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A historic auditorium at Michigan State University has been transformed and is getting a grand opening under a new name.
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Not me but I sure need my race fix so how about some of you guys post reports this weekend. Good luck racers!
Not sure I will be "racing," but I am going to run this:
Rochester, Minnesota, is the home of the Mayo Clinic. As my uncle pointed out, there should be top-notch medical support! Weather is looking much better for this one than in Fargo last weekend.
14,000+ miles and still running rebounding from knee surgery!
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Country Roads Marathon in Goddard Kansas. Forecast for 86 degrees and high winds. Should be fun!
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George - Good luck!
Honkygrass - Your definition of fun and mine are VERY different.
WCRunner. Good luck! Can't wait for the RR.
Surprisingly, there are NO Memorial Day runs or races on the island of Oahu. With all the military presence here, I am saddened that there is not a SINGLE road race being held this entire weekend, besides a big (and expensive) Half Marathon in Honolulu. There are 4 different 5k's scheduled for the 4th of July on Oahu. That's life, I guess.
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The film I was editing in Austin got moved out to Hollywood. The reasons surrounding it would take me 5 hours to talk about, and will occupy a very juicy chapter of my autobiography when I've conquered the industry. Its a soap opera, in short. Entertaining and pathetic.
So here I am, for about 6 months. They are paying me real money but I miss my friends. Welcome to Hollywood.
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My library is full of these chairs.
Before I started researching furniture, I had no idea that these were examples of the Eames chair, a modern style of chair with a certain cachet. Of course, our chairs are badly scratched up, and I have never found them all that comfortable. You can't sit on the edge of them. It defies physics. You have to slide all the way into their contours.
Anyway, now I know that, along with Saarinen tulip tables
and Panton S chairs,these Eames chairs are iconic examples of modern furniture. And I'm starting to understand that the other teen furniture I so recently naysayed, like the mutant hand chair, are also examples of modern furniture, so clearly that's an aesthetic associated with young people.
So I thought I was making progress in choosing furniture for the teen area, because I had some of the vocab of furniture styles down, and then I got completely distracted because do you have any idea how many furniture sites for little hipster kids exist on the world wide web? Look at this!
I want to hate, but I find the micro-modern furniture adorable. Thank goodness my brother doesn't read my blog. He would definitely give me a speech about this. (But it's not for me. It's for the children!)
Anyway, I am redesigning the teen area, not the children's area. But if anyone out there is doing a DIY redesign of their kids area and doesn't want to spend lots of money on the boring furniture in library supply catalogs, I suggest window shopping at Spacify kids furniture, Plushpod, Offi, Kids Modern, and Modern Seed. And then eyeballing the knockoffs at Target.
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MSG and Pituitary Tumors
MSG has been shown to overstimulate and damage neurons (nerve cells) in the hypothalamus region of the brain. This part of the brain directs the action of the pituitary gland, which is called the "master" gland because it in turn directs the action of the other glands in the body - controlling metabolism, sexual development, and many other life processes. 25% of adults will develop a pituitary adenoma in their lifetime. It is not officially known what causes them. It does not appear to be genetically linked at this time.
Almost half of all pituitary adenomas are prolactin secreting. These prolactinomas can get so large that they affect vision by crowding the optic nerve. In women, they are detected early because they interfere with menses. Prolactin is the hormone associated with lactation in women who are nursing. It stops ovulation. Women with these tumors often can not become pregnant because the body already thinks it is.
In persons with a prolactin secereting tumor, lactation can take place even if:
Men who develop these tumors can develop breasts which secrete milk. For men this disease is often devastating and can become life threatening, since in men, there is often no warning until the tumor has become large enough to possibly affect vision, cause excruciating headaches, and threaten other vital functions of the pituitary.
Pituitary tumors are often "benign" - not cancerous. Because of this, they are not tracked in registries that keep track of tumors. The government is only concerned if a tumor is cancerous. Aspartame, which was found to produce pituitary tumors in laboratory animals was approved for use. There is no one actually tracking pituitary tumors in individuals who heavily use aspartame or MSG.
