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Robinson Appointed To Head GSA's Office of Enterprise Development
February 28, 2000
Contact: Eleni Martin 202/501-1231
WASHINGTON - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced today the appointment of Jackie A. Robinson to head the Office of Enterprise Development, effective immediately.
In making the announcement, GSA Administrator Dave Barram said that Robinson's experience getting things done in the political arena and enthusiasm for helping small businesses will be a major asset to GSA and the small business community.
As Associate Administrator for Enterprise Development, Robinson will lead GSA's small business program and serve as the program's liaison between government agencies and professional and trade associations.
The Office of Enterprise Development's goal is to increase the participation of small, minority and women-owned businesses in federal procurement. The office also makes policy and program initiatives to help GSA meet and exceed President Clinton's government-wide goal of awarding 5% of each agency's contract dollars to women entrepreneurs.
"Last year, of GSA's $8.4 billion contracting dollars," said Robinson, "GSA awarded more than $3.1 billion to small businesses." Robinson said that he would use his education and technology background to launch new kinds of programs that would help America's 23 million small business owners and prepare the small business community technologically for the 21st century.
Robinson came to GSA in February 1998 as Special Assistant to the Administrator, with responsibility for Planet GSA, Smart Cards and the Investment Board.
Now, Robinson will parlay his environmental and technology backgrounds to the Office of Enterprise Development by looking at how technology can help small businesses fill the high-tech vacuum created by the new knowledge economy, as well as how technology can be used to keep small businesses constantly abreast of contracting opportunities. Robinson also said he is interested in exploring how to increase small businesses' role in bringing more environmentally oriented products and services to the government.
Prior to joining GSA, Robinson held positions in local government and the private sector. He served as Executive Vice President for Field Services for the non-profit Communities in Schools, the nation's largest dropout prevention program, from 1993 to 1998. There he managed field operations in 38 states, the United Kingdom and Canada and developed extensive partnerships with the business communities there to support education initiatives.
From 1989 to 1993, Robinson was Manager of Government Affairs at Apple Computer, where he was charged with communicating the company's widely acclaimed education initiatives to policymakers. During apartheid in South Africa, he worked closely with Nelson Mandella and the African National Congress to reestablish Apple's business interests in the country, paving the way for Apple's operation there once sanctions were lifted.
Additionally, Robinson led D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's Youth Leadership Institute and has twice been part of the prestigious Oxford International Round Table on Education Policy with education ministers from around the world.
Robinson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens College in 1970 and holds a Master's Degree from New York University. He and his wife, Sandra, live in Alexandria, Va., with their two daughters, Nadirah and Zuhirah.


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# Permission to use this software for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted
# Distribution of this software for any purpose is subject to:
# - the expressed, written consent of the author
# - the inclusion of the present copyright notice in all copies.
Please UPGRADE to this latest version 1.5 if you run SU 2016.
IMPORTANT: Curviloft plugin is still released in BETA and has no documentation yet. Please be aware of potential crashes and therefore always save your work before launching it.
In Beta version 1.5a, all three modules Loft By Spline, Loft Along Path and Skinning should be functional. I still need to complete many features.
Curviloft is a script dedicated to Loft and Skinning, that is, generation of surfaces from contours.
- Loft by Spline joins separate contours, open or closed, by smooth splines
- Loft along Path joins contours, along a given rail curve.
- Skinning create surfaces bounded by 4 or 3 contiguous contours
Because there are many solutions to calculate Loft and Skinning geometries, the script offers various options to adjust parameters depending on the configuration of contours.
No user manual written yet
- Sketchup versions: SU6, SU7, SU8, SU13
- Platforms: Windows and Mac
- Language: English, Spanish (To all kind translators: please do no start translation yet)
- Menus: by default, it is installed in Tools > Fredo6 Collection > Curviloft
- Icon toolbar: by Default 'Curviloft'. Three icons are available, but you can configure which ones to display (menu Default Parameters…)
- The plugin is free, for private and commercial usage. There is a donation menu however.
There are now multiple ways to install scripts
- SCF Plugin Store (SU8 and SU13) - recommended method
- Unzip (all SU versions and for installations in an alternate Plugins directory)
- Extension Manager with RBZ files (SU8 and SU13)
Whatever way you install, you must end up with the following footprint:
The standard SU Plugins root directories are:
Windows SU8: C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins
Windows SU13: C:\Program Files\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013/Plugins
Windows SU14: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp\Plugins
Mac SU8: Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins
Mac SU13: ~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2013/SketchUp/Plugins
Mac SU14: ~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins
CAUTION: NEVER rename or move files from their folders. If you are unsure of your unzip operation, do it in a neutral folder and check that you reconstruct the right footprint. Then transfer the folders and files to the SU Plugin Directory.
If you run SU8, SU13 or SU14, the strongly recommended installation method is to Autoinstall with the SCF Plugin Store tool.
Otherwise, you can download the Curviloft rbz file from the Plugin Store page for Curviloft.
IMPORTANT: Requires to download LibFredo6 6.9 or higher if not already installed
Note for SU6 and SU7 users, download the rbz file from the plugin store page, and change its extension from .rbz to .zip
1) Open the zip archive
2) Select All (Ctrl A)
3) Extract into the Sketchup Plugin Directory
4) Answer YES to OVERWRITE all existing files if any
5) Make sure you get the correct footprint (one rb file and one folder)
CONFLICTING PLUGINS: some plugins conflicts with some of my scripts
- Some versions of Podium
- Some versions of Vray
- SunPosition
- Matchbox
Tutorial on Loft by Spline
Loft Along Path
There is also an impressive tutorial made by Charly2008, showing how to draw golden rings, crowns and all sort of twisted objects.
see http://sketchucation.com/click.php?url=http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18%26amp;t=29374#p256385
LOFT by SPLINE
- Pre-Selection mode (automatic ordering): Select one or several contours (faces, edges) and Click on the icon
- Manual Selection (user-specified ordering): Click on the icon and then pick contours in order. Click in empty space to separate contours when contiguous. Then click again in the empty space when done with the selection
- In preview mode, you can adjust parameters via the main button palette (global setting) or the floating palette (individually by section). You can also modify vertex matching by selecting a vertex and dragging it to a new position.
- Click in the empty space to validate and generate the shape geometry.
- You can go back to Preview mode via the roll-back button
- It is a good idea to check the tooltips and contextual menu to see available options
LOFT along PATH
- Select the path and click in the empty space (it should be highlighted in thick red)
- Select the other contour(s) that should follow the path (currently it works with 1 or 2 contours)
- Click in the empty space (or Return) to move to the Preview mode
- you have three methods for generating the shape: Stretch (default), Offset and Sweep. See video for illustration.
Offset and Sweep ensure a correct thickness of the shape and therefore are more adapted to models with closed contours and winding path. Stretch is based on deformation of the path curve by moving extremities.
- Select the contours one by one (click in the empty space between two contours). Then click again in the mepty space to generate the preview shape. All cells should have 3 or 4 bordering contours.
- Pre-selection mode works as well, but may not be able to handle ambiguous cases. Also, it is always a good idea to draw small open segments at the vertex which you want to use to separate contours.
- you can play with the Interpolation and rail over-sampling to add / remove divisions in the mesh
Curviloft 1.5a – 13 Nov 15: Maintenance release
Here is the start post for this release
Curviloft 1.4a – 19 Oct 14: Release for support of username containing non-ascii characters
Here is the start post for this release
Curviloft 1.3a – 27 Nov 13: Release for future Sketchup Compatibility
Curviloft 1.2d – 13 Apr 12: Small update about diagonals to better guide the mesh construction in Thomthom's QuadFaceTools and ThruPaint. In all generation modes, diagonals in the mesh are now generated with property Casts Shadow = false, which is the convention for diagonals (invented by Thomthom). In version 1.2c, this was the case only if the Pseudo-quad option was selected.
Curviloft 1.2c – 15 Nov 11: Slight change for the generation of Quads, to align with new definitions used by Thomthom's QuadFaceTools - Border: Soft + Smooth (+ Cast Shadows)
- Diagonal: Soft + Smooth + NO Cast Shadows
Curviloft 1.2b – 26 Sep 11: Include more options in the Default Parameters Dialog box for generating pseudo-quads. By default, pseudo-quads are now generated with:
- Border: Soft + Smooth
- Diagonal: Soft + Smooth + Hidden
See Release Notes for detail
Curviloft 1.2a – 21 Sep 11: Include the generation of Pseudo-quads allowing the usage of the new QuafFaceTools by Thomthom. Also, it avoids generation of empty group if there is a problem.
See Release Notes for details on pseudo-quads generation.
Curviloft 1.1c – 29 Jun 11: Fix to a bug concerning mean internmediate curves when the contour are closed loops. Thanks to Defisto for signaling this issue
Curviloft 1.1b – 27 Jun 11: small upgrade to help generating mean curves between contours. This is done by an additional options for geometry, so that you can just draw Junction lines, intermediate lines or both (i.e. mesh) without the faces.
See this post for discussion about the feature.
Curviloft 1.1a – 12 Jan 11: Fourth beta version, dedicated to Loft Along Path. Main evolutions are:
- Some fixes in Loft by Spline and Skinning.
- Loft Along Path should be functional and handle 1, 2 or more contours with 3 methods: Stretch, Offset and Sweep
- Two-phase loading of the script
- VCB is not active
- No interactive edition in the floating palette
- B-Spline and F-Spline do not close nicely in loop mode
- No later reedition of shape generated (this will come)
- all texts and labels are not reviewed yet
Curviloft 1.0c – LibFredo6 3.5c – 20 Aug 10: Third beta version, dedicated to fix bugs in Loft by Spline and Skinning. Loft Along Path is still not fully functional.
Curviloft 1.0b – LibFredo6 3.5b – 11 Jul 10: Second beta version.
Curviloft 1.0a – LibFredo6 3.5a – 13 Jun 10: First beta version.


