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Standards Implementation System
Since the adoption of the Illinois Learning Standards in 1997, the Illinois state board of education has advocated for schools to become "standards-led." A four-year evaluation was conducted through 2002 to determine the level of standards implementation across Illinois. The study delineated five levels of implementation in seven dimensions. The findings of that report indicated that implementation has remained steady with professional development and curriculum most highly implemented at Level 3. Another conclusion indicated that most schools performing at a Level 3 were generally satisfied with their progress and did not have either a clear sense of how to further ILS implementation or a strong desire to do so.
Although the expectation of implementation has been imposed, what schools/educators/communities should "know and be able to do" in order to become standards-led has not been clearly defined. In response, a team of teachers, administrators, ROE/ISC staff, and university faculty was convened to develop an instrument to define the Standards Implementation System for educators, students, parents, and community members. The resulting rubrics were disseminated in December in draft form for public review and feedback. The team was reconvened to make final edits based on the input received.
Initial input from educators around the state has been favorable toward these Rubrics. Providing a clear, systematic instrument to articulate expectations should result in continuous improvement in Illinois schools.
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the Implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards
The University of Illinois is currently conducting an evaluation for the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) of the implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards (ILS). The purpose of the study is to garner a better understanding of the progress of standards implementation across Illinois. Visit the Web site (http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ils/) to peruse information about the current evaluation, reports from the previous ILS study, and links to national resources and ISBE created resources (e.g., the performance descriptors).


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/ 14 Perry Co EQIP Program Executive Summary
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The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Perry County, Alabama, will hold a sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2014 Fiscal Year. Applications are being taken on a continuous basis.
The first cut off for applications to be considered under the first ranking and funding period is October 18, 2013. If you file an application later than the deadline for the first funding pool consideration, your application will be considered in the next pool of funding, to be scheduled as needed, if additional funding is available.
You may obtain additional information or submit an EQIP application at the following location:
USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service
Marion Service Center for Perry County
204 Fikes Ferry Road Suite C
Marion, Alabama 36756
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Phone: 334-683-9017, Extension 3
Fax: 334-683-9977
Contact: District Conservationist
Program Objective
The overall objective of the EQIP program is aimed at treating resource problems within Perry County to improve conservation and sustain the resource base. This includes cropland, grazing land, and environmentally sensitive areas impacted from food and fiber production.
Selected Resource Concerns
The local resources concerns to be addressed with the EQIP funds are as follows:
All applications will be ranked within each resource concern using an environmental benefits worksheet. The state approved ranking sheet for the above listed resource concerns will be used in ranking the applications. The highest ranking application (i.e. those applications with the highest environmental benefit points) within each resource concern will be selected for approval. This sequence will continue until all funds have been allocated. In the event of a tie between applications, the application with the lowest cost for benefits obtained will be considered for program payments.
All conservation practices, payments and restrictions on the Alabama NRCS state approved EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule will be available for use on Perry County farms. Payment limits as found in the 2014 EQIP Handbook for Alabama will be adhered to for total payment amount per contract for conservation practices that have funding limits.
Additional limitations limit for Forage and Biomass Planting and Forestry contracts will be $10,000 per contract. Local funding limits for individuals qualifying as Limited Resource Farmers, Socially Disadvantaged, and New and Beginning Farmer for Forage/ Biomass Planting and Forestry contracts will not exceed $12,000.
Farmers are required to self-certify that they meet the requirements to qualify as a Limited Resource Farmer and a percentage of these applicants will be subject to NRCS State Office spot check. New and Beginning Farmers will be required to provide documentation showing they have farmed for 10 years or less.
Additional information is available on the National NRCS EQIP website.
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text: I have a question about co-sleeping. I hear the benefits of being able to roll over and pop a boob in the baby's mouth so no one really has to "wake-up", however, those of you who do this, what do you do about dirty diapers? don't you still have to get up? I am terrified of sleeping with the baby in the bed, but as the 6 week growth spurt approaches, I am thinking of getting one of those little sleepers that pull along side the bed. The only thing is that if you still have to get up to change the diaper (which inevitable wakes my baby up and signals, PLAY TIME!) - then is it worth it? When he was 2 weeks old he started getting diaper rash and screamed every change, so now I am paranoid not to let the bacteria sit on his skin. I would hate to let him sit/sleep in a dirty diaper all night.


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"Could I get into North Central College today?"
Reading the newspaper stories this spring about the record percentage of turn-downs at the Ivy League schools — and aware that North Central is experiencing a 15 percent increase in applications over last year's pace, which was already a record — I am hearing this question more and more frequently from alumni.
As our applicant pool grows, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Marty Sauer has an interesting challenge. How do you become more "selective," without becoming more "exclusive"?
Some schools define selectivity almost solely by the test scores and class rank of entering students. In determining a freshman class, we think a little differently. Our goal is to find the ideal mix of young men and women to take maximum advantage of, and make the greatest contribution to, the College's unique learning environment.
Harvard University Professor Howard Gardner is well known for his theory of multiple intelligences. A few of the categories he has identified, such as "linguistic" and "logical-mathematical," relate directly to what is measured by ACT and SAT tests — the scores sometimes used by colleges to show how selective they are. But what about other kinds of intelligence Gardner has described, such as "musical" and "bodily-kinesthetic" (athletic) and "interpersonal"? At North Central, these (and other) intelligences are also an important part of the excellence we look for when we recruit new students.
We want an entering class that is diverse not only in ethnicity and background but also in the mix of capabilities and qualities of excellence students bring to the campus community. To be sure, we always want — and need — some future brain surgeons. But if every student were a potential brain surgeon, we would be a very different institution … and not necessarily a better one.
The trick in admissions is to match what North Central does best with the students who can take best advantage of what we do. We want — and need — to keep expanding the pool of applicants. We want to be — and are becoming — more selective. But we don't want to become more exclusive. As the pool of applicants grows, we need the sensitivity to select not just diamonds, but diamonds-in-the-rough … that is, to create future alumni success stories just like the successful alumni who wonder if they would be admitted to today's North Central.
So the short answer to the question I began with is "yes" (if we're doing our job right). As was stated at a recent meeting of the admission staff: "We want to keep raising the bar, but never bar those who want to rise!"
Harold R. Wilde
North Central Now, June 2006


