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Oedipus is a play written by Sophocles that many have heard. Few, however, would not be surprised to discover what Oedipus has discovered at the end of the play, that our tragic hero has killed his own father only to marry his mother. Many ask how this play could be a tragedy? What is the definition of tragedy? Aristotles The Poetics, is a work in which he tried to define what tragedy was. Aristotle decided that the hero, or at least the main character in a tragedy must be centrally good, but must bring about himself his demise, due to a fatal flaw, known as hamartia. The character must show traits of nobleness . Were the character not noble, the audience would not care about the person, and ...
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The Character Change Of Oedipus - 1,859 words
The character Oedipus in Sophocles drama Oedipus the King goes through an unfortunate but necessary character change. From a prideful, heroic king at the beginning of the play, to a tyrant in denial towards the middle, and finally to a fearful, condemned man, humbled by his tragic fate, Oedipus change personifies that which makes an unforgettable drama. When Oedipus is first introduced, he appears to be a confident, valiant hero and reasonably so. Taking into mind the background of the drama, we learn that this foreigner to Thebes arrives at the city limits, braves death, solves the Sphinxs riddle and releases the city from the horrible terror. Only a man like Oedipus, a man possessing treme ...
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Oedipus Is Innocent - 1,432 words
Because Oedipus knows nothing about the past of Thebes, he is not an assassin. Oedipus committed murder but unknowingly of who King Laius was. Oedipus honor was his claim against the murder. Had it been the other way around and Oedipus had lost the battle, King Laius alibi would have also been for reasons of honor: for reasons of royalty. Oedipus was royalty and knew it as well did King Laius. The main idea behind Oedipus innocence is this royalty. Regardless of either of their class standings a fight occurred and the one to start had been King Laius men, or group, the fact that they lost is not the fault of Oedipus. In other words, King Laius and his men wanted to discipline Oedipus for not ...
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Oedipus And King Lear - 896 words
In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Kalidasa's Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, and Shakespeare's King Lear, there are characters that help the hypothetical figure see the "whole of reality". In Oedipus the King the characters Jocasta and Tiresias allow Oedipus realize his tragic flaw. The same can be said of Kent in King Lear. Also, in Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection the ring that was given to Sakuntala is the catalyst that allowed King Dusyanta realize that Sakuntala was indeed his wife. These characters serve three important purposes in their respective plays (although a ring is not usually considered to be a character). First of all, they are crucial in shaping the plot of the ...
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Buena Vista De Oedipus - 1,345 words
Buena Vista de "Oedipus The King" Do you have a great understanding of "Oedipus the King"? The understanding provoked by reading this story is not accidental but intentional. Sophocles wants the reader to walk away with condemnation and regret. The reader can not help but to walk away from the book with a better understanding of fate. The knowledge gained is going to be different for each reader. To understand the story, an eye examination must take place. A diagnosis of each character's function and true self must be performed. Unless, the reader puts on his or her lenses of interpretation they will suffer from First, the main character, Oedipus according to the story is the greatest of men ...
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Can Destiny Be Avoided - 682 words
Many conflicts occur in daily society: between two people, among groups of people, and sometimes between people and their destiny. The most interesting aspect of Oedipus Rex is the conflicts it contains throughout the play: Oedipus Rex is a tragedy of destiny (Dodds 17). There are many conflicts that occur in the play Oedipus Rex; the three most crucial occur between Laius and Jocaste and the gods, between Oedipus and his destiny, and finally between good and evil. Oedipus Rex presents many conflicts, but the first occurs between Laius and Jocaste and the gods. Laius and Jocaste disobey the gods by marrying one another. The result of the disobedience leads to a child who later kills his fath ...
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Characterization Of Oedipu Srex - 314 words
Oedipus Rex was written by Sophocles (496-406 BC), a Greek playwright. It is the first play in a trilogy about a tragic hero, King Oedipus. Oedipus is a complex character with many different characteristics. A few of the most dominant ones are that he was a good ruler, stubborn, and very honest. One of Oedipus' character traits is that he was a good ruler. When his people were in despair, he did not send a messenger to find out what was troubling them, he went himself. He also doesn't hide anything from his people. When Creon entered with bad news regarding the murder of King Laius, he advised Oedipus to hear the news in a private place. Oedipus refused because he felt that he was king for t ...
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Blind Oedipus - 772 words
In "Oedipus The King" by Sophocles, we see a man, Oedipus, who can see but cannot see at the same time. Oedipus has been chosen to look for the murderer of the former king, Laius. Little does he know that he, a few years prior, was the one who killed king Laius. He has also been destined to kill his father and marry his mother, which he knows he's destined but does not see that he already has. There are many factors in the story that give Oedipus hints and clues that tell him that he killed king Laius, his father, and married his mother Jocasta. The elders suggest that Oedipus consult the blind prophet Tiresias. Tiresias will tell Oedipus the truth on who killed Laius. When Tiresias arrives, ...
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Emotions Of Oedipus Rex - 868 words
In the play, Oedipus Rex, Sophocles carefully gives each character their own personality, so they will react differently to their problems as they come about. The way each character deal with his or her feelings is what makes this play so powerful. Through out the play we know for a fact the main character, Oedipus Rex, had indeed killed his father in a confrontation, and went on to marry his mother, Iocaste. As Oedipus learns this, he goes through a great deal of emotions throughout the story, ranging from one extreme to the other. After Oedipus learns about his prophesy, he becomes deathly afraid the Oracle might become true. One problem, Oedipus doesnt know the people he has been living w ...
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Oedipus - 968 words
The play opens in front of the palace of Oedipus at Thebes. Oedipus asks a priest and his supplicants what they are wanting. The priest thanks him for saving them from the Sphinx, but tells him that the city needs saving again from a plague that has descended. Oedipus admits this and says that he has sent a messenger to Apollo's shrine to find out what he must do to save the city. The messenger arrives just then. The messenger says that Apollo told him that the man who murdered former King Laius must be discovered and driven from the land. Oedipus vows to do so. All exit but the chorus. The chorus laments the plague. Oedipus returns. He asks anyone knowing the identity of the murderer to ste ...
