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US Airways passengers who check in online will now find more than a seat assignment and group number on their boarding passes.
In time for the spring-break travel rush, the Tempe-based airline started including advertisements, weather and other tourist information on the boarding documents. Several of its major competitors already do so.
Initial advertisers on US Airways' boarding passes include airport parking lots, Starbucks (a 2-for-1 coffee coupon to some destinations), audiobook retailerAudible.com and outdoor-gear retailer REI.
The ads are a way for perennially strapped airlines to boost revenue and for advertisers to target travelers down to their departure city and destination.
"It's guaranteed travel," said Kevin Jackson, US Airways' managing director of consumer and partnership marketing. "They checked in. They're definitely coming to your destination."
He said the most popular destinations for the ads are tourist havens such as Las Vegas, Orlando and New York.
There are five spots for ads on the US Airways boarding pass, including an in-house ad. US Airways currently advertises its airport clubs.
The ads are sold by an outside company, Sojern Inc., which shares the revenue with US Airways. The airline would not disclose the potential annual revenue from the ads, but Jackson said it's 30% to 40% more than it receives from its tray-table advertising.
Delta was the first major airline to sell ads on boarding passes when it began the practice, in partnership with Sojern, on Las Vegas flights in July 2008.
US Airways and the other major hub-and-spoke airlines announced partnerships with Sojern at the same time and all but US Airways and United have since started the ads. Southwest was not part of the deal and does its own minor advertising on boarding passes.
US Airways delayed the project until it finished a major makeover of its website, which was completed in October.
Only passengers who check in online and print their own boarding passes — slightly more than one in three US Airways passengers — will receive ads. There is an option to print without the ads. In the first week, three out of four eligible passengers printed the ads, said Sam Liyanage, the airline's director of e-commerce.
Travelers tear off the top of the boarding pass to hand to the gate agent at the airport and retain the portion with the ads.
Jackson said US Airways has been open to advertising that isn't "obtrusive to the customer." It rejected proposals for ads on overhead bins, he said.
"We think this is complementary to the customer and generates the revenue for us," he said.
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I imagine the title of this blog is fairly self-explanatory, but in case it's not, the wiki now has 500 PAGES! And I'm throwing a party. You're going to have to imagine it though, as while I would like to host a celebration akin to the above image, I have the feeling that if the wiki's top contributors were to end up in a room together, it would probably look something more like this:
Yes, there would be a hovering TV Tokyo icon in the corner of the room.
But yeah, image humor aside, this is super exciting. In just under three years, the dedicated members of this community have produced 500 pages of content concerning the Medaka Box series. I am so thrilled, I've been over to Community Central and requested a spotlight for the wiki. So with a little luck, hopefully we'll be seeing that come to fruition in the next few weeks. Of course, a HUGE thank you to every contributor who has helped the wiki reach this point, from the regular editors, to the not so regular editors, to the anonymous contributors.
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Portugal's ultimate leftovers food has to be "Açorda" (pronounced ah-soar-duh). Growing up, if my mother had leftover "bacalhau, " the next day, there was "Acorda de Bacalhau." If she had leftover shrimp, then it was "Açorda de Camarao." If she had too much stale bread lying around, then it was plain old bread "Açorda." What is Açorda? Think bread pudding, but savory not sweet, with a porridge-like consistency. It was originally a rural, peasant dish; the most famous comes from the southern region of Portugal, the Alentejo. The traditional "Açorda Alentejana" isn't as thick as the one my mother makes. The Alentejo version has a great deal more broth and is traditionally finished with poached eggs and lots of fresh cilantro. It's delicious! However, the thicker style is what I grew up on—a recipe that's common and reinterpreted throughout Portugal.
Since Thanksgiving is the ultimate leftovers holiday in the U.S., I thought: why not share my "Thanskgiving Açorda." My recipe is inspired by acorda in general, but doesn't adhere entirely to either of the versions mentioned here. You can also alter the ingredients to suit whatever leftovers you do have on hand, but I would bet most people have plenty of turkey, stale bread, herbs and more left over to use for this recipe. It's also a great opportunity to finish up some of those bottles of wine or beer from the night before. A chance to create a Thanksgiving brunch, if you will, paired with some of those lighter reds generally favored on Thanksgiving, the rich whites and full roses. Another good pairing would be a beer (I favor the bitter-ish type) or hard cider.
The trick to a good acorda, however, is the bread. Naturally, rustic "caseiro" Portuguese bread would be ideal. But since this bread is not commonplace at most supermarkets, look for other rustic European-style breads. Sliced bread or soft rolls just won't due. So if that's what you have, save this recipe for next year when you're prepared with the right kind of bread, or plan for it any time of the year. Ready to put a Portuguese twist on those Thanksgiving leftovers … let's go:
½ cup of pulled, shredded, leftover turkey
3 large garlic cloves
3 shallots
2 eggs
2 cups of rustic, European-style bread (the measurement is based on post-soaked bread)
½ cup white wine
Olive oil
2 teaspoons of red wine/balsamic/apple cider vinegar (either one works!)
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary (Note: Traditionally, the herb of choice for acorda is coriander (cilantro), but since this is a Thanksgiving version, I stick to rosemary (thyme, oregano or parsley, if you prefer) which generally complements roasted turkey.)
White/black pepper to taste
Salt to taste
Tear the bread in to cube-sized pieces and submerge it in a bowl of cold water for about a half hour before preparation. Pull, shred the turkey and set aside. Mince the shallots and sauté in olive oil (about 3 tablespoons) until lightly golden, turn off heat. Mince the garlic and add to the pot. Turn heat on medium-low, add vinegar and wine, stir and let evaporate. Mince the fresh rosemary and add to the pot, let it all come to a boil. Note: You can also throw it all into a food processor or turn it in to a paste using a mortar and pestle. That would likely be my choice if I were doing the brothy, Alentejo version, but for this one I like the sauté in layers. For extra Thanksgiving Flavor: If you have some of the leftover turkey drippings, you can add 2 or so tablespoons. Add about a ¼ of water and bring to a boil.
Remove the bread from the water and squeeze as much of the excess water out as possible. Tear in to pieces and add to the pot. Before turning the heat back on, start poaching your eggs. When the eggs are nearly finished, turn the bread heat on low and begin folding it into the mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove the eggs and set aside, but reserve the water. Ladle very small batches of the hot, eggy water into the bread paste as needed and stir each time. The result should be a little thicker than porridge or to your liking. Transfer the acorda to two bowls and top each with an egg. Finish with a sprinkle of paprika and some freshly-minced rosemary/pepper if desired.
