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Welcome Week at Washburn has something for everyone. Whether you graduated from high school in May and are starting your college experience with long-time friends at your sides or you're a non-traditional student who spent years in the real world before deciding on a Washburn education, you'll find what you're looking for this week. And, of course, returning Ichabods are welcome to participate in any and all activities!
A group of non-traditional students worked with Mabee Library staff to put together two information sessions for students like them, which are new to the official Welcome Week program this year. The sessions will be held at the library on Friday, at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Shannon Kennedy, a mass media major, said the idea came out of a section of the College Experience/First Year Experience course tailored for older students that she attended last year. Because of connections made through that class, she said, a group of non-traditional students is forming a group they call Non-trad-asaurus that can serve as an informal mentoring system. Kennedy said the group is defining non-traditional student as anyone who doesn't come to college for the first time directly from high school and takes its name from the idea that they are the "old dinosaurs" on campus.
The students' vision is that the non-traditional students who are feeling in the swing of things will mentor the newest students as they adjust to juggling school and life commitments, including work and children, Kennedy said.
She said the information sessions are important because she doesn't want any other student to attend for an entire semester before realizing there is a cafeteria in the Memorial Union that is open to everyone.
"I never got a tour," Kennedy recalled of her own transition to Washburn after years in the workplace. "I absolutely would have come to something like this. "
The transition took time and effort, but Kennedy said she now feels as much a part of Washburn as anyone. She's serving as a community liaison for Washburn Student Government Association this year, among other activities.
Each of the sessions on Friday will cover the same material – including a tour, information about childcare available near campus, study tips, career services, the student success center and a question and answer session with students like Kennedy. Each session is expected to last about two hours. Cookies, punch and prizes will be on hand.
Thursday, Aug. 15
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Move-in
6-7:30 p.m. Playfair (SRWC)
7:30-9:30 p.m. Rock the Rec (SRWC)
Friday, Aug. 16
8:30-10 a.m. WU Run (Mabee Library)
9-10 a.m. Mabee Library Meet and Greet
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Personalized campus and Greek tours (Memorial Union)
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Scorch on the Porch (Memorial Union porch)
3-4:30 p.m. Perfect Party (Memorial Union, main level)
8-9 p.m. Norm Magic Experience (Memorial Union, main level)
Saturday, Aug. 17
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Personalized campus and Greek tours (Memorial Union)
7-10 p.m. Casino Night (Memorial Union, main level)
Sunday, Aug. 18
6-7 p.m. Sundaes on Sunday (Living Learning Center lobby)
7-9 p.m. Movie Night (Memorial Union, main level)
Monday, Aug. 19 – Classes begin
3:30-4 p.m. Freshman Class photo (All first year students are welcome, Memorial Union porch)
4-5 p.m. Convocation (White Concert Hall)
5-6 p.m. Campus Picnic (Memorial Union)
5:30-8 p.m. WU Fest (Memorial Union lawn)
8-8:30 p.m. Traditions Night (Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl)
Don't forget: Join the conversation about Welcome Week on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) with #bodww13. Check in 10 or more times on Foursquare and get a free T-shirt!


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Not that I really no what I'm doing yet, but it seems that with all the recipes for sugar water it requires putting in vinegar or lemon juice. I think the recipe was based on the natural ph of honey and making your sugar water reflect the same ph.
Would it be more correct to make your s.w reflect the ph of nektar wich could be less than honey's ph.
I'm thinking that the concentrated sugar water in the comb, could actually be hyper acidic.
Has anybody actually ever tested the 1 to 1 sugar water that has been stored ? - Bob

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Whirlpool CEO: We're Bullish on Housing
I noted yesterday that the U.S. housing market continues to improve (and boost homebuilder stocks such as PulteGroup (PHM) and Lennar (LEN)), but it's nice to know someone who has real money riding on the market is also of a similar mind.
Whirlpool (WHR) CEO Jeff Fettig appeared on CNBC today to discuss the appliance maker's first-quarter earnings -- the stock is down 2.5% today despite profit beating estimates; sales fell 2.3% and came in below consensus forecasts. Speaking about the housing market, Fettig had this to say:
We've seen, really for the last several quarters, very good double-digit increases in our new housing marketplace. Existing home sales are [also] up...so we're very bullish on housing. In the case of Whirlpool and our position, those two sectors together make up about 30% of the marketplace; we're strongly represented in new construction -- we actually ship our products when housing is completed. We're expecting our housing shipments to continue to ramp up strongly through the year.
That said, U.S. housing isn't by itself going to fix the world economy:
The demand [globally] has not changed in the first quarter, it's very similar to what we saw in the last three or four quarters...the housing story is real, it is a growth vector, we think it's got a long way to go -- but it's small part of global appliance demand.
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Sergei Lascenko Replaces Alexey Ignashov At SuperKombat Final Elimination Today
- Written by Rian Scalia
For the whole week there's been rumors of Sergei Lascenko replacing Alexey Ignashov, starting off with Thom Harinck stating that he was headed to Romania for Lascenko to fight Benjamin Adegbuyi. Ignashov was scheduled to fight Adegbuyi though, so a lot of confusion arose.
Today, albeit very close to the event, it's finally been confirmed that Lascenko will replace Ignashov. Ignashov was injured coming into this fight and was trying to hold out until the very last minute in order to recover and be ready for the fight but ultimately, he can't fight due to his injury. Sergei Lascenko will step in to fight Benjamin Adegbuyi in what is one of the four Final Elimination fights.
Interestingly enough, Lascenko was originally scheduled to fight Ismael Londt in one of the other Final Elimination fights, but pulled out of that fight because he hadn't recovered from his fight against Hesdy Gerges at the K-1 Final 16 last month.
SuperKombat Final Elimination is today and is live on Eurosport at 21:00 CET in Europe, which translates to 3PM ET/12PM PT in North America. We'll have live results as they happen. Here's the full fight card:
Super Fight (+96 kg)
1.Dimitry Bezus (Russia) vs Tomas Hron (Czech Republic)
Super Fight (+96 kg)
2. Ibrahim Aarab (Marocco) vs Dzevad Poturak (Bosnia Herzegovina)
Final Elimination (+96 kg)
3. Daniel Sam (England) vs Ismael Londt (Suriname)
Final Elimination (+96 kg)
4. Pavel Zhuravlev (Ukraine) vs Freddy Kemayo (France)
Final Elimination (+96 kg)
5. Roman Kleibl (Czech Republic) vs Sebastian Ciobanu (Romania)
Final Elimination (+96 kg)
6. Sergei Lascenko (Ukraine) vs Benjamin Adegbuyi (Romania)
Super Fight (+96 kg)
7. Petr Vondracek (Czech Republic) vs Radu Spinghel (USA/Romania)
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8. James Wilson (USA) vs Ionuţ Iftimoaie (Romania)
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Alisa Wolberg's Lab
We are interested in the molecular and biochemical mechanisms involved in the formation of blood clots. Coagulation occurs after cellular proteins are exposed to flowing blood. Exposure of these proteins triggers a series of enzymatic reactions that culminate in the production of thrombin. Thrombin then activates platelets and cleaves the plasma protein, fibrinogen, to fibrin, which polymerizes into a web-like mesh that reinforces the blood clot. Clot formation is dictated by proteins and cells found in the blood, cells lining the blood vessels, and the flow of blood through the vessels. To examine events leading to blood clot formation, we use a variety of assays that model blood coagulation in vivo. Using these assays, we can precisely control the levels of plasma proteins and cells, and correlate enzyme activity (thrombin) and functional effect (clot formation). Our approaches have revealed novel, clinically-important information about mechanisms that promote clot formation in hemostasis and thrombosis.
Some facts about thrombosis and bleeding:
- Complications of abnormal blood clotting are the number one killer of Americans today.
- Heart disease is the number one cause of death in American women - more than all forms of cancer and the next four leading causes of death combined.
- Recent estimates suggest that one in every two men and one in every 3 women aged 40 and under will develop coronary heart disease in their lifetime.
- Thrombosis is the most frequent cause of death in cancer patients.
- Severe bleeding complicates approximately 10% of open-heart surgeries.
- Annually there are over 1 million cases of bleeding in the US that are the primary cause of hospitalization.
- More people die of arterial thrombosis than from cancer; more people die from venous thrombosis than from accidents.