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Tragedy Essay - 1,932 words
Over the course of time, many things tend to change significantly. Such is the case of tragic literature and the cathartic effect it has on the reader, which has deteriorated a great deal from Sophocles writing of the true tragedy, Oedipus. Hamlet exemplifies partial decomposition of catharsis whereas Miss Julie epitomises an almost total collapse of the cathartic effect. It is assumed that the higher the status of the tragic hero, the easier for the 1990s audience to identify the characters tragic flaw. The identity refers to the ability to relate to the situation or idea. The higher social status of the protagonist in Oedipus and Hamlet allows an easier level of reader identification that ...
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Oedipus The King - 610 words
The gods proclaimed a debase fate for Oedipus. Instead of being amenable to the gods, Oedipus repeatedly attempts to avoid his fate. Although it seems like Oedipus disobeys the gods, he actually says many things which prove otherwise. When his city begins to suffer from drought, famine and plagues, Oedipus relies on the oracle for a solution. To his subjects he declares, So with the help of God, we shall be savedor else indeed we are lost (Sophocles 113). This shows his complete faith in the gods and their decisions. When the oracle reveals that the murderer of King Laius is to blame for all of the suffering, Oedipus once again declares his trust in the gods. The Delphic voice of Zeus has pr ...
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A Puppet without Strings The theory behind fate or predetermination has been embedded in todays society partially due to literature. Sophocles Oedipus The King perpetuates this ideology that the title character pursues a path which happens to be foretold. Oedipus was determined to save his city and discover his identity, however he ultimately assists in his own downfall. An Oracle reveals that Oedipus is destined to murder his father and marry his mother, and Oedipus, unable to face his unspeakable fate, chooses to flee his home in order to escape from it. Oedipus, whom believed he was running from his destiny, was actually led directly to it. Oedipus unknowingly fulfills the prophecy by mar ...
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Oedipus Rex - 1,001 words
Was it that the gods were poking at him like a goldfish in a small glass jar? Was Oedipus's life actually foretold by a prophet before he was ever conceived? Or was it mere happenstance that Oedipus's life had fallen perfectly in place with the words of that prophet? Did fate play a major role in the life of Oedipus Rex, or was it just coincidence? Ah, fate and coincidence, destiny of chance, two totally opposite concepts. Yet one may just be the largest determining factor of life. Which one determines the events of Oedipus Rex all depends upon the views of the reader. Both ideas are strongly established as the drama unfolds. The ironic thing about it however is that the evidence which prove ...
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Was it that the gods were poking at him like a goldfish in a small glass jar? Was Oedipus's life actually foretold by a prophet before he was ever conceived? Or was it mere happenstance that Oedipus's life had fallen perfectly in place with the words of that prophet? Did fate play a major role in the life of Oedipus Rex, or was it just coincidence? Ah, fate and coincidence, destiny of chance, two totally opposite concepts. Yet one may just be the largest determining factor of life. Which one determines the events of Oedipus Rex all depends upon the views of the reader. Both ideas are strongly established as the drama unfolds. The ironic thing about it however is that the evidence which prove ...
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In Oedipus the King it is made quite clear by Sophocles that trying to defy your fate is pointless and only results in your fate coming to pass whether you like it or not. The first example of the pointlessness of trying to defy your fate is that of Laius. One day Laius, Oedipus' true father, was confronted by an oracle of Apollo. This oracle said that "doom would strike him down at the hands of a son". When Jocasta, his wife, gave birth to a son, Laius, believing he could defy the prediction of Apollo's oracle, ordered that his newborn son be put to death. He gave the child to Jocasta and she gave the child to a servant in the castle, telling him to bind the baby and leave him on a far hill ...
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Oedipusmacbeth Comparison - 878 words
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Oedipus Rex - 1,624 words
In Sophocless play Oedipus Rex Oedipus Even though "fate" seems to determine Oedipus' life, . he does infact have a free will. His choices brought the prophecy to life. Only his decisions (not influenced by anybody) he made. Of course those decisions were in side of the limits set by fate. When Oedipus heard a prophesy that his going to kill his father and sleep with his mother he ran away, even when he new there were suspicions of him being the real son of his parents. There some lines from the play: "There was a man dining with us one day who had too much wine and man shouted at me-half drunk and shouting that I was not rightly called my father's son. Without my parent's knowledge, I went ...
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In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus is a classic tragic hero. According to Aristotle's definition, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is a king whose life falls apart when he finds out his life story. There are a number of characteristics described by Aristotle that identify a tragic hero. For example, a tragic hero must cause his own downfall; his fate is not deserved, and his punishment exceeds the crime; he also must be of noble stature and have greatness. Oedipus is in love with his idealized self, but neither the grandiose nor the depressive "Narcissus" can really love himself (Miller 67). All of the above characteristics make Oedipus a tragic hero according to Aristotle's id ...
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HP executive Todd Bradley confirmed via a company Q3 2010 earnings call that HP will indeed release a webOS-powered tablet in Q1 2011.
"You'll see us with a Microsoft product in the near future and a webOS-based product in early 2011," Bradley said in response to a direct question about the status of an HP tablet.
It wasn't long ago that HP cancelled their plans to release a Windows Mobile tablet, dubbed the Slate, because of dissatisfaction with Microsoft's mobile operating system. HP then moved forward with the Slate, only with Palm's webOS as the operating system. Bradley's announcement makes it clear that HP isn't completely done with Windows on a tablet.
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Perhaps the saddest part of the tale of deceit by Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Deceit, is not that he stole money from his charity, lied about his charming story of being nursed back to health and didn't buid the schools he claimed to have built.
The saddest part of the story is that he made us believe we could win the cultural war in Afghanistan if only we would do good works like build schools. He played on our sentiments, in particular, by insisting we could change the nation's culture by educating its young girls.
Every U.S. soldier in Afghanistan was expected to read the book, and our mission changed from getting the bad guys to liberalizing Afghanistan.
It was a fool's errand that has cost us many lives and has contributed to many deaths and instability in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. It has also cost us a lot of money and mired us in a war that can't be won.
