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Fulbright Visiting Scholar Enrichment Seminar
Social Entrepreneurship: Innovating Nonprofits and Developing Communities
Welcome | Arrival Information | Schedule | Presentations | Contact Information
About the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Enrichment Seminar
The goals of the Fulbright Visiting Enrichment Seminars are to:
- Build cross-cultural understanding through activities that highlight U.S. culture and history, including the diversity of the U.S. and of its people, at the local, state, regional, and national levels;
- Expand professional and social networks to create a stronger Fulbright community;
- Promote community service activities to increase the spirit of volunteerism and facilitate interactions with diverse segments of U.S. society;
- Strengthen national and global alumni networks; and
- Expand outreach to promote the Fulbright Program and highlight its impact.
The overall seminar, through a series of engaging lectures, workshops and activities, will advance these five goals.
The 2014 seminar theme is Social Entrepreneurship: Innovating Nonprofits and Developing Communities. During the seminar, participants will receive an introduction to the theme of social entrepreneurship as part of the overall goal of promoting community development.
This activity is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as part of its Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship international exchange program supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. For more information, visit fulbright.state.gov.
This activity is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
The spring 2014 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Enrichment Seminar will be hosted by The University of Texas at Austin.
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Arrival Information
Howdy! Welcome to Austin, Texas!
Austin is situated on the banks of the Colorado River in the heart of central Texas known as the Hill Country. Rolling hills dotted with lakes and streams provide a beautiful setting for the downtown capital area and The University of Texas. The Capitol Building, UT Tower and downtown office buildings create a skyline, which reflects the city itself – a center for education, government, and commerce. Austin is also known for its variety of artistic venues which feature live music, dramatic performances, and artistic exhibitions. Austin is only a short drive to San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas; all centers for cultural and touring performances, and major sporting events.
Austin has a warm climate with an average of 220 days of sunshine a year, perfect for recreational activities including swimming, cycling, hiking and other activities. Since the orientation will take place during March, participants should expect to have nice, warm weather with sunny days and cooler nights. We suggest that all participants bring a jacket and lightweight sweaters to wear indoors as the air conditioner tends to get cool.
Suggested Items to Bring
- Toiletries
- Umbrella
- Business casual clothing for duration of program*
- Comfortable walking shoes that are appropriate for business casual affairs
- Clothes for Closing Dinner and Ceremony: This may include a traditional outfit, or a dress for women and a dress shirt and slacks for men.
- Familiar medicine for headache, stomachache, cough
*Business Casual attire includes khaki pants/skirts/capris, button down shirts, polos and/or blouses.
Airport Information
Transportation will be arranged to take you from the Austin Airport to your hotel. A UT Austin representative will be waiting at the baggage claim to assist you. He/she will be holding a sign that says Fulbright Visiting Scholar Enrichment Seminar.
Registration and Check-in
UT Austin representatives will be on-site at The DoubleTree Suites to welcome you to Austin and check you in.
Hotel Information
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton University-Area
1617 IH-35 North
Austin, TX
(512) 479-4000
Day 1: Wednesday, March 19
Various Times: Arrivals and Registratio(Please refer to the email sent on 3/17 with details for arrival and shuttles to the hotel)
3:30 - 5:00 PM: Austin City Bus Tour (Seminar participants who arrive prior to 3 PM will have the opportunity to take an Austin city bus tour. The tour will depart from the DoubleTree lobby promptly at 3:30p.m. and return to the hotel by 5 PM for the Welcome Reception.)
5:15 - 5:30 PM: Welcome Remarks (Teri Albrecht, Ut International Office - Narise Kchao, Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program Officer- Joseph MCormick European and Eurasian Programs Branch)
5:30 - 5:45 PM: Chariman's Remarks (Tom Healy, J. William fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board)
5:45 - 6:00 PM: Agenda Overview
6:00 - 6:30 PM: Icebreaker
6:30 - 7:30 PM: Welcome Dinner
7:30 - 8:30 PM:KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE WORLD DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER COFFEE SHOP(Sharla Megilligan, Makarios International-Seminar Participants will gain an inside perspective of Austin's "coffee shop with a conscience." Executive Director and co-founder of Makarios International, Sharla Megilligan, will introduce Dominican Joe's, a sizable for-profit business, and discuss the fair trade model set in place to support Dominican farmers as well as local development and education in the Dominican Republic.)
Day 2: Thursday, March 20
6:00 - 8:45 AM: Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 AM: KEYNOTE: WHERE NONPROFITS FIT IN THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL(Michael Kellerman, KUT Radio-At a time when more and more of the world's most complex problems require innovations and new sources of capital, social entrepreneurs spot opportunities for innovation, market disruption, and positive change within the financial, structural, and social constraints of our communities.This short workshop focuses on the core skills and tools of the successful social entrepreneur, and explores the emerging organizational and financial trends for enterprises engaged in making a positive social impact. Whether seminar participants are going off on their own to start an enterprise or looking to innovate from within an established mission, this seminar centers on the question: how can participants unlock resources to tackle social problems around the world in new and more effective ways?)
10:30 - 11:00 AM: Refreshment Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Panel: Bridging Disciplines Program (A panel from UT's Bridging Disciplines Program will speak to the impact a multi-disciplinary approach has for social entrepreneurship. Scholars will gain insight into creative ways to pair multiple fields of study and industry to increase social impact and capacity.)
12:30 - 1:00 PM:INTRODUCTION OF TEAM LEADERS & NONPROFITS (Staff from 4 local nonprofits that will serve as team leads will introduce themselves and brief overview of their organization. Assigned teams are listed on pages # 23-24.)
1:00 PM: Pick-up Box Lunches
1:15 - 2:30 PM: Working Lunch/ Breakout Session #1 (Seminar participants will meet with their assigned nonprofit organization and learn about the services they provide!)
