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Is Microsoft Certification Worth Its Salt? PROCEEDINGS
Richard Tarver, Mary Breth Tarver, Patty Varnado, Sarah Wright, Northwestern State University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Vancouver, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-76-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Chesapeake, VA
Students who were enrolled in the course Introduction to Computer Applications – COMP 1020, presented by the Mathematics Department, College of Science and Technology, Northwestern State University were surveyed to determine the degree to which their Microsoft® Certification (MOS/MCAS) benefitted their entry into the workforce. As part of the course, students completed the Microsoft® certification testing administered by Certiport. The period covered was the Spring 2002 through the Spring 2006 semester. It was believed that this external testing was very beneficial and this study sought to determine the degree to which students were able to use and benefit from their certification as an added credential on their resume when seeking employment.
Tarver, R., Tarver, M.B., Varnado, P. & Wright, S. (2009). Is Microsoft Certification Worth Its Salt?. In T. Bastiaens, J. Dron & C. Xin (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2009--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 3176-3180). Vancouver, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
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From Simulations to Virtuality: Mirroring Tasks for Language Learning
The boom of 3D virtual worlds in education is attracting the interest of many language teachers due to its great potential for language practice as an immersion experience. Its significance is based on a sense of presence (solving a common difficulty of distance learning programs), a sense of authenticity (offering real tasks to the language learner), a sense of creativity (developing the learner's imagination) and a sense of gaming (providing motivation and a "flow" experience in the learning process).
Considering these senses, we are facing a new learning environment (Svensson, 2003; Stevens, 2006) that will necessarily prompt a new language learning methodology. This developing MUVE (Multi-user Virtual Environment) methodology can also take advantage of some language learning methods from the past such as simulations in the 80s (Jones, 1983; Crookall & Oxford, 1990) or tasks using MOOs (Multi-user domain Object Oriented) in the 90s (Shield et al. 2000), which can provide a pedagogically sound basis for meaningful learning-teaching activities.
This paper explores the methodological potential for language learning in 3D virtual worlds. A brief historical overview will be first provided about the methodology and activities starting with simulations in real classrooms and moving then to virtual learning experiences in MOOs and 3D virtual worlds. A classification of language learning tasks in MUVEs will be also presented, analysing the common tasks at present used in different language learning courses.
Keywords: 3D MUVE, Foreign Language Learning Methodology, Language Learning, Web 2.0
Dr. Joan-Tomàs Pujolà
Vice-dean of the Faculty of Education, Department of Language and Literature Education, Universitat de Barcelona
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A Summer Afternoon Rain - Poem by Deb Panda
Oh' Muse!
High from the highest ranges!
Your smile hails with respite-
Stealing this fervent memories weary band-
My empty pots brimming with cold drops-
For your grace, upon this arid land!
And my geography turns away from the world-
To fill those starry eyed halts, dots
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I behold, rest –a strife torn pilgrim
Away from the despair, worldly lies-Shun!
I rise, to this thunderous welcome!
That shut the doors with truth,
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Upon this summer rain to beat the dust-
Of all my worldly stature, freest soul with your touch!
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This was written expressing my gratitude at the welcome, of this summer rain, hailstorm... On way, I was stuck! I felt I should be there....the poem reflects the rest....
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Drenched in the truth of the summer rain cleansing and freeing yourself in it's downpour of hope!
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"My opponents are misleading New Hampshire voters and attacking me daily - telling them that as governor I will refuse federal education funding. Let me be very clear - nothing could be further from the truth," said Lamontagne.
As chairman of the State Board of Education, Lamontagne turned down federal Goals 2000 funds because accepting the grants would have turned over significant control of New Hampshire classrooms to the federal government. However, local school districts were given the authority to contract directly with the federal government to accept federal grants if they felt it was right for their communities, and some did.
The same year the School Board turned down Goals 2000 funds, however, Lamontagne led the Board in accepting federal monies for School to Work, a program that helped high school graduates enter the workforce.
"Making decisions about how we implement these complex programs is about a lot more than a simple yes or no," said Lamontagne, "it is about evaluating each based on there merits and trying to decide the best course forward for our students and our schools. It is about thinking though all of the possibilities and the consequences, and that is what I will do as governor."
Lamontagne also stressed the importance of working with the federal government to fully fund its share of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which the federal government has failed to do since the program's inception. Full funding would bring millions into the state to help fund programs for students with disabilities.
Lamontagne also reiterated his support for public kindergarten saying, "I am a former school teacher and I fully support public kindergarten and the benefits it offers our children. While I believe the decision on whether or not a local community should have it should be a local one, I have no intention to change the law as written."


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Welcome to the European Flame Retardants Association (EFRA)
EFRA brings together and represents the leading organisations which manufacture, market or use flame retardants in Europe.
The industry's advocacy activities also are the responsibility of EFRA since the dissolution and EFRA's integration of EBFRIP (the Brominated Flame Retardants Association) in early 2011.
As changing technologies improve our everyday lives, their components can also introduce new risks, which need to be constantly monitored and addressed. EFRA, together with its team of experts is prepared and entrusted by its Members to constantly inform and advocate on fire safety and health and safety considerations, to protect both users and producers alike.
Aligning itself with the entire value chain of downstream users, there are four application forums: electrical and electronic, upholstered furniture and textiles, transportation and construction through which EFRA can establish relationships with its different stakeholders. This allows a strengthening of dialogue with EU decision makers, Member States and at international level, as well as enabling the development of specific pro-active development programmes supported by sound science.
Housed as a sector group within CEFIC - the European Chemical Industry Council in Brussels, EFRA have long been committed to the safe development and use of all types of flame retardants, which are classified according to their major constituent elements.
As concern about human and environmental health and the use of chemicals has grown considerably over the years, so too has EFRA's responsibility toward ensuring that each product meets the most stringent of safety requirements in Europe.
Constantly addressing the need to reduce environmental health impacts and at the heart of its Responsible Care® programme within the CEFIC organisation, EFRA administers VECAP, a voluntary industry programme aimed at promoting responsible use and control of chemical emissions during materials handling and processing, both with manufacturers and downstream users. It has been recognised as an outstanding tool in product stewardship.
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- Neck and heart from a 14-pound turkey, and/or 1 pound turkey wings
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- 1 carrot, cut into 2 or 3 pieces
- 1 onion, cut into 2 or 3 pieces
- 1 stalk celery, cut into 2 or 3 pieces
- Small handful of flat-leaf parsley sprigs and stems
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- 5 whole black peppercorns
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Below follows an in-depth feature on Brazils macro-economic challenges, published before the outcome of the October presidential election.
Henrique Meirelles, the longest serving central bank president in Brazilian history, reckons the Brazilian economy looks unassailable.
Certainly some of the numbers look good. Economic growth of around 7% this year is not to be sniffed at. Brazils finance minister Guido Mantega is already talking about laying the ground for a welfare state.
Brazils policy-makers are confident their country is now ready to join the Premier League and little can derail their optimism over growth.
Yet, not all is rosy. Following five years of surplus since 2003, the current account gap has been widening and is fast approaching 3% of GDP (up from 1.5% of GDP last year). Moreover, foreign direct investment, which reached record levels in 2008 at $45 billion, has declined and will not be able to finance the deficit any longer.
Ricardo Hausmann, director of the Center for International Development and a professor at Harvard University, suspects Brazilian policy-makers of complacency in the face of more difficult economic data, including a rising current account deficit.
I dont have a problem with the current account worsening per se, he tells Emerging Markets. But it is indicative that the current rate of economic growth is higher than the rate of growth that you could sustain in the long run.
You should not plan as if this was the level of the long-term rate of growth...elections are excellent times to create artificial booms.
Marcelo Carvalho, chief economist at BNP Paribas in Sao Paulo, says: Brazil will have to rely more on portfolio investment and short-term capital flows, which can prove to be volatile.
Most economists forecast that the deficit will worsen in coming years. This is not yet dangerous, but these things arent an issue until they become an issue. The trend is certainly something to watch, says Carvalho.
Finance minister Guido Mantega reckons that this trend is not a lasting one and will be reversed. We will continue to register a current account deficit over the next two years, but there will be a global recovery from 2012, and Brazil will then be able to increase its exports, he says.
We are prepared for any kind of scenario, even a double-dip recession, despite the fact that it is not the most likely scenario, Meirelles tells Emerging Markets.
He also rejects any suggestion of renewed vulnerability out of hand: It is not a vulnerability... No, it is not a dependency [on short-term capital flows]. If for some reason at some point, the market thinks the level of deficit is not sustainable, there will be an adjustment in the foreign exchange rate.
The most important role of the free-floating exchange rate regime is to balance the external accounts in the long run.
Meirelles believes the combination of strong reserves and a free-floating exchange rate will ensure such a readjustment would not be chaotic. We have sufficient reserves to make sure that any adjustment is done in time, orderly, without a reason for any kind of crisis as in 2008, for example, he says.
In the height of the global financial crisis, the Brazilian real sank on the foreign exchange market at the end of 2008, during what Meirelles called the most important foreign exchange crisis since 1929, but later bounced back (the government even introduced a tax on foreign investment to stem the currency appreciation at the end of 2009).
The greatest pressure on the current account comes from profits and remittances $32 billion. This is due to the difficult situation of foreign companies to correct their balance sheets. They are also taking advantage of a favourable exchange rate, which will not remain as favourable, says Mantega. There will naturally be some exchange rate depreciation in the future because interest rates will continue to fall, and there will be less space for carry trade. This is an issue that the next government will have to take great care with.
The view is shared to some degree by the central bank. Are we worried about a foreign exchange crisis as we had in the past? says Meirelles. The answer is no. There used to be two reasons for foreign exchange crises over the past decades: one is a controlled, managed foreign exchange rate. When market conditions change, when central banks spend reserves to defend a specific exchange rate, as happened in many countries throughout history, at some point you may have a crisis.
The other reason is low reserves, even when a country has a free-floating foreign exchange market. Why? If for some reason risk aversion goes up, there is a run for exit [flight to safety]. If you do not have enough reserves, you might have a liquidity squeeze.
Both problems happened in the past. Today we have a free-floating exchange rate regime... and we have a comfortable level of international reserves, which enabled, for instance, Brazil to face successfully the most important foreign exchange crisis since 1929, which was the crisis in the last quarter of 2008, says Meirelles.
Brazil was able to act as a lender of last resort in dollars to the Brazilian banking system, to exporters and other corporations because we had sufficient level of reserves.
The big economic issues were largely ignored during the recent electoral campaign an irony given the two prime candidates in the presidential race are trained economists.
Lulas protege, Dilma Rousseff, has sought to minimize the risks of a growing current account deficit. She insists the increase in imports of capital goods and machinery will eventually benefit productivity.
José Serra, the opposition presidential candidate, would have none of this. Its obvious that this is not the case, says Serra, who has warned against the risk of de-industrialization and the increasing dependence on volatile commodity export prices. We are importing consumer goods. In some parts of the economy this is already apparent Brazil, for example, is importing fewer cars than it exports. And the trade surplus has been narrowing rapidly in recent years.
Serra, who has long opposed the notion of central bank independence, has questioned the consensual economic policy tripod (a mix of primary fiscal surplus, inflation targets and free-floating exchange rate), which has been in vogue in Brazil in recent years.
Moreover, he has lashed out at what he calls the perverse tripod, saying we have the highest tax burden among developing countries, the highest real interest rates, and the lowest rate of public-sector investment in the world.
Local economists, such as BNP Paribas Carvalho, point out that Brazil still needs structural changes, such as social security reform, to boost the low level of domestic savings.
Nilson Teixeira, Credit Suisses chief economist in Sao Paulo, also emphasizes the importance of a boost in domestic savings.
If these dynamics [an increase in domestic savings and the investment rate] are not confirmed, the risk of Brazils external accounts not being sustainable would increase. In this negative scenario, the costs of financing the deficit would increase, leading to stronger economic slowdown and greater local currency depreciation, the report said.
Nevertheless, Teixeira rules out any major risk. We believe that an increase in the current account deficit in Brazil to levels near 5.5% of GDP in 2015, in a scenario of moderate global growth and low risk of fiscal insolvency, would not trigger an interruption in the cycle of strong economic growth in the country, he said.
The risks of a reversal of economic growth in connection with a balance of payments crisis are low. This view is due to the high level of international reserves and the important changes in the composition of the current account balance and external liabilities in recent years. (These include a reduction in external debt and an increase in liabilities denominated in domestic currency, such as fixed-income securities in the domestic market.)
When Lula took office in 2003, the economic situation was so fragile that he had little margin to manoeuvre and no choice but to stick to the orthodox policies implemented by his predecessor. Mohamed el Erian, the global fixed-income investor, recently mentioned that a Wall Street bank actually recommended him to sell the Brazilian bonds Pimco has bought in the midst of the confidence crisis.
Now that Lula is about to bow out in style, most political observers say Brazils economic record looks so strong that his successor may have little option but to keep to the same policies.
There is little room to change, says Meirelles. Today the working class knows very well the value of low inflation, and the way there has been an increase in purchasing power for the average worker in recent years. There is strong political support for this economic model.
Nevertheless, things could go wrong when the new government is sworn in at the beginning of next year. That probability is low, says Meirelles. Thats because of the number of Brazilians who took advantage of these economic achievements 31 million Brazilians became part of the middle class and 19 million crossed the poverty line. Formal jobs have been created at record levels: 1.5 million new jobs during recent years, maybe 2 million this year.
All of that gives political support to these economic policies, he says.


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Still a long, uphill climb to being respectable and the front office made their share of puzzling moves ... again.
Prediction: 5-11, fourth in AFC East
Steve Wyche
Chan Gailey is going to have his team playing hard and they'll show flashes at times, but when it comes to the guts of games, the interior lines could let them down -- although rookie DT Marcell Dareus will show himself well.
Prediction: 6-10, fourth in AFC East
Pat Kirwan
Trading Lee Evans didn't help the team's ability to win this year but might be the right thing to do for the long term. The Bills will be a tougher out than people think especially if the offensive line comes around.
Prediction: 6-10, third in AFC East
Bucky Brooks
The Bills are vastly improved on both sides of the ball, yet their difficult schedule will prevent them from achieving a record to match their talent.
Prediction: 5-11, fourth in AFC East
Elliot Harrison
Buffalo is not awful, but the the offensive line is. While they've addressed the D-line, you still need good line play on both sides of the ball to win in the NFL, period.
Prediction: 5-11, fourth in AFC East
On the hot seat
Chan Gailey nabbed C.J. Spiller to add some pop to the Bills' offense, but he has only shown flashes of big-play ability since his arrival. He needs to emerge as a difference-maker for Buffalo to find its way out of the division cellar.


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Chef's Secrets: P&B Meatballs worthy of seconds at Arcade Kitchen
Updated 1:14 pm, Friday, October 4, 2013
Dear Pat: Recently we dined at Arcade Midtown Kitchen in the Pearl complex. The place was crowded and vibrant on a Saturday night. As we were a group of adventuresome eaters, everybody ordered something different. My husband, who does not ordinarily like to share, was so blown away by the P&B Meatballs that he told the waiter to bring a second order so that everybody at the table could get a taste. I've been making meatballs for years but would love to up my game. Could you please get the chef to reveal his recipe?
Dear Judy: San Antonio is home for chef Jesse Perez, and he gained a fine reputation when heading up the beautiful Francesca's at Sunset at the Westin La Cantera. The hotel's über-chef Mark Miller recognized true talent and became the young chef's mentor. Perez moved on to other projects, and left his beloved San Antonio for a time, but he's glad to be back — this time in his very own, very cool "modern Americana" digs — Arcade Midtown Kitchen, at Pearl. Perez's menu is composed of an array of appealing dishes drawing on both his fine-tuned Latin sensibility and his own spin on American favorites.
