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In the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide, President of Hart Schaffner Marx Brett Schenck tells us what is on his wish list this season.
There are two items on my must-have list. The first is the Hickey Freeman Sterling Collection quilted vest. The vest is sporty, technical and in style, and I love the suede detail. The nylon is a great shade of charcoal, which is on trend for the Fall 2012 season. It would make any guy happy to receive this gift for the holidays.
Sterling Collection Bradford Vest, $395, available at hickeyfreeman.com
My second most wanted gift item is the Bobby Jones 15 degree fairway wood golf club. The club is offered in Lexus Cream with a red shaft. It is the perfect golf club for 210 to 220 yards. I love this club and think it I highly recommend it for any golfer.
Bobby Jones Fairway Wood, $189, available at bobbyjones.com
Stay tuned for more installments from our Holiday Gift Guide. Happy shopping!

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5-DVD Changer Home Theater System with 4 Audio Inputs
Details http://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/SC-PT1050.html
Features Home Theater System with 5-DVD Changer, 2 Tower Speakers, Wireless Rear Speaker, Wireless Subwoofer, High-Quality Picture & Sound, 1080p Up-Conversion, EZ Sync 8482; HDAVI Control and HDMI Connection, Optical Input, Included Panasonic Universal Dock for iPod 174; Playback & Recharging, Expandable to Multi-Room Wireless Audio with Optional SH-FX85 Wireless Kit
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- System Configuration NTSC
- Output Power - Home Theater Mode (RMS) Total Power: 1200WFront: 250W x 2 (1kHz, 6 ohms, 10% THD)Center: 250W (1kHz, 6 ohms, 10% THD)Surround: 100W x 2 (100Hz, 4 ohms, 10% THD)Subwoofer: 250W (100Hz, 6 ohms, 10% THD)
- Output Power - Home Theater Mode (FTC) Total Power: 472WFront: 104W x 2 (120Hz-20kHz, 6 ohms, 1% THD)Center: 101W (120Hz-20kHz, 6 ohms, 1% THD)Surround: 34W x 2 (120Hz-20kHz, 4 ohms, 1% THD)Subwoofer: 95W (45Hz-120Hz, 6 ohms, 1% THD)
- Center Focus Yes
- Audio D/A Converter No
- Video D/A Converter 108MHz/12-bit
- Remote Control Yes
- Wireless Terminal Yes
- HDMI Terminals Yes
Dolby Digital DecoderYes
DTS DecoderYes
Dolby Pro Logic DecoderYes
- Auto Speaker Setup Yes
- Playback in Multiple Rooms 3 Rooms
- Simple Operation to Host from Client to Model (Play, Stop, Skip, Preset Tuner Up/Down) Yes
- Multi-Room 2-Source Yes
- Runs on iPod® with included Dock Yes (Playback, Recharge)
- XM Ready Yes
- Changer Type 5-Disc Changer
- Digital Outputs Yes (Optical)
- Option Port for Universal Dock for iPod ® Yes
- LAN Terminal No
- Audio Ready Yes
- Rear Wireless Ready Yes, 2-Way Wireless using included Rear Wireless Speaker
- Wireless 2nd Room Audio Ready Yes, when used with optional Panasonic SH-FX85 Wireless 2nd Room Receiver Kit
- 360° Sound Yes
- Surround Enhancer Yes
- H. Bass Sound Yes
- EZ Sync™ HDAVI Control Yes, HDAVI Control II
- Multi-Channel Sound Field No
- Sound Field Control (SFC) No
- Super Surround Sound Yes
- Surround Music Yes
- Double Re-Master Processing No
- FM/AM Digital Synthesizer Tuner Yes
- Energy Star® Qualified Yes
- Mulit-Source HDD Jukebox -
- CD, CD-R/RW to HDD Ripping No
- MP3 and WMA PC Files Transferring to HDD via LAN No
- AUX to HDD Recording No
- Music Shuffle No
- Digital Re-Master No
- Built-in DVD Recorder No
- Recordable Disc Type No
- 5 DVD/CD Changer Yes
Progressive ScanningYes
- Multi-Format Playback (Playable Disc Type) DVD: DVD-Audio, DVD Video, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R/R(DL)/+R/+R(DL)/+RWCD: CD-R/RW, HighMAT (lvl 2), WMA, MP3 and JPEG
- High Definition (1080p) Up-Conversion Yes, using HDMI interface
- Depth Enhancer No
- Dialogue Enhancer Yes
- Cinema Mode Yes
- Variable Zoom Yes
- Monitor Select Yes
- Speakers - Wall-Mounting Holes and Built-In Nuts Yes
- Tall-Boy Speakers Yes
- Magnetically Shielded Speakers Yes
- Front Speaker Configuration (drivers per speaker) 3-way, 3-speaker bass-reflex
- Front Speaker Full Range No
- Front Speaker Woofer 2-1/2" cone type x 2
- Front Speaker Tweeter 2-3/8" cone type
- Center Speaker Configuration (drivers per speaker) 2-way, 2-speaker bass-reflex
- Center Speaker Full Range 2-1/2" Cone Type x 2
- Surround Satellite Speaker Configuration (drivers per speaker) Full Range, bass-reflex
- Surround Satellite Speaker Full Range 2-1/2" Cone Type
- Subwoofer Woofer 6-3/4" Cone Type
- Subwoofer Configuration Bass-reflex
Component Video OutYes
- S-Video Out No
- Composite Video Out 1
- DV Input No
- Music Port Yes, provides simple connection for portable audio players
- Digital Inputs Yes (optical)
- Audio Inputs 4 (Optical/Audio/iPod® Dock/Music Port)
- SD Card Slot No
- Receiver Dimensions (inches, W x H x D) 16-15/16" x 2-15/16" x 16-11/16"
- Receiver Weight (lbs) 1.54
- DVD/CD/BD Dimensions (inches, W x H x D) 16-15/16" x 2-15/16" x 16-11/16"
- DVD/CD/BD Weight (lbs) 11.02 (Approx.)
- Front Speaker Cabinet Dimensions (W x H x D) inches 9-29/32" x 44-7/32" x 9-1/4"
- Front Speaker Weight (lbs) 8.8
- Center Speaker Cabinet Dimensions (inches, W x H x D) 10-5/8" x 3-11/16" x 3-3/4"
- Center Speaker Weight (lbs) 2.9
- Surround Satellite Speaker Cabinet Dimensions (inches, W x H x D) 3-11/16" x 10-23/32" x 3-3/4"
- Surround Satellite Speaker Weight (lbs) 2.4
- Subwoofer Cabinet Dimensions (inches, W x H x D) 5-13/32" x 15-7/8" x 17-9/32"
- Subwoofer Weight (lbs) 14.3
- Color black
- Dimensions (H x W x D) 215/16'' x 1615/16'' x 1611/16''
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If you have a TV, Microwave, Vacuum, or Massage Chair : Click Here to locate an Authorized Servicer in your area.For repairs and exchanges of all other products:Ship your product to:Panasonic Factory Service Center4900 George McVay DriveSuite B; Door-12McAllen, TX 78503 Please include your name, address, telephone number, email address, copy of your purchase receipt (for warranty service), and a description of what is wrong with the unit. Freight collect shipments will not be accepted. Panasonic is not responsible for damage that occurs in transit. All contents should be packaged for safe travel to the service center. Customer should use a reputable small package shipping company that is able to provide a package tracking number and insurance (if customer should so desire to insure their package).Units that are abused, damaged, infested with insects, have corrosion, etc. will be placed out-of-warranty.Once your unit arrives at the facility, you may contact us for status at:Email: email@example.com reference your Service Job number when contacting. You will be contacted if there is any cost you are responsible for.
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Easy Printed Circuit Board Assembly and Testing
By Celine Beck-Oracle on May 07, 2014
Avoiding rework and shipment delays are key goals for Electronics & High-Tech firms, given that production delays and quality errors impact output and time-to-market. Having a means to validate the accuracy of designs during the manufacturing assembly process is priceless.
