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Fortunately, FIRE wrote USF President Judy Genshaft in October in order to explain (slowly) that YAF and Young Americans for Liberty are indeed different in terms of their ideology and stated goals. FIRE also explained that USF's policy is unconstitutional. Specifically, the policy gives administrators too much discretion to reject new student organizations. Such discretion fails the Supreme Court's 40-year old requirement that government representatives use "narrow, objective, and definite standards" when subjecting First Amendment rights to a permit system. See Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham (1969).
The good news is that USF Dean of Students Kevin Banks has responded to FIRE. And he has provisionally recognized YAF pending approval of the group's constitution. The bad news is that USF has yet to revise its unconstitutional policy of preventing groups "with the same purpose/goals" from obtaining recognition.
FIRE Vice President of Programs Adam Kissel observed that, after the College Republicans, YAF is the largest and oldest conservative student organization in the United States. Given that fact, it seems a stretch to imagine that USF administrators really are ignorant and/or confused about how YAF differs from Young Americans for Liberty, which is only a couple of years old. After all, the folks who approve different student organizations should know something about how student organizations differ.
Maybe the great minds roaming the administrative halls of USF really failed to grasp the difference between these two groups. Maybe they still fail to grasp the larger differences between conservatives and libertarians. It is more likely, however, that USF administrators knew the groups were different from each other – and, more importantly, different from the administration. And because neither is liberal their collective campus influence had to be minimized.
The sad thing about all of this is that these administrators usually call themselves liberals. There used to be a difference between liberals and totalitarians. To be honest, I can't tell the difference anymore.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Delta Air Lines is eliminating more jobs and cutting additional Memphis flights.
A memo sent to company employees on Tuesday says the winter Memphis schedule calls for a reduction to "more than 40 peak-day departures effective December 3."
The 126 positions to be cut are customer service and cargo jobs. A Delta spokesman told The Associated Press that number is in addition to the 230 jobs ...

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Director: Unknow
Actors: 1999, Alan Jordan, Billy Parrott, Brenda Bazinet, Dave Nichols, Dennis Redfield, Derwin Jordan, Jessica Bowman, John Boylan, John Ritter, Johnie Chase, Ken James, Kevin Hicks, Kim Huffman, Lawrence Dane, Madeline Zima, Marg Helgenberger, Martin Doyle, Megan Gallagher, Michael Rawlins, Miko Hughes, Nicholas Rice, Ola Sturik, Paulino Nunes, Sandra Caldwell, Sugith Varughese, Tony Meyler
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Runtime: 87 mins
Released: October 13, 1999
Lethal Vows: This psychological thriller, based on a true story, is about a seemingly upstanding, caring husband and father (Ritter) who is accused of foul play by his ex-wife regarding the mysterious death of his subsequent wife. To prove her suspicions, his ex-wife (Helgenberger) becomes determined to reveal David's sinister side by any means possible.
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The American Transportation Research Institute recently updated its compendium of state and local regulations on truck idling. The update includes changes in Oregon (a statewide limit of 5 minutes, with some exceptions), Salt Lake City (a 2-minute limit, with exceptions), and West Virginia (where the current exemption from the state's 15-minute limit for periods of rest or sleep is scheduled to expire in May). You can see the entire compendium, or print off a card-sized chart suitable for truck cabs, by going to their webpage.


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The Dodge Foundation is interested in systemic change in education. Our focus is on arts education and on school and classroom leadership, primarily in high poverty communities.
We believe in the transformative power of arts education to substantially improve children's lives and academic outcomes, and prepare them for 21st century careers. We invest in Pre-K through 12th grade sequential arts education and arts-integration efforts that ensure children have the opportunity to receive comprehensive arts training and to experience the benefits of a more dynamic, arts-infused curriculum. Implemented with fidelity over time, the arts can improve the culture of a struggling school, ignite principal and teacher creativity, and foster more joyful and learning-friendly classrooms.
Through arts education students develop the creative, collaborative and problem solving skills, as well as the discipline, necessary to thrive in today's demanding and rapidly evolving workforce. It is equally important to the long-term cultural and economic vitality of our state that all students are exposed to the arts, as they will become our future artists, creative sector employees, audience members and arts advocates.
We also believe that schools need skilled and passionate adults to make them work well, and that school leaders are the key to a successful public education system. Our grants in this area prepare new teachers, principals and superintendents for their careers, as well as provide access to steady and quality professional training.
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We believe a multi-pronged strategy is needed to fulfill the promises of a comprehensive arts education agenda. Strong policies, nonprofit arts organizations and program models, as well as creative principals and teachers are essential. To that end the Dodge Foundation provides general operating and program support to nonprofit organizations that:
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- Provide professional development for teachers and for "creativity teams" of principals, art specialists and other classroom teachers to collaboratively integrate the arts and the artistic process with the Common Core State Standards and science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) curricula and programs;
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Social Media Monday: Business vs. personal
By Jonathan Sweet
September 24, 2013
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Welcome to this week's Social Media Monday, where we answer your social media questions.
You can submit questions via the comments below or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
This week, two questions that have to do with separating the business and the personal on social media.
Are there different Facebook account types for a business?
Do you set up a Pinterest account for the business separate from your personal?
We'll tackle both of these together since they are of a theme. Short answer to both questions: yes.
Longer answer: On Facebook, yes, you want to set up a "page" for your business, versus a personal account. The most important reason is that using a personal account for business violates Facebook's rules.
Beyond that, a Facebook page offers much more functionality for sharing info with your audience. It's also easy to allow multiple people at your company to manage the page and make posts for the business. (And make sure you do this in case the person managing your social media suddenly leaves the company.)
That said, it's not unusual to still see businesses using personal accounts, as business pages weren't an option way back when, but now it simply looks unprofessional.
If you have created a personal account for your business and don't want to lose everything you've put into it, this link tells you how to convert it to a page.
As for Pinterest (or Twitter or Google+ or any other social site for that matter), creating separate accounts for business and personal just make sense. It's never a good idea to have your business account tied to one person's account in case they go to work somewhere else.
The broader question is how much you tie your personal account to the business side of things. That's a question everybody has to decide for him or herself. It's really a matter of how much you want to share with the people you do business with – do you want to become "friends" with your customers and have the see everything you post? Do you want to keep part of your online life separate from your business? These are the types of questions you have to think about before making that final decision.


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Chairman says football club will be going back to basics
Posted: September 16, 2009|
PORTHLEVEN Football Club is not going to be bought by a consortium nor is it going to have a Jose Mourinho-type foreign manager.
Instead, says recently appointed chairman Darren Shaw, it is going back to basics.
The days of a player staying on after a game for his sausages and chips and a coke before returning to his home in Plymouth were gone, Mr Shaw told Porthleven Town Council on Thursday.
Andy Wallis, who is also Cornwall Councillor for Porthleven, told Mr Shaw and town council colleagues: "It is important to have a local team for local people."
Earlier, Mr Shaw said that the football side of the club and the social side would now be separate; each had a vice-chairman who would only be responsible for their part of the club.
The new regime already seems to be working; the success of the footballing side was mentioned at the meeting, and Mr Shaw told councillors bar takings had already increased in the last few months from £500 a week to £2,000 "so things are turning around".
He said he had requested to talk to the council because he wanted it to be involved in the club's future; he also said there were a number of rumours circulating in the port.
These started after it was revealed that a consultancy company – Sports Solutions GB – is investigating the feasibility of developing new, sustainable community sports facilities on the club's existing site at Gala Parc.
"They are not being paid. They only get paid as and when and if we get something moving," pointed out Mr Shaw.
"At the moment what they are offering is advice."
He had heard rumours that the club had been taken over by a consortium "and we will have a foreign manager...that is not going to happen!"
There were a number of options involving parts of the current club which were being investigated.
Mr Shaw said that changes could take some time but he wanted the town council to be involved in each step of the way.
Mr Wallis said: "That is refreshing to hear.
"With the new regime there is the possiblity of it going from strength to strength."
He felt the council should support the club and its future plans "in principle".
Members agreed, with chairman the Rev Harry Pugh adding: "I think it is important we support the football club because it is an important part of the village."


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Suburbanite sports writer Tony Muller and his friend, Jackson resident Julia Fiorentino, were not far from the finish line when the two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon.
