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For this presentation, you will be required to: 1) submit a final report paper 2) do a presentation and a demo of your software 3) answer questions from the panel (and your classmates)
For the paper, we suggest that you follow the following format:
title page table of contents abstract (executive summary)
Chapter 1 Background and Motivation 2 Problem Statement 3 Methodology (includes hw,sw, technologies used) 4 Conceptual Framework/Theoretical Framework 5 Design 6 Results 7 Analysis 8 Conclusion and Further Recommendations
Appendices A Manual B Code C Softcopy of program
Double Space, Font (Times New Roman), Size 12 With page numbers (upper right hand corner)
Slight variations to this format would be allowed with prior consultation with your advisor. However, in general, your paper should cover all the areas listed above.
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What do I want?
I want a wearable computer; a computer that will allow me to access information anywhere. I want to have my notes on students. I want to have my todo list.
Demonstration for tomorrow
Notes and todo
It is a normal
A workset change to the library
"F8 p" - planner "F8 l" - library
and my computer reminds me that I need to pick up a photocopy from the Circulation photocopier.
Here's how a typical day might go when I'm teaching. A workset change to "CS21C-A" brings up my
F9 is the teacher key.
"F9 r" brings up the roster for attendance and recitation. You can
scroll down the list of names using the arrow keys, pressing "l" for "late" and "a" for absent.
"F9 s" brings up my speaker notes for the day.
- book search through the Rizal Library online public access catalog
at http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph
Book search
I want to be able to sort by publication date, something that the online interface doesn't allow me to do.
Other stuff
- class schedules through http://mis.admu.edu.ph
- an audio version of the campus map
- a student-oriented organizer that allows one to keep track of assignments and class resources.
Web services in Ateneo
Rizal library book searchAction: http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/cgi-bin/opac/opacsrch2 Method: Post Fields:
datacoll: rizal - General Circulation Collection ref - General Reference Collection fil - Filipiniana / Special Collection ahc - American Historical Collection thesis - Theses Collection serial - Serial Holdings searchstring: R1: Search type V1 - all V3 - title V5 - title (exact) V2 - author V4 - subject
Nemeth notes
_ - punctuation mark # - number mark , - upper `( - left bracket `) - right bracket .( - left brace .) - right brace
, - single uppercase letter follows ,, - string of uppercase . - lowercase greek ., - uppercase greek
"+" . "plus" "-" . "minus" "*" . "dot" "@*" . "cross" "./" . "divided by" "+-" . "plus or minus" ".k" . "equals" "/.k" . "not equals" "\\"k" . "less than" ".1" . "greater than" "\\"k:" . "less than or equal to" ".1:" . "greater than or equal to" "@:@:" . "approximately equal to" "@0" . "percent"
"\\"1" . " over " "@:.k" . " is congruent to " "$p." . " is perpendicular to " "$1" . " is parallel to " "@:" . " is similar to " "^.*" . " degrees "
"\\",a,b<$[33o]" " line containing points A and B "
"\\",a,b<$:]" " line segment with endpoints A and B "
"\\",a,b<$o]" " ray with endpoint A and containing B "
",a,b<[email protected]]" " vector with origin A and endpoint B "
",a,b" " distance between A and B "
"$c_$ *] ,a" "circle with center a"
"\\",a,c<$a]" " arc with endpoints AB "
"\\",a,b,c<$a]" " arc ABC"
"$t ,a,b,c" " triangle with vertices A, B and C"
"$[ ,a,b,c" " angle with sides B to A and B to C "
"$[ ,b" . " angle with vertex B "
"m$[ ,a,b,c" "measure of the angle ABC"
"$[33o" "corresponds to"
"p $o q" "p implies q"
"log; a b" "log base a of b"
"a^n" "a up n"
"n&" "n factorial"
"a;n" "the nth term of a sequence"
"\\".s%k .k#1
must add way to speak the different dots in Braille, too.
Think, Sacha. Propertization is better. text properties saying how to pronounce it intangibility spec
Thesis notes
emacspeak-pronounce may be of some use, although it's still fairly messy. Also, emacspeak-speak-character does not honor that. I may have to override emacspeak-speak-character and invoke dtk-speak myself. I suspect that is possible.
Oh, blast. ASTER isn't open source, so we're just going to have to do this on our own.
Need to choose language for implementation.
Java - Jam will be able to code right away. Powerful data structures. Familiar with language. Emacs LISP - Close integration with system. Emacs LISP talking to a Java process - slow, but allows reuse.
Hmmm. Emacs LISP! Wooohooo.
Note that festival has modes. From http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/manual/festival_9.html filter A Unix shell program filter that processes the text file in some appropriate way. For example for email it might remove uninteresting headers and just output the subject, from line and the message body. If not specified, an identity filter is used. init_function This (Scheme) function will be called before any processing will be done. It allows further set up of tokenization rules and voices etc. exit_function This (Scheme) function will be called at the end of any processing allowing reseting of tokenization rules etc. analysis_mode If analysis mode is xml the file is read through the built in XML parser rxp. Alternatively if analysis mode is xxml the filter should an SGML normalising parser and the output is processed in a way suitable for it. Any other value is ignored.
no character echo unless wanted
Write LaTeX macros for her teacher to use, for example: \matrix, \covariance{}... so that it becomes even more semantic.
Nice fuzzies: Allow her to review the material along with the class, by referring to the electronic form
capital - random, small - realization
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Why do the libs want to take gun rights away from Americans?
It is known that in his second term Obama plans to try to change American's right to bear arms. He wants to change the constitution for christ's sake!
Why are so many people, mostly libs and democrats, afraid of gun ownership?
Why can't they leave gun owners like myself alone and worry about their own affairs? Why do they seek to change the world into their vision of what is right?
I am a responsible gun owner, I protect my guns, lock them up when not used, I do everything by the book of law, yet I still get harassed and talked down to by liberals who think I am a redneck hick because I own and shoot guns.
How is it these so called educated and worldly people be so stupid when it comes to this? I just don't understand the exact nature of their hate towards gun owners.
The overwhelming majority of gun owners by nature are safe owners, it's the bad seeds that give gun owners a bad name.
Then you get the anti-hunters who attack gun owners. I do not hunt, I just enjoy collecting guns, and shooting them at ranges and in my back yard. I actually like to clean them and reassemble them. Libs seem to assume that if you are a gun owner, you are a hunter. Not true.