For example, with AutoVue, Electronics & High-Tech firms can validate that their converted CAM files have been properly generated before sending them out to PCB manufacturers for manufacturing by evaluating them against original ECAD design files. This ensures that the correct product is built and prevents manufacturers from rejecting designs, saving both time and money. Usage of AutoVue's compare feature also enablesElectronics & High-Tech companies to confirm that whatever changes were made to the converted CAM files by the PCB manufacturers, are in accordance with the original design intent.
Once the bare board has been built by suppliers, all the components need to be installed and connected onto the bare board. Developmental and prototype manufacturing facilities can take advantage of AutoVue in order to quickly and visually determine which components should be installed in which locations, and ensure that everything works properly. Rather than relying on long assembly instructions and painful visual searches, AutoVue provides users with a complete list of all components on the board. Clicking on a component highlights its location on the board and vice versa, lettings users easily find components by part number, location, board side, etc. Some customers like Harris Corporation for instance managed to reduce time spent on creating PCB assembly instructions from hours to minutes (watch the video here), and enabled users to find specific components in AutoVue without needing to conduct a long litany of visual searches.
Another benefit of using AutoVue for PCB manufacturing and testing engineering is to speed up board debugging. Test engineers' mission is to validate that the board works fine. If they find problems, they need to cross-reference components between the schematic and the layout to identify where the problem occurred. Using AutoVue and its cross-probing capability, test engineers can easily locate the faulty component on the PCB drawing and instantaneously highlight its location in the schematic. Test engineers can then determine whether the defect impacts other components, identify the root cause of the issue and relay all this feedback in a visual manner to the design team, ensuring rapid resolution and fast new product development cycles.
If you want to find out more about how AutoVue can help streamline the manufacturing and testing engineering processes, you can do so by reading our AutoVue for EHT solution brief and watching our EHT video on Youtube


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LSU rallies to beat Brown
Published: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 12:34 a.m.
BATON ROUGE — Third baseman Christian Ibarra drove in second baseman JaCoby Jones with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night to give No. 4 LSU the 4-3 victory over Brown.
A nicely executed hit-and-run by designated hitter Tyler Moore with the score tied 3-3 put Jones, who led off the ninth with a walk, in scoring position. The runners advanced on a hard-hit ground ball to first by catcher Chris Chinea leading to Ibarra's game-clinching fly ball.
Left-hander Chris Cotton (1-0) was credited with the win after taking the mound in the eighth inning and striking out two in the ninth.
LSU starter Aaron Nola struck out a career-high 11 batters in seven innings of remarkable work while giving up three hits and no earned runs in the no decision.
Brown right-hander Taylor Wright (0-1) suffered the loss, giving up one earned run on one hit and one walk without recording an out.
The Tigers (8-1 overall) faced a 3-2 deficit in the eighth inning, however, LSU evened the score with a sharply hit single to right field from shortstop Alex Bregman.
LSU fell behind 1-0 in the top of the first inning after an error from Ibarra down the third base line allowed Brown outfielder Matt DeRenzi to score.
First baseman Mason Katz gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first with a bases-loaded, two-RBI double to right.
Brown (0-1) bounced back to take a one-run lead in the eighth inning with an RBI-single from right fielder Will Marcal.
Moore finished the game 3-for-5 for the Tigers, marking his second straight three-hit game.
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BERKELEY -- Among the candidates who have emerged to fill two football coaching vacancies at Cal is former Texas defensive coordinator Greg Robinson, who says he isn't inclined to retire at age 62.
A source at Texas told the Austin American-Statesman that Robinson has interviewed with Cal coach Sonny Dykes for the defensive coordinator position that opened when Andy Buh was demoted last week following the program's worst-ever season on defense.
Coachingsearch.com is reporting that one-time USC defensive backs coach Marvin Sanders and recently fired Cincinnati defensive coordinator Art Kaufman also are believed to be on Dykes' short list of candidates.
Dykes has two positions to fill, and needs coaches who can handle defensive tackles and defensive backs, one of whom is likely to be the coordinator.
There are less than three weeks left until the Feb. 5 national signing day for high school recruits, so there is urgency for Dykes to identify for prospects who will be handling his defense.
Robinson, who has served as defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets, had not coached in two years when Texas coach Mack Brown hired him last summer to work as a quality control coach.
Robinson was elevated to defensive coordinator after the Longhorns were blasted 40-21 by BYU on Sept. 7, and he is credited with settling the Texas defense on the way to an 8-4 regular-season record.
Not retained when new Texas coach Charlie Strong named his staff this week, Robinson nonetheless is energized to continue coaching.
"I've got a lot left in my tank, " Robinson told the Austin American Statement on Dec. 28 before the Longhorns played Oregon in the Alamo Bowl. "I really was considering darkening my hair, but my wife won't allow it. I can coach. I've still got a lot of energy left, and I can outrun a lot of younger coaches, too.
"I got at least 10 more years left in me."
Sanders, 46, currently is head coach at Loyola High in Los Angeles. He coached USC's defensive secondary in 2012, but was not kept on staff when former Cal aide Clancy Pendergast took as over the Trojans' coordinator for the 2013 season.
Reached by phone, Sanders said, "I have not had any conversations." He did not say whether he was expecting to talk to Dykes.
A former player at Nebraska, Sanders coached defensive backs at his alma mater in 2003, when the Cornhuskers set a school record with 32 interceptions. He also served as co-defensive coordinator at North Carolina in 2004.
Kaufman, 55, has coached for 29 seasons, including 11 as a defensive coordinator on the Football Bowl Subdivision level. During Cincinnati's 9-4 season in 2013, Kaufman's unit ranked ninth nationally in total defense (315.6 yards per game) and 16th in scoring defense (21.0).
Bearcats coach Tommy Tuberville made changes on his staff on Jan. 4, saying he wanted a greater emphasis on recruiting the Midwest. "The defense played well," he said. "This is more about recruiting."
Kaufman has coached at Texas Tech and Louisiana Tech -- two schools where Dykes spent time -- but the two did not cross paths at either place.


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Conference Bios
Eileen Claussen
Eileen Claussen is the President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and Strategies for the Global Environment. Ms. Claussen is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
Prior to joining the Department of State, Ms. Claussen served for three years as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Global Environmental Affairs at the National Security Council. She has also served as Chairman of the United Nations Multilateral Montreal Protocol Fund.
Ms. Claussen was Director of Atmospheric Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she was responsible for activities related to the depletion of the ozone layer; Title IV of the Clean Air Act; and the EPA's energy efficiency programs, including the Green Lights program and the Energy Star program.
Ms. Claussen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Ecomagination Advisory Board, the Harvard Environmental Economics Program Advisory Panel, and the U.S. Commodity Future Trading Commission's Advisory Committee. She is the recipient of the Department of State's Career Achievement Award and the Distinguished Executive Award for Sustained Extraordinary Accomplishment. She also served as the Timothy Atkeson Scholar in Residence at Yale University.
Mark Vachon
Vice President
Mark Vachon, a 28-year GE veteran and Corporate Officer and member of GE's Corporate Executive Council, leads ecomagination, GE's sustainable business strategy that has invested $5 billion in clean tech research and development and generated $85 billion in revenues through 2010.
Most recently, Mr. Vachon served as President & CEO of GE Healthcare's $9 billion Americas Region, leading commercial activities in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. His responsibilities spanned across all of GE Healthcare's diagnostics, health information technology, and life sciences product and service offerings. As a key leader of GE's healthymagination initiative, Mr. Vachon also focused on strategic engagement of governments and clinicians to lower costs, improve quality, and achieve greater access to healthcare.
Prior to leading the America's Region, Mr. Vachon served as President and CEO of GE Healthcare's $8 billion Global Diagnostic Imaging organization headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin, providing world-class technology in imaging and diagnostics. Since joining GE in 1982, and graduating GE's leadership programs, he has provided leadership in a number of GE's businesses, including the Global Research Center, GE Appliances, GE Plastics - Europe, NBC, and GE's investor relations. In recognition for his contribution to GE, he was appointed a Corporate Officer in 1999.
Mr. Vachon is an active member of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and he serves on the Overseers Board for Northeastern University, Boston, his alma mater.