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This is probably a dumb question from a php newbie
I am using this code to generate a list of files in a folder, with a checkbox next to each name.
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$directory = "../";
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$images = glob($directory . "*.jpg");
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I want the users to be able to select the checkbox next to the name
Then my php will get the selected images into an array or a string separated by commas, so I can zip up the selected files for them to download.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
UW-River Falls Administrative Policy
Employee Accident Injury
Employees are required to report all accidents, injuries, or illnesses suffered during the course of employment to their supervisors immediately. If the employee's supervisor is not available, the affected employee must contact someone in his/her chain of command. If no one in the employee's chain of command is available, the employee is to notify the Human Resources Office (715-425-3247) or the Risk Management Officer (715-425-3344.) Similarly, when an employee is required to notify his/her supervisor of work restrictions, medical status, etc., and the supervisor is not available, the employee shall use the same notification method as above.
Outside of normal business hours, work related accidents, injuries and illnesses must be reported to University Police. For serious accidents, injuries or illnesses outside normal business hours call the University Police emergency number, 715-425-3133. For minor accidents, injuries, and illnesses use the University Police business line, 715-425-3133. Outside normal business hours, employees may obtain accident forms at University Police, Room 27, South Hall, or line at http://www.uwrf.edu/RiskManagement/InjuryandAccidentReporting/Index.cfm. Employees must still notify their supervisors of the accident, injury or illness within 24 hours or as soon as practical given the employee's condition.
These procedures clarify the steps to be taken in the event that a University of Wisconsin-River Falls employee suffers an accident, injury or illness while in the course of their employment with the University. Additionally, these procedures are meant to clarify the responsibilities of employees, supervisors and other University officials as related to accident, injury, and illness reporting requirements.
The UW-River Falls Chancellor issues this policy in accordance with the Administrative Policy process.
The ACBF is responsible for the administration of this policy. Request an exception to this policy by writing to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Failure to adhere to the provisions of this policy may result in appropriate disciplinary action as provided under existing procedures applicable to students, faculty, and staff, and/or civil or criminal prosecution.
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Amonte Hiller Wins 200th as Wildcats Dispatch BC
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- One day after seven inches of snow fell in Evanston, No. 4 Northwestern rode an avalanche of nine straight first-half goals to a 17-10 victory over Boston College in its 2013 home-opener Wednesday at Lakeside Field. With the victory, 12th-year Wildcats head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller became the ninth active coach in NCAA women's lacrosse to reach 200 coaching wins for her career.
Northwestern senior All-American attacker Erin Fitzgerald tied a career best set twice before with her team-high five goals on the evening and also set a career high with four caused turnovers. Defensively, senior Gabriella Flibotte put forth a tremendous effort by setting career highs with six caused turnovers -- tied for second-most in a single game in Wildcats history -- and five ground balls.
Flibotte (4), Alyssa Leonard (4) and Taylor Thornton (5) accounted for all 16 of Northwestern's draw controls on the evening, with NU holding a 16-12 edge over the visiting Eagles.
After the game, Amonte Hiller asked if it was fitting that her 200th win as coach of the 'Cats came with a four-foot high pile of snow ringing Lakeside Field and temperatures that had fallen below freezing shortly after the opening draw.
"That's why I love this place," Amonte Hiller said with a smile. "You have to be tough to play here. You have to be strong, mentally and physically."
Through most of the first half, Northwestern looked as strong on both ends of the field as it has thus far in the 2013 season. After the Eagles' leading scorer, sophomore Covie Stanwick, recorded the first point of the night just under three minutes into the game, senior Amanda Macaluso scored the first of nine consecutive Wildcats goals with a successful right-to-left dodge across the fan.
Leonard followed suit by creating her own goal three minutes later, before Macaluso notched her second of the night and 10th of the season with an aggressive left-handed dodge that began as far back as the restraining line.
Fitzgerald then went to work for NU, earning and converting an 8-meter opportunity and making it two in a row by switching off to her left hand and scoring in front of the cage to make it 5-1 Wildcats at the 17:23 mark.
With Flibotte and the Northwestern defense doing their part at the other end, Macaluso extended the advantage to five with her third unassisted score of the evening. Sophomore Brooks Lawler scored off the free position two minutes later, and one goal each from Fitzgerald and Flibotte escalated Northwestern's lead to an impressive 9-1 with 4:38 left before halftime.
Boston College scored once on either side of the intermission to pull within 9-3, but another dodging score by Fitzgerald and a successful 8-meter attempt by Nancy Dunbar -- the first career shot and goal for the freshman midfielder -- returned the hosts' advantage to eight goals early in the period.
The Eagles managed to score three of the next four to make it a 12- 6 ballgame -- with the lone NU tally in the stretch coming from junior Kelly Rich on her 21st birthday -- before freshman Christina Esposito stemmed the tide with a goal off a feed by Macaluso. Esposito then set up Christy Turner for a goal and, by the time Fitzgerald and Lawler found the back of the net for the Wildcats over the next three minutes, the lead had ballooned back to 10 at 16-6.
Boston College's Kate Rich -- younger sister of the aforementioned NU attacker Kelly Rich -- scored twice for the Eagles down the stretch before Northwestern sophomore Paige Jones broke into the scoring column for the first time in her career with an 8-meter goal with 17 seconds remaining.
Sophomore goalkeeper Bridget Bianco was stellar between the pipes for the Wildcats, recording nine saves compared to eight goals against before being relieved late in the game by classmate Brooke Jones.
Up next for the Wildcats is a return trip to the East Coast, where Northwestern will face 12th-ranked Johns Hopkins at 11 a.m. CT Saturday before heading to Annapolis to take on Navy at 3 p.m. CT Monday. That game will be carried live to a national audience on CBS Sports Network.
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Dale Healey, DC, is the dean of the School of Massage Therapy [1] at Northwestern Health Sciences University. Healey was trained as a chiropractor, but his career has focused on massage therapy education for the past ten years. He is currently working toward his PhD in Higher Education Administration at the University of Minnesota. Healey is a member of a Massage Therapy Foundation committee working on the development of best practices guidelines for the profession.
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Hi - I'm in tears. I'm not sure what to do, think, feel or anything... I apologize if this note is very lengthy... I need to vent out...
I have given natural birth to two beautiful kids - 1 girl, 1 boy. Until my third, a son, came along, the whole journey has been different, overwhelming and new - emotionally, physically and mentally.
I gave birth to my son on April 18th, 2009 - he was 34 weeks (6 weeks early) and stayed at NICU for 16 days before coming home on May 4th. Water broke - went to the ER - his heartbeats were dipping so had an emergency c-section. Found out later his umibicial cord was in a TIGHT KNOT *and* the cord was wrapped around his neck once. I can't imagine what will happen to my son if the water never broke! We were blessed to have him alive today. He will be 8 weeks this Saturday. His due date was supposed to be May 28. So, if he was born full term, he'd be 2 weeks this Thursday. This is my first premature baby experience.
Also, it was my first c-section experience (I hate it) after giving natural birth to my first two babies. I didn't have the baby with me in the room - he was taken and stayed in NICU. I cried so hard - hit me so hard - that I couldn't bring my boy home when I was discharged. I didn't want to go home. It wasn't "home" until my son was home.
I stayed with him in NICU the whole time until he was discharged. I was fortunate that I was able to stay in my own room on the same NICU floor where my son was at - in his own room. The NICU had private rooms for all premie babies. While I stayed there - I focused on pumping breastmilk. It wasn't coming out at all until like a week after I gave birth. Also, seeing my son as often as I can - be there when to nurse/bottle him. At the same time, resting and recovering from c-section.
My son was born 4lb 15oz. He was healthy except was on feeding tube. At 34 weeks, it was when babies learn how to suck. I come in and try to nurse him before they feed him with formula until my breastmilk came in. He'd suck few times and go to sleep, exhausted. Over time, he'd nibble - rarely suck and swallow. Very few times - he made it. But, most part, nursing wasn't as successful. My expectation with nursing was high and different because of my experience with my first two. It took me a while to change my thinking and increase more patience. It was hard but I adjusted. Later on, I was told that if I want to bring the baby home sooner, do bottle. I went along with their suggestions. I'd nurse first for few minutes or longer if I can, then bottle-feed my breastmilk. After few days of success in bottle feeding, they took out the feeding tube. He gained weight. Added ensure powder to my breastmilk to keep gaining his weight. He went home weighing 5lb 4oz on May 4th. One week later at the doctor's check up, he gained 5 oz. Two weeks later, he gained 6lb 11.5oz. He's doing great with breastmilk (plus ensure powder) through bottle. I kept up with pumping. I try to do it every 4-6 hours. Sometimes go longer to 8-10 hours. Few days after the 2nd doctor check up, Ensure powder ran out and we decided to go with pure breastmilk and hope he is gaining weight. We don't have a weight scale - we plan to buy one tomorrow and hopefully he is gaining weight.
Lately, I've not been consistent with nursing and pumping. Kind of hard with my youngsters around and all things that are happening around at home. Big adjustments for us. My 2nd child age 2 1/2 is a mommy boy - he has hard time adjusting with baby around. It was easier to pump and bottle feed him. I'd try to nurse when I can. Right now, I'm trying to nurse him more but it's so hard. Sometimes I feel like he prefers bottle over my nipples. He seems to suck my nipples like bottle and it hurts like hell. Sometimes he'd suck and swallow for few minutes, then falls asleep tired still. Sometimes he'd just nibble, not sucking/swallowing milk at all. I'm not sure if he can accept/like drinking from my breasts/nipples over bottles? I'm not sure how to have him transfer from bottle to my nipples. I worry if he will suck enough milk from my breasts. He'd suck for like 5 minutes then falls asleep. Sometimes he'd suck/swallow good for 10 minute from ONE breast then falls asleep and doesn't wake up until next feeding in 3-4 hour later. Is it ok to just feed him from one breast for 10 minute? Will that be enough for him? Or must switch breasts - each breasts 10 min feeding?
My breasts feels unhealthy and in pain. I feel constant burning near my nipples and I do feel pins and needles, painful let-downs. I don't remember feeling painful let downs with my first two babies. I breast fed my first two babies for one year. I'm not pumping as much and on regular schedule - it gets tiring for me. I don't feel as full as before... I'm afraid my breastmilk supply will go down? How do I keep up with breastmilk supply? How do I know if I am making enough? What do I do when he goes through growth spurts? This is if he's not nursing on my breasts full time yet... and still bottle-fed?
I'm not sure what I want to do or what I should do. I'd like to nurse him full time like I did with my first two babies. Bottle-feed him when needed. I'm tired of pumping too but I am willing to keep up with it if needed. I feel I do not know enough, what to think, expect, etc with a premature baby that my son is.
Again, I'm sorry this is so long. Thanks for hearing me out. Any of your inputs will be greatly appreciated. I plan to contact one of the consultant nearby maybe tomorrow and take it from there.


