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Monograph series Volume VII, Number 1
Executive Summary
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Issue Area One: How Do We Collaboratively Help the Community
Realize Potential Strengths of Diversity in a Democracy?
Issue Area Two: How Do We Resolve the Separateness of Cedar Falls
and Waterloo Created by Diversity?
Issue Area Three: How Can We Provide Opportunities and Design
Support Systems for People of Diversity Without Creating Dependency?
Issue Area Four: How Does Understanding Our Ethnicity Impact
Our Perceptions of Others and How Do We Change Negative Expectations to
Orient All People to Success?
Issue Area Five: How Do We Develop a Global Perspective in Helping
People Understand Our Interconnectedness?
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Iowa has a rich 150 year history of diversity, democracy, and
learning. Perhaps no where in Iowa is the richness more apparent than the
Cedar Falls/Waterloo metropolitan area and the University of Northern Iowa
(Black Hawk County).
Black Hawk County has been influenced by people from many diverse
origins and backgrounds. After migrating to the Northern Iowa area in the
1800s, the Sac and Fox Indians were forced to cede this land in 1842. Black
Hawk County was then open for immigration and settlement.
The Homestead Act of 1862 promised 106 acres of free land to any
male 21 years of age. In addition, freedom from religious persecution,
plentiful job opportunities, and flight from the war between Prussia and
Denmark were also major factors encouraging people to leave their European
homes. Families from (Germany, Denmark, Norway, Slovakia, Greece, and Holland
originally made Black Hawk County their home.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Illinois Central Railroad
was besieged by strike. In the effort to break the protest against low
wages at the railroad's maintenance and repair terminal, the railroad offered
free passage to anyone willing to come to Waterloo and work. Hundreds of
African-American families heard the call and came North. By 1911, the number
of African-Americans in Waterloo had grown from 22 to 395 (Hawthorne, 1992).
According to the 1990 census, 8,514 African-Americans live in Black Hawk
County and constitute the largest ethnic minority.
In recent decades, immigrants from Southeast Asia have also settled
in Black Hawk County escaping harsh conditions in their native lands and
seeking greater opportunity. Today Asians constitute a large ethnic group
with approximately 1,000 persons.
Today, Hispanics are also a growing minority as, like their predecessors,
jobs have proven attractive. Packing plants actively recruit for employment
by offering income that is not readily available in South and Central America.
Over 1,000 Hispanics from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and beyond now live
in Black Hawk County. This population continues to grow rapidly.
Although the University of Northern Iowa does not have a written
record of the growth of cultural diversity, it may in many ways parallel
the increase in cultural diversity across the state of Iowa.
The number of minority faculty, support staff, and students at
the University has grown steadily. The number of minority students represents
4.3% of the student population. It is essential that educational systems
recruit minority teaching candidates. The necessity for addressing diversity
in the teaching profession is the result of the changing demographic projections
(National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 1996), the historical
profile of educators as being white and middle class (Goodlad, 1994), and
the need for white students and students of color to experience the teaching
and role modeling benefits that teachers of color bring to the classroom
(Darling-Hammond & Cobb, 1996). The College of Education is responsive
to this need, as noted by the recommendations recently put forward by the
Blue Ribbon Panel on Teacher Education:
Support linkages with public schools and community colleges to encourage
ethnically diverse students to pursue careers in teaching.
Expand and increase financial support of the present Minorities in Teaching
(MIT) program with special emphasis on activities that are centered in
the public school systems across the state.
Develop a comprehensive recruitment and mentoring program and a climate
that encourages minority recruitment, admission, and retention.
Coordinate University financial resources targeted toward the recruitment
of a diverse high quality teacher education population.
Develop teachers who are able to teach students from diverse racial, cultural,
and socioeconomic backgrounds; who can recognize and address the special
needs of all children and youth; who will affirm and encourage children
and youth to develop their talents, to recognize their capabilities, and
to understand their responsibility to be contributing citizens in a democratic
society; who are well versed in subject matter; and who have an understanding
of the teaching-learning process and their impact on children and youth.
Require clinical/field experiences with diverse learners in order for the
teacher education student to observe and apply effective practices with
diverse populations and to link knowledge of the subject area with knowledge
of the learner and the learning process.
Even with Iowa's limited minority population of approximately 5%, considerable
disparity exists between the number of minority students and their counterparts
in the teaching force as seen by the fact that minority teachers and school
administrators constitute less than 1% of all the state's elementary and
secondary school educators (Else, 1991, p. 2).
Unfortunately, minority students and faculty continue to express
feelings of isolation and lack of cultural identity and support. Likewise,
diversity has created a separateness between Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
Additionally, there is a growing sentiment in the metropolitan area that
the issues of cultural diversity have been addressed and discussed but
little action has been taken. And yet we know cultural diversity is critical
to our growth as a University and community. With this premise in mind,
the Institute for Educational Leadership and the YWCA of Black Hawk County,
in cooperation with the Waterloo and Cedar Falls city governments and school
districts, Hispanic or Latino Access Association, UNI Minorities in Teaching
Program, and the Iowa Humanities Board sponsored a working conference to
identify and define critical issues impacting equality, develop options
for resolution of issues, and build consensus on recommendations to assist
the communities and University in ensuring equality.
