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For the past decade, institutions of higher education throughout the United States have developed a wide range of leadership programs. On some campuses this has taken the form of an academic major or minor, while on others there has been an expansion of extracurricular leadership opportunities. Following a careful study of exemplary programs throughout the country, the University of Colorado Boulder is offering a Certificate in the Study and Practice of Leadership to all students on campus.
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A Certificate in the Study and Practice of Leadership can enhance the undergraduate experience and better prepare students both as citizens and leaders in whatever profession they might seek to enter. The program recognizes the need for individuals to take leadership roles in all professions and sectors of society. It is the belief of the program that leadership can be learned in formal classes, community-based leadership experiences, mentoring and internship settings, as well as through a range of simulated leadership activities.


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Vendor lock-in is an issue with any data storage system - in the cloud or hosted in-house. We need to look into and investigate the tools that the vendor provides to extract the data out of the system.
From what I seen (and experimented with), Google provides excellent set of APIs to access the data stored in Google's Cloud. And Google is always working on to improve the APIs. Google usually first adds functions to the API, and then introduces them in the UI. Compare this to other software vendors, who usually introduce the new functions in the UI and then at a later time provide API access to those functions - if it all.
I currently use both Google Docs and Windows Live Workspace to store my personal / school related stuff. I use both of these because they both have their benefits. Windows Live Workspace provides complete integration with Office 2007, whereas Google Docs provide editing capabilities in a Web browser. Recently I have been thinking of writing an application that will synchronize the content of both of these repositories. Google provides APIs that make this task easy from Google's side, but there are no Windows Live Workspace APIs, so I have to devise a workaround to get documents into the Windows Live Workspace.
No amount of precautions can avoid problems that we do not yet foresee. We need to find solutions to the problems, not just avoid them. An ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure, but that's only if we know what to "prevent". We should be looking into ways to reduce the security and privacy risks associated with Cloud Computing and improve data-portability- efficiently and cheaply.
With problems that we are not aware of yet, the ability to put right - not the sheer good luck of avoiding indefinitely - is our only hope, not just of solving problems, but of making progress. - Physicist David Deutsch
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Social work grad shares story of survival as advocate for victims of sex trafficking
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Savannah Sanders was 16 when she began her battle with drug addiction and homelessness. Trafficked into the sex trade from a massage parlor in Mesa, Ariz., Sanders fought back, and nearly two years later, began her mission to provide resources to victims of sex trafficking and childhood abuse.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer recently recognized Sanders, who has dedicated her undergraduate career in social work at Arizona State University to giving sex trafficking victims a voice in the criminal justice process.


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(CNSNews.com) - In 1983, on the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, President Ronald Reagan penned an essay sharply criticizing abortion. It was an unusual step for a sitting president, but one that endeared him to many of today's pro-life leaders.
"Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution," Reagan wrote for the Human Life Review. "No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the court's result, has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended to create such a right."
Reagan's essay later resulted in a book, "Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation," which is the only book published by a president while in office.
The book's forward was written by William P. Clark, a national security adviser and secretary of the Interior Department under Reagan. Clark recalled Monday how Reagan defied his political advisers to publish the book.
"He said, 'No, it's the truth and we're going to go with it,' " Clark recalled.
Reagan came to the realization that abortion was morally wrong after serving as governor of California, Clark said. In 1967, when Clark was his chief of staff, Reagan signed a bill liberalizing California's abortion laws, which led to a surge in abortions.
"When he realized that it helped open the gates to abortion in California, he was very upset," Clark told CNSNews.com. "He said it was the biggest mistake he made in government. He tried to square it away as time went on."
Reagan made it a point to mention right-to-life issues in each of his State of the Union addresses. He also met with pro-life leaders while in the White House, addressed the March for Life rallies in the 1980s and instituted policies targeting abortion.
One of those policies came after the Second International Conference on Population in Mexico City in 1984. Reagan signed an executive order, dubbed the "Mexico City Policy" by pro-life advocates and the "Global Gag Rule" by its critics. The executive order blocked U.S. funding for organizations that promote or perform abortions overseas.
"President Reagan said it certainly shouldn't be our policy to export abortion, so get that out of our foreign aid program. He did common-sense things like that," said Michael Schwartz, vice president for government relations for Concerned Women for America. "He didn't have to tie himself in knots coming up with excuses for things. It was simply a matter of common sense."
After being inaugurated in January 1993, then-President Bill Clinton rescinded the policy. It was promptly restored by President Bush in January 2001.
Abortion rights advocates have criticized Reagan, and subsequently Bush, for implementing the plan. Planned Parenthood has suggested that the health of women in developing countries has declined as a result.
"For us, it's not a policy debate and it's not a debate about right and wrong; it's a debate about life and death," said Marjorie Signer, spokeswoman for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. "This policy, by gagging medical providers who need U.S. funds, potentially and actually hurts women who have serious medical needs."
But pro-life leaders said it was Reagan's actions, whether through words or policies, which inspired many Americans to oppose abortion.
"Reagan did not think in terms of risks. This is what was so awesome about him as a man. He did what was right," said Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue. "That was Ronald Reagan. If he believed it, he said it. And if he said it, he acted on it."
The Rev. Frank Pavone, director of Priests for Life, said Reagan made a tremendous contribution to the pro-life movement because of his beliefs.
"He had a saying on a paperweight on his desk that said, 'It's amazing how much we can get done when we don't care who gets the credit,' " Pavone said. "And that was his spirit when dealing with this issue. If criticism comes, if political prices have to be paid, the number one thing he needed to do was bear witness to this moral truth."
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This is the what if series where I take comic concepts and put them in a way that you can respond as to what you would do if it was you in that situation and under those circumstances.
The Guardians decided that their newest force of soldiers for good would consist of living beings, ones who had free will and strong moral character. To arm this new legion of celestial knights, the Guardians created the Power Rings, rings of inconceivably-advanced technology that allowed their wearers to project various color beams of energy with which the bearer could conjure objects of any size or shape, limited only by their emotions. After the Green Lantern Sinestro betrayed the Green Lantern Corps and created the Yellow Lantern Corps(fear), a prophecy was fulfilled that Lantern Corps of the other cosmic energies of emotion shall form, such as Red (rage), Orange (greed), Black (death), White (life), Indigo (compassion), Blue (hope), and Violet (love).
These rings find and give themselves to who they think display what that Corps represents best. Given what emotion you display most every day, which ring do you think you would possess? Not choosing by your favorite color, but which represents you best? What does that say about you?
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Prince Philip leaves hospital after heart surgery
Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip has left hospital, four days after being rushed in for heart surgery and missing the Royal family's Christmas celebrations.
The outspoken 90-year-old Prince smiled and waved as he was driven away in a dark car from Papworth hospital near Cambridge, eastern England.
Buckingham Palace said Prince Philip would return to the royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
"His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was discharged from Papworth Hospital this morning. He is returning to Sandringham by car," the palace said in a statement.
"On departure, Prince Philip thanked the staff at Papworth for the excellent care he has received during his stay.
"He is very much looking forward to rejoining his family."
The health scare was the most serious yet for the longest serving Royal consort in British history, who has remained active in recent years despite his age.
Prince Philip was airlifted from Sandringham to Papworth hospital on Friday after complaining of chest pains.
He underwent an operation to unblock a coronary artery using a stent, a mesh sleeve fitted over a sausage-shaped balloon which is inserted into the artery and then inflated.
The stent remains fixed in position inside the body when the balloon is removed and opens up the artery to remove the blockage.
The Prince was given a festive boost on Sunday with a Christmas Day visit from grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry and four other grandchildren.
The Queen herself visited her husband of 64 years at the hospital on Sunday after the Royal family's Christmas church service.
While at hospital Prince Philip told doctors he felt "fine" and did not want to "make a fuss", adding, "I just want to go home," according to reports.
Papworth is Britain's largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital and the country's main heart and lung transplant centre.
Next year is a big one for Queen Elizabeth as she celebrates her diamond jubilee, marking 60 years on the British throne with a series of events in June.
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WARSAW Oct 10 Russia's move to deploy nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into the Kaliningrad enclave bordering Poland and Lithuania is an inappropriate response to NATO's activities in the region, Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said on Monday.
"We believe that the Russian response, the moving of missiles, is an inappropriate response to NATO's activity," Waszczykowski said at a news conference.
Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander-M missiles into the Kaliningrad enclave, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday, adding it was part of routine drills. (Reporting by Jakub Iglewski; Writing by Marcin Goettig)
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- Organization of the educational process of the Shareholder's children, contact with teachers, tutors, governesses, medical care of the family, massage therapists, sports clubs, etc.
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text: NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Actinium Pharmaceuticals, (OTC BB: CTVN), a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative targeted payload immunotherapeutics, reported today that the program of the EMIT: Targeted Radiotherapy conference will feature three presentations devoted to Actinium Pharmaceuticals' clinical programs and technology platform. These presentations will address broadening use of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) preparation in various indications; rationale for and prospects of a pivotal study of Iomab-B in relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients; and successfully combining Actimab-A and low dose chemotherapy in front line treatment of older AML patients. "These presentations demonstrate again both the progress we are making and the interest our product candidates and platforms elicit in the clinic for AML patients in particular," said Jack Talley, president and chief executive officer of Actinium. "We intend to intensify our clinical programs this year and look forward to announcing additional milestones." The first Actinium program related presentation at this year's EMIT conference entitled "Radioimmunotherapy for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation of Leukemia and Lymphoma: Emerging Therapy and Future Approaches" will focus on the expanding use in clinical trials of the CD45 targeting monoclonal antibody BC8 labeled with various radioisotopes for optimal match to the cancer being treated in the context of HSCT. The second presentation entitled "Laying the Foundation for Stem Cell Transplantation with RIT for Enhanced Therapeutic Benefit" will focus on the unmet medical need of treating relapsed and refractory AML patients. The third presentation "Targeted Alpha Particle Immunotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia" will highlight results of front line treatment of older newly diagnosed AML patients. The following are the dates and times of the above referenced presentations: January 30, 2013, 9.00 am: "Radioimmunotherapy for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation of Leukemia and Lymphoma: Emerging Therapy and Future Approaches", presenter: John Pagel, MD, Associate Member, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center January 31, 2013, 1.30 pm: "Laying the Foundation for Stem Cell Transplantation with RIT for Enhanced Therapeutic Benefit", presenter: Dragan Cicic, MD, COO & CMO, Actinium Pharmaceuticals January 31, 2013, 2.00 pm: "Targeted Alpha Particle Immunotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia", Joseph Jurcic, MD, Chief, Leukemia Services, New York Presbyterian/ Columbia The above referenced oral presentations will take place at the One Washington Circle Hotel, One Washington Circle, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037. About Actinium Pharmaceuticals


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Benefits of a Mobile Mechanic
Owning a car can be a serious investment. With the rising cost of gas and the expense required to maintain a car, it can sometimes feel as if you are always spending money to keep your vehicle on the roads of the Gold Coast. While this may be true, nothing is quite as liberating as getting in your car and heading down the beautiful Australian coast to take in the wonderful scenery. This can be tough to do if your car is constantly in the shop getting repaired. There is an answer to this frustration which often comes with a car that constantly needs work; it is called a mobile mechanic.
You may be asking what exactly is a mobile mechanic? Well, the answer is quite simple; they are a mechanic that can come to your home or place of work to perform routine car maintenance in the Gold Coast area. There are several benefits to using a mobile auto mechanic as opposed to a mechanic shop.
Get on With Your Life with A Mobile Mechanic
Having a mechanic that literally comes to you, gives you a huge amount of flexibility when compared to a standard mechanic. No longer do you have to coordinate a ride to and from the mechanic shop which can take up valuable time out of your busy schedule. A mechanic that offers you mobile service gives you a great deal of flexibility to get the things you need done while keeping your car in tip top shape.
Mechanic on the Move Means Low Overhead
Another benefit to using a mobile mechanic in Gold Coast is the fact that these mechanics typically have a much lower overhead when compared to traditional mechanics. A mechanic that has his or her own shop has a large amount of upkeep and maintenance that is required to keep the lights on and the doors open. This overhead is transferred to the customer in the form of higher service prices. With a mechanic that is mobile, you do not have to worry about an expensive brick and mortar location. A mechanic that comes to you literally only needs a truck or van and possibly a tool for his or her tools. This is much less that what is standard in a mechanic shop.
Lower Prices on Average
Because a mobile mechanic does not have to pay for a shop and other overhead, their prices tend to be lower than that of a standard mechanic. This is great in that you are already saving on gas and time because the mechanic is coming to you, while you also save on price as well. Saving money with a mechanic service that is more convenient is a win for all involved.
Using a mobile mechanic in Gold Coast can be a great way to save money and save significant time. Do not discount a mechanic that is willing to come to you for your next auto repair. You may be surprised at how easy the entire process can be with a mechanic that is on the move!
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As per their mandate, the Municipal Heritage Committee works continuously to promote the heritage of the City of North Bay. They do this primarily through two separate programs. The first is an evaluation of heritage buildings through out the city which are then prioritized according to historical and architectural significance. Those designated a priority one (the highest possible priority) become part of the Glass Plaque program. The second program is known as the Heritage Site Plaque Program, wherein historically significant sites that are no longer around or that have altered significantly are recognized through an informational plaque placed on public land.
For more information on these programs, and the process that the Committee uses for its building evaluations, you will find the information below.
- Property Evaluation System
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Property Evaluation System
Properties are evaluated according to their architecture, history, environment, sustainability, and integrity. The evaluation procedure system used by the North Bay Heritage Committee is modeled upon the system used by Parks Canada in the evaluation of national historic sites and buildings. The following characteristics are sought in the appraisal of heritage buildings or sites:
A property with architectural significance has exceptional quality in its design, style, structural systems, materials, and craftsmanship, and also has a particular compatibility with its setting. Overall, the structure and/or site should be an outstanding component of this City's best character and image.
This value may be influenced by the architectural style or classical period that its design is derived from.
Consistent with the Parks Canada system, evaluation of each site or building is weighted on its architectural merit and value, whereby it represents a significant example of the best elements of our natural and built environment.
A property with historical significance is evaluated in terms of the person, group or event that may be associated with the building on its origin or during its lifetime. This measure is also based upon the usefulness of the structure itself for teaching cultural or social history at a local, regional or national level. Aging of the structure, in terms of its lasting capability over the years since its construction, is of great importance.
A property with environmental significance is a structure or site which contributes to the community in the character of the street, neighbourhood, or area in which it is located. This may arise from the importance of the property as a focal point of its locale, and/or from its recognition as a welcome sibling of the family of buildings to which it belongs. Furthermore, notable worthiness can arise from the successful marriage of structure and natural setting such that they complement each other and form a bond that is mutually supportive.
A property is considered meritorious in sustainability when there has been continuity of use for the purpose originally intended or potential for the property to be modified for other commendable purposes. Both are dependent upon the availability of public utilities and services for continuing use and the implementation of a program of usage that is economically viable. The cost to preserve, restore and maintain the structure must be reasonable in comparative terms.
Significance is gained in this context by fellowship of usage and character with its neighbourhood and/or its capability of retrofit to meet the demands of new requirements.
Compatibility of the structure with the site, the street and the neighbourhood is important in assessing the integrity of any property. Another consideration is the possible adaptability for retrofitting without modification to the original architectural elements that establish its merit.
A policy of wisdom in maintaining heritage value should be implemented whereby external restoration, where necessary, is carried out with consistent integrity in the reconstitution of the original design without compromise. Alterations and/or additions should be complementary to the original design.
Internal renovation may be necessary in order to achieve functional capability, but not at the expense of external integrity.
This system is designed to assist evaluators in determining which properties are sufficiently significant to warrant conservation and preservation, and most important, to develop the criteria on which this can be established.
It is intended that architectural value judgments may be made rationally, objectively and confidently.
Evaluation Process - Glass Plaque Program
The Site Evaluation Program seeks to recognize properties that have architectural and/or historical characteristics. The program is sometimes referred to as the Glass Plaque Program, as certain properties with exceptional qualities are commemorated with a glass plaque.
The Municipal Heritage Committee develops a list of properties that might merit consideration from the Committee. This list forms the basis of Committee's work plan, enabling members to prioritize which properties to evaluate. Members of the public, City staff and City Council are encouraged to suggest properties that should be considered. This list is regularly reviewed and revised.
The Committee obtains the property owner's permission before conducting any form of evaluation. Once the owner's consent is achieved, all available Committee members attend the property in question to conduct a site visit. Photographs are taken, notable features are documented and Committee members ask questions of the owner to gain an understanding of the property's history and characteristics.
The Committee has always benefited by having an architect as a member of the Committee, which enables the Committee to gain a detailed understanding of the history of the building's construction, features and the property's significance to the community's built form.
Following the site evaluation, the Committee reviews third party information to get a more fulsome understanding of the property's history. Sources of information include (but is not limited to) the North Bay Public Library, Discovery Centre museum and a title search at the Land Registry's Office.
The next step is for the Committee to complete the scoring evaluation sheet. The scoring system is a numerical system that grades the subject property to a maximum of 100 points on characteristics such as architecture and historical significance, as outlined above (see "Property Evaluation System"). This score establishes the property's heritage priority level, as per below:
Priority-One Heritage Sites:
Properties that score 90-100 are recognized as being some of North Bay's most historic properties and are deemed to be a Priority-One Heritage Site. Properties earn this distinction through outstanding preservation of historically and/or architecturally significant properties. Priority-One Heritage Sites are presented with a commemorative glass plaque, to be affixed on an exterior wall. With the concurrence of the owner, the Municipal Heritage Committee typically organizes a press event to unveil the plaque and publicly acknowledge the property.
Priority-Two Heritage Sites:
Properties that score 80-89 are recognized as having visible architectural and/or historical attributes and are deemed to be a Priority-Two heritage Site. Priority-Two Heritage Sites are recognized for their important contributions to North Bay's history by way of a certificate.
Priority-Three Heritage Sites:
Properties that score 70-79 have some architectural and/or historical attributes and should be recognized. These properties receive a letter commending the heritage attributes of the property.
Information gathered from the Site Evaluation, research and the scoring chart is then compiled into a Site Evaluation Report. The Site Evaluation Report is intended to be a comprehensive summary of all historical aspects of the property. It will touch upon subjects such as historical events, architecture, persons of interest affiliated with the property (famous owners, architect, etc.).
The Site Evaluation Report varies in length and in depth of information, depending on the amount of research material available to the Committee. Reports are typically written by a solitary author, with all other Committee members sharing in the responsibility of editing. The exception to this structure is the section pertaining to architecture. This portion is typically written by the Committee's architect.
The Site Evaluation Report is the core of the Municipal Heritage Committee's functions, documenting properties in an interesting and educative fashion for future generations. The information and text prepared for the Site Evaluation Report is utilized in other information materials, such as this Illustrative Guide and online content.
Heritage Site Plaque Program
The Municipal Heritage Committee, in cooperation with the City of North Bay's Parks and Recreation Department, established the Heritage Site Plaque Program in 2009. This program has resulted in a series of plaques being placed throughout the community on sites that have heritage characteristics but have undergone significant changes. This might mean a building that once was present but has since been removed, or a natural feature that previously utilized in a different manner.
The goal of this initiative is to share the community's history by featuring an interesting story. By placing the plaque on site, the readers can ostensibly look around and see how the property was once used.
Similar to the aforementioned Glass Plaque Program, the Municipal Heritage Committee receives the property owner's approval prior to commencing work.


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Leslie Berestein Rojas is KPCC's Immigration and Emerging Communities Reporter.
An award-winning journalist with several years' experience reporting on immigration issues, Berestein Rojas most recently covered immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border for the San Diego Union-Tribune. She has retraced the steps of migrants along desert smuggling trails, investigated immigrant detention contractors, and told the stories of families left behind in Mexico's migrant-sending towns.
A native of Cuba raised in Los Angeles, Leslie has also written for Time, People, the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times. She has reported from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Stories by Leslie Berestein Rojas
In the news this morning: Immigration courts still behind on caseload, Sergio Romo's 'illegal' t-shirt, more
Immigration judges behind on caseload - Associated Press The Justice Department's Inspector General reports that the federal government is not keeping up with the caseload in the nation's immigration courts, even with more judges.
Tales from the Mexican American middle class
Latino. Middle class. The two terms don't frequently come up side by side in many of the more popular depictions of Latinos in the U.S. But this large and often overlooked group is now the subject of a new book.
Beyond newsroom diversity: Should who covers what matter?
A recent analysis of newspaper stories concluded that 95 percent of immigration stories sampled were written by non-Latino white journalists. Does it matter who covers what?
In the news this morning: State immigration initiatives, Californians more tolerant of undocumented, deferred action skeptics, more
Gay marriage, pot, immigration among ballot issues - ABC There are measures addressing these issues in several states, including a Montana immigration initiative calling for voters to have proof of citizenship, and a Maryland measure proposing in-state tuition for undocumented college students.
Should there be more reporters of color covering immigration?
According to a new study, almost 95 percent of the immigration-related stories in a sampling of major newspapers this year were written by non-Latino white reporters.
'You can call it an illegal act': More readers on 'illegal' vs. 'undocumented'
Earlier this week, KPCC's Public Insight Network asked members what term they use to decribe immigrants who are in the United States wihout permission: Illegal, undocumented, or "other." The reactions keep coming.
In the news this morning: Illegal immigration as economic bellwether, DACA applicants on the rise, more
Improved economy draws illegal immigrants - USA Today More on the new study from U.S. and Mexican researchers suggesting there has been a slight increase in northbound migration from Mexico in the first half of this year, coinciding with a slowly recovering U.
'Illegal' or 'undocumented?' People explain which term they use and why
Asked what informs their choice of terms for immigrants who are in the U.S. without permission, several people explain why they use the words they do.
In the news this morning: Migration from Mexico, deported US veterans, Muslim voters, more
Obama 'confident' about immigration reform in a second term - CNN More on President Obama's take on immigration reform from a previously off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register.
Poll: More Muslim voters support Obama, but one-fourth are undecided
A poll of Muslim voters found 25 percent of respondents still undecided in the presidential election, although the vast majority said they plan to vote. Sixty-eight percent said they favored President Obama, while seven percent supported GOP candidate Mitt Romney.
The return of migration from Mexico? Report suggests an uptick
It's been just months since the story of migration from Mexico coming to a standstill made national headlines, but a new report suggests an uptick the first half of this year.
In the news this morning: Obama talks immigration reform, more migrants at border, voter ID laws and Latinos, more
Obama, in off-the-record interview, laid out plans to fiscal, immigration deals - NBC The White House has allowed the release of a transcript of an originally off-the-record Des Moines Register interview in which President Obama talked about unfinished busines he plans to get done in a second term if elected, including comprehensive immigration reform.
Latinos' preference for Obama part of a trend as GOP loses their support
A recently released Pew Hispanic Center survey found overwhelming support for President Barack Obama among Latino voters; there are also more Latinos favoring the Democratic party today. It's part of a gradual trend.
In the news this morning: Asian American voters, no immigration in foreign policy debate, more
Voting campaigns target Asian Americans - Los Angeles Times Various campaigns are aimed at getting Asian Americans to vote, including one involving a "blitz of mailers, multilingual phone banks and online tool kits for Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Pacific Islander, South Asian, Thai and Vietnamese voters.
The case for living in two languages
The co-authors of new book titled "Bilingual is Better" are the same two bloggers and bicultural moms behind Spanglish Baby, a go-to site for parents trying to raise bilingual kids. They share their insight and personal stories in a Q&A.


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Speed dating meets art making in Art Battle Canada
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
By Tony Martins / Photos by Michael Wozniak
You may have noticed that humanity is accelerating. Particularly in the western world, every day, more and more, faster and faster, we aim to do things more swiftly and efficiently. Speed dating is a good (or bad) example, wherein young singles get 5 minutes or so on a succession of "dates" in a merry-go-round of matchmaking that is part social engineering and part spectacle.
Art Battle Canada is a similar kind of head-spinning performance that could be deemed, paradoxically, both unrealistic and liberating. The cross-Canada event series bills itself as "live competitive painting," in which 12 painters have 20 minutes to complete a canvas using acrylic paints while a standing audience orbits the easels for an up-close view of the creative process. At the end of two preliminary rounds, the audience votes to decide which painters advance to a final round paint-off, in which one artist emerges victorious. The event gives new meaning to Jackson Pollock's idea of action painting.
An Ottawa edition of Art Battle took place on Tuesday, October 1 at Arts Court and the event was packed with painters and curious observers. Another battle will be contested here on November 4. Sure, it's a spectacle that draws from the "competitive creativity" so popular right now on reality television, but purists might bristle at the idea that painting under such circumstances can be worthwhile. Can a "good" painting can be completed in 20 minutes? Others might counter with the view that art making need not be a meticulous and painstaking process in every instance. Sometimes great works can be spontaneous, improvised, and the product of swirling chaos.
Angela Hillier
Angela Hillier, one of the painters who took part at Arts Court, holds this latter view. Hillier was eager to embrace the challenge and painted well enough to be voted into the final round, where she lost out to the overall winner, Allan Charles André.
Currently in her fourth year of the bachelor or fine arts program (BFA) at the University of Ottawa, Hillier took part to "showcase the process of my work," she said. "I wanted to push my limits and see what I could produce in such a unique environment."
Heading into the event, Hillier was aware of how the confines of Art Battle might contradict some aspects of her BFA studies, particularly "the emphasis put on conceptualizing before creating a work," she explains. "In this amount of time that cannot be taken as far as usual."
In another way, however, Art Battle presented an opportunity in keeping with the "focus on process at Ottawa U," Hillier notes. "Allowing yourself to be expressed without hesitation is the essence of painting for me."
Once off and running, Hillier seemed to thrive in the noisy and chaotic atmosphere: "The time constraint changed my method, but not too much," she reported. "Thankfully, I usually paint fairly quickly—one of the reasons I applied—but this pushed it to another level, making me give into my impulses."
Artist are often thought to be brooding and reclusive figures, but Hillier drew from the throbbing energy in the room. "I was able to tune out what was around me but I chose not to," said the artist. "The space you paint in influences your work greatly, and I wanted it to even more so under these circumstances. I included the audience by asking them what colour I should use next."
Although Hillier was happy with the two paintings she ended up with, she was aware of how the competitive aspect may have hindered her success in the final round. "I found I was just more centred in the first one, whereas in the second I was more focused on the competition, which was my downfall," she explained.
And the key takeaway? "I learned that trusting your immediate responses while creating a work can be extremely rewarding and impossible to plan for. This impulse is something you can't control but it allows for beautiful moments to happen within a work if you let it."
The next Art Battle in Ottawa takes place Monday, November 4, again in the Arts Court Theatre, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door ($10 for students.)
October 1 Art Battle winner Allan Charles André


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Mummy said I had to take that medisin. She said it'll make me all better. I really didn't feel poorly before, but I took it because my mummy loves me, and she was right, because just after I took the medisin, I was sick all over the floor, so I must have been poorly. She didn't tell me off, though, about the mess on the floor. She just smiled at me and gived me some more of the nasty salty medisin, and then phoned for the ambalence, like last time.
We're at the hopsital now. I had to do a wee in a jug, and I was a bit embarrissed, but mummy took the jug and gived it to the nurse. I think my mummy cut her finger and it axidently dripped into the jug, cos there was some blud in it afterwards. Poor mummy's finger.
The doctor just came and they put a needle in my arm and it hurted a little bit but I was a brave girl. I'm always a brave girl at the hopsital, like last time when I had to have the oparashun to take my appendicks out, even though the doctor said afterwards there was nothing wrong with it. There is a long tube attached to the hurty needle in my arm with a bag of suger-water on the big pole. My mummy keeps pressing the buttons on the masheen on the pole and the suger-water drips a bit more quicker. But she stops when the nurse comes in.
The nurses are always nice to mummy when I come to the hopsital, putting their arms round her and with that nice smile and looking a bit worried too, and I think she likes that. I hope I don't need another oparashun. My tummy hurted for a long time after. I wonder why I always get sick when daddy's away.


text: There are tickets still available for this weekends UMaine hockey playoff series with UMass Lowell. The students are on vacation and the Black Bears want to make sure that Lowell knows they're playing in Orono. Tim Whitehead – Maine Head Coach"The support from our fans this year has been unbelievable and really has allowed us to recapture our home ice advantage and we're excited cause its made a difference in the past and we think it can make a difference again this weekend."A reminder, we'll have the 2nd game of the best-of-3 series with UMass Lowell. The Saturday game will be on our sister station, The CW as well as the Sunday game if necessary. Both games start at 7:00.


text: He added the conference will offer opportunities for dialogue with experts from the public and private sectors, including Jay Goldstone, chair of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and an alumnus of the School of Public Affairs' master's program in public administration."Our speakers include leaders and innovators in municipal finance who are eager to share their knowledge, solutions and strategies for making successful deals happen," said conference co-chair Susan Giles Bischak, president and CEO of Giles & Company Strategic Business Consultants, Inc., and a faculty associate in the school. Other presenters include key players in municipal finance for economic development, public-private partnerships and infrastructure development, such as: Gabriel Petek, senior director at Standard & Poor's State and Local Government Group; Kurt M. Freund, managing director of municipal finance for RBC Capital Markets, LLC; Matthew Jones, senior vice president at Moody's Investors Service; James D. Couch, city manager of Oklahoma City; and Ray Garfield, president of Encore Garfield Public/Private LLC. "The Municipal Finance Challenge is an exciting opportunity to give public-sector finance officers the knowledge they need to structure the best deal, and the confidence to explain and defend their choices to all interested stakeholders," said conference co-chair Michael Stanton, publisher of The Bond Buyer. SOURCE Arizona State University School of Public Affairs


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The revolving doors at the BBC have been spinning vigorously in recent months. As Maggie Brown reports in her article "Frequent flyers", there is considerable alarm about the number of executive departures. Maybe those who remain are genuinely concerned for the creative lifeblood of the corporation, or maybe they just resent not getting a big job elsewhere.
However, there is one person over whom they have not been ruminating: Michele Romaine was not a big name within the BBC, let alone outside it. Yet she, too, is one of the senior departures of the past year. Although she was a backroom woman, her case is more interesting than the others, rasing serious issues that go to the heart of the way the BBC is run.
Romaine left her job as director of production modernisation a year ago this month, claiming constructive dismissal. Her legal action caused grown men at the BBC to feel physically sick, as she planned to raise allegations of financial irregularities at the BBC. But the dispute did not get far: in April, the BBC's formidable legal team settled. And before you ask, yes, the terms include a gagging clause that prevents Romaine from ever speaking about the circumstances of her departure. So we shall never know the details of what she alleged was going on.
The BBC has form on the secrecy score. A year ago, Ernst & Young completed a review of the BBC's financial controls. The review was announced by the chairman, Michael Grade, in a big interview in the Independent. "If you are going to ask me what keeps me awake at night, it's not a journalistic horror - it's not a Hitler's diary - because those things happen and editors make mistakes," he said. "I am more concerned about the stewardship of the public's money than some political row about a programme investigating the Olympic committee or whatever."
Fine words, but how are we to judge whether the public's money is being stewarded better or worse than before the inquiry? For the BBC refused to publish it, revealing only the contents of a "management letter" that purported to summarise the main findings. So MediaGuardian tried to use the Freedom of Information Act to force the BBC to disclose the Ernst & Young report. We were particularly interested in whether there had been a draft version, having had it on good authority that the draft was particularly embarrassing to one or two senior people.
It appeared for a time that we would find out: the word was that the corporation was on the brink of changing its mind, when it was given a convenient get-out clause: one particularly astute member of that famously formidable legal team realised that copyright of the document was vested in Ernst & Young - and the accountants declined to give the BBC permission to release it. Handy, that.
The other bit of Secret BBC that interested us was the report into Alan Yentob's expenses. You remember the corporation's creative director was cleared of dishonesty; in public, he was given something resembling a rap over the knuckles with a feather-duster when he was told he had taken "insufficient care over some aspects of his affairs". We wanted to know whether the public statement was consistent with the private report: again, our FOI request was turned down.
One area where the BBC has been forced to open up is the accounts of its governors' meetings: following FOI requests from this newspaper and others, the BBC now publishes the minutes (although there are still plenty of blanked-out bits where the FOI act provides for exemptions). But the organisation that swallows £3bn of our money every year still has a long way to go before its darkened passageways are exposed to the glaring spotlight of accountability.
· Matt Wells is editor of MediaGuardian