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CHINESE MOBILE FIRM Huawei has launched its flagship Android 3D smartphone, the Vision, and its own branded tablet, the Mediapad.
The company's UK MD Mark Mitchinson announced pricing and availability for the Vision and Mediapad devices at an event in London this evening, and The INQUIRER was there.
Huawei had announced both the Vision and the Mediapad separately earlier this year. At the time, they were earmarked for UK release in the "second half" of 2011, so we had expected both of them on the shelves before Christmas. However, while the Vision handset will be on sale for Christmas, we'll have to wait a bit longer to see the Mediapad.
The Mediapad will cost £330 in the UK but it won't be available until the first quarter of 2012.
Meanwhile, the Vision handset will be available in time for Christmas from Phones 4U, with more operator and retail partners to be confirmed early next year. It will be free on £25 per month contracts.
The Vision features a 3D user interface and a "carousel display", and runs the Android 2.3 Gingerbread mobile OS. It has a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8255 processor.
Like a posh car, the Huawei Vision has an aluminum alloy "uni-body" that comes in rose gold, silver or charcoal, along with "a curve touch design".
The device measures only 9.9mm at its thinnest point and weighs 121g. It supports HD 720p video recording and features a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash. It also has Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, high-speed WiFi 802.11b/g/n internet connectivity, and a full range of messaging capabilities including SMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail and IM.
Meanwhile, Huawei's Mediapad tablet will run Android 3.2 Honeycomb and has a 7in IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen.
The Mediapad is 10.5mm thick and weighs 390g, and will be "supported by Huawei Device's Hispace cloud solution". Meanwhile, the battery will last over six hours.
A 1.2GHz dual-core processor from Qualcomm will power the Mediapad and there is a front facing camera of 1.3MP. It has WiFi and HSPA+ 3G and an HDMI port. Pre-installed applications will include Facebook, Twitter, Let's Golf and Documents to go, as well as support for Flash 10.3.
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'Being Erica' Leaps Back Onto SOAPNet On January 26th, 2011
It has become known tha SOAPNet has scheduled the CBC import Being Erica to premiere its third season on January 26th, 2011 at 11:00PM. Originally the show aired at 10:00PM. What will the third season bring to us?
The multiple Erica fans cannot wait to see their favourite character and her adventures. At the end of the second season quite a few of major life-changing events happened tothe protagonist, so it is certainly interesting to see how she has coped with them and what she has become now. For those people who might have forgotten what happened at the end of season 2, SOAPNet will air a marathon of the last five episodes before the premiere of season three begins. Are you looking forward to it?
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Increase in Inmates Being Held at Marion County Jail
"Unlawful restraint because that's a controlled substance, possession of meth... it's not just one thing. It's a variety of a lot of things, but I wanted to make the Board aware that our bills are going to be higher because of this and hopefully this will go away at some point", said DeVore.
DeVore says until recently, the local jail population had been staying fairly consistent. In addition to the local inmates, the jail is housing 21 federal prisoners. Cook County has removed their inmates because their prisoner population has dropped.
The Committee will recommend to the full board that the Emergency Services and Disaster Agency once again complete the Halloween Patrols. The patrols will be completed from Friday, October 26th, through Wednesday, October 31st. ESDA members will receive gasoline for the patrols, but will volunteer their time to try and add extra eyes to cut down on Halloween vandalism activity.
The committee will also recommended that the ESDA unit be able to participate in a program to obtain federal surplus property.
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Starstruck in AugustFeatured, The Adventurist Blog — By admin on August 17, 2012 10:59 pm
Two seasonal phenomena happen every August. One happens at a cosmic level, and the other happens in my head, and fortunately they are complementary events.
In my head, I start running through the list of must-do-before-summer-ends. The days are hot but noticeably shorter, and the trails I have not hiked, the lakes I have not paddled, and the campfires I have not lingered by become more urgent. Stargazing is always on this list – clear nights under a dark sky, distinguishing stars from planets from satellites.
The universe is on my side, however, at least in the stargazing department, because August night skies are primo (here comes the cosmic phenomenon). Warm temperatures and early twilights invite us to linger outside and watch the constellations pop out–the perfect cheap date. Shooting stars add a whole other dimension. That would be the Pleiades, the mid-August late-night meteor extravaganza, and if you missed them, well–you just weren't paying attention and need to mark your calendar for next year.
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I should have known better than to try to go to District on opening night after seeing it featured in the Daily Candy Newsletter. I couldn't get within ten feet of the front door, let alone get inside to check out the newest and largest wine bar in San Francisco. Subsequent visits have allowed me to inspect it as a patron, but the crowds have not dwindled. This is clearly one of SOMA's new hot spots.
Occupying a converted brick industrial space just two blocks from the baseball stadium and the massive new residential and commercial buildings springing up in China Basin, District is a triumph of renovation. The cavernous space is beautifully done, with a huge central bar and a combination of high tables and lounge like seating. Excellent lighting, beautiful exposed wood beams, and quirky art round out an excellent interior. When I was last there the plasma screen on the left wall was playing Dr. Strangelove, which made me secretly very happy.
Unfortunately the only time you get to really experience the charms of the space are in the first hour of business during the week. After that you'll have to contend with the tidal wave of twenty-somethings that seem to descend starting at happy hour every day. It really takes a lot for me to feel out of place in San Francisco, but I gotta say I'm not nearly cool enough or beautiful enough to hang out at District very often. Unfortunately this sort of crowd brings with it a bit of a meat-market atmosphere in which I have a hard time relaxing. But that's a purely personal thing -- I have no doubt that many people will simply find District today's version of cool.
