection. The sale will occur from 9 a.m., to 4 p.m., at the museum at 5442 Frontage Road, Suite 110 in Forest Park, added Grigg. The nearest cross street is Penney Road. He said there will be tables set up on the sidewalk in front of the museum, if weather permits. The museum has a goal of raising $2,000, to $3,000, he added. Grigg said individual aviation-related pieces will be available for purchase, including china, glassware, toys and clothing articles. Some items, he said, are original pieces from a variety of airlines, such as Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, U.S. Airways, American Airlines, Pan American World Airways, Northwest Airlines and ValuJet Airlines, which changed its name to AirTran Airways. There will be new and used books, with prices ranging from a dollar, to $30, he said. Some of these books will have military aviation and airline-related titles. New gift items, including books, toys, posters, T-shirts, Christmas cards, ornaments and airplane models will be 25 percent off the regular price. Airline coach seats one of the most popular items will be available from $125, to $200, said Grigg. These seats come from airlines, such as America West Airlines and American Eagle network, a regional airline system. He said the seats are usually priced from $200, to $500. People buy them for their home theaters, for man-caves or just for plain fun ... They are a great conversation piece, said Grigg. The operations manager stressed that proceeds from the sale will go to the museums general fund. The money will be used to benefit the museum, including its Young Aviators Book Club, a monthly educational program for children, ages 7 to 12. The museums 6,000-square-foot interim headquarters will open in 2013, said Grigg. For more information, contact the National Museum of Commercial Aviation at (404) 675-9266.
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The Mariners won't go on the record to say they are still pursuing Baltimore lefty Erik Bedard. [Read More]
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George Sherrill has been using the internet to do what many fans of the Mariners have been doing — trying to figure out where the club goes next. [Read More]
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It was one of those plays in hockey that I doubt many of the 1,000 gathered for the Rampage-Moose game at the AT&T Center can fully appreciate. San Antonio's Chris Durno slipped the puck over the goal line under the Manitoba cage with just .02 of a second left in regulation. Two standing points for […] [Read More]
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The Rampage are on a roll, but some mighty good teams are lurking on the horizon. Riding a three-game winning streak, and four wins in their last five games, the Herd is firmly entrenched in third place in a West Division that has ZERO teams playing under .500. And we're not talking a four-team NFL […] [Read More]


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I know. Kale. But listen, there's a reason there's a cult of love around this green leafy. It's earthy, herby, almost peppery and stands up well to all types of cooking – and, ya know, it's good for you. With this cold weather, the sometimes bitter undertones will have sweetened right up - kale is best after a frost. Even my three-year-old cousin Brenna loves this veggie (she eats it raw from the stem, so buck up, people).
My final argument: at least it's not a kale salad. Although I'm not crossing things out.
This combo happens to be a more refined (and possibly more acceptable) version of my favorite sandwich: peanut butter and pickles. Instead of sweet pickles, though, the tahini sauce itself is sweetened with maple syrup, and the kale is quickly pickled in a simple brine for an hour. There's little prep work, and the only hard part is tenderizing the kale and waiting for it to soak up the brine. A bit of spiciness is a perfect addition to salty and sweet. This is going to be your new go-to, I swear it.
The more easily tenderized lacinato will work best, but I have used purple kale here. Feel free to use your favorite.
- 1/2 bunch kale (4-5 leaves)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 packed tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar (or your favorite vinegar)
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup tahini
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup
- hearty sourdough or whole wheat bread (seed crackers for raw or gluten-free)
- red pepper flakes, sriracha, or chili garlic sauce to finish
- freshly ground black pepper
- Destem the kale and tear apart the leaves into bite-sized pieces, putting them into a medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle the salt over top.
- Work the kale with your fingertips until it is softened and silky, about 1 minute for lacinato (aka dinosaur or tuscan) kale and up to 5 for curly kale. Add the brown sugar, vinegar, lemon juice, and water to the bowl and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Let sit at room temperature for at least one hour.