The cost of treating this illness is staggering. The medication of choice - there are only two - is cabergoline which is a dopamine agonist sold under the name Dostinex. It costs $30 per TABLET. Even if patients undergo surgery, they usually must be on this medication for life. This medication is the exact same one approved for use in Parkinson's patients who have decreased levels of dopamine in the brain.
Gamma Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) is created in the body from MSG. It prompts the pituitary to release growth hormone. However, excesses of hormone can actually shut down certain hormone regulated processes. Too much hormone is like a trouble signal that shuts things off. In animal studies, MSG was shown to result in stunted growth.
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Breaking news out of Brevard tonight.
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Brevard High Names Jason Lippard as New Head Football Coach
At its regular meeting on January 22, 2013 the Transylvania County Board of Education approved the employment recommendation of Jason Lippard as the new Head Football Coach for Brevard High School effective February 25, 2013. Mr. Lippard is the current Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at North Stokes High School. Prior to his current position, he served as an assistant coach at both South Iredell High School and Statesville High School. He and his family are expected to relocate to the community soon in anticipation of his start date in February.
Numerous applications were submitted in response to the school district's vacancy announcement and a team of stakeholders including members of the school staff and the community participated in the interview process. The interview process showed the team members that Mr. Lippard possessed the skills, the passion, and the vision necessary to lead our football program forward. "Mr. Lippard's experiences as the head coach at North Stokes as well as his time as an assistant at South Iredell and Statesville combine to show that he knows what it takes to build a successful, positive, and competitive football program," said Brevard High Principal Jeremy Gibbs. Gibbs continued, "we are excited about having him on board for next season not only because of his ambitious goals for the team and for recruiting players but also his desire to engage the entire community and to rekindle our Blue Devil Pride." Brevard Athletic Director John Hart added, "we are very excited to have Jason Lippard as our new head football coach. His excitement and passion for the game of football is clearly evident and we are looking forward to Coach Lippard bringing that here to Brevard High School and the Brevard High football program. "
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. - In more than 15 years as a chief executive officer Vinita Gupta, 53, has had to make some interesting decisions - none perhaps more interesting than her decision to privatize her company in 1999. While the standard entrepreneurial push might be toward an IPO, Gupta viewed privatization as the move that could save her company. She founded Digital Link Corp. - now Quick Eagle Networks Inc. - in 1985. The company quickly became a significant player in the data telecommunications industry. She took the company public in 1994 and it continued to grow with employee numbers peaking around 250 and its valuation surging toward $300 million. Things were going so well that Gupta, who served as the company chairman since its inception, stepped down from her role as president and CEO in 1997 and only remained as chairman. Gupta spent a year-and-a-half outside of the company, but then decided to step back in. The problem as she saw it was the company had hit a wall. "We had to change strategy," she said. "Revenues were not going to go up every quarter." Digital Link's claim to fame was its digital interface products for data communications. While giants like Cisco Systems Inc. built routers that handled the flow of data in telecommunications, Digital Link developed equipment around the routers as part of the process that linked the data between networks. An early company in this area, Digital Link got a jump on the competition, but Gupta saw others moving in - particularly the big companies who could put out routing and digital interface products. "We understood that area and were totally focused on it," she said. "But when people began to do this, I thought: We have to move into routing." Aware of the troubles that such a shift might encounter with Digital Link as public company, Gupta opted to buy out management and make it a private company to pursue her vision. It helped that she still owned 50 percent of the company. Digital Link was official privatized in November 1999 and the name was changed to Quick Eagle Networks. The move hurt the company at first, as Gupta expected, but she stuck to her guns as a "long-term thinker" and wasn't discouraged. "We took a hit and revenues went down," she said. "But we kept some of our big customers - MCI, Sprint and British Telecom." "(Privatizing) was a very good decision. It was not a flawless decision," she added. The one thing the company gained was momentum in the industry for an integrated routing and digital interfacing product, according to Gupta. Now Quick Eagle touts a single box that can handle the transfer of large volumes of data - it incorporates routers, DSL bridges, relays and other telecom devices. Companies use Quick