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|Heart Award: Compassion for all leads Austin to heartwarming success
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
From working with students who are struggling academically to mentoring fellow teachers, Mary Austin's compassion is evident on a daily basis at Holyoke Elementary School.
With sincere respect and appreciation for the care and concern Austin demonstrates for her students and fellow educators, four colleagues nominated her for the Heart Award in the 2013 Emerald Awards program.
"Mary truly has a heart for her students and a heart for those she works with," said Lynn Schneider. "Specifically, Mary is in the business of making a difference in the lives of others," added Kimberlee Bennett.
"A priority for Mary is a student's well-being and education," said the nomination letter from Cathy Sullivan and Yesenia Bencomo. "She is a natural mentor whose door is always open," they added.
Austin has served as Title I teacher at Holyoke Elementary for the past four years but was in the kindergarten classroom for 14 years prior to that.
Her love of her young students was so evident in her kindergarten classroom as she helped ease the transition in to the school setting for so many young ones.
Mary Austin works with some of her third-grade reading group students, pictured from left, Marco Mendoza, Juan Diaz, Angel Martinez and Carlos Legarreta.
—Enterprise photo
"Her boundless patience, gentle manner and warm hugs helped soothe many a crying child or concerned parent," said Schneider.
She worked tirelessly to create a classroom in which each and every child felt welcome and valued, and she went beyond the classroom to ensure that parents knew that they were important to her as well.
Then along came Reading First, and "our world changed forever," said Austin.
Schneider said when the elementary school received the Reading First grant, Austin was on the forefront of implementing and building the program as she realized what a benefit it would be to the early elementary students.
Much more rigor was introduced into the reading program. Teachers followed a scripted program and learned about data-driven instruction.
Austin was a leader in the building level team that met regularly to discuss students' needs, resources and interventions.
"I truly admired her contributions to our building leadership team and the insights she was able to offer into each and every student with regard to their strengths and needs," said Schneider.
Austin said she didn't realize how widespread the Reading First strategies were until she and her husband Jim were visiting their daughter Natalie, who was on her Peace Corps assignment in Kenya.
One day their driver took them to a Masai village where the children were attending school in their classroom on the side of a hill.
She described how little ones were seated side by side on benches under a tarp, listening to two young men who were sons of the chief. Noticing that they were working from a large sheet of paper that looked very much like the Reading First templates, Austin asked if she might take a turn at teaching.
She said the procedure was the same "I do, we do, you do" that they used at Holyoke Elementary, so she felt comfortable stepping up to the chart.
Always armed with a good story, Austin explained how the students were being taught the /oi/ sound in English words, repeating what their young teachers modeled for them.
All the while, they had no context for the words, one of which was soil, said Austin. As she taught, she picked up some dirt from the ground and repeated "soil."
"The quizzical looks on their sweet faces were enough to tell me that this was not going to be an Annie Sullivan moment," said Austin with a quick laugh.
Austin's ability to be lighthearted yet maintain authority make for a win-win in the classroom. A recent visit to her third-grade reading class showed a fun environment for learning, yet one in which she had full control. Students were engaged.
Mary Austin, pictured in center, steps up to the reading chart at a classroom on the hill in a Masai village in Kenya when she and her husband Jim were visiting their daughter, Natalie. She recognized the board material that looked very much like the Reading First templates and took her turn at teaching.
Perhaps she picked this up from her own experience as a student back in the day at Holyoke High School.
"Max Bernard was our principal, and we toed the line," said Austin. "His booming voice was enough to restore order in the hallways; however, he was able to laugh at practical jokes and praised us when we were deserving."
Moving into the Title I program four years ago, Austin continues to be a strong advocate and support for her students.
"She possesses great insight into a student's academic weaknesses and possible educational approaches to help him/her," said Sullivan and Bencomo.
They noted Austin consistently looks for a method that will benefit the student and is willing to substitute a replacement program if the current one is not working.
However, Austin's concern for her students goes beyond the walls and halls of the school.
She notices if a child is in need of a coat or school supplies or is not getting the nutrition and sleep needed, said Sullivan and Bencomo.
Beyond that, she brings staff together by organizing breakfasts, suggesting fun gift exchanges or planning send-offs for departing staff members, said Bennett. "She consistently engages in boosting staff morale."
Austin said her own mother lived a life of generous hospitality. With her parents, Joe and Theresa Ortner, as her role models, it seems she comes by the nurturing role quite naturally. Her parents would be proud.
"Mary is always among the first to see when a fellow teacher has a need and to step in and see what she can do to help," said Schneider.
"Not only does she offer advice, she volunteers her time to share classroom management strategies, loan supplies and model teaching—anything that will help her colleagues and students succeed at Holyoke Elementary School," said Sullivan and Bencomo.
They pointed out that she gladly lends this support even if it cuts into her personal time.
Austin said there were many good things that came out of the Reading First program, one of which was the camaraderie among the teachers. "We were going to sink or swim together!"
She certainly does her best to keep that camaraderie alive.
"Threaded throughout a person's teaching career are her connections with others," said Austin.
She elaborated that those relationships are the basis of the caring atmosphere that permeates the school. "Without one another, teachers and students would be unable to rise to their full potential," said Austin.
"It goes back to the saying, 'They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care,'" Austin added.
Austin takes 26-year break
Austin earned a bachelor's degree from then-Colorado State College in Greeley in 1969, with a double major in elementary education and arts and sciences and a minor in social sciences.
She taught first grade in Holyoke for one year before taking a 26-year hiatus from the regular classroom for her and husband Jim to raise their five children.
Austin admits it was during her 26 years of raising their family that she learned what it was to really be a teacher and the important role that parents have in their children's education.
"Serving as a parent, catechism teacher, director of religious education for St. Patrick Parish and 4-H leader taught me more about the learning styles of children than any college course I have taken," said Austin.
During those years, her perspective also changed.
"I can remember wondering during my first year of teaching how parents could possibly send spelling papers spattered with grape juice back to school. In later years, I became grateful for those papers, reassured that the paper had made it back to school and that the child had eaten some breakfast," said Austin.
