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Guest post by Laura Moisei
Today's volunteer wannabe is hyper-connected, web-savvy and eager to make use of any information she can get in the quest for a good cause to volunteer for. As Kari Saratovsky shows, the journey of every volunteer's involvement with your cause starts off with a good dose of research. "Who is behind this organization and why should I volunteer for it?" These are natural concerns that arise before deciding to actually become a volunteer.
Your website is the first voice that can offer everybody a clear answer to these questions (and should). Wondering if you really need a website? You do. Even if you delegate volunteer recruitment to online platforms purposely designed for this (like VolunteerMatch), you still have to make a good presence on the web in order to build trust and stir engagement.
What if your website is the elephant in the dining room for your volunteer recruitment? Here are the top 5 fouls to avoid when managing a recruitment campaign of your own:
1. Website? We don't have such a thing.
Not being on the web is not an option today. In any field of activity your organization may have, the absence of a website will turn away the vast majority of candidates for volunteering. Don't worry, building an online presence will not necessarily take gobs of time and money, provided you have the essential tools around.
2. Lack of background information about your organization
The hot spot for your visitors is the "About" page. Make sure you have one and that it's offering reliable information about your organization's mission, programs and services. It's a seal of trust to also display the IRS Form 990 or your country's equivalent of it if possible.
3. No contact method
A smart contact form that asks for people's feedback and inquiries is a key element of your nonprofit's website. Such a form has many utilities and can even act as a donation form. Along with this form, it's a good idea to also display a physical contact method, such as a phone number, for your volunteers to stay in touch.
4. Social media engagement is absent or very low
People need to identify with your cause or, by extension, find that their friends or likeminded people do. Social media is often the barometer of engagement that tells the outer world about the dimension of your fan base. You can easily embed social media widgets and share buttons on your website, and explore other tips for using social media here.
5. Failing to pay homage to your donors and volunteers on the website
Publishing testimonials from people who have worked with you is a great motivator and helps boost your brand image as a whole. Don't forget you need to ask for people's permission first in order for their names to be published.
Just one more thought before you go – it's easy to overdo things. You don't need all the bells and whistles that web development companies present you. A minimal website can sometimes prove more successful than a fancy online portal that is not so easy to manage.
Keep things simple, maintain the human touch with every material you create for presenting your organization, and you shall succeed.
Good luck!
Laura Moisei has a degree in Journalism and is involved in social causes for her community. She currently works for 123ContactForm, a tool that helps nonprofits create effective volunteer recruitment forms.
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|Volume 10, Issue 5
May is Older Americans Month
Adults over age 60 have a greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes. This Older Americans Month, share resources from NDEP such as the It's Not Too Late to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes tip sheet to help older adults prevent the disease.
This Mother's Day, Help Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes Take Steps to Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes
In support of Mother's Day (May 11) and National Women's Health Week (May 11–17), the NDEP is reminding women with a history of gestational diabetes about their lifelong risk for getting type 2 diabetes. Visit www.YourDiabetesInfo.org/GDM for resources you can use to raise awareness about gestational diabetes.
During Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Share Diabetes Prevention Materials Tailored for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
The NDEP has resources to support Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders prevent or manage diabetes like the Two Reasons I Find Time to Prevent Diabetes: My Future and Theirs tip sheet and Preventing Diabetes for Our Future and Theirs: The Diabetes Epidemic among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders feature article. Find more in NDEP's Resources for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
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During Healthy Vision Month, help people with diabetes learn about the importance of maintaining their eye health. Use educational materials from the National Eye Institute to help people in your community.
Register for the webinar "Diabetes, Distress, and Depression: Incorporating the Emotional Side of Diabetes into Clinical Care" Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 1PM EDT
Dr. Lawrence Fisher will suggest strategies for integrating the emotional side of diabetes into regular diabetes care. This approach can reduce confusion between depression and distress so that appropriate and targeted patient-centered interventions can occur.
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This month, NDEP's Partner Spotlight features Linda Haas, Ph.C., R.N., C.D.E., for her continued support of and involvement with the National Diabetes Education Program.
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The NDEP's Diabetes HealthSense online tool provides resources to support people in making changes to live well – whether they have diabetes or not. Find resources such as the National Institute on Aging's Go4Life program, which aims to help older adults become and stay physically active.
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College Hockey:Trio Grande
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ten goals. Nine assists. Two hat tricks. All in a weekend's worth of work against the best teams the country had to offer.
The first line for the Minnesota Gophers left a legacy that may be difficult to top.
Center Krissy Wendell, left wing Kelly Stephens and right wing Natalie Darwitz danced their way around the ice, leaving their opponents dizzy and gasping for air. And nearly burning out the red light behind the opposition's net.
Minnesota scored a Frozen Four record 11 goals. The first line had all but one of them. Out of 24 points, the first line had 19.
"[I have to] thank [the first line] for getting the job done this weekend," Minnesota's coach Laura Halldorson said in perhaps the understatement of the day.
"It feels pretty good to send them over the boards when you need a goal. The skill they have and the way they work together. It's unbelievable, and we're very fortunate to have them on our team."
"That's a great thing about our line," Darwitz said. "On any given night either me, Kelly or Krissy can put the puck in the net.
Each game Minnesota entered the third period locked in a tie. Each third period, the first line jumped over the boards and got the goal … two goals … three goals … that the Gophers needed. For the championship game, it took just nine seconds, a record. Close games turned into routes.
"We were obviously trying to contain them, and we did that very well for the first two periods," Harvard's captain Angela Ruggiero said. "They obviously have a lot of firepower."
Of course, great lines have to start with players who have a high level of skill. However, that doesn't guarantee the chemistry exists. This particular line didn't even get put together until recently.
At the start of last year, they briefly played together, but Halldorson wanted to spread the scoring around, so she put the players on separate lines. Finally, when Darwitz came back in February this year from her injury, Halldorson decided it was time to go for concentrated power. Much to the chagrin of the other teams.
The coach's reasoning was simple: "We don't think that this line can be stopped."
"We got together as a line a little over a month and a half ago," Wendell said. "We're great friends off the ice and tremendous linemates. We just go out there and play as hard as we can."
"I think we understand each other as hockey players," Darwitz said. "Our tendencies. We know where each other are going to be. We click. We work so well together."
The opposition echoed those thoughts.
"All three of them are really good," said Harvard's coach Katey Stone. "They move the puck well. They jump into holes. They explode well off the puck. They know where they're going to be all the time."
However, Darwitz got tired of hearing all the accolades. "Our line didn't win a national championship," she said. "Our team won a national championship. Our line should not get all the credit for it. Our team is an amazing team."
An amazing team with an amazing line. A line that is going to be together for quite some time still. Stephens is a junior and the other two are sophomores.
And if that doesn't strike fear in the minds of defensmen around the country, consider what Darwitz said: "When our line gets going…"
She didn't need to finish the line in the press conference. On the ice, her line always finished off the opponent. And when it counted the most, they finished off Harvard for the national championship.
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INDEX, Wash. (AP) — A kayaker nearly drowned, then refused medical treatment after being rescued and revived by others on the Skykomish River.
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office says the 50-year-old Bellevue man was trapped in his kayak five miles east of Index. Two other kayakers got the man onto a gravel bar and performed CPR. Rescue teams arrived, crossed the river to get the man and brought him to waiting medics.
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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is kicking things off with a compelling video showing just how easily a vicious accident can occur when a driver is momentarily distracted with a cell phone.
According to Mashable on April 7, the video "draws you in with a slice-of-life scene featuring a few teens laughing and chatting in a car. The driver receives a text, looks at her phone and blows past a stop sign — then, a truck broadsides her car. The action plays out in excruciatingly slow motion."
Thousands of people, teenage drivers especially, die every year in crashes related to distracted driving. Statistics carried on distraction.gov say that seventy-one percent of young people say they have sent a text while driving.
The video is attempting to instill some shock value, while at the same time highlighting the need for law enforcement to be vigilant in writing tickets for cell phone use.
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Currently, 12 states prohibit all drivers from using handheld cell phones, while 43 other states have specific laws on the books that ban drivers from text messaging.
The Governors Highway Safety Association website lists each state and its cell phone laws.
