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DOVER — In one month as a nurse with Planned Parenthood of Delaware last year, Jayne Mitchell-Werbrich saw startling displays of regulatory and patient oversight.
Over the past year she has lobbied for the organization's reform, searching for answers.
"This is about patients and their lives are at risk," Ms. Mitchell-Werbrich said.
Ms. Mitchell-Werbrich sat with fellow nurse Joyce Vasikonis during a public hearing of mostly GOP legislators organized by Sen. Robert L. Venables Sr., D-Laurel and Gregory F. Lavelle, R-Sharpley, to discuss the state of Delaware's Planned Parenthood clinics.
Ms. Mitchell-Werbrich said the organization's staff had been operating under reckless procedural guidelines — from dispensing incorrect birth control and facilitating "meat market-style, assembly-line abortions."
"It's not just about abortion, it's about the entire culture," she said.
The state's Division of Public Health, through the Department of Health and Social Services, and Division Professional Regulation have performed unannounced, on-site surveys of the Planned Parenthood in Wilmington after hearing claims against the institution. Though the first visit, in August 2012, did not substantiate any claims, a visit on April 15 found many safety and sanitary violations.
In a letter sent to the organization, the Division of Public Health documented issues such as 111 expired supplies, unpackaged sterile gloves and dilapidated cabinets. The letter, signed by Public Health Director Karyl T. Rattay, mandated the organization submit plans for the needed corrections within 10 days after receiving the notice.
The plans will be monitored by the division, and will include unannounced inspections, the letter stated.
"Over the past year, various scheduled and unscheduled internal and external reviews were completed at our health centers and have helped ensure that we are meeting our rigorous standards," Ruth Lytle-Barnaby, chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Delaware, said in a statement. "Like all high-quality health care providers, if we become aware of any deviation from these standards, we take swift corrective action."
The findings in the survey were immediately rectified, she said.
In her statement, Ms. Lytle-Barnaby was also quick to dispel the rumor that Planned Parenthood of Delaware had closed under the weight of unfavorable allegations.
"Our doors have always remained open; we are providing our full range of services, and all of our staff are highly trained and meeting our promise of quality care," she said.
Amelia Auner, vice president of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Delaware, said the institution had halted elective abortion surgical procedures March 30, but they were due to staff transitions and unrelated to the DPH's investigation. The organization is still providing reproductive health care services such as sexually transmitted disease testing and birth control administration.
After the April site survey, the elective abortion surgical procedures resumed May 22.
Ms. Vasikonis said she would like to see increased regulations for the organization, including outside accreditation by an independent medical institution. Currently, Planned Parenthood accredits itself every four years.
"How can you say whether you are doing [work] right or wrong, when if you say you are doing something wrong it may impact on your bottom line and how much money you make," she said.
Two years ago, Sen. Venables attempted to pass legislation which would implement a mechanism to monitor abortion clinics such as Planned Parenthood, that required DPH to oversee and inspect the licensure of the facilities. However, he said the bill was met with much criticism and failed to be released from committee.
"I think that if the legislation [SB 45] had been [passed] two years ago we wouldn't be here; these things would have been put in place," the senator said.
The legislation had a $171,195 fiscal note attached with it to account for two full-time positions, a compliance nurse and administrator, as well as supplies and contractual services.
"I think it's well worth it," Sen. Venables said, adding he would consider re-introducing the legislation back during this legislative cycle.
Though she appreciated the nurses' testimony, Rep. Andria L. Bennett, D-Dover, said she would have liked to see more outreach to lawmakers in the Democratic caucus.
"Legislators would have made it a point to be here," she said.
Sen. Colin R.J. Bonini, R-Dover South, said the legislature has a responsibility not only to follow up on the medical side, but to analyze what went wrong in terms of oversight. He admitted he was aghast when he heard the testimony from the former nurses, and praised their courage.
"I really want to make perfectly clear this is not about abortion," he said. "This is about poorly informed patients not getting the minimum standard of care they deserve."
Even after witnessing less than sanitary conditions during her 10 months as a nurse at Planned Parenthood, Ms. Vasikonis said she believes abortion should still be legal and readily available in affordable ways.
"I don't want to see that go away, but they need to be managed appropriately," she said.
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which you can read here, or watch here). He said that he would further elucidate what his ideas were in an Apostolic letter later in the week.
Well of course he did!
In an Apostolic letter dated October 11, Pope Benedict XVI slated the "Year of Faith" to begin on October 11, 2012 (the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, and the 20th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church), and end on the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King, November 24, 2013. PLEASE read it. Pope Benedict says so many great things in his letter, especially in regards to faith both intellectually and spiritually.
Pope Benedict said that the "The Year of Faith... is a summons to an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the one Saviour of the world." It seems that the emphasis will be on the teachings of the Church and, especially, on the Catechism. At other times, however, His Holiness seems to speak of the Year of Faith as an emphasis on spiritual faith. I would bet, then, that the year will place a focus on the intellect of the Catholic Church, and its relation to spirituality. Obviously, the fact that Pope Benedict specifically pointed out the anniversary of both Vatican II and the Catechism means that the cornerstone of the Year of Faith will be these two gifts to the Catholic Church. In fact, Pope Benedict said that the role of the Catechism will be to "serve as a tool providing real support for the faith."
Currently, there is only one event planned for the Year of Faith. A General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops has been convoked for October 2012, with the theme of "The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith." Other than that, the Pope has asked the other dicasteries (he specifies the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) to draw up a Note which will "[provide] the Church and individual believers with some guidelines on how to live this Year of Faith in the most effective and appropriate ways, at the service of belief and evangelization."
What events would you like to see during he Year of Faith? I personally would like to see some sort of indulgence attached to the intellect or maybe the Catechism. But what about you?


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The No. 2 UCLA women's water polo team defeated Cal State Northridge 17-0. With the victory, the Bruins improve to 9-3 overall, 2-1 MPSF. Leading the Bruins was freshman Kristyn Pulver, who netted a hat trick in the game. In the game, five Bruins scored at least a pair of goals, and 11 of 16 players netted a goal in the victory.
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you have one of the coolest jobs in the whole world, at one of the coolest places in the whole world. When I first started going to the Smithsonian, Air & Space was in the little quonset hut on the mall, and exhibition technology consisted of A) hang it, or B) park it, and everything that wasn't A or B was put in an oak-framed glass case with oak-framed, typed note cards. It was still cool, though. I look forward to seeing the finished exhibit–and hope you'll be able to contribute updates; the "editing" process (deciding what stays/goes, streamlining when needed, reconfiguring, etc.) must be trouble, but fun too. Good luck getting it all finished!