Forty-five K-12 educators, University representatives, and community
leaders were invited to the conference held on the University of Northern
Iowa campus. Individuals were selected based on their keen interest in
cultural diversity, equity issues, their skills as communicators, and their
enthusiasm for exploring issues in an indepth and interactive environment.
The purpose of the conference was to stimulate dialogue to better understand
differences and the potential strengths of our diverse community and to
use this newly developed knowledge base to construct an action agenda designed
to implement recommendations which lead to equity for all.
Participants were organized to address the following issues:
This monograph includes participants' position papers and the
consensus reports developed by the five issue area groups and written by
each group's facilitator(s). While you are encouraged to read the entire
monograph for greater detail and understanding, the following issue area
recommendations are presented to highlight the best thinking of conference
How Do We Collaboratively Help the Community Realize Potential
Strengths of Diversity in a Democracy?
Two initiatives are recommended to help the community realize the many
strengths diversity can bring:
Two initiatives are recommended to help the community realize the many
strengths diversity can bring:
How Do We Resolve the Separateness of Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Created by Diversity?
How Can We Provide Opportunities and Design Support Systems
for People of Diversity Without Creating Dependency?
How Does Understanding Our Ethnicity Impact Our Perceptions
of Others and How Do We Change Negative Expectations to Orient All People
to Success:
How Do We Develop a Global Perspective in Helping People Understand
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Over the years, Alienware's laptops have been many things, a lot of them completely contradictory. Big, small, gaudy, powerful, expensive and even sometimes good value for money.
They've always been distinctive, though. And the new m15x is just about the most unusual yet. With its industrial angles, sloped front and raked keyboard it bears more resemblance to KITT's bonnet than it does to a traditional laptop. Which is a coincidence, because weighs almost as much as a Trans Am too.
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Standing out is no bad thing in this day and age of anodyne design, and you'll be pleased to know there's plenty inside the m15x to justify the price too. For a start, it's one of the first laptops we've seen to feature Intel's latest mobile processor, the quad-core i7 Q720.
It trundles along at a mere 1.6GHz, but will accelerate to nearly 3GHz if only one core is under use.
It's not a massive strain on the battery, either, and we managed to get three hours out of the machine under normal use. Not brilliant, but not bad for a desktop replacement.
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Graphics are provided by NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 260M, which is a decent enough chip but far from the fastest mobile option available.
Combining a mid-weight GPU with a CPU that runs at low clock speeds while multithreading means the m15x is surprisingly half-hearted when it comes to gaming performance. Even with detail settings turned down low, Far Cry 2 is only just playable at native resolution.
The finer details beyond the generic specs are what makes the m15x appealing, though. The screen, while a little too reflective, is colourful, bright and fast, and the keyboard is absolutely brilliant.
Not only is it comfortable and hard wearing, the AlienFX lighting system can divide it up into coloured areas for gaming, so you can see keygroups clearly in the dark.
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As good as the keyboard is, though, the mouse pad is its evil twin. Forget any new-fangled multitouch feature, the dimpled surface is sticky, unresponsive and inaccurate at best. You'll almost certainly be using the m15x with a USB mouse if you're at a desk, but the trackpad is just frustrating if you're on the go.
If it's an unstoppable gaming monster you're after, the bigger, faster m17x is probably the machine you want – or one with an older, faster quad-core chip like the MSI GT725. As a distinctive, powerful desktop replacement that is good, but not great, for games though, there's a lot to commend the m15x.


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Today, Rep Walberg voted for H.R. 1775, the Stolen Valor Act, which would make it a crime for anyone to knowingly benefit financially from lying about military service, records or awards.
"Our nation's servicemen and women deserve our highest respect and gratitude for the sacrifices they make in exchange for our freedom. One way to show our appreciation is through medals and decorations. Another is to make sure that those who misrepresent their service for personal gain are held accountable. The Stolen Valor Act accomplishes both," commented Rep Walberg following the vote.
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My parents want to transfer the title of their home to me. I've read about real estate trusts, wills, and quit claim deeds, but am having trouble making sense of everything.
What is a simple way for my parents to transfer the title to me, while minimizing my tax liability? In addition, there is about $70k left on the mortgage, and I still have student loans. Is there a way to structure the transaction and post-transaction so that the loan payments lower my tax liabilities?
Please let me know if you can help, or if you can point out how I should find a lawyer to help me navigate this process.
Thanks in advance.Also, do I need to consult an accountant or cpa, or are real estate lawyers typically well-versed enough in the tax laws that they would be able to help me with this issue? CLARIFICATION: I am over the age of 18; does this affect anything?
Remember that when you gift assets, there is a carry-over basis. This means that if Mom and Dad gift you a house they bought for $10,000 that is worth $100,000 and then you go to sell it in a few years for $150,000, you owe capital gains tax on the full appreciation ($150,000-$10,000=$140,000).