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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 641391, 7 pages
Industrial Pipe-Rack Health Monitoring System Based on Reliable-Secure Wireless Sensor Network
1R&D Center, Posco Engineering & Construction, Incheon 406-732, Republic of Korea
2RFID-USN Convergence Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam 463-816, Republic of Korea
3Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea
Received 7 July 2012; Revised 26 September 2012; Accepted 27 September 2012
Academic Editor: Hong-Nan Li
Copyright © 2012 Jong-Han Lee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Energy and power industrial plants need to improve the health monitoring systems of their facilities, particularly high-risk facilities. This need has created a demand for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, for the application of WSN technology in large-scale industrial plants, issues of reliability and security should be fully addressed, and an industrial sensor network standard that mitigatesthe problem of compatibilitywith legacy equipment and systems should be established. To fulfill these requirements, this study proposes a health monitoring system of the pipe-rack structure using ISA100.11a standard. We constructed the system, which consists of field nodes, a network gateway, and a control server, and tested its operation at a large-scale petrochemical plant. The data obtained from WSN-based sensors show that the proposed system can constantly monitor and evaluate the condition of the pipe-rack structure and provide more efficient risk management.
1. Introduction
Energy and power plants, although a critical element of a national infrastructure, are also high-risk facilities. Accidents that occur in industrial plants cause significant loss of life and property, which threatens national economies. From the gas explosion accident at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India to the recent massive explosion during the operation of a coal-fired plant in Connecticut, we know that accidents at industrial plants often have catastrophic results in the form of property damage and fatalities. Thus, to secure the safety of the industrial plant facilities, we should construct a health monitoring system of pipe-rack structures, which typically support cables and pipes conveying resource material between equipment, with reliable and secure detection and communication technologies. In addition, the pipe-rack structures require a continuous monitoring technique that can evaluate the performance and the soundness of the structure [1].
Structural health monitoring system has gradually become a technique for ensuring the health and the safety of civil infrastructures. Furthermore, some recent advances in wireless sensor technologies have greatly explored wireless sensors for structural monitoring of civil engineering structures, such as long-span bridges and high-rise buildings [2, 3]. Network monitoring systems composed of low-cost wireless sensors were successfully installed to monitor the dynamic response of the bridge structures [4, 5]. In particular, high-rise buildings have used the global positioning system (GPS), capable of wirelessly autonomous operation and straight-line independence between target points, for the structural health monitoring of build structures [6–8]. In addition, a modular wireless micro electromechanical inclination sensor system was developed to provide structural health monitoring of large-scale hook structures [9]. Such installations allow researchers to quantify the accuracy and robustness of wireless monitoring systems within the complex environment encountered in the field.
The evaluation techniques of the structural stability of pipe racks have also evolved greatly with the development of essential technologies such as sensors [10], measurements [11], and information technologies [12]. In particular, smart sensors such as optical fiber [13] and piezoelectric sensors [14] have paved the way for evaluating the stability of the pipe-rack structures. Efforts to reduce the installation cost of the sensors and the maintenance expense of the pipe-racks are leading to the development of new sensors with the ability to simultaneously analyze the data obtained from the sensors. In addition, new research is being conducted to develop a WSN technique that detects the abnormalities of pipe racks using the real-time analysis and control of the measured data.
Recently, industrial plants have applied wireless sensor network (WSN) technology, which has been used for the control and monitoring of logistics management, water quality, indoor temperature and humidity, and so on, in their facilities. However, the application of current WSN technology in large complex industrial plants lacks reliability and security. In addition, because of the limitation of standardized technology for interoperability between existing equipment and related communication devices, the currently used WSN suffers from its practical application [15]. However, high-risk facilities such as energy and power plants emphasize a reliable health monitoring system based on wireless sensor technology.
In the past, industrial plants were reluctant to apply wireless technology because of safety and security issues. Despite their reluctance, engineers and researchers have persevered in their interest in applying reliable standardized wireless communication technology, and they have attempted to replace the wired systems they have faced difficulties with their maintenance and management. As a result of the industry demand for wireless technology, new communication standards for Wireless HART [16] and ISA 100 [17] in addition to Wireless Fieldbus and Modbus have emerged. Since ISA 100 places far greater emphasis on connectivity between devices than Wireless HART, it ensures compatibility among field devices, field routers, gateways, and system managers based on the 6 LowPAN frame structure [18]. With the recent development of highly reliable wireless communication standards, industrial plants have attempted to construct a WSN-based health monitoring system while reducing overall administrative and operating costs. WSN technology using IEEE 802.15.4 standards has been the focus of attention as the next generation of WSN technology applicable to the field of industrial plants requiring high reliability and security. Moreover, using the WSN-based health monitoring system, we can constantly monitor and evaluate the condition of facilities and provide more efficient risk management with ample reliable and accurate field data [19].
Thus, the present study presents a WSN-based safety monitoring system using highly flexible and reliable industry-standard communication standards for the safety of pipe-rack structures largely distributed in industrial plants. The WSN health monitoring system proposed in this study could contribute to the improvement of detection technology, the automation of management, and the increase in the efficiency of the automated system. The proposed integrated monitoring system could also have a great "ripple effect" on social security framework technology.
2. Motivation
Numerous plants currently operating at home and abroad experience serious deterioration of pipe racks (Figure 1), which requires a method of determining the optimal time to repair and upgrade these structures [20]. In addition, the industrial complex is expanding its number of pipe racks (Figure 2), which support pipelines directly responsible for its safety. Thus, without an accurate evaluation for the current condition of operating structures, damage to pipe racks (i.e., the aging and deterioration of pipe racks) will lead to serious accidents that lead to loss of life and property.
Furthermore, although industrial plants are subject to various administrative regulations, they have no established integrated management system that can monitor or promote information sharing regarding the status of equipment safety between related companies and organizations. To reduce overall administrative and operating costs, these entities require the development and application of WSN technology to the health monitoring and evaluation of industrial plant facilities. With the introduction of WSN technology to the health monitoring system of pipe racks, we could reduce the risk of serious accidents.
Using a reliable and secure WSN, we constructed a monitoring system of pipe-rack structures, a current large-scale petrochemical plant located at the Yeosu National Industrial Complex in Korea. We performed operating tests on the system for three months from March 2012 to June 2012. The advantage of the monitoring system developed in this study is its capabilities of detecting and diagnosing abnormalities in pipe racks before they pose a risk. Detailed technology and installation of the integrated health monitoring system for the pipe racks will be explained in the following Section.
3. WSN-Based Health Monitoring System of Pipe Racks
One of our research goals is to construct a marketable WSN prototype of pipe-rack health monitoring network system. We develop the WSN system, which supports an ISA100.11a (ISA100.11a is an open wireless networking technology standard developed by the ISA. The official description is "Wireless System for Industrial Automation: Process Control and Related Applications.") standard for reliable and secure data transmission. The architecture of the ISA100.11a system can combine a variety of functional entities such as field device, field gateway, backbone router, and system manager and thus provide flexibility to various network topologies according to the requirements of the application.
3.1. Field Device and Field Network Gateway
In contrast to automation and monitoring applications originating from enterprise and home environments, those of industrial plants have specific requirements such as strict delay requirements, deterministic performance guarantees, and network security. To fulfill these requirements, we developed an ISA100.11a standard-based network system composed of a field device and a field network gateway, shown in Figure 3.
The field device platform, especially designed to meet the requirement of ISA100.11a standard, is equipped with an RF amplifier and antenna diversity functions to eliminate radio fading and high-precision RTC for the time division multiple access (TDMA) operation. The field device also consists of a small IC chip in which detection, signal processing algorithm, and data transmission modules coexist as built-in units. The field device, which calls signals and performs data acquisition and processes itself, is loaded with a low-power measuring device, a microprocessor, and an RF transmitter. The microprocessor controls all functions, including signal measurements, and executes the analysis algorithm. The measured signals and the analyzed results are transmitted to a remote server through RF transmission module IEEE 802.15.4 PHY. The block diagram of the filed device platform is shown in Figure 4, and the major characteristics are given in Table 1.
ARM Coretex-M3 [21, 22] is used as the main processor, and the RF transceiver consists of a four-wire SPI interface. Monitoring of the data and movement of each platform is performed through RS-232 communication. The interface is made for JTAG and SPI, which are used for programming the board of the field device. The MFC interface includes a two-pin connector designed to act as an A/D transformation port and execute GPIO through the ATmega128 setting so that the MFC interface can be used as an all-purpose interface. The Silicon Serial Number IC used for the ID of each board reads data only through a 1-wire interface.
The field network gateway is responsible for application layer connectivity between the field devices and the plant network. It also allows interaction between devices utilizing ISA100.11a protocols and system non-ISA100.11a (legacy or foreign) protocols. Our gateway system shown in Figure 3(b) operates on the Linux-based platform, and it connects WSN mesh networks to the Internet via Wi-Fi/Ethernet interface.
