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Foundation Board
The role of the Foundation Board is to assist in Chabot's fundraising effort through personal contributions and in-kind resources, and to help promote and build support for Chabot in the community.
The Foundation Board may have a total of 33 Directors which may include up to 11 Public elected Directors of the JPA Board.
Directors serve for a term of 3 years and there is no limitation to the number of terms a Director may serve.
Eric Rudney, Chair
President, Rudney Associates
Eric Rudney is a registered investment advisor with over twenty eight years of experience in investment planning and asset management for high net worth and corporate clients. For the past three consecutive years, the East Bay Business Times ranked Rudney Associates among the top-10 largest wealth management firms in the East Bay. Additionally, in 2008 the Winners Circle named Eric the East Bay's best independent wealth management advisor. Eric supports and has served on the board of a number of local organizations that give back to the community and contribute to social change including BUILD, where he was Chairman of the Advisory Board, the Diablo Regional Art Association (former President and on the Board of Trustees), Las Trampas Inc. (Chairman Fundraising) and the Wheelchair Foundation. Eric is a graduate of UC Berkeley and attended CSU Hayward studying for his MBA Business/Finance.
Sheryl Gorchow Stuart, Vice Chair
Consulting Partner, Allotrope Ventures
Former administrator of the Weston Havens Foundation for medical and scientific research, Sheryl Gorchow Stuart has more than 15 years experience in non-profit philanthropy and development work in education and cultural institutions. An experienced fundraiser, Sheryl was a member of Caltech's senior development staff during the Institute's successful $1.4 billion campaign, overseeing the corporate and foundations departments and projects within CIT's Division of Physics, Math and Astronomy. She has worked at a range of educational institutions and museums, including the Claremont colleges, the Academy of Natural Sciences and The University of Pennsylvania's Museum. A mentor in her profession, Sheryl has lectured and taught in UCLA's Development Professional Certification Program. An active volunteer, she recently served as President of the Claremont Educational Foundation and on the Board of Oak Crest Institute of Science in Pasadena. She is married to Marc Stuart, and they have two children. The family relocated to the Bay Area in 2010.
John Spees, Treasurer
Founder and Managing Partner, Granite Capital Management
John Spees is a co-founder and a Managing Partner for Granite Capital Management, a Registered Investment Advisory and Wealth Management Firm located in the East Bay. The firm provides investment advisory services to individuals, families and small businesses.
Prior to starting Granite with a colleague in 2000, John spent 16 years trading fixed income securities and related derivatives for Bank of America and Security Pacific Bank, with his final 5 years a member of the Bank's proprietary risk taking unit. John is also a manager of and investor in Granite Investors LLC, a leveraged fixed income investment partnership organized to participate in the Federal Reserve's Term Asset Backed Loan Facility. He started his career as a consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
John is married to an Oakland Public School teacher and he and his wife have 2 teenage children. He holds an MBA and BS from the HAAS School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, with an emphasis in Finance.
Committee Chairs
Bill Bruner, Chair, Foundation Governance Committee
Director, Government & External Relations, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mr. Bruner is the Director of Government and External Relations and responsible for strengthening Laboratory communications with all levels of government, the public, and other stakeholders. He oversees the Laboratory's Congressional Affairs, Public Affairs, and Protocol offices. Mr. Bruner has 25 years of experience in strategic communications, government affairs, strategic planning, and national security policy.
Prior to joining LLNL, Mr. Bruner was the Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Administration of President George W. Bush. Under Bruner's leadership, the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs managed NASA's relationships with the U.S. Congress, governors, state legislators and local governments.
Before his appointment at NASA, Mr. Bruner had a distinguished career in the United States Air Force. Among his decorations is the Bronze Star, awarded for service in the First Gulf War. He then served in several key positions in Washington - among them as a space and airpower expert on the Secretary of the Air Force's Staff Group; as a Military Fellow in the Office of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; and as an Office Director within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he won the Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul H. Nitze Award for Excellence in International Security Affairs.
Mr. Bruner is a graduate of the National War College, the Air Force Fighter Weapons School, and the Air Force's School of Advanced Air and Space Power Studies - where his thesis topic was "National Security Implications of Inexpensive Space Access." He has earned master's degrees, with distinction, in National Security Strategy and Airpower Arts and Sciences. His bachelor's degree in Physical Science (Astronomy) is from San Francisco State University.
John Spees, Finance
Founder and Managing Partner, Granite Capital Management
John Spees is a co-founder and a Managing Partner for Granite Capital Management, a Registered Investment Advisory and Wealth Management Firm located in the East Bay. The firm provides investment advisory services to individuals, families and small businesses.
Prior to starting Granite with a colleague in 2000, John spent 16 years trading fixed income securities and related derivatives for Bank of America and Security Pacific Bank, with his final 5 years a member of the Bank's proprietary risk taking unit. John is also a manager of and investor in Granite Investors LLC, a leveraged fixed income investment partnership organized to participate in the Federal Reserve's Term Asset Backed Loan Facility. He started his career as a consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
John is married to an Oakland Public School teacher and he and his wife have 2 teenage children. He holds an MBA and BS from the HAAS School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, with an emphasis in Finance.
Nathan Mason Brill
President & Chief Executive Officer of EP Executive Press
Nathan Mason Brill is President and Chief Executive Officer of EP Executive Press, the publisher of such distinguished publications as The Corporate Counsel and Peter Romeo and Alan Dye's Section 16 Treatise and Reporting Guide. In addition, EP Executive Press is responsible for the highly acclaimed websites TheCorporateCounsel.net, Section16.net and DealLawyers.com. He is also co-Chair of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals.
Nathan graduated from Amherst College and the University of Chicago Law School. He serves on the boards of a number of private companies and numerous nonprofit boards and committees, including the Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Illinois Holocaust Museum, and is a member of the Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago Law School.
Sandra R. Curtis, Ph.D.
International Marketing and Communications Fellow, d.light design
Sandra R. Curtis, Ph.D. manages international marketing and communications for d.light design, a for- profit social enterprise providing solar light solutions to the developing world. She started XenoQuest Media in 2010, producing videos for NASA. She has created and is producing other independent media projects, several which focus on popularizing scientific knowledge. She previously served as the Chief Innovations Officer at the Mexican Heritage Corporation and Senior Vice President for Zorro Productions. As head of Creative Development for Zorro for over twenty years, she produced, created, and managed projects across media, including stage, television, film, publishing and brand licensing.
Sandra brings a love of science education to Chabot. She has developed curriculum materials in health science and physics at Lawrence Hall of Science during graduate school, later serving on the Hall's Advisory Council. She taught at UC Berkeley, where she received her Ph.D., and at San Francisco State. Sandra has served on commissions in the City of Berkeley and on numerous non-profit boards.
"Chabot Space & Science Center is uniquely positioned to ignite that spark of curiosity in our visitors about the cosmos. We have the potential to create spectacular moments of awe about the mysteries of our universe through dramatic visual exhibits, the planetarium, stargazing, our classes and other special events. The founders had incredible foresight in establishing Chabot, which is a very valuable community resource. I'm eager to foster continuing development of innovative projects like Tales of the Maya Skies and am honored to be a member of the foundation board."
Glen Dahlbacka Ph.D.
Senior Program Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
As a founding member of the the New CSSC, Glen began his work on the Center in the late 80's when his wife, Rena Rickles, was approached by the East Bay Astronomical Society to work pro bono on a Joint Powers Agreement for a new astronomy center for the Chabot Observatory which was in need of relocation due to compliance issues with the Ahlquist-Priolo Seismic Protection Act for school facilities. The plans and ideas were exciting and important. As an astrophysicist by training, Glen recalled the important facilities such as the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, that had played an inspiring and informing part in his career in sciences, and saw the value the New Center could play in the lives of East Bay students. At the time, Glen brought experience in management and development in both the public and private sector. He was the CEO of a small technology company focused on x-ray laser research after having been an active researcher in fusion at Lawrence Livermore Labs, where he conceived and co-designed the first laser fusion target to generate a fusion reaction. He had continued that line of research as a group leader at a San Leandro technology company where they were the first to generate conditions that could lead to fusion implosions using very high power electrical pulse generators --perhaps for x-ray lasers. That line of research continues to this day at Sandia Labs in Albuquerque.
