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Difficulties with Information Processing
Difficulties with Information Processing - adjustments to practice
Information Processing refers to the way we handle information. The information the body collects is sent to the brain which recognises it, understands it, responds to it and stores it; repeating this pattern hundreds and even thousands of times each day. Information Processing makes it possible for a person to complete all the tasks that are required in a given day, from brushing teeth to grocery shopping to watching TV.
Difficulties with Information Processing are not defined as:
- the result of hearing loss;
- the result of impaired vision;
- an Attention Deficit Disorder or any kind of intellectual or cognitive deficit.
However, these difficulties are often seen in many individuals with Learning Disabilities and can often help to explain why a person is having trouble with learning and performance. The inability to process information efficiently can lead to frustration, low self-esteem and social withdrawal, especially with speech/language impairments.
Visual Processing Disorders
- Visual Processing Disorders are also known as Visual Perceptual Processing Disorders.
- They affect how the brain perceives and processes what the eye sees.
- These disorders can occur without impaired vision of any kind.
- Like all Learning Disabilities, Visual Processing Disorders can be a lifelong challenge.
- People with Visual Processing Disorders have problems with the way they interpret information, but what others will notice in people with these disorders is the behaviour that happens after the difficulties occur.
Common Difficulties with Visual Processing Disorders
- Accurately identifying information from pictures, charts, graphs, maps, etc.
- Organising information from different sources into one cohesive document.
- Finding specific information on a printed page (for example, getting a number out of the phone book).
- Remembering directions to a location.
Auditory Processing Disorders
- Auditory Processing Disorders are often referred to as Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD).
- Auditory Processing Disorders can occur without any kind of hearing loss.
- Auditory Processing Disorders affect how the brain perceives and processes what the ear hears.
- Like all Learning Disabilities, Auditory Processing Disorders can be a lifelong challenge.
- Many of the difficulties that are experienced by people with Auditory Processing Disorders are also common to people with Attention Deficit Disorders.
- Auditory Processing Disorders may run in families.
- Auditory Processing Disorders can affect a person's ability to interact socially.
Common Difficulties with Auditory Processing Disorders include:
- Talks louder than necessary;
- Difficulties remembering a list or sequence;
- Often needs words or sentences repeated;
- Poor ability to memorise information learned by listening;
- Interprets words too literally;
- Difficulties hearing clearly in noisy environments.
Difficulties with Information Processing - adjustments to practice
These strategies are suggestions for inclusive teaching and training. This list should not be considered exhaustive and it is important to remember that all learners are individuals, and good practice for one person may not necessarily be good practice for another. If you have any good practice that you would like to add to this list, please email your suggestions to email@example.com.
Environmental Factors
- Provide a quiet area to allow learners to process information quietly.
- Eliminate background noise to enable those with Auditory Processing Disorders to hear clearly.
Learning Resources
- Point out important information by using handouts, writing on the board or using transparencies.
- Present information in an organised manner by showing a logical sequence to concepts and skills.
- Colour code important information.
- Before writing letters or essays, create an outline to simplify and organise ideas.
Course Delivery
- Use literal language and be very precise about meanings.
- Use carefully worded, unambiguous questions to elicit and test learning.
- Explain tasks clearly and unambiguously. Give directions one at a time and go through each step. Check the learner's understanding of the task by asking them to explain it back to you in stages where necessary.
- Provide a framework with structured questions to separate and prioritise main points.
- Show learners how to categorise (chunk) related information e.g. by presenting information in categories.
- Bring to mind relevant prior learning e.g. review a previous day's lesson, have a discussion about previously covered content.
- Gain the learner's attention e.g. use cues to signal when you are ready to begin, move around the classroom and use voice inflections.
- Allow learners extra time to formulate responses.
- Provide opportunities for learners to elaborate on new information, perhaps by connecting the information to something already known.
- Provide extra time after group sessions to check that the content has been understood.
General Guidance
- Encourage learners to ask for help - show that it is acceptable and not a sign of failure.
Adjustments for Assessments taken under Examination Conditions
Information Processing
ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Dyslexia, Hearing Impairments, Learning Disabilities
Group Work Activities, Literacy Related Activities, Numeracy Related Activities, Practical Activities, Visual Activities, e-Learning/ICT Activities


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I need to build up the matrix of matrices. Say, for all $1\leq i,j\leq n$ I have to define a matrix $p_{ij}$ which will be a matrix $n\times n$. What I can do - it is to build up a matrix $P$ which is $n^2\times n^2$ - but for $n=20$ there is an error about memory.
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The Seduction of an Unknown Lady
Samantha James
April 2008, European Historical Romance (1850s [Victorian] England)
Avon, $6.99, 360 pages, Amazon ASIN 0060896493Part of a series
A word on word count: At approximately 200 words per page, this one comes in at just about 72,000. In direct comparison, another Avon historical I picked at random adds up to more than 92,000. Big difference. Which begs the question: Would an additional 20,000 words have resulted in a better book? Probably not much, but its undeniable that the extreme skimpiness of this one - and, interestingly, Avon romance submission guidelines state that manuscripts should be at least 90,000 words - reinforces its mediocrity and an evident lack of time put into churning it out.
So, in sixth grade-size type and an abundance of white space, what we have here is the story of a female bookseller who moonlights anonymously as a successful writer (bet youve never heard that one before). She meets an aristocrat newly returned from serving in the military in India who doesnt know shes said famous writer.
Aidan thinks Fionas hot. She thinks the same about him, but shes concerned about her obligation to her mother whos residing in a private asylum for the insane. The doctor there has given reason to hope that her mother will recover, so Fiona needs the income her writing and bookshop provide and cant afford distractions such as Aidan represents.
So, Aidan is traumatized by wartime events (bet youve never heard that before), but not enough that he hesitates for a moment in pursuing Fiona. And he does. And before you know it, she gives in.
In the meantime, Fiona is being threatened by a mystery stalker. Only it isnt really a mystery at all since the author bothers to introduce only one suspect. But said stalker does give Aidan reason to behave protectively and for Fiona usually foolishly to proclaim that she doesnt need any freakin protection (bet youve never heard that one before).
To put it bluntly, in addition to the extreme clumsiness of the story, I don't believe for even one moment that the events in this book could have taken place in the Victorian era. For example, proper young lady Fiona is invited by a bachelor duke to attend a respectable dinner party alone. And she goes. Alone! Add on to that one the fact that Fiona lives totally on her own with only an occasional maid to help her just like girls of her class did all the time. And to stretch credulity even further, Aidan the brother of a no less than a duke actually calls said maid Miss Barnes when he meets her. Yuh-huh. That would happen. I could go on, but why? It's enough to add that the term "wallpaper historical" was coined to describe books exactly like this one.
This novel is apparently a follow-up to the authors previous release, The Secret Passion of Simon Blackwell; that character and his wife (who is Aidan's sister) feature in the story. And, of course, Im sure youll be shocked to learn that the duke is up next. Based on my assessment of this one and it isnt my only negative experience with Samantha James Im checking out. Permanently.
-- Sandy Coleman


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"Miss Lovely", a new independent film from India written and directed by Ashim Ahluwalia, is a love story containing many artistic layers. At first glance a beautiful woman with seductive eyes fills the screen. As we focus on her eyes, all of a sudden we are transported into what appears to be a vintage low budget horror movie with a female vampire as its star. A moment later we shift into a retro 1960's style, blue-porn movie. Then seconds later we finally morph into a crude, dark, dank, makeshift low-budget blue-movie film studio. We realize at this moment where we are, making both prior cognition's true.
"Miss Lovely" is a retro Bollywood version of a classic, old style, low-budget B-movie thriller combined with cheap, trashy, quickly made porn as it's core. "Miss Lovely" is also however, a love story.