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As opposed to routes that are meant to play into what the defense wants and not take advantage of how the defense plays. Garrett is truly a man ahead of his time.
I've said the same, with all of this. We have gotten a handle on turnovers the last two weeks. We'll see if that continues.
Garrett's strengths as a coach right now really show up during the week and during the offseason more than on game day. He's a better play caller than he gets credit for around here (so is every head coach in the history of sports message boards, everywhere). But he's got limitations with both clock management and red zone efficiency/play calling that have hurt him.
He's building better depth across the roster, though, which hasn't been easy to do given the state of the roster he came in with (easier to build a plane from scratch than it is to repair the wings mid-flight and all that). And he's definitely got the team believing in the process. We're efficient in terms of yardage offensively and defensively across the board. STs have been good, especially in terms of kicking game and punt coverage, and now our punt return game is showing signs of life.
We're missing the ability to keep drives going long enough to turn them into points. In part because our anemic rushing game and in part because we've made some mistakes in the passing game that have kept us from extending drives. But you get the sense that, with Beasley and Harris playing more and Murray coming back, we're going to start doing better in that regard as the schedule loosens up a bit. If we do, and if the team can start playing with a lead a bit, we're going to see some defensive swagger finally. It's a spiral that needs to get started. If it does, we'll make a good run at the preseason and possibly get in as one of the hot underdog teams nobody wants to play. If it does not, well, it's going to be a long offseason full of second guessing.
Now that makes absolutely no sense unless you're just trying to be antagonistic. Do you honestly think in general Garrett calls and Romo runs plays that are deliberately designed to have a higher risk of not working. The whole concept of the offense (any offense) is to go where they ain't.
Every OC and DC calls plays that they'd like to have back. You blitz and the OC has the perfect play for it and they bust a big play. Nobody calls the perfect play all the time and sure there are times you wonder what the heck was everyone thinking. It happens.
The only thing I see wrong beside occasional questionable call and the time management issues is the offense is working fairly well (right now) when they go hurry up and no huddle. Now that may be because the other team hasn't adequately prepped for it. So there is no guarantee that will continue to work but for the nonce I think they should incorporate it into the offense a little. But there may be good reasons to use it sparingly. Don't know.
Garrett can make his own life as a play-caller much easier by cleaning up the attention to detail stuff. His play-calling certainly faces more scrutiny because of penalties and turnovers.
He speaks often of the process but right now there needs to be a process put in place on penalties/turnovers. Start benching guys as we saw a bit last week with Hatcher. We need to see that on offense as well. If Romo throws 3 or more picks play Orton. We pay the guy for cripes sake.
Process-oriented mgmt only works if you have the right processes and actually use them. Far too often it is just lip service. Garrett has to make sure that doesn't happen on his watch. He needs a review of his processes to understand what's working well and what is failing.
As to the roster stuff Garrett isn't a lone guy there. We have a full personnel dept doing a good job. Guys we have brought in off the streets mostly have been able to play and help us. That is pro scouting. So I can't give him any special credit in this area. He isn't BP. He didn't build any of that personnel staff.
those are two major shortcomings that have a domino effect on everything the offense does. Their limitations severely impact their ability to execute and limits the play-calls at their disposal.
We sat Hatcher? What's that about? I hadn't noticed or heard anything on that front.
Where I credit Garrett for the quality of the roster, I imagine a process that works something like this: the coaches communicate to the scouting department what types of players they need and want for each position group, and how they expect to makeup the gameday roster. The proscouts evaluate the roster, and the roster of other teams to identify veteran options for improving position groups. The college scouts evaluate the college crop to identify opportunities that represent upgrades at various position groups. The front office takes the list and tries to bring in players that represent upgrades at a cost that works within their salary cap projections. The coaches then have to coach the talent for the scheme and turn everybody into probowlers.
If this is the loop, then building a team properly can fall down when coached don't really know what players they need. Or when they don't communicate their needs to the scouts properly. Or when scouts don't interpret that communication effectively or scout players properly. Or when the front office fails to land a targeted player at a price that works. Or when those targeted and signed players can't be coached properly once they're on the roster.
I give Garrett credit for the areas where coaching plays into that loop because I think he's shown signs of doing a good job in that regard (especially with the pro scouting acquisitions). I also think it's an area where Wade Phillips really fell down.
My questions are:
1. Is it Garrett playcalling that is poor?
2. Is it the players not executing?
3. Are the plays that he calls high percentage plays? Favoring the offense?
Eh, not one GM in football would have taken the 49ers roster in 2010 over ours. Claiming we had more problems to overcome is just absurd.
I think there are times with all coaches where a call is questionable, I also know that player execution is critical. You can't have penalties that put your offense in long situation and not be predictable in order to pick up the 1st down. Hell 3rd and long we all know pass is coming so does the defense, your plays become more limited in those situations.
Players misfiring on plays QB hit the WR he drops it? Is that a bad play call by the coach or is it the fact the player dropped the ball? I see often where plays have been there for the taking and yet not executed.
Again all coaches even the tops in the league will make questionable calls when they work they are considered gutsy plays and when they fail the coach is called a moron.
I think Garrett understand this game a lot more than his critics think.
I think many would take SF OL over ours. I think our group is improving but I also know SF bread and butter is running the ball. They ranked high in rushing last year and around the bottom of the league in passing the ball and played solid defense.
You can't yank guys esp if you have a much worse option if you do. If I'm Garrett then my number one concern is keeping Tony Romo in good enough shape to run my offense. Then you can prioritize your other concerns which I'd list as 2a,2b, yada. With the cap and parity you can't just cut or sit people easily esp if you have no depth. And that is on the GM much more than the HC.
The Chinese are great copiers for the most part. But there are plenty of times they make what looks like exact duplicates for a part even down to the serial number yada. But the part doesn't work. It fails every time you put it in. It's not made of the same stuff. You need to get the part from a reputable manufacturer if you want the machine to work at all and work well.
I personally think Harbaugh has done a better job early in his tenure than Garrett has, but it also doesn't really matter much. If Garrett's able to build a better team each season, gradually, I can deal with that. The question to me is, are we seeing a better team, or aren't we?