Certainly the wine list alone makes the bar worth considering. Nearly 50 excellent wines are available by the glass, as well as by the reasonably priced bottle (usually 4x the glass price). Scandalously the bar does not offer wine by the half glass, violating one of my requirements for consideration as a genuine wine bar. I flirted with the idea of passing over District for a review altogether, but as they are not really a full bar (they only serve wine and beer), and they are not really a full restaurant (no reservations, no tablecloths) I decided to shoehorn them into the category of wine bar, mostly based on the merits of their wine list.
Thanks to wine director Caterina Mirabelli, the selection of wines is globally wide ranging, eclectic, and completely free of crap. Grouped into thematic groups from which patrons can order in flights or singly, it offers tasting notes for each wine. The bar also offers a reserve bottle list which is a work in progress -- apparently the goal is to have several thousand bottles on offer -- it currently comes off as something hurriedly cobbled together and heavily California weighted.
My biggest beef with District (apart from the lack of tasting-sized pours) has to do with its service, which ranges from chaotic to incompetent to passable. Because there are no reservations taken, there is no host or hostess to greet you at the front of the cavernous space. Many people take several minutes to figure out that it is everyone for themselves -- you must simply dive in and try to carve out a space from the bar, the lounge seating, the high tables, or the front counter, a task that gets more impossible the later in the week and the closer to 8:00 PM you get. Getting a server to notice you is the next challenge, difficult in direct proportion to the amount of effort you had to expend to find a seat. When it's really crowded, this is next to impossible.
The servers' general wine knowledge, and knowledge of the list seems to be average to very poor, though there is apparently a sommelier on staff that is available to answer questions or to decant your reserve bottle if you purchase one. The bar has decent stemware, but frustratingly the policy seems to be to only give it to people who order wine by the bottle, or those like me that specifically ask for their wine to be served in a larger glass. Do yourself a favor and ask for a big kid's glass.
When it first opened, the bar offered a few small, cold appetizer plates, but now a full menu is available including an excellent artisanal cheese plate and a fantastic salumi plate (also available for larger parties), as well as numerous small and entree sized plates of hot food that range from mediocre to quite good. Avoid the cardboard-like pizzettas, but by all means, tuck into the red wine braised short ribs or the warm baby spinach salad with pancetta and goat cheese.
Diners wishing to take their time and actually make a meal of it would be better off ordering food in stages, lest every dish, appetizer and main, all arrive within one minute of each other (as ours did last week). Chances are it won't all fit in the small space you've managed to eke out of the crowd even if you were able to eat it all simultaneously.
Going to a wine bar for me has always been about relaxing or unwinding a bit, which is why I want my wine bars to be less like bars and more like the living room of someone who has a great wine cellar that they're doling out by the glass. I don't mind if there actually is a bar -- I quite enjoy sitting at them, but I have to be able to walk up to it, get the attention of a knowledgeable server, and actually order something, a task which is frustratingly difficult at District. Of course, with all the beautiful people around, there's at least a distraction while you wait.
Until the crowd thins out and they start offering wine by the taste or half-glass I won't be spending much time at District.
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Parking in this neighborhood is a nightmare in general, and I seriously recommend checking the baseball schedule before venturing out for an evening at District as both parking and traffic become completly untenable on game nights.
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Every casino should have a specialty bar like the Gold Bar. Place a bet at the Eureka's William Hill Sports Book, then head to the bar to watch your game on the high-def big screens. Order up your favorite cocktail and try your luck on the latest keno and video poker games.
The Seasons Bar area has two rows of bar-top video poker multi-games connected to some of the largest vidoe poker progressives in Mesquite.
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The Board is of the opinion that Global operated in an environment of good Corporate Governance.
Board's Responsibilities
The key terms of reference in the Board's mandate, which form the basis for its responsibilities, are to:
- set and agree Global's objectives, strategies and plans for achieving those objectives;
- at least annually review the Corporate Governance process and assess achievement against objectives;
- delegate to sub-committees of the Board, the Chairperson and Executive Directors or any Senior Executive any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in the Directors, including the power of sub-delegation as they consider necessary to enable the day to day management of Global's business. Delegate similarly and as appropriate such powers, authorities and discretions to any subsidiary company's Board as may exist or be created from time to time;
- determine the terms of reference, policies and procedures of all Board Committees, and review their reports and minutes;
- consider and evaluate reports submitted by members of the Board Committees;
- ensure that an effective risk management process exists and is maintained throughout the Group;
- review and monitor the performance of the Chairperson, Group CEO, Executive Directors, Executive Management and the Committees;
- ensure adequate succession planning exists for the Chairperson, Group CEO, Executive Directors and Executive Management;
- establish (or delegate to sub-committees) and review annually, and approve, changes to Company policies, on recommendation from the Board Risk Committee;
- approve the remuneration of each Director of the Board, the Group CEO and Executive Management, based on the recommendations made by the Board Remuneration Committee, and where relevant, recommend to the shareholders for approval;
- approve capital funding for Global, and the terms and conditions of rights or other issues and any prospectus in connection therewith;
- ensure an adequate budget and planning process exists, approve annual budgets for the Group. Ensure that performance is measured against approved budgets and business plans;
- recommend acquisitions, mergers, takeovers, divestments of operating companies, equity investments and new strategic alliances by the Group to the shareholders for their approval, when and as required by local law;
- receive, consider and approve any recommendations from the Board Audit Committee to amend accounting policy or practice;
- consider and approve the annual financial statements, interim statements, dividend announcements and notices to shareholders, and consider and agree the basis for considering the Group to be a going concern as per the recommendation of the Board Audit Committee;
- assume ultimate responsibility for financial, operational and internal systems of control, and ensure adequate reporting on these by committees to which they are delegated;
- take ultimate responsibility for regulatory compliance and ensure that reporting to the Board is comprehensive and in line with international best practices;
- ensure a balanced and understandable assessment of the Group's position in reporting to stakeholders;
- approve Group borrowing and indebtedness requirements; and
- specifically agree from time to time, matters that are reserved for its decision, retaining the right to delegate any of these matters to any Committee from time to time in accordance with the Articles of Association.