There are tax breaks in the Internal Revenue Code. Section 121 excludes capital gains if the house being sold is your primary residence (you have lived there 2 of the last 5 years) up to $250,000 for individuals and up to $500,000 for married couples.
Additionally, if your parents pass the house to you through the estate of the second to die, you get a full step-up in basis to the date of death value.
I would contact a local attorney about a transfer with retained life estate deed from your parents to you and see if that is suitable for your needs.
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Rosemary Meagher Leonard handles estate planning throughout the state and advises clients and prepares these types of cases. She's based in San Diego although she does handle cases in your area. Her profile is on Avvo as are several very good estate planning lawyers.
I agree with Attorney Luthmann. A lady bird deed may well be the best option for you. That is a quit claim deed where the grantors retain a life estate in the property. The title passes upon the death of the second spouse, giving you a step up in basis, so that you do not need to recognize any gain for income tax purposes.
Your parents should also ask about setting up durable power of attorney forms for health care and financial matters, if they have not already done so. This will allow you to avoid the need for probate appointment of a guardian and conservator, if either of your parents become incapacitated at some point.
All of these forms should be prepared by an attorney to make sure it is done properly.
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Home made deeds and home grown estate planning may cost you dearly in the long run. There are tons of issues you are not aware of. See a qualified estate planner in your area!
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Both attorney offer excellent general advice concerning the basis implications for lifetime gifts and in a lady bird context. But really your parents need to get with an estate planning attorney to sit down and go over all their assets and goals to get a well conceived, comprehensive estate plan. For more on this and other issues, see Estate Planning Mistakes: 5 Not So Easy Pieces at http://www.sjfpc.com/estate_planning_drafting_wills_trusts.html
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You are right to be asking questions, and as others have already mentioned, please have your parents speak to an estate planning attorney before signing over the property. There are many, many issues they, and you, need to be aware of before making this decision, and so many parents have come to regret signing a deed before receiving the right legal advice.
They should receive an attorney's advice and tell the attorney the goals they are trying to achieve by transferring the home to you, so the attorney can determine if a deed transfer now is the best way to accomplish their goals, or if another method would be more favorable to them, and to you. The future plans your parents have for the home would also need to be carefully considered by the attorney.
There are capital gains tax issues, property tax issues, and as you mentioned, income tax issues, plus potential gift/estate tax issues involved in the transfer, and a transfer to you now may not be the best way for you to receive the home in terms of all the tax ramifications to you. California also has community property laws which could affect the timing of the transfer as well.
If a transfer to you now is still determined to be the best option, there are also several different trust vehicles that could be used to provide asset protection and other benefits to you, that are far superior to simply signing a deed for the property over to you. Especially since you mention that you have student loan debts of your own.
There are many ways to structure this transfer to give you all the benefits you want, plus many benefits you may not know you need. Please feel free to have you parents call our Norcal office for a consultation.
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Travellers looking for a less than ordinary animal experience can cosy up to a cheetah, watch a white tiger dive for fresh meat and meet the baby of a donkey and zebra.
New Yorkers, and the rest of the world, waited with bated breath last month to hear the fate of the "escaped" Bronx Zoo Cobra.
Though the creature (now named Mia, after the acronym MIA, Missing in Action) was finally found hiding in the Reptile House after a six-day search, there are plenty of other abnormal animal experiences to slither up to:
Cuddle a lion cub or cosy up to a cheetah
At the controversial Zoo Lujan in Argentina, visitors are occasionally allowed inside the enclosures of lions, tigers, bears and other predators, as long as they pay an extra fee and sign a waiver. Though no serious accidents have been reported, a petition to disallow the practice has been circulated online.
Smell a flesh-rotting scented plant
Okay, so it's not an animal, but the new Voodoo Lily at the Minnesota Zoo emits a stench so bad, you might mistake it for a dead one. The smell attracts flies as a trick to spread its pollen, but since it starting blooming last week, it is attracting human visitors who wonder what all the stink is about.
Check out cross-eyed creatures
Heidi the possum isn't even on display yet, but photos of her irresistibly cute cross-eyes have garnered her worldwide fans. She'll be on view starting 11 July at Zoo Leipzig in Germany, but in the meantime, you can see Frank, the cross-eyed Jaguarundi, just north at the Tiergarten Delitzsch zoo, in Berlin.
Watch a white tiger underwater
As if a white tiger weren't rare enough, the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California has an underwater viewing area where you can watch Odin the Bengal tiger fold back his ears and close his nostrils as he dives for fresh, bloody meat. Watch a whole repertoire of tiger tricks at Odin's Temple of the Tiger show.
Meet the monkeys... then lose your sunglasses
In the monkey exhibit at the London Zoo, where no barrier separates the creatures from visitors, the Bolivian squirrel monkeys have taken to snatching visitors sunglasses to admire themselves in the lenses' reflection.
Discover a Zedonk
Pippi, the baby of a donkey and zebra, made international headlines last year with her striped legs and brownish body. Celebrate her first birthday at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in north Georgia on 21 July.