3.2. Transmission Protocol
For wireless transmission, we adapted the ISA100.11a protocol, which consists of wireless field devices, field network gateways, and system manager. At the physical layer, the field network gateway and all the devices use an IEEE 802.15.4-compatible radio transceiver that uses the 2.4 GHz ISM band at a data transmission rate of 250 Kbits/s. The field network gateway has both a wired and a wireless connection. The wireless connection is used to communicate with the field devices while the wired connection of the gateway is used to communicate with the servers.
The medium access control (MAC) layer is based on the TDMA and channel hopping for reliable data transmission. The accelerometer, inclinometer, and strain gauge data are transmitted in a series of rounds, and each round has a fixed number of packets to transfer, called the "window size." For example, if we have 100 packets and a window size of 5, the 100 packets are divided into 20 rounds. Only one acknowledgment is transmitted back to the sender, and lost packets in each round are retransmitted by looking at the lost-packet information in the acknowledgment. Once the receiver has acquired every packet in the current round, the sender and receiver can move on to the next round. This prevents any packet collisions in the networks. Moreover, we used a specific parameter, an RF group ID, to avoid radio frequency interference from surrounding wireless devices or systems. When the data packet is transmitted, the gateway will check whether it contains the same group ID or not. The transmission protocol is designed to meet both reliable communication and power efficiency requirements.
4. Implementation of the WSN Monitoring System
Using WSN-based sensors and network modules, we constructed a pipe-rack health monitoring system at an industrial complex. The sensors include accelerometers, an inclinometer, a strain gauge, and a closed-circuit television (CCTV). For the reliable acquisition and transmission of the data obtained from the sensors, the proposed pipe-rack health monitoring system entails FD nodes and FNG gateways.
4.1. Construction of the Proposed System
We have established a WSN-based health monitoring system of the pipe-rack structures in the eighth segment district of the Yeosu National Industrial Complex. Figure 5 illustrates the configuration of the WSN health monitoring system applied to pipe rack. To monitor and detect the physical vibration and deformation of pipe-rack structures, this study installed WSN-based accelerometers, inclinometers, and strain gauge sensors, shown in Figure 6. Table 2 summarizes information pertaining to the installation and the measurement of sensors. The average communication distance of sensor nodes is approximately 300 meters, and power consumption is 60 mA and 25 mA for transmit and receive currents, respectively. The running time, which depends on transmission period, is estimated to be about 3 years with a battery of 34000 mAh in this study. A data-logger that receives signals from the sensors transmits the data to a main system through the gateway instrument, shown in Figure 7. In addition, a CCTV, installed at the top of the pipe rack, records the visual conditions and situations of the health monitoring system and the pipe-rack structures. The images recorded on the CCTV are also transmitted through the gateway and then stored along with the sensor signals in the main system.
4.2. Specifications of the Sensors
To monitor operational and abnormal vibration in the structure, we installed three Lance accelerometers at the top, the middle, and the bottom of the pip-rack structure. The accelerometers measure a range of −0.5 g to 0.5 g and represent an electrical signal of 10 mV per 1 g acceleration. At the bottom of the pipe-rack structure, we monitored variation in the strain, which represents the stress condition of the structure using a strain gauge (manufactured by Tokyo Sokki Kenhyuio Company Ltd.), which exhibited the highest level of stresses in the structural analysis. In addition, to measure changes in the angle of the structure, we installed an inclinometer at the top of the pipe rack. The inclinometer sensor, manufactured by Digital Advanced Sensors, can measure tilt angles in two directions at the same time. Then we installed a WonWoo Eng EWSJ-330 model CCTV with an optical 33-time zoom at the top of the pipe rack to facilitate an operator's visual inspection and improve the efficiency of the monitoring system. Figure 8 shows the sensors, accelerometer, strain gauge, inclinometer, and CCTV used in this study.
4.3. Monitoring Data
From the WSN-based accelerometer, inclinometer, and strain gauge sensors, we monitored ambient variations in the pipe-rack structure during the operation of the industrial equipment. Changes in the strain and the slope of the structure were measured using a strain gauge and an inclinometer, installed at the bottom and the top of the structure, respectively, at intervals of 60 seconds. Figures 9 and 10 present the strain and the tilt measurements obtained from the strain gauge and the inclinometer for the selected three days. As shown in the figure, the values of both strain and tilt angles increased as the plant began operation and the daily temperature rose. In particular, the highest values occurred around 3 PM when the daily temperature was the highest. The trends of daily changes in the values were similar on other days.
Figure 11 shows a variation in ambient acceleration measured at 256 Hz intervals and the spectrogram obtained from a WSN-based accelerometer installed at the bottom of the pipe rack. The amplitude of the acceleration exhibits larger values between around 8 AM and 8 PM when the plant is operating. The frequency of the structure during the working hours was in the range of 35 Hz to 50 Hz, depending on working conditions. During the night when the plant is not fully operating, the frequency was almost constant at around 49 Hz.
5. Conclusions
In this paper, we proposed a WSN-based health monitoring system applicable to industrial plants that require high reliability and security. For reliable and secure requirements in data acquisition and transmission, this study developed an ISA100.11a standard-based network system composed of a field device and a field network gateway. The proposed monitoring system, which was based on WSN-based sensors and network systems, was established and tested at a large industrial complex, where the system monitored the operational condition of the pipe-rack structure to detect abnormal conditions of the structure before they pose a risk. The system generated data that showed ambient conditions and variations in the pipe-rack structure triggered by environmental and working conditions. The findings from this research show that the WSN health monitoring system is capable of monitoring and evaluating the health and/or abnormal conditions of facilities. In the future, with abundant reliable and accurate field data, we should be able to provide more efficient risk management during the operation of industrial plants and contribute to the improvement in detection technology and the automation of management.
This work is a part of the projects "Smart Plant Safety Framework based on Reliable-Secure USN," supported by the IT R&D program of MKE/KEIT (no. 2010-10035310) and "Development of an Integrated Design Solution based on Codes and Field Data for the Advancement of the Plant Industry (no. 10040909)," supported by the Korea Government Ministry of Knowledge Economy.
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Terry heads the Mobile Library Services department and enjoys each and every one of the communities the bookmobile serves.
This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.
All branches of Marin County Free Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 for Independence Day.
Summer Reading has begun! The bats (the animal kind! ) are flying on the bulletin boards, the books are checking out, and the excitement is building. Whether you are reading on your own or being read to, summer is a great time to enjoy books of all kinds. Can you believe you can also win prizes too? Come into your local library and sign up if you haven't already. How do you become a famous illustrator of children's books? This is how Brian Lies (the illustrator for this summer's reading program) began: " I spent a lot of time building dams and forts in the woods across the street with my best friend, inventing things, and writing and drawing with my older sister. At various times during my childhood, we had newts, gerbils and rabbits as pets. When I was in fifth grade, an author and illustrator visited my school, and I was amazed that one could have a job writing and drawing. I wished it could be my job!" Check out some of Brian's books at your local library:


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*ahem* cindy. *cough* *wheeze*
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I love this series. It's just so... frank.
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you will end up liking them
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have fun doing that.
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Pfft you're not kidding.
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Applys to cindy.
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LOL. No one reading the past strips i'm sure.
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perfect one for trolls
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The unique and independent American woman: adventurer... pioneer... poet... mother... educator... artist... freedom fighter. A History of Women's Achievement in America examines the 400-year history of American women's inspiring accomplishments and victories.
Without the American woman's pioneering fortitude, the early colonies at Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation, would not have survived. From then on, millions of American pioneer women would push the frontier ever forward. Destined to play an essential role in the shaping of the United States; American women forged an identity unlike any other in the world. That identity found a voice as they created great literature and science.
American women, led the fight to end slavery, limit corporate power, provide education for all . . . and to protect the poor, the disenfranchised, the immigrants and the insane.
At the same time, these unique American women would have to fight tirelessly for their own equality in politics, education and the workplace... even the right to vote.
This program is an effective means of promoting Women's studies and the ideal educational tool for National Women's History Month.
This series contains eight programs on 4 DVDs.