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The construction plans are all state-of- the-art and include larger locks: 180 feet vs. 100 feet wide, 1,400 feet vs. 1,000 feet long, and 49 feet vs. 39 feet deep. In addition, the water level will be raised one-and-a-half feet by strengthening the Gatun Dam, and a new, straight, deeper channel will be dredged across Gatun Lake connecting the two lock sets.
One element of the new locks must be ascertained immediately. Can the Nimitz - and Ford -class carriers transit the canal safely? While the dimensions of both carriers are approximately the same (length 1,092 feet and beam 134 feet), will the lock width of 180 feet be adequate to accommodate the outward flair of the ship's side rising to 254 feet, the width of the flight deck? The rise and fall of the water level in each new lock chamber will be approximately 52 feet (the rise and fall of each new three-lock set will be approximately 155 feet total), and a problem of side fitting/scraping may arise when a Nimitz - or Ford -class carrier rises or falls over approximately 52 feet in any new lock chamber. But the depth of the chambers appears to be acceptable for safe passage.
Each lockset will consist of three lock chambers with the lock gates disappearing perpendicularly into the chamber walls a big improvement over the swinging gates. In addition, control towers between locksets are eliminated as well as the present electric mules. All transit control will be accomplished by three maneuverable and powerful tugboats that use the highly efficient hydro-cycloidal Voith propulsion design technology. The essential watershed area surrounding Lake Madden will also be enlarged extensively and protected from all slash and burn devastation. Water use for the project estimates a savings of more than 60 percent over the present system, clearly a compelling projection.
Most certainly these welcome developments provide a quantum leap forward for political, economic, military, environmental, ecological, and humanitarian advances, both near- and long-term.
A Magnificent Sight
The absolutely thrilling sight awaiting us all is to see our largest carriers transit the Panama Canal. What magnificence and how stirring to all, particularly those of us in the Western Hemisphere! It is an acknowledged fact that transit of the Panama Canal makes two military ships out of one. Think of the time, fuel, and mileage saved—approximately 14,000 miles rounding Cape Horn—not to mention the reduction in wear and tear on the ship's company, machinery, and aircraft. We need a greater presence in the far Western and North Pacific areas, including the international waters of the strategically important Sea of Okhotsk, to counter Russia's and China's presence in the region.
We must include in our present analysis of events in the canal area the following:
- A thorough and complete study of the two original handover treaties, both the civil/political and the military. This analysis must develop all our rights and obligations thereto, and our study must be done in a friendly, non-confrontational, and cooperative manner.
- As to the construction costs of the Third Locks Project of $5.6 billion, we should consider that figure low and offer to pay for the entire project, even at double that estimate. It's worth it to us to ensure that the new locks can accommodate the Nimitz - and Ford -class carriers, not to mention civilian vessels such as Royal Caribbean's new Oasis of the Seas . If the Panamanians agree to our help, it would then be appropriate for the United States to participate in bond issues, in whole or in part, for construction costs and later for operational/maintenance costs. If done equitably and honestly, such costs could be beneficial to all interested parties and users.
- Upon Panamanian consent, the welcome return of the U.S. military presence would be an invitation to Fourth Fleet planners at all levels to enhance its already stated missions. Concurrently the U.S. Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, Department of Justice, etc., under a similar agreement, could return to the area and reestablish the former Coast Guard station and the former Rodman Air Base with its large landing strip. The Jungle Warfare School, so prized by many Central and South American countries, could also be reestablished.
- Other activities helpful and beneficial to the area could include a permanent and expanded presence of our hospital ships operating in both oceans as well as a major health facility at Rodman field addressing combined tropical and general health issues. Such teaching facilities could be funded—as well as those on our hospital ships—by hospitals in the countries of the region.
The exciting plans awaiting Panama and Central and South America are directly in the center of the Fourth Fleet's operation area and are a positive extension of its mission. Most certainly these developments are visible on the horizon already. How and in what ways will the United States be proactive in understanding them? The 21st century requires jointness at all levels of planning and action. It is devoutly hoped that we will stand up and seize this historic moment!


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Baby boomers, do you know someone that you have known since high school, and for some reason or another appear to have never left high school. In the reality shows that are watched every day you see similar behaviors you see in teenagers in high school. You see the alliances, we called these clichés in high school, and you see the dividing of the group and even the bullying of one member in order to vote one person of the show. The interesting thing about why mature adults act like high school teenagers is because some of us never leave truly leave high school mentally.
This is a fascinating fact of psychology and since it has a lot of focus on childhood and adolescent school years, high school shaped our view of the social world. Not everyone feels the sustained, melancholic presence of a high-school shadow self. There are some people who simply put in their four years, graduate, and that's that. But for most of us adults, the adolescent years occupy a privileged place in our memories. In other words finished high school and left it behind in the past. High school was to prepare us for life. The isolation, the shame, the bullying and so forth was to prepare us to cope for the real world. This is also true of today's society; we live in an age when our reputation is at the mercy of people we barely know. Unfortunately this is exactly how it was in high school.
High school was where we learned to cope with social relationships. It was where we learn how to conform or not conform. That is why many individuals chose to revisit their high-school years. In addition, why the football players when confronted with someone from high school still acts like they own the world, and the beautiful girls who are still beautiful use their looks and luck, but at this stage in life are little more unsure about life and things. Furthermore, with the introduction of Facebook social ties that would have gone dormant are now always accessible over time and all the time.
Our teenage years are tremendously important and influential in developing who we are. It's the time we become adults and our brains rewire themselves to give us a sense of adult identity. It's also the time we learn our place among other people in the world, explore what to do with our lives, and begin mate selection. There was a time when these changes would occur in the environment of the larger world, among family and community. Unfortunately in the last century with the expansion of the role of education, teenagers spend more hours with their peers then interacting with adults. In addition, the increase interaction with teenagers that are just as clueless is like throwing the teenagers into the coliseum to fight the lions. This is where cliques and hierarchies are determined by uninformed standards such as athletic prowess, looks, or family wealth. These standards continue into adult life with advertising, athletes and celebrities. The experiences of high school can continue into adult life and create an individual that did not leave high school mentally.


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jQuery is one of the most popular libraries when it comes to online scripting and coding. However, simply saying, "I use jQuery on my website" does not automatically mean your site is going to be of a high standard. As with anything, much depends on your own approach to using jQuery, and how creative you are when […]
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Common Craft was hired by Microsoft to help explain the new Windows Live.com. We were so excited to work with a local organization on a project that highlights a new direction for the company. Share this video with this code:
We were hired by Ford Motor Company and Social Media Group to produce this video about Sync - a Microsoft technology that uses voice activation to control cell phones and mp3 players. In learning about the technology, we became fans of Sync, especially now that you can get a ticket in Washington State for holding a phone while driving.
Sachi came into the room where I draw and saw this piece of paper and nearly died from laughter. It's true - I'm sorry to say, I had a problem coloring a checkered flag. Such things are all too common in my world.
Like our videos, the tools we use to make them are quite simple. Below is a quick tour of some of the non-electronic elements of our productions... The photo below represents a near-complete selection of the tools we use almost everyday to create illustrations and videos. You can view the photo below with "notes" on Flickr.com. Because neither of us brought video production/scripting/storyboarding experience to the table, we've tinkered our way through and created a couple of resources that... Continue Reading
We've been friends and fans of dotSUB since we first started making video for The Common Craft Show. They make it easy for videos to be translated into multiple languages via subtitles. The RSS in Plain English video has been translated into 20+ languages on dotSUB. A truly useful and innovative service. I've gotten permission from the Google Docs team to share the Google Docs video on dotSUB so it's acessible for the hearing impaired and our non-English speaking friends. Are you bi-... Continue Reading
Boy, did we learn something about our videos. You like the booos and yeahs, eh? I think that's pretty clear. It's funny. Did you know that the first time we did it for the RSS video it was completely spur-of-the-moment? The booo just seemed to fit in that moment of production - we had no inkling that it would be a trademark. I'll take the blame for it not appearing in this video. I felt like it started to get a bit trite - I thought people might be getting tired of it. I was wrong. I... Continue Reading
If someone told me back in March of this year that we'd be making videos as our full time job in July, I would have said it was preposterous. What do we know about making videos? Such is the current state of affairs - we're booked through the summer doing paperworks videos on commissioned basis and feel 100% confident that this is the right direction for us. Of course, having people paying us to make videos means we have to learn fast and make some investments in our equipment and software... Continue Reading
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Burlesque, Pin Up and Cabaret have seen recent growth in popularity. At the very beginning of my Masters Degree in Photography, I chose to photograph Burlesque.
Captivated by the performers, the music and the whole scene, I set upon documenting the new rise of Burlesque. I'm now a full time freelance photographer based in the midlands and continuing to photograph my favourite subject... Burlesque.
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World record holder Suma Shirur, on Sunday won bronze in the women's 10m air rifle event at the international Air Gun Competition in Munich, Germany.
Suma shot a score of 500.9 with 398 (99, 100, 99, 100) in the qualifications and 102.9 in the finals.
Anjali Bhagwat and Tejaswani Sawant finished 19th and 30th respectively. Anjali scored 396 (99, 99, 99, 99) and Tejaswini 394 (97, 98, 99, 100).
Another Indian in fray, Avneet Kaur Sidhu, finished 58th with a score of 392 (98, 99, 97, 98).
Sonja Pfeilschifter of Bayern won the gold medal with a tally of 501.7 (398+103.7) while Eva Joo of Hungary won the silver with a score of 501.3 (398+103.3).
In the men's event on Saturday, top shooter Gagan Narang won the silver medal in the 10m air rifle event.
Narang shot 596 in the qualifications and a final round of 104.2 to aggregate 700.2.
Their was a shoot off for the silver medal between the Indian and Matthew Emmons of USA, who also shot 700.2 (597+103.2). Narang shot 10.1 as compared to 10.0 by Emmons who had to finally settle for the bronze medal.
Narang, who fired three perfect rounds of 100 in the qualifying rounds, was just a whisker away from gold winner Zoltan Balaz of Slovakia, who scored of 701.1 (597+104.1).