A group of eight runners from the Jackson area, including Suburbanite sports reporter Tony Muller, were among the runners in the vicinity of the finish line at the Boston Marathon on Monday when two bombs exploded, killing three people and injuring at least 145 others.
Muller, a Massillon resident, and Jackson resident Julia Fiorentino had just finished the race and were making their way through the long corridor where runners receive water, food and their finisher's medal and pick up their gear bags, when the first explosion occurred in the stands along Boylston Street.
"We were probably about a tenth of a mile down and were going through the finisher's area to get your food and your medal and there was a big boom," Muller said. "There was a lot of smoke, but the Red Sox game was ending around that time and we thought, 'Maybe it's just something for the end of the game.' But when you heard that, you turned around and looked to see and there was just white smoke everywhere."
Fiorentino, who finished about five minutes ahead of Muller, was weaving her way along the corridor and spotted Muller behind her prior to the first explosion.
"I was with Tony right through finish line, maybe a few minutes ahead, and you have to walk through corridor to get water, heat blanket, medal and gear bags," she recalled. "I was standing there and saw Tony, so that was good, and we were standing in line, waiting for the buses that had the gear bags. I'd say we had only gone about a tenth of a mile and we heard first big explosion. At first weren't sure if it was a transformer or gas line, but then we heard second one about 15 seconds later and we knew it was something big."
A third member of the group was further behind Muller and crossed the finish line about five minutes before the first explosion.
Once the second explosion hit, complete chaos broke out, Muller said.
"You could feel the force a little bit. There were people laying everywhere. People started panicking, you had cops in there telling you to get out of the area and no one really knew what was happening," Muller said.
Runners were ushered out of the area, away from a location where they were supposed to meet up with friends and family members, and down a side street toward Boston Common, Fiorentino said.
She also recalled a friend who came to the race as a spectator telling her that the crowd was 12 to 15 people deep in many places along Boylston Street and in the vicinity of the finish line.
In the immediate aftermath of the explosions, Muller and Fiorentino headed back to her hotel, the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel, on foot. They were initially unable to get their text messages to go through with cell service in the blast area unstable, but back at the hotel they were finally able to get messages through to the other members of their group.
Page 2 of 2 - Businesses in the area remained closed for the rest of the day and after gathering at the hotel and making sure everyone was all right, they were able to get a taxi later in the evening to go outside town for dinner.
Fiorentino, a veteran runner with multiple marathons to her credit, expressed shock and amazement at the impact the blast had on what would normally be a day of celebration and achievement.
"You have all of these runners and this place were you're supposed to be inspired and proud and this … it's just so sad," she said.
As Muller, Fiorentino and their friends remained in the city and saw the atmosphere on the streets the remainder of the day and into Tuesday, they saw people walking around trying to find relatives and still in shock from what they had seen. Muller also noted SWAT teams and a large number of police on the streets throughout the day and into Tuesday.
"There were a lot of people wandering around, trying to figure things out and some of the cell towers were shut down, so people couldn't make calls," Muller said.
The group, along with another group of running friends from Medina, stayed the night in Boston before driving back home Tuesday.
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A week ago, the voters spoke. On Wednesday and Thursday, investors took a turn. Their concern about the fiscal cliff put financial markets on the defensive. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 434 points.
Now, the (supposedly) smart money has been betting big that America's political leaders will fail to resolve problems of their own making: Government overspending is unsustainable. A national debt of $16 trillion-and-climbing inevitably will choke off already anemic economic growth. Business leaders are waiting for government to act. Expectations, as the Dow attests, are low.
President Barack Obama and Congress must restore the shaken confidence of U.S. business and cut a big agreement on spending and debt. Our economy risks falling off the cliff in 49 days.
Lawmakers have given themselves until Jan. 1 to dodge the cliff. They need to reach a deal that averts automatic tax increases and government spending cuts, dual threats that were put in place under the Budget Control Act of 2011 to force a reckoning no later than ... now.
As Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill open post-election negotiations, evidence mounts that fiscal-cliff uncertainty has been discouraging business investment. Companies that may want to hire, won't. They have no idea what Washington will do for them - or to them - as our economy approaches the cliff.
One warning sign came from the U.S. Federal Reserve. In its latest survey of senior loan officers, the Fed reported the good news that U.S. banks stand willing to lend. For the 11th quarter in the past 12, banks loosened their credit standards on commercial and industrial loans. Credit is the lifeblood of business, and when it is readily available, businesses usually respond by increasing their spending. They buy equipment, or software. They expand facilities. They hire.
In the third quarter, however, the loan officers reported demand for commercial loans had fallen. It is a small indicator, but supports what we've heard from corporate leaders: Business investment is laboring under a pall of uncertainty. Wait-and-see is the order of the day. The recession in Europe and slowdown in China play a role in that caution.
Most often, though, these execs talk about the fiscal cliff.
If only Washington would act, the cliff-induced drag on the economic recovery could turn around relatively quickly. Paul Dales of Capital Economics is one economist who expects immediate improvement in the nation's business climate if a confidence-restoring deal is reached by Jan. 1: "Business investment will rebound early next year as those projects postponed suddenly receive the green light," Dales predicts.
A deal that puts the government on a firm financial footing also would relieve the anxiety business experienced during the president's first four years. Yes, the Obama administration gets credit for staving off financial catastrophe early on. There were no devastating bank runs. Unemployment retreated. Our economy showed its resilience.
Yet corporate leaders were not chanting "Four More Years." More costs imposed by Obamacare tops the list of concerns. The financial-services industry is resigned to lower profits, partly as a result of Obama-backed Dodd-Frank regulatory reform. The president's remarks about "fat cat bankers on Wall Street" won't be forgotten.
It's not as if avoiding the cliff would end the tension between business and the administration. But it is an essential step toward recovery.
All of us should care. Unemployment stands at 7.9 percent, and job creation is barely keeping up with population growth.
If lame-duck lawmakers and the White House fail to act, fiscal-cliff spending cuts and tax increases would send the economy back into recession. The jobless rate would shoot up to 9.1 percent.
America needs to do better. The bankers are ready. The business leaders are waiting.
President, Congress: It's up to you.
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich postponed a hearing to scrutinize the Federal Reserve's latest round of debt buying — the day after his office announced it.
Aides to the Ohio Democrat, who frequently questions the Fed, alerted other committee Democrats last Wednesday that the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee he chairs will indefinitely delay a hearing, originally scheduled for Tuesday, "in order to work with the Federal Reserve to allow them to testify," according to an email.
No date has been set for a rescheduled hearing, according to a spokesman to Mr. Kucinich, and there are only a few weeks left before Democrats relinquish control of the U.S. House next year.
Mr. Kucinich announced the hearing last week to raise questions about the decision earlier this month by the central bank's policy arm, the Federal Open Market Committee, to buy up to $600 billion in Treasury bonds.
The announcement played right into Republican attacks on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. GOP lawmakers and possible presidential contenders have attacked the plan, echoing critics overseas, including the central bank of China. Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig, the only member of the FOMC to vote against the next round of Treasury buying, is set to address Republicans in the House on Thursday.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama and other congressional Democrats, including Oversight Chairman Edolphus Towns, have defended the Fed's latest intervention in the economy. Their support is at odds with Mr. Kucinich, who has sponsored legislation to audit the Fed or let the Treasury Department swallow it whole.
The Domestic Policy subcommittee planned "to delve into the mechanics, the rationale and the impact of the Federal Reserve's policy known as 'quantitative easing.'" No Fed officials were included among the initial invites, according to a roster provided to The Wall Street Journal.
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This is a great presentation by Steve Blank and Alex Osterwalder. I learned the hard way not to try and make a product perfect and then launch… best to iterate and pivot! That's been the approach now for quite awhile with ZEN Portfolios and it's going well.
Start-up Success by Steve Blank & Alex Osterwalder
Canada Summer Jobs 2011
I'm just in the process of reviewing a number of different government funding programs that can help start-up companies. I thought it would be useful to blog about them… it will help me keep track of them and hopefully provide a good source for others wanting to learn about local programs. My focus will be on British Columbia, Canada programs.
Here is the summary info on Canada Summer Jobs from their website. Note: They are accepting applications between Feb 1st and Feb. 28th so if you want to apply for this one you will have to act fast!