That is the danger of idealism. On person spins a pretty story about how we can change the world. A whole nation buys it. Now we are in trouble.
Nobody in America would disagree that it would be better if Afghanistan were to have a more tolerant culture. But you don't teach tolerance by occupying a country. You don't change a culture through force of arms. We should know that by now. Our pacification efforts in Vietnam only served to alienate more and more of the population while hardening our enemy. Once we left Vietnam, the government no longer had a reason to support such a militarist approach and the government today continues to move toward being a more open society.
Perhaps it will take much longer for societies like Afghanistan's to become more open, to protect women's rights than we would like. But that is not something we can accelerate through use of force. That change must come from within the culture.
Meanwhile, spending so much on defense weakens our ability to spend on important needs here at home.
We simply have to admit that we cannot be the policeman of the world. We don't have the resources or the authority, and we don't have much of a track record of success.


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Riemer, Shirley J., Roger P. Minert, and Jennifer A. Anderson. The German Research Companion. Sacramento, Calif: Lorelei Press, 2010.
This third edition of the The German Research Companion is filled with possibilities for researching German family history. Note the addition of email addresses, recently published books and other aids, website addresses (complete with directions for managing some of them), as well as helpful comments concerning the use of resources.
I heard Dr. Minert last Saturday at the Santa Barbara spring seminar and this is reinforcing his lectures. I have some modest hopes about my Austrians at this point.


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When batches of critical, very high reliability single use parts are being produced, rigorous testing is often required to qualify the parts and allow them to be used by the customer. Frequentist and Bayesian approaches are described for predicting the reliability of a subset of the batch, conditional on all of the tested parts working cor- rectly. Answers from di erent methods are compared, their strengths and weaknesses considered, and their robustness to initial assumptions examined. Some related ques- tions are explored about the impact on reliability from di erent choices of the relative size of the tested and sale units and the condition for passing the batch from both the manufacturer and customer's point of views. We describe the approach in the context of automotive airbag in ation devices, which are standard on most vehicles, but the approach is relevant for batches of single use parts which have a very high requirement for reliability and must be destructively tested.
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I am about to pick up an older version p95 if I can get these problems resolved. I took it to the range today. Shooting qualifier from my job clean the gun. The owner put a ton of grease all over the slide and everywhere. Guy cleaned it and did not oil/grease it. I took it to the range and put about 65 rounds through it. On almost every shot. It would misfeed (load the ammo in crooked and make the slide jam). Then it would not eject the empty casing after the shot. I had to manual pull the slide back dump the case on every shot except 5 or 6. The gun did not have a problem when the guy qualified with it a few months ago.
Could this be caused by the lack of grease on the slide or from the mag?
Ammo was 10 rounds of unknown and 50 rounds of Independence. It is a nice gun. Has a good amount of wear on the outside but I talked the guy down to $225 for the gun, 3 mags, and a nylon. Holster.
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About all I can say this week is that I hope you're catching more fish than I am. This has been as tough as I can ever remember. I went out the other night and blanked — not even a nibble. I'm not saying I'm the best angler around, but I've fished this lake for a lot of years. I can't remember when that's ever happened before. It was bad — dead as a doornail.
For sure, the biggest part of the problem is the drought and the lack of oxygen. A couple of weeks ago I told you there were dead fish floating around down here and that the state fisheries office sent a couple off to a lab somewhere to be analyzed. The results came back the other day and, sure enough, they died from a lack of oxygen.
It has to be the drought. They said they were pulling cold water from deep in the lake, and that was part of the problem, but I'm not convinced. It hasn't been that hot lately, so why would the electric demand be the cause of this or even be a big part of it?
That's the bad news. There is some good stuff going on, though. The fish seem to be moving shallow a little earlier this year. From what I've heard, that's happening all around the country. I'm guessing it's because of the rains we've had lately. The creeks and cuts are definitely cooler. The rainwater should have more oxygen in it, too.
That might get better with the hurricane that's headed our way. If it misses most of Florida and follows the west side of the state, the weatherman says we might get some rain from it. Actually, it might reach almost all the way to the Great Lakes. That'll help the drought and fill some of the reservoirs with oxygen-rich water.
I'm not saying that the hurricane is a good thing. It's terrible for the people who suffer through it. But the rain will help other parts of the country. Life is a tradeoff.
If I were to offer an opinion about catching a few right now it would be to fish the inflows early and late in the day. Around here, the early morning has been better, but that might be different where you live. Topwater baits have been the best producers.
We've been walking frogs right off the bank over the first drop. They seem to take the bait right on the break. I'd suggest you pause a natural colored one for a few seconds right on that spot. You also might want to try buzzbaits. I have several reports of guys really tearing them up on chartreuse and white, black and white.
The early and late bite is a really good sign. It means that even though the fish aren't all that active right now, they're starting to think about wanting to feed. If they're moving early and late right now, it won't be long before they're moving and feeding all day.


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Minnesota's auditor suggests ending state ethanol subsidy
A few days ago the auditor in Minnesota suggested that the state's use of subsidies to the ethanol industry may have outlived its purpose, since ethanol firms have been profitable. Also it is likely to cost $44m over the next three years. There are of course lots of votes in Minnesota's ethanol plants, so it […]
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The people at the US Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center in the US have the kernel of what could be a great biofuel resource. The USAFAVDC has started to waymark E85 pumps in the US. There are nine on the list, you can add more.
Poet in talks about an ethanol pipeline to NY harbour
The news that Poet is in talks to discuss the feasibility of a dedicated ethanol pipeline from the Midwest to New York Harbour. Is over the internet like a rash this morning with posts byGreen Car Congress: POET Joins Magellan Midstream Partners to Assess Dedicated Ethanol Pipeline; Buckeye Drops Out Yankton Press & Dakotan: Ethanol […]
Biofuel plants in Germany
I've just come across a map of biofuel plants in Germany on Google Maps. Here it is, if you can help fill in any holes, I'm sure that GP would be happy to hear from you. View Larger Map
Check out ethanol plant closures in the US
Check out the updating ethanol plant closures in the US on Earth2TechMaps' Biofuel Deathwatch. Not a name I'd have chosen myself, but the site makes the point that while there are bright spots, like many candidates for the 08 Presidential race are talking about biofuels. What I suspect this map shows is that the economics […]
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This is where they make ethanol in Minnesota.