During the 90's the dream of CSSC moved from paper to steel and concrete and Glen served as Treasurer during the trying construction project, built at the peak of the Dot-Com boom. He also led the development of a business plan for the new Center. During this time Glen became VP of Business Development at a mid-sized technology company that built and equipped synchrotron x-ray sources for industrial uses such as semiconductor lithography. When the industry stayed with optical techniques, Glen joined Berkeley Lab as a staff scientist to build the industrial programs of the new Advanced Light Source synchrotron. After successfully launching programs with semiconductor and biotechnology companies he spent the last seven years of his time at the Lab as a Senior Program Manager for a DOE non-proliferation program with Former Soviet Union scientists. He helped them join the international economy with their talents and expertise in technology ventures with US companies. During his time at the Lab he served on numerous Boards and Advisory Committees. He also served as the Board Chair and lay leader of the historic First Unitarian Church of Oakland restoration project.
The Lab was highly supportive of the new Center and Glen served as JPA Board Chair during the transition to a policy board from a working board and during the search for a new executive director. Glen is now retired from the Lab but is active as a board adviser to a renewable energy start-up and a start-up in Targeted Alpha Therapy for treatment resistant cancers.
Glen was born in Upper Michigan and attended the U of Illinois and earned a BS in Physics with a minor in anthropology and earned a PhD in Astrophysics at the U of Minnesota. He has lived in Oakland with Rena since 1979 and has three children and four grandchildren.
Chris Ellison
Founding Partner, Ellison, Schneider & Harris
Chris Ellison is an environmental attorney specializing in energy law, with an emphasis on renewable electricity. He is a founding partner in the firm of Ellison, Schneider & Harris, a 17 attorney Sacramento firm focused on energy, water and related environmental matters. Chris has been a leading participant in the restructuring of the electric industry and the promotion of renewable energy, and has been a participant before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission and other agencies regarding a variety of energy and related environmental issues. He was selected by the California Bar Association to serve on its Committee on the Environment (1987-1990) and has been selected by other attorneys and clients for inclusion in "Best Lawyers in America" (2006 to present), "Northern California Super Lawyers" (2005 to present) and by Sacramento Magazine for "Best Lawyers in Sacramento" (2006 to present).
Chris grew up in the Bay Area (Belmont) and now lives in San Rafael. He has a B.A. in psychology from the University of California at Riverside and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He has been on the Board of the International Child Resource Institute (headquartered in Berkeley) for the past five years and now serves as Board secretary. While he has no formal scientific background he has long-time amateur interest in physics (relativity and quantum mechanics), astronomy and space exploration.
Jerry Fiddler
Chairman, Solazyme; Principal, Zygote Ventures
Jerry Fiddler is the Chairman of Solazyme, Principal of Zygote Ventures and Founder of Wind River. Fiddler started Wind River in his Berkeley garage in 1981 along with fellow Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories software engineer David Wilner. Over the next 23 years, Fiddler steered the company to the global forefront of the embedded software industry. Wind River operating systems have guided each of NASA's Mars rovers, and the company flourished with operating systems for products ranging from digital cameras and DVD players to medical equipment and anti-lock brakes. Fiddler retired as Wind River's chairman in 2004.
"Technology and science is an exciting combination," said Fiddler. "That's what makes Chabot so compelling - and so important. There's not another institution that can lay claim to Northern California's only full-dome digital planetarium, the only research-quality telescopes regularly open to the public in the Western U.S. and dozens of cutting-edge interactive exhibits... all located in one of the most stunning natural settings in California."
Alex Filippenko, Ph.D.
Professor of Astronomy, Richard & Rhoda Goldman/Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences, UC Berkeley
Alex Filippenko Ph.D. joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1986, where he is a leading authority on exploding stars, active galaxies, black holes, gamma-ray bursts, and the expansion of the Universe. Elected to the National Academy of Sciences and one of the world's most highly cited astronomers, he is the recipient of numerous prizes for his research. UC Berkeley students have voted him the "Best Professor" on campus six times, and he was named the 2006 Carnegie/CASE National Professor of the Year among doctoral institutions. He has appeared in numerous television documentaries, produced introductory astronomy video courses with The Teaching Company, and coauthored an award-winning textbook.
Garrett Gruener
General Partner, Alta Partners
Garrett Gruener is a co-founder of Alta Partners, and was also a Partner at Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., which he joined in 1992. Gruener has more than two decades of experience in the fields of software development, systems engineering and corporate development. In 1982, he founded Virtual Microsystems, a successful communications software company that was later merged with a larger corporation. Garrett also founded Ask Jeeves, now Ask.Com, a leading Internet search engine which is now part of IAC. Garrett specializes in information technology and is on the board of directors of Aegis Lightwave, Ellie Mae, Nanomix and nCircle Network Security. Gruener earned a Masters Degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, San Diego, both in Political Science with a focus on technology policy.
Larry LangsMr. Langs has split his work life between operations and advisory for leading edge technology companies for over 20 years. He has operations experience as a senior executive and board member of private and public technology companies, and the other half advising similar companies as lawyer, investment banker and corporate development consultant. He has extensive operations experience on the revenue side of small-cap to multi-billion dollar public growth companies and has substantially influenced revenue and balance sheet value prior to partial liquidation events such as financing, sales, public offerings, and sister listings on international public exchanges.
Internationally, Mr. Langs has worked in 49 countries. He also has been active in over 200 merger & acquisition deals and public offerings.
Mr. Langs has a broad background in operations and business management. Some public companies he was senior executive of include EVP at ACD Systems (ASA.TO) $45 million, EVP at Musician.com for Guitar Center (GTRC) $1.2 billion, SVP of business development at MP3.com (MPPP) from 25 people to $4 billion IPO, and VP of business development for Sybase New Media and Telecom (SY) $6 billion, Investment Banker for Chemical Bank in New York (now JP Morgan Chase), and Senior Consultant for Arthur D. Little in Boston (selecting acquisition targets, special diligence of pending acquisitions, and post merger integration work in US, Asia and Europe).
He holds a Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law, and a Master's Degree in Finance and Management of Technology from the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. He is a member of the New York Bar. He has recently moved to the San Francisco Bay, but frequents his roots in New York and Los Angeles.
Kevin Leader
Treasurer, Bechtel
As Bechtel's treasurer, Kevin Leader has global responsibility for all cash operations, short-term investments, foreign currency, and relationships with banks and other financial institutions. Leader also oversees the coordination of project-specific banking matters for Bechtel entities, operations, projects, and joint ventures around the world.
Leader joined Bechtel in 2001 as director of corporate finance and was appointed treasurer in 2003. He was also elected a principal vice president in 2008.
Prior to Bechtel, Leader spent more than 15 years in corporate banking, most recently as managing director with Bank of America's global corporate and investment-banking group.
He is a member of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's Economic Advisory Council.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and management from Saint Mary's College of California and a Master of Business Administration degree from Santa Clara University, both in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jennifer Liebeler Michael
Senior Environmental Policy Advisor for Chevron
Jennifer, an oceanographer and environmental scientist, has worked on conservation issues throughout her career in the academic, nonprofit, and business sectors. Currently, she is the Senior Environmental Policy Advisor for Chevron's Corporate Policy Government and Public Affairs Corporate department in San Ramon, CA where she works on issues of energy, sustainability, and environmental policy. Previously she managed biodiversity issues for Chevron in the Gulf of Mexico. Jennifer is an expert on sound and marine life.
Prior to joining Chevron, Jennifer worked for environmental conservation and non-profit groups. She directed international marine programs for a coral reef conservation and education organization. At the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, she collaborated with exhibit designers and educators to develop exhibits and experiential learning programs on watershed, coastal zone, and ocean conservation issues. Moving to the private sector, Jennifer uses her skills and commitment to a healthy environment to help improve business practices affecting the environment and foster a constructive dialogue on energy development and environmental protection.
Jennifer has a M.S. in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii and was a Chancellor Fellow at UCLA. She has a B.A. in Biology from Pomona College. She is a PADI Divemaster and holds a commercial pilot license and flight instructor ratings. She is a Next Generation Texas Fellow at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security & Law at the University of Texas at Austin. She has worked with a variety of community non-profits in San Francisco and Houston, and served on the development board of Casa de Esperanza, a children's crisis center, in Houston. Jennifer lives in Walnut Creek California with her husband, two children and Australian Shepherd.