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Similar problem here. I got the same card and am using a vanilla Backtrack 5 R2.
Injection works fine and I successfully cracked WEP.
But I can't crack WPA cause no handshake is captured. Every client I see is listed as not associated, even my phone (which IS connected).
Wireshark with eapol filter doesn't show anything either.


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Have you checked the wicd log for error messages to narrow down the problem?
Does anyone know why I am getting this error at start-up and how to fix it? Not sure how I got it in the first place, I just booted up Backtrack 4 R2 one day and it shows up like that everytime at boot at desktop.
I can close the error and still use WICD Network Manager and internet works , but the error at startup is kind of irritating. I tried to disable the dbus in the Boot-Up Manager but that results in disabling my mouse cursor after rebooting, and I get an warning or error at the backtrack splash screen about the dbus not being enabled or something like that.
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Have you checked the wicd log for error messages to narrow down the problem?
Computer security is a temporary condition.
What about /var/log/wicd/wicd.log? I did some Googling and it looks like people with a similar problem had a parsing error in their .conf file. Might want to check that out. For reference I Googled, "could not connect to wicd's d-bus interface".
Computer security is a temporary condition.


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Front Desk
[edit] Proposer
[edit] Summary
A staffed welcome desk at the front door to the space.
[edit] What Will Be Done
A detailed description, in step-by-step form, of what will be done
[edit] What Areas in the Space Will This Affect
You can specify this as either a functional area (electronics area) or physical location (west wall). Bear in mind we might move things around pretty profoundly.
[edit] Who Will Be Doing It
A list of you + others who would agree to do this. If you don't have enough people, you might not be able to manage it.
[edit] Why This Will Be Good
Give the advantages of what you're proposing
[edit] Why This Will Be Bad
List the potential problems of your project, and how you would help mitigate them.
[edit] How Long Will It Take
You can take longer than the (proposed) two weeks, but you should describe how you will fit in with Noisebridge's normal activities/
[edit] In A Fantastic World, What Extra Budget Would You Like
We might have a little cash to throw the way of projects. Specify your desires, in order of what you'd like first.'
[edit] Are There Any Other PFAs This Would Work Well With
Link to anything that nicely complements your proposal
[edit] Are There Any Other PFAs This Would Contradict
Link to anything that wouldn't be doable with this PFA'


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Here are two books that are big read-alouds at schools this year. Both of these titles were well reviewed and on the Newbery Medal list, one as a winner and one as a finalist. Though these are considered children's or Young Adult books they are excellent and worth the time to read. Let us know if you agree!
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
I loved this Newbery honor book! Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan. The first part of the book is Auggie telling his story, and I imagine anyone reading it would get something from listening to Auggie and learning about his life. It would be wonderful for class or a family discussion, actually I would be happy if everyone would read it to get an idea of how exceptional people are just people with exceptionalities.
As the book expands you read the story as told by the other characters in the story. R. J. Palacio, gave Via, (Auggie's sister) wonderful lines and a fresh believable voice, while other characters also filled in gaps and finished telling the story in its entirety.
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
This is a sweet book, and in my opinion has earned the Newbery Medal it received in 2013. Written by Katherine Applegate, the author of the cheesy series, The Animorphs (if you were a middle-schooler in the 1990's you have to remember those!) I was rather surprised at the quality of writing this book had.
Ivan is a gorilla who has lived at Exit 8 for decades in a run down mini mall. His other animal friends include an elephant named Stella, a seal, and a homeless dog named Bob. Lonely and bored he narrates the story and tells about the arrival of a new young elephant named Ruby, who the owner hopes will help spike attendance at the struggling establishment. The stories of how the animals came to be is told and the reader learns to empathize with the way humans treat animals. Also included is information on the animals native habitat, unethical treatment for profit (not too graphic) and the death of one of the characters. The Zoo is portrayed as a humane place where animals who have been taken from their habitats are cared for in the best way possible. Ivan grows as a character from a lowly gorilla to a mighty Silverback, which really adds to the feeling of well being at the end of the story.
Great choice for a teacher or parent to read to a child to inspire discussions on all sorts of topics about animals and humane treatment.


