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Through this program, Clear Stream customers will have access to a 4G LTE network, the state-of-the-art global standard for high-speed wireless data services.
Clear Stream Communications, LLC., composed of SkyBest, Wilkes Telecommunications, Piedmont Communications and Carolina West Wireless, will lease Verizon Wireless' 700 MHz upper C block wireless spectrum in the companies' service areas where Verizon Wireless has not already constructed wireless network facilities. Verizon Wireless and Clear Stream will collaboratively build and operate a 4G LTE network using Clear Stream tower and backhaul assets and Verizon Wireless' core 4G LTE equipment.
The consortium currently serves customers in Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Watauga, Wilkes, Surry, Caldwell, Catawba, Burke and Alexander counties.
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"Our mission at SkyBest has always been to bring the latest in telecommunications technology to our customers, and we're ready to take a giant leap forward to secure access to 4G technology through this program," said SkyBest Chief Executive Officer Jimmy Blevins.
"This consortium represents the latest in a series of productive endeavors we have forged with Wilkes and Piedmont to deliver state-of-the-art services to the region. By working with Verizon, we can accelerate the deployment of 4G and be poised to address the future needs of our customers. We feel this is a perfect complement to our fiber optic network and a natural progression for our current service offering."
Construction of the 4G LTE network in northwestern North Carolina will begin in 2012. Service will be widely available throughout the consortium's footprint by the end of 2013.
The regional consortium represents one of a handful of rural carriers who have announced their participation in the LTE in Rural America Program. Other carriers--Bluegrass Cellular, Cellcom, Cross Wireless, Pioneer Cellular, Strata Networks and Thumb Wireless--have leased spectrum covering, in total, more than 1.8 million people and nearly 58,000 square miles in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Michigan, Wisconsin and Utah.
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This literal survival guide for new pilots identifies "the killing zone," the 40-250 flight hours during which unseasoned aviators are likely to commit lethal mistakes. Presents the statistics of how many pilots will die in the zone within a year; calls attention to the eight top pilot killers (such as "VFR into IFR," "Takeoff and Climb"); and maps strategies for avoiding, diverting, correcting, and managing the dangers. Includes a Pilot Personality Self-Assessment Exercise that identifies pilot "types" and how each type can best react to survive the killing zone.
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After receiving nominations for nearly 246,000 acres, BLM Utah will offer 109,000 acres (60 parcels) at their upcoming oil and gas lease sale Feb. 20.
The BLM received protests on 74 parcels from three entities. After reviewing the protests, BLM deferred 14 parcels pending additional analysis and documentation to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act.
In response to a federal court ruling by Judge Kimball in August of 2006, the BLM will not offer any lands for lease that have been inventoried and determined by BLM to have wilderness characteristics.
BLM is currently reviewing information from wilderness inventories and incorporating it in its land use planning efforts. Leasing decisions for lands that have been determined to have wilderness characteristics will be postponed until additional environmental analysis (NEPA) or planning is complete.
"BLM continues to dedicate itself to conducting the proper environmental analysis prior to offering lands for oil and gas leasing," said Kent Hoffman, Utah BLM deputy state director of lands and minerals. "We have taken a close look at the recent IBLA and federal court rulings and implemented curative actions to address the procedural deficiencies identified in those cases and ensure future leases are in compliance with the rulings."
Utah has the geology and resource potential to attract industry interest in both further developing existing oil and gas fields and exploring for new discoveries statewide. Hoffman noted however, that approximately half of all lands nominated by industry have been deferred from leasing due to a variety of environmental and procedural issues.
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Less than one percent of public land in Utah receives actual surface disturbance from oil and gas development. To minimize such impacts (the "footprint") on the land, the Bureau analyzes the potential environmental effects from exploration and development before offering any leases for sale. All leases come with stipulations (general requirements) on oil and gas activities to protect the environment; stipulations can also include specific restrictions, such as limits on seasons when drilling can occur and restrictions on surface occupancy by oil and gas operators.
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The BLM carries out its land-management mission under the authority of the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act, which directs the agency to manage the public lands for multiple uses while protecting the natural, historical, and other resources of these lands. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and the 1987 Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act authorize leasing of federal oil and gas resources. The 1987 law, which amended the Mineral Leasing Act, requires each BLM state office to conduct oil and gas lease sales on at least a quarterly basis.
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BEIJING (Caixin Online) — Urbanization has been a hot-button topic since the Communist Party's 18th National Congress in November, as it has been identified as the most important public policy direction for the new government.
What policy-makers noticed is that urbanization might hold the key for the next phase of development. In 2011, the country's urbanization rate hit 51.27%. This means that for the first time in history, more of China's population lives in cities than in rural areas.
The core of urbanization lies not only in large-scale city building and expansion of industrial parks, but also in the great migration of people from farm villages into cities.
In 2011, the total number of migrant workers moving into cities hit 253 million. The reasons are simple: There are more opportunities, a more comfortable life, better education, better hospitals, more convenient communications and more cultural diversity in cities. And there is more money, too.
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The Chinese rural per capita income in 2011 was 6,977 yuan ($1,118), much lower than even the per capita disposable income in urban areas that year, 21,810 yuan USDCNY, +0.0615% For these reasons, most rural migrants never plan to return to their villages.
Without plans to turn rural workers into urban citizens, urbanization can only become yet another round of massive land grabbing and city-building that has happened around the country for the last decade.
This will create more people without roots who can neither integrate with their new urban environment nor return to their village. The next phase will no longer be only urbanization of the land, but of people.
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Many migrants enter cities as low-end laborers. The first thing they lack upon arrival is enough money to set themselves up in the city. Their most important possession — land — cannot be used in their process of turning into an urban dweller.