- Drain the pickled kale and place the leaves on a paper towel or clean kitchen towel to soak up excess brine.
- Mix together the tahini, water, and maple syrup in a small bowl until smooth.
- Toast six to eight slices of bread. Spread each slice with the tahini mixture and then top with pickled kale. Add the red pepper flakes, sriracha, or chili garlic sauce and top with freshly ground black pepper.


text: Healthy Recipes Healthified Apple Griddle Cakes Recipe E-mail recipe Print recipe To save this recipe, register now! Quick Info: Servings Contains Wheat/Gluten Contains Dairy Contains Egg Nutritional Info (Per serving): Calories: 220, Saturated Fat: 0.5g, Sodium: 170mg, Dietary Fiber: 5g, Total Fat: 7g, Carbs: 35g, Cholesterol: 0mg, Protein: 6g Exchanges: Fruit: 0.5, Starch: 1.5, Fat: 1 Carb Choices: 2 Recipe Source: Prep Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Total Time: 40 mins Ingredients 1 medium apple(s), cooking, such as Jonathan or granny Smith; cored and finely chopped 1 teaspoon lemon juice, fresh 3/4 cup(s) flour, whole-wheat 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice 1/8 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup(s) milk, fat-free 1 whole egg white(s) 2 tablespoon oil, canola 1 cup(s) applesauce, unsweetened 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon, ground, or apple pie spice cooking spray Recipe Tip: 75% less sat fat • 67% more fiber than the original recipe—see the comparison Preparation 1. In a small bowl combine apple and lemon juice; set aside. In a medium bowl combine whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, the 1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice, and salt. In another small bowl combine milk, egg white, and oil; beat with a rotary beater or wire whisk. 2. Add milk mixture all at once to flour mixture; stir just until moistened (the batter should be lumpy). Gently fold in apple mixture. 3. Coat an unheated griddle or heavy nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat over medium heat until a few drops of water dance across the surface. For each pancake, pour a scant 1/4 cup of batter onto the hot griddle; spread batter into 3- to 4-inch circles. 4. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until pancakes are golden brown, turning when pancake surfaces are bubbly and edges are slightly dry. In a small bowl stir together applesauce and the 1/8 teaspoon apple pie spice; serve with pancakes. 5. If desired, sprinkle with additional apple pie spice and serve with fresh fruit. E-mail recipe Print recipe To save this recipe, register now!


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Airbus Military and Ilyushin have submitted bids in India's revived competition for six in-flight refuelling aircraft, while Boeing remains on the sidelines.
A New Delhi-based source close to the competition confirms that the Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) is in contention for the requirement, along with the Ilyushin Il-78 tanker. The Indian air force already has an active fleet of seven Il-78MKs, says Flightglobal's MiliCAS database.
Details on India's selection schedule are unclear, however. "There is no decision on the horizon," says the source.
Boeing has not submitted a bid with the 767-based tanker it is currently pitching in the US Air Force's long-delayed KC-X contest.
"Only upon the outcome of the KC-X competition will we be able to fully determine our ability to participate in future international competitions," says Vivek Lall, vice-president, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, India.
EADS North America is offering the A330-based KC-45 against the Boeing 767 NewGen Tanker in the 179-aircraft KC-X contest. The former's offer draws heavily on the MRTT configuration developed for launch customer Australia, which is awaiting delayed first deliveries from a five-strong order.
"Boeing is committed to helping our international customers meet their military requirements, but we are not in a position now to discuss in any detail interest expressed by specific customers," says Lall. "Generally, however, when our international customers issue a request for information or interest, we conduct a detailed evaluation of the request, study our inventory of potential offerings and make a decision based on that information."
In September 2010, India's defence ministry issued a fresh request for proposals for six tankers, reviving a contest worth about $2 billion.
New Delhi had previously selected the A330 MRTT (above) to meet its air force requirement, but cancelled the programme last year before a contract could be signed. That decision followed pressure from India's finance ministry on the proposed cost of the deal.
The Airbus offering would appear to be in a strong position, with the modified A330 design having already been ordered by Australia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the UK.