Eagle's hardware and software products to connect local area networks to wide area networks. Still at about 250 employees in 1999 when Gupta privatized the company, Quick Eagle currently has about 70. Its customer base remains strong and includes AT&T Wireless, Bell Canada, France Telecom, Korea Telecom Corp. and Verizon. Even though moving into routing meant taking on the Ciscos of the world, Gupta stands by her decision. "We have a big opportunity," she said. "We have to find a foothold where we can differentiate ourselves." Emphasizing on the "one box that does everything" is the way to go for Quick Eagle, according to Gupta. Product price is also a deciding factor. "We are 30 percent cheaper than Cisco all the time," Gupta said. "Most of the time our product is 60 to 70 percent cheaper, depending on the configuration." Gupta's tech philosophy actually plays right into Quick Eagle's all-in-one box. "I believe in the simplicity of products," she said. "Sometimes we get too tangled in technology." She firmly believes in following the market and giving it what it needs - as witnessed by Quick Eagles switching into the routing sector. Her last point of business philosophy is to establish quality management and keep strong communication open between management and the rest of the business. "This is what I think makes or breaks a company," she said. These facets of Gupta's business philosophy are exactly what long-time Quick Eagle board member Richard Alberding points to as her strengths. According to Alberding, Gupta is "naturally a quiet women," who returned to her position as CEO of Quick Eagle with an emphasis on strong communication and increased self-confidence. "If you don't have self-confidence in that lone job as CEO, you are in trouble," said Alberding. He joined Quick Eagle's board in 1994. He retired from Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1991 as executive vice president after 33 years with the company. Alberding credits Gupta for making Quick Eagle a market-driven company as opposed to a technology-driven company. He praised her for suggesting to the board that they privatize the company. 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Hi All,
You will find in this post some news about recent SharpDX development and future direction.
First of all, it is really great to see that the forum has been growing for the past few weeks, with more than 120 users and 420 messages! I hope that it will push enough to help you jump onto the Managed-DirectX bandwagon and more users will be able to help each other. Also, my apologize if I can't always respond in detail to all questions, as I can't afford in my spare time to make a deep diagnostic about each situation in the forum. I can only give some directions to help solve the problem and I request as much as possible your deep involvement to solve your issue: in other words, I don't have the time to debug your application for you but if you are looking for a "gold" support – .i.e. paid-, you can contact me directly (For this kind of support, It means that I stop any SharpDX developments to solve your issue).
Secondly, if you have followed recent commits and twitter news, you are probably aware about:
But the most important work is currently focused to deliver a new API called SharpDX.Toolkit.Graphics. This is the first higher lever API in SharpDX that is going to provide a simple and powerful abstraction layer over Direct3D11, DXGI and WIC. I will cover in more details all the benefits of using this API in the future, but the main goals of this project are:
Of course, this whole new Toolkit won't be done in one week but will hopefully be completed by the end of the year (it is already quite usable for lots of tasks, like all resource creations).
Let me know what you think about all of this and if you have any suggestions feel free to leave a message on this post on the forum.
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Is this currently a supported feature? Seems like it was in Sublime Text 1 but I can't find it in 2.


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Cigars: Behind the smoke screen
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By Johnny Rigg
Cigars have long been symbols of power, wealth and success.
And thanks to several regulation loopholes, they may seem an attractive alternative to cigarettes. Yet they contain many harmful, cancer-causing ingredients.
While rising prices and widespread awareness of health risks have led cigarettes into a decline, "luxurious" fermented cigar products have become a profitable product currently unregulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
In 2009, an estimated 13.3 million people, more than 5% of the U.S. population over 12 years old, smoked cigars, while cigarette use has declined from 21.1 billion packs sold in 2000 to 17.4 billion in 2007, according to the American Heart Association.
This increased popularity is likely tied to the lower rate at which cigars are taxed, making them less expensive to smoke.
The federal tax on "cigarette alternatives," such as cigarillos and little cigars, is just a tenth that of cigarettes, allowing even cash-strapped young adults to smoke more cheaply, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.
"Cigars and cigarillos have become an emerging issue in tobacco control in recent years, in part because of their appeal to young people through lower prices and sweet flavors," a 2011 study by the American Journal of Public Health reports.
