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Sonoma Raceway proved to be anything but friendly for Joe Gibbs Racing this Sunday afternoon. Matt Kenseth's 19th-place finish led the team in today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota SaveMart 350, while Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were both dealt multiple setbacks and forced to settle for disappointing 23rd and 35th finishes respectively.
Kenseth started the No. 20 Home Depot Husky Toyota in sixth and was able to remain in the top-five through the early going, but once pit stops began, so did multiple strategies as teams tried calculate how best to manage fuel mileage on the 1.99-mile road course racetrack. Now shuffled back in the pack, Kenseth found the handling on his No. 20 Camry extremely tight as he raced his way back inside the top 20. The field continued to shuffle through different pit strategies and crew Jason Ratcliff and the Home Depot crew continued to make adjustments to help Kenseth drive back toward the front of the field. What proved to be the final caution of the day came out on lap 82 and the team made the decision to remain out on the track and restart second. Kenseth was able to hold that position through the restart but began sliding back through the field as he went into full fuel saving mode over the final ten or so laps. He would finish back in 19th.
Hamlin started the No. 11 FedEx Freight in the 17th position and was patiently battling his way forward through the early portion of the race. Unfortunately contact by the No. 14 car of Tony Stewart on lap 69 would prove damaging to any hopes of a win or even a solid finish. The contact would cause damage to the front nose of the FedEx Camry and required repairs. Although Hamlin remained on the lead lap he would have to restart at the back of the field. He would manage to salvage what he could despite the damaged car and Hamlin would go on to finish 23rd.
Busch started his No. 18 M&Ms Toyota in ninth and appeared to have a strong racecar capable or running with the leaders. Unfortunately his first setback would come early courtesy of contact from the No. 42 car of Juan Pablo Montoya that sent Busch spinning on just the third lap. He would fall back to 27th and would restart 35th on lap nine following a caution, but still proved able to quickly drive his way back through the field once again as he climbed back inside the top 20. Another setback would come in the form of a pit road speeding penalty but once again Busch showed poised as he battled his way toward the top 15 once again. Unfortunately the final blow proved to be too great however as the 99 car of Carl Edwards made contact with Busch on lap 83 and sent him into the tires causing a lot of damage to the right side of the M&Ms Camry. The 18 team would manage to make repairs in order to keep the car on the track and allow Busch to complete the race, but he would finish a disappointing 35th.
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3D user interfaces are already essential to fields as diverse as visualization and video games, and are becoming even more important as the major personal computer and smartphone user interfaces incorporate increasingly powerful 3D technology. COMS W4172 provides an introduction to this exciting way of interacting with computers, with an emphasis on methods for designing and developing effective 3D user interfaces. The course's name acknowledges the major role played in our projects by augmented reality—dynamically integrating 3D virtual media with our experience of the real world. We will explore:
Your grade will be based on:
The domain for your team project will be up to you. You can see screenshots of past team final projects and our team final project videos from Spring 2012, Spring 2013, and Spring 2014.
There will be no final exam, but we hope you'll be having too much fun doing the final project to miss it.
Prerequisites are one of the following:
Please don't hesitate to talk with me to find out if this is the right course for you! Prior familiarity with the 3D math used in COMS W4160 will be helpful, but is not required: the course will include a review of the 3D math needed to understand the material and do the assignments.
Morgan Thompson (mzt2102 [AT] columbia [DOT] edu) is a senior in the CS Vision and Graphics Track in SEAS. She has worked on a number of augmented reality research projects in the Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab using Unity3D over the past three years and has several years of full stack web development besides. She will hold office hours Wednesdays 2–4pm in 6LE3 Schapiro CEPSR (212-939-7101).
Luis Tolosa (let2120 [AT] columbia [DOT] edu) is a senior in SEAS majoring in CS. He has assisted virtual reality and augmented reality research projects in the Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab for the past two semesters. Last summer he worked as a Unity Developer at InsiteVR. His interests include game development, computer graphics, VR, AR, and robotics. He will hold office hours Wednesdays 4:10–6:10pm in 6LE3 Schapiro CEPSR (212-939-7101).
D. Bowman, E. Kruijff, J. LaViola Jr., and I. Poupyrev. 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice. Addison-Wesley, Boston, 2005, ISBN 0-201-75867-9 [required].
For those assignments that involve programming, you will be using Unity 5 Personal Edition, which supports the development of 3D applications for desktop, hand-held, and head-worn displays, and (with additional support) augmented reality, in which the user's perception of the surrounding real world is integrated with geometrically aligned 3D media. To track the 3D position and orientation of objects in the real world and merge them with real-world media, you will be using PTC Vuforia, a computer-vision–based software library. We will be deploying our apps to Android and iOS devices with cameras (e.g., smartphones and tablets). More info will be available shortly.
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Anything turned in past the start of class until midnight the next day is one day late. Every (partial) day thereafter that an assignment is late, including weekends and holidays, counts as an additional late day.
Absolutely no late work will be accepted beyond that accounted for by your late days. If you're not done on time, please be sure to turn in whatever you have completed on time to receive partial credit. Now, please go back and read this section over again!