When first asked by school board member Lonnie Carlstrom if she would consider teaching kindergarten, Austin said she told him a person would have to be crazy to teach kindergarten.
Something piqued her interest, however. "Now I realize that it was the hand of God guiding me toward one of the most amazing experiences of my life," said Austin. She said she fell absolutely in love with the kindergarten students and worked hard to give them a good start.
Jim Yakel, the principal at the time, told her that her job was to cause her students to love school.
She took that purpose to heart. "We had grand times as I learned about the kindergarten curriculum right along with them," said Austin.
Field trips, finger painting, holiday celebrations, artwork hanging from the lights, parents helping with math groups and story time all became special events.
Family is extremely important to Austin, and teaching her grandchildren, Austin and Josie Herman, rank among her fondest memories.
Her grandson was careful to call her Mrs. Austin, while "Nana" slipped out only occasionally. One classmate was sure that his mother didn't know what she was talking about when she said Mrs. Austin was young Austin's grandma.
Austin's husband Jim retired last month from his position as agronomy plant manager for Grainland Co-op. They especially enjoy their five children and their families.
Austin said teaching Title I has been a good transition for her, thanks to Sullivan's tutelage. She added that working alongside Sullivan, Nancy Kennedy and Bennett in the Title I program has been rewarding.
"How wonderful that the Heart Award has been created, as it represents the bond that exists amongst folks who are involved in the nurturing of our children," said Austin.
"Therefore, it cannot be awarded to one person alone. I am honored to accept it on behalf of all of those whose efforts, love and talents are invested every day in the children of our community."
Mary Austin
Current position: Title I teacher.
Education: Graduated Holyoke High School, 1965; Colorado State College (UNC), 1969.
Job experience: Taught first grade at Holyoke Elementary School, 1969-70; original coordinator for Baby's 1st Steps home visitor program in Phillips and Sedgwick counties; speech teacher at HES 1994-96; kindergarten teacher at HES, 1996-2009; Title I teacher at HES, 2009-2013.
Family: Husband Jim; son Chris and his wife Julie and their children James and Grace; daughter Trudy and her husband Dennis Herman and children Austin, Josie and Lauren; son Toby and his son Ben; daughter Annie and her husband Hill Slothower and sons Emery and Andrew; and daughter Natalie.
Hobbies: Sewing and reading.
Community involvement: Parent, catechism teacher, director of religious education for St. Patrick Catholic Church, 4-H leader, original coordinator for Baby's 1st Steps home visitor program in Phillips and Sedgwick counties; Phillips County child protection team.
Favorite Holyoke school memories: •My dad and his siblings, my siblings and I, my husband, our children and now our grandchildren attended Holyoke schools. I was pleased that Dad and I had a teacher in common, Mrs. Olive Peach. •I remember attending kindergarten in a stand-alone white building that was located about where the tennis courts are now. My best friend, Joanne, and I had to stand in the corner for talking—but only once. •Before the new elementary school was built, students walked to the high school and were served lunch in the basement. Several years later, I had typing, algebra and home ec in that basement, and it still smelled like a lunchroom. •My love of reading was cultivated by my primary teachers, although I never liked to slow down for the skills lessons at the end of the chapters. I always wanted to get right on to the next story. •Math and English were my favorite subjects in high school for two reasons. First, we had great teachers. The second reason was that Mom and Dad supported me in those subjects, checking homework and suggesting improvements.
Role models: My parents, Joe and Theresa Ortner. I had a wonderful childhood, growing up with seven brothers and sisters. Dad taught us to always finish what we started, to leave things better than we found them and to work up to our potential. I remember him saying that he would help me with geometry homework as soon as I memorized all the theorems. Naturally after I did that, his job was easy and so was mine. Mom lived a life of generous hospitality. She was always welcoming but still held folks to high standards. Her Irish sense of humor saw her through good times and bad. When we had speeches or 4-H demonstrations to give, she spent hours researching ideas for us.
Holyoke Enterprise April 25, 2013


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I've written before about the tension between companies' preferences for how employees look and the religious freedoms of those employees (here, here, here, and here).
One company that has gone many rounds in litigation over this issue is Abercrombie & Fitch. Anyone who has walked past an Abercrombie store knows the waft of its familiar fragrance. Abercrombie is not only interested in consistency in how its stores smell, but also how the employees who work in those stores look. To this end, Abercrombie maintains a formal "Look Policy," detailing what employees are, and are not, permitted to wear. One of its bans is on headwear. According to Abercrombie, it has made at least 70 exceptions to its Look Policy in the last seven year, all on a case-by-case basis, including some religious accommodations for hijabs.
In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores (N.D. Cal. 4/9/13) [pdf], the EEOC alleges that a Milpitas, California, Abercrombie stored refused to accommodate Halla Banafa's Muslim faith when it refused an exception to its Look Policy for her head scarf. The stored clued Banafa into the fact that her religion might be an issue when it asked her during the interview, "You're a Muslim, right?"
Abercrombie argued that it did not have to accommodate Banafa because it was an undue hardship to deviate from its Look Policy in her case. Specifically, Abercrombie argued that allowing the exception "would disrupt its careful branding efforts, resulting in customer confusion," and that it would "hurt store performance."
The court, however, sided with the EEOC, granting its motion to strike the store's undue hardship defense:
Abercrombie does not offer any studies demonstrating a correlation between failure to comply with the Look Policy and either customer confusion or decreased sales. Nor does it offer into evidence any of the store reports that linked poor sales performance with lack of adherence to the Look Policy. Rather, Abercrombie offers only the seemingly speculative assertion on the part of its executives that the correlation exists…. Abercrombie's executives consider adherence to the Look Policy important and part of their core strategy, yet they are unable to furnish any evidence outlining the degree to which Look Policy compliance affects store performance or brand image…. [T]he court finds that Abercrombie's proffered evidence affords little basis upon which a reasonable jury could conclude that Abercrombie would be unduly burdened in permitting Ms. Banafa to wear a hijab at work.
