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Soundcard digital pathways?, If you skip the DAC are they 'perfect'?
Soundcard digital pathways?, If you skip the DAC are they 'perfect'?
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I was wondering,
If you use a soundcard's digital out and tell it not to equalize/eax/otherprocessing, is the digital quality 'perfect'?
Case in point I have a professional DSP hooked up to my SB audigy's digital out. If I were to upgrade the audigy (not that I have the $$$ but for argument's sake ), would I get any improvement in the sound quality of my mpc audio playback?
Basically I hear some 'stories' from people that say 'yes' to the last question but I find it hard to believe that the digital ".wav" data from winamp would get distorted by the sound card that's hooked up to it. provided of course I don't use the onboard DAC's or some hardware DSP feature like resampling or spatialisation crap, but Im telling my computer to have all EQ's off and just play back the file.
Anyone know the answer here?
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For one I would need the 'platinum' to even get digital out, but also (or the extrememusic with optional breakout module).
No you don't But i definately agree with you that the specs are VERY confusing. Thing is, you get digital-out from the so called "flexi-jack" connector - Buy a mono minijack-phono converter, and you're all set! I'm sure even the cheapest models have the flexi-jack, but they hide it to promote the bigger models i guess. I have the fatality model myself.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P
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I am very excited to introduce Lara Marriot – singer/songwriter and one beautiful mama! Lara will be contributing monthly writing about her beautiful (and sometimes rocky) journey through motherhood. With two young school aged children, Lara has much to say about her busy life balancing family and career as she keeps Christ at the center of it all. Her music will also be featured in our Rest and Renew category. I am so honored and blessed to have Lara part of the growing Not aLone Mom team of contributors… and family! Welcome Lara!!
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Lara Marriott is a singer/songwriter who leads worship alongside her husband, Brian, at theirhome church Centerpointe Presbyterian in Pleasanton, California. Lara and Brian have two elementary school aged children, Hannah and Joshua.
Lara has been in music ministry since the age of 6 as a worship pastor's kid. She represented Canada as their World Vision Youth Ambassador in 96′ traveling and promoting peace and reconciliation with 50 other ambassadors from 50 different countries to such places as Taiwan, Mexico, Washington D.C., New York, California, Washington and Vancouver, Canada. She also traveled to Calcutta, India to be apart of Huldah Buntain's Mission of Mercy Christmas Tree production as their special guest singer.
Lara began writing original music in 2004 and has just released her debut worship album called, "I Will Follow."
She has a heart to encourage and minister to the church, to other women and young moms. Lara loves to crochet anything and sells her original crochet hats in a local gift shop and online. She also enjoys reading Francine River novels, teaching music, traveling, and spending time with her family.
I am excited to join the Not aLone Mom team because we all have a passion to be there for other moms and for each other. I heard one of my mom friends say that it "takes a village" to raising kids. I want to be a part of that village and pay it forward. – Lara


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I am new on here, but attempting to research general WW 2 information on aerodromes, rules, obstruction lighting, incidents and crashes at, etc. Yes, I understand that some official publications and Reports with Air Ministry Archives or Adastral Library Withdrawn stamped in them were sold off. Missing items in Air Ministry files "transferred to Library" seem to have disappeared, unless you are very lucky to find the missing or duplicate pieces in AIR 20.
The TNA, ought to have kept their Library complete, but it seems to have been reduced to make room for the Family History Researchers.
I agree that occasionly the file title does not seem to resemble what it contains. I have been tracing files by their original A.M. Registry number references found in other files and had some success, but this has now stopped, since TNA prevented users from interrogating the catalogue direct from the Google search bar and the original A.M. file numbers cannot always be found from the L/H search box, because you have to put them exactly as written and when the PRO files were entered on the electronic catalogue some bright spark put the original A.M. file reference together with the Air Ministry Historical Branch and you have to know both exactly as written.
The TNA Catalogue download facility by subject is reasonable, where you can print the list of returns off at home, gives A.M. file refs., unless the file has been broken up prior to release. But some WW 2 Committee and Sub-Committee which were in existence at the time, don't seem to have any Committee Minutes or Reports files, as though the Committee did not exist, but some may be in the CAB PREM (P.M.) series and with other papers, making them difficult to find and a long trawl.
I first visited PRO / TNA about a decade ago, but don't go much now and I feel that the Air Ministry files about Aerodromes are poor in number compared with other Aviation subjects and the only reason I can think of, was that there were probably thousands of accidents at aerodromes and the MoD either have them on extended closure or might have tipped some.
My local newpaper stated a few years ago that the Military Record Office archives holds 20 million pieces, 13 million of which are files back to WW 1. According to Hansard, during the indexing process of the Hayes Archives (Military Record Office) before transfer to Swadlincote, they had at that point indexed 11 million files. But they can't find anything you ask for, even under FOI and they make the assumption the file has been destroyed.