2:30 PM:Commute to Site Visits(Seminar participants will board buses and travel to their assigned site visit.)
3:00 - 5:00 PM: NONPROFIT SITE VISITS (Site visits are intended to give seminar participants a deeper understanding of their assigned organization and witness first-hand the programs/projects in action. This is a time to clarify or go deeper on questions from Breakout Session #1.It is recommended each group dedicates 20-30 minutes during the site visit to speak with their organization's representative and begin an initial brainstorming of social enterprise designs. Participants should find out what the organization may have already tried and what may already exist (it is acceptable to build upon something pre-existing).
5:15 PM: Return to hotel
5:15 - 6:15 PM: Break
6:15 PM: Host Pick-up (Seminar participants should be in the lobby waiting for their assigned host.)
6:30 - 9:00 PM: Hospitality Dinners
9:00 PM: Return to Hotel
Day 3: Friday, March 21
6:00 - 8:45 AM: Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 AM: FAIR TRADE AND FAIR WAGES: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISANS (A manager from 10,000 Villages, a local social enterprise, will present on the model of their foundation. Seminar participants will have the opportunity to visit the shop during the cultural site visits scheduled in the afternoon.)
10:00 am - 12:00 PM:Breakout Session #2 (During this session seminar participants should decide on a social enterprise concept for their team to develop into a 5 minute fast-pitch presentation. Further details about this competition will be provided in the program book in Austin.)
12:00 - 1:00 PM:Lunch
1:15 PM: Departure for Downtown Cultural Site Visits
1:30 - 4:00 PM: Downtown Cultural Site Visits
4:00 PM:Meet Bus to Return to Hotel
4:15 - 5:15 PM: Break
5:30 PM: Departure for Closing Ceremony
5:45 - 6:00 PM: Group Photo
6:30 - 7:30 PM: FAST PITCH COMPETITION(Competition guidelines will be provided to participants.)
7:30- 8:30 PM: Dinner
8:45 PM: JUDGES ANNOUNCE WINNING FAST PITCH (Judges will announce the winner of the fast-pitch competition at the end of dinner.)
9:00 PM: Return to Hotel
Day 4: Saturday, March 22
6:00 - 9:15 AM: Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30 AM: Wrap-up Session (A reflection session will be facilitated by Dr. Albrecht, to summarize the themes from the seminar and challenge seminar participants to identify takeaways from their learning.)
10:30 AM - 7:00 PM: Hotel Check-out & Departures (Departure details will be provided to participants.)
Coming Soon!
Contact Information
Contact information for workshop coordinators:
24 Hour Emergency Cell Phone: 512-954-1099
*this phone will be activated on March19, 2014
Mailing Address
International Office – The University of Texas at Austin
2400 Nucese Street, Suite B
Austin, TX 78705
Phone Number: 521-471-2477


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- 2-3 lbs. venison roast
- 10 1/2 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
- 10 1/2 oz. can hot water or 10 1/2 oz. can brewed coffee
- 3 oz. envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix
- 1 tsp. steak seasoning (low sodium)
- Place roast in slow cooker.
- Gradually mix hot water or coffee with cream of mushroom soup until smooth. Pour over venison roast.
- Sprinkle with Lipton Onion Soup mix and steak seasoning over the roast.
- Cover. Cook on high setting for 8 hours then lower the temperature to the low setting until ready to serve.
Variation: Remove the roast and keep warm in a low oven and thicken for gravy for mashed potatoes! YUMMY!
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Higher Diploma in Hotel Management
Introduction to Housekeeping Operation
Year & Semester: 2009 Semester 2
Class Name: HM
Team Member name & Students ID:
Cheng Yik Cheung, 200801035
Cheng Kam Yin, 200803952
Lee Ka Hung, 200803385
Chan I Man, 200803377
Chu San Chui, 200804705
Wong Pik Ki, 200804073
Leung Chi Hang, 200802859
Lecturer Name: Helen Yau
Recently, our new upscale hotel has been built up. There are 500 guestrooms with 20 floor including 3 restaurants, an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre and 3 function rooms. And, our expected occupancy is about 75%. We do not have in-house laundry, so off-premise laundry contract is needed for us. As the Executive Housekeeper, we need to prepare and plan reports for our housekeeping department operation, The reports need to be prepared are: Consideration factors for budget, The staffing requirement and working schedule, The needs of cleaning equipments and supplies, The inventory items and control, The standard clearing procedures and cleaning functions, The management and control of the off-premises laundry. The followings, we will go through each of them in detail.
1. Budget of housekeeping department:
In a company, budget is necessary for planning the whole operation in order to setting a constraint to control well the actual expenses and avoid the unfavorable over expenditures. Especially in hotel industry which are required accurate and detail budget for a number of different department, we have to prepare the budget well to confirm how many variable and fixed factor we used. At below, we will talk about the factors to be considered in preparing budget of the housekeeping department, the detail of capital budget, operation budget and pre-opening budget, and methods in monitoring the budget in detail respectively.
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Greece's IMF Riots: Coming Soon to America
Posted By kurtnimmoadmin On November 7, 2012 @ 1:30 pm In Economic Crisis,Old Infowars Posts Style,Tile | Comments Disabled
November 7, 2012
The video footage below shows how serious the situation is in Greece as cops battle protesters angry over austerity and the bankster looting of their country.
Americans may think this sort of thing can't happen here, but the globalists plan to take them down too. The economic meltdown is a slow burn that will eventually lead to violence, but Americans will not be just throwing Moltov cocktails like the Greeks.
They will undoubtedly be shooting if things go according to the globalist plan and IMF riots break out in America.