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Thank you for all the information on your site!!! It is one of the most comprehensive that I have seen. And I am finding it invaluable!
22nd October 2013 07:45 AM #2
Dear JeeniferA,
Thank you for your lovely introduction. Welcome to the forum! We are so pleased you are finding it useful.
I'm sorry to read the title you have chosen of 'struggling single mommy'. Do you have friends/ family who help you? Do you have any baby groups you go to for other single parents? There are a number of excellent charities who work to support single parents, depending on where you live.
We look forward to helping to support you here on the forum.
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Dear JeeniferA,
Hope Everything is well for you and your kid. I'm a single mum too but by kid have mild autism, he was like a 3 child in one But because of the help of the therapy, I was able to understand him better and love him more and more everyday.
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- 7 Most Effective Exercises Pictures
- Take the Exercise and Fitness Quiz!
- Exercise and Fitness FAQs
- The importance of physical activity and fitness
- Why should I be active?
- Can everyone benefit from physical activity?
- What are the recommendations for increasing fitness for youth, adults, and seniors?
- How do I get started with a fitness plan?
- When is a medical evaluation necessary?
- How can I make physical activity a part of my life?
- What are the components of physical fitness?
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Quick GuideBenefits of Exercise: Fitness Facts Prove the Benefits of Working Out
Getting started
The victory is not always to the swift, but to those who keep moving.
So, you already know that regular physical activity can do great things for your health and well-being. And when you pair that with good nutrition, your body is sure to thank you! But isn't getting started the hardest part? Like any change in your life, knowing where you are and where you're going is important.
Have you ever noticed that what works for some people when they make a change in their life may not work for you? Most people move through a series of five stages of readiness as they change behaviors. What helps someone in one stage may not work for someone in another stage. Look at the graphic below to see where you fall in the stages of change.
Stages of Change in Adding Physical Activity Into Your Life-Where Are You?
These stages represent a spiral path to adopting regular physical activity into your life. Each stage takes a period of time to acquaint yourself with new behaviors.
Effort and commitment is needed in all stages. You will move through each stage as you are ready to change. The interesting part of this model is that is recognizes you may not always move forward in a straight line. There will be times when you lapse, going back to an earlier stage. Then the time will come when you are ready to advance forward. This is expected and part of the process of adopting new behaviors. You will progress when you are ready.
Which of the stages below are you at? The ideas and suggestions you'll read are designed just for where you are.
- Not ready for change
- Thinking about change
- Preparing for action
- Taking action
- Maintaining a good thing
Not ready for change
As the title suggests, you're not ready for change right now. You're not even thinking about adding physical activity into your daily routine. If you were thinking about it, you'd be planning to do something different than what you're doing today-little or nothing. You may have tried physical activity in the past, and not succeeded in adding it into your life. This is a good time to consider the pros, and then the cons, of becoming more active.
Pros-Wanting to Do This
Check off the benefits (pros) that you want to experience. Maybe you want to...
Maintain a healthy weight.
Feel better in body, mind, and spirit.
Shed extra pounds and abdominal fat.
Live longer by reducing the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Look your best.
Feel less tired and have more energy to get things done.
Set a good example for your family
Sleep more soundly.
Improve bone density, reducing the risk of osteoporosis and fractures as you get older.
Reduce feelings of tension, stress, anxiety, and/or depression
Become stronger.
Discover enjoyable new activities.
Feel better about your body.
Have fun.
What other reasons do you have for wanting to be more active?
Cons-What's Stopping You
Check off the following barriers (cons) that are holding you back. Maybe you...
Don't know how to find time in the day for physical activity.
Are busy and stressed, and you don't want to take on another challenge.
Want to spend your free time with your family and fear that a physical activity routine will interfere.
Find physical activity boring.
Think that you need to spend money on special equipment or health clubs to become more active.
Have some lingering doubts about becoming more active.
Don't like to sweat and you don't want to shower afterward.
Don't know how to exercise.
Are concerned about how you look while exercising or wearing exercise clothes.
Don't want to check with a doctor to begin an activity program.
Have aches and pains that keep you from physical activity.
Are too old to start or learn how.
Don't know anyone else who can join you.
Had a bad experience with sports or exercise in the past.
What other barriers are holding you back?
Now that you've identified your pros and cons, where do you stand? Which benefits are you most excited about? Which barriers do you feel strongest about? Often when you see what items are most important, you will begin to shift your views about physical activity and decide that finding easy ways to add physical activity into your life is exactly what you want to do.
Do you see those barriers as something you want to explore, or are you satisfied in remaining inactive? If you have no desire to learn more about physical activity or you get upset when people mention it to you, you're not ready to consider easy ways to have more energy throughout the day. However, if you are open to learning more, you will find that working with the barriers you identified will help release you from your defenses.
Thinking about change
So, you are thinking about becoming physically active within the next six months! Imagining yourself involved in physical activity is the first step in adopting a healthier lifestyle. You assessed the benefits of engaging in physical activity, and you determined your barriers to success. Congratulations! You have taken some important steps, and now it is time to continue down the road to becoming more physically active.
Perhaps you're waiting for the magic moment to make some changes. Why not start now? Do you remember a time when you were physically active and felt great? Physical activity does not have to follow the old and incorrect maxim of "no pain, no gain." Physical activity can be fun! Can you imagine taking a 15-minute walk on a beautiful day? Playing touch football with your kids in the backyard? You can do it! Remember, physical activity makes more energy than it takes, and taking just one of the following steps is all you need to get started.
Find the time: Figure out when you could possibly fit physical activity into your already busy schedule. You will find opportunities at home, work, and elsewhere (e.g., walking up and down the stairs for 15 minutes during your lunch break). What is important is discovering that you do have time in your schedule. All it takes is that first step. Remember, accumulating 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity (such as brisk walking) 5 or more days of the week is recommended.
Remember your physical activity successes and interests: Think about physical activities that you have enjoyed or that sound interesting. Were there times in your life when you played a sport on a regular basis? Are you interested in taking a physical activity class such as aerobic kickboxing, tennis, or fly-fishing? Consider activities that you can do alone (e.g., walking) or with a friend (e.g., tennis), and include indoor and outdoor activities. Some possibilities include the following: walking, yoga, low-impact aerobics, gardening/yard work, frisbee, volleyball, swimming, basketball, dancing, skating, biking, tennis, hiking, stair climbing, softball, and jogging. Keep a list by your phone at work or home and jot down new ideas as they come to mind.
Develop a support network: Not yet convinced that you can become more physically active? That's where the people you know can help you out. Discuss your concerns with peers, family, friends, or co-workers who are physically active. Find out how they got started and what keeps them motivated. They might have some great "tips for success" about how to incorporate moderate-intensity physical activity into your daily routine. Turn to them for ideas, motivation, and support. Work together to get started and keep you going. Name two people with whom you will talk to and seek support. Set dates within the month for your discussion with them.
Recall your current level of activity: Nobody knows you better than you do. In this case, knowing your current level of activity will help you decide where there is room for change. Consider the following questions to help you recall your current level of activity.
- How often do you participate in physical activity of at least moderate intensity?
- How active is your job?
- How active are you during lunch or breaks at work?
- What do you tend to do before or after work?
- What kind of activities do you do on a typical weekend or day off work?
- How often do you do active indoor chores such as scrubbing the tub, cleaning out the garage, painting, washing windows, working on the house, or carrying out heavy bags of trash or recyclable goods?
- How often do you do active outdoor chores such as mowing the grass, washing and waxing the car, gardening, heavy yard work, caring for large animals, or doing home repair?
Be honest with yourself. Choose one of the following areas in which you think you can make realistic changes.
- Work
- Lunch/break time
- Before/after work
- Weekends
- Active indoor chores
- Active outdoor chores
Set small, specific goals: Okay. You've thought about your favorite physical activities, chosen a support network, and identified one target area that you want to address in the next month. This information can help you set some achievable goals. For example, if you chose physical activity at work as the target area you want to address this month, a specific goal might be to use the stairs instead of the elevator at least twice a week. This is always better than a general approach such as, "I will be more active this month." By starting small and increasing your goals at a pace that feels right for you, all the benefits of physical activity can be yours. And, if you have some setbacks, that's okay. Accept that lapses happen and begin again. You will achieve success.
It is also important to build on your goals. For example, if you are successfully walking once a week as your specific goal, after several weeks add an additional day. Now you'll be walking twice a week. The following month increase the number of days per week and the amount of time you walk. Also, add another activity such as cycling or gardening on the weekends.
Reward yourself: You deserve a medal! Once you've set and achieved some specific goals, celebrate your successes-no matter how small. You might choose a reward that is related to physical activity. How about workout clothing or new athletic shoes? Or reward yourself with a trip to the movies or tickets to your favorite play or sporting event.
Develop long-term vision: Keep in mind that health professionals recommend 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity (e.g., gardening or walking) a day at least five days a week. This can be your long-term goal, but for now just keep building on your successes month by month.
Preparing for action
Whether you've decided to start being physically active now or you would like to be physically active on a more consistent basis, congratulations! You have taken an important step by focusing on future goals. Now, it's time to take action.
Do you remember a time when you were physically active and felt great? You can feel that way again. Simply make a commitment to incorporate moderate-intensity physical activity into your lifestyle, slowly but surely. For instance, this could mean riding your bike to the local market to pick up a few items for dinner. The following steps will provide you with the tools you need to develop a plan of action to meet your goals. You can do it!
Develop support: Share your commitment to becoming physically active with those around you. When seeking the support of others, help them understand your reasons for change so they can help you. Make use of the support networks that exist around you, such as friends or co-workers who are willing to help you remain motivated. Find friends, co-workers or family who will join you for evening walks. Gather a group for a weekend hike and picnic. Name two people who you will rely on for support and motivation.
Getting ready for physical activity can also mean changing your surrounding (e.g., home, work, and car) to support your goals. Keep comfortable walking shoes at work or in the car. Have an exercise bag packed and ready to go. Post motivating messages in your day planner or on your bathroom mirror.
Name two ways you would like to alter your environment to support your goals.
Find the time: With some creative thinking, you'll find ways to squeeze a little more time out of your busy schedule. Adding short bouts of physical activity throughout the day really works. Walk down the hall instead of using the telephone or e-mail. Park farther from the door. Could you get up earlier to take a brisk walk? Climb up and down the stairs for 20 minutes during lunch?
Think about your schedule at work, home, and elsewhere. Find at least three slots that you could devote to physical activity during the next week, and write them down.
Make change a priority: Perhaps you've already made small changes in your level of activity that you can build on, or maybe you will be starting fresh. Either way, adding physical activity into your lifestyle is now at the top of your priority list. You can be confident that you are on the road to success. Choose one area of your life (e.g., work, lunch/break time, before/after work, weekends, active indoor chores, active outdoor chores) that you want to address in the next week.
Create a plan of action: You've developed a strong support network, found three time slots for physical activity, and chosen one area of your life that you want to address in the next week. The next step is to set some achievable goals and create a plan of action. For example, if you chose physical activity after work as the area to work on for the week, a specific goal might be walking the dog after work 4 days a week. Consider the plan developed by John, who makes his living as an aerospace engineer...
"I wanted to look better and was ready to make some changes to allow for physical activity. I did not know where to start, so I started small. My first goal was to be physically active in the workplace three days a week. In the morning, I'd walk to the cafeteria for coffee instead of using the vending machine near my desk. Throughout the workday whenever I wanted more coffee or a bite to eat, I would take the stairs to the basement instead of using the snack shop outside of my office. The changes were fairly simple to make. By the end of six months, I worked up to brisk walking during my lunch break five days a week and taking the stairs to get coffee or snacks. I've been able to maintain a healthier weight and I feel good. Without heroic measures, I have made significant progress."
Now it's your turn! Choose four physical activity goals that you hope to accomplish within the next month.
Monitor your progress: Keep in mind that occasional setbacks do not mean failure. On the contrary, you have set and achieved some specific goals. However, it is important to plan for events that might disrupt your physical activity routine. For example, if you know it will rain all week, rent a physical activity video to use in your home. Right now, make a list of potential setbacks to your routine and how you will overcome them.
It is also important to monitor your progress. Self-monitoring can help you meet your goals by increasing your awareness of the changes you have or have not made. It is also important to build on your goals. For example, if your first weekly goal is to walk to dog 30 minutes twice a week, build on this goal the following week. So, by the end of week 2, your goal will be to walk the dog 30 minutes twice a week plus gardening on Sundays. Try keeping an activity log for your daily activity.
Reward yourself: You deserve a medal! You set and achieved some specific goals. Reward yourself with a gift. Here are some ideas: a health club membership, tickets to a sporting event, a massage, a new CD, or a sitter for the kids.
Use long-term vision: Keep in mind as you are progressing that health professionals recommend at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity at least 5 days per week. This can be your long-term goal, but for now, just keep building on your successes week by week.
Taking Action
At this stage, you've been busy the last few months planning and becoming physically active on a regular basis. You have made important decisions and are working to make changes in your life. Way to go! A large part of your plan is in action and you are making physical activity an important part of your life.
By including regular physical activity in your schedule each week, you've shown a commitment to yourself and your health. Are you enjoying the rewards of added energy and a newfound sense of well-being? You've taken old habits and replaced them with healthy actions. The benefits you identified earlier when considering "pros and cons" probably outweigh the barriers. You can be proud of your success-you're making progress! The following steps will support you in reaching your activity goals and will keep you on the right track.
Create balance in your life: Any change is difficult and recently you've added regular physical activity into your life. In doing that, you've taken time away from other things in your busy schedule. Your energy level is increasing but you can't be a super being and do everything. Creating balance in your life is important.
Review the activities in your busy schedule. Protecting your commitment to become physically active is important. Here are some helpful tips.
- Be realistic. Gradually adding moderate-intensity physical activity to your life will give you added energy. Don't overdo. You put yourself at risk for injury if you increase too much, too fast.
- Select a menu approach to adding additional activities. Think about activities that you have wanted to do in the past and include them in future plans. Vary your routine to help keep boredom away. Have fun.
- Replace bad thoughts with good ones. When you hear yourself saying, "I should be better (or faster) at this by now," counter back by saying, "I have made some real improvements and am right where I need to be."
Support yourself in thoughts and action: Surround yourself with people who support your new, active lifestyle. Not all of your family members, friends, or co-workers may want you to succeed in becoming more active. You will develop new habits that might not include them and that may be a problem. Remember the stages of change. Your path will be different from theirs. Visualize your response to a non-supportive friend who discourages you from wanting to be something different-more energetic and healthy. Be assertive in your response.
Some people find supportive messages surrounding them very helpful. Leave encouraging notes to yourself or "to-do lists" at home, in the car or at the office. A message in the car that reminds you to part farther away from the grocery store will give you an opportunity to walk a few extra minutes.
Can you find ways to make it easier to add activity into your day? Leaving an extra pair of walking shoes at the office or in your car would be one way. Your dog only has to walk around the block once to believe you will walk him every day at that same time. How can you say no to your favorite pet, even if you grumble the entire time? You'll soon find yourself looking forward to the time...you really will. What are two supportive actions you can take to maintain or enhance your current level of physical activity?
Pat on the back: Give yourself a big pat on the back for becoming physically active. You are making great strides in adding health benefits and strength to your life. Build in rewards to maintain your motivation. These can be setting goals for yourself or something you can get your hands on, such as a new pair of walking shoes. What would motivate you?
Review long-term vision: You may want to contract with yourself to reach certain goals. What are your long-range (one year or longer) goals for physical activity? List three short-term (three to six months) goals that will help you reach your long-range goal. Be specific.
Utilize your support network: Maintain a buddy system. Knowing you can ask a co-worker or family member for support is helpful. Mentors are important in the work setting. They help you make the right decisions and show you the ropes.
Do you know someone who would make a good mentor or buddy in maintaining or increasing your current activity patterns? What type of support and feedback do you need from your friends or mentor to be successful?
Plan for setbacks: Think about times when you will be tempted not to be active (e.g., added demands of work and family, the flu, a blizzard, or out-of-town visitors). List for yourself any events that have gotten in the way so far.
Accept that these lapses will happen. It does not mean that you have failed or will not get back into your regular habit. Be aware that during the first six months of any behavior change, you are at risk of reverting to old habits. Lapses are a normal part of the change process. If you plan and prepare for events that are likely to happen, you can prepare to hurdle over them as well. You've heard the term, "jump back in the saddle again." If you do lapse, just start right back where you left off. You'll thank yourself afterwards.
Maintaining a good thing
Regular physical activity has become a part of who you are. You have kept the commitment to include activity in your everyday life and are a source of encouragement to others. The benefits of good health are important to you. The steps you've taken have been major and now you are physically active on 5 or more days of the week. Congratulations!
Look back to when you first started to become physically active. Do you remember some of your early struggles? You made the decision to overcome the barriers and succeeded in finding ways to increase your energy level and physical skills. One of the most important steps in maintaining your current success is anticipating minor slips.
Threats to success: It may be difficult for you to imagine a time when you will not want to continue regular physical activity. Repeat this next sentence three times (out loud and with feeling). "Minor slips will happen."
The greatest threat for relapse is overconfidence or believing it won't happen to you. It will happen and you have to plan for it. List two situations where you may be tempted to stop your regular activity, if only for a few days (e.g., vacation, a bout of flu, demands of work and family).
It's important to plan how you will handle these interruptions in your daily routine. If you know they will happen, you can plan around them. What can you do to reschedule physical activity during one of the situations you listed?
You have special friends and co-workers who have been encouraging you. Often as your activity level increases and becomes routine, this support stops. Because you're doing so well and exercise now is part of who you are, your friends may not believe you need the extra encouragement. Re-examine what you need from them and ask them to help you again. They can be the first ones to see old behaviors coming back. Ask them for continued feedback.
Tell-tale signs of danger
- "I've got nothing to worry about."
- "I'll never be a couch potato again."
- "Nothing will stop me from including physical activity into my day."
- "I'm safe. My friends or family won't let me quit."
- "I've only missed a few days and will start back soon."
Have you heard yourself say any of the above sentences? These are signs that you may be in danger of overconfidence. Old habits die hard. Watch for times when temporary lapses lead to disappointment or giving up. That old couch will be calling you and reminding you of its comfort and support for your weary bones. What will you say back? Remember how hard it was in the beginning. Keeping up your commitment to physical activity today is as important as it was when you started.
Keep your balance: Just as you planned how to remove your barriers to physical activity months or years ago, it's time for you to do so again. Review the benefits and barriers from when you assessed the "pros and cons" earlier. How have your barriers changed from when you started becoming physically active? What are some of the things you can put around your home or office to reinforce your efforts? What are some of the things you can remove that contribute any threat to your activity? List two plans of action you can take to support your continued goals.
Maintain self-confidence: You have a sense of confidence that regular physical activity brings into your life. You have more energy and are also adding health benefits such as reducing the risk of developing or dying from some of the leading causes of illness and death. Maintaining this sense of well-being is important. When you are confident that you will continue to remain physically active, your success rate goes up.
How confident are you of participating in regular physical activity under the following conditions:
- When you are tired?
- When you are in a bad mood?
- When you feel you don't have time?
- When you are on vacation?
- When it is raining or snowing?
Mentor others: Look back at how others helped you adopt new behaviors. Their support and encouragement may have made a difference in your efforts. Did someone offer to show you the ropes or share a new technique that worked for you? It's time you become part of the buddy system but on the other end. You have made progress through the transition of adding regular physical activity into your life. It's been both hard and rewarding, even fun on most days. Share your skills with someone else. Having others depend on you will increase your likelihood of continued success. Being a role model will bring good feelings from helping others and will reinforce your motivation to stay with your active