Educational History DVD series EXTRAS:
*Teacher's Guide
*Historical documents
*Photo gallery
*Convenient menus
*English Subtitles for the hearing impaired
*Spanish Subtitles
*Hi-Def Enhanced
- DVD No. 1
Running Time: 2 X 27 minutes
Program 1: The Making of a New World
1621 - Women Help Found the English Colonies
1650 - Anne Hutchinson and Anne Bradstreet Use Newfound American Independence to Express Themselves
1773 - Phillis Wheatley Becomes America's First Black Woman Poet
1776 - Abigail Adams and the Female Patriots
1805 - Sacagawea, Interpreter and Guide, Aids Lewis and Clark Expedition
Program 2: The Era of Women's Firsts
1836 - Hispanic-American Juana Briones Establishes San Francisco
1837 - Mary Lyon Founds Mount Holyoke, the First Women's College
1846 - Susan Magoffin Travels the Santa Fe Trail
1847 - Maria Mitchell is the First Scientist to Discover a Comet Using a Telescope
1849 - Amelia Bloomer Publishes The Lily, the First National Magazine for Women
1851 - Sojourner Truth Addresses a Women's Rights Convention in Ohio
- DVD No. 2
Running Time: 2 X 27 minutes
Program 3: Women Speak Out
1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe Writes Uncle Tom's Cabin
1852 - Emily Dickinson Publishes First Poem
1856 - Harriet Tubman Becomes the Most Notorious Underground Railroad Conductor
1868 - Louisa May Alcott Writes Little Women
1872 - Susan B. Anthony is Arrested for Voting
1881 - Clara Barton Founds the American Red Cross
1885 - Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr and the Women of the Wild, Wild West
Program 4: America Enters the World of Nations
1889 - Jane Addams Founds Hull House in Chicago
1889 - Nellie Bly Goes Around the World in 72 Days
1891 - Mary Cassatt's First Solo Art Show in Paris
1893 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett Crusades Against Black Lynching in America
1904 - Gertrude Pridgett (Ma Rainey) Introduces the Blues
1905 - Isadora Duncan Opens First School of Modern Dance
1912 - Juliette Gordon Low Founds the Girl Scouts of America
- DVD No. 3
Running Time: 2 X 27 minutes
Program 5: Women Begin to Transform Themselves
1916 - Jeannette Rankin Becomes the First Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress
1920 - Edith Wharton Wins a Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Innocence
1920 - Women Gain the Right to Vote
1928 - Margaret Mead Publishes Coming of Age in Samoa
1929 - Georgia O'Keeffe Visits New Mexico for the First Time
1932 - Amelia Earhart Flies the Atlantic Ocean Solo
1935 - Mary McLeod Bethune Founds the National Council of Negro Women
Program 6: America Becomes a Super Power
1936 - Eleanor Roosevelt Transforms the Role of First Lady
1942 - "Rosie the Riveter" Joins the War Effort
1950 - Babe Didrikson Named Woman Athlete of the Half Century
1950 - Gwendolyn Brooks Wins the Pulitzer Prize
1950 - Margaret Chase Smith Stands Up to Joseph McCarthy withDeclaration of Conscience Speech
1955 - Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Montgomery Bus to a White Passenger
1956 - Tennis-Pro Althea Gibson Becomes the First African American Woman to Win Grand Slam Tourney
- DVD No. 4
Running Time: 2 X 27 minutes
Program 7: American Women Find Their Voice
1959 - Lorraine Hansberry's Play A Raisin in the Sun is Produced
1963 - Betty Friedan Launches the New Women's Movement
1967 - Lynn Margulis Explains the Origin of Complex Biological Life
1969 - Joan Ganz Cooney Launches Sesame Street
1973 - Roe v. Wade Strikes Down Anti-Abortion Laws
1978 - Hispanic Golfer Nancy Lopez Wins Her First LPGA Championship
1981 - Women in the Legal System and Sandra Day O'Connor
Program 8: A New Age of Equality
1985 - Wilma Mankiller Becomes Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
1986 - Oprah Winfrey Initiates a New Era for Women in Television
1989 - Asian American Amy Tan Publishes The Joy Luck Club
1997 - Madeleine Albright Begins a New Era for Women in American Leadership
1998 - Pleasant Rowland Sells the American Girl Company
2001 - Linda Alvarado Wins the Horatio Alger Award
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"Donna Mills hosts this eight-part series celebrating women's contribution to American history from the seventeenth century to present day...A wealth of well-chosen visuals including reenactment footage, original documents, paintings, motion picture clips, and dramatic portrayals help introduce these pioneering women, placing them within their historical time periods... Similar in format to A History of Black Achievement in America (2005), the programs' brief chapters and precise indexing are ideal for student accessibility. For both high school and public library collections."- Booklist
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"Donna Mills hosts this eight-part series celebrating women's contribution to American history from the seventeenth century to present day...A wealth of well-chosen visuals including reenactment footage, original documents, paintings, motion picture clips, and dramatic portrayals help introduce these pioneering women, placing them within their historical time periods... Similar in format to A History of Black Achievement in America (2005), the programs' brief chapters and precise indexing are ideal for student accessibility. For both high school and public library collections."- Booklist
"Gr 9 Up -- The history of the United States is told through these programs detailing the role of women in the development of the political, economic, and social fabric of the nation from 1621 to 2006. Hosted by actress Donna Mills, female voices narrate the major segments. Historical photographs, re-enactments... commentary from historians, and performances of the actual words of these unique women add interest to the presentations. Both well known and lessen-known women in fields such as politics, sports, the arts, and science are highlighted. Among the women covered are Abigail Adams, Sacagawea, Sojourner Truth, Emily Dickenson, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Nellie Bly, Ida B. Wells, Isadora Duncan, Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Althea Gibson, Betty Friedan, Sandra Day O'Connor, Nancy Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, and Madeline Albright. Numerous events are highlighted, such as women achieving the right to vote and Roe v. Wade. DVD extras include historical documents, a photo gallery, and student quizzes. The brief segments are perfect for classroom use to introduce the topic or inspire more in-depth research History and social studies teachers will find this a welcome addition to library collections."- School Library Journal November 2006
Downloadable Documents:
- Historical Document - 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Historical Document - 19th Amendment
- Historical Document - Abigal Adams Letters
- Historical Document - Ain't I a Woman speech, Sojourner Truth
- Historical Document - Roe v. Wade
- Teacher Guide for Women's Achievement Series
- Timeline - Chronology of Women's Achievement


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Program DescriptionThe Energy Assistance Program (EAP) assists low-income Nevadans with the high cost of home energy. Funding is provided from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and from Universal Energy Charge (UEC) monies distributed through the Nevada Fund for Energy Assistance and Conservation.
There are two emergency assistance programs provided by the Energy Assistance Program (EAP); Crisis Intervention and Fast-Track. Both are available year round. A household determined eligible under either emergency program would receive a benefit based on their gross income and annual energy usage.
General Program RequirementsIn order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a resident of the state of Nevada and you must need financial assistance for home energy costs.
A person who participates or has family members who participate in certain other benefit programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or certain needs-tested Veterans benefits may be automatically eligible.
Your Next StepsThe following information will lead you to the next steps to apply for this program.
Application ProcessTo apply for this program, please visit the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services homepage and navigate to Energy Assistance.
Program Contact Information
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Feb. 10, 2012
2012 Arizona Baseball Season Outlook
Excitement, urgency and optimism surround the Wildcats as they are set to call Hi Corbett Field the new home of Arizona Baseball in 2012. The prospects of practicing and playing in a Major League-caliber facility basis and potentially hosting playoffs games for the first time in two decades will create some new and exciting feelings.
Those feelings have trickled beyond the team and affected the local community as well. The buzz that the 2012 team has created in the community is perhaps unmatched in these parts since the late 1980s when the Wildcats were still basking in the glory of their third national championship in 1986.
While much about the program may look and feel different in a new home venue, much remains the same for 11th-year head coach Andy Lopez and his club. At a program like Arizona, and for a national championship coach, the goal every season is to get to Omaha for the College World Series and have an opportunity to compete for a national title.
Lopez has won more than 1,000 career games using simple coaching philosophies. His team rules are: (1) be one time; and (2) do things right. His demands for pitchers are to throw strikes, for fielders to play simple catch and throw and for batters to deliver timely hits.
Indeed, it is a highly simplified version of the sometimes complex game of baseball, but Lopez knows one shortcut: experience. He wants his team to play "old" fast. Veteran players that approach the game the same way - the right way - for practice and games quickly see that it can be a simple game when they are able to mentally slow down the game.
Fortunately for the Wildcats, they have some experienced players returning. Five of the UA's starting position players from last year's club return in addition to two starting pitchers. Overall, 18 players from last year's club will be back in 2012, joining 16 newcomers. It is a mix of experience and youthful talent that has Lopez and his staff feeling good entering the season.