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Understanding cancer and evaluating potential treatments depends on clinical trials, and low enrollment to trials delays studies and their evaluation. The brochure is intended to help educate cancer patients about treatment trials and hopefully increase interest in participation. Supporting NCI in this effort is Novartis Pharmaceuticals, which provided partial funding for the brochure, and which also has initiated a new program, Living with Cancer, to provide information about and increase awareness of clinical trials.
"Providing patients and the public with reliable and understandable information is essential to improving access and participation in clinical trials. Clinical trials are perhaps the most critical way in which patients can join with researchers in the development of new cancer treatments," said Mary McCabe, R.N., director, Office of Clinical Research Promotion, NCI.
"As a company dedicated to the oncology community and with a great investment in research and development, it was natural for Novartis to partner with NCI, ONS, and AOSW on efforts to help educate about clinical trials," said David Parkinson, M.D., vice president of clinical research at Novartis. "Each person who participates in a cancer treatment trial contributes significantly to helping understand potential treatments. Any effort directed toward increasing participation helps our goal of finding effective treatments for cancer," added Parkinson, who had directed the NCI Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program before joining Novartis.
For more information about the new brochure or cancer treatment trials, call the Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) or visit the new NCI website — http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov.
The National Cancer Institute is the Federal government's primary cancer research agency. NCI is a component of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation researches, develops, manufactures and markets leading innovative prescription drugs used to treat a number of diseases and conditions, including central nervous system disorders, organ transplantation, cardiovascular diseases, dermatological diseases, respiratory disorders, cancer and arthritis. The company's mission is to improve people's lives by pioneering novel healthcare solutions.


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You Can't Take It With You
Presented by Wellesley College Theatre at Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
April 11 - April 14, 2013
Meet the Sycamores: three generations of eccentrics living in their New York City brownstone. When daughter Alice fallls in love with Tony, son of a straightlaced Wall Street banker, the two families clash in a disastrous dinner party, which shows that while the Sycamores are crazy, the rest of teh world may be even crazier.
Wellesley College
Wellesley , MA 02481
Admission Info:
$10 general admission
$5 seniors and students
General Day and Time Info:
Tickets can be picked up 20 min. before each performance. There will be an intermission
Phone: 781-283-2678
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Ramón Podesta, of Santiago, Chile, finished his first ring champion at age 12. By 17, he had founded his world-famous Von Hausman Kennel.
Mr. Podesta is Chile's all-time leading show-dog breeder, with decades of top ranked-dogs to his credit. He has bred Best in Show–winning dogs in 18 different breeds, and his Afghan Hounds have won specialty shows in Chile, Argentina, the United States, and the United Kingdom, among other countries. He is the breeder of the number-one Afghan Hound in Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Sweden, and the top-ranked Afghan for 2010–2011 in United Kingdom.
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The primary purpose of our MCJROTC Program is to prepares high school students for responsible leadership roles while making them aware of their rights, responsibilities, and privileges as American citizens. In order to be a good leader, one must first learn to be a good follower. As a cadet gains experience and knowledge, he or she will be given active, hands-on leadership responsibilities with the MCJROTC Program
It is our belief that personal growth is gained through adversity and we will do our best to make this a very challenging and rewarding program. Each cadet will be taught the follow skills.
Marine Corps Core Values
By understanding the Marine Corps core values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment, you will understand how these ideals help MCJROTC cadets become better citizens.
Honor is the quality that guides Marines to exemplify ethical and moral behavior.
Courage is a mental quality that recognizes fear of danger or criticism, but enables a leader to proceed in the face of it with calmness and firmness. It is a quality of mind that gives leaders control over fear, enabling them to accept responsibility and to act properly in a threatening situation.
Commitment means the dedication to carry out all unit tasks and to serve the values of the country, the MCJROTC, and the unit. Commitment leads to the highest discipline for your unit and yourself.
In addition to these ideals, your values must also be applied to other areas. These might be ideas such as punctuality, truthfulness, and fidelity. You must also value the outer signs of these ideals, such as having good personal hygiene and a spotless uniform. Last, but by no means least important, you must apply your values to friends, family, and fellow cadets.


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Here is my 3 season gear list. Not looking to cut weight so much, more looking to find what I may be missing/what I can leave behind that I've totally missed.http://www.geargrams.com/list?id=11677Some notes:I plan on repackaging soap (50g currently in first aid kit, really just an odds and ends bag) and bugspray.Getting new socks, the heavy wool ones won't treat me so well in summerGoing to get hang rope for my bear bag from Arrow Head Equipment (where I hike hanging is all I need)Going to get the Cathole trowel from QiwizNeed a Bug HeadnetNeed to account for maps (will change based on trip)Will get a Swiss Army classic to replace my heavy folding knifeNeed to add in a stuff sack for my stoveNeed to reweigh alcohol bottle w/out alcohol in itUnwilling to ditch sleep gear, I'd rather take the penalty than ruin the bag with body soilMay change EB fleece for GoLite Demaree Canyon jacket (420g), need to field test to see which is more appropriate(Shenandoah NP is where I am mostly)Keeping the stuff sack for my sleeping bag: Although it leaves hollow spaces, I just like how everything packs up in my pack better this way
I don't have the know-how to speak to the quality of your gear list, but I am super excited to try out geargrams.com where your list exists in the cloud. I have no interest in the fate of geargrams.com, and may end up dismissing their tool, but after watching their 3 minute intro the functionality of their offering, I think what they provide fits well with organizing my scattered lists made on napkins, envelopes, backsides of junk mail, and the like. I was going to group things appropriately by sorting through everything looking for items that belong together, but it looks like I can just enter the info as I find it and let geargrams store it for easy sorting later. Very nice for us efficient types. (Some might label me closer to lazy than efficient, but saving time for naps seems to be less important to those misguided souls, so how much weight should their conclusions be given?)