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Kellie Pickler says since her run on "Dancing With the Stars," her interest in signing on for a Broadway show has really grown.
The singer tells "Country Weekly" a musical would give her the chance to combine her two "passions -- dance and music." She explains that she really wants theater producers to stage at biographical show about Tammy Wynette, because "if anybody lived a country song, it's Tammy."
Pickler's Broadway aspirations have one problem, though -- there are no Tammy Wynette musicals waiting to be produced.
But Kellie says there's also an existing show she'd like to take on. The country star explains that her "Dancing" partner Derek Hough has told her she'd be great in the role of Roxie in the musical "Chicago." Pickler says she'd love the opportunity to give it a try, especially since she's already done some of the prep work. She explains that she's seen the film version of the show "a million times" and knows it "by heart."
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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College staff
member Adam Capps got to see Malvina Farkle Day from a different
perspective Wednesday.
For the last four years, Capps had been involved with LWC's annual
day of service as a student. But as the college's new assistant
director of student activities, he saw the event from another
perspective when it was held Wednesday.
"I am more involved now than I was as a student in previous years.
I am more involved in the behind-the-scenes stuff," Capps said. "I am able to see how much planning
goes into the two to three months leading up to Melvina Farkle
Malvina Farkle Day is an annual day of community service at LWC.
Classes are canceled and offices are closed so students, faculty
and staff can participate in community-service projects. The day is
named in memory of a mythical and legendary Lindsey Wilson alumna
and staff member who was known for her community staff and
practical jokes.
"I think that Malvina Farkle Day is important because it
shows what Lindsey Wilson College is all about," Capps said. "Our
mission is 'every student , every day,' and Malvina Farkle Day fits
in so perfectly with that idea. It is a big deal whenever you can
get 1,000 students to go out into the community and do service. The
jobs they do are jobs that usually wouldn't have been done without
a day like this."
This year's Malvina Farkle Day community-service projects included
more than two dozen sites in Columbia-Adair County.
"There are so many things we can do as a community when we come
together and decide to make a difference in Adair County and
surrounding counties," LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. told students, faculty
and staff in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center
shortly before canceling classes for the day. "Adair County will be
a different place because of what you will do today."
One of the long-term benefits of Malvina Farkle Day is that it
introduces community-service opportunities to members of the LWC
"This is a really great opportunity for them to just to get their
feet wet in that and maybe figure out that's really something they
really love to do," said LWC Director of Student Activities Jayne Hopkins, who is in charge of the
Community organizations also value the day.
"The community is always excited about it. Whenever I call people
and say, 'Would you like to have a group out for Malvina Farkle
Day,' they know exactly what I'm talking about … They love the
help," Hopkins said.
After a morning of community-service activities, the day concluded
with a picnic on the Campus Quadrangle and games.
For freshman Chris Oldham of Lexington, Ky., participating in his
first Malvina Farkle Day was an opportunity to better connect with
Columbia-Adair County. Oldham and other members of the LWC football
program collected trash in Columbia neighborhoods.
"We wanted to keep our community clean," he said. "It also provided
us a chance to talk with and interact with (members of) the local
community. It was great to hear people thank us and have a positive
impact on our local community."
LWC nursing students who helped administer blood-pressure checks at
Walmart said the day's events also provided them with a valuable
and memorable experience.
"I am glad I went because I was able to help give to the community
as well as gain practical skills from it as well," said Josh Pence,
a sophomore from Carrollton, Ky. "Taking blood pressure is
something that we have not yet covered in class so it was nice to
learn something new on the site. It's cool seeing how much impact
we as a college have on the town. Everyone around here supports
Lindsey Wilson, so we should support them as well and show that we
Fellow nursing major Rachel Ray of White Mills, Ky., said Malvina
Farkle Day also reminded her why she chose her major.
"I'm a nursing major so I spend a lot of my time in my room
studying, so I don't get out much. Malvina Farkle Day is a nice
refresher -- it allows me to get out of my room and out of my head
for awhile," she said. "I saw a cute couple who had been married
for 50-plus years who held each other's hands as they got their
blood pressure taken. It was so adorable. It's the small stuff like
that reminds us that we go into our majors to help people like
that. It helps keep us focused on why we are here at college -- it
reminds us that we are doing this for the greater good."
Hopkins said Malvina Farkle Day is a near-perfect example of the
LWC ethos express in the college's mission statement.
"When you see the students and the faculty and the staff and the
community all working together and coming together just to serve
and to get to know one another to build each other up, that is
really the energy of the day and that sustains us and it keeps us
going and reminds us of what we're here to do -- and that is to see
every student, every day, learn and grow and become a complete
human being," she said. "And that's what it's all about."
This year's Malvina Farkle Day community-service projects included
the following locations:
* Adair County High School
* Adair County Family Resource Center
* Adair County Middle School
* Adair County Public Library
* Adair Youth Development Center
* Bomar Heights Cycling Course
* Columbia-Adair County Food Pantry
* Columbia Public Square
* Columbia United Methodist Church
* Dollhouse Daycare
* Dunbar Cemetery Cleanup
* Edlercare
* Good Shepherd Catholic Church and Good Shepherd Shop
* Green River Animal Shelter
* Highway 55 Roadside Park
* Highway 80 Cleanup
* Homeplace on Green River
* Mary's House Project
* Old Homeplace Adult Daycare
* Pride Cleanup along Columbia Roads
* Summit Manor Nursing Home
* Trash Pickup Along Bull Run Road
* Trinity United Methodist Church
* Walmart
To nominate a site for next year's Malvina Farkle Day, contact
Hopkins at email@example.com or (270) 384-8033.
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In the list of wrong views in the Brahmajala Sutta, I notice that certain views are not mentioned. That is, in the pattern, "view X", "negation of view X", "both view X and its negation", and "neither", in this pattern, "neither" tends to be associated with logic and reasoning, while the other three logical possibilities are associated with concentration.
Based on this pattern, could we deduce that, if one determines such a "neither" view based on concentration (as it seems the Buddha might have), then it is insight?
More specifically... If one meditates and determines wrong views #4 (self is eternal), #8 (body is impermanent, but the mind is eternal), #12 (the world is neither finite nor infinite), #18 (the self and world arises spontaneously, randomly, due to chance), would this be regarded as a wrong view?
Its lack of a particular enumeration suggests one of two things: Either it is not a wrong view, or it is not regarded as a "possible" view.


