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The Blogcademy was a 2 day workshop put on by blogging superstars, Kat, Shauna and Gala. It was designed to cover the ins and outs of blogging, provide tips and tools on developing an online presence, building your brand and working to find your voice whether you are a brand new blogger or if you have already established a readership.
I went into the weekend with 1 month of blogging experience under my belt and left on Sunday with an extreme amount of inspiration, knowledge and appreciation for everything these women have to offer, plus 30 new blogger friends!
The Blogcademy was so much more than a blogging workshop. All weekend I was surrounded by my 30 classmates who all proved to me that no matter where you are headed in life with ambition, drive and a kick ass attitude you will end up where you want to be. As soon as I got off the elevator on the first day, I could just feel the positive energy radiating from the classroom. The Blogcademy introduced me to new bloggers, wedding planners, veteran bloggers, photographers, and designers. It was such a refreshing experience to witness all of the support and kind words from such a diverse group.
All blogging info aside, Kat, Gala and Shauna taught lessons of confidence, self love and positivity. The overarching theme of the weekend was: you are the only person that can take control of your future, so own it!
Some of the take home messages from the Blogcademy:
1. Find yourself, love yourself and stay true to what you believe but allow yourself to grow.
2. Showcase the best you and be your own cheerleader!
3. Work your ass off for what you want. Project passion and positivity.
4. Create a network of inspiring, ambitious people. Surround yourself with people that make you feel good. There is no room for people who bring you down.
5. Identify your talents but know when to ask for help. Recognize you can't do everything and it is ok to utilize the people around you.
The Blogcademy was an experience I will be forever grateful for. I can't wait to put everything I learned into action!


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LAMAR, Mo. (AP) — Two people are dead and one is critically injured after a shooting in southwest Missouri.
The Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/VKWYzc ) reports that the shooting happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday near the town of Lamar.
The Barton County Sheriff's Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol are investigating.
The patrol didn't release the names of the man and woman who were killed or the woman who survived the shooting.
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Aereo files suit to thwart additional broadcaster lawsuits
CBS recently proclaimed on Twitter they'd be taking their legal fight against Aereo to a new level with another lawsuit in Boston, but it appears that Aereo has taken pre-emptive action to prevent that from happening. Aereo has filed a complaint in New York today looking for a declaratory ruling that states the broadcast industry can't open new fronts in their legal assault against the streaming upstart.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's chief domestic policy adviser keeps a framed letter from the late Democratic senator and immigration advocate Ted Kennedy in her West Wing office.
Kennedy wrote the letter to Cecilia Munoz in 2007 following the collapse of bipartisan efforts to overhaul the nation's fractured immigration system.
The letter says, quote, "We didn't complete the journey, but we'll get there."
For Munoz, a veteran of that fight and many earlier ones, completing the journey has never felt more possible.
As head of the White House Domestic Policy Council, it's Munoz who is leading Obama's effort to break through years of partisan gridlock and provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of people living illegally in the United States.


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Definition of incision in English:
1A surgical cut made in skin or flesh: an abdominal incision
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cut, opening, slit
1.1A mark or decoration cut into a surface: a block of marble delicately decorated with incisions
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notch, carving, etching, engraving, inscription, score;
nick, scratch, scarification
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- The Plymouth Hernia Service not only supports my practice of open inguinal herniorrhaphy but also that of three of my colleagues who undertake laparoscopic repair for bilateral and recurrent inguinal hernias and incisional hernias.
Late Middle English: from late Latin incisio(n-), from Latin incidere 'cut into' (see incise).
Latin incidere 'cut into' is the source of several words: incision; incisive (Late Middle English) first used in the sense 'cutting, penetrating'; incise (mid 16th century); and incisor (late 17th century) from a medieval Latin word meaning literally 'cutter'.
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In New Orleans, Beacon of Hope Resource Center helped repopulate and redevelop neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Katrina through 25 Satellite Beacons and served more than 31,000 households in 19 New Orleans' neighborhoods. These Beacons have engaged more than 750 resident volunteers to participate in neighborhood teams. The Beacons also provided neighborhood residents with volunteers, and the resources necessary to rebuild.
Since inception, Beacon of Hope's Centers have hosted more than 30,000 volunteers from around the world. These volunteers have assisted 1,700 residents with light rebuilding projects, cleared thousands of vacant and overgrown lots, restored 10 playgrounds, and replanted over 25 miles of public green space. These services have made our neighborhoods sustainable and more inviting to new and returning residents and businesses.


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RANDOLPH – The volunteer Chaplaincy Program at Gifford Medical Center welcomed four new chaplains into its ranks in April.
Majita Miller of Randolph, Christopher Fuhrmeister of Randolph, Deborah Aldrich of Stockbridge and Lydia English of Williamstown joined the hospital's 19 volunteer chaplains on April 12 after completing a seven-week training program.
The occasion was marked with special certifications presented by The Rev. Timothy Eberhardt, spiritual care coordinator at Gifford, and with music by Islene Runningdeer, a Brookfield music therapist.
While the volunteer chaplains are from numerous congregations in the greater Gifford area, they are carefully trained to present "a non-sectarian caring presence," responding to the spiritual needs and concerns of all patients, The Rev. Eberhardt noted.
Chaplains visit hospitalized patients daily through all stages of life – from the Birthing Center to the Garden Room for end-of-life patients – and spend considerable time at Gifford's nursing home, the Menig Extended Care Facility.
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Patricia J. Pointer is the Deputy Comptroller for Human Resources at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
In that role, Ms. Pointer serves as OCC's principal advisor on human resources and diversity management matters, providing executive direction and policy development for employment, human resources operations, compensation and benefits, labor and employee relations, organizational performance and diversity management. She co-chairs the Labor Management Relations Council and serves as an advisor to the Human Capital Subcommittee. She joined the OCC in September 2006.
Prior to this position, Ms. Pointer served from 2003 to 2006 in the senior executive position of Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In that position, Ms. Pointer was responsible for Treasury's overall human resources and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs and developing and implementing departmental human resources and EEO policies and programs for the bureaus and senior departmental leadership. Her office also managed the Treasury Executive Institute, which provides executive leadership, training, and development to senior managers and members of the Senior Executive Service throughout Treasury.
Ms. Pointer came to Treasury in September 2003 from the Federal Aviation Administration, where she most recently served as Manager of Human Resources Planning, Programs and Evaluation for the Assistant Administrator for Regions and Center Operations. She began her federal career in 1989 as a Personnel Management intern with the Department of the Navy. During her career, she has served in a myriad of technical, managerial, and executive human resources positions.
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Aliases for CALCOCO1 Gene
Aliases for CALCOCO1 Gene
External Ids for CALCOCO1 Gene
- Entrez Gene: 57658
- Ensembl: ENSG00000012822
- UniProtKB: Q9P1Z2
Previous GeneCards Identifiers for CALCOCO1 Gene
Summaries for CALCOCO1 Gene
GeneCards Summary for CALCOCO1 Gene
CALCOCO1 (Calcium Binding And Coiled-Coil Domain 1) is a Protein Coding gene. GO annotations related to this gene include sequence-specific DNA binding and transcription coactivator activity. An important paralog of this gene is TAX1BP1.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot for CALCOCO1 Gene
Functions as a coactivator for aryl hydrocarbon and nuclear receptors (NR). Recruited to promoters through its contact with the N-terminal basic helix-loop-helix-Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain of transcription factors or coactivators, such as NCOA2. During ER-activation acts synergistically in combination with other NCOA2-binding proteins, such as EP300, CREBBP and CARM1. Involved in the transcriptional activation of target genes in the Wnt/CTNNB1 pathway. Functions as a secondary coactivator in LEF1-mediated transcriptional activation via its interaction with CTNNB1. Coactivator function for nuclear receptors and LEF1/CTNNB1 involves differential utilization of two different activation regions (By similarity). In association with CCAR1 enhances GATA1- and MED1-mediated transcriptional activation from the gamma-globin promoter during erythroid differentiation of K562 erythroleukemia cells (PubMed:24245781).
Seems to enhance inorganic pyrphosphatase thus activating phosphogluomutase (PMG). Probably functions as component of the calphoglin complex, which is involved in linking cellular metabolism (phosphate and glucose metabolism) with other core functions including protein synthesis and degradation, calcium signaling and cell growth.