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Al Hijra is the first day of the Islamic New Year and of the Islamic month of Muharram. It marks the day when Mohammed began his migration (Hijra, هِجْرَة) from Mecca to Medina in Islamic Year 1 (1 AH), 622 CE. Ras al-Sana (رأس السنة ) is the Islamic celebration of the new Hijri year.
2010 (1432 AH): 7 December
2011 (1433 AH): 26 November
2012 (1434 AH): 15 November
2013 (1435 AH): 5 November
NB future dates are estimates and depend on first sightings of the crescent moon.
The Islamic (Hijri) calendar
The Islamic calendar is the classic lunar calendar consisting of 12 synodic (lunar) months, each of 29.5 days, giving a year of 354 days. It is 11.25 days shorter than the tropical year.
Each month starts with the first naked eye sighting of the crescent Moon (Hilal). Since this depends on a variety of factors printed calendars are based on estimates of the sighting. Calculations which estimate when the crescent Moon will be visible by taking into account the astronomic factors which determine its visibility ensure the precision of these calendars.
Since it is not possible to have half days, a year of 354 days is achieved by having odd months of 30 days and even ones of 29 days, giving an average month of 29.5 days. Because the synodic month (the period between successive new moons) is actually slightly longer than 29.5 days, in leap years an extra day is added to the 12th month (Zul Hijja). Leap years in the lunar calendar are those in which dividing the year number by 30 gives remainder 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26 or 29. This gives a calendar with average month length 29.53056 days, quite close to the synodic month.
The years are numbered with Islamic Year 1 corresponding to 622 CE. Islamic New Year 1428 starts on 20 January 2007 in the Gregorian calendar.
Not all Islamic countries use the first sighting of the crescent Moon to signal the start of the month. In Saudi Arabia and Egypt the beginning of the month is fixed by the relative timing of sunset and moonset on the 29th day of each month. If the Moon sets before the Sun the next day is the 30th of the month. If the Sun sets before the Moon (by at least 10 minutes in Egypt) the next day is the first of the next month.
Months of the Islamic calendar
|1. Muharram
|7. Rajab
|2. Safar
|8. Sha'ban
|3. Rabi Al-Awwal
|9. Ramadan
|4. Rabi Al-Thani
|10. Shawwal
|5. Jumada Al-Ula
|11. Zul Qida
|6. Jumada Al-Thani
|12. Zul Hijja
- See also The date of Ramadan (fact file).
Calendars from around the world
The information above is an excerpt from the Museum's e-book 'Calendars from around the world', written by Alan Longstaff.
- Download the full e-book (PDF, 389KB)
All human societies have developed ways to determine the length of the year. These systems – calendars – also dictated when the year should begin, and how to divide the year into manageable units of time, such as months, weeks and days.


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But what is 2012? Why do people – lots of people, in fact – think the world is going to end on December 21, 2012? It's a fairly popular conspiracy theory, as these things go, right up there with Nostradamus. (And definitely more popular than the guy who believes the world is run by lizard people.) Back it up and let's take an all-too-brief look at the Mayan civilization and religion and why the date 12/21/2012 has got some people nervous.
Who Were the Mayans?
The Mayans were a technologically advanced Mesoamerican culture that lived in the Yucatan Peninsula and parts of Central America. The Mayans truly flourished in the Classic period, which was around 600 years between AD 300 to AD 900. During that time, the Mayans developed a more complex social order, as well as city-states with prosperous trade. There were also plenty of impressive palaces, pyramids, and ceremonial structures, but perhaps the most significant aspect of the Mayan civilization is their discoveries about science and astronomy, which led them to develop a sophisticated series of calendars. One of those calendars just so happens to end on December 21, 2012.
The Mayan Calendars
The Mayans actually have several kinds of calendars, but I'm only going to discuss three of them, since those are the ones most important to the 2012 theory.
One kind of calendar the Mayans created, the Tzolkin, reflected the approximate cycle of a human pregnancy, 260 days; the different deities and astrological positions associated with each day of this cycle was thought to influence each person based on their birth date. It was a sacred calendar, whereas the other calendar, the Haab, was based on the sun cycles. It lasted 360 days, plus an extra five that were unlucky -- sort of like five Days of the Dead in a row. What's interesting is that the Mayans found a way to make the two work together so that they created one bigger cycle that was perfectly synchronized every 52 years. The combined calendar, also known as the calendar round, is represented by a symbol that looks like gears with interlocking teeth. By adjusting and consulting each "gear," the Mayans could calculate days, dates, eclipses, agricultural events, and the like. (If you look at the 2012 website, the animated image on the first page is a combination of the various Mayan calendars.)
But the one that has everyone nervous is the long count calendar. The Mayans used the calendar round to predict the near future, but the long count calendar is used for more far-reaching predictions. In a nutshell, without getting into the various units of time for the long count, the long count cycle consists of thirteen baktuns, or 1,872,000 days, or about 5,125 years – the last day of the long count is December 21, 2012.
So What's So Big About December 21, 2012?
Two Mayan prophecies, one in The Book of Chilam Balam and one inscription on a monument in Tortuguero, sort of imply that the long count cycle bodes the end of times – if you want to read them that way.
Because the Mayans were so advanced in astronomy and science, among other things, the fact that their calendar abruptly ends has some conspiracy-minded folks more than a little nervous. New Age-y peeps have managed to connect 2012 to crop circles, the Age of Aquarius, Terence McKenna's LSD-laced visions, changes in the climate, and shifts in the Earth's north and south poles. There are also end-of-world prophecies from Nostradamus and the Pythia, otherwise known as Oracle at Delphi, among others. (As it turns out, the cave at Delphi might have, uh, been filled with trippy vapors that "inspired" the Pythia's prophecies.) Newsweek calls it "Y2K for the new age." TV shows like The History Channel's "Decoding the Past: Doomsday 2012 - The End of Days" also spread the gospel of 2012. A cynic might say it's a cottage industry.