This course will follow the Department of Computer Science Policies and Procedures Regarding Academic Honesty. Collaboration on any assignment (except as an approved part of group projects) is, as in all Columbia courses, strictly prohibited. Infractions will be reported to the Department of Computer Science Academic Committee and referred to the Deans.
For example, this means that if you use GitHub to maintain material for an individual or team assignment, you must use a private repository whose access is appropriately restricted. (Note that the GitHub Student Developer Pack is free for registered students and includes a "Micro" GitHub plan that allows the creation of five private repositories.)


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by Andrew Laing
How'd he get THAT job?!
Violence, danger, international legal battles and treachery on the high seas: it's all in a day's work for Denver media and entertainment attorney, Robert Roper (pictured right).
Roper, of the Denver law firm Moye White, the past year has provided all legal counsel to production company Rivr Media in the planning and production of Animal Planet's enthralling and controversial hit series, "Whale Wars." The seven-part series aired Friday evenings in November and December on the popular cable television network.
"Whale Wars" follows the adventures of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its confrontational and charismatic leader, Paul Watson. The show features Watson and his crew of more than 30 volunteers on a voyage to thwart Japanese whalers in the waters off Antarctica.
Extremely thorough and sensitive legal planning was required for the show, said Roper.
"We had to work on parallel tracks to iron out all the legal aspects involved in embedding a camera crew on the protesters' ship — as well as considering various aspects of maritime and international law," said Roper.
At the same time, legal counsel had to negotiate the Animal Planet deal for production. The firm also drew up documents for all parties, regarding issues such as the feeding and housing of the camera crew, the role of the camera crew and a release from Sea Shepherd allowing them to film. The final agreement, negotiated by Roper, stipulated that the camera crew would be there only to record what happened and could not assist the ship's crew in any way.
The legal preparations were so complex, Roper said, that Rivr Media's international camera crew only managed to scramble to the assembly point one day before the ship left on its mission from Melbourne, Australia. The conservation society's ship was named for, and inspired by, the late Steve Irwin, the world-renowned wildlife exploration icon from Animal Planet.
As the "Whale Wars" production hit stormy waters, as expected, two members of the Steve Irwin crew boarded a Japanese whaling ship. This prompted claims of piracy by the Japanese. Watson retorted with counter-claims of kidnapping. An international incident ensued, and the Japanese government lodged a formal complaint with the government of Australia.
"We had to arrange for an Australian law firm — and a fellow member of an international legal alliance — to meet with Australian police about this," said Roper. "Because of possible evidence requirements, we arranged for copies of all the video footage to be left in Melbourne." So far, the Australian government hasn't asked for the video.
Legal complexities continued all the way through the video editing process, said Roper. Four month's worth of video had to be edited quickly into just seven episodes. The editing process ultimately was crammed into 90 days of hard work. The firm had to be extremely careful to monitor what could be stated as fact. For example, the crew described as "harmless" the butyric acid thrown at the Japanese whaling ship. But Roper had to carefully to determine if this was a fact or merely an opinion, and make sure it was presented as such.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today launched a new phone campaign targeting members of their "Flat Earth Five" program, highlighting their extreme, anti-science views on climate change. LCV will make more than 100,000 phone calls to voters across the five Congressional districts as part of their effort to unseat Rep. Dan Benishek (MI-01), Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-24), Rep. Dan Lungren (CA-07), Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX-23), and Rep. Joe Walsh (IL-08).
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On his first major foreign trip as President in June 2009, Barack Obama went to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, but he had no time to stop by in Israel, an oversight that would haunt him for the next four years as he came under brutal attack from many of the Jewish state's supporters. Taken with his blundered demand for a total settlement freeze on his second day in office, critics saw the failure to visit Israel as further evidence of an administration tilt away from historic support for the Jewish state.
Now John Kerry is making his first overseas trip as secretary of state February 24 to March 6, and as Obama did almost four years ago, he'll be stopping in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, but guess where he won't be visiting?
He will have time for other stops in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
His excuse for skipping Israel may be that the President is finally going there on March 20, but that's lame and what will be remembered most is that Kerry, like Obama on his first trip to the region, didn't bother taking the time stop by and say Shalom. Given his own political experience as well as Obama's missteps, you'd think he or someone at Foggy Bottom would know better.
FOLLOW-UP -- It took State several hours to come up with an explanation. Actually two. First, Israel doesn't yet have a new government in place, so there's no one to see. That hasn't delayed the President's trip, and it's no secret that Bibi Netanyahu kept the American portfolio for himself before and probably will again. Second, Kerry's spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, said he'd be tagging along with the President next month anyway.
In a related development, Nuland also told reporters Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat is coming to Washington shortly for "consultations" in connection with the President's trip.
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Oops. Maybe the State Dept should have a "Maybe you should remind me dept."
Ha! This little article is quite funny. Why should a US rep visit Israel? What does Israel always think we owe you anything. To Americans, Israel is no more impt than Guam! Remember, Obama got REELECTED and again, no one care about Israel...


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For more than three decades, local hang glider John Theoret has fervently taken to the skies enjoying a sport that is as much a lifestyle as it is a hobby.