Dan Miller
Managing Partner, The Roda Group
Dan Miller is Managing Director of The Roda Group, a venture capital group focused on clean technology as well as information and communications services. Miller serves on the boards of several Roda Group companies including biofuel manufacturer Solazyme, and he was previously the president of Ask Jeeves, Inc., a former Roda Group affiliate company. He is also a member of the board of the Stupid Fun Club, game designer Will Wright's "entertainment think tank." Mr. Miller was Executive Vice President of TCSI Corporation, a company he co-founded with his Roda Group partner, Roger Strauch. TCSI (now owned by Rocket Software) is a leading provider of integrated software products and services for the global telecommunications industry. Prior to TCSI, Miller was a systems engineer at Hughes Aircraft's (now Boeing) Space and Communications Group where he was responsible for designing communications payloads for commercial communications satellites. He holds three patents in the areas of compression technology and wireless communications systems. In addition to Chabot, Miller serves on the nonprofit board of Climate Healers, and the advisory board of Cornell University's Computing and Information Science and School of Electrical Engineering. Dan is a member of The Climate Project, and has given talks about climate change at conferences across the nation. Miller received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with distinction, from Cornell University and his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Bill Nye
Founder and CEO, Nye Labs, LLC
Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been doing most of his life.
Bill's fascination with how things work led him to Cornell University and a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, he headed for Seattle and work as an engineer at Boeing. It was in Seattle that Bill began to combine his love of science with his flair for comedy, when he won the Steve Martin look-alike contest and developed dual careers as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. Eventually, Bill quit his day engineering day job and made the transition to a night job as a comedy writer and performer on Seattle's home-grown ensemble comedy show "Almost Live."
This is where "Bill Nye the Science Guy®" was born. The show appeared before Saturday Night Live and later on Comedy Central, originating at KING-TV, Seattle's NBC affiliate. With fellow KING-TV alumni Jim McKenna and Erren Gottlieb, Bill made a number of award-winning shows, including the show he became so well known for, "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
While working on the Science Guy show, Bill won seven national Emmy Awards for writing, performing, and producing. The show won 18 Emmys in five years. In between creating the shows, he wrote five kids' books about science, including his latest title, "Bill Nye's Great Big Book of Tiny Germs."
Bill Nye is the host of three currently-running television series. "The 100 Greatest Discoveries" airs on the Science Channel. "The Eyes of Nye" airs on PBS stations across the country and Bill's latest project is hosting a show on Planet Green called "Stuff Happens."
Bill's association with Chabot began when he agreed to partner with them on the development of their new, eponymously named climate exhibit, Bill Nye's Climate Lab, which recently opened at Chabot to great acclaim. Bill joined the Foundation Board of Directors of Chabot in January 2011.
Bill Nye is a graduate of Cornell with a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He holds three Honorary Doctorate degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Goucher College, and Johns Hopkins. He has delivered commencement addresses at the University of California Santa Barbara, RPI, Goucher, Hopkins, Harvey Mudd College, and Caltech.
Bill is currently the Executive Director of The Planetary Society, the world's large space interest organization.
Anil K. Suri
Vice President & Chief Risk and Audit Officer, PG&E Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Anil K. Suri is Vice President and Chief Risk and Audit Officer for PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He is responsible for overseeing the company's enterprise-wide risk management, internal audit, compliance and ethics, market and credit risk management, insurance and corporate security functions.
Suri joined PG&E in 2010 after owning and operating a risk management consultancy in New York, where he advised utility-industry senior management in the renewables, fuel supply and new generation markets, and managed market and credit risk of generation assets, pipelines and regulatory assets for utilities and other energy providers.
Prior to that, Suri founded the electricity hedging business as Managing Director of Wells Fargo Bank N.A. He served as CEO of E-lecTrade, Inc., which provided electricity procurement, sales, structuring and trading services for the energy industry, and was a founding partner of The Risk Partners, LLC, where he marketed risk advisory and risk transfer services to utilities, pension funds and insurance companies.
Suri has also worked as a scientist at Yale University and as an oceanographer at Harvard University, where he earned his Ph.D. in fluid turbulence. He holds an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
Jim WolfeSince 2010, Jim Wolfe has held the position of Vice President, Strategy and Growth Office for the Clorox Company. In this position, Wolfe is leading the company's Agile Enterprise strategy, an effort designed to transform the company with lean principles and tools. Prior to this role, Wolfe led the company's adjacency expansion efforts and strategic planning.
Wolfe joined Clorox in 1984, working in a variety of R&D and Manufacturing roles, moving into Marketing in 1993. Since then, Jim held Marketing and Sales roles of increasing importance on businesses such as Kingsford® Charcoal and Hidden Valley Ranch. In 2005, Wolfe was promoted to Vice-President & General Manager for Clorox Bathroom Cleaners. In that role, he had profit and loss and strategic planning responsibilities for brands such as Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaners and Liquid Plumr. In June, 2008, Wolfe was promoted to Vice President, General Manager for the Glad® Division.
Wolfe earned a Bachelor's of Science in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from The University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with high honors. He has been married for 25 years to his wife, Laurie, and has a son (John) and daughter (Julie). Since 2011, Wolfe has served on the Board of Trustees for Bishop O'Dowd High School in, Oakland, CA. Wolfe resides in Danville, CA.


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There are few businesses as besieged by charity requests as restaurants, which are constantly fielding solicitations for giveaways and fundraiser appearances. Ashley Christensen, who this year won the James Beard Award for Best Chef-Southeast, has an assistant who spends 40 percent of her time vetting requests.
"It's sort of a tough conversation, but one of our responsibilities is figuring out where we can have the most impact," Christensen this weekend told an Atlanta Food & Wine Festival audience. "We don't want to be $100 gift certificated to death."
Christensen joined chefs John Currence of Oxford, Miss.; Chris Hall of Atlanta, Ga.; Rodney Scott of Hemingway, S.C. and Nick Pihakis, owner of the Jim 'N Nick's barbecue chain to discuss the emerging philanthropic role of chefs. Although the panelists stopped short of saying chefs should be expected to contribute to their communities, they emphasized that celebrity has provided contemporary chefs with an unprecedented platform from which to agitate for political causes and social justice.
"That's where we are with food now," said Hall, who founded The Giving Kitchen in the wake of his late business partner's Stage IV cancer diagnosis. The organization provides grants to hospitality workers in crisis. "We don't just set a plate of food in front of you."
Like Hall, the panel's other participants have either created their own organizations or narrowly targeted their giving.
"Very early in my career, I began to understand the depth and importance of sharing," said Currence, who's in the midst of organizing the Big Gay Mississippi Welcome Supper, a New York City event to protest a new Mississippi law allowing business owners to legally turn away patrons if serving them would conflict with the owners' religious beliefs. "We have a responsibility to the communities we're lucky enough to make a living from. It's something that feels good."
While the good feelings reported by every panelist went unchallenged, what's less certain is how to measure the reach of the chefs' hard work. There's no definitive way to know if a chef's time is best spent flipping fish at a fundraiser; talking to fellow chefs about health care or designating proceeds from a dish for charity.
But the chefs who joined the panel are committed to figuring out what kind of service makes sense.
"I don't think it should be required, to be checked off like a box," Christensen said. "But something like the James Beard Award, so much of that is not about who's the best cook. Out of creating great food, we're creating a culture."
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BOARDMAN - Salem coach Rich Hart had a decision to make in the waning seconds of the Quakers 54-52 victory over fifth-seeded Ravenna Southeast Wednesday night in the Division II district semifinals: give Southeast a chance to make a three and tie the game or foul and force them to the free throw line.
"The way that they shooting the ball, we weren't going to give them a chance," Hart said. "They are going to have to make two shots because we weren't going to overtime."
His decision paid off as Mike Madison fouled Corey Proctor with 1.1 seconds to play, sending him to the free throw line for two shots. Proctor connected on the first, but intentionally missed the second and the rebound fell to Salem's Max Wolfgang.
"We weren't going to let them get the rebound," Wolfgang said. "We were going to come down with it or tip it away so they wouldn't get a chance."
Their win gives the Quakers a return trip to the district finals for the first time since 2006, but their road to get there has had its' share of adversity.
"(Saturday) is just another game," Wolfgang said. "We need to come out and get out of this district."
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SALEM SCORING: Ryan Bush 5-0-11, Austin Frank 0-0-0, Mike Madison 0-0-0, Zack Wukotich 1-0-2, Brendan Webb 1-2-4, Zach Economous 1-0-3, Max Wolfgang 7-4-18, Anthony Shivers 5-6-16. TOTALS: 20, 12-17: 54
SOUTHEAST SCORING: Corey Proctor 0-1-1, Nate Simyak 3-0-9, Jordan Krych 4-4-12, Lucas Bloom 3-2-11, Trevor Norquest 4-5-15, Kade Norquest 0-0-0, Dakota Laporta 2-0-4. TOTALS: 16, 12-14: 52
Three-pointers: Salem 2 (Bush, Economous), Southeast 8 (Simyak 3, Bloom 3, Norquest 2).
Wolfgang led all scorers with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony Shivers added 16 points.
The Pirates (14-9) picked up right where they left off in their upset victory over Niles, by connecting on four of their first five three-point attempts to jump out to an early double-digit lead. The Quakers (19-6) found themselves down by 12 before taking a timeout to regroup.
"That was difficult, we knew we have been down before and come out on top," Salem senior Anthony Shivers said. "And we knew we had to do that one basket at a time you can't get 12 points back all at once, so that was the mindset that we had coming-out of that time out."
Salem awoke following the timeout and cut the Pirate lead to just four to close out the frame. Southeast didn't score the rest of the quarter.
"We got it to about six pretty quickly, and then they made another long surge in hit a couple threes," Hart said. "I thought if we just stayed within five, we would be okay in the second half."
The two teams traded baskets in the second quarter as the Quakers went into the break precisely where Hart wanted, trailing by five at 29-24. The Pirates cooled considerably as the game wore on, after finishing the first half with six three-pointers, Southeast finished with just eight.
"We knew that they could shoot it we just didn't get out early enough there at the beginning," Hart said. "We did a great job in the second on limiting them from three in the second half."
Shivers gave the Quakers their first lead of the game with 4:19 to play in the third quarter on a jumper from 17 feet.
Southeast tied the game back up just two minutes later on a three-point play by Trevor Norquest, but that tie didn't last long. Wolfgang reclaimed the lead for Salem with a basket on the Quakers very next possession.
"Max Wolfgang was huge tonight," Shivers said. "He was outstanding all night scoring and rebounding and hitting all of those free throws."
The Pirates' sunk three's to put the Pirates up by one midway through the frame and another to bring them within one with just a minute and a half to play.
His last gasp came with 4.2 seconds on the clock, but he was unable to connect.
"We have said all year for us to be competitive and win basketball games we have to make shots for four quarters," Southeast coach Matthew Dillon said. "We needed to be a little bit more consistent late we were one or two shots away."
Salem will take on Youngstown Mooney on at 6 p.m. Saturday in the district final at Boardman High School.
"We have to play better then we played tonight," Hart said. "We can't make the mistakes that we did, and if we get the easy shots we have to finish."
NOTES: Salem coaches Rich Hart, George Spack, Andy Smyczynski and Jake Zatchok were each wearing an orange ribbon in memory of Salem junior Brittany Gulu, who was killed in a car accident on Sunday evening. A moment of silence was also observed.
-Southeast's Nate Simyak was forced to remove his number 10 jersey in the second quarter due to blood on the jersey. He wore Robert Wilson's number 23 for the remainder of the first half, but returned to wearing number 10 in the second half after the jersey was cleaned.
-Following the game, Hart was proud to see the support from the community and the Salem students.
"The Crazies, they were great again for us tonight," Hart said. "They've been fantastic for us all year and it's great to see the turnout we have received so far."
-Salem is 1-1 in games decided by two points or less this season.
-Mooney defeated East Liverpool, 47-40, on Jan. 4. Salem won at East Liverpool, 69-54, on Dec. 18.
-The Quakers have won six straight games, holding opponents to 46.2 points a game along the way.
-The Quakers are 2-1 on Saturdays this season.


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CRYSTAL BAY, Nev. - Portland's Fruition will return to Tahoe for a free Crystal Bay Casino Crown Room performance Friday, Nov. 17.The bluegrass band played the Red Room in May. It also opened for Hot Buttered Rum at South Shore during that tour before returning for a July 5 show at Lakeview Commons, South Lake Tahoe's answer to Tahoe City's Commons Beach.Comprised of Kellen Asebroek (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Mima Naja (banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals), Jay Cobb Anderson (guitar, harmonica vocals), Keith Simon (upright bass) and Tyler Thompson (drums), Fruition formed in 2008, minus Thompson, who joined the group last year. Fruition met on the Rip City scene, where Asebroek with Naja and Anderson with Simon were playing as separate duos. "We started out playing on the streets," Asebroek said. "When we joined forces, we realized we had pretty good vocal harmonies, and decided to become a band." A regular act around Portland, Fruition headlined two late-night shows at the 2011 Northwest String Summit in North Plains, Ore. last summer. Fruition released its third album in a year ago, "It Won't Be Long." with seven original songs. Two more albums are in the works presently, Fruition's fourth studio album and a side project with fellow Portland musician Brad Parsons. Through the years the band has had the privilege to play with the likes of Vince Herman and Andy Thorne (Left Over Salmon), Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band), Zach Gill and Dan Lebowitz (ALO & Jack Johnson), Daniel Stern, Danny Barnes and the Dead Winter Carpenters.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
On aging, gratefully
Nifty, nifty, youre turning 50! is a message often seen on birthday cards for those reaching that venerable half century mark. Frankly, Id love to receive such a card. Alas, I already did (much) longer than two decades ago. The 50th birthday celebration I just attended was for our son David. He invited family and friends to join him on a beach overlooking Charleston while he reigned over bocce ball tournaments and served up a luscious Lowcountry boil to the background of a luscious Lowcountry sunset.
We gave him a card with a standard birthday message, plus another grumpy one composed and handwritten by yours truly. It said in part:
You had to go turn 50
Now isnt that just fine!
You know that now of course
We cant still claim to be 39! . . .
The worst part about this whole thing is that David isnt even our oldest descendant! I never thought much about my advancing years until our kids starting advancing themselves. It wasnt long ago that I noticed a few strands of grey in this sons as well as his younger brothers hair. It startled me. Our daughters, like their mother, long ago figured out what was causing that grey hair and have taken care of it.
Then of course there are grandchildren. They arrive cute and cuddly, tottering around you and before you know it towering over you, graduating from high school and then going off to college. This transition alone is guaranteed to bring on the grey as well as increase wrinkles. (If somebody could devise a way to rinse out the latter that would be worth another celebration!)
Theres a further saying about growing older something about mind over matter and that If you dont mind, it doesnt matter. And you know, thats true. The trick, of course, is not to mind. Growing old is not for sissies is another of those truisms and anyone who is in that phase of life knows that niggling arthritis and other aches and pains come with the territory. I guess the bottom line old saying about getting older is that Its better than the alternative. Thats all too true as well.
So what to do? Well, like David, celebrate with good family, good friends, good food and a good setting. And not just on birthdays but every day as well. My prime example of Mind over Matter was my mother, who lived to be 92. At age 80 she drove solo from Summerville to California the southern route to visit her sister and then returned via the northern route to spend time with relatives in the mid west. Her trip was in 1989 and lasted from just before Hurricane Hugo to just before Thanksgiving. Frankly my dear, Im not that far away from being an octogenarian myself but Im miles away from being able to duplicate her feat.
For me, that everyday celebration of life is best expressed in my favorite any age saying via Psalm 118:24 This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it, and succinctly paraphrased in a favorite sign in our home: Enjoy Today.
That I think is the real secret folks grey hairs or no!
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OLL-Live offers FREE, one-hour interactive webinars from Oracle. At an OLL Live webinar, you will experience an information packed session led by an Oracle expert showing you ways you can use Oracle products. Our speaker this time is Tom McGinn, Java Curriculum Developer. Tom's topic is Troubleshooting Applications in Oracle Cloud by Using OEPE.
Learn how to troubleshoot applications deployed to Oracle Cloud using resources available in Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse (OEPE). You see how to view log messages generated by the Oracle Java Cloud Service, and how to use the Oracle Cloud Whitelist Scan to detect the use of API's or method calls that are prohibited.
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Welcome to Cranmer Hall
Formation for ministry at Cranmer Hall roots you in scripture and prayer and stretches you academically and spiritually as you engage with the breadth and depth of Christian tradition. It equips you to read the culture, enables you to serve the Church, helps you to work across denominational boundaries, and resources you to proclaim the gospel afresh in the 21st century. This is mission-shaped training for a mission-shaped church.
Durham has been a national and international centre of prayer, worship and scholarship for over a thousand years. Generations of Christians have been drawn here to study, worship and prepare for Christian ministry and mission.
We are an Anglican theological college integral to Durham University as a constituent part of St John's College. We are located in a stunning world heritage site in close partnership with Durham Cathedral and with the country's leading department of Theology and Religion.