This year's been really weird. We're still losing close games to good teams. We were absolutely killed by turnovers early and by penalties, still. Our defense and ST have been pretty solid, generally, and our coverage units is much improved, but our offense has been less productive. On top of all that, we've not only had more than our share of injuries (does this bear out statistically? I don't know. I'm going to assume it does), but we've had multiple injuries to think position groups (OC, OG, S, RB--it's thin when you lose your top 2 backs). It's been awfully hard to get enough consistency to see what we've actually got on the roster. Now, normally, injuries aren't an excuse for losing games. But they are definitely relevant when it comes to evaluating what your coaches are trying to do. It's been a tough read in Dallas, and I think that bears out when you see how the team is viewed by the national media.
My own take is that we're getting deeper, and more organized, and that even if the results are still obscure, we should give the coach as much time as it takes for the results to not be obscure. If that means all of the rest of Romo's playing career, so be it. When the fog lifts, one way or another, we'll have our answer. I'm not in a hurry to rush things before then. It's been a long time since we've been a consistent contender for multiple seasons, but I can wait if I have to if we think we've got the guy who can do that. It's not easy to do, and it's not easy in Dallas, and it's not necessarily easier trying to find someone who can do it under Jerry Jones. If you think JG might be that guy, you gotta find out one way or another, even if it takes two more seasons to get an answer.
Yep, I agree. Harbaugh has the benefit of years of experience that Garrett doesn't have. That is what is hurting Garrett right now more than anything IMO.
True Harbaugh has more experiance. I do find it funny that those who claim the running game is not as important in todays NFL can say that when SF offense is centered around their rushing game. They lead the league in rushing while sitting at 29th in passing. Harbaugh for the most part plays conservative football. Heck they have 5 int but then they don't throw the ball all that much.
We need someone to consistently have that type of production.
Dez has been making strides, despite his assignment struggles this season. He's making slow improvements but he's not where the Cowboys thought he would be at this point in his career. He still has two more years on his rookie deal though.
Austin hamstring issues have been his problem but he hasn't missed a game this year because of them.
Of course you would.
The Packers have invested:
a 2nd round pick on WRs Jordy Nelson, Greg Jennings, and Randall Cobb.
The Saints invested:
a 1st round on WR Robert Meachem - who is no longer with the team
a 2nd on WR Devery Henderson and a 7th on WR Marques Colston
They aquired Lance Moore through free agency in 2005, but he didn't breakout until 2010
The Patriots invested:
traded a 4th round pick for Randy Moss - but that only lasted 3 seasons.
traded a 2nd round and 7th round pick for Wes Welker
a 2nd on TE Rob Grownkowski and a 4th on TE Aaron Hernandez
The Falcons invested:
a 1st round pick in Roddy White and then traded for Julio Jones giving up 5 total draft picks to include their 2012 1st and 4th round picks
Ha! The only position group the 2010 Cowboys had superior talent in was QB and WR. Vernon Davis and Witten are a "push"...
harbaugh is basically the coach i had thought garrett would be
play smart football, dont commit penalties
stay disciplined as a team, dont commit penalties and dont turn the ball over
run the ball, have a good OL
play solid to superior on STs and win the field position battle
you couple this with the QB we have and we are talking about consistent contender
alex smith is not half the QB romo is
unfortunately, garrett thinks buzz words and smart phrases are enough
he is lacking in follow through
as jt said, the process only works if you have the right process in place and if you have an open mind and have systems in place that will tell you if the process is working or not and if you are actually willing to learn and change
it is clear garrett is severely lacking in these areas
dont just talk the talk, walk the walk
SF is conservative they hardly throw the ball they run it they lead the league in rushing. I would love to be more conservative in the offense and run the ball you find you have less int when the QB is not throwing that often.
I give Harbaugh credit he uses the OL and the RB he inherited and ask Alex Smith not to do much.
I think Garrett is going to be fine, I think he knows a bit more about this game than his critics do. No issue with anyone putting heat on him he is the HC and the team is not winning, however we have had seasons where offense was producing and it was Ryan defense letting us down.
The running game can be important. If running effectively keeps you from passing ineffectively, and if your outstanding defense keeps the other guys from passing effectively all the time, you can win a lot of games that way.


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An appeal to fear (also called argumentum ad metum or argumentum in terrorem) is a fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for his or her idea by increasing fear and prejudice toward a competitor. The appeal to fear is extremely common in marketing and politics and propaganda.
This fallacy has the following argument form:
- Either P or Q is true.
- Q is frightening.
- Therefore, P is true.
The argument is invalid. The appeal to emotion is used in exploiting existing fears to create support for the speaker's proposal, namely P. Also, often the false dilemma fallacy is involved, suggesting Q is the proposed idea's sole alternative.
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Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (or FUD) is the appeal to fear in sales or marketing; in which a company disseminates negative (and vague) information on a competitor's product. The term originated to describe misinformation tactics in the computer hardware industry and has since been used more broadly.[How to reference and link to summary or text] FUD is "implicit coercion" by "any kind of disinformation used as a competitive weapon."[1] FUD creates a situation in which buyers are encouraged to purchase by brand, regardless of the relative technical merits. Opponents of certain large computer corporations state that the spreading of fear, uncertainty, and doubt is an unethical marketing technique that these corporations consciously employ.
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Although FUD was originally attributed to IBM, the 1990s saw the term become often associated with industry giant Microsoft. The Halloween documents (leaked internal Microsoft documents whose authenticity was verified by the company) use the term FUD explicitly to describe a potential tactic against Open source software.[2] More recently, Microsoft has issued statements about the "viral nature" of the GNU General Public License (GPL), which Open Source proponents purport to be FUD.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
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Fear appeals are often used in marketing and social policy, as a method of persuasion. Fear is an effective attitude changer [How to reference and link to summary or text], especially fears of social exclusion, and getting laid-off from one's job.[3] Fear appeals are nonmonotonic, meaning that the level of persuasion does not increase in proportion to the amount of fear that is used. A study of public service messages on AIDS found that if the messages were too aggressive or fearful, they were rejected by the subject; a moderate amount of fear is the most effective attitude changer.[3]
Noam Chomsky, among others, has suggested that the appeal to fear plays a role in social oppression on a large scale.[How to reference and link to summary or text] According to this belief, political institutions and the mass media use the appeal to fear to foster conformity and maintain the status quo.
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- ↑ Raymond, Eric S. FUD. The Jargon File.