In all that time, the transcendent thrill Theoret experiences during takeoff has not diminished one iota.
"It's awesome -- such an adrenaline rush," he enthused. "I get it every time, and after 34 years, I still get an adrenaline rush from this … It's just a wonderful, break-free-from-the-bonds-of-the-earth type of thing."
On Monday, the Daily Herald tagged along for a flying demonstration with Theoret, who recently became the first Saskatchewan resident ever to win the Canadian Hang Gliding National Championship.
Taking place over wheat fields near the village of St. Isidore de Bellevue, the hang gliding demonstration included invaluable assistance from a pair of Theoret's friends.
James Wiebe drove a pickup truck with a winch and cable attached to the hang glider that provided the necessary momentum for liftoff, while Barney Sullivan controlled the winch itself, located in the back of the truck.
"I've helped him out and it's just fun being with him … Each one of us has kind of our part," Wiebe said.
The preparation required for a hang gliding flight is lengthy, with Theoret first having to assemble his hang glider.
Among the elements making up the structure of the glider are a series of battens -- lightweight metal poles whose function Theoret compared to the bones in bats' wings.
With the glider assembled, he hooked it into the back into an apparatus attached to the back of his pickup truck before suiting up for the flight.
The hang glider is initially attached to a lengthy cable that goes through the winch.
"When he releases, the rope starts to drop and he can fly away where he wants to," Sullivan noted.
Driving the pickup truck with Theoret at the back of the car, Wiebe reached speeds of approximately 60 kilometres per hour in order to attain enough momentum for liftoff.
Pulling the release mechanism, Theoret shot into the air as the cable whirled out through the winch, flying well over one hundred feet into the air before the cable was de-attached from the glider.
From the ground, the experience of taking off can be very intense -- yet upon taking to the skies, Theoret's hang glider could be seen moving gracefully through the air, flying across sizable distances for several minutes before he finally landed.
During one of his flights on Monday, Theoret flew over the childhood home of his father. Beside the house was a barn from which, as a child, the elder Theoret fashioned a hang glider from poplar trees and burlap -- later inspiring his son to take up the sport.
"His dreams became mine," John Theoret noted.
Despite his impressive appearance from the ground, Theoret said afterwards that he was unable to find any thermals -- rising columns of air that help provide propulsion for hang gliders in flight.
In part, the lack of thermals was attributable to the blazing hot summer weather, which is less conducive to creating thermals than cooler weather.
"Saskatchewan's particularly challenging in the summertime because of the greenery of the crop," Theoret said.
"It has a harder time for things to warm up enough to start to rise," he added. "That's basically why summertimes are tougher than spring and fall."
After 34 years, I still get an adrenaline rush from this. John Theoret
Theoret made two successful flights at Monday's demonstration, but aborted a third attempt after a rope on the cone of his glider broke prematurely, causing the glider to come off the truck slower than usual.
Passing over the truck with his glider, Theoret managed to make a landing in front of the vehicle and walked away relatively unscathed.
While describing the incident as very rare -- "the worst incident in 34 years of flying and towing," he noted -- Theoret nevertheless pointed to it as underlying the importance of experience and taking proper safety precautions.
"I consider myself to be a professional, and when something like that happens, you've just got to stay calm and review very quickly what you need to do and just do it," he said. "If you do the proper things, you can walk away from an incident like that, which I did."
He added, "It all depends, like any sport, on the attitude of the person."
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by Peter Wilkerson , Search & Discovery Practice Area Manager
Companies are capitalizing on the dramatic upswing of the use of iPhones(r), iPads(r), Andriod(r) phones, smart phones and other mobile devices. IBM has recently updated their portal development tool IBM Web Experience Factory (previously IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory) to include a new set of mobile-optimized automation components to help developers construct mobile applications.
While some companies are depending on the ability of mobile devices to zoom in and out on their website, the companies making the biggest inroads are taking a more proactive approach.
In a nutshell this means that they are keeping the following points in mind:
* Communicating within the context of user mobility
Smart phone users are often not sitting at a desk focusing only on their phone. They are walking. They are talking. They might be talking on the phone while looking for information to answer their customer's questions. They are likely to have short attention spans as they hail a taxi, board a flight, order lunch, or avoid being run over by somebody else talking on their cell phone.
* Mobile devices can report data as well as consume data
If the user chooses (privacy is important), a smart phone can relay significant contextual data about their location and the time of day. You've probably already seen examples of how restaurants, theaters, hotels and the like make use of this information. This information can also be used to identify nearby colleagues and customers.
* Choosing to Mobilize rather than Miniaturize
As I mentioned earlier some sites are depending on zoom in/zoom out functions to view websites. But really — who wants to zoom into a page with multiple portlets and have to move around a page to piece together what they need to know? iPad(r) users don't have it so bad because of the size of their screens. The rest of us aren't so lucky. Additionally, choosing to design for mobile doesn't necessarily mean breaking all the pieces of a page into their own separate pages. You have to get to those pieces and guiding users intelligently to those pieces can be the difference between a successful or unsuccessful site.