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Information for State Health Policy (Phase 2)
The Foundation's Information for State Health Policy was designed to improve the capacity of state health statistics systems to support health policy making and program management.Of the 10 states awarded Phase I planning grants, North Carolina is one of 7 selected to receive Phase II implementation funds. Under Phase II of the Program, states will undertake and monitor data system improvements, using the implementation plans developed during Phase I, and focusing on the high priority needs identified in the planning phase. A report on each project's accomplishments will be submitted to the Foundation, along with a public-use data tape that includes the data files and fields used to address the identified policy issues. Projects are expected to be self-supporting by the end of Foundation funding and could serve as models for other health policy areas and for other states. In addition, projects will improve the accessibility of state-level data for analysis by public- and private-sector researchers.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $750,000.00
Awarded on: 8/26/1993
Time frame: 9/1/1993 - 6/30/1998
Grant Number: 22868
State of North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, 27611-7687


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Top 10 Rookies: Week 2 Preseason
Top 10 Rookies: Week 2 Preseason
Two weeks of preseason are now in the books, almost, and people are starting to form opinions on the season ahead. Fans and media members alike are fully aware that preseason is not uniformly indicative of regular season performances, but that doesn't stop us from getting excited about outstanding efforts or worried about those underwhelming showings.
That sense of optimism and pessimism is magnified for the Top 10 picks in the draft as we resume our preseason look at the players taken at the top of 2012 NFL Draft. These picks can make or break a franchise, though with the revised rookie pay structure failed Top 10's won't be quite such a handicap anymore, and everyone is always eager to get an early read on the relative success and failure that awaits these players.
Last week, the quarterback pairing of Andrew Luck and Ryan Tannehill stole the show with a solid cameo from Matt Kalil. This week we got a first look at three players who missed Week 1 through injury, so let's not wait any longer to see what they have to offer.
1) Andrew Luck
This week was a step up in competition for Andrew Luck as we learned a bit more about the current level of the No. 1 overall pick. Last week's two touchdowns turned into two interceptions this time out as Dick LeBeau's defense extracted some big plays from Luck rather than the other way around. One of those interceptions was entirely on the receiver but the pick six was a particularly bad one. Ike Taylor was sitting on the hip of Reggie Wayne the whole way and Luck forced the pass allowing Taylor to drive on the route and take the interception back for a touchdown.
Still there was more good than bad from Luck who again showed poise and control in the face of the blitz–displaying more ability to move around and through the pocket this week rather than rolling away from pressure. You don't often get to practice game situations in preseason but Luck did just that and engineered a five-play, 31-yard drive to finish his participation in the game. Maybe not the headline-grabbing display of last week, but another encouraging game for Colts fans.
2) Robert Griffin III
After a bit of tease performance in Week 1, we got a better look at Griffin in this game–and he got a better look at his offensive line. Neither was an especially pleasant view for Redskins fans. Washington's offensive line was poor for the most part last season and looked leaky in pass protection against the Bears on Saturday night, that pressure rubbed off on Griffin who put in a fairly sketchy performance. Griffin was spooked early by pressure and didn't look comfortable in the pocket from that point forward. His lack of comfort in the pocket led to some off target throws as he failed to set his feet for a number of them.
The only real bright spots were a solid toss to Santana Moss on a post route for a first-quarter third-down conversion and a scramble where Griffin exhibited his athleticism to exploit Israel Idonije losing contain on his pass rush. Griffin's poise under pressure and ability to reset was a supposed strength but that didn't shine through this week. Still, plenty more questions to answer for the No. 2 overall pick heading into Week 3 of preseason when we should get another long look at the Redskins' starters.
3) Trent Richardson
Now the only member of the Top 10 draft picks from April yet to make his NFL debut. Browns' head coach Pat Shurmur has said that Richardson is ahead of schedule which should fuel some optimism among Browns fans. Lost preseason carries may be no bad thing in terms of mileage for a back who figures to be a workhorse, but it would still be nice to see him get some work, which seems increasingly unlikely.
4) Matt Kalil
A different challenge awaited Matt Kalil in his second preseason start. After struggling with some early pressure from Aldon Smith he was largely left to match up with Ricky Jean-Francois last week, which exposed some weaknesses as a run blocker. This week, Kalil was left to go one-on-one with Mark Anderson and Chris Kelsay, in a more customary LT vs. 4-3 DE battle in which he looked more comfortable. He still didn't look like a natural run blocker but did appear more at home as a blocker sealing contain than actively trying to create gaps against defenders aligned directly over him.
The test this week came in pass protection and by and large he provided positive answers to the questions asked of him. He gave away very little to Kelsay and Anderson and the only blot on his copybook was a botched pickup on a stunt by Kyle Williams which resulted in a sack to his outside. What you expect from Kalil will color your opinion on his preseason to date. If you expect an LT coming it at the No. 4 overall pick to be immediately dominant, you will be a little disappointed. If you expect a solid player who will provide a big upgrade of Charlie Johnson, you will be happy enough with what you've seen.
5) Justin Blackmon
If first impressions are everything, then Jacksonville fans should be extremely happy with their first pick in the 2012 draft. He was an active and willing blocker and, more importantly, looked to make up for lost time and deliver as a receiver. At Oklahoma State, Blackmon had a reputation for being a threat after the catch and he has wasted no time doing that in the NFL. Blackmon broke tackles on three of his four catches while showing strong hands and body control to box a defender out of his fourth catch. Blackmon should've had a fifth reception, for another first down, if the pass hadn't hit Marcedes Lewis on its way through to him. Blaine Gabbert should be looking for Blackmon early and often in the regular season if he continues to show an ability to make defender's miss and extend short easy passes into intermediate gains.