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– Doreen Seal, the mother of Jason Alexander, who was Britney Spears's husband for 55 hours
"I've been where Lindsay is to a certain extent. But before anyone can be helped, they have to admit the truth."
– Michael Lohan, a recovering alcoholic, on his daughter
"When I was 10½ I was sitting in a room with a group of young adults who were smoking pot. I wanted to try some, and they said, 'Sure. Isn't it cute, a little girl getting stoned?'"
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RICFest Homecoming Update: All outdoor activities planned for Oct. 1 have been moved indoors. Click here for details.
Campus Card FAQ
- What types of accounts can I have on my Campus Card?
- Is the RIC Funds Card the same as the Campus Card?
- How do I make a purchase with my Campus Card?
- What do I need to do if I am authorized to access a Residence Hall?
- What about my library card?
- How do I get it activated for the Recreation Center?
- What if my Campus Card is damaged or outdated? Who do I report it to and how much does it cost to replace?
- What can I do to protect my Campus Card?
- What if I lose my Campus Card?
What types of accounts can I have on my Campus Card?
The Campus Card consists of 3 accounts:
- The meal plan account which consists of 3 tenders:
- Board for use at Donovan Dining Center
- Guest Passes for use at Donovan Dining Center
- Bonus Dollars for use at Donovan Dining Center, the Café, and the Galley
- The Campus Points account is for use at all locations where points are accepted: DDC, café, Galley, RIC Bookstore, Convenience Store, Welcome and Information Center, many copiers, laundry facilities in all Residence Halls, and pay-for-print stations in the café and Adams Library. (Campus Points)
- The DDC commuter points account is for use at Donovan Dining Center, the Café, and the Galley. This account is useful if you would like to restrict funds for food only. (DDC points)
1 point = 1 cent
Is the RIC Funds Card the same as the Campus Card?
No. The RIC Funds Card http://www.ric.edu/ricfundscard/index.php is the Higher One Debit MasterCard, issued by the Bancorp Bank and administered by Higher One, to (1) provide RIC students refunds for excess financial aid (or any other credit you might have on your college account) and (2) student payroll
How do I make a purchase with my Campus Card?
When making a purchase at Donovan Dining Center, Café, or Galley present your card to the cashier and inform them which account you want to use for payment, Board, Guest Passes, Bonus Dollars, Campus Points, or DDC points. When making a purchase anywhere else on campus simply present your card to the cashier. Campus Points is the only acceptable tender at these locations
What do I need to do if I am authorized to access a Residence Hall?
Access to residence halls will be setup on move-in day. However, you can have your Campus Card activated for access at the Office of Residential life or Campus Card. If you lose your Campus Card, you must contact Residential Life or Campus Card Office immediately to prevent unauthorized use.
What about my library card?
You can activate your card for borrowing privileges at http://www.ric.edu/librarycardactivation/. The barcode on the front of your card allows you to use the resources available at Adams Library, at other member libraries of the HELIN consortium, and the vast online Helin resources. Please note that when you are using Helin resources online you will need to enter the 14 digits on your card. If you are experiencing problems with your library card, report the problem to the Circulation Desk in Adams Library (456-8126) with the understanding that you may need to come to Campus Card to have the problem fixed.
How do I get it activated for the Recreation Center?
Go to the Recreation Center, present your Campus Card, and they will process your membership.
What if my Campus Card is damaged or outdated? Who do I report it to and how much does it cost to replace?
If your Campus Card is damaged due to normal wear and tear, bring the damaged card to Campus Card for a free replacement. Damage outside of normal wear and tear is subject to a $10.00 processing fee. Although your Campus Card may have a date on it, it does not expire. It is active for as long as you are an active student.
What can I do to protect my Campus Card?
Purchase a pouch or ID holder for it (available at the RIC Bookstore). Please do not punch a hole or alter the Campus Card in any way. Doing so might interfere with its ability to be recognized by the system.
What if I lose my Campus Card?
It's important you call 456-8394 to report your card missing. You may report a missing card during normal business hours to prevent unauthorized use. The college assumes no responsibility for unauthorized use of a card before it is reported. Replacement cards are issued in person and with appropriate identification. A processing fee of $10.00 will be assessed for a new Campus Card.


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5 YouTube Music Videos That Suck the Fun Out of Sex
The point being that swapping forensics loses its luster when it's thrusting at you from all directions. It's the reason that every music video featuring writhing, half-naked models will also show a famous musician just wandering through the mess, looking listless and bored. Here, we'll let this Nelly album cover illustrate:
But I'm always amazed by the young artists who have gained no purchase in fame, yet insist on being just as careless with sexuality as real celebrities. YouTube is filled with music videos from nobodies who sing about sex as though it's something they have to tolerate. They sing about sex because they think they have to, but they are mean to it, they are dismissive of it and they do their best to just suck the magic out of it for anyone watching.
I for one don't believe these people. I don't think they have a surplus of sex stored away somewhere, and I'm calling their bluff. The following five are the worst offenders, and if you happen to know one of these artists personally, please sit down and ask him or her to try to be a little nicer, a little gentler with my favorite pastime.
#5. "Pound on My Muffin" -- Shira
Prepare yourself as this music video whisks you away on an adventure in logic jumps. If you forgot to pack a suitcase, no problem -- Shira is carrying plenty of baggage in her face. In fact, for the sake of clarity, before watching this video you should know that the "muffin" being pounded is apparently a metaphor for "vagina" in the world she's created, and not "face and head," as you might have assumed. Also, muffins and cupcakes are synonymous here. I'm telling you this now because Shira doesn't give you any time to stop and marvel at these glaring holes in common sense, not when there's all that muffin pounding to get to.
The music video opens with Shira singing "I know you miss this muffin" while carrying a cupcake into a bakery. The proprietor looks at the cupcake, smells it, decides he likes the scent of heavy-handed symbolism and makes a shockingly bad business decision by paying money to someone else for a product he exclusively sells. Only 20 seconds in and already I'm nauseous with confusion.
In the rest of the song, Shira rides around on top of a Camaro rapping through the thinly veiled analogy of desserts about how much guys like physically abusing her genitals. As a guy, I'm pretty confident that neither one of us would actually enjoy that. Shira really has to hate sex to think this adequately describes intercourse. It's the most halfhearted and depressing offer of sexuality to an audience since the ass-to-ass scene in Requiem for a Dream.
Crowning Moment in Sexual Misery:
As Shira furiously grinds and sweats through the chorus, insisting that guys want nothing more than to pound on her muffin, the shots are interspersed with a man, fully clothed, dead asleep.
The face of o'erflowing lust.
#4. "Diggin It" -- Hayla
With choreographed dancing, costume changes and fire handlers, "Diggin It" could easily be mistaken for a real music video, at least in the brief moments where the camera is too far away to see Hayla's face. Now, your first thought as you watch this may be (as mine was), "Oh hey, my mom's friend made a music video." That's not the case. Hayla just has a look to her that's common among older women, due almost exclusively to the fact that she is really really old.
Sadly, all the location changes, the elaborate set design and the young backup dancers can't mask the fact that this music video is unquestionably one last, desperate grasp of an aging woman at sexual relevance. Her face is so bloated with collagen that it looks like she's allergic to rapping.
"Do either of you have some Benadryl in your purse?"
Incidentally, Hayla tries to squeeze every genre of music into one song, and she even throws in an air siren, just in case that's what kids are into these days. But the most uncomfortable aspect of this video is, hands down, the aggressive sexuality. She slips around on a leather couch that's roughly the same texture as her skin, rubbing her legs together and singing about how she wants to own tonight. Then she strips down to a midriff top and hot pants to dance and stare you down, just like your mom's friend Cheryl did when you were back at home during that summer break from college. She said no one would have to know, but you would know. You would always know.
"Oh, also. Will you tell your mom I won't be at the book club this week?"
Crowning Moment in Sexual Misery:
One of the pivotal lines in the song is "The bigger the dick-ah, the quick-ah." It's never really clear what exactly is getting proportionally quicker with the size of a dick-ah, so we're left to terrify ourselves with the possibilities. I'm going to assume she means stem-cell research for geriatric immortality.
#3. "Jingle Bells Swag" -- Money Boy
If you've found yourself thinking "Christmas is a great holiday and all, but it would be 10 times better if it just had more insinuations of hardcore sex," then Money Boy made this song for you. His verses are all in German, but he has tapped into the universal language of Christmas humping, so nothing is lost on the viewer.