* Prioritize content
One way to get users to the right pieces is to prioritize content. It's not important to have everything. What is important is make the right things accessible. One of the first things to keep in mind is this question: Who is the customer of your mobile site? The more you understand who your customer is, what his needs are, what decisions she is responsible for making, what tasks need to be completed — the more you can make sure you are getting the right information in front of your customer.
Once you know who your customer is, you can decide how you want to build the paths for that person to follow to get to the info. Two common patterns are: Navigational and Search patterns
A site using the Navigational Model (in a mobile context) often has a hierarchical structure of topics which a user selects to navigate, much like navigation on a web page except a mobile setting may have only two or three tabs with a limited set of choices underneath. This model tends to work well when you are not supporting many different types of users and when the information is only a couple of clicks away.
However, we live in the age of data sprawl. In an enterprise setting there might be many, many different users to be supported and data is never only a couple of clicks away.
A mobile site using a Search Model will often have a search bar near the top along with a list of top categories. On some sites if you select a category you start down a path very similar to the Navigational Model. In other cases, your selection is entered as a search filter and the user sees a list of documents and can refine their search further with various choices. What you don't often see is a more advanced search page that you find on websites. There just isn't the screen real estate to support it.
There is a third model that would be useful for enterprise portals. For now I am calling it "Community Context-Driven Search." The idea is not new but I have not seen it be applied to mobile devices. Every employee of a company can be described in terms of one more "communities of users." The basic concept is that the search behaviors of communities of users are tracked. Two pieces of information would be tracked: a) Popular documents based on user ratings and b) the repositories in which popular documents are found. There would also be a mechanism for administrators to assign popular documents and repositories to different user groups based on input from subject matter experts.
This is how I see it working in a mobile context: A user would see a search bar along the top with a list of user communities below. They could enter a search term and get the "world" or they could select a user community. (If authentication is required for access to a site, users could be assigned a user community.) The result is that they would see documents relevant for the type of work they do based on the input of other users and subject matter experts.
In other words, they would get to the information needed quicker and more dependably. If you are on a phone call, looking for information to answer a client's questions that could be the difference between closing a deal or losing it.
Now seems like a good time to repeat my tag line: "Search IS the Portal."
In a time when mobile devices are taking off search is an obvious choice for solving the problem of how to get users to the right data quickly.
What do you see as your biggest needs for designing a mobile site? Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know. Your feedback, thoughts, and questions will inspire me to write more.
Oh, and by the way, you can also contact me at the same email if you would like to have a more in-depth discussion about some of the challenges for designing a mobile site's flow for your company.
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The online casino's €25K Valentine's Freeroll will commence at Crazy Vegas on Friday, 14th February, 2014 and will continue until Monday, 24th February, 2014.
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Immortal Romance Slot is a 5 reel loved themed video slot with 243 ways to win and comes with a wild symbol, scatter symbol, multiplier, free spin as well as a special bonus feature – the Chamber of Spins.
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According to the head strategist and ambassador at Crazy Vegas online casino, Harry Von Schlussel, the casino is extremely thrilled that the 25, 000 Euro Valentine's Free Roll tournament is taking place. Von Schlussel added that everyone who plays at the online casino is loved, whether they have a special someone or whether they are single and that Crazy Vegas Casino's aim is to spoil them. Von Schlussel also said that it is the first time that a tournament is being played on the Immortal Romance video slot and that players are bound to love the change of slot scenery.
Microgaming, the leading online casino software provider, has announced that it has released a new video slot game to its mobile games platform.
The Immortal Romance slot game has been launched to Microgaming's Mobile Air client and is using hardware acceleration that will provide players with a noticeable improved graphic and usability performance for the very first time in the industry. Instead of using the main Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the device to enjoy the graphics the game optimally makes use of the device's hardware to directly target the Graphics Processing United (GPU). Immortal Romance therefore offers players ultra HD quality, extremely high frame rate animations and remarkable playability that can only be found on high-end PCs. This results in a dernier cri, innovative and immersive mobile gaming experience.
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Remember that satellite that recently was gonna drop a chunk ..... somewhere - maybe Canada, maybe India, maybe Washington State .... but it was gonna fall "somewhere"? And, there was "only a 1/3200000 chance" that it would injure somebody? Then, NASA announced that it had fallen to earth, but they didn't know where? Well, here's the straight skinny:
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LOL!!! Some people are so gullible.
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OMG that is too funny! I'm one of those gullible people Laura!
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January 2011 Unemployment Situation (Updated)
Today's unemployment situation data is…wierd. Most noticeable is that the Civilian Non-Institutional Population declined by 185k people, from 238,889k to 238,704k. Did a lot of people die last month? (Update: Ah. It was an annual population adjustment by the BLS. Carry on.) At the same time, we continue the trend of large increases in the population that dropped out of the labor force, with 319k dropping out last month. Since January, 2010, 2,039k people have left the labor force. On the plus side, 117k more people say they are employed this month than last month.
Still, that 9% unemployment rate is an artifact of 504k people disappearing from the population, not the creation of new jobs, something the anemic 36k new payroll jobs number makes clear. Also, the adjusted U6 unemployment rate surged From 16.6% to 17.3%. In fact, U-3, U-4, U-5, and U-6 all rose sharply. U-3 (Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force) rose from 9.1% in December to 9.8% last month. So, we got that goin' for us.