When movie goers see films made in India, much of what comes to mind is beauty---often within impoverished surroundings. Most displaying a love of life, colors, traditions, good food, and a richness in experience and meaning. There have been many films made about human suffering in India, normally with redeeming moral endings.
"Miss Lovely" is radically different; at least on the surface. It shows an underbelly of turmoil and human degradation, drowning in a cesspool of greed and lust. Women are objects of carnal satisfaction. Blinded by their own plight, they scratch and claw at each other to be the most desired. The men, their captors, lust and feed on them. They fight with rabid aggression for the money that destroying women's virtue will bring. All participants being driven and devoured by the bottomless pit of sensation, power, and greed.
There is one line in the script that capsulizes the theme of "Miss Lovely" calling it, "A society who has forgotten its traditions and now lives with a "dead conscious"; more like a sleeping, zombie consciousness, hypnotized by the trap of carnal pleasures.
Two brothers are at the core of this tale. They are the producers of the films. The older brother, Vicky ( played by Anil George), the leader and brains of the operation, is married with children living in a small flat with his unassuming wife. The younger quiet brother, Sonu ( played by, Nawazuddin Siddiqui), is unmarried and in search for a higher quality film; he longs to make a good romantic movie. He is the one in search of "Miss Lovely", Pinky ( played by,Niharika Singh), to star in his film. Soon he finds her in an innocent chorus girl on a movie set. In the title alone one can deduce the scope and nature of the narrative. "Miss", meaning unmarried, and "Lovely", meaning beautiful to behold.
As the whirlpool spins, so does this familiar tale of lost souls struggling to be free. Stuck in the middle of a web of sin, each step is yet another snare in a sticky trap. The two brothers struggling to make money at the expense of exploiting beautiful women, sexual pleasure, and quenching the thirst of a grotesque side of the masculine nature. This movie might have also been entitled, "Cain and Abel's Misadventures in Hades".
But in the tradition of well made Indian films there is redemption. Not only in the consequences the two brothers may face but in the elements that surround them.
The human spirit is awe inspiring. The conditions of humanity are often spellbinding to watch; especially when raw and dealing with the often intense private side of our nature. In films, as in life, our hope is for a pleasant, even if eventful, outcome.
The most redeeming example of this quality is the film's set design and direction, both of acting and especially of photography. All the elements; costumes, music, locations and special effects, come together nicely to surround you in the nightmare that is being portrayed. In "Miss Lovely", you can feel the anxiousness, see the sweat and almost smell the dank odor in the room as you sense the extreme, desperate anxiousness of male longing. In one scene, through a crack between two buildings, a foreboding "bird of prey" flies quietly over the inevitable carnage below.
However, when the tide finally turns from the sweaty hot darkness of this suffocating hellish adventure, we find elements of peace and quiet in the still brown water of the wetlands. In the green foliage of the trees. As ever-present-Peace waits quietly for man to awaken to his higher consciousness and true nature.
How does "Miss Lovely" end? Or, does it end? It will be interesting to join the conversation and see what you decide.
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Rated: R for adult subject, sexuality and language
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia
Writers: Ashim Ahluwalia (story), Uttam Sirur
Stars: Anil George, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh |


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Year in Coaching: 32nd
Year at Arizona: Fourth
Veteran defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel is in his fourth season as a member of the Arizona staff under head coach Rich Rodriguez. He also coaches the Wildcat linebackers.
With more than 30 years of coaching experience, Casteel was Rivals' 2007 Defensive Coordinator of the Year and its 2008 Big East Coordinator of the Year. Also a two-time nominee for the Broyles Award during his tenure in Tucson, he has coached in 14 bowl games.
Under Casteel's tutelage in 2014, Scooby Wright III was easily the nation's most prolific defender. Based on a vote of head coaches, media and college athletics personnel, he won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Rotary Lombardi Award and the Chuck Bednarik Award, all given annually to the nation's top defender. Also the Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, he ranked in the top five among FBS players for total tackles (163), tackles for loss (29.0), sacks (14.0) and forced fumbles (6). Wright is UA's sixth all-time unanimous All-American.
UA forced 22 turnovers in nine Pac-12 regular season games. The Cats scored 104 points off turnovers, including four defensive touchdowns. In three years under Casteel, UA is 18-4 when forcing multiple turnovers.
Arizona's total defense improved by nearly 100 yards per game (fifth-most improved defense in the country), giving up 499 yards per game in 2012 to 401.1 yards per game in 2013. The Wildcats had five interception returns for touchdowns, tied for most among FBS teams in 2013. UA intercepted 18 passes in 2013, its most in a single campaign since totaling 16 in 2008.
The Wildcats defeated then-No. 5 Oregon on Nov. 23, 2013. Arizona's defense held the Ducks to less than 200 yards rushing. Prior to Oregon's loss at Stanford on Nov. 7, 2013, the last time an Oregon player did not rush for 100 yards was at home vs. Arizona on Sept. 22, 2012. UA's defense held Oregon to its lowest point total of the season (16) and the lowest since Nov. 17, 2012, also against Stanford (14-17 loss). UA's defense limited Oregon to 1-for-5 on third-down conversion attempts in the first half. The Ducks finished 6-for-12 but were 1-for-3 on fourth-down attempts.
Wright III turned in a sterling rookie campaign as a starter. He finished the season with 83 total tackles, a tally that ranked second-most nationally among all true freshman defenders. For the second-straight season, Jake Fischer paced the Wildcats in total tackles with 99. In his final campaign, he scored a touchdown on a 49-yard interception return at UNLV and posted a career-high 14 tackles in UA's upset win over No. 5 Oregon.
In 2012, Arizona's defense was led by Fischer, an All-Pac-12 honorable mention and CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree. Fischer ranked third in the Pac-12 in total tackles with 76 and 9.2 per game. Cornerback Shaquille Richardson ranked fourth in the league and No. 16 nationally in passes broken up with 14. Safety Jared Tevis also earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention nods.
Casteel was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at West Virginia during the 2003-11 seasons and spent the 2002 season in Morgantown as co-coordinator. He worked with the defensive line at WVU in 2001 and as defensive ends coach at UTEP in 2000. He was part of a WVU staff that led the Mountaineers to an average of 10 victories per season from 2006-11, two of those under Rich Rodriguez.
His multiple spread defense, the 3-3-5, normally uses three down linemen and at times up to half a dozen defensive backs. His 2011 version helped the Mountaineers contain a potent Clemson offense and beat the Tigers, 70-33, in the 2012 Orange Bowl, with four turnovers gained, one for a score.
Among some of Casteel's noteworthy defenses at WVU were units that were No. 4 nationally in turnover margin in 2003; No. 7 nationally in turnover margin and No. 15 in total defense in 2005; best in the Big East and No. 13 nationally in rushing defense and 25th in turnover margin in 2006; No. 7 in total defense, No. 8 in scoring defense, No. 9 in turnover margin and top-20 marks in sacks and rushing defense in 2007; No. 11 in scoring defense and top-20 marks in turnover margin and pass efficiency defense in 2008; and No. 3 nationally in total defense in 2010.
He was the defensive line and strength coach at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W. Va., in 1989 and 1990 and assistant head coach and defensive coordinator from 1991-99 at Shepherd before moving to Division I football at UTEP. Shepherd teams won West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles six times while he was assistant head coach.
He began his coaching career at California University in Pennsylvania as a graduate assistant from 1984-86, and then coached the defensive line at Palmetto High School in Miami, Fla. for a year.
Casteel and his wife, Rosemary, have two children, Jacob and Sarah. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from California University (Pa.).


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After so many years out of the game, Missy Elliott sure is being stingy with new material.