According to a PRO brochure written by a PRO Record Manager and once available online the Military Record Office at Hayes was once run by the PRO, which satisfied the 30 year rule. However, the MoD re-took control of the Military Records Office at Hayes in the 1990s and around 2005 transferred it to TNT Archives.
If the Air docs were withdrawn from TNA by the Government Dept, you would probably find that some files might disappear from circulation, as the reviewers who decide if a file can be released appear to be more strict since the 1990s, I had a 1991 released file photocopied and parts had been transferred to part V and when I found part V they were missing. Although after much searching, I have found most of the missing pieces in the 'mirror' files of the other Commands and Air Ministry to whom they were corresponding, with a few pieces in a file in Air 20.


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- 2 cans (15-1/4 ounces each) mixed tropical fruit, drained
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Democrats having second thoughts about Charlotte for convention? Despite public assertions that the DNC is staying, angry reactions by the party's rank-and-file to last Tuesday's vote outlawing gay marriage in NC has Dem officials privately wondering if Charlotte is the best place to launch Barack II, The Sequel. Well, don't go to West Virginia, BO barely beat a convict in the primary there.
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North Carolina is a very important state in Obama's reelection plans, it's one of those states he has to carry to win in November. Accordingly, after the hoopla dies down, the Democrat convention will be held in Charlotte.
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I think San Francisco should be gay friendly enough. Not to mention lots of those OWS folks to support them.
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Over-all, I think the analysts are reading too much meaning into the vote to outlaw gay-marriage and civil unions in NC. Only 14% of voters turned out to vote in the first place. So 86% stayed home. I think what that really mean is that in the minds of most North Carolinians,1) the nomonies have already been selected (Romney v Obama) so what difference does it make to vote in the primary? and 2) In terms of gay-marriage, most here view it as something that has no effect on their daily lives and could careless either way. So they just left it up to those who do care about it (appearantly 14% of the voting population) and let "he who cares most" win. Charlotte is a very liberal city, and they have a large gay population there and it is openly on display there. I don't think the Dems will have much to worry about there. It's the rest of the State that they will have to contend with and that is a mixed bag.
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Hays Woods is a 636-acre area that sits atop the bluffs overlooking Hazelwood and the Monongahela River. This wild area once belonged to the Jones and Laughlin steel company, and because of its rough terrain, it has never been developed. With the end of a legal case this week, one drawn-out attempt to develop the area has come to a close.
In the rush to set up casinos in the Commonwealth, developer Charles Betters proposed building a casino and racetrack on the site's summit. The plan called for removal of the coal bed, and a DEP mining permit was necessary. The DEP denied a permit. The state Environmental Hearing Board upheld the DEP's permit denial. The developer appealed to the Commonwealth Court. On March 8, Betters' attorneys withdrew the appeal and ended the legal case.
The end of this long legal case is a great relief for the members of the Save Hays Woods coalition that includes groups such as PennFuture, Clean Water Action, GASP, Sierra Club, et al. Mr. Betters still owns the property, which lies wholly within the bounds of the City of Pittsburgh. But any effort by anyone to develop the area will be complicated by the fact that Duquesne Light recently purchased from Betters the power line right-of-ways that criss-cross the site.
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A car get gas at an Exxon station in Brownsville, Texas Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013.Gas prices are back on the rise in Brownsville, Texas as they are nation wide. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Brad Doherty)
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The average price in Nevada for regular unleaded gasoline is $3.54 a gallon, an increase of 38 cents January.
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In her latest video blog, Marcela of Rico Mexican Kitchen asks questions about business finance.
Marcela in Fishbowl Two has never started her own business before. Nor has she seen anyone else start a business. And, being one of the first businesses to feature on inafishbowl.com, she has never had the opportunity to learn from the experiences of others.
In this video, Marcela asks how the finances of early stage businesses usually work during the first two years, and how she should be going about raising more finance.
You can find out more about Marcela on the new interactive business website www.inafishbowl.com
Last month we talked about starting a business on very limited resources. This time, I would like to think about the problem of having too much time or money.
Having too many resources can distract you. In contrast, when money is tight, you're focused on just doing what is truly important. In any start up situation, you should only care about discovering two things:
Cracking the above two points and then becoming cashflow positive is the surest route to business success. Failing to focus on this is the surest route to failure, whatever the bank balance. I speak as someone who has not only started their own company, but who has invested in a variety of start ups, some with tremendous success, and one that has been an abject failure.
Two of my investments (actually the ones with the most potential and both of whom have raised millions), are also teetering on the brink of failure. The reason? Too much money, with one having raised more than £10m over several funding rounds. Having too much money encouraged both to try and tackle multiple markets before they had fully established themselves in one. It made them feel that becoming cash positive was an optional extra. After all, they could always raise more capital. And they seem to pay enormous salaries, far above what I pay for higher caliber staff in my own business.