This opinion is in line with that of at least two other courts that have ruled on the same issue under Abercrombie's Look Policy (here and here).
The lessons to be learned?
- No good comes from asking a potential employee about his or her religion during a job interview.
- If you are going to selectively grant exceptions to work rules, your decisions will be scrutinized if later challenged in litigation, and you better have good reasons available.
- If you hope to claim an undue hardship defense to a religious accommodation claim based on your company's image, you need to have the hard data to back your claim. Hypothetical hardships likely will not carry the day.
Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Labor & Employment group of Kohrman Jackson & Krantz. For more information, contact Jon at (216) 736-7226 or firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Ah criminy. Not again - Which Mount? (<$2000)
Posted 17 October 2012 - 09:57 PM
I want to do imaging of DSOs... Right now I have an Orion ED80 and Canon XSi DSLR, but might move to a bit more refractor aperture (e.g. 102mm or so). My guider setup will be the Orion 50mm scope with the SSAG camera, so that's pretty light.
My preferred imaging location is on the upstairs deck of my house (in suburban San Jose, CA -- yes it's very light-polluted), which has a rather precarious access door, making mount weight a concern so that I don't fall 10 feet and go boom 8^) . That, combined with having to set the mount up every evening I want to view/image, is what's pointing me at the IEQ45.
What say you? I welcome everyone's input on this!
Dave B.
San Jose, CA
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Posted 18 October 2012 - 12:04 AM
With a narrow access door I would specifically look at size and weight .
best regards
Posted 18 October 2012 - 06:33 AM
I too was familiar with the Celestron handset. While the iEQ45 is not quite as friendly as the Celestron, it is still pretty easy to use.
But ... I have to agree with Tim. If your deck is a wooden deck, imaging will be a serious problem. Way too flexible.
Posted 18 October 2012 - 08:30 AM
1. You'll be using a computer for imaging so there's no reason not to use it to control the mount. This eliminates all differences between hand controllers.
2. Your deck, if supported on posts, isn't the ideal base for an imaging scope but will definitely work better if you run the scope and camera(s) from inside the house. Vibration dampening pads under the tripod legs can also help here. A deck that's on top of part of the house (ie the garage) will probably have vibrations from people moving around inside the house.
3. EQMOD, a fabulous tool for running an Atlas mount, has an unbelievably accurate pointing mechanism that works best with a permanently mounted scope. If you're setting up every evening, then you'll need to build a new pointing model every night. I usually build mine as I image, with only two or three initial alignment stars. EQMOD's polar alignment routine, combined with the Atlas polarscope, should give you a good enough polar alignment that your guide scope and camera will easily give you 3+ minute exposures with the Canon camera. I'd expect that your light pollution will limit you to shorter exposures than that.
4. If you're not using your deck for other things, you could consider a simple waterproof cover for the mount and tripod and occasionally leave it out during the daytime. If you do this, you'll need a way to attach the tripod to the deck to prevent its being blown over in a high wind. I have a dark site in SW New Mexico and cover my scope this way when I'm there for a week or so.
The Ioptron mount is quite a bit lighter than the Atlas. Its high weight limit is most likely a visual use limit. The Atlas, also known as an EQ6, has a number of weight limits depending on who is selling it. Orion's 40lb is at the lower end of the weights. The general weight rule for imaging with these mounts is to image at not more than 50% of the mount's maximum limit. In all cases, good balancing of the mount is critical to obtaining good images.
The Ioptron is still a relatively new mount, only a few years old. The Atlas has been around for a much longer time and there's been a lot more time to get its kinks worked out.
I suspect that whichever mount you get, you'll have a learning curve to climb before you become somewhat happy with it. Like many things, you'll always suspect that the grass was greener on the other side of the hill and you should have gone there first.
Posted 18 October 2012 - 02:19 PM
I'm very happy with my Sirius so far, and it runs great. Of course, I'd probably be saying the same thing about anything higher than an EQ3.
Posted 19 October 2012 - 09:52 AM
SyncScan lacks some of Nexstar's cooler features. As Patrick pointed out, what really makes the Atlas shine and closes that functional gap is EQMod, but that means you almost always have a computer dependency. Sometimes though, it's just nice to go out without the computer and simply enjoy the views. With a CGEM you have the option to go simple and just rely on the hand controller, or full blown computer aided with gamepad, etc.
Edit: One more thing, since you're in San Jose you have the option of buying your mount at either the Orion shop in Cupertino, or Scope City in San Francisco. Mounts in this class are still mass produced. Most are great, but there are always a few that slip through the QC cracks. Buying through traditional retail will make dealing with any returns / replacements much easier should any issues arise.
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Posted 19 October 2012 - 06:48 PM
MAYBE it will be a better mount. I assume you have not used one yet...and have not talked to anyone who has...I certainly have not.
Actually, I've talked to a buddy who has used the mount, take a look: new AZEQ6
Posted 19 October 2012 - 08:25 PM
Well, lots of folks put down the poor old SynScan HC. But it does very well on those very things, casual viewing with no fuss and muss. With a middling good polar alignment, and a 3-star in the HC it will put anything in the C8 from horizon to horizon.
I've never used anything but the Synscan HC and I have no issues finding whatever I want to image. I do a 3 star alignment after doing my PA with the PA scope (pretty much what Rod describes) and the Atlas nails anything I tell it to point to. One night earlier this year I decided to have fun and just used the Night Sky Tour and did some quick shots of 14 different DSO's from one side of the Meridian to the other. Each one was placed right where I needed it. I've never tried EQMOD but can't imagine it pointing any better than what I get just using the HC. I'm sure it's a great program, I simply don't need it.
Just for fun, here was that 14 DSO evening.
Posted 20 October 2012 - 05:46 AM
Well, with an old GM8 or G11 non-go-to, you don't have go-to, which is a downer for most folks these days.