I have no less than three locks with separate keys to get to the point where you can re-assemble one of my guns to use. I have a digital lock on my gun safe's, plus extra protection on my high caliber weapons. For christs sake the last key to get into the big safe is in itself IN a safe.
There is also this notion that gun owners are stupid people who enjoy violence. That's not true. I am training my children to be safe around guns, to respect them.
It's the parents who have terrible gun safety who's kids find their loaded, unlocked gun, and blow their head off or their friends. My kids, including my daughters, will never do that.
So I ask you all, why does President Obama like rumored want to take on gun ownership rights in his second term? It is rumored he feels only the police and the government should own and use guns. And in general, why do Democrats want to heavily punish gun owners, and in fact revise the constitution to ban them?
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About the Book
Multiple grand slam tennis champion and entrepreneur, Venus Williams and 46 of her colleagues, friends, and mentors deliver a volume of invaluable wisdom, motivation, and inspiration. Come to Win demonstrates how the principles of competitive athletics translate into business success. With contributions from a wide range of men and women who reached the very top of their games—including former CEO and bestselling author Jack Welch, fashion designer Vera Wang, actor Denzel Washington, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice—Venus Williams's Come to Win is a book every aspiring professional, coach, and sports enthusiast should read.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Combining talent, drive, and hard work, Venus Williams has mastered the game of tennis. How will that drive serve her off the court in her post-tennis career? For inspiration, Venus turned to an esteemed group of business leaders, politicians, and acclaimed artists, all of whom previously played competitive sports, and asked the essential questions: What principles that inspired you toward success as an athlete are helpful in life? In business?
Here, that A-list group of visionaries responds with a useful array of tips woven through anecdotes from their athletic pasts that have been instrumental in their post-sports success. Venus also reflects on what she has learned from her own coaches, including her parents, and how their wisdom contributes to her own remarkable achievements.
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Critical Praise
"Containing gems of biographical information not available elsewhere, this presents inspirational readings on how sports can make a significant difference and teach 'life lessons.'" — Library Journal
"An engaging collection. . . . Her advice comes from leaders who are masters of the power game, but the lessons are for us all." — Bloomberg Businessweek
"Come to Win is an athlete-driven project based on a refreshing concept - curiosity about what makes other people tick. . . . Successful people don't always win, but they nearly always learn something useful when they lose. It's a timeless message." — ESPN.com
"Contributors offer advice on how to learn from losses, block out distractions, and visualize a course of action. Solid advice from a wide and varied A-list of contributors." — Booklist
"A book written by former sportsmen and women who then made good in the world of commerce and politics [is] a welcome addition. Come to Win promises to be just that." — Financial Times (UK)
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- On Sale: 06/28/2011
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POSITION: Defenseman
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Burnaby, BC, CAN
DRAFTED: OTT: 2000-156 overall
Split the 2011-12 season between Minnesota and Boston, recording eight points (3g/5a) with a +3 plus/ minus rating in 56 combined games between the two teams…Began the year with the Wild, tallying six points (2g/4a) in 39 games…Acquired by Boston on Feb. 27, Zanon collected two points (1g/1a) in 17 regular season contests for the Bruins…Had 136 combined blocked shots…Tied his career high with two assists/points on Dec. 29 vs. Edmonton, his third career multi-point game.
2011-12 PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all seven playoff games for Boston, picking up one assist.
2010-11: Was one of three Minnesota Wild players to appear in all 82 games…Finished second in the NHL with 212 blocked shots, the second highest total of career…Only New York's Dan Girardi (236) blocked more shots…Tied for second on the Wild in hits (169) and was third in average time-on-ice (21:32)…Set a career high with 48 penalty minutes…Blocked his 1,000th career shot on March 26 vs. St. Louis…Set a single-game career high with a +4 rating in the season finale on April 10 vs. Dallas.
2009-10: Established career highs in assists (13), points (15) and shots (59) while appearing in 81 games during his first season with the Wild…Led the team and ranked fourth in NHL with 196 blocked shots…Was second on the Wild in hits (183) and finished tied for second in average ice time (22:22)…Notched a career-high two assists on Nov. 27 vs. Colorado…Logged a personal-best 30:19 of ice time on March 9 vs. Florida…Skated in his 300th NHL contest at Nashville on March 18…Did not dress on March 19 at Columbus due to an ankle injury, snapping a streak of 166 consecutive games played.
2008-09: Skated in all 82 games for Nashville, recording 11 points (4g/7a)…His four goals were a career best…Ranked third in the NHL with 237 blocked shots…Recorded his first career two-point game with a goal and an assist on Jan. 8 vs. Pittsburgh…Scored his first career game winning goal on March 26 vs. San Jose.
2007-08: Led the Predators and ranked seventh in the NHL with 176 blocked shots…Finished second on the team with 160 hits…Was one of just three NHL players to finish the season with at least 160 hits and 160 blocked shots (Montreal's Mike Komisarek and Phoenix's Keith Ballard were the others)…Led Nashville and ranked 13th in the league in average short-handed time-on-ice at 4:11 per game…Had the fewest penalty minutes (24) of any Nashville skater who played at least 60 contests.
2007-08 PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all six playoff games, collecting two assists…Led the team in plus/minus (+2) during the posteason and tied for the club lead in blocked shots (12).
2006-07: Led Nashville and ranked eighth in the NHL with 189 blocked shots…Finished third on the team in hits (91) and was second in short-handed TOI per game (4:09)…Appeared in two games with Milwaukee (AHL) on a conditioning assignment from Nov. 9-11.
2006-07 PLAYOFFS: Made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut in Game 1 of the WCQF vs. San Jose on April 11 and tallied an assist for his first career playoff point…Appeared in all five of Nashville's postseason games…Led the Predators in shorthanded TOI per game (6:40).
2005-06: Spent most of the season with Milwaukee (AHL) but did see action in four NHL games, collecting two assists…Made his NHL debut on Dec. 1 vs. Minnesota and picked up an assist that night for his first career NHL point…Appeared in two games for the Predators in December and two in March…Recorded 35 points (8g/27a) with a team-high +17 plus/minus rating in 71 games for Milwaukee (AHL)…Captained the Admirals to the Calder Cup Finals after notching eight points (1g/7a) in 21 postseason games…Tied for the team lead with a +11 rating in the playoffs.