The Board seeks to exercise leadership, integrity and judgment in pursuit of our strategic goals and objectives to achieve long-term sustainable growth and prosperity.
Board Composition
The Board, including the Chairperson, comprises of six Non-Executive Directors and one Executive Director.
- Ibrahim Saad, Chairman (representing NCH Ventures S.P.C.)
- Maha K. Al-Ghunaim, Vice Chairman & Group CEO
- Khalid Al-Shamsi, Independent Director
- Hamad T. Alhomaizi, Independent Director (representing Al-Shaab Holding Company)
- Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi, Director (representing NCH Ventures S.P.C.)
- Arul Kandasamy, Director (representing NCH Ventures S.P.C.)
- Ali Ojjeh, Director (representing NCH Ventures S.P.C.)
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The Chairperson of the Board performs the significant role of ensuring proper functioning of the Board, maintaining open lines of communication among the Board of Directors, fostering an environment of trust and transparency and ensuring that the decision making process of the Board is robust and based on accurate information. The Chairperson is a conduit between the Board of Directors and Executive Management to ensure that channels for constructive dialogue are established and managed effectively.
The Chairperson of the Board also ensures that the Executive Management is aware of important issues discussed by the Board. The Chairperson facilitates the provision of necessary tools, information and guidance to the Executive Management for sound and timely decision making. In lieu of the same, Executive Management has an obligation to provide the Board with appropriate and timely information about the decisions taken.
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The Board considers that the skills, knowledge, experience and characteristics of the Directors are appropriate to their responsibilities and our activities. The Directors bring a range of skills to the Board, including, but not limited to:
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I am trying to write an ELSEIF conditional statement in QGIS Field Calculator (version 1.8.0). I have used an example I found online:
CASE WHEN val < 0 THEN 'negative'
WHEN val = 0 THEN "neutral'
ELSE 'positive'
I modified the statement as follows:
CASE WHEN "GRID_ID" = 1 THEN 'complete'
ELSEIF "GRID_ID" = 2 THEN "in progress'
ELSE 'not started'
This statement would not run, the Output preview stated Expression is invalid. The more info stated: Parser Error: syntax error, unexpected COLUMN_REF, expecting WHEN or ELSE or END
I am wondernig if anyone has had this error, and if they can share what they did to fix it.


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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty at the hands of a malevolent slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
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Learning to Grow
By jack.flynn on Mar 19, 2010
A Conversation with Ted Simpson of HEUG
A great place to revisit Oracle OpenWorld year round is OracleWebVideo on YouTube. In this interview from last year's Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle Magazine Senior Editor Jeff Erickson sits down with Ted Simpson to find out how the Higher Education Users Group (HEUG) is helping hundreds of member institutions and thousands of individuals across the globe meet the technological hurdles faced by colleges and universities. Many of today's higher education institutions have IT infrastructures the same size as those of global corporations or small municipalities, and growth has become an ongoing challenge.


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I have always always understood the diagonal of the ROC plot to represent the performance of a "random" classifier (corresponding to an AUC of 0.5). Is this still the case for highly imbalanced problems? (e.g. 10 positives vs 1000 negatives).
If not, is there any way to estimate the ROC-AUC for a "random" classifier (fully blind to features and to the proportions of positives and negatives).
What if we test against a stratified random classifier? (i.e. one that guesses positives and negatives randomly but according to the proportion of positives and negatives).
What can be said about the metric Average Precision in the same scenarios? (random and stratified random).


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Arlene W. Bacik (nee Bauman), 92, of Medina, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013. Arlene was born April 14, 1921 in Brunswick Hills Township, to the late Henry and Emma (nee Gunkelman) Bauman. She resided in Medina County all her life.
Arlene was a homemaker and member of Zion Lutheran Church, in Valley City.
She is survived by a brother, Willard (Betty) Bauman; three nephews, William, Robert and Rex Bauman; and one niece, Bonnie Smay; and several great nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by a sister, Norma Bauman.
The funeral service will be at 11 A.M., Monday, November 18, 2013, at the Bauer Funeral Home, 2089 Columbia Rd., Valley City. Reverend Michael Koch, officiating. There will be visitation from 10 to 11 A.M., Monday, prior to the funeral. Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, in Valley City.


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SAINT PETERS, Mo. - The 2010 Stanford synchronized swimming team split its events at Lindenwood University, Friday night, in Saint Peters, Mo. The Cardinal won the `B' Figures, but finished second in the `A' Elements competition.
"We have spent a lot of our time so far this season working on our routines and preparing our girls for trials," said head coach Heather Olson. "This element competition showed us that we need to spend a little more time working on our elements. We are confident they will improve in future competitions."
Sophomore Alex Bollaidlaw captured first place in the `A' Elements, while the team finished second overall. Stanford won the `B' Figures as sophomore Morgan Fuller paced the team with a fourth-place finish.
The Cardinal remains in Saint Peters, Mo., Saturday, to participate in the Lindenwood Invitational. Stanford will compete against Incarnate Word University and host Lindenwood University.


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Shorter Phillip Klein: If the Supreme Court decides to uphold the ACA, giving the federal government "broad new powers" to regulate the national economy that it has had since 1942, we need a constitutional convention!