Getting to the numbers, for a more accurate view of unemployment:
Civilian non-institutional adult population: 238,704
Historical labor force participation rate: 66.2%
Proper labor force size: 158,022
Actually Employed: 139,323
Unemployment Rate: 11.8%
UPDATE: Well, this is embarrassing. I've made a calculation error in the Excel spreadsheet, which provided an incorrect unemployment rate, above. I reversed the division between the labor force and the number of employed persons. I noticed that while writing the post above, on how I calculate the number. I've corrected the Excel spreadsheet, to prevent the error from recurring in the future.
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Over the years, the White House has taken to finding ways to adjust employment statistics in order to dress the numbers up as nicely as possible. We are approaching the point where, no matter how bad the employment situation really is, the government will proudly claim that "unemployment is at 0% and holding steady."
Remember 2004 when the economy was horrible no matter the unemployment rate, and now the Economy is strong/improving with a realistic unemployment of over 16%?
Effective with the release of preliminary January 2011 employment estimates in February 2011, BLS will begin updating the Current Employment Statistics (CES) net birth/death model component of the estimation process more frequently, generating birth/death factors on a quarterly basis instead of annually
Aside from retirement, incapacitation, or the death of a rich uncle that you never knew that you had, how does one "leave the labor force", exactly? Do these people just up and say one day, "Woo-hoo! Screw you, hippies: I'll never work again!"? Is there a form that one has to fill out?
A LOT of people go underground…off the books. A WORLD of tradesmen are NOT on the grid anymore. It is the common man's way of the Galt.
I haven't trusted the "official" numbers of anything for quite some time now. Call me a tin foil hat conspiricist, but I don't trust any government number since at least the Eisenhower administration.
I thought it odd that CBS evening news with Katie ended it's piece on the unemployment numbers with a .. shrug and let's wait till next month to figure out what it all means.
The new government unemployment model uses inverse calculations from the one they use to prove global warming.
Dale, from where do you get your Historical labor force participation rate? I ask because I like your equation – it looks to be straight forward and devoid of political considerations too often found in the "official" unemployment figure.
Did any of you see Santelli slam the CNBC people for a spin job on the unemployment numbers? Go here: http://www.mrc.org/bmi/articles/2011/Santelli_Slams_CNBC_Panelists_for_Spinning_Jobs_Report.html
Santelli is pegging unemployment at 16.1%.
Now, go check out this graph at Gallup: http://www.gallup.com/poll/125639/Gallup-Daily-Workforce.aspx
So, is Santelli splitting the difference, so to speak to arrive at his call of 16.1% as a close to real approximation of the unemployment rate?
Honestly, I'm still stunned by the 20% under-employment rate, by whatever definition the BLS decides to use.
Scary Chart O' Da Day…
I'm sure this will help make things …
In an unprecedented and controversial move, the White House has launched a new program at the Department of Labor which will refer workers who have complaints about their bosses to a toll free number at the American Bar Association, where they can get a lawyer to work on their case on a contingency fee basis.
What could go wrong ?
What's the big deal? Obama thinks the entire economy is driven by lawyers.
Think Unemployment numbers are bogus, check the numbers-out-of-the-ass that are GNP/GDP. Look at the recent "rise" and then look at the government components.
In an article in 2006, entitled, "Studies Prove…", Thomas Sowell told a story about his early career doing research for the Labor Department:
Whenever I hear the phrase "studies prove" this or that, it makes me think back to the beginning of my career as an economist at the Labor Department in Washington.
Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg was scheduled to appear before Congress to argue in favor of some policy that the Labor Department wanted enacted into law. Down at the bottom of the chain of command, I was given four sets of census data that had not yet been published and was told to analyze these data for a report to go to the Secretary of Labor.
Two of these sets of data seemed to support the Labor Department's position but the other two went counter to it. When I wrote up a paper explaining why this was so and concluded that the statistics overall were inconclusive, there was much dismay among those in the hierarchy between me and the Secretary.
They were also puzzled as to why anyone would write up such a paper, knowing what the Department's position was on the issues. They took my paper, edited and rewrote it before passing it up the chain of command.
Secretary Goldberg then made his usual confident presentation of the rewritten study to Congress, probably unaware of the contradictory data that had been left out.
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Millard Sheets papers, 1907-1990
Sheets, Millard Owen, b. 1907 d. 1989
Painter, Muralist, Printmaker, Illustrator
Active in Calif.
Collection size:
23.0 linear ft. (on 31 microfilm reels)
Reel LA 10: ca. 10 items.
Collection Summary: Papers of Millard Sheets reflect Sheets' career as a designer, painter, and muralist, as well as his other personal and professional interests, through correspondence, writings, lectures, clippings, blueprints, drawings, slides, photographs, and ephemera. The project files comprise the largest group of materials in the collection and document design work undertaken by Sheets through his company Millard Sheets & Associates Designs. Other materials document Sheets participation with professional organizations and associations, teaching and exhibition jurying activities and workshops, and exhibitions, his service as an American Specialist in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the USIS, Dept. of State, as cultural arts representative in Turkey in 1960 and in the former USSR in 1961, and painting trips to South East Asia, Tahiti, the Pacific Ocean Rim, Hawaii, and Mexico.