Modern-day Mayans are not having it! According to the AP,
"Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world.
Or is it?
Definitely not, the Mayan Indian elder insists. 'I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff.'"
Neither are astronomers, archeologists, and many other people who discredit the theories – and in some cases attribute the 2012 phenom to Westerners.
"'If I went to some Mayan-speaking communities and asked people what is going to happen in 2012, they wouldn't have any idea,' said Jose Huchim, a Yucatan Mayan archaeologist. 'That the world is going to end? They wouldn't believe you. We have real concerns these days, like rain.'"What might happen on December 21, 2012? We won't know until we get there. Maybe a paradigm shift in consciousness. Maybe the end of the world, Roland Emmerich-style. Maybe we'll be saved by John Cusack. Or maybe nothing.
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5Joe Belcaster
BIG EAST Recognizes 2011-12 All-Academic Team
A total of 150 DePaul student-athletes were honored by the conference
Men's Basketball Hosts UT-Pan American Friday Night
Blue Demons take on Broncs in 2011-12 season opener in Lincoln Park
DePaul Hosts Lewis in Exhibition Game on Saturday
Blue Demons and Flyers play at McGrath-Phillips Arena at 7:30 p.m.
DePaul Men's Basketball
vs. USF
Career Notes: Walk-on that joined the program at the start of DePaul's Autumn Quarter in September 2009... played in seven career games.
2010-11 (Sophomore): Played in five games... scored first collegiate point against Chicago State.
2009-10 (Freshman): Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team... played in two games... saw action against Mississippi State and UIC.
High School: Led Morton to a 24-6 record as a senior... earned All-Area honors after averaging 14.0 points, 9.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game during senior campaign... the Mustangs reached claimed a IHSA regional title before falling to eventual champion Whitney Young in the sectional semifinals... two-time All-Conference and All-Academic honoree... earned All-Tournament honors as Morton won the Proviso West Holiday Tournament... coached by Tony Martinucci and Joe Belcaster at Morton... also played for the Illinois Mustangs on the summer circuit.
Personal: Son of Joe and Jackie Belcaster... majoring in Management... has three younger brothers, Rocco, Luke and Sam... father was assistant coach at Morton.
Belcaster by the Numbers
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New York subway bombing plot was hatched in Pakistan
Posted By admin On April 24, 2010 @ 11:56 am In Old Infowars Posts Style,World at War | Comments Disabled
Indo-Asian News Service
April 24, 2010
The failed plot to bomb three New York City subways in September 2009 was hatched by two senior Al-Qaeda leaders in the tribal areas of Pakistan, prosecutors said as another accused pleaded guilty.
New details about the aborted terror mission of three would-be suicide attackers as Zarein Ahmedzay, a Queens taxi driver, admitted his role in the plot during a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn on Friday.
Ahmedzay joins Najibullah Zazi of Denver, who earlier pleaded guilty to participating in the alleged subway plot. The action leaves a single defendant, Adis Medunjanin, to stand trial on a five-count indictment. All three face up to life in prison.
According to federal prosecutors, the three men travelled to Pakistan in August 2008 and met with twoleaders, Saleh Al-Somali, head of international operations for Al Qaeda, and Rashid Rauf, described as a key Al-Qaeda operative.
The three Americans told the Al-Qaeda officials they wanted to fight in Afghanistan, but the leaders suggested they would be more useful to Al-Qaeda if they returned to New York to carry out suicide attacks, prosecutors said.
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We partnered with Ben's Chili Bowl to execute "Apps For Ben's," a contest to develop the first ever Ben's Chili Bowl iPhone App during DCWEEK 2010. The three-phase contest ran over three months, concluding at DCWEEK 2010's Closing Party.
We utilized the Disruptathon innovation discovery platform (including super slick branded iPod Touch devices) to select the winners in real-time at the contest finale & party at Ben's Next Door.
Congratulations are in order to 3ADVANCE for taking home the top prize!


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On this day 43 years ago, Doc Ellis threw a no-hitter while on LSD
On this day 43 years ago, Doc Ellis threw a no-hitter while on LSD
Oderint Dum Metuant
Sir Thomas Richard Coughlin The Great
"The NY never comes off"
Tbh though, I kinda love this. This is consumer capitalism at it's finest happening lol. You have 2 companies in the same business, directly competing. 1 is focused so much on profits that they dont care about their consumer. And on the other side, you have the other company taking note of what your customers are saying, and know that by doing so they will increase their profits by NOT being their competitor. pretty awesome.
Oderint Dum Metuant
Yeah, Microsoft is pretty ****ed up for saying that ****. I'm sure people took that the wrong way.


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Software Engineering, Project Management, and Effectiveness
As I talk to more feed readers, I find there's patterns that work and patterns that don't. I'm a fan of starting with examples of "what's working" and "what's not" before building a new solution. The most common anti-pattern I found was "too many feeds, not enough time." The most effective pattern I found was a set of tuned and pruned feeds.
To fix my feeds, I used the following approach:
To wipe my slate clean, I archived what I had. I had several hundreds of feed sources. I figured I could compare later, but I wanted to start fresh and lose potential baggage.
To figure out my objectives, I asked a simple question -- "what do I want to accomplish?" I figured listing the questions I need to answer with my feeds would be the most effective:
This created my map of what feeds I needed to add. I ended up surprised by how different my deliberate map was than my typical feed reading habbits. I didn't realize this until I had the map above to check against.
Next, I figured out practical time and quantity constraints. I set a bar of 30 feeds and a max of 20 minutes reading time max for reading time. Talk about a true exercise in prioritization, considering I'm used to hundreds of feeds! I decided I want to trade lightweight and effective over exhaustive and a burden. Put it another way, I want to spend more time with the cream of the crop, and less time filtering the wheat from the chaff.