What I enjoy most about reading this kind of thing is conservertarians who believe that rolling back the federal government back to pre-New Deal norms would actually be popular. They may want to examine what teabag candidates are actually saying: as far as I can tell, not only do they not specifically argue against most federal programs, their most common policy proposal is to oppose Medicare cuts.


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Hello 2012! Writing from the middle of downtown Indianapolis this rainy Saturday morning, Indianapolis seems to be the center of the universe. Super Bowl Village and all of the wonderful activities associated with the Big Game have created a palpable sense of excitement in the air and an atmosphere of pride for what really is one of the coolest places to live in the midwest. As national publications such as CNN and USA Today provide snapshots of our city and all its wonderful gems and hidden treasures, the focus has spilled over from sports and into all of the wonderful arts and cultural events offered in our city that people might not know about or associate with Naptown. Indy's exploding burlesque scene is a big part of that landscape.
Rare is the weekend anymore where there is not a burlesque event to be found. There are at least four active troupes performing in the city today (more, if we count the ones I've heard of but have trouble finding out more information about their performances and events), not counting the wonderful White Rabbit Caberet in Fountain Square and its team of performers and staff. Bottoms Up Burlesque, Angel Burlesque, Creme de les Femmes, and Pur Burlesque are keeping the city's calendar filled with no shortage of ways to get your burlesque fix.
2011 was a banner year for Indianapolis burlesque. Angel Burlesque introduced the wonderful concept of Open Bra Night to give those interested in burlesque in a friendly, welcoming environment, and in the process, brought many smiling new faces to the scene. Creme de les Femmes and their ongoing partnership with Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School have continued to celebrate the beauty of burlesque as an image art. Bottoms Up Burlesque had a banner year, raising thousands of dollars for local breast cancer charities as an added benefit to their sold out shows of neo-burlesque. Pur Burlesque has been busy creating workshops and classes for those interested in learning more. The year capped with the successful Sin's Last Stand: A Night of Historic Burlesque Acts, a show that featured dancers from multiple troups bringing to life the classsic numbers from years past. Covered by the Indianapolis Star, this marked one of the first times that our main stream press covered (on on the front page no less) the amazing talent that fans of the scene have known about for years.
So what's next? Really, for fans of burlesque or those who are curious to learn more, there is no shortage of events to enjoy. Too many to list here, in fact. I will do my part to cover as many of the vast variety of types of programs throughout the year and provide resources for how to learn more. For your part, dear fans, I encourage you to come out and support these amazing artists. Be a part of the scene. Follow the groups on Facebook and Twitter. The scene at these shows is energetic, positive, creative, and ALIVE. To report on the state of the burlesque union, I am happy to report that the state of the union is covered in glitter and full of fun!


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Heather Van Norman came to Tulane in the summer of 2002 with a plan to build the Green Wave program while maintaining off-the-field excellence. After her first two years, her plan has proven to be a success as improvement is evident in all aspects of the Tulane track and field and cross country programs.
"My goals have not changed since I arrived," Van Norman said. "We will always strive to do our best, whether in a race, in practice or in the classroom; that is all I ever ask. Specifically we would like to make a run at the conference title. I am interested in seeing how many athletes qualify for the NCAA Regional and Championships. I certainly believe that we have the potential to be a lot better than what we were last year. However, in order to do that, everyone must buy into the system and persevere."
In just two years, Van Norman has overseen nine NCAA Regional appearances, including four by senior Jelena Jurlina, who advanced to the NCAA National Championships in the javelin (2003 and 2004) and the discus (2004). Sophomore Gloria Asumnu was named the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Freshman of the Year in 2004, while Bessie Hatch and Tyler Chapman were named the Louisiana Freshmen of the Year for women's and men's cross country, respectively. In that time, Tulane student-athletes have earned all-conference recognition 72 times.
During her first season with the Green Wave, Van Norman focused on building team depth and recruiting. After finishing in sixth place at the Conference USA Indoor Championships and 10th at the Outdoor Championships in 2003, she demanded a greater commitment for 2004. That resulted in five wins in women's cross country, four in men's and jumps to fourth place at the 2004 Indoor Championship and fifth place at the outdoor championship. With just five seniors on the 2004 roster, the young Green Wave improved by nearly 50 points in the two league championships.
While developing the current members of the Green Wave program, Van Norman and her staff also work tirelessly on the recruiting trail. The incoming freshmen class is expected to be one of the best in program history.
"My philosophy is that recruiting is the life-blood of any successful athletic program," Van Norman said. "The business of recruiting is 365-day a year, ever-changing job. It is a team effort; a matter of pride, pride in the ability to work together effectively; pride in the knowledge that when we succeed in this aspect, the days of competition with our team will be a lot more rewarding."
In addition to the success on the track, Green Wave student-athletes have excelled in the classroom with 37 student-athletes being selected to the Conference USA Academic Honor Roll in just two years. Senior Birka Wicke, a double major in environmental science and math who graduated in May, was honored as a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.
The Tulane program will take another big step in 2004-05 with the return of men's outdoor track to its repertoire. The men's program was dropped in March of 2002 but due to an aggressive roster management program and the addition of women's swimming and diving, Tulane has achieved its gender equity goals, allowing the University to restore men's outdoor track and field to its sports line-up.
"This is exciting for us, and for men's track and field across the country, that we are able bring back the men's program here at Tulane," Van Norman said following the May announcement of the return of the men's program. "It's a sport that has been hit by cuts, and for us to be able to add men's track is a great step. We have worked hard to build a foundation for our women's track program and now, we will be stronger overall."
Van Norman came to Tulane after four years as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech, where she focused on the Yellow Jacket sprints, relays and long hurdles. During that time, Georgia Tech had four top 30 finishes at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, while producing seven individual All-Americans and one All-America relay team.