Biographical/Historical Note: Watercolorist, painter, muralist, educator, architectural designer; California; b. 1907; d. 1989. Graduate of the Chouinard Art Institute, where he later taught one of the first watercolor classes; professor and chairman at Scripps College in Claremont for 26 years.
The Millard Sheets' papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1992 by Mary B. Sheets, Millard's widow. Millard Sheets loaned a small amount of material for microfilming in 1965.
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Ahmanson Foundation in Beverly Hills, Calif.
How to Use this Collection
- Read the Finding Aid for this collection
- Microfilm reels 5676-5707 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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Health Care Administration
- Overview
- Course Information
- Tuition
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By 2024, it's estimated that nearly $1 in every $5 spent in the U.S. will be spent on health care. The DBA in Health Care Administration will prepare you to lead private or public sector entities as they try and navigate this challenging industry. You will develop essential perspectives and skills for application of theoretical and research-based health care industry management issues. You will explore strategic planning in health care and managed systems, comparative health care system analysis, and examine strategies related to total quality management in health care. In addition, you will develop skills in problem identification and resolution, analysis and intervention as administrative issues, and recognition of the constraints and limitations to intervention and change in delivery systems.
General Degree Requirements
Admission to the DBA program requires a master's degree from an accredited institution.
The DBA program may be completed in 54 credits. The University may accept a maximum of 9 semester credit hours in transfer toward the doctoral degree for graduate coursework completed at an accredited college or university with a grade of "B" or better.
Completion Period for Doctoral Degrees
Northcentral University allows 7 years to complete all doctoral programs of 60 credits or less. Normal time to complete varies depending upon course take rate and credits transferred in.
Foundational Competencies for DBA Programs
- Graduate-Level Research Methods Competency - DBA students are required to complete BTM7102 and BTM7103, BTM7109 and either BTM7108 or BTM7106 at Northcentral.
- Graduate-Level Statistics Competency - DBA students are required to complete BTM7104 Business Statistics at Northcentral.
- Computer Competency - Doctoral students are required to have computer skills necessary for completing a dissertation. Students must be able to prepare documents using advanced word processing skills (e.g., creation of tables and figures, headers and footers, page breaks, tables of contents, hanging indents). Students must use computer programs for the statistical analysis of data (e.g., SAS). Students must produce a computer-based presentation (e.g., PowerPoint) for their dissertation oral presentation.
See below for specialization courses specific to this program. To learn more, fill out the request information form below or view the course catalog.
Course Code
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Health Care Industry and Financial Management
This doctoral level course focuses on an enhanced level of understanding of what it takes to captain healthcare organizations through these tough financial times. Mastery of course concepts require demonstration of critical thinking and communication skills by a combination of APA style research papers, self-assessments, quantitative reasoning, and observations, interviews, and written assignments.
Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care Research Management
This Doctoral level course is designed for students with a focus on research management and ethics within the health care industry. Using cases and examples, the first part of the course focuses on major management and leadership issues and the second part deals with legal and ethically relevant matters. These may include research methods, various publishing and authorship issues, conflicts of interest and misconduct, human subjects, intellectual property, and data manipulation.
Advanced Concepts and Applications in Health Policy and Management
This comprehensive Doctoral level course focuses on key principles and practices of health care management, planning, and policy-making. Students will study key principles of the historical development, structure, and operation of the health care delivery system and will explore the way health care is delivered, the role of policy formulation, and health care resource and ethical considerations. Mastery of course concepts requires demonstration of critical thinking and communication.
Health Care Educational Theory and Application
In this doctoral course, students evaluate the present the health care delivery system and educational theories. This course utilizes the student's skills in comprehension, analysis, and synthesis to integrate these frameworks in the design and evaluation of health care industry. Mastery of course concepts requires demonstration of critical thinking and communication skills by a combination of research papers, self-assessments, quantitative reasoning, interviews, observations, case studies, written assignments or other activities.
Managerial Leadership within Managed Health Care Systems
This doctoral level course will provide students with an intensive study of all aspects of managed health care. Students will conduct readings from an authoritative text and develop a comprehensive learning portfolio, which focuses on managerial leadership and successful management practices within contemporary health care-related organizations.
Global Issues in Health Care Policy and Management
This doctoral course will address the global issues of health care policy and management with particular emphasis on global perspectives. These global perspectives are both comparative and trans-national. Thus, the focus will compare the ethical approaches to health system issues in various countries on informed consent, refusal of treatment, physician-assisted suicide, and reproductive health. Finally, the course will examine issues regarding U.S. health professionals and organizations providing services in other countries.
Health Care Strategic Management
This doctoral course examines the integration of business and functional plans, performance audits, organizational culture, gap analysis, and values clarification. Students will conduct analysis of current and future trends and issues affecting health care are reviewed in the context of visioning, strategic planning, and tactical planning. The student will be assessed on the critical importance of strategic management and planning within the dynamic, complex, and evolving nature of the health care industry.