Though cigar users may believe cigarette alternatives such as smokeless tobacco or filtered cigars are less harmful, each is associated with health risks, including higher risks of developing cancers of the mouth, lung, esophagus and larynx.
The anatomy of a cigar
According to the National Cancer Institute, "cigars contain the same toxic and carcinogenic compounds found in cigarettes and are not a safe alternative."
There are various cigar types and sizes that appeal to a wide array of users, but all cigars share certain characteristics.
Cigar smoke contains as many as 4,000 chemical compounds, more than 40 of which are identified as cancer-causing agents.
Large cigars, which make up nearly 50% of the current market, contain at least one-half ounce of fermented tobacco, the same amount found in an entire pack of cigarettes. They contain more tar and about 400 milligrams of nicotine — nearly 40 times the amount in a cigarette.
Cigars are commonly sold individually and don't contain a Surgeon General's warning, instead displaying only the custom label of the producer. Their ingredients are not disclosed to health authorities, and cigar producers remain unaffected by FDA regulations. While the FDA considers extending a 2009 law allowing the agency to oversee tobacco product sales to include cigars, a new bill is moving through Congress attempting to keep cigars from being regulated by the government.
'I don't inhale'
While inhaling cigarette smoke is linked with the development of lung cancers, carcinogens in cigars may be absorbed into the bloodstream through the lining of the mouth and throat, causing exposure to tissues throughout the body.
Moments after ignition, cigars fill the smoker's mouth and throat with a brown coating containing various cancer-causing compounds. Though the smoke released by cigars is harsh and unlikely to be inhaled, its release can still burn or corrode organic tissue.
The thick smoke breaks down cells, forcing the body to repair itself. And repeated exposure to these chemicals and carcinogens may overwhelm the body's defenses.
"Cigars are designed to be absorbed through the mucosa in the mouth, while cigarettes obviously enter the lungs," says Joel Dunnington, M.D., professor in the Department of Radiology and longtime anti-tobacco activist. "You're still at higher risk for developing cancer, at least three or four times higher, than nonsmokers."
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In 2001, the Federal Trade Commission mandated that cigar packaging and advertisements include a Surgeon General's warning. But since most cigars are sold individually, they don't display any of the required warning labels.
Cigar manufacturers have also significantly increased their marketing efforts, focusing on celebrity endorsements, cigar magazines and publications and product placements in film and television. Though not as obvious as tobacco campaigns of the past, companies use "stealth advertising" to display their products in a positive light.
"When I was a kid, 50% of ads on TV were for cigarettes," Dunnington says. "After their ads were cut from TV, tobacco companies moved to sports, adding images and broadcasting them around the world. And they began advertising in magazines."
Cigarette companies were banned from advertising on television and radio in 1971 after overwhelming evidence that their products are harmful to health.
Not coincidentally, various advertising agencies began airing campaigns for little cigars the same year.
"Some cigars are made to look and smoke like cigarettes. They're taxed at a lower rate and are about three dollars cheaper than, say, a pack of Marlboros®. This is a way for kids to smoke more cheaply," Dunnington says.
Enticing the public to buy a dangerous product by relying on celebrity endorsements and sidestepping regulations greatly concerns Dunnington.
"I would like to see all marketing of tobacco products stop," he says.
Only then, he says, will the association of cigars with glamour and success begin to be replaced with an accurate view of the dangers and health risks they pose.
Hard to believe, but true: doctors used to hawk cigarettes. A vintage advertisement for Camels.
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GOJUS - RESTAURANT. Licensed Lithuanian cafe/ restaurant. Open 7 days a week 9am to 11 pm at 41 St Augustine's Street, Norwich NR3 3BY.Tel. 01603 666452.
GREGGS. Bakers and cafe. 4-5 Anglia Square, NorwichNR3 1DY. Tel. 01603 621943
LINCOLN's FAMILY FISHMONGERS. Fresh & smoked fish and shellfish sold by Alison Lincoln of the Lincoln's Family Fishmongers at M&M Fishmongers, 27 St Augustine's Street, Norwich. Open:Tues & Thur: 9.30-4.00 & 5.00-7.00Wed & Fri: 9.30-4.30Sat: 9.30-2.00Sun: 10.00 - 2.00Closed Mondays.Tel. 01603 662050Find on Facebook: Lincoln's Family Fishmongers
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Soccer is enduringly popular in many poor countries. Unfortunately, soccer balls are less enduring. One World Futbol Project, a for-profit based in Berkeley, California, is bringing a measure of joy to children in refugee camps, impoverished villages, and other places where balls expire quickly on harsh, rocky terrain. The company's virtually indestructible balls were designed by Timothy Jahnigen, whose protean portfolio includes inventing an infrared warming system for hospitals and producing concerts for Sting. Mal Warwick, a One Futball co-founder, described the venture to Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan:
It was about six years ago when Timothy, who is an inventor and musician in Berkeley, California was watching a documentary on CNN about refugees from Darfur. There was some footage of children playing with a ball they had made themselves out of trash and twine. They were kicking it around on this rocky surface, which is typical of refugee camps. Timothy had traveled extensively around the world--even worked on a cruise ship for a number of years. So he was familiar with the terrain in poor communities and the problems facing poor people generally. He also knew about soccer and that soccer balls in rough terrain don't last very long. He said we've got to be able to solve that problem for those kids.
So he stayed up two or three nights in a row, madly doing sketches and calculating how to use different materials to make a new kind of ball. He settled on something called pop foam, which is a cross-linked, closed-cell foam. It's very similar to the material in Crocs shoes, which supposedly last a lifetime. And he came up with a solution: a soccer ball that would never go flat, that would never need a pump or needle, that even if you punctured it you could go on playing.
The problem was he didn't have any money. He and his wife had just invested in another company that was selling one of his inventions. So the idea languished for two years until one day he had breakfast with Sting. Tim is one of the managers for Sting's Concert for the Rainforest every two years at Carnegie Hall. Tim started describing his idea for the soccer ball to Sting, and Sting's eyes lit up. He said, "You do it. I'll pay for it." He put up the money immediately for the R&D. After 11 months, after spending probably $30,000, Tim had a viable prototype.
Sting got another friend to come up with money to produce the first 10,000 balls to be field-tested. They were sent to a child-soldier rehabilitation camp in Rwanda and to rural areas in South Africa, Haiti, and Iraq. The balls performed marvelously. So by the end of 2009 the concept was solid and the manufacturing arrangements had been made. Tim and his wife, Lisa, reasoned that it would be impossible to raise enough money from philanthropists to finance millions and millions of balls around the world. They decided to launch a for-profit company that would put mission first and money second.
My primary business in the past was a fundraising consultancy for nonprofits. Lisa and I had done business through that earlier. She called me, and I was immediately intrigued. We brought in a fourth partner and launched the company on July 7, 2010. We began to spread the word among the sport-for-peace-and-development community, which is a term widely used in the United Nations network. NGOs and UN agencies use sports, especially soccer, as a teaching tool to introduce subjects like HIV/AIDS prevention, conflict resolution, and gender equity to children.
General Motors approached us and worked out a sponsorship deal, which we announced at the end of May. They are paying us to manufacture and distribute one and a half million soccer balls in both adult and child sizes to disadvantaged children around the world. The production line began operating in October at the rate of one container per week--that's over 5,000 balls. We're now operating at peak capacity of 11,000 balls per week. They are being shipped out as soon as they come off the line to Liberia, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Zanzibar, Vietnam, you name it. We are well on the way to meeting our goal of a minimum one million balls in our first three years.
The business model includes a number of different revenue streams. We sell the ball at retail online with a buy-one, donate-one model. The price online is $39.50 plus shipping. So it's a little pricey, but given the long term ROI it's a tremendous deal. We've sold thousands of balls that way. We are also experimenting with in-store retail sales. We have one store--ABC Carpet and Home, here in Manhattan--that is selling the ball. They sold it last Christmas and did fairly well and are hoping to do even better this year. We sell the balls at discount to nonprofit organizations and to companies that are going to donate them. Unicef has been a big customer. We have a number of other NGOs around the world buying the balls. And individual philanthropists will pay for a number of balls to be given away. We are also in talks with a couple of other big companies about possible sponsorship deals.