In my opinion the lesson is simple. Focus your efforts on providing what is wanted. Then deliver it at a profit. Don't do anything else. Becoming profitable as fast as possible makes long term success much more likely.
Margin is probably the most crucial figure in any business. Tell me your turnover, your margin and your running costs and within seconds I can tell broadly whether your business is a triumph or a disaster.
In the past, I was obsessed with mark up. It sounds great saying product X is marked up 1,000 per cent and this one 500 per cent, but it doesn't provide the immediate overview that margin does.
Margin is basically your gross profit as a percentage. This means you can quickly work out your gross profit on any amount of sales – which you should do every day.
How do you calculate margin? First work out your gross profit, which is selling price minus costs. Then simply divide this figure by your selling price and you're left with your margin.
I run Karacha.com, an online shop that sells musical instruments. So, as an example, if I sell a violin for £200 that costs me £110 to buy from the manufacturer, my gross profit is £90. If you divide this by my sales price (£200), my margin is 45 per cent.
So what makes this margin number so important? Well let's assume your margin is the same across all products and the business costs £200 to run per day, that includes a wage for yourself, rent, electricity, etc. Secondly, let's assume your business sells £300 on Monday and £650 on Tuesday. This is where the margin comes in.
Whatever your margin figure is, stick a zero and a decimal point in front of it, so for 45 per cent it would be 0.45. Now grab your calculator and hammer in 0.45 x £300 and you should get £135.
This is your profit for the day before daily costs. Previously, I said the business costs £200 a day to run, so unfortunately you have a loss. But do the same for Tuesday 0.45 x 650 = £292.50. On Tuesday you can pay your £200 bills and have £92.50 profit left over.
By knowing what you make on a daily basis you can make the necessary adjustments to ensure you make a good profit every day.
Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity
Too many people are scared off by the calculator – and businesses suffer because of it. As long as you know your margins, you're always just 30 seconds away from a quick and accurate assessment of your business.
You could be selling £10k a day, think you're the absolute dogs you-know-whats, but be making no profit. Every day, multiply that sales figure by your margin and see what you've actually made (don't forget to take away your costs). It's absolutely crazy, the amount of people who do not know their margin and therefore their daily profit, but can quote their turnover for the past 12 months.
Final thoughts. High costs and low margins lead to disaster: high margins and low costs could lead to a lovely yacht in the Caribbean. Good Luck.
Starting up a business is always going to be tough and like many things in life, there's probably never going to be a perfect time to take the leap and launch your idea. For many entrepreneurs, one of the key concerns is acquiring funding to turn your dream into a reality. Doug Richard says that one of the best ways to fund your start up is to seek investment from one of the three Fs – Friends, Family and Fools.
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While it's remained undeveloped for years, that could be changing sooner than later now that the company behind the project, Las Vegas-based Olympia Gaming, is asking for an updated permit for the project.
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Fur the 'More is an annual 3-day anthropomorphic convention for enthusiasts of Anthropomorphics and the community. It is the first of its kind in the Maryland & Virginia Area.
Our annual event is designed to provide education, and socialization within our community. We invite our Guests of Honor from within our community, and we showcase artists from all over the world as well as vendors. Each year we sponsor a 501(c)3 charity and raise donations to help the charity in their community. So far our event has raised $7800 in total charity donations.
Fur the 'More began as an idea between a few friends in the Maryland anthropomorphics community to start a local convention in Baltimore. The idea was originally started while attending the Furstivus Convention in Philadelphia and the question was posed "Why doesn't Baltimore have a convention?"
In March 2012, NorthEast Anthropomorphic Association offered to partner with Fur the 'More to back them as the umbrella 501(c)7 non-profit organization. As a result of negotiations, Fur the 'More became a NorthEast Anthropomorphic Association event, and the primary founder and convention Con-Chair was offered a seat on the Board of Directors as a Trustee.
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Game: Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints
The Pick: New Orleans Saints (+2½)
Season ATS Record: 8-1
Rationale: The New Orleans Saints 2012 campaign was targeted for adversity before the season began. National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell took severe action against the franchise found to be offering bounty payments for knocking opponents out of games with injuries.
A handful of players were suspended, but the most severe blow to the team was losing its popular head coach, Sean Payton, for the year.
The actions reduced one of the NFL powerhouses in recent seasons to the only team in the league this year to lose to the Kansas City Chiefs.
But, it is worth noting that since that third-week loss to the Chiefs, New Orleans has beaten four of five point spreads.
Contrast the New Orleans crash to the Atlanta Falcons flight. Mike Smith's team is the only undefeated squad in football, and come to New Orleans looking for a ninth straight win.
Now add motivation ? and the Saints' prayers are answered.
Dennis Ranahan is founder of Qoxhi Picks (www.picksfootball.com) and cohosts the Peppermill Pro Football Hour with Terry Cox each Thursday from 4-5 p.m. on ESPN Radio 94.5 FM.