Under the current land system, farmers have use rights of two kinds of land. The first is land contracted out for agricultural production, and the second is land needed to construct a homestead. The ownership for both of these parcels is held by the village collective.
The Contracting of Rural Land Law of 2003 for the first time gave farmers the legal guarantee of contracted use right for 30 years, and it also allowed them to transfer contracted land, transfer titles of land and rent land.
On the other hand, the sale and rental of homesteading land has long been legally restricted. Only if the village collective agrees can a farmer transfer his title, but then only within the village, never on the open market. The property rights of Chinese farmers have thus been confined within their land.
For farmers living near urban areas, the value of their land has grown as cities have expanded. The single method available to these peasants to legally profit from their land is to sell it to the government.
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The law stipulates that any land demarcated for urban expansion is the property of the state. Only after peasant land has been expropriated by the government can commercial properties be built upon. In this monopolistic market, city governments buy land cheap and sell high, making massive profits in the transaction.
The low remuneration for expropriated land has come under intense scrutiny of late.
Huang Xiaohu, vice chair of the China Land Science Society, said that when the government takes agricultural land, whether it is slated for a construction of a building for public services or for commercial projects, its original users are compensated based on a multiple of the agricultural output of the plot, not the market price of the land. Prices are fixed by the government, and peasants have no say.
Excessively low compensation for land has become the source of heated conflict. In 2011, approximately half of all collective incidents were set off by local governments forcing people off of their land.
Excessively low land compensation costs have also been a cause of the low efficiency of urban development.
Huang said that as the low costs of expropriating rural land made the government unwilling to tackle urban land with development potential, which involves more expensive spending on relocation. The result is expanding cities — the per capita land area in Chinese cities was 134 in 2008, or 14% larger than in 2008.
"The result of expanding [cities] is wasted or poorly used land," said Huang, who thinks that urban expansion has resulted not only in the waste of arable land, but also in water scarcity, pressure on electrical grids, environmental pollution, urban areas overrunning into surrounding wilderness and other problems.
Land problem also exist in rural villages.
The urbanization process can solve China's traditional problem of many people and little land. Academics have often described the happy future of farm villages and agricultural development: as excess labor transitions into cities, land will become continuously concentrated in the hands of professional farmers, who will systematize and modernize their operations.
Some farmers, say those academics, will use their modernized operations to climb into the middle class.
But that is not how things are really going.
"Family farms in some regions are indeed becoming appropriately systematized," said Liu Shouying, a researcher in the Rural Department of the State Council's Development Research Center.
In most of the regions Liu has researched, however, peasants who migrate to cities tend to give their land to their parents or other family members to maintain small-scale cultivation. "They do not dare to give [the land] to outsiders," Liu said.
Behind this mentality is a lack of protection of farmers' use rights. They worry that once land is used by stranger, or temporarily under the guardianship of village collective organizations, the original user won't be able to get it back, even if they return home to farm on it.
Reforming the land system has become a common discussion topic at executive meetings of the State Council following the 18th party congress.
The draft Amendments to the Land Management Act that has already been discussed in State Council executive meetings aims to increase compensation for land reclamations. Revisions to the Land Contracting Law have been moved ahead on the official agenda. Officials now intend to make the right to contract out land "permanent."
Liu said that the ultimate direction of reforms to the land expropriation system will include fair compensation for land taken; taxation mechanisms that act to balance the differential distribution of income; and increasing the level of cooperation between farmers and the government, i.e. using part of expropriated land to construct municipal infrastructure, and part of it to sell at profit.
Farmers should be allowed to use the rest of their land for non-agricultural development, so they can directly benefit from urbanization. Also, land contracting rights and land operations rights, which allow commercial activities on the land, should be legally separated, and farmers should be granted the permanent right to contract out their land.
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In principle, when a farmer enters a city and takes up work, he should then be allowed entry into that city's social welfare system. The reality is that he isn't.
According to a 2012 report published by the National Population and Family Planning Commission, 25.8% of the population is self-employed. Whether they own a small mom-and-pop store with no employees, run a small hawker stand or do part-time work, in theory they should be allowed access to the local social security system as working citizens.
However, many local governments still throw up numerous hurdles in the way of migrant workers with informal jobs based on the fact that their hukou, or household registration, not belong to the city.
Governments in other places establish independent commercial insurance systems specifically for migrant workers, but the fees tend to be high.
Take for example a hypothetical migrant laborer who sets up a hawker stall in the historical city of Xi'an, Shanxi Province.
Let's say his monthly profits equal the city's legally mandated minimum wage of 860 yuan. Under the "complete coverage" welfare system, he can pay from his own pocket to participate in Xi'an's urban retirement pension and medical insurance system.
The base number used by insurance is the local average monthly salary, calculated now at 3,473 yuan a month. So for our hypothetical hawker to access pensions and medical insurance, he would have to pay 448 yuan per month, or 52% of his income.
"This has led to a 'regressive' fee payments," said vice director of Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management Bai Chong'en. According to Bai, the lower one's income, the higher the proportion of that income that is required for insurance, and the higher base fees are, the heavier the burden on the payers.
In total, 66.2% of migrant laborers are formal employs, and their employers are required to pay part of their insurances coverage, which many usually try to avoid.
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5/21/15: City bike-share program off to fast start | Philly.com
5/12/15: Bikes make a city better | Philadelphia Inquirer
5/8/15: Philly is racking up the bike-friendly points | Next City
5/7/15: Philly just got bike share — and it's awesome | Yahoo!
5/3/15: Indego bike share: A new way to get around Philly | ABC
5/1/15: 8,000 Indego Philly bike share rides in first week | Philadelphia Magazine
4/30/15: Indego-ing Philly on two wheels | South Philly Review
4/29/15: Phoenixville celebrates opening of Schuylkill River Trail | Patch
4/28/15: SEPTA sustainability report includes cycle-transit plan | DelCo Times
4/23/15: Philly launches bike share with more locations coming soon | Newsworks
4/19/15: 21 Tips for Riding a Bicycle in Philly | Philadelphia Magazine
4/3/15: #HelloIndego: Philadelphians test out bikes at demo in Center City | Philly.com
3/30/15: A portion of the Ben Franklin Parkway bike lanes is disappearing (w/update) | Philadelphia Magazine
3/23/15: Mayor's race reveals Philly's strengths, weaknesses on multimodal transit | Next City
3/20/15: The bicycle (lobby) has won, and Philly will never be the same again | Philadelphia Magazine
3/20/15: Mayoral candidates debate at 2015 Better Mobility forum | PoliticsPA
3/20/15: Better Mobility Forum injects bicycling (and other) issues into the mayoral conversation | Newsworks
3/19/15: The mayoral field talks transit | Billy Penn
3/12/15: With the addition of bike share, how safe will our roads be? | Philadelphia City Paper
3/12/15: Joy ride: Philadelphia's bike share is coming this spring | Keystone Edge
3/11/15: Let's stop accepting "accidents" as inevitable | Philadelphia Magazine
2/25/15: What green groups, cycling advocates want to hear from Mayoral candidates | Newsworks WHYY
2/22/15: Coalition issues recommendations for next mayor | Philadelphia Tribune
2/18/15: Bus Meets Bike: How the next generation of commuters is changing the urban landscape | Keystone Edge
2/12/15: Philadelphia rolling out corporate sponsor for new bike share system | CBS
2/11/15: Gears are in motion for Philadelphia's new bike share, but are we prepared? | Hidden City
2/11/15: Independence Blue Cross buys naming rights for Philadelphia bike share | Newsworks
2/11/15: Philadelphia's bike share system, Indego, is a go! | Philebrity
2/11/15: Independence Blue Cross to sponsor Philadelphia bike share | NBC 10
2/11/15: Philadelphia will launch bike sharing system in spring | Philadelphia Inquirer
2/11/15: Philadelphia bike share program finds sponsor after inking $8.5 million deal | Philadelphia Business Journal
2/11/15: Independence Blue Cross to sponsor Philadelphia bike share | Associated Press
2/9/15: Cycling advocate Lisa Nutter is right on track | USA Cycling
1/28/15: Alex Doty on jerks, bikes and ending traffic death | Philadelphia Weekly
1/27/15: Philly cops target pedestrians | Philadelphia Daily News
1/23/15: Philly bike lanes up 13 percent under Nutter | Newsworks WHYY
1/23/15: Transformations: 50 things that will change Philadelphia in 2015 | Philadelphia Business Journal
1/21/15: What one avid bicyclist wants from Philadelphia's next mayor | Newsworks WHYY
1/15/15: New Jersey 2014: Looking back on the good, the bad, and the ugly | Mobilizing the Region
1/13/15: Is Philly the greenest city in America? | NBC 10
1/12/15: Safe-streets movement in Philadelphia dates back to '50s | Newsworks WHYY
1/5/15: Philly plans to make bikes more accessible | Courier-Post
1/4/15: Philly Bike Share program aims for low-cost access | CBS
12/26/14: Philly Bike Share will feature pedal-powered lights | Philadelphia Magazine
12/25/14: Philly investing in light touch to help reduce bicycling accidents | Newsworks WHYY
12/14/14: S. Philly, done up for a biking tour | Philadelphia Inquirer
12/11/14: Velodrome could present wheel of the future | South Philly Review
12/8/14: Will Philly's next mayor think of pedestrians and bicyclists? | NextCity
11/13/14: Vision Zero: What it is, and why Philly mayoral candidates will be talking about it | PlanPhilly
11/11/14: Better Mobility 2015: Five no-brainers | PlanPhilly
11/10/14: Vision Zero Momentum builds from Philly to Portland | StreetsBlog
11/7/14: Biking in Philly: Then and now | Newsworks WHYY
11/6/14: Nutter appoints board to make Philly a better biking city | Be Well Philly
10/29/14: Video: Manayunk Bridge Trail Makes Serious Connections | Roxborough Review
08/28/14: Six takeaways for Philly policymakers from the Bicycle Coalition's new report | PlanPhilly
08/25/14: Fun With Infographics: Philly Leads The Nation's Big Cities in Bike Commuting, Study Says | Philebrity
08/24/14: Philly group crunches numbers and says city tops for bicycle commuting | Newsworks WHYY
08/21/14: Go Us! Philly Leads Big Cities in Bike Commuting, Says New Report | Be Well Philly
08/21/14: Quick Hit: Philadelphia remains top U.S. big city for bicycle commuting | Keystone Edge
08/21/14: Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Releases Latest Report on Cycling Trends | Generocity
07/29/14: How to Get Girl Scouts on Bikes | League of American Bicyclists
07/17/14: Starting the Second Life of a Manayunk Icon | Hidden City Philadelphia
07/07/14: Ambitious web of Philly region's bike trails gradually taking shape | WHYY Newsworks
06/27/14: Region's trail network gets $7.5 million boost | Philadelphia Inquirer
06/26/14: Bike rack designs unchained | Our City San Diego
6/26/14: Philly Calls Out Illegal No-Bike-Parking Warnings | Bicycling.com
06/06/14: Philly bike share rolls through council committee towards Spring 2015 launch | WHYY Newsworks
05/31/14: Pro cyclers, students team up to prep for race day in Philly | WHYY Newsworks
05/27/14: Ride On: Why You Can (and Should!) Bike Philly | Campus Philly
05/19/14: Bike to Work Day Not Enough to Convince Casual Cyclists | NBC10 Philly
05/14/14: Ride of Silence to Honor Cyclists Killed or Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents | Generocity
05/13/14: Accident Galvanizes City to Address Unused Trolley Tracks | Hidden City Philadelphia
05/08/14: New Website Spells Out Philly's Bike Rules | NBC10 Philadelphia
05/08/14: See all the Bicycle Coalition's maps, guides in one place | Technically Philly
05/07/14: DRPA panel approves new plan for bike ramp at bridge | Philadelphia Inquirer
05/01/14: Philly gets $525,000 for pedestrian safety efforts | PlanPhilly
05/01/14: Philadelphia to enter bike share realm | South Philly Review
04/25/14: Bike-sharing is in Philadelphia's future | MetroPhilly
04/24/14: Bike-share not coming to Phila till spring | Philadelphia Inquirer
04/13/14: CHOP plans could impact South Street Bridge bike lanes | PlanPhilly
04/12/14: Changing Skyline: Designers aim for a better bike rack | Philadelphia Inquirer
03/27/14: Bicycling News Roundup | Generocity
03/21/14: Federal trails grants delayed as state diverts staffers to Sandy recovery | NJ.com
03/20/14: A Right & Wrong Way to Lock It Up | Comcast SportsNet
03/11/14: Biking in Pennsylvania is an experience as varied as the state is large | Flying Kite
03/10/14: Motorists in Philly Bike Lanes may be breaking the law – or not | WHYY Newsworks
03/02/13: What's Going On [radio interview with Nicholas Mirra] | Q102 Philly
02/20/14: Residents raise concerns about redesign of historic Northwest Philly bridge | Newsworks
02/06/14: Philadelphia Parking Authority Uses Twitter to Track Parking Violations… | Drive the District
01/21/14: This summer, gallery-worthy bike racks will sprout throughout Center City | Flying Kite
01/16/14: Cycling groups combine forces to help youths | Grid Magazine
01/14/14: Manayunk Bridge closer to getting a second life | PlanPhilly
01/10/14: Artsy bike racks coming to Center City in summer | PlanPhilly
01/10/14: The Eight Finalists for Philly's Artist's Bike Rack Competition Are All Pretty Awesome | Philebrity
01/10/14: Reported Crashes Missing from Map | CSN Philly
01/10/14: No Towing, No Injuries in Bike-Car Crash Means No Report to PennDOT | NBC10 Philadelphia
12/10/13: PPA Turns to Twitter to Ticket Cars Parked in Bike Lanes | Be Well Philly
12/10/13: Bicycle crashes in Philly get mapped | Philly Metro
12/09/13: Look at this map of Philly bike crashes (Philadelphia Weekly)
12/09/13: The 14 Worst Bike Intersections in Philly { Philadelphia Magazine
12/05/13: Bicycle Coalition Holiday Lights Bike Ride is Back | GreenPhillyBlog
11/21/13: For the First Time, PA State Transportation Bill Designates Funding for Bicycling Infrastructure | Generocity
11/19/13: Bicycle Coalition, SEPTA impacted by Transportation Bill failure | Philly Weekly
11/10/13: 'The Circuit Coalition' Asks for Funding to Continue Building… | CBS Philly
11/05/13: Region's trail funding future is unclear | PlanPhilly
11/04/13: Put your pedal to the medal(lion) | Philly Metro
11/04/13: Bicycle Coalition Offering Free Lights and Installation… | CBS Philly
11/04/13: Bicycle Coalition is Handing Out Free Bike Lights Today | Be Well Philly
10/30/13: New trail connects Philly with wider East Coast network | Newsworks
10/26/13: Tacony-Palmyra repairs highlight lack of bike access | Burlington County Times
10/24/13: 30th Street Station Getting New Bike Racks | Philadelphia Magazine
10/24/13: Business News in Brief – Bike Groups Merge | Philadelphia Inquirer
10/22/13: The Bicycle Coalition Merges with Cadence Cycling Foundation | Generocity
10/22/13: Cadence Cycling Foundation Joins with the Bicycle Coalition for All Your Cycling Needs | Philebrity
10/22/13: Philly groups combine to form state's largest bicycle nonprofit | Philly Metro


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The sense of structure: writing from the reader's perspective
Pearson Longman, Jan 18, 2004 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 240 pages
Emphasizing reader expectations, this composition text provides an insightful guide to writing clearly and effectively. Reflecting on the author's decades of experience as an international writing consultant, writer, and instructor, The Sense of Structure teaches writing from the perspective of readers. This text demonstrates that readers have relatively fixed expectations of where certain words or grammatical constructions will appear in a unit of discourse. By bringing these intuitive reading processes to conscious thought, this text provides students with tools for understanding how readers interact with the structure of writing, from punctuation marks to sentences to paragraphs, and how meaning and purpose are communicated through structure.
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I love this kind of thing. It's fun to see what they got right, and what they got wrong.
Probably the most accurate stuff in the entire piece had to do with commerce and/or money. I wonder why? For instance:
Computers not only keep track of money, they make spending it easier. TV-telephone shopping is common. To shop, you simply press the numbered code of a giant shopping center. You press another combination to zero in on the department and the merchandise in which you are interested. When you see what you want, you press a number that signifies "buy," and the household computer takes over, places the order, notifies the store of the home address and subtracts the purchase price from your bank balance. Much of the family shopping is done this way. Instead of being jostled by crowds, shoppers electronically browse through the merchandise of any number of stores.
(I especially like the term "TV-telephone" -- that's a pretty darn fine description of how a goodly number of people use the Internet.)
And this:
Computers also handle travel reservations, relay telephone messages, keep track of birthdays and anniversaries, compute taxes and even figure the monthly bills for electricity, water, telephone and other utilities.
(But what they didn't predict was that people would have computers capable of doing this stuff that you could fit in your pocket!)
The predictions about media and education were somewhat more marginal. They did pick up on the whole "instantaneous information availability" thing, however, they seemed fixated on things called "TV tapes" and seemed to expect that in 2008 we'd all still have to trek to the library to access media (though to be fair, this is certainly true for people who can't afford computers, and yes, such people do actually exist -- as do people who don't have flush toilets, just to keep everyone grounded here).
Also, while "distance learning" classes are actually real, they are far from the most common means of achieving formal schooling, particularly for children. I guess the people predicting computerized classes for youngsters neglected to note that the primary purpose of school is, in fact, as Paul Graham notes, "...to keep kids locked up in one place for a big chunk of the day so adults can get things done."
In fact most schooling—from first grade through college—consists of programmed TV courses or lectures via closed circuit. Students visit a campus once or twice a week for personal consultations or for lab work that has to be done on site. Progress of each student is followed by computer, which assigns end term marks on the basis of tests given throughout the term. Besides school lessons, other educational material is available for TV viewing. You simply press a combination of buttons and the pages flash on your home screen. The world's information is available to you almost instantaneously...
Best-selling books are on TV tape and can be borrowed or rented from tape libraries.
They also accurately predicted microwave ovens and disposable dinnerware (it seems like a lot of people in the 50s and 60s were obsessed with being able to throw things away...what was up with that?), but apparently not the fall into disfavor of the word "housewife" (or the notion that women might not always be relegated to kitchen duty...even in Really High Tech kitchens):
The housewife simply determines in advance her menus for the week, then slips prepackaged meals into the freezer and lets the automatic food utility do the rest. At preset times, each meal slides into the microwave oven and is cooked or thawed. The meal then is served on disposable plastic plates. These plates, as well as knives, forks and spoons of the same material, are so inexpensive they can be discarded after use.
And then we have the stuff that manages to be funny, telling, and wrong all at once:
The car accelerates to 150 mph in the city's suburbs, then hits 250 mph in less built-up areas, gliding over the smooth plastic road. You whizz past a string of cities, many of them covered by the new domes that keep them evenly climatized year round. Traffic is heavy, typically, but there's no need to worry. The traffic computer, which feeds and receives signals to and from all cars in transit between cities, keeps vehicles at least 50 yds. apart. There hasn't been an accident since the system was inaugurated.
Oh, if only we had awesome fast self-driving hovercars and No Accidents! That's something I'd love to see, but that would require a massive change in infrastructure -- one that I don't see on the horizon anytime soon. I'm not sure about the whole "dome covered cities" thing, though...what is this, Logan's Run?
The average work day is about four hours.
(Ha! Ha ha ha. Ahem. No. Just no.)
Go read the whole article yourself, though...it's quite a find!


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Investors will get smothered by a stream of economic smoke signals this week, starting with demand for big-ticket U.S.-made goods and ending with the key January jobs report.
Tucked in between is fourth-quarter GDP — how fast the U.S. economy grew in the last three months of 2012. And throw in the Federal Reserve's first big meeting of the year.
"Brace for a Super Bowl of economic data," in the words of Joseph LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank.
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|Retail sales
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|Retail sales ex-autos
|Aug. 15
|Producer price index
|Aug. 15
|Empire state index
|Aug. 15
|Industrial production
|Aug. 15
|Consumer sentiment
What all these things won't tell us, however, is precisely how consumers reacted to an increase in their taxes in 2013. Wall Street will have to wait until mid-February to get a clearer idea, and it's critical. Consumer spending accounts for as much as 70% of the U.S. economy. If they aren't spending, businesses aren't hiring.
"Most consumers didn't expect their taxes to go up," said Jim Baird, chief investment strategist at Plante Moran Financial Advisors in Michigan. "There's no question its going to have a negative impact on spending. It's going to be a drag."
Some clues might emerge in a pair of reports on consumer confidence, though. They'll give an early-bird warning on changes in people's behavior.
The big ticket
Orders for durable goods — products like aircraft or appliances meant to last at least three years — probably saw a big bump in December.
The reason: Boeing BA, -0.28% The jetmaker garnered more than 180 orders for planes in the last month of the year. Airline orders can have an exaggerated effect on the durables data because of the huge pricetag on new planes.
If transportation is stripped out, demand for durable goods was softer though still pretty good. Which means the U.S. industrial sector ended the year in solid but not great shape.
Tampa, Charlotte among gainers.
• U.S. homeownership at 18-year low
Orders for durable goods is not a sexy category, but it's a critical component of U.S. growth. Rising sales of autos, planes, computers, furniture and the like signals an improving economy.
The durable figures comes out Monday. A related report later in the week will also shine a light on manufacturers, but no one is expecting the picture to brighten. The Institute for Supply Management's index for January is forecast to hold steady near the 50% mark.
That means manufacturers are growing — barely.
Fourth-quarter scorecard
On Wednesday, the government is expected to report that the U.S. expanded at a 1.0% pace in the final three months of 2012, according to economists surveyed by MarketWatch.


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The Mont Harmon Pirates made quick work of the Helper Rams last Wednesday winning the rival game 40-8.
According to Pirate Coach Jeff Blanc, the team put on a great offensive performance, led by Jordan Blanc who racked up 340 yards of total offense and scoring two rushing touchdowns, a punt return and a kickoff return.
Also strong for the Pirates was "Ozzie" Loaiza who put continual pressure on his opponents from the defensive side of the ball. Tage Richardson also played strong defense.
Blanc reported that both of his quarterbacks, Tanner Gagnon and Dakota Cisneros, also played great.
Mont Harmon will now travel to Ferron to match up with San Rafael on Sept. 24.


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After you try to connect, look in the file /var/log/messages and post the last 20 or so lines of that file.
Hi, please help me.
I have an Acer One running Linux. Previously connected fine to network at home. Now I am unable to connect either wirelessly or on a LAN. I can see router and have full signal yet keep getting message that network is disconnected. I'm new to Linux but reasonably proficient on windows. Not sure where to go from here.
After you try to connect, look in the file /var/log/messages and post the last 20 or so lines of that file.
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
now there's 63,005 bugs in the code!!
I too have exactly the same problem.
I do not understand how to find the file that you would like us to post the last 20 lines?!
Sorry for being a pest.
PS Your help will really be appreciated
Hi - I have found the file but there is nothing in it at all.! - it is blank - shows 0kb of data.
I am getting very close to installing XP on my ONE!! as I feel like I'm stumbling about in the dark!
I have looked at other forums and changed the wireless encription from WPA/TKIP to WEP and it works again.
PS I have no idea why!!
Yeah, I tried changing the ecryption - however the wifi I am trying to connect to is not encrypted, and I can't even connect on the LAN - it just keeps telling me 'net work is disconnected'.
If it was XP i'd be tempted to uninstall and reinstall the network card or reinstall the drivers but I don't know how to do this on Linux.
OK, so the plot thickens.
i now get home from my holiday and can connect with no problem. both on LAN and wirelessly. I was in Bulgaria and was trying to connect to 3 different wireless networks (all open and unencrypted) and one LAN
So I'm now wondering if certain networks could be incompatible with Linux? Any ideas?


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Bart Scott and His Massive Man Cave
It sounds like New York Jets Linebacker Bart Scott CAN'T WAIT to invite his teammates over to his new Man Cave, designed and created by the DIY's show of the same name.
Via The Daily Record.
Dubbed "The Maxim Cave" by the show (former NFL defensive tackle Siragusa is Maxim's sports editor and the magazine helped sponsor the room), Scott's new enclave features hardwood and marble floors with a gold-leaf insignia of his initials, a lounge area with two 50-inch flat-screen televisions and leather sofas, a bar with a Kegerator and tap, and a larger-than-life saltwater fish tank donated by Animal Planet.
The 4,500-pound, 500-gallon, 8-foot-long fish tank is encased in dark walnut cabinetry.
Original Prince and B.B. King guitars and a Michael Jordan basketball jersey decorate a leather-tiled portion of the room's walls.
LEGO created a mosaic portrait of Scott using its signature blocks.
Glass doors etched with Scott's mantra, "Can't Wait," open to reveal his spa room, outfitted with a massage table and steam shower.
A Prince guitar?
Bart, we're not gonna hate on a guy who made a huge amount of money in his first two years with the team getting a free hook-up like that … just as long as the invite to come over and check it out is already in the mail.


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A British mother whose doctors suggested she should abort her baby chose life instead after watching her pre-born son smile during an ultrasound. Katyia Rowe and her boyfriend Shane Johnson, both 26, were planning on marrying after the birth of their baby, whom they had named Lucian. But several weeks into the pregnancy, doctors told them an ultrasound revealed that Lucian's brain was not developing properly and that if he even survived to birth he would be severely handicapped, would not walk or talk, and would require 24-hour care. The common-sense option, the doctors advised, was abortion.
"We were devastated to be told our son's brain abnormalities were so severe they were life limiting and we should consider a termination," Katyia told the U.K.'s Daily Mail. A further ultrasound, performed at 20 weeks of pregnancy, confirmed the extent of the physical limitations Lucian would face. But it also revealed something that convinced Katyia that, regardless of the hardships, she would give birth to her baby and would love and protect him as long as he lived. What the young mother saw was a tiny, lively baby, smiling, blowing bubbles, and kicking inside her womb.
"When I saw him smiling and playing inside me I knew I couldn't end his life," she recalled. "Despite all the awful things I was being told, while he was inside me his quality of life looked to be wonderful and no different to any other baby's. He was a joy to watch." She added that as she watched the tiny miracle inside her, "I knew that while I was carrying him he still had a quality of life, and it was my duty as a mother to protect that no matter how long he had left. He deserved to live."
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The South Dakota State women's tennis team had its top two players named all-league after a third-place finish.
Florencia Magni and Ffion Davies represented the Jackrabbits on the all-league team and Davies was named Newcomer of the Year.
Magni posted a 9-7 record at the top spot, 4-2 in The Summit League and 12-11 overall. Magni was 7-2 in her last 10 matches and won her final six, tied for the longest season-ending streak on the team. She was named Summit League Women's Tennis Player of the Week the final week, the third Jackrabbit women's tennis player honored this season.
Magni finished the doubles season 11-3 overall, all at No. 3, good for the best winning percentage of any SDSU doubles team. The pair won its final three matches and was 7-3 in its last 10.
Davies, Summit League Newcomer of the Year, played 70 percent of her singles matches at No. 2 and finished the regular season 12-2 at the second spot. Davies was 16-4 overall, best on the team, and 4-1 in league matches. She was two-time Player of the Week in her freshman campaign and closed out the regular season on a four-match winning streak, 6-2 in her last 10.
Davies was a member of one of the top doubles teams in The Summit League and finished with a 15-6 overall record, all at the top spot, and 4-1 in league matches. The 15 wins were tops on the team. The duo won its final five matches and was 8-2 in its last 10.
Davies finished with the second-best Summit League singles record at No. 2, but also had the most wins at that position. The four league doubles wins were tied for second-most at any doubles position in the league.
It is the first time that a Jackrabbit was named Newcomer of the Year.
Complete women's all-league, as well as women's awards, are listed below.