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Israeli fears that the release of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu after 18 years in prison will stir up the debate over its controversial nuclear weapons programme are reflected in the country's press.
Most commentators have little sympathy for Mr Vanunu, with some worrying he could become a rallying point for anti-Israeli sentiments.
The government also comes under attack for the way it is handling his release, particularly the decision not to keep him in some form of administrative detention.
The Jerusalem Post is not optimistic that Mr Vanunu will maintain a discrete silence.
"We wish we could be as sanguine that Vanunu will disappear from public view. More likely, he will become a handy tool for anti-Israel campaigners, particularly if he is allowed to leave Israel in a year.
"The cumulative damage he will continue to do to Israel as a propagandist will considerably exceed the damaged he caused as a spy."
The Post believes that "ostensibly, Vanunu owes his fame to what he stands for: nuclear disarmament, freedom of information, human rights. In fact, it is owed mainly to what he stands against. 'I am against Israel' he is reported to have told the Shin Bet (Israeli secret service). 'I am against your state'."
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An editorial in Hatzofe condemns the government for "acting in haste".
"It rejected the recommendation of the heads of Shin Bet to hold him in administrative detention immediately upon his release. It preferred, for some reason, to accept the attorney-general's recommendation to allow him freedom of action with reasonable restrictions. This recommendation is liable to start a Vanunu circus."
Writing in Ha'aretz, commentator Reuven Pedatzur makes a plea for the media not to give the freed man the oxygen of publicity:
"Leave Vanunu alone. Don't turn him into a cultural hero."
Mr Pedatzur argues that the security lapses which allowed Mr Vanunu to reveal details of Israel's nuclear programme to London's Sunday Times have still not been investigated.
"The defence establishment, and particularly the Shin Bet security service and the Defence Ministry's internal security department, simply want to avoid the embarrassment and criticism of Vanunu revealing how he made a laughing stock of the system in charge of protecting secrets at the Dimona reactor.
"To this day, there has been no serious probe into the failures of Shin Bet and the internal security department... Everything could change if Vanunu talks."
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An editorial in Ha'aretz also calls for the authorities "to allow him to live as a free man" or pay the price.
"Any further extraordinary efforts to silence him will only perpetuate both his mythical status and the campaign that has grown up around him."
Writing in Ma'ariv, commentator Rafi Man believes the decision to impose restrictions on Mr Vanunu's freedom after his release "has nothing to do with secrets. It is about the level of public debate, at home and mainly abroad, on what is hidden under the silver dome in the desert near Dimona".
The Israeli establishment has long sought to maintain an ambiguity about Israel's nuclear arsenal, and fears that dropping the veil on the issue could expose Israel to "very harsh sanctions", Mr Man writes.
"In view of the attempts to scare us with spin, it is important to reiterate one basic fact: expressing an opinion, even on the nuclear issue, is not an offence," he concludes.
However, another commentator writing in Ha'aretz, Aluf Benn, argues that although he "managed to pierce the cloud of ambiguity covering Israel's nuclear programme... Vanunu completely failed to attain his political objective, assuming his intention was to stir an international outcry that would culminate in demands that Israel shut down its Dimona operations".
"As he walks out of Shikma prison today, Israel's nuclear programme enjoys an unprecedented level of international legitimacy, leaders in the West openly justify Israel's nuclear programme as an insurance policy taken out by a small, vulnerable country whose hostile neighbours constantly threaten to destroy it."
A columnist in the top circulation Yediot Aharonot, Itan Haber, believes that Mr Vanunu has paid his dues and "must be congratulated on his exit to a new life".
"If Vanunu says nothing about Dimona, nothing will happen to him. If he opens his mouth on prohibited subjects, he will be tried."
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It's again time for us to wish you all a Happy Christmas and all the best for the new year. It is however also the time of the year when we normally start talking about a new game or expansion. Last year it was Home of Light, and before that it was The Teladi Outpost. Both of these X Rebirth expansions received a lot of positive feedback and helped us to show X Rebirth 4.0 in a much better light.
This year, there are several really exciting new developments that we can share with you:
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Updated X3TC and X3AP
X3: Terran Conflict 3.2d and X3: Albion Prelude 3.1a are now available. These are small technical updates for Windows only and do not contain any new gameplay features. Fixed selection of wrong graphics card on systems (particularly laptops) that have dual graphics. Fixed issue with menu performance on systems with particular AMD graphics hardware and driver combinations. For Steam users, both games should update automatically provided your Steam client is configured to do this. For GOG users, both with and without Galaxy client, the update is available from GOG. For everyone else, the patch for X3TC can be found in our
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Announcing X Rebirth 4.0 and the Home of Light DLC!
We are pleased to announce yet another free update to X Rebirth, along with a new DLC called Home of Light which is available to buy now. Key new features of 4.0 include:
Bulletin board system to keep track of offered missions.
Major overhaul of external view (enabled menus, target elements, external view in highways, and more).
Orders for multiple selected ships in the Property Owned menu (replaces 'Broadcast' order).