Judi Greenwald
Vice President of Innovative Solutions
Judi Greenwald oversees the Solutions program, which analyzes and promotes innovative solutions in the major sectors that contribute to climate change, including transportation, electric power, and buildings. Ms. Greenwald focuses on business, state, regional, and federal solutions, as well as technological innovation. She served on the Resource Panel for the northeast Greenhouse Gas Initiative, California Market Advisory Committee, and as a policy advisor to the Western Climate Initiative and the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Accord Advisory Group.
Engelina Jaspers
Vice President, Environmental Sustainability
Engelina Jaspers is responsible for advancing HP's global leadership position in sustainability. Her team develops strategies and initiatives aimed at driving meaningful results for HP, its customers and the environment; manages partnerships with external stakeholders; drives employee education and engagement; and leads the development of HP environmental goals, metrics and strategies.
George Biltz
Corporate Vice President of
George Biltz is corporate vice president of The Dow Chemical Company and vice president, Energy & Climate Change. In this role Mr. Biltz is accountable for delivering Energy business profitability, power production at the 13 Company-operated power plants, as well as steam and utilities and energy service to more than 120 manufacturing facilities globally. In addition, he is accountable for the Company's energy conservation and greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts, including implementation of clean energy solutions at operating sites around the world. Mr. Biltz also leads Dow's global advocacy presence in the areas of climate change and energy public policy.
Andrew Hargadon
Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship Professor
Andrew Hargadon is the author of C2ES report, Business of Innovating: Bringing Low-Carbon Solutions to Market, and of How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate (Harvard Business School Press 2003). Dr. Hargadon's research focuses on the effective management of innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the development and commercialization of sustainable technologies. He has written extensively on knowledge and technology brokering and the role of learning and knowledge management in innovation and has published numerous articles and chapters in leading scholarly and applied publications. His research has been used to develop or guide new innovation programs in organizations as diverse as Hewlett-Packard, Avery Dennison, Clorox, Edmunds.com, Mars, Canadian Health Services, and Silicon Valley start-ups.
Dr. Hargadon received his Ph.D. from the Management Science and Engineering Department in Stanford University's School of Engineering, where he was named Boeing Fellow and Sloan Foundation Future Professor of Manufacturing. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Stanford University's Product Design Program in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Prior to his academic appointment, he worked as a product designer at Apple Computer and taught in the Product Design program at Stanford University.
Jake Jones
Executive Director, External Affairs & Public Policy, North America
Jake Jones leads a team of government affairs professionals representing the interests of Mercedes-Benz, Daimler Trucks, and Daimler Financial Services in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Mr. Jones currently serves on the Executive Committees for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Federal City Council, and the Boards for the Organization for International Investment, German-American Business Council and the Washington Performing Arts Society. Prior to becoming head of the Daimler office, Mr. Jones was the Director of Congressional Affairs for DaimlerChrysler and responsible for coordinating overall legislative strategy, directly leading coverage on tax and benefit-related issues as well as managing the Federal Political Action Committee.
Immediately prior to joining DaimlerChrysler, Mr. Jones was the lead trade and immigration legislative representative for the AFL-CIO. His professional experiences also include tenures as Senior Legislative Assistant to former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, senior legislative analyst at the CMS Office of Legislation and Policy, and budget analyst at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Mr. Jones holds a Masters' Degree from the Heinz School of Public Policy Management at Carnegie-Mellon University, is a Member of the Economic Club and National Academy for Social Insurance, former Board Member of Bright Beginnings Inc., and currently Chair of the Council for the Palisades Community Church. Mr. Jones is married (Veronica) with two daughters (Savannah, Delaney).
Clay G. Nesler
Vice President, Global Energy and Sustainability
Robert G. Hilton
Vice President, Power Technologies for Government Affairs
Today, Mr. Hilton is responsible for providing technical guidance on regulatory and legislative issues for Alstom and providing testimony to committees supporting Alstom's positions. He represents the Company in technical organizations, work groups and industry associations to process the Company's regulatory agenda and interfaces with state and federal officials to provide information on key issues. Additionally, Mr. Hilton provides guidance and input to the strategic and operational planning of the Alstom U.S. business with regards to regulatory issues.
Mr. Hilton has been in the air pollution control field for more than 30 years. His specialty is air pollution and the related issues of water and waste management. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, a MBA in Finance, from Drexel University, Philadelphia and is past president and a member of the Board of Directors, Institute of Clean Air Companies. He is also the inventor of 15 U.S. and foreign patents and applications and has authored numerous technical publications.
Kurt Kuehn
Chief Financial Officer
Kurt Kuehn, UPS's Chief Financial Officer, has been on the front lines of UPS's transformation from a private U.S.-focused small package delivery company to one of the world's largest publicly-traded logistics companies with more than 400,000 employees. Today, he is responsible for all activities related to accounting, finance, auditing, financial planning, taxes and treasury. He also is the liaison to the investor, finance and analyst community. Kuehn is a member of the UPS Management Committee, a group of the company's most senior executives who are responsible for the day-to-day management of the company.
Erika Guerra
Director, Government Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility
Erika Guerra is Director of Government Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility for Holcim (US). In her role, she is responsible for leading and coordinating the company's public policy advocacy efforts at the federal and state levels. Ms. Guerra also develops and executes the corporate sustainable development strategy through consultation with key internal and external stakeholders. This includes the facilitation of various programs geared toward employee education and community outreach around Holcim (US) operations.
Nick Kirkhorn
Director, Government Relations Corporate
Bruce Schlein
Director, Corporate Sustainability
Bruce Schlein joined Citi in 2006 to identify and develop solutions for emerging environmental issues and opportunities, with a focus on climate change and clean energy. Previously, he worked as a sustainability specialist for Bechtel in China and Romania, and in international development for Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services in Bosnia and the Peace Corps in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Schlein is a graduate of Cornell and Johns Hopkins SAIS where he teaches Corporate Social Responsibility.
Ned Harvey
Chief Operating Officer/VP Finance and Solar Program Director
Before founding Cistern, Mr. Harvey was the president of startup firm Simplicity Energy Farms, an advisory and development company working with ranchers and rural communities to develop their renewable energy resources. Preceding Simplicity, Mr. Harvey was a 10-year executive at Parson Consulting, a management consulting firm specializing in corporate finance and accounting. Mr. Harvey spent eight years as an officer in the United States Navy, serving aboard nuclear submarines and in the Tomahawk cruise missile program office.
Mack McFarland
DuPont Environmental Fellow
Arun Banskota
President, NRG Electric Vehicle Services
Arun Banskota leads NRG Energy's Electric Vehicle Services business and is a Senior Vice President of NRG Energy. Previously, Mr. Banskota was responsible for the NRG Texas Region's generation business, with over 11,000 MW of generation assets and $1.2 billion in earnings. Mr. Banskota has more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector, focused on developing, financing, and managing both conventional and renewable power projects around the world. As the Managing Director of Global Power, the power generation business unit of El Paso Corporation, he was responsible for 32 power plants in 14 countries with a generation capacity of 6,500 gross megawatts. As Vice President of project development for OptiSolar (acquired by First Solar), Mr. Banskota successfully built a backlog of solar projects totaling more than 1,500 megawatts. He was also a Partner at International Resources Group, an international management consulting firm. Mr. Banskota holds an MA from the University of Denver and earned his MBA from the University of Chicago.
Maro Imirzian
Vice President, Finance
Maro Imirzian is Vice President, Finance and an officer of Catchlight Energy LLC, a joint venture between Chevron Corporation and Weyerhaeuser Company. Catchlight Energy was formed to commercialize production of liquid transportation fuels from sustainable forest based resources. As a member of the leadership team, Ms. Imirzian has built innovative approaches in collaboration and partnerships to meet the challenges of developing alternative energy solutions. Ms. Imirzian has led finance and administrative aspects of the joint venture since its formation in 2008.