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Natural Resources & Environmental Law
The Pacific and Inland Northwest is rich in natural resources. Legal and political issues involving natural resources have figured prominently in the region's history. The University of Idaho's location – combined with its nationally recognized natural resource academic and research programs – make this an ideal place to study natural resource and environmental law (NREL).
In 2008 College of Law introduced an emphasis in Natural Resources and Environmental Law (NREL), allowing you to earn a designation on your diploma upon completion of at least 16 hours of designated course work in the area and satisfaction of the Upper Division Writing Requirement under the advising of one of the NREL faculty. The program was developed in response to the general fact that the practice of law is becoming more specialized and specifically that the practice of natural resources and environmental law has become highly technical and complex. The course of study is designed to give you broad expertise in Natural Resources and Environmental Law and an understanding of how to develop in-depth expertise in a specific topic while not sacrificing your broader legal education. In addition, due to the strong collaboration between the College of Law and other Colleges at the University of Idaho through the development of concurrent degrees in Water Resources and Environmental Science, you will have the opportunity to enrich your experience by taking courses outside the law school and learning to integrate science and social science with law.
- NREL Requirements and Study Plan (PDF) (Updated: Nov. 2, 2015)
Launched in 2006, the University of Idaho Waters of the West (WoW) – the only interdisciplinary program of its kind in the Pacific Northwest and one of few such programs in the nation – draws on expertise of 56 faculty members in seven colleges to integrate aspects of law, natural resources, engineering, political science and more. The unique program focuses on developing sophisticated strategies and solutions to the world's critical water shortage. Students may obtain either an MS or a PhD in any of three tracks within the Water Resources Program concurrently with their JD. Double counting of 18 credits for the JD/MS and 21 credits for the JD/PhD allows completion of the JD/MS in four years and the JD/PhD in 6 years.
Students are required to apply separately to the College of Law and the College of Graduate Studies, Water Resources Program, and on acceptance to each college, must apply to the concurrent degree program. The LSAT may be substituted for the GRE on application to the College of Graduate Studies. Acceptance to both colleges does not have to occur simultaneously.
Course of Study
The first year will be completed entirely in the law curriculum. Students may begin taking graduate courses in their second year and should finalize selection of a graduate committee and filing of a study plan with the College of Graduate Studies by the end of their 2nd year. Law fees will be charged for the first 3 years of study and graduate fees will be charged for each subsequent year.
Rising interest in the connection between sustainable economic development and environmental protection has increased the demand for professionals with both legal and technical training. To meet this demand, the University of Idaho College of Law and the University of Idaho College of Graduate Studies Environmental Science Program offer a concurrent degree program.
The concurrent program combines the study of scientific, social, philosophical and legal aspects of environmental issues.
The program is designed to allow students to obtain both a J.D. from the College of Law as well as a M.S. Environmental Science from the College of Graduate Studies in as few as eight semesters through double counting of 18 credits.
To be eligible for the concurrent Juris Doctor (J.D.)/Master of Science (M.S.) in Environmental Science program, you must apply separately and be admitted into each program and then be admitted into the concurrent degree program. The LSAT may be substituted for the GRE on application to the College of Graduate Studies. Admission into the concurrent degree program is dependent on a demonstrated ability to excel in an intense, interdisciplinary educational environment.
Course of Study
The first year will be completed entirely in the law curriculum. Students may begin taking graduate courses in their second year and should finalize selection of a graduate committee and filing of a study plan with the College of Graduate Studies by the end of their 2nd year. Law fees will be charged for the first 3 years of study and graduate fees will be charged for each subsequent year.
In 2006, the University of Idaho created the Building Sustainable Communities initiative and Bioregional Planning and Community Design academic program, an interdisciplinary effort spanning nine participating departments in eight different colleges. The program's mission is to prepare future public leaders, create and disseminate new knowledge, and assist communities and organizations in planning for sustainable development, sustainable and efficient conservation planning and management, and sustainable human quality of life, within and across bioregions.
Beginning in 2012, Bioregional Planning and Community Design partnered with the College of Law to offer a concurrent JD/MSBioP degree. This concurrent program allows students to develop an expertise in various aspects of bioregional planning – e.g., land use, transportation, economic, conservation planning – while also gaining knowledge and experience in the legal tools and rules that regulate the implementation of those plans. Students are able to earn both a J.D. from the College of Law as well as a M.S. Bioregional Planning from the College of Graduate Studies in as few as eight semesters.
Students are required to apply separately to the College of Law and the College of Graduate Studies, Bioregional Planning and Community Design Program. On acceptance to each college, students must also apply to the concurrent degree program. Acceptance to both colleges does not have to occur simultaneously, and many students apply to the Bioregional Planning and Community Design Program during the first year of law school.
Other Information
- Bioregional Planning and Community Design
- Requirements for M.S.BioP or Graduate Certificate in Bioregional Planning and Community Design
- J.D./M.S.BioP Conncurrent degree agreement (PDF)
To meet the needs of students planning to practice law but seeking greater knowledge of the role of science in application, the College of Law has partnered with the University of Idaho's interdisciplinary Professional Science Masters program. Unlike other concurrent degree options, this program combines two professional degrees. The PSM offers opportunities in six tracks:
- environmental contamination;
- sustainability science;
- climate change;
- water resources management;
- management of regulated river systems; and
- ecohydrological science and management.
Additional information can be found on the Professional Science Masters Program website.
Faculty Research Interests
You will select a faculty advisor in your first year of law school for the purposes of developing your course of study and your writing topic. You should select an advisor with research interests in an area you are interested in.
Barbara Cosens
Professor Cosens' research interests include the integration of law and science in water resource management and dispute resolution, resilience and adaptive governance of water resources with particular application to the Columbia River, and the recognition and settlement of Native American water rights. She is a member of the Universities Consortium on Columbia River Governance.
Dale Goble
Professor Goble's scholarship focuses on the intersection of natural resource law and policy, constitutional law, and history. In addition to the usual numerous articles and essays -- now numbering more than 50 -- he is the co-author of four books: Wildlife Law: A Primer (Island Press 2008), Wildlife Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 1st ed. 2002, 2d ed. 2009), and Federal Wildlife Statutes: Texts and Contexts (Foundation Press, 2002).
Jerrold Long
Dr. Long's research is in land use law and subjects relating to the interdisciplinary "Water of the West" program at the University of Idaho. Professor Long is also an Affiliate Professor in the University's Water Resources and Bioregional Planning programs. His dissertation – New West or Same West?: Evolving land-use institutions in the American West – explored how local land-use regimes respond to social and cultural change.
Stephen R. Miller
Professor Miller's research interests include land use, climate change, real estate development, and the ways in which administrative law at the federal, state, and local levels structure our relationship with the environment. His research currently focuses on rapidly growing urban places, including many cities of the Mountain West, and how they relate to the environment.
Richard Seamon
Professor Seamon has written two books on administrative law and many law review articles on issues of constitutional law and other public law subjects. He also served in the U.S. Department of Justice as an assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States.
Anastasia Telesetsky
Professor Telesetsky interests are focused on public international law and environmental law. As a Fulbright Fellow and a Berkeley Human Rights Center fellow, she has collaborated with communities in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea on developing culturally appropriate legal solutions to environmental protection problems. Currently she is examining what role international environmental obligations and domestic environmental law plays in shaping China's evolving economic development policies.
- Natural Resources and Environmental Law Symposium
- Environmental Law Society
- Holland and Hart Writing Contest pdf
- NREL Externships
- NREL Brochure pdf
Native American Water Rights Settlement E-Repository
Online repository of settlements and associated documents. For information contact: Professor Barbara Cosens.
Natural Resources & Environmental Law Symposium
An interdisciplinary roundtable discussing the relationship and issues between law and environmental science.