Canada Summer Jobs is a Government of Canada initiative that provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. It is designed to focus on local priorities while helping both students and their communities.
About the Canada Summer Jobs program
* providing work experiences for students;
* supporting organizations, including those that provide important community services; and
* recognizes that local circumstances, community needs and priorities vary widely.
Canada Summer Jobs encourages not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create jobs that not only meet their needs, but also benefit students looking to gain work experiences.
Here is the application form (PDF version):
Has anyone used this program? If so, I welcome your comments!
Learning Silos — the biggest barrier to learning in post-secondary
Note: This is a first draft of a post that I hope I will update later about how breaking down academic silos is one of the top improvements that can be made to improve authentic learning in post-secondary educational institutions.
The best course I ever took in almost 20 years of school was Technology Entrepreneurship at the University of British Columbia, taught by venture capital legend Haig Farris. Haig Farris co-founded Ventures West in 1968, spent 25 years helping establish the venture capital sector in Canada, and has been a leading supporter of not-for-profit organizations especially in the science and arts areas (e.g. he was a big force being the establishment of Science World).
He is currently the President of Fractal Capital, involved with a number of technology investments and I just discovered he's still actively involved with supporting budding student entrepreneurs as Chair of the Investment Board of a $10 million fund to help UBC students and recent alumni develop innovative technology and start up ventures (entrepreneurship at UBC).
The course I took was amazing for a number of reasons. Haig Farris was a great teacher and was teaching from a wealth of his real life, industry experiences, not just from an entrepreneurship textbook. Aside from his experience, Haig structured the course in a way that I believe removed the biggest barrier to real learning in post-secondary institutions — functional silos.
Photo Source: "Silo" by Eirik Refsdal, CC by 2.0 licensed)
He structured the class so that half of the students came from engineering and sciences and the other half were business students doing their MBA. The synergy between the two previously separated groups was remarkable… specialists in marketing or finance could hook up with specialists in various technologies, in a number of cases even leading to the creation of real life ventures, some of which went on to be very successful (I believe D-Wave Systems; Wikipedia entry on D-Wav] was born from Haig's teaching of this course).
He also removed the traditional barrier between academia and industry by inviting each week excellent guest speakers from industry. In fact, some of the industry reps were there for every class to help answer questions and be involved in the discussions. He also took the class to local companies to hear directly from the company founders, both from the business and technology side.
I will never forget the time a whole pile of us packed inside Haig's SUV, including some of us in the back hatchback area and headed down to Creo to hear from the amazing CTO Dan Gelbart and CEO Ken Spencer. Dan Gelbart explained the basic concepts of business in about 15 minutes and I think I learned as much from his talk as I did from dozens of courses from my MBA combined. Ken Spencer likewise provided business insights that were invaluable and that just can't be captured in a textbook.
Haig also made a point of spending an hour with each student outside of class time in his office to learn more about the student's background, what they wanted to learn, where they were heading with their career, etc. This was a class that had about 80 students so this was no small time commitment on his part. This was not a full time instructor either, Haig was an Adjunct Faculty, I believe teaching just this one course at UBC and was working full time with his venture capital firm.
He was no doubt super busy but still took the time to meet with each student, making everyone feel welcomed, respected and valued. I have never come across this generosity in all my years of being a student and now that I am an instructor I must admit I have still not found a way to follow his lead on this commitment level to individual students.
By breaking down the traditional silos of post-secondary education, our student teams were able to work on real life business plans rather than just something fictional. We had the diversity of skills required to actually start businesses. I don't know how many ventures started as a result of Haig's course but I am sure it must have been in the hundreds. What a powerful example of real life learning when the outcome of a course can be an actual company that can bring its innovations to market, solving a real life problem, that leads to an improved standard living for the community at large!
Haig Farris was also a pioneer in using the Internet to help support learning. He was one of the first instructors I believe at UBC (or at least within the School of Business) to use online support forums in his courses and this also helped break down the typical functional silos that usually prevent students from different program areas interacting. These sites were always open, not the locked down WebCT style course sites that were starting to emerge and I benefited by going back to the sites several years later to look up articles and resources he recommended.
I heard another professor from UBC, Dr. Gary Poole say at a professional development talk at Capilano University that if you could only make one change that would have the biggest possible benefit in higher education, it would be to make it easier for teachers to communicate with each other. Breaking down the traditional silos between program areas, schools and regions will go along way towards this vision. What Haig did in his class breaking down silos between students from different program areas and between industry and academia I believe is an example of the benefits that would also apply to silo barriers between faculty.
To this day, I can track my passion for entrepreneurship back to Haig Farris' Technology Entrepreneurship course back in 1995 and also my vision for how education could be so much more effective when the functional silos that are such an intrinsic part of post-secondary education can be bridged so that students from different program areas can interact and solve real life problems.
I am trying now in my own entrepreneurship classes I teach at Capilano University and BCIT to implement this approach but still have a very long ways to go before reaching the magic of BAEN 506 – Technology Entrepreneurship. I am also trying to bridge silos with ZenPortfolios.ca, an e-portfolio and social network tool for students, faculty and industry alike that helps schools break down the traditional silos to instead connect people from a diversity of backgrounds to empower authentic learning that can create real value for society at large.
I owe this vision to what I learned so clearly many years back from the most humble yet effective instructors I have ever had, Haig Farris.
Peak Leadership Event – Cybele Negris talks about entrepreneurship
Here is another good entrepreneurship event in Vancouver on Tuesday, Jan. 25th organized by the BCIT Student Association (BCITSA) if you aren't already registered for the Vancouver Enterprise Forum event the same night.
The big 21st century skills
I'm going to take a stab at listing what I think are the most important "21st century skills". I guess predicting an entire century's skills is a bit presumptuous so maybe the time horizon should be shorter like a five year period.
1. Project management
Organizations are moving away from being functional organizational structures to more projectized structures (or at least in-betweeen matrix structures). Project management is how most organizations implement their strategy. It won't just be official project managers that have to have project management skills, it will be most workers.
2. Collaboration / team work
Related to project management, working in teams is already the norm. I went to a good time management presentation at a local PMI event recently and the excellent speaker, Greg Campeau mentioned how in 1986, 75% of knowledge you were required to have to do your job was stored in your own head vs. in 2006 when that had dropped to only 15-20%. Collaboration, working both in person and online with others and having inter-personal skills used to be a luxury, now its an absolute essential. We have had Intranets for a long time but pretty soon I think every organization will have a social intranet (i.e. internal social network)… more on that in another post.
3. Internationalization
In the project management course I'm teaching right now out of 43 students there are 13 different languages spoken and people were born in 11 different countries. While Vancouver is exceptionally high in its multicultural density, this is a trend that I believe we are seeing around the world. The world is becoming smaller and only knowing about your little neck of the woods is becoming a big liability. Some of my local students used to see international students as a liability on their student teams (some still do). They couldn't be more wrong! It's the locals that have rarely been "over the bridge" never mind across the world (except for vacations to Mexico, Vegas and Hawaii) that are the real liabilities for the teams.
4. Self-Awareness, Digital Identity and Privacy Protection
The most important question you can ask yourself is "who am I?". If you don't know who you are, how can you have a good life and align what you are good at and what you enjoy with where you are going. When the world economy was less competitive you could afford to be "dead wood" within an organization and still get by. Today, if you are not adding value, you are in a precarious situation. The best way to ensure you are adding value is to ensure you are in the right line of work and place in life, you are "playing to your strengths and organizing around your weaknesses". This is where I believe e-portfolios will play a big part. As Greg Campeau said in a recent presentation, "you learn from reflecting on experience, not from experience". You can have fifteen years on a job doing the same thing, never reflecting and growing and all you would have is 1 year of experience x 15 years, much different than 15 years experience.
5. Mobility
- will have to write about this a bit later…
6. Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Social Enterprise
- will have to write about this a bit later…
7. Social Media, Cloud Computing & Mobile Devices
- grouped these together as I think they really are strongly inter-connected. You wouldn't have the power of mobile devices and social media without the cloud.
8. Social Learning & Healthcare
- will have to write about this a bit later…
9. Crowdsourcing
- will have to write about this a bit later…
10. Environmental Sustainability
- will have to write about this a bit later…
Quotation of the day – Nikola Tesla
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. – Nikola Tesla
OPMT 4438 course ready to roll
Just finished the final draft of the course outline for OPMT 4438 – Entrepreneurship, a 10-week class I'm teaching at BCIT. I'm looking forward to this one, the Operations Management students are really sharp, good problem solvers and I think pretty entrepreneurial. Hopefully at least one student venture gets off the ground in part sparked by the course.
There will be a "Dragon's Den" style elevator pitch at the end of the semester and coinciding with that the launch event for the Student Entrepreneurship Handbook, an e-book students from BCIT's Business Management and Capilano University's School of Business students put together as a class project.
Here is the course outline:
Quotation of the day
I came across this quotation on businessdocsonline.com
"All lasting business is built on friendship." – Alfred A. Montapert
Lecture of the day – equity vs. debt
This is a good summary (about 14 minutes) of equity vs. debt from the amazing Salmon Khan over at KhanAcademy. It also talks about market capitalization, asset value and enterprise value.
Getting a seed round of funding for your start-up
Here is the follow-up video on raising funding for a start-up company from Salman Khan at KhanAcademy.org
Here's the "going back to the 'till" video for Series B financing.
I like how Salman Khan articulates the process so well. I will be using this one in my OPMT 4438 entrepreneurship class.


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Three centuries ago in parts of North America, a strange event turned morning to night. It remains wreathed in mystery - so what caused the Dark Day?Halfway through the morning the sky turns yellow. Animals run for cover and darkness descends, causing people to light candles and start to pray. By lunchtime night has fallen. Is it the end of the world?The Dark Day, as it's become known, took place on May 19, 1780 in New England and parts of eastern Canada. For the past 232 years historians and scientists have argued over the origins of this strange eventRead more: 's_Dark_Day


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Taylorview Middle School in Idaho Falls is reaching out to the public for some help regarding one of their students who is awaiting a liver transplant.
Braydon Winterbottom is an 8th grader at Taylorview Middle School; and just this last November he found out he had liver problems.
"The neat thing is too that a lot of students have rallied around him and are treating him well, and you know, often times you can tell he feels a little awkward that he has to wear oxygen and other things, but everyone's been very supportive in helping him out and on board and so as a school that's been excellent to see" said English teacher Allison Hancock.
The staff at Taylorview Middle School has decided to put on a free potato banquet in hopes people will come and donate money to Braydon's family.
"Well it's not like other people in the community don't have illnesses and problems as well, but it's hard to see it when it's a young gentleman so, so young and so fragile and I think a lot of people see their empathy and sympathy for him at the same time, come out and do something so generous and so kind, it's inspiring for all of us" continued Hancock.
"It feels great, I'm happy that they're doing it for me and I thank them a lot" said Braydon.
The banquet will be on March 21st from 6 to 8 p.m. at Taylorview Middle School.
There will also be a live and a silent auction as well as plenty of entertainment.
The banquet food is free and you don't need a ticket to get in.
Braydon was almost able to get his liver transplant last month but the one they had was too big for him.
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[0001] The present invention relates generally to user interfaces, particularly alpha-numeric keypads and more specifically to methods and systems for providing a disambiguated alpha-numeric keypad.
[0002] Conventional alpha-numeric keypads (keypads) of subscriber devices include a plurality of keys. A majority of the keys include a number and three or four letters printed thereon. For example, the number nine usually has "WXYZ" printed thereon. In many of these keypads a user must first press a text menu key and subsequently press a specific key several times for entering a text symbol. For example, a user must press the key with the number nine thereon four times in order to enter the text symbol "Z". Such a process for entering texts symbols is time consuming and error prone. Furthermore, this process becomes even more time consuming as well as cumbersome and inefficient when a user is attempting to write a text message with a multiplicity of alpha numeric key entries.
[0003] Therefore, what is needed is a method and device for providing fast and efficient text entry.
[0004] The accompanying figures, where like reference numerals refer to identical or functionally similar elements and which together with the detailed description below are incorporated in and form part of the specification, serve to further illustrate a preferred embodiment and to explain various principles and advantages all in accordance with the present invention.
[0009] In overview, the present disclosure concerns user interfaces such as alpha-numeric keypads (keypads) found, for example, on subscriber devices, such as cellular handsets, messaging devices, and most ordinary telephones. Note that subscriber device or unit may be used interchangeably herein with wireless device, mobile station or unit and each of these terms denotes a device ordinarily associated with a user and typically a wireless device that may be used with a public network in accordance with a service agreement or within a private network.
[0010] As further discussed below, various inventive principles and combinations thereof are advantageously employed to provide a disambiguated keypad, thus providing a more fast and efficient manner of text entry.
[0011] The instant disclosure is provided to further explain in an enabling fashion the best modes of making and using a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention. The disclosure is further offered to enhance an understanding and appreciation for the inventive principles and advantages thereof, rather than to limit in any manner the invention. The invention is defined solely by the appended claims including any amendments made during the pendency of this application and all equivalents of those claims as issued.
[0012] It is further understood that the use of relational terms, if any, such as first and second, top and bottom, and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions.
[0013] Much of the inventive functionality and many of the inventive principles are best implemented with or in software programs or instructions and in integrated circuits (ICs). It is expected that one of ordinary skill, notwithstanding possibly significant effort and many design choices motivated by, for example, available time, current technology, and economic considerations, when guided by the concepts and principles disclosed herein will be readily capable of generating such software instructions, programs and ICs with minimal experimentation. Therefore, in the interest of brevity and minimization of any risk of obscuring the principles and concepts according to the present invention, further discussion of such software or ICs, if any, will be limited to the essentials with respect to the principles and concepts used by the preferred embodiments.
[0014] Referring to FIGS.
[0015] The subscriber device
[0016] The capacitive touchpad (touchpad)
[0017] The driver device
[0018] The controller
[0019] The mechanical keypad
[0020] Referring to FIGS.
[0021] At
[0022] At
[0023] At
[0024] If, at
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[0027] If, at
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[0032] Also, if the user intended to enter the number two, the user would simply maintain pressure on the key
[0033] If the user would like to enter the text Z, the user will initially press the key
[0034] Therefore, the present invention advantageously provides a method and device for disambiguating a plurality of keys for a mechanical keypad by permitting a user to select a particular character by sliding the user's finger in a particular direction. As a result, a user will be able to enter text in a more efficient manner.
[0035] While the above description is of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it should be appreciated that the invention may be modified, altered, or varied without deviating from the scope and fair meaning of the following claims. For example, the directions assigned to a particular character shown in
[0036] The foregoing description is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Modifications or variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The embodiment(s) was chosen and described to provide the best illustration of the principles of the invention and its practical application, and to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. All such modifications and variations are within the scope of the invention as determined by the appended claims, as may be amended during the pendency of this application for patent, and all equivalents thereof, when interpreted in accordance with the breadth to which they are fairly, legally, and equitably entitled.


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Once again, a large crowd of parents, coaches and well-wishers were on hand recently for the yearly football banquet to honor this year's Ruidoso Warrior team. Among those recognized for their invaluable contributions were freshmen players, manager Chance Eldridge, videographer Kolby Kane, departing seniors, academic all-district student athletes, individual awards voted on by the players and coaches, all-district honorees, all-state award winners, North/South Ruidoso football all-star players, assistant coaches and volunteers who generously donated time and effort to make the season as prosperous as it was.
The Warriors won the D4-3A for the second year in a row under the tutelage of seventh-year head coach Kief Johnson, and as could be guessed, a large selection of RHS players were picked for awards.
"We were one week short of where we wanted to be," Johnson said. "But still, this season could certainly be counted as successful and with the amount of players returning we look forward with confidence to another outstanding season next year. This year's seniors had a two-year record of 18-5. That's something next year's twelfth-graders could shoot for. We had a large junior class this year and more of their underclassmen teammates will be coming back to play this spring."
One of the reasons for the Warrior's rewarding season can be directly attributed to the player's commitment to the weight lifting program expertly guided by strength coach Rel.
Nineteen freshmen were recognized for their significant addition to the overall noteworthy football season.
"We expect some of these players to be fighting for varsity time next year as sophomores," Johnson said. "We have already seen many of these young men putting in a lot of time in the weight room, and I have to tell the parents they will be amazed at how their bodies will change in the course of the next three years."