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The Employees at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (NL) have worked for the past decade as a community of volunteers to realize the park's commitment to being an environment leader. They created a recycling program in which everyone in the local community can participate. Likewise, they have supported a community-wide used oil collection program. Solving a chronic problem, the Chief of Maintenance designed an innovative method for rebuilding a septic leach field in an ecologically sensitive area. Subsequently, he shared his design with other local, state and federal park managers by writing about it in a professional magazine. Biodegradable lubricants (made from vegetable oils) are being tested by staff in the park's marine engines to see if these bio-based oils can help prevent pollution from boating. Solar powered photovoltaic panels were installed to power park buildings, thanks to funds provided through a partnership with the Department of Energy. Pictured Rock NL employees are always ready to try something new and make the extra effort to change how they do things, if there is a way to make their operations more resource efficient and reduce their "footprint" on the Earth.


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Pronunciation: /ˈbredˌkrəm/
Definition of breadcrumb in English:
noun(usually breadcrumbs)
1A small fragment of bread.
Example sentences
- Meanwhile heat the oil in a frying pan, add the garlic and breadcrumbs and cook, stirring all the time, until golden.
- Now drain the pasta and toss it with the warm garlic breadcrumbs, the grilled sardines, the sliced oranges and the chopped parsley.
- In a bowl, mix fennel puree and breadcrumbs; season with salt and pepper to taste.
2 (breadcrumbs or breadcrumb trail) A series of connected pieces of information or evidence: federal agents stood by in the hope that the trail of breadcrumbs would lead to a Mexican drug cartel you have to be careful about the digital breadcrumbs that you are leaving behind
[From the traditional story of Hansel and Gretel, who leave a trail of breadcrumbs behind them as they walk through a forest, intending to use them in order to retrace their steps]
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- If you are acting like a whistle blower know the consequences and don't leave a breadcrumb trail to your door.
- There are parallel, connected plot-lines that eventually merge, with Grisham leaving breadcrumbs as to how they are connected without giving too much away.
- The digital breadcrumbs left behind when people use Internet-connected gadgets are what led California investigators to recover iMacs, iPads and other items stolen from his home.
2.1A hierarchical series of hyperlinks displayed at the top of a web page, indicating the page's position in the overall structure of the website: check to make sure that your site has good internal linking and consider adding breadcrumbs for breadcrumb trails, a smaller pixel size of 9 to 11 is good
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- A breadcrumb trail explicitly shows the path from the homepage to the current page.
- Breadcrumbs are the easiest way to display this information in a clean, easy-to-understand format.
- You can find your way back to the pages where you started from by using the "breadcrumbs" feature.
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- But there's something about Coe's descriptions of 'panfried sea bass fillet with courgettes, fennel and sauce verge' that makes me pine for the finest fish fingers Cap'n Bird's Eye ever plucked, already breadcrumbed, from the ocean.
- So when your average Annika or Olof goes shopping, their idea of a decent snack is sweet-cured herring with some Arctic flatbread or a bowl of green lentil and ham soup, not a pile of chips and breadcrumbed pet food nuggets.
- And it wasn't fried within the meaning of the act - it was breadcrumbed.
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Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, the Army's chief of personnel, is oversseeing a drawdown while the service is still deploying soldiers to combat. He said during an Oct. 9 interview that the hopes "to make sure that we treat the people who have supported the war effort with the dignity, respect, care and compassion they deserve as we reshape the Army for the future." (Thomas Brown / Army Times)
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About 40 percent of the looming drawdown to 490,000 soldiers will be accomplished through involuntary separation programs and policies, according to the Army's chief personnel officer.
"When we look at the drawdown, we want to be as responsible as possible and use natural attrition as much as possible," said Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, the Army G-1 and deputy chief of staff for personnel. "Right now, it appears that 20,000 enlisted soldiers and about 5,000 officers potentially will have to depart the Army through something other than normal attrition.