- ↑ Open Source Initiative. "Halloween I: Open Source Software (New?) Development Methodology"
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The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a burglary suspect who allegedly took nearly $20,000 in prescription medications from Ralph's Pharmacy on Highway 44 in Gonzales. Full story »
Water jugs allegedly thrown by teens at vehicles led to injury, damage to 3 cars: Ascension Parish sheriffWater jugs allegedly thrown by teens at vehicles led to injury, damage to 3 cars: Ascension Parish sheriffAn ambulance was called to treat a driver for cuts and to remove glass embedded in the victim's skin last week after a water jug was thrown at a windshield as the driver drove down a highway in Ascension Parish. The driver, whose vehicle was hit by the one-gallon jug allegedly thrown from an oncoming car, was one of at least three victims of a stunt the... Full story »
Three teenagers were arrested Saturday (Aug. 29) in Ascension Parish after the sheriff's office received "several reports" of someone tossing water jugs at their vehicles. Booked on charges of aggravated criminal damage to property was Layne Goodman, 18, of Gonzales; Chance Lambert, 19, of Prairieville; and a juvenile, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Col. Bobby Webre said on... Full story »
A 38-year-old Geismar man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder following the death of his estranged wife on Sunday (Aug. 9). David Johnson, Sr., was arrested around 1 a.m. by deputies of the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office after he matched the description of a person of interest issued by the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. The victim, Monica Johnson,... Full story »
An undercover drug investigation in Ascension Parish spanning over two months has resulted in 10 arrests, Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley said Thursday. On Tuesday (Aug. 4) narcotics detectives executed search warrants that led to multiple drug and gun charges. Phillip Sanders, 37, was located at his home in Prairieville and arrested on the following charges: distribution of heroin;... Full story »
A Prairieville couple was arrested this week after they allegedly stole more than $12,000 from an apartment complex in a rent scheme. Michael and Monica Berzas were arrested Tuesday after Ascension Parish Sheriff's deputies an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip stating their whereabouts. Monica Berzas, 43, was located at a local motel on Tuesday and her husband, Michael, 44, was... Full story »
A 26-year-old man was found dead in his vehicle in the parking lot of Lowe's Home Improvement in Gonzales from a possible drug overdose on Monday morning, according to Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley. The Sheriff's Office received a call around 8 a.m. from a witness saying that a man was slumped over in his vehicle, possibly dead.Deputies later... Full story »
A woman who authorities say couldn't wait for workers to complete roadwork, became upset and struck a construction worker in the knee with her vehicle in Ascension Parish. Ascension Parish Sheriff's deputies were called to Church Point Road and Guitreau Road around 5:41 p.m. on June 29 in reference to a disturbance regarding an irate driver who hit a... Full story »
An A.A.U. basketball coach accused of sending inappropriate text messages to a 15-year-old girl has been arrested, Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley said Thursday. Coach Adrian Steib Jr. allegedly sent the girl "strong sexually explicit" text messages. Wiley said the investigation began last week when the girl's family contacted deputies. Detectives also found that Steib was also sending inappropriate... Full story »
Two teenagers Monday afternoon are being held on murder charges after a court found probable cause. Kaglin Green, 16, and Kahlil Howard, 17, along with two other men are facing first-degree murder charges for their alleged roles in the beating death of 15-year-old Brandon Augusta. Tyrell Williams, 18 and 21 year-old Marcus Ester were also arrested in Augusta's death.... Full story »
Nearly a year after a 15-year-old boy was found in a wooded area on the banks of of the Mississippi River in Donaldsonville, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office arrested four individuals who may be responsible for the boy's death. Brandon Augusta went missing on Aug. 10, 2014 and just four days later his body was found by a local worker... Full story »
A 28-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with negligent homicide after she allegedly ran a red light while speeding and struck another vehicle, according to the Gonzales Police Department. Lucero Dominquez, of Prairieville, was booked on a count of negligent homicide, three counts of negigent injuring, one count of speeding and one count of traffic control signals. Joey... Full story »
A 38-year-old Mississippi man was electrocuted Thursday morning as he came in contact with overhead powerlines on Highway 73 in Prairieville, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. Lt. Col. Bobby Webre said that Courtney Jones, of Yazoo, Miss., was an employee of Cable Works, was fatally electrocuted at around 11 a.m. Webre said efforts to recover the Jones's... Full story »
A 24-year-old LaPlace man was struck and killed by a train early Wednesday morning, according to Lt. Col. Bobby Webre of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. Bontrion Toliver was struck by the train around 3:45 a.m. on Highway 73 at the railroad crossing, just south of Airline Highway in Prairieville. Toliver was from Dallas, Texas but had recently moved... Full story »
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office Boat Patrol, along with Gonzales divers, recovered the body of a 17-year-old boy who drowned while swimming with friend in Geismar. Malcolm Calloway, of Sunshine, La. went swimming with friends earlier Sunday in the Parks of Dutchtown Subdivision. APSO deputies were called to the scene at around 4 p.m. and found that Calloway went... Full story »
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible drowning after a 17-year-old went swimming with a friend in his Dutchtown neighborhood in Geismar Sunday evening. Deputies were dispatched to Parks of Dutchtown Subdivision for a possible around 4 p.m. and found that Malcolm Calloway of Sunshine, Louisiana went swimming and never surfaced. Calloway was visiting a friend who... Full story »
A 9-year-old was struck and hit during a drive-by shooting early Wednesday morning, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. The child was taken to an area hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. The sheriff's office responded to reports of shots just before 3 a.m. on St. Patrick Street in Donaldsonville. Officials say multiple rounds were fired into the residence, and... Full story »
Argument over car accident ends in spray of gunfire, 24 counts of attempted first-degree murder in PrairievilleArgument over car accident ends in spray of gunfire, 24 counts of attempted first-degree murder in PrairievilleAn argument in Prairieville over a vehicle accident ended Monday (March 30) night in a spray of gunfire that left three injured and three others wanted on eight counts each of attempted first-degree murder. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office alleges that just before 11 p.m. on Leola Carter Road, three suspects fired guns into a Chevrolet Suburban carrying eight people. The shootings,... Full story »
Former Ascension Parish sheriff's deputy accused for 2nd time of possessing child porn, soliciting minorFormer Ascension Parish sheriff's deputy accused for 2nd time of possessing child porn, soliciting minorThe Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a former sheriff's deputy who previously worked at their department based on accusations that he possessed nude photos of an underage girl and tried to solicit a 13-year-old boy on social media. Todd Tripp, 26, of St. Amant, was booked Thursday (March 26) on charges of possessing pornography involving a juvenile and computer-aided solicitation... Full story »
Body pulled from Mississippi River identified as man who allegedly admitted to killing his wife, sonBody pulled from Mississippi River identified as man who allegedly admitted to killing his wife, sonA suspect is confirmed dead and a homicide case likely closed after St. John Parish authorities pulled a body from the Mississippi River Thursday (March 19). The body, which was first spotted by a ship crewmember near LaPlace, has been identified as a Gonzales man who authorities say allegedly admitted nearly a year ago to killing his wife and son and... Full story »


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This family-friendly Manisa hotel is located near the airport, within a 15-minute walk of National Forces Memorial and Manisa Industrial Zone. Manisa Magnesia AVM is 2.3 mi (3.7 km) away.