6) Morris Claiborne
Saturday night was Claiborne's big night, the NFL debut of the next great cover corner. Well, if that was the case then the Cowboys' other big acquisition at corner, Brandon Carr, stole the show. However, if this is what is to come from Claiborne, Cowboy fans won't be overly disappointed as Claiborne had a quiet night: no mistakes, a good thing for a cornerback.
Slightly disappointing was that Claiborne wasn't particularly active at coming up to meet plays. On his first target, a wide screen to Michael Spurlock, he wasn't especially quick to close and make the tackle, then on a sweep in his direction later in the second quarter he was easily run off of the line and kept out of the play. On his other target, he closed well enough (after being beaten on the route) to prevent any yardage after the catch. There was no big play, no break on the football, but he wasn't found wanting either; a solid starting point. An interesting note was that the Cowboys' coaching staff kept Claiborne against their sideline throughout the first half. Claiborne lined up at left corner during the first quarter then flipped over to right corner for the second quarter, keeping him on the Dallas sideline close to the Cowboys' coaching staff.
7) Mark Barron
Solidity was something that the Bucs needed at safety and from his first snap of the preseason Barron looks to have already provided an upgrade at the position. For starters, he made a tackle on a running back on that first snap, rather than missing it which was customary for Buccaneer for defenders last season. The life of a safety can be a quiet one and Barron didn't buck that trend on Friday night as he was not overly involved in the quarter-and-a-half that he was on the field before Cody Grimm entered the fray.
Barron's most positive play was in coverage as he maintained close trail on an out route by Jared Cook and made a physical play on the big-bodied tight end to prevent a third-down completion. Plays like that will quickly endear Barron to the Bucs' fan base, however plays like his angle to Chris Johnson on his touchdown rush up the right sideline won't. Barron was quick up to fill the gap inside of Nate Washington, but as Johnson cut around to the outside, the rookie out of Alabama stumbled across the back of Aqib Talib and was beaten up the sideline to the pylon. Bucs fans will hope this was an isolated play and that Barron is the much needed strengthening force for the Tampa Bay secondary.
8) Ryan Tannehill
Last week I cautioned against excessive enthusiasm over Tannehill's preseason debut, he was up against the Bucs' second-string defense, after all. The Panthers' defense showed the difference between first- and second-string D's in the NFL as Tannehill had trouble with both pass rushers and coverage defenders. While Tannehill may, as many observers have opined, have done little to "win" the Dolphins' starting job he should also be credited with doing little to prove that he would wilt under the pressure of starting in the NFL.
There were still glimpses of solid play and only a couple of really ill-advised throws, one of which could have ended in an interception for Luke Kuechly and another that put his receiver in physical danger on a post route. Ironically, that followed a post that was well positioned to not only pick up a completion, but also collect a first down conversion. Tannehill is not helped by a receiving corps that still has no identity, no consistency, and at times seemed to lack the ability to really draw the best out of their rookie gunslinger. Considering that and the fact that he was under severe pressure from the Panthers' outside pass rushers for the entire half that he played, it is to his credit that he didn't fold or look to panic in the pocket. Tannehill may not have stood up and claimed this team as his own, but this was a far from disastrous first appearance against an opposing first-string defense.
9) Luke Kuechly
After finishing his preseason debut with a splash play, Kuechly nearly began his second game with another: almost snagging a pick from Ryan Tannehill on the opening drive. Certainly it was a very sharp chance, but it was one. Kuechly struggled a little to make an impact in this encounter, but looked at home in a three-down role for the Panthers' defense. He made a couple of nice plays in run defense, in particular knifing inside of Richie Incognito to make a tackle for no gain on Daniel Thomas, a play nullified by an offsides penalty. Aside from that, he was a little on the fringes of things and his only other notable play was failing to get enough depth on a 20-yard completion to Jeff Fuller that went over his head. Kuechly aligned to fake a double A-gap blitz and just missed cutting off the route as Tannehill got one of his better completions over Kuechly, a bit of payback for the near pick on the first drive.
Kuechly came into and out of the draft as one of the safest picks and while he doesn't appear to do a great deal wrong, I will be looking closely to see if he does enough work close to the line of scrimmage and close enough to receivers during the regular season to be worth such a high pick from a Panthers' team with so many clear deficiencies away from the linebacker position.
10) Stephon Gilmore
Once again, Gilmore lined up against an offense featuring a fellow Top 10 draft pick, this time Minnesota's Matt Kalil. And once again he had another quiet night, in spite of more extended playing time. Gilmore was targeted twice in primary coverage and the two plays were almost polar opposites in terms of his quality in covering Jerome Simpson. The first, a slant, showed up some poor recovery and tackling skills form Gilmore. He was not in poor position, but got his feet in a mess and didn't close efficiently as Simpson beat him upfield for a 33-yard gain (helped by his hurdle of Jairus Byrd). The second was an attempted end zone fade that Gilmore shutdown by turning and pressing Simpson to the sideline to prevent him any sort of a play on the ball. Outside of that, Gilmore stuck well enough to his coverage assignments, so long as the play he allowed to Simpson doesn't become a regular occurrence in covering slant routes, Bills fans will have seen little to worry them in preseason from Gilmore.
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In the months since the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act went into effect, problems have come to the surface and compliance is far from complete nationwide.
While many reputable firms are busy retrofitting commercial pools, still other companies are doing sloppy work and/or overcharging for services.
"A lot of service techs are seeing money on the table and wanting to get in on it, but they're not experienced and that's where the trouble comes in," said Mike Stinson, owner of Mike the Poolman in Folsom, Calif. "Or pool owners hire people who aren't licensed and they do the install incorrectly, then a professional has to go in and fix it."
Monte Vajnar agrees. "A lot of service guys out there are replacing [drain] covers, but not sumps. They're not doing work up to code," said the co-owner of American Pool & Safety Inc., a Sylmar, Calif.-based firm handling VGB-compliant pool renovations.