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New Panther Bradley takes parting shot at Caps teammates
Matt Bradley, a physical forward obtained by the Panthers this offseason, called out former Capitals teammate Alexander Semin for not, "showing up," in the playoffs on a radio interview on Ottawa's TEAM 1200 radio.
"When you've got a guy like that, you need him to be your best player, or one of your best players, and when he doesn't show up, you almost get the sense that he wants to be back in Russia," Bradley said.
"I don't mind saying Alexander Semin's name because he's one guy who has so much talent, he could easily be the best player in the league, and just for whatever reason, just doesn't care."
Bradley went on to criticize the, "nonchalance," of some other teammates.
"I think our locker room was maybe a little bit too nonchalant, and guys weren't disciplined the way they should have been. Those two things are big things. It wasn't that guys were going out the night before a game, but not being ready to practice or missing practice with questionable injuries and not being focused."
He took it easy on superstar Alex Ovechkin.
"Ovi has some growing up to do as far as taking care of himself and things like that," Bradley said, "but as far as his want to win, he really does just want to win the games, and he doesn't care if he scores or not. That isn't an act. He's a great guy, great player. I'd never say anything bad about him."


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Welcome to Ballylagan Organic Farm
Located twenty minutes' drive from Belfast in the village of Straid, County Antrim, Ballylagan Organic Farm was the first in Northern Ireland to open a fully organic farm shop – we were privileged to have the patron of the Soil Association, HRH the Prince of Wales cut the ribbon. Since then the farm has continued to thrive and we look forward to welcoming you to our on farm Tea Room and Guesthouse.
At Ballylagan we are passionate about food. We believe that the best food can only be produced by prioritising animal welfare, the use of sustainable farming methods and the reduction of food miles.
The purpose of this website is to involve you with the farm, - its livestock, its fruit and its vegetables, its nascent woodland, its power generation. We want you to experience some of the joys of food production, the highs and lows, to understand why sometimes we have surplus crops and sometimes we have no crop at all.
Whether you're vegetarian, omnivore or carnivore, there should always be something of interest on the site. But more importantly, whatever your preference, we'll always have some good food to sell you.
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*Investigators said arsonists in Rutherford County, Tenn used an unthinkable item to add fuel to their fire, the Bible. Authorities said a group of teens used the pages to set fire to a church bus. Fire officials believe this is the work of some teens trying to have fun, but investigators and church members are … Continue reading Teens Use Bible to Set Church Bus on Fire


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Are you preparing your homeschooler for college?
College costs are on the rise, but Hoosiers have several low-cost alternatives to choose from when pursuing a higher education.
Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne offers a great transition from home to college with low tuition (about $2900/year), small classes, and a fully transferable curriculum. There are many 2-year degree programs, but each student's program is tailored to meet the academic expectations of their chosen four-year college if they plan to pursue a bachelor's degree. Ivy Tech offers a growing number of online classes, so you really can "homeschool" through college if you wish.
According to collegestats.org, four-year degree institutions that rank the lowest in yearly tuition in Indiana are: Vincennes University, $3974; University of Southern Indiana, $4458; and Indiana University (east), $5292.
The most expensive colleges in Indiana are Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, $30,768; Earlham College, $31,514 and University of Notre Dame, $35,187.
Those wanting to "homeschool" all the way through college may find the fairly new Western Governor's University an intriguing choice. All classes are taken online and the tuition? Only $5580/year for as many classes as you can complete during that time.


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The impulse to give something back to the Old Country runs deep among immigrants. So it was the case with Professor Nasreen Rahim, faculty of instructional technology and coordinator of distance education at Evergreen Valley College.
During this Winter break, she traveled to Bangladesh and gave seminars and conducted workshops for students, teachers and administrators at several schools in the port city of Chittagong on the role of technology in enhancing and enriching education. The program was sponsored by Chittagong Research Initiative (CRI), a local social and progressive organization.
At the Railway Hospital Colony City Corporation High School that caters mostly to underprivileged kids from poor families, Professor Rahim demonstrated how supplementing traditional classes with online teaching can benefit students and teachers alike. In a country like Bangladesh, where political unrest is perennial and school closures frequent, (in 2013, schools were closed on the average for 200 days!), assigning homework and delivering lectures online can be particularly effective.
The reality, as students, teachers and the School Principal Uttam Kumar Acahrya pointed out, was rather bleak. The school does not have a single computer with Internet access for general use by the students. Most students and teachers have never used a computer or do not even have email addresses.
"But you all have cell phones," said Professor Rahim. "Lessons can be delivered online relatively easily and cheaply through mobile technology. You are texting and using SMS all the time. I can help you in applying this familiar technology to enhance your education and overcome the instability posed by the political situation."
"What we really need is hands-on training" said a teacher. "We need a basic computer lab on campus where students and teachers can learn simple things like browsing and searching."
With CRI's cooperation, Professor Rahim promised to help set up a computer lab for the co-ed school, established in 1958 and with over 2000 students from grades 1 through 10, and personally offer hands-on training during the summer of 2014. "This is a part of what I do at my college. This is what I promise to do also for you."
"We just need someone to show us how to get started. We can do the rest ourselves," said a student, eyes brimming with hope. Vigorously agreeing with her, the students cheered her confidence and optimism, moving Professor Rahim to tears.
At the Bangladesh Women's High School and College, students were mostly from well-to-do families and familiarity with computers was relatively high. In fact, there is a compulsory computer class from 6th-grade and up that students have to pass to graduate. Still, the idea of online learning and teaching, as supplement to traditional classroom teaching, seemed as remote as at the Railway school.
In her presentation titled "Technology and Education in a Global Context," Professor Rahim demonstrated the use of various free Web 2.0 Technologies to promote interactive and peer-to-peer learning.
Teacher and student interest in flipped and blended classrooms was very high, particularly in light of the country's destructive political situation. Everyone emphasized the need for hands-on training with Web 2.0 Technologies. Principal Anowara Begum reminded the gathering that technology could be a double-edged sword and that it was up to the students to reap its benefits and shun its darker aspects. Students, teachers and guardians must all be on board to ensure the successful application of technology to education, she said. "We have to launch a movement at the grassroots level to bring Internet access to everyone," said a student to applause. "What you start, you must finish," said Professor Rahim, "and I will be with you all the way."
At the South Asian College that accepts students only in grades 11 and 12, computer usage is the highest in Chittagong. The young founders, led by CEO Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mamun, have embarked on an ambitious plan to make the college completely digital. Every student is supplied with a laptop and given free broadband access to the Internet. The classes are equipped with smart boards. The college has its own IT staff. Software engineers have developed a course management system (CMS) that tracks student progress and updates parents with their progress and whereabouts.
Prof. Rahim gave a demonstration of CMS Moodle that is used at the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District. She singled out features that could be added as features to the CMS used at the college. "Technology cannot thrive unless teachers practice good teaching methods," she cautioned. "That includes making teaching interactive and student-centric."
This generated a lot of discussion on what constitutes good teaching and what makes a teacher outstanding. "Teachers can no longer act as sage on the stage but as guide by the side," she said. A student asked how teachers could be made more accountable, beyond the teacher evaluation method practiced at the college. Prof. Rahim introduced students to "RateMyProfessors" website. She reminded her audience that teaching requires passion and dedication. "When a teacher has these qualities, technology can be a big help. In the 21st-Century, when education and technology are integrated in a holistic manner, students are motivated to learn and are empowered to take responsibility for their own learning."
In a country where Internet access in schools and colleges is still in its infancy, the seminars and workshops that Prof. Nasreen Rahim conducted were received with much appreciation and gratitude by students, faculty and administrators. Prof. Rahim plans to travel frequently to Bangladesh in future to train teachers on integrating education with Web 2.0 technologies so that they can, in turn, train other teachers and students and bring the benefits of the Internet to as large a segment of the knowledge-seeking population as possible. With progressive and humanitarian organizations like Chittagong Research Initiative to act as a catalyst, such projects can be expected to achieve a high rate of success.