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In addition to an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, Hotel Anemon Manisa provides a health club and a sauna. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access.
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Sherriff Joe Arpaio has completely lost his mind. As if taking his delusions about President Obama's birthplace to a public forum wasn't bad enough, he thought that throwing a "birther bash" in Arizona, next month, would be a good idea. Not only did his plan fail miserably, but he was forced to cancel the party as of Friday (Sept. 7), because no one bothered to buy tickets.
The event, scheduled for Sept. 22, was meant to bring together other misguided figures—including singer Pat Boone—who believe that the president's birth certificate is fake.
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Professional services giant KPMG is the latest of the big four accounting firms to ask some of its 2013 graduate intake to delay their start date in an effort to manage the effect of softer market conditions and lower work volumes.
KPMG spokeswoman Kristin Silva confirmed the company has offered $5000 to graduates due to begin working in its Melbourne and Sydney tax teams if they postpone starting their career for six months.
Some of the firm's 365 graduates offered positions and due to start in February have been given the option of starting work in September. Ms Silva emphasised there was no risk that any of the offers of graduate employment will be rescinded.
"We are extending our voluntary work options program, which we launched last year, to look at more flexible ways of on-boarding new starters," she said.
More than 500 staff took up KPMG's option for part-paid leave when it was offered in October 2011.
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In September, Ernst & Young suggested that a portion of its 370-odd graduates wouldn't be needed until July next year, leaving some of them feeling compelled to accept the suggested staggered start dates, without financial recompense for the decision.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has denied rumours it is considering delaying the start date for its 2013 graduate intake, saying only that it was "in the process of confirming exact start dates" for the next intake.
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AVONDALE, Ariz., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002 - Driver and official quotes from the third and final day of the annual Indy Racing League Test in the West, Feb. 9 at Phoenix International Raceway: BRIAN BARNHART (Vice president of operations, Indy...
AVONDALE, Ariz., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002 - Driver and official quotes from the third and final day of the annual Indy Racing League Test in the West, Feb. 9 at Phoenix International Raceway:
BRIAN BARNHART (Vice president of operations, Indy Racing League): "The goals of the seventh Test in the West were accomplished. Everyone has a positive attitude, and it's an exciting atmosphere heading into the first race in Miami. Everyone involved in the seventh Test in the West should really be proud of themselves. The teams, drivers and safety crews have done excellent work this week. It takes a great deal of coordination and cooperation to pull off an event like this. The Test in the West was essentially two events at separate venues combined into one week. Of course, the league couldn't have pulled this off without the support of the professional staffs at California and Phoenix."
ALEX BARRON (No. 44 Blair Racing Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone): "This is the end of our first week of running our Dallara/Chevrolet. The highlight of this week for me was working with the team and getting on the track. We are working well together. As a team, everyone at Blair Racing has worked hard to get us to this point. Everything looks good and promising."
About Phoenix International Raceway: "Racing the IRL car here is what I expected, but this will be a tough race. It's hard to pass here."
BILLY BOAT (No. 98 CURB/Agajanian/Boat Indy Racing Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone): "We spent most of the day doing full-tank runs. We trimmed out the car there at the very end, but we ran out of time to do as much as we wanted to. We still posted a respectable speed. We have a good baseline to work from, and we know what we have to do to come back and run at the front."
ROBIN BRAIG (Executive vice president and general manager, Phoenix International Raceway): "This IRL Test in the West was 'Lucky 7' for us, as it certainly featured one of our best fields ever. It brought out additional Phoenix area race fans to see the Marlboro Team Penske and Blair Racing cars, and Sam Hornish Jr., last year's IRL champ and the defending winner here at Phoenix. The Test in the West not only gives the teams a chance to warm up for the Bombardier ATV Copper World Indy 200 in March, but it gives our area race fans a chance to see the new teams, new equipment, and our ever-improving race facility. Any time you can get 20 racers at your facility, it's a boost to us. It boosts our race exposure in the marketplace and keeps people talking racing. It certainly didn't hurt that we had the great Phoenix weather on our side. The cooperation of the IRL drivers is unmatched. We thank them for their hour-long free autograph session. We can't wait to host the IRL and USAC at the 25th Bombardier ATV Copper World Indy 200 next month. Area race fans will see the best open-wheel racing the sport has to offer, and we're proud to present it."
ROBBIE BUHL (No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G Force/Infiniti/Firestone): "Overall, the Purex car is really good. We want to pick up a few tenths when it comes to qualifying. We feel pretty good about the progress we made today. The Infiniti motor was outstanding. We are just looking forward to getting better. The Dreyer & Reinbold team is staying in Phoenix for a few more days. Tomorrow, I am hosting the first annual Robbie Buhl Indy driving academy for the Dial executives and their wives. Then Monday, we have our annual Dial day. We think it is important for the crew members to understand the intricacies of the Dial and Purex business plans and products, so they are going to go to a training program to learn those things. We will also hold a few pit stops for the employees, and then I'll race a few lucky winners at a local go-kart track."
RICHARD CARON (General manager, Red Bull Cheever Racing): ""We ran full tanks today and race simulations. Yesterday, we worked on speed and balance. Today was about longevity. I'm pleased, but we still have some work to do."
About rookie test driver Tomas Scheckter: "Very, very, very talented. He is a quick learner, very disciplined. He is like Eddie, only a little younger. They have the same temperament, same patience, same style. He loves the ovals."
HELIO CASTRONEVES (No. 3 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone: "Overall, the test went well. The track changed from yesterday, so the setup we started with this morning didn't work. We made changes to the Marlboro car during the first session, which improved the balance. This afternoon, we worked on race setup and long runs with full tanks. We're making progress, and I'm looking forward to racing in Phoenix next month."
EDDIE CHEEVER JR. (No. 51 Cheever Indy Racing Dallara/Infiniti/Firestone, 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner): "We focused on full-tank runs today with the Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti. I was pleased with how the car felt on full tanks. I ran some with Tomas (Scheckter), a few laps with the Penske's, and the car felt good. We need to go home now and figure out how to make me run quicker by myself. Tomas is a blazing gun and is doing very well. Overall, we have made all the gains that you need to make to win the championship. If anybody thinks that Penske is not going to do everything in their power to beat everybody, they're wrong. The gauge has changed dramatically. We have to make quantitative leaps forward in the offseason, and I think we have done that."