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What would you get if you removed all the songs about getting high from a Wiz Khalifa set list?
A very short show.
The 25-year-old Pittsburgh rapper certainly doesn't shy away from what sure seems like his favorite topic. He made that clear with the title of his 2011 major-label debut, "Rolling Papers," and he certainly underscored it once again during his sold-out show Saturday at the Event Center at San Jose State University.
Welcome to the club, Wiz.
Hip-hop has long embraced marijuana in its lyrics like no other genre -- although, to be fair, other styles of music (even country) also regularly address the topic and no one bats an eye these days. Khalifa, however, takes it to another level.
That is not, however, all he has to offer. Sure, Khalifa is Party Boy No. 1 in a genre filled with them, but he's also quite handy with a rhyme, unafraid to push the musical boundaries of hip-hop and an absolute wiz at coming up with memorable hooks. All of those things have combined to quickly make him one of the game's top players -- even though his second major-label offering, "O.N.I.F.C.," isn't even out yet.
Khalifa's career, however, has been greatly aided by his live show. He was a dynamic presence when I saw him last year at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco and even more memorable during this trip through town.
Working before a college-age crowd of some 6,900 fans, Khalifa was full of energy and kept things rolling along at a fairly steady clip. The show featured guest stars (members of Khalifa's popular crew, the Taylor Gang), a swirling light show and some interesting props, yet none of that overshadowed the star of the evening. Whether he was singing lead, or simply enjoying the scene, Khalifa commanded the crowd's attention throughout the show.
Some of the sight gags, however, were quite impressive -- in a ludicrous kind of way. One person came out dressed up like a giant joint, only to be joined by another wearing a gargantuan lighter outfit. It wasn't the most subtle display, but it certainly underscored the lyrical content. Parents worrying that this sends the wrong message to their young ones might take heart in knowing that the two costumed characters stayed on opposite sides of the stage — thus the "joint" was never lit.
Khalifa rocked the stoner vibe on multiple occasions, talking about little else between songs. More important, he rolled through "Papers" with gusto, knocking out fine versions of "Black and Yellow," "On My Level" and other cuts the fans dearly wanted to hear.
He also nicely showcased "O.N.I.F.C.," playing a handful of tunes that all strengthened the belief that the album is destined to be an instantaneous hit when it is released on Dec. 4. Although I've yet to hear the album, it certainly appears that Khalifa isn't trying to reinvent the wheel on "O.N.I.F.C." Judging by what was heard in San Jose, the rapper simply stuck to the things that worked so well for him on "Rolling Papers."
"I didn't try to go too deep on this record," Khalifa told the crowd. "I just wanted to make great songs."
Mission accomplished. Of course, the record's first hit single, "Work Hard, Play Hard," was a smash in the live arena. Yet, the other new songs played were just as good — including "It's Nothin," "Rise Above" and especially the bedroom jam "Remember You." Khalifa, to his credit, seems to know he has another winner in "Remember You," a track that features Canadian R&B artist The Weeknd."
"If you want to make a baby to that song, make sure you let me know what it looks like," he remarked to the crowd.
That song, more than anything else, showed that Khalifa has the potential to remain in the game for a long time. Yet, at some point, he should decide whether he wants to be seen as more than just a stoner-rap icon.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team were unable to finish out its three-game homestand with a win, as Southern Utah ended up defeating the Islanders 74-67 on Thursday in the Dugan Wellness Center.
Once again, it was Jasmine Shaw who led the Islanders (1-2), setting another career high with 23 points, shooting 5-6 from downtown and 4-4 from the free-throw line. She also was one steal away from tying the school record with six on the night.
Last season, Ashley Darley was the only Islander to record two games with 20 or more points. Shaw has already eclipsed that mark, scoring 20 points in three-straight games to open the season.
Lexy Harris earned her first start of the season and posted a career high with eight points, going 3-7 from the field and 2-for-2 from the line.
As a team, the Islanders shot the ball exceptionally well from the free throw line, knocking down 16-of-19 for an 84 percent mark. They have improved at the line every game after shooting 58 percent and then 75 percent in the first two games, respectively.
The Islanders also wreaked havoc on the Thunderbirds' ball handlers, causing 25 turnovers. However, the turnovers did not effect the shooting out of SUU (2-0), as after the Islanders kept their first two opponents to less than 40 percent, the Thunderbirds converted on 26 of 55 shots for a 47 percent mark.
Shola Adebayo picked up the first start of her career with the Islanders, and made an immediate impact, scooping up a missed layup by Taryn Gregory after a steal and putting it back to give A&M – Corpus Christi an early 2-0 lead.
After a quick three and a put-back on an offensive rebound, the Thunderbirds took a 5-2 lead, but a free throw, followed by Shaw's first three of the night cut the lead to one with 16:17 left.
Both sides then exchanged buckets during the next several possessions. In about a five-minute span the score changed hands three times, while being tied during four different instances.
With the Islanders up 16-13, the Thunderbirds went on an 11-2 run over a three minute and 52 second span to take a six-point lead.
It was then that Shaw took over, knocking down three shots in a row from behind the arc. Unfortunately, Southern Utah scored four points during that same stretch, and the Islanders found themselves down by one with 1:32 left on the clock in the first half.
The Thunderbirds converted on an inbound play right before the halftime horn sounded. With 20 minutes left to play, Southern Utah held a 30-27 lead.
After SUU jumped out to a five-point lead to open up the second half, the Islanders scored five of their own. Gregory knocked down a shot from downtown and Harris then tied the game up at 34 on the next possession.
However, the Thunderbirds went on a 9-0 lead during the next 3:09 to push the lead to 43-34 with 13:11 left to play, forcing Islanders head coach Royce Chadwick to call a timeout.
Southern Utah's momentum was not be slowed down though, as every time A&M – Corpus Christi scored, its opponents came right back down the court with a response of their own. Between the 12:47 and 8:14 mark the Thunderbirds outscored the Islanders by six to open up a 14-point lead — their biggest of the night.
That is when the Islanders attempted to start their comeback, relying heavily on their scoring leader, Shaw. In less than a minute, Shaw went on a 7-0 run by herself, knocking down a jumper, two free throws and then a trey to pull her team within seven.
After the Thunderbirds knocked down a free throw on the other end, Gregory hit a running jumper on the baseline. Then about a minute later, Shaw canned a step-back jumper with her foot just on the line to cut the Thunderbird lead to four with 4:35 left.
This was the closest A&M – Corpus Christi had been to Southern Utah in more than 11 minutes and, unfortunately, it is as close as the Islanders got the rest of the game.
The Thunderbirds scored nine of the next 10 to push the lead back up to 12 with 1:25 left. A three from deep by Brittany Mbamalu pulled the Islanders within seven with 22 ticks left, but no further heroics came and A&M – Corpus Christi dropped the contest by a score of 74-67.
Up next for the Islanders will be a two-game road trip to Nashville, Tenn., as they will play games at Belmont and Tennesse Tech on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. Both games are scheduled for 6 p.m. tips.
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
August 03, 2011
President Announces Higher Fuel Efficiency Standard
President Obama announced on July 29 that 13 major automakers have agreed to increase fuel economy for cars and light-duty trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) by model year 2025. The companies—BMW, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors Corporation, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar/Land Rover, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volvo—together account for more than 90% of all vehicles sold in the United States. The United Auto Workers and the State of California helped develop the agreement.
The next round of standards builds on the Obama administration's agreement for model year 2012-2016 vehicles. They will raise fuel efficiency to 35.5 mpg. Achieving the new goals will require innovative technologies and manufacturing that will spur economic growth and create high-quality domestic jobs in cutting-edge industries across America. The administration estimates that the standards for model years 2011 to 2025 will save U.S. families $1.7 trillion dollars in fuel costs, and by 2025 will result in an average fuel savings of more than $8,000 per vehicle. Additionally, these programs will save a total of 12 billion barrels of oil.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation have worked with auto manufacturers, the state of California, environmental groups, and other stakeholders to ensure these standards are achievable, are cost-effective, and preserve consumer choice. The program would increase the stringency of standards for passenger cars by an average of 5 percent each year. EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are developing a joint proposed rulemaking that will include full details on the proposed program and supporting analyses, including the costs and benefits of the proposal and its effects on the economy, auto manufacturers, and consumers. After the proposed rules are published in the Federal Register, there will be an opportunity for public comment and public hearings. The agencies plan to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking by the end of September 2011. See the press release and report.