Retrofits can cost anywhere from several hundred dollars for drain cover replacements to $5,000 or more if plumbing also must be addressed. Prices climb higher if the renovation is more extensive and includes system tests, engineer's fees and the like. It is not unheard of for remodels to cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Such an atmosphere leaves plenty of room for price gouging, and Stinson and Vajnar have both heard of such tactics throughout California.
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Many public pool owners and operators aren't happy about having to come up with the money for retrofits, but they're trying to comply. However, some are ignoring the law for a variety of reasons.
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Thomas Lachocki said he's hearing that people are confused, and there's a lack of confidence in the government's ability to enforce the law. "A lot of ambiguity remains over who will enforce the law or, even more sadly, what's required for compliance," said Lachocki, who is CEO of the National Swimming Pool Foundation in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The mood in Phoenix's Valley of the Sun is uneasy as well. Kevin Chadwick, manager of the Water and Waste Management Division, Environmental Services Department, said nearly 9,000 semipublic and public pools in his area are affected by the new law.
"The main complaint we're hearing is that many pool owners are stressed by the economy right now," Chadwick said. "Apartment owners and HOAs, condo owners and neighborhood pool operators are very concerned about the [retrofitting] expense, though if it improves safety, some said they're happy to comply."
Chadwick's agency enforces Maricopa County codes and state law — not federal law — yet it has felt the pressure of heavy workloads as a direct result of the VGB Act. Requests for remodeling permits increased sevenfold from June 2008 to June 2009, and he had to add another engineer and assign four inspectors to full-time field work.
Meanwhile, the 21 pools run by Boston Centers for Youth & Families are all in compliance now. Most of the retrofits were completed in four months by two professional companies and were relatively simple, such as cover replacements. But some were more involved and one included liner replacement, said Pat McDonough, BCYF facilities manager. The overall cost was more than $150,000.
"I understand how the law came into effect," McDonough said. "The loss of life, you can't put a price on it. But most federal laws have a two-year window; this had only one year."


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Can you imagine trying to do your business without a cell phone? Even our personal life is in crisis if we happen to lose our cell. Yet, only 10-15 years ago we all managed just fine without them.
Now take the same idea and apply it to the Internet and multiply it times 100. We are not yet at the point where the Internet is essential for everyone, but we are quickly getting there.
Creating an online presence is absolutely an essential element to securing continual opportunity for today as well as the near future. Yet many people only a have partial understanding of what a real online presence is, thinking it only has to do with setting up a few social media profiles and making connections with people.
But creating an online presence is much more than just having a social circle on Facebook or a bunch of Twitter followers; Rather having a reach that stretches beyond your circle- to showing up at the top of a search result for those who are looking for what you have to offer. Furthermore, it means having a presence that stands out and sticks in people's mind.
Facebook is certainly a good place to start, but there are definitely other areas to invest in as well as having proper tact and effective strategy with certain skills, adequate knowledge and a viable action plan. So here are 7 steps to creating an online presence:
The first and formost element to creating an online presence is real branding. I emphasize "real branding" because many people's idea of branding is merely a logo or design-theme. However genuine branding has to do more with essence and the message that it conveys. A logo is great, but it's the meaning and purpose behind the logo that carries the real weight.
For this reason, investing serious thought to define and clarify the purpose of your pursuit is of the utmost importance in order to exemplify the meaning behind your image. Also, a theme or tag-line is another key element to real branding; for example, "Hope and Prosperity with a Touch of Beauty", is my own tag-line. Because, genuine branding has more to do with essence, the logo, design-theme and tag-line are really just tools to support that essence.
Your brand should be defined by and built around the following qualities:
- Your strengths and skills
- Your passion and purpose
- Your style and personality
- Your vision and aspirations
- Your activities and interests
- Your prior and present achievments
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While developing your brand, a good place to begin establishing your image is in social media venues. This is most effective when being genuine and consistent in engaging and connecting with people. Social media is not a venue to throw a pitch-fest, but primarily a medium to make connections and maintain meaningful relationships. Pitching your product or opportunity in social media is more counterproductive than anything, and is neither tasteful nor tactful. There are, however, a variety of ways to attract and stimulate the interest of people toward the value you offer.
See- Social Media Etiquette and Online Human Relations Defined
– There are many different social media sites to choose from, but below are a few of the major ones:
- Facebook – The largest website online, is, essentially, a global community blog with a wide variety of interactive features, such as group accomidations, specialized pages and pay-per-click campaigns.
- LinkedIn – The largest professional social media site with many features similar to Facebook, though configured more for professional purposes.
- Youtube – The largest social media video site which lends to search engine rankings because it's owned by and integrated with Google Search.
- Google+ -The social media version of Google search with an abundance of interactive features similar to Facebook and LinkedIn, yet having unique features as well.
- Twitter – A micro-blog which can be very usefull to reaching people and directing them to your site.
-Social media sites can easily consume too much time wasted flittering, so it is quite a good idea to set time limits and use that time wisely.
Using your brand with the image it exudes may intrigue and attract people to come take a closer look at the your messsage and the value you offer…
While social media sites may resemble of the attributes of the community town-square, your website represents your own "home" or "shop". This is your online real estate which serves to cultivate deeper interaction and exchange of value. Bringing people to your home or shop promotes better relationships with your clientele and friends while setting another platform to brand yourself.
A WordPress website, as opposed to a static website, has better accommodations for visiters and visiter interaction. this kind of site also meshes well with Google search algorithm, which helps with search results. A very key component of a WordPress site is a blog…
Blogging is a very effective way to brand yourself by displaying your expertise with beneficial content that keeps your site fresh with valuable updates, which keep your visiters coming back. Creating quality content does take time and dedication, but each piece of content is an asset which may be repurposed for many other uses. Content creation is the life-force of generating organic traffic to your site through search results if done properly and consistently with effective SEO strategy.
Creating an online presence must include some degree of understanding and implementation of SEO strategy. This is how you can get your content to rank on the search engines, so it is imperitive to at least know some fundamentals of SEO – which include:
- Keyword Research– Some adequate research must be done to find specific keyword phrases that relate to your expertise and constructing relevant content around these word phrases is basic keyword strategy. These keywords need to have high enough search volume to be worth while, without being over-saturated with the competition. See- Basic Keyword Research
- Quality Content– Building an archive of quality content and establishing your website as a valuable resource is a fundamental faucet for search engine optimization. It's important to know that search algorithm is primarily based on what people are looking for, not necessarily what search engines are looking for, but people. So while some knowledge of search engine algorithm is helpful, the primary focus should be on giving real value to real people by providing them with what they want and need.
- WordPress SEO– Having your site dialed-in for search engine spiders to easily sift through and index your content is very important, which is why organizing your content into categories is essential. Furthermore, there are a variety of SEO plugins to utilize such as "All in One SEO Pack", "Ultimate Tag Warrior" and "BWP Google XML Sitemaps". A little more advanced, but more effective than the "All in One SEO Pack", is "Yoast WordPress SEO". Having a much wider display of settings, Yoast does take a little know-how, but even the default settings go long way.
- Back-links – This is when other websites link-back to your site as a reference, which indicates some degree of authority that search engines recognize for better rankings. "Fabricating" backlinks to expedite this process has been a common practice, but search engines are evolving to recognize and devalue artificial backlinks. Natural backlinks take time to accumulate, but are now the kind of backlinks that search engines will except. An excellent way to acquire natural backlinks is by syndication.
Syndication is another aspect of SEO, yet worth setting in its own category. The most efficient way to share your content is by leveraging the strength of a group or community. Syndication is when a certain group or community of people share each others content, usually done through social media sites. These groups or communities are known as "tribes".
Basically, there are two types of tribes: Large tribes that produce high-quantity syndication through mass-automation systems such as "TribePro", -or- small tribes that produce high-quality syndication through a more personal endorsement. Both are quite helpfull but quality is generally better than quantity, so forming or joining a small but tight-knit-tribe where each member attaches the weight of their credibility to the content they share can be much more effective than mass automated sharing.
With high-quality syndication, you can get wider exposure to an audience beyond your own sphere which generates free traffic to your site as well as links which all lends itself to building authority that search engines recognize and reward with better search results to generate more free traffic. A great way to form or find a tight-knit syndication tribe is by networking.
It's very important to choose friends and partners wisely when you're putting your credibility on the line by personally endorsing each other's content, so you want to be sure your tribe is made-up of like-minded people with valuable content.
However, you don't want everyone on top of each other in the same exact niche; but having a tribe with a fair amount of diversity is healthy as long as it's tempered with some relativity. To find or form a group like this will require you to reach out and network with people.
One very natural way of reaching out is by simply commenting on websites that you particularly like. So look for sites that have the kind of message you believe in and it will be simple to leave a meaningful comment. But don't just leave a broad statement like, "Cool post", but be specific and describe what it is, exactly, that you like about their content.
Giving genuine respect and consideration will more likely coax people to give the same respect back. Don't expect everyone to reciprocate, just move-on until you find those that do and you will be on course to forming a powerful alliance.
Of course, networking is not limited to syndication tribes, but a basic element to creating an online presence. Branding, blogging, SEO and social media are all things that require you to engage in order to get results. Each of these faucets are all interrelated to form a delicately balanced and uniquely tempered formula of creating your own online presence.
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Re: logical/set theoretic programming
One of the "Programming in Mathematica" series books implements a
versiion of Prolog. This version just might do the trick.
On 3/6/07, Christopher Arthur <caa0012 at unt.edu> wrote:
> Hello, any suggestions on how to program set theory?
> Suppose that I have a notation set up well, and I have a set of rules
> of implication. The next step is to teach mathemania how to compute...
> For example, I define a notation for AbstractComplement[X,A], and I
> want to associate it with it the rule
> Implies[Subset[A,X]&&Element[x,A],!Element[x,AbstractComplement[X,A]].
> In other words, a point can't be in a subset and its complement. My
> feeling is that alone this rule should be enough to decide the
> falsehood of a statement such as
> Subset[B,W]&&Exists[y,Element[y,B]&&Element[y,AbstractComplement[W,B]]
> where in this case i've purposefully changed the variables because i
> don't want to tie the rule to any particular symbols. How can we set
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> Especially, without having to make the rule explicit in the expression
> to simplify. Christopher Arthur
> Student, Mathematics
> University of North Texas
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April 15, 2003
Illini Union, Room 314A
3:00-4:30 pm
Sue Searing, presiding, called the meeting to order at 3:00pm after it was determined that a quorum was present.
1. Approval of faculty meeting minutes of March 18, 2003
The minutes were approved.
2. Committee reports
Executive Committee (Sue Searing)
Sue Searing reported that since the March faculty meeting, the Executive Committee met twice, on March 26 and April 15. EC also met on March 25 in a joint session with the Administrative Council, and on March 31 in a session without Paula Kaufman, to draft a letter to the Provost for the University Librarian's annual review.
At the regular meetings, the committee dealt with some confidential matters related to tenure and promotion. On the whole, EC has been focusing on budget issues, and has explored a number of ideas for reducing costs and generating revenue. The committee has not proposed a course of action yet, due to the lack of information about the magnitude of reductions that will be needed. There is a better sense now of how deeply impacted the Library will be by even a small percentage cut. For example, 1% of the Library's overall budget amounts to about $300,000. The average staff position costs about $30,000, so 1% of the budget pays for ten staff positions.
At the April 14 meeting, EC endorsed a set of four principles to guide the Library in making decisions on the budget for next year:
1) Protect as many full-time staff jobs as possible.
2) Protect the collection budget's bottom line (that is, protect the portions of the recurring budget that generate increases from the state).
3) Increase revenues.
4) Don't hide the cuts.
These principles are informed by the discussions that occurred last week on LIBFAC-L. EC strongly encourages people to continue the online conversation.
Tim Cole asked what changes to business as usual have been put into effect for dealing with a reduced budget. Sue answered that the Library is not filling civil service positions, and two faculty searches have been cancelled in recent months.