At Northcentral University, we pride ourselves in being completely transparent when it comes to tuition and fees. If a cost is not included in our Cost Per Course Tuition Rate, we let you know up front. Currently, the only additional cost above your program rate* is books. Learn more about the NCU's DBA costs below:
- Per credit cost: $974
- Per 3 credit course cost: $2,922
- Program cost: $52,946 - $55,868
- Average book cost per course: $110
- Application Fee: $0
- Learning Management Fee (one-time per program): $350
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Click here to learn more about payment and financing options.
*Program rates are subject to change and generally increase at the start of each calendar year.
Total program costs reflected are calculated based on standard degree program credits exclusive of the program's potential evaluation track. The actual cost of a program is determined based upon the program and track the student enters, transfer credits if any, and other unique student factors. For more information: please contact Admissions or refer to the catalog.
If there's one thing we've learned about our students, it's that they are motivated and ambitious—but they are also busy! At Northcentral University, we've designed our education experience to work with you, not against you, so you can achieve your academic goals without sacrificing the quality, flexibility and support you need to be successful.
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Did you just hear that? The eerie silence emanating from your local NBA arena? Yes, you may not have noticed due to the stupor college and professional football has put on you, but the NBA still isn't playing any games. Nothing quite like following up one of the greatest NBA seasons of all time with a labor disagreement, eh?
Across the nation, NBA fans hope for an end to the lockout and the return of their beloved teams. However, there remain those who in hushed tones hope that the lockout never ends. Who are these rouges, you ask? Read on.


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Fewer than half of Australians support Schapelle Corby's release on parole, a week after the drug smuggler left her Balinese prison.
Although 48 per cent of Australians said they supported Corby being granted parole, 30 per cent opposed it and 23 per cent said they were unsure.
Pollsters UMR Research also found just 19 per cent of Australians believed Corby was innocent, and 47 per cent believed she was guilty. The balance were unsure.
More than half (56 per cent) of the nearly 1000 Australians surveyed said they had a "negative" opinion of Corby. That compared with the 20 per cent who described their opinion of her as "positive" and the 24 per cent who were unsure.
- First picture of Schapelle Corby 'unmasked' since release from jail
- Schapelle Corby released from Kerobokan Prison
- Corby circus becomes tightrope act
Corby has maintained her innocence.
One of Australia's most famous ex-cons, Corby has been living in the lap of luxury since being paroled from her cramped Bali jail cell last Monday.


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PERRYTON - Leland Ray Penner, 61, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007, in Midlothian.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Ochiltree Cemetery with the Rev. Marlon Sparks officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.
Mr. Penner was born June 12, 1945, in Liberal, Kan., to Arthur B. and Hilda Penner. He lived in Perryton until 1994, moving to the Dallas area.
Survivors include two brothers, Jerry Penner of Midlothian and Jimmy Penner of Allen.
The family suggests memorials be to Victory Family Church, 2322 S. Main St., Perryton, TX 79070.
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Published: March 5, 2014 - 03:12 PM
CINCINNATI: A judge set bond Wednesday at $50,000 each for nine Greenpeace activists he rebuked for their eye-catching protest at Procter & Gamble Co. headquarters in downtown Cincinnati.
Municipal Court Judge Brad Greenberg said the protest, in which activists using a zip line Tuesday to unfurl giant banners from P&G's two towers, was "a reckless and ill-advised stunt." They were protesting the consumer products company's use of palm oil from a supplier Greenpeace says is tied to tropical forest destruction in Indonesia.
Greenberg said the protest, which involved a helicopter to film it, was alarming.
"You put people in danger," he said. "You take what they might consider to be a selfless cause and you turn it into a selfish act by putting people in danger in this manner."
Attorney William Gallagher told the judge that the activists aren't flight risks and will return for every court proceeding, even though all live out of state, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported (http://cin.ci/1g0sFgR ). He said all work in professional jobs and none has a criminal record.
Police arrested them on burglary and vandalism counts, and they all spent the night in jail. Their cases will go to a grand jury.
A Greenpeace representative, Amy Moas, said the activists were willing to deal with the consequences of their protest and that the environmental organization backs them completely.
P&G said Tuesday it is committed to achieving a 100 percent sustainable supply of palm oil by 2015. Palm oil is commonly used in shampoo, cosmetics and other products.
Police are still trying to determine how activists evaded usually tight security at the company's headquarters. Authorities said damage, including broken window locks, would total more than $10,000.


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The past few decades have been one of breathtaking change in telephone communications technology. Nowadays, we Texans are able to connect with family, friends and business associates via traditional landline telephones, and through video, voice and data communications delivered over integrated wireline and wireless networks. Despite this remarkable leap in technology, universally available landline phone …
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Chamber professional graduates from four-state chamber training
Lisa Null, Membership Services Coordinator, recently graduated from the Center for Chamber of Commerce Excellence program at their annual conference in Addision, TX. The Center for Chamber of Commerce Excellence is a three year program designed for the chamber professional and includes training in the areas of Chamber overview and management issues, legal issues, finance …
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Dig Up A Good Book
2011 Texas Summer Reading Club theme song
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Award winning stories and songs in Spanish and English for kids
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"Going Down To Mexico - Rumbo A México" is here! Sue did the Spanish translation for Lucas Miller's new children's book on the migration of the Monarch butterflies. Check out the You Tube Video below for a musical book preview in Spanish, sung by Sue. You can order your copy of the book by sending a check for $12.95 to : Motherlotus Records, P.O. Box 5786, Austin TX 78763. Be sure to include your name and mailing address. Price includes tax and shipping costs.