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- South's unique concerns aired as new farm bill crafted
- Finance, cattle feed and means testing
- Labor, aquaculture and rice
- House Agriculture Committee field hearing on farm bill held in northeast Arkansas.
- Southern farmers outline unique issues faced by region.
- Among topics covered: a Southern view of farm and conservation programs, pushback on proposals for a "one-size-fits-all" federal safety net, the hurdles faced by cotton and rice, worries of cow/calf operations, regulatory overkill of aquaculture, and continuing irritation with proposed Department of Labor rules regarding child labor on the farm.
Following a March 30 field hearing, the House Agriculture Committee left northeast Arkansas with a better understanding of the unique intricacies of Southern agriculture.
The lawmakers, who have been deep in debate on the next farm bill, will carry a long list concerns back to Capitol Hill including: a Southern view of farm and conservation programs, pushback on proposals for a "one-size-fits-all" federal safety net, the hurdles faced by cotton and rice, worries of cow/calf operations, regulatory overkill of aquaculture, and continuing irritation with proposed Department of Labor rules regarding child labor on the farm.
Hosted by Arkansas State University in Jonesboro – a city in committee member Rep. Rick Crawford's district – the lawmakers heard the testimony of 10 farmers and ranchers.
For more on the hearing, including prepared testimony, see here.
Crawford asked Randy Veach, row-crop farmer and President of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, for details on the National Cotton Council's "STAX (Stacked Income Protection Plan)" – a revenue-based crop insurance product proposed to replace direct and counter-cyclical payments for cotton-- and how it would work for state cotton producers.
For more on STAX see here and here.
Veach advocated for "two or three" options for farmers to choose from. However, "the STAX program would work very well. I think with the amount of irrigation we have – mitigating risk through irrigation – we need a little more protection in price.
"One of the best ways of doing that is to have options (for a safety net). … They could decide if that program is the one that works best for them or if there is more of a price-based type program (would be preferable).
"The options have to be very viable. … If we have options for a safety net then we'll have the opportunity to see which one works best for a particular commodity on a particular farm's ground."
Crawford delved into the future role of conservation programs, particularly the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Several witnesses said they had not signed up for CRP.
However, Bowen Flowers, a row-crop producer from Clarksdale, Miss., found the programs praiseworthy. "CRP has been a good product in the Mississippi Delta. A lot of land has gone into CRP and WRP (Wetlands Reserve Program). Like everyone else, we're 80 percent irrigated and a lot of the land that isn't irrigated has been put into CRP for wildlife.
"We're starting to have some water issues and want to conserve it for future generations. One thing I'd like to see is, maybe, the development of a CRP program where we could impound water and use that for irrigation.
"EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) has been very important to our area, also."


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Rincón Shipwreck (c. 1655)
Texas A&M University's Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation (CMAC) is investigating the Rincon Shipwreck in cooperation with Puerto Rico's Instituto de Investigaciones Costaneras (IIC), the Consejo para la Conservación y Estudio de Sitios y Recursos Arqueológicos Subacuáticos, the University of Puerto Rico, and the Historic Preservation Office.
Discovery and Identification
Discovered and partially salvaged in de mid-1980s, this shipwreck may be English and can be dated to the second half of the 17th century.
At the time of its trove it was hypothesized that these were the remains of the ship Defiance, part of a small fleet of English royalists under the command of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, which had to resort to piracy during the period of the English Commonwealth (1649-1660). The historic interest of this shipwreck would be that Prince Maurice (Moritz Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz, 1621-2652), younger brother of Prince Rupert, lost his life in this shipwreck. Prince Maurice was the son of Frederick V, Elector of the Palatinate, and Princess Elizabeth, sister of king Charles I of England, beheaded on January 30th 1649.
Remains of the ship Defiance were said to have washed ashore "upon the Southward side of the Island [of Puerto Rico]" where "they found a shipp cast away and several pieces of the wreck came ashore; and amongst the rest a Goulden Lyon wch some of them saw and a great quantitie of pipestaves markt MP as all Prince maurice his cask[s] were."
This hypothesis is plausible, but far from proven. The last known position of the Defiance is indicated in the figure below, 70 nautical miles to the north of Sombrero Island, quite far away from the Rincon shipwreck site.
We believe, however, that this shipwreck can be English and date to the period 1640-1670.
In fact, a number of pewter plates were found on this site, of which one carried the mark of Nicholas Kelk (d.1687), who had a pewter shop in London and in 1641 "was allowed an extra apprentice to replace one serving in the army". His mark is dated to 1640-1670.
Moreover, at least one gun was raised from the site and it looks English and fits the pattern for guns of this period, and all the surviving artifacts seem to suggest a date around the middle of the 17th century for the loss of this ship.
Most artifacts have since disappeared. We are currently in the process of building relationships with the persons that could know where they are, and we believe that once the project begins and we are allowed to gain the trust of some of the people involved in the 1980s salvage operations, it may be possible to recover at least part of the artifacts with no market value that may still subsist, and perhaps some information about the site as it was found, prior to its disturbance.
This project was possible through the generous support of Mr. Charles Consolvo and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, the Spain-USA Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. Peter Amaral, and CMAC.
1. The Rincón Astrolabe Shipwreck, A Thesis by Gustavo Adolfo Garcia, Texas A&M University.


text: My milk is just about gone. It happened so fast! Just a few days ago, I was able to get enough milk for her. Now...not even close. Since 6 am I have only been able to get one once. My left breast has almost stopped completley. It is breaking my heart. She won't have any mommy milk tomorrow at daycare. She is 15 months old, I had always hoped to nurse until she was ready to stop, now this stupid cold is doing a number on my milk. I don't take anything for the cold, just zinc and viatimin C. I started taking Fenugreek this morning, This sucks!! I am so sad!


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Contact: Ted Slowik, Director of PR and Media Relations, 630-637-5307, firstname.lastname@example.com
April 29, 2010—The public is invited to a free screening of the Mission Coffee Can documentary series that chronicles North Central College students' journey to Guatemala to learn about growing and marketing coffee.
The screening will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, May 3, at the NCC's Best store, 100 E. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. Filmmakers Kevin and Patricia Sinnott of Naperville will present and discuss the first seven episodes of the 14-part series. Matthew Krystal, assistant professor anthropology, will provide commentary and North Central students will share their experience.
Mission Coffee Can premiered in February at www.missioncoffeecan.com. New five- to 10-minute episodes debut each Wednesday through May 19. The online video documentary is sponsored by Springfield, Ill.-based Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, an industry leader in beverage equipment.
NCC's Best store is operated by members of the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter at North Central. In addition to coffee, the store features an inventory of organic, certified green, certified fair trade and direct-trade items, including various crafts produced in Central American and African countries. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends.
Mission Coffee Can documents how farmers from Guatemala harvest coffee and work with NCC's Best to provide direct trade coffee to the Chicago area. North Central SIFE students have helped the farmers sell their coffee, which is delivered to the area, roasted at the Arbor Vitae Java and Juice Roasting in Naperville and sold locally as NCC's Best Coffee. The products will soon be available for sale at Anderson's Bookshops, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
In addition to the Mission Coffee Can screening on May 3, NCC's Best store will host an appearance by guest speaker Michelle Boice of Beads of Hope Africa at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. Beads of Hope are made from recycled paper by Ugandan women. The work pays a living wage and is compatible with the women's childcare needs. A portion of profits supports a scholarship fund for children of the producers.
NCC's Best store will open at 3:30 p.m. for the events on Monday, May 3, and Wednesday, May 5, and remain open to shoppers after the events. The store's inventory of fair and alternative trade items make ideal gifts for Mother's Day.
North Central's award-winning SIFE chapter was established in 1987 to teach about how the free enterprise system works. Projects feature a social justice component and have included helping junior high students prepare for high school; helping entrepreneurs from the United States and around the world become economically self-sustainable; teaching refugee families how the United States' financial system works; and educating high school students on the basics of running a business.
The SIFE team typically consists of students from a variety of majors, including accounting, anthropology, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, German, management, marketing, psychology, Spanish and others. Students work with a Business Advisory Board from the community, whose members ensure that real world concepts are integrated into the projects.
The North Central team is part of an international SIFE organization with student teams on more than 1,600 college and university campuses in 40 countries. SIFE teams from around the globe compete by presenting their projects to judges who are executives from the most prestigious companies in the world. The North Central SIFE team has consistently ranked in the top 20 of the more than 800 U.S. schools.
Founded in 1861, North Central College is an independent, comprehensive college of the liberal arts and sciences that offers more than 55 undergraduate majors and graduate programming in six areas. Located in Naperville, Ill., North Central is recognized as one of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report, which cites it as one of the top six schools in the Midwest for "Strong Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching"; as "a college for high-achieving students" by Peterson's Competitive Colleges; and as one of "America's Best Colleges" by Forbes. For more information about North Central College visit www.northcentralcollege.edu.


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Paul,Do you have a VIN for that tag?
I think it was on TC. I'll search.
according to jerry's book, 124379n636 vin should be 05A production. this is 04C. is that close enough?


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Compensation workshop scheduled
Posted on February 14, 2014
Participants at a compensation workshop will gain a good understanding of how starting salaries are set and how market data is used to benchmark positions.
"Compensation 101" is set for Wednesday, February 19, beginning at noon in the DeVos Center, University Club.
Presenters include Linda Yuhas, director of Compensation and Employment Services; Joe Godwin, associate vice president for Academic Affairs; and Jon Jellema, associate vice president for Academic Affairs.
To register, visit www.gvsu.edu/seminar.