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Cope's Review On "Legends Of OZ: Dorothy Returns"
Since L. Frank Baum (writer of the original OZ) had a great grandson who decided to go into the family business and write an OZ story of his own, is how you get 'Legends of OZ: Dorothy's Return. It's a 3D-animated musical which appears to bring 'The Wizard Of Oz" into the current day.
Legends of Oz finds Dorothy (Lea Michele) waking to post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz (by a rainbow) to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow (Dan Aykroyd), the Lion (Jim Belushi), the Tin Man (Kelsey Grammer) and Glinda (Bernadette Peters) from a devious new villain, the brother of the Wicked Witch (the witches had a brother?) I guess she didn't like him and turned him into a court Jester voiced well by Martin Short. I didn't know he could sing that well! We know Lea Michelle can sing from Glee.
A couple of characters I haven't seen before Wiser the owl (Oliver Platt), Marshal Mallow (Hugh Dancy), Tugg the tugboat (Patrick Stewart) join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City (which really got run down). What's cool about the music is it's the work of singer/songwriter Bryan Adams.
This one is more geared towards little kids. Story needs more work. But the 3-D is some of the best I've seen.
2 and a half stars. Kid's give it 3 and a half.
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Dont use the same route to leave as you entered. ALways go a different way. My homie lili taught me that.
Dont use the same route to leave as you entered. ALways go a different way. My homie lili taught me that.
lmfaao, that magnet thingss cool, i never thought of thatt. now i wont have to worry bout carrying it around by my parentss
and i bring my frieend with mee when i go to spot for me. if she sees any cops or people coming we book it.
I am kind of mad how often I see the magnet can tip. I think its a myth tbh, has anyone actually had a can that it worked on?
Not that I know of, most cans use glass/marble as the ball, not straight metal thats magnetic enough to keep down, and connect with the magnet through all the pigment. I'l only believe it when everyone can agree on a brand it always works on.
"When sh*t becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes."
El Paso writer? Hit me up, PM
Plus, if the magnet was strong enough to hold the balls down, would it make it impossible to shake when you get there? Therefore being unable to mix the paint? Therefore not getting any pigment? No color?
Massive flaws in the magnet theory
"When sh*t becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes."
El Paso writer? Hit me up, PM
YO, kk all you need 2 do is go bombing with ur crew, use spotters when ur doing ur piece, carry ur paint and shit in a bag but dont make it look suspicious by tagging ur back or that shit, carry like medical latex gloves n jsut throw 1 on ur painting hand, n if the cops come ditch the glove, u wont have any paint on ur hands, n keep ur cans in ur bag! they dont have the right 2 search it, and if u dont believe me check out this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqMjMPlXzdA the second part of it is all about graffiti and how to deal with cops...
The magnet trick does work on some cans. I have two little cans of Marabu and it works on those. Doesn't work on my rusto or colorplace though.
Edit: Or if you shake it long/hard enough with the magnet on it it should still mix.
As far as not getting caught,, lets say you're walkin around with a camera filled with pics of graf from around the city, even if you were responsible for some of them how could they trace that back to you? If prosecuted wouldnt it be considered circumstancial evidence?
okay so here's the deal...i was out at my buddy's house and came back to my house at around 2am when i was told that apparently the cops came to the door and asked my roomie if he knew anything about graffiti...he is a dumbass and said yes so...now my roomies are telling me I should take all my graff shit out of the house cuz they're probably coming back...but i'm so lazy and i have too much to easily move...but i'm just an "artist" if anyone asks...what should i do?
Just get the stuff in one pile, get a good hiding spot, and put it in there? It's your main option at this point.
No More Weekly Toy Battles.
haha don't say that when they're at your house.
No More Weekly Toy Battles.
I was skating at around 12 in the afternoon catching tags on bus stops down this road came back down the other way catching more on the bus and I noticed the same car drove past like three times
I was laughin cus this kinda shit has happend before with people tryin to sketch me or take my picture or something.
ANyways she called the police dude blocked me off and I got roped shit sucked
Keep everything to the night no matter how badass you think you are
tie your shoes tie your shoes tie your fucking shoes.i would have saved my ass a 3 week vacation in the county and a fucked up knee that STILL hurts.i probably would have gotten off tho if i would have thrown the bag before the cop was behind me and probably got away with a tresspassing fine or someshit buuuut i could have avoided all of that if i would have tied up my shoes and not have them flying off and trip my ass up.and if you do lose a shoe just leave it dont go back for it haha.just keep running.
My mom let me do me to but she's realy woried about that when i wear old clothes and came in late in the night she know what i was doing !
You must be a hard mother fucker.
"When sh*t becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes."
El Paso writer? Hit me up, PM


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So what's on every bodies list to get done in 2012? Lets hear it!
Here is my list at this time.... Tag draws could change things up with any luck!
*Kill a spring bear. Doesn't need to be huge as I don't want any more bear taxidermy bills.
*Scout and kill my personal best Roosevelt archery bull and help my boys do the same.
*Pass on mediocre blacktails and kill a P&Y buck with my bow during gun season since archery season sucks where I live.
*Kill a cougar!
*kill a whitetail worthy of a head mount!