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The Dish
Tag: Ben Lubin
Pairing foods with wine (or beer?) at upcoming Virginia Philip social tasting events
- 4:49 pm Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
Have you ever wondered why certain foods taste better—or worse—with certain wines?
Or maybe why sometimes beer trumps wine—or vice versa—when paired with particular foods?
A couple of June events at downtown West Palm Beach's Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy will provide some insights—and with some social fun thrown in.
The first—this Tuesday—offers a food-and-wine-pairing primer with pours and hors d'oeuvres. Then later this month, the wine shop and academy, 101 N. Clematis St., collaborates on a wine-and-beer showdown with West Palm's The Blind Monk and City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill.
June 4's "The Art of Pairing Food & Wine," 6-7 p.m., [More]
Party at The Blind Monk Tomorrow in Downtown WPB
- 12:37 pm Friday, March 11th, 2011 by M.M. Cloutier
Wine Tasting Tomorrow at Downtown WPB's Blind Monk
- 12:07 pm Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 by M.M. Cloutier


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I saw this chinese regulator kit and bought it because although i dont understand the schematic, it seem to have high performance. But when i received the kit and read the instruction (translate by google), seem that it can output less than 500ma or will become too hot. They even suggest to set it at 100-150ma only. I plan to use it to power my amp which need about 600ma at 24v, is it possible? Here is the schematic:
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Kevin Love was clearly upset about the Minnesota Timberwolves' recent, narrow loss to the Phoenix Suns and decided to publicly air his frustrations. It was a brazen decision, but one that may pay off in the form of more motivation and desire to close out opponents.
According to Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press, the superstar big man vented after the game about certain teammates failing to support the squad during timeouts and contributing to poor bench chemistry.
Love: "We can't have 2 guys sitting at the end of the bench that play good mins just sitting there and not getting up during TOs ... ".— Jon Krawczynski (@APkrawczynski) January 9, 2014
Love: "We all need to be in this together. That kind of pisses me off. We're supposed to be a team."— Jon Krawczynski (@APkrawczynski) January 9, 2014
Love: "If and when I did that last year when maybe I didn't sit out for the game for all 48 minutes ... They would've aired me out."— Jon Krawczynski (@APkrawczynski) January 9, 2014
Krawcyznksi pointed out that the six-year veteran was specifically speaking about Dante Cunningham and J.J. Barea, which isn't the first time that Love has called out the backup point guard.
Love called out Barea and Cunningham for sulking on the bench. This #TWolves team is anything but one right now.— Jon Krawczynski (@APkrawczynski) January 9, 2014
On Dec. 30, Barea was upset when Love said, "five bench points is not okay" after a 100-98 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The two also had to be separated back in 2012, during the waning moments of another defeat to the Sacramento Kings.
While there is clearly no love lost between these two, Love's most recent comments might just be the spark that Minnesota needs to turn things around.
When adjusting for pace, the T-Wolves rank as a top-10 team in the league in terms of offensive efficiency and rebounding rate. They rate in the top half of the league in defensive efficiency and assist ratio, while only the New York Knicks have a better turnover ratio.
Those stats indicate that this team—laden with quality players such as Love, Barea, Ricky Rubio, Nikola Pekovic and Kevin Martin—should be much better than its 17-18 record indicates.
Instead of attempting to improve their seeding in the Western Conference, the T-Wolves are hoping to just make a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004. Approaching the midpoint of the season, Minnesota is 2.5 games back from the No. 8 Dallas Mavericks, despite having a point differential that is nearly four points better than the Mavs.
Should the T-Wolves deal Love?
The T-Wolves are in such disarray right now that some, such as an unnamed Eastern Conference executive, believe that the organization should trade Love. Due the star's status as a potential free agent after the 2014-15 campaign, the exec told CBS Sports' Ken Berger: "They should trade him. No one thinks he's staying. Everyone knows he wants to go to the Lakers."
However, winning could change Love's mind. He's clearly trying to get his squad to close games out and they would be so much better off for it.
The T-Wolves are currently 0-10 in games decided by four points or less, an absolutely unacceptable number for a team with lofty postseason aspirations. Steve Aschburner of NBA.com noted that Minnesota is 1-18 over the last year in that same situation, so something clearly has to change.
ICYMI: Timberwolves' 0-10 record in games dec. by 4p or less (1-18 in last yr) might require desperate measures. http://t.co/92WmVIKWNt— Steve Aschburner (@AschNBA) January 10, 2014
Hopefully a switch in attitude will help get the Timberwolves over the hump. If not, it seems that drastic, potentially negative changes—such as a Love trade—could be on the horizon.