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Lockheed Martin Towpath Freedom 5K
Lock 3, Akron, Ohio
Sat 11/09/2013
300 Participants
Adult, Family, Men, Women
Registration: Registration is by mail or online at www.active.com, www.rsracingsystems.com, or www.ohioeriecanal.org. For mail-in registrations, make checks payable to the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition (OECC) and send to 47 West Exchange Street, Akron, OH 44308. Pre-registration by Thursday, November 7th at 11:59pm is $20 and race day registration is $25. Race day registration and packet pick-up will begin at 7:30am race day morning. Location: The race will begin and end inside Lock 3 Park at 200 South Main St. Race starts at 9:00am. Awards/Giveaways: All pre-registered runners will receive a complimentary race shirt. Limited amounts will be available race-day. Awards will be given to the top 3 male and female runners. Top 3 in each of the following age groups will receive awards: 14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70 & older. Participants can also enjoy post-race food and drink. Timing: All runners will be timed with computer chips attached to their bib. Results will be available race day at www.ohiochallengeseries.com. Information: For more information, visit www.ohioeriecanal.org, contact Brooke Myers at [email protected] or by phone at 330-374-5657.
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Diane at CraftyPod is a wizardress of ingenious ideas and has developed a creative twist on the concept of an interview. You'll find my lack of words today in my image-only interview at CraftyPod. Hanna of iHanna blazed the trail with the very first image-only interview. I can't tell you how much I love fresh new ideas. So when Diane asked for volunteer interviewees I jumped, er, clicked.


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A multivariate optical computer has been constructed consisting of a spectrograph, digital micromirror device, and photomultiplier tube that is capable of determining absolute concentrations of individual components of a multivariate spectral model. We present experimental results on ternary mixtures, showing accurate quantification of chemical concentrations based on integrated intensities of fluorescence and Raman spectra measured with a single point detector. We additionally show in simulation that point measurements based on principal component spectra retain the ability to classify cancerous from noncancerous T cells.
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David Janover, P.E., PEG Northeast Regional Vice Chair
On the morning of July 25, 2008, at the NSPE Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, the Professional Engineers in Government interest group hosted a breakfast and ceremony where seven engineers were inducted into the Order of the Engineer. The Order of the Engineer is an association for graduate and professional engineers that emphasizes pride and responsibility in the engineering profession. Before joining, members must take an oath to abide by a code of ethics called "The Obligation of the Engineer". The Obligation contains parts of the Canon of Ethics of major engineering societies. Initiates, as they accept it voluntarily, pledge to uphold the standards and dignity of the engineering profession and to serve humanity by making the best use of Earth's precious wealth. The inductees are given a simple stainless steel ring during the ceremony, called the Engineer's Ring, which is worn on the little finger of the working hand.
The first ceremony of its kind was held on June 4, 1970, at Cleveland State University's Fenn College of Engineering. Currently, almost all states have universities with chapters, called "links," which host the Order of the Engineer. Several professional engineering organizations (including NSPE) also host links, and this particular ceremony held in Portland was hosted by Order of the Engineer Link 220, the NSPE National Headquarters link, with the help of the Oregon Society of Professional Engineers. The ceremony was conducted by PEG Chairman Russell G. Martin, P.E., F.NSPE, PEG Chair-Elect Tim Madhanagopal, P.E., F.NSPE, and Michael Hardy, P.E., of the Oregon Society of Professional Engineers.
The engineers inducted into the Order of the Engineer on July 25, 2008 were:
Linda Suzanne Aultman
Tyler J. Bottorff, P.E.
James B. Harper, P.E.
Takeya Kawamura, P.E.
Brian Mathis, E.I.T.
Wayne D. Moore, P.E., F.NSPE
Mark A. Rahm, P.E.
Approximately 30 engineers attended the ceremony, many of whom belong to the Order of the Engineer in links around the country.
The PEG Executive Board extends its congratulations to all of the inductees. For more information regarding the Order of the Engineer and links around the country, visit their Web site.
Often large engineering projects (the design and construction of manufacturing facilities, sports arenas, highways, power plants, etc.) generate significant public attention and interest. This seminar is designed to support your efforts to deal with the communications challenges that can result. During this session, we will address the fundamentals of communicating effectively (even in the most difficult circumstances) and the realities of risk communication and how it effects public perceptions about important projects. During this session we will provide you with a better understanding of the questions and concerns that people have about large projects on which you may be working. Most importantly, we will help you address those questions and concerns.
Although often required by law, public participation and outreach may be disliked or dreaded by some government officials, especially on contentious issues or projects when the public is likely to be unreceptive or even hostile. However, a recent report by the National Research Council has affirmed the value of public outreach in aiding environmental policymaking. The report suggests that when done correctly, public participation usually improves the quality of government decisions about the environment and also increases the legitimacy of those decisions among those people who must live with them. This seminar will offer suggestions and tips for planning and conducting effective opportunities for public participation, including public meetings and public availability sessions, that maximize productive dialogue and minimize the likelihood of public outrage.
The seminar presenters are:
Gary Pendergrass, Manager of Enviornmental Compliance with City Utilitites of Springfield, Missouri.
Gary Pendergrass is a professional engineer and registered geologist with over 30 years of experience in management of major engineering and environmental projects. Pendergrass is an expert in enviornmental management and environmental public relations, and has a wealth of successful experience in regulatory negotiations and environmental litigation.
Marjorie Kruvand, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communications, Loyola University - Chicago
Marjorie Kruvand joined the Advertising and Public Relations Program of Loyola University – Chicago in January 2008. Kruvand teaches Public Relations, Public Service Communication, and other public relations courses. Her areas of research include health and science communication, public affairs and issues management, and the dynamics between journalists and public relations practitioners.
Kruvand has more than three decades of experience in journalism, public relations, and academia. She was a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; senior vice president and partner at Fleishman-Hillard, one of the world's largest public relations agencies; and assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston.
Ken Fields, Senior Vice Preisdent and Partner, Fleshman-Hillard/St. Louis
Ken Fields combines a deep understanding of environmental issues with years of experience helping clients communicate with key audiences. Whether clients are preparing to deal with nationally known journalists or their own colleagues, Fields has helped them get ready to deliver key messages and address tough questions. During his career at Fleishman-Hillard (FH), Fields has prepared hundreds of clients for every type of communications opportunity – ranging from the toughest television interviews to one-on-one meetings with employees. In each of those situations, the principles of effective communications remain the same and Fields has helped FH clients tell their story.
October 14, 1:30–3:00 pm Eastern
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Slips, Trips, & Falls Part I (1.5 PDH)
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ETHICS FORUM: The Engineer's Obligation to the Public, to Employers/Clients, and to the Profession.
Session 1: September 24, The Engineer's Obligations to the Public (1.0 PDH)
Session 2: October 22, The Engineer's Obligation to Employers/Clients (1.0 PDH)
Session 3: November 19, The Engineer's Obligation to the Profession (1.0 PDH)
October 2, 1:30–3:00 p.m. (Eastern)
The Balance of Full-time and Contingent Labor in Engineering Today (1.5 PDH)
Presented by Jamie Parker, President & COO Adecco
October 14, 1:30–3:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Community and Media Relations (1.5 PDH)
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Slips, Trips, & Falls Part II (1.5 PDH)
Presented by Professional Engineers in Construction
November 5, 1:30–3:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Construction Phase Risk Management: Critical Issues in Construction Contract Administration
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November 12, 1:30–3:00 p.m. (Eastern)
How to Gain Recognition for your Projects Through Public Relations
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NSPE Education That Fits Your Schedule
Online, prerecorded sessions are available at a low member price of $89.00, including:
• Client/Consultant Relationships: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
• Building Information Modeling (1.5 PDH * NY State Approved)
• Earned Value Management: An Introduction
• Integrating Trenchless Technology (1.5 PDH * NY State Approved)
• Toxic Mold: Identification, Recognition, Measurement, Toxicity and Abatement (1.5 PDH * NY State Approved)
• From Engineer to Manager to Leader: Tools to Advance your Career
• Til Death Do us Part: Keeping Your Employees Engaged at Work
• Introduction to Forensic Engineering (1.5 PDH * NY State Approved)
• Ethics Forum: Engineering Ethics and the Law: PE as an Expert Witness (1.0 PDH * NY State Approved)
• Ethics Forum: Engineering Ethics and the Law: Contract Documents and Procurement of Engineering Services (1.0 PDH * NY State Approved)
Engineers Week's New Faces of Engineering program strives to promote engineering as an exciting profession open to everyone. By highlighting young, diverse, talented engineers, their achievements, and the impact of those achievements on society, Engineers Week aims to put a face on the "stealth" profession.
Individuals selected from the various engineering societies will be featured in a full-page ad in USA Today during Engineers Week (February 16—21, 2009). Each photo will be captioned with the engineer's name, the name of the engineering society providing the nominee, the employer, and a brief statement of that individual's accomplishments as they relate to the public welfare.
What Engineers Week and NSPE are looking for is an excellent "poster person" to present to the public—someone dynamic and successful who has already made a contribution at a young age. NSPE can present up to five members to be considered for selection.
Circulation will include not only USA Today but also the engineering trade press, the individual's local press, and the Web sites of Engineers Week and the sponsoring engineering societies, among others.
New Faces provides a unique opportunity to learn from new engineers. The top candidates selected may be asked to participate in an e-mail and/or online Question and Answer discussion forum with engineering undergraduates globally.
If you're an NSPE member and an engineer intern or licensed working engineer two to five years out of college or graduate school who could represent the up-and-coming in the profession, fill out the nomination form and be sure to provide us with a 200-word description of your achievements in design, research, construction, or management. Focus on the details of the kind of work you do, its application, and its impact. Also include information on what you do outside of work, including participation in society activities, EWeek, MATHCOUNTS, etc. Send the completed nomination form and your 200-word description as Word documents attached to an e-mail to email@example.com. If you are selected for further consideration, we will follow up for more information.
Nominating form
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Ali Mustapha, P.E. has been chosen as the winner of the 2008 PEGASUS Award. Mustapha is assistant city engineer for the city of Shreveport, Louisiana. While working for the city of Shreveport, he has been instrumental in creating programs to reduce flooding and improve drainage. He established the Flood Prone Property Acquisition Program for the city and the Storm Water Management Program and he managed the design and construction of 20 million drainage improvements/flood control project and 50 million of a public utilities (water, sewer, and lift stations) project for the city of Shreveport.
Mustapha is active in the Louisiana Engineering Society where he has served in many capacities. He served as president in 2003–04. He is the chairman of the Louisiana Engineering Society PEG Practice Division. He is also involved in numerous committees at the state level for LES including Long Range Planning, MathCounts Chairman, and Future Cities Chairman.
Mustapha was appointed by former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco to serve a six-year term on the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Survey Board in 2006. He is also a member of ASCE where he is serving as president elect of the Louisiana Section.
Lance LeTellier, P.E., searched for several years for the right graduate school program. He found what he was looking for in the Executive Engineer Dual Master's Degree Program. It allows him to pursue two degrees while maintaining his current responsibilities as local systems engineer for the Iowa Department of Transportation. He is working on a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from Iowa State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Iowa.
As local systems engineer for District 6, he is responsible for most major decisions involving local transportation matters at the regional level. He oversees administration of local systems projects with federal and state funding from project conception through design development and construction. He also coordinates with area engineers on primary system impacts from local cities, towns, and other agencies in and around the district.
Le Tellier is active in the Iowa Engineering Society at both the state and local level, the Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity, his local church, and community groups.
Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day, celebrated on October 10, was created to raise public awareness of traffic-related fatalities. Originally a partnership of many organizations, including NSPE, the program aims to "address the need for improvements to our roadways, our vehicles, and basic driver behavior," says the Put the Brakes on Fatalities Web site.
According to the Web site, nearly 43,000 traffic fatalities occur each year, equal to 118 fatalities a day or one fatality every 12 minutes. While drivers are certainly a factor in these accidents, other contributing factors include vehicle engineering, operation, and maintenance and road engineering, construction, and maintenance.
Now in its eighth year, Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day uses local events to raise awareness of the steps that can be taken to reduce roadway accidents. NSPE state societies in Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, have been among the program's top supporters.
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NSPE Calendar This calendar lists NSPE and state society education offerings, meetings, award deadlines, etc.
Other events of interest to government engineers
12 NRWA 2008 Annual Conference
10 Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day®,
18-22 WEFTEC Chicago
15 - 18 ASCE T&DI Pavement Conference Bellevue, Washington
21-23 2008 SWANA WASTECON, Tampa,
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Maine Department of Human Services
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Westchester Joint Water Work, NY
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NC State scored unearned runs in the first and second innings, two in the sixth and one more in the seventh. The Wolfpacks only two earned runs came in the fourth.
Appalachian States five errors were its most since it committed five in a 12-7 loss to Butler almost exactly one year ago on Feb. 23, 2013.
The Mountaineers also struggled at the plate with their only hits coming on singles by Dillon Dobson (Hamptonville, N.C./Starmount) and Michael Pierson (Coral Springs, Fla./Pine Crest) in the first and fourth innings. NC State starter Logan Jernigan and reliever Jon Olczak combined to retire Appalachians final 15 batters in order.
Appalachian State starting pitcher Tyler Moore (Banner Elk, N.C./Watauga) was the primary victim of the Mountaineers sloppy fielding, as just two of the six runs that he was saddled with over 5.2 innings were earned. Relievers Payton Smith (Alpharetta, Ga./Milton) and Caleb McCann (McLeansville, N.C./Northeast Guilford) combined for 2.1 hitless innings to close the game.
Jake Fincher had two of NC States seven hits and drove in three runs for the Wolfpack, which won its fifth-straight game and moved to 5-1.
With the loss, Appalachian fell to 0-6 against a grueling early-season schedule that has already included five games against nationally ranked opponents (three at No. 25 Arkansas, two at No. 6 NC State).
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ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 8 /PRNewswire - FirstCall/ -- Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT), a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that it has reached agreement to sell its ACIS(R) and Trestle(R) Instrument Systems business assets and related intellectual property to Carl Zeiss MicroImaging,Inc. for
Novel markers, or biomarkers, are characteristics of an individual's tumoror disease that, once identified and quantified, allow for more accurate prognosis, diagnosis and treatment. The growing demand for personalized medicine has generated a need for these novel diagnostics, creating a new market expected to reach
"The timing for this sale is ideal, and Zeiss is the perfect partner," commented Clarient President and CEO Ron Andrews . "We have diligently planned and executed Clarient's transformation into a leading diagnostic services company. This transaction enables us to explore greater opportunities without the financial limitations that have restrained us in recent years. Additionally, we believe that our relationship with Zeiss will provide us access to the critical technologies that we need to develop novel markers, which will ultimately be used to monitor cancer and tailor individualized therapies."
Under the agreement, Clarient retains access to the intellectual property related to the image analysis and application development software. The agreement also includes a royalty-free cross license to Clarient with respect to certain of the transferred intellectual property to develop new tests and capabilities for Clarient's laboratory services (including the ACIS platform). These activities will be done exclusively on Zeiss equipment and will support the continued development of Systems offered by Zeiss.
"This transaction will allow each company to focus on strengthening their individual businesses and create growth synergies that will enhance the success of both companies," continued Andrews. "Zeiss is a world-class organization with a strong history of innovation in the area of microscopy and laser micro-dissection. This transaction significantly strengthens Clarient's balance sheet and provides the financial flexibility for Clarient to reach break even in cash flow from operations by year end and make key investments in technologies and tests that will further distinguish the current laboratory services business in a rapidly evolving marketplace."


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CRYSTAL LAKE — The first 150 green-card holders with more than five years U.S. residence wishing to apply for legal permanent residency will be admitted to a citzenship workshop at McHenry County College. The event includes information about completing the Immigration and Naturalization Service N-400 naturalization form and other matters.
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Romantic Transit in Dallas (and San Antonio)
Friday's San Antonio Express-News commentary ("Streetcars will please San Antonians once they are running") by Garl Boyd Lantham, president of the Texas Association of Rail Passengers begins:
I still remember when, as a young child, my father first pointed out the dangers inherent with the misuse of statistical information. He told me that "an astute man could prove anything he wanted" with facts and figures, then proceeded to take the same collection of data and construct two reasonable but diametrically opposed arguments.
All this came to mind when I read Randal O'Toole's essay entitled "Subsidies make streetcars costly," Other Views, Dec. 3. His column manufactured an artificial reality through the manipulation of facts.
In full disclosure, please let me point out that I'm a railroad professional and a believer in rail-based initiatives. I have worked for companies like Amtrak and Dallas Area Rapid Transit, and am intimately familiar with passenger train operations of all types.
O'Toole emphatically stated that San Antonians are "doomed to disappointment" if we re-establish street railway service. Nothing could be further from the truth.
There's no need to visit Portland, Ore. to see what streetcars (and other forms of rail-based passenger transportation) can do for a region, either. Our friends up in Dallas can offer all the lessons we need.
Lantham is responding to Cato Institute senior fellow Randal O'Toole's previous commentary ("Subsidies make streetcars costly") criticizing the proposed San Antonio streetcar. There are two fundamental difficulties with Lantham's commentary.
The first difficulty is that Lantham does not even attempt to show that O'Toole has mishandled any facts. This is, of course, not surprising, because after years of following O'Toole's work, not a single instance comes to mind. Lantham's quantitative criticism is profoundly unserious, given that the only number in his commentary is a date.
The second difficulty is that Lantham declares the Dallas rail system (DART) as a success based upon opinions, again without reference to a single number. The DART rail system was sold to local voters in the early 1980s as a means by which traffic congestion would be reduced (as virtually all rail systems are sold).
Here are some facts about Dallas has changed since the first DART rail line opened:
1. Transit's journey to work market share in Dallas County has fallen by one third, from 4.2 percent to 2.8 percent (US Census and American Community Survey data). Dallas County is the core county of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and all DART rail lines, and the line to Fort Worth converge in downtown Dallas).
2. Transit has become less important in the larger Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, having dropped 41 percent from a 2.4 percent work trip market share in 1990 to 1.4 percent in 2010.
3. DART's light rail system has more than tripled in length since 2001. Yet, overall DART light rail and bus ridership was down from 2001 to 2011.
4. Traffic volumes in Dallas-Fort Worth have increased many times total transit ridership since before the first light rail line opened, and traffic congestion has risen by 65 percent.
Advocates of transit spending rarely, if ever, concern themselves about such dismal results. But if the purpose of spending money on urban rail is not to reduce traffic congestion, or to increase transit market shares, then what is it?
Lantham may provide the answer:
Trains of all types are neat and fun and "sexy,"
I agree. Trains are fun. I used to drive 10 miles one-way in the opposite direction to Simi Valley to catch the short-lived commuter train to downtown Los Angeles in the early 1980s (before the Chatsworth station was opened).
But "fun" and "sexy" are not responsibilities of government. The substitution of romance for reality has led to misallocation of resources that has made traffic congestion worse in Dallas-Fort Worth. Even worse, irrational policy, driven at least in partially by romanticism, it is part of the reason that the nation (and many states) face a Fiscal Cliff.
Note: Dallas-Fort Worth: Characterized by Success
Despite the predictable failure of urban rail to transform Dallas County or Dallas-Fort Worth, the DFW Metroplex is one of the most successful metropolitan areas in the world. Workers in DFW have a work trip travel time of less than 26 minutes, according to the 2011 American Community Survey data. This is the shortest commute time of any metropolitan area with more than 5 million population in the first world. By comparison, in nearly equal sized Toronto, workers spend 33 minutes each way, despite a transit work trip market share more than 10 times as high and a population density nearly three times as high. Further, Dallas-Fort Worth (along with Atlanta and Houston) have the most affordable housing (relative to household incomes) among metropolitan areas over 5 million population in the high-income world.


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Contact: Laura Byerley
(816) 235-1592
Department of Art and Art History graduate student presents "Walking the Ground"KANSAS CITY, MO. - Laura Isaac's thesis exhibition, "Walking the Ground," will be on display from April 7 to 23 at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Art and Art History at the Fine Arts Building's Gallery of Art, 5015 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo. The opening reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 7 at the Gallery of Art. UMKC Gallery hours are 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Isaac's exhibition is an exploration of identity and impermanence. Using traditional printmaking techniques combined with hand-drawn elements, digital imagery and stitching, she creates tactile, layered works that seek to find joy in the moments between each stage of life.
"My art has become an integral part of my daily meditative practice," Isaac said. "Returning to my work each day is returning to the breath; a centering, stitch by stitch, line by line."
Isaac is a printmaker and mixed media artist living in Kansas City. Her work combines traditional printmaking techniques with hand-drawn elements, digital imagery and embroidery. Isaac has shown in several galleries and art venues throughout the greater Kansas City area. She received her Bachelor's degree in Studio Art in 2006 with departmental honors from UMKC. She is pursuing her Master's degree in Studio Art at UMKC.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), one of four University of Missouri campuses, is a public university serving more than 15,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UMKC engages with the community and economy based on a four-part mission: life and health sciences; visual and performing arts; urban issues and education; and a vibrant learning and campus life experience. For more information about UMKC, visit www.umkc.edu. You can also find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and watch us on YouTube.
This information is available to people with speech or hearing impairments by calling Relay Missouri at (800) 735-2966 (TT) or (800) 735-2466 (voice).


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Gonzales TX Real Estate
Located south of Bastrop County, where the San Marcos and Guadalupe Rivers converge and conveniently located between Houston and San Antonio, you will find the town of Gonzales; one of the most historic towns in Texas. In fact, Gonzales is the location where the first shot was fired in the battle for Texas independence and is the home of the annual "Come and Take It" festival. Gonzales TX real estate is found within Gonzales County which is also home to the cities of Waelder, Harwood and Luling. Property types range from residential properties to farm and cattle ranch properties and features some of the most premier ranch land in Texas. It is here you will find agricultural businesses like Tyson Foods, Purina Mills, J Bar B Foods and Adams Extract. Whether you are interested in following the Independence Trail, shopping for antiques, want to view the area's beautiful wildflowers or are ready to raise cattle, you are sure to find the perfect recreational activity to suit all your needs.
Gonzales Texas Real Estate
Gonzales is the only remaining town in Texas that has retained its original plan, as surveyed by the Mexican Government in 1832. The town has two plazas, Texas Heroes Square and Confederate Square, and two long boulevards running the length of the town. In addition, when you choose to purchase Gonzales TX real estate, local cultural celebrations and festivals including Come and Take it, Winterfest, Christmas in the Cradle of Texas Independence and Yule Trail, and the Living History Center at Pioneer Village will be located just minutes from your home. These amenities, paired with a high quality of life, rural small-town charm and convenient location to Austin, San Antonio and Houston have kept visitors and new residents flocking to the area.