Pal/producer Timbaland originally promised Missy would drop two singles, "9th Inning," and "Triple Threat" on Labor Day. This of course did not happen, but to make it up to us, Atlantic dropped a 90-second sample of "Inning" Tuesday morning.
Despite Missy's boast that she's "on some new shit," the track could have come out at any time during Missy's '00s heyday: orchestra samples, sinister synth chords, a booming chorus from Timbaland and a properly bold opening: "Now I'm in the ninth inning / Thought I fell off but I'm not finished / Yeah, I'm 'bout to put my foot in it / Talk with it, walk with it, I'm no gimmick."
We'll have to wait on the full track, but if you want a peek at the whole song, Elliott performed it live in April:


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Read This Crucial Information About Commercial Real Estate
Sealing a good commercial real estate deal involves a lot of time and can be very hard to pull off. That said, you can make a lot of money if you pull it off. Carefully apply the advice in the below article to provide you with assistance in succeeding in commercial real estate.
Consider the good tax benefits if you are thinking about purchasing commercial properties for investment purposes. You will get good tax breaks for interest and also benefits for depreciation. However, investors are sometimes taxed on income that they do not actually receive in the form of cash. This is known as "phantom income." Try to understand this before you invest.
The area in which the property is located is important. Affluent neighborhoods tend to have residents with larger budgets, making a commercial real estate property in such an area is a great choice. Or, if you are offering a service particularly attractive to the less wealthy, you should purchase in a less well-to-do area.
Honest Broker
An honest broker should be willing to answer questions about how they earn their money. An honest broker, of course, will be open to discussing how their money was made. You should know exactly how they will benefit from any transaction they take care of on your behalf.
Be on the lookout for sellers who are motivated. Finding them should be your goal, particularly the ones most ready to offer you a below market deal. You want to find someone who is motivated as this is the only way you can find some deals.
Make sure to negotiate whether you're the seller or buyer. Protect your interests by standing up for yourself regardless of who is on the other side of the table. Negotiate a fair price rather than accepting one that is too high or too low.
Contact Information
Put a high priority on emergency maintenance needs. The landlord in the building where you have your office will be able to provide emergency repair contact information for you. Always keep this important contact information at hand, including average turnaround times. Develop an emergency plan for those times when disruption in your services occurs. This advance planning can save your business reputation if an emergency strikes.
Size does matter when it comes to buying a new building for your business. Look into properties that will allow your business to grow, otherwise you will be purchasing a new space in a couple of years.
Commercial transactions are significantly more time-consuming, complex and involved than the home-buying process. The duration and intensity is necessary if your investment is to yield a high return.
When selecting a broker, find out the amount of experience they have with the commercial market. Look for someone who knows the area you are interested in. Make sure you find an exclusive agreement that works for you and your broker.
Become someone on the internet before you enter the market. You should really consider making a LinkedIn profile or something similar as well as create a website. Consider search engine optimization for any website you build so it comes up higher in online searches. You want people to find the information you provide just by searching your name.
Be sure you position yourself well when it comes to negotiating any lease for commercial real estate, you want to do things like decrease what could be considered as a default event. That will cut down on the likelihood that the tenant defaults on a lease. You don't want tenants defaulting on your leases.
Make sure you know what kind of environment your property is located. You'll be liable for cleaning up after environmental incidents. For example, do you want to buy a property that lies in a flood zone? You may need to think again. There are environmental assessment organizations who can provide information about a specific area if you contact them.
Commercial Real Estate
As previously noted, the profitability of commercial real estate can be very rewarding. Follow what you learn from this article, and see how successful you can become when it comes to commercial real estate.


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Last night on "Big Brother" it was Power Of Veto night, with team America trying to completer their week's task, Zack jumping around talking nonsense seeking the spotlight and behaving just like Devin recently evicted for being a bully, and Caleb like a little boy avoiding Amber because she does not give him the time of day…boo hoo, just pitiful a grown man behaving like a dejected school boy.
The plan is backdoor Amber, and those on the block were on the search for the POV, Jocasta doing a lot of talking during confessional, but when it comes to accomplishing anything; she is just a complete and utter disaster. Victoria just cries and seeks pity from all around because she keeps on being nominated, tonight though she had an ally with Hayden who volunteered to be picked for the veto competition, if Victoria happened to pull up the houseguest choice button that way she would ensure having two chances at winning the Power Of Veto.
The competition was on, and voila it worked out just as planned Hayden won the POV, and so it was time for the meeting, and Hayden true to his word took Victoria off the chopping block. Frankie had to name a replacement player and he chose Amber, which was the plan all along. Zack then proceeded to take the spotlight by bad mouthing Amber about everything that Caleb has done for her, and she refusing his advances; he was rude, obnoxious, and disrespectful, but Amber being a much classy lady just sat there smiling and did not indulge the stupidity being thrown in her face.
Yes, indeed, Amber perhaps is too big of a person to be in a house competing alongside some individuals who are beneath her, and behave in a way that will embarrass them for years to come once they looked at themselves on national television. Recaps and episodes can be watched online at www.cbs.com/bb
"Big Brother" runs on Wednesday at 8 p.m. EDT, Thursday at 9 p.m. EDT, and Sunday at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS.


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Eric Man-genius, the jets, and the gm were all fined by the NFL for not disclosing a Brett Favre injury last season. There's a word for that.
Let's see what word describes that? Oh yeah. Wankers!
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to mini-symposia index
immunology and infectious disease
Principal organiser: Dr. Jane Heffernan
aim of mathematical immunology is to aid in the understanding
of the complexities of the immune system through mathematical
modeling. In the context of infectious diseases, mathematical
immunology is concerned with studying the dynamics of an infectious
agent as it spreads from cell to cell within an infected host.
Insights into the mechanisms of disease progression are acquired
by focusing on the interactions between a pathogen and the
immune system. This type of study has implications for public
health, providing a rational basis for vaccine distribution,
drug delivery, and suppression of drug resistance. In this
minisymposium, new mathematical models describing the dynamics
of the immune system and infectious disease dynamics will
be highlighted. Models combining immunological and epidemiological
characteristics will have a special focus. Such models have
great potential to provide new insights into the mechanism
of pathogen growth, suggest new lines of research, and produce
guidelines for the development of new drug therapies or vaccination
Smith? (Ottawa)
Ciupe (Duke)
Beauchemin (Ryerson)
Heffernan (York)
Robert Smith?
the potential impact of a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte HIV vaccine:
How often should you vaccinate and how strong should the vaccine
stimulate the immune systems natural defenses, a post-infection
HIV vaccination program to regularly boost cytotoxic T-lymphocytes
has been proposed. We develop a mathematical model to describe
such a vaccination program, where the strength of the vaccine
and the vaccination intervals are constant. We apply the theory
of impulsive differential equations to show that the model
has an orbitally asymptotically stable periodic orbit, with
the property of asymptotic phase. We show that, on this orbit,
the vaccination frequency can be chosen so that the average
number of infected CD4+ T cells can be made arbitrarily low.
We illustrate the results with numerical simulations and show
that the model is robust with respect to both the parameter
choices and the formulation of the model as a system of impulsive
differential equations.
Stanca Ciupe
dynamics of T-cell receptor repertoire diversity following
thymus transplantation for DiGeorge Anomaly
immune responses to infectious agents involves the presence
and maintenance of a large number of T cells with highly variable
antigen receptors. We explain the mechanisms underlying the
establishment and maintenance of T-cell receptor diversity
and T cell population homeostasis using mathematical models
and statistical analysis of data from DiGeorge syndrome patients
undergoing thymus transplantation. We provide insight into
how competition for specific and non-specific limiting resources
leads to establishment of a mature and diverse T cell repertoire.
We note that the T lymphocyte repertoire is not dominated
by a few best-competing clones, but populated by a high variety
of T cell lineages.