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Meridian, Mississippi Just three days to go now until voters head back to the polls to settle a couple of hotly contested races.
Incumbent Jesse Palmer, Sr. and Democrat Kim Houston are competing for the Ward Four seat on the Meridian City Council. Palmer and Houston both say there is work to be done in Ward Four, but tell Newscenter 11 it starts with the council making sure proper leaders are appointed in each of the city's departments.
"We have rules and regulations set up for any choosing of heads of departments and things of that nature," Palmer says. "And those were violated to a large degree."
"We have to put leaders in place that understand the reality, if you will," Houston says. "And the real purpose of what we're trying to do in this city."
Palmer and Houston will be featured on Sunday's edition of On the Record with John Johnson. That airs Sunday at 5:30 p.m. on WTOK-TV.


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Family of Vt. trooper killed during 'improper chase' of NH man awarded $4.5M
"Trooper Michael Smith and his supervisor, Sergeant Timothy Page, who jointly initiated the pursuit of Eric Daley, 33, of Lebanon, N.H., which led to the death of Sergeant Johnson, did so improperly, without legal justification, and in violation of Vermont State Police policy, and, as such, contributed to Sergeant Johnson's death," said Senate President Pro Tempore John Campbell wrote in a letter to the insurance company, summarizing negotiations in the case.
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Jack Gallant (UC, Berkeley)
The event will start on: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 | 4:30 pm
Location: Schultz Lab, 107 | Washington Road
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Jack Gallant
The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley
The focus of research in my laboratory is on understanding the structure and function of the visual system. Vision is the most important sense for humans, and damage to vision through disease or stroke is a serious problem affecting millions of people. The human visual system is quite complicated, consisting of several dozen distinct modules (visual areas) arranged in a highly interconnected, hierarchical and parallel network. The visual system is also tightly integrated with other sensory subsystems and systems for memory and language. Because of this interconnectivity, and because the brain is build on modular principles, vision research also has important implications for understanding other brain systems.
Seminar Topic
Detailed mapping of sensory and cognitive information across the human brain
research lab
Free and open to the university community and the public
Hosted by: Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Hosted by Ido Davidesco


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The top sides in Serie A will fancy their chances of victory this weekend, with the top three each tackling teams well below them in the table.Champions Juventus, fresh from securing their place in the last eight of the Champions League at the expense of Scottish club Celtic, host eighth-placed Catania.
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|Neuer: Schweinsteiger remains one of world´s best
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|Guardiola: Toure could feature against Steaua
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Chemical operators in demand locally
February 4, 2013
The Washington County Career Center continues to train chemical operators, but demand in the Valley and beyond is showing no signs of slowing down....
I agree that DuPont may want to shed some of their businesses, but the Washington Works makes products which are in demand, is welll managed and has a good workforce. That plant will be there for some time, but maybe it will be under new management. It was unforunate for the GE workers next door to have fallen under the leadership of Jack Welch. They were forced to step up and perform or lose their jobs. Drive past the old GE plant and see how that worked out.
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Hella Clips, is without a doubt, the best place to find the most current skate video clips, big or small. And the last few days, Element riders have been popping up with all sorts of footage.
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Chad Tim Tim walks you through the basics of a switch crooked grind. Active is holding a contest here, where whoever sends in the best footage of them doing a switch crooks, wins a year supply of shoes from Dekline. Don't forget the bonus clip and contest at the end of the video too.
Evan Smith gets a surprise request from skateboard legend, Josh Kalis, while on tour with DC in Europe. Watch and see if Evan can land a "Straight 8″ on call. The "Straight 8″ is when you do the two fundamental flip tricks, kickflip and heelflip, in the four possible ways, which equals 8… Kickflip, fakie kickflip, switch kickflip, nollie kickflip, heelflip, fakie heelflip, switch heelflip, and nollie heelflip.