Thirteen seniors were recognized for their unselfish efforts at the awards banquet — Cannon Irons (DE/RB); Michael Carpenter (DE/RB); Jordan Wright (corner and running back); Matthew Carr (LB and running back); Tirich Garner (DT and beast back); Zane Reynolds (center and DT); Billy Williams (DE and guard); Bobby Totman (OT and DT); Daniel Marshall (OG and DE); Jeffrey Cofer (OT and DT); Tristen Bloomquist (OG and DT); Sergio Nava (DE and OG) and Josh Reynolds (DT and offensive line).
Academic All-District
Ten student athletes were honored for their academic accomplishments. All had a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and above. Those awardees were: Cade Patterson, Kyler Woodul, Parker Johnson, Brandon Ingle, Grant Weaver, Jake Harrelson, Evan Romero, Daniel Marshall, Alex Bates and Travis Mosher.
Individual awards
The individual awards were voted on by the players and coaches in this year's balloting. The Special Teams award was conferred upon Travis Mosher for the second year in a row. This season he kicked 42 out of 47 PATs and went three-for-five in field goal attempts. He made the game-winning field goal against Silver the first time RHS played them.
The Most Improved award was granted to No. 62, Daniel Marshall. He became a two-way starter on the offensive line and at the defensive end position.
The Warrior award is given to a player who never misses, never gives up and/or plays through adversity. This year, that award was given to two athletes — Cade Patterson and Zane Reynolds. Quarterback Patterson came off an injury in baseball and threw for 1,858 yards for 21 TDs and had only two INTs. No. 50, Zane Reynolds had been a two-year starter, did not miss practices, worked extremely hard in the off-season and summer, played through pain in his shoulders but still managed to get the ball back to his quarterback.
The Leadership award went to Matthew Carr for the second year in a row. According to Johnson, "Some lead by mouth and some lead by example. Carr led by both." Carr worked hard in the weight room and on the field. He came in every morning at 6:30 a.m. to work out.
The MVP award went to Parker Johnson. Johnson had 66 receptions for 1,274 yards, 97 rushes for 578 yards, eight interceptions and 32 TDs this year. He also had a cumulative GPA of 4.12.
This year, 22 Warriors received D4-3A all-district honors, either all-district, all-district second team or honorable mention. This year's awardees were: Cade Patterson (all-district quarterback); Brendon O'Connor (all-district safety); Hayden Frierson (honorable mention, receiver); Gavin Eidson (second team all-district, corner); Parker Johnson (all-district receiver, all-district safety and second team all-district running back); Cisco Mayville (all-district running back); Shy Dankert (all-district tight end); Jordan Wright (all-district corner); Parker Morrow (all-district linebacker); Matthew Carr (all-district linebacker, all-district punter and second team running back); Tirich Garner (all-district second team defensive tackle); Jake Harrelson (all-district linebacker); Zane Reynolds (all-district center and honorable mention defensive tackle); Billy Williams (honorable mention defensive end); Bobby Totman (all-district offensive tackle and all-district defensive tackle); Daniel Marshall (all-district guard and all-district defensive end); Danny Nyers (honorable mention guard); Jeffrey Cofer (honorable mention offensive tackle); Kolton Bob (all-district offensive tackle); Sergio Nava (all-district second team guard and second team defensive end); Josh Reynolds (all-district defensive tackle) and Travis Mosher (all-district kicker and second team wide receiver).
All State
The New Mexico Coaches Association votes on the All State awards and this year Ruidoso had five players awarded either First Team or Second Team All State.
Last year Matthew Carr received First Team All State defensive tackle and this year, after being moved to linebacker, he was awarded a Second Team All State for that position. He ended his Warrior career with 106 solo tackles, 259 assists, 21 tackles for losses, 10.5 sacks and eight caused fumbles.
In the previous season, Parker Johnson was awarded Second Team All State receiver and Second Team All State safety. This season he received First Team All State receiver and First Team All State safety recognition. To date, Johnson has a career record of 3,189 yards receiving, catching 38 TDs and 14 interceptions at safety. Additionally, Johnson was awarded the prestigious KASA-New Mexico Ford Dealers-3A Player of the Year plaque. This was the first time any player from Ruidoso has received that award.
Center, Zane Reynolds, received the First Team All State center award. He ended his Warrior career with 23 pancake blocks (15 of those came this season). He proved to be one of the top centers in Class 3A.
Along with the Most Improved award, Daniel Marshall showed how he earned the Second Team All State offensive line and Second Team All State defensive end awards. Marshall was consistent and dependable and his great attitude and leadership will be sorely missed.
For two years, Josh Reynolds created havoc on the defensive line and was rightly awarded Second Team All State defensive tackle recognition this season. Reynolds ends his Warrior career with 52 solo tackles, 217 assists and 6.5 sacks, which earned him this year's All State award.
North/South All Stars
Four Warrior players were voted to represent RHS in this year's North versus South All-Star Football game. This honor is for seniors from 3A and 2A. The game will be played in Albuquerque, June 6.
This year's awardees were: Jordan Wright, Matthew Carr, Zane Reynolds and Daniel Marshall.


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The sailing focus shifts this week from the America's Cup to the Olympic classes, with the Sail Auckland Regatta due to get underway off Takapuna on Thursday.
In this edition of Sail-World, we feature a preview of the ISAF Level 1 event which has attracted a fleet of 150 boats covering most of the Olympic classes and two of the Paralympic events.
This regatta is the only ISAF Level 1 sailed in New Zealand, and is a great chance to see the best of New Zealand's Olympic talent in action including Olympic medalists and World Champions.
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Nick Rogers and Chris Grube (GBR) with faces of victory - 2011 New Zealand 470 National Championships Christine Hansen
Over the weekend the 470 sailors warmed up with the NZ Nationals of which we have two reports in this edition plus plenty of great images from Christine Hansen.
The Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Regatta was sailed yesterday, Monday. No report as yet, however we do have some two galleries from the AC45 out in 30-35kts - an experience not for the faint hearted. We've got onboard images and shots from the chaseboat.
AC45 sea trial Anniversary day - Round Rangitoto Island Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com
Today was supposed to be the day for the announcement of the venues and dates for the 2011 America's Cup World Series - the new regatta circuit building into the Louis Vuitton and America's Cup regattas in mid 2013. Sail-World contacted the organisers today, and we report their response in this edition.
We've got plenty of New Zealand racing and sailing stories in this edition, including one on Blokarts being stopped by the Police for speeding; the OK Dinghies from Worser Bay; and how one of the Youth match racing teams is making the switch to multihulls ahead of the Youth event starting in the America's Cup.
Round the World sailor Jessica Watson helms the 18ft Skiff Ella Bache Frank Quealey © /Australian 18 Footers League
Many of our stories feature videos. We have re-presented the story on Paul Henderson which we ran late last month - except in the re-run we have a video clip of Henderson re-telling some of the stories from his sailing career as a three time Olympian and then ISAF President.
There's some spectacular video of Frech solo sailor Thomas Colville as he sets off on a solo round the world record attempt, plus more AC45 and America's Cup video by George Johns, one of New Zealand's top sailing video cameramen and editors.
Police office not too impressed with Blokart's "Boy Racer" Leon Ross Vickers
Thanks to our contributors for their help and input, we're here to help sailing, and help those who wish to help themselves. A special thanks to those who have contributed to this edition.
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Sail Auckland attracts big entry across Olympic and Paralympic fleets
Jodie Bakewell-White, Yachting NZ,
Sail Auckland 2011 is now just days away with over 150 sailors entered and registration opening Wednesday, at Takapuna Boating Club on Auckland's North Shore. Competition starts on Thursday [3rd Feb] continuing through until Sunday [6th Feb] with a scheduled start time of 11am each day.... [
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Auckland Blokart Club Team stopped by Police for speeding
Ross Vickers,
As the Auckland Blokart Club (ABC) team prepares for the Masters Games the training group session was halted by the New Zealand Police for speeding. The Auckland Blokart Club Master Games team is expected to perform well this weekend, but will face strong competition for the Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Manawatu, and Capital (Wellington) Teams.... [
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Black Sheep Racing to compete in Formula 18 Nationals
Black Sheep Racing Media,
The team has been based in the Bay of Islands training on two double handed Formula 18 catamarans since the beginning of the year. The aim being to broaden our skill base in multihull yachts, as this is where the America's Cup is heading. We have sailed in one regatta in the boats, the Bay of Islands Sailing Week. This was a chance to line up on a start line with 14 other boats a... [
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America's Cup: No public announcement of World Series today
Richard Gladwell,
With the deadline for announcement of the America's Cup World Series venues and dates just hours away, it seems that there will be no public announcement by the deadline set down in the Protocol for the 34th America's Cup. Earlier today, Sail-World asked the spokesperson for the America's Cup Event Authority Stephanie Martin, as to whether the announcement would be made on the deadline of 31 Ja... [
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Brits win NZ 470 Nationals at Takapuna
Christine Hansen, NZ 470 Assoc,
The New Zealand 470 Nationals came to an end with Nick Rogers and Chris Grube of Great Britain taking out the regatta with an impressive second and three first placings. Second overall, and first New Zealand sailors, were Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders who loosened the grip Geoff Woolley has had on the National title for the last (at least) three years, but not totally out of the picture by a... [
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Top British Mens crew lead New Zealand 470 Nationals 2011
Christine Hansen,
The NZ 470 Nationals got underway with with five races on Day 2 following the cancellation of racing on Day 1 due to strong winds. Fifteen boats are taking part in the Olympic class event, with three countries represented, ahead of the Sail Auckland Regatta... [
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Images of Takapuna: NZ 470 Nationals - Day 2
Christine Hansen,
Competitors from three countries are competing in the NZ 470 Nationals off Takapuna Beach. Christine Hansen captured the action.... [
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2011 Noelex 25 National Championship wrapped up
Sail-World Correspondent,
The 2011 Noelex 25 National Championship, hosted by Napier Sailing Club, was supposed to conclude yesterday with two more races, but a howling westerly shortly before the start put paid to any chances of racing.... [
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Coville departs - the Round the World chase is on + Video
Sodebo Media,
Top French multihull sailor, Thomas Coville, has left on his round the world circumnavigation attempt, chasing Banque Populaire. Here is a short commentary on his start off Brest, along with images and videos of the departure. 'I dropped my buddies in the Channel Four and I approached Ushant, a figure that is always impressive with the island's lighthouse Stiff.... [
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Hartley TS 16 National Championship wrapped up
Sail-World Correspondent,
Despite the loss of the final day's racing in the 2011 Hartley TS 16 National Championship, hosted by Napier Sailing Club, there was no shortage of exciting sailing yesterday when a 25 knot westerly wind with 35 knot gusts blasted onto the course just minutes before the race start.... [
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Final Day blown out at the Kiwi Cup and Access Nationals
David Staley,
Thirty minutes before the scheduled start time for the final day of racing today, Race Officer Gerry Martin called a halt to the regatta as a southerly of 25+ knots piped in across Hawkes Bay on New Zealand's North Island. A number of competitors were towed back to the Napier Sailing Club by safety crews, assisted by the Noelex 25 fleet who had also abandoned racing.... [
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River and Harbour Bar Crossing - learn how to do it properly!
Richard Gladwell,
News through tonight that NZ Police are considering taking a prosecution against two fishing boats who crossed the Grey River bar in treacherous conditions and ignoring warning signals. Miraculously they survived, but did you know that there are more fatal boating accidents on harbour/river bars than anywhere else? Extreme care and planning must be taken before deciding whether or not to cross... [
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San Francisco set to host Windsurfing World and National Championships
David Wells - waterhound.com,
San Francisco is to host the Windsurfing World and National Championships this July on San Francisco Bay. The last World Championship level windsurfing event on The Bay was the 1993 IMCO worlds but that's set to change soon. The upcoming Techno worlds will be hosted by the prestigious St. Francis Yacht Club.... [
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Velux 5 Oceans—Fleet face toughest challenge yet in ocean sprint three
Velux 5 Oceans,
Howling winds and mountainous seas, the most remote place on the entire planet and the infamous Cape Horn – that is what lies in store for the Velux 5 Oceans racers during ocean sprint three. The 6,000 nautical mile leg from Wellington, New Zealand, to Punta del Este in Uruguay will see the four ocean racers head deeper into the Southern Ocean than they have been yet.... [
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Book Extract: Paul Henderson - 'The Pope of Sailing' + Video
Paul Henderson,
Last month, in our New Zealand edition, we ran the following extract from former ISAF President, Paul Henderson's excellent book, 'The Pope of Sailing'. Henderson is a three time Olympian in three different classes, before going on to put back more into the sport than he had taken out of it.... [
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Downunder Pro - Formula Windsurfing Championships Warm-Up Event
Sean O'Brien,
Four races in nuking winds allowed the competitors for the Downunder Pro, Formula Windsurfing Oceanic & Australian Championships a chance to warmup during the Official Warmup Event before the Championships begin on Wednesday.... [
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OK Dinghies: 2011 Hurricane Classic hits Worser Bay
NZ OK Assoc,
Worser Bay dealt a full range of conditions for this seasons Hurricane Classic which was the fourth regatta of the 2010/11 OK Dinghy summer series and the last before the Nationals. Saturday race one saw a nice 8-10 knot northerly and it was to be a blue print for the rest of the regatta with the fleet tightly packed at each mark rounding, helped by the conditions... [
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Final crew announced for around Australia record attempt
Mainsheet Media,
Save Our Seas founder Ian Thomson has today announced the final crew for the Fastest Monohull Around Australia Record Attempt.... [
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Did Kiteboarding's Olympic hopes die this Weekend in Miami?
David Wells - waterhound.com,
The 2016 Olympics will hold some big changes for the sport of sailing and if the Kiteboard Class has its way the inclusion of Kiteboarding will be one of those changes.... [
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Now its an 18ft Skiff for Jessica Watson
Frank Quealey,
Jessica was great. She showed no sign of anxiety or nerves at stepping on the 18 and we didn't have to ask her twice whether she wanted to take the tiller. She is without doubt a very capable skipper.... [
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SailJuice Global Warm-Up round three
Andy Rice,
SailJuice Global Warm-Up 2011 - Andrew Peake has closed the gap on series leaders in the SailJuice Global Warm-Up 2011, the Merlin Rocket of Matt Biggs and Ben Hollis... [
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America's Cup: AC45 suffers wing damage in high winds
Jane Eagleson, Americascup.com,
The boat received some minor damage to the trailing edge of the wing in the first gybe of the day out of the Viaduct Harbour but nothing to get in the way of a 30-mile sail in up to 30 knots as the crew opted for a circumnavigation of the iconic Rangitoto Island.... [
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ISAF Sailing World Cup - Standings take shape after Rolex Miami OCR
ISAF Sailing World Cup - US Sailing's Rolex Miami OCR came to an end over the weekend with Great Britain taking 14 medals to lead the medal table in the International Sailing Federation Sailing World Cup.... [
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Volvo Ocean Race Legends - Former Olympian enters Norwegian boat
Volvo Ocean Race Legends,
Volvo Ocean Race Legends - Flying the Norwegian flag, the Norway Round the World project, headed by former Olympic sailor Peder Lunde, jr, will sail the veteran Swan 57, Berge Viking, to Alicante in November this year.... [
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Three-time Olympian Nick Rogers finds form in New Zealand
Luissa Smith,
Sunshine and strong winds were the order of the day for the final day of racing at the 2011 New Zealand 470 National Championships in Takapuna and proved irresistible for Nick Rogers and Chris Grube of Great Britain who took the regatta with an impressive scoreline of all top three finishes, bar a sixth in the opening race of the series... [
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Warren Jones Youth Regatta 2011 - Aussie David Gilmour's strong start
John Roberson,
Young Australian skipper David Gilmour made a strong start to the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, he suffered only one defeat from eight races, to head the leaderboard at the end of day one.... [
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America's Cup: On board the AC45 - Wet, Wet, Wet ....