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Federal Blue Pages Project Employees ReceiveVice President's Hammer Award
November 15, 1996
Contact: Bill Bearden
(202) 501-1231
Internet: email@example.com
Twenty-four federal agencies and 200 federal employees were recognized today at the U. S. General Services Administration when they received Vice President Gore's Hammer Award for their participation in the National Performance Review's Blue Pages Project.
The goal of the three-year project is to make listings for federal agencies in local phone directories -- called "blue pages" -- more user-friendly. As a result of the significant accomplishments achieved to date that have changed the look, touch, and feel of the federal listings in 10 cities, the NPR, on behalf of Vice President Gore, presented Hammer Awards to over 200 Federal Government employees and support contractors.
"Congratulations -- and thank you -- to the Blue Pages reinvention team. Your project is helping to dramatically improve the accessibility and efficiency of the blue pages. Simply put, our customers, the American taxpayers, want to be able to quickly and easily find phone numbers to government offices with which they need help. Your project is helping to do that, making the blue pages more user-friendly and responsive to the needs of its customers," said Vice President Gore, who heads the NPR to make the federal government work better and cost less.
In September 1996, the Vice President released the report The Best Kept Secrets In Government through the NPR to President Bill Clinton. Under "Number, Please" on page 35 the report states: "The low-tech puzzle that must be solved before reaching the high-tech government is the "blue pages."
Throughout this report, there are references to 800 numbers, websites, and Internet addresses, all of which must be provided to the citizens. Through the Blue Pages Project, the public will be made aware of this new way of doing business. This will educate them on the services available to them from the federal government.
According to the acknowledgments in the front of the Report, "the greatest debt of all is due the thousands of federal employees, state and local officials, private citizens, non-profit and other organizations who are changing how government works."
Citizens use the blue pages 81 million times a year looking for government information. Often, these listings are the first point of contact a citizen has with the government. Research indicates that 25% of the citizens give up since they cannot locate a particular office. U.S. Government estimates indicate that rerouting calls costs approximately $10. Currently, there are 6,200 telephone directories in the United States.
The Blue Pages Team of the Center for Electronic Messaging in the Office of Network Applications of the Federal Telecommunications Service of GSA, led a joint effort with a group of departmental and agency coordinators, various Federal Executive Boards (FEB) and Federal Executive Associations (FEA) and the Office of the National Performance Review, along with telephone companies across the country that have already completed various phases of the new Blue Pages listings in 10 cities which will be used by 18,546,000 households this year. One more city will be completed in the near future with more planned.
The people honored today represent the Washington DC Blue Pages Project Team, which includes the following:
The Blue Pages Management and Support Team. This Team meets monthly with the Federal Blue Pages Council which consists of various department and agency coordinators, motivating them to develop listings and templates that are used nationwide. The Blue Pages Team has briefed FEBs and FEAs, winning over their support to this project so that resources were provided to successfully complete several of the targeted directories. This team has also been the primary contact with the major telephone companies to develop partnership agreements to effect the necessary changes.
The Department and Agency Coordinators and their support staff. These coordinators who were appointed by senior officials of their particular department or agency, have been required to coordinate both in writing and verbally, with their field offices nationwide to effect the NPR requested Blue Pages improvements. Most have appointed additional staff to help with the project and to attend the required meetings. These Coordinators have defeated the "status-quo" attitude when it comes to reflecting services in a functional manner rather than publishing an "organizational chart."
Some telephone companies have changed existing processes and systems to facilitate the major changes to the blue pages. Ameritech has taken the lead in this regard. They will be publishing functionally oriented listings, in color with graphics including but not limited to, Internet addresses, websites and FAX numbers.
According to Dave Barram, acting GSA Administrator, "As a result of this partnership of Ameritech, GSA, and other federal agencies in Chicago and Indianapolis, we are well underway with continuing improvements to the federal government telephone listings. The end results will eventually be more functionally descriptive and useful information."
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text: Quality control is the process where manufacturers verify that an product conforms to the standard and construction they requested. Almost all factories and manufacturers have some form of quality control but why is it you still receive defective merchandise? Do they quality control employees and systems fail? Is quality control a lie? Is there some other secret to why it always seems like if there is a bad one you'll end up with it? Continue reading


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This article intends to breakdown the CS world file into it's different parts in-order to explain syntax and common usage. Although much of this is covered in the documentation some parts are incomplete and not fully explained. So this article hopes to pick up where the documentation leaves of.
First of all, because the CS world format has the advantage of being in an ACSII format we can open in up in a standard text editor (preferably one with XML syntax highlighting for simplification). So either start a new document or open an existing world file for editing (many examples can be found in the CS/data/ sub-directories)
Initialization Part
In the beginning...
All CS world files must start with the <world> tag and end with </world>. So to start us off we'll have:
<world> </world>
Note that if you want to make a library then just replace world with library. The rest of this tutorial is also valid for libraries except that libraries can only contain textures, materials, and mesh factories and no sectors.
Adding a Texture
Next we initialise which textures and materials we intend to use. To specify file locations in Crystal Space we always use VFS paths. VFS paths are a way of defining real paths without using Operating-System specific paths. They also allow you to directly read textures (and other files) from ZIP archives.
VFS (Virtual File System) paths are not just ordinary file system paths but paths that CS has set to ensure multi-platform compatibility. Real paths are usually mounted to VFS paths in the vfs.cfg. For example /lib/stdtex ' is actually a zip file called stdtex.zip in CS/data which has been mounted to the /lib/ VFS path. This comes in handy as you can refer to zip files as folders just by mounting them.
We start by specifying that we are talking about textures using the <textures> tag and then specify which texture we are using with the <texture> tag, and specify it's location using the <file> tag.
<textures> <texture name="oldmetal"> <file>/lib/stdtex/oldmetal.jpg</file> </texture> </textures>
This should load a texture which can now be referred to as oldmetal from that VFS path /lib/stdtex/.
Other specifics relating to special cases in <textures> such as cubemaps and key colours can be read about in the official CS documentation or refer to cs/data/flarge/
Adding Shaders
Shaders will come into play in the material section. But before you can use a shader in a material we have to make sure the engine knows to load it.
<shaders> <shader> <file>/shader/std_lighting_detail.xml</file> </shader> </shaders>
Adding Materials With Shaders
Materials are a way of applying surface properties by name not just textures. An example of this can be for example applying a pure colour with no texture.
<materials> <material name="green_color"> <color red="0" green="1" blue="0" /> </material> </materials>
This would make whatever the material was applied to a green colour. But most of the time you will want to specify a texture like so.
<material name="oldmetal"> <texture>oldmetal</texture> </material>
Another example are shaders, I will not get into shader specifics but applying a shader to a material is a simple process. Lets refer to the shader we used earlier.
<material name="oldmetal"> <texture>oldmetal</texture> <shader type="standard">std_lighting_detail</shader> </material>
This would apply the shader, but if we were to examine the actual shader we would notice that it also takes 2 variables which we can specify here. One is a texture that will be overlayed on the existing texture, and the other is a 2-D vector which basically shrinks down that texture to that scale. To use these variables we would do the following:
<material name="oldmetal"> <texture>oldmetal</texture> <shader type="standard">std_lighting_detail</shader> <shadervar name="tex detail" type="texture">oldmetal</shadervar> <shadervar name="detail texture scale" type="vector2">10,10</shadervar> </material>
Luckily for us this shader is a standard shader and the default renderloop already includes standard shaders, had this been another kind of shader we would have needed to change the renderloop. I decided to keep the same texture as the detail texture to avoid having to specify another texture and shrunk it by 10 UV's. If you are confused as to how i got the variable names and types, you can check cs/data/shaders/std_lighting_detail.xml for the type and names of the shader variables it takes. This is the same for all shaders.
So Far
So far we have specified a simple texture, material and shader-setup which looks like this:
<world> <textures> <texture name="oldmetal"> <file>/lib/stdtex/oldmetal.jpg</file> </texture> </textures> <shaders> <shader> <file>/shader/std_lighting_detail.xml</file> </shader> </shaders> <materials> <material name="oldmetal"> <texture>oldmetal</texture> <shader type="standard">std_lighting_detail</shader> <shadervar name="tex detail" type="texture">oldmetal</shadervar> <shadervar name="detail texture scale" type="vector2">10,10</shadervar> </material> </materials> </world>
Addings Sounds
Adding sounds is much like everything else in CS, very simple. It goes something like this:
<sounds> <sound name="tada.wav"> <file>/lib/std/tada.wav</file> </sound> </sounds>
Adding A Library
Another way of defining almost all of these things, is the use of libraries. A library is structured very much like a world file only it starts with <library> and ends in </library> it also cannot accept start locations and sectors. It is a good way of grouping certain things for loading. Also if specifying mesh factories in a library you will be able to load them into viewmesh. To include a library in a world file we would use:
<library path="/lib/std" file="library" />
Adding Plugins
There are an array of plugins that need to be handled in CS, only including the ones you need is the best way to go about things.For this reason we shall only include the thing-loader and factory plugin for this example.
<plugins> <plugin name="thing">crystalspace.mesh.loader.thing</plugin> <plugin name="thingFact">crystalspace.mesh.loader.factory.thing</plugin> </plugins>
We do this to allow us to use the full potential of it's factory and mesh setup. Thing meshes are usually low-poly meshes that use pre-calculated light-mapped surfaces. Their downside is that they are less efficient than a general mesh.
Adding Settings
Settings are there to over-ride some default engine settings such as ambient light and lightmap size you can read about them in the documentation.
Adding Factories
The Factory/meshobject scenario is often important if you wish to repeat meshes several times. But not always necessary if you wish to just have one instance of a mesh. For this article I will be taking advantage of the Factory/Meshobject setup to better familiarize users with it.
In a factory we usually tell the engine what factory will be called, the plugin used, the geometry information and also material(s) used on the mesh. With a thing mesh we have the option of mutliple materials based on the polygons you assign it to. This factory was taken from the simple map tutorial in the documentation. It is a simple cube with a single material applied.
<meshfact name="walls"> <plugin>thingFact</plugin> <zfill /> <params> <v x="-10" y="-1" z="10"/> <v x="10" y="-1" z="10"/> <v x="-10" y="-1" z="-10"/> <v x="10" y="-1" z="-10"/> <v x="-10" y="4" z="10"/> <v x="10" y="4" z="10"/> <v x="-10" y="4" z="-10"/> <v x="10" y="4" z="-10"/> <material>wood</material> <texlen>4</texlen>
 <v>6</v> <v>7</v> <v>5</v> <v>4</v>