As I hunted and gathered for feeds, I distinguish sources of news from sources of insight. I want both but I prioritize insight. I also looked for bloggers that take the time to distill information for some key areas, so that I don't have to. In some areas, I do my own distillations, in others, I want to leverage the network effect. As I hunted for feeds, I also kept the following guiding questions in mind:
This gave me a good baseline of feeds. It also put me in great shape to bring over some of my favorite feeds I had archived. It was easier to bring over just a handful of the best vs. sort and filter through everything I had.
While this wasn't my first do-over, it was probably my most useful. I feel closer to the sources of information that I'm actually going to use, and less burdened by the noise. I'm going to test more tools and techniques for feed reading, so if you have any tips or techniques to share, I'd like to hear them.
Do you wish to share your blog roll (minus personal/staff ones)
Hi J.D. This was a nice post to come across. I'm working on a similar project. I spend lots of time during the day reading feeds, subscribing to feeds, bookmarking sites and adding notes about them. Usually I'm building up resources for different types of projects. One problem was all of the different apps or websites available to aggregate everything didn't suite allowing me to organize all of this information. I really wanted one space to work with all of these sources easily.
That's how I started SwiftPad. It is going to allow doing searches across all bookmarks, notes, forum watches and RSS feeds. The goal is to orginize and find information quickly on all of the resources you have and continue to gather on the Internet. Helping people prioritorize is another theme I'd like to the app to eventually have.
Brett Romero
Jonathan -
I'll share a subset of my roll and highlight some points:
- Channel9: http://channel9.msdn.com/rss.aspx
- Delicious: http://del.icio.us/rss/
- Digg - New Popular: http://digg.com/rss/index.xml
- Microsoft Watch: http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/ziffdavis/MicrosoftWatch
- Mini-Microsoft: http://minimsft.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
- MSDN: http://blogs.msdn.com/MainFeed.aspx
- O'Reilly Radar: http://radar.oreilly.com/feed
- ProBlogger.Net: http://www.problogger.net
- Reuters - Top News: http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews/
- Technorati: WTF: http://feeds.technorati.com/wtf
- TheServerSide.com: http://www.theserverside.com/
- TheServerSide.Net: http://feeds.feedburner.com/techtarget/tssnet/home
First I browse Technorati's Top 100 Blogs to find blogs I don't know: http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/. This let me very quickly find common themes and circles, and unique value, before picking some gems. I added Delicious, Digg and Techorati's WTF to keep a pulse and cast a wide net on social patterns. TheServerSide is a tech community that hits close to home with patterns and middleware. Reuters is a source for news sites. O'Reilly Radar helps me keep an interesting tech pulse. I'm on a 30 Day Improvement Sprint for blogging, so I added ProBlogger.Net.
The bulk of my feeds are people, either distillers, insight or meaning makers. I'm experimenting building better feeds with tags, pipes, ... etc.
Hope that helps!
Darren asks Which Feed Reader is Best? I was going to just add a comment, but it quickly turned into
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Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information (like their email address) and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). Contact information from the order form is used to send orders to our customers. The customer's contact information is used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. We do not share this information with any other company, organization or website.
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Trail of Benghazi security lapses leads to State Department senior leadership, records show
Posted By steve_watson On June 23, 2013 @ 7:18 am In Featured Stories,Old Infowars Posts Style,Tile | Comments Disabled
Catherine Herridge, Pamela Browne
Fox News
June 23, 2013
The decision to keep U.S. personnel in Benghazi with substandard security was made at the highest levels of the State Department by officials who have so far escaped blame over the Sept. 11 attack, according to a review of recent congressional testimony and internal State Department memos by Fox News.
Nine months before the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others, State Department Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy signed off on an internal memo that green-lighted the Benghazi operation.
The December 2011 memo from Jeffrey Feltman — then-Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) — pledged "to rapidly implement a series of corrective security measures." However, no substantial improvements were made, according to congressional testimony to the House oversight committee from Regional Security Officer Eric Nordstrom.
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Release Notes
Local Navigation
Known issues
The UiAction class is missing a constructor. (764904)
Impact: Any class that extends UiAction will fail to build with a "cannot find symbol" error on the class.
Workaround: None
The DOMMessageProcessor, XMLHashtableMessageProcessor, RSSMessageProcessor, and GUNZIPMessageProcessor classes are unable to process ByteMessage. (751220)
Impact: A ClassCastException is thrown when you invoke parse() using any of the mentioned message processor classes.
Workaround: Use StreamMessage instead of ByteMessage.
The TouchGesture.getSwipeDirection() method returns 0 when the gesture is not a swipe. However, the API reference says that the method returns -1 when the gesture is not a swipe. (736556)
Impact: This could create confusion in applications.
Workaround: Use the value 0 to check that a gesture is not a swipe.
A BrowserField with its navigation mode set to NAVIGATION_MODE_POINTER does not release focus to other UI components on the screen. (735608)
Impact: You cannot use any other UI components on the screen if focus has been given to the BrowserField. (732844)
Workaround: Use the BrowserField with the navigation mode set to NAVIGATION_MODE_DEFAULT or NAVIGATION_MODE_NODE.
If you try to load web content in a BrowserField using a ButtonField, an IllegalStateException with the message "tried to remove FieldWithFocus" is thrown.
Impact: You cannot load web content in a BrowserField using a ButtonField.
Workaround: None
If you send a message by using BlockingSenderDestination.sendReceiveAsFuture(), invoking MessageFuture.get() after receiving or cancelling the message blocks the thread. (720034)
Impact: Thread can be blocked indefinitely.
Workaround: Exit the application.
The deprecated class AddressBookFieldFactory recommends using a non-existing alternative API. (716481)
Impact: It is not clear what API to use in place of this API.
Workaround: Use LinkedContactUtilities.registerMenuItems() instead.