She also spent two years as an assistant coach at Rice University, highlighted by her 4x400 relay team winning the 1997 NCAA Indoor Championship.
A 1994 graduate of LSU, Van Norman was a six-time NCAA All-American for the Tigers. She won three national championships for the Tigers in 1993: as a member of the indoor 4x400 relay and both the 4x400 and the 4x100 outdoor relays. A key part of three consecutive outdoor national team championships (1991, 1992, 1993) and two indoor titles (1991, 1993) for LSU, she also helped the Tigers to SEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 1991 and 1993.
In 1991, she was part of the team that set the American record in the 4x200 relay. A year later, Van Norman won the SEC indoor title in the 400 meters and competed in the 400 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials in New Orleans.
A member of USA Track & Field and the NCAA Track Coaches Association, Van Norman began her collegiate career at the University of Minnesota where she was named Freshman Track Athlete of the Year. She is a charter member of the Minnesota High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
A native of Minnesota, Van Norman lives in New Orleans with her fiancee, Derek, and her two children, Odell and Jasmine.


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University of Minnesota's "Next Generation Environmental Leaders" Drive Statewide Sustainability Policy
Natalie Prepares for Next Generation Environmental Congress
Next Generation Environmental Congress at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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Key organizers and presenters: Natalie Hoidal - overall strategy and logistics - planned for student involvement across U of M campuses, handled event logistics, arranged student transportation, coordinated communications and will write the summary of our Congress experience Elizabeth Just - communications and video - developed and executed communications strategy, including social media, produced a short video (see supplemental materials) and served as a liaison to the MN Youth Environmental Network Christy Newell - high school involvement -attended meetings of YEA-MN and other high school environmental groups and provided "stealth" climate science learning as well as support for Congress attendance. Patty O'Keefe - registration, volunteer coordination and support - leveraged students to fill key roles at the Congresses and kept our group members in close communication Juan Medina Bielski - connecting science research to policy - demonstrating how U of M research in chemistry and other fields drives sustainability policies, communicating science using stories at the Congresses Other important partners: Emma Wright - facilitator and coordinator of small-group work - structuring small group process, crafting questions and collecting input from groups, as well as inviting key student stakeholders to participate, helped to align interests of MPIRG lobby day with Next Gen conference Kristian Nyberg- key facilitator at Next Gen conference- hosted a conversation and presentation around community engagement and organic gardening Aaron Goemann- key recruiter of students for forums and Next Gen conference - assisted with photo collage and planning Jordan Wente - key recruiter of students for forums and Next Gen conference - assisted with photo collage and planning Next Generation Conference and Forum Attendees from U of M system: Anna Pratt Perry Moore Ande Saunders Siri Simmons Phil Kelly Aaron Goemann Bryce Blankenfeld Ande Saunders Joey Daniewicz Jordan Wente Laura Korth Katherine Spurgeon Melinda Kawalek Anna Pratt Adrian Schiller Perry Moore
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As student members of the University of Minnesota's Next Generation Environmental Leaders group, we made the most of our experiences leading sustainability projects on the University's Twin Cities and Morris campuses and helped to shape statewide sustainability policy this past year.
When we challenged our political leaders to allow young people like ourselves to participate in crafting a strategy to respond to our state's – and the world's – many sustainability threats and opportunities, they heard us and brought us into the heart of the process. Our campus-based group and other young leaders across the state, who we organized into a coalition, earned a place at the policymaking table.
This legislative session, we helped achieve several key policy goals related to clean energy, modernizing transportation and increasing sustainable agriculture.
An Invitation by Our Governor
In early 2012, we were invited by Governor Mark Dayton's Energy Advisor, Ellen Anderson, to organize a statewide "Next Generation Environmental Congress" that would allow us to coalesce, as youth, around shared goals and models for change. We also hoped to play a role at the main event, the Environment Congress, which Governor Dayton, Ellen Anderson, the nine agency heads making up the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) and their professional staff would host, inviting hundreds of influential environmental leaders.
Our Next Generation Environmental Congress
We held our "Next Gen" Congress on February, 24, 2013, after months of holding our own strategy meetings on our campuses, doing social media work, postering, making phone calls, tabling, presenting in classes and working hand-in-hand with high school leaders organized as the Youth Environmental Advocates- Minnesota (YEA-MN). The quality of our work was recognized by Sierra Student Coalition staff Alexis Boxer, who had recently moved to Minnesota. Writing for "We Are Power Shift," she tells our Next Gen story.
One of the first chances I had to engage with young Minnesotans is an event that goes above and beyond the typical forms of youth engagement. Happening right now is the Next Generation Environmental Congress, a rare chance for young people to weigh in on the state's environmental priorities and to take action on climate change. This event was proposed by the state government. SERIOUSLY. How often does it happen that politicians approach young people to propose solutions and really mean it when they say they will listen? In my experience, not too often. So here I am with 200 young folks from around the state, spanning the ages between high school and post grad, deciding on their generation's priorities, meeting with their state legislature and elected officials and talking with their Environmental Quality Board to ensure that progress is made on climate change and clean energy. http://www.wearepowershift.org/user/12428
In an intensive day with nearly 200 attendees at the Next Gen Congress, three main ideas emerged that we wanted to share with the EQB and with leaders across the state:
1) sustainable agriculture will reinvigorate rural Minnesota and encourage and incentivize healthy and local crops to be grown for direct consumption,
2) modernizing our transportation system will reduce the need for cars by increasing public transportation options and bike trails,
3) a clean energy economy based on community economic development, energy efficiency and renewable energy will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions
In the weeks leading up to the Next Gen Congress and on the day itself, we heard over and over again from youth concerned about the impacts of a warming climate on future generations as severe weather and shifting biomes, especially in Minnesota, become the new normal. Many youth fear that policymakers will continue to debate and discuss possible actions instead of implementing them, and thus fear for their future.