 <v>3</v> <v>2</v> <v>0</v> <v>1</v>

 <v>7</v> <v>6</v> <v>2</v> <v>3</v>

 <v>4</v> <v>5</v> <v>1</v> <v>0</v>

 <v>6</v> <v>4</v> <v>0</v> <v>2</v>

 <v>5</v> <v>7</v> <v>3</v> <v>1</v>
 </params> </meshfact>
The first line initilises and names the meshfactory. The second tells the loader what plugin we are using in this case a thing factory becuase we are defining geometry. <zfill /> is used so that the card ignores the zbuffer and draws the Z value from the thing polygons over the old Z values present on screen. This is used by the outermost walls because it is a faster mode than <zuse/> as it does not need to read the zbuffer. It will be the first thing rendered in a back2front render. The next block is actually defining the position of vertexes. This box is made up of 8 vertexes. Next is the material. We specify the material we created earlier (old metal). Now we set <texlen> to 4 meaning that for every 4*4 world units one texture will be tiled. Next we define polygons by specifying the vertices that make up that polygon but remember that vertices start to count at 0. These polygons can also have names for debugging reasons mostly but they can have other uses.
And that brings a close to our initialisation section of a world file. In the rest of this tutorial I will tell you how to use these to create a sector in a world that can be loaded by walktest.
Creating a Room
Starting Us Off
Now is time for use to use those loaded resources and create a simple room runable in walktest. Now normally the definition section would probly be the largest part of the world file, luckily we only have a small amount of objects. To Start us of, no pun intended we need a Spawning position we specify it like this:
<start> <sector>room</sector> <position x="0" y="0" z="0" /> </start>
"room" will be the eventual name of our sector. 0,0,0 will be the coordinate in that sector in which we shall spawn (Crystal Space Does not actually care about this, it is very app-specifc the way you handle start points. You can have multiple start positions and have people spawn at different locations). Now we create and name our sector like so:
Creating a Sector
<sector name="room"> </sector>
Adding our MeshObj from a Factory:
We now have a sector called room which we can fill with whatever we want and the first thing we shall fill it with will be our Thing Factory called walls, here is how we do it:
<sector name="room"> <meshobj name="walls"> <plugin>thing</plugin> <params> <factory>walls</factory> </params> </meshobj> </sector>
As you can see we once again name the mesh this is because we need to distinguish between mesh objects sharing the same factory in case we use that factory more than once. The second line that has been added is refering to the loader plugin, do not confuse this with the factory plugin if you look at the <plugin> section we have initialised two plugins: the loaded and factory. The <params> sections only needs to have a reference to our factory. If I had not used a factory this would be the section where I would place the vertex and polygon information along with the materials. And finaly we terminate our meshobj section and we're done with this part.
Adding A Light
At this point if we were to load the world file with this into walktest it would work, But you would not be able to see anything. why you ask? No lights. To add a light we have the following:
<sector name="room"> <meshobj name="walls"> <plugin>thing</plugin> <params> <factory>walls</factory> </params> </meshobj> <light name="light1">  <radius>20</radius> <color red="2" green="2" blue="2" /> <dynamic /> </light> </sector>
We should be able to see from this that it is named "light1" and it will be created where we spawn (0,0,0 in sector "room"). Also i've set its radius to 20. This does not mean that everything will be full bright. It only means that the light will not begin to falloff as soon. Also light values are worked out on a percentage for colours r1g1b1 (100% Red 100% Green 100% Blue) being white but also the larger numbers have greater intensity meaning this is 2x brighter than a r1g1b1 light. The Last line is preperation for the final part of this series where we will manipulate the light's colour.
Loading Your Level Into Walktest
This level is now ready (syntax wise) for walktest. To actually run it you have to specify the directory where the world file is located to walktest like this:
walktest directory_for_world
If you put world in the current directory then you can also do:
walktest /this
The reason this all works is that walktest accepts both VFS paths (the /this above) and normal paths (the directory_for_world). The VFS path /this is very useful for debugging (but should otherwise be avoided) and refers to the current directory.
Sectors And Portals
It seems that other articles have shed away from dealing with sectors and portals, so i decided to add another sector to this tutorial.
Duplicate your current sector and rename it like this:
<sector name="room2"> <meshobj name="walls"> <plugin>thing</plugin> <params> <factory>walls</factory> </params> </meshobj> <light name="light1">  <radius>20</radius> <color red="2" green="2" blue="2" /> <dynamic /> </light> </sector>
Duplicating your Sector
Currently room2 is just a duplcate of room, what we want is another room on the side of room, to do this we must translate out light and walls 20 units in a direction, i chose the positive X direction. To do this we add a <move> tag to our mesh object like this:
<move> <v x="20" y="0" z="0" /> </move>
Which in the context of room2 is as follows:
<sector name="room2"> <meshobj name="walls"> <plugin>thing</plugin> <params> <factory>walls</factory> </params> <move> <v x="20" y="0" z="0" /> </move> </meshobj> <light name="light1">  <radius>20</radius> <color red="2" green="2" blue="2" /> <dynamic /> </light> </sector>
Note that we also moved the light. We now have two rooms side by side, Unfortunately they are not connected at all. I did not have to separate these into seperate sectors but a constricted doorway is a good opportunity to take advantage of portals and sectors. We are going to create a floating portal as not to distrub the geometry by adding a polygon inside the face, normally adding a portal polygon to a mesh would be a better solution as that way portals line up correctly with walls, but this portal is for illustrative purposes and concepts only.
To start off we'll place a portal from room to room2' because is a floating portal we will not need it nested in a meshobj so we start by adding this to the room sector (add this right before the light for example):
<portals> <portal name="port1"> <sector>room2</sector> </portal> </portals>
This creates a portal that goes to room2 but it is not complete. We also have to specify the dimensions of the portal (as a polygon) like this:
<portals> <portal name="port1"> <v x="9.7" y="1" z="1" /> <v x="9.7" y="1" z="0" /> <v x="9.7" y="-1" z="0" /> <v x="9.7" y="-1" z="1" /> <sector>room2</sector> </portal> </portals>
Once again we are not able to see the portal because our render-priorities are not currently set, meaning our zfill walls don't know they are ment to be behind our portal so for our special case we need to use the object priority like so:
<portals> <portal name="port1"> <v x="9.7" y="1" z="1" /> <v x="9.7" y="1" z="0" /> <v x="9.7" y="-1" z="0" /> <v x="9.7" y="-1" z="1" /> <sector>room2</sector> </portal> <priority>object</priority> </portals>
Finally we are able to see our portal, unfortunately due to the nature and position of our portal it only warps us to the same position in the neighbouring sector, we need a bit of space warping and here's how we do it:
<portals> <portal name="port1"> <v x="9.7" y="1" z="1" /> <v x="9.7" y="1" z="0" /> <v x="9.7" y="-1" z="0" /> <v x="9.7" y="-1" z="1" /> <wv x="1" y="0" z="0" /> <ww x="-1" y="0" z="0" /> <sector>room2</sector> <float /> </portal> <priority>object</priority> </portals>
Contrary to popular belive we will have to warp using negative coordinates if you wish to visualise this it is asif we are moving the world one unit toward the player (unless of course we wanted to rotate our space in which case we would need a positive <wv/> coordinate and a rotation matrix) The last thing that is needed is the <float/> tag to indicate it is a floating portal and it is not on the boundary of a sector.
And we're done, you should be able to load up you level (if you have been following) and get from room1 to room2 but not back again, i won't repeat the making of this portal I will just paste the portal code, all the same principles apply.


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Tuesday, July 1 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
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Join us as for an adult upcycle craft program as we work to turn something old into something new! Learn to make 3 different types of flowers from book pages to create a bouquet. (These old books are being saved from the recycling center!) A short tutorial on navigating Pinterest to find other paper flower patterns will also be given. Light refreshments and good conversation will be provided.


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News From Alumni: French
Eric McLauchlin
Class of 1992, French and Pre-law
Eric McLauchlin has taken the stage at Salisbury University's Commencement many times, first in 1992 on earning his B.A. in pre-law and French, and more recently to convey congratulations to new graduates as president of the SU Alumni Association.
However, when the Bel Air, MD, attorney steps onto the stage at SU's 83rd year Winter Commencement 2 p.m. Saturday, December 20, at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center, he will be the one receiving the congratulatory messages. McLauchlin is one of two former students being honored by the SU Alumni Association during the ceremony, with the Alumni Service Award.
McLauchlin is an attorney with the firm Gessner, Snee, Mahoney and Lutche, P.A., of Bel Air, MD. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1995. He is chair of the Harford County Economic Development Advisory Board, where he also serves as chair of the Land Use Committee. He is also a member of the board of directors and the executive committee of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed to Harford County's BRAC Preparedness Advisory Commission and is a former member of the board of directors of the Route 40 Business Association.
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