Trade Deals menu with profit estimates.
Economy logging and statistics.
Time acceleration using SETA.
New mission to obtain player ship jump drive.
New missions to hack stations and obtain rare or valuable items.
You can now find and craft rare weapon modifications that increase your weapon's stats when installed.
New in-game tutorials.
OS X and Linux versions now join Windows on full release.
The Home of Light DLC is the second expansion for X Rebirth and establishes the access to three new star systems, including the well-known Home of Light, home of the powerful TerraCorp.
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For more details take a look at our new trailer and explanation videos which cover both the 4.0 update and the Home of Light DLC:
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Unfortunately, a former Police Officer who was terminated from employment with the City of Auburn over three months ago has made false and unsubstantiated allegations surrounding the Auburn Police Division and the basis for his termination. Although I cannot comment in detail on the specific basis for the termination, I would agree with former Police Chief Dawson's statement in the OA News that there's more to the story than is being told. Although Mr. Hanners and his former counsel have a copy of his personnel file, which contains the basis of his termination, it is evident that he has not chosen to share that information with the media.
Over the years, our Annual Citizen Survey has indicated that enforcement of traffic laws and police visibility in neighborhoods should be a priority. While understanding the importance of this issue with our citizens, the Auburn Police Division has not chosen to employ quotas for tickets or arrests to meet this goal. However, the message that there is a quota was wrongfully conveyed through supervisory channels to at least one patrol shift. When this was brought to the attention of Police administration last Fall, supervisory personnel were reminded of the appropriate way to communicate shift duties including the enforcement of traffic laws. Chief Register, as well as former Chief Dawson, have made it clear that they do not require quotas in the Auburn Police Division. If any Auburn Police officer is unclear on the expectations of the Chief or his supervisor, Chief Register, Public Safety Director Bill James and I all have open door policies and will be happy to hear their concerns and make our expectations clear.
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Because we do take all allegations seriously, when former Police Chief Dawson informed the City Manager's office that allegations of corruption had been made he asked if someone from outside of the division would perform an evaluation to substantiate or disprove those allegations. The City Manager authorized the City Attorney to commission an evaluation by an independent party. The City Attorney hired Bob Eddy, who has been an Investigator at the Alabama Attorney General's office and an Assistant Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety, to conduct an investigation. Mr. Eddy was given free rein to look at police records, interview officers and staff and take as long as needed to do a thorough investigation. Mr. Eddy conducted an almost 700 hour investigation, including exhaustive interviews with Auburn Police personnel and found no corruption or wrongdoing.
The real tragedy of an unfounded accusation like the one leveled by Mr. Hanners is the negative impact that such a charge of corruption makes upon the officers we employ. The Auburn Police Division is an excellent and effective Police force staffed with dedicated officers. As a result of their tireless efforts, burglaries are down in Auburn by 32% over this time last year and are down 18.6% year-to-date. In our most recent citizen survey, satisfaction with the quality of local police protection was 89%, 15 points above the national average of cities surveyed. Only 2.6% of respondents indicated that they were dissatisfied with local police protection.
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Recently I had a wonderful experience helping credit unions throughout Manitoba to experience a new technology that helped them engage members and staff in a powerful, productive way. The tool we used is called Google+ Hangouts. This is the same Google you know and use for search.
Credit Union Young Leaders of Manitoba is a group of credit union employees throughout the province of Manitoba who organize for the purpose of sharing information and growing the credit union movement.
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When we did the Google+ Hangout (going "On Air" as Google calls it) we had amazing feedback. People loved seeing their peers live on the screen. The host for the event was Leanne Devilegere, branch manager at $1.1 billion/35,000-member Westoba Credit Union, Souris, Manitoba. She comfortably and very professionally handled the transitions, introducing new presenters and more.
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Terry Brock is a Hall of Fame speaker and marketing coach who works with organizations to help them leverage technology and build powerful business relationships. He's the co-author of the McGraw-Hill best-seller Klout Matters: How to Engage Customers, Build Your Digital Influence--and Raise Your Klout Score for Success! Reach him at www.TerryBrock.com or via Twitter: @TerryBrock.


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The Poly football team has cruised to a share of the Moore League title, beating five league foes by an average 40.4 points, and the Jackrabbits would complete their ninth perfect Moore campaign in a decade with a victory Friday at Cabrillo.
After a tough start to the season, with successive losses to Serra, Narbonne and Bakersfield, they seem to have turned things right. They must be pretty good, right?
Head coach Raul Lara, who has guided Poly to a dozen league titles in 13 years at the helm, isn't so sure.
"Hopefully gotten better. Hopefully," he said. "I keep telling everybody I think we're getting better, but I don't know how much better we've gotten because we haven't really seen a team that we believe we're going to see in the playoffs. We won't really know until we get into the playoffs."
The Jackrabbits (6-3 overall) remain outside the CIF Southern Section's Pac-5 Division top 10, but no other Moore League team is getting votes. Every other league in the division has at least two ranked teams, and Poly could be the underdog in its playoff opener - considerably, if the opponent comes from the Trinity League, which has the Nos.3 (St. John Bosco), 4 (Mater Dei) and 5 (Santa Margarita) teams.