"This would be for the four years of the drawdown, beginning in 2014 and going through 2017," Bromberg told Army Times in a Oct. 9 interview at his Pentagon office.
As of Oct. 1, there were about 551,000 soldiers on active duty, some 61,000 more than the target drawdown end strength of 490,000.
Although Congress has reauthorized several of the voluntary separation incentives used during the post-Cold War reductions of the 1990s, Army leaders have not elected to reinstate those programs, with one exception: Temporary Early Retirement Authority, a force-shaping tool that allows early retirements for select categories of soldiers with at least 15, but less than 20, years of active service.
Although TERA was used as a major voluntary force reduction incentive in the 1990s, its use for the coming drawdown is limited to passed-over officers and noncommissioned officers who fail a Qualitative Service Program retention review.
"We want to shape the Army of the future with precision and the right grades, skills and military occupational specialties, Bromberg said. "Right now, we do not plan to use any voluntary force reduction incentives.
"We can use tools we already have, such as retention boards, reduced promotion rates and reduced accessions," he said. "It would be nice if everybody could leave through natural attrition, but we won't be able to do that, and there will be some very tough calls made in the coming years, not only by the Army but by the junior leaders in the field."
Bromberg said one of his major challenges as personnel chief is to oversee a drawdown at the same time the Army is deploying soldiers to combat.
"This is something we have never had to do before," he said.
One of his priorities will be "to make sure that we treat the people who have supported the war effort with the dignity, respect, care and compassion they deserve as we reshape the Army for the future."
Bromberg said that in his trips to the field, "it is clear there is a lot of angst out there."
"We can help alleviate some of that by telling soldiers and their families as much about the future as we can," he said. "We need to communicate every stop along the way so that soldiers not only understand what we're doing but why and how we're doing it."
Bromberg said major components of the drawdown strategy are the retooled transition assistance services available to departing soldiers through the Army Career and Alumni Program.
"We owe it to the young men and women who have served us so well to help them through an orderly, organized and well-thought-out transition to the future," he said. "We are making very good progress on this, but one area where we can improve is our partnership with industry.
"We have a lot of firms coming to us each week saying they have hundreds, hundreds and hundreds of jobs that could be filled by veterans," Bromberg said. The challenge is linking up those departing soldiers with those jobs."
Another priority area for Bromberg and his staff is oversight of an integrated disability system for injured, ill and wounded soldiers.
That population has grown over the past few years, and is getting larger.
"Today, there are about 24,000 soldiers in this category, but that total will grow over the next year or two," Bromberg said.
Of that total, about 75 percent are in regular units, not Warrior Transition Units, and thus are available to perform some types of duty.
Bromberg said it is important for the Army to improve on the processing of these soldiers because the large backlog could lead to readiness issues with the size of the Army decreasing, and the size of disability population increasing.
"Our goal is to give these soldiers the just care and service they need to properly transition from the Army," he said.
Other priority issues for the chief of personnel include:
Officer evals
"The current Officer Evaluation Report system has been out there since 1997, and it has served us well," Bromberg said. "It is just time to look at the OER and put it more in sync with our leadership doctrine."
Key features of the new system include different forms for specific grade plates junior officers, midgrade officers and senior officers.
"We've also changed the block checking for senior officers, so that now there are five, rather than four," blocks for the senior rater evaluation, Bromberg said. "We're also going to be asking for more discussion from senior raters on broadening assignments for rated officers.
"We want them to tell us what type of assignments will help develop an officer into a strategic leader," he said.
Training for the new system will begin in January, and the first reports will be filed in December.
It will take about a year for these new reports to populate files throughout the officer corps, Bromberg said.
NCO evals
"The proposed system has been through one level of general officer review but will not be ready for fielding at the same time as the new OER," Bromberg said. "I don't think it will be ready until fiscal 2014."
Similar to the OER, the design of the NCOER will be linked to leadership doctrine, and likely will provide raters with opportunities to suggest developmental assignments for their NCOs.
The Army's goal is to give all officers an opportunity to receive intermediate level education early in their career, at about the 10th year of service, and after selection for promotion to major, Bromberg said.