To learn more about Gonzales TX real estate or to explore your options among the neighboring communities, please do not hesitate to contact the team at Providence Properties at your convenience. Specializing in Bastrop, Gonzales, Fayette, Lavaca and Caldwell County real estate, the team at Providence Properties looks forward to assisting you in your search. With more than two decades of combined real estate experience, their team has the knowledge, skill and expertise needed to ensure your next real estate transaction is as smooth and successful as possible. Contact them today to get started!


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About the Book
The best reference (next to your Grandmother) on what to do, where to go and who to ask in the first year of your child's life. Use it as a parent resource book, an activity planner or a lovely place to rest your tea cup. Creativity is the key to parenting.
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- Category Parenting & Families
Standard Portrait, 8×10 in, 20×25 cm
32 Pages
- Publish Date Feb 02, 2007
- Tags Parenting, Motherhood, Family, Resources
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In Memory of Zena Fish
Surrounded by her loving family, Zena Fish (nee Abers) passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday evening, November 18, after a valiant fight against cancer. Born in Los Angeles, Zena spent most of her life in San Francisco, attending Lowell High School where she was the editor of the school newspaper. She graduated from University of California, Berkeley, where she pledged Alpha Epsilon Phi. With her devoted husband, Leon, they raised three daughters in Marin County. Zena, a tireless volunteer, worked for the local school board, the Marin Civic Ballet and the City of Hope, among others. Zena then began a new immensely satisfying career as a paralegal.
Zena was an avid golfer and an active member of Lake Merced Golf and Country Club, serving as captain of the Ladies Golf Association. Zena, never without a book at her side, shared her love of reading by mentoring children through the Peninsula Jewish Coalition for Literacy. In recent years, Zena and Leon spent much of their time at The Lakes in Palm Desert, California, where they indulged their passion for golf, the arts, many charitable causes and their dear friends and family. Zena's effervescent spirit, energy for life and warm giving heart will be deeply missed by the many, many people whose lives she touched.
Zena is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Leon, her daughters Renee (and Barry) Gordon, Barbara (and Michael) Shenson, Andrea (and Patrick) Bradley, seven wonderful grandchildren whom she adored, Brett, Alex, Jessica, Danielle, Nicholas, Connor and Nora, and her sister Lynn (and Robert) Miller.
Burial was Nov. 27 at Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma, with services at Peninsula Temple Sholom in Burlingame, followed by a celebration of Zena's life. The family prefers contributions made in Zena's memory to the Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation, 1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010.
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Team leader Software Test Automation
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|Team leader Software Test Automation
You will be heading a small team of Test Automation Engineers responsible to maintain and enhance the existing test automation framework (hardware, software, QF Test base components library). The software to be tested is a java-based client-server application which can be run on different database servers (Sybase, Oracle, PostgreSQL).
The automation framework is used to exectue UI test of the Java Swing client of the application. Future plans include the extension of the framework to the web client which is developed with Vaadin.
We are looking for a senior Test Automation Engineer with strong technical background and proven experience in the area of software test automation. Ideally the candidate has already developed by himself or been part of a team which has created a comprehensive framework for the automation of UI tests.
Main Responsibilities
- Maintain and enhance the test automation framework (hardware, software, QF Test base components library)
- Manage the integration of the test automation framework into the overall continuous integration framework.
- Operate the test automation framework
- Maintain and enhance the test case repository software (TestLink)
- Maintain and enhance the internally build tools to collect, measure and visualize QA key performance indicators
- Continuously establish and improve methods, tools and processes for automated testing.
- Enhance the test automation framework for the web client of our product.
- Design, develop, execute and document automated test scripts
- Prepare and execute test activities in coordination with the development teams
- Track and manage defects found by automated test runs
- Continuously establish and improve test automation methods and tools
- Support product development at all levels regarding product quality
What we offer
- Possibility to introduce and implement your ideas and take accountability
- Working in an open and cooperative environment with a motivated and friendly team
- Excellent working conditions in pleasant surroundings (office located in Allschwil close to both French and German border)
- Active participation in the continuous improvement of processes
- International work environment with people from more than 20 different nationalities
- Flight and travel discount
- Degree in Computer Sciences, Software Engineering or similar scientific subject; or a comparable experience
- 5+ years experience in software testing (including knowledge of testing processes, methodologies and tools) is mandatory
- Few years experience in leading small teams
- Programming skills are a MUST
- Coding experience with Java Swing, Jython and/or Python
- Experience in writing test automation scripts
- SQL skills
- Fluency in English (written and spoken) is mandatory
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Highly proactive and independent
- Experience with QF-Test is a great plus
- Experience in performance testing
- Any additional language, in particular German, is an asset.
Swiss AviationSoftware Ltd.
Mr Fabiano Faccoli
PO Box
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Posts Tagged 'Magic School Bus'
Netflix Orders New "Magic School Bus 360°" Animated Series
The New York Times reports that Netflix has made a 26-episode order of a new Magic School Bus animated series with Scholastic Media, reviving and updating the long-running educational series that was a mainstay on PBS and currently lives on in reruns on Qubo. The new series will be titled The Magic School Bus 360°, […]
NYCC2011: "Wahoo! Magic School Bus": An Event For The Kids
The kids didn't have to stay home today! Wahoo! Magic School Bus was an event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the beloved children's series I'm sure many readers have fond memories of. An actress who looked and sounded terribly like Ms. Frizzle got on stage as copies of The Magic School Bus and the […]


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And yet, the reality behind the propaganda tells another story.
Brandon withheld his last name, calling all media "propaganda."
It's all propaganda making us look bad to the rest of the world.
Of course, ISIS loves the propaganda that makes it seem like the scariest group in the world.
In the nearly two weeks since Israeli commandos raided a Gaza-bound flotilla, a propaganda war has been waged on the internet.
A lively anti-Semitic propaganda was carried on in Moscow and Petrograd, too, though it never reached the stage of a pogrom.
Of course he believed in the propaganda of the deed, but a man was a fool to talk about it.
Precisely what this propaganda accomplished is very difficult to estimate.
His bias, the precise nature of his propaganda, are frankly exposed.
With her help we began to carry our propaganda to an entirely new public.
1718, "committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions. The word is properly the ablative fem. gerundive of Latin propagare (see propagation). Hence, "any movement to propagate some practice or ideology" (1790). Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative. Meaning "material or information propagated to advance a cause, etc." is from 1929.
Official government communications to the public that are designed to influence opinion. The information may be true or false, but it is always carefully selected for its political effect.


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By Mark Snyder, Detroit Free Press
Though Michigan State and Michigan both lost road games Saturday, the sizzle remains for Tuesday's rivalry game at the Crisler Center.
Both teams are ranked -- Michigan State is No. 9 in the latest USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 and Michigan is No. 19 -- which will create an environment rarely seen in the past decade.
Michigan stole a few games at Crisler through the years, but Michigan State mostly dominated the series. Until, of course, the Wolverines swept the two games last season for the first time since the late 1990s.
"It makes it a bigger rivalry when both teams are doing well," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said on today's Big Ten teleconference. "Anytime you've got a rivalry with two ranked teams, that just stokes the fire even more. We're not Duke-North Carolina yet, but that's what everybody hopes it will be. When both teams are ranked year after year and playing each other, that's what it turns into."
An evened playing field also has come to the football series, as the Spartans have won four years in a row. Both football teams finished the 2011 season ranked in the top 15.
"There's been transition periods everywhere, but men's basketball at Michigan State, that's where Tom's been for a long time and done a wonderful job," Michigan coach John Beilein said on the conference call. "With Mark Dantonio coming in, Rich Rodriguez, then Brady (Hoke) and myself, there's always transitions. I think the transition period has settled down. Both teams, despite Brady being his first year, are doing a great job of getting off to a great start.
"Right now, the coaching staffs and the programs are set, and the foundations are really strong. As a result, that makes all four teams better and makes it exciting for all the Michigan and Michigan State fans."
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