Arizona will have a strong opportunity to open the season on the right foot. Of the 55 regular season games, 35 of them are at home, including 23 of the first 25 games at Hi Corbett Field. If the Wildcats can carry over their home field advantage from Kindall Field/Sancet Stadium - a place where they won 70 percent of their games in 44 seasons -they will be in a position to compete for the Pac-12 Championship.
The conference and the nation will have their eyes on the Wildcats as Baseball America has tabbed UA as the No. 5 team in the country in its preseason poll. The Wildcats will have plenty of chances prove themselves against other highly acclaimed clubs, including on the road at No. 6 Rice and No. 23 Oregon State, and home showdowns against No. 2 Stanford, No. 14 UCLA and No. 17 Arizona State (two games also in Tempe).
Before one looks ahead too far, however, the Wildcats have plenty to learn about themselves. There are positions to fill in the starting rotation, in the bullpen, at catcher and in the infield. For Lopez, the new faces at those positions will have plenty of opportunities to snag a key role on the team.
The one sure thing is that it all begins to take shape when the lights are turned on at Hi Corbett Field on Feb. 17. See you at the ballpark.
Lopez and pitching coach Shaun Cole have sorted out the top two starting rotations in preseason practices. Two-time All-Pac-10 pitcher Kurt Heyer and sophomore Konner Wade give the Wildcats a one-two punch that will stack up with the best staff's in the conference.
"Kurt has all the experience you would want in a Friday starter," Lopez said. "He's pitched in a lot of big games whether it be in the conference, on the road and in the postseason."
"Konner does not have quite as much experience, but he was very solid for us in the second half of last season and had a great performance in the regional," Lopez added. "I feel very good with him on Saturday's. I think we match up very well with most anyone on Friday's and Saturday's."
The two biggest question marks for the staff are identifying a No. 3 starter and a closer. While easier said than done, Lopez and Cole have some options. Sophomore James Farris only appeared in two games in 2011, but showed great improvement and consistency in the fall. Junior Tyler Hale started 11 games in the No. 3 role last season and is again competing for a starting spot. Freshmen Mathew Troupe and Lucas Long, and junior left-hander Vincent Littleman are also in the mix.
Of those five players, the four that are left out of the initial starting rotation will quickly find roles in mid-week starts and long relief outings. Expect the competition to carry on during the season until someone fully claims that No. 3 spot on weekends.
"Ideally, I would like Farris or Hale to win that Sunday start," Lopez said. "I like Littleman out of the bullpen as a match-up guy and a long-relief guy because he can come in from the left side. And we would like to give Troupe and Long some time to get their feet wet and see what they can do."
The closer role may be Lopez's biggest priority. He typically builds his bullpen starting from the back end of games, putting a premium on securing the critical three finals outs of a game. The leader entering the season is junior Nick Cunningham, who has experience in the closer role dating back to his freshman season. He will have an opportunity this year to earn the full-time job.
"I want to see Nick close," Lopez said. "I think he feels more comfortable in the role this season. I think he wants to be that guy in the ninth inning or with an out or two left in the eighth inning and we have a lead."
Arizona also has a pair of hurlers in Augey Bill and Stephen Manthei. The two pitched as freshmen in 2010, but did not throw a year ago.
"Augey is really hard to hit and he has a long, lanky curve ball," Lopez said. "His biggest `X'-factor is to be able to consistently repeat his release point and that leads to more strikes. The same goes for Stephen; he has enough experience in our program to build off and be a factor for us."
Several other pitchers will challenge for match-up spots out of the bullpen, including returnees Jacob Doyle and Michael Lopez, along with newcomers Xavier Borde, Ismael Castro and Tyler Crawford.
The Wildcats must replace starter Jett Bandy and long-time backup Jacob Meskin. It will be a tough task considering the five catchers on the roster are all freshmen.
Arizona looked to be in good shape in the fall when David Schuknecht and Riley Moore enrolled in school despite being drafted last summer. The luxury of having two left-hand hitting catchers who could provide each other with ample rest was something the Wildcats have lacked in recent years.
Both were impressive in the fall season, but Schuknect suffered a labrum injury that required surgery and will be out for the year. Thus, Moore will be forced into near full-time duty as a true freshman.
"Riley is a good guy, a great player, and has a great ceiling," Lopez said. "I think he's going to be a really good player when it is all said and done. But I was looking forward to having a chance to play both he and David and let that competition play out."
Behind Moore is Jordan Berger, another left-hand hitting freshman. The Wildcats also have freshmen Sean Yanuss and Anthony de Jesus to provide depth.
Arizona is set on the left side of the infield. Two-year starters Alex Mejia and Seth Mejias-Breanreturn at shortstop and third base, respectively, and give the Wildcats one of the best defensive tandems on the left side in the league.
"I think Alex is taking on even more of a leadership role than he has in the past," said Lopez. "He has such a desire to play in Omaha and I think he understands that this may be his last year to go get there because I think he will get a chance to play pro ball after this season."
"Seth is stronger and healthier this season," Lopez said of the junior who battled a wrist injury much of last spring. "He's more powerful offensively and I think going to be more consistent for his. His defense was really strong, especially late in the year, but now he'll be a more complete player."
On the right side of the infield, the Wildcats will start sophomore Brandon Dixon at first base and likely will start freshman Trent Gilbert at second base, who is competing with sophomore David Lopez. Dixon provides the lineup with a powerful right-handed bat, while Gilbert and Lopez each hit from the left side.
"Brandon has done a great job at first base," Lopez said. "I like the fact that we have four shortstops in the infield. Alex, Seth, Brandon and Trent all came into our program as shortstops. That's always comforting because those guys usually play catch on a consistent basis."
"Trent is a freshman, so we'll get to see if he can adjust to the college game right away," Lopez said of the second baseman. "Both he and David will push each either, which is good. They both have a really good relationship, but at the same time understand that competition is healthy."
Dixon figures to be the backup at third base behind Mejias-Brean. Gilbert could slide over to shortstop in a pinch, and the Wildcats likely would utilize either junior Robert Refsnyder or freshman Joseph Maggi - both outfielders - at first base. Senior outfielder/designated hitter Bobby Brown also has some limited experience at first base. Freshman Tyler Parmenter is another left-side of the infield player that gives affords some flexibility.
Arizona returns all three starting outfielders in Refsnyder, Joey Rickard and Johnny Field. Add in the left hand-hitting Brown who can play a corner position or fill in as the designated hitter, and the Wildcats are as experienced and talented as any outfield you will find.
"I'm very comfortable with the outfield," Lopez said. "All of them are back, all of them are good players, all of them are clutch players and all of them hit in crucial spots in the lineup and do a very good job."
Defense will be a priority for the group, which is used to playing in the spacious Kindall Field/Sancet Stadium that featured deep right and left field corners (360-feet). Now at Hi Corbett Field, the field stretches even more, with massive power alleys that span 410-feet to left center and 405-feet to right center.
"Coming from a big ballpark, I don't think it will be a major adjustment for us," Lopez said of the spacious outfield. "If we played in a small park before, then maybe it would be different, but it's not. I especially don't think it be an issue considering our experience and how good our guys are defensively."
Freshmen Maggi, a left-handed bat, and Collin Dewell, a right-handed hitter, will provide the Wildcats with depth in the outfield. Classmates Ethan Springston and Luke Sutton will also compete.
"Joe and Collin could help in a pinch if we need to move some people around," Lopez said. "Joe has a lot of baseball instinct and is a nice action guy to have offensively with the way he sprays the ball around and can steal some bases. Collin has very good power and has a chance to be a real good player for us."
Arizona baseball season tickets, individual game tickets and mini-plans are on sale through the McKale Ticket Office and online. Seats in reserved seating locations are still available for purchase, but are selling quickly.
Be sure to keep up to date with the Wildcats as their preparations continue for the season opener. Follow Arizona Baseball on the team's official Facebook and Twitter (@ArizonaBaseball) pages. Also, follow head coach Andy Lopez (@CoachAndyLopez) on Twitter, too.


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Recent Mario Kart 8 sales have been positive enough to give critics a reason to think the Wii U is not dead yet. The latest installment in the highly popular Mario Kart series has excited fans enough to not only purchase a new game, but a whole console. Since the latest installment of the series is only available on the Wii U, fans of Rainbow Road are forced to have a Wii U in order to find out how they can reportedly finally defeat the blue shell.