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Women's All-League
Laura Bouet, Kansas City
Eva Dalvai, Kansas City
Ffion Davies, South Dakota State
Caterina Kiefer, Fort Wayne
Anita Henestrosa, Fort Wayne
Kristine Lindal, Fort Wayne
Florencia Magni, South Dakota State
Bobbi Modesto, IUPUI
Theresa Neumeyr, Fort Wayne
Yamini Reddy, South Dakota
Miloslava Shustova, Fort Wayne
Dimitra Stavrianakou, Kansas City
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This study shows significant improvement in OS, PFS, and RR with the addition of bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy in treatment-naive patients with non-squamous NSCLC. This study follows positive studies in colorectal cancer and breast cancer that showed an overall survival benefit with the addition of bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy in advanced disease. Interestingly, compared to these other trials, there appears to be a higher rate of severe, life-threatening toxicity in this trial. The 4.5% rate of grade 3-5 toxicity was consistent with the 4% rate of life-threatening hemorrhage seen in the phase II trial with bevacuzimab in patients with non-squamous histology. It is concerning that 8 patients died of treatment-related complications including 5 patients with severe hemorrhage in this study. Clearly, bevacizumab should be used with caution in these patients. Nevertheless, despite the higher rate of treatment related deaths in the PCB arm of this study, there was a survival advantage to the use of bevacizumab, and it is reasonable to use bevacizumab in patients with advanced NSCLC of non-squamous histology with no history of coagulopathies or hemoptysis.
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Reusable Versus Disposable Draping System in Breast Reconstruction Surgery
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This study will look at the rate of infections developed by subjects comparing the use of disposable draping systems versus reusable draping systems in the operating room.
Breast Reconstruction
Other: Culture Swabs, Rodac Plate Cultures
|Study Type:
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Subject)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|The Effect of Reusable Versus Disposable Draping on Implant Based Breast Reconstruction Infection Rates: a Prospective Randomized Study
- Infection rates of reusable versus disposable draping system in the operating room [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
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|September 2009
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Other: Culture Swabs, Rodac Plate Cultures
Subjects enrolled in the study will be randomized into two groups. One group will have the reusable draping system during surgery which the investigators currently use and the second group will have the disposable draping system. Subjects will be blinded to the type of draping system used. Subjects are under anesthesia at the time the surgical drapes are placed. After the subject has signed the informed consent, they will be assigned a study number for that surgery. The study number will correlate to an envelope which will contain information on the type of draping system to be used. Subjects enrolled, may be randomized more than once. Subjects will typically have a minimum of two surgeries, the placement of the tissue expanders and then the removal of the expanders and placement of the breast implants. Subjects will not be required to sign another consent form but will be randomized prior to each surgery. Surgeons who have subjects in the disposable draping system will use a disposable draping kit that includes gowns for the surgeons and also towels. For subjects who are having a mastectomy and then the placement of tissue expanders, after the mastectomy has been performed, the plastic surgeons will use all new draping, towels and gowns to perform tissue expander placement. A swab will be taken on the wound site to determine if there are any CFUs (colony forming units) present. The swab will then be placed in a tube containing 1ml of TSB (triptic soy broth). The tube will then be sonicated , and then vortexed for 15 seconds. A 0.1ml aliquot of the solution will be placed in a blood agar plate and incubated for 48 hours to determine the CFU count. The remainder of the solution will be frozen. In the event an infection occurs, molecular matching will be done on the culture to determine if it is from the same exact culture. Rodac plates will be used to test for the presence of bacterial cultures on the surgeon's gown (Forearm [volar surface]) and glove (palm of surgeon's dominate hand) and also the subject's surgical drape (Area over sternum). These will be incubated for 48 hours to determine the CFU count. This process will be repeated at the second surgery.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Females ages 18 years of age and older who are having a mastectomy with tissue expander placement and for breast implants for reconstruction, which would include immediate or delayed reconstruction.
Exclusion Criteria:
Male subjects are excluded from this study, while some males do have breast cancer, this is a rare occurrence and they do not undergo reconstruction surgery with expanders and breast implants. Females under the age of 18 are excluded as well as females who undergo a mastectomy but do not have any reconstruction surgery. Females who otherwise meet the criteria but have an active infection, currently on antibiotics to treat an infection, urinary tract infections, soft tissue infections or pneumonia are also excluded until they are approved for surgery by the physician.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01176786
|United States, North Carolina
|Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Lisa David, Professor, Wake Forest University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01176786 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 5, 2010
|Last Updated:
|September 5, 2013
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Wake Forest School of Medicine:
tissue expander
breast implant
breast reconstruction
Infections rates
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Genotype - Phenotype Correlations of LINCL
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In a separate protocol the Department of Genetic Medicine is proposing to carry out a study using gene transfer to treat the central nervous system (CNS) manifestations of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a fatal, rare, recessive disorder of the (CNS) in children. In the context that there is little known about the genotype - phenotype correlations of LINCL, and that our referral far exceed the number (n=11) of children that will be entered into the gene transfer protocol, we are proposing to capitalize on this unique opportunity to evaluate this disorder in this separate study. In this context, the aim of this protocol is to study the genotype - phenotype correlations of the CNS manifestations of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. This will be accomplished by comparing the genotype to a neurologic assessment, and LINCL clinical rating scale; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic (MRS) assessments of the CNS; and routine clinical evaluations.
Batten Disease
Late Infantile Neuronal Lipofuscinosis
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Genotype - Phenotype Correlations of Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Correlation analysis between genotype (genetic constitution) and baseline [ Time Frame: 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Correlation analysis between genotype and rate of CNS decline [ Time Frame: 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
whole blood, serum
|Study Start Date:
|March 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
This proposed clinical protocol is designed to assess genotype - phenotype correlations of LINCL, including a preliminary assessment regarding the genotype - phenotype correlations of progressive CNS deterioration inherent to this disorder. The trial will include the primary endpoint of neurological assessment including the LINCL clinical rating scale and parental evaluations; and the secondary endpoint of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic (MRS) assessments of the CNS.