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|In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with their host countries, Peace Corps is making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
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In fulfilling its mandate to share the face of America with host countries, the Peace Corps is making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
Our diversity helps us accomplish that goal. In other ways, however, it poses challenges. In Suriname, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyle, background, and beliefs are judged in a cultural context very different from their own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Suriname.
Outside of Suriname's capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to cultures and lifestyles of people from other countries. What people view as typical North American behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Suriname are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in Suriname, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers may not be able to exercise the independence available to them in the United States; political discussions need to be handled with great care; and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limitations. The Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge ultimately will be your own.
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Overview of Diversity in Suriname
The Peace Corps staff in Suriname recognizes the adjustment issues that come with diversity and will endeavor to provide support and guidance. During pre-service training, several sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of races, ethnic groups, ages, religions, and sexual orientations, and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who take pride in supporting one another and demonstrating the richness of American culture.
hat Might a Volunteer Face?
Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
Women in Suriname generally have traditional roles. Especially in rural areas, they do most of the work in the fields, run the household, prepare meals, clean, and rear the children. Men are dominant, which means they are expected to smoke, drink, pursue women, be strong, and discipline their wives and children. In Maroon cultures, it is acceptable for men to have more than one wife. Women in these cultures are also generally expected to adhear to local expectations of menstrating women. Gender roles, particularly those for women, will be quite apparent in the day-to-day life of your village. Your community will expect you to operate within these roles.
In Paramaribo, it is not uncommon for women to receive stares, comments, and offers of dates or sex on the street and in other situations. Caucasian women are obvious targets because they are so visible and have a reputation for being liberal in male-female relationships. The Peace Corps recognizes the challenges these situations present for female Volunteers in Suriname and will suggest ways to handle the situations during pre-service training.
Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
As the country's population consists of several different ethnic groups, the Surinamese have a high tolerance and acceptance of other cultures. This does not mean that people will not be curious about your background and any visual differences.
Most Volunteers in the Peace Corps/Suriname program have been Caucasian. Because of the variety of ethnic groups represented in Suriname, African Americans, Asian Americans, or Hispanic Americans may be seen as Surinamese. In some cases, this can be a benefit, but it can also be a source of cultural misunderstandings. Volunteers of color, for example, may be expected to interact socially with more ease, even though they face the same challenges in learning new cultural norms and languages.
Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
Peace Corps/Suriname has been fortunate to have both younger and older Peace Corps Volunteers serving in the country since 1995. Age has not been hindrance to being successful. Older Peace Corps Volunteers are normally treated with more respect, a common practice in Suriname's culture.
Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
As tolerant as the Surinamese are, generally speaking, the tolerance does not extend to people with a different sexual orientation. In the capital, you may encounter individuals who are gay or lesbian, but in the rural areas where most Volunteers live, homosexuality and bisexuality are taboo, and people do not talk about them. Openly homosexual Volunteers may encounter difficulties.
There is a small and infrequently active LGBT community in Paramaribo. Outside of events organized by the community volunteers should use discresion when discusing a non-traditional sexual orientation.
Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
As with the multi-ethinic diversity of Suriname, there are also a variety of religious beliefs and practices. Whether or not you choose to go to a church makes little difference to Surinamese. However, you will be asked about your religious beliefs as this is an important part of life in Suriname. Attending church with friends and community members is an excellent way to learn more about the culture.
Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
As a disabled Volunteer in Suriname, you may find that you face a special set of challenges. There are few services available for people with disabilities in the capital. In the field, local support is likely to be inadequate to accommodate a physically challenged Volunteer.
That said, as part of the medical clearance process, the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services determined that you were physically and emotionally capable, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform a full tour of Volunteer service in Suriname without unreasonable risk of harm to yourself or interruption of your service. Peace Corps/Suriname staff will work with disabled Volunteers to make reasonable accommodations in training, housing, job sites, and other areas to enable them to serve safely and effectively.


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Cook To Join Defender Football
February 7, 2014
(Friday, February 7; Sioux Center, Iowa) Jacob Cook, a senior at Council Bluffs Lewis Central (Iowa), has announced his intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender football program.
Cook has earned first team all-city honors and second team all-district honors while also claiming second team all-Western Iowa honors for his offensive line play. He was a three year starter and helped Lewis Central to back to back playoff appearances in Class 3A. Cook also played defensive line and had 28 total tackles and three tackles for loss. He's 6-0, 275 pounds and played offensive guard and defensive tackle.
Jacob is the son of Kevin and Angie Cook of Council Bluffs, Iowa. He plans to study Civil Engineering at Dordt College.
Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. Dordt's athletic program is a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC).
U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Dordt is home to approximately 1,400 students.
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Indians take down Padres
- 5-3 Indians
Two words: Victor Martinez. The Indians' catcher hit a two-run bomb off of Cha Seung Baek as well as a solo homer off of Mat Latos.
On the Padres side, the pitchers did not do as well yesterday. Baek gave up two runs on two hits. Jae Kuk Ryu gave up a run. Highly-touted prospect Mat Latos got hit hard with two home runs. All the rest of the guys were OK.
On the offensive side, things were OK. I think overall, it was an OK game. My boy Kouz had another bomb. Will Venable drove in a run, as did Luis Durango. But we did leave the bases loaded at one point, which should have driven in a few runs, but no. We really could have scored a lot more runs, but we weren't hitting that great. Edgar Gonzalez had a great day, though, with three hits. Chase Headley threw out another runner at the plate!
I really hope we have good San Diego crowds at the games this weekend. I'm tired of hearing the cheering for the other team. We need to get some Padres fans out there, and I'm sure there will be. Hopefully there we be a bunch of Padres fans out there today as we play the Royals in like five minutes. I slept in REALLY late this morning, so I just ate breakfast and it's lunchtime. Here's the lineup:
- CF Jody Gerut
- SS Chris Burke
- RF Brian Giles
- 1B Adrian Gonzalez
- DH Cliff Floyd
- LF Emil Brown
- 2B Edgar Gonzalez
- C Henry Blanco
- 3B Travis Denker
Starting is RHP Kevin Correia, along with Heath Bell, Cla Meredith, Mark Worrell, Chris Britton, Scott Patterson, Oneli Perez, and Mike Ekstrom.
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Awwwww. Our Padres lost😦 But oh well, it's just one game. Hopefully they're gonna bring it back. Go Padres!! They are even winning right now!
I think the Padres have a chance to contend if the Giants and Dodgers dissapoint. A lot is dependant on how well Heath Bell closes out games. I can't believe the Mets traded him for Ben Johnson and Jon Adkins.


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Sergio Maestre's Project
Monday / October 27, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Percussionist Sergio Maestre presents an evening of salsa, rumba, guaguanco, and timba Cubana with arrangements from a mostly Cuban and Puerto Rican repertoire.
Admission: Free
Northern Lights by Ronja Marike Dernehl
Tuesday / October 28, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Inspired by her home in cold Northern Europe and the haunting happiness of America's dreams, Ronja, a second semester singer-songwriter, will perfom dark and melancholic originals as well as classic American covers.
Admission: free
Alejandro Sánchez: Miyagi
Tuesday / October 28, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Guitarist Alejandro Sánchez performs a mixture of hip-hop, rock, and electronic dance music.
Admission: Free
Irais Brito and Di eVano: Danzon and Evolution 1
Tuesday / October 28, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Double bassist Irais Brito Hierrezuelo presents a brief journey into the beginning of Cuban music, ranging in styles from danzon to cha-cha-cha to timba Cubana.
Admission: Free
Marc Thomas and Christine Fawson: The Connection Between Singing and Playing
Wednesday / October 29, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
Faculty member, jazz vocalist, and trumpet player Christine Fawson is joining forces with French jazz vocalist and saxophonist Marc Thomas. Together they will perform and talk about the relationship between playing an instrument and singing.
Admission: Free
Funktastic by Sunwoo Han
Wednesday / October 29, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Sunwoo Han's quintet will perform various funk compositions by the Joshua Redman Elastic Band, Yellowjackets, Snarky Puppy, and many others.
Admission: free
Keith Radigan: The Cardigan Quartet
Wednesday / October 29, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Guitarist Keith Radigan and his group perform original fusion and rock.
Admission: Free
Gary Willis
Thursday / October 30, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
The Bass Department welcomes jazz electric bassist Gary Willis, founding member of Tribal Tech and a member of Wayne Shorter's band. Gary will share his experiences, wisdom, and technique while playing some great music and answering questions. Bring you basses and your questions.
Admission: Free
Felipe Guzmàn Group
Thursday / October 30, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
The Felipe Guzmàn Group returns to Berklee with a performance reflecting on learning, understanding, and the merging of cultures that can influence a musician. The group will blend South American fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and timba to shape this concert.
Admission: Free
Jae Seok Jang: The Blue Night
Thursday / October 30, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Guitarist Jae Seok Jang presents an evening of blues, R&B, and soul.
Admission: Free
Ekatmā by Ksitijā Rawal
Friday / October 31, 2014 / 4:10 p.m.
A collaborative effort of musicians from all around the world, appreciating and playing music from all around the world.
Admission: Free
Experience Part 2: Music of the Jazz Contemporaries
Monday / November 3, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Pianist Calvin Limuel is an Indonesian-born jazz pianist and composer. As a follow-up to his first recital, Calvin will present an afternoon of contemporary jazz covers and originals.
Admission: Free
Linnéa's Playground
Monday / November 3, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Over the years, Linnéa's Playground has consisted of different constellations of people who create new music with every occasion. This semester it is a group of five, playing originals by Linnéa Lundgren.
Admission: Free
Jinhee Yoon's Senior Recital
Tuesday / November 4, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Pianist Jinhee Yoon presents her senior recital at Berklee, featuring her favorite standards and a selection of her original tunes.
Admission: Free
Tommaso Gambini Band
Tuesday / November 4, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Guitarist and film scoring major Tommaso Gambini and band perform originals and covers.
Admission: Free
Marie Lang and Friends
Wednesday / November 5, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
For her first performance at Berklee, vocalist Marie Lang will perform covers of jazz, soul, and R&B tunes.
Admission: Free
Jihui Kim's Senior Recital
Wednesday / November 5, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
For her senior recital, violinist Jihui Kim performs a variety of music in Latin styles such as salsa, bolero, guaguanco, Brazilian choro, and tango.
Admission: Free
Dennis D'Angelo Barretto: Bringing It Down
Thursday / November 6, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Guitarist Dennis D'Angelo Barretto and his five-piece band will play originals and tributes to bands that inspire him. Some arrangements will incorporate horns and/or strings.
Admission: Free
Felipe Tinoco's Recital
Thursday / November 6, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Jazz guitarist Felipe Tinoco performs Brazilian music with modern jazz influences.
Admission: Free
Keyhan Kamelian: Edghâm (Fusion)
Friday / November 7, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
In his first recital at Berklee, pianist and composer Keyhan Kamelian will perform original compositions that combine jazz, electronic, and Persian music.
Admission: Free


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Hollar deserves betterOctober 28,2013
Hollar deserves better
After reading the last two days letters to the editor section of The Times Argus, I, too, am dismayed and appalled by the display of venom exhibited toward Mayor Hollar. These writers, many of whom reside outside of Montpelier, have taken the opportunity to blast the mayor for his handling of a personnel matter and vilifying him for his association with corporate America. I wish theyd taken the time to get to know Mayor Hollar.
Having known John for many years, I can staunchly assert that this vibrant city is much better today than it was when I moved my family here 15 years ago, much of which stems from Johns influence and hard work at many levels. From his years chairing Montpeliers school board, John worked selflessly to make sure that every child had quality educational opportunities during tough economic times. He was always soliciting local opinion about how we could make our schools better with reduced funds from a declining student population. From there, John moved into his present role of mayor, and continued his role of community service, helping thrust the city into prominence as a destination for fresh food, recreation (bike-friendly designation) and the arts.
Finally, I would say to those cowardly writers who seem to make it so easy to send email bombs by just clicking send, take some time to get to know both sides of the story, and the people who work tirelessly to make our community a better place to live. Mayor Hollar deserves better.
Brad Watson
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Lucasfilm has announced the latest director to make one of the Star Wars stand-alone movies.
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RBS Securities: a key test of the UK bank's overall strategy
RBS Securities, the Royal Bank of Scotland's US trading business, was mentioned only four times in the UK bank's 543-page annual report for 2012 – and briefly at that.
It is unlikely to figure very prominently in the 2013 annual report, which will be released this month. Nor, one suspects, will Ross McEwan, the new chief executive, dwell long on it when he outlines his strategic vision for the bank. This is odd; the decisions that will soon have to be made about the unit – formerly known as Greenwich Capital – could be instrumental in deciding the future shape of the whole group.
Why is the Royal Bank of Scotland so coy about one of its most successful businesses? And why is RBS Securities – safely tucked away in Stamford, Connecticut, and rarely discussed in polite society – so strategically pivotal? Taken together, the answers to these questions encapsulate the scale of McEwan's challenges.
History repeats
The New England-based business played a central role in both the rise and fall of Royal Bank of Scotland. Greenwich Capital Markets was bought by National Westminster Bank in 1996; NatWest was, in turn, bought by RBS in 2000. During the debt-driven bull years that followed, Greenwich prospered – fuelling RBS's hubris and acquisitive zeal. It then ensured the whole fandango came to a shuddering halt by diving headlong into the collateral debt obligations market in 2006.
But, despite being ground zero for many of the UK bank's woes, the Greenwich business quickly recovered. In 2011, RBS's investment bank (then called global banking and markets) made 36% of its money in the US (only 27% of the unit's revenues were made in the UK), according to an investor presentation in March 2012. (Unfortunately there are no records on the RBS website of any such presentation last year – so these are the most up-to-date figures available.)
The awkwardness comes in how that money was made. Of the $3.4 billion in revenues generated in the US in 2011, only $640 million came from banking and $2.8 billion from the markets division. Of that $2.8 billion, by far the majority ($1.5 billion) was made trading asset-backed (read: mortgage-based) products. In other words, as recently as two years ago, the investment banking division of Royal Bank of Scotland was making more money dealing in risky mortgage-backed products in the US than anything else – not a situation likely to delight its largest shareholder, the UK government.
No wonder RBS likes to keep this particular light hidden under a bushel.
The relative importance of RBS Securities is likely, if anything, to have increased over the past two years as Fred Goodwin's empire has been slowly but methodically dismembered. Since the beginning of 2012, RBS's investment bank has shed more limbs than the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It has wound down its cash equities and equity capital markets offering ("'Tis but a scratch"), lopped off its mergers and acquisitions units ("I've had worse"), sold its UK corporate broking arm Hoare Govett to Jefferies ("Have at you!") and, in November last year, handed over its retail investor products and equity derivatives business to BNP Paribas ("Just a flesh wound").
All that's left is a defiant torso: international banking run by John Owen and the markets business co-headed by Peter Nielsen and Suneel Kamlani. And the beating heart of the markets business is RBS Securities' 95,000 square foot trading floor in Connecticut.
No easy answers
All of which leaves McEwan with a fair number of tricky questions to answer.
The New Zealander must decide between two political imperatives: turning RBS into an ultra-orthodox, UK-focused bank or increasing the share price to a point where the UK government can sell off its stake.
Are those two aims mutually exclusive? Not totally, but it's close. Getting rid of the turbo-charged US trading business would almost certainly delay the day when UK taxpayers get (at least some of) their money back. RBS can be made safer, but there'll be a price tag attached.
Next, what kind of wholesale banking capability does the chief executive, who used to run the retail banking division, want to maintain? Despite everything, RBS still boasts the most profitable corporate banking franchise in the UK. But the simple fact is that if RBS wants to provide a full range of services to those corporate customers it needs to maintain a markets business. And if it wants to maintain a markets business it needs – as lots of other European banks have recently acknowledged – a strong foothold in the US. (This question is further complicated by the fact that no one yet knows for sure which wholesale banking activities might fall within a Vickers ring fence).
While we're on corporate banking, it is worth bearing two things in mind: first, as UK and European companies eschew bank loans for the capital markets, being able to tap the world's largest pool of debt investors on the other side of the Atlantic might come in handy. And, second, UK businesses tend to venture abroad to source supplies or sell their wares from time to time. RBS won't remain the most profitable UK corporate bank for long it if has to wave its clients adieu at passport control (which is why McEwan also needs to think carefully about what to do with the bank's international network – the final husk of what was bought so dearly from ABN Amro in 2008).
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SARA : Service and Advice for Research and Analysis
Welcome to the SARA webpage!
NEW! If you are looking for the research opportunities for the NASA post doctoral program, or information about the transition of the program from ORAU to USRA please go to http://npp.usra.edu/
We are here to provide information about the Data Analysis, Research, and Technology Development programs in NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). These programs (which we shall hereafter simply refer to as "R&A") are composed of projects being conducted by scientists, engineers, and educators from NASA centers, universities, nonprofits, other Government laboratories, and for profit corporations all across the U.S. We solicit proposals for projects covering a very wide range of subjects and they are evaluated by peer review. To learn more about what opportunities exist, what projects were funded recently, or what fellowship programs are available, you've come to the right place.
Dr. Max Bernstein serves as SMD's Lead for Research. He brings to the position a clear understanding of the needs of the community, plus a strong desire to augment the science return from NASA's mission enabling research and data analysis. Frequently heard in town hall meetings is the SMD philosophy that science does not result from the launch of a mission or the collection of data. Science only occurs through the analysis and understanding of that data. Therefore, healthy mission science teams and data analysis programs must accompany every successful mission. The SARA position will support healthy mission science and data programs across the Science Mission Directorate.
The Research and Analysis (R&A) Program
Broadly defined, R&A covers the concept studies that provide the science basis for a mission; the necessary technology and techniques for implementing the mission; the calibration, validation, and analysis of data as a mission is underway; and the analysis of archived data after a mission ends. The ultimate goal is to create new knowledge as we explore the Universe, and to use that knowledge for the benefit of all humankind. A full description of calls for proposals from Astrophysics, Heliophysics, and Earth Science, and Planetary Science can all be found in the SMD omnibus solicitation called Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES). You can keep up on ROSES and other solicitations and community announcements via the solicitations page, including an RSS feed for the latest clarifications, corrections, and amendments to ROSES.
For more information on the activities within the Divisions, including Flight Programs, please visit the SMD home page. For information pertaining to the Science Mission Directorate's organization and leadership, please view the organizational chart.
How to Navigate this website efficiently
This web site serves as a resource for current information about the R&A program, as well as a forum for dialogue with the scientific community. Your input will be of great value. Please send us suggestions. In addition, there will be regular progress updates in the form of a letter from SARA.
Research program specific questions should be directed to the relevant program officer and that information can be found on the Program Officers List. However, if your question is of a more general nature or remains unresolved on a timescale that seems too long to you, please do not hesitate to contact SARA via the contact page. There you will also find an E-mail sign-up form to alert you to updates to this site.
A table of programs and their status can be found at Grant Stats; this page is being developed so some divisions may have more information listed initially than others. Keep watching.
Negative comments are welcome and will be kept strictly confidential. We need your input to know if there are any issues, so please speak freely. At the same time, please include any positive experiences you have had with people or procedures. Your ideas and experiences are extremely valuable. In fact, they will inform future improvements!
We have created a "how to" page to simplify life for proposers, useful links and pdf files can be found in the library, and early career researchers are encouraged to volunteer to serve as a reviewer, either using our volunteer reviewer web forms, or by sending an email to SARA.


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A Marietta man has been charged with child endangerment in the death of 23-month-old Connar Hilton, a Waterford Township boy who died Tuesday from injuries due to a near drowning.
Joshua D. Sciance, 25, of 111 W. Montgomery St. Lot 12, had put Hilton and his 3-year-old sister in the bathtub Monday night and later came back to find the boy face down in the water, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
"He was living with the mother. He was a live-in boyfriend. He was babysitting while she was out working," explained Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks of Sciance's relationship to the children.
Sciance initially told officers that he had only left the children unattended for three or four minutes shortly after he put them in the bath around 8 p.m., according to the affidavit of facts released by the sheriff's office.
However, he did not call 911 until 9:15 p.m., said the affidavit.
Upon further questioning, Sciance admitted to leaving the children unattended for at least 20 minutes while he cooked and then ate a pizza.
He also told officers he had begun drinking at 2 p.m. that day and had consumed eight 16-ounce beers over the course of the day.
The Beverly-Waterford Fire Department responded to the 911 call and transported Hilton to Marietta Memorial Hospital that night, but Hilton was soon transferred to Children's Hospital in Columbus to be put on life support.
According to initial findings of the pathologist, the child died as a result of injuries sustained in the incident.
Hilton, the son of Christopher Michael Hilton and Danielle Oliver, would have turned 2 on Sunday.
Child endangerment that results in the death of a child is a third-degree felony, said Mincks.
Under the Ohio Revised Code, a third-degree felony is punishable by a maximum of three years in prison.
Sciance could possibly face other charges when his case is brought before a grand jury, said Mincks.
Sciance is being held without bond in the Washington County Jail. He is set to be arraigned Monday at 8 a.m.