GIL DE FERRAN (No. 6 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone): "It was a very good test for Marlboro Team Penske. We worked on both qualifying and race trim, and we're relatively happy with both. We did our homework, and hopefully we'll be competitive race weekend."
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About decision not to test Greg Ray today: "We're done for the day. We got what we needed. We'll take what we learned from the first day. We're testing next weekend at Homestead."
FELIPE GIAFFONE (No. 21 Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing G Force/Chevrolet/Firestone, 2001 Chevy Rookie of the Year): "We struggled a little bit in Fontana. It was hard to go the right direction because we lost an engine there. Over here (Phoenix), the car was pretty good from the first day. It looks like we will have a pretty good race car. It's a shame we broke something because we just had new tires."
SAM HORNISH JR. (No. 4 Panther Racing Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone, 2001 Indy Racing League champion): "It feels pretty good. It's just practice, but we like coming to Phoenix. It's always good to be the fastest. We are not happy unless we are fastest in practice, qualifying and the race. I'm pretty happy with the test. It's a long way before the race. It's not a real big deal to us, but we like to be on top. We can always improve."
About running closely with Helio Castroneves in the closing minutes: "We were both out there, I imagine working on our race setup. That is the best way to find out how it will handle in race traffic, to get out there and dice it up. I had fun. I don't know if he had fun."
BUDDY LAZIER (No. 91 Hemelgarn Racing Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone, 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner, 2000 Indy Racing League champion): "The test went really well. This Test in the West is a great idea. Fontana is a beautiful racetrack and then coming here to Phoenix with one travel day, it was a great way to start the season. It's been real productive for us. We've been collecting information. It's kind of like a reconnaissance sort of thing in that we're collecting information, and hopefully we can apply that when we come back to race. Unfortunately, we broke a bell housing yesterday morning. We kind of lost a day of the two-day test, but thank goodness it was a two-day test rather than one because it gave us time to have one (bell housing) air-shipped in from Indianapolis that the guys had in the shop. We tried to borrow one, but that's not a piece that anybody has as a spare, especially this time of year. Thank goodness we were able to run this afternoon. In a way, we were playing catch up with the field because they've been able to try a lot of things, but yet our speeds aren't too bad. I mean, they're respectable. We're enthusiastic, and we're learning a lot."
Are you looking forward to racing in IROC?: "I really am. It's so much fun. For your own pride, you want to run great and hopefully I'm able to. It's so nice to know what I'm doing now there, not being 100-percent rookie. After four races, you're not officially a rookie anymore, but it's still new and never having run stock cars. It's a lot of fun. I sure hope to be able to walk out of there with our heads high being open-wheel guys. I think we're going to be very competitive. I'm looking forward to it for fun. It's really a fun thing to do."
How is your expecting wife, Kara, doing?: "My wife is doing great. She's due to have a baby any time. When you're at high altitude like we are - we're at almost 8,700 feet in Vail, Colorado - babies come anywhere ... they average like more than 80 percent coming two to three weeks before their due time, the nine-Flinn, it was right about now, so we expect a new child any minute, and we're really happy about it. We couldn't be happier."
JAQUES LAZIER (No. 2 Team Menard Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone): "It's been a pretty successful Test in the West for Team Menard. We had a real good run at Fontana. We learned a lot there. We struggled a little bit here. But at the same time, each time we go out, we learn a little bit more. I'm confident. We'll go back and scratch our heads a little bit and take a look at some numbers. This is too good of a team. We'll come back and get everything figured out and be ready."
ANTHONY LAZZARO (No. 99 Sam Schmidt Motorsports
About accident today: "I was going around a slower car on the bottom, and there was a car in front of me. I got in that dirty air from the car in front of me, and it just pushed me into the gray. We learned a lot, made a lot of progress. We were starting a long run and desperately needed it."
LAURENT REDON (No. 34 Mi-Jack/Conquest Racing Dallara/Infiniti/Firestone): "It was a good test for us because we have never been to this kind of track. We made a lot of progress. We lost some time because the car is touching a bit, so we were working with the ride heights. We had a big push in Turns 1 and 2, and we made some changes to fix that problem. The Infiniti is much better for us. We have a good package for this season."
TOMAS SCHECKTER (No. 52 Cheever Indy Racing Dallara/Infiniti/Firestone): "Today went well. We used most of the day working on the race setup. I think we accomplished a lot. I learned a lot from Eddie by following him, and he followed me. We just worked the traffic with high fuel loads. I think yesterday was more of a speed day than today. We didn't really concentrate on our times today. We just worked on the car, and what it would do in the race. I'm pleased with how things went."


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From the perspective of different stakeholders, education for sustainable development (ESD) in higher education is highly desirable. In practice, however, this may present challenges, as it involves systemic and cultural changes as well as organizational transformation. A working group at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences supported such a transformative process with the aim of fostering, linking and subsequently deepening the dimensions of sustainable development in the existing curricula. By means of an assessment tool (spider diagram) developed through a bottom-up action research procedure, the working group initiated a discussion on sustainability among university lecturers, research associates and students. Results support the hypothesis that resistance to incorporating dimensions of sustainability into the curriculum can effectively be avoided by such an approach. The effectiveness of the assessment tool increased the commitment and the willingness of lecturers to share a common goal of demonstrating the relevance of sustainability in higher education.
This article describes the institutionally based way in which the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) seeks to respond to the challenge of sustainability in higher education. In this example, a tool or instrument is presented that has been designed to help shift the curriculum at Bachelor's level towards sustainability in a systematic way. The paper demonstrates how this assessment tool was created and used to support the integration of sustainability into the curriculum.
The sustainability agenda is becoming increasingly relevant to higher education [ The Sustainable Development Strategy 2012–2015 of the Swiss Federal Council contains a series of measures to achieve sustainable development. These measures are structured according to ten key challenges, including the consistent application of sustainable development principles to education, research and innovation. Both the «UN World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development» and the corresponding action plan 2007–2014 of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education have the integration of sustainable development principles in all areas of education as their main focus. All Swiss universities of applied sciences are federally accredited. In addition to reviewing their managerial and organizational structures, sustainability is also assessed as a review topic.
The Sustainable Development Strategy 2012–2015 of the Swiss Federal Council contains a series of measures to achieve sustainable development. These measures are structured according to ten key challenges, including the consistent application of sustainable development principles to education, research and innovation.