While I admire the ambitiousness of trying to squeeze sex and holiday spirit into such tiny Santa outfits, "Jingle Bells Swag" is a nice reminder that just because something is ambitious doesn't mean it's a good idea. Even if your impetus for celebrating Christmas isn't structured around religion, it's a holiday that's synonymous with families coming together, and trying to hogtie sex to that tradition feels gross. Granted, it has its touching moments. Money Boy notices at 1:57 that his friend doesn't have a bra on, so, being thoughtful, he gives her one for Christmas at 2:17. But any semblance of real-life relationships devolves pretty quickly when he gives the other girl a bra, too, just 15 seconds later, and no one is upset about that fact. Instead, the girls strip for him and they all share some seasonal drink in plastic cups. Jingle Bells Swag, indeed.
While singing "Merry Merry Christmas," Money Boy stuffs bills into the underwear of a stripper. It's particularly sad because until this point I had assumed they were at least acquaintances, but in a single act it's clear that Money Boy is spending Christmas with strippers and paying them to be there. Suddenly it's the saddest Christmas song I've ever heard.


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Please forgive my ignorance as this is technically my first SW Aquarium.
I am starting to seriously worry about my 55G GSP tank. Ever since I converted it to full marine by increasing the salinity .002 every week or two, my water has become cloudy with brown/grey algae blooming over the last two water changes that I have done. However, during the last 4 water changes I have not mixed my own SW but instead got two 5G jugs of premixed SW from a small LFS that I have grown to trust. (essentially a 20-30 percent water change during each salinity increase)
Now prior to the last water change (50 percent) that I performed yesterday., my water tests came out to be the following:
(from my API Freshwater Test Kit)
Salinity: 1.020
Ammonia 0.25 ppm
Nitrite: 0.50 ppm
Nitrate: 20.0 ppm
Concerning results right? So I went back to the aforementioned LFS and got a second opinion since the owner is one of the few around here that specializes in SW testing. He ran a phosphate test along with checking my other perameters which is the one thing I could not test with my FW test kit that I had and it read an astounding 5 PPM! He said unless I gave him a contaminated sample he does not know how I do not have a tank full of dead puffers right now. (which was a cryptic response from him obviously) he said to check for any decaying food or livestock in the aquarium and give the substrate a good cleaning.
So with that said I got my two 5G jugs and filled them up in preparation for a 50 percent water change along with stripping out all of the decor to clean the gravel substrate thoroughly along with scrubbing out all the algae. I done that and waited 24 hours and unfortunately the test results got worse:
Salinity 1.022
Ammonia: 0.50 ppm
Nitrite: 0.25 ppm
Nitrate: 5.0 ppm
I feel like an idiot as it seems I was overzealous in my cleaning and caused my tank to go into a cycle.
However, my GSP's all seem to be behaving normally and look fat and bright. What to do from here?
NOTE: There are two Penguin 550 Powerheads in each corner of the tank along with a Penguin 200 and a Emperor 400 Power Filter so my water circulation and filtration is more than sufficient. I also have plenty of aeration in the water as well. The only other inhabitants to the aquarium is a couple of surviving Ghost Shrimp and Red Clawed Crabs, the only recent additions are 12 small brown legged hermit crabs and two small pieces of live rock that have already started to seed the dead rock that I had in there before.


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Multipath Delay Estimators for Fading Channels with Applications in CDMA Receivers and Mobile Positioning
Lohan, Elena Simona
Publication type: Doctoral dissertation
Issue date: 2003-10-24
Belongs to: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto. Julkaisu - Tampere University of Technology. Publication; 434
University: Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Department of Information Technology
Department: Institute of Communications Engineering
CDMA is the multiple access technique selected for the 3G mobile communications systems and it has a significant role in the research beyond 3G systems. CDMA systems over wireless channels have to cope with fading multipath propagation, which makes the channel estimation an important issue in CDMA receivers. Despite a significant amount of scientific literature on CDMA receivers, there are still open problems regarding the multipath delay and coefficient estimation in hostile environments and the design of low-complexity DSP-based channel estimators for CDMA applications. Good multipath delay estimation techniques can also find their applicability in mobile phone positioning, which is an area with many challenging questions. Additionally, theoretical measures of performance in CDMA detection in the presence of fading multipath channels have mainly been derived for ideal channel estimators. However, developing such analytical models in the presence of channel estimation errors can decrease significantly the computational time when analyzing the performance of different algorithms. The research results presented in this thesis are focused on three main axes: channel estimation algorithms for low-complexity Rake receivers (with the main focus on the delay estimation part), code synchronization schemes for closely spaced multipath scenarios (including the applications in WCDMA positioning), and analytical studies of the performance of Rake receivers in the presence of multipath fading channels and delay estimation errors. First, the algorithms for the estimation of the main parameters of a fading channel are described, focusing on the channel complex coefficients and the multipath delays. The estimation of some other channel parameters (e.g., Doppler spread, noise variance) is briefly overviewed and a new channel estimation filter with adaptive filter length and fixed coefficients is derived. The problematics of closely spaced paths are emphasized and several solutions are proposed to deal with this situation. Second, two practical applications of the aforementioned channel estimation techniques are shown. The first one is a low-complexity Rake receiver based on interpolation, with incorporated channel estimation block. The second application is the mobile positioning, for which purpose several link-level solutions for the estimation of the delay of the first arriving path are presented. Third, we discuss the main techniques for the theoretical computation of the bit error probability (BEP) of a Rake receiver in the presence of multipath fading channels. The effects of the channel estimation errors on BEP analysis are also discussed. The last part of this thesis is a collection of nine publications that contain the main results of the author's research work. New algorithms and architectures for the multipath delay estimation in fading channels are introduced and their performance is studied under various CDMA scenarios. A semi-analytical method for computing BEP of a Rake receiver in the presence of code synchronization errors is also presented.
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Recognizing the benefits of women in public works
Debby Key
Project Administrator
Engineering Department
City of Gastonia, North Carolina
Are women being promoted to top positions in public works? Interesting, thought-provoking question that, generally, elicits one of two gestures: Some respond as if considering it for the first time, "Hmmmm?" Others just smile. Most likely you are doing one or the other right now.
Outside of public works, in large corporations women hold approximately 15% of the top positions. Obviously, this is hardly representative of our population. When both men and women are surveyed as to why women are not being promoted at a higher percentage, their reasons are generally consistent.
Men's Responses
Women's Responses
Unfortunately, it appears that some attitudes have changed very little over the years. In 2006, women and men are equally educated, experienced and skilled. The traits that have been identified as women's "problems" can hardly be considered gender specific. Many men display one or more of the above traits, yet are still considered qualified for senior positions. There are a lot of articles written about the need for women to overcome these inherent flaws, but the truth is, women should not be fooled into thinking they are necessarily heading for a promotion by doing so.
Has the public sector made any more progress than the private sector? Conducting an informal survey within my own organization, an equal number of men and women in mid- and upper-level management positions were asked the same question. Responses to the question were similar to those previously noted. Interestingly, two responses from men tried to justify men's behavior, rather than identify women's failures:
There is probably some inherent truth in the above responses as later explained. Additionally, both men and women felt that the public sector had made more progress in promoting women than the private sector. Statistics show this is true. Women are gaining ground. In 2001, the percentage of women policy leaders (meaning department heads and top advisors) was 34.9%. Of this, the percentage of women department heads was 30.7%. Both numbers represent an increase of 7% since 1997. Even with such an impressive increase in four years, women are still very much underrepresented in top positions, given they are approximately half of the population.
What was most interesting and revealing about this informal survey was what respondents did not say. Consistently, each man wrinkled his brow, cast his eyes upward and stammered a response. For the most part, men did not feel there was a problem. Conversely, as if sharing a common understanding, women, initially, just smiled. Prior to speaking, however, each woman confirmed her anonymity. This issue did not seem to be a concern for men.
How distressing that after four decades of women seeking equality in the workplace, it seems that women are reluctant to talk about it for fear their careers might suffer. This might explain the responses received from men. Basically, the issue is not being discussed; thereby, it is not being acknowledged. This lack of recognition leads to the perception that there is no problem.
Beyond all the explanations for women's inability to make greater strives in securing top positions, the answer may be even simpler. Yet, the "fix" is much more difficult. Interestingly enough, it is something that we all have been guilty of in one form or another. Consider this: When you walk into a meeting with strangers, do you typically choose a seat near someone with whom you can identify...someone like yourself? This behavior wasn't learned, it's an instinct carried over from childhood. Most of us have a tendency to stay with what is comfortable.