According to CNN, Nintendo reported Mario Kart 8 sold over 1.2 million copies in its opening weekend. Sales for the Wii U skyrocketed in the UK where the game was bundled with the Wii U console, increasing a whopping 666%. With a rapid upswing in sales, Nintendo is likely gaining confidence in the lifespan of the Wii U.
The long history of Mario Kart and the loyalty of its fan base are certainly a boon to Nintendo in general, but in this case the timing could not be better for Nintendo. The recent years showed slacking sales for the Wii U, only selling selling just over 6 million units where the benchmark and expectations for Nintendo were closer to 9 million.
The Wii U is not out of the woods yet though. The same problems that plagued the Wii U before still are present here. The Wii U still has limited graphics capability relative to the Xbox One and Playstation 4. More importantly however, the Wii U still has highly limited third party support, flashing few exclusives or big titles.
Still, with a surge in console sales like this, Nintendo is in a better position to lure game develops into creating games for their console. At E3, Nintendo announced some new intellectual property and showcased a new The Legend of Zelda franchise game: Hyrule Warriors. Nintendo also teased some screenshots of the next Legend of Zelda game.
With the upsurge of console sales from Mario Kart 8 and the follow up sales from Hyrule Warriors, Wii U is set to become a competitor in the console market. While the increased console sales are helpful, the games that sold well were Nintendo franchises, not third part creations. Whether Nintendo can keep that momentum and grasp some third party support is yet to be seen. The Wii U is not out of the woods yet.


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Launch a surprise (bad news) and I believe a mistake by sanofi they will lose more market share to ag than what they will gain in profit share from ag. majority of share will come from lost brand sales then from mnta. Should have waited until amphastar plays out, if mnta wins big mistake but damage done.Good news is that mnta disclosed economics post ag launch is much better then street thought. In a contract year once a floor is hit royalty goes back to pre AG launch rate (street modeling all at 10% of net sales). still a major reduction since the ag launched but much better economics then expected
one other point is this will give amphastar something concrete to argue in court to have the PI removed. once share moves to sanofi's ag they will not want to move again to amphastar when they are able to launch now or never for amphastarif amphastar can launch with ag market would probably be 40% mnta/sandoz 25% ag 25 % amphastar 10 % brandif amphastar is held up by PI then 40% mnta/sandoz 35% ag 15 % amphastar 10 % brandso amphastar will strongly argue for quick resolutionanother point if scenario 2 plays out amphastar will be much more willing to launch at risk of mnta patent loss since damages will be much lower since the majority of share would come from the AG not momenta so much lower damage profile with an AG out there first since anything they take from ag would have no damages to mnta


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The federal budget followed through on a promise to reform Old Age Security, with workers eligible for OAS payments at 67 years of age rather than 65, beginning in 2023. Workers will also be allowed -- starting in the summer of next year -- to defer OAS payments if they want to continue working.
But BNN's Dale Jackson says that the most important point to take away from the budget is the absence of tax hikes.
"The point of your registered retirement savings plan is contribute when your taxes are high and withdraw when your taxes are low. If the government runs too big of a deficit and has to raise taxes between now and when we retire it will make that RRSP useless because we'll be paying the same amount of taxes," he says.
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Heidi Hornbeek
At the end of her gymnastics career at the university of Arizona, Heidi Hornbeek had two degrees and 38 awards to her name and became the most decorated gymnast in school history. Heidi's collegiate career highlights include a perfect 10 in both the vault and floor exercises, and a 9.95 on both bar and beam. She earned three Pac-10 Championships - beam , floor and all-around - and one NCAA Championship in 1996 for her floor routine. In her senior year, Heidi helped Arizona to a number 20 final ranking and was named the winner of the AAI American Award as the top senior gymnast in the nation for excellence in academics and athletics. the honor is an award voted on by gymnastic coaches throughout the country and Heidi was the first Arizona, and at the time of her induction the only, gymnast to win the award. Heidi was a six-time All-American competitor and a seven time All-Pac-10 selection. Heidi was also a three-time GTE Academic All-District VIII award recipient and a three time first team Pac-10 All Academic team member. At the time of her induction, Heidi still owned the top individual event scores in Arizona history for floor exercise and vault.


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The Reality of Using Lifting Videos for Exercise Form Checks
Not many strength trainees have personal trainers or strength coaches to check up on them when they are lifting. I actually think that most people who do strength training have never had any formal help of any kind. Probably, if you did a survey or something, you'd find the number of trainees with this kind of luxury so small it is insignificant. This means that most trainees are on their own and get no advice whatsoever, or they get their advice from the internet. Most training advice on the internet seems to come back to exercise form. Everybody seems to be an expert on "form." Also, there are a lot of technique experts. I doubt that most of these internet-experts even know what the word form means. And since the word form and technique are used interchangeably, they must not know what technique means either. It's not easy to explain, so I asked Eric how he would go about explaining it, and here is what he had to say:
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Are Weight Training Images 'Picture Perfect'? - Can You Really Use Them to Learn the Lifts?
A while back I made a post called Asinine Expectations. In one I said that it is a false assumption to expect your "form" to perfectly match someone else's form on a given complex movement. This is something I've come across with trainees again and again. They look at other people lifting, or worse, look at STILL IMAGES and think they are doing it wrong if they don't "match" when they do the exercise pictured.
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The Strength Training Honeymoon Period
Learning a lift is not the same thing as receiving instruction on a lift and demonstrating a basic grasp of the technique. Learning is a more complex and ongoing process.
Let's examine two different hypothetical training situations, both novice lifters beginning their first real strength training program, to see how they learn the lifts.
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Teaching Versus Learning The Lifts
You know I love how the words 'teach' and 'learn' get mixed up. Provided you are concentrating on just a particular exercise rather than a general technique overview, you can teach a person a basic slow lift in 10 to 20 minutes.
Meaning, you can INSTRUCT them on it it that time frame and have them go through the motions, correct the mistakes, etc. That doesn't mean they have LEARNED the lift. That means they have received instruction on the lift and gone through an initial training session with it.
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Gay rights supporters and same-sex couples gained another victory on Wednesday. In a 6-0 decision, Connecticut's highest court ruled in favor of a widow who will now be allowed to sue for loss of spousal "consortium" following the death of her spouse. The ruling states that some legal rights of same-sex couples predate the 2005 approval of civil unions and gay marriage in 2008.
The decision is monumental because it is the first of its kind in the country and will be a case other states may be influenced by shall similar cases be taken to the Supreme Court on state levels. The decision also overturned two lower court rulings, which further demonstrated the progression of change throughout the nation when it comes to LGBT rights and same-sex marriage benefits and recognition. Ben Klein, a lawyer for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Boston, called the victory influential.
He told the Associated Press, "It's another example of the Connecticut Supreme Court leading the way in recognizing that the love and commitment of same-sex couples is exactly the same as different-sex couples. This will be an influential and important decision that other courts will look to."
That love and commitment resonated in Margaret Mueller and Charlotte Stacey, a same-sex couple who legally married in the state of Massachusetts in 2008 before Mueller died in 2009 of cancer after being misdiagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2001. The couple did have a civil union in Connecticut in 2005, but unfortunately Mueller passed away in the same year that the state approved same-sex marriage.
Stacey, who now lives in Middletown, Connecticut, believes Mueller's death could've been prevented, but because the couple weren't married at the time of the misdiagnosis, a lower court ruled that under the law Stacey prevented from suing for loss of consortium. After being together 23 years, Stacey's argument was that they would've been married at the time if they were allowed. The Supreme Court agreed stating in the decision that it wasn't legally possible for Stacey and Mueller to be married or in a civil union at the time.
In a feeling of victory and justice, Stacey said, "The Supreme Court sought fit to rectify this injustice. It validates my loss of my spouse for the fact that what I suffered for the seven years that Marge had cancer…and all that I gave up and all that I don't have because she died because of the malpractice."
Mueller sued for malpractice and was issued a $2.4 million verdict in her favor. But the verdict came after her death. The other doctor named in the case settled the malpractice claims. Stacey will now be granted the right to sue for loss of consortium, which Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers feels is a basic right. He wrote in his decision, "Society has come to accept the view that committed same sex couples…are entitled to the same social and legal recognition as committed opposite sex couples." It was a ruling applauded by Governor Daniel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman as well as the LGBT community in the state of Connecticut.


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The LK-700 was Chelomei's direct-landing alternative to Korolev's L3 manned lunar landing design. It would have used the monster UR-700 booster to send a crew of three on a direct flight to the lunar surface and back. Although Korolev's N1-L3 design was selected in 1964 for the manned lunar landing, work on the UR-700/LK-700 continued in parallel at a low level.