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The Independent Football Ombudsman (the IFO) is appointed by the Football Association, the Football League and the Premier League (hereafter, the football authorities), in consultation with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The IFO provides independent external scrutiny of complaints within a transparent, accountable and effective system of self-regulation by the football authorities. This includes commitment to the Customer Charter process and recourse to PL, FL and FA Rules where necessary.
The football authorities are committed to providing robust and open complaints procedures, widely publicised, taken seriously by the Clubs, reinforced by the PL, FL and the FA and subject to external appeal. The IFO will also provide an external and independent voice in discussions within football on issues which affect the public.
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(i) The IFO acts as the final appeal stage within football's
complaints procedures and its adjudications will be published. These adjudications shall be final and the football authorities expect that normally IFO recommendations will be implemented. If, in exceptional cases, there is a failure to agree, the football authorities will publish their reasons and their proposed alternative resolution of the issue.
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ORONO, Maine--Brian Harvey's (Wayland, Mass.) 37-yard field goal in the first overtime gave the University of Maine football team a 16-13 overtime victory over No. 14 New Hampshire. The Black Bears also won the Brice-Cowell Musket given to the Maine-New Hampshire winner. Maine is now 2-3 overall and 1-1 in CAA play while New Hampshire is 2-3 and 0-2 in league play.
Maine got on the board first 1:35 into the second quarter when Warren Smith (Forked River, N.J.) found Jeff Falvey (Cicero, N.Y.) for a tough 11-yard touchdown catch. The score completed a nine play, 75-yard drive.
New Hampshire would answer with a Mike MacArthur 32-yard field goal, and Maine held a 6-3 edge at halftime.
The Wildcats would add a touchdown in the third quarter courtesy of a 5-yard R.J. Toman pass to Terrance Fox and a MacArthur 47-yard field goal that hit the crossbar and went over with 2:47 left in the game to take a 13-6 lead.
Maine would answer when Smith found Derek Buttles (Pike, N.Y.) in the corner of the endzone with two defenders on him to tie the game with 1:12 left in the contest.
On the ensuing drive, the Wildcats got down to the Maine 16-yardline and attempted a field goal. The Black Bears rushed through the middle and Brent Rice (Jersey City, N.J.) was able to block it to send the game into overtime.
New Hampshire had the first opportunity to score in the extra frame, but Jerron McMillian (Hillside, N.J.) intercepted the pass to give Maine the ball and the chance to win the game that Harvey converted.
Shawn Bodtman (Scranton, Pa.) had a huge game for Maine, forcing a fumble and intercepting his first collegiate pass while Vinson Givans (Cambridge, Mass.) also had a great game with 12 tackles, including 2.0 tackles-for-loss and an interception.
Smith finished with 253 yards passing and two touchdowns while Jared Turcotte (Lewiston, Maine) rushed for 71 yards. Derek Session (Baltimore, Md.) caught five passes for 104 yards.
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Reservations required at firstname.lastname@example.com. Join Institute for the Humanities graduate student fellow A. Sheree Brown in a conversation focusing on the visual culture resources UMMA created for the LSA Theme Semester, Understanding Race. Twenty-two works of art found in the galleries, display cases, and study rooms have been selected to illuminate the complexity of conceptions and representations of race within several cultures. Even if you are familiar with the objects in question, you will appreciate the fresh approach to this material. Brown will explore these objects and engage visitors in conversation about their genesis and interpretation. Understanding Race UMMA Teaching and Learning materials were created by Summer 2012 UM Arts of Citizenship fellow and history/women's studies PhD. student Ángela Pérez-Villa, and will also be used by faculty and students in the course of the theme semester.


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If you don't know, every month, the Arts District has "First Saturday". The agenda varies but usually a couple of the museums have free admission and special events are planned for the entire family. From time to time the food trucks were invited to join the fun. Starting with First Saturday February, the food trucks will be available at every first Saturday of every month in the Dallas Arts District! Truck schedule will vary monthly. In February the trucks will be Gandolfo's New York Deli, Jack's Chowhound, Four Seasons, Easy Slider, and Cup Cakin' Machine.
In February,this coincides with the Nasher Sculpture Center's Target First Saturday programming, the Crow Collection of Asian Art's Adventure Asia events and the Dallas Center for Architecture's Walking Tour. A perfect time to come down to the district and go to the museums, take a tour, ride your bike or just enjoy the sunshine and great meal. You can get more information about any of the events at www.crowcollection.org , http://www.dallascfa.com/
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Lunch service is 11:00 – 1:30. Some trucks will arrive a little early and stay a little late. Adventure Asia and Target First Saturdays are both free. The DCFA tour is $10. Seniors and students are discounted. Young children are free.
As a parent, I love that I can introduce my child to the museums in a manner designed for them and is also low cost, with a tasty lunch included.
Also, remember the Arts District has started the Artful Bites programming on the First Friday of the month. Meet the education staff of the Crow Collection at the food trucks at 12:00 on February 3 and then head to the galleries of the Crow at 12:30 for a quick talk. This month it is Rest in Peace: Burial Practices of Ancient China. www.crowcollection.org. You can find the list of trucks that will be in the District on Friday on the website.
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Announcing the OpenSolaris Immigrants Community30 Mar '06 - 21:07 by benr
Today we've opened up a new OpenSolaris community: the OpenSolaris Immigrants Community. (Read my announcement on OS-Announce.)
We thought "immigrant" might be a welcome change from the conentations of the word "migration", and perhaps further reaching. In this community we'll endevor to assist and guide though who are experienced with other OS's but want to give OpenSolaris or Solaris a spin around the block. There are plenty of good reasons to seriously look at Solaris, reguardless of your personal feelings about the OS, and for both those eager to try it and those reluctant, we want to try as best we can to make the process as painless as possible.
I think the biggest hurdle for a lot of us is asking for help or suggestions. The longer we've been around and the better known we are in the community the less eger we are to shoot a quick mail out asking for details on how this or that works. Who wants to put their ego on the line? But thats a bullshit attitude. Trust me, I suffer from it too, I waste hours finding out how to do something that turns out really simple just because I didn't want to look like a dope asking a question. Even the engineers in the kernel group at Sun don't know how half of Solaris works because they don't work on that part of it. And so I think its high time there was a place where experienced and knowledgable admins, users, and developers could go for help to problems with adjusting to OpenSolaris without fear of getting the dreaded "n00b" responce. There is plenty of that kind of flamage in the Linux community to cover the entire industry.
I look at it like this. I'm a pretty smart guy, I hope, and I know Solaris better than your average bear. If I can't figure out how to do something, how in the hell should I expect someone new on the street to figure it out? I really want to pound this into people: if its difficult or strange or odd to YOU, I'll guarrentee you that its even stranger and more diffiult for at least a dozen other people. It is a far greater show of self confidence to stick you head out and ask "Why can't I find /etc/exports?" then to sit on your thumbs and just give up. Giving up and walking away is real n00b behaviour, reguardless of what your skill level or pay scale is.
Therefore, if you've got questions or suggestions or insights, I really really really want you to share them with the community so that we all can benefit. And, in addition to posting, just lurk around and help out a fellow user, developer, or admin with their questions and share your experiences.
I know I might sound like some dope with a daisy in his hair raving about brotherly love like some kind of brain dead hippy (to which there are solutions), but helping each other and working together is what seperates us from them. The UNIX community as a whole (or *NIX if you prefer), reguadless of varient, has a history, from the very beginnings, of working together, sharing, collaborating, and building on eachothers work, and that is the basis of our shared culture and what I think is perhaps the single most important backbone of the OpenSolaris project. Flames are stupid and non-productive... solutions, shared experiences, and encouragement build up the entire community and make things more productive and a hell of a lot more fun, and that is what this is all about, and that is even more important than the code itself. I get it. Sun gets it. And if your still reading this, you get it... now we have a new place to share it.
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Bert Stern: Writing His Own Book
by Susan Cantrell
I'm not sure that isn't the way human beings live anyway. You know, each of us is caught up in a particular kind of ego and each of us tries to dissolve that ego from time to time and to know that we belong to worlds of other people. That's where our growth lies --in remaining open to otherness.
Bert Stern has engaged in countless connections and dialogues during the 39 years he has taught at Wabash College. He has taught over 4,600 students; opened their minds, even as he sought to open his own--ever growing, ever changing.
If you were a student of his in the early 1960's, not long after his arrival on campus from his teaching-assistant, Ph.D.-earning days at Indiana University, you might remember him sporting a button-down shirt and knowing the coolest folk songs. If you were a student of his in the late '60s or early '70s, you remember him as a social activist, protesting the war in Vietnam. Other Wabash men remember his serious commitment to preserving the environment; some recall his trips to China or seeing him rev up his motorcycle on the Mall. His most recent students have heard him return in faith to his Jewish origins. But regardless of what growth phase he might have been in at any particular moment of his nearly 40 years on campus, all his students remember Bert Stern as a first-rate teacher. Professor Stern is not a chameleon shedding one skin for another, but a rock adding layer upon layer until its shape is something firm and true.
He was so young when he came to Wabash to teach that some of his first students are retiring from the workplace when he does. He is a fixture of this College, but he is restless, always butting up against the edges, never satisfied that he has made quite enough of the connections that make life truly full.
Asked about the constant motion, he explains: "It's the upside of not growing up. I don't have a clue as to why, unlike a lot of people, I didn't simply reach a stage where my identity became composed and that was satisfactory to me. I only know that I'm glad that this didn't happen for me. In an odd way--and certainly not what I expected--life's gotten steadily better for me, and I certainly didn't think that at 67 I would feel that way. So I keep changing. I'm not sure this is on an ascending scale--that I'm rising toward wisdom or anything. But overall it's felt like growth, like change in the right direction. And, of course, in the midst of all that, much is constant: values, the things I love and dread."
He loves teaching Wabash students. If he seemed intimidating when you took his course in English romantic poetry, read on: "There's a sweetness about our students that's always drawn me. They're less jaded than students you'd expect to find in big universities. There's a kind of openness. I can't tell you how much I love them and how much I want for them at times..." Stern says. "I don't want to be sentimental about it, but there's this religious heart of teaching that wants conversion. Maybe it's an arrogance, but there's a sense that you really do have a light that they're not open to yet.
"I don't know what the substance of their resistance is. It has to do in part with the kind of arrangements that have been projected for them by businessmen or by politicians, sometimes even by parents," Stern surmises. "These are only coarse constructions of life. I teach to help students see through those coarse constructions into something subtler and sometimes more frightening, and certainly more profound than that.
"These deeper structures include the mystery of our origins and the mysteries of our destination, and the mysteries of our isolation from one another, and the still deeper mystery that, despite our isolation, we sometimes touch each other with language and melt through those isolations," the professor suggests. "Then there's the mystery of narrative itself and the whole peculiar business that out of our lives arises a kind of story-meaning that defines us.
"These are great adventures, our attempts to experience the deeper structures through literature, and to begin to understand that our lives are novelistic. It finally becomes a question of whether you're living in a book that somebody else wrote for you for the purpose of making you a consumer or some other kind of slave, or whether you struggle, with God's help, to write your own book."
For Stern, going his own way has often meant going off campus and out of the country to teach and learn.
"I simply love to travel; I've always loved to," he says. "I love to be an outsider; I love that peculiarly humbling experience of living on somebody else's terms and getting a little bit past the tourist stage."
He was teaching in Greece during the 1967 military coup when some of his students were arrested and his own safety put at risk. "I enjoyed the protection of being an American," he remembers, "but later, back home, that fed my sense of the importance of saying what I believed. One of the things I've seen repeatedly in my travels is people dying or doing long terms in prison for the sake of ideas. In America, because we're able to speak freely we lose the sense and the value of such ideas.
"In China, too, I gradually came to feel the kind of intellectual oppression going on there--gradually, because at first my family and I were ingeniously enclosed in a world of propaganda that we believed," Stern recalls. "That was before Tienanmen [Square], but all the pieces were already in place.
"So I've learned again and again that what we have here is not simply to be celebrated; it is also deeply endangered. People care so little to think for themselves and to struggle for some kind of personal meaning against the various kinds of propaganda that are always spewing out. Here we can say anything because it doesn't matter; part of the excitement for me in China was in being where ideas mattered so intensely. It's a terrible truth, but oppression makes for very lively intellectual life.
"Tam [his wife, poet Tam Lin Neville] and I are both aware of how easy it is to become secure and to gather around you that thicker layer of possession and habit that obviously give us a lot of benefits and a lot of pleasure, yet we're both suspicious of it. There's some kind of nakedness that you've got to keep open as a writer."
A great part of Bert Stern's contribution to the vitality of Wabash College over the last four decades is that each time he came home from his travels he passed on his new knowledge in the classroom and throughout the community. His accounts of time spent in China with the aged Robert Winter, Wabash, '09, who had taught English in China for decades, drew for all who heard them a line that cut through time and distance, cultural differences and political reality to complete a circle encompassing abiding affection for this place of learning.
Stern is at heart a teacher because, always the student of all that goes on around him, his generous nature wants to share. And yet, he says: "I don't think teaching is always a transmission of knowledge. Sometimes it just offers glimpses of things that you're not yet old enough or experienced enough to grab hold of--hungers and desires and love of certain kinds of mental pursuits."
Wabash College has been exactly the right place for him, a steady ground for a restless spirit: "I wish I could reflect historically about the College and the people who have come and gone," he says, "but all I know is that I've never been here when there weren't human beings around who were priceless for me, sometimes students and sometimes faculty, and, in the best of times, both. I love the renewal and hope that I get seeing these perpetually renewing students who amazingly don't grow old as I grow old. Each year there are always those kids who have fresh hungers and expectation. It's something about teaching that I never get tired of--that refreshment that's built into it."


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Study: Hospital Surgical Infection Measures Don't Predict Outcomes
Surgery can be risky. But in recent years there's been an emphasis on making it less so, from the much-vaunted checklist approach to efforts targeted at reducing the incidence of post-surgical infections.
Data showing how a hospital performs on certain measures in that latter arena are publicly available. But, a study published in JAMA says, the publicly reported measures don't actually correlate with postop infection rates. In other words, picking your hospital on the basis of how often it administers antibiotics within an hour before surgery is not going to help you avoid an infection.
But data from the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) can be considered in a different way. Rather than considering the six infection-prevention measures separately, they can be combined into a composite score — and that does correlate with surgical infection rates, the study finds. Study lead author Jonah Stulberg, a recent graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (where the research was conducted) tells the Health Blog that the score is called an "all-or-none" composite, which is like a pass/fail: The hospital gets credit for a particular patient only if all the appropriate measures are taken.
Why didn't looking at how hospitals fared on any of six measures of infection control predict actual infection rates? After all, they include things like administering the proper antibiotic at the right time, and following pre-surgery hair removal procedures. It's not that those measures aren't important, Stulberg says. But "there's a big difference between a practice being proven to be effective in a clinical trial and then developing a measure that tries to estimate how often it's done and then report it publicly." Real life is messier, and factors such as surgical skill and hand-washing practices are tougher to measure.
Dale Bratzler, CEO of the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, tells the Health Blog the results don't surprise him. Individual process of care measures for things such as heart attack and pneumonia also haven't been shown to correlate with outcomes, he says. (Bratzler's group is a Medicare quality improvement organization, contracting with Medicare to coordinate performance measures, including SCIP, in Oklahoma and also on a national scale. His views don't represent those of CMS.)
"So many other things [that we don't measure] happen to a patient in the health-care setting that can influence outcomes," Bratzler says. The Medicare Hospital Compare site offers other data besides the individual process of care measures, including patient-satisfaction information and mortality and readmission rates, he says. And, he says, the performance measures are only part of a greater effort on surgical quality.
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Olivier Elima and Adrian Purtell have been named in the Bulls' 19-man squad for Friday's trip to Hull FC in the Super League.
France skipper Elima served a one-match ban during last week's defeat to St Helens, while Purtell missed out due to illness, but both are back in contention.
Ben Jeffries sustained a hamstring strain and Chev Walker was struck down by a nerve problem against Saints, reducing them to the sidelines for the KC Stadium clash.
Bulls: Sammut, Diskin, Lulia, Whitehead, L'Estrange, Burgess, Crookes, Addy, Hargreaves, Joseph, Kearney, Pryce, Platt, Langley, Purtell, Ainscough, Bateman, Elima, Manuokafoa


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Findings Seven area nursing homes received the lowest quality ratings from the federal government last year based partly on state inspections in 2009 and 2010. Three are the lowest rated so far this year. Inspection reports show that residents in the worst-rated homes live in dirty conditions, endure verbal and physical abuse, and are neglected. […]
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2011: Mostly saw time as a member of Penn's special teams units ... Played in four games.
2010: Did not see any varsity game action.
2009: Missed entire season due to injury.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in both football and lacrosse ... Two-time letterwinner in basketball ... Captain of both football and lacrosse teams his senior year ... Helped his football team to New England Class B Prep championship ... Three-time all-league (2006, 2007 and 2008) ... 2008 League MVP and New England Player of the Year ... 2008 Super 26 All Star team ... 2008 Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic ... Selected to Massachusetts East-West Shrine All-Star Classic his senior season.
Personal: Son of Elizabeth and Andrew Scott ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.


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Feb. 3, 2012
By Amy Hughes
Taylor Hobson has spent his UCLA career trying to leap higher and farther.
After qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the high jump as a freshman and sophomore, Hobson's progression was interrupted by injury during the 2009 Pac-10 Championships.
"I was doing the long jump and it didn't feel right," said Hobson. "I was over-rotating a little bit when I took off for my jump, and I decided I was going to land on my feet and not finish the jump. I came down a little funny and hyper-extended my knee pretty badly. I was really fortunate to only have a torn meniscus, but I didn't even know that. I just took some ibuprofen and kept jumping on it."
Hobson finished seventh in the long jump (24-3.5) and second in the high jump (7-0.5) at that meet and went on to finish tied for 15th at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the high jump less than a month later, clearing a height of 6-8.75.
What followed was a year of managing his injury and, eventually, a redshirt season in 2010 as he underwent knee surgery in April of that year. That surgery was a turning point in many ways for Hobson.
Prior to his surgery, Hobson had been an average student.
"My first quarter here actually went a lot better than I thought it would," said Hobson. "I had taken calculus in high school, so my math class wasn't too bad. My chemistry class kicked my butt a little bit, but I had an `art of listening' music class that was pretty easy. I thought that I was going to be able to put that little amount of work into the academic side of things throughout my college career, but that was definitely not the case."
The current senior from Upland, Calif., would promise himself that he would buckle down but continued to fall short.
"I definitely had a dip where my grades were not good at all," said Hobson. "It finally hit me that I needed to focus a little more. These classes weren't as bad as I was making them seem; I just wasn't putting the work in. I was working harder on the track than I was in the classroom, instead of working equally hard at both."
Hobson's wake-up call coincided with his knee injury and redshirt season on the track.
"When I had to sit out that full season, it made me reflect on everything else I had going on for me," said Hobson. "I couldn't do track any more. I realized there is a lot more out there. I had to represent myself well as both a student and an athlete."
That realization came in tandem with a serious interest in going to medical school.
"I knew I wanted to do something in the sciences," said Hobson, who started as an undeclared life sciences major. "As I started taking more science classes, I fell more in love with it. I started an internship in February, 2010, with a program called Care Extenders at the Santa Monica Hospital. I did rotations in four different departments; orthopedics, radiology, critical care and the emergency room. Through all those experiences, it really hit home that this is what I wanted to do. This is where I belong, in a hospital."
Hobson is currently gunning for surgery, possibly orthopedics, in part because of his own experiences as an orthopedic patient.
"A lot of student-athletes get their entrée into thinking about medical school because of injury," said Dr. Michael Teitell, Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric and Neonatal Pathology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "He got to interface with the sports medicine aspect of the hospital and saw that `Hey! This is something I could do. This is interesting.'"
Teitell has served for many years on the Intercollegiate Athletics committee for UCLA's Academic Senate. Through that position, he was approached by UCLA's Faculty Athletic Representative, Don Morrison, to counsel student-athletes interested in medical school. Hobson is among the first group of student-athletes that Teitell worked with on medical school applications.
"What struck me first about Taylor is that he's tall and thin and very athletic, and he's articulate and charismatic," recalled Teitell. "It's easy to connect with him. I'm a physician, and I know that if you're a patient, that's what you want. You want somebody who not only can grasp the material and understand the science of medicine but also the personal side. My first impression of Taylor was that here's a guy who can definitely connect with his patients."
With the taxing schedule that comes with being a student-athlete at an elite school like UCLA, many students start considering post-graduate work like medical school and worry that their lack of traditional extracurricular activities may be a disadvantage. Teitell sets them straight.
"What Taylor and the other student-athletes seem to have in common is that they come to me thinking that it is a disadvantage to be a jock," said Teitell. "I tell them they couldn't be farther from the truth. Balancing two incredibly demanding things like school and athletics means that your time management skills must be very strong. Your leadership qualities as part of being on a competitive team are there, especially for younger members of the team. That's something medical schools look at. And, in terms of diversity, no medical school just wants guys like me - nerds who go through the science classes and crush them. We're often not the best doctors. [Student-athletes] need to sell their time management skills and leadership qualities. If you sell it, people will gravitate to that, especially if you are charismatic like Taylor."
"It's hard to top the rigors and expectations of being a student-athlete at a school like UCLA," said Hobson. You have expectations from your coaching staff, academic counselors, strength coaches and as far as track and field goes, both our event coaches and our head coach. You have a lot of people expecting you to do all of these different things and just being able to fulfill them."
Hobson has been accepted to two medical schools, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., and the Stretch School of Medicine at Loyola (Chicago). He is waiting to hear the status of the remainder of his applications before deciding on a medical school.
"I have been very fortunate throughout my whole life to have a very supportive family," said Hobson. "They're so excited that I got in to medical school that they're not even thinking about where, exactly, those schools are. I'm already getting questions about different problems they've had. I keep saying `give me a few years to finish this degree and start practicing a little bit, and then I can help you.'"
Meanwhile, Hobson has a track season to finish. He is healthy and regaining the form that brought him national success in 2009 and enjoying his last few months of training full-time on the track. A truly successful and healthy 2012 outdoor track season could lead to a summer of training for the U.S. Olympic Trials, but that will put an endcap on his competitive jumping career.
"I enjoy every moment I spend on the track with my teammates," said Hobson. "I may go to some open meets or all-comers meets [after his UCLA career concludes] and just have some fun with it. At least right now, I don't see myself continuing to train full-time once I start medical school. I'll find other ways to stay in shape and have fun with it. It will be nice to be a regular student for once."
"He's a great kid, and I couldn't be happier for him," said Teitell. "When you meet him, he lights up a room."