"The idea is that they will receive this education before they receive key developmental assignments as majors," he said.
Under the new system, officers either will attend a 10-month resident command and staff course, a 14-week resident course at several satellite campuses or a distributed learning course.
"Right upfront, I want to tell officers that these changes will not affect promotion rates," Bromberg said.
"The Officer Record Briefs (seen by selection boards) will not indicate where an officer received his or her intermediate level education," he said.
The personnel chief also noted that special instructions will be provided to boards in the next few years regarding officers who were unable to attend ILE at the optimum time in their careers because of deployments and the pace of operations.
Some 4,600 officers in year groups 2003 and earlier are in the training backlog.
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Some pros followthrough low, many bending their cue on the cloth (e.g. Busty). Others followthrough high (e.g. Strickland)
What is the rationale behind each method ?
I followthrough high after aiming low on the whitey
Some pros followthrough low, many bending their cue on the cloth (e.g. Busty). Others followthrough high (e.g. Strickland)
What is the rationale behind each method ?
I followthrough high after aiming low on the whitey
I've been waiting for someone to reply, since I don't really know.
Since no one has, I'll jump in with a guess that it has to do (maybe) with whether you use a 'raising up' of your body through the stroke or not.
I've heard it argued both ways. Some people say you need to raise up your body as of about when the contact is made on the break, that it is the natural way to do the mechanics, and get the body more into the shot for better power.
I've heard others say this is completely misguided, only leads to inaccuracy in where you hit the cue ball, and all the problems you'd imagine inaccuracy of hit would cause (accidental spin, scratching, jumping the cue off the table, etc.).
Otherwise, it just might be how far you're going to allow the followthrough to go. If you're going to get the tip of the cue following through to almost where the foot spot is, you'd have to let the cue rise, it seems to me.
And clearly, those who end up with the shaft on the cloth are NOT following through more than a foot or so.
thanx Phil, anyone else with opinions ?
No opinions just fact; mine goes high and to the right...LOL [img]/ccboard/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/ccboard/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
I am sure someone else will comment on the rationale behind the follow through (high or low) but I will say I follow through low. This is when I break my best (If you look at the table, there are a bunch of marks from where my cue and rackmup's cue finish on the breakshot) Rackmup noticed one flaw in my break stroke and has helped solve my problem jumping the cue ball. Everytime I jumped the cue ball off the table, Ken noticed that my cue would rise during the follow through and not finish on the table. When I follow through and finish with the tip on the table, the cue ball never flies off the table.
eg8r <~~~Finishes with the tip on the cloth
I break with a pendulum stroke and a closed bridge. My tip always finishes on the table. I don't put a lot of body into the break. If I'm breaking a 9ball rack, I use center ball or just slightly low of it. I strive to leave the cueball in the middle of the table. If I'm breaking an 8ball rack, I aim for the second ball from the extreme right side and use draw. I don't control the cueball with this break.
Upon a 9-Ball break I can get great cueball control by slamming low with a rail bridge (five fingers on the rail and Cue between Index and Middle fingers). when I hit I hit low on the cueball and follow through (cue usually bend upon the surface of the table). My body usually raises up upon strike. My cueball placement is about halfway between the back rail and the back dot and approximately a half inch to the right of center table. Normally the cueball will bounce and stay around the middle of the table with little or no roll, but occasionlly I get those hits where the cueball rolls into the rack after I hit low.
I just discovered breaking like this and it givs a great break and a hell of a slam and has been good to me so far, just last nite I dropped 4 balls of a 9-ball rack on the snap. (too bad one of them wasnt the 9)
"The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal" -Pablo Picasso/Banksy
generally in the center and flush as i can with the object ball. transfer the energy to the rack.
also contacting q-ball at the proper time in my stroke,
that being not too soon or too late in the stroke sequence.
the break can be the difference in a even match. you break better and you will have greater opportunity, and better tables to run out.
