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Goldman Sachs's earnings no longer roar
A lion of Wall Street has been tamed.
Goldman Sachs Group is no longer the trading standout it once was. And it likely won't ever be again. As a result, it will be increasingly hard to justify a valuation for Goldman significantly above its tangible book value, unless the firm can provide a clearer sense of what will drive growth in the future.
That is noteworthy given looming first-quarter results for it and other big banks. In past years, the first quarter was typically strong as companies pre-funded obligations and investors staked out new strategies.
Not anymore. In each of the past four years, Goldman has seen first-quarter revenue from trading in its all-important fixed income, currency and commodity business decline from the prior year.
Even if Goldman breaks that pattern this year—a far-from-certain outcome given subdued trading conditions in much of early 2014—the trend underscores that deeper structural changes, rather than just cyclical forces, are at work. In this, Goldman highlights forces reshaping all of Wall Street and which may intensify, especially as the Volcker rule takes force this summer.
Before the financial crisis, Goldman was a trading powerhouse. Trading drove growth, and traders held sway in the executive suite. Today, Goldman no longer has trading revenue, officially speaking. It has revenue from "client execution." Recent quarterly reports show this isn't just a euphemistic shift. Tellingly, Goldman's fixed-income trading results are now not so different from others on Wall Street. Indeed, Goldman's trading looks increasingly banklike.
That is a big shift. Before the crisis, Goldman and JP Morgan Chase's fixed-income trading revenues were moderately correlated. That was to be expected. While the firms followed somewhat different trading strategies, they were using similar sets of products.
Since 2011, however, Goldman has marched more or less in lock step with banks such as JP Morgan and Bank of America. Evidence of this comes from the correlation coefficient between changes in Goldman's fixed-income trading revenue and JP Morgan's, where 1 represents perfect correlation and zero no relation whatsoever. That stood at 0.93 at the end of 2013. Any closer and investors could suspect their trading was done by a single desk.
And becoming more like JP Morgan means tamer trading performance. The volatility of bond-trading gains—a proxy for risk taking, at broker-dealers—has significantly declined of late, according to data from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
So even though the Volcker rule's ban on proprietary trading hasn't kicked in yet, Wall Street appears to have already lost much of its appetite for speculative risk. And under Volcker, Goldman and other firms are even less likely to produce standout results.
That is because any departure from the rest of the sector could raise a red flag to regulators, signalling traders have gone beyond market making and into banned speculation. No bank wants to risk being the first to get flagged for violating the Volcker rule. So even if market conditions improve, Goldman and its rivals are more likely to move as a herd.
That presents a challenge for Goldman. In the four years before the crisis, its shares traded at an average price-to-tangible-book-value ratio of 2.86 times. Over the past three years, they have traded on average at tangible book value. Lacking outsize trading gains, and with its ability to use leverage constrained by new regulations, the firm will have to seek growth elsewhere to change that. Goldman has made progress, showing strength in debt and equity underwriting and good results in its investing and lending business.
None of this, however, is likely to produce the kind of eye-popping results with which Goldman once dazzled investors. Instead of a roar at earnings time, investors should expect the big cat to purr.
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'Pacific Let Me Be Me'
Professor emeritus and retiring handball coach Mike Steele launches an endowment to support the many aspects of Pacific that he loves.
Art Therapy
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Community Invited to Reading by Still Alice Author Lisa Genova, Followed by a Film Screening, on Thursday, March 5
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Less than two years after earning his physical therapy degree from Pacific, Bryan Lang is practicing in his own business.
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Continuing education offerings provide opportunities to move
Loving the Daily Grind
A couple of alumni took a chance on a Hawai'i coffee farm. Five years later, they are winning awards and giving back to the coffee community.
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Is college worth the cost? Empirical data says yes. So do a couple of Pacific University alumni, now that they have paid off all the debt they accrued during and immediately after school.
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"I have been listening to you on EWTN for about a year now. I left the Catholic Church 42 years ago. After many struggles during this last year, I finally went to confession on Sunday. I cannot begin to explain how excited I am to be home. Thank you so much for helping me on my journey home."
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~ Ignatius of Antioch (Smyrn., viii, 2) circa A.D. 110, laid down this principle on true union with the Church, versus schism; all the more impressive because his casual use of the word "Catholic" demonstrates the widespread acceptance of the term at a very early date.


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Then by some mystical internal working, I see the story. Usually, I sit down and pound out the story at one fell swoop. Sometimes my research and my immersion into the life of the subject is so thorough, that my rough draft requires only cosmetic changes. Those are the best of times. Unfortunately, re-write is usually significant and the messiest part of writing.
In addition to the nuts and bolts of writing, I have three litmus tests that my stories, especially those of family history, have to meet: Respect, Honor and Truth. These have little to do with my research or the story, but more about the storyteller. I have to respect the story and the subject by not changing or tweaking it in order to make the story more exciting, more risqué, more politically correct. When I use dialogue, I have not heard my 3rd great-grandmother speak specific words, but I have heard three generations of women speak similar words, similar intonations. I do know what her home looked like, the recipes she handed down, and how many children were playing around her feet. I know about her political beliefs, her family of origin. I know they came from the traditions of the Chartist, Separationist, and Temperance movements. I know her pride in her husband and their accomplishments in a new land. I know the historically close knit family ties. I test those words that I put coming from her mouth against everything that I know about her and then I ask the three questions:
Am I respectful of the story and it's place and time? The storyteller cannot assume the mores and customs of the present time, or any other time --- only the story's time and place.
Have I honored the subject by being honest, and conscientious about portraying their lives?
Have I been true to the spirit of my subject and their story?
In this process if I can say that my words are true to the spirit of my subject, I give honor, respect, and truth to the story – whether the story is a family history or fiction.
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"According to recent USDA studies, the agricultural sector right now remains a bright spot in terms of economic stability and growth, and there is a strong demand for U.S. agricultural products," said CED Purski. "Generation after generation of agricultural producers in Texas are getting up early every day to provide the food, fiber and fuel that feed and clothe Americans and others around the world."
CED Pruski further notes, "As research advances, the future may be even brighter. New uses for ag products are being found to utilize natural ingredients for life-saving medicines and supply the critical commodities required in a long list of manufacturing sectors."