Both the «UN World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development» and the corresponding action plan 2007–2014 of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education have the integration of sustainable development principles in all areas of education as their main focus.
All Swiss universities of applied sciences are federally accredited. In addition to reviewing their managerial and organizational structures, sustainability is also assessed as a review topic.
These general political conditions pose a major challenge to the Swiss education system. Nevertheless, in 2009 the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences decided to respond to this challenge in its study programme. There is, however, considerable internal resistance on the level of personal attitudes of stakeholders such as lecturers, although this is contrary to the political and organizational mandate of the ZHAW. For this reason, motivating lecturers to focus on sustainable development was included as part of the redesign of the curriculum of the existing Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Natural Resource Sciences programme. This focus is to be incorporated into all study programmes and courses.
The Bachelor's programme in Natural Resource Sciences at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences prepares students for new professional fields that are being created as a result of the challenges of sustainable development. The curriculum focuses on responsible and sustainable use of natural resources, as well as on respect and responsibility for man and the environment. The study programme combines scientific subjects with engineering, and social and economic disciplines. In October 2009, a working group, consisting of six university lecturers with a system-oriented interdisciplinary background (
In this context the concept of sustainable development reflected by the curriculum should be considered. This concept refers to the "Our Common future" report published by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development (
In many approaches to sustainability assessment a number of indicators are identified for each particular dimension. However, this approach is deficient in several respects as it neglects the fact that, while these indicators may be considered and evaluated in isolation, in the three-pillar model of sustainability they are understood to be interacting with each other systemically. As sustainability assessment usually takes place in a planned development process, Wiesmann and Messerli [
Wiek and Binder [
The working group decided to apply these perspectives to the teaching content in the Bachelor's study programme «Environmental Engineering». Teaching content can be understood as a number of systems that refer to objects in space and time, and can be studied in relation to the above-mentioned perspectives. Applied sciences are oriented to concrete social problems (the systemic perspective); they are application- and implementation-oriented (the procedural dimension), and every change, plan or project requires a consensus on the decisions involved. These in turn are based on values and beliefs (the ethical dimension). These perspectives produce a fresh way of viewing the issues that includes the key aspects of sustainability. Sustainability results from the dynamic analysis of the following three dimensions:
Committing to sustainable development and integrating sustainability into the Bachelor's programme, while at the same time continuously developing an interdisciplinary curriculum and encouraging research related to sustainability, proved to be difficult and encountered much in-house opposition. The teaching staff argued that the idea of sustainability is much too vague, that it is not adequately substantiated by theory, and that it tends to be based on personal convictions and values rather than on empirical data and elaborated theories.
Another obstacle turned out to be the unwillingness of teaching staff to change their own module content and learning outcomes. One interpretation of this general resistance was found in the concept of educational organizations as expert organizations [
To promote transition of the curricula, the working group decided to set up a project that fostered sustainable development in existing courses in order to avoid further resistance from teaching staff. Starting from the premise that education for sustainable development requires reflection on personal values and ethical attitudes as well as a collaborative dialogue [
In summary, it can be said that the process of implementation was designed to be bottom-up rather than top-down. The expanded and "dynamized" model of sustainability outlined above was applied from the start to the courses in the study programme as a bottom-up data acquisition and development tool, as recommended by Wiesmann and Messerli [
The process of implementation was designed, carried out and reflected on as action research. Employees participating in the working group were also part of the research project. Initially all module supervisors were given relatively short training on assessment of the modules using the spider diagram (see
Spider diagram and its sustainability criteria (adapted from [
Assessment of sustainability content and completion of the spider diagram took place during educational workshops for lecturers. The task was to use a scale of 0 to 1 (in steps of 0.2) to assess how thoroughly the selected dimension was covered in the module in terms of both content and time. Teacher training was designed as a peer-to-peer teaching and learning situation. Participants received advice from the working group, whose expertise was only slightly greater than their own. However, the two-hour workshop was only the start of a longer-term fundamental process, co-designed by the lecturers themselves in an open-ended way. The process of optimising the programme took place iteratively: the persons responsible for teaching modules and courses implemented these processes independently, but were supported by formal guidelines. The same applied to students who were required to show how their Bachelor's thesis related to sustainable development (in a separate section).
To facilitate the integration of sustainability into the curriculum, the working group compiled the set of dimensions described above. Used as an assessment instrument, it reflects the relationship between course content and sustainable development. Its layout as a spider diagram (see
By means of a systematic pre-review of course contents and course specifications, the working group was able to demonstrate and confirm its hypothesis that the aspects of sustainable development already played a crucial but nevertheless mainly implicit role in numerous modules of the Bachelor's programme. When they became aware of this fact, resistance on the part of lecturers diminished for the first time. Secondly, it was found that there are modules which are closely connected to the topic and others that address aspects of sustainable development rather marginally. The following steps were therefore aimed at strengthening the coordination of content, at illustrating sustainable development as an integral and explicit part of the courses, and at supporting the faculty and the lecturers in developing their modules.
These workshops and teacher training sessions on applying the spider diagram helped to remove most resistance and win colleagues over to the working group's intentions. We assume the following reasons for the increased goodwill shown: firstly, it became clear that substantial changes were not necessary because many elements of sustainability already formed part of the courses; secondly, lecturers had a better understanding of what sustainability actually means and includes, and the purpose of its integration into courses.
Individual assessments of sustainability in four different modules: (
Thirdly, participants reported that although the assignment of values was challenging (due to subjective interpretation regarding aspects of sustainability), the spider diagram was found to be a simple tool which is easy to apply and quickly provides an overview. All the workshop participants reported being motivated to fill in the diagram. We were also able to confirm our hypothesis that this spider diagram helps to increase awareness of implicit knowledge: participants reported their surprise when ascertaining that sustainable development already plays a crucial role in numerous modules of the Bachelor's programme. Therefore, after becoming familiar with the spider diagram, more and more lecturers started to look for and describe the explicit role of sustainable development in their module descriptions.
As a result of the first two workshops and teacher training sessions, nearly a hundred module descriptions now contain a short section on sustainability.
Relating the spider diagram to other sustainability assessment systems such as the «Global Reporting Initiative» (GRI) [
As a spinoff, the Swiss Commission for UNESCO recognised the Bachelor's programme as an activity contributing to the «UN World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in Switzerland» in spring 2010. This recognition was awarded for the first time ever to a Bachelor's degree programme in Switzerland, and has so far been accorded to no other programme.