Funny Rod I guess I just had buyer's remorse and think I should've bought a more-quality mount from the get-go. Not that I didn't appreciate my CGEM for what it was good at.
Want to image? Go big
Posted 20 October 2012 - 08:59 AM
MAYBE it will be a better mount. I assume you have not used one yet...and have not talked to anyone who has...I certainly have not.
Actually, I've talked to a buddy who has used the mount, take a look: new AZEQ6
IF his experience is going to be typical, it will indeed be what I've hoped for.
From the pictures and the graph, anyhow. Hard to tell much from the text, which appears to be a cotton-picking Google translation.
Posted 20 October 2012 - 09:04 AM
Well, with an old GM8 or G11 non-go-to, you don't have go-to, which is a downer for most folks these days.
Funny Rod I guess I just had buyer's remorse and think I should've bought a more-quality mount from the get-go. Not that I didn't appreciate my CGEM for what it was good at.
Want to image? Go big
Or not. PLENTY of people are doing excellent work without going big (and expensive and heavy). The CGEM can take good pictures. So can the Atlas. ****, so can the CG5. You get a somewhat jaundiced view reading the posts on these boards...what STILL matters most is the man or woman behind the camera, not the cost or pedigree of the dadgum mount.
As for go-to? One of the best astrophotography aids to ever come down the pike. I'd never buy a mount without go-to nor would I advise anyone else to do so, whether for imaging or visual use.
Posted 20 October 2012 - 10:38 AM
Wait for the new AZEQ6, a better mount than either the Orion Altas (NEQ6) or CGEM.
I'm not sure why you would think this when all it will be is an EQ6 with a different base and a slightly modified motor housing. It is obvious from the pictures that none of the fundemental components (like worms and ring gears) will be changed. In addition, they have gone to the network style plug for the hand controller that everyone hates on the Celestron mounts. All the AZEQ6 will be is an Atlas/NEQ6 with an Alt/Az configuration available. That doesn't make it better than the CGEM/Atlas, just different.
Posted 20 October 2012 - 11:03 AM
If you're not willing or able to drive to a dark site then save yourself the grief and money and get a much cheaper mount.
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Posted 20 October 2012 - 12:07 PM
Prepare for REALLY LONG exposures though (20 minute subs should be a minimum, and you'd need lots of them). Or get a really fast optical tube like a hyperstar or powernewt.
Posted 20 October 2012 - 04:24 PM
Hard to tell much from the text, which appears to be a cotton-picking Google translation.
Odd, Google Translate works wonders when I use it to read your blog!
(Love the blog, BTW)
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i know i could do much better in a much shorter amount of time if i went to a dark site, but i'm still enjoying AP here in the soup.


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Hi all,
Another item has come up, and a number of people need to be able to forward contacts, like vcards.
The Zimbra help says this is possible, but it doesn't appear to be so:
Forwarding contact information
You can forward contact in your address book as electronic business cards called vCards. A vCard is an electronic equivalent of a business card.
Select the contact name and right-click. Click Forward Contact.
Select multiple contact names in an address book and on the address book toolbar click Forward.
Within an email message, right-click the name in the From field and select Forward Contact.
A compose pane opens with the contact .vcf file attached. Complete the message and send. The recipient can download the .vcf directly to their contact list.
The problem is that there is no "Forward Contact" option in the contact.
To be fair, this system HAS been upgraded from v6.0.10 to v7.1.4. Is it possible that there is something that needs to be enabled on the server side, either through the Admin console or the CLI?
I've searched through the different places it might be in the admin console and haven't found anything. Briefcase IS disabled, is this feature a part of the briefcase option?
I did set up a Zimbra test server for our users to "play with" the interface before we did the actual upgrade, and the "Forward Contact" option WAS available. This test server was a fresh install of Zimbra 7.1.4, rather than an upgrade, leading me to believe that this issue is due to the upgrade, or something else I didn't configure correctly.
Thanks in advance,


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I am familiar with the math and the techniques.I'm sure he knows that the intake lobe center angle for a boosted engine is almost always much wider than what is standard on the Enfield twins, and that on boosted engines the exhaust valve is almost always larger than it would be on a normally aspirated engine, along with a more advanced exhaust cam. And that the overlap period is really needed to be very short on a boosted engine with a crossflow hemi, to reduce blowing too much out the exhaust pipe during overlap.Wide lobe center angles are the order of the day for boosted engines.I'm sure he'll agree.
I showed Alex your post and he definitely agrees, and so do I. So that leads me to this question: There isn't much for cams out there. Hitchcocks said they have a "racier cam, but not radical" which I guess is better than nothing. Or do I take the factory camshafts and have them reground and sacrifice a small amount of lift for a bit more duration?I talked to a guy from CP-Carrillo the other day. Rough ball park, I'm looking at $1300 for custom rods and pistons. A bit more than I anticipated, but needed and worth it. Carrillo guarantees their rods and pistons to be balanced within +/- 1gram. And because it's a custom application, I should be able to have the rods custom cut to fit the -.010 grind on the crank/rod journals making a stronger bottom end than running oversized bearings. Sill haven't decided if I want to attempt fitting the 1 piece alloy Interceptor cylinder. It'd definitely be stronger and dissipate heat faster, (plus no one has ever put those cylinders on a 700 block) BUT I'm also thinking of having the engine case and cylinders cadmium plated too which I think would look bitchin'. Decisions, decisions.....Scottie
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Lightning Awareness Week
Lightning awareness week runs through this Friday. Since 2006 NOAA's National Weather Service has studied lightning deaths and found that 64% of the fatalities were involved in leisure activities. The number one group is not golf but rather fishing. Out of 238 deaths from lightning since 2006, of the 152 (64%) were engaged in leisure activities; twenty six were struck and killed when fishing. Camping deaths were next with fifteen followed by boating with fourteen. Twelve were killed when playing soccer and eight were playing golf. The remaining 77 fatalities were running, swimming, walking, picnicking, riding recreational vehicles or just in their backyards.
Since 2001 deaths on the golf course from lightning have decreased 75 percent in part as a result of a lightning safety campaign. Before 2001 an average of 77 people were killed by lightning and now the average has dropped to 37.
Frequent or dangerous lighting is not part of the severe thunderstorm criteria. Stay safe. When you hear thunder you can be struck by lightning. It doesn't have to be raining in fact it can be sunny.


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Royal Purple Engine Challenge Las Vegas - Mopar NewsWritten on May 1, 2005
See Ya In VegasHave you made plans to attend the Mopars at the Strip show in Vegas? It's getting close, and if you haven't made plans yet, you better get crackin'. Mopars at the Strip is fast becoming one of the "must-see" events in the country. The Mopars at the Strip event boasts one of the largest race payouts of almost any event, and the show field is filled with nothing but first-class Mopars. they're even giving away a car again this year. We will be there hosting the third annual Mopar Muscle True Street Challenge. hopefully, you have already registered and are planning to attend. Look us up when you get there, we'll be watching the racing, checkin' out the show cars, buying parts at the swap meet, and hanging out at the Cannery at night. See ya there.
Royal Purple Engine ChallengeBy now, we're sure you have heard about the Royal Purple Engine Challenge. If not, let us fill you in. The plan is for each builder to develop, build, and bring their respective engine combination to the '05 Mopar Nationals, where they will be put on display for all in attendance. This will give each builder the opportunity to talk to the people that are interested in the Hemi engine. After the Mopar Nationals, the engines will be delivered to Competition Cams in Memphis, Tennessee, for dyno testing. The dates for dyno testing will be late August/early September, finalized dates to be announced.
What separates our challenge from others is that each engine builder will receive a spec, 93-octane fuel for their engine. Each engine will be cycled on the dyno before they can make a scored power pull. hopefully, this will eliminate purpose-built dyno engines. Each engine must use 20-50-weight oil. zero-weight oils do not work on the street. Each engine will receive a composite score of peak horsepower and peak torque. That total will then be divided by the retail cost of the engine, and scored on cost per point of power. A "bonus rating" will be given for each inch of manifold vacuum produced. Stay tuned, this is going to get exciting.
Mopar Muscle magazine will feature the competition and highlight each competitor's engine specifics and overall standing within the competition in future issues.
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Thanks to a 90-day grace period, the thousands of firms that contract with the U.S. federal government have until May 8 to comply with the regulation, as long as they are working toward compliance and abiding by previous rules for tracking applicants' demographic data. Still, the new requirements have resulted in some confusion. What's more, major recruiting software companies are steering customers away from once-touted features or working to upgrade them.
Despite any such headaches, the new rule will trigger better hiring, says Gerry Crispin, co-founder of consulting firm CareerXroads. "I think it will significantly improve our understanding of successful recruiting practices," he says. "There's a great silver lining."
The roots of the rule lie in the rapid emergence of online recruiting practices over the past decade. The regulation is issued by the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Its goal is to help make sure that companies doing business with the government do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race or ethnicity when they do such things as review e-mailed job applications and search online résumé databases to fill a position.
Under the rule, employers must try to gather demographic data from Internet applicants. An "Internet applicant" is defined as someone meeting four criteria. Among these is that the individual "submits an expression of interest in employment through the Internet or related electronic data technologies."
In addition, the rule says that when contractors use external résumé databases--like that at Monster.com--to consider individuals for particular positions, they have to keep records. Those include such things as "the substantive search criteria used, the date of the search and the résumés of job seekers who met the basic qualifications for the particular position who are considered." Similar requirements to capture the "substantive search criteria used" and the date of the search also hold true for queries of internal résumé databases for specific positions.
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The Labor Department published the rule in October and said it would take effect February 6, but it was clear that contractors needed more time. A survey earlier this year of nearly 1,000 companies by recruiting software company Peopleclick found that 71 percent of respondents were not prepared for the deadline.
In late January, the Labor Department announced the grace period. It also has a Web site answering frequently asked questions about the rule, as well as a toll-free help line. Still, there's uncertainty about how to comply.
One gray area centers on the practice of hunting for talent without formal job openings. Strictly speaking, the rule does not apply to searches done without a particular position in mind.
But companies that do much of their hiring in this fashion without collecting demographic data risk the Labor Department's wrath in an audit. Charles James, who heads up the OFCCP, says hiring without specific positions in mind--and therefore avoiding steps to ensure equal opportunity for women and minorities--is an old tactic that has led to biased results in the past. "It will be interesting to see if all the 'great people' are white males," he says.
Another concern relates to the precise data that federal contractors must collect. The OFCCP's new rule allows companies to use techniques such as random sampling to whittle down the number of applications it considers, so long as the technique does not lead to biased results. Companies also can set up specific application procedures and ignore would-be candidates who fail to follow the guidelines.
Even so, not everyone is clear what it means to "consider" an applicant. On an Internet discussion board, one person posed this question about the guidelines for searches of external résumé databases:
"Does this mean that résumés must be saved for all candidates in the search pool? (After basic criteria and/or 'data management techniques' are used to reduce the pool size)," the participant wrote. "Or, must just the search criteria be saved, plus résumés for any candidates whose résumés are actually viewed and evaluated?"
Asked about this posting, James replied by e-mail, saying that contractors need not keep résumés of individuals identified from an external database search "who were not considered; that is, the search brings up the individual's résumé, yet the contractor never opens the résumé."
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Another controversial topic is how the new rule applies to so-called "conceptual" search engines. These are tools that rely on sophisticated algorithms for understanding the content or concepts in a document such as a résumé. For example, Peopleclick has a conceptual search engine as part of its recruiting system that comes up with a new set of terms that may be synonyms of words in the original or terms that are associated with the original content. Peopleclick's tool allows the user to take a promising résumé and search for others similar to it.
A potential problem with this technology is that the terms generated may run afoul of the OFCCP's rule, says Kathy Barton, senior vice president of marketing and product management at Peopleclick. The rule specifies that applicants' basic qualifications be objective. But a conceptual search engine may produce search terms like "Harvard" or "Princeton" when seeing "graduated from Yale" in a résumé, rather than the objective credential of "college degree."
Will the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission follow the OFCCP's lead with an internet applicant rule?
Carol Miaskoff, assistant legal counsel at the agency, says the EEOC does not expect to take action on the proposal in the "near future."
Barton says it is vital under the OFCCP rule to record new search terms generated by a conceptual search, and that Peopleclick's technology does so. But the system currently doesn't make the terms visible to recruiters. Peopleclick is upgrading its system to let users see the new terms so they can pick objective ones for a search. That fix is due this summer, Barton says. For now, customers are advised to use Peopleclick's key word search rather than the conceptual search feature. "At this point, we're saying it's better for you to wait," she says.
Taleo, another major recruiting software vendor, also has been steering customers away from a conceptual search feature it offers. The company recommends using other search and screening tools that come with its product. Not unlike Peopleclick, Taleo is concerned that results from its conceptual search engine could be seen as subjective. But the company believes its conceptual search will pass muster under the rule should customers want to use it. "We're very comfortable (that) we meet the requirements," says Chris Tratar, director of product marketing at Taleo.
Taleo says its conceptual search tool does not generate new search terms. The feature, based on technology from software firm Autonomy, "converts the text block into numbers and searches for matches in the patterns created by the numbers," Taleo said in a statement. "The number pattern or 'digital signature' that is created is an exact numerical representation of the exact text put in."
In Taleo's conceptual search product, the "digital signature" is not made visible to the user, but is retained by the system and could be accessed in case of an audit, Tratar says.
Nonetheless, he argues that capturing the user's search input satisfies the rule. "All the regulations require is that you save the criteria upon which you searched, not how the search was done technically," he says.
James of the OFCCP suggests that tech companies and their customers pay close attention to whether search tools alter the nature of the query. "Software vendors should advise their clients about possible changes to a client's search criteria made by hidden features of the software product," James wrote in an e-mail to Workforce Management, "so that the client firms can make informed decisions about actions for which they are accountable."
Analyst Crispin says most recruiting technology vendors up to now have failed to provide good tools to help customers meet the new rule. Exceptions, he says, include recruiting software firms BrassRing and Peopleclick as well as the major online job boards--Monster.com, Yahoo HotJobs and CareerBuilder.com.
A key question is whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will follow the OFCCP's lead with an Internet applicant rule. The EEOC, whose guidelines apply to all U.S. employers with 15 or more employees, is part of a four-agency group that issued a proposal similar to the new OFCCP rule in 2004. The EEOC conceivably could adopt that proposal as a formal rule. But Carol Miaskoff, EEOC assistant legal counsel, says the commission does not expect to take action on the proposal in the "near future."
Despite the uncertainties and the scramble to change technologies and practices, Barton sees a beneficial side effect of the OFCCP's new rule. She notices recruiters specializing as either "hunters," who find candidates, or "farmers," who nurture candidates into potential hires. While hunters must develop a firm grasp of recruiting technology and the new OFCCP rule, farmers can avoid those tasks. The new rule, in other words, is leading to more efficient corporate staffing departments. "It will drive some best practices around the role of recruiters," Barton says.
How well recruiters and firms are complying with the Internet applicant regulation probably won't be clear for some time. Audits normally cover a period beginning at least six months prior, and they can last 12 to 18 months, James says. "We're not going to know until 2007," he says.
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Update: VGN365.com has now clarified that the ChromeClientPOSIX discovery was referring to the browser chrome not 'Google Chrome' the Web browser, and concludes that Google Chrome is not likely coming to the PS3 entertainment system after all.
According to Dutch site PS3Life.nl (linked above), Sony's PS3 entertainment system may soon be getting the popular Google Chrome Web browser despite Google responding that they have nothing to announce at this time.
Additionally, a job listing implies that Sony is indeed hiring a developer to work with Google Chrome's Engine.
To quote, roughly translated: Sony has a Webkit source for their PS3 Web browser and can be found here (with a test page now added here).
Here you can see several things that Sony has updated on March 31 for pilot testing. A forum user NeoGaf the forum was, incidentally, to the bored and a look in the ps3-webkit-support.diff file.
I'm going through ps3-webkit-support.diff because I'm bored. Looks like we're getting Chrome Actually, since Geoff's added a couple of files for ChromeClientPOSIX.
Naturally the full source of his changes are in that diff file also. From what I can tell, the only posix platform refers to the PS3 in Webkit, It does not show up at all in the mainline source code (Unix versions are under Their Typically widget library like Qt or gtk).
There's a lot of functions that are not implemented, but they're mainly ones that involvement windowing that you would not expect to be supported on the PS3.
Might this not mean much since I do not see the cool stuff from Chrome sources, like bookmark syncing, but it's a freaking huge project, and only covers what the diff needed to be changed so it works on the PS3.
Might it not just get Chrome branding visible to the user, but I think if he's calling it chrome client, we can expect good things for the future.
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Computational Physics of Electric Discharges in Gas Flows
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Roger Federer made his debut at the French Open today defeating giant American baller Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 and continuing his quest for a lucky no. 13 Grand Slam.
Fed also debuted his new Nike duds which I previewed at the start of the spring season. The Sphere React Cool Polo in dark obsidian and the Dri-FIT Control Short in the same hue look great on the world no. 1.