Ms. Imirzian has more than 20 years of experience in natural resource related businesses and sustainability. Prior to assuming her Catchlight Energy responsibilities, she worked at Weyerhaeuser Company in senior business and corporate level roles in investment analysis, mergers and acquisitions, containerboard packaging, and corporate finance. She has led transformational initiatives in joint venture management and enterprise process development and support. Before joining Weyerhaeuser Ms. Imirzian was a management consultant and a forest manager.
Ms. Imirzian has a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Michigan State University and an MBA from Cornell University.
Melisa Johns
Managing Director, Joint Technology Development
Melisa Johns is managing director of Joint Technology Development in the Emerging Technology group for Duke Energy. She is responsible for the development and execution of the strategy for technology assessment and development. She is also responsible for overseeing Duke Energy's technology demonstration projects, which provide lessons learned regarding the technology application, operational implications, and technology transfer within the business.
Previously, Ms. Johns served as Director of Wholesale Origination responsible for leading the wholesale origination team in the execution of long-term sales contracts from the regulated generation portfolios of Duke Energy Carolinas and Indiana and for the procurement of supply side resources for Duke Energy. Ms. Johns has operational experience in system, planning, and operating, and power delivery as well as experience in regulatory affairs and business planning.
She earned a Bachelors of Science degree and a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University. She has also completed the Strategic Leadership Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Duke Energy, one of the largest power companies in the United States, supplies and delivers electricity to approximately 4 million customers in the Carolinas and the Midwest. The company also distributes natural gas in Ohio and Kentucky. Its commercial power and international businesses operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including a growing renewable energy portfolio. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK.
Hilary McMahon
Director of Research
Ms. McMahon received her degree in Politics and French from the University College Dublin, Ireland, and her Masters in Politics from the College of Europe in Brugge, Belgium. Ms. McMahon also studied Chinese Politics for a year in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Kevin B. Kramer
President, Growth Initiatives
Kevin Kramer was named to the newly created position of President, Growth Initiatives for Alcoa in June 2009. In this role, he is responsible for supporting commercialization strategies for organic growth, and identifying and developing new applications that respond to market trends and customers' needs. In addition, Mr. Kramer supports the development and execution of global marketing programs for aluminum applications across existing and new markets. As part of this assignment, he will oversee the Alcoa Market Sector Teams. Mr. Kramer serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Aluminum Association based in Washington, D.C., and is on the Communications and Promotions Committee for the International Aluminum Institute based in London, England.
Cathy Snyder
Vice President, Energy & Environment
Cathy Snyder serves as the Vice President for Energy & Environment for Lockheed Martin Washington Operations. Ms. Snyder supports government relations for strategic business initiatives across the company in the energy generation, efficiency, distribution and technology markets, as well as environmental management and sustainability businesses. She develops and maintains relationships with key senior executive branch officials, industry executives, state, local, and international governments on behalf of Lockheed Martin. Ms. Snyder's responsibilities include monitoring, assessing, developing and implementing plans for influencing federal public policy around energy and environmental market issues that affect Lockheed Martin's existing and future business.
John Huffaker
Vice President, International Business Development
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SAN JOSE -- With a month to go in 2012, San Jose has reached an unenviable milestone. A young man's shooting death late Friday night brought this year's homicide tally to 43 -- matching a two-decade high.
Amid the rising death toll, police renewed their criticism of Mayor Chuck Reed's belt-tightening, which has helped lead to the city's most thinly staffed police force in decades.
"The officers are just incredibly frustrated," said Sgt. Jim Unland, president of the San Jose Police Officers' Association. "You've got homicide investigators sleeping in the unit, working 40 hours straight."
Reed, who on Saturday was in Washington, D.C., after meeting with congressional and White House officials about pension reform and other fiscal matters, said he shared the union's desire to beef up the force. At the same time, he noted that union officials have sued to block Measure B, the pension-reduction measure San Jose voters overwhelmingly backed in June.
Reed called pension changes, along with a 10 percent pay cut officers and other city workers agreed to take last year, bitter medicine "to save the city from insolvency."
San Jose has long been lauded as one of the safest big cities in America. While it's still considered relatively safe, last year the city suffered through a dramatic spike in homicides, mirroring a Bay Area trend.
Driven by domestic-violence slayings and rising gang violence, San Jose saw 41 killings in 2011, double the previous year's tally. And 2012 has been even more troubling for a community not accustomed to such recurring violence.
According to police, Friday night's victim was shot about 11:33 p.m. on the 900 block of Pacific Avenue, near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and West San Carlos Street.
Police said preliminary indications are that he was 17 years old and that the killing was gang-related. Officials at the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office said police had asked that the victim's identity -- and any details of his death -- not be released.
Police Sgt. Jason Dwyer offered a sparse account, saying that "a suspect or suspects approached the victim and shot him." The unknown assailants fled, and the teen was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dwyer added that a motive is not yet known for the shooting, which occurred on a residential street. He said the killing marked the city's 16th gang-related homicide of 2012; there were 18 last year.
Reed's critics say his relentless focus on the city's fast-rising personnel costs have demoralized public safety workers and others in City Hall.
The number of sworn officers has shrunk from about 1,400 in 2008 to roughly 1,050, owing to a combination of layoffs, early retirements and departures for better-paying jobs. San Jose's force is authorized to have about 50 more police officers, but the department has been hard-pressed to fill the spots; 44 cadets are now attending the department's first academy in nearly three years, but they're not expected be on the street until July at the earliest.
And Unland said fed-up officers are leaving faster than the city can bring in new ones.
"Even if they rolled back the pay cuts and Measure B tomorrow, the damage is done," said Unland, a 24-year veteran of the force. Still, he said the union is fighting the ballot measure in court because attorneys he's consulted believe it's illegal.
Unland also noted that budget battles led Chief Chris Moore to announce his retirement next month after less than two years on the job.
Reed said the city has "increased the Police Department budget by nearly $100 million" over the last decade. Yet head count has continued to shrink because pension and other costs have made each officer more expensive.
Reed says he'll use the savings from Measure B to hire more police officers next year. On the other hand, he said, "If the size of the Police Department affected the rate of homicides, San Francisco would have less homicide than we do."
An 11-day period in August helped push San Jose toward the record, with eight slayings marking one of the bloodiest stretches in the city's history.
Meanwhile, property crimes such as burglaries and auto thefts have spiked, with stretched police acknowledging that they've had to give such crimes lower priority.
"When we have a department that no longer has a burglary unit, that sends a message to crooks," said San Jose Councilman Xavier Campos, part of the council's shrinking pro-labor wing.
While Reed and his allies cast the city's fiscal straits as a choice between adding police officers or cutting libraries and community centers, Campos said the city could have afforded both had the council voted in August to put a sales-tax measure on the ballot.
That vote deadlocked amid concern a tax hike could hurt the local economy.
Unland, for his part, said he's given up on City Hall for now.
"Maybe there's something we can do with the new mayor," he said. "Right now, it's court for the next two years."
Staff writers Eric Kurhi and Robert Salonga contributed to this report. Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638.
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by Chris Jennings
Most magazines and television shows provide in-depth tutorials and images of large decoy spreads tossed into big, open water or large marshes. Granted, in a perfect world, all avid waterfowl hunters would have thousands of acres of flooded timber or marsh to hunt; unfortunately, very few have that opportunity. The good news is the sometimes-overlooked small-water honey holes can produce great hunts across the country, from Florida to Washington state, for those willing to put in the effort, time scouting, and taking the bad days with the good.
When choosing an area littered with small ponds, such as the reclaimed mine property I used to hunt frequently in southern Indiana, scouting will improve your success. Unlike large bodies of water, which will hold ducks and geese on a regular basis throughout the season, migrating birds will pick and choose small ponds and then change their minds very quickly. There is usually something that attracts new birds to these smaller ponds throughout the season, whether it's a food source, a gradually sloping mud bank or lack of pressure. Only the ducks know what makes one pond more attractive than another.
The problem hunters face when scouting small ponds is that seeing a pond covered in ducks in the evening often means they will be using another pond or field to feed in the morning.