Maria Porta asked if EC is going to act on the situation involving five days of salary that will be "lost "by faculty with the switch to the Banner system and the change of the payment month from the 20 th to the 15 th of the month. Sue answered that EC discussed this, but did not come to a conclusion. Lisa German mentioned that Paula Kaufman plans to bring this up at an upcoming deans' meeting. A discussion arose in which it was clarified that library faculty will receive a paycheck on September 16 for the period of August 21 through September 15 that does not include five days of salary; the pay will be received when the faculty member leaves the university. The paycheck for the period September 16 through October 15 will be normal. An e-mail was issued by the Provost on April 14 on this subject. Sue Searing will ask Paula Kaufman to share any further information gained from the deans' meeting.
Report on Access Task Force Work Groups (Beth Sandore)
Beth Sandore reported on the work of the five Access Task Force Working Groups formed in early January. She explained that the original task force on access to library collections was established in 2000. It consisted of about twelve people who examined the issue of how to provide more effective and comprehensive access to the Library's collections in all forms and formats. They issued a report with recommendations that were discussed and endorsed by AC and EC. It was recommended that the Library enter into a second phase, with the appointment of five groups to look at specific recommendations and to study changes in technology to make further near-term and long-term recommendations.
Group 1 is studying the integrated information environment (portal architecture); Group 2 is studying access to the Library's physical collection; Group 3 is studying access to the Library's available digital resources; Group 4 is studying access to significant digital collections in the "hidden Web"; and Group 5 is studying access to materials not currently available in the Library's collection. Group reports and detailed recommendations are due by the end of April. The Access Task Force website is available at: <http://www.library.uiuc.edu/accesswg/index.htm>.
3. Other reports
Report on Mellon Retrospective Conversion Project (Bob Burger)
Bob Burger explained that this project dates to last spring, when the Library received $150,000 from the Illinois State Library for retrospective conversion. OCLC won the RFP bid to convert 1,535,000 short records into full MARC format. Then last fall the Library received $1,000,000 from the Mellon Foundation, and moved forward with the project under an arrangement with OCLC to machine-match the records at $.60 per record. At this point, OCLC has matched 1.2 million records. The next step is to put those records into the Voyager catalog by matching against the UC number or the DBCN. That will occur as soon as ILCSO arranges to do it, and those records will be put into the Universal Catalog as well.
Approximately 320,000 records remain to be matched. About half of them are ambiguous matches, and half are completely unmatched. It would take quite a lot of human time to deal with these records manually. An alternative strategy for the ambiguous records is to deal with them selectively, as they come up in the Oak Street transition. An alternative strategy for the unmatched records is to pull the card catalog records from the card catalog temporarily for the titles in question, give them to a vendor with specifications, and have them converted by the vendor.
The converted records will eventually appear in Voyager, but in the meantime people may see records in OCLC with the UIUC holdings symbol, indicating that they are held by UIUC, where a marcette remains in the Voyager catalog for the item.
Update on IMLS-OAI and NSF-NSDL Digital Library Projects at Grainger Library (Tim Cole and Bill Mischo)
Tim Cole and Bill Mischo gave a Powerpoint presentation on digital library projects they are conducting. Tim Cole is heading the IMLS Open Archives Initiative project under a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. He explained that a precursor to this project was the Illinois OAI Metadata Harvesting project conducted under a grant from the Mellon Foundation. Bill Mischo is conducting The National Science Digital Library Project as part of the National Science Digital Library Program of the National Science Foundation.
Their Powerpoint presentation is posted on the library faculty meeting website as a supplementary document to the minutes of this meeting, and is also available at: http://dli.grainger.uiuc.edu/Publications/TWCole/LibFac2003 .
4. Old business
There was no old business.
5. New business
Bob Burger spoke on behalf of Paula Kaufman to discuss the issue of increased tension in the Library. He explained that in the last four to five weeks in every segment of the Library, tensions seemed to have risen, involving personnel of all categories. Tensions are high possibly in part due to outside influences: the war in Iraq, the economy, the changes in pay periods, the fear of lay-offs, fears among untenured faculty for their positions or fears among tenured faculty that their longstanding efforts will suffer from lack of funds. The tensions are reflected in the may that people are treating each other, and are quite wearing on those involved. There have been tensions within units and between units. Bob encouraged comments and observations on what might be done to ease the situation.
Nancy O'Brien raised the issue that it is typical for tensions to rise at this time of year due to patron demands at the end of the semester.
Lynne Wiley emphasized that there have been positive developments amidst the tensions. Central Acquisitions has lent IRRC a half-time person, and prior to that Central Circulation and the LIS Library offered assistance, and so there is positive reinforcement as well.
Tina Chrzastowski commented that some of the tension is due to the fact that so much is unknown, and has been unknown for so long, that people expect and fear the worst. If we could get beyond the unknown, we would be in a better position to deal with the realities that have to be faced.
Maria Porta expressed agreement with the idea that we need to know what is going on and to be informed of the possible scenarios being considered.
Tim Cole added that we need more information and communication, particularly insofar as our work involves decisions that affect teaching faculty who are on nine-month contracts and might not be here in the summer when information is finally available and decisions need to be made. A discussion arose concerning the lack of sufficient communication lately on decisions and developments, on the delay in taking action, and on the real need for having information in order to make important decisions as soon as possible.
Janice Pilch commented that technical change also creates tensions, and there have been a number of initiatives and changes in the last year which have made people's jobs more pressured. There is more work do, and the nature of many jobs has changed and become more technical. She cited a number of activities that have increased workloads in technical services units in the last year.
6. Announcements
Lynne Wiley made an announcement about the IRRC ILL Forum to be held on Wednesday, April 23 in Grainger Commons from 9:30-12:00.
Janice Pilch announced that there has been a change in location for two of the remaining faculty meetings this year. The remaining meetings will be held:
Tuesday, May 20 314A Illini Union
Tuesday, June 17 210 Illini Union
Tuesday, July 15 407 Illini Union
Tuesday, August 19 314A Illini Union
Nancy O'Brien motioned for the meeting to be adjourned, and Gail Hueting seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 4:30.
Janice Pilch
Secretary of the Faculty


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