Icon...rail bridges help build a good concept for a break shot..you can maintain a good stroke and accuracy...Is the CB even with the break line when you start? If not, work on getting a closed bridge where your CB starts even with the string (maximum energy transfer). JMO.
As far as this post goes, I believe it depends on your stroke and the rotation point. Is the cue parallel during contact, or almost parallel? For me, I stroke through and when I finish low like everyone talks, my breaks are alot stronger and more consistent. I have had friends go claim that I am gonna break my stick some day with the bow. If that happens, I guess "Predator" will be getting a cue back to replace/repair, then I can be one to complain about customer service.
Just my monday morning thoughts!
Working to get in stroke again!


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Charles Taylor Receives $90,000 NIST Research Grant
Professor of Chemistry Charles Taylor has received a $90,000 research grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a federal agency that develops and promotes measurement, standards and technology, for his work with preparing selective chemical sensors for electronic noses (ENoses).
ENoses have a sensor array with sensors that behave differently depending on the composition of air being passed over the sensor. They allow for real-time air quality monitoring, as opposed to more conventional methods where air samples are taken to a laboratory to be analyzed.
One such device Taylor worked on while on Steele leave at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena will be launched into space Nov. 14 for an experiment to monitor air quality on the International Space Station in a six-month technology demonstration.
The continued research funded by the grant will allow Taylor to develop better sensor materials that are more robust than the current polymer-based materials. The vanadium oxide prepared in his research lab varies in its selectivity depending on the chemistry used for preparing it. In addition, because it is a metal oxide, it may be heated in air to regenerate its activity.
The final goal is to "make sensor arrays that are specific to different applications," says Taylor. For example, sensors could be placed in a shipping container full of liquefied propane gas to notify the transporter if the gas began leaking during shipment. The devices that contain the sensor arrays would require very little power and could transmit data wirelessly. "But in order to do that, we need to get sensors that respond differently to a variety of compounds, and so that's what we're working on with the materials industry."
As part of the grant, Taylor is developing a new chemistry class that will employ the materials characterization techniques available on campus, which, as Taylor explains, will also help to expose students to the changing roles of chemists in industry, in areas like microelectronics research and development.


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by Des Ryan
So there's a new Hanse 415 out this year, combining precision building (well they're German aren't they) and excellent styling. Not only that, the new boat also shows a nice ease of handling which belies how well it sails. It's an ideal boat for a family cruiser, but can turn on a great show of speed.
Hanse 415 sailing
The 415 replaced the very popular Hanse 400, of which more than 700 hulls were built, so the bar was set high for this new model. Designer, Rolf Vrolijk, always keeps the focus on speed. (He was also the mastermind behind the lines of America's Cup winner Alinghi.)
But if that's not so important for you what you will really love is just how easy and fun the 415 is to sail, especially shorthanded.
Design, Deck & Rigging
Hanse 415 cockpit
There are very few obstructions that interrupt the flow of the lines from stem to stern on this boat. From the opening anchor locker on the bow, wide decks run aft, neat and simple, great for deck work.
The nearly plumb bow and low cabin top give the boat an stylish look, and the deck is clear, with flush hatches and a low coach roof.
A wide drop-down transom forms the swim platform and extends the cockpit when it's open. An excellent feature is that the life raft storage is tucked neatly in the back and is accessible when the manually controlled transom is deployed.
The boat might be two feet longer at the water line, but the sail plan was kept the same, so the 415 should be slightly speedier than the 400. It's also beamier and has a little more headroom - small changes which make a very big difference.
It's a fractional rigged boat with a tapered deck-stepped mast with double aft-swept spreaders and mid-boom sheeting. I am not normally keen on these.
The self-tacking jib is great to have when sailing shorthanded, which, for cruisers, is much of the time. A traditional full-battened main is standard, but you can add lazy jacks and a StackPack to help gather the dropping sail or opt for in-mast furling - all good features for the cruising sailor.
All the controls in the cockpit are within the skipper's reach. The cockpit, though, is user friendly, with most of the controls out of the way of guests.