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Editor's note: As it did with air and water pollution, California leads the nation in promulgating laws to minimize the environmental impact of hazardous waste.
In 2006, the state banned common household products containing toxins — referred to as "universal wastes" — from landfills along with fluorescent lamps and batteries. Throwing used home-generated pharmaceutical sharps in the trash or recycling receptacles has been illegal since 2008. Just before leaving office last year, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation requiring paint manufacturers to take back unused and unwanted latex and oil-based paint.
There's no federal law requiring manufacturers to take back, much less recycle, used product. This is unfortunate, because such a requirement would go a long way toward extending the life of many landfills and help defray the costs of collection and disposal to state and local governments. To continue providing services, they're forced to transfer this financial burden to taxpayers through higher fees.
Depending on your state's laws, one or more of these tactics may work to begin or continue a dialogue for making manufacturers and retailer's part of the solution.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development defines extended producer responsibility (EPR) as an environmental policy approach in which a producer's responsibility — physical and/or financial — is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product's life cycle. Such a policy is key for state and local governments because it:
- Shifts responsibility upstream to manufacturers and away from municipalities
- Incents manufacturers to incorporate environmental considerations into product design.
When the roles of government, producers, retailers, recyclers and reverse distributors, and consumers are properly assigned under such a system, the economy and the environment improve. Inefficiencies are removed, and the system financially rewards behavior that conserves resources and prevents pollution.
Until recently, local governments have been quiet about the deluge of hazardous products they must manage to comply with state landfill bans. The growing waste crisis, however, has inspired many to move into policy-making, raising their voices individually and collectively to advocate for meaningful change. They're seeking a seat at the table while new management systems are designed. They're also taking a range of actions to bring manufacturers to the table to create a level legal playing field overseen by state and federal agencies:
1. Adopt local ordinances. New York City will be a proving ground for how far local government can go in regulating the behavior of manufacturers of a particular product type or category. The city's ordinance requiring electronics manufacturers to develop a take-back program has been challenged by the Consumers Electronics Association and the Information Technology Industry Council.
Only one jurisdiction in California, the San Luis Obispo Integrated Waste Management Authority, mandates take-back by a retailer. Local ordinances require that retailers take back the product at, and manage, the end of life disposition of sharps, fluorescent lamps, paint, and batteries.
Instead of fighting such ordinances whenever and wherever they occur, manufacturer resources would be more fruitfully invested by designing nationwide collection and recycling programs. Because should the plaintiffs prevail, manufacturers will have to expend additional resources to comply with a patchwork of regulations across their markets.
2. File a collective jurisdiction lawsuit. Manufacturers know their products are banned from landfills because they contain hazardous material. In California, local jurisdictions could join together to sue entities that contribute to the state's stream of hazardous waste products. The pollution resulting from hazardous products and the cost to manage them could be considered a strict liability issue for manufacturers.
3. Litigate to require state action. Under California Health and Safety code Section 25253(b)(7), the state EPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control can require manufacturers to implement a take-back system to collect and dispose of or recycle a product that contains hazardous material.
The department has failed to exercise this authority for any problem product; since 2008, for example, it's failed to require manufacturers selling fluorescent lamps to implement a system that would safely manage the mercury that's used to make their product.
Mercury is a neurotoxin and a pollutant identified on EPA's 303(d) list of contaminants. The release and accumulation of mercury endangers health and welfare. When it bioaccumulates in fish, the public and, in particular, pregnant women and nursing mothers, are cautioned to limit their diet of certain species. Contamination of California's drinking water supplies further threatens an already imperiled resource.
Cities and counties could join together to sue the department for failing to regulate mercury through its authority to mandate take-back programs. They could demand the agency to protect the environment and public health and share the financial burden of local governments that have been managing constituents' exposure to this contaminant through household hazardous waste programs.
4. Threaten to take your business elsewhere. As large-volume consumers, state and local governments can use their purchasing power to drive more environmentally sensitive product design and packaging as well as take-back programs.
Including such provisions in purchasing contract product specifications would save the time it takes to manage the waste at end of life and the money required to dispose of it legally.
A variety of jurisdictions are taking this approach and sharing the most efficient and effective ways to implement new specifications. In some cases, such as the adoption of EPEAT "green" standards for electronics, product designs are already changing.
5. Join or launch a statewide support initiative. The California Product Stewardship Council is the only organization speaking for city and county household hazardous waste programs.
Created in 2007 by local government staff who recognized the current model of waste management as unsustainable, the council's mission is simple: To shift California's product waste management system from one focused on government-funded and ratepayer-financed waste diversion to one that relies on producer responsibility in order to reduce public costs and drive improvements in product design that promote environmental sustainability. The council is also convinced this will lower burdens to tax/ratepayers, shrink government, and create private-sector jobs.
The organization provides a powerful voice to educate elected officials, businesses, and the public. Dozens of cities and counties, waste haulers, special districts handling solid waste and water services, and producers participate. Allies include nonprofits with similar interests, retailers, and a few industry groups.
Membership provides valuable opportunities for outreach and education assistance, information sharing with colleagues throughout the state, and news on the ever-changing legislative arena of producer responsibility. PW
- Rob D'Arcy (email@example.com) is hazardous material program manager for the Santa Clara County (Calif.) Department of Environmental Health. This article is excerpted from "The road to product stewardship: local government as catalysts," reprinted with permission from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle, formerly the California Integrated Waste Management Board).