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A man working for the Hawaiian Electric Company slipped at a project in the mountains above Temple Valley in Windward Oahu Tuesday morning, according to a HECO spokesperson.
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I just finished reading an artical on nursing manners but there are a few questions i have.
My dd loves to hold both breast in each and, while nusing to sleep she's pull/push one or the other so that she's alternating between each breast. I've tried wearing something that will cover me when nursing her to sleep but she'll throw this massive fit and will not settle for bed until she can have both breast. It's just started to do this (since she's developed croup and couldn't stay latched for a very long time because of breathing difficulties) however once the croup is gone and the behaviour continues should i just kind of tell her no we nurse of one breast first then the other?? What have you other mom's done? I've tried the nursing necklace but it's too distracting to settle down at bed time.
The other thing is it's starting to get warm here in southwestern ontario and the other day i was wearing a v-neck shirt. Everytime she came near me she through a fit because she wanted to suckel (as she just nused half an hour before) i kept trying to discourage her and distract her from her toys but everytime she looked at me and saw the top of my breast she started digging in my shirt. She's under 18 months (13 months right now) and i'm trying to think of some ways to deal with this.
In the tub she does the same thing. I've kinda let her nurse in the tub whenever she wants but now it's getting to the point we don't play because she see's my breast and spends the majority of tub time nursing. Again if i say no it's it's not time to nurse she throws this huge fit and begs in her baby talk (that what it sounds like to me) to have them with her arms outstreached. It's been 4 months will she ever tire of this??


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? in a rush i guess? lol. this is gunna be a ****ty game. knicks lose by 15 easy
Dwight Howard
Curry lost
Curry will outduel Dwight Howard offensivley
New York Knicks(18-40) vs Orlando Magic(37-23)
Saturday Night at 7:00pm ET Live on MSG
Starting Lineups
Nate Robinson vs Jameer Nelson
Jamal Crawford vs Maurice Evans
Quentin Richardson vs Rashard Lewis
Zach Randolph vs Hedo Turkoglu
Eddy Curry vs Dwight Howard
Key Matchup: Dwight Howard Vs Eddy Curry
Dwight Howard>>>Eddy Curry
The official MSG33 Prediction: Orlando 108 New York 96
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? in a rush i guess? lol. this is gunna be a ****ty game. knicks lose by 15 easy
Damn player-centric usernames straight to hell.
this is the type of gamethread the knicks should always get with their record.
really yo you spoil the knicks. They don't deserve you.
Damn player-centric usernames straight to hell.
yo eddie... get to the arena early, so u may get a good seat on the bench to watch how a center that is in shape and has the desire to win plays the game...
the way eddys been playing i would have a tough choice picking him or Jerome james
I think this thread was great. It's the kind that the Knicks should always get. lol
Here's how the Knicks matchup against the Magic:
PG Jameer Nelson = Nate Robinson(Nelson's> passer, Nate's> shooter)
SG JamalCrawford > Maurice Evans
SF Rashard Lewis >>>>>> Quentin Richardson
PF Zach Randolph = Hedo Turkoglu(Hedo > Scorer, Randolph > rebounder)
C Dwight Howard >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eddy Curry
Magic Starters >>> Knicks Starters
Knicks Bench > Magic Bench
Prediction: Knicks 102 Magic 104
The Knicks are up 102-101, but Jamal Crawford leaves Maurice Evans wide open for a 3 pointer that wins the game.
yea thats true...but Eddy is trying in the defensive side...but still...idk man we just have no good big man...and i seriously forgot that jerome can play again...i still though he was injured
Howard's gonna school Curry all night. Magic 103-92. Howard 23 pts. 15 reb.4 Blocked shots.
Zach Randolph is out with a "foot" injury for tonights game.
My predictions are that Turkoglu will have a great game like always against the Knicks, and he will break out, and just beat then. Magic 108 Knicks 88. Dwight will also put up numbers scoring, and rebounding wise.
Carlos Arroyo!! will be starting for the Magic, I want to see how well he does against the swiss cheese defense of the Knicks.
What a offensive game, JC got 9 points already. Did anyone see that Howard Block on Q? That was crazy. He could have stole it in the air, but he blocked it into the second row. An exciting game so far.


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At the state capitol on Saturday hundreds attended a public memorial to bid farewell to Senator Daniel Inouye.
"I feel like he's family because I grew up with him since fifth grade," said Doreen Kaibara.
Kaibara got to the ceremony early to get a front row spot. She went with her sister, but they are here not just to pay their own respects, but for generations before them.
"I feel it's very important especially for my parents too," said Kaibara.
Teachers like Lillian Muramatsu said she'll never forget how the Senator treated her students when they visited our nation's capitol.
"He made them really feel like they were a part of America, and he really inspired all of them to go on to improve their education," said Muramatsu.
A sense of similarity also brought some out to the ceremony.
"He's a veteran. He lost his arm and I almost lost mine too they were going to cut it up," said veteran Paul Quezon.
As the service wrapped up it became a hard reality for some that the man who inspired them for so many years is now gone.
"It was kind of hard to see him passing by because I saw him earlier this year," said tearful Kamuela Chun.
"Grateful that so many people in our islands care so deeply and that the ceremony was worthy of the man," said Joda Derrickson.
As many described the day, it was a bitter sweet aloha.
"Very hard to see him, but very very appreciative of all that he's done for Hawaii and the nation," said Kamuela.


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Skip Schumaker hosted "Big League Impact Cincinnati," a fantasy football challenge featuring Reds players and conceived by St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, Adam Wainwright. Fans participated in a fantasy football draft at Great American Ball Park, received a behind-the-scenes clubhouse tour with Reds dugout access and viewed batting practice prior to the Reds-Dodgers game. Proceeds benefitted Wainwright's Big League Impact charity, the Jessie Rees Foundation, and the Reds Community Fund.
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When I'm nursing my 4 wk old son I sometimes grab a bottle and let the let-down spray into the bottle (instead of into a towel). I can sometimes get a full ounce of let-down - often 1/2 oz - I just keep doing this thru the day and then freeze that milk.
I'm wondering if this is bad to have a frozen stash of such foremilk? Will it be hard on him to eventually have a bottle of foremilk in the future if he needs too? I don't plan on having him use a bottle much at all, but I figure its better to freeze it than waste it in a towel?
Also, to make up a stash can I just pump the one side I nursed him on? I block feed him and I could pump just that one side and leave the unnursed side alone. Will it make me make too much milk if I pump a bit of the rest of the hind milk out?


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