The chief concern is the CIF playoffs, to be sure. Poly wins the Moore League virtually every year, and there's a hunger for a divisional title after winning seven from 1997 through 2008 and failing to advance from the first round the past two seasons.
Running back Gerard Wicks, who scored three touchdowns in Friday's 48-6 romp over Wilson at Veterans Stadium, said this could be the year for the `Rabbits.
"We never think about Moore League," Wicks said. "It's always bigger and better, CIF and state. It's pretty much in our hands. Since Santa Margarita's quarterback (Johnny Stanton sustained an ACL injury last month), that shakes up everything, since last year they won CIF. It could go either way."
Lara stumps for own guy
Poly coach Raul Lara has heard the swell of support for Wilson's Tonny Lindsey as Moore League football MVP this season, and he's not buying it, especially after the Jackrabbits held the star running back to 2 yards on seven carries before knocking him out of Friday's 48-6 romp with a shoulder injury.
Lindsey went into the game with 1,305 rushing yards, but gained nothing twice and was dropped for losses four times in his first six carries. He went for 11 yards on his seventh attempt, near the end of the first quarter, and wasn't seen again.
"Did you get your stats for No. 4? What, 1 yard?" Lara said at game's end. Told 2 yards, and then Lindsey got hurt, Lara said: "I know he did."
Stopping Lindsey was the focus for Poly's defense.
"The No. 1 guy that we came in here, that we knew we had to stop," Lara said.
Lara made his case for whom he thinks should win the league's biggest individual honor.
"Juju - John Smith," he said, singling out the Jackrabbits' triple threat, who scored touchdowns on a first-quarter punt return and second-quarter pass from Tai Tiedemann. "I really love how he's playing. I really believe he's our league MVP. That's something everybody needs to look at, but that kid is special. I mean, special (teams), defense and offense. He makes plays everywhere.
"He's a special player. He's a very special player, and I'm glad he's only a junior."
- Scott French
'Special' special teams
With their stellar play, St. John Bosco punter Richard Cole and his coverage unit were indirectly responsible for five of the Braves' points in their 39-13 Trinity League victory over Servite last week.
Cole and the punt team pinned the Friars at their own 1-yard line with perfectly placed kicks twice in the second half, and both led to Bosco points. The first came with 9:16 left in the third quarter, a 32-yarder that was downed by Chandler Hawkins. On Servite's ensuing possession, the Braves forced a fumble deep in Friars territory, and Reid Budrovich countered with a 24-yard field goal, which gave SJB a 23-7 lead.
Cole's second outstanding punt traveled 40 yards and was downed by Williams Dunyon at the 9:49 mark of the fourth. On the next play, Bosco senior Arthur Espinoza tackled Servite's Nicholas Lopiccola in the end zone for a safety, extending the Braves' lead to 32-13.
"Those were huge plays," SJB coach Jason Negro said. "Both times, we were too far for a field goal and it was too far to go for it (on fourth down). But I thought the way we were playing defense, we could pin them deep ... and our cover guys did a phenomenal job."
The Braves end their regular season at home Friday against Santa Margarita with first place in the Trinity League at stake. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. rather than the normal 7:30 p.m. start time.
Felt like home
Technically, the Braves were the visiting team in last week's football game against Servite, which plays its home games at Cerritos College in Norwalk.
SJB, however, could have considered it a home game as well. The Bosco campus is less than three miles from Falcon Stadium - Servite's Anaheim campus is a little more than 10 miles away - and the short drive was certainly a nice change from some of the Friday night treks Bosco takes into Orange County for its league games.
"It took us seven minutes to get here," Negro said with a smile following Friday's game. "I timed it."
- David Felton
Griffins are hurting
When the football season began, Alex Redmond and Erik Roudybush were listed as two top returning offensive linemen for Los Alamitos High. By the time Friday rolled around, they were out for the season with injuries.
Redmond is 6-foot-5, 305 pounds and verbally committed to the University of Oregon. Roudybush is 6-3, 260. Both are seniors. And both are sorely missed. That much was evident when Griffins quarterback Cody Marshall threw four interceptions during Los Al's 28-7 loss at Huntington Beach on Friday.
Marshall was sacked four times.
Griffins coach John Barnes on Monday spoke briefly about it.
"It hurts a lot, but it's not an excuse," Barnes said. "We don't make excuses. Do I wish they were here? Yes. Did I plan on them being here? Yes. But nobody (outside of Los Alamitos) cares. The other night, I think it showed a little bit."
Barnes wanted to make it clear he was not bashing any of the linemen who have tried to pick up the slack.
That said, Los Al has another big game to play Thursday against Newport Harbor at Veterans Stadium. If the Griffins (6-3, 2-2) beat the Sailors (5-4, 3-1) and Huntington Beach (5-4, 3-1) loses to league-leading Edison (8-1, 4-0), Los Al, Newport Harbor and Huntington Beach would be tied for second at 3-2 with 1-1 records against the other two.