Despite the onslaught of natural disasters weathered by farmers and ranchers this past year that created less than ideal growing conditions, producers still managed to grow the commodities that keep our economy moving forward. And they maintain our abundant supply of renewable resources in an environmentally sensitive manner.
Major commodities produced in Bee County include Cotton, Corn & Grain Sorghum. Texas agricultural production contributed more than $7.5 billion in export revenues during 2011.
Today, each American farmer produces enough food to feed more than 144 people, a dramatic increase from the 25 people a farmer sustained in 1960.
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PHILADELPHIA - For over 10 years, Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has been pursuing a cancer-targeting molecule called TRAIL and its molecular partners. TRAIL is normally produced by immune cells and curtails tumor spread by binding to a specialized receptor on a tumor's surface.
"However, in cancer patients who often have suppressed immunity, and for reasons we still don't understand, there isn't enough TRAIL being produced, so tumors are not suppressed," explains El-Deiry, who is also Co-Program Leader of the Radiation Biology Program for the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn.
Most recently, El-Deiry and colleagues demonstrated for the first time a link between TRAIL's receptor and cancer susceptibility, as reported online December 13, 2007 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation in advance of the January 2008 print issue. Unexpectedly, they also found a connection – via Trail – between inflammation and cancer susceptibility.
Mice engineered without the TRAIL receptor on their cells versus healthy controls developed larger and more tumors in their livers and other organs after being challenged with a chemical carcinogen or radiation. The team also bred TRAIL receptor knock-out mice with mice genetically engineered to get B-cell lymphomas that metastasize to the liver. Their offspring displayed more liver tumors compared to controls. "This is the first direct in vivo evidence that loss of the tumor death-inducing TRAIL receptor confers cancer susceptibility," says El-Deiry.
When intact, TRAIL and its receptor decrease the influx of inflammatory cells and molecules that can lead to cancer. New models of cancer have suggested a link between inflammation and cancer in the last five years, and El-Deiry is in the early stages of trying to understand this connection with respect to the TRAIL pathway.
For example, in this study, the mice without the TRAIL receptor that were irradiated developed chronic pneumonia, an inflammatory response, as well tumors, evidence pointing to the connection between cancer and inflammation via TRAIL. "One benefit of this work is that it provides a new and unanticipated model implicating a TRAIL pathway deficiency in the chronic toxicity of radiation therapy," he notes. Inflammation is a common late and serious side-effect of radiation treatment in people.
El-Deiry and his team are now looking within tumor tissue for inflammatory molecules as clues to how cancer and inflammation are coupled. "Our work with TRAIL and its receptor in mouse models represents a new way to look at cancer susceptibility and its potential therapy in humans as well as new ways to decrease debilitating radiation side-effects experienced by cancer patients," says El-Deiry.
Co-authors in addition to El-Deiry are Niklas Finnberg from Penn and Andres J.P. Klein-Szanto from Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia. This research was funded in part by the National Cancer Institute.
This release can be found at www.pennhealth.com/news.
PENN Medicine is a $3.5 billion enterprise dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. PENN Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Penn's School of Medicine is currently ranked #3 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's survey of top research-oriented medical schools; and, according to most recent data from the National Institutes of Health, received over $379 million in NIH research funds in the 2006 fiscal year. Supporting 1,400 fulltime faculty and 700 students, the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System includes three hospitals — its flagship hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, rated one of the nation's "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital; and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center — a faculty practice plan; a primary-care provider network; two multispecialty satellite facilities; and home care and hospice.
The Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) of the University of Pennsylvania is a national leader in cancer research, patient care, and education. The pre-eminent position of the Cancer Center is reflected in its continuous designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute for 30 years, one of 39 such Centers in the United States. The ACC is dedicated to innovative and compassionate cancer care. The clinical program, comprised of a dedicated staff of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, nutritionists and patient support specialists, currently sees over 50,000 outpatient visits, 3400 inpatient admissions, and provides over 25,000 chemotherapy treatments, and more than 65,000 radiation treatments annually. Not only is the ACC dedicated to providing state-of-the-art cancer care, the latest forms of cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are available to our patients through clinical themes that developed in the relentless pursuit to eliminate the pain and suffering from cancer. In addition, the ACC is home to the 300 research scientists who work relentlessly to determine the pathogenesis of cancer. Together, the faculty is committed to improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Release available online at http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/dec07/trail-cancer.html


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Pinkerton found that he could not dismiss Ferrandini as just another crackpot, noting the steel in his voice and easy command of the men clustered about him. The detective recognized that this potent blend of fiery rhetoric and icy resolve made Ferrandini a dangerous adversary. "He is a man well calculated for controlling and directing the ardent minded," the detective admitted. "Even I myself felt the influence of this man's strange power, and wrong though I knew him to be, I felt strangely unable to keep my mind balanced against him."
"Never, never shall Lincoln be president," Ferrandini vowed. "He must die—and die he shall."
Despite Pinkerton's efforts to draw him out further that night, Ferrandini did not disclose details of the plot, saying only, "Our plans are fully arranged and they cannot fail. We shall show the North that we fear them not."
By Sunday, February 17, Pinkerton, after piecing together rumors and reports, had formed a working theory of Ferrandini's plan. "A vast crowd would meet [Lincoln] at the Calvert Street depot," Pinkerton stated. "Here it was arranged that but a small force of policemen should be stationed, and as the president arrived a disturbance would be created." While the police rushed off to deal with this diversion, he continued, "it would be an easy task for a determined man to shoot the President, and, aided by his companions, succeed in making his escape."
Pinkerton was convinced that Otis Hillard held the key to uncovering the final details of the plot, as well as the identity of the designated assassin. Hillard, he believed, was the weak link in Ferrandini's chain of command.
The next evening, February 18, as Hillard and Davies dined together, Hillard confirmed that his National Volunteers unit might soon "draw lots to see who would kill Lincoln." If the responsibility fell upon him, Hillard boasted, "I would do it willingly."
Davies demanded to be taken to this fateful meeting, insisting that he, too, be given the "opportunity to immortalize himself" by murdering the president-elect. By February 20, Hillard returned to Davies in exuberant spirits. If he would swear an oath of loyalty, Davies could join Ferrandini's band of "Southern patriots" that very night.