Chelomei's TsKBM began work on the UR-700 launch vehicle for manned lunar landing missions in 1962. Variants were studied with 70 to 175 metric tons payload, and rocket stages of various thrust levels, including nuclear stages. The conclusion was reached that a direct lunar landing would require a payload of 130 to 170 metric tons. Initial LK-700 spacecraft designs were derived from the 'Raketoplan' family of manned modular space vehicles. Although Korolev's N1-L3 design was selected in 1964 for the manned lunar landing, the project quickly encountered delays and weight growth. A revised UR-700/LK-700 design was presented on 16 November 1966 to an expert commission headed by Keldysh as an alternative to Korolev/Mishin's N1-L3 lunar lander project. Although Chelomei had lined up the support of Glushko, and Mishin was in a weak position after Korolev's death, Keldysh managed to ensure that the N1-L3 continued. However continued design work on the LK-700, the UR-700 booster, and development of the RD-270 engine were authorized. Chelomei took a sound conservative design approach (i.e. no docking required, no cryogenics) with the capability for evolutionary later improvement (propellant utilization system, 'hot' backup engines). The design directive documents were signed by Chelomei on 21 July 1967.
Development of the LK-700 manned lunar landing spacecraft was undertaken in accordance with decree 1070-363 of the Soviet Ministers and Central Committee of the Communist Party on 17 September 1967 and MOM decree 472 of 28 September 1967. Study index number 4855CC by TsNIIMASH in 1966 showed that any development of improved versions of the N1 would be practically equivalent to design and qualification of a new rocket, while the UR-700 modular approach allowed a range of payloads without requalification. The UR-700/LK-700 combination could support the DLB lunar base better, as well as Venus/Mars manned flybys and Mars landing expeditions.
It was planned that a total of 16 prototype articles of the LK-700 would be built for: component qualification test, dimensional fit test, static test, functional mock-up, ECS test, thermal test, module interface test, landing gear trials, antenna deployment test, SAS launch escape system test, impact and sea recovery trials, engine test, heat shield trials, and crew training.
A total of five ship-sets of UK-700/LK-700 flight articles were to be built. Two unmanned flights were to be followed by three manned flights.
Project plan was as follows:
Following initial LK-700 landings the LKE Lunar Expeditionary Complex would be delivered to the surface. This would permit long duration investigations of the surface and a much wider range of research. Precision landings in support of the LKE and lunar base would use Ye-8 Lunokhods equipped with radio homing beacons. The complex would be delivered in two to three UR-700 launches:
The later DLB lunar base would require 80 metric tons per year of payload delivered to the surface starting in 1975, followed by 150 metric tons per year after 1980. Versions of the UR-700/LK-700 could handle this more easily than modifying the N1.
Lunar versions of the Almaz OPS would be placed in lunar orbit to conduct detailed reconnaissance of the surface using manned assistance. The OPS would also be used as a command post to co-ordinate the work of lunar surface operations and organize rescues in the case of emergencies on the surface.
Although mock-ups were built, no financing for full scale development was forthcoming by the required October 1968 date. By then it was apparent, that barring some disaster with an Apollo spacecraft, the moon race was lost. Kremlin interest in supporting such projects waned.
Following the explosion of the first N1 in January 1969, Pilyugin was called to a meeting at the Kremlin. Chelomei was again proposing the use of his UR-700/LK-700 in the place of the N1-L3, and a flight to Mars using an even larger version of the launch vehicle. Afanasyev was preparing a decree along these lines. Pilyugin refused to participate in this 'adventure'.
Nevertheless Chelomei's bureau continued to study the design until 1974, when the project was finally and definitively suppressed with the cancellation of the N1 and the lunar base projects.
Technical Description
The RKS Rocket-Space System was designed for direct landing on the moon without docking in earth or lunar orbit. It consisted of:
The mission profile for the typical Sea of Fertility 8.3 day mission with a crew of 2 was:
Crew Size: 2. Orbital Storage: 45 days. Spacecraft delta v: 9,061 m/s (29,727 ft/sec).
Gross mass: 154,000 kg (339,000 lb).
Height: 21.20 m (69.50 ft).
Span: 2.70 m (8.80 ft).
Thrust: 131.40 kN (29,540 lbf).
Specific impulse: 326 s.
Khrushchev also visited a secret space fair, with Korolev, Chelomei, Yangel, and Glushko presenting their rockets and spacecraft. Chelomei presented his UR-700 heavy lift design as an alternative to Korolev�s N1. This presentation was a surprise to Ustinov and Dementiev. Khrushchev ordered Chelomei to prepare a draft proposal for the design. Chelomei hoped that 12 to 18 months later, when the UR-700 draft project would be completed, the fallacy of Korolev�s N1 design would be apparent to all. Korolev�s N1 plans were also reviewed and approved at the meeting.
Over the two days, Khruschev witnessed five launches of rockets by Korolev, Yangel, and Chelomei, all of them successful. Gagarin and Belyayev explained the Vykhod spacecraft to him, and Leonov donned a spacesuit and demonstrated how he would exit into open space form the inflatable airlock and return thereafter. All went very well.
This was the last time Khrushchev saw the chief designers of the Soviet rocket industry. Despite his support for them not one of them visited him in his retirement.
After Mishin pushed his Indian Ocean recovery plan for the L3, the VVS insisted on sea trials of the capsule. These showed the cosmonauts had to get out within 30 to 35 minutes before the valves to the interior started leaking seawater. The L3 is also unsafe due to the EVA method of transfer to the LK of a single unassisted cosmonaut. The Krechet spacesuit is very bulky and unmanoeuvrable.
Prague wanted Gagarin's widow for International Women's Day.since Tereshkkova couldn't go, but she wants no part of public appearances.


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Magazine of the painting blogosphere.
On the occasion of the exhibition 50 Prints & Paintings, Toko Shinoda at 100 at the Portland Japanese Garden (through March 17, 2013), Amy Bernstein interviews Norman Tolman, collector and art dealer, about painter Toko Shinoda.
Bernstein writes: "The white space in Toko Shinoda's prints and paintings is a mark whose character is defined by the other marks in the composition. Her elegant marks stretch and pop with the power of the elegant nothing surrounding them. Their very existence is defined by the nothing; they become significant characters, personalities even, as they sit, confronted and foiled by the expanse of white. In essence, each mark is made portrait by this empty space, situating each form's function, and relaying the nature of their meaning. Shinoda's work inculcates her study of calligraphy and poetry into prints and paintings of astonishing force and grace. Her work was influenced heavily by the American Abstract Expressionist movement of the fifties and sixties. Her exhibition, '50 Prints and Paintings' at the Japanese Gardens this month is a visible nod to the metaphysics of form and the relevance of beauty. In our interview, Norman Tolman relayed to me that the Japanese word for art is 'beauty.' Within the realm of beauty, subversion seems even more subversive, as beauty is often passed by and dismissed as vapid in a postmodern world. Shinoda, however, waves its flag with a smirk of knowing and a longer working history than any movement can boast. She is an anomaly of the constant and holds court with artists such as Lee Ufan and Cy Twombly, whose oeuvres not only exemplify yohaku and deconstructionist ideas of ecriture, but discuss the perception of time and the notions of visual story-telling as well."
Donald Kuspit reviews the recent exhibition Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
Kuspit writes that "It seems possible to link Jukuchu's 18th-century Japanese nature paintings to 19th-century European paintings romanticizing nature... But European paintings that 'romanticize' nature, whether as ingratiatingly idyllic or in stormy action, don't fully enlighten us about the truth of nature as Jukuchu's paintings do, however fewer the details of nature on which they focus, not to say meditate. The European romantic nature paintings are simply not as beautiful, esthetically shocking, profoundly meaningful, and 'knowledgeable.' "
Edited by artist Brett Baker, Painters' Table highlights writing from the painting blogosphere as it is published and serves as a platform for exploring blogs that focus primarily on the subject of painting.
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Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading and Poverty Reduction
Carbon cap-and-trade systems and the sale of carbon credits are likely to develop into a major source of funding for carbon sequestration. And one of the key regions that can generate these credits are the tropical rain forests. The MCCS theme aims to make the link between carbon credits and poverty reduction, by focusing attention and analysis on
- Ensuring the stability of carbon markets
- Facilitating the carbon markets
- Using carbon credits wisely and pervasively to reduce poverty
- Employing scientific advances to facilitate and enrich sustainable development
The link from carbon sequestration to poverty reduction is complex and difficult.


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Dvd Release Date: 2010-10-12
Genre: Suspense/Thriller,
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"As Good As Dead" is a psychological thriller full of unexpected twists and turns following Ethan, an acclaimed photojournalist, who is kidnapped and tortured by three assailants. Led by Helen, the widow of the assassinated extremist cult leader Reverend Kalahan, Ethan's captors vow to make Ethan pay for their murdered leader. However, the more the extremists brutally interrogate Ethan, the more they doubt that he is guilty of slaying of their beloved Reverend, leading the captors down a destructive path to discovering the shocking truth.
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The Norman Cross Gallery welcomes photographer Lesley Godfrey to the July 2012 Exhibition.
"As a photographer I spend most of my time out and about where the wind takes me.
"I enjoy wide variety of themes ranging from Landscape, Abstract, Flowers and Architecture as well as Portraiture, which includes some celebrities.
Cradled in Ice
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If there was an all-Caribbean hip-swinging contest, the hands down winner would likely be the Carnival dancers of the two-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Perhaps you've seen those colorfully costumed mobs on TV prancing around their capital at Port of Spain to the red-hot beat of the island's own soca tunes (a peppy combination of soul and calypso music).
Slated each year on Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent, this year kicking off on March 5), Carnival or Mardi Gras celebrations in the Caribbean, the Americas and dozens of other countries have been called "the greatest show on earth." On Trinidad, the fest dates back to the 1780s, when the island's slaves decided to hold their own version of the plantation owners' pre-Lent parties and fancy masked balls.
The slaves' celebration had a decidedly African flavor. The fun offered tastes of ancient traditions in which merry-makers courted Lady Luck by parading around their villages in costumes and masks, often accompanied by stilt dancers and guys dressed as giant puppets, all to the pulsating thumping of African drums.
"Trinis," as the locals call themselves, take Carnival seriously. So seriously, that some of the main competitive rounds get underway long before the big event. For instance, judges start sizing up groups of steel drummers (the country's national instrument) right after Christmas. Select bands are then invited to compete before judges and thousands of spectators on Saturday night (March 1) at an event called Panorama before Carnival officially begins.
Next, on Sunday (March 2), comes Dimanche Gras, a fierce competition to name the King and Queen of the masquerade bands. Their spectacular costumes typically weigh anywhere between 50 pounds and 200 pounds, depict colorful themes and are often enhanced with lights, lasers, fog and even fireworks.
J'Ouvert, the official start of Carnival, takes place just before dawn on Carnival Monday (March 3), when soca-driven revelers pack the streets covered in grease, oil, paint, chocolate or mud (a celebration of the darker elements of the islands' folklore). After sunrise, masqueraders in glittery, colorful costumes take over the steets for a day and night of "jumping up" and "wining" (gyrating their hips) to music blaring from speakers piled on moving trucks.
The grand finale gets underway early on Carnival Tuesday (March 4) with the judging of masqueraders in full costume dancing wildly to (you guessed it) more soca. The grand champion is crowned "Masquerade Band of the Year."
The solemnity of the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday (March 5) takes the wind out of the revelers' sails – until next year.
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I've managed to secure another booking through my works staying at the New York hotel for 3 nights 4 days, with 3 days park tickets.
Got a flight from LHR to CDG on a British Airways departing at 0850 arriving at 1100, has anyone flown the leg before? is it normally packed out or is there lots of spaces? do they leave on time any delays?
I will be catching the TGV at CDG bought some Flexi tickets, so if we are on time can I use the tickets thats booked for the 1300(1pm) TGV for the 11:40 TGV? Will I need to go to the ticketing counter to exchange the tickets? or do I just jump on the TGV?


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4-Year Career Plan
It can be frustrating for many students to figure out what career path to pursue but if you plan early and follow through, it can make a huge difference in defining and building your successful career.
1st Year - Freshman [+]
- Take the Focus2 self-assessment.
- Review the What Can I Do With This Major page to explore majors and careers paths.
- Talk to faculty, advisers and mentors about potential majors and career pathways.
- For freshmen in the School of Engineering, participate in the Mentor Program.
- Explore internship, research or volunteer opportunities on JasperLink.
- Join a student organization based on your interests.
- Take courses you enjoy that will help you decide if your major is a good fit.
- Build a résumé
- Attend Office of Career Pathways events and workshops.
- Create an account on JasperLink (the Manhattan College job/internship database).
- Gain familiarity of campus resources to help support your academics and your adjustment to college life.
Personal Branding
- Build online presence on LinkedIn.
- Start connecting with peers, faculty members and professionals and join affiliation groups on LinkedIn.
2nd Year - Sophomore [+]
- Meet with a career counselor to discuss interests, values, skills and personality to help you reflect on potential career paths
- Students in the School of Liberal Arts, School of Business, School of Education & Health and School of Science can participate in the Mentor Program
- Attend career fairs and events to learn about internships and experiential learning opportunities.
- Speak with an academic adviser and with career counselor to explore different major and career options.
- Connect with faculty to pursue academic and research opportunities.
- Attend employer information sessions and networking events.
- Update your résumé and cover letter on JasperLink.
- Choose courses that help you progress toward your major and degree.
- Gain career-related experience through an internship, co-op, research or volunteer opportunity.
- Practice your interview skills through the mock interview program.
- Join a student organization that is related to your major or professional interests and get involved in leadership opportunities.
Personal Branding
- Build connections with peers, faculty members and professionals on LinkedIn.
- Explore professional associations, student memberships.
- Explore networking opportunities by attending events on and off campus.
3rd Year - Junior [+]
- Review and discuss with a career counselor individual careers, graduate school and fellowship pathways.
- Speak with faculty and academic advisers about career interests, graduate school and future plans.
- Attend employer information sessions posted on JasperLink to learn about opportunities.
- Engage in research and take advanced courses in your academic interest areas.
- Continue attending career fairs, workshops and events.
- Continue participation in student organizations to develop leadership and teamwork skills.
- Gain career-related experience through an internship, research or volunteer opportunity.
- Practice and hone your interview skills with a peer adviser, career counselor or through Mock Interview program.
- Update your JasperLink account and upload refined resume and cover letter.
- Participate in on-campus recruitment to secure a summer internship.
- If interested in professional school, graduate school or fellowships, develop a timeline for applications to be competitive and begin preparation for admissions exams.
- If interested in pre-health professions, begin the internal application process.
Personal Branding
- Join professional associations and special interest groups on LinkedIn.
- Get endorsements and request recommendations for your LinkedIn profile.
4th Year - Senior [+]
- Develop job search strategies with your career counselor based on your self-assessments, including a prioritized list of values and industries.
- If you are interested in graduate school and fellowships, develop a list of opportunities that are aligned with your background and goals.
- Begin your active job search at least one semester prior to graduation.
- Apply to jobs, fellowships and graduate school with your updated and tailored documents.
- Update your JasperLink account to maximize your use of the system.
- Practice your interview skills with a friend, employer or career counselor.
Personal Branding
- Participate in career fairs and expos, employer information sessions, and on-campus recruitment to connect with employers and potential opportunities.
- Conduct informational interviews with industry professionals to learn about specific careers.
- Take advantage of student rates to join local, national and international professional associations.
- Keep your voice mail and social networking profiles professional and updated.
- Secure your list of references and/or recommendation letters.
- Complete the Graduating Student Survey.


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As part of a process of enhancing cooperation with other international organizations, Mr. Guillermo Valles (UNCTAD's Director of International Trade), accompanied by his senior officials, and Mr. Ken Ash (OECD's Director of the International Trade and Agriculture Directorate), accompanied by his senior colleagues, held a working level meeting in the OECD Secretariat.
They discussed and exchanged information on the areas of work areas of the two respective organizations and upcoming events in 2013. These included review of work on fisheries, agriculture, trade and sustainability, services trade, Global Value Chainss and trade facilitation, and trade policy analysis, data, models, etc.
The meeting reached an understanding to hold a follow-up meeting, to be hosted by UNCTAD, that could examine a more focused issue of mutual interest.


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I read Brandon Marshall's comments and my first thought was "it's about time we see him passionate". And my second thought was "how stupid!"
I mean really. He's going to be passionate and crazy - and do something that will get him kicked out of the game?
Does that actually help anybody?
How about being passionate and saying something like you plan to have 15 catches? 200 yards? A couple of TDs? No drops? Your YAC will be in the 20s? No one will cover you?
C'mon man! Planning to be crazy and getting kicked out is no path to success.
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