"I have had great success hunting small ponds between 8 a.m. and noon, and similarly from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.," says DU Media Relations Biologist Mike Checkett. "In the mornings, birds often return to small ponds for a drink after field feeding then move to a larger body of water to loaf for the day. Similarly, I have had great success in the afternoon as birds leave larger loafing areas to hit a small pond before heading back out to feed. Again, scouting and patterning birds is the key."
Checkett also mentions that while you may not see large numbers of birds, the opportunity to get those birds to decoy increases. There is a reason these birds are moving away from the large migrating flocks. It may be to get away from other birds, or later in the season, the pairing of some species may result in a tendency to drift away from larger flocks.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
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I've come across quite the "queen scene" at our local library, but not all of the queens wear crowns.
Throughout the entire 2012 year, Queen Elizabeth II has been celebrating her Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years since her accession to the throne. (To put that in perspective, Winston Churchill was her first prime minister.) The Debrett volume entitled "The Queen: The Diamond Jubilee" documents her childhood, marriage and family life as well as her 60-year reign as the Queen of England. While maybe not quite as spicy as Philippa Gregory's "The Other Boleyn Girl," the photos and text offer an informative glimpse into the intriguing world of England's monarchy.
For the celluloid crowd, Helen Mirren won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 film, "The Queen," which is set during the days after Princess Diana's death. Prime Minister Tony Blair, played by Michael Sheen, intervenes to advise the Queen on how she might better deal with the death of "the people's princess."
If you think Queen Elizabeth had problems, then wait until you see "Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?", a documentary that reveals the catastrophic disappearance of bees due to colony collapse disorder. A bee's main job is to pollinate flowers and crops so they reproduce, right? But due to pesticides, artificial breeding and some industrial beekeeping practices that will drop your jaw, the bees are disappearing. Hopefully a solution to this crisis will be discovered before it's too late.
Speaking of queen bees, as the mother of a middle schooler, I was enlightened by the book, "Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence" by Rosalind Wiseman. I think we all remember too well our own middle school years: trying to fit in, exploring who you are and who you want to be and trying to stay focused in class when your crush is seated next to you. Wiseman has worked with girls of this age for many years and offers insightful suggestions on helping daughters make smart choices that set the stage for healthy relationships as they grow older.
As I think back to my school days, one of the biggest bands was Queen. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was and still is one of my favorite songs. "Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury" by Lesley Ann Jones describes in detail the too-short life of this brilliant, talented musician who was the lead singer of Queen. RIP, Freddie.
For these titles and more of the "queen scene," check out your Summit County Library. The Main Branch is in Frisco, the North Branch in Silverthorne and the South Branch in Breckenridge. Moreover, you can visit the library's web site at www.summitcountylibraries.org, where you can also request books and other items from Front Range and Western Slope libraries via Marmot and Prospector respectively.


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VAIL - The sidecountry skiing arena of East Vail was once a secret powder stash for area powder hounds as recently as 10 to 15 years ago, but the allure of powder and backcountry terrain has made the dangers in East Vail a reality for a much larger group of people - a group that continues to grow year after year.
There were at least three avalanches in East Vail this week alone - three that the Colorado Avalanche Information Center knows about, all in Mushroom Bowl, and several more that regular East Vail skiers and snowboarders know about, too.
Scott Toepfer, a forecaster at the avalanche center, knows the dangers that lurk in East Vail and knows the results of avalanches back there will inevitably involve deaths. This week, skiers were lucky - if you can consider broken ribs, a broken femur and collapsed lungs lucky.
"East Vail is one of those places; it's inevitably a place where multiple fatalities (will occur) - it's high on our list of where this is going to happen," Toepfer said.
East Vail is such a concern because it is a true backcountry experience, yet it's practically served by the chairlifts at Vail Mountain. A short hike to the east of Vail's boundaries and skiers and snowboarders - many of whom show up unprepared and uneducated - can find deep snow and steep terrain. Many live for it - and some also will die for it.
The snowpack around the entire state of Colorado has proved to be one of the most dangerous in recent memory. The snow that fell early in the season, followed by a period of little to no snowfall, became rotten or "sugary." The result is a weak foundation for the snowpack that has sometimes even fooled expert backcountry skiers.
One East Vail skier who has been a regular there for more than 15 years said it's simply a bad year. He did not want to be identified for this article but is a savvy backcountry skier.
"It's the worst it's ever been," he said. "Guys who have been doing it 20 to 30 years are seeing stuff that contradicts, that goes against everything you thought you knew. Don't trust anything."
Around mid-January is when the avalanche cycles started really picking up because of storms that dropped enough snow to stress the weak snowpack. That's when Toepfer said avalanche danger really started to ramp up.
And because the weak underlayers are so widespread, the avalanche danger has become a big problem across all of Colorado, not just a few concentrated areas, he said.
"I probably see it getting worse before it gets better," Toepfer said. "Going into Monday it gets windy, which will exacerbate the problem."
The human element is what Toepfer said makes this year so tough. Everyone remembers how incredible last winter's snow was, even though last winter brought dangerous avalanche conditions, he said. But with the light snowfall this winter, people are "bummed without that fix again."
"(When the snow) comes back, it's pretty hard to put the breaks on," Toepfer said. "But there are a lot of things you can do to minimize your risk."
Toepfer said he's not in the business of telling people whether they should or shouldn't go into the backcountry, but he is in the business of putting out information that helps people make informed decisions. He wants people to just reduce their risks of danger.
"If you just aren't comfortable or able, then it's probably time to back off a little bit," Toepfer said. "Given what's been going on around the Vail area, it's time to probably practice a little restraint."
But for guys like Martin Schmidt, who has been skiing East Vail regularly for 14 years and recently started a website about the conditions there called Eastvailinstitute.com, said there is definitely an advantage of being out there every day and seeing the changing conditions first-hand. He also calls being out there, knowing the dangers that exist, a personal choice.
"Experience doesn't guarantee anything," Schmidt said. "I've definitely had some close calls, have put myself in (dangerous) situations. ... I don't want to encourage anyone to go out there."
Toepfer said people have to be educated, prepared, have the right tools and know how to use them. People also need to partner up, and choose their partners wisely. Safety is especially an issue in East Vail, a place that is so accessible for so many people, because with such high numbers of skiers and snowboarders heading back there, there are bound to be people who make conditions more dangerous for others.
"Even the people who are prepared are put at risk by the unprepared people," Toepfer said. "Everyone knows about East Vail - it can be as good as it gets, but it can also be as deadly as it gets."
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by Molly Saunders, Digital (Craft) Bear
You've probably heard about the duct tape craft craze sweeping the nation (I know, I know, I just had to use that phrase, been saving it for years.) These are virtually indestructible crafts and these flower pens can be great gifts for teachers or for adding some pizazz to a world filled with gray. See how easy they are to make!
Supplies for flowers:
Two rolls of duct tape (1 for flower and 1 for stem/leaves) or 1 roll and 1 sheet (I used a sheet because I couldn't find the color I wanted in a roll)
One leftover ball point pen (mine has a lid but that's not necessary)
Exacto knife/scissors (exacto knife is optional if you have small children around, but I found it much easier to use than scissors)
Self-healing cutting surface/ruler (cutting surface is again, optional, but I found it much easier and faster than scissors and a ruler.)
1. Cut a 4 in strip of duct tape just wide enough to cover the pen (mine was about 1.5 in), then wrap it around the pen to make the stem of the flower. (I also left room at the end for the cap to go back on without pushing up the tape, but this is completely optional.)
2. Cut as many 8 in strips of the second color as you can fit on your work surface. Cut them into 2 in pieces.
3. To make the petals, fold down the corners of the duct tape pieces to make something resembling a house.
Then start wrapping the pieces around the pen, building on them to make them look like petals of a flower.
4. Continue to build on the petals, adding as many as you wish until the flower is the size you want it to be.
*I found it easiest to cut a bunch of 2 in pieces and to have some petals ready so I could be more efficient.
5. Once your flower is as big as you want it, cut a small piece of the stem/leaf color to cover the jagged bottom of the pink. You can also make cut little leaves if you want, but I kept mine clean for writing purposes.
Once you are finished, your writing block might magically disappear! These make great gifts and once the pieces of tape are cut they are a perfect craft for kids. What have you made with duct tape? Let me know if you like this craft and I'll share more like it!