As evening fell, Hillard conducted Davies to the home of a man well known among the secessionists. The pair were ushered into a large drawing room, where 20 men stood waiting silently. Ferrandini, dressed for the occasion in funereal black from head to toe, greeted Davies with a crisp nod.
In the flickering light of candles, the "rebel spirits" formed a circle as Ferrandini instructed Davies to raise his hand and swear allegiance to the cause of Southern freedom. The initiation completed, Ferrandini reviewed the plan to divert police at the Calvert Street Station. As he brought his remarks to a "fiery crescendo," he drew a long, curved blade from beneath his coat and brandished it high above his head. "Gentlemen," he cried to roars of approval, "this hireling Lincoln shall never, never be President!"


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June Oblinger Shott Receives Honorary Doctorate at '97 Commencement
Well-known Bluefield philanthropist and volunteer June Oblinger Shott received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Bluefield State College during BSC's 1997 graduation exercises.
BSC President Dr. Robert Moore noted, "June Oblinger Shott carries a continuing commitment to education at Bluefield State College through her extensive scholarship support to students in our area in pursuit of a college degree from this institution. Through her gift of the largest individual financial contribution ever received by this institution, a scholarship program in her name was established here in 1995, and has already opened the window of educational opportunity to many students."
Vice-Chair of the Bluefield State College Institutional Board of Advisors, the honoree is a member of the College Foundation's executive board. BSC's new Center for Extended Learning, which provides distance learning electronic classroom instruction to students at the College's Bluefield, Lewisburg, and Beckley campuses, was named in her honor last September.
The BSC President recognized Mrs. Shott's "commitment of service, energy, and enthusiasm to help this community," in awarding the honorary doctorate.


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Born and raised in Robstown, Villareal signed to his first record label out of San Antonio as a Tejano artist.
While in high school, he recorded an album and toured all over Texas with his high school bandmates. Having such a young group of guys hitting up venue after venue proved to be too much for the young guys, and eventually, they all parted ways.
After 13 years of playing in various bands and starting a family, Villareal decided to finally do what he always wanted to do: Start playing country music.
He formed The Dave Rukkus Band and began collaborating with songwriters like Mark Lambert, Jason Suthern and Steve West and has been hitting the road hard these past few months. On Saturday, Aug. 9, you will find him in Beeville on stage for Summerfest 2014.
He will open the show at 8 p.m. for Cory Morrow and Pat Green for Texas Country night.
Summerfest begins Friday, Aug. 8, with Tejano night featuring the local group Luna y Sol Mariachi opening the show at 8 p.m. for Ricky Naranjo and headliners Siggno.
Paul Gonzales is the entertainment writer at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 343-5207 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Looking at a serious budget crunch for next year, members of the board would very much like to sell the two extra school buildings the district owns. But the missed deadline on the closing of the purchase of the sports field in Narrowsburg has thrown the $3 million sale of the buildings into doubt.
At a meeting of the Sullivan West Center School District board on July 14, superintendent Dr. Ken Hilton told the board that developer Ilwon Kang missed the scheduled closing on July 1. The 14-acre field on Kirk Rd. in Narrowsburg was then leased to the Narrowsburg Chamber of Commerce so planned festivities at the site could go forward.
After that, a closing on the $70,000 purchase was scheduled for July 7, but Kang didn't send the money, and has thus far not contacted Hilton to explain why.
Board member Noel van Swol said, "I have been suspicious of this man from day one." The board has granted Kang two extensions on his offer to purchase the districts school buildings in Narrowsburg and Callicoon, and the closing is now scheduled for the end of October. van Swol said that if Kang seeks another extension and he does not close the deal, he should either forfeit his $150,000 deposit or be required to pay the cost of maintaining the two buildings, which is running about $150,000 per year.
As the arrangement stands now, Kang is being charged $2,000 per month in earnest money.
Board member Ken Cohen said he thought the board was going to have to cut Kang off at some point, but he said he did not believe the decision to move forward with Kang's offer was a bad one because, "we're not ending up losing anything."
One of the stated reasons for the delay of the sale is that Town of Tusten officials are re-writing the zoning code, and at this point it is still unclear whether the new code will allow Kang to convert the school into an 80-room hotel as he plans.
Board member Angela Daley said that by the end of October the answer to the question may be known. When the matter was discussed at the Tusten town meeting on July 12, supervisor Peg Harrison said there may be a public hearing on the zoning rewrite in August, and she thought the process might be finished by November.
The district has been maintaining the buildings in a ready-to-use condition, which means heating them in the winter and performing regular maintenance. If the sale of the buildings to Kang does not go through, it seems likely that plumbing in the buildings will be drained and they will be entirely shut down.
Daily said, "That will mean the end of Eaglefest and Riverfest," at least as far as the use of the school is concerned for those two annual events in Narrowsburg.
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It does seem like King Kang has been shot down yet again. He needs to avoid tall buildings altogether.


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A very personal letter from your favorite genealogist Arlene Eakle, about a Genealogy Research Grant up to $400.00 that I am offering directly to you.
I'm serious. You can claim Your Very Own Economic Stimulus Package. Read on…
I'm offering you an economic stimulus Genealogy Research Grant worth up to $400.00. I'll explain at the end of this letter how to claim it.
First, let me tell you the reasons I've made such a BOLD offer to you–You, my most loyal genealogy friends and clients.
1. Reason One: Given the state of the economy in 2010, you have probably said to yourself, "I just can't use my money on ancestors. They will have to wait." Actually they can't wait. Actually, ancestors provide the most stable anchor you can give your family members, your children, and your grandchildren in times of chaos. Children who know their ancestors are less likely to do drugs, drop out of school, cheat on exams, experiment with sex, or get arrested as a juvenile.
2. Reason Two: Frankly, I know that times are tough: 9-cent milk is a $1.00 per day loss per cow. We're dairy farmers. And we're losing more than $200.00 every day. Yet, who better to come to the rescue with your own personal recession-buster during difficult times than your favorite genealogist Arlene Eakle? I know how important ancestors are. And, I don't want money alone to stand in your way. Or uncertainty about how you get your hard-to-find ancestors identified.
3. Reason Three: And because my research earnings support The Genealogy Library Center, Inc. and, alone, pay its expenses at the moment–I don't want that significant research-preservation facility to suffer either, during these down times. We formed the non-profit Genealogy Research Center, Inc. to save genealogists' original research notes and proof from being thrown away or otherwise lost to us forever.
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You will also want to know that my genealogy business has been around since 1962, first in Woods Cross, then Salt Lake City, then Tremonton UT. Other genealogy research firms and professionals have come and gone, I am still here. In business. Tracing families and their origins for over 600 clients all this time. And consulting with some 400 others who wanted to trace their ancestry themselves. I've seen for myself, how much excitement new ancestors can bring to people–Remember, in my opinion, genealogy is a necessity.
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Another genealogy bonus for you: my 96% success rate! For more than 30 years, in good times and in bad, genealogy investment in my ability to research hard-to-find ancestors has continued without stopping. My success rate is still 96%–this is a tremendous bonus to you–and you receive generous search mileage for every research $ you entrust to my care.
Recent Questions About My Genealogy Research Services Prompted These Answers:
1. Fees. My research fees are set to include a certain number of hours plus the costs directly associated with that work—copy costs, postage to ship reports, etc. Travel costs are negotiated ahead of time—always. Or I get your approval within a specific $ range ahead of time. I present you with no surprises. No research bills. I request my research fee upfront. If I underestimate what the project will cost, I eat the overrun. No cost surprises.
2. Photocopy costs. If I discover some great thing that I want to copy and it requires a huge outlay, I will notify you ahead of time. With reasons why the item is significant. That way the bulk of your research funds always go to research.
3. Reports. Reports with accompanying documentation are usually multiple-volume and shipped by postal mail, unless UPS is requested. My skills at scanning maps and documents are limited. And I prefer to have a paper copy so that we can actually write on the images if we need to. You know there is a full paper copy of your report as a safeguard against loss. The formal written report comes by email ahead of the mailing. It will alert you that the documentation is being shipped. And it will pose questions still unanswered with recommendations for further research. An accounting of your funds is included.
4. Copyright. You own your own stuff. I usually request the right to share the research I do for you with others who may share your ancestry. You can request that I keep it private and I will honor your wishes. Even though you pay for the work I do for you, others pay for their work too. By sharing, research for both of you can go farther. Again, I will honor your wishes.
Joint ownership--My research analysis on your ancestry is a shared right: I reserve my right to use new techniques, new sources, etc. in my seminar teaching and my written works so that others can benefit from those examples. You retain the right to publish those same elements in your work. This is an example of joint ownership.
I do not use documents or other materials from your own personal archive without your permission. And I do not share information on living persons with anyone. With this said, photocopies included in my reports to you may be from copyrighted works or from archives that reserve the copyright. I can share them as part of a work of original research.
When you decide to publish a family history, you will need to secure permission to use those items in your printed work. Some government documents, especially in the United Kingdom, and some original sources preserved in libraries and archives carry their own copyrights. Again, permission is required when they are published.
5. Good Research Mileage. If I have two clients with research in the same set of records, I research them at the same time. This gives you good mileage through those records. Whatever analysis I do for those sources is also shared, since it applies to the same records used in more than one project. You have the right to use it and the other client also has the right to use it. Again the mileage thing.
And quite often, especially in Southwestern Virginia where I currently have several clients, the research often overlaps.
Ancestors of one or more clients turn out to be related by blood or by marriage. You get your names, they get theirs in that source. And my analysis. And a note of the shared ancestry. And a recommendation for a shared project. All of this holds true for field research too.
6. DNA results. I have great faith in DNA identifying correct lineage connections. However, databases are still too limited and small to be definitive. So using DNA for migration patterns is still chancy. I am currently the genealogist who creates the paper trail for a family international DNA project. There are still surprises in the written documents that must be considered along with the quantums. DNA can supply the overall direction of the research, expecting it to stand alone is a mistake, in my opinion. You can examine the research results provided by DNA matches on the Winslow Farr Family website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2806/index4.htm
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Minnesota State Charter Law: http://www.revisor.leg.state.MN.us/bin/getpub.php? type=s&year=current&num=124D.10
As the first nonprofit in the nation to become a charter school authorizer, Volunteers of America of Minnesota (VOA of MN) focuses on developing education options that will fill a targeted void. VOA of MN's Charter School Sponsorship Program stands out for its efforts to authorize schools that address the genuine needs of the communities where they are located. Several VOA of MN schools serve high populations of students with special needs as well as students who come from low-income families.
VOA of MN has a 110-year history of providing services to the most marginalized populations. The organization has about 4,000 volunteers and 700 paid staff members, but its Charter School Sponsorship Program is only a small part of the organization, with only two full-time staff members: a director who handles four schools and the policy-related activities of the work, and a charter school liaison who is the direct contact for VOA of MN's other eight schools and works to develop a network among existing schools.
The VOA of MN charter office's mission is closely aligned with the mission of its parent organization. The mission is most evident in the criteria that the office uses to choose which schools to authorize: VOA of MN's charter office gives priority to schools that are small, focus on marginalized students, feature service learning, fill a void in the community, and embrace racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity.
The portfolio of schools that VOA of MN authorizes is quite diverse. For example, it authorizes a high school for deaf students that offers a bilingual program in English and American Sign Language; a K–8 school located on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota; a duallanguage immersion Spanish and English K–8 school that also promotes conflict resolution; a K–8 school that combines rigorous college preparatory courses with a focus on outdoor education; and a grades 7–12 school that features project-based learning that is facilitated online.
Because VOA of MN's charter office is so small, it often draws on the larger VOA of MN organization for help with legal, financial, or fund-raising issues. It also takes advantage of what has been developed by other authorizers. "A lot of what we use is replicating what we see as good practices elsewhere," says Justin Testerman, director of VOA of MN's Charter School Sponsorship Program. "When I started, I went out and looked at the places I thought were doing the best work, then borrowed what they were doing and changed it to fit our environment."
As an active member of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), VOA of MN's charter office has taken advantage of NACSA's tools and resources and has adopted tools from other authorizers and organizations— including accountability and monitoring tools from Indianapolis, a five-step intervention process from the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board,32 and a checklist for opening schools from the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.33
One of the VOA of MN charter office's biggest problems is limited funding. Minnesota's charter law severely restricts funding for charter school authorizers. For this reason, VOA of MN's charter office has had to get additional funding from the larger VOA of MN organization, and it saves on costs by having only two staff people and by not having to pay rent—VOA of MN provides the office space. The charter office also has leveraged local resources by directing schools to the services of local and statewide organizations, such as the Center for School Change, the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and the state department of education.
As another approach to its funding challenge, VOA of MN actively works to influence statelevel policy and to increase funding for highquality authorizers. In particular, the director of the VOA of MN authorizing office is heavily involved in statewide charter policy organizations and has worked to improve the quality of charter authorizing across the state by introducing more rigorous standards.
Being active at the state level in other chartering organizations also has helped VOA of MN staff members cultivate contacts among people who get a lot of inquiries from potential school operators. In turn, these contacts refer appropriate school applicants to VOA of MN, and the VOA of MN charter office has not needed to recruit applicants actively.
The VOA of MN charter office director and school liaison consider their school selection process to be one of their main strengths. In their review, they first make sure the proposal aligns with VOA of MN's mission and principles. Second, they look at the capacity of the applicant to implement its plan. Not all applicants must have an education background, but according to Testerman, VOA of MN staff members look for applicants to be "sincere and realistic" and to have the "stamina and determination" needed to open and successfully run a school.
Applicants submit a proposal and business plan to the VOA of MN charter office, and these materials go to a group of reviewers who then have three weeks to evaluate the applications. Reviewers include the two VOA of MN charter office staff members and six or seven advisors, usually including charter school leaders, business leaders, representatives from charter support organizations, and a lawyer who has been on several charter school boards. The reviewers provide extensive written feedback and score the applications using a rubric. All applicants, regardless of whether VOA of MN chooses to authorize them or not, get extensive feedback— three or four pages of comments—about their plans.
After discussing each application, the review group makes a recommendation and the VOA of MN charter office director then makes a decision on whether to invite the applicant in for further conversations. (So far, the director has always agreed with the review group's recommendations.) The applicants who are invited for an interview receive more feedback on their applications, and VOA of MN staff members have a chance to further evaluate the applicants.
If VOA of MN decides to approve the proposal, the applicant has one month to revise its application before it is submitted to the state by VOA of MN. In Minnesota, there is a two-tiered application process with applications first approved by an authorizer, who then takes the application to the Minnesota Department of Education for final approval. In only one case has an applicant gone through VOA of MN's process and received approval from VOA of MN but failed to get a charter from the state. However, this group was successful in getting a charter from the state the next year because it reworked its curriculum plans significantly.
According to VOA of MN's charter office staff members, another strength of their approach is the alignment they have achieved between different parts of their process, from application review to contract, to accountability and monitoring. They have learned that a lack of alignment can confuse and disorient schools. For this reason, VOA of MN staff members makes sure that everything they ask for in biannual reports, for example, is directly tied to VOA of MN's statutory authority and is in the school's accountability plan.
One advantage of the VOA of MN charter office's small size and personalization is that its two staff members are able to develop and maintain strong relationships with their schools. These staff members require schools to submit two reports per year; the reports assess academic performance, identify strategies for meeting challenges, and include information on fiscal management, governance, operations, and compliance. The second report also serves as the annual report that is required by the state, although the VOA of MN report requires more information.
VOA of MN staff members also do two formal visits per year and two informal visits to each school. Site visits allow the authorizer to monitor and provide feedback as well as to follow up on any particular information from the written reports. The formal site visits include classroom observations and interviews with students, the business manager, teachers, board members, and parents, as well as meetings with the principal and staff.
In addition to the formal and informal site visits, VOA of MN staff members attend four board meetings per year at each school and collect board minutes from every board meeting. These minutes act as an early warning sign, with VOA of MN staff members using them to look for potential problems, such as financial concerns, personnel issues, or enrollment concerns.
As part of VOA of MN's efforts to develop a knowledge-sharing network among its schools, the VOA of MN charter office holds annual meetings and provides strong online resources.
The schools that VOA of MN authorizes have performed well so far in terms of student achievement— only one school in the past year did not make AYP. A few schools have had other kinds of struggles, such as attracting the anticipated number of students, but, for the most part, parents are satisfied and the students are doing well.
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Diamond's Stealth brand accelerators have long been one of the most popular and recognizable mainstream PC graphics products on the market. Now the Stealth lineup features a variety of graphics processor from two leading graphics chips manufacturers, namely ATI and NVIDIA, and is marketed for customers in $100 budget.
Historically Diamond Multimedia was among the first companies to employ a GPU neutral strategy and will continue this going forward, according to Diamond's recently proposed strategy. The company selects graphic processors for each product based on performance, features, quality, and price.
The list of parts shipping includes Diamond Stealth S90, Diamond Stealth S80, Diamond Stealth S70 and Diamond Stealth S60 graphics cards. The family includes products for entry-level market priced from $49.99 to $99.99.
The S90 features NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 GPU, D-Sub, DVI, TV-Out connectors and is available in AGP version for $99.99. The S80 is based on the RADEON 9200 SE chip with 64-bit memory controller, boasts with D-Sub, DVI, TV-Out connectors and is available for both PCI and AGP slots at $89.99 price-points. The S70 is powered by the GeForce 2 MX400 processor, has only one D-Sub output and is available for $59.99. The Stealth S60 from Diamond Multimedia is among the lowest-priced offerings in the market – at $49.99 the solution packs ATI RADEON 7000 chip and is available in both AGP and PCI versions with D-Sub and TV-Out connectors.
The S90 and S80 feature 128MB of memory and include SpyHunter game as a free bundle; the S70 and S60 have 64MB and 32MB memory onboard respectively and do not include any free games.
The Stealth S70 and S60 products are positioned mostly for business and entertainment needs, as neither the GeForce2 MX nor the RADEON 7000 are graphics chips of choice for the latest 3D gaming. The Stealth S90 and S80 are capable of supporting the DirectX 9.0 and DirectX 8.1 features respectively, even though, they hardly pack enough power for hardcore gaming.
Later Diamond Multimedia is expected to introduce a yet another lineup of products called Viper for less value-minded customers.
The company said that four graphics cards out of six in the Stealth family are shipping now to US retailers, e-tailers, distributors and systems integrators.


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Mountain Stage returning to Buckhannon
"Mountain Stage with Larry Groce," the internationally distributed live performance radio program, returns to the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, April 7 for a performance at the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts.
General admission tickets for the event will be $30 in advance. A limited number of student tickets will be available on campus for $20. More details are below. All tickets are on sale.
The two-hour radio program showcases five guest artists on each episode and records the show for later distribution to 130 NPR stations nationwide and overseas via the Voice of America satellite system. Three guest artists have already been confirmed for April 7, with additional guests to be announced.
On April 7 Mountain Stage will feature two of the world's most highly regarded banjo players, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, in a rare duo performance. Mountain Stage is one of only two scheduled performances in the United States before the duo embarks on a European tour later in the month.
Throughout their years together, Fleck and Washburn have always made music, whether for their own pleasure, during a year of touring with the Sparrow Quartet or other live performances. After a somewhat impromptu festival performance, the duo realized they had a strong canon of songs they could perform together. Both have performed on Mountain Stage in various different musical incarnations, but this will be their first as a duo.
Nashville-based modern bluegrass band The SteelDrivers will also perform. The group's third release, "Hammer Down," (to be released next week) features the band's unparalleled intensity, vocal strength, peerless harmony and instrumental virtuosity. This will be the group's third appearance on Mountain Stage.
The third act is up-and-coming string band The Stray Birds, whose self-titled album was included on a list of "Best Folk & Americana Albums of 2012" by NPR Music.
Two more guest artists will be added to the bill in the coming weeks.
General admission tickets for the event will be $30 in advance. A limited number of student tickets will be available on campus for $20. More details are below. All tickets are on sale.
Mountain Stage is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting. This episode will be scheduled for later distribution by NPR in spring 2013.


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College Composition Modular
On July 1, 2010, CLEP introduced two new exams — College Composition and College Composition Modular. These exams replaced three current exams, which have been discontinued:
- English Composition has been replaced by College Composition Modular.
- English Composition with Essay has been replaced by College Composition.
- Freshman College Composition has been replaced by College Composition Modular.
Each college decides its own policy for the new exams, so check with your admissions office, test center, or academic adviser before taking a test.
Description of the Examination
The CLEP College Composition examinations assess writing skills taught in most first-year college composition courses. Those skills include analysis, argumentation, synthesis, usage, ability to recognize logical development and research. The exams cannot cover every skill (such as keeping a journal or peer editing) required in many first-year college writing courses. Candidates will, however, be expected to apply the principles and conventions used in longer writing projects to two timed writing assignments and to apply the rules of standard written English.
College Composition Modular contains a multiple-choice section that is supplemented with an essay section that is either provided and scored by the college or provided by CLEP and scored by the college. College Composition Modular is available for colleges that want a valid, reliable multiple-choice assessment and greater local control over the direct writing assessment. College Composition Modular contains approximately 90 questions to be answered in 90 minutes and, if the essay section provided by CLEP is chosen, two essays to be written in 70 minutes. Some colleges may opt to provide their own locally scored writing assessment or some other assessment or evaluation.
The exam includes some pretest multiple-choice questions that will not be counted toward the candidate's score.
Colleges set their own credit-granting policies and therefore differ with regard to their acceptance of the College Composition examinations. Most colleges will grant course credit for a first-year composition or English course that emphasizes expository writing; others will grant credit toward satisfying a liberal arts or distribution requirement in English.
The American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) recommends the awarding of three credit hours, or the equivalent for a score of 50 on the 90 minute multiple-choice College Composition Modular exam. If colleges elect to supplement the Modular version of the examination with an essay available from CLEP or with a writing assessment of their own, the credit recommendation is three credit hours, or the equivalent, for a score of 50.
Knowledge and Skills Required
The exam measures candidates' knowledge of the fundamental principles of rhetoric and composition and their ability to apply the principles of standard written English. In addition, the exam requires familiarity with research and reference skills. In one of the essays, candidates must develop a position by building an argument in which they synthesize information from two provided sources, which they must cite. The requirement that candidates cite the sources they use reflects the recognition of source attribution as an essential skill in college writing courses.
College Composition Modular
College Composition Modular allows institutions to administer and/or score test takers' essays themselves. The knowledge and skills assessed are the same as those measured by College Composition, but the format and timing allow a more extended indirect assessment of test-takers' knowledge and skills. The percentages of exam questions on each topic are the same in both exams:
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I think my father-in-law has gotten used to good food as my mother-in-law could not cook if her life depended on it. I will never forget the first time he had a meal I prepared after Mrs B and I got married. He looked at me and said now this is home cookin' and he also immediately got slapped.
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Congressional Democrats did an admirable job of purging pork barrel projects — also called earmarks — from spending bills that were left unfinished when Republicans were ousted from power last fall. They had to do something, given all their campaign rhetoric about those fiscally feckless Republicans. But whether they can for long hold the line on earmarks is doubtful, given the party in power's propensity to pork out.
The true test isn't what Democrats did right out of the starting gate, when they knew the American people were watching, but how they will operate over the long haul, when the public's anger over earmarks subsides and attention shifts elsewhere. So far, on that front, the signals are mixed.
We were heartened to read a recent report that House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., might try keeping fiscal 2008 spending bills pork-free. If he's serious, and succeeds, it could mark a turning point in the war against wasteful federal spending. But success is far from certain, given the appetite most members of Congress — and their constituents — have for homestate pork.
"Eliminating (earmarks) altogether is still in the discussion stage, sources said, but the prospect has triggered widespread concern over the potential for another earmark-free fiscal year," CongressDaily reported last week. Obey is feeling pressure not just from Democrats looking to cash in on majority status, but from Republicans who've made a clean break from the party's fiscally conservative roots.
During a recent meeting, House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee ranking member Jack Kingston, a Republican from Georgia, said the fight against earmarks may have gone too far. "I think that we have worked ourselves into a frenzy on the subject and when that happens Congress historically overreacts," Kingston said. If Democrats want bipartisan backing for their bills, they'll have to grease the skids with the accustomed giveaways, he warned. "The problem is you need Republicans to pass the bill and Republicans need their pork-barrel projects the same way Democrats always did," Kingston said.
That's one of the most candid admissions of how Washington really works that we've heard — at least from a sitting member of Congress. And it's nauseating. If Republicans ever want to regain credibility as deficit hawks, they ought to keep Kingston and his ilk under wraps.
Many Democrats also hope the aversion to earmarks is short-lived, no doubt. And it has lobbyists in a tizzy. One of them told CongressDaily that eliminating earmarks from House spending bills would "run this train right into an embankment." But that's one train wreck the taxpayers who fund this spoils system might like to see.
Obey probably is just toying with the idea. In March, for instance, we read that he was entertaining requests from colleagues to push back a deadline for inserting fiscal 2008 earmarks. Apparently, many members are confused by new House rules requiring they disclose their sponsorship of a pork project and declare that neither they nor their spouse stands to financially benefit from it.
This suggests to us the new rules aren't a serious impediment to porking out, but simply a way for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats to seem to be doing something about it until the storm blows over.
Trying to shame the shameless is futile.
"The way this place works, I wouldn't be surprised if in the end we didn't want to put any earmarks in," Obey said. "I can't tell you if we're going to have earmarks or not until I see what the hell they look like, until I see what mood the House is in, what mood the Senate is in."
If such decisions are made based on the "mood" of members, and Obey and other leading Democrats don't impose fiscal discipline from above, pork will be back on the congressional menu later this year, and in a very big way.


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The Geography Blog focusing on all things geography: human, physical, technical, space, news, and geopolitics. Also known as Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! Written by a former National Geographic employee who also proudly served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
If Secessionist Groups Win
Graphic designer and cartographer Theo Deutinger has made a neat map (above) which shows what the world map would look like if various secessionist groups won. The map is a bit grainy and in a foreign language but it is neat none the less. For information on many groups mapped check out the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation. (Hat tip: Coming Anarchy)
Posted by Catholicgauze at 12:08 AM
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- Greg said...
I went to the website this was located on. I was hoping for a clearer picture because I'd like to see some of the flags and "country" names better, but no such luck. There are several geographic and other interesting topics there, though. Takes a while to load.
- Catholicgauze said...
It is indeed a shame but still the map gives an introduction of the secessionist geography.
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A letter of engagement from Knight & Partners was approved at Tuesday night's meeting with Machacek being forced to cast the deciding vote. Newly elected councilman Joey Thompson and councilwoman Liz Holsey also voted for bringing on Knight & Partners to mentor City Attorney Ashford Taylor. Councilmen Buddy Zavesky and Lionel Garcia voted against the item while newly elected councilwoman Cheryl Worley abstained.
Machacek refused to comment Tuesday night when asked who had recommended Knight & Partners.
Von Dohlen said Wednesday he has worked with Knight & Partners. According to city records, Von Dohlen contributed $1,000 on March 21, 2014 to the Goliad Citizens for Effective Government, a PAC that supported Machacek, Thompson and Worley during the May mayoral and city council elections.
Several Goliad citizens approached Machacek and Thompson after Tuesday night's meeting claiming the council's decision was a conflict of interest.
"I have no interests in anything that Barney's law firm does," Von Dohlen said. "My son, Chris, who is an attorney, and we work together, has no interests in Barney's law firm. We worked together some years ago on a project down in Duval County with a juvenile detention facility. That's where I got to see how excellent he is in terms of dealing with difficult issues. There's nothing to scratch my back about."
Von Dohlen said Machacek was likely hesitant to reveal who recommended the law firm to her because she did not want to upset him.
"I would imagine that Anna didn't know what my reaction would be to say that I was the one who suggested (Knight & Partners)," Von Dohlen said. "But I had no objection to it, whatsoever. I'm glad I had the opportunity to do it. People need to understand that he will be a huge asset in helping Goliad move forward in the future. That's what they ought to be looking at."
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Americans made millions of visits to national parks in 2012. The top ten most-popular destinations had more than 30 million visitors. Here is the recently released list of the ten most popular national parks in American.
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List courtesy National Park Conservation Association. (http://www.npca.org/exploring-our-parks/visitation.html)
10. Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
Visitors in 2012: 2,299,722
9. Acadia National Park, Maine
Visitors in 2012: 2,431,052
8. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Visitors in 2012: 2,705,256
7. Olympic National Park, Washington
Visitors in 2012: 2,824,908
6. Zion National Park, Utah
Visitors in 2012: 2,973,607
5. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Visitors in 2012: 3,229,617
4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
Visitors in 2012: 3,447,729
3. Yosemite National Park, California
Visitors in 2012: 3,853,404
2. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Visitors in 2012: 4,421,352
1. Smokey Mountains National Park, North Carolina, Tennessee
Visitors in 2012: 9,685,829
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Hi everyone,
I had to stop nursing my 16 month old for a week starting a few days ago due to my sudden medical condition. I was on steroid for 3 days and was advised to stop nursing for a whole week. I've been pumping only 3 times daily and most of the time just get 4 oz each session. Will I have enough for my daughter when we start again in a week's time? Is 12-13oz daily enough for a 16 month old to stay well? She has 2 meals daily, like congee mixed with meat and veggie, some fruits, juice and biscuits in between. During this period of no bm, I'm trying to give her fresh cow's milk but she doesn't drink much and her diaper situation is a bit worrying. I'm also worried that my daughter wouldn't want to nurse when I'm ready again. She currently weighs about 12kg. I would love to have some support or feed back. Thanks a lot for your patience.


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According to information from Karnes County Sheriff Dwayne Villanueva, deputies responded to several calls of a stabbing and disturbance at the 1200 block of N. Goliad Street in Runge at 5:45 p.m. Friday.
When they arrived, they found Israel Torres, 31, of Runge who was the victim of a stabbing.
Juan Reyes, 55, and his son John A. Reyes, 27, were arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing Torres.
Torres was transported to Otto Kaiser Memorial Hospital for treatment and then to another hospital where he was treated and released the following day.
Upon further investigation, deputies learned that Torres may have provoked the attack by using his vehicle to ram the rear end of a vehicle occupied by Reyes and his son.
As a result, Torres is wanted by police who plan to charge him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon – the weapon in this instance being the vehicle he was allegedly using to harm Reyes and his son.
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My son is 13 months old and I love to breastfeed him! I would like to continue as much as it is beneficial for him. He nurses before naps at 11am and 4pm at bedtime (8pm) and 2-3 times during the night (11pm, 2am, 5am). He did not ask to nurse more than that until recently that everytime that he sits on my lap he is looking at me and leaning on my breast asking for milk in his own way. In addition during the night he is now asks to nurse more and does not seem to acsept other forms of comforting, such as singing and cuddling as before. Should I encourage this behaviour and feed him everytime he asks or do you think I should try to distract him and keep the previous schedule?