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Her name will be Naya Elizabeth. (This is how I want to spell it).
Dh wants Nyah.
Friends suggested Naia.
There's also Nya.
I think Naya or Nyah look best...depends on how you want it pronounced. Naya I read as Nigh-ya, and Nyah I read as N-yah (like Enya). I like it either way...sorry I"m not much help!
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Baby #1!! EDD 8/3/10...but she decided to come early! Happy with our 4th of July baby in our arms...
Naya, I think it's the most obvious and will produce the least amount of errors. Plus, it's pretty. Anytime I see that name I see it as Naya and I've never mispronounced it.
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Anyone who's had to reinstall the operating system (OS) on a PC, knows its a tedious process. It might sometimes seem like a high seas adventure plot with obstacles at every junction. Instead of hostile natives, sea monsters and storms we have bios updates, driver software, backups and software / hardware installs.
The following is some of what to expect when upgrading a PC to Windows 7.
The complete install process can likely take between 8-12 hours. This includes backup, gathering materials such as install discs, a formatted USB key, downloading and installing software, hardware upgrades such as RAM and internal and external drives, and the Windows update process, which is as slow as molasses.
Here is a checklist of things to have before beginning the upgrade process:
-Windows 7 license key (a string of letters and numbers XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX)
-A Windows 7 Disc or a blank DVD and DVD burner
-A stable AC power source (no shoddy outlets or trip cords). If using a laptop, it will need to be plugged in for the duration
-A fast (3Mpbs +) and stable Internet connection (not Starbucks or the Public Library etc.)
-A phone with good signal strength to call Microsoft (for activation)
-An Installed DVD Drive (For Installation Disk)
-A clear (formatted) USB Thumb Drive
-An spare internal hard drive >100GB (recommended)
-An external hard drive or additional USB Thumb Drive for Backup
-A printed copy with the exact model number or service tag of the PC to be upgraded, and/or detailed list of hardware components including model numbers for motherboard and any peripherals such as Audio/Video Hardware, Printers, LAN devices etc...
-Passwords and user names for all email, FTP or other accounts to be used on upgraded machine
-Software discs and/or license keys for additional third-party software to be installed (MS office, Adobe etc...)
-A fast paced fiction novel such as Michael Chrichton's Pirate Latitudes
Note: This article is by no means intended to be a comprehensive backup solution, just the basics for standard Windows data management including My Docs, Favorites, Outlook etc.
To begin with, the user should back up all necessary data from old machine, (assume that the PC is being upgraded from XP.)
1. Connect an external "Backup" drive.
2. From "My Computer" go to the folder: "C:\Documents and Settings\user_name"
Here will be folders, "Favorites" and "My Documents" which includes "My Music" "My Videos" "My Pictures"
3. Copy the contents from Favorites and My Documents into a folder called "User_Name_Backup_XX-XX-XX" (Where XX-XX-XX is the date).
If there are multiple users repeat this process for each user.
(Note: The administrator or the one who is doing the backup should go to "My Computer" to check for other data on C:\ or other drives and back up that data accordingly).
Do not delete anything off the drive(s) after backing up. The drive itself should eventually be removed from the PC and stored as a second backup.
If the machine is running Outlook for email etc. Outlook data should be backed up as well. This is done in Outlook by going to File>Import and Export, and then selecting Export to file> .PST.
Remember to check "include subfolders."
If unsure how to do backup Outlook data check this link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/export-outlook-items-to-a...
Bios Update
The fundamental purposes of the BIOS are to initialize and test the system hardware components, and to load a bootloader or an operating system from a mass memory device (Hard Drive).
The BIOS firmware should be updated before upgrading the OS to Windows 7. Drivers for hardware components may depend on this.
1.. Check the BIOS version number:
Reboot the machine and enter the system configuration.
To do this the user will need to press a key such as F1, F2, delete etc. (varies depending on motherboard) before the XP splash screen shows.
Navigate through the system configuration menu to find the "General" tab which should include CPU info and the Bios version number. Make a note of the BIOS version number.
2. Exit the system configuration without saving
3. Open an internet browser and do a search for the PC or Motherboard by model number. For instance if the machine to be upgraded is a Dell Optiplex 745, go to dell.com and then navigate to the "Support" page. Specify the EXACT model or enter the service tag of the computer and find the BIOS files in the download section.
4. Check to see the latest BIOS version that is available for download. If the latest version is the same as what appeared in the system configuration, the BIOS does not need to be updated (skip to the next section "Acquire Windows 7 License Key and OS DVD")
5. Download the latest BIOS file and save it to desktop. If there is a read me or link to instructions for updating the BIOS READ IT CAREFULLY and follow the steps.
(Many BIOS updates just require the use of a USB key with the bios file on it and the system configuration will install the update automatically. Others, in the case of some Dell and HP machines, require a DOS boot-disk with an .exe BIOS utility program.)
6. In order to create a DOS bootdisk, connect an EMPTY USB thumb drive to the PC
7. Download or copy a version of DOS to a folder named "DOS Boot Disk Files"on the desktop
This can be from an original dos or windows 98 boot disk or from the following archive: http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/42023d1260810265-ms-dos...
8. Download the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" from http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-109...
9. Run the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" (HPUSBDisk.exe)
10. Select the empty USB Flash Drive under "Device"
11. Select FAT32 as "File System
12. Uncheck "Quick Format"
13. Check "Create a DOS startup disk"
14. Under "using system files located at" Select the DOS Boot Disk Files folder that was saved to the desktop
15. Click "Start"
16. Verify that the USB Drive now contains the DOS system files,
Note these are system files and will be hidden by default. In order to verify that they are on the USB drive the user should check "show hidden files" and uncheck "Hide protected Operating system files" under Tools>Folder Options>View
17. Now copy the BIOS update file to the DOS boot flash drive. This will be an .exe file that was downloaded from the manufactures website and saved to the desktop.
18. Reboot the computer and enter the boot device menu by pressing a button such as F12 (for Dell) before the Windows XP splash logo appears. The user may have to enter the system configuration and change the boot device order, making the USB device the priority.
19. The DOS command prompt should now show. (C:\>)
20. Type: dir and press enter
21. This directory view will display the name of the BIOS update .exe file. Enter that file name and press enter
22. This should run the BIOS update utility which will prompt the user for key commands and update the BIOS.
23. After the BIOS has been updated reboot the machine