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Attention Walmart shoppers: Gator at door
6-foot reptile scared away; no one harmed
Published: Monday, October 21, 2013 at 7:38 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 21, 2013 at 7:38 a.m.
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — A 6-foot alligator made an unwelcome appearance at the front door of a central Florida Walmart.
The incident happened Sunday morning in Apopka, outside Orlando. The gator stopped in the entryway, causing the automatic doors to open and close until employees locked them.
Orlando television station WKMG (http://hrld.us/1b5psYE) reports Apopka police officers tried to lure the gator away as customers gathered to watch and take pictures.
The gator took off toward the nearby woods. Officers searched the area but couldn't find it.
No one was injured.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Junior guard John Jordan of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team has been named Preseason First Team All-Southland Conference, it was announced today. Jordan finished second in the league with 5.5 assists per game and 13th with 12.8 points per game a year ago.
"I don't think it's any secret to our fans how highly we think of John and his ability," head coach Willis Wilson said, "but to have him recognized by the coaches within the league is a great honor. If what we're seeing in the preseason translates over to the regular season, it's going to be a great season for him. He's just a special basketball player."
Jordan broke his own school record with 159 assists on the season, besting his record mark last year by 21. He averaged 12.8 points per game, 12th in the Southland, and also grabbed 4.8 rebounds per game, second on the Islanders. Only three players in the nation had better numbers than Jordan in points, rebounds and assists.
The Houston native had three double-doubles, matching the school record with 11 assists in a double-double at Lamar, and adding double-doubles with rebounds and points against Southeastern Louisiana and Sam Houston State. He had a career-high 24 points at Southeastern. He also set a school record with his 1,060 minutes played on the season.
Through just two seasons, he is on the verge of making his mark in the career record book as well. He is only 196 assists away from Brian Evans' career mark of 493 and will move into the top two with his 54th assist this season. He is also on pace to enter the Islanders' top 10 in minutes, points, field goals made, free throws made, rebounds and steals in 2013-14.
The Preseason All-Southland Teams are voted on by the conference's 14 head coaches. The Southland preseason polls will be published next week.
For all the latest on Islanders Men's Basketball, be sure to follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersMBB) and like the team's official Facebook page (Islanders Mens Basketball).


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By Garon Cockrell
Michael Caine versus Pirates. What else do you need me to say about it?<>>
The Island
The Film:<>>
The Island is a movie that has been in my mind for years andyears. I remember seeing it on the videostore shelves when I was a kid browsing the horror section even though I knewmy mom would not rent me any of the films.It has an almost iconic cover that I never forgot and this is the firsttime I�ve had the chance to see it. <>>
Michael Caine plays a reporter who investigates a series ofmissing persons in the Caribbean. Hedrags his son along to after promising to take him to Disneyworld. Spoiler:They don�t make it. Instead theyfly to an island in the Caribbean where Michael Caine investigates and they getkidnapped by pirates. Honest-to-goodness,straight-out-of-the-17th-century, no-idea-modern-life-exists pirates.<>>
Here�s the weird thing about The Island. It�s not a horror movie. Sure it has some gore but that doesn�t makefor a horror movie. It feels more like adark adventure movie or even a drama.There are no scares and it doesn�t even make an attempt to bescary. It�s just a weird situation wherethis group of people have lived as pirates and by pirate code for centuries andfair warning, they talk like it and it�s very hard to understand them most ofthe time.<>>
If you are looking for a horror movie, don�t look here.<>>
The Disc:
This is a barebones release as far as Scream Factoryreleases go. Short on features meansthe movie has to stand on its own. Ofcourse we have a great transfer but I think people coming to this expecting ahorror film are going to be disappointed.
Still, as far as the disc is concerned, it really does lookgreat. The beautiful scenery iswonderfully displayed with sharp colors and a really crisp picture.<>>
The Features:
The Specs:
1080p High-Definition Widescreen (2.35:1) DTS HD Master Audio 2.0 English-only Audio & Subtitles. Original Release: 1980 Runtime: 109 minutes Rated R<>>
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) (DVD) Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0<>>
Final Grades:
Story: B / Therearen�t many murderous pirate films out there and The Island is a pretty goodone.
Presentation: B /Great picture but feature light.
Scare Factor: D / Noscares because despite being categorized as one this is not a horror movie.
Gore Factor: B / Ithink the murders are why this is called a horror film. They�re not overly gory or scary but they arethere.
Repeat view-ability:B / Michael Caine is great as usual and that and the unique pirateelement might be enough for multiple viewings.Add The Island to your collection, click HERE!<>>


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Facebook seems to be the new place for announcing a relationship, contacting an old schoolmate, and sometimes – fighting with friends. Recently a woman sent hurtful and combative messages to another woman. In retaliation, the other woman formed a fake Facebook profile page characterizing her adversary as a bad person and posting fake embarrassing photos. This battle went on for months until one of the women was referred to The Long Island Dispute Resolution Center. Although hesitant at first, both parties agreed to try mediation. In the end, an agreement was reached and signed by the parties. The women agreed to contact one another directly if something else should arise, rather than lashing out in a public forum. Both women were extremely pleased with the mediation process.
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The inscription on the plaque reads as follows:
Your gift of time and your expression of charity are integral to the development of our youth. With great respect, and many thanks and blessings, The officers of the ABGS Middle School Law Club are honored to present this appreciation plaque to you, Gregg Scheiner on June 18, 2014.


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Drug-induced lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disorder that is brought on by a reaction to a medicine.
Lupus - drug induced
Drug-induced lupus erythematosus is similar to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It is an autoimmune disorder. This means your body attacks healthy tissue by mistake. It is caused by an overreaction to a medicine.
The most common medicines known to cause drug-induced lupus are:
Other less common drugs may also cause the condition. These may include:
Symptoms tend to occur after taking the drug for at least 3 to 6 months.
The health care provider will do a physical exam and listen to your chest with a stethoscope. The doctor may hear a sound called a heart friction rub or pleural friction rub.
A skin exam shows a rash.
Joints may be swollen and tender.
Tests that may be done include:
A chest x-ray may show signs of pleuritis or pericarditis (inflammation around the lining of the lung or heart). An ECG may show that the heart is affected.
Most of the time, symptoms go away within several days to weeks after stopping the medication that caused the condition.
Treatment may include:
If the condition is affecting your heart, kidney, or nervous system, your doctor may prescribe high doses of corticosteroids (prednisone, methylprednisolone) and immune system suppressants (azathioprine or cyclophosphamide). This is rare.
Guard against too much sun exposure when the disease is active by wearing clothing and sunglasses and using sunscreen.
Most of the time, drug-induced lupus erythematosus is as severe as SLE. The symptoms often go away within a few days to weeks after stopping the medicine you were taking.
Avoid taking the drug that caused the reaction in future. Symptoms are likely to return if you do so. Get regular eye exams to detect any complications early.
Call your health care provider if:
Watch for signs of a reaction if you are taking any of the drugs that can cause this problem.
Wright B, Bharadwaj S, Abelson A. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. In: Carey WD, ed. Cleveland Clinic: Current Clinical Medicine 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 13.


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7. Education brainstorming
Cindy shared how seminars on teaching technique greatly helped her manage her classes. She runs an end-user training company that caters to children and adults. This is how her new hires learn how to teach:
- Take a course even if you already know the content. You need to learn about technique.
- Practice and play around with the product until you feel comfortable with it.
- Practice teaching the subject to your teacher, who can give you feedback on unclear or incorrect things.
We all think that teachers have to spend a lot of time walking around, keeping an eye on students' progress and making sure everyone can keep up. =)
Cindy also shared with us her thoughts on the need for good textbooks, and the abysmally low pay for writing such!
By asking questions, Roy helped me narrow down what I want to do. We came up with something along the lines of:
- Find out who my market is and what they need. I'd like to focus first on finding highly-motivated teachers in private technical/vocational schools and colleges. I want to find out what they need.
- ...
- Profit! ;)
Heh. Well, must figure that out sometime.