This same instinct may be carrying over into our hiring choices. Since men are making a majority of the hiring decisions, history indicates that mostly men will be promoted. The relatively few number of women in top positions suggests that very few managers, male or female, are willing to step outside of their comfort zone.
Does this mean that women are doomed to mid-level manager positions? Not at all. Savvy leaders are beginning to recognize the contributions that a diverse management team brings to the organization. A 2004 study by Catalyst, the New York-based organization that tracks the progress of women in business, revealed that companies with more women at the top performed better financially.2 Further, women managers are consistently rated higher than their male counterparts on 37 of 47 critical management qualities, such as leadership, social skills, problem-solving and decision-making.3
A diverse management team can bring many benefits to an organization. From left: Wanda Forrester, Kristy Crisp, Sue Puckett and Gregg Sturgis of the City of Gastonia Engineering Department discuss design elements of a street improvement project.
Perhaps the above accomplishments can be attributed to women's inherent nurturing instincts; however, we should not confuse this with "mothering." That term has long been used in a derogatory manner to describe women's management style. To nurture is to develop, cultivate, foster, promote and encourage—all sound business advice in any organization. In a study by the Women's Leadership Center in Massachusetts, 97% of women said "customer satisfaction" is the most important business priority and 92% said "employee satisfaction." Eighty-one percent said "company culture." Women believe that if you get the people part right, it will lead to the financial results and business performance desired.4 It appears to be a successful strategy. Seventy-five percent of businesses started by women succeed.
There is a certain amount of change and understanding that could be encouraged for both men and women. "Recognition" may be the key to making real changes. Both male and female managers need to recognize their reluctance to break away from what is comfortable in their hiring choices. If men have historically held a position that is now open, consider the benefits that a woman could bring to the position. Consider if the reasons for your hesitation to place a female in that position are valid.
Women, get your applications in, regardless of how you feel the position will be filled. The face of public works is changing. It is not just for men anymore. Public works may just be the niche to exploit your leadership talents. It is proven that women and a diverse management team are beneficial to the success of the organization and, in the end, that really is the bottom line.
Debby Key can be reached at (704) 866-6834 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
1 Fast Company, "Where Are the Women?", Issue 79, February 2004, Page 52, by Linda Tischler
2 - CareerBuzz.com, Newsfeed, "The Case for Corporate Life," July 21, 2005, OC Metro, by Kimberly A. Porrazzo
3 - CareerJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal, "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: What's Holding Women Back?" by Valerie Patterson
4 - CareerBuzz.com, Newsfeed, "Most Women Executives Put Focus on Customers, Employees," January 9, 2006, The Salt Lake Tribune, by Rosemary Winters
CSWA Newsletter, AAS Committee on the Status of Women Weekly Issues of 3/10/99, edited by Priscilla Benson
WITI Careers, "Women Friendly Companies: What Works, What Doesn't & Why," by Barbara Annis, Summer 2004 ed. WITI FastTrack
Fast Company, "Where Are the Women?", Issue 79, February 2004, Page 52, by Linda Tischler
"Appointed Policy Makers in State Government, A Demographic Analysis: Gender, Race and Ethnicity Data," A Report of the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society, Fall 2001
CareerBuzz.com, Newsfeed, "The Case for Corporate Life," July 21, 2005, OC Metro, by Kimberly A. Porrazzo
CareerJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal, "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: What's Holding Women Back?" by Valerie Patterson
CareerBuzz.com, Newsfeed, "Most Women Executives Put Focus on Customers, Employees," January 9, 2006, The Salt Lake Tribune, by Rosemary Winters


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New York jewelry designer, Chandrika Shrobe, turns her talents to creating this stretchy mala using semi-precious matte black onyx beads and ornamental sterling silver guru beads. Strung with durable elastic, the stretchy mala fits the wrist snugly like a bracelet. Wear one as a beautiful reminder to recite your mantra throughout the day.
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A161P Balanced Armature In-Ear (MEEA161P) -
MEE A161P Balanced Armature In-Ear Headphone. The ultimate hi-fi audio experience from balanced armature technology . Stunning accuracy, high resolution, and crystal clarity bring your music to life . Inline mic and remote for headset use . Small housing with angles nozzle. Includes 6 sets of ear tips, TRRS adapter, computer SKYPE adapter, carrying case, cable guides, and shirt clip ....
Brainwavz B2 Dual Balanced Armature Earphones
"Summary of my experience with these: Build: Feels cheap and plasticky. In fact the box appears better made than the earphones. :) Treble: Very detailed, forward and sharp. No real sibilance BUT is very fatiguing after even after short listening sessions Mids: Again very detailed but there appears to be some forward and some recessed elements depending on the track you are listening to. The..." --Krisman
Brainwavz Beta (V2)
"Very nicely balanced overall. Bass very slightly lacking, but this is a matter of taste. Lots of tips to choose from, and came with foamies! Cheaply put together though. Loads of microphonics. Clip is useless. Thought I heard some imbalance but it went away with burn-in. Questionable quality? After further burn-in, my Betas became very bass..." --inline79
Brainwavz BLU-200
"Brainwavz Intro ABOUT US Brainwavz provides high-end earphones specifically designed for high-quality sound and tailor-made to provide the user with a solution that can be used across a wide range of audio genres and styles at affordable prices. Brainwavz believes in the idea that sound is a deeply personal experience, and strives to provide users with earphones that match their personal..." --Wokei
Brainwavz Delta
" Introduction I first got to know the company few months ago, when I was looking for a portable amplifier. They were about to release or they have just released the Brainwavz AP001 portable amp, so this was my starting point. I then visited their website http://www.yourbrainwavz.com/index.php, became interested with their products and decided to buy some and try them. The..." --Danihell
Brainwavz Jive
"At the time of the review, the Brainwavz Jive earphone was was on sale at Amazon's website for $25.00 USD. Here is a link to Their listing of the product: http://www.amazon.com/Brainwavz-Isolating-Earphones-Android-Blue-Android/dp/B013OKX8II/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441323708&sr=8-1&keywords=brainwavz+jive Introduction I like Brainwavz because they offer a diverse range..." --Hisoundfi
Brainwavz Jive In Ear Earbuds Noise Isolating Earphones Remote & Mic Headset Stereo Headphones Apple iPhone & Android (Black)
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Brainwavz M2 In-Ear Headphones
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Brainwavz M3
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Brainwavz M4 In-Ear Headphones
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Tender HeartsHow can we avoid being spiritually stubborn and unresponsive to God?
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Hunters welcome to try for deer at Presque Isle (Updated 10:30 a.m.)
Deer outnumber hunters 4-1 at Presque Isle State Park today, the second day of the park's annual three-day hunt.
Just 17 hunters came to help the park thin its herd, estimated at 50 to 70 deer. If there are too many deer, the habitat can't support them, park Superintendent Harry Leslie said.
But it's a bitter cold day at the park, where winds off the water make 17 degrees feel like zero or below.
"Good Lord. I don't know why I came out here today," Todd Copfer, of Erie, said, zipping his third layer of cold-weather clothes.
Copfer has participated in the park's three-day hunt for the past 15 years and most recently shot a doe four years ago.
Park deer are more wily than their country cousins, Copfer said. Accustomed to people, they hunker down and wait for hunters to pass.
"You have to be right on top of them. You almost have to kick one to get one," he said.
Five hunters got deer on the opening day of the hunt Wednesday.
Hunters who haven't shot a deer this season are welcome to hunt at the park Friday. Gates open at 5 a.m. A required safety class, including tips for a successful hunt, begins at 6 a.m.
Call 833-7424 for more information.
See Friday's Erie Times-News and GoErie.com for more coverage.


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A person who is ignorant and generally has no idea about anything.
Don't talk to me like ya know me, ya muppet
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a person who defies explanation with regard to common sense and logic, exhubing an air of confidence that is mutually exclusive to that of their accomplishments or ability
what the hell is Emma doing, can she not see that if im not at my desk I can not answer my phone, she is such a fucking muppet
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Someone who is useless until you shove your fist up them - Just like Kermit !
He's a complete muppet
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"Well, it's not quite a mop, it's not quite a puppet, but man... " - Homer Simpson
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An alternative term for idiot or moron. Usually used in the UK to describe someone who is incompetant or gormless. Taken from the name for the popular Jim Henson Puppets.
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General name given to a large cast of bizarre comedy puppets created by the late Jim Henson. While many performed on "The Muppet Show" (and numerous movies and spin-offs) others appeared on the children's television series "Sesame Street."
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are muppets.