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Pulaski Technical College students can learn about the many services available to them at a three-day Student Success Fair beginning Tuesday.
The fair runs from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday on the Main Campus, and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday at Little Rock-South.
Students who visit all booths will be entered in a drawing for a free, three-hour tuition credit. Participating departments include the following: Admissions and Records, Advising, Career Counseling , Career Pathways, Core Survey, Cultural Diversity Committee, Disability Services, Distance Learning, Financial Aid, Fine Arts and Humanities, Learning Assistance Center, Personal Counseling, PTC Libraries, Police/Public Safety, Public Relations and Marketing, Student Ambassadors, Student Life and Leadership, The Network for Student Success, TRIO Scholars, Veterans Services Office and Veterans Upward Bound.
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Uneven Pavement Sign - W. Las Positas
Original post made by Anna, Castlewood, on Sep 17, 2013
Rd quite frequently. I have to always remember to stay in the
right hand lane because of the 'uneven pavement, in the left lane.
When is the City going to actually fix the road. It's been months
since the sign has been placed there and the road is horrible.
What's taking so long to fix the road?
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a resident of Oak Hill
on Sep 17, 2013 at 12:15 pm
I use W. Las Positas between Hopyard and Foothill almost every day, but I'm not aware of any uneven pavement in the westbound left lane or any other lane of it. Don't recall seeing any warning signs around there, either. Are you sure it's between Hopyard and Foothill?
There used to be a pretty bad, nasty bump on W. Las Positas going westbound soon after passing Stoneridge Drive, but I haven't noticed any problems on W. Las Positas since then.
a resident of Livermore
on Sep 17, 2013 at 5:41 pm
I have a slight bump on the back of my head but I've never confused that with a nasty bump on W. Las Positas?
are you weird or what?
a resident of Livermore
on Sep 17, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Did you mean to say that you think that there's a bump in the road?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 17, 2013 at 8:56 pm
Sam, you can't be serious. Stay in the left lane going westbound after you pass Luckys. In the curve just past the DMV office (I know the DMV is on the left side of the road, I'm just giving you a point mo reference) the tree roots from the pines in the center divide have raised the pavement several inches on both sides of W. las Posiitas. The city's solution: put up an orange sign stating there is 'uneven pavement'. It is such an understatement, but I don't suppose they have a sign that says, 'watch out for the precipice'. One would think fixing the road would be cheaper than the inevitable lawsuit from a driver that will soon be hurt on that stretch of road.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Sep 17, 2013 at 9:54 pm
I drove through the area on the way back from work this afternoon. Yes, there is some unevenness in the westbound left hand lane of W. Las Positas there, as well as an orange warning sign. I honestly never noticed the unevenness before because I always use the right lane. I still don't think that the unevenness is currently very bad, though. The slight bumpiness shouldn't be much of a problem if one is obeying the 35 mph speed limit.
Yes, the road crews should work on getting the road repaired, but it shouldn't present much of a problem right now. Just stay in the right lane if the bumpiness bothers you. There's no need to be in the left lane anyway since the left and right lanes shortly merge into one lane as the road goes over the 680 freeway.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 18, 2013 at 3:42 pm
In other words, until the city gets there act together, move the traffic bottleneck from the base of the overpass to just past Luckys. Good luck to all those folks trying to get to Foothill early in the morning every weekday.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 19, 2013 at 9:30 am
While we are at it, any chance the city might consider repairing the broken section of Stanley between Main and First/Stanley? Most truck stps are in better shape than this major thouroughfare in the center of town.
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Never heard of him, though I've been away from Phoenix since January. What station is he on?
I don't think someone is necessarily "nuts" and a "cry baby" and an "idiot" for supporting gun control. They might be misinformed or misled or haven't been shown the facts. Maybe they've weighed the pros and cons of the issue and find our arguments unconvincing. My own wife was antigun when I met her, but has since come around to the point where she carries daily.
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I vote Stefan is Sila's doppleganger and that Elena picked Damon. Please directors,screenwriters whatever.. please make 'real' Stefan Elena's boyfriend again. Elena with Damon is… wrong. She was better with Stefan. He did not kill anyone that she loved or hurt, and Stefan came to Mystic Falls for Elena. Damon on the other hand, came to ruin Stefan's life AGAIN. I'm sorry that I'm going to say that but… if I don't see things going well at all for me…. you probably lost a viewer.Sorry.
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What struck me was two things:
1) most of us acknowledge that it is impossible to compare two players from two different eras, especially considering the differences in the game itself.
2) rarely does anyone ever make the best "apple to apple" comparison: How did opponents view them?
During his SB runs, Simms was not seen as a elite QB at the time (still not by most), but he was damn sure not seen as the player you were going to try to exploit. He was going to play a solid game, and he wasn't going to make any truly boneheaded plays.
Conservative, tough, accurate, and generally unflappable. And I don't remember any talk of HoF during his career.
Eli's first run could best be described as one in which every team saw him as exploitable. The Bucs flat out said it. The cowboys plan was to pressure Eli, The Pack (and this board) knew he couldn't play well in the cold.
Pressure him, and he will fold eventually.
Last years run? He achieved a status that Simms never did...if you were an opponent, Eli was the last guy on the field you wanted to have that ball-period.
Need a score late in the 4th? Call Eli.
Need an amazing series? Call Eli.
Game on the line? Call Eli.
We get the ball back with 2 minutes in 42, we all were full of hope and doubt.
We get the ball back with 2 minutes to go in 46, we all start celebrating. Chis Collinsworth literally said, "here we go again" after the Pats scored, cause it just seemed like you were not going to stop the guy. Brady actually said he wanted the ball last, because he had seen what Eli could do.
Simms was far more reliable, played in a tougher time, but there was a period of time when Eli achieved a status that Simms never did...one of the most feared players in the league.
And as for his comment? Love the guy and respect his opinion. Really like that he defined it well. Watching Eli now, hard not to agree with him. Elite does not equal erratic.
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Every single day I log onto this message board thinking i've seen it all, every single day I am wrong...NYGiants2120
how each man actually played in the game ?
Simms had one of the top performances of all-time.
Eli had a "helmet clutch" and less than pedestrian stats.
had Simms been there in either 2008 or 2012 it would not have
come down to "E-LUCKY"
its "fire and ice" vs "deer in the headlites confusion"
and i bet you that this year Parcell's woulda benched his "goober-pyle" asterisk by now.
due to the fact that I am from the Woodstock generation ...
my opinions may be chemically enhanced and influenced by severe episodes of memory loss
on this team.
but i like to keep it real....is Eli better than Simms ? hell , i dunno i'd take Simms , others would say Eli ...the debate rages on...
but this 'elite" crap is nonsense. neither one of 'em are/were consistent enough for that.
but to say the Giants would have flat out lost both SB games with Simms is quite a stretch.
Phil fared very well in big game situations..
had Phil not been injured we would have crushed Buffalo .
now , with Eli , it's like those Hostetler games...take away a helmet catch...and a Manningham miracle..
i like 'em both ; a little truth in the perspective is all i ask.
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The helmet catch was a lucky outcome but Eli escaping the pressure was not lucky. Him seeing Tyree down field and throwing it right to him was not lucky.
You cant take away plays.....if are then take away Simms' plays and then what?? I love Phil Simms. I dont compare the two.
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Congratulations! I can't think of a better reason to lose a sewing room.
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Congratulations! I can't think of a better reason to lose a sewing room.
But...you don't have to give up the entire room until the baby starts crawling right? So you can still sew in the corner of the nursery...
Ok, you can probably tell I don't have kids.
Congratulations Elizajane. Before I had a sewing room (kids moved out) I had a L shaped sewing space in my bedroom. I got the adjustable height tables from Sam's to sew on and that way I had storage space under the tables. Where there's a will there's a way.
Remember to save those baby clothes for a special Quilt! Congratulations!