Do you think that if I start to respond to his request he may increase his awakenings at night in order to nurse and during the day ask for milk all the time? Since he was introduced to solid foods he only related nursing with sleeping but now he seems to understand that he can have it all the time and ask for it. Should I give in?
Do you think that increasing the night feeding at this age may cause a problem to my son?


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Jack Rutt graduated from EMU in 1972 with a degree in psychology and first worked for a small automobile insurance company for five years. In 1977 he joined several partners in the purchase of an office products store which launched his career in technology as a reseller of personal computers in the 1980's. In the 1990's he worked in the information systems departments of several health insurance companies and in 1999 accepted an invitation to return to EMU as Director of Information systems.
On May 1, 2014, after nearly two years of planning initiated by Jack, the position of Director of Information Systems transitioned to Ben Beachy, who first worked in EMU Information Systems as a student technician prior to his graduation in 2012, and was promoted to a number of IS department positions over the years. Jack now works within the Office of Provost on special assignments that typically involve project management, data analysis or other technology-related skills. His top priorities for 2015 involve being part of the EMU project management team for the Suter Science Center and implementation of TeamworkPM as EMU's institutional online project management system.
He is married to Gloria whom he met during his college days at EMU. They have two children who are also graduates of EMU and three granddaughters. Jack and Gloria enjoy bicycling and gardening projects. He is a member of Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg where he occasionally plays cello. They also enjoy traveling and regularly visit their son and his wife in Boston or daughter and her family in Germany. He also frequently bakes bread, specializing in French baguettes, boule and German brotchen.
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Home List of Titles Microstructure, corrosion and tribological behaviour of plasma immersion ion-implanted austenitic stainless steel
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/231704
- Title
- Microstructure, corrosion and tribological behaviour of plasma immersion ion-implanted austenitic stainless steel
- Author(s)
- Samandi, M.; Shedden, B. A.; Smith, D. I.; Collins, G. A.; Hutchings, R.; Tendys, J.
- Abstract
- The surface modification of AISI 316 stainless steel by plasma immersion ion implantation (PI3) has been investigated over a range of treatment temperatures. Below 250 degrees Celsius the results are similar to those obtained by conventional ion beam implantation of nitrogen, but the depth of nitrogen penetration increases dramatically with temperature. Up to 450 degrees Celsius a nitrogen-expanded austenite phase is formed which is shown to have improved corrosion performance over the untreated material. At 520 degrees Celsius chromium nitride is precipated and the expanded austenite transforms to martensite, leading to a reduction in corrosion resistance. Pin-on-disc testing indicates improved wear resistance at all temperatures, with reduction in the wear volume by factors of several hundred at high loads. This can be attributed to the formation of an oxide layer which prevents the initiation of severe metallic wear.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 59, no. 1-3 (Oct 1993), pp. 261-266
- Publication year
- 1993
- FOR Code(s)
- 0204 Condensed Matter Physics; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0912 Materials Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Austenitic transformations; Chromium compounds; Corrosion resistance; Ion implantation; Loads; Martensitic transformations; Metallographic microstructure; Oxides; Plasma applications; Plasma immersion ion implantation; Stainless steel AISI 316; Surface treatment; Tribology; Wear resistance
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Are you new to the grant application process? Education Grants 101 will show you how to begin, the meanings of special words and phrases you'll encounter, hints for preparing grant proposals, and reasons why some proposals aren't funded.
- Knowing Where to Begin: Grantseeking and grant writing are time-consuming endeavors that
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of your organization.
- Reasons Why Proposals Are Not Funded: Successful grant writing requires concentrated effort and attention
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One day a man had an accident while driving to work. He got out of the car and yelled at the other driver, "Lady! You need to learn how to drive. You're the fourth person that's hit me today."
In life, we can get to a point sometimes where, like this man, we're always pointing fingers and placing the blame on others. But there comes a time when we need to look inside and say, "Maybe I'm the one that needs to change."
If you're finding fault all the time and developing a habit of seeing the bad rather than the good, if you're skeptical and have trained yourself to be cynical and sarcastic rather than believing the best, if you're constantly blaming everyone for everything that's going wrong in your life, then maybe it's time to look inward instead of at others.
Just like the man who had the accident while driving to work; if he had been hit four times in one day, obviously, he's the one doing something wrong!
One thing I've learned is a critical spirit will follow you everywhere you go. You can't get away from it. You can leave one job angry, upset and bitter and go around saying, "They didn't treat me right." "My boss doesn't know what he's doing." "Nobody can do anything right." But if you don't deal with the root issue, you'll have the same problem at the next job or in your next relationship. You'll still think everybody is against you. It's because the problem is inward and not outward.
love what Jesus said to people that were always placing the blame on others and looking at what others need to fix all the time instead of looking at their own lives. He said, "Get the telephone pole out of your eye before you try to get the toothpick out of your brother's eye." What He was saying is, "Look inside. Deal with your own issues. Spend your time trying to improve your own life, and you'll have a whole lot less time for being critical and judgmental."
When I come to the end of my days and stand before God, and He says, "Joel, what did you do with the time that I entrusted you with? How did you use the gifts that I gave you?"
I would hate to have to say, "God, I spent my life criticizing others, knocking people down and trying to make them look bad, placing the blame on others and stirring everything up."
I have a hard time believing that God is going to say, "Well done, you good and faithful servant. You did just what I asked!"
No, I imagine God is going to say, "Do me a favor. Clean your own window; look inward before you come up here. If not, before long, you'll be finding fault with Me."
Today, you can make the switch. You can work on cleaning your own windows. You can wipe away the judgment, criticism, and fault finding, which may be the things that have held you back for years. Love believes the best in others. It always sees the good. And when there is blame or a fault to be found, instead of looking outward, first look inward.
Don't be afraid to look inward and humble yourself before God. After all, when we're humble, we give God the opportunity to promote and bless us.
1 Peter 5:6
"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time." (KJV)
The Message says, "So be content with who you are, and don't put on airs. God's strong hand is on you; he'll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you."
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