His P&B (pork and beef) Meatballs are stellar — truly, the most moist and succulent meatballs I've tasted. Prime ingredients and his unusual method are the keys. Sirloin beef and pork are finely ground, then mixed with a considerable amount of milk in which panko crumbs have been soaking. This forms a very loose mixture, which must be well chilled in order to form the balls. It's this process that ensures the meatballs will have a moist and tender texture. Perez bakes the meatballs, then sauces them with a generously wine-spiked tomato sauce. The surprise is the White Bean Hummus upon which he places the meatballs and sauce. The combination is unexpected, and it works.
Along with Arcade's wide-ranging menu, you'll find a full bar, an extensive wine list, and cocktails, both vintage and modern, to round out your eclectic experience.
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There's a time when you cast a shadow and a time when the shadow casts you. This, more than anything, is why Brendan Shanahan left the Red Wings on Sunday and signed with the New York Rangers.
"It was just a growing instinct," he said via phone from his summer home in Massachusetts. "As great as the future is in Detroit, I think I belonged a little more to its great past."


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The CBTL Americano is a capsule based system that allows you to brew coffee, tea, and of course espresso. The system has its roots in Italy, and so does the coffee, which is packed in Italy. The CBTL machine is based on the Caffitaly capsule system which is offered in several countries. Here in the US, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf has introduced the CBTL Americano machine in the US and is selling it through their website as well as Bed Bath and Beyond.
The CBTL® Americano model features six cup sizes, automatic beverage proportioning for consistency cup after cup, a 50 oz water tank, adjustable drip tray, automatic capsule ejection, used capsule storage, and energy saving features and retails for $149.99.
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Infertility affects nearly 15% of all couples trying to conceive, and it is a growing problem.
The causes of infertility are many (and controversial), but credible evidence points to several factors that help explain why infertility has become not only an increasing problem, but a booming business.
• Age is a critical factor: women over 35 face significantly reduced levels of fertility.
• Pre-existing health conditions such as endometriosis and "unexplained factors" make fertility a wide-spread, and perplexing, condition.
A decline in fertility is to be expected just from one simple demographic factor: the age of women entering their first marriage increased dramatically in the U.S. just within the past generation (from 20.8 in 1970 to 26 in 2006). While studies show that age does not impair fertility until the age of 35, the delaying of marriage means that many more women begin to think about conception at a later date.
Infertility is emotionally devastating
Fertility Miracles, in Beverly Hills, California, helps individuals and couples from around the world get pregnant, pure and simple. In most cases, these recipients have tried the needed initial steps toward fertility: time spent "working" on the problem; physical and diagnostic tests by a physician; and even a course of pharmaceuticals that can aid in conception.
By the time an intended parent reaches out to us or other fertility providers, they are ready to take the next step of receiving egg donation or obtaining a surrogate. Importantly, Fertility Miracles isn't a "clinic," but rather an "Egg Donation and Surrogacy Program" where they find the solutions that lead to the medical procedures performed at a fertility clinic.
A career in fertility
After graduating college with a business degree and working at an unrewarding job in the mortgage field, I entered in the fertility business, which provided not only financial security, but a rewarding self purpose.
Starting off in the business and marketing departments, I quickly discovered that I enjoyed being with the intended parents and learning about their journeys that brought them to Fertility Miracles and their need for egg donors, surrogates, or both. With our trained medical staff, I learned about the different treatment options available to singles and couples, cycle calendars, and state-of-the-art medical diagnostic tools.
The work is challenging, emotionally and intellectually, but the payoff is immense. Not only am I in a growing business in a growing industry, but I am finding a giant emotional payoff from my job.
Not every client gets pregnant, of course, but every client gets the best opportunity to achieve pregnancy from our efforts and when they do, it is a lottery win for all.
Even if you don't want to go into the fertility industry as a career, there are significant money-making opportunities for women: as egg donors and surrogates.
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Our company has very strict protocols on egg donors and especially surrogates: the physical exams are rigorous and the entire vetting process is beyond comprehensive. Surrogate and donor applicants can be disqualified for any numbers of factors: age, drug use, medical history, and genetic background.
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Some five years ago, after all the speeches had been made and the rhetoric had cooled somewhat, many thought that the election of a "progressive" presidential candidate spelled the doom of the GOP and the two-party system.
Four years later, and not having a positive record of accomplishments on which to campaign, charisma again carried the day. The embattled leaders over at the opposition sadly realized that unless something drastic occurred, their chances of ever regaining the White House were "little or none."
Then along came the unanticipated windfall: The rollout of the Affordable Care Act. The primary focus of the progressives was shown to have so many problems with its implementation that even some of the president's staunchest supporters began distancing themselves from the debacle; then complicit media sources also strayed from their unbridled support of the troubled act.
We again find ourselves at a very important crossroads of our nation's future. The GOP is again formidable, if not cohesive. The two-party system is alive, and they have a role to play. This is not a rich vs. poor, ethnic realization, sexual orientation or any of the other issues politicians like to use as a smokescreen to confuse voters.
Our next opportunity to vote concerns the most important issue facing us: Should a big decision-making, autocratic, socialistic type government or a smaller free market type — where decisions are best left to the voters — be the best solution to our many problems?
The progressives rallied around the word "change." Change we got — in spades. Time for all of us to vote for a better change. A change back to a happier and more prosperous time. A time for the population to retake their rights to a free society.
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Scientists who have determined how much carbon is stored annually in upper Midwest forests hope their findings will be used to accelerate global discussion about the strategy of managing forests to offset greenhouse gas emissions.
In an era of competing land use demands, the researchers argue that forests help stabilize the climate and are abundant sources of other ecological goods and services - such as cleansed air, fertile soil and filtered water. Quantifying the amount of carbon that forests can keep out of the atmosphere is one way of showing forests' value to energy policymakers, the researchers suggest.
"Demonstrating that forests have economic value because they offer carbon offsets might also help citizens have an appropriately broad appreciation for the things that forests do for them beyond providing recreation or wood used for construction or paper pulp," said Peter Curtis, professor and chair of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at Ohio State University.
Curtis is the senior author of a paper published in a recent issue of the journal BioScience that quantifies annual carbon storage capacity in forests in the upper Great Lakes region and details how historic land use, climate patterns and tree turnover influence forests' carbon storage trends.
The researchers' calculations suggest that carbon storage in Midwestern forests could offset the greenhouse gas emissions of almost two-thirds of nearby populations, and that proper management of forests could sustain or increase their storage capacity for future generations.
Based on measurements taken between 1999 and 2005 at a forest study site in northern Michigan, the scientists have determined that similar upper Midwest forests covering an estimated 40,000 square miles store an average of 1,300 pounds of carbon per acre per year.
Factoring in effects of climate, history and tree type, the researchers developed an equation suggesting that a heavily forested region in northern Michigan could store more than 350,000 tons of carbon per year.
With the area population emitting about 573,000 tons of carbon annually, the forests would sequester approximately 62 percent of the region's human-caused carbon emissions - the equivalent of yearly emissions from about 225,000 cars.
Curtis said the concept of using forests to store carbon has steadily gained attention among policymakers, especially since the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 as a global program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Curtis is a believer in approaching carbon dioxide stabilization in the atmosphere through what he calls "small wedge" efforts.
"Biological carbon storage, mostly in forests, is one of those little wedges along with other ones you might think of, such as increased energy efficiency, using fluorescent light bulbs and the like. There is not one silver bullet," he said.
Effective use of forests for carbon storage requires knowing more than current storage statistics, he noted. Curtis and colleagues also have outlined historic factors that offer clues about what forests can be expected to store and release over future decades.
The research team conducted the measurements at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS). The composition of this small forested region is representative of the forests stretching about 40,000 square miles - the equivalent of the land mass of Ohio - across the entire upper Midwest.
Most carbon in the UMBS forest is contained in the wood mass and soil organic matter - which, Curtis said, points to the importance of considering underground carbon reservoirs in carbon budgeting. Stem wood, leaves and debris contain about 42 percent of carbon in the forest.
The storage assessments for the past five years resulted from combining ecological and meteorological measurements at the Michigan forest site. Ecological estimates are based on the carbon content of wood, leaf litter, debris and roots as well as the release of carbon that occurs when soil and plants decompose.
The meteorological measurements analyze the ongoing carbon exchange between the forest and atmosphere using instrumentation available at only a select few labs in the world.
In the case of the Michigan forest, carbon storage capacity is also affected by the repeated clear-cut harvesting and fire disturbance that occurred a century ago as well as climate variations that the scientists have documented and the species and age of trees the forest comprises. These conditions can be used to project future carbon storage trends in similar forests in the United States and around the world.
The scientists have recorded a rising average air temperature of almost 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) and decreased solar radiation of 5 percent over the past 25 years at the Michigan study site. The current average temperature is about 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Extending such changes to 2030, the researchers suggest the annual carbon storage affected by these climate changes will be reduced by between 1.3 percent and 28.5 percent, to a possible low of about 980 pounds of carbon per acre.
"We weren't surprised by the annual temperature increase, because that's happening everywhere, but the decline in solar radiation was very surprising," Curtis said. "It might seem like a small difference, but it's important from the standpoint of plants."
Plants use the energy from sunlight to manufacture carbohydrates and release oxygen through photosynthesis. Curtis said scientists believe the rising temperatures combined with the presence of water led to the increase in cloudy days.
The Michigan forest's storage capacity also is affected by its land use history. A period of deforestation between 1880 and 1920 was followed by abandonment of the land and a rash of wildfires. Forests with similar histories store significantly less carbon than stands without that kind of disturbance because of a resulting lower forest canopy and reduced soil fertility.
"Nothing this drastic would ever happen in the United States today. However, it's going on all the time in developing world, and a less damaging pattern of harvest and fire is increasing in the western United States. And there are lasting consequences of that," Curtis said. "The persistent legacies of poor management practices on forest carbon storage in northern Michigan should serve as a caution to contemporary forest managers."
Finally, the age and species of trees in forests also affect carbon storage capacity. Old growth forests store relatively little carbon. More carbon is stored in older wood, but the rate of accumulation decreases over time because a higher rate of decomposition in soil and dead wood lowers the net gain of carbon storage.
Curtis noted that some policymakers are concerned that aging Great Lakes forests will show a decline in carbon storage capacity.
"We contend the situation here is different because of the nature of the land use. We consider them 'old young' forests. Aspens are aging, but underneath the aspens, waiting for them to die, are lots of young pine, oak, beech and maple. Once they get their turn, they will rejuvenate these forests in terms of carbon storage," he said.
The scientists are accelerating this phenomenon - called succession - in a segment of the Michigan forest to test this hypothesis.
"If we're right, this will give people incentive to hold onto forests and not cut them down. Though a younger forest might be considered more productive, we contend cutting would set things back because it would cause a lot of disturbance," Curtis said.
He hopes the combined assessments can be used for global policy discussions about forests' ability to store carbon.
"We now know where carbon is in a forest - it's very important, if you're managing carbon, to know where it is. Now that we can document where carbon is, how it gets in there and how it leaves, what we have is an accounting problem," Curtis said. "Now we just have to do the bookkeeping."
Co-authors of the research are Christopher Gough, formerly of Ohio State's Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology and now with Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Biology; Christoph Vogel of the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston; and Hans Peter Schmid, head of the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research-Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, in Kreuzeckbahnstr, Germany.
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The 22-year-old standout is set to challenge Renan (Barao) Pegado for the interim bantamweight championship in the main event of UFC on FUEL TV 7 in London, England, on Feb. 16. If he gets the job done, McDonald will go down as the youngest champion in UFC history.
The current record is held by Jon Jones, who captured the light-heavyweight title at age 23.
Though McDonald knows what's at stake, he said he doesn't feel any additional pressure, or motivation, to capture UFC gold.
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Dates: 1905
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This collection consists of a class pin belonging to an unidentified 1905 graduate of Wiley High School. The pin was found in an envelope marked as originating from John G. Biel's law office on the third floor of the Star Building in Terre Haute.
John Biel was born in 1907 so he was not the original owner of the pin. The combination of several genealogical reference sources indicate that the pin may have belonged to Glen Curry, John Biel's uncle on his mother's side of the family. First, the Indiana census for 1920 shows a 13-year-old "Jack" Biel living in Terre Haute with his parents William and Sue. Second, the WPA index of Indiana marriages from 1880 to 1920 shows the marriage of William Biel to Sue A. Curry in Vigo County in 1900. Third, the 1900 Vigo County census shows Sue Curry living with her parents and a brother named Glen. Finally, the Wiley High School yearbook for 1971 shows a Glen Curry as a graduate of the Class of 1905.
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Spiderweb is getting downright trendy with Avadon now available in the latest Humble Bundle. If you aren't familiar with the concept, this is a pay-what-you-want scheme with that gets you five indie games and a percentage goes to charity. This is a cross-platform bundle, offering Mac, Windows, and Linux versions of each game:
Five games—never-before-seen on Android—for your phones and tablets. We're bringing the hottest mobile entertainment to your Android devices. Pay-what-you-want to get Zen Bound 2, Canabalt, Cogs, and Avadon: The Black Fortress (tablets only). And if you pay more than the average price, you'll also get the vibrant, side-scrolling strategy game Swords & Soldiers.
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Finally! Enough iPhone stuff! Time to talk about AIR for Android!
I have two applications I'm working on right now, one is a screen sketching application and the other is an educational application that allows art history students to casually study images with metadata through a mobile interface.
My examples are a bit different from those you've probably seen around the web lately, as they are not games but creative tools and educational study aids. I didn't have anything built for iPhone as most prerelease testers had, so this is all pretty much from scratch over the past few days and VERY primitive, yet I believe this speaks to the effectiveness of the platform that I was able to produce two viable tools in my spare time in a matter of days. Nice.
SketchNSave [http://vimeo.com/11036849]
SketchNSave provides a canvas to perform simple sketches on your Android device using a variety of colors and nib sizes. I've added an interesting effect where as different strokes are applied, older ones will fade and blur into the canvas and newer strokes remain distinct and crisp. A user can clear the canvas at will, and even save the image to the device camera roll.
StudyShuffler [http://vimeo.com/11070417]
StudyShuffler provides a casual interface for Art History students to access study materials on the go. Students simply plug in their DU ID, select a gallery of images to pull from, and then proceed to study each image one at a time. To view image metadata, simply touch the card to flip it. To proceed to the next image, just give the mobile device a quick shake!
AIR for Android: OMG This is Cool!
So I'm writing this post a number of days before I'll have NDA clearance to publish anything regarding Android for AIR. Just want to record my first impressions here!
Go, AIR for Android! Go, Flash!
but i need some flex sample app that run on Android .
Thanks again
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Any of you guys have any experience with this? Is this something easy to achieve for (Flash) Developers?
If not, what other legal possibilities exist to work from one of these countries?
I'm french self-employed in UK, there are no extra steps whatsoever to be self-employed if you are from EU, same process as if you were british.
Thanks for that. How's it going? Are there more jobs there than in France?
I am self employed in the UK – all you have to do is register with HMRC and file a tax return every year. You do have to make a payment every 6 months, based on the previous year, which can catch you out. Also be aware we have pretty high taxes here.
Thanks for that. How's it going? Are there more jobs there than in France?
Well I wouldn't know as I had left France long before I even got into Flash, but generally I don't really look for work locally, most clients are from US, although the few UK ones do pay well
Chuckanucka, taxes will compensate with the large budgets and number of projects one can get. So that will probably be fair.
LGLab, good for you, hehe
To work in the US you would have to get some kinda work permit or visa, then file your taxes every year, which start around 28%. I work for myself in Southern California, there are plenty of jobs here for programmers, I just choose not to take one cause I like sleeping in
Where you from rob? I'm in southern cali too
I used to live in Santa Monica, now I'm in the Orange County area. How about you?
Hard task to get a visa for US. Maybe EU should put visas for americans as well, hehe. (or are there?)


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•CW debuts Oh Sit (tonight, 8 ET/PT) a game that mixes an obstacle course with musical chairs. It sounds silly, but it also sounds less pretentiously awful than Stars Earn Stripes, which does help.
•Anyone interested in American film should consider watching Intolerance (TCM, 8 ET/5 PT), D.W. Griffith's 3½-hour silent epic that, when made in 1916, was the most expensive and ambitious movie ever filmed.
It works better now as a history lesson than as a piece of entertainment, but parts do hold up — and the Babylonian set piece is still spectacular.
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At about 2.30 am yesterday, Mount Waverley Secondary College principal Glenn Proctor was woken by a telephone call - and news that a massive fire had taken hold of the school's main teaching area. The blaze had ripped through labs and classrooms, students' lockers and teachers' work.
With just hours to go before teachers were to start their first day of the new school year, Mr Proctor was shocked. "I had to ring them back to make sure I hadn't got it wrong," he said yesterday. "I couldn't believe it."
Hindered by a lack of water pressure, it took 70 firefighters in 21 firetrucks two hours to control the fire.
The cause was deemed suspicious, and a 16-year-old boy was being questioned by police. Later, police said the youth had been released and was expected to be charged on summons at a later date.
Two red-brick blocks in the centre of the school were gutted, including 25 classrooms used for information technology and science. About 450 computers, 900 new student lockers and teaching materials were destroyed. Damage is estimated at $4 million.
Firefighters expect to be at the school around the clock for the next few days, removing wreckage and making the area safe.
The school is one of the state's largest secondary schools, with 1200 students in years nine to 12, including 600 VCE students and 200 teachers.
As soon as the news broke yesterday morning, past and present students made their way to the school, standing in clusters around its perimeter or sitting on the cordoned-off road.
Aisha Brydon finished year 12 at the college in 1991, and her sister is a year nine student. She said she was shocked by the fire, and curious about how and why it happened.
"I think it will be the talk of the town for a while," she said.
Her mother, Debra Brydon, was a student at the school in 1967, and remembers planting some of the trees that were burnt yesterday. "It's a bit like an amputation today," she said.
Mr Proctor said students would be required at school this morning for their first day of school. After an assembly to explain what had happened, year nine and 10 students would be sent home for the rest of the week. Year 12 students had a camp to go to, while year 11s would be accommodated at the school.
"I think it's very important to talk to kids about what's happening," he said. "They've got to know, it's their school."
Orange bricks from a collapsed wall were strewn on the ground, and roofs had caved in, leaving sheets of twisted, corrugated iron.
Green paint on wooden benches where students once ate had cracked and blistered, with one of the tables destroyed. Water gushed along paths, and glass that had shattered with the heat crunched underfoot.
Ayda Armyoun, a year 11 student, went to the school yesterday with her older sister and brother. Some of her friends had already placed belongings in their lockers, and had lost them in the fire, Ayda said.
"As soon as everyone found out, everyone just called each other," she said. "We were just in shock."
At the school's junior campus nearby, Mr Proctor briefed staff on what had happened, and tried to be optimistic about the task of rebuilding. He later took them to the senior campus to look at the damage, which brought some of them to tears.
"They're naturally very upset by it, but I have pushed the issue about being positive about it," he said. "They are very good about going that little bit extra."
Mr Proctor anticipated that the school would need 25 portable classrooms to accommodate students, and was not keen for students to go to different schools for classes. He hoped rebuilding would be completed within 12 to 18 months.
"When two-thirds of the school is devastated, you just can't leave it," he said. "We have got to rebuild as quickly as possible."
Education Minister Lynne Kosky, at the school to survey the damage, said the number of portables required would mean some other schools might miss out in the short term.
For year 12 students Grant Palmer and Paul Craig, the fire was a bad start to their final year of school.
"It's pretty terrible," said Grant. "We haven't got any place to work. All our classrooms have gone."
But as the teachers retired to the junior school to try to work out alternative arrangements for their classes, Mr Proctor remained philosophical.
"This is a bit of a setback," he said. "But we're going to march on."
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A recent Facebook poll has generated interest from the Harvard community in what could be the opening of Harvard Square's only all-kosher restaurant.
In the poll by Rami's, a kosher Israeli restaurant in Brookline, Harvard Square received the most votes for a potential second location.
Manager Haim Cohen released the Facebook poll on Dec. 2, with options for a second location, including four Massachusetts cities—Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, and Sharon—as well as Maine and Philadelphia.
The poll did not receive much attention and previously had Sharon in the lead until Dec. 4, when Cambridge received nearly 100 votes overnight, according to Cohen. Overall, Cambridge received nearly 200 votes.
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Iris Borer
Part of Ep. 704 The Summer Garden
Join UW-Extension Entomologist Phil Pellitteri as he delves into the problems of the iris borer.
Premiere date: Aug 28, 1999
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Mid-to-late summer is a great time of year to be digging up and dividing your iris. It helps with crowding and it also helps prevent other problems in the garden. We brought these roots indoors because it's a little too wet outside to be doing this. This is a healthy iris root. Hopefully, this is what you find when you dig them up and divide them. Sometimes, however, you run into problems. With me is UW-Extension Entomologist, Phil Pellitteri. Phil, this is what I'd like see when I'm digging my iris up. What might I see?
Unfortunately, iris has one big problem. It's an insect problem called iris borer. In about July or August, about this time of the year, if you were to dig it up and had iris borer, what you would see is a big pinkish or yellowish or brownish caterpillar feeding extensively on the rhizomes. And you can see all this chewed area in here where they fed.