Gilles Martin-Raget,
Images from aboard the prototype AC45 on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour during the Oceanbridge Anniversary Regatta capturing this very wet action - and maybe a glimpse of what we can expect to see in the real thing . Winds in the harbour were recorded at a peak average of 29kts with gusts recorded at 35kts.... [
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America's Cup: AC45 - fast and furious on the Waitemata + Video
Gilles Martin-Raget,
The prototype AC45 was put through her paces again today on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour during the Oceanbridge Anniversary Regatta. Winds in the harbour were recorded at a peak average of 29kts with gusts recorded at 35kts. Not sure what speed the AC45 hit in these images, however she looks fast and wet...... [
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Jules Verne - Brian Thompson reports from off Brazilian coast
Brian Thompson,
Another hot night here off the coast of Brasil. Sailing downwind with the full main and biggest gennaker. There are a few rain clouds around, but nothing like last night at this same time of day, when we were stopped for hours in heavy rain. So we are making relatively steady progress, at around 15 to 23 knots, depending on the wind speed.... [
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America's Cup: Oracle Racing design group meets in Auckland - Video
Richard Gladwell,
The design group of the ORACLE Racing Team met in Auckland last week, to map out next steps for the team for the 34th America's Cup. In this YouTube clip from Oracle Racing, Design Coordinator Ian 'Fresh' Burns speaks about the new AC45.... [
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Miami OCR - Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page silver in Miami
Lynn Fitzpatrick,
Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page are en route to Australia with some more silver. Australia's minerals and mining sector is churning out precious metal and Belcher and Page returning home with precious medals.... [
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Warren Jones Regatta - Walker expecting tough competition
John Roberson,
Evan Walker, the winner of last week's Colin Mullins International Youth Regatta sees a tough job ahead if he is to repeat the success in this week's Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, with more hot young teams arriving he sees a step up in the level of competition.... [
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18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Race 5
Frank Quealey,
Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas had to be content with a second placing today as the defending champion Gotta Love It 7 proved far too good in the 20-knot North-East wind.... [
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Rolex Miami OCR - Ingrid Abery images
Ingrid Abery,
Photographer Ingrid Abery presents this gallery of images from racing at the Rolex Miami OCR... [
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US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics collects Gold, Silver and Bronze
Dana Paxton,
Rolex Miami OCR is the second stop on the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup circuit. Wrapping up the gold medal going into today's Laser Radial medal race, Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) only had to sail the race and finish.... [
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Rolex Miami OCR - Medals decided
Dana Paxton,
With finishes counting double points today in the fleet racing, Sweden's Rasmus Myrgren finished third in the 104-boat Laser class, the largest here, and added six points to his score line, putting him three points out in front of Argentina's Julio Alsogaray for the Gold. Taking Bronze after Alsogaray's Silver was yesterday's leader Paul Goodison (GBR), the 2008 Laser Olympic Gold Medalist.... [
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Miami OCR 2011 - Australian 470 crew win Silver medal
Craig Heydon,
Miami ORC 2011 - The Australian Sailing Team's Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page have won a Silver medal in the men's 470 class at the second round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, following Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch's Gold in the Skud 18 class on Friday.... [
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Briefly: RunKeeper's new Breeze app, Beamer 2.0
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RunKeeper's step tracking app utilizes Apple's M7 chip in iPhone 5s
RunKeeper has launched a new, passive step tracking app today, entitled Breeze. By constantly tracking motion with the M7 chip found within the iPhone 5s, Breeze offers its users a personal coaching feature, in the form of push notifications and updates regarding one's activity levels. The following day, Breeze details a summary of the previous day's activities and stats. Users can share their completed goals, high activity level days, and a general activity profile with friends on Facebook, Twitter, RunKeeper and elsewhere. Free to download, Breeze requires iOS 7.0 or later and an iPhone 5s for full feature compatibility.


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Seven-year-old Alayjah Thomas stands with her two-year-old sister, Stormah Williams, after they get off the bus with their family at the Old Sam's Club shelter in Shreveport, Louisiana Thursday afternoon, August 30, 2012. Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times
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Local and state officials say they've well learned lessons taught by hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Gustav - and Isaac evacuees are benefitting from that school of hard knocks knowledge.
More than a thousand evacuees from St. John the Baptist Parish arriving at the Department of Children & Family Services-run shelter on Jewella Avenue in recent days were greeted by workers ready to help them register, find a bed and get a hot meal.
And, unlike four years ago when the same facility and one other local shelter lacked enough portable toilets, showers and hot water to meet even basic hygienic ...


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Friday October 31, 2014BBC PopUp, an experimental mobile news bureau, will spend November in Pittsburgh, shooting video stories that will be posted online and broadcast on BBC World. The Robotics Institute's CREATE Lab is working with BBC PopUp to host a community meeting to gather story ideas at 7 p.m. Monday in Newell-Simon Hall 3305.
Tuesday October 28, 2014PITTSBURGH—The list of genes identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by deep DNA sequencing has expanded from nine to 33, according to a new study by an international research team led by the Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC), including Carnegie Mellon University's Kathryn Roeder and the University of Pittsburgh's Bernie Devlin.
Tuesday October 28, 2014PITTSBURGH—When Don Hall saw a robot arm made of balloons while visiting Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute several years ago, he knew instantly that Baymax, a pivotal character in the animated feature he was co-directing for Disney, would also be an inflatable robot.
Thursday October 23, 2014PITTSBURGH—Fifteen teams have been chosen to work at the Carnegie Mellon University Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site, designed to create an effective and replicable process to commercialize innovations based on customer discovery and product adaptation.
Thursday October 23, 2014People are always coming and going, leaving one place on their way to another. And often they spend the time in those "non-places" in between staring at a mobile device. Justin Cranshaw, a Ph.D. student in the Institute for Software Research, helped Microsoft develop an app to see if those people in non-places might constitute communities.
Wednesday October 22, 2014PITTSBURGH—The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has announced the selection of Carl Kingsford, associate professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Lane Center for Computational Biology, as one of 14 recipients of its Moore Investigators in Data-Driven Discovery awards.
Wednesday October 15, 2014On Oct. 13, FORE Systems University Professor of Computer Science Edmund M. Clarke received an honorary doctorate from the University of Crete's Department of Computer Science — the first honorary degree ever awarded by the department.
Tuesday October 14, 2014The School of Computer Science will host Max Levchin, an entrepreneur, investor in early-stage startups and a co-founder of PayPal and Yelp, for his Oct. 21 visit to Carnegie Mellon University as part of a University Tech Tour organized by HVF, his San Francisco-based innovation and investment lab.
Monday October 13, 2014Carnegie Mellon University demonstrated its cyber prowess by winning the "Capture the Flag" and "Crack Me If You Can" contests at DEFCON 22, one of the world's largest annual computer security conferences.
Friday October 10, 2014PITTSBURGH—Is it possible to run the entire country on wind power?Stephen Rose, a post-doctoral fellow in Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, will share his views on wind power and the inner workings of American energy in an informal discussion beginning at 7 p.m., Oct. 15, at Biddle's Escape, 401 Biddle Ave. in Wilkinsburg, Pa.


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Patient Comments: Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) - Diagnosis
How was your mitral valve prolapse (MVP) diagnosed?
Comment from: Ariel Santa Catarina, 19-24 Male (Patient) Published: August 10
Hi, I'm from Brazil and I'm 20 years old. I was diagnosed with MVP when I was 14. My only symptom is chest pain. When it occurs it makes me think that I will have a heart attack, then I have panic attacks and a lot of anxiety, It's disgusting, but my cardiologist said that my MVP is without hemodynamic repercussion (no regurgitation), and he also said that I will live normally.
Comment from: REBECCA, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: March 16
I had a heart attack caused blood clot from the mitral valve.
Comment from: 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: March 01
I was diagnosed with MVPS at 25 after a doctor told me I had an irregular heartbeat during an exam. I've always had an anxious personality but, over the course of the last six months, I got progressively more fatigued, had lasting dizzy spells, and an increased shortness of breath. I went to a general physician and had to wear a Holter monitor, then get an echocardiogram. I learned my lesson early: The first cardiologist I was sent to told me nothing and was unable to diagnose me without "running more tests." I found a renowned cardiologist through a friend and was diagnosed with MVPS after a stress-echo. I am currently on Metoprolol to decrease my symptoms, and things are improving. The key with MVPS is to find a doctor who will listen to you: Most want quantity over quality. The doctor I have now listens to and answers all of my questions, which is the best kind of doctor to have.
Comment from: Jcardenas77, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: October 17
I've had a mitral valve prolapse (MVP) since birth. I am a 35 year old female, and I have not had a problem with it. Once in a while I feel the fluttering and chest tightness, but other than that I have lived a normal life.
Comment from: Martina, 19-24 Female (Patient) Published: June 29
When I was 16, I underwent a continuous fever, joint pains, and some abnormal things like chest pain and anxiety. My doctor confirmed that I have a rheumatic fever with mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Then I came to know that I became a MVP patient because of rheumatic fever.
Comment from: Gerard McGuirk, 45-54 Male (Patient) Published: February 23
I had the normal symptoms, but then developed Endocarditis due to Streptococcus mitis which led to me being placed in hospital.
Comment from: AnonymousinNYC, 7-12 Female (Caregiver) Published: January 20
2 days ago, my daughter who just turned 7 years old was diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse and has a minor leak. I am extremely saddened and worried and looking for any answers I can find. She will be having some testing performed in 2 weeks to determine if she has Malfan's syndrome. I am praying that this is not the case. I would appreciate any information or experiences anyone would like to share. I am worried sick.
Comment from: millie jo, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: November 17
Hi all. I am currently in the process of finding out if I have MVP. I am 34 years old now, and for the last 4 weeks I have been getting palpitations. I brang the symptoms up to my family doctor and she ordered me to wear the 48 hour holter monitor. That came back negative. So now for the last 4 days or so I have been getting sharp chest pains in my left side. I decided to go into the ER and they performed another EKG. However, that was normal too. The doc suggested that I may have MVP and just today I went in for an echocardiogram. I will find out by mid next week if I do in fact have MVP. My symptoms are chest pain, palpitations, and shortness of breath at times. I also have a history of tia's, a blood clotting disorder, HTN., and panic anxiety. I recently read up on MVP and all my symptoms are pointing in this direction. So, I guess I will see what the cardiologist confirms about my condition and I will post again when I know for sure.
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The grassroots citizens group Oregon Rural Action celebrated its ninth birthday in style Saturday, hosting an annual meeting that drew upwards of 125 people and provided plenty of food for thought.
Former JP Morgan executive John Fullerton said he sees a need for a shift to local economic efforts. Small scale initiatives on a local level dont provide all the answers to the worlds problems, but there needs to be movement in that direction. Its not that I think local economy is the be-all, end-all, but without a local economy the economy is not resilient.
The event, taking place in the re-born Bohnenkamp building on Adams Avenue, featured a keynote address by John Fullerton, a former JPMorgan executive who quit that firm to found the Capital Institute, an investment organization focused on a sustainable economic system.Fullerton's talk centered on the need to build a vibrant local economy amidst what he calls the broken global financial system. In opening remarks, he recalled how he left JP Morgan to find ways to help build that new economy.
"Something was out of kilter within myself, and I knew I was going to make a change," he said. "After study I knew what was systemically wrong."
Fullerton said the global economy is a debt-based one, and that capital is concentrated in the hands of a relative few. That creates conditions that are less than resilient.
"Capital has flowed downstream. Now it's so concentrated it can't get back upstream. One of the challenges is to create vehicles that move it back upstream," he said.
Fullerton also said the global economy is ill-equipped to deal with financial, population, climate and energy, soil and water crises. Environmental issues aren't getting the needed attention, and that too needs to change.
"The rate of species loss today exceeds the rate of when the meteors hit and wiped out the dinosaurs," he said.
Fullerton said he sees a need for a shift to local economic efforts. Small-scale initiatives on a local level don't provide all the answers to the world's problems, but there needs to be movement in that direction.
"It's not that I think local economy is the be-all, end-all, but without a local economy the economy is not resilient," he said.
He gave a few examples of businesses supported by the Capital Institute, including the Farmer's Diner in Vermont, a restaurant that serves up locally-sourced produce.
"I would dare to say something like that could be started in any community in the country," he said.
Some other companies in Fullerton's "impact investment" portfolio include Grasslands LLC, which uses holistic methods to manage 14,000 acres of rangeland in South Dakota, and New Day Farms, which grows organic tomatoes in energy efficient greenhouses outside Washington. D.C.
Looking farther afield, Fullerton talked in positive terms about the Mondragon Corp., a federation of worker cooperatives based in the Basque region of Spain.
"It has its own bank that survived the financial crisis. They've been practicing what we've been talking about for 50 years," he said.
Wrapping up talk about creative economic initiatives, Fullerton introduced a panel of local entrepreneurs including Joel Rice, Cory Carman and Wynne Auld.
Rice, a local psychiatrist, businessman and community activist, is in the process of transforming the historic but long-vacant Bohnenkamp building into a community workshop.
As Rice envisions it, the building would be a place for workshop members to learn skills in food preparation, woodworking, metal working, electronics, pottery, and much more.
Rice told the ORA audience his work in the mental health field helped him see there is a need for such a place in Union County.
"I'm a psychiatrist, and that's led me to be interested in helping people achieve stability," he said.
Rice said he thinks his workshop can help people overcome a lack of skill development, and can be of particular value to young people.
Carman and her husband, David, raise and sell grass-fed beef on a 2,000-acre ranch in Wallowa County. They also are involved in numerous local habitat and restoration programs.
She said she grew up on the ranch, moved away for a time, then returned. A rural lifestyle is something she cares deeply about.
"I wanted to see the ranch grow and the community continue as rural and agricultural, and I knew it wouldn't wait till later," she said. "I wanted to make our ranch sustainable, raise livestock in a different way and make it a profitable business."
Auld is the project manager for Renewable Energy Solutions, an Enterprise company that helps municipalities and private companies develop renewable energy projects.
"We're a very nimble organization that tries to help companies in the way they need help," Auld said.
She said the effort to build renewable energy projects depends on partnerships and cooperative working agreements.
She said her company is closely allied with Wallowa Resources, the group designated by Wallowa County government as a lead agency in implementation of the county's Strategic Plan for Economic Development.
"We depend on other businesses, and they depend on us," Auld said. "I'd say it's a network."
In addition to keynote and panel discussion, Saturday's gathering included a chili feed, live and silent auctions, a contra dance and live music.
Oregon Rural Action is a non-profit organization interested in social justice, agriculture and economic sustainability, and land air and water stewardship.
A member of the Western Organization of Resource Councils, ORA has four chapters around the state, including the La Grande-based Blue Mountain chapter.
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Governor appoints Salinas woman to state panel
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Gloria Bell, 57, of Salinas, to the California Employment Training Panel. Bell has been safety officer and employee relations manager at Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc. since 2002. She was human resource manager at Temple-Inland Paperboard and Packaging Inc. from 1999 to 2002 and human resource manager at Fresh Express from 1994 to 1999. Bell is a member of the AgSafe Board of Directors and the Society for Human Resource Management. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Bell is a Democrat.
San Miguel Canyon Road to be repaved
As part of the Prunedale Improvement Project the week of March 11-15:
? Crews will be paving San Miguel Canyon Road and the southbound Highway 101 San Miguel Canyon Road off-ramp from Monday through Friday.
? Work hours will be 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.
? This work will close the off-ramp from southbound Highway 101 to San Miguel Canyon Road between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 6 a.m.
? Night work continues between Mallory Canyon Road and Echo Valley Road between 7:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. from Monday through Friday.
? Night work continues at Crazy Horse Canyon Road between 7:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. from Monday through Friday.
? Crews will be moving equipment and conducting bridge work.
Information is from Transportation Agency for Monterey County.
Record number of Science Fair projects
A record number of local high school and middle school students will present their scientific side this weekend during the 2013 Monterey County Science and Engineering Fair.
The fair and the Sunday awards ceremony will take place in the University Center at California State University, Monterey Bay.
The students' projects go beyond baking soda and vinegar volcanoes. Students will present experiments in plant biology, aerodynamics, zoology and more. This year nearly 600 middle and high school students will present over 400 exhibits, the largest participation in the history of the fair. More than half the participants are high school students, making this the largest high school science fair in the state this year.
"It's exciting to see increasing numbers of our students engaging in the sciences," said Monterey County Superintendent Nancy Kotowski in a news release. "With more than 20 higher education and research institutes in Monterey County, it is encouraging that our middle school and high school students are perusing scientific study and acquiring the in-demand skills needed for the 21st century."
The public can see the winning exhibits Sunday from noon to 1 p.m. The awards ceremony follows from 1-3:30 p.m.