Layout and accommodation:
Hanse 415 saloon
For a production boat, the Hanse 415 comes in many versions for the layout. There are dozens of variations in the interior, from fabric and wood choices to layout and configuration differences.
There is actually a choice of six layouts, as each of three sections has two options. The A section includes the forepeak, which houses the master stateroom and an optional head. The middle B section includes the salon and offers variations in the galley shape. The C section offers a choice of two cabins aft or one cabin with a really nice storage lazarette to starboard.
Hanse 415 galley and eating
Below are clean, minimalist lines and very functional furniture that creates a chic living space. The L-shaped galley is to starboard and has large working surfaces, so the chef and a prep-cook can work simultaneously. Opposite the galley is a head with a stall shower that could serve as a wet locker for wet weather gear.
The two-cabin version has a longer galley with more countertop space, or you can opt for a smaller galley with a full workroom aft where you can add a large freezer. This area leads directly into the cavernous starboard lazarette with built-in shelves and access from the cockpit.
The pluses below include an elegant, angular and very practical design that looks to be of better quality than most production boats. The plentiful overhead hatches, integrated sliding polycarbonate companionway washboards and side ports add lots of light in the salon, and there is 6 feet, 5 inches of headroom. In the minus column is the stateroom bed, which is a traditional V berth rather than an island like many other boats of this size have. Also, with only 40 gallons of fuel, the 415 will be challenged when making passages. A discussion with a dealer might yield some ideas on the possibility of adding tankage.
Access to systems is fairly typical, with the engine below the companionway steps and additional access panels via the aft cabins. Through-hulls, batteries and transducers are easy to reach. The fuel tank is aft to starboard, while the water tank is under the master berth forward.
The Hanse line is built in Griefswald, Germany, where boats have been built since the 1300s, and Hanse has had a state-of-the-art factory staffed with local craftsmen for the past 20 years. Hanse has a top reputation for boats which don't flag under heavy weather, and are sturdy yet lively. This is another one.


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Throughout my career, I have studied the formation and maintenance of synapses, the junctions between nerve cells and their targets through which information is transferred. I have been particularly interested in the neuromuscular junction, a synapse that is easily accessible to experimental manipulation. I've pioneered the use of cultured neurons and muscle cells to characterize the biochemical, cellular, and electrophysiological mechanisms underlying development and function of the neuromuscular junction. Beginning in the 1970's, I embarked on a search for molecules released by motor neurons that regulate the number of acetylcholine receptors on muscle cells. This work culminated in 1993 with the purification and cloning of a protein called ARIA (for acetylcholine receptor-inducing activity) that stimulates synthesis of acetylcholine receptors by skeletal muscle cells. This molecule is now known to be a member of a family of trophic factors called neuregulins that are thought to be involved in a variety of important developmental processes in the nervous system. Because ARIA and other neuregulins act by binding to tyrosine kinase receptors on target cells, my work has been key in demonstrating that synaptic development relies upon biochemical mechanisms that are broadly similar to those that underlie the action of nerve growth factor and other well known trophic molecules. My current focus is on trophic factors that influence synaptic efficacy and nerve cell survival.
BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION : Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., is Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences; Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. Dr. Fischbach received his M.D. degree in 1965 from Cornell University Medical School and interned at the University of Washington Hospital. He began his research career at the National Institutes of Health, serving from 1966 - 1973. He subsequently served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, first as Associate Professor of Pharmacology from 1973 - 1978 and then as Professor until 1981. From 1981 - 1990, Dr. Fischbach was the Edison Professor of Neurobiology and Head of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Washington University School of Medicine. In 1990, he returned to Harvard Medical School where he was the Nathan Marsh Pusey Professor of Neurobiology and Chairman of the Neurobiology Departments of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital until 1998. He served as Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health from 1998 - 2001.
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Gear Review
Runs very small.
Run very small, I ordered an xxl which normally fits but was not close enough to keep. Fabric looks to be ok but sleeves were on the short side for me. Might have worked as a snug base layer but didn't buy it for that.
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