That isn't the only way, though. Dominique told me about Positive(?), an initiative to help improve computer science education in colleges. (Whee! I'll just piggyback on that.) Charo told me about Voice of America(?) and that one can actually do quite a lot without major financial backing.
Anyway, here are the main insights:
- I might be able to turn this into a business. A business means I might be able to attract other people to get into it.
- I might also be able to get this funded by philanthropists. To do that, I need a good program.
- I can start small. Let's change my corner of the world first.
- Motivation is key. We spent a bit of time talking about how to deal with closed-minded people and people who don't want to share their knowledge. I'm in favor of going after people who don't need to be persuaded to share their knowledge. I want to find people who can't help but teach.
- Mentoring is very important, but most teachers are on their own in classrooms. Waah. Maybe there should be something like Toastmasters, but for teachers... ;)
6. EClass
5. Using puzzles in teaching algorithms
These ideas are perfect for CS110! I can't wait to discuss the general algorithm strategies in terms of real-life puzzles.
4. Guiding students through programming puzzles: value and examples of Java game assignments
The paper describes three puzzles. Students are expected to code programs that try to find solutions to these puzzles. Hmmm... I think that's a bit too advanced for CS21, but I should be able to structure some exercises like higher/lower, rock-paper-scissors and tic-tac-toe for simple AI.
3. Applying learning style theory to college education
2. Puzzles and games: addressing different learning styles in teaching operating systems concepts
Lots of ideas for teaching operating systems. I remember the crosswords from CS161 and I intend to have crossword and find-and-match exercises. (Should go through the word puzzle book) The paper described a process state transition game and a battlethreads game. The Battlethreads game looks like a good way to emphasize the difference between processes and threads. The process state transition game looks a bit complex and the paper has some cautionary notes.
I'd like to learn under these teachers.
_Very_ interesting citations.
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1. Discovery Learning in Introductory Operating System Courses
Although we probably won't have computers during class sessions - this is, after all the IBM Room, and we'll probably have a sucky projector too - students might be able to do programming exercises in order to understand operating systems concepts. Students will need Knoppix or another Linux distribution; if I have them install it early, then they can get a quick introduction to C and system calls.
Could this be a potential overlap with systems programming? OS is supposed to prepare them for that anyway. Who knows, they might even replace parts of the OS in their systems programming course. We discussed pairing the operating systems course with the systems programming course during the curriculum review, so it's probably not a bad idea.
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ID005: Physical sorting with diskettes
ID004: Secret pen pals
ID003: Whole-class bubble sort (given input)
Mario Carreon suggested a better idea. Written as ID004.
After this exercise, students should be able to
- perform array assignments and trace their output - explain bubble sort in terms of English and pseudocode
- For the whole class: a presentation with code to set each element in the array - For each student: one small piece of paper or flashcard - Two balls or other brightly colored tokens to designate i and j
The teacher introduces the exercise and outlines the objectives.
Array initialization
The teacher then flashes the array initialization code briefly on the screen. This can be treated as a 1 point quiz or bonus.<blockquote> Now we're going to check if everyone has been initialized correctly. This token represents i. If i is 0, then it should be held by the person corresponding to that number. This is the loop we'll use to print out all the elements in the array.</blockquote>
for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) { System.out.println(names[i]); }
The teacher will highlight int i = 0.<blockquote> i starts out at 0. Who will hold it? </blockquote>
The teacher will highlight the condition.<blockquote> What is the value of names.length? Is i less than it? </blockquote>
The teacher will highlight the statement<blockquote> When you're asked to print something, just shout your word. </blockquote>
and cue the student. After that, the teacher will highlight i++ and coach the students until they finish the exercise. If some people made a mistake, the teacher should skip back to that slide and sort it out.
Now comes the tricky part - sorting...
for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < names.length - 1; j++) { if (names[j].compareTo(names[j + 1]) > 0) { String temp = names[j]; names[j] = names[j + 1]; names[j + 1] = temp; } } }
ID002: Debugging by the light of pseudocode
Teaching objectives:
- Demonstrate the usefulness of pseudocode. - Develop debugging skills - comparing pseudocode with Java code.
- carefully reading code
- identifying errors
- fixing errors - Develop pseudocode->Java->pseudocode translation skills - Develop ability to guess the - Introduce a new concept by demonstrating it in a program - Highlight areas for review and provide self-checking homework
I prepared one program to demonstrate action listeners. I included pseudocode for practically every line of code. Their exercise was to match the pseudocode comments to the Java code (which included some new things, like events). They did that by copying and pasting the comment to the line before the code. Students who finished early were encouraged to delete and rewrite lines in the program.
After everyone finished, we worked on the second Java file (closed notes, ~10 minutes). This had exactly the same pseudocode as the first one, but the Java code had many errors. Again, their task was to match the pseudocode to the Java code by copying and pasting the comments. In the process, they discovered a number of errors that they tagged by prepending FIXME to the pseudocode comment. I reminded the students to postpone fixing the errors until after they'd identified all they could, as they might spend too much time trying to fix one error. After they identified all the errors they could, they went back and started fixing the errors, changing FIXME to FIXED in the process.
- http://sacha.sachachua.com/cs21a/exercises/AddJApplet/AddJApplet.java - http://sacha.sachachua.com/cs21a/exercises/AddJApplet/BrokenAddJApplet.java
Out of 14 entries: 126 answers total, 44 fixed, 33 fixme, 83 missed. 2 hours to review and comment on each submission. Feedback mailed the same day with strong suggestions to review and find missing entries.
- I still need to measure how well it has sunk in. I think it will
show up in their <nop>BuyAndSellJApplet projects. If all of the students in the class get their buttons to work, it could mean any of the following:
- Events are an easy topic to teach
- My students are brilliant.
- They figured out events from the exercise even if I never formally discussed it in class.
Things to improve:
- Clearer, _shorter_ instructions. I write too much.
- Use this earlier in the sem instead of in the last two weeks of class! ;)
- Must learn how to measure effect of module. Oops. Should have
pretested to check how many people knew about events, then compared that with the number of people who finished the exercise.
Variations / other ideas:
- You can add a few steps between the correct program and the broken program:
jumbled pseudocode, correct program correct pseudocode, jumbled program jumbled pseudocode, jumbled program
- Make a scavenger hunt. Provide a large but correct program and a list of
pseudocode snippets.
- Make a scavenger hunt. Provide buggy source code and a list of
different types of errors.
- Make this a group contest. Then again, high achievers will
dominate the activity if it's competitive.
ID001: Me, me! --- inheritance, OOP
Teaching objectives:
- Help students internalize objects, inheritance, encapsulation, and cohesion
- Each class has an identity (a reason for existence!)
- The methods and attributes the class has must fit with its identity
- Superclasses have the common code for the subclasses
A lively discussion will ensue as to which class a method belongs to.
The teacher starts out by talking about objects. (Objects have an identity.) The teacher can give an example by describing the role of a class and asking students to guess what that class is.
The next rounds can involve the teacher calling out any of the following:
- a role: The class that fulfills that role should shout "Me!" and
raise his/her hand within five seconds. If two classes disagree, a discussion begins. If no class currently has that role and the classes correctly keep silent, then the teacher confirms that, asks the students what class fulfills that role, and asks a volunteer to join the group of classes.
- a method or an attribute: The class that has it should shout "Me!"
and raise his/her hand within five seconds. If two classes have that it, then the teacher can begin a discussion about inheritance and superclasses. The teacher can either tell the students what the superclass is or have the other students quickly search for the information in the Java API. The teacher will then ask for another volunteer.
I haven't tried this out yet. I plan to use it in CS21B when we teach inheritance. It requires heavy class participation, so you'll want to establish rapport with your class first.
May require convincing students to volunteer. ;)
The students still sitting down will be asked to referee or research. They should have a window with the API reference open so that they can quickly check the class's claims. If the "classes" are seated apart, then you can involve the audience by asking them to point at the classes.
Mostly kinesthetic / auditory exercise, although can be audio if questions are prepared on slides.