At that point, coin flips would be called upon to decide the other two guaranteed postseason spots. Since the Southwest Division is going to take two at-large berths, the team that loses in the coin flip could get one of them.
Lancers try to foil Poly
The first time Moore League girls volleyball rivals Poly and Lakewood squared off this season, the Jackrabbits defeated the Lancers 3-2. The fifth and deciding set was 15-13, so these teams are evenly matched.
They will tangle today at about 4:15 p.m. at Lakewood in the Moore League finale. Lancers coach Michael Wadley said he is looking forward to it.
"They had a really good weekend in the Redondo Tournament and now they're going to want to go undefeated in league and keep that sole possession of the championship," he said of the Jackrabbits. "The good part about it is you have two really good teams.
"They have a really good coaching staff, we have a really good coaching staff. It's a good finale for our league."
Poly is 24-7 overall, 11-0 in league. Lakewood is 20-7 and 10-1. If the Lancers defeat the Jackrabbits to earn a co-championship, a coin flip would determine the league's No. 1 seed for the upcoming playoffs, Wadley said. Those pairings will be out Saturday.
Poly finished second in the Redondo Tournament on Saturday, going 6-1 over two days and losing only to tournament champion and host Redondo, which is ranked No. 1 in the CIF-SS Division I-AA poll.
Setter Zhane Bender and outside hitter Lindsey Ray made the all-tournament team.
Volleyball rankings
The final CIF-SS volleyball polls ahead of next week's playoffs came out Monday. Los Alamitos is ranked No. 2 in the Division I-AA top 10; the Griffins are defending champions. Poly did not crack the top 10, but it is ranked No. 13 after finishing second in the Redondo Tournament over the weekend.
St. Joseph is No. 9 in I-A, Downey is No. 3 in II-AA, Valley Christian is 10th in II-A, Mayfair is sixth in III-AA and St. Anthony is No. 5 in IV-A.
- Robert Morales
Real record-breaker
Poly High junior Jessica Gonzales will try to break her sixth school course record of the season and attempt to defend her Moore League cross country title on Thursday in the league's final at Heartwell Park.
Gonzales has won the last five Moore League races dating to her sophomore season, including both cluster meets this fall.
At the Mt. San Antonio College Invitational on Oct. 20, she broke her fifth record of the season - the 2009 record of 18:15 set by Dynasty Gammage.
Gonzales also set marks at the Bun Run (18:31), Dana Hills (17:57), El Dorado Park (17:52) and Discovery Well Park (19:29). She ran the No. 2 marks on the all-time Poly lists behind Gammage, now attending the University of California, at Cerritos Regional Park (18:12) and Woodward Park (18:46).
All in the family
Arcadia High cross country coach Jim O'Brien isn't ready to share his workouts with Poly coach Mike Fillipow. But O'Brien isn't hesitant to give his training program to Fillipow's wife, Amelia Valinsky-Fillipow.
Valinsky-Fillipow met O'Brien, who coached the Arcadia boys to the 2010 state Division I title, through a mutual acquaintance and began training for ultra-distance races with him in January.
It has been a successful partnership. Valinsky-Fillipow, 43, was the female overall winner of the Rio Del Lago 100-mile race and ran 23 hours, 17 minutes and 38 minutes - well under her goal of 24 hours and nearly four hours ahead of second place.
Valinsky-Fillipow said O'Brien's workouts incorporate more mileage than her husband's.
"The training schedule is kind of the same because Mike follows some of his ideas," Valinsky-Fillipow said.
Fillipow is steering clear of his wife's training program except to provide support.
"That's what I need to do if I want to stay married," Fillipow said.
This isn't the first time that Valinsky-Fillipow has trained under a rival coach to her husband.
In 2004 and 2005, Valinsky-Fillipow was a two-time community college state meet qualifier for Long Beach City College under Geoff Skarr, who coached both at LBCC and against Fillipow at Lakewood.
At that time, Valinsky-Fillipow, a teacher at Kettering Elementary in Long Beach who possesses a bachelor's and master's degree, decided to run at LBCC as a way to supplement her marathon training.
- Kirby Lee
Bucs on a run
The Bellflower football team reached the CIF-SS playoffs with a rush Friday night, but the ones before it dazzled the large crowd against Mayfair.
Bucs quarterback Swain Williams reached the end zone from 1 yard out in overtime, lifting his team to a 34-27 triumph.
To get to that point, senior tailback Ryan Hunley totaled 232 yards on 41 carries - and that's not including an 80-yard TD run he had late in the third period that was nullified by a penalty.
Hunley was pumped up about the win afterward, ranking it alongside the Bucs' triumph over Paramount a year ago as the most satisfying in his prep career.
He said he "felt good" after a body concussion the previous week, but welcomed this week's bye before the Bucs play in the postseason.
Among his efforts Friday night were 10 carries on the opening drive alone. He went on to score TDs on runs of 2, 33 and 8 yards.