congratulations on the upcoming little miracle. How blessed you are. We'll look forward to hearing how it all goes and what you will be making for the baby, before you clear everything out for the nursery.
Congratulations. A gift from god.
Finished is better than a UFO
Congrats. Lots of us are going the opposite direction. My baby girl is now 38, so her room is my sewing room. Best wishes.
Congratulations on the baby! Something to think about for the future: I had gotten a small, three drawer plastic unit to keep all my rotary cutters, scissors, needles and pins in. It sits on top of a bookcase in my sewing room. It came in really handy when my grandchildren were little and they were sleeping in that room when visiting. In addition to putting things away I would take the drawer unit to my bedroom and kept all that dangerous stuff away from little hands.
What thrilling news! That is the best of all reasons to pack up a sewing room!
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Between 1991 and 1996, Jane Murray donated fifty-seven works of Modern art to the Museum, the first significant donation of twentieth-century art received by The Hyde. This donation helped form the foundation of the Museum's Modernist holdings. Murray passed away in April of this year and The Hyde has been informed that she bequeathed the remainder of her collection to the Museum.
The exhibit, curated by The Hyde's Executive Director David F. Setford, celebrates the works donated by Murray and reflects one woman's journey into the world of art and the creative process itself. Artists represented in the exhibition include Britain's Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, John Piper, Howard Hodgkin, and Paul Mount. American artists include Gregory Amenoff, Betty Parsons, Stuart Davis, and Ellsworth Kelly.
"This exhibition is being organized in tribute to Jane Murray's legacy, not only to The Hyde, but to the world of art and art collecting," said Setford, "Her generosity to our Museum is only surpassed by the attention she paid to selecting works for her impressive Modern art collection."
According to Setford, the exhibition pieces were selected to help visitors examine the similarities and differences between American and British works of the period, as both are areas of particular strength in the Murray Collection.
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When does your Spring flow and swarm season start? Just interested in the start of different parts of the country.
When does your Spring flow and swarm season start? Just interested in the start of different parts of the country.
I have been asking that question myself, and so I like to check the "swarm dates" and "bloom time" sticky note topics. Hope this helps.
Look up your flow on NASA's hive scale site. Swarming season would be usually right around primary flow, but bee's sometimes don't follow the usual.
Your inferiority complex is better than mine.
Here in North Fl. Swarm season will start around the first or second week of March. Depending on the weather we will get a flow from the Maples in Jan. and early Feb. the bees build up good on that flow. Then the flow stops or just trickles along through March then the main flow will kick into full swing in April once the Gallberry starts to bloom. The flow will continue until the first part of June. Gallberry, Palmetto, Tallow, and Blackgum makes up the majority of the flow. Then from June through the end of July can be a dearth until the Cabbage Palm starts blooming. If you don't have any Cabbage Palm around it can be a dearth from June all the way through late September. YMMV
Here is lower South Carolina it has apparently begun. I had a large swarm leave one of my hives this past Sunday. Unfortunately, it spent a short time in a pine then headed west!
Dallas area and northeast Texas is starting now. Swarm calls will come the first week of April most likely.
The spring flow for the Chicago area starts in the beginning of May. Here is a graph from last year.
Starting now for my area. Just south of Dallas. Vetch is just starting to bloom. Mine mostly depends on Mesquites. Last year they bloomed from April to June and even saw some blooming in August. It's mostly a mid-late May and June bloom. Though just 40 miles east the Mesquites are totally different. They only seem to bloom for a week or two at best.
Chuck Norris has a grizzly bear carpet in his room. The bear isn't dead it is just afraid to move.
Bluebonnets bloom real heavy here. And just started this week. Though I am not sure if they are a good nectar source or not. They are bringing in lots of red BB pollen right now.
Chuck Norris has a grizzly bear carpet in his room. The bear isn't dead it is just afraid to move.
MAY AND JUNE swarms and flow.
Can't wait.
Say hello to the bad guy!
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Typically late April to late May here, but last year they were done swarming for the spring by the first week of May and lots of people had small swarms in September, which no one remembers before.
This year is likely to be later, as it's below freezing again tonight and not going to get above 50 again for another week if the forecast is correct, so nothing will be busting out into bloom. I'm figuring early May with splits sometime in late April, although that will be determined by the presence of emerging drones.
Even though it's been cold and wet lately, the flow has begun here in Charlotte, NC. Suddenly bees are flying in and out with a determined purpose, unrelenting, and the smell of pungent nectar and pollen emanates from the hives. Right now the smells reminds me of the aromas of the fall nectar. Bradford pear trees, yellow bells, and dandelions are blooming right now. Suddenly drones are on the front porches of the hives and finding their way onto the inner screen covers. Temps dipping down to the '20s at night, but it's warming slowly and by next week I expect swarm cells.
I'm in SE Nebraska. In town the first blooms (early fruit trees) are about 1 Apr. In the country it's 15 Apr. The main flow in town is usually about 1 June. In the country it's usually about 15 June.
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>Hey, Michael, a professor at a recent meeting told us that once the nectar flow begins it is always 8 weeks regardless of if the flow is early, late or right on time. Has this been your experience?
Ours usually runs until a few weeks after the rain quits. Sometimes that's four weeks after it starts. Sometimes that's 16 weeks after it starts...
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It's been a while since I wrote one from the ground up (15 years or so), in fact it seems hardly anything in graphics is written from scratch these days. The pay is great so I don't have a problem doing it, but am at a loss for an estimate and wanted to get a consensus from those with experience.
How long would you estimate it would take to write an OpenGL program that can load say OBJ files and render models without fancy shaders?
Also, what file format is most straightforward to load and render?
Thanks in advance.
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Dam inspection results could seal Mirror Pond's fate
Pacific Power says Bend dam 'is old, and it is showing its age'
BEND, Ore. - Could this be the end of Bend's Pacific Power hydro dam that's provided power in Bend for over 100 years?
"It could very well be one significant event away from that tipping point into negative territory, and this could be it," spokesman Bob Gravely saidThursday.
The event Gravely's talking about sprang about a month ago in the form of a large leak in one of the dam's aging wooden panels.
Right now, with the water level lowered for the inspect, the dam's not generating power -- or money.
"Our responsibility ultimately is to make decisions that we can justify to our regulators as being in the interest of our customers," Gravely said. "So that will always guide what the company does."
Even in tip-top shape, the dam only generates enough power for about 400 homes.
Some of the company's more modern dams supply power for about 70,000 homes.
So, will Pacific Power pull out, or make repairs and bring its dam into the 21st Century? That's what the inspection is all about.
He said if the company decides to continue to operate, it would likely invest in not only repairs, but also updates.
"It's the ability to really get in there and look inside the structure in the way we haven't done in many, many years," he said. "It's old and it is showing its age."
Pacific Power lowered water levels since Monday to do the work, giving people a glimpse of what Mirror Pond could look like if the dam is removed.
Gravely said he's well aware that the pond is in the middle of a passionate tug-of-war, not to mention a mix of science, government regulations and good ol' politics.
Some would like the city's iconic pond dredged and preserved, others want the dam out and a more natural-flowing river.
"We would like to align the decisions we have to make with the dam, with the preferences of the community," he said.
And with a community evenly divided on whether the dam should stay or go, it's a tough decision Gravely says the power company won't make for at least a few weeks.
Gravely said the water levels should start rising on Friday, as the inspection was only for the day.
He said the crews will put monitoring equipment on the dam to keep track of the flow and retention of the water.
Pacific Power officials also say if they do decide to cease operations, it doesn't necessarily mean the dam has to be removed -- instead, if the community wants to keep it, another entity could possibly take over operations and maintenance.
The Mirror Pond Steering Committee says it's not likely to make a decision on the pond until at least December.