The study will be carried out in children diagnosed with LINCL in all stages. The staging is based on a modification of the scale of Steinfeld et al (Steinfeld, 2002). The study anticipates a total n=30 children assessed over a period of 18 months. Of these, we anticipate that approximately two-thirds will not be entered into the proposed gene therapy protocol and thus approximately n=20 will be available for this study to be reassessed at 1 year. Thus, we anticipate that we will be able to capture a one-time genotype - phenotype snapshot for all n=30, and a 1 year genotype - phenotype progression assessment for n=20.
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|2 Years to 18 Years
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The study will be carried out in children diagnosed with LINCL in all stages.
Inclusion Criteria:
- A definitive diagnosis of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
- Between the age of 2 and 18 years
- Not previously participated in a gene transfer study for LINCL.
- Parents of study participants must agree to comply in good faith with the conditions of the study, including attending all of the required baseline and follow-up assessments.
- Both parents or legal guardians must give consent for their child's participation in the research study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals with heart disease that would be a risk for anesthesia.
- Concurrent participation in any other FDA approved Investigational New Drug clinical protocol is not allowed, although the Principal Investigator will work with other doctors to accommodate specific requests (e.g., a study of nutritional supplements probably would not be a disqualification).
- Individuals who have a contraindication to MRI/MRS assessment including: (1) heart pacemaker and/or related implants; (2) metal fragment/chip in the eye or other sites; (3) an aneurysm clip in their brain; and (4) metallic inner ear implants.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00151268
|Principal Investigator:
|Ronald G. Crystal, MD
|Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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|Responsible Party:
|Weill Medical College of Cornell University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00151268 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 6, 2005
|Last Updated:
|April 20, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Weill Medical College of Cornell University:
Batten Disease
Late Infantile Neuronal Lipofuscinosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolic Diseases
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Kelsee Morefield's "Most Marketable" Design Gives Real-World Fashion Experience
Written by Bill Loftus
When Kelsee Morefield graduates this spring with her clothing, textiles and design degree, she'll enter the career world with some real life experience typical of those faced by clothing designers.
Morefield found the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Science's Clothing, Textiles and Design program tailor made for helping her pursue her goal to land a job in the apparel industry. The teaching team of Susan Torntore, left; Lori Wahl, who connected in remotely from her Portland, Ore., studio; Erika Iiams, and Sandra Evenson, the school's interim director and professor, provided the academic and practical experience to help Morefield reach her goal.
A College of Agricultural and Life Sciences ambassador, Morefield gained invaluable experience both in the classroom and during activities far from the Moscow campus that will inspire her future choices.
In January, Morefield, a senior in the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, braved a blizzard and the frozen Palouse to drive to Spokane for a flight to Salt Lake City and its famous Outdoor Retailer Winter Market.
In a Project Runway-like challenge known as Project OR, Morefield and five other young women designers competed to develop innovative women's back-country ski pants designs. Their challenge: respond to a request for a garment design from the customer's brief through concept to completed garment, all in 48 hours.
"It was a super tight timeline, but things like this do happen when you're working for an employer. There may be this great idea and a wonderful presentation opportunity but the time between can be short," Wahl said.
"If you can work well and make good decisions in a short amount of time you become a more efficient designer and product developer."
The other student designers represented Kansas State, Savannah College of Art and Design, Auburn University, University of Cincinnati and San Francisco State University.
The judges called Morefield's design the most marketable of the contest, a consolation for finishing out of the top two, but a nod to her career goal to produce customer-oriented clothing.
In addition to Wahl's presence at the event, Morefield had help from instructor Erika Iiams to prepare. Iiams taught Morefield the basics of using industrial sewing machines, which were used by all Project OR participants.
The School of Family and Consumer Sciences is trying to equip its clothing, textile, and design studio with industrial machines to more accurately reflect the machines used in the garment development process and production in the apparel industry, Wahl noted.
Morefield, a native of Burns, Ore., will walk across the stage during University of Idaho commencement ceremonies in May and two weeks later will report for work at Aventura Clothing in Reno, Nev. The eco-friendly women's clothing line was launched in 2005 by outdoor apparel manufacturer Sportif USA.
As a CALS ambassador, Morefield visited high schools to help students consider their future educational options and to tell them about her opportunities and options at the University of Idaho.
Among her opportunities at Idaho, Morefield took instructor Lori Wahl's summer capstone class, Special Topics: Apparel Design and Development for a Client. As a member of a design team in summer 2011, Morefield faced an unusual challenge: designing uniforms for a women's roller derby team, the Rolling Hills Derby Dames.
An active member of the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) student chapter at the University of Idaho, her garments were featured in the ITAA Mom's Weekend Fashion Show in 2011.
The summer class and the January Project OR Winter Market trip that was supported by the school were tremendous assets in her education and transition to a career, Morefield said.
"They were extremely important," she said. "probably the two most beneficial experiences I had to prepare me for a future career. They were a lot like real life situations.
"It was nice to have a shortened version of what is happening in the industry, and what essentially most of us will be doing for careers someday, she said.
Her connection with Aventura began at Project OR Winter Market. The company had sponsored the event the previous summer and representatives stopped by to talk with Morefield and her fellow participants in January.
"They invited me to stop by their booth at the show and I did. I started emailing with them when I got back. They invited me down for an interview and a few days later offered me the job," she said.
As a production assistant/technical designer, Morefield will work with the company's design and production team to help evaluate garment fit and construction.
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