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In what wasn't much of a shock, "The Bachelor" Season 12's Matt Grant and Shayne Lamas called off their wedding soon after the show ended, after rumors emerged that Shayne was two-timing the British financier. Has Matt given up on reality TV altogether?
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Al Qaeda diminished, say panelists
Al Qaeda no longer occupies the position of strength it did even a few years ago, said members of a panel that spoke May 1 in Washington, D.C.
"Does it command the same level of fear in this country, is it shaping events in the Middle East as it once did?" asked William McCants, a Middle East specialist at the Center for Naval Analyses. "I don't believe it does, outside of, say, the southern part of Yemen," he added. He spoke at an event put on by the Center for National policy timed to occur around the one year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death during a Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan in 2011.
One of the major contributing factors to its diminishment--greater even than the death of bin Laden, McCants said--is the Arab Spring.
The outcome has been that many very conservative Muslims--known as Salafis--have begun to participate in party politics whereas previously they eschewed participation as corrupt, McCants said. That's significant because that audience of fellow travelers has been the one to which al Qaeda focused resources on justifying it legitimacy, McCants said--and that audience now has "real doubts about staying completely out of politics or using violence to overthrow the government."
Stephen Tankel, an assistant professor at American University said jihadist movements worldwide are undergoing a period of re-localization in their focus and drivers for action. The fact of affiliation with the central core of al Qaeda by groups in Algeria and elsewhere aren't necessarily signs of strength, he said.
The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat became al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb "from a position of weakness," Tankel said. "Joining al Qaeda was a way to try to regenerate," he said.
Somalia-based group al Shabaab may have also sworn affiliation with al Qaeda "after it has perhaps peaked," Tankel said, noting also that the divisions with the group may have varying degrees of fealty to al Qaeda.
Affiliate movements do have ideological overlap and there is connectivity between them and core al Qaeda, he said, but a sensible path for defeating them lies in a regional approach. AQIM, for example, should be treated as just one of many potentially destabilizing forces in the region.
Mary Habeck, an associate professor in Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, took a different line than McCants and Tankel, stating that there is no division between core al Qaeda and affiliates. "This is actually a false dichotomy. The two have to been seen as a part of a single organization--not a movement, not a network, but an organization," she said.
That level of organization has allowed al Qaeda to be resilient in the face of bin Laden's death, Habeck said. It reacts "to attrition simply with more recruiting, and greater ability in fact to show that they are more flexible, more resilient than the United States gives them credit for."
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Amanda Haas, president of the Liberty University chapter of Concerned Women for America (CWA) — the nation's largest conservative women's organization — was awarded the Young Leader Award on March 29 at a politically star-studded gala in Washington, D.C.
Haas, a sophomore Government major, was honored at the Susan B. Anthony List Gala for her exceptional work in pro-life efforts at Liberty.
"It is such an honor; I am now inspired to continue on and do more for the pro-life movement in college, as well as in the years after," Haas said.
As the executive secretary for Liberty's Student Government Association (SGA), Haas helped organize the largest pro-life conference ever held on a college campus. The R.O.S.E. (Reclaiming Other's Sacred Existence) weeklong conference in November 2009 raised awareness among students, the community and the nation about the pro-life movement and provided ongoing opportunities for students to continue to be involved. It featured speakers, political figures and guest Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff "Jane Roe" in the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court case of 1973.
Haas also led a fundraiser on campus to benefit CompassCare, a pregnancy resource center that provides free ultrasounds and Christian counseling to women with unwanted pregnancies. She leads the Concerned Women for America chapter in bi-weekly prayer meetings where women on campus come together to pray for the Pro-Life movement, the nation's leaders and various key issues.
In addition, Haas is a member of the College Republicans and has campaigned for local and national pro-life conservative candidates.
Janet Robey, CWA's state director in Virginia, called Haas' compassion and enthusiasm for the unborn "refreshing."
"On the heels of a discouraging week, the award given to this deserving young lady lifted our spirits," Robey said. "It was a nice reminder that we have an upcoming generation that is serious about pre-born children."
Haas said Liberty's CWA chapter is growing rapidly, with a major focus on building awareness.
"With just over 200 on the Facebook group, my personal vision is to see 1,000 LU students join with at least half of them actively involved so that we can do more locally and nationally to bring biblical principles and conservative values back to America," she said.


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The May 3 referendum on approving Phase 5 of the Major Thoroughfare Program comes from the City Council to voters after the most significant controversy in the program's 20-year history, but approval of the special 10-mill property tax levy remains in Tupelo's long-term best interests.
However, after voters approve this phase, discussion should begin immediately about how the MTP should look beyond Phase 5, which would end in 2016 and largely complete the program's original vision. That discussion should include, at a minimum, consideration of diverting some of the MTP's future resources to specific city neighborhood streets and thoroughfare maintenance.
The City Council and many citizens debated whether the full 10-mill levy should be devoted solely to more street construction, or if it should be divided and revenues applied to city street maintenance and neighborhood renewal, and to a scaled-back thoroughfare plan.
The Daily Journal editorially supported a division of the revenues absent any other plan for badly needed city revitalization, but the council rejected that proposal. The ballot issue on May 3 will include only thoroughfares, nothing else.
Four council-sanctioned task forces, with the support of the Community Development Foundation, proposed a broad renewal initiative separate from the MTP that would not require a tax increase and could be financed with bond issues and revamped rental property permit fees. Those issues are still in process, and they should be brought forward to implementation.
If Phase 5 were defeated at the polls, eliminating the special 10-mill levy when Phase 4 concludes, that millage would not necessarily then be shifted to community renewal plans and policies.
The City Council's earlier actions suggest that opposition to using special millage for the renewal priorities would continue, and MTP's defeat could heighten divisions in the city, which would not be to Tupelo's advantage. No new thoroughfares would be built and some projects would not be completed without the millage.
Tupelo also urgently needs to adopt the CDF-guided renewal plans for a complete reinvigoration of the city – its neighborhoods, middle class and the Tupelo Public Schools. Tupelo must tackle all the issues simultaneously because they are interconnected.
Anticipated projects
If voters approve the successful MTP program on May 3, it will renew for another five years and keep in place the tax that generates about $4 million annually. The money will fund several long-anticipated road projects, including the widening of South Gloster and East Main streets, as well as Eason Boulevard.
The MTP has built projects like the widening of West Main and North Gloster streets, as well as Coley Road and Cliff Gookin Boulevard.
It's also building a new road in northwest Tupelo commonly referred to as the Northern Loop that would connect Coley Road Extended and Barnes Crossing Road, providing access from the west and relieving pressure on U.S. 45 and North Gloster Streets.
Tupelo's quality of life and prosperity depend on far-sighted, comprehensive action to reclaim what's been lost in middle-class flight, to build for future growth in the city and the region (the larger Toyota impact has not been fully felt, but it will begin soon), and to add new strength to the city as a magnet for commercial, industrial, manufacturing and retail investment.
The Daily Journal more than 20 years ago was an advocate for the Major Thoroughfare Program before it had a name because of the success that even then was apparent in the project-specific 1987 Statewide Highway Program. That plan's completed four-lane highways interconnect with most of the city's major thoroughfares.
Both the 1987 program and the MTP in concept had detractors because nothing like them had ever been attempted, but leaders and voters with vision and commitment won out. The same spirit and commitment must be applied to Tupelo's neighborhood, school, housing and residential street issues.
There is no Santa Claus to take care of Tupelo if it is unwilling to meet its own needs. CDF, as for the past 63 years, has laid out the plan that can meet Tupelo's needs, and the thoroughfare program's results are proven.
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BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) -- Brad Keselowski grabbed the lead on a restart with eight laps to go, then pulled away to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday.
Carl Edwards finished second, barely edging out a charging Kyle Busch. Justin Allgaier was fourth, followed by Paul Menard.
It was the fourth Nationwide victory of the season and 10th of his career for Keselowski, who holds a dominant lead in the series points standings.
Knoxville native Trevor Bayne ended the day in 11th place. Bayne is currently in eighth place in the points standings.
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A man returns home to a mystery that could cause him a boatload of trouble. But is he who he says he is? Well produced and acted, but somewhat stretching concept (Stars: John Lithgow)
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"The only staffing change that we made that was not office related is that people who want to become a driver — unless they come to us certified from another district — start off as aides on the buses," Walker explains.
This change has made the department's hiring process much easier, according to Walker.
"It's working out very, very well for us because at the same time that they are learning how to drive the bus they're also riding along, they're seeing what it's like to work with the kids if they've never driven before and they're seeing what our district is like," he says. "Overall, that's been an absolute win-win for us."
Last year, the department proposed another change: to switch the "bus driver" title to "student transporter."
"I don't like the bus driver stereotype of being 'just' a bus driver. Like I tell my staff, you are not just a bus driver, because a bus driver simply drives the bus," Walker explains. "You are required to manage your students while safely operating your vehicle; you are a psychologist, a teacher, a social worker, a babysitter and more."
Walker says his department's student transporters are proud of their new title, which is especially poignant, considering the sharp drop in student discipline reports since Walker started implementing changes.
"We provided them with a number of different training sessions on student management, and because of that, our number of student discipline reports dropped from 1,400 in the 2009-10 school year to 198 this last school year," Walker says.
The department has also seen an improvement in its safety record, with an average of only one accident per 196,000 miles.
Changes increase staff moraleWalker has striven to motivate his staff with a number of new measures, such as quarterly meetings and events put on by the department's new social committee.
Thanks to the committee, the department now holds monthly potlucks, birthday celebrations and an end-ofthe-year festival in which "we recognized all of our drivers and our staff for a number of different things. In total, we ended up passing out 157 awards that night, ranging from certificates to trophies and plaques," Walker says.
Drivers and staff are happy to chip in $10 at the start of the year to get things going. The activities are then subsidized by the profits from candy and bake sales.
"I looked forward to the changes [in the department] and am welcoming them," Susan Garcia, a student transporter, says. "Just coming to work in our new environment makes you feel better. I am very pleased … with the social committee, and all of our staff working as a team."
Bus aide Joanne Fryer adds, "I truly enjoy the direction that this department is going in."
Walker says the new quarterly meetings, which occur in three sessions since the department does not yet have a big enough space to hold them, have been a great addition.
"It's not a complaining session by any means. [We provide] updates as to what's going on around here, what changes are coming up now and what's going on in the calendar," Walker says. "It's my chance at least once a quarter to get my whole staff together … to keep them informed. I've had very good feedback from the staff; they appreciate knowing what is going on around here."
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I read this article and wish other transportation people could see us the way you do . I like "student transporter" it does give you better title for the job we do . I have been in transportation for over 25 years your ideas are some of the fresh's yet simpliest actions I have seen. I wish you continue and hope other transportation departments notice the pro-active changes you have accomplished. Thanks.
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BIRTH is one of my favorite journals to read. And if you are a member of Lamaze you can get a subscription for half price! (I think that's now $44 but don't quote me) You can get it on-line which makes it so easy to save pdfs - so much easier than the old way of cutting up the journal and scanning etc. (or remembering which issue or what file you stuck the article)
In the December issue there is a research article on the use of hot packs in second stage. Here is the abstract:
Perineal outcomes and maternal comfort related to the application of
perineal warm packs in the second stage of labor: a randomized controlled
trial - Birth , vol 34, no 4, December 2007, pp 282-290 Dahlen HG; Homer
CSE; Cooke M; et al - (2007) BACKGROUND: Perineal warm packs are widely used
during childbirth in the belief that they reduce perineal trauma and
increase comfort during late second stage of labor. The aim of this study
was to determine the effects of applying warm packs to the perineum on
perineal trauma and maternal comfort during the late second stage of labor.
METHODS: A randomized controlled trial was undertaken. In the late second
stage of labor, nulliparous women (n = 717) giving birth were randomly
allocated to have warm packs (n = 360) applied to their perineum or to
receive standard care (n = 357). Standard care was defined as any
second-stage practice carried out by midwives that did not include the
application of warm packs to the perineum. Analysis was on an
intention-to-treat basis, and the primary outcome measures were requirement
for perineal suturing and maternal comfort. RESULTS: The difference in the
number of women who required suturing after birth was not significant. Women
in the warm pack group had significantly fewer third- and fourth-degree
tears and they had significantly lower perineal pain scores when giving
birth and on "day 1" and "day 2" after the birth compared with the standard
care group. At 3 months, they were significantly less likely to have urinary
incontinence compared with women in the standard care group. CONCLUSIONS:
The application of perineal warm packs in late second stage does not reduce
the likelihood of nulliparous women requiring perineal suturing but
significantly reduces third- and fourth-degree lacerations, pain during the
birth and on days 1 and 2, and urinary incontinence. This simple,
inexpensive practice should be incorporated into second stage labor care.
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Somehow, that doesn't make me sleep better at night. This is the same court that gave us the Citizens United decision, which opened the sluice gates of special-interest money that flooded a political system that already was awash in it. The ruling was the court's worst decision since Dred Scott in 1857, which ruled that no Americans of African ...


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Northwood High School is located in Shreveport, LA and is one of 17 high schools in Caddo Parish School District. It is a public school that serves 1024 students in grades 9-12. See Northwood High School's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2011, Northwood High School had 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Louisiana average is 14 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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Region A Partnership for Children and Southwestern Child Development Commission will receive some relief soon from impending budget cuts. The two non-profits were awarded $150,000 from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. Each was given $75,000 Early Childhood Development Focus Area Grants back in May in order to operate programs that focus on early childhood development in the 18 counties of Western North Carolina.
The Community Foundation is a permanent regional resource that serves the Western North Carolina and provides knowledge about the region and relationships with donors to enrich lives and communities in the region. Annually, the Foundation facilitates about $11 million to charitable causes.
Region A Partnership for Children is the nonprofit organization that administers the state's Smart Start and Pre-K initiatives in the seven westernmost counties and on the Qualla Boundary. Funding will expand the Parents as Teachers program in Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties.
Parents as Teachers (PAT), which is used by Smart Start in Region A, is a voluntary family education and support program for parents of young children. The program is based on the beliefs that parents are their children's first and most influential teachers and that the early years lay the foundation for children's success in school and in life.
PAT provides the information, support and encouragement parents need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. As a part of the program, certified parent educators make home visits, conduct parent group meetings focusing on early childhood development and parenting, perform developmental and health screenings on young children, and provide linkages and referrals for community networks and resources.