Bellflower had other key contributors in the victory over its rival, including its offensive line, which Hunley complemented with enthusiasm. Daniel Poplar recovered a Mayfair fumble in the first quarter. Johnathan Turner and Lorenzo Smith ran for key yardage. Williams was solid and productive at QB. And the defense made key stops.
Bellflower will now wait to see who it faces next week in the first round of the playoffs
In the meantime, Mayfair will visit La Mirada this week, still looking to wrap up a playoff berth.
The Monsoons must recover emotionally after watching the Bucs tie the game on Diego Sanchez's field goal as regulation expired, then win it in the extra session.
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This product has been retired from our catalog and is no longer for sale. This page is made available for those looking for datasheets and the simply curious.
Description: If you need lots of Analog to Digital channels, or plenty of program space (up to 32K!), this one is for you! Prototype board for 40 pin PIC microcontrollers with power supply circuit, 20MHz crystal oscillator circuit, RS232 port, ICSP/ICD programming port.
Note: Board does not come with PIC installed. Please see a list of related ICs below.
I am very impressed with this item …. You can barely buy the components for this price. Having a board ready to go for this price. I'll be using this extensively. bought 3 spares
First off, I'd like to say this board is awesome. I will definitely buy more for my next projects. How can they build these so cheap??
However, I do have a few cons, which if fixed, would make this item over the top:
1. The one I got is not like the picture shows. Most of the installed parts near the edge of the board are shifted around. Don't plan on putting your own connector on the same side of the board as the power and serial port if you get a board like I did.
2. The holes in the side rows of the PCB are Vcc and GND. It is hard to catch this with the eye, so don't plan on using those holes for anything other than their intended purpose (it got me!), unless of course you want to drill a hole or cut etch.
3. TX and RX on the board white print are labeled wrong (in my opinion). Just remember that you need to hook up the white RX on the dev board to TX on the PIC, and the white TX on the dev board to RX on the PIC. Another user previously noted this.
4. The regulator is a LM317, which allows you to use on an on-board jumper to change from default 5V to 3.3V rail for Vcc (how cool is this??). The product description says 78L05 part, but it's not. Even the schematic shows this. Also, if you buy a Sparkfun Project Case for this, the regulator is soldered on the board and sits so high that you won't be able to close the lid. I bent mine (too much work to desolder/resolder for me) at an angle and barely got it to fit just right, just looks crummy now in clear case. :( Also, keep in mind the arrangement of parts on the board I got has the back of the regulator up against some electrolytic capacitors, so no room for a heat sink.
5. J3, as shown in schematic, is not a header jumper. There are 3 surface pads located under the PIC on the bottom of the board and you must solder alter this jumper to change it.
Sparkfun, looks like you need to overhaul this project description and update to the latest picture. The new arrangement of parts threw me for a quick redesign of my project, and luckily I had other options to handle not getting the board in the picture. A quick rewrite of the description and picture update would alert potential buyers to the above main cons I have.
Even with the above issues, this board is awesome and I will be buying again, and again.
I just thought I'd mention that the ICSP connector on this defaults to to connecting to RB3 for the PGM pin, but can easily be moved to RB5 for chips such as the PIC18F4431.
I love this board! I've used it for two different projects (Vdd=5V) and will buy another for my next project. Documentation is sparse, but following traces will help you figure it out. In addition to the note by Cpr. Crunch about voltage, note that the TX and RX labels should be connected to the RX and TX pins of your PIC's EUSART respectively. If you look at the RS-232 pinouts, MAX232 datasheet, and PIC datasheet, you'll see what I mean.
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The National Mounted Warfare Foundation received a $5 million donation from an anonymous local supporter to help fund the construction of the proposed museum, foundation officials announced Monday morning.
"We are very grateful for this individual and their leadership gift," said retired Lt. Gen. Paul Funk, president and CEO of the foundation tasked with planning, designing, fundraising, building and operating the state-of-the-art Mounted Warrior Museum.
Slated for completion in 2019, phase one of the 66,000-square-foot museum will be located just outside the main gate to Fort Hood. This gift helps keep the foundation on target to reach the opening date, said Bob Crouch, foundation vice president.
Another $21 million is needed to fully fund phase one, Crouch said. The total cost of phase one is $27.7 million.
"This gift is significant for our project — a project that is of vital importance to the Central Texas region. The Mounted Warrior Museum will become a destination activity that will attract visitors from across Texas and around the country."
The foundation estimates more than 300,000 people a year would travel to Killeen to visit the museum. Receiving such a large donation from a local supporter shows the community's desire for the project, Crouch said.
"We think it shows a vote of confidence in our plans and in the project," he said. "It also opens the door to look outside the community as well."
One of the major goals of the foundation this year is to spread the word about the museum outside of Central Texas and across the state.
"We are confident this leadership (donation) will help us attract other supporters and donors and encourage the community as a whole to embrace this great project," Funk said.
Aside from 30,000 square feet of exhibit space, an outdoor playscape is also planned for phase one. Future phases include a walking trail and outdoor amphitheater.
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