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Vouching for Outsourced Labor
While offshoring jobs is not a new phenomenon among US companies, how firms find and connect with workers overseas continues to evolve. Though advances in communications technology have made it easier than ever to connect with contractors in other countries, it can be a challenge for US firms to identify the best candidates among large pools of similarly qualified applicants applying for contract work abroad.
To help address this challenge, online labor market platforms that facilitate remote hiring have grown quickly in the last several years. A firm that wants to hire a remote worker can create an account, post a project description, and view potential job applicants located around the world in areas like software development, website design, and data entry.
"You press a button and access tens of thousands of highly qualified computer programmers and skilled workers in many other areas,"
Professor Catherine Thomas explains. Companies can see where candidates went to school, their work history, and any specialized training they've undertaken. "But employers in the United States may not know how to interpret that information, especially because many workers have similar qualifications and professional experiences. For instance, many employers screen workers based on the university they attended. But it's hard to tell if you've found the right person for the job if you know little about differences between universities in other countries."
Thomas and Christopher Stanton of Stanford worked closely with one of the largest online labor platforms, oDesk.com, to learn about how workers find jobs through these sites. Workers who have been previously hired through the site have an employer feedback score displayed on their profile, which provides useful information for potential future employers about the quality of a worker. But workers new to the site don't yet have any individual feedback.
The researchers discovered that of the 1.3 million workers available for work on oDesk.com, more than one-third of all workers who are employed are affiliated with one of many small independent outsourcing agencies within the oDesk market. This affiliation is indicated in their profile, along with an agency-level feedback score from the jobs done by all workers, including the worker in question, who are affiliated with the same agency. For new agency affiliates without prior experience, this number represents the average feedback scores from jobs completed by all other agency affiliates.
By sifting through individual worker profiles that include work history and hourly wage information, the researchers traced how agency affiliation came into play. Out of 120,000 new potential workers who signed up to find jobs through the service from August 2008 through December 2009, only 12,000 workers were affiliated with an outsourcing agency. But a new affiliated worker was much more likely to be hired than a new non-affiliated worker and, once hired, affiliated workers were likely to earn a higher wage than workers who didn't have the backing of an outsourcing agency. No such differences between outsourcing agency affiliates and non-affiliates were found for more experienced workers who had previously contracted jobs through the site.
In other words, employers are not only more likely to hire new applicants with outsourcing agency affiliations, but they're also more likely to pay them more than non-affiliated first-time applicants. Why do outsourcing agencies boost first-time candidates in the eyes of remote employers while not affecting how employers view experienced workers with prior feedback on the site? It's not the job-related training or services that agencies provide that make affiliation valuable, Thomas says, since the oDesk platform itself directly provides a wide range of tools that allow employers to work very successfully with workers in different locations.
Instead, agencies help employers identify and hire good inexperienced workers by providing some additional information — affiliation is, in itself, a "stamp of approval." Based on employers' past experiences, agencies have developed reputations for offering affiliation only to high-quality contractors, she explains, and their approval correlates with quality work as assessed by the hiring firms. However, once an individual worker has completed jobs, their feedback score becomes public information on oDesk.com, which means that validation from an independent agency is no longer needed.
Surprisingly, the answer to how agencies identify high-quality workers new to the online market lies in a rather traditional, low-tech arena: old-fashioned, in-person networking. The agencies are small, with members that often share some physical connection — often, they attended the same college, live in the same town, and tend to be the same age.
"Basically, they know each other offline, in 'real' life," Thomas says. "These findings suggest that those ties that have long been thought important in traditional labor markets — school ties, for instance — continue to be important to workers looking for their first jobs in a virtual market."
However, this type of offline association also means that agencies have well-defined boundaries and may be limited in how large they can grow. Still, although the presence of agencies within online labor markets suggests there are still some informational challenges to be solved in this new offshoring frontier, "the fact that institutions are growing to address these issues is a positive sign for the future of offshoring," Thomas says. "Companies often hire workers for lower wages through offshoring, but they're still willing to pay a little more, at least initially, to someone who is identified as a high-quality candidate by a reputable source."
Catherine Thomas is assistant professor of finance and economics at Columbia Business School.
Catherine Thomas
Catherine Thomas was a Columbia Business School faculty member from 2006 to 2012.