Southwestern Child Development Commission is a private nonprofit organization located in Webster, N.C. It provides early childcare and education to the same seven counties. The grant that SCDC will receive is meant to help educate and engage stakeholders with the goal of improving access to quality, affordable early childhood care and education.
Co-investors, the Community Foundation of WNC and the Lipscomb Family Foundation Fund chose to back the commission in its goals to improve early childhood education and developmental outcomes for children, particularly at-risk children not in formal early childhood programs.
"In the last four years we have witnessed substantial cuts to early childhood programs, and there is no sign that this trend is reversing," said Philip Belcher, vice president for programs at the Community Foundation. "We know that investing in quality learning experiences during the early years is economically efficient and more cost effective than remediation efforts. Our intent is that these grants—one focused on program expansion and one utilizing advocacy strategy— will help make high-quality care and education possible for more families in the region and will improve outcomes for some of our youngest residents."
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Straight guys have become really gay lately. Sure, you don't see too many singing show tunes and appreciating Jane Austen, but they have managed to adopt some gayery that would make Matthew Broderick proud. (What? He's straight? …really?)
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Guys paying attention to fashion and personal appearance have become such the norm (especially in urban areas) that the traditional view of masculinity was dubbed "retrosexuality". Thanks to evolving opinions on what makes a man a man, a guy can now be plucked, trimmed, can-tanned, teased, man-scaped, and even pedicured without being labeled a "confirmed bachelor" by his friends. I'm all for straight guys getting their "queer eye", but just don't go overboard.
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It used to almost be a cliche: what do you find in both men's and women's beauty magazines? Pictures of scantily-clad women. Well, this man-Cosmo was one of the first to break that pattern. You couldn't have more shirtless guys in its pages if you put up a disco ball and started blasting Moby remixes. Sure, the headlines read "What She Wants" and "The 7 Things Every Woman Looks For In A Man", but, come on, who really buys Men's Health for the articles?
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You're flipping through the channels and you come across two guys wrapped around each other in Lycra trunk shorts pummeling each other until the blood flies. No, those naughty websites haven't infiltrated your cable, you're just watching the UFC or one of its clones. I'm not a queer theorist, but come on, there is less homoeroticism on Logo. Watch the match long enough and you'll end up seeing the buff, half-naked guys work themselves into positions that would make Perez Hilton blush.
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Subdivision: Happy Canyon South
Property Type: Single Family
Year Built: 1975
HOA Fee: None Listed
Acres: 2.01
County: Douglas
Zoning: ER
Unincorporated: No
Property Tax: $2,533
Terms: Conventional, FHA, VA, Cash
Total Square Feet: 2,875
Finished Square Feet: 2,755
Basement finished percent: 95
Basement Square Feet: 652
Listing broker representing seller: Re/Max Southeast Inc
Measurement Source: County Records
Date Measured: 09-AUG-2012
Car Spaces: 2
Beds: 3
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Basement Description: Walk-Out, Partial
Subfloor: Slab
Elementary School: Buffalo Ridge
Middle School: Rocky Heights
High School: Rock Canyon
School District: Douglas Re-1
Construction: Frame, Wood Siding
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Roof Material: Composite Shingle
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Water: Well Domestic
Sewer: Septic
Fireplaces: 1
Directions: I-25 exit 187, east on Happy Canyon Rd to Lariat Road. Right at Lariat(Rt turn only ) & continue straight. At fork stay left to Canyon Ln. Turn left on Canyon Ln, home & acreage on right side before cul-de-sac.
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Closing The Gender Divide: Why Confidence and Leaning In Alone Won't Cut It
Research shows that women tend to underestimate their worth, even when they perform better than their male counterparts. But cultivating confidence is just one small part of the fix.
It's a leadership catch 22. While we can all agree that confidence is an essential tool for career success, a raft of research indicates that women are less likely to speak up in meetings, negotiate for raises or promotions, and generally underestimate their ability to perform.
When women are selected less often to lead than their male peers, even though they outperform the guys, it's no wonder the gender gap persists.
A recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Strategy& found that in eight out of the last 10 years, there have been more women heading into the corner office than stepping out. Despite that encouraging trend, female CEOs comprised only 3% of leaders of public companies in 2013, a 1.3 percentage point drop from 2012. And they're more likely to be forced out.
But why?
Books such as The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman, Find Your Courage by Margie Warrell, and even The Next Generation of Women Leaders by Selena Rezvani all suggest that the chasm is caused by the gap between competence and confidence.
There's plenty of science to lend credence to their theory.
Take the cognitive bias revealed back in 1999. Now known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, named for the scientists who led the research, it essentially proves two things:
- That unskilled people tend to think they're more competent than they actually are.
- That those people who are quite competent display a distinct lack of confidence in their abilities.
The latter is mostly associated with impostor syndrome which has led even the most highly successful women like Tina Fey, Meryl Streep, and Sheryl Sandberg feeling like frauds.
According to a study from Indiana University, female medical students who performed equally or better than their male peers in the classroom, reported that their confidence level was actually falling and causing increased anxiety. What's worse, their evaluators consistently rated them lower on the confidence scale when watching them interact with patients.
A doctor who is unable to project a sense of confidence to their patients isn't going to be very successful, no matter how high their grades. Likewise, a CEO or team leader needs to be able to take charge without hesitation.
But psychological bias seems to be holding us back. Indeed, a 2012 study published in the journal of the Sociologists for Women in Society found that high school math teachers still believe that males are more competent than other students, even though other research indicates that male and female students get similar grades in both math and science.
Given the recent brouhaha over the firing of Jill Abramson, and the language used to describe her leadership skill set, it's apparent that getting more women in the C-suite is going to take more than a head held high aloft confidently squared shoulders.
Especially when you consider that tooting their own horns actually makes female leaders sweat. The Psychology of Women Quarterly published the results of a study in which, female students had to write a scholarship application essay extolling their virtues and another to promote someone else. The result: women displayed decreased motivation and performance when attempting to pat themselves on the back.
What to do?
A twist in the experiment revealed something surprising. Some women filling out the application for themselves were told that there was a subliminal noise generator in the room—and it might bother them. It wasn't real, but those that believed they were being influenced by something unpleasant were able to escape the traditional "modesty" norm and perceived their work to be higher quality.
Playing such subliminal tricks on female employees in the real world of work isn't the answer. Instead, medical sociologist Dr. Frankel suggests a different approach based on the Indiana University research:
"Our finding of decreased confidence among female medical students is important because it makes it very clear that somewhere in the training of future physicians, the issue of confidence needs to be addressed. Accomplishing this may be as straightforward as increasing faculty sensitivity and changing some simple learned behavior, but we will need more research to fully understand this phenomenon and its implications for medical education."
Support, even in the face of failure is one way to foster the female leader. As Susan Glasser writes at Politico:
"The leaders who succeed are the ones who are allowed to make mistakes, who have the time and space and breathing room and support from their bosses to push and prod, experiment and improvise until they get it right. Because all of journalism is in the midst of upheaval right now, and that Silicon Valley cliché about failing in order to succeed really does apply. It turned out I did not really have the support of my boss, and I believe that to be the actual—and much more prosaic—story of many of these contretemps over controversial editors and executives who happen to be women."
Jessica Valenti, columnist for the Guardian U.S. and founder of Feministing.com argues that no amount of confidently leaning in will turn the tide for women unless corporate culture changes, too. "How can we enact the power of women's confidence when there are no women in the room?" she posits, observing that the speaker lineup for the Wall Street Journal's tech conference was all male. "You can't self-help away deeply ingrained structural discrimination," she writes.
Bottom line, Valenti says: 'If we truly want women to be more confident—and for them to be able to express that confidence in a way that creates meaningful change—then we can start by creating a culture that values self-assured women."
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Great article...but for the paragraph that starts, "According to a study from Indiana University... ." The last word of that paragraph is misspelled, and makes me think twice before tweeting this article.
Sorry - just signed in and realized I am not the first to pick up on that typo. However, I think it is incredibly important to have zero grammar/spelling errors in any kind of article. It's not a small thing, it's a big thing, though obviously it's understandable given the age of autocorrect on most text/typing devices.
A related point: I wasn't surprised to read the stories today about how non-diverse Google is. I worked in Silicon Valley in the 80's and 90's, and, like Google, it was a male world; a woman was ipso facto taken less seriously than a man, no matter how good she was at her job. What's sad is how little has changed in the past 20 years.
But "confidence" usually doesn't help much. The old cliche about male vs. female managers -- "He's forceful; she's a b!tch" -- is absolutely true. If you're a woman, you're expected to do your job quietly and well, and let your male colleagues take credit for your good results, or you're not a "team player."
Yesterday I attended a session presented by Professor Michael Bernard who, over the past 20 years, has researched the attributes of high performers and how these attributes can be developed. He has identified 3 necessary commitments for high performance - commitment to success, commitment to others and commitment to self. On reading this article I couldn't help but consider that perhaps women are disproportionately strong on commitment to success and to others but lower on commitment to self which incorporates attitudes and behaviours around self acceptance, positive self regard, authenticity, positive focus and healthy living. Perhaps a good dose of High Performance Mindset development would go a long way to closing the gender gap in the senior ranks of business?
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Good catch.
Why are there so many spelling/grammar/proofing mistakes in Fast Company articles!?!?!?!
It's important to realise this is a uphill battle. Most men are apathetic to promoting women. It'll take a while to convince women they are as good as men at everything and they don't need any type of validation by men. Women are in general too responsive to hierarchical structures, able to play by the rules, but perhaps not good at challenging them. That's where they need to become more independent.


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