Acquire Windows 7 License Key and OS DVD
A Windows 7 license key is required to install and activate Windows 7. This will be a 25 digit string, XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.
The License Key can be found on the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) sticker. OEM COA stickers for Windows 7 ARE transferable between machines. For instance a COA sticker off a Dell will work with an installation of Windows 7 on an HP. Note, only one license key per one computer will work. Microsoft will lock your machine if you try to activate more than one machine with the same key.
If you don't have a COA sticker, a license Key which usually includes a DVD is available from Fry's or online retailers such as New egg for about $150-200.
Make sure to note which Version of Windows you are working with. There are 6 different versions of Windows 7. Microsoft has provided the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows: frequently asked questions link to determine the right version on a case by case basis.
An image file for the Windows 7 DVD is available for free from Microsoft through the Digital River Server:
Download the appropriate Windows 7 .ISO file which includes Service Pack 1
(Note: must match what your product key version is for)
Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58996.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso
Windows 7 Professional 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59183.iso
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59186.iso
Windows 7 Ultimate 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59463.iso
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso
1. Identify the Windows 7 Version that corresponds with the License Key (The COA sticker will note this)
2. Download the .iso file from the above links (legit Microsoft)
3. Use a DVD burning program such as CD Burner XP http://cdburnerxp.se to burn a Windows 7 installation DVD
Replace the Hard Drive
This should be done as a precaution before installing a fresh copy of a new OS. The old drive should be stored as it contains a second backup of files, as well as a working configuration for the PC just in case the Windows 7 installation runs into trouble.
1. Shut down the computer
2. Unplug all connections, making note of what goes where. If unsure, label everything.
3. Eliminate the fear, open up the gear.
Follow manufactures directions to remove drive. If there are multiple drives, then make sure to identify the boot drive. This will be listed in the system configuration and in windows "Computer Management". Make a note of which drive contains the OS ( C:\ )and remove that drive. As a precaution, unplug any other drives. They can be plugged back in later after Windows 7 has been installed and is up and running.
4. Store the old drive in a safe place, preferably inside an anti-static bag
5. Install the new drive
6. Plug everything back in and start the machine
7. Enter System Configuration to verify that the BIOS sees the new drive and the Boot order is set back to normal.
Format replacement drive and Install Windows 7 from DVD
1. Reboot the machine and enter the Boot Device Menu
2. Select boot from DVD drive
3. On the Install Windows page, enter your language and other preferences, and then click Next.
4. On the Which type of installation do you want? page, click "Custom."
5. On the "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, click "Drive options (advanced)."
6. This will bring the user to a Disk Utility Application. The user can partition the drive and format. Partitioning with this utility will leave a small "System Partition" in addition to the primary partition which is created for the OS.
7. Follow the steps to create the partition(s) and Format
8. Follow the Windows 7 Installation Steps (Have the License Key ready to input)
9. Windows will chug away for a while and should automatically reboot when its done installing files.
wow, a new fancy splash screen, insert excitement here
10. Once Windows 7 is running on the machine, the user will have to activate it.
11. From the start menu enter "Activate Windows" which will open the Activation Wizard
12. Follow the necessary steps. It may do the activation automatically over the internet, or it may prompt the user with an option to call and enter in a long string of numbers. In this case call the 800 number given and follow the computer through the activation process. This can take up to 5-10minutes.
(Note, Windows will ask to use "Automatic Updates" Select manual for now "Turn off automatic updates")
Windows 7 comes loaded with driver software for many computers and devices. For basic configurations the user may not have to install any third-party drivers. In the case of a Dell Optiplex 745, for instance, all the drivers were installed without any additional downloads.
To check which if any drivers are needed, go to the start menu and right click My Computer and select "properties". Open Hardware>Device Manager. This will display a list of all the installed hardware. If there is a question mark or a note beside any category or device, a third-party driver will need to be downloaded and installed.
Windows Update
1. From the Start Menu go to control panel>System Security>Windows Update and select "Turn Automatic Updates on or off." This should be turned on later after the initial updates are installed
2. From the Start Menu go to "Windows Update"
3. Select "Check for Updates"
4. Windows will slowly check for updates for the computer, when its done it will ask to review and install updates. Install all updates and check any "Optional updates" that are desired. This is where the fiction novel comes in handy.
5. After installed, reboot the computer and repeat the last step until there are no updates left. The machine is now up to date with all security patches, bug fixes etc.
6. Click on "Get updates for other Microsoft products" and follow the steps.
Install Applications
1. Download and install anti-virus. Avira is a good free Anti-Virus which is efficient and doesn't load the computer with a lot of junk.
2. Install Outlook or MS office programs. After installing MS programs, run Windows Update again with the option "Get updates for other Microsoft products" enabled. This will provide patches for Outlook and other MS programs.
3. Finally, install any other necessary applications accordingly.
Note, When installing Adobe Flash and Acrobat, the download site will try to force McAffe Security suite by including it with the Adobe installation. NOBODY WANTS MCAFFE but almost everyone needs Flash and Acrobat. Make sure to uncheck the McAffe Security suite option when installing Adobe Products. The same principal applies to any free download. NOBODY WANTS BING TOOLBAR etc. Watch out for those traps.
This concludes this High Seas Adventure of Windows 7 installation. Maybe in another 10 years users can embark on another Microsoft Crusade with Windows 10.


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Domenico Facci letters and sketch photographs for Homage to Israel medals, 1973-1975
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Biographical note
Domenico Facci was a sculptor, medalist, and painter as well as a teacher at Roerich Academy of Art in New York City. He was born in Hooversville, Pennsylvania, in 1916 and died in 1994.
Thirty-one 8x10 photographs of 13 sketches produced by Salvador Dalí as designs for Homage to Israel medals commemorating the 25th anniversary of the State of Israel in 1973. The photographs were used by sculptor Domenico Facci to produce the bas reliefs for the medals. Also includes three letters and a bill pertaining to Facci's work and a promotional booklet.
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