Catherine Beauchemin
modelling of influenza viral infections
the influenza virus was first isolated in 1933, much attention
has been given to its structure, its genome, the immune response
it elicits, vaccines to protect against it, and its epidemiology.
Information concerning the kinetics of influenza during an
infection within an individual, however, is limited. For example,
key parameters such as the rate at which flu-infected cells
produce virus, the fraction of these viruses that are productively
infectious, are still unknown. Mathematical and computer models
have been proposed to try and answer these questions. In this
talk, I will review what we understand of influenza dynamics.
I will then present various mathematical and computational
models which have been developed in order to investigate specific
aspects of influenza infections.
Jane Heffernan
Vaccination and Waning Immunity
spite of advances in medical technologies, the predicted eradication
of certain pathogens by vaccination has not been achieved
(i.e. measles). Mathematical epidemiological studies have
shed some light on this, however, there remain many cases
in which epidemiological models have failed to precisely predict
the spread of the disease at the population level. In-host
models can provide quantitative predictions of immune status
and can thus offer valuable insights into the factors that
influence transmission between individuals and the effectiveness
of vaccination protocols with respect to individual immunity.
We have developed an in-host model of measles infection (carefully
parameterized to match the available data). We have found
that both the /in-host /dynamics between a pathogen and the
immune system and the immune status of individuals should
have profound impacts on the prevalence of measles in a population
(i.e. a correlation between immunity and transmissibility).
To explore the effect of acquired immunity on measles epidemics,
we have developed a comprehensive model of measles infection
in which both immunological and epidemiological considerations
are included. The comprehensive model predicts large scale
oscillations of measles if vaccination levels are high and
acquired immunity wanes in a moderate period of time. It also
predicts far larger epidemics than previously predicted by
standard models if measles is introduced into a population
after a long disease free period. These results have clear
implications for public health protocols.
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Vision StatementAt Arrowpoint Elementary School, we will foster a community of students with strong character and high self-esteem who display critical thinking skills that will enable them to become life-long learners.
Mission StatementThe mission of Arrowpoint Elementary School is to educate students to become proficient learners and appreciate diversity, evaluate ideas, make rational decisions, and develop into responsible citizens.
Arrowpoint Elementary was established in August of 2004. As the 20th elementary building in Hazelwood, Arrowpoint has many unique features including a hallway with the solar system hanging as the lighting, the floor tile in the cafeteria spells Arrowpoint in Braille, and the colored tile in the hallways spell Arrowpoint in morse code. Arrowpoint staff members and parents work together to educate more than 550 children in grades Pre K-5th.
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Bonington visited Venice only once, in the spring of 1826, but it had a great impact on his work. He travelled there via Paris, Milan and Verona, arriving in the city by mid April and remaining for about a month. He made innumerable pencil and oil sketches on the spot, some of which formed the basis of later works in oil and watercolour. View of the Piazzetta was based on a large study in graphite on grey-green paper, now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
The view is dominated by the column of St Mark in the Piazzetta, with the column of St Theodore to the right, rising against a corner of the Libraria. In the distance are the domes of Santa Maria della Salute. The picture has been criticised by modern commentators for the linear treatment of the architecture and the rather cursory handling of aerial perspective. However, the unusual viewpoint and the colouring - especially the pink of the columns against the intense blue of the sky - lend the picture a sense of drama. Bonington has skillfully captured the play of light on the buildings; and the fresh palette, golden light and long shadows give the impression of a late spring afternoon in Italy.
The picture was exhibited, along with Venice: Ducal Palace with a Religious Procession (Tate N05789) at the British Institution in 1828 and received mixed reviews. The Literary Gazette considered that Bonington's execution was 'masterly' (Literary Gazette, 9 February 1828), but the London Weekly Review described View of the Piazzetta as 'miserably cold and meagre' (London Weekly Review, 23 February 1828). Although Bonington was relatively unknown in England at this date, his work had recently been absorbed into two important English collections and the picture was soon bought by the notable collector Robert Vernon. When Vernon died in 1847 he bequeathed a selection of his paintings to the National Gallery, including View of the Piazzetta, which became the first work by Bonington to enter a public collection in England.
Further reading:
Robin Hamlyn, Robert Vernon's Gift - British Art for the Nation, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1993, p.36, no.8, reproduced p.36.
Patrick Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington 'On the Pleasure of Painting', exhibition catalogue, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven and London 1991, pp.256-7, reproduced p.257, in colour.
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Joseph Hodges Claims Pommel Horse Crown
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PHILADELPHIA –Joseph Hodges claimed the pommel horse Saturday during the individual competition of the ECAC Championships in Philadelphia, Pa.
In addition to Hodges' 14.100 score that propelled him to a first-place finish on the pommel horse, he also placed second on the high bar with a 14.550.
Teammates, Dan Zerbel and Aaron Eyster also had noteworthy days. Zerbel finished on parallel bars with a 14.700 to earn a three-way tie for first place.
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Ground zero for Meg Whitman's campaign for governor of California is a suite of rooms modestly tucked into a colorless cookie-cutter office park—all sprayed stucco walls and fluorescent lights. I'm ushered into a conference room so unadorned there is not even a campaign poster on the walls. Whitman sits at the head of a white meeting table, and as I sit down beside her, two handlers pull up chairs as well. The space offers no clues to Whitman's personality, and she doesn't reveal much herself.
In her black suit and black-and-white sweater, the former CEO of eBay, now 53, is still the picture of a put-together corporate titan. And her approach is all business. Seeming energized by an earlier discussion of the state budget with her campaign staff, she tosses numbers around with confidence. When I ask where she'll find the votes to win the race (the primary is in June, the general in November), she breaks down the research in a tone so self-assured that I can almost see a thought bubble forming over her head: Statistics may scare some women, but not me.
Over the months that I reported this article, I often heard the candidate and her staff say that they want people to know "the real Meg Whitman." Jillian Manus, the chair of Whitman's women's coalition (dubbed MEGaWomen), told me, "Everyone knows what she's done. I want to let people know who she is. To feel her, get her, touch her." But Whitman is hard to know, much less touch. She's quiet, understated and more wonky than ebullient after a career spent largely in Silicon Valley tech circles—in all, not the type that seems born to storm the political stage. Unlike Sarah Palin, Whitman doesn't wink or quip or let go with unscripted rants; unlike George Bush, she doesn't give people funny nicknames; and unlike Bill Clinton, when she tries to show she feels your pain, she sounds a bit wooden. Forget your pain; she seems at times not even to feel her own.
But with her high-level Republican connections (she counts Mitt Romney and John McCain as friends) and her jaw-dropping personal fortune ($1.2 billion, by a 2009 Los Angeles Times estimate), Whitman is a candidate no one can ignore. Having left her job at eBay in 2008, she is now pursuing politics as a second act and at this moment is in mid-leap—committed to her new calling but, with no experience running for elected office, uncertain of her odds. Her political future boils down to this: Will she persuade voters—especially women—that the talents she parlayed into a billion bucks can guide California through the recession's perfect storm?
If only every voter Whitman is courting could meet her mother. While the candidate seems all discipline and reserve, Margaret Whitman, 89, does not, and the stories she tells about the young Meg hint at what lies beneath the candidate's cool. "When she was little, she was extremely determined. Whatever she decided to do, she was going to do," says Margaret, recalling that swim meets in particular brought out the competitor in her younger daughter. "Meg was a pretty good swimmer. But at meets, I had to be there, because if she wasn't at least first or second, she'd be screaming with rage. There was no second best for her. She has always loved to win."
During the summers, while Whitman's father stayed behind at his financial services job on Long Island, her mother took the three kids—Whitman and her older sister and brother—on cross-continental adventures. They traversed the western U.S. one year and Alaska the next; on that trip, they drove the desolate, partially unpaved Alcan Highway. Whitman was only six, but the image of her mother lashing four spare tires to the roof of the family camper, just in case, stays with her. Whitman recounts how in the 1940s, before having kids, her mom volunteered to be a war mechanic in New Guinea. "She'd never looked under the hood of a car or fixed anything with a wrench," Whitman says. "But she knew that's where the critical need was and where she could make the biggest contribution. The learning curve didn't stall her. In fact, it fueled her." To Meg Whitman, the parallel is clear: "I am my mother's daughter."


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My name is Andrea Worley. I'm a mother and wife and I blog over at my little slice of the interweb called Worley House! I'd love to share with you my daughter's recent 3rd birthday party. My daughter's favorite color is pink! For her third birthday party I wanted to play in her love for pink and add fun pops of gold! She also loves anything sparkly, so we played that up with the DIY gold glitter jars as a centerpiece for the table and the glitter poodle on her shirt. The food was simple but the center of the party was the awesome dessert table. Dessert tables are always really fun to put together this year I wanted to do something different so I ordered a custom dozen sugar cookies from The Baked Equation here in Phoenix. Melissa did a great job at pulling my vision together in a sweet little cookie. I also ordered cake pops from another local baker, made cupcakes myself using baking cups from The TomKat Studio and topped them with gold glittered flags found at Target. I used a giant 36 inch ballon to signify that the party was "here" and placed it outside my door. I love over the top details that make up a party and make it special.
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Cangene to Acquire IB1001 from Inspiration
Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., announced in early February that it had reached a deal to sell its developmental therapy IB1001 at auction to Cangene, a Winnipeg, Canada-based pharmaceutical company. IB1001 is an intravenous recombinant factor IX (rFIX) product being investigated for the treatment and prevention of bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia B. Inspiration has been divesting several of its investigational therapies after bankruptcy proceedings were begun in 2012.
Currently in phase III clinical trials, IB1001 has not yet received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Clinical studies for the drug were halted when irregular protein levels were discovered. Inspiration corrected the irregularity through adjustments made to the manufacturing process. Cangene will be taking over the trials and charged with finishing the approvals processes with the FDA and the EMA.
"The acquisition of IB1001 is consistent with our strategy of targeting late stage products to drive growth in our commercial business," said John A. Sedor, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cangene, in a press release. "We are a patient-focused Company and the addition of IB1001 to our pipeline provides an opportunity to address a significant global need for patients with hemophilia B. We will use our significant experience in developing and commercializing biological products to resolve the regulatory challenges and bring value to hemophilia B patients and to Cangene."
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Nokia spells out potential pitfalls for Microsoft alliance
Nokia spells out potential pitfalls for Microsoft alliance
By Stuart Corner
Monday, 14 March 2011 09:23
Opinion and Analysis
Annual reports that US stock market listed companies are required to lodged with the SEC (aka Form 20-F) are of necessity pessimistic documents. They are required to list under 'risk factors' almost every conceivable eventuality that could befall a company.
Many such risk factors are common to any entity, but what is worrying about those listed by Nokia in its latest annual report lodged with the SEC last week is the number of risk factors related to its recently announced decision to hitch its smartphone fortunes to those of Microsoft and to take Symbian and MeeGo along for the ride. Not only are these risk factors unique to Nokia there is, to my mind, a relatively high chance of them becoming reality.
For example Nokia lists, among other 'generic' risk factors: "Our failure to increase our speed of innovation, product development and execution will impair our ability to bring new competitive smartphones and mobile phones to the market in a timely manner," and "We may be unable to retain, motivate, develop and recruit appropriately skilled employees, which may hamper our ability to implement our strategies, particularly our new mobile product strategy."
Nothing to worry about unduly there: these are pretty much statements of the obvious and you would find similar in the filings of all Nokia's competitors.
But the Microsoft-specific risk factors are an entirely different matter and they paint a picture very different from the bullish pronouncements of CEO Steven Elop when he announced the alliance last month. For example: "The Windows Phone platform is a very recent, largely unproven addition to the market focused solely on high-end smartphones with currently very low adoption and consumer awareness relative to the Android and Apple platforms, and the proposed Microsoft partnership may not succeed in developing it into a sufficiently broad competitive smartphone platform."
And given the speed of innovation in the smartphone market these statements taken together are worrying. "We expect the transition to Windows Phone as our primary smartphone platform to take about two years. We and Microsoft have entered into a non-binding term sheet, and the proposed Microsoft partnership remains subject to the negotiation and execution of definitive agreements…Definitive agreements with Microsoft for the proposed partnership may not be entered into in a timely manner, or at all, or on terms beneficial to us…[and] the Microsoft partnership may not achieve in a timely manner the necessary scale, product breadth, geographical reach and localisation to be sufficiently competitive in the smartphone market."
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The Meeting was founded in 1954, and has been growing ever since. Our meetinghouse is the conception of James Turrell, a well-known artist who is also a Quaker. The architect is Leslie Elkins. Many generous donors from Houston, around the world, and within the Meeting helped us fund the meetinghouse.
The Meeting has about 75 attenders each week (plus or minus). Child care is provided. We have programs for both adult and children's religious education in addition to Meeting for Worship. Live Oak Friends Meeting is affiliated with Bayou Quarterly Meeting.
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The 24th conference of the World Economic Processing Zones Association (WEPZA) is being held at the Antalya Sheraton Voyager Hotel 18-21 April on the theme 'Opportunities and Challenges for Free Zones in a Globalizing Economy'.
Founded in 1978 as non-governmental organization with the backing of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and presided over since 1999 by Minister of State Kürşad Tüzmen, the WEPZA aims to engage in activities oriented towards boosting the development and economic effectiveness of free zones in the world. Its conferences, which are open to international investors, are one of the most effective instruments for ensuring an exchange of knowledge and ideas.
The upcoming conference, where representatives of the world's free zones will come together to exchange ideas and experiences and listen to the views of the most authoritative names from Turkey and abroad regarding the current trends, will bring together ministry-level participants from countries such as Georgia, Albania, Libya and Egypt. For detailed information regarding the conference, where the development and experience of free zones in Turkey and in the world and the debates taking place on the international arena will be discussed in full, visit the websites at either www.wepza.org or www.wepza-antalya.com.


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BGE and Higher Achievement partner to help kids learn more about math and science
BALTIMORE - The goal was to learn, but you wouldn't know it looking around the room.
A group of 50 middle schoolers from Baltimore were at BGE 's White Marsh Learning and Training Center Thursday to take part in the utility's Higher Achievement's Summer Academy . The program helps kids in at-risk communities close the opportunity gap
"Middle school students and middle school is really a critical time and it really determines if students are going to advance to high school and beyond to college," said Higher Achievement executive director Erin Hodge-Williams.
For four hours the scholars had the chance to learn about what BGE workers do and how they do it safely. Groups moved through four stations. They learned about the hazards of overhead wires, and got to dress like linemen and try putting screws and bolts on equipment like the workers would use.
"It was real hard because like your fingers are expanded more than you're used to, so when you screw you need to use two hands," said 12-year-old Maurice Stovall.
Getting to explore the bucket truck was a big hit, and demonstrations kept everyone's attention.
"I didn't know that if you put natural gas and fire together it will cause an explosion," Stovall said.
This is the second year Higher Achievement has made the summer trip to BGE, organizers say the scholars take a lot away from the visit.
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
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Think you've got your head wrapped around A Clean, Well-Lighted Place? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which of these words does not describe the man in the cafe?
Q. What does the waiter say to the man when he asks for another drink?
That he should have killed himself
That he should get out of the cafe
That he should get an email address
That he shouldn't get drunk
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Full of irrelevant stories
Q. Why do people need clean, well-lit places?
So they can see the flaws in others
So they don't trip
So they can forget about death
So they don't make out
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Some Oklahomans are diligent planners. Others procrastinate not realizing the positives of planning ahead for fun activities, work deadlines and other life experiences. It is true there are some life experiences that cannot be planned, both negative and positive ones. These just-happen life events are usually unique, mostly circumstantial from poor decision making. Most Oklahomans agree that planning ahead can lessen one's stress levels; are healthful advantages to planning.
In Oklahoma, many prefer to plan ahead; especially if it is an event like a family reunion. Many Oklahomans choose specific family members (possibly alternating annually) to be in charge of this type of fun family event. Family reunions usually occur in spring and summer depending upon the Oklahoma weather pattern for the year. These family events are known to be huge gatherings, for many members invited live in other states as well as Oklahoma. Large families are very common so having an excellent planner in charge of such an undertaking can deliver a very happy family reunion for all participants.
Planning for a specific fun activity with friends is a plus; prevents one from missing out. Many Oklahomans make certain their Basketball, Hockey, Football and other sports tickets are purchased early; some even purchase season tickets which ensure they do not miss any game throughout their favorite sport season. This is also true for music concerts, ballet or live theater events. There are Oklahomans who regularly check movie schedules because they love attending them with family and friends especially if it is the film's first week showing at the movie theater.
In some cases generating a list is a plus. Lists come in handy when time managing reports, work deadlines, relocating to another place, plus traveling on a business trip. Being time management savvy assists with having the proper preparation time required; another form of planning ahead that lessens stress. Creating a list is a great way to prevent forgetting to do something, make arrangements by phone, or buy something required. Lists help avoid procrastinating necessary major decisions, leaving nothing to the last minute.
Stress can be unhealthful, contribute to chronic medical conditions. Those who refuse to plan are the one's calling in ill, chronically biting their nails, rubbing their fingers stressfully through their hair, acting irritable toward others, giving excuses, or using avoidance techniques like seemingly hurried with no time to talk. Wisely planning ahead for work or other life events is healthful. The lack of bodily and mental stress delivered by employing planning is wonderful.
Life is too long for using an unhealthful practice like procrastination (per personal experience). Refusing to plan can also be irritating to others; many save their admiration for those who plan. Planning ahead can save one much worry, positively contribute to one's overall health and happiness. Proper planning can mean the difference between attending something important or staying at home. Enjoy the day!


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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Potential jurors in the trial of a man accused of planting a bomb at Spokane's Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade could be asked if they're involved with the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations or any white supremacy group.
Jury selection in the trial of Kevin Harpham, who has extensive ties to white supremacist groups, begins Sept. 12.
Harpham has pleaded not guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, committing a hate crime and other charges. He could face life in prison if convicted.
The bomb was found by authorities and defused before it could explode during the Jan. 17 parade.
The U.S. attorney's office has submitted its list of questions for potential jurors. It includes questions about race, and whether potential jurors belong to any white supremacist or state militia groups.
U.S. District Judge Justin Quackenbush will ultimately decide what questions can be posed.
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Spring in New York is a beautiful thing! Not only for the warmer weather, but it is also the season just before summer when there are countless events taking place it is sometimes difficult to decide which ones to attend with so many going on this time of year.
A big trend on the horizon, is the partnership between fashion and real estate. Both industries attract glamorous, hard-working individuals, so it only makes sense the two have become the best of friends.
Last night, TOWN (one of New York's quickest growing, notable real estate firms) collaborated with Scene Magazine and the Observer to host a stylish event on the Upper West Side to promote the limited edition, full floor residences at 732 West End Avenue. Please visit: http://www.732wea.com to learn more.
Most of these events are extremely popular. They bring out a huge crowd and hire attractive, friendly wait staff as well as bar staff along with a respectable d.j. to lively up the party-goers with the possibility of potentially close some big deals.
The evening before, SCENE also partnered with Stonehenge for a Speakeasy at 1080 Amsterdam Avenue, across the street from St. John the Divine.
A pre-prohibition style trio performed near the elevator as guests checked in. Upstairs, fresh, sustainably obtained oysters were being shucked while each apartment featured a unique view and the model apartments made conversation easy and enjoyable. To schedule a viewing, please visit: http://email@example.com.
In addition to real estate boom on the Upper West side of Manhattan, downtown in Chelsea, Glass Houses at 545 West 25th Street, is the hot space for events and the big PR firms are hosting some incredible events here because of the floor to ceiling windows as well as the spectacular views of the Hudson River.
The annual Post-it's party was held at Glass Houses last month and during the same week a Bridal and Evening gown collection for Galia Lahav also took place!
Post-it's has been as important in the work force today as the morning cup of coffee. Post-it's keeps coming up with innovative designs and cute patterns to keep New Yorkers organized and looking cool during the hectic pace of daily life. Please visit: http://www.postits.com to view the newest in the post-it's brand.
The Galia Lahav Bridal and Evening gown presentation was flawless and stunning. Clean designs, intricate detailing and a lovely array of color palates were on display. To view the entire collection, please visit: http://www.galialahav.com.
Two other noteworthy events: Grand Cercle Des Vins De Bordeaux's from Barrel to Bottle at STK and the August Silk Editor preview also took place recently.
Grand Cercle's wine tasting event at STK midtown was probably one of the most well-attended, late afternoon events with samplings from the Bordeaux region. Please visit: http://www.grandcercle.fr to learn more about the distributors.
The August Silk brand has started to create dresses, blouses, sweaters and tops that are machine washable. With new and unique prints, August Silk makes transitioning from day to evening a breeze.
Please visit: http://www.augustsilk.com to learn more.
Tonight! It is all about Fushimi in Williamsburg.
Stay tuned for the best in New York Nightlife in fashion, real estate, food and wine as well as much, much more!


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Creativity Fee
Rates included in the packages listed above
The creativity fee is the basic cost of hiring me as a photographer. All other costs are in addition to this base rate and would be negotiated with the client. Some examples of additional costs would be: Digital retouching, travel expenses for distances over 20 miles, and any additional production expenses.
Online Photo Galleries
All of your photos will be posted on http://digitalphotosbydale.smugmug.com. I can make your photo gallery public access or I can password protect it upon your request. Posting photos online makes it extremely easy for family and friends to view your photos. They can also order their own prints or simply download the digital file(s). You can even share your photos on social media sites such as facebook. All print and merchandise services are handled within your photo gallery (see Proofs below).
Proofs (prints)
You and or family/friends can order as many prints as you like. I use an Online Photo Gallery hosting service (Smugmug) that offers complete customer support and a secure credit card payment system. In addition to high quality paper prints, you can have your photos printed on shirts, mugs, canvas wraps, postcards, create a calendar, on a keepsake box, coffee mugs, coasters, magnets, playing cards… and the list goes on. You can also order your photos mounted and framed via Smugmug's online services.
You have the option to print on Lustre, Glossy, or Metallic photo paper. Lustre coating provides a sheen that visibly enhances your prints and provides superior protection. The coating protects against fingerprints, UV rays, and typical over-spraying found in home/office environments. Lustre coating provides for a richer, enhanced sheen on prints of every size. You can also have your photos printed on metallic paper. Metallic paper will give your photos deeper colors and are extremely resistent to fade. All the photo paper choices above are guaranteed to avoid any type of fading up to 100 years.
Photos are printed on Kodak ENDURA professional photo paper with a fine grain pebble texture
Digital Photography
I use a 22 megapixel Canon 5D Mark III, a 21 megapixel Canon 5D Mark II and an 18 megapixel Canon 7D. All three cameras are capable of producing professional quality enlargements up to 20×30″, or larger. I use Canon's top of the line, professional series lenses on each camera body assuring you outstanding quality images.
Digital Retouching
Photographs taken at a digital photo session can be retouched for $50.00 per hour, which is typically three to six photographs. I do not charge for minor edits, such as skin blemish corrections, converting a photo from color to black & white, stray hair removal, etc… Any edit that falls under this category and is one that you choose for final print will be covered in my initial creativity fee. Major edits would include removing or adding objects or changing the original photo for special effects. This number can vary depending on how much retouching needs to be done per photograph. There is a one hour minimum charge for this service (if it applies).
Travel Expenses
Traveling is not a problem for me but I do charge $.55 per mile for any location that is over 20 miles from my home (40 miles round trip). This charge applies to traveling to the location and back again to my home. For example, if the location is 30 miles from my home there will be a travel expense of $33.00 added to the bill.
Privacy (Model Release Forms)
Though not required for you to sign, I do ask everyone to sign a model release form. This form gives the photographer (Dale McDonald), permission to use your photos on a public website and/or for commercial use. You can download the model release form(s) by clicking on the following links: Adult Model Release, Minor Model Release.


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What is Workers Compensation and Do I need it?
A special report by Limoinsurers.com
Workers compensation insurance has long been a source of confusion among many public transportation companies. Why? Because most limousine or bus operators utilize a combination of different types of individuals to run their operation, these include:
- W-2 Employees
- 1099 Drivers: drivers who are paid wages and are given a 1099 tax form at year end, with no "employer" payroll taxes withheld
- Independent Contractors: some independent contractors who may use company owned vehicles, or independent contractors who own their own cars, but work at your direction.
This variety of types of drivers, salespeople, and independent operators has presented a challenge to employers. In this report we will help you to answer the following questions:
- What is covered?
- What is NOT covered?
- When can employers be sued?
- What benefits are covered?
- Who is covered?
- Do I have to provide workers compensation for all drivers?
- How are premiums for workers compensation insurance charged?
- How much does it cost?
- What is included in wages?
Under the workers' compensation system, employers are required to purchase insurance that provides benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries and illnesses. Historically the workers compensation insurance system evolved to provide a compromise between employees and their employers.
The employees are paid benefits for an on the job injury or illness, regardless of who is at fualt, and in return for providing this benefit, employers are protected from lawsuits from injured employees. Employees receive "compensation for the injuries, and can not sue their employers for pain, suffering and mental anguish.
Like all insurance products, Workers' compensation is governed by each individual state, not federal, law, and each state's system differs slightly in the details. However, the structure and operation of the overall workers' compensation system is very similar from state to state. Each states' rates and benefits vary according to the laws and filed rates in each state. Employees, Employers and insurance companies must abide by the rules and regulations set by the state.The main differences are the rates paid to injured employees and the procedural rules employers, employees, and insurance companies must abide by.
Each State has specific laws regarding workers compensation insurance laws. Check with your state department of workers compensation for specific information, or Call Mike at1-800-222-2425 X458, for more information.
- 1. What Does Workers' Compensation Cover?
Workers' compensation laws cover only work-related injury or illness. But, the injury or illness does not necessarily have to occur in the workplace. As long as it's job-related, it's covered. For example, employees are covered if they are injured while traveling on business, doing a work-related errand, or attending a business-related social function.
Covered injuries and illnesses can range from sudden accidents — such as falling in an employer's parking lot, or a motor vehicle accident — to injuries that happen over time, such as carpel tunnel syndrome, or back pain due to herniated discs), or illnesses that result from exposure to workplace chemicals, air pollution, or radiation.. Workers also receive compensation for illnesses and diseases that are the gradual result of working conditions — for example, heart conditions, lung disease, and stress-related digestive problems. Each state's Workers Compensation Board sets the actual monetary minimums and maximums the employee will receive.
2. What Doesn't Workers' Compensation Cover?
Not all problems that occur in the workplace are covered. Coverage may be denied in situations involving:
- injuries caused by intoxication or drugs
- self-inflicted injuries
- injuries from a fight started by the employee
- injuries resulting from horseplay or violation of company policy
- felony-related injuries
- injuries an employee suffers off the job
- injuries claimed after an employee is terminated or laid off, or
- injuries to an independent contractor ( this is a very tricky area for transportation companies as Independent contractors are strictly defined by the IRS, and depending on the definition, and degree of control exercised over the Independent contractor, they may be deemed an employee.)
3. When Can an Employee Sue an Employer in Court?
Employers aren't protected from allemployee lawsuits related to injuries. If the employee is injured because of the employer's intentional or reckless actions or the employer did not have workers' compensation insurance, the employee can bypass the workers' compensation system to sue the employer in court for a full range of money damages, including punitive damages, pain and suffering, and mental anguish. Employees may also be able to sue outside third parties, such as when the employee is involved in a car accident that is someone else's fault or the employee was injured by a defective piece of equipment.
4. What Benefits Are Available Under Workers' Compensation?
The workers' compensation system provides:
- replacement income when employees are unable to work due to a covered injury
- payments for medical expenses, including doctors' visits, surgeries, and prescription drugs, and
- Vocational rehabilitation benefits — including on-the-job training, education, or job placement assistance (depending on the state where the employee is injured).
An employee who is temporarily unable to work will usually receive temporary disability payments of two-thirds of the employee's average wage, up to a fixed ceiling. An employee who becomes permanently unable to do the work he or she was doing prior to the injury, or unable to work at all, may be eligible for long-term or lump-sum benefits for permanent disability. The workers' compensation system also pays death benefits to surviving dependents of workers who are fatally injured in a work-related incident.
What Are an Employer's Responsibilities for Workers' Compensation?
Employers have a number of obligations under the workers' compensation system. If these requirements are not met, employers can be fined and injured employees may be able to sue an employer in court for punitive money damages.
Post Notices and Advise Employees of Their Legal Rights
Employers must post required notices in a convenient location frequented by employees during working hours. The notices or posters contain important information about employees' rights and:
- provide the name of the company's workers' compensation carrier, or the fact that the employer is self-insured, as well as who is responsible for claims adjustment
- state that injured workers have the right to receive medical treatment and to select or change treating doctors, and
- give details about available workers' compensation benefits.
Employers must also notify new hires of the above information.
Provide Claim Forms to Injured Employers
Employers must provide injured employees with a workers' compensation claim form within 24 hours of receiving notice of the injury. Employers must also supply the employee with written information (usually a pamphlet) about the employee's rights under the workers' compensation system. The written material should provide details about available benefits and how to file a claim.
5. Who is covered?
Each state's specific Workers' Compensation laws provide a definition of what an employee is. Generally, in order to qualify for coverage under Workers' Compensation laws a person must have been an employee acting within the scope of his or her employment when the accident, injury or work-related illness occurred. Typically, an employee is defined as someone who is not an independent contractor and has been hired by the employer to perform specified duties or tasks. Employees generally receive a salary or hourly wages and are issued a paycheck from which state, federal and Social Security taxes are withheld. Both part-time and full-time employees are covered by workers compensation.
6. Do I have to provide workers compensation for all drivers?
Yes, Unless a driver is an independent contractor with his own insurance, he must be covered under your company's policy.
7. How are premiums for workers compensation insurance calculated?
Premiums for workers compensation is based on renumeration paid during the policy year. The premiums are calculated based upon the type of business. Each employee's duties are classified according to the workers compensation board, and rates are set by the state. For example, a limousine company would generally have a premium classification for the following employees:
Clerical (including in-side sales)
Executive Officers
And possibly garage employees(If you service your own vehicles).
8. How much does it cost?
Workers compensation policy premiums are calculated based on the class of business, annual payrolls and loss history
Each class is charged at rate per $100 of compensation. For example, driver code in New Jersey will be approximately $12. Per $100 of compensation. Clerical employees will be charged at a rate of .29 per $100 of compensation.
After all wages are included and each class code rate calculated, a premium is calculated. Once this premium is calculated, it is modified, by either a credit or debit, based on claim experience. (This is called a premium modification factor, and it is re-calculated every year based on certain minimums)
9.What is included in wages?
Salary, overtime, Commissions, and hourly wages are all included in wages. However, in most states, GRATUITY IS EXCLUDED, from wages when calculating workers compensation insurance premiums.
Note: it is very important to keep good records for all employee compensation, and gratuities must be broken out and listed separately on payroll records in order to make it easy to calculate driver payroll at audit time.
Should I Carry Workers' Compensation Insurance?
If your business does not carry the workers' compensation coverage required by law, employees may file a lawsuit against the business in civil court or, in some states, file a workers' compensation claim against a special uninsured employers fund (for instance, California has the Uninsured Employers Benefits trust fund). You may also be subjected to Fines and penalties by your state if you do not carry workers compensation.
If you are farming out work to affiliate limousine or bus companies, ALWAYS get copies of certificates of insurance and ask to be listed as a certificate holder on the other company's workers compensation policy. This will provide protection for you that you will not have to pick up the money paid to your affiliate on your workers compensation policy. If you fail to require a certificate of insurance, you may be charged workers compensation premiums for the work that that you farmed out to an affiliate. This rule should also be followed when working with any independent contractors also.
Note: it is very important to keep good records for all employee compensation, and gratuities must be broken out and listed separately on payroll records in order to make it easy to calculate driver payroll at audit time.


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Yandex Browser 2013 Simple and easy-to-use
Yandex.Browser is a simple and easy-to-use internet browser. It loads pages quickly, just shows you what you need and gives you plenty of space for viewing webpages.
Yandex Browser 2013 Tableau
Your favorite sites will only be a click away and colorful widgets will show you up-to-date information about the weather and traffic, as well as social network notifications.
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Enter your searches and websites into the Smartbox. Search suggestions will help you search more quickly and autocorrect errors.
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Webpages are checked by the Yandex security system while all downloaded files are scanned by the Kaspersky anti-virus.
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This browser can translate foreign webpages with ease. It's fluent in 9 languages including English, German, French and Ukrainian
Yandex Browser 2013 Easily import your settings
Yandex.Browser can automatically import your bookmarks, browsing history and settings from your previous browser.
Yandex.Browser is a new browser based on Chromium from Russian search giant Yandex. It offers the same clean simplicity as Google's Chrome, with a few differences.
The similarities to Chrome are more obvious than the differences. There is the same combined search and address bar, and the general layout is the same.
When you open a new tab, however, a drop down panel of suggested or most-visited sited appears. This can be easily edited. When you type into Yandex.Browser's search bar, as well as suggested addresses, you can also choose from one of four search engines. Next to the search bar there is also a button that takes you to the Russian language Yandex home.
Overall, Yandex.Browser is fast and easy to use, but there is little reason to recommend it over Chrome or other Chromium based browsers unless you use Yandex's search and email services. If Yandex.Browser develops more of its own personality and features it could be a serious alternative browser.
As an official Yandex product, Yandex.Browser is guaranteed a some success. Outside of Russia, it would be improved if links to the Russian Yandex site were internationalized.
Yandex Web Browser 2013 Features
In terms of the overall state of the property is no different than today's browsers. Yandex.Browser does not offer the full meaning of a different additional features. What's the summary you say let me through item by item;
- Page loading and opening speed in very good condition.
- Chrome is currently on the page, such as a 9-language translation support.
- Applying the tabbed pages in a way. Firefox and Chrome as it is.
- Kaspersky virus scanning feature on the pages have online collaboration. I think this may be the most diverse termed the feature. With integrated browser for hosting such a feature is quite reassuring.
Yandex Web Browser 2013 installation guide
1.Save Yandex.exe
2.Double click on Yandex.exe in the download list.
3.Click "Run" in the security warning window.
4.Follow the installation instructions.
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Height: 6-2 Weight: 216 lbs.
Born: February 14, 1956 in Milledgeville, GA
High School: West Fulton
College: Georgia Tech (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 4th round (89th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 45 (1851st overall since 1950)
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Telecom and its continued relationship with Yahoo needs questioning. Yahoo may believe little NZ is a miniscule part of its global empire, but clearly Yahoo has inadequate security or systems in place. Telecom Xtra should be actively polling another cloud based email provider that can provide a similar but more secure service.
Telecom has this afternoon issued a fresh security warning over its YahooXtra email service, hosted by Yahoo.
It reads:
Yahoo has advised us that it is experiencing an email security threat, which we have reason to believe may have compromised some Yahoo Xtra email customers' accounts. It appears that as a result of this threat, attempts at unauthorised access of users' email accounts have been made.
At this stage we have no evidence that this account information has been used and customers have not reported any issues. However, as a preventative measure, Yahoo will be blocking those accounts that they have identified as compromised until the customer resets their password – and so re-secures their account.
Customers whose accounts have been blocked and who want guidance on how to reset their passwords can find it at www.telecom.co.nz/emailpasswordchange.
Asked if it was a case of Yahoo accounts being directly hacked or customers foolishly clicking on "phishing" links in spam emails, a Telecom spokeswoman told NBR, "it is a case of accounts being compromised, rather than the 'spoofing' of addresses phishing for information that we saw earlier this month. It is obviously wider than Xtra customers, or NZ. We don't have confirmed numbers of those affected –Yahoo is still investigating it."
Over the Christmas holidays, there was a renewed outbreak of YahooXtra spam messages. A Telecom spokeswoman told NBR on January 12 that the company had received serveral spam complaints from users, but had not gauged the scale of the issue. Telecom Retail CEO Chris Quin told NBR after the early January spam issue, "Its important people understand nothing went wrong with the service this month, it just got attacked with spoof emails."
After around tens of thousands of accounts were compromised in February 2013, Telecom reviewed its relationship with Yahoo, but ultimately decided to maintain the relationship. Telecom said a survey found its customers wanted web mail, and that Yahoo would implent stricter security measures.
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LinuxCon Preview: Virgin America Runs Massive Workloads on Linux, Shares Best Practices
Virgin America's Ravi Simhambhatla is delivering a keynote at this year's LinuxCon North America. He will be giving us the CIO view on how to sell the value of open source internally when cost isn't the only driving factor. Mr. Simhambhatla took a few minutes to answer some of our questions as we prepare to see him speak in Boston on August 12, 2010.


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Here's the full story from the Boston Herald.
A youthful UMass team will have to mature in a hurry as it opens its 128th season today at McGuirk Stadium against a William & Mary team ranked fourth nationally.
William & Mary is one of six ranked opponents on the UMass schedule, the others being No. 25 Holy Cross, No. 6 Richmond, No. 10 New Hampshire, No. 15 James Madison and No. 16 Delaware.
"They have lot of guys back from a team that went to the national semifinals, and they have a real good group of linebackers," said second-year UMass coach Kevin Morris, who has a two-pronged running game behind senior John Griffin, a transfer from the defunct Northeastern program, and junior Jon Hernandez. "They also have two good backs so I think it will be the battle of the backs. We have to control the ball."
UMass returns only eight starters, four each on offense and defense.
"We're a very young team overall and looking to mature by week one," said Morris. "There's no time to waste this year coming out. We have to be ready to go from the get-go. That's our plan and that's where we're working toward, right now. We're very optimistic. If you're not optimistic right now then it's going to be a long, long year."
Holy Cross hosts Howard in a first-ever meeting to mark HC's 115th season opener. It also kicks off the post-Dominic Randolph era as the record-setting quarterback is now playing with the New York Giants. The quarterback duties fall to senior Ryan Taggart, who has thrown only two career passes.