2004-05: Was one of three players to appear in all 80 games for Milwaukee.
2003-04: Helped Milwaukee capture the Calder Cup championship in his first professional season…Tallied 16 points (4g/12a) with a +30 plus/minus rating in 62 regular season contests and added eight points (2g/6a) in 22 playoff games…Led all AHL skaters during the postseason with a +10 rating.
2002-03: Totaled 25 points (6g/19a) in 32 games during his senior season at Nebraska-Omaha.
2001-02: Was named to the CCHA Second All-Star Team and the NCAA West Second- Team All-American as a junior.
2000-01: Named the CCHA's Best Offensive Defenseman and was selected to the CCHA First All-Star Team as a sophomore with the Mavericks…Also named to the NCAA West Second- Team All-American…Scored 12 goals and finished with 28 points in 39 games.
1999-00: Registered 29 points on three goals and 26 assists during his freshman season at Nebraska-Omaha.
Greg and his wife, Jen, have two daughters, Rylynn and Alayna, and a son, Austin…The Zanon family resides in Langley, B.C., during the offseason.


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About this series:
This three-part series is designed to help Challenging Behavior Specialists (CBS) implement appropriate Functional Based Assessments (FBA) and to create effective and durable Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) for children who display challenging behaviors. Part three of this series includes seven ICN sessions designed to increase the CBS's understanding and abilities to conduct the full gamut of technologies that not only help constitute an initial Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), but also ways to evaluate, modify, fade, and generalize that plan for maximum effect with the fewest negative side effects. This series is designed to increase understanding of what BIP components to use based off of the results of a well conducted FBA.
Part three of this series is intended to support CBS's from each AEA who are involved in the training of assessment of children with challenging behaviors. These trainings coincide with the practical experiences they are receiving from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in FBA and the concepts discussed are designed to increase the technical assistance capabilities of each CBS. While the CBS's are the target audience of this series, anyone in the state that has attended the previous series are welcomed to attend. Thus, for all attendees in Part 3 of this series, a basic understanding of FBA technology and how it is appropriately used to assist with the development of effective and durable BIPs is required to receive maximum benefit from this series. Part three will specifically focus on providing attendees the following: a) understanding the usefulness of experimental designs for evaluating FBA and BIP data; b) how to match the treatment components generated for BIPs to the function of challenging behavior(s) identified from conclusive FBA data; c) how to conduct additional augmentative assessments to improve the potency of BIPs, and; d) how to program for generalization and fading of a BIP. Each session in the series builds upon the previous series of Basic Behavioral Principles and Function Based Assessments and details how to develop successful and durable Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). The overall theme across these sessions is the development of concrete knowledge that permits for fluent application of appropriate FBA technologies that will result in the selection of appropriate, effective, and durable BIP's designed to reduce challenging behaviors and to increase appropriate/adaptive behaviors displayed by children with such concerns.
Maximum benefit for attendees will be gleaned by attending all sessions in the series, however CBS's should select from those sessions that most meet their needs. In addition, up to 2 additional readings is assigned to each session as a means to augment the attendees learning. The articles can be located at the following link for time-limited periods leading up to the ICN session dates, however, most articles can also be found on the internet:
It is strongly recommended that attendees read these articles before attending sessions, as much of the content in the session will be gleaned from these readings.
Any remaining time during sessions will be allocated for question and answer periods regarding the topics and for networking and information sharing between AEA staff and participants.
All efforts will be made to keep topics on the dates listed. Changes may be made based on presenter availability or the emergence of unplanned issues (e.g., weather).
March 5, 2014 Using Experimental Design to Evaluate BIPs and FBA Data The initial session of Part Three of this Series will focus on the usefulness of experimental designs to demonstrate the effects or non-effects of a BIP on challenging behavior. The three main experimental designs and their appropriate use will be discussed.
March 19, 2014 Using Experimental Designs to Evaluate Data and Matching Treatment to Function: BIPs designed for Attention Functions The session will continue the discussion from Session 1 and focus on treatment selection for BIPs based on FBA data that indicates an attention function for challenging behavior. The benefits and disadvantages of common positive reinforcement function-based treatment options will be discussed.
April 2, 2014 Matching Treatment to Function: BIPs designed for Positive Reinforcement Functions The session will continue to focus on treatment selection for BIPs based on FBA data that indicates an attention function for challenging behavior, however it will continue for data that indicates a tangible function as well. The benefits and disadvantages of common positive reinforcement function-based treatment options will also be discussed.
April 16, 2014 Matching Treatment to Function: BIPs designed for Negative Reinforcement Functions The session will focus on treatment selection for BIPs based on FBA data that indicates an escape function for challenging behavior. The benefits and disadvantages of common escape reinforcement function-based treatment options will be discussed.
April 30, 2014 Matching Treatment to Function: BIPs designed for Automatic Reinforcement Functions and Default Procedures The session will focus on treatment selection for BIPs based on FBA data that indicates an automatic function for challenging behavior. Function-based BIPs will be compared to Default procedures without FBA data. The benefits and disadvantages of common escape reinforcement function-based treatment options will be discussed.
May 14, 2014 Programming for Generalization and Fading and Advanced Assessments This session will focus on the overall goals of when and how to a fade a BIP so that the child is responding to the natural cues within the classroom environment and how to tailor a BIP to achieve such outcomes. If time permits this session will cover advanced assessments designed to improve the effectiveness of a BIP by individually assessing specific variables designed to help tailor treatment individually treatment effective components for maximum effectiveness.
May 30, 2014 FBA Procedures Manual Review: Make-up Date This session is dedicated to the review of a procedures manual designed based on the utilization of all of the technologies covered within this series. The manual will be covered in its entirety. This session would also serve as a make-up session should any of the other sessions were unable to be held (e.g., weather).
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December 8, 2011
What a year for craft books. You couldn't turn around without tripping on a new title. Want to make puppets out of your cat's hair? Prefer making origami out of duct tape? Not to worry, they've got you covered.
Knitting was no different. Some titles stood out amidst the inspiration overwhelm. Here's my list of 11 notable books of 2011.
This Weekend in Maryland
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Windows XP SP3, dual 3.2Ghz CPUs, 2Gb RAM
Wifi network (g)
Happened using default settings. Changed some of them attempting to solve the problem, but had no luck.