Students will probably get tired if they're standing all the time, and the usual classroom arrangement of chairs does not allow them to see each other easily. Suggested arrangement: stools or chairs in front, or a circular arrangement.
Classes will be easier to identify if they are named. You can quickly write labels with a marker and a large sheet of paper. Bring tape.
I'd love to hear about any questions, comments, suggestions or links that you might have. Your comments will not be posted on this website immediately, but will be e-mailed to me first. You can use this form to get in touch with me, or e-mail me at [email protected] .


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Manase Palu scored three of Burlingame's first four touchdown and the Panthers went on to a 49-14 win over Half Moon Bay, improving to 7-0 on the season and 2-0 in PAL Ocean play. Palu made it to the end zone on half of his carries and ended the night with 82 yards rushing on six carries. Sam Buckingham aided the Panthers to a near shutout with 10 tackles, two for loss, two forced fumble and a hurry. Robby Baumgarten also had an impressive night wrapping up the game with 83 yards and a touchdown.
Burlingame 14 "21 "7 "7--49
Half Moon Bay 0 "0 "0 "14--14
B -- M. Palu 44 run (Gill kick)
B -- Baumgarten 25 run (Gill kick)
B -- M. Palu 19 run (Gill kick)
B -- M. Palu 12 run (Gill kick)
B -- A. Gindraux 4 run (Gill kick)
B -- Baesler 35 pass from Gindraux (Gill kick)
HMB -- Bali 2 run (Acton run)
B -- Tang 10 run (Gill kick)
HMB -- Pelikan 20 pass from Acton (run failed)
Records -- Burlingame 7-0, 2-0; Half Moon Bay 1-6, 0-3.
The Gators rolled out the homecoming parade right after Ben Burr-Kirven returned an interception 99 yards on the last play of the first half to give the host Gators a 35-3 lead.
Burr-Kirven, Ricky Grau and Griffin Kraemer each had short touchdown runs in the first half to go along with a 70-yard touchdown reception by Andrew Segre on the second play of scrimmage for Sacred Heart Prep (7-0, 2-0 PAL Bay).
Sophomore quarterback Mason Randall completed 12 of 14 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns, including a 60-yard screen pass to Grau in the fourth quarter as the running clock was in effect.
The Warriors scored its only touchdown on a 1-yard run by Maligi Maluia with four minutes left.
South S.F. 3 "0 "0 "7--10
Sacred Heart Prep 7 "28 "3 "7--45
SSF -- Donegan 22 FG
SHP -- Segre 70 pass from Randall (Tinsley kick)
SHP -- Kraemer 6 run (Tinsley kick)
SHP -- Grau 1 run (Tinsley kick)
SHP -- Burr-Kirven 5 run (Tinsley kick)
SHP -- Burr-Kirven 99 interception return (Tinsley kick)
SHP -- Tinsley 19 FG
SHP -- Grau 65 pass from Randall (Tinsley kick)
SSF -- Maluia 1 run (Donegan kick)
Records -- South San Francisco 2-5, 0-3; Sacred Heart Prep 7-0, 2-0.
James Smith put the final touch on the M-A win with a 41-yard fumble recovery return for a touchdown. QB Brian Keare drove his team down the field for three first-half touchdowns. He finished the night with 298 yards passing and a 46-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Roberts, who had seven receptions for 157 yards. Brian Jaggers scored on two short runs to go along with 71 yards rushing on the night.
Menlo-Atherton 7 "14 "0 "7--28
Sequoia 0 "3 "7 "0--10
M-A -- Roberts 46 pass from Keare (Keare kick)
S -- Jenkins 45 FG
M-A -- Jaggers 1 run (Keare kick)
M-A -- Jaggers 3 run (Keare kick)
S -- Brown 1 run ( Jenkins kick)
M-A -- Smith 41 fumble return (Keare kick)
Records -- Menlo-Atherton 5-2, 2-1; Sequoia 3-4, 0-3.
Junior running back Jasiah Folauo'o rushed for two TDs to lift the Dons in a PAL Ocean Division contest. Quarterback Nathaniel Blood and Patrick Pauni also had rushing touchdowns.
Woodside 0 "12 "0 "0--12
Aragon 7 "0 "6 "14--14
A -- Pauni 2 run (Perez-Meza kick)
A -- Folauo'o 12 run (run failed)
A -- Folauo'o 2 yard run (Perez-Meza kick)
A -- Blood 1 run (Perez-Meza kick)
W -- scoring not available
Records -- Woodside 2-5, 2-1; Aragon 5-2, 2-1.
Cole Carrithers threw two touchdown passes and Giancarlo Boscacci ran for two TDs for first-place Hillsdale (5-2, 3-0 PAL Lake).
The Colts trailed 14-12 at halftime but dominated the second half. They came up with five turnovers. Linebacker John Turner had an interception fort the third consecutive game. Brandon Gip, Ki'rie Holmes and Daniel Ruiz all had good games running the ball for El Camino (5-2, 2-1).
In other games San Mateo defeated Capuchino 34-21 and Carlmont beat Jefferson 36-20.


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Polling Matters
Despite rabid disagreements on many issues, the recent economic speeches by Trump and Clinton showed areas of agreement on economic policy, including several areas in which both candidates are in sync with American public opinion.
Unable to transform their images with voters, the 2016 presidential candidates will likely focus on vilifying their opponent in an unprecedented race to the bottom that could agitate voters enough to turbo-boost turnout.
Hillary Clinton's favorable rating among 18- to 29-year-olds is well below her favorable rating among those who are older, which is a highly unusual situation for a Democratic political figure.
Americans' view of Donald Trump is now identical to their view of Hillary Clinton, at 37% favorable and 58% unfavorable. Previously, Clinton has always had the more positive image.
The relationship between economic hardship and favorable views of Donald Trump is not as neat as some commentators have suggested. Those who like Trump tend to live in areas far from the Mexican border that are relatively unexposed to trade competition.
Melania Trump's pre-convention favorable rating is the worst of any potential first lady Gallup has measured since 1992, mainly because Democrats tilt strongly against her. Republicans are more positive, though many can't rate her.
In the U.S., one in four view Trump and Clinton unfavorably, much higher than the percentage who disliked both candidates in 2012 or 2008. But this doesn't mean turnout will be low or a third-party candidate will be successful.
A review of Gallup data on Americans' attitudes toward police, race and criminal justice provides a public opinion context for the events of the last several days.
In dueling speeches this week, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton talked about several of the key issues the public has identified as most important to them -- including the economy and jobs, infrastructure and the failure of the "system" to work as it should.
Most Americans would support new laws requiring universal background checks for gun purchases in the U.S. A majority also believe that more Americans owning and carrying guns would be effective in preventing situations like the Orlando mass shooting.
Before the Orlando shootings, Americans indicated that military actions against the Islamic State would be among the most effective ways to fight terrorism and that restrictions on Muslims would be among the least effective.
Americans are clearly focused on the economy, jobs and dysfunctional government as major problems facing the nation today. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump can do well to provide specifics on how they would address these issues.
As Bernie Sanders finds himself under increased pressure from major Democratic figures to quit the presidential primary, he remains more popular among national Democrats than does Hillary Clinton.
Americans are significantly dissatisfied with the U.S. system of government, yet don't rate this as a high priority for the next president to address. Without addressing this major issue, however, the new president will have major problems executing his or her promised agenda.
Race, ethnicity, gender and marital status are among the most powerful demographic differentiators in views of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
The American public has not formed firm opinions on the issue of policies or laws surrounding transgender individuals' use of bathroom facilities, and the polling evidence that does exist at this point is mixed.
Despite an editorial emphasis on a "divided" Republican Party, the significant majority of rank-and-file Republicans like Donald Trump and say it's likely they will vote for him.
Ted Cruz's choice of Carly Fiorina as his running mate might help his ticket in a November matchup with Hillary Clinton, but the benefit it brings him in the primary is unclear. Cruz's current challenge is among men, not women.
Republicans' views of Ted Cruz are now at a new low, with 39% viewing him favorably and 45% unfavorably. This reflects a steep slide in his image over the last couple of weeks. Donald Trump's image is up to +24 among Republicans.