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Improve Reproductive Efficiency in Dairy Farms workshops scheduled for January 2012
Improve Reproductive Efficiency in Dairy Farms workshops scheduled for January 2012
Are you a dairy producer, veterinarian, or consultant interested in learning about the latest innovations in dairy reproductive programs to improve reproductive efficiency and profitability? If so, make plans to attend a UW-Extension Improving Reproductive Efficiency workshop in January.
Topics and speakers include:
– The Economic Value of Improving Reproductive Efficiency. Dr. Victor Cabrera will explain how much your profits could increase by improving you herd's reproductive efficiency.
– Update on Reproductive Research at UW-Madison. Dr. Paul Fricke will highlight research that provides practical management strategies and assesses new reproductive technologies.
– Mastitis is Not Only about Milk. Dr. Pamela Ruegg will discuss how mastitis can impact the reproductive performance of your herd.
– ReproMoney and How It Can Help You Increase Your Economic Returns. Dr. Connie Cordoba will talk about this new, free program offered to all Wisconsin dairy farmers. She will explain how the program can help you identify which areas of your reproductive plan are slowing down your gains and help you address each issue through an organized plan.
The workshops will be held at nine locations. All meetings run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and include the same content. Please choose the location best for you. During the workshop you will have the opportunity to enroll in ReproMoney right away!
Jan. 17:
– Fond du Lac County at UW-Extension Fond du Lac office, 400 University Dr., Fond du Lac. Contact: Irv Possin, UW-Extension dairy and livestock educator at 920-929-3171 or firstname.lastname@example.com
– Sheboygan County at Chissy's Pub & Grill, 501 North Mill St., Waldo. Contact: Tina Kohlman, UW-Extension dairy and livestock agent at 920-459-5902 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Jan. 18:
– Jackson County at Club 95, 101 Sand Prairie Road, Hixton. Contact: Trisha Wagner, UW-Extension agriculture agent at 715-284-4257 or firstname.lastname@example.com
– Clark County at Country Aire, F1312 County Road P, Stratford. Contact: Maria Bendixen at 715-743-5121 firstname.lastname@example.com
Jan. 19:
– Kewaunee County at Kewaunee County Highway Dept., E4280 County Road F, Footbridge. Contact: Aerica Bjurstrom at 920-388-7141 or email@example.com
– Outagamie County at Jackson Point Sports Grill, N8055 French Road, Seymour. Contact: Zen Miller, UW-Extension dairy and livestock agent at 920-832-5124 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Jan. 20:
– Columbia County at Columbia County Annex Building, 210 West Conant St., Portage. Contact: George Koepp, UW-Extension agriculture agent at 608-742-9682 or email@example.com
– Jefferson County at Turner Hall, 301 S. 4th St., Watertown. Contact: Heidi Johnson, UW-Extension agriculture agent at 920-674-7295 or email@example.com
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– La Crosse County, location TBD. Contact: Steve Huntzicker, UW-Extension agriculture agent at (608)785-9593, or email@example.com
The registration fee for the program is $10 if you preregister, or $15 at the door, which includes program materials, refreshments and lunch. Please make checks payable to your local county agent office.
For more information about this workshop or the ReproMoney program, please contact Connie Cordoba at 608-265-9746 or email@example.com or visit the ReproMoney website at http://fyi.uwex.edu/ReproMoney


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Saddle Rack System
This Saddle Rack System is a heavy-duty cart with two saddle racks and a large storage basket. This saddle dolly makes transporting all your tack easy. It's tough enough to carry multiple heavy western saddles. Read more...
Move your western tack around easily with this Saddle Rack System. This heavy-duty cart has a large storage basket for grooming and other small items and two saddle racks that are strong enough to hold western saddles. It can also be used to transport a large hay bale. This saddle dolly is made of heavy black steel tubing with 10" polyethylene wheels. Bag not included.
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Great for shows
Easy to maneuver, holds my reining saddle, pad, blanket as well as my leg gear and brushes. I'm short so I have it set at the lower height so my bridles drag but I hang them on a different rack while at shows. It was easy to assemble, took no time at all.
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Watch 1980s video clip of WWUH in the News!
When the University of Hartford was incorporated just over 50 years ago by business and community leaders, they envisioned a center of education and culture for Greater Hartford. At its core, it would be a university for the community created by the community.
The University has come a long way since its humble beginnings on Hartford's last remaining farm, evolving from a local school for commuters into a comprehensive university that attracts students from throughout the world. Yet it remains true to its original mission of serving as a valued resource for individuals, families, businesses, and communities throughout the Hartford region, offering hundreds of programs that serve the University and its neighbors every day. For over 45 years listener supported WWUH has served an important role in the University's community service mission.
Beyond the Classroom - Michael Wininger (Part 2)
Join Beyond the Classroom host, David Schonfeld, on Thursday, August 28, 2014 from 12 noon to 12:30 p.m (repeated at 7:30 p.m.).
In Program #41, David talks to Dr. Michael Wininger.
Michael Wininger is Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, at the University of Hartford.
In the first segment, Program #40, Michael talked about his education and training; the comprehensive scope of rehabilitation science; the difference between prosthetics and orthotics; Hartford's reputation in clinician training; the role of the clinician in P&O; careers for clinicians; the history of P&O; diabetes and amputation; historical and current materials used for P&O; off-the-shelf vs. custom-made products; evaluating and comparing device options; relationships with Hartford's Engineering department; Hartford's collaboration with Limbs International and its program in Peru; the challenge of new injuries resulting from modern warfare; the brain's role in the origination of movement; the critical nature of lower-limb prostheses.
In today's segment, Michael talks about the challenge of innervating a prosthetic device; the promise of polymers and piezo-electric crystals; his research into jazz-guitarist, Django Reinhardt's self-rehabilitation; right- and left-handedness; the P&O program at Hartford; a research project conducted by students in penguin rehabilitation!; his experimental application of genomic data analysis to textual analysis.
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Boho Butterfly Knobs
- Overview
A flutter of fanciful butterflies alight along her dresser drawers to make putting her things away more fun. An antique pewter finish and detailed etchings along the wings give our butterfly knobs a timeworn, heirloom quality.
- Decorative knobs make it easy to update furniture, offering a fresh appearance to dressers or bedside tables.
- Designed to fit all of our furniture.
- Crafted of metal with a pewter finish and engraved details.
- Hardware included.
- Set of 2.
- Dimensions & Care
- Overall: 3" wide x 1" deep x 2" high
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
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If your return for Merchandise Credit Cards is greater than $10,000, we will issue $10,000 in Merchandise Credit Cards to you that day, and then mail additional Merchandise Credit Card(s) for the amount in excess of $10,000 to you.
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For returns of items purchased from your Pottery Barn Kids registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later.
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Chevrolet Dealership in Broken Arrow, OK – Jim Norton Chevrolet
Amazing Inventory of New Chevrolet Vehicles in Broken Arrow, OK
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Poll numbers show Ohio Gov. John Kasich maintains an approval rating about 50 percent and large leads over two possible challengers in next year's election. Do you approve of the job he is doing?
He wants to tax shale money to lower the state tax for everyone. So all the farmers and landowners like myself will be hit a third time to pay for the rent people if we are in a drilling unit. There is no difference between parties. Take and give to others while skimming to keep public pensions, when those who pay have to produce or lower the standards of life as we get older.
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Actual Education instead of politics? Those days are long gone unfortunately.
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The Constitution was written to allow the folks to have the control over their day to day living...which would include education. The federal government has absolutely no business in our schools. The State has a limited input. The mere fact that most children are completely lacking in basic knowledge of American history and way too many don't graduate then something is very wrong.
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Tax money that people pay for education of their children should go to the school of their choice. Public schools need to compete for that tax money and not just have it handed to them. If they make the public schools someplace people want to send their kids to, then they will get the tax dollars. A lot of public education is a shambles and it is not all the teachers fault. Public schools have had so many restraints placed upon them concerning discipline in the schools and they are forced to lower standards, so they don't make the ones that are not smart enough or that care enough to get it, feel bad. I am told teachers are not allowed to discipline and have to teach just to get test results. As a result our public schools are failing. But when you tie someone's hands what do you expect? Get the Federal and State government out of the local schools and let the teachers teach again and I bet we would see a turn around.
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The unions are destroying the public schools. They are dying from within.
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He is destroying our public schools by diverting school funding dollars to vouchers in for profit charters owned by his political donors. He has to go!
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His objectives include lowering personal income tax and reducing costs of government services----- good enough for me!
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