Using mencoder
Sometimes when streaming a file, the video bitrate listed on the PS3 jumps above 40Mbit, even when I have the Maximum Bandwidth set to 25Mbit or lower in Video Quality Settings. This causes the video to slow and eventually stop. It has happened with both MKV files and XVID AVI files.
I tried choosing to "Copy" one file instead of playing it, and it copied over 700 megabytes to the PS3 before I cancelled it. The original file was 237 megabytes.


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When a company loses its CEO, boards are faced with two choices: Promote someone from within or try to lure a big name from outside.
Increasingly, boards are choosing the second option, spending big money to lure rock-star CEOs who they think can, depending on the situation, either turn the company around or drive it to even greater heights.
While this choice is becoming more common, it's also usually a bad choice, according to an important study by a noted corporate governance guru.
"Executive Superstars, Peer Groups and Over Compensation! -- Cause, Effect, and Solution," was released last month. Don't let the dry-as-toast title fool you. This report should be required reading for every person in Silicon Valley who sits on a board of any size. I found it particularly illuminating with so many of our largest companies either having tapped new CEOs in the past year (Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo, Apple) or beginning to grapple with issues of succession to long-standing leaders (Cisco Systems and Oracle).
The study was co-authored by Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, one of the biggest names in this field, along with his colleague, Craig Ferrere, who is a fellow at the center. The 52-page study reviews a large body of research about corporate pay and concludes that boards are increasingly hiring outside CEOs despite mounting evidence that this is usually a mistake.
While there are some notable exceptions (Lou Gerstner and IBM comes to mind), the notion that CEOs are generalists with skills that apply equally no matter the company is rarely true.
"When they do move, they don't do very well," Elson told me. "A lot of CEO skills aren't transferable."
According to the study, in the 1970s and 80s, about 15 percent of new CEOs came from outside the company. That jumped to 25 percent in the 90s, and almost 33 percent in the early part of last decade, according to the most recent data available.
Elson explained that too many boards have come to see CEOs like superstar athletes. A great hitter for one team should be a great hitter for another team if they are traded or move through free agency.
Likewise, if you're a great CEO for company A, you'll also be a great CEO at company B, even if they're in completely different markets or industries.
Leadership is leadership is leadership. But Elson and Ferrere say, in fact, that specialized knowledge is absolutely essential.
"The development and implementation of such planning requires the intimate knowledge, coordination, and direction of complex interrelated corporate assets and personnel. To be effective a manager must draw on an accumulated specific knowledge of a company's culture, strengths, weaknesses, and interpersonal dynamics."
In examining studies that have looked at the rate of success and failure for CEOs, there was almost no empirical evidence to support the notion that the outsider would outperform the insider, and more often the performance was worse.
Ironically, this leads boards to pay more for people who are probably less qualified to run the company than if they promoted a lesser-known name from within. And it also persuades them to constantly jack up executive pay to retain someone out of fear they might leave the next day to become CEO elsewhere, despite the slim chances that person might leave.
Despite the lack of evidence that overpaying for an outsider CEO make sense, the trend only seems to be accelerating for the most basic of human reasons.
"They do it because everyone else is doing it," Elson said. "But just because everyone else is doing it doesn't make it right."
Contact Chris O'Brien at 415-298-0207 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at https://twitter.com/obrien and read his blog posts at www.siliconbeat.com.
Recent research indicates hiring outside CEOs is usually a bad choice for a company. Here's a look at how Silicon Valley companies have handled finding CEOs:


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's basketball player Chris Hawkins-Mast has been named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Pepsi. Hawkins-Mast earned the award following his performance last week.
The Islanders' lone senior had a strong week after exams, averaging 18.5 points and 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in the team's two games.
Against West Virginia, Hawkins-Mast scored a career-high 22 points on 6-of-12 shooting and an 8-of-10 performance at the line to go along with five boards. In the South Alabama game, the Washington, D.C., native scored 15 points and added eight rebounds and three assists.
On the season, he has five games in double figures and is averaging 11.9 points per contest.
Hawkins-Mast and the men's basketball will be in action this Thursday, Dec. 22, and Friday, Dec. 23, at the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic. The team faces Bethune-Cookman on Thursday at 2 p.m., with a game against either Kennesaw State or Tennessee Tech rounding out the event on Friday.
Keep up-to-date with GoIslanders.com each week to see who is named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi. Also, for the latest information, follow Islanders Athletics on Twitter (@Go_Islanders) and Facebook (Islanders Athletics).
2011-12 GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi Weekly Winners:
9-7-11: Jessica Korda, Volleyball
9-13-11: Brooke Alverson, Volleyball
9-20-11: Patrick Kimeli, Cross Country
9-27-11: Aurelien Tave, Men's Tennis
10-4-11: Isabella Arcidiacono, Volleyball
10-11-11: Nikki Dunn, Women's Golf
10-18-11: Ryann White, Women's Golf; Micah Nolan, Volleyball
10-25-11: Logen Bourque, Volleyball
11-1-11: Logen Bourque, Volleyball
11-8-11: Patrick Kimeli, Cross Country
11-15-11: Patrick Kimeli, Cross Country
11-23-11: Myeisha Myles, Women's Basketball
11-29-11: Myron Dempsey, Men's Basketball
12-6-11: Alisa Roberts, Women's Basketball
12-20-11: Chris Hawkins-Mast, Men's Basketball


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Mortgage lending rose in November
Published: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 8:15 p.m.
SARASOTA COUNTY - This county saw a rebound in loans from non-bank mortgage lenders after a slower November.
There were 261 loans originated by non-bank lenders during December, valued at $54.6 million, an increase of 42 percent in both volume and value from November.
The previous month's total was 184, worth about $38.5 million.
Sarasota County's largest banks also boosted their December lending -- by 18 percent, with 688 loans worth $166.5 million, a 55 percent increase in value.
Quicken Loans was the top non-bank lender, issuing 115 loans valued at $23.5 million, followed by MSC Mortgage, a unit of Sarasota's Michael Saunders & Co. real estate brokerage, with 31 loans totaling $10.6 million.
Third was PHH Mortgage, with 20 loans totaling about $3.67 million; then FBC Mortgage (19 loans, $3.29 million); Sunbelt Lending (18 loans, $3.2 million); Christensen Financial (18 loans, $2.8 million).
Rounding out the top 10 were United Wholesale Mortgage (15 loans, $2.7 million); Pulte Mortgage (18, $2.6 million); and CTC Lending (7 loans, $2.3 million).
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New College trustee reappointed
Published: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 5:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 5:53 p.m.
SARASOTA - A Longboat Key resident who serves on the New College of Florida Board of Trustees has been reappointed to another 6-year term by the Florida Board of Governors for the State University System.
George Skestos's term runs through January 6, 2018.
The Florida Senate must confirm the appointment.
Skestos was first appointed to the board in June 2012 and is the founder of Homewood Corp., a residential construction company based in Columbus, Ohio, according to a news release from the college.
He has lived in Longboat Key since 2000.
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The American Legion Post 55 will conduct the 12th Patriot Remembrance Day Memorial Service from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the American Legion Post Home, 3819 Highway MM in Hannibal.
Guest speakers will include state and local representatives, first responders and the military. The ceremony will include posting of colors, a firing squad and the playing of taps.
A light lunch will be served.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Friday, March 15, 2013
LINCOLNTON, Ga. (WRDW) -- It's been about three months since a 75-year-old Lincolnton man was found dead in the woods.
Deputies came back to the neighborhood where it happened in hopes of jogging people's memories as they continue to investigate what happened to Hamp Turner, who was a popular man in the community.
"Lincoln County people are famous for getting behind and helping," said Lincoln County Investigator Jim Wallen.
Which is why deputies teamed up with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to set up this checkpoint off of Highway 230 East.
"It's just a continuation of our investigation into the murder of Hamp Turner that occurred sometime in December," said Sheriff Bruce Beggs.
Turner was 75 years old and a well-liked person in the community.
Deputies found his body on a Saturday afternoon back in December near his home with multiple blunt force trauma to the head.
"We're working on this thing day and night, and we just need a little bit more help and we're going to bring this thing to a conclusion," Wallen said.
Local deputies say this checkpoint for field questioning is all about trying to remind the community about the heinous crime as they continue to piece together all the different parts of this puzzle and try to find out what happened on that Saturday afternoon.
"We're just asking people that travel through here if they witnessed anything -- someone walking on the road, a vehicle parked on the side of the road -- anything that they may have seen, anything that they might have heard," Wallen said.
Anything to that might lead to his killer.
"He didn't bother anyone," Wallen said. "He was just very friendly, he would help you do anything."
"Very sad ... very sad," said Jacquelyn Johnson.
Folks like Johnson are glad to know deputies are still hard at work on a case that stunned the community.
"I think it's great, I think it's very proactive [for them] to go out and maybe catch some people that maybe saw something, but they didn't realize they had seen anything related to the murder," she said.
Since the investigation is ongoing, deputies are not able to give many details, and while there are no official suspects, they do say they've got some serious leads, which is part of the reason they decided to ramp things up.


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A 10-month-old girl was killed in a traffic accident Thursday night in Slidell.
The incident happened in the 300 block of Lenwood Drive about 5 p.m.
The Sheriff's Office said the baby crawled from her home into the driveway and was run over by her father when he was backing out of the driveway.
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I'm training for my first marathon this fall and I'd really like to run the Marine Corps, but unfortunately, I missed the registration deadline. If you have a bib or know someone who does, please let me know. I'll be glad to buy it.
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Here is an e-mail that we sent out recruiting runners that has some more details of our program.
It is still possible to register for the MCM today. Register with an official charity partner of the MCM. Finish for Kids offers one of the lowest fundraising minimums available. If you register today you'll need to raise less than $150 a month between now and October 1st to fulllfil you comitment. You can wait until the last minute and raise it all in one big fundraiser or do it slowly over time a little each month.... See below for more details.
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A 35-year-old Wayne County man has been arrested for rape.
Sheriff's deputies charged Matthew Austin of Arcadia with course of sexual conduct against a child and rape, both felonies.
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The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the hitherto neglected experiences of Americans of Asian heritage. The major goal of the department is to communicate the experiences of Asians and Pacific Islanders as an American ethnic group. Courses offered as part of the Asian American Studies program examine the important issues and concerns of Asian Americans, including their history, social organization, and culture. The program seeks to promote teaching, research, community service, and cultural activities related to Americans of Asian heritage, while also preparing students for various careers in the community, private or public sector, along with graduate work.
CMC offers its students a sequence in Asian American Studies. The Asian American Studies Sequence is a multi-disciplinary program that examines the historical and contemporary experiences of Asians in the United States. The sequence is designed to accompany majors in other fields. To ensure balance and to accommodate the wide range of majors students may combine with the sequence, all courses must be approved by the CMC faculty member responsible for the oversight and administration of the sequence. Completion of the sequence will be noted on students' transcripts.
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19.02.2013 - Former Global Oncology Head from Sanofi-Aventis Alain Herrera joins the Nanobiotix team as a member of the Supervisory Board.
The Former Global Oncology Head at Sanofi brings in more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Before setting up his own oncology consultancy – Alain Oncologie Consulting (AOC) -, he headed the Oncology business at Sanofi-Aventis for ten years.Previously, Herrera was Chairman of Chiron Therapeutics Europe, Managing Director at Pierre Fabre Oncology Laboratories and Head of the Oncology Platform at Roger Bellon (Rhône Poulenc). In addition to these roles, since 1991, Dr. Herrera has been a Hematologist Consultant at Antoine Beclere Hospital.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/people/bio-people/2013-01/alain-herrera.html


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Changes to TriCare Prime
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 12:11 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 12:11 a.m.
If you have TriCare Prime coverage, it's changing. Call them now because according to www.armytimes.com, "Effective Oct. 1, the Pentagon will eliminate Tricare Prime from areas nationwide that are 40 miles or more from an active or former military base — a change that will force 171,000 retired personnel and family members to switch to Tricare Standard." I first read this at the website on Jan. 10.
I called TriCare on the morning of Jan. 11, and they never heard of this. The TriCare Prime representative called me back that morning and stated they just received an email confirming this change. An email will be sent out on Feb. 1 informing all retirees who fall in this distance.
As he said, you can "thank your politicians in the Senate and Congress for this, for they had to approve it."
TriCare Prime holders, your insurance coverage is about to change like mine. They don't know how they are going to measure the distance — by radius or by Mapquest. By straight line, I live 35.88 miles from the center of MacDill; by road, it's 42.38 miles.
I will wait till this message comes out. If I fall past their marker of 40, we will have to move toward Brandon because I'm not going to go through the hassle of insurance transfer.
All the politicians are exempted from Obamacare. Come election time, the new guy running is getting my vote.
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- Jan 21:
- Thompson: No question Colin Kaepernick is the man for the 49ers
- San Francisco 49ers promote Paraag Marathe to president
- 49ers' Harbaugh: Kaepernick 'fabulous' in loss to Seahawks
- NaVorro Bowman will need surgery, other 49ers banged up
- 49ers' Harbaugh: League investigating sideline incident
- Jim Harbaugh says 49ers assistants might be Cleveland Browns head coach candidates
SANTA CLARA -- While Frank Gore's season ended with a heartbreaking defeat and a broken right ring finger, his potential successor is on the right track to making his 49ers debut next season, that being Marcus Lattimore.
Lattimore, who sat out his rookie season recovering from a right-knee injury, should be fully cleared to participate once organized team activities begin this spring, coach Jim Harbaugh said.
"This has been an outstanding year for Marcus," Harbaugh said Monday. "Tough at times, but great things will happen for him."
Lattimore, a fourth-round draft pick, had his scintillating South Carolina career cut short by a gruesome knee injury in October 2012 at Tennessee. He practiced with the 49ers for three weeks before going on injured reserve last month.
Asked what Monday he's learned this season, Lattimore said: "Mentally, the biggest thing for me was understanding the offense. Getting with Tom (Rathman), Frank (Gore) and everybody, they showed me how to play the game."
Gore, in his ninth season, played through Sunday's NFC Championship loss at Seattle despite a broken finger, an injury that Harbaugh said he only learned of after the game. Gore made a key, fourth-down reception on their final series. He rushed for 1,128 yards and nine touchdowns in the regular season.
Harbaugh said he has "great hope" that Lattimore and defensive tackle Tank Carradine can produce in 2014 after sitting out their rookie years.
"There's a path there," Harbaugh said. "Nobody owes anybody a career in professional football. Your career is literally your business, but I have great faith and hopes for those men having (great careers)."
Carradine, a second-round pick, said last week he's fully recovered now from an anterior cruciate ligament tear from last season at Florida State.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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"We took the loss last night (Friday) and responded the way you'd want a team to respond with better energy and better effort," CU head coach Keith Adkins said. "We still have some things we can work on, but it was a step in the right direction."
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Topic: Before I Die- a video for Caroline Stoufer
Just wondering if there is an way to post a video on your website. Caroline Stoufer worked with two of my film students over the past year and we have made a 17-minute film that played at her memorial on Wednesday. I think your members would enjoy seeing Caroline and experiencing her super positive attitude and brave character.


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6.5cm (2 9/16") x 2
monitor speaker x 2
- Included Accessories USB Driver and Application CD-ROM for PC, Stand, Music Rack, Remote Control
- Pedal sustain (8 steps), soft, sostenuto
- Metronome Yes
- Favorites Yes
- Microphone Input yes (mic and reverb effects)
- Disk Drive built-in 3.5" floppy disk drive for 2HD (1.44MB)/2DD (720kB) disks
- One Touch Play Yes
- Music Style Arranger Yes
- Lyrics yes (SMF direct play)
- Theatre Sonic Function Yes
- USB Port Yes
- Progressive Pianist Yes
- Audio Recorder Software Yes
- Song Manager Software Yes
- Theater Sonic Yes
- Video Out Yes
- Dynamic PCM Sound Source Yes
- Digital Drawbar Yes
- NX Sound with Expandability Yes
- 128-Note Polyphony Yes
- Piano Performance Pads Yes
- Chord Finder Yes
- Eight-Track Composer Yes
- Simple Piano Yes
- Natural Response Action Yes
- Dynamic Acoustic Technology Yes
- 16-Track Sequencer Yes
- Separate DSP Effects and Mixing Yes
- Technichord Yes
- Panel Memories Yes
- MIDI Jacks Yes
- Over 1000 Sounds Yes (1,082)
- Over 30 Drum Kits Yes (39)
- Diverse Rhythm Section Yes
- Explosive Sound System No
- 800 Piano Stylist Settings Yes
- Dimensions (H x W x D) 41 13/32'' x 55'' x 26 9/16''
- Weight 130.10 lbs
- Keyboard 88 keys with
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Take three of Cuba's best musicians, pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, vocalist rumbero Totico, and master conguero Carlos "Patato" Valdez, put them together in the studio and the results are nothing less than the pure Afro-centric funk that is Cuban music with solid sound.
The opening solo is provided by Alfredito's son-montuno. "Monsieur José," which deals with a man who wants to learn French (from Monsieur José) so he can "rap" with his girlfriend. (Alfredito, by the way, resides in France) Luisito Ayala's lead vocal is clear and to the point but with the inherent callejero (street) soul that separates him from the current flavor of the month crop of salsa romantica singers. Opening in a major key the tune's final destination is the montuno (vamp) set up in a minor tonality for Karla Pulls' beautifully concise flute solo, and back to the major tonality for Patato's conga solo showcasing his unique melodic style, and ending with fellow Cuban Roberto Rodriguez on trumpet who brings the tune to it's climax.
It should be noted that elements of the conjunto (small band with brass) and charanga (flute and strings) styles are interwoven in perfect symbiosis throughout the recording.
"Quimbobo Con Salsa," a composition by the renowned Cuban sonero/scat singer Francisco Fello Bey is an uptempo guaracha which features Eugenio "Totico" Arango's vocal talents. A much respected rumbero (singer, dancer, and drummer of rumba), Totico melds his style beautifully within the context of the son tradition proving the symbiotic relationship both mediums have. "El Yerbero" (the Herbalogist), is another example of a combination of styles (in this case son, danzón and mambo). Although the strings and piano are technically out of tune, this can be considered a minor flaw to be blamed on the producers and does not detract from Ayala's funky vocals. Pull's flute solo and Afredito's virtuoso piano improvisation which, although short in length, represents the entire history of Cuban piano style and proves he is probably the most underrated voice on this instrument and deserves wider recognition.
This CD features the talents of Carlos "Patato" Valdez on the guaguancó/rumba "Dicelo Patato" (Say It Patato) as singer and conguero stating the melody. The montuno features Totico in his medium as gallo (lead vocal in Rumba) improvising. Tactical air support is provided by Nicky Marrero on timbales, Andy Gonzalez on bass, Alfredito on piano on this and throughout the recording with the addition of Tomas "Choqui" Lopez Jr. on bongo and bell on some other cuts. The final blow is given by Alfredito's majestic piano intro on "Para Africa Traigo Mi Son" (For Africa I Bring My Son), a tribute to the motherland of rhythm. This rugged Son Montuno features Totico in the Són style again and his improvisations paint a beautiful picture of some of Africa's major cities and how we are all related to our often neglected "mother", Again Pull's flute provides a brief interlude but it is Alfredito's piano solo which provides a "clinic" on how to play Cuban style piano. The late great Roberto Rodriguez closes on trumpet.
Sonido Solido provides what it's title states, solid sound in the Cuban tradition. 'Nuff said.


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SAN JOSE -- It wasn't a big fire, a Thursday evening one-alarm blaze consuming grass and brush along Coyote Creek in North San Jose, but for about 15 homeless denizens of an encampment known as Jurassic Park, it took everything they had.
The fire broke out to the north of the camp near Oakland and Schallenberger roads shortly before 6 p.m. and moved quickly, sending many residents scurrying for higher ground, and Ronald John Peer into the creek for a soak.
He emerged wet, grabbed some tools, and went to work cutting a fireline between the flames and the spot where he's been staying for a little over a year.
"I took an ax, a pick, a shovel, whatever it takes," Peer said. "Sage brush and dry grass goes up fast."
He lives farther down the creek, and San Jose fire crews stopped the burn at two or three acres so it did not reach Peer's camp.
Battalion Chief Jeff Welch said the fire was knocked down in about 40 minutes, and firefighters succeeded in stopping it before it reached the creekbed, where heavier brush means bad news. He said nobody was injured in the blaze, the cause of which remains under investigation.
But many of Peer's neighbors, surveying the scene from a nearby trail and calling out for missing cats, didn't fare so well in terms of their possessions.
Jim Turner, a founding camper at Jurassic Park who has lived there for 15 years, pointed to the charred ground where his camp used to be and said it was obvious that he lost his home.
Turner said it came on the heels of a sweep of the camp -- city workers cleared the area about three weeks ago.
"The sweep took half my stuff, but I was able to buy a tent, bedrolls and a blanket," he said, referring to a city effort to clear out homeless encampments all along the creek. "But now I lost everything I collected since the sweep."
Colleen Guest, who brings food and supplies to the camp and considers many residents her friends, said it's tragic that people trying to get by saw such a setback on Thursday.
"It took everybody's camp that I know," she said through tears. "I just see these people struggle so hard. Now they have to go find another friend with a tent."
Guest, Turner and Peer all said that between 15 and 20 camps were destroyed. Fire officials did not have an estimate.
One of Guest's good friends, 58-year-old Deborah Pino, had her possessions right on the border of the blackened wasteland and the untouched brush beyond. She was missing four cats that she hoped would turn up, and also numerous notes and drawings that she had managed to "squirrel away" to prevent them from being taken in the recent sweep. She wasn't so concerned about the material possessions.
"First we have to worry about the animals," she said. "I can redraw my cartoons."
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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PARKERSBURG - The Ohio Valley Rowing Club received an unexpected early Christmas present from Dave Cummons.
Cummons of Charleston donated a large mural that will be on display in the conference room at the rowing club in Parkersburg.
The mural was painted for Dr. Oliver H. Brundage by Ellie Salsbery. She was well known during the 1960s for her work in abstract and contemporary art and showed both locally and nationally.
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Dave Cummons of Charleston stands next to the large mural he donated to the Ohio Valley Rowing Club of Parkersburg.
Cummons was given the painting by Brundage's widow, Trudy.
The painting depicts many of Brundage's successes and accomplishments that were so dear to his heart, said OVRC spokesman Les Pritchard. Brundage was a local physician who helped to expand rowing in the Parkersburg area and throughout the country.
Brundage fell in love with rowing when he lived in Philadelphia, which is considered the capital of rowing in the United States, Pritchard said. The large letters OVRC in the painting stand for the Ohio Valley Rowing Club, which Brundage started in 1960.
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The rowing club is offering three programs this winter:
* Youth rowing, open to all area youth 9th-12th grades. Training starts the first of January. On water training starts March 1 or sooner weather permitting.
* Adult rowing - There is an active adult program, group indoor rowing on Concept II Ergometers is every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
* Indoor cycling - Group rides every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Bring your own bike and indoor trainer. Storage available. Other times are available for adult indoor rowing, cycling and for use of the Nautilus equipment.
* For more information see http://wwwohiovalleyrowingclub.com.
The flags in the painting represent the local schools where Brundage helped start rowing programs: Parkersburg Catholic High School, Parkersburg High School, Mountain State College and Ohio Valley College. All of these schools rowed out of the Ohio Valley Rowing Club's Happy Valley boat house.
Brundage, who worked in internal medicine, was well known throughout the country for his dedication to rowing. He was the team physician for several of the U.S. National teams, including for the 1968 Olympics.
Brundage was a licensed referee and an accomplished coach, Pritchard noted. Brundage assisted the local school teams and coached the youths who rowed during the summer for the Ohio Valley Rowing Club.
The rowing club teams consisted of rowers from all local schools. His teams were successful and won the 1968 Youth Championships in Philadelphia.
Brundage passed away in 1973.
"His passion for rowing along with his dedication and impact on the sport both locally and nationally is something everyone in Parkersburg can be proud of," Pritchard said.
Cummons coached the women's team for the Ohio Valley Rowing Club and rowed for Mountain State College. He became good friends with Brundage.
With Brundage as a mentor, Cummons became an accomplished coach, Pritchard said. He became known nationally by beating the best women's rowing team in Philadelphia, Pritchard said.
"Dave is one of several outstanding rowing coaches that have come out of the Ohio Valley," Pritchard said.
Cummons is working to achieve an indoor rowing record on the Concept 2 Ergometer. Over the past nine years he has rowed more than 17 million meters and needs three million more meters next year to achieve his goal of 20 million meters in 10 years, Pritchard said.
In 1993, the Ohio Valley Rowing Club moved to its present location on the Ohio River at the foot of 19th Street in Parkersburg. The rowing club, along with many volunteers and contributions, has turned the old Parkersburg Water Treatment plant into one of the nicest boat house facilities outside of Philadelphia, Pritchard said.


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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Dr. Sheira Schlair currently serves as an Associate Program Director, Firm 1 Director and Director of Clinical Skills Assessment for the Montefiore Internal Medicine Residency Program. She is a graduate of the eight-year combined BA/MD program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with concentrations in medical education scholarship and the Primary Care Track. She is a graduate and former Chief Resident of the Montefiore Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine residency. In 2009, she achieved an MS (Medical Education) and completed a General Internal Medicine fellowship at New York University School of Medicine where she also served as a teaching attending at Gouverneur and Bellevue Hospitals.
Dr. Schlair is currently leading an initiative to revitalize the residency's clinical observation and feedback program and systematize learner and faculty assessment across clinical teaching sites and the residency's OSCE program. Her research, curricular and program development focuses on the impact of doctor-patient and teacher-student communication and teaching praxis on patient-level outcomes. She teaches, coaches and mentors learners actively at all levels (undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education).
In winter 2015, Dr. Schlair completed the Facilitator-In-Training program sponsored by the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare.
Material in this section is provided by individual faculty members who are solely responsible for its accuracy and content.
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Business Network XING Buys Employer Review Service Kununu
The Germany-based business professionals' network XING, often seen as Europe's equivalent of LinkedIn, has bought the Austria-headquartered employer review service kununu which, in turn, can be seen as a European version of U.S. community Glassdoor. The initial deal is worth €3.6 million ($4.7 million) but the final price could be €9.4 million ($12.2) million depending on kununu's performance over the next two years.
Founded in 2007, Vienna-based kununu lets employees, former employees, trainees and interns rate their jobs, and their company, in various categories such as working environment, promotion opportunities, and salary. The service is meant to provide job-seekers with better insight into how a company operates from the people who actually work there, while companies can use the service to take out a paid employer branding profile on kununu and use it to showcase their business to prospective job applicants…
The company is the leading platform for employer reviews in German-speaking countries with around 3 million page impressions per month.
XING provides a variety of online social networking services for professionals. It functions in a similar way to LinkedIn by offering basic membership for free, but many functions, in particular the ability to easily contact members to whom you are not connected, require the payment of a subscription. There is also, perhaps, more of an emphasis on face-to-face networking with XING than there is through LinkedIn.
Hamburg, Germany-based XING was founded in 2003, has been publicly listed since 2006, and listed on the TecDAX since September 2011. The company previously purchased personalized news aggregation site socialmedian for $7.5 million in December 2008, and bought online event registration and ticketing site Amiando for $13.6 million in December 2010.
XING has more than 12 million members worldwide, with more than 6 million in German-speaking countries alone.
VatorNews: XING, the European LinkedIn, buys kununu for $12.3M


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Health & Parenting
Emotional Troubles for 'Cyberbullies' and Victims
July 6, 2010 -- New research sheds important light on the prevalence, extent, and consequences of "cyberbullying" as well as some of the emotional and physical characteristics of cyberbullies and their victims. Both the cyberbullies and those who they bully online are more likely to report a host of physical and mental problems, according to a new study in the July issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
A relatively new phenomenon, cyberbullying is defined as "an aggressive intentional act carried out by a group or individual using electronic forms of contact repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself," according to the study.
The increase in cyberbullying dovetails with the explosion in the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices by children.
Unlike traditional bullying, which largely relies on physical threats, rumors, and exclusion, cyberbullies can reach larger audiences via social media and other technology, making it difficult for the intended victim to escape their bullies. Cyberbullies can also do so relatively anonymously.
The new study included information on 2,215 Finnish teens aged 13 to 16. Overall, 4.8% of the teens said that they were victimized by cyberbullies, 7.4% admitted to being cyberbullies, and 5.4% said they were both cyberbullies and had been cyberbullied.
Most of the cyberbullying was done via computer instant messages and discussion groups, the study showed. Cyberbullies often harassed peers of the same age. Sixteen percent of girls surveyed said they were bullied by boys, whereas just 5% of boys said they were cyberbullied by girls.
Emotional and Physical Issues
Victims of cyberbullying reported emotional, concentration, and behavioral issues, as well as trouble getting along with their peers. These teens were also more likely to report frequent headaches, recurrent stomach pain, and difficulty sleeping; one in four said they felt unsafe at school. What's more, those teens who were victimized by cyberbullies were less likely to be living with both biological parents, the researchers report.
Cyberbullies also reported emotional difficulties, concentration, and behavior issues and difficulty getting along with others. They were also more likely to be hyperactive, have conduct problems, abuse alcohol, and smoke cigarettes.


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OAKLAND -- A's co-owner Lew Wolff celebrated the final ratification of a 10-year lease extension by shaking hands with local officials and revealing that he has approached an architect to work on designs for a new ballpark adjacent to O.co Coliseum.
Wolff was a surprise guest Wednesday morning at a meeting at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority, which ratified a the lease extension approved last month by city and county politicians.
The lease deal requires Wolff to enter "good faith" discussions about building a new ballpark in Oakland. After several years of trying to move the team south -- first to Fremont and then to San Jose -- Wolff has indicated that he is seriously giving Oakland a second look.
Wolff's statement that he has approached an architecture firm comes less than a month after he wrote that the A's were considering making a monetary offer to take control of the sprawling Coliseum site, which is jointly owned by the city and county. The two entities still owe more than $100 million combined on the land stemming from stadium renovations two decades ago that brought the Raiders back from Los Angeles.
Speaking by phone after Wednesday's lease vote, Wolff said the A's are considering several design ideas but are only in the early stages of evaluating whether a project would be workable.
"What I need is a new venue that is financially feasible," he said. "And we have to do it without a great deal of public assistance. It's not a simple exercise." Wolff also declined to say which architectural firm he has approached to work on stadium designs.
Wednesday's lease vote by the Coliseum board ended several months of contentious negotiations.
Wolff's decision to stop in on the meeting, which took place at the Oracle Arena adjacent to the Coliseum, encouraged local officials that Wolff was ready to put the lease talks behind him.
After the vote, Wolff, Mayor Jean Quan and several members of the City Council signed baseballs and a bat that will be raffled off by local nonprofits.
"It does make me hopeful," said Councilman Larry Reid, who was surprised to see Wolff at the meeting. "I think all of us left with a sense that there is a real possibility that we can keep the A's in Oakland for another 50 years."
Contact Matthew Artz at 510-208-6435.