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Hello again! Ran my greatest distance ever today, 4.14 miles in 40 minutes in Week 3 Day 3 of my 5 to 10K training. Felt pretty good too!
AJC Peachtree Road Race 10K, 7/4/13, 1:04:20
BTN Big 10K, 7/27/13, 59:19
Biggest Loser RunWalk Chicago 15K, 8/4/13 (first 15K), 1:34:25
Buffalo Grove Stampede 10K, 9/1/13, 1:01:04.9
Run For Your Lives 5K, 9/21/13, Untimed, finished Infected, 100% obstacles completed
Itasca Oktoberfast 5K, 10/5/13
Des Moines Half Marathon, 10/20/13 (first half marathon)
F^3 Lake Half Marathon, 1/25/14
Last minute change of plans for Thanksgiving.
We ended up driving 5 hours to the in-laws after all.
It has been snowing since Thursday in ND and MN.
I have not run since last Monday!!
Hope to run tomorrow despite the snow packed road as long as it doesn't get windy or too cold.
Will be back in AZ in a week but it's cold in northern AZ too; at 7000 ft, the "cold" is similiar to MN "cold" .......... just hoping it is not windy.
Getting depressed from not running .
Hubby was with his family while I was visiting some elder friends of ours right before we left on Saturday when all of a sudden, the elder wife had a mild seizure.
Kept her calm while we waited for the ambulance.
The daughter and her elder father kept hugging me and thanking me for being there and knowing what to do.
I have had some numerous experiences with such incidents over the years and always thankful for the good outcome.
Such events makes one more thankful being in good health.
Wishing you all safe and warm days ahead.
Trail runner
BTW everyone, I changed my profile name ..........
Trail runner
I haven't run with a back pack for a while. Maybe next "errand run". Yes it was awkward, but not impossible, with grocery bags. Switched hands.
10K race in Chicago's Perfect 10 back in November '11 1:03:26
Soldier Field 10 5/26/2012 1:46:25
Chicago Half Marathon 9/9/2012 2:17:53
10 mile race in Chicago's Perfect 10 on 11/10/2012: 1:37:21
Hello Everyone!
Whew, I'm happy to see the forum here is still going strong with so many familiar faces (and some new ones too?). One of the 'other' forums I visit seems to have imploded. I haven't posted here in a while but when I tried to sign in today, the system kept telling me my username/id was invalid, even after resetting my password several times. So, I'm using an old acct, and that works. Huh, strange. Anyways, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Lots of good running going on here! I'm trying to motivate myself to stay active and not pack on the holiday pounds. My mileage has dropped quite a bit thru the summer, but I did win my first running award earlier this month--3rd place AG in a 5k! Woohoo, I won a free 1hr massage! 5 easy miles for me today.
I ran a strong and easy 4 miles this afternoon. What a great early winter day here in New England! It snowed, then the sun burst out, then more snow all while clouds scuttled by on a blustery afternoon. I felt super strong even on the uphill. Happy to be alive today!! <~ Ah, the benefits of running
Debm2011 Nice job and ((hugs)) for getting back to the grind.
Ogr44 Sounds like a great 5k and a super hike as well.
rinkreb Really nice job on your longest distance yet!
az2mn Bummer about all the driving, but how great you are to help your elder friend!! Now, get out there in the snow and run. Who were you before the profile name change? So sorry that I don't recognize you.
degregorius We get used to running with our hands full, don't we? I run while holding my dogs leash and have done so for 8 years!. Its funny, when I do run without my dog, I find my right hand sorta stay in the same position as if the leash were there...lol
c-catto Welcome back and super nice job on the win and the 5 miles today!
Age: 53
1980 Humboldt Redwoods Marathon
Best 5K time: 31 minutes
Best 10K time: 1:12
First 1/2 Marathon: 2:43
Raised $4491 for animal charity through running
For 2013:
Memorial Day 5/26 10K- I hope to raise $3000 for animal charity in my "Run For The Critters"
Maine Marathon 9/29- I hope to finish 2:30
az- those times are amazing. I'm 7 years older, but don't think I could match those if I'd started back then. Way to go. And nice job helping with the woman with the seizure; those are usually frightening for family involved. Re: races in WI, what part of MN are you in? I'm more familiar with races in south central WI; I'm sure the LaCrosse area has a bunch though. Let me know. It is tough to run outside on some of these winter days-when the snow comes to stay the roads I'm near are too icy/snow packed for me to run safely; sometimes I have to go into town.
Melody- You are doing a bang up job running in the snow-are those roads without much traffic? Sound beautiful where you run.
Active had me blocked for the last 5 days or so, could log in but not post a reply or report. I did run the local 5K turkey trot Thanksgiving morning with my son. Good to run before the feast, and they got lots of food donations for the local food pantry. Then did easy 5 miles Saturday, and 2 on TM today.
Run strong and safe this week!
Dan-started running 1/29/2011 at age 57
notable 2012 runs:
Crazylegs Classic-Madison-8K--4/28/2012--00:52:14
Roxbury Rural Run--5K--5/5/2012-- 29:32-PR
Haslanger Classic--10K--8/4/2012--1:06:19 PR
WO-ZHA-WA Run--HM--9/15/2012--2:37:45
Honky Tonk Marathon- Wisconsin Dells- 10/21/2012-5:39:09
2013 runs:
Fleet Feet New Year's Day Dash-8K-1/1/2013--54:23
Door County HM- 5/4/2013
Fox Cities HM- 9/22/2013 (60thBD!)
Didn't post last night, but did do a 5-mile progressive run on the TM -- 36:18. Felt really strong except for the first mile, which I stayed at a jog/run pace for most of. The I got my wind and was able to start pushing.
Cross trained tonight after five running days in a row -- weights and core/strength XRs.
Melody... Your dog pic looks like she was trying to warm up. In the sunlight, and apparently near the wood stove, as the firewood is behind her. Maybe just after a run in the "beautiful" winter weather of Western Mass.?
C-catto.... Welcome, and congrats on the 5k success!
JustrunDan..... Yeah, I've been having some issues logging onto Active for a while now, but it's been better the past four or five days or so.
NHLA..... Did you have any other runs this week that you were just "not feeling it?"
az2mn.... Nice outcome in your visit. Even with my emergency training, I often wonder if I'll do things right if ever called upon. After that part of your post, though, I thought it was kind of funny -- post and then tell us who you are after.
rinkreb... seems like you're doing fine in your training. Nice 4+ miler.
Ogr44... Good father-son race.
Great work, runners. Keep the feet movin'!!!
az2mn f/k/a az1414 - Good to see you back in the groove, lady!
melodylea - Oh, now I'm jealous. It's been overcast for 3 days straight in Denver and calls to the suicide hotline have tripled
dan - Shame on you for posting...whatever it is that got you banninated.
c-catto - welcome! Nice on the AG award, too.
I decided to run at least a mile every day, Thanksgiving to New Year's Day. So I did. 1 mile, 5:30 this morning, 28 degrees and humid. It was cold, I tell you. Grumble.
Run free!
Hi All-
Thanksgiving I got out there and pulled off 8.2 miles in 10:20/mi. I got killed early with hill work. Very big hills followed by a loose dirt downhill horse-trail. Happens when you're at the in-laws trying to find your own route. Even tried going off the road where I found a 1mi State Park Loop, but after about 0.1mi, I lost the trail and stood around then turned back. Not knowing the route didnt help the time. But, it was a great run. Didnt expect to go so far.
Sunday I did a 7.8 mi run. I was dizzy on and off during the day, but finally sucked it up and ran. 36 degrees. 4pm start time was not great. By 5:30pm it was so damn dark. When the phone/music/GPS battery died, I stopped shortly after. Figured if Im gonna break my leg in the dark, I at least want to be able to call home. My goal was 8.25 to 9.25miles. I was doing really well, but got too late a start. Will have to be on the trail by 3:30pm from now on, only gonna get darker.
85oneone -thank you for your service. My brother-in-law finally got ahold of the family from Afganistan at 11:30pm his time.
degreg- 30 degree run on Nov 24? So far I think my low was the 36 degrees on Sunday. I used the baclava, and it was great for the first hour, then I ended up taking it off as I was getting too hot around mile 4. My head was wet and uncovered. Seemed better than to keep sweating.
NHLA - Nice 15 mile run on Nov 25.
jmsab23- I put your "I didnt say it was going to be easy. I said it was going to be worth it" on my Facebook with quotes but no author. A bunch of people "liked" it and one guy - Oliver Valez (stock trader) ended up taking the quote and added "Oliver Valez to his trading students". WTF? Can we do that now? If so, "We find these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal..." Jeff Dill to the Active.com Blog Community.
Oh well- Hope all of your Thanksgivings were great. I gained about 3# during the 2 days of Thanksgiving eating, and last check was back down 2.5 of that. Skipping a meal doesnt here every now and then.
2012 Aug 19, 2012 - Canton PTO LobsterLoop 5K 35:09 Oct 13, 2012 - ING Hartford 5K 31:34
January 1, 2013 - 10K PR 59:08
Sun Jan 27th 10am Penguin Plunge.
Sun April 28, - Simsbury River Run (unable to register yet)
Sun May 26, 2013 - Memorial Day Marathon (26.2 REGISTERED)
Sun June 2 Amica Iron Horse 1/2 Marathon - (unable to register yet)
Sun Aug 18? 2013 - Canton PTO Lobster Loop 5K (VOLUNTEER)
Sat Sept 28 2013 - 5K Rugged Maniac (REGISTERED)
Sat Oct 12, 2013 - 26.2 (plan is to beat May Time)
6.4 miles 55 min. down & up ecco mt,
Hey all, hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving, especially those who did Turkey Trots of some kind.
Been a while since last post from Panama two weeks ago. Got in a whopping 17 miles last week including a very hilly 5k TT las Thursday. Mileage way down from HM training levels but work travel getting the best of me.
Am writing this from my very humble accommodations at Bagram AFB in Afghanistan where I will be for next two nights. Have an even greater respect now for our military as I can see through the perimeter fence just how close the bad guys are. I had two nephews who served here and am very proud of what they have done. I can only say that this is truly a different world over here.
Hope to get in some morning runs the next two days if I can survive the almost constant dust in the air. Will be listening for sirens through the night announcing incoming rockets although it is really pretty secure here.
Will head to Kandahar on Thursday for 1 night before a 24 hour trip through Dubai and Dulles to get home in Denver around noon on Saturday.
Have really enjoyed reading all your posts, even though I don't have time now to respond. Congrats to all the racers, welcome to the newcomers, and glad to see some returnees to this forum.
Keep inspiring each other with the great stories, and when you go to bed tonight, please say a prayer for all of our young men and women so humbly and proudly protecting our great nation.
And most of all, stay fearless!
5:00 am 3.2 miles 27 minutes 25 degrees. Dark. This is what it's going to be like for the next 4 months. But I love it
I got back to my 'puter yesterday and spent so much time reading all the posts I was behind on that I didn't get a chance to post. Congratulations to all of the Turkey Trotters! I was happy to discover (on Friday) that the YMCA in my parents' city does host a Turkey Trot, so next year I won't have to make up my own route and I'll be able to run with ~ 400 of my parents' neighbors. This year my cold was still too bad to get out there anyway, I was sidelined for over a week with those rotten bugs running rampant in my system UGH!
Happily getting back to my own home was the final straw for the cold germs and they have retreated. I was able to do a nice 3.5 mi on the treadmill last night. It felt so good to be moving again, I'm sure you know what I mean. Looking forward to a complete week back at the routine, and maybe a 5k on Saturday; there's a "run for lights" in the evening that goes through the light displays in one of the city parks. It raises money for the women's shelter in town and I've been told is a beautiful route.
New Year's Color Run (5k) - 01/01/13
Oshkosh Half-Marathon - 04/21/13
4 miles 29 min. nice temp.
linus sounds like a wild trip. I hate it when dust gets between your teeth.
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Movies vie for your attention at Comic-Con
If you're tired of Edward and Bella and can't take another version of Iron Man, there are plenty of other would-be blockbusters and indie favorites vying for your attention at Comic-Con.
Here's a sampling of movies that aren't "The Hobbit" or "Pacific Rim," but will be coming to a hall (and eventually a theater) near you:
"Oz: The Great and Powerful": James Franco plays a magician hurled from Kansas to Oz, where he meets three witches. You'll see: Sam Raimi of "Spider-Man" (the Tobey Maguire version) fame. 2:05 p.m. Friday, Hall H. In theaters March 8.
Bonus: In the same panel, hear Tim Burton talk about "Frankenweenie" and John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman talk about "Wreck-It Ralph."
"Hotel Transylvania": Welcome to Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters live it up, away from humans. Until one regular guy stumbles in. You'll see: animator Genndy Tartakovsky, who created "Dexter's Laboratory" and "Star Wars: Clone Wars." 3 p.m. Thursday, Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront. In theaters Sept. 28.
"The Expendables 2: Real American Heroes": A verifiable who's who of action stars talk about the sequel to the 2010 movie. You'll see: Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, Jean Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger. 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Hall H. In theaters Aug. 17.
"Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope": Morgan Spurlock's fan boy documentary makes its Comic-Con premiere. After the screening, you'll see: Spurlock and "special surprise guests." 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Ballroom 20.
"ParaNorman": In this stop-action comedy, a misfit boy is the only hope when a town is besieged by zombies. You'll see: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Travis Knight, Chris Butler and Sam Fell. 10:45 a.m. Friday, Hall H. In theaters Aug. 17.
"Resident Evil: Retribution": The latest chapter finds Alice (Milla Jovovich) learning more about her mysterious past. You'll see: Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Oded Fehr, Boris Kodjoe, Mika Nakashima and writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson. 4:05 p.m. Friday, Hall H. In theaters Sept. 14.
"Looper": Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a "looper," a hired gun who kills people sent to the future for assassination. Then he encounters a future version of himself (Bruce Willis). You'll see: Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt and writer/director Rian Johnson. 4:45 p.m. Friday, Hall H. In theaters Sept. 28.
"It's a Disaster": Four couples gather for Sunday brunch, unaware of that the apocalypse is happening outside their door. The film, from the comedy group The Vacationers, stars Julia Stiles, David Cross, America Ferrera, and Erinn Hayes. You'll see: writer/director Todd Berger, Jeff Grace, Kevin M. Brennan, Blaise Miller, Rachel Boston and Hayes. 8 p.m. Friday, Room 6BCF. In theaters TBA.
"Save the Date": This comedy about two sisters is based on the style of graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown. You'll see: Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Martin Starr, Geoffrey Arend and Mark Webber. 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Room 5AB. In theaters TBA.
"Django Unchained": Jamie Foxx plays an escaped slave trying to find his wife with the help of a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz). You'll see: director Quentin Tarantino and unnamed cast members. 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Hall H. In theaters Dec. 25.