If you highlight a class and press Ctrl+F1 to open its page in the API reference, an extra backslash is appended to the source directory. (759667)
Impact: An error page is displayed.
Workaround: Browse to the correct page manually in the API Reference.
If you use the updatejad tool to update duplicate .jad files, the updatejad tool does not display a warning message and incorrectly updates the .jad file. (720102)
Impact: If you use the same .jad file as the first and second .jad file arguments to the updatejad tool, the updatejad tool makes incorrect updates to the .jad file.
Workaround: Use different .jad files as the first and second .jad file arguments to the updatejad tool.
When you attach the debugger to a BlackBerry device, a message appears with a list of missing debug files. When you try to debug an application, the class types for local instances of BlackBerry API classes are listed as "unknown". (528229)
Workaround: Click Cancel in each dialog.
To enable internet connectivity in the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator for use by the browser or any Java application requiring an internet connection, start the MDS Connection service or simulate connecting the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator to a WLAN network.
To start the MDS-CS, click Start > All Programs > Research In Motion > BlackBerry JDE 6.0 > MDS-CS.
To configure the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator to launch MDS-CS on start up, follow these steps:
- In the BlackBerry Integrated Development Environment, click Edit > Preferences.
- Click the Simulator tab.
- In the General tab, select Launch Mobile Data System Connection Service (MDS-CS) with simulator.
To simulate a connection to a WLAN network, follow these steps:
The BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator crashes when attempting to open a new email message. (760983)
Impact: You cannot open newly received email messages in the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator.
Workaround: None
The BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator throws a NullPointerException on your first attempt to make a call. (759414)
Workaround: Click Continue and attempt to make another call.
The BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator throws a NullPointerException is thrown if you try answer an incoming phone call. (752635)
Impact: You cannot receive calls in the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator.
Workaround: None
The BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator for BlackBerry Torch 9800 does not register touchscreen clicks properly on the phone screen if the keyboard is open. (751831)
Impact: You cannot use the Phone application.
Workaround: Use a BlackBerry device or close the keyboard when using the Phone application.
You cannot run two applications that use the Browser engine (for example, the browser and a widget) at the same time on the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator.
Workaround:In the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator, close an application that uses the browser engine before opening another or use a BlackBerry device.
The BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator might crash if you click Debug > Restart while the application you are editing is running. (747344)
Impact: You cannot use the hot swap feature.
Workaround: Close the application before clicking Debug > Restart.
If you make a change to your application that results in a compilation error, the Debug > Restart menu item is disabled in the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator. (506807)
Impact: You cannot use the hot swap feature.
Workaround: Click Debug > Go in the BlackBerry Integrated Development Environment after fixing your code.
The HTTP Push Demo sample application does not receive messages sent by the server component. (760561)
Impact: You cannot receive messages in the client application.
Workaround: Comment out line 198: conn.setRequestProperty("X-RIM-Push-Reliability-Mode","APPLICATION"); in the server component source code.
The Command Framework Demo sample application is missing the Close menu item. (759326)
Impact: You cannot close the application using the menu.
Workaround: Click the Escape key to exit the application.
The Pane Manager Demo sample application throws a NullPointerException when you select a header of type "tab". (759281)
Impact: You cannot open a tab.
Workaround: Click Debug > Go in the BlackBerry Integrated Development Environment or test the application on a BlackBerry device.
In the EyelidField Demo sample application, the EyelidFieldManager draws a touch text focus area when the EyelidField containing a Field disappears. (759238)
Impact: The focus box remains on the screen when the EyelidField disappears.
Workaround: None
The Attachment Demo sample application throws a FileException with the message "File system error (1003)" when you attempt to attach a file without an inserted SD card. (759034)
Impact: You cannot attach a file.
Workaround: Insert an SD card into your device or simulate having an SD Card inserted if you are using the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator.
The BlackBerry Maps Demo sample application does not open the expected map. (752411)
Impact: You may not see the correct map in the sample application.
Workaround: None
The Location Picker Demo sample application cannot open a location saved as a Favorite location on devices with a touch screen. (746084)
Impact: If you have checked the box "Do not stop execution when an exception is caught by "catch( Throwable )"" in the Debugging tab in Edit > Preferences, a NullPointerException is thrown. Otherwise, no location is opened.
Workaround: Use the trackpad to make the selection instead of the touch screen.


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State laws vary on how many feet of visibility one must be able have in order to be required to turn on a motor vehicle's headlights. In general state laws tend to say when visibility is less than 500 feet or 1000 feet. There are however some states that say you only are required to turn on your headlights when visibility is 200 feet or less and a few do not give an exact measurement in feet but just say visibility is restricted.
When visibility is low due to weather conditions such as rain, snow or fog remember to use caution and even if visibility is not so low that the state laws require you to turn on your headlights you can do so if you feel it is your best interests as a safe driver. The safer you are as a driver the less likely you will be in a motor vehicle accident and have to use your car insurance coverages for the damages you cause to yourself or others.
To find out what your state laws are regarding when headlights must be turned on you should contact your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) they should be able to tell you or their site online may have the driver's handbook which should give this information.
Many states have the same information as far as when headlights should be used. For example the California Department of Motor Vehicles notes that motorists should turn their headlights on when darkness makes it harder to see. They go on to say you should turn on your headlights from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise or if snow, rain, fog, or other hazardous weather condition requires the continuous use of windshield wipers, or when visibility is not sufficient to clearly see a person or a vehicle for a distance of 1,000 feet.
New York motor vehicle laws as well require that you to use your headlights from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, when visibility is less than 1,000 feet (300 m) and whenever you are using your windshield wipers to clear rain, snow, sleet, etc. The NY DMV advises that you turn your headlights on at dawn and dusk and in fog, too.