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That way we get rid of all bad officiating problems. Then so that the players can't be bribed. Let's do away with real players, and go exclusively to Robot players. Gee we should have that technology in about 100 years. And then we will only need 2 teams. 1 in the Western Hemisphere, and 1 in the Western Hemisphere. Let's call them the American Spacleys vs the Eurasion Sprockets.
See I can also make stupid threads, by the way I am not joking. This will do away with all bad officiating, and cheating playing also.


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The 'most appealing employer in France' prize has been awarded to Airbus for the third year running. The aircraft manufacturer is recognised as a major economic player: Airbus has an excellent image in its sector, and is recognised as being a forward-looking company, open to young people and offering real career perspectives.
Airbus was awarded with the title in the context of the "Palmarès Employeurs 2013" employer ranking that was drawn up at the request of RegionsJob and in partnership with 'L'Express' magazine, "Exclusive RH" website and "ANDRH" (a French association of HR directors) and under the supervision of the market research company BVA.
A panel of some 8,000 people, comprising employees and job-seekers, chose Airbus as the most appealing employer in France, and in the West and South-West regions of France where Airbus' industrial sites are located.
Airbus won first place out of some 14,000 companies that were assessed between March and May 2013. The 27 selection criteria covered human resources related topics such as career opportunities, employer image, diversity and management.
"This distinction which rewards our Human Resources activities for the third year running is an honour for us. We offer our employees an international working environment that is dynamic and stimulating. Knowing our employees, training them, qualifying them and helping them to develop is an integral part of our day-to-day life, enabling our company to be an innovative and high-performance business. These women and men are at the heart of our success and development," stated Thierry Baril, Chief Human Resources Officer EADS & Airbus.
Career development, training, diversity, mobility, the recognition of everyone's contribution and seeking staff engagement are the essential components of Airbus' human resources policy.
Airbus, the world's leading aircraft manufacturer, employs around 59,000 people of more than 100 different nationalities. Over the last two years, 2011 and 2012, Airbus hired nearly 10,000 employees around the world, including more than 4,000 in France.


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Transcript: Cloning Around What does it mean to be a human being and what is that made up of? I think most people would suggest that individuals are their genetic makeup: whatever the influences of their environment have; how they have impacted them, and then how they see themselves; how do they self-identify as who they are. So you could clone a Michael Jordan and twenty years from now when he's a grown person, he would have the genetic makeup of the Michael Jordan that we know. But because he was raised by a different family, the impact of his environment may mean that he hasn't even seen a basketball. And he may see himself as an individual and his gifts in an area that are different than the original Michael Jordan saw as his gifts. So the fact that we clone someone means that we reproduce their genetic makeup. It doesn't mean that we reproduce that same individual.
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I went to Kobe after a long time. Because Kobe is modern town. I like nature. But there are nature and mountain in north Kobe. There are many couple in Kobe. They wanna see night view in Kobe. lol
I wore the coat. I bought the coat in three years ago. lol This is so basic and simple so I can use in long time. I bought some flamboyant clothes before. I was young. lol I thought that I can't use that in long time. So I especially like American Apparel, CAP etc Simply brand.


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Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on occasion of 82nd founding anniversary of CPV
(VNA-03/02/2012) - Party, State and Government leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and laid wreaths at the Martyrs Monument on the occasion of the 82nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (Feb. 3).
Party, State, NA, Government and VFF leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh (Source:VNA)
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, permanent member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat Le Hong Anh and President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee Huynh Dam joined former Party and State leaders at the event.
President Ho Chi Minh, who founded the Communist Party of Viet Nam, said that the foundation of the Party is a momentous turning-point in the country's revolutionary history. It proves that the proletarian class has grown up and become strong enough to lead the revolution.
Over the past 80 years, under the leadership of the Party, the Vietnamese people have gained great victories and the country has developed more prosperously.
Later on the day, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong headed a Party, Sate and Fatherland Front delegation to lay wreaths at the Martyrs Monument./.


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In the last few rounds of Super 15, Blues fullback Charles Piutau has been subdued, compared to his normal high-action involvement. Sides have kicked away from him or found him in space where his counter-attack choices have been restricted.
You can sense his frustration with some of the decisions the 21-year- old has been making. There have been times when you have wanted to leave your seat at Eden Park and advise Piutau to pass to some of his team-mates steaming up in support.
Some of his blinkered vision or attempts to beat just one more defender are exasperating.
But Piutau showed all his talent against the Hurricanes in a display which would have piqued the interest of spectating All Black coach Steve Hansen.
He is gifted and, like many young men who are headline acts at secondary school and age group level, they have to go through some re-training before they can be effective in the senior grades. Piutau has been one of those projects.
The Blues staff do not want to restrict any of the venom he brings to the back three.
Piutau's value is the brilliance he can conjure from the back field or when he lopes up into the attacking line;e his defence is very sound. He has a devastating step and manages to bounce strong defenders away with the power generated from his hips and thighs.
If Piutau didn't have so much ability, he would not come under such scrutiny - but he got it right early last night at Eden Park as he raided down the shortside with Frank Halai.
Then he showed some real class. He retrieved a kick near his 22, kicked a shortish bomb and clobbered the Hurricanes defender to give the Blues a scrum advantage. That sort of enterprise and skill is instinct.
There is a little bit of coaching, some training ground chats to talk him through a variety of situations on the field - but, when the heat comes on and Piutau operates in the inferno of Super 15, his impulses take over much of his play.
Not long after that classy cameo, Piutau offered us the other side of his work, when he made the gap and ignored his support.
His superb try just before halftime from a scrum move, did not need any offload, just catch and scorch, areas in which Piutau excels. He is in good hands at the Blues where former All Black coach Graham Henry and skills coach Mick Byrne take him through regular game scenarios to fine-tune his impact.
He must also be on the All Black radar as someone to challenge Israel Dagg and Ben Smith and who needs that sort of trip if he is going to return to Europe in 2015 for a certain global tournament.