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Gossip May Override the Facts
Oct. 15, 2007 -- Gossip may override eyewitness accounts when it comes to telling fact from fiction.
A new study shows that people are influenced by gossip about others even when it contradicts what they've seen with their own eyes.
Researchers say the results show that the power of gossip in influencing people's actions and what they think of others should not be underrated.
"Gossip has a strong manipulative potential that could be used by cheaters to change the reputation of others or even change their own," write researcher Ralf Sommerfeld of the Max-Plank-Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany, and colleagues. "This finding suggests that humans are used to basing their decisions on gossip, rumors, or other spoken information."
Their results appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Power of Gossip
To access the power of gossip over people's actions and perception of others, researchers examined the behavior of 126 college students during a series of computer game sessions. The players were asked to rate other players based on their anonymous interactions with them via computer and then again after they read preset statements about the players gathered during the initial rounds of play.
The study showed the gossip written about cooperative game players was more positive than gossip written about uncooperative players.
But the study also showed that influence of gossip remained significant even when the player had direct information about the player based on earlier interactions. Researchers found 44% of players changed their decision about their peers in the later rounds after reading the gossip.


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Your level of respect for WoW classes (by archetype)
Valdesca Dec 07, 2010 at 15:49 UTC - 0 likes
I have tryed several character, I like to explore all. I am not expertise my opinion not the best in one but not bad to compare .Dk tank is no as good as paladin Defense. But my DK Blood talents all, and lvl 75 work fine. I have macro "/castsequence reset=combat/target" one with runes spell, other with runic power spells, other with area damage and the rest of spells on bars when some of runes or runic power come down, automatic is working, and runic power with the talent is fine.Last edited Dec 07, 2010 by Valdesca
Colinas Pardas-EU Guild: Sirenas y Piratas; Characters: Mardesirenas, Damevaldesca, Valdescamaga, Runevaldesca....
HavocTechnoir Feb 05, 2010 at 13:35 UTC - 0 likes
Just started DK tanking a couple of weeks ago. Tanking is stressful. The whole grp is depending on you to stay in sync with the healer to survive. Any DK tank right now is just learning how-to. It takes a while to get any class run right. DK's especially Runes and Runic power. So I compare my DK tank to my Warrior and find that my DK tank cam crowd control better, is a little less effective on the boss but not much. Timing is everything with a DK runes to pop and runic pwr to watch
cockpit control is much more hands on than my warrior. I believe they are gettingg a bad rep for early blues on the learning curve. Some cross-over knowledge from my warrior helps but it's just generalities. I've tanked every Heroic now and received my PuG pet from Blizz with my DK so it can be done. I've seen a lot of people blame the DK tank right now because they are an easy target. More people will get better with them. More will begin to recognize that the same rules apply to tanking with a DK versus others, watch ur aggro, mitigate threat you pull from the tank, dps must be there...etc etc. In the end it's all good it's a game. Go out and enjoy it, be patient, help out, leave the anger to the mobs. IMO
Vonpanzer Feb 05, 2010 at 01:39 UTC - 0 likes
how can warrior dmg be above rogue melee damage? my rogueheart bleeds...
nwgminion Jan 20, 2010 at 18:52 UTC - 0 likes
Only reason I voted DKs a little lower is because they start out at 55, and dont take as much dedication to hit 80. Lots of DKs I run into in the LFG random are TERRIBLE. (More than any other class for some reason.)
I went with a DK tank that only used D+D and auto attack....
Kocoa Jan 15, 2010 at 13:35 UTC - 0 likes
"[And sadly, so many people aren't playing warrior tanks well (at least on my server and in my LFD groups) that it skews the voting, imo.]"
I would go as far as saying that many people do not play ANY of their classes well. That's why I voted not for the average player, but how much would I respect a skilled player that goes for a certain class/spec combination. That way, seeing a skilled Warrior Tank earns more respect than a skilled Warrior DPS.
Manaman Jan 15, 2010 at 03:32 UTC - 0 likes
What about Mage - Melee. The battlemage.
stolenlegacy Jan 14, 2010 at 16:17 UTC - 0 likes
Retardins and Deathlolols dead last. gj. :P
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hekantia Jan 13, 2010 at 08:07 UTC - 0 likes
lol warri tanks in front of druid and palas, so just see ICC which tanks still stand during fight's when the healer is in trouble like lord mar'gar. and don't forget how easy it's with a warri to maintain the trash groups ;-)
Kocoa Jan 12, 2010 at 00:45 UTC - 0 likes
It seems I am not the only one that thinks the class/role combination that gets the most respect are Warrior Tank, Druid Tank, Priest Healer, Druid Healer, Shaman Healer and Mage. However, that is only when you find a skilled player.
Sadly, most of the players are far from skilled, and that would drop that respect from 5 (or 4 in Druid Tank and Mage) to a 1 or even a 0...
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Shakespeare is no longer just in the realm of seasoned festivarians and elaborate theater productions. On Tuesday, parents, grandparents, friends, community members and all Breckenridge Elementary classes and teachers gathered in the school's auditorium to enjoy a production of "The Tempest," by William Shakespeare.
Fortunately for the actors and those in attendance, it was actually a version of the play by Lois Burdett entitled "The Tempest for Kids," as part of her "Shakespeare Can Be Fun" series, allowing everyone a little better understanding of the romantic and magical 1623 Shakespearean production.
The play opens with a short introduction by Shakespeare himself (or, herself in this case), played by Taylor Ash, and is narrated throughout the numerous scenes by Dana Badwan, Jacque Tatro, Lucy Fielder, Elizabeth Pfau, Isabella Henry and Jaden Blackwell, whose expert reading helped the audience stay with the script.
Director and Breck elementary second-grade teacher Elizabeth Mesick was the driving force behind the production. According to Mesick's husband, Paul, she and the children had been rehearsing every Tuesday night for several months.
"You have to try out for it, and these kids have been practicing all year long," said parent volunteer Kelly Ash, whose daughter played Shakespeare. "It's a collection of third through fifth graders."
"We're very excited about it," Paul Mesick said, as Mrs. Mesick was busy ensuring things went off without a hitch. "It's something she's been talking about for a while."
Mesick said the kids did everything themselves, from building props and sets to lighting and production. And, according to the play's program, almost all sets, props and costumes were made from repurposed materials, making this a "green" Shakespeare production. Set, prop and lighting design was by Izzy Lawson and Dylan Parmley.
The crew made special mentionof the fact that many of the costumes, as well as the texts, were donated by Dr. Jackie Truckey. Truckey is a fervent Shakespeare lover, and the materials will stay in the possession of the school's Shakespeare Club. This was the club's first performance.
The large cast was clearly practiced and showed an enthusiasm for the material that kept the audience captivated. Cast included: Audrey Buller as Prospero; Kait Shultz as Ariel; Calliope Cortright as Miranda; Sadie Schroder as Ferdinand; Sage Sanders as Caliban; Austin Parmley as Trinculo; Madelaine Johnson as Stephano; Hunter Stimson as King Alonso; Jacque Tatro as Sebastian; Kobe Cortright as Gonzalo; Elizabeth Pfau as Boatswain; Jaden Blackwell as Master and Dana Badwan and Madelaine Johnson as Spirits.
In the end this all-school assembly delighted attendees and left people looking forward to next year's Shakespeare Club performance, which will have a video team that creates a film of the play.


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Fed's Plosser Says Current Policy Guidance May Be 'Too Passive'
Employment and inflation in the U.S. are likely closing in on the Federal Reserve's goals faster than expected, which may soon force the central bank to alter its policy signals, a top Fed official said Tuesday.
In a speech before the Economic Club of New York, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser expressed concerns about the way the Fed is currently guiding the public about the future path of the policy rate, calling the so-called forward guidance "too passive."
"I believe that we are closing in on our goals—perhaps faster than some people might think. So, while I supported the recent policy statement, I have growing concerns that we may have to adjust our communications in the not-too-distant future," Mr. Plosser said in prepared remarks. "Specifically, I believe the forward guidance in the statement may be too passive, given underlying economic conditions."
The Fed's policy-setting board delivered its most recent statement on June 18. In it, the board again displayed willingness to hold rates near zero to support the U.S. economy, citing a slow-to-recover housing market and subdued inflation. Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen, in a post-meeting press conference, called the recent uptrend in inflation data "noisy."
When asked to elaborate on what he meant by "passive," Mr. Plosser said he felt the latest FOMC statement didn't reflect progress made in the economic recovery, which raises risks as market participants try to gauge the timing of the first rate hike.
"Our current language in the statement hasn't addressed economic improvements. We need to take that message and adjust it to the fact that we are getting closer to our goals," the official told the press after his speech. "If we are truly data-dependent, then we need to act like that."
Mr. Plosser, long an outspoken hawk about inflation, said Tuesday he is "fairly optimistic" about the economy, which supports remarks he made in May that a rate rise may come sooner than many market participants are anticipating.
The official, who holds a voting slot on the policy board this year, says he sees the unemployment rate falling to 5.8% by the end of this year and 5.6% by the end of the 2015. He added that he doesn't believe the labor-force participation rate will bounce back—a move that would put upward pressure on the unemployment rate—because many are leaving the workforce due to retirement or disability. The latest payrolls report, in May, showed the jobless rate at 6.3%.
The central banker also expects inflation to stabilize around 2% next year, the Fed's long-run target. He warned against the notion that the economy needs to see wages pick up first to unlock more widespread inflation, noting wage inflation tends to be a lagging indicator of the economy.
So based on his relatively upbeat forecasts and concerns about Fed guidance, will Mr. Plosser dissent at the next policy meeting? The official told reporters it all depends on how the economy is doing at that time, but also noted he is "very uncomfortable" with a policy rate near zero as unemployment and inflation are nearing the Fed's goals.
"That would make me very nervous. That'd be so far of out of the bounds of our historical experiences…and it may risk us having to raise rates very fast," he says. "Why would we want to put ourselves in that particular bind."
Beyond his views on the economy, Mr. Plosser spent the majority of his speech Tuesday making a case for why the Fed should take a more formulaic approach to setting policy.
"Because systematic policy is easily communicated to the public, it also greatly improves the transparency and predictability of monetary policy, which reduces surprises," he said. "Businesses and consumers are more informed about the course of monetary policy because they understand how policy makers are likely to react to changing economic circumstances even if they are not certain what those economic conditions might be."
Basing the policy rate's future path on a rule also enhances accountability, and in the long run leads to more economic stability, he argued.
As an exercise, Mr. Plosser cited five rule-based models, including the well-known Taylor Rule and variations of that rule since its 1993 introduction, among others.
Plugging in the midpoints of the Fed board's latest economic projections, Mr. Plosser says that while each of the five rules lay out a different path for the policy rate, every one indicates an increase should occur next quarter.
"These rules therefore indicate that liftoff should come sooner than many seem to be expecting, based on our current policy guidance," he warned.
Setting a policy rate based on rules can also help to explain uncertainty, Mr. Plosser said. By plugging in a range of different economic assumptions, the formulas can spit out a range of appropriate policy rates. That range is a way of communicating to the public how policy will vary based on how the economy evolves.
"Rather than trying to shoot for particular future values, a monetary policy report under a rules-based approach could convey the uncertainty and still assure that decisions will be driven by the state of the economy," he said.
Mr. Plosser acknowledged that deriving a policy rate from a hard model may not always work, citing extraordinary times such as Sept. 11 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers. But even then, the official says rule-based models become useful benchmarks, helping the Fed to explain why policy needs to be more or less accommodative than what the economic state might suggest.