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I saw these on sale in Barcelona, and I love the color of blue, but the white on the sleeves is so girlish. I think it's just the angle, but that photo on the left makes it look like it's a puckered, cap sleeve type shirt.ReplyDelete
yeah i actually bought it here in the us and it's very fitted but really nice - no puckering.ReplyDelete
but if you think this is girlish i can't wait until the lilac comes out that he's supposed to wear
Berdych had the lilac on today. I'm all for Rafa in pink, as a matter of fact I wish they would let him wear it in a tournament someday, but the lilac is just...I don't know...wrong? It's definitely NOT attractive.ReplyDelete
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i just emailed nike.com to ask why they are making Rog look like a girl. I don't even like the dated white collar and cuffs look on girls. a million UGHS.ReplyDelete
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The magician shows two coins, a quarter dollar and a 50 euro cents coin. He places both coins under a handkerchief, he then takes the quarter coin and places it on the handkerchief, raises the handkerchief slightly the handkerchief to show the 50 euro cents coins, but incredibly now there is a quarter coin and the 50 euro cents coin on the handkerchief. Afterwards he places both coins in the palm of his hand, he takes the quarter coin and puts it in his pocket and instantaneously he shows the coins have changed places. A quarter coin is now in his hand and the 50 euro cents coin is in his pocket. This trick maybe repeated many times.
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If you enjoy working with others and desire an active role in working with youth sport programs then this major is ideal for your professional preparation. Employment opportunities exist in both the public and private sector. Fitness and health facilities, youth sport associations, park districts, social service agencies and the YM/YWCA seek individuals with preparation in coaching and youth sport development.
The world of health, fitness, and youth sport development has grown in recent years. This program qualifies students for a variety of administrative positions in the world of sports. Candidates will be taught and mentored by quality faculty and active coaches.


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Less than a decade ago, the roche research centers in switzerland, California and Japan rarely shared results with each other, much less with sister centers in Germany, the United Kingdom or New Jersey. In keeping with the company's long tradition of autonomous research, independent project teams pressed their own research agendas at each site, posing questions, evaluating data, and reporting results as they saw fit. State-of-the-art computer systems guided much of the research, but each system was as autonomous as the researchers themselves. Well into the age of the Internet, the company maintained an archipelago of productive, but ultimately insular, electronic research islands.
Despite its commitment to maintaining autonomous research centers, Roche's research management team began to see the electronic disconnect between laboratories as a liability that cost the company time, money and knowledge. As a result, it decided in 1998 to establish Global Research Informatics (GRI), an organization to standardize informatics tools at all research centers, and thereby enable global sharing of research results. Encouraging laboratories to share data would enable each scientist to work autonomously but draw conclusions from an enlarged perspective. GRI aimed to select, fund, and oversee a portfolio of projects that developed a set of globally applicable informatics tools. GRI projects were chosen only if they added value to Roche discovery research worldwide.Today, scientists at the (now) five Roche research centers around the world routinely order experiments online at remote automated service labs, such as the cardiovascular safety center or the toxicogenomics center. Requesting an experiment is typically as simple as filling out a Web-based form. After the electronic request, every step of the experiment is guided by informatics.
The global computer infrastructure has grown rapidly over the past seven years at Roche research centers, where GRI has sponsored nearly 400 informatics projects. About 80 of those projects improved the hardware infrastructure to accommodate new, advanced software. The remaining projects led to some 200 software implementations and system upgrades. Among them are key Web-based systems that enable Roche researchers worldwide to share assay results within a few hours.
Once GRI supplied the initial activation energy for Roche's global informatics systems, researchers began pushing for new technology to support a wider range of activities. Scientists began to standardize their own processes (e.g., screening and safety assays) so they could reuse comparable results.


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Jamie Hanley's experience with food allergies began at 11 months old, when she took a few small bites of her mom's ravioli, broke out in severe hives and landed in the emergency room.
At first, Jamie reacted only to eggs and then later to peanuts. By the time she was 3 and a half years old, the list of foods Jamie couldn't eat had ballooned to 16.
"Seemingly everything she ate was causing her to break out in hives, swelling and mild respiratory symptoms, which at times were more severe than others," said her mother, Diana.
A recent report in Pediatrics indicates that pediatric food allergies may be more common than previously thought. About 6 million children, or 8 percent, have food allergies and nearly 39 percent of those children have a history of severe reactions to food.
The Hanleys' answer to Jamie's allergies came in November 2010 when Jamie's pediatrician recommended she visit National Jewish Health in Denver. Jamie and her parents spent seven days at National Jewish Health in the Pediatric Day Program under the care of world-renowned pediatric allergy physician David Fleischer, MD.
The Pediatric Day Program is a unique, one- to two-week program that allows children and their families to work with a variety of specialists for diagnosis, treatment and disease management. Many families come to National Jewish Health as their "last resort." They are exhausted after visiting specialist after specialist without results. National Jewish Health finds answers when others cannot.
Under the supervision of Dr. Fleischer and his staff, Jamie underwent food challenges to identify whether she is allergic to specific foods. The food challenge is used worldwide as the gold standard in food-allergy testing, and the double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge, most often used in research, was first introduced at National Jewish Health.
The food challenge proved that Jamie's previous skin and blood tests showed many false positive reactions, indicating that she was testing positive to certain foods and told she was allergic to them when she likely wasn't. Dr. Fleischer diagnosed Jamie with chronic idiopathic urticaria, or chronic hives of an unknown cause. Jamie really was allergic to only eggs, shellfish, peanuts and tree nuts. Dr. Fleischer also explained that other than her reactions to those foods, Jamie's hives and swelling resulted from either a viral infection or chronic urticaria.
Jamie's parents finally know how to manage their child's condition. "I don't know if Dr. Fleischer and his staff understand how much they altered Jamie's life. She lives a full life now," Diana said.
Just recently, Jamie, now 4 years old, asked if she can go on an airplane to visit Dr. Fleischer in Denver. When Diana asks Jamie about Dr. Fleischer, Jamie, says, "Dr. Fleischer gave me my food back!"
Some of the tests and treatments for children with food allergies can be stressful, uncomfortable and even painful for children. That's when the Child Life Program at National Jewish Health comes in.
The free program helps children and their families cope with illness, treatment and the overall healthcare experience. Trained child life specialists provide health education, preparation for medical procedures, distractions during painful procedures, developmentally appropriate play and recreation, creative arts and emotional support for patients and families. They also provide small gifts, mostly toys, for the children after painful tests and when they achieve important goals, and children have access to two fully stocked play rooms.