That is not a pleasant looking insect, either.
No. And unfortunately, aside from this physical chewing, it opens the plant up to a bacterial soft rot, which is a disease. We have some soft rot over here. And all you see is a yellowing of the plants. Notice how this is just-- there's nothing there anymore.
It's just mush.
It's mush. And you'll notice it has kind of a distinctive foul odor.
Yeah, I'm noticing that.
And so, soft rot is not something you want. What's happened is the iris borer-- it's almost like a wound. It opened up the rhizome and then the soft rot moves in.
This, I'm afraid to touch this, it almost looks like wet-- the outer coating of this healthy rhizome.
That's all that's left. When it really gets going, it just becomes mush. And as I said, you might find a caterpillar, but you might just find the soft rot. What started the soft rot, unfortunately, though, was a caterpillar.
The iris borer. Okay, what do we do about it? I assume when I'm digging these up, I don't want to plant something like that back into the ground.
No. Usually, when you're transplanting these plants if you see this, you can cut that bad section off, get rid of the caterpillars you find and then you can just plant the good, sound, healthy stuff like you have here on good plant.
Just put that back in the ground. Will that take care of the problem?
Unfortunately not. The iris borer is a night flying moth and it looks much like many of the cut worm moths. It belongs to the cut worm moth family. What's interesting about this little critter is it was first discovered around the northern suburbs of Chicago in the 1890s on daylilies.
We don't see a lot of damage of daylilies because iris by far is it's favorite thing to attack. Again, if you've grown irises very long, unfortunately, you've probably dealt with the iris borer. Now, the moth is out in August and September. She lays her eggs around the base of the plant and the areas around it. That's how the insect gets through the winter.
So, to maybe prevent some of the problem when we're cleaning up in fall like after the first frost, get rid of the plant debris and the leaves lying around the iris.
It does make a big difference. Unfortunately, you don't get all the eggs. Long in the spring, when we're getting about three inches of growth, the caterpillars are hatching. They start to migrate onto the plant. And as the name borer tells you, what they do is they find a spot and they start to crawl in. You often see a discolored area where they start. And over time, they will move down the plant toward the rhizome. Sometimes, people get very poor blooms because they feed on the developing flowers before they emerge. So, an iris borer causes that kind of damage also. But eventually, when you get into late June and July, then they're down in the rhizome causing problems with the root.
So, then we're back to full circle and we've got these mushy roots. And again, it's too late to do anything at this point other than get rid of the rotting part.
Right. So, we look at what kind of control options we have. Up until a couple of years ago, we really only had one. There is an insecticide called dimethoate or Cygon, which is one of the more toxic insecticides. We usuall don't like to recommend it. But unfortunately, it's the only thing that we found worked against the iris borer. The way it's applied is when you get about three inches of growth in the spring, you'll apply it the first time. And then about two weeks later, it's good to use a follow-up spray of this. So, up until about two or three years ago, that was the only suggestion we could make to people other than cleaning the plant debris-- to use this dimethoate insecticide.
A lot more gardeners have increasing concerns about using toxic chemicals. Is there another alternative now?
There is. It's something you have to do a little homework on. It's use of parasitic nematodes.
What are nematodes?
A Nematode is a microscopic worm. And there are some nemitodes that are plant feeders that are plant pests, but there are some that are insect feeders. And that's what you can commercially buy now. We've brought a couple types here that we bought through a catalog.
This isn't something that I'm going to pick up at the local hardware store.
Not yet. Maybe some day. If people ask for it enough, garden stores might carry it. But right now, you have to order this. They'll ship it to you in various methods. In this case, we've got five million nematodes that have been impregnated on this sponge. Another form of it is this has 50 million nematodes that are impregnated on an almost clay-like residue. And a third form that you will see at times is a sawdust-like material that is mixed in. This is put on almost like a salt shaker. You can shake it on. The way these things are used the best-- take this sponge and what you do is get a bucket of water.
So, all of these basically go into water, whatever form you buy it in.
In order to work the best, they need to be mixed in water. We just put the sponge in there and let it sit for a couple minutes so the nematodes have a chance to swim out into the water. Then we take this out to the plants and drench it around the base of the plants. And what the namatodes will do is work down into the soil into where they find these iris borers and kill them.
So, basically just pour this on the iris plants, pour it onto the soil around them and that's it?
Right. What's neat about this is that we can only use the sprays for about two weeks. The nematodes are effective for about four or five weeks. You can even go well into June and early July and still get some success with using the nematodes.
Are there any other toxic after effects of this?
No. If you're an insect, this is a problem, but anything else out there as far as wildlife is not affected by the nematodes.
This is a great choice then. But that's why we should be looking for this problem in late summer. It may take us a little bit of time to find this.
This is going to have to be mailed to you. The nice thing about nematodes is you can keep them in the refrigerator for a couple weeks. But you basically have to have them here when you're going to use them. You have to be prepared to find where you can get them and then make sure they're shipped at the right time.
Okay, great. This is a safe alternative. Thanks, Phil. So, now that you've got these dug up and you're ready to plant them back into the ground, cut the leaves off to about here, maybe about three inches and plant these very shallowly, only about two inches in the soil. Then you're set for next spring.
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Learn how to tackle powdery mildew. Plant pathologist Brian Hudelson explains which plants are susceptible to the disease and how to get help from the UW-Extension.
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Join UW-Extension Entomologist Phil Pellitteri as he delves into the problems of the iris borer.
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