In July, at the end of the World Cup, we gave two balls to the biggest lion in the Johannesburg Zoo. Those balls are still in use there. The keeper told one of my colleagues that previously they had had to supply Triton, the lion, with six balls per hour because he tore them to shreds. On YouTube we have film of Triton trying to destroy the ball and finding out he couldn't. Now he's like a kitten with it.
Our objective is to bring the spirit of play to children for whom it is often denied.


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For training session dates and times, contact CALIS.
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CALIS trains undergraduate volunteers each year to introduce competing ethical perspectives and lead ethics case study discussions in neighborhood high schools.
TEP teams are primarily recruited from philosophy classes and supported by USC professors offering credit options as part of their courses.
To participate, USC undergraduates must participate in a 2-hr training session. The "TEP core" provides the basic frame and tools applied to ethical dilemmas:
Please contact CALIS if you are...
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In USC College's new Teaching Ethics Program, undergraduates instruct high school students, using controversial case studies as discussion points.College News—December 13, 2010


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| Spring 2007
Make Safety a Universal Language
By Joey Lucia • Loss Prevention Supervisor
Article highlights:
- Non-English speaking Hispanic workers present unique safety challenges.
- By focusing on safety, employers can make their workplaces more productive.
Picture this: It's your first day on the job with a construction crew. Your boss asks you to lay a foundation for one of those fancy office buildings. High above, another worker is walking along a scaffold. He accidentally kicks a hammer off the scaffold, and you are directly below it.
Common Safety Terms
|Clean up spills
|Limpiar derramamientos
|Emergency exit
|Salída de emergencia
|Report accidents
|Reportar accídentes
|Report hazards
|Reportar pelígro
|No smoking
|No fumar
|Wear seat belts
|Usar sinturon de seguridad
|Wet floor
|Piso mojado
Fortunately, your company has a total safety culture. In a total safety culture, employees look out for each other. Everyone is accountable for not only their own safety but also their co-workers' safety.
With that in mind, someone yells, "¡Cuidado, el martillo se puede cáer sobre ti!" Your co-worker warned you to get out of the way.
If you didn't speak Spanish, you might have been involved in a serious accident.
Hispanics represent about 33 percent of the Texas labor force. They face the same workplace hazards as their non-Hispanic co-workers, but they may be more likely to have an accident. In 2005, Hispanics accounted for 40 percent of workplace fatalities, a 33 percent increase over 2004, according to the Texas Department of Insurance.
Here are tips for keeping non-English speaking Hispanic workers safe. Follow the ones that fit your business, and you can help make your workplace safer and more productive.
Challenge: language
You know that fizzy, sweet drink that Texans call a Coke, regardless of what brand we're talking about? It's also called pop and soda in other parts of the country. Language can be a barrier to communication, even among people who speak the same language. Imagine how hard it is for Hispanic workers who speak little or no English.
- Use more pictures and fewer words to point out hazards and teach safety procedures.
- Most communication is nonverbal. Watch workers' eyes, body language and expressions to see whether they understand instructions.
- Train supervisors in basic, conversational Spanish. Send non-English speaking Hispanic workers to a conversational English class. Focus on commonly used words in your industry.
- Hire Spanish-speaking supervisors who have experience in your industry.
- Ask bilingual employees to translate safety messages.
- If you have training requirements, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires you to provide them in a language workers can understand. Hire a translation company to put safety training material into Spanish. Make sure the translator is fluent in the Spanish dialects your employees speak.
Challenge: literacy
Many Hispanic workers do not have the luxury of pursuing their education because they have to help support their family. Over 40 percent of Americans of Hispanic or Latino descent do not have a high school diploma, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. By comparison, about 16 percent of the total U.S. population does not have a high school diploma.
- Keep training basic.
- Provide simple, hands-on safety demonstrations.
- Do not let employees start work until they show that they understand the training.
- Provide follow-up training, and make sure to address new workplace hazards.
Challenge: fear
Have you ever been afraid of asking a question in front of a large group of people? Imagine asking it in a different language. Non-English speaking Hispanic workers may put themselves at risk because they are too embarrassed to ask questions about safety procedures. Some may even fear for their jobs if they report unsafe working conditions.
- Encourage every employee to report unsafe conditions.
- Offer safety training away from the workplace. If the trainer is someone other than a manager, employees may be less intimidated and more likely to ask questions.
- Make sure non-English speaking Hispanic workers have peers they feel comfortable talking to.
- Deliver the safety message to employees in their environment. For example, distribute Spanish safety training material at community functions.
- Reward safe behavior in front of co-workers.
- Take time to learn about your Hispanic workers and their culture.
The safety resource center offers DVDs, videos, pamphlets and other safety training material. The resources are free, and many are available in Spanish. Our Spanish-speaking information specialists at (800) 859-5995 can update workers on their benefit check status, help them find a doctor and explain their workers' comp benefits. For more information on keeping Spanish-speaking workers safe on the job, visit www.osha.gov.
Don't Forget Teen Workers
It won't be long before millions of teens pound the pavement in search of summer jobs. Like non-English speaking Hispanic workers, teens present unique workplace safety challenges. Visit the Safety and Return-to-Work section for tips on keeping teen workers safe this summer.
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APPLICANT #33: Katie Henry/
Katie Henry is a mother of one from Everett, Washington.
Here is Katie's video application:
Here is Katie's current situation:
"What am I up to? You mean when I am not filming my audition video in my closet?
For those of you that have already seen the video, you know the answer is not laundry OR organizing my closets! For those of you that haven't watched yet, pay no attention to that full laundry hamper. Or at least don't judge me for it.
So what am I up to? I'm a mom of a handsome one year old son named Will and I am fortunate enough to get to stay home full time with him.
Being a stay at home mom doesn't mean that I sit around eating bon bons every day (but don't I wish?!). Will is "this close" to walking, so that means I am on a full run most of the time, saving him from the world. . . or it is the other way around?! I also like to get him out of the house for fun activities as often as possible to burn some of that energy off and ensure a good night's rest for all of us.
As we are on a single income, meeting our monthly budget and making sure our money is working for us is very important. Discovering free or low cost ways to have fun as a family has become one of my passions. I also believe that it is incredibly important for parents from all walks of life to rally together and help each other navigate the parenthood journey. I know that I have learned so much from my mom and dad friends (both on-line and in real life) and can't imagine doing this without their wisdom and support.
I love writing about my parenting adventures and communicating with other parents on-line. I have been blogging about infertility and parenting after loss for three years at www.takingthestatisticalbullet.blogspot.com. I have also been a parenting journalist for www.storknet.com for two years. You can also see more pictures of my adorable son, Will, at our family blog at www.williampatrickhenry.blogspot.com."
Here is Katie's blog post:
"My Dearest Baby Will,
On the eve of your first birthday, there is so much that I want to say to you.
Looking back over the course of the past year, it amazes me to see how much you have changed. From that tiny little baby that was first placed in my arms, to the squirming toddler that now barely sits still in them, you have grown into such a little person. And though there have definitely been challenging moments of sleepless nights, first tantrums, and occasions when I feared I was failing you, I have loved every single second of you.
Each stage of your life so far has brought us so much joy. When you were a newborn, and nestled so sweetly in my arms, I thought, "It can't get better than this."
And then it did.
When you were six weeks old and gave me your first smile, I thought, "It can't get better than this."
And then it did.
When you were three months old and started laughing your deep, baby laughs, I thought, "It can't get better than this."
And then it did.
When you were six months old and started eating solids with great zeal and taking two naps a day, I thought, "It can't get better than this."
And then it did.
When you were nine months old and saying Dada and smiling your outrageous toothy grin, I thought, "It can't get better than this."
And then it did.
Now, I cannot imagine that life with you could be any better or any sweeter. You fill each day of my life with your smiles and laughter, each moment of my life with greater meaning than I ever thought possible. I am so proud of the little boy you are becoming. You have the biggest heart, the sweetest little soul, and the kindest spirit. Yet you have determination, know what you want, and aren't afraid to let us know about it!