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Well, while all
that sounds pretty fine and dandy, I'm here to tell you that the folks at ESPN
Digital Games forgot one super-crucial element: it's a video game. With all
its nifty bells and whistles, Pro Boarder just ain't fun to play.
The most basic and fundamental problem with Pro Boarder is its gameplay. We all know that a game is nothing without solid gameplay, and I'm sorry to say that Pro Boarder's gameplay is the worst this side of the Mississippi. Say you're on the Big Air course and you want to do a more-or-less basic move like a 360 nosegrab. By the time you land it, you'll have completed 8-10 button pushes. I don't know about you, but Tekken-style button combinations in a snowboarding game aren't my idea of a good time. In fact, just getting down the mountain presents a problem. Do I "quick ollie" here? Why am I slowing down? Why do I keep hitting the trees? These are just a few of the questions your confusion will inspire while playing Pro Boarder.
As far as graphics go, Pro Boarder looks great on the surface. A glance at the screen will have you drooling over the majestic landscapes and smooth, freshly-dropped powder. With a quick touch of the D-Pad, however, you'll realize that you've been duped. Although everything looks pretty good while the game's paused, it's a whole new game once you're moving. First off, the frame-rate is too slow - it's almost as if they threw out every other frame to speed the game up. The result is an almost surreal experience; although you can see your boarder flying wildly down the hill, it just doesn't feel like he's on it.
Also, about half-way down the mountain you'll realize that the terrain doesn't change much. Sure, you can go out of bounds to find a short cut, but once you're there, it looks exactly like the regular path. And yes, the texture map they use to create the soft powder looks great, but really, that's the only kind of snow you're going to see in the entire game. Toss in some generic surfer dude/chick voices and cheesy snow sound effects and you get the idea. Blah, blah blah.
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this game has to do with variety. Had this game been released a year ago, I might
have said that it was competitive in this category. It's got two half-pipes, two
big-air courses, a slopestyle course, a boarder X course, two free-ride courses,
and even an X Games-style stadium course. Sounds nice, huh? That is, unless you've
played Cool Boarders 3. Not only does Cool
Boarders 3 have 25 (!) more courses than Pro Boarder, but most of them
are far more interesting to explore. On top of that, you have to complete the
super-hard circuit mode before you get to ride on four of the tracks. How did
ESPN Digital Games use up the rest of the disc space? Did I mention the long,
FMV advertisements for a couple of this season's snowboarding videos? Well, there
you have it.
In spite of all this evil, however, there is one thing worth mentioning. What I love about Pro Boarder is that it has got a ton of cool, authentic snowboarding stuff. I'm talking 8 real-life snowboard professionals (including the hot-as-ever Shannon Dunn), each with their own respective sponsors and real-life snowboards (everything from K2 to Sims, 32 in all). Not only that, but ESPN went all out and recruited a kick-ass collection of bands for the soundtrack. There's the Foo Fighters, NoFX, Pennywise, Rancid, Voodoo Glow Skulls and seven other bands in the game; every single one of the songs will make you thank God almighty that you're not hearing the cheesy thrash metal featured in other, ahem, snowboard games. And if the game itself doesn't hold your attention, toss it in your audio CD player and you've got a great compilation CD. Very classy.
That said, great tunes don't change the fact that Pro Boarder is at heart a dissapointing snowboarding game. It started out as the little snowboard game that could, and finally crumbled under the weight of it's own ambition. Perhaps ESPN Games should look into what people really want from a game--intense, realistic gameplay and variety.


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[quote user="MattMeyerBud"]but I am saying the whole "MOOREHEAD WATCHED THE GAMES AND THATS HOW HE KNOWS" argument has really taken a beating with your most recent stances on Eli
yea....i realized that with last winter's Larry Bird debate. lol

Show me where I have said anything like that in this debate.

Until then, you have no leg to stand on.

well actually isn't that EXACTLY what you are doing though? You just tried to say stats had no bearing on it...
Its all based on what you watch out of Simms and Eli. You say Simms lack of stats don't tell the story and Eli's awesome stats don't tell the story....
I dont really feel the need to justify continuing this debate really, i mean I GUESS i know where he's coming from sometimes, because like last winter's debate, i know NOBODY is nearly as good as michael jordan, and likely ppl will only come close....
But it's not like we're discussing "greatest quarterbacks ever" cuz Simms isnt near that list obviously.

[/quote]were arguing greatest giants qb ever.
ill throw monkey wrench in here. what about tittle?
two things make Title not even allowed in the convo:
1) I just can't bring Leatherheads into the convo. It was a COMPLETE different game then
2) He was only a Giant for 4 years
I feel like Manning and Simms are the only 2 qualified people in the debate due to the tenure at their position, and on this team.
Simms right now, yes....but considering Eli has plenttttyyyy of years left in the tank, Simms will be a distant 2nd by the end of Eli's career.


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Leadership program joins not-for-profit organizations, students for year-end service learning celebration
BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton University students and not-for-profit agency leaders will gather to recognize a semester's worth of hard work at 6 p.m. Friday, May 13, at the Roberson Museum and Science Center, located at 30 Front Street, Binghamton.
The event will celebrate the efforts of students in Binghamton University's Leadership Program, who over the course of the past few months, have been partnering with local organizations in a range of projects. Through LEAD 353, a service learning course, teams of students were partnered with nine not-for-profit organizations including the Broome County Council of Churches, the City of Binghamton Youth Bureau, Mom's House of Endicott, the Humane Society, the Broome County Urban League, A Room to Heal, the Roberson Museum and Science Center, and the Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments (VINES).
From a project to increase financial efficiency at the Humane Society to strengthening volunteer management efforts through A Room to Heal, students were able to provide valuable skills and know-how to local organizations while gaining important hands-on experience. The teams reviewed each organization's strengths and weaknesses culminating in a strategic plan for future plans or activities. The event at Roberson will offer agency leaders and students the opportunity to celebrate their respective collaborations.
After a rigorous end-of-year review, one of the projects will be selected to receive a $2,000 award, allowing the winning team to implement their plan. Support for this annual service learning experience is provided by Manley's Might Mart, which over the course of the program's 10-year history, has committed over $150,000.
Note: During the course of their studies, several thousand Binghamton University students engage in volunteer experiences, clinical practice and course pratica experiences. During 2009-10, these experiences had an economic impact of $3.4 million in Broome and Tioga counties.
This year's Leadership program projects include:
Broome County Council of Churches
The team: BC3 Consulting - Michael Callery, Kathryn Ferrara, Anna Mallette, Matt Ryan, Yue Yu
About the organization:
The Broome County Council of Churches oversees nine not for profit programs in the area, including CHOW, CHOW Farm, Broome Bounty, Faith in Action volunteers, Jail Ministry, Reentry Project, Ramp it Up, and the Hospital Chaplaincy.
About the project:
The team worked with the program's executive director, Reverend Dr. Joseph Sellepack, in evaluating the Council's current strategic plan (from 2009, it is in year 2 of implementation). The project involved the implementation of specific operating metrics stated in the plan to identify and communicate to the director the organization's current position.
The team also focused on strengthening goal alignment within the organization. In addition, the team conducted surveys to examine ways in which to reduce volunteer turnover and increase mission adherence.
City of Binghamton Youth Bureau
The team: One Network - Howard Bloomfield, Brittany Bory, Maggie Fitzmaurice, Stephanie Legarda, Kevin O'Hanlon, Sarah Sullivan
About the organization:
The City of Binghamton Youth Bureau facilitates and coordinates youth development activities.
About the project:
Current youth development programs are disjointed, affecting cumulative impact and would benefit from a stronger strategic focus. The team developed a roadmap of available services that the organization can utilize and adapt over time. Key ties to the community were identified to link youth interests with existing services that focus on achieving academic and developmental outcomes. Organizations with similar goals were examined in an effort to model successful initiatives and structures.
Mom's House of Endicott
The team: MACSUS Consulting - William Chang, Katelyn Heiman, Derek Pender, Joshua Sailar
About the organization:
Mom's House provides safe, secure, and totally free childcare to low-income single parents continuing their education.
About the project:
The primary goal is to increase graduates, strengthen the organization's commitment to their mission and strategy, encourage greater structure within Mom's House, and nurture existing marketing strategies while embracing new options. An internal audit was conducted using surveys, observation and interviews. The team also did an external review of competitors and case studies. The team is providing detailed recommendations to Mom's House regarding potential revisions to the strategic plan and a marketing plan.
The Humane Society
The team: AAA Consulting - John Bonhomme, Kyle Cooper, Jenny Leon, Dani Raske, John Torres
About the organization:
The Humane Society is an animal welfare non-profit organization that is dedicated to locating homes for animals and preventing/investigating animal cruelty.
About the project:
AAA Consulting will help increase financial resources and allocation as well as enhance the Humane Society's current organizational and technological facets. The team conducted a financial analysis of current and past balance sheets, income statements and annual audit reports, The team also surveyed local community members and examined other prosperous animal shelters, such as The Lollypop Farm in Rochester, NY, Foothills Animal Shelter in CO, Tompkins County SPCA, and North Shore Animal League America. A thorough analyses and research has resulted in a series of recommendations that will help The Humane Society maintain a high level of success.
The Broome County Urban League (BCUL)
The team: Prism Consulting Group- Natalia Dudek, Allison Kim, James Men, Mike Nocerino, Chain Rothman
About the organization:
The Broome County Urban League enables the community to secure economic self-reliance, civil rights and parity. The organization provides services to people ranging from ages 5-75, and specifically stresses empowerment and self-sustainability for individuals.
About the project:
BCUL has been on the road to implementing a new strategic plan, which incorporates a sense of reorganization, and a new definition on organization values and mission. Like many of the non-profit organizations in the area, the League has been seeking new ways to gain financial support.
The team worked with the BCUL to identify funding and publicity opportunities, as well as incorporate recommendations to revise the strategic plan. They also reviewed ways to revitalize the organization's brand development campaign and public image. To implement the proposal, the team conducted research and a variety of analyses on the BCUL, its surrounding organizations and the industry. Surveys were conducted to reflect on the community that the BCUL seeks to serve and a host of new ideas were developed that will renew the BCUL and empower its stakeholders and the community as a whole.
A Room to Heal
The team: GPE Consulting - Daniel Bessel, Ruby Chirackal, Justin Pierce, David Simel
About the organization:
A Room to Heal is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to create a healing environment in the homes of children affected by serious medical conditions in the Broome county area.
About the project:
The team developed recommendations for the organization in three areas: volunteer management, strengthening organizational structure, and long-term sustainability. A complete analysis of the entire organization was conducted using industry-standard models on strategic planning. By studying both the internal and external operations of A Room to Heal, the team has been able to help with the utilization of volunteers, organizational structure, and operations alignment with the core mission.
Roberson Museum and Science Center
Team: Symmetry Consulting - Julie Chambers, Luke Forster, Jimmy Orband, Adam Sabol
About the organization:
Roberson Museum and Science Center, located on Front Street in Binghamton, NY, is an historic museum seeking to serve the community as a center for both education and entertainment with a focus on science, art and history.
About the project:
The Roberson Museum is in a unique position having recently hired a full-time marketing manager who has worked to attract new patrons to the museum. Roberson has also experienced a financial turn-around over the past two years, which has helped to revitalize the organization and has given it renewed energy.
The team built on the organizations' recent financial recovery and looked for ways to increase attendance numbers, memberships, and donations. The project identified ways to maximize effective partnerships and marketing incentives to further the organization's mission and vision of becoming a "hub of community activity."
A thorough examination of the organization's internal structure was conducted as well as complete review of the role that the external environment plays on business operations.
The team conducted analyses of the organization's financial data, marketing strategies, attendance figures, memberships, current partnerships, industry trends, and consumer opinions. The result was a concrete strategy for future growth and sustainability that uses the tools and knowledge acquired throughout the course of the Leadership 353 class. The project concluded with a detailed report of the team's analyses, strategic recommendations, and implementation guidelines for Roberson's staff and Board of Directors.
V.I.N.E.S. - Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments The team: Luella Cheng, Mike Fedorenko, Russell Heiman, Brian Marullo, Erica Romero
About the organization:
Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments (V.I.N.E.S.) is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit group founded in 2007. Its mission is to develop, promote, and sustain an urban food system and to encourage youth and community involvement by developing community green space.
About the project:
V.I.N.E.S. faces issues including volunteer recruitment and retention, community awareness, and funding. The team helped the organization identify the most effective marketing strategy in order to increase general awareness and improve overall volunteer involvement. They also assisted the organization in developing a more efficient system for keeping financial records, as well as building a more concrete volunteer database. A thorough survey of constituents was conducted, including groups of students, past and present volunteers, and people living in the community where these gardens exists. The resulting data allowed the team to get a better understanding of the organization's current impact and reputation. The team also examined similar organizations, both locally and nationally, to generate new ideas for V.I.N.E.S.
Jewish Community Center (JCC)
The team: Mallory Lawes, Michael Meade, Justin James, Spencer Mendelson, and Taylor Roth
About the organization:
Binghamton's JCC is dedicated to providing educational, cultural, recreational, social and physical fitness programs to enhance the quality of life for all ages, from infants to senior citizens.
About the project:
The team worked alongside the JCC to help the non-profit organization 'grow' into its vision. Elements of the project included the development of various aspects of the organization, including the enhancement of the capital campaign, an improved marketing strategy, and strengthened customer service. In order to accomplish these goals, the team analyzed metrics by employing an array of case studies and models.


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For Karl-Heinz Mai, flying the A400M airlifter is more than a job…it's a passion.
This member of the Airbus experimental test pilot team has a lifetime love for aviation, tracing the origins back to his earliest days. "My passion literally started at home, as my father was a pilot – so I can say I was born into aviation," he explained. "My own interest developed from reading magazines and books, and dreaming about becoming a pilot one day."
Mai said test flying is a rigorous job – something much different than the glorified view often seen in movies, especially those portraying the early days of aviation.
"Today, a great deal of my time is spent in design reviews, flight simulator sessions and meetings, with much of this activity occurring years before we actually begin flying a new aircraft such as the A400M," he said. "And once we actually start the test flying, there is a significant amount of time dedicated to advance preparations; while after each flight, there are the reviews, report writing and working with the engineers."
Mai has piloted everything from microlight aircraft to jet fighters, including heavy transports and maritime patrol aircraft. Asked what his most favourite aircraft are, Mai said he has most enjoyed flying gliders, as well as the legendary F-4 Phantom fighter…and, of course, the A400M!


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|Bobby Orr has high hopes for Bruins in hectic season
|01.09.13 at 11:23 pm ET
Bobby Orr is "thrilled" that the NHL is coming back, but he isn't thrilled with how long it took for the league to resolve its third straight lockout.
"I just wish it happened sooner," Orr said at the event to announce "Turk: The Movie," based on the life of Bruins teammate Derek Sanderson. "There are are so many people that are hurt by the lockout. People talk about who won, well nobody won. How do you win? You don't win.
"You can't pick winners and losers in something like this. Everybody lost. Now I just hope that players will get back to work and work hard, and I'm sure they will. It's going to be a short season for these teams, so you have a bad start, you're going to be in trouble, so I think we're going to see real good hockey."
Orr, whose agency represents Bruins forward Nathan Horton, said to "give me a team that's better" than the Bruins this year. He expects the upcoming 48-game season to be hectic.
"This is going to be an interesting year," he said. "You've got to come out of the chute. You've got to win real fast. You go into any long losing streaks early and you're in trouble. I think it's going to be a great season. I really do, because I think we're going to see high intensity hockey and very good hockey. I think the players all know what's at stake here."
The league and players finally came to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement last Sunday, the 113th day of the lockout. Orr hopes that the new CBA, which lasts for 10 years with a mutual opt-out after eight years, is good enough to provide long-term labor peace and prevent another lockout at the end. In the meantime, he just hopes the league can do its best to recover over the course of this CBA.
"It's a long term deal and we need that. Sponsors will be more comfortable doing deals with the league. Players have 50 percent of everything, so it's a good deal for everybody," Orr said. "Get good sponsors, have good hockey and everybody will be in good shape."
There had been talk of the league making concessions, such as offering the Center Ice television package for free, but it's been reported that fans will still have to pay for Center Ice. Orr has a better idea in mind for how to make it up to fans.
"Play hard and give them good hockey," Orr said. "Hockey fans are very loyal and I'm sure they've missed the game as I have. … There are some that may be slow coming back, but hockey fans are very loyal and hopefully they will come back."
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Nice Band-Aid kylie!!! What an idiot… Why are the jenners there in the first place?? we are getting rid of kim, now these two are being shoved down our throats… they should be banned from red carpet events.. They are Not singers or stars.. So wtf……. How do we get them banned?? its a shame they walk with REAL stars, what a slap in there face.


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Pete Bergeron designed the Louisiana Creole flag in 1987 and, in 1995, the Lafayette-based organization C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc., a heritage preservation group, adopted the flag to represent the cultural and ethnic diversity of Creole Louisiana. Dolores Kay Conque, Bergeron's sister, hand-stitched the first Creole flag.
The upper left section, a white fleur de lis on a blue field, represents Louisiana's French heritage. On the lower left and upper right sections, West African heritage is represented, respectively, by the flags of Mali and Senegal. Spanish colonial heritage is depicted by the Tower of Castille — a gold tower on a red field — positioned at the lower right section of the flag. A white cross dividing the four quadrants serves as a symbol of religion in the region.
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Today, with over 5,000 employees, NASA's JPL is responsible for the construction and operation of robotic planetary spacecraft. In addition, JPL also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions, including the Mars Rover Curiosity.
Curiosity was launched into space by NASA on November 26, 2011 and began its journey to Mars where it landed the following year on August 6, 2012. The rover's main task is to investigate Mars for its habitability. Curiosity will be studying Mars' climate and geology, while simultaneously sending back photos, videos, and other valuable data that will be heavily analyzed for a potential future manned mission to Mars.
Curiosity's objectives via NASA:
Biological objectives:
- Determine the nature and inventory of organic carbon compounds
- Inventory the chemical building blocks of life (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur)
- Identify features that may represent the effects of biological processes
Geological and geochemical objectives:
- Investigate the chemical, isotopic, and mineralogical composition of the martian surface and near-surface geological materials
- Interpret the processes that have formed and modified rocks and soils
Planetary process objectives:
- Assess long-timescale (i.e., 4-billion-year) atmospheric evolution processes
- Determine present state, distribution, and cycling of water and carbon dioxide
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- Characterize the broad spectrum of surface radition, including galactic cosmic radiation, solar proton events, and secondary neutrons
The variety and complexity of the Mars Science Laboratory's mission objectives meant that Curiosity required a much higher payload than previous rovers in order to carry additional scientific equipment. This complicated the landing sequence, requiring the use of a "sky crane"--essentially is a rocket-powered platform that uses thrusters to level off the rover, then lower it to the Mars on four cables.
After a few days spent on the ground testing Curiosity's functions, the rover got to work.
Curiosity spends its time moving slowly across the Martian terrain, snapping up pictures and taking samples. If something catches Curiosity's cycloptic eye, Curiosity can use an infrared laser to vaporize and examine a sample. From there, Curiosity can pick up the object and look at it closer using its microscope and X-ray functionality. And for an even closer look, Curiosity can drill into the sample, grab the resulting powder, and place it into the onboard Sample Analysis for Mars instrument (SAM) or CheMin lab for further analysis.
SAM analyzes gases from both atmospheric and solid samples. By studying the different ratios of carbon dioxide and methane in the Mars atmosphere, researchers hope to determine the biological origin of the gases in air. The CheMin lab uses X-ray to identify the minerals present in rocks and soil while searching for water in the formation of the minerals. It uses this data in seeking energy sources for life or any indication of previous life.
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Chevron critics hold protest at shareholders meeting
Several activist groups and dozens of supporters rallied at Chevron's headquarters during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday morning to demand environmental, economic and climate justice. Organizers said they want Chevron to take responsibility for pollution caused by their operations.
"It's important to make the point that Chevron has this pattern, they go into communities and almost every community they work in, they've polluted and devastated. Chevron is a global corporation and they are causing pollution across the globe," said Mike Gaworecki, Change Chevron campaigner for the nonprofit Rainforest Action Network.
Gaworecki said the protest, held from 7 to 11 a.m. on Bollinger Canyon Road at Sunset Drive, will draw delegations from Ecuador, Australia, Nigeria and other countries where Chevron has operations to draw attention to the environmental impacts of oil drilling, much of which is outlined in the alternative annual report The True Cost of Chevron.
"I don't think anyone can know how much (Chevron) pollutes. Because companies like Chevron don't want us to know how much oil they spill, how much pollution is flaring into the air, they don't keep records," Gaworecki said.
Much of the protest centers on pollution such as that in Ecuador, where Rainforest Action Network said Texaco (now owned by Chevron) let 18.5 billion gallons of toxic waste seep into the water supply by not properly lining drill sites. Three Ecuadorian delegates will attend the stockholders meeting to voice their concerns.
But Chevron denies such accusations and pointed to its recently released Corporate Responsibility Report and Annual Report for proof of their positive aid to communities they work in.
"We're proud of the contributions we make to the communities where we operated…we make significant social investments in all those places," said Spokesman Morgan Crinklaw. "(The True Cost of Chevron) report is long on accusation and short on facts."
Crinklaw said Chevron also had representatives at the protest.
Although Wednesday's actions were critical of Chevron, Gaworecki said demonstrators are not protesting Chevron employees.
"I met a petroleum engineer who said that the average employee was on our side, but didn't know much about the situation," he said. "We're just there mainly to protest the management and board's handling of these situations. I think it's really important for (board members) to have to pass through a rally and see that there's this massive movement to have Chevron take responsibility."