Texas laws are the same in that you must use your headlights beginning one-half hour after sunset and ending one-half hour before sunrise, or any other time when persons or vehicles cannot be seen clearly for at least 1,000 feet.
Georgia law (Georgia Statute 20-129) is a bit different in that is says that lighted headlamps and rear lamps must be used during the period from sunset to sunrise, when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person on the highway at a distance of 400 feet ahead, or at any other time when windshield wipers are in use as a result of smoke, fog, rain, sleet, or snow, or when inclement weather or environmental factors severely reduce the ability to clearly discern persons and vehicles on the street and highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead.
Arizona law requires you to use headlights from sunset to sunrise. Additionally, headlights must be used anytime you cannot see at least 500 ft. ahead. AZ laws require that headlights should be used when it is cloudy, raining, snowing, foggy or when windows may be icy since these conditions may make it difficult to see other cars.
Arizona gives more information on headlight use by going on to say that headlights should be used during the daytime when driving on mountain roads, country roads, through canyons or tunnels, or any other time you have difficulty seeing. Arizona is prone to dust storms, common on hot summer afternoons when thunderhead clouds appear overhead, and for this say if your vision is cut to less than 300 feet (which is the length of a football field), pull off the roadway.
There are a few states that say you do not have to turn on your headlights until there is 200 feet or less of visibility. South Dakota like many states says that headlights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset and may be turned off one-half hour before sunrise. They differ in that headlights are required when conditions restrict visibility to 200 feet or less.
Tennessee law is again the same as many states because they require that a motorist turn on their headlights one-half hour after sunset and on-half hour before sunrise. TN law further requires that headlights be on during periods of fog, smoke, or rain and at all other times when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person on the road at a distance of two hundred (200) feet ahead of the vehicle
Pretty much all states warn drivers not use parking lights or daytime running lights as a substitute for headlights since they are not intended for that purpose and headlights do a much better job. Keep in mind that even when headlights do not help you see in low light periods, they make it much easier for other drivers and pedestrians to see your vehicle. If you are driving without your headlights on during a period of low visibility because you are unsure if headlights are needed and an approaching driver flashes their headlights at you then it probably means your vehicle was hard to see, and you should turn on your headlights.
As you see on the news at night bad weather pared low visibility can cause some of the worst accidents, major multiple car pile ups in fact. When it is hard to see beyond 200, 400, 500 or 1000 feet in front of you or conditions like fog, rain or snow cause low visibility; use your headlights. Basically when it is hard to see out use common sense - turn on your headlights and use caution. You do not want to end up in a single car, two car or multiple car accident, either as the cause or just as an unfortunate victim.
It is especially bad to get in a multiple car pile-up in regards to your auto insurance. Car insurance claims can get complicated if you are either the at-fault person and now will have several claims against your Liability coverages or if you need to make a claim against an at-fault driver when there are multiple other drivers that will also need to do so. It may be that each person will be responsible for their own damages if the at-fault car cannot be determined due to the confusion surrounding the accident scene where there is damage done to several vehicles.
Not using your headlights when there is low visibility can also cause you to miss a curve in the road and have a single car accident with a tree so it is best that you have collision coverage. If you are unable to see well without your headlights then normally this is the first sign you need to turn them on. But to find out for certain your state's laws about headlight use contact your DMV.


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Brother Rice football stays perfect, rolls past U of D 41-14 in Division 2 regional final
By Mike Moore
November 16, 2013
BERKLEY — The champs keep rolling.
On offense, on defense, and everywhere between, the Birmingham Brother Rice football team is like a locomotive steaming downhill right now.
Good luck to anyone wanting to get in the way.
The Warriors kept their record perfect Saturday afternoon and once again extended the career of coach Al Fracassa at least one more week, scoring 31 first-half points and cruising past the University of Detroit Jesuit 41-14 in a Division 2 regional final.
"When you play a team twice, you have to worry about that second game, especially when you win the first one," Fracassa said. Rice beat U of D 38-0 earlier this year. "We were just hoping things would go well. And they sure did."
With the defense forcing the Cubs into a number of three-and-outs, the Rice offense went to work.
After forcing a punt, Rice took its opening possession and capped it with a 3-yard run from Brian Walker.
Another punt gave way to another score, this time a 45-yard pass from Alex Malzone to Corey Lacanaria.
Malzone tossed two more touchdown passes in the second quarter, one to Patrick Sparks and one to Grant Perry, and Jason Alessi nailed a 30-yard field goal for a 31-0 advantage at the half.
"It was good to get up the way we did," Fracassa said. "We were able to get a lot of kids in, and in the playoffs, you usually don't get a chance to do that."
Alessi hit a 43-yard field goal in the fourth, and Walker capped the scoring with a 56-yard run late in the game to seal the convincing win.
The offense stole the show, but the defense was just as dominant, picking up six sacks, two interceptions and a fumble.
"Our defense did a real good job," Fracassa said simply. "They had the late touchdowns at the end, but that's all right. … You never know why you can play so well against a good team. We knew we'd be in for a battle, so our guys were ready for the challenge."
Rice (12-0) is set to face Detroit Martin Luther King (10-1) Saturday at 1 p.m. at Wayne State University in a D-2 semifinal. A location has yet to be announced.
The teams met in the 2011 semifinal, which Rice won 27-26.
King's only loss this year was to Detroit Cass Tech, which is 12-0 and looking for its third staright title in D-1.
"We've played some good teams all season long," Fracassa said. "We're used to playing good teams, and that's the advantage we have. If we can maintain momentum, keep the offense going and let the defense do it's thing, we'll have a good chance."
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Birmingham Groves
In a showdown of unbeaten OAA Blue squads, Birmingham Groves dominated Berkley High 47-14 Oct. 9 at home to take sole possession of first place. The Falcons have locked up at least a share of the title, their first since 2011, and are 8-0 overall.