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World AIDS Day is December 1. This story from Zambia is an example of how World Vision continues to come alongside families and communities affected by HIV, giving them the resources they need to live healthy, hopeful lives.
At one time, it was almost a guarantee. If a pregnant woman in rural Zambia had HIV, she would most likely give birth to an HIV-positive baby.
Aluchi Nabotwe, a 32-year-old mother of six who lives in the community of Chilala, remembers the situation well.
"There are a lot of babies who died in this area," she says.
But today, thanks to advances in HIV medication and more clinics that are specifically dedicated to HIV treatment, most children are not infected by their mothers.
Aluchi, who is HIV-positive, is benefiting from a new HIV treatment clinic in her community. The anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) that she gets there help her stay in good health and take care of her family.
Melita Musasa, 41, is also benefiting from the new clinic.
The mother of three went through an excruciating experience when she found out she was HIV-positive back in 2000. At that time, there were no medical facilities in her community that adequately dealt with HIV.
Instead, patients had to travel over 50 miles to access medication. The journey took a two-day bicycle ride — or a very long walk.
"The lack of antiretroviral treatment was very detrimental for those of us who were found to be HIV-positive," she recalls. "The distance to travel was long and frustrating."
But for Melita and others needing ARVs in her area, the agony of traveling such a long distance is over.
"I no longer travel for more than a day now, because I just walk a few kilometers to Chilala when there is a need [to go to the] clinic," she says.
With support from Hoops of Hope, World Vision has helped establish a clinic for HIV treatment in Chilala. Aside from filling prescriptions and monitoring the health of those living with HIV, the clinic also offers prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), as well as a device that tests the strength of patients' immune systems.
Thanks to the clinic, Melita was able to access PMTCT services while she was pregnant — and deliver a baby who tested negative for HIV.
The clinic provides various kinds of counseling for both children and adults. So far, 400 patients have benefited.
Kikopa Mwewa, officer in charge of HIV treatment at the clinic, thanks donors and World Vision for helping people in the area to have access to HIV-related interventions.
"In 2005, World Vision helped us with the PMTCT building, including the building where mothers come to access services for antiretroviral treatment, where we conduct various services," Kikopa says. "This is where people come to be tested for HIV."
Without the assistance, he says the health center would not be in a position to effectively render services.
"We have recorded a lot of people who are HIV-positive, and we are able to deliver HIV-free babies from positive mothers," he says. "We have cases where both the mother and father are HIV-positive, but they have an HIV-free baby."
In honor of World AIDS Day, December 1, World Vision is working to create more success stories like this one in communities that are still hit hard by HIV.
Read more about World Vision's efforts in the fight against HIV and AIDS on the World Vision Blog.
Read more about World AIDS Day, coming up on December 1, and learn how you can be involved.
This World AIDS Day, pray for those who are affected by HIV and AIDS — children, families, and entire communities. Pray that the international community would know their suffering and take collective action to fight this humanitarian crisis.
Make a one-time donation to help us prevent the spread of HIV from mothers to children. Your gift will help provide HIV testing, prenatal and postnatal care, counseling for HIV-positive mothers, HIV awareness programs, and support for local clinics in places like Zambia, where HIV still threatens lives.
Sponsor a child in a community affected by HIV and AIDS in Zambia. Your love and commitment to a boy or girl in need will help deliver basics like medical care, nutritious food, clean water, and education — the foundations of a healthy, hopeful future.
Contact your members of Congress and voice your support for the International Affairs Budget. This budget, which makes up just 1.4 percent of the overall federal budget, funds critical programs to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS around the world. There are few spots in the federal budget where dollars translate so directly into lives saved.


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Students are admitted twice a year into the paramedic program; once in the fall and again in the winter semesters. All emergency medical technology courses must be taken in sequence.
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The new selection Filter tool available for QCAD pro 3.4.4 takes all the hassle out of selecting equal length lines
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Mentor Cane, second in the Grade 1 Foxwoods King's Bishop on August 24 at Saratoga Race Course, was euthanized on Thursday following an injury he incurred during a workout this morning.
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The BCS bowl game Monday night sadly was not what you would call compelling viewing. For Notre Dame fans the writing must have been on the wall as the teams came out of the tunnel, and they suffered that scary moment of realisation that hits all teams from high school up through college. 'Damn, those guys are huge!'.
The game was such a non-contest that the commentary team's minds and mouths wandered. Brent Musburger and his broadcast partner Kirk Herbstreit decided to add some commentary to camera shots of AJ McCarron's girlfriend Katherine Webb. You know what, you be the judge. Here's the video.
So, we hate to be 'that' guy, but, seriously? To borrow a well-worn and still hilarious phrase from Monday Night Football, C'mon man! Scarily, there has been little or no reaction from the media or the public, other than people laughing it off, excusing Musburger on the basis of his age, or worse yet, agreeing with his frankly disgraceful comments. To their credit, ESPN has admitted that the commentary was at the very least over the top. Their comment; "However, we apologise that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that."
For me this doesn't go far enough. Not even close.
Musburger's comments would have been at home in the 1950s when women were meant to stay at home, make the dinner and look pretty. His comments were the worst kind of passive-aggressive crap that may sound inoffensive at first to some, but when you think about it, his behaviour is the worst kind of sexist bullying that we would never like any women that are in our lives to be subjected to. It doesn't matter that Ms Webb has gracefully brushed the comments off. The inane, archaic and blatantly sexist comments affect far more women than just herself. If you can't see the problem with the comments, then you may as well stop reading now, as you and I are not going to agree on this.
The main problem is how Musburger objectified Ms Webb. His comments basically suggested that she was nothing more than something nice to look at, a painting on the wall, a sculpture, whatever. Worse yet, if you think about it, his further recommendation that '' If you're a youngster in Alabama, start getting the football out and throw it around the backyard with pops'' seems to be suggesting that you too can obtain a woman by doing that. You can get yourself one too!! Are we talking about watches here, or iPads or something? Musburger is guilty of the worst kind of sexist objectification. Just because he didn't use any sexual slang or expletives doesn't mean his comments weren't sexist.
Most professionals who have to analyse and deal with sexism on a daily basis would have a field day with Musburger's sexist comments. To the rest of us, they should at the very least be uncomfortable and perhaps leave us considering how we interact with the women in our lives on a daily basis.
Sadly, the Internet is reacting exactly how you would expect the Internet to react. The comments range from the confused 'I don't see what's wrong here?!' to the completely offensive 'I would have said much worse!' Those muddled fools are displaying exactly the cowardly bravado you would expect from the anonymity of the Internet. Here's hoping that's not actually how they think.
Going back to the ESPN reaction for a minute, and their tepid comment which seems to be agreeing with common decency, that Musburger's sexist reaction was not OK. Is it enough for them to release said luke-warm statement? ESPN just sacked Rob Parker for inflammatory comments about race. Is race a more serious matter than sexism? Furthermore, is the US sporting media that archaic, stale and broken that is really is not going to react at all as an entity (I can't find one single article anywhere on any sports site chastising Musburger)?


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In the run-up to Square Enix's Thief reboot launching next week, we've been introduced to the friends and foes that Garrett will encounter on his adventure. Today, a new trailer helps connect Basso the fence, the Queen of Beggars, and the Thief-Taker General to Garrett.
We also see more of the supernatural elements at work in Garrett's new adventure. You'll be able to explore the city for yourself on February 25 on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PC. For more, check out a recent interview.
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