Diana said the Child Life Program was one of the best parts of Jamie's treatment. When Jamie would return from a difficult treatment, Child Life Specialist Destiny Jara would take Jamie's hand and lead her to the playroom where Jamie would choose a toy and return to being a normal 3-year-old.
The Child Life Program is largely possible because of generous donations. On July 4, 2011, the Hanleys will walk the 10-kilometer Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta to raise money for the Child Life Program.
"As it stands right now, I can walk 5 kilometers on sheer will," Diana said. "I need your (donors') help to motivate me the rest of the way."
To donate to the Child Life Program in support of the Hanleys' walk in the Peachtree Road Race, make a donation today. When you fill out the online donation form, indicate that you designate your gift to go to the Child Life Program. All donations will go directly to support the program.
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No comparison!!! Kim is way more beautiful then this wanna be……..Everyone needs to quit hating on KIm, I totally don't blame her for dumping Kris Humphries, He's such a stick in the mud, no personality what's so ever!!! I think Kim was a little too much for him……She needs a man, not a over grown kid….
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Hello, all. I am an aspiring fantasy writer. Recently, I created a world for a short story which I submitted to the Neverland's Library Anthology. At some point in the future, though, I would like to expand upon this and work it into a novel-length work. My map-drawing skills are poor, so I would like someone to create a map for this world based on the rough sketch that I have created.
Here is a quick run-down of the setting. Tolysia of old was a verdant land of sprawling jungles, plains, mountains, and marshes. However, the guardians of this land - the dragons - fought a bitter war against their queen, who wrought ruin in the form of fire. She had been taken by the madness that an evil god made to undo all fo the great work of dragonkind. When the dust settled, the land was a desert, and all but a few of the draconic spirits were dead, at least in physical form. One dragon survives, and her power is worshipped as the bringer of rain and storms. For the nomadic Qui'thani, this means journeys to one of several sacred pools to get the water that they need. Only one can be full at any given time, leaving the others dry, and those who remain there victims to the sands. However, in a place called The Prosperous East by many, water is not such a problem. Due to the unique way water flows between the two pools of this area, it is never devoid of water. Trade between cities often depends upon the flow of water. The canyon that dominates this area is replete with marshlands that sustain crops. The cities of the East have collaborated to build a wall to keep out the nomadic tribes such as the Qui'thani. (Much like Hadrian's Wall)
The Eastern religion is of the belief that dragons as a group of creatures brought about the end of Paradise. This belief does not, of course, go without a grain of truth to it. In recent times, missionaries of this religion (called the Vasheen) have started to indoctrinate the tribes of the West. They make sacrifices to a being that they call the Firebringer (current name. Will probably change) make pilgrimages with their offerings to the volcanic Fumaroles in the south. Much like the Pools, the Fumaroles go through intervals of activity and inactivity. They see the correlation as proof that the nomadic tribes are bringing about a second destruction of their world by worshipping the draconic spirits of water and storm. However, the being that they pay tribute to is none other than that of the dragon queen that brought destruction of the world.
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I'd like for someone to use my sketch, and make a similar map, but with a more professional appearance. If, oen day, I do end up writing and publishing this world as a novel, then I would arrange payment for the use of it. For now, the map that I would like will for my own use. I would like to post it various places like Facebook, or DeviantART. You will of course be credited as the original creator of the map, and you may use it in your own portfolio. If you are interested, please email me. We can hammer out some more details of the world, and what I would like, as well as what I should expect. (It is free, after all.)
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Iowa State Takes on Drake Wednesday
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- Iowa State takes on another in-state rival in the mid-week Wednesday when the Cyclones make the short drive South to take on the Drake Bulldogs at 5 p.m. at Buel Field.
- ISU picked up its first Big 12 win of the season last weekend against Oklahoma State. Iowa State won the first game of the series, 2-0, before falling to the Cowgirls 11-0 and 7-6 in the final two games.
- Sarah Hawryluk led the Iowa State offense in Stillwater, going 7-of-11 at the plate for a batting average of .636. In six career games against OSU, Hawryluk batted .619, going 13-of-21 from the dish.
- Iowa State's first Big 12 win of the season came by way of a 2-0 shutout victory over the Cowgirls. It was the fifth shutout of the season for Iowa State and the first against a Big 12 opponent since a 3-0 win over Kansas in 2009.
- Brittany Gomez continues to be one of the most prolific lead-off hitters in the country, ranking fourth in the Big 12 and 45th in the NCAA with her .425 batting average. Last weekend, Gomez became the seventh player in program history to record multiple 50-hit seasons.
- During Iowa State's doubleheader against Northern Illinois, Gomez became Iowa State's all-time leader in career stolen bases. The sophomore, now with 50 steals to her name in her career, beat the record of 48 previously held by Adi Blackmon (2000-03). Gomez's 19 steals in 2014 puts her 37th in the NCAA.
- Lexi Slater came into 2014 with a career batting average of .248 in her first two seasons as a Cyclone. This year, the junior has become one of Iowa State's biggest batting threats, hitting .356 with a .625 slugging percentage. She ranks second in the Big 12 with 10 doubles in 2014. Her six home runs this season, is the most in a single season in Slater's career.
- Sara Davison has been one of the most disciplined hitters in the country in 2014. Iowa State's career walks leader with 76 to her name, 13 coming in 2014, ranks 20th in the NCAA among batters that are most difficult to strikeout. The senior has only struck out three times in 103 at bats in 2014.


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The University of Delaware is a major research university with extensive graduate programs that is also dedicated to outstanding undergraduate and professional education. University faculty are committed to the intellectual, cultural and ethical development of students as citizens, scholars and professionals. University graduates are prepared to contribute to a global society that requires leaders with creativity, integrity and a dedication to service.
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I really like it. I'd agree with you, the simplicity looks really good, and the more labels you put on, the better chance you have of messing them up.
Right now, your text looks out of place. You should give it the same texture s the rest of the map, and probably curve it through the areas it labels.