I know so many things will change. I am wistful to leave behind your babyhood and yet so excited to see you continue to grow into a toddler. There are so many wonderful things in store for us as a family and for you. I really don't think it can get any better than this.
But I know it will.
Happy, Happy Birthday, my Little Monkey. May all your dreams come true.
Love always,
Originally posted at Will's Blog (www.williampatrickhenry.blogspot.com) in honor of his first birthday."
The Verity Mom Team


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text: On Thursday 10 July 2008, Raymond Toy (RT/EUS) wrote: > andre maute wrote: > > For the documentation, especially the orthopoly section, > > Abramowitz & Stegun (A&S) is freely available > > but Gradshteyn & Ryzhik and Merzbacher are not. > > > > Couldn't the documentation be a litlle bit more specific > > at least for the nonfree citations? > > Perhaps implementing the tables of A&S would help here also. > > I don't follow you. What exactly are you suggesting here? One point for a better documentation could also be to have more functionality, e.g. 1. L2-Norm (h_n in A&S), 2. leading coefficient (k_n in A&S) 3. rodriguez coeffcient (a_n in A&S) 4. coefficients in a special linearcombination (d_n, c_m in A&S) these are tabulated on page 775 5. with the assumptions and declarations from my previous post i get ----------------------------------------------------------------- (%i12) jacobi_p(k,a,b,-1) (%o12) pochhammer(a+1,k)*('sum(pochhammer(-k,i)*pochhammer(k+b+a+1,i) *pochhammer(a+1,i)^-1*i!^-1 *1^i,i,0,k)) ------------------------------------------------------------------ there is a really nicer form for this one see page 777 6. the coefficients of the second order ODE are missing (page 781 in A&S) 7. the discrete orthogonal polynomials from A&S are missing > I, for one, would like it if the documentation > gave some definition for each of the orthogonal polynomials. Exactly. E.g. If I want to verify a hand calculation with maxima, but don't know what maxima uses as definitions for the orthogonal polynomial maxima is not really helpful. One could inspect the lisp code for orthopoly but there a hypergeometric identity is used, which I doubt is useful for the average user. I also doubt that the average user is used to lisp. But if you have the above coefficients you could guess what definition maxima uses. > The reference is nice, but, sometimes, I have > neither net access nor book access. There is a single reference to Merzbacher, which refers to the definition of the spherical harmonics. nothing more. A&S can be downloaded for offline access Andre


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The Lux Radio Theatre was one of radio's most popular series, attracting Hollywood's top stars and boasting a lavish budget. It began in 1934 by featuring dramas from Broadway, but there was not enough material to support the show. In an attempt to reverse the slipping ratings, the show was moved to Hollywood in 1936, where there was plenty of material and talent. In fact, filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille often served as the host.
Hear more collections of radio movie dramatizations, or listen to all of the individual programs by themselves!
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"Spies need to be STOPPED~ 4STARS"
the 39 steps a secret organization is trying a get a big secret out of England. A man on the run and a girl are the key to stopping the spies. Robert Montgomery and Ida Lopino are very good and hold the interest. FAST and fun.....4 stars...
I can find a book to love in any genre -- a beautifully written classic, an interesting mystery or sci-fi, a trashy romance. Bring it!
"Refreshingly Different"
STORY - (1937 Radio Show - Alfred Hitchcock) The 39 Steps is a very short, fast-moving story where the main characters are trying to locate a spy who has secrets of national importance. I was disappointed because it lacks Hitchcock's usual eerie flair, but it is still entertaining.
(This is one of eight stories you will receive if you purchase Alfred Hitchcock's Radio Movie Collection. This review is an abbreviated version of the one I wrote for the first book I heard, Shadow of a Doubt).
PERFORMANCE - Great multi-voice performance by professional actors and actresses, with music and sound effects.
OVERALL - Recommended for all listeners, but mainly because of the awesome performance.
"A little cheesy...but a piece of history!"
It is amazing to think that this is 70 years old. The recording is crystal clear. So long as you approach this with a view to the fact that you are stepping back in time and experiencing radio as it was in 1937 you will enjoy it. The dramatisation is excellent but the Lux (Soap) advertisements are laboured by todays standards. I will buy more in this series.
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