Becoming a Powerful Coalition
Our experience implementing sustainability projects on our campuses enabled us to build an effective team, distribute roles, communicate with one another and grow our coalition. Through leadership retreats organized with our sustainability staff at the University, we shared effective projects and started to collaborate on new ones. We got to know each other well, even though we came from different campuses - the very urban Twin Cities and small-town, rural Morris. Statewide meetings of an emerging multi-campus program called the Minnesota Youth Environmental Network (MNYEN) as well as the more established Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG) also helped us organize. On all our University campuses, which participate together through our System-wide Sustainability Committee, an explicit, agreed-upon goal is to develop students into sustainability leaders able to work beyond campus boundaries.
Minnesota's Environmental Congress
In March 2013, the Environmental Congress was called to order by Governor Mark Dayton. Governor Dayton had previously ordered that Citizen Forums be held across the state for the purpose of sharing results from a new Environmental Report Card, developed by nine state agency heads, EQB and agency staff and academic experts. The purpose of the Environmental Congress was to report the results of the citizen forums, and identify environmental priority areas that state agencies would work more collaboratively to address. Nearly one thousand environmental change-makers, policy makers, scientists, and activists joined together from for this unique opportunity.
The statewide EQB leaders also requested that youth be represented at the Citizen Forums, which we did attend, and at the Environmental Congress. At the Environmental Congress, more than an hour was devoted to time for students and youth from across the state to share their concerns and hopes.
Our Powerful Presence
What nobody could have anticipated is how we, as Minnesota's youth, would shape the entire Environmental Congress experience. During our presentation time, our Next Gen Group developed a panel presentation featuring emerging youth leaders, who spoke on themes regarding fuel poverty, climate change, and new models for community energy. Different students read aloud concerns and ideas collected from students from across the state from different schools, colleges and universities, including many outside the University of Minnesota system. Students also produced a compelling film -- a video collage -- of student feedback to the EQB and to state leaders encouraging them to keep making progress and urging them to take action.
We as students asked the several hundred environmental leaders in attendance to consider the following questions:
1) think of a young person in your life you care about,
2) what does that person's future look like and what do you want to guarantee for them when they are your age?
3) think about that same person and their future today, knowing that many of our environmentally-related decision have long term implications.
Our presentation changed the tone for the entire Environmental Congress, as evidenced by the glowing comments we ourselves received that day and later (a collection of these are included as supplemental material). During the breakout group sessions, which included many well-known government, business and non-profit environmental leaders, Congress participants frequently made reference to the quality and significance of "that student presentation" that began the day.
Reflecting the positive impressions made on Governor Mark Dayton, dozens of elected leaders and the nine EQB agency heads and hundreds of their staff in attendance at the Congress, Ellen Anderson concluded: "The youth voice played a key role in this event. Their presentation was powerful and shaped the tenor of our conversation throughout the day."
Our Roles
We all played important roles organizing fellow students, recruiting partners for the Next Gen Congress and Enviromental Congress and connecting students to numerous new post-Congress projects (these include community solar project development, organizing regional food hubs, holding composting workshops for cities, etc.).
We summarize our roles:
Natalie Hoidal - overall strategy and logistics - planned for student involvement across U of M campuses, handled event logistics, arranged student transportation, coordinated communications and will write the summary of our Congress experience
Elizabeth Just - communications and video - developed and executed communications strategy, including social media, produced a short video (see supplemental materials) and served as a liaison to the MN Youth Environmental Network
Christy Newell - high school involvement -attended meetings of YEA-MN and other high school environmental groups and provided "stealth" climate science learning as well as support for Congress attendance.
Patty O'Keefe - registration, volunteer coordination and support - leveraged students to fill key roles at the Congresses and kept our group members in close communication
Juan Medina-Bielski - connecting science research to policy - demonstrating how U of M research in chemistry and other fields drives sustainability policies, communicating science using stories at the Congresses
Thank you to all fellow students, youth, supportive faculty, staff, community members and environmental leaders who stood behind us this past year and joined us at the Environmental Congress and in the many different projects that emerged thereafter. "We Are Youth: Protect Our Future."
Supplemental URLS:
KEY LINK! Minnesota Youth Voice - Our Next Generation Story - Made for the MInnesota Environmental Congress
Minnesota Environmental Congress Plenary Presentations
Minnesota Daily (student newspaper) Story on Environmental Congres
UWire Story on Environmental Congress
Next Generation Environmental Congress Sign Up Form
Will Steger Foundation Newsletter Story on Next Generation Environmental Congress
"We Are Power Shift" Blog Story on Next Generation Leadership
Civic Forum/ Listening Session - In Preparation for Environmental Congress


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Emma Stone made her way to the 2012 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night already a winner. She was on hand to accept the Golden Popcorn for MTV's first annual Trailblazer Award .
Our style correspondent Kat Graham caught up with "The Amazing Spider-Man" actress as she hit the red carpet with co-star and boyfriend Andrew Garfield. The couple bantered back and forth as to whether or not Garfield needed to talk fashion and makeup, until Stone asked, "What's your makeup choice?" To which Garfield replied, "I need to hear what you have to say." The actress looked stunning as she sported her signature red lipstick and a gorgeous black-and-tan Martin Grant outfit, telling us she doesn't decide on her cosmetic choices until she knows what she's wearing.
The playful duo were then prepped for their big moment onstage to present Shailene Woodley with an award for Breakthrough Performance for her role in "The Descendants." Stone joked that the nominees "broke in through a skylight shrieking like banshees with 'YOLO' tattooed on their foreheads."
The night was full of laughs for the star, but it all led up to her emotional acceptance speech as MTV's first Trailblazer. After a comedic intro from her Hollywood friends and co-stars like Steve Carell, Anna Faris and Mila Kunis, Stone took the stage with tears in her eyes to accept the award.
"Thank you. I'm a crier," she said. "So, I looked up the actual definition of trailblazer, and it means someone who blazes a trail to be followed by others. And that's an honor to hear you're being associated with a concept like that. But the only thing I can hope that an award like this inspires is originality, because the trailblazers I've looked up to and have been inspired by are people like Gilda Radner and Bill Murray and John Candy and Charlie Chaplin and the Beatles and J.D. Salinger. Lorne Michaels, who reminds me the importance of comedy, and Cameron Crowe, whose work consistently reminds me of why I want to be an actor."
After thanking her own heroes, she offered some inspiration to others, saying it's important to remain unique even when it feels like a burden. "Continue to harness your own originality," she remarked. "It's what makes you great."
In closing, she said, "I am deeply touched and grateful for this."
After exiting the stage following her moving speech, she received a big, long hug from Garfield, her support system who was by her side the whole night.
Jaw-dropping, heart-pounding, gut-busting moments galore. See what went down at the 21st annual MTV Movie Awards!


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Landmark Tailored Suits
Quality tailored suits are something we all aspire to own at some point in our lives but may dismiss as unaffordable.
That's why we spent nearly two years researching and developing a made-to-measure system that delivers suits at prices starting at a highly competitive and affordable £499.
Launched in 2007, the Landmark system doesn't only deliver on price:
- A one-on-one suit fitting and design consultation at the Marlow store creates your personal and unique digital pattern that ensures a close fitting jacket and trousers that follow the body's natural contours.
- From this pattern, computerised laser cutting of both fabric and lining combined with traditional tailoring techniques guarantee the highest quality made-to-measure suit.
- Choose from over 1000 fabrics from the best English and Italian mills including Holland & Sherry, Dugdale Bros and Carlo Barbera.
- Select from over 100 different linings as well as choosing your buttons, contrast trims and colouring details.
- Custom design and style your suit from lapel shape and closure to pocket styles and vents.
- Natural, soft, supple and lightweight materials maintain maximum made-to-measure comfort.
- Your pattern, fit-profile and style preferences are stored on our system and at the workshop making future purchases incredibly straightforward and quick.
For more information on the system and process please see our FAQ's page.
A suit as individual as you are
Don't settle for that less than perfect fit! 'Off-the-peg' suits never feel quite right – because there's no one quite like you. And there'll not be another suit like your quality made-to-measure suit from Landmark because it's tailored to fit you…perfectly.
Landmark's made-to-measure suits system really has put quality tailored suits within everyone's reach. Call us now on 01628 477077 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information. Or why not pop in and see us at 7-9 West Street, MARLOW, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2LS. More...


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Acoustic Authority A-5640RB Black 5.1 Piece 140 Watt Pro Series Surround Sound Subwoofer Satellite System
Acoustic Authority A-5640RB Black 5.1 Piece 140 Watt Pro Series Surround Sound Subwoofer Satellite System
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MODEL- A-5640 VENDOR- CYBER ACOUSTICS FEATURES- Acoustic Authority Speakers- Charcoal finish Retail box 5.1 Digital Ready Subwoofer and Satellite Speaker System! POWER DRIVEN PERFORMANCE. Home theater quality surround sound. This 5.1 speaker system designed by our Acoustic Authority team is simply awesome. 140 watts of power packs a punch in this digital ready format. This 6 piece set includes our 10" Lab100 excursion woofer with a tuned port to further enhance the bass response. The illuminated remote pod control also defines this brand. It includes master volume bass volume front to rear fade and on/off features.* Four Tower satellite speakers and one Center channel speaker.* 10" Power Pro Subwoofer with wood enclosure and bass reflex cabinet with tuned port.* Illuminated remote control pod with the following: - On/Off control - Master volume control - Bass volume control - Headphone output jack * Wall brackets for center and rear satellites * Video game adapter cable included -- SPECIFICATIONs -----------------------------------SYSTEM POWER OUTPUT- 140 watts total Satellites: 16 watt x 5 Subwoofer : 60 wattDRIVERS - Satellites: 2.5" high efficiency 4 ohm radiators Subwoofer : 10" Power Pro Series driver Wood enclosed cabinetFREQUENCY RESPONSE - 40
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Silver. 6 Piece 5.1 pro series subwoofer/satellite system. 54 RMS 10" power pro subwoofer, pro serie
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20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Excellent product!
Jan 03, 2007
By J. Peck
After spending $100s on cheap PC speakers I finally found something that was worth the money I spent on it. This is my first serious PC speaker purchase, but the sound quality and volume capacity is great compared to those cheap desktop speakers. Very clear and crisp tweeters and deep, popping bass from the 10inch subwoofer. Reminds me of my system in my car. Very happy with the 5.1 surround sound as well. The only thing I would change is the wired controller (bass, volume, fader, on/off switch). It glows blue and looks kinda like an odd-shaped mouse, but you can put it out of sight if you don't want to look at it. Overall though great design and great performance, the speakers even came with mounting equipment and the cords were long enough to mount in the back of a large room.
I am very happy with these speakers. Not sure if their is a better deal from another company out there, but these are definitely great. I bought them about 9 months ago and have been unusually pleased, just wanted to let ya'll know.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Overwhelming sound at a great price
Jul 09, 2007
By M. Valente
Layered, crystal clear sound, enveloping surround effect, and a bass that produces powerful lows without sounding muddy or eclipsing the highs. Highly recommended for music with mp3 player/computer, or used with a dvd player for a cheaper alternative to the expensive surround sound units.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Sound, Excellent Price
Apr 12, 2007
By J. Fernandez "shadowedmoon"
Excellent 5.1 sound. Huge bass, crystal clear quality out of every speaker. I switched the front left and right with the heavy duty pro version of the same brand of speakers. They give a great extra kick. Make sure if you buy a stereo adapter that you know you will not be getting sound out of your center speaker because standard l/r stereo does not support a center channel. If you want to make sure you get all channels, just plug it into the three jacks of a computer 5.1 sound card. Definitely a computer speaker set, but can be used with a gaming console like I am without much of a loss. A+ Product.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Aug 22, 2007
By Mark Twain "Sam"
These speakers are really great. The quality is great for the price. I hid the speakers under my bed, desk and chair so you couldnt see them. There kinda big but its no problem if you have a place to hide them. Great buy
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
I will have to agree! They are awesome!
Jun 19, 2008
By Sebylita "Sebylita"
Was a bit skeptical about these. Read the reviews and decided to give it a shot (thought, what's there to lose, really?). SURPRISE!! The entire set is spectacular. You will not want to turn them off. Just make sure you hide the bright controller (a.k.a mouse-wannabe). That's it. Then you are set! Enjoy...!
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Porsha Williams of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" has been charged with assault after her headline-making attack on co-star, Kenya Moore earlier this month. The incident occurred at the show's reunion taping.
According to an April 16 report by RadarOnline, an arrest warrant was issued after Kenya filed a police report against Porsha. Authorities are charging her with misdemeanor battery. The "RHOA" star turned herself into Fulton County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, CNN reported. She had a mug shot taken then was released on $2,000 bond.
An eyewitness told Radar that Kenya brought sex toys and made fun of Porsha's ex-husband, Kordell Stewart. She joked about his sexuality and Porsha "couldn't take it anymore." She jumped on Kenya and beat her up during filming.
Porsha apparently pulled hard on Kenya's hair, which was all her own. She didn't have any weaves in it. That would have been quite the scene if she did have them and large wefts of hair extensions came out!
At the beginning of Porsha and Kenya's gig on "Real Housewives" in season 5, the two women were sworn enemies from the start. They had opposite personalities and were downright mean to one another. Things reached an epic disaster when the two met on the season 6 "RHOA" reunion.
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Archive: Super Shiny Pavilion For Artists Reflects Its Own Environment
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- Archive-DHL ArchitectureThis super shiny, reflective pavilion was part of a larger installation for artists' studios back in 2009 at the Stichting Nieuw en Meer in Amsterdam. With its rugged, hard, reflective surface and soft, organic interior, the fortress like studio is perfect for the modern day artist and archivist. Secret compartments and storage spaces are built into the ring-like building and hidden mirror doors keep out unwanted guests. Blending into its environment, Archive, designed by DHL Architecture for the Atelier Malkovich exhibition was one of 8 art studios built at half-size scale.1
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureDesigned first as a 100 sq meter space, the studio was stretched thin and wrapped into a ring.2
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureHidden storage spaces, compartments, shelving and doors were added to create an irregular shape, but also break up the monotony of the ring.3
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureLike a labyrinth, the studio is suited endless walking around and around, perfect for contemplation.4
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureThe interior courtyard holds a large table and a tree to experience nature in solitude.5
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureDHL Architecture designed the space for the modern day artist, who thinks and collects information about the world around them, so the space and storage is meant to hold these collections.6
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureThe exterior is coated in a shiny material to reflect the surrounding nature to help the building blend into its environment.7
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureThe interior is built from light wood, translucent polycarbonate panels and recycled old wooden doors.8
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureWhile the exterior is opaque and blocks the views and the light, the translucent panels on the inside flood the small space in natural light.9
- Archive-DHL ArchitectureBuilt to a 1:2 scale, it is neither a whole building nor a model, but a half size space more appropriate for a child perhaps.10


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We continue to work on urban design, zoning and development strategies to support the creation of an innovation district around the Rainier Beach light rail station. The Rainier Beach Innovation District will include local food innovation and production enterprises to help increase access to employment, education and entrepreneurial opportunities for residents of Rainier Beach. The proposal builds on community-led efforts to establish the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands and the Rainier Beach Farm and Food Hub.
In March 2015, faculty and fellows of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Rose Center for Public Leadership conducted a study visit in Rainier Beach and provided findings in a public presentation. Seattle, Omaha, Boston, and Pittsburgh are this year's ULI Rose Center's fellowship cities. The Mayor's Office selected Rainier Beach as the Rose Center neighborhood study area. In 2015, the Mayor's Office and OPCD City Planning continued with follow-up work with the ULI Rose Center. In addition, the ULI Center for Sustainable Leadership conducted a study visit in May in collaboration with the ULI Rose Center. In February 2016, Action Coalition steering committee members wrote a plea to City Council to approve the neighborhood plan by summer 2016.
In 2012, the culturally and ethnically diverse Rainier Beach community created a vision to guide the future of their neighborhood:
Rainier Beach is rich with cultural and physical resources. It has a thriving and interconnected community that contains a rich mix of households including minority and immigrant residents. The community is supported by strong social and cultural institutions and services that provide stability during changing times. The neighborhood provides access to resources necessary for people to live a healthful life. The neighborhood's parks, opens spaces, roads, and other physical assets are in good condition and provide for a healthy community.
The Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update will help make the community's vision a reality. Rainier Beach will become:
The community envisions a future where Rainier Beach mixes education into community life at all levels, and for all residents. As a result, the residents will be empowered to make sustainable and beneficial changes in their community.
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