The use of the spider diagram has been particularly valuable in maintaining the transition to sustainability and its further potential has already been recognised. In addition, the school management has encouraged the working group to continue the process of awareness-raising: on one hand, they provide support via personal coaching and training sessions to those lecturers of the faculty who want to address the issue in their classrooms and, on the other hand, consultation is provided for lecturers who are responsible for modules that deal only marginally with sustainability. The latter are encouraged to strengthen references to sustainable development in their courses and to treat the dimensions of sustainability in more depth.
The further implementation of sustainable development into more courses and modules which form part of the Bachelor's degree is the stated goal of the working group, in order to display responsibility towards people and the environment holistically in their curricula. It is their belief that sustainability should be represented as a key concern of the university management. Moreover, it should be sufficiently recognised as an important aspect of both teaching and research. Quality management as well as strategy building processes and the further education of lecturers and research associates will help the ZHAW Institute of Natural Resource Sciences to continue its sustainability transition, a process which is not as easy as it might seem. In this context, continuous use of the spider diagram is helping to coordinate and deepen implementation of sustainability issues in the curriculum. Based on our reflective research and meta-analysis of the ongoing process, a useful next step would be the introduction of periodic discussion forums. A first successful forum about ethical aspects of sustainable development included in the modules and the main study programmes already took place in January 2013. In January 2014 a discussion forum about transformation management is foreseen.
In the example shown, it was possible to anchor the implementation of sustainability more effectively in a Bachelor's degree programme through broadening the focus on sustainable development from the systemic to the normative level, as well as to the level of transformation. Some reservations expressed by lecturers about the concept (in discussions and with reference to the scientific literature) were addressed through a process that is characterized in the following.
The spider diagram focuses on the teaching content of lecturers and their concerns and priorities. It integrates and locates them in a very general theoretical framework, in which the issues are seen as important and stimulating in most content areas. Concrete analysis, starting from a concrete problem, is better suited to demonstrating the fruitfulness of the concept than a deductive approach. By applying the spider diagram to specific content, a reference to the system is created through a specific example. This avoids confusion and debate about systems and system boundaries, and also about approaches to their analysis. At the same time a concrete problem is transferred to the framework of sustainability analysis. From this point of view, the strengths of the model of sustainability are visible.
The inclusion of the normative dimension and the dimension of transformation has the potential to provide ideas for applied, practice-oriented curriculum design that go beyond specific disciplines and objects of research. The relationship to knowledge of change and transformation methods creates a common perspective on different teaching content, and thus forms a unifying link between various teaching contents throughout the curriculum. Lecturers and students are interested in these implementation and change perspectives, which most probably contribute to motivation for teaching and studying. The procedure chosen can be connected to this motivation. Besides the numerous and very varied teaching contents, a unifying concern is evident in the transformation perspective.
In the design of the process, principles were taken into account as required by the concept of sustainable development, the learning organization and lifelong learning. In this way an exciting framework was created, in which the lecturers were involved as experts. In this framework, the lecturers are not questioned in regard to their expert role, but are supported in it. The procedure has the potential to incorporate existing expertise into a comprehensive framework and thus enhance its value. The topic of sustainability is seen as an overarching theme in this context, to which the various disciplines and perspectives provide important contributions. The subject of sustainable development can thus be experienced from an objective viewpoint, and via the development of knowledge about ways to change systems. The dynamics of the concept within an organization become noticeable and effective. It can be postulated that the application of these principles within an organization and with lecturers also has an impact on the design of teaching.
Raising awareness of implicitly influential beliefs and values offers not only an interesting confrontation (with stakeholders' own beliefs), but also constitutes a step towards social debate on these issues. This level represents an interesting content component and facilitates a connection to social discussion of the development of sustainability.
The tool can be used to show the strengths of the contributions made in each module and also provides indications of where the strengths and weaknesses of a programme lie. It is thus a tool that not only helps lecturers to develop their own contributions to the curriculum further, but also enables the strands of the entire programme to be coordinated more effectively.
The authors believe that this very simple assessment tool proposed will be useful in conjunction with the participatory bottom-up process described to trigger positive developments for the integration of sustainability within an organization and curriculum of a university. Nevertheless, it is acknowledged that a course of study relating to environmental engineering may provide better and easier conditions for the implementation of sustainable development than other Bachelor's programmes.
The authors would like to thank Thomas Hofstetter, Reto Hagenbuch and Bettina Hendry, who as part of the working group assisted in developing the spider diagram. The authors are also grateful for the support of Margaret Lussi Bell and Nick Bell and for their help in proof-reading and translation. Finally, constructive comments of the anonymous reviewers are highly appreciated.
Sandra Wilhelm Hamiti presented the spider diagram at the 3rd International Sustainability Conference, which was held 2012 in Basel. The team of university lecturers implemented the diagram in the Bachelor's programme in Natural Resource Sciences at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences by means of action research. This paper was written by Sandra Wilhelm Hamiti and Hans Wydler in a team work process.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Live A Full Life, Version C
Print advertisment created by Communion W, Hong Kong for Canon, within the category: Electronics, Technology.
Full of wonders
Executive Creative Director: Joel Chu
Production: Film Factory, Hong Kong
Director: Louis Ng
Milford Sound is an absolutely stunning place, but this image could have been a bit more inspiring?
great pic. I wonder which camera was used to shoot it :)
I like the campaign but can only presume the repeated use of the word "full" ties in to the 5D's full-frame feature which would be its main point of difference to many other cameras (including most of Canon's own). Maybe I'm missing the reference to "full-frame" in the copy (can't read it) but if it isn't there, do most people know about this particular feature? If not, it's just another digital camera shooting a lovely landscape. Tying the word full to the camera's USP tells me I'll get more of the shot.
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Note to Taylorsville residents: You are not being annexed into neighboring West Valley City.
A typo by a contractor working for the U.S. Postal Service sent a survey from West Valley City that was meant for people in the 84128 ZIP code to 84129 a ZIP code specific to Taylorsville.
The survey is for residents with 84118, 84119, 84120 and 84128 addresses who are mostly in West Valley City but also include some living in Kearns and South Salt Lake and asks whether they support a proposal to change the "preferred city name" of those four ZIP codes from Salt Lake City to West Valley City.
Taylorsville City Administrator John Inch Morgan said he received a handful of calls Monday from upset residents in the 84129 ZIP code asking what was going on, with at least one caller wondering if municipal boundaries were being tweaked to put him in West Valley City.
Morgan said no one will end up in a new city and the Post Office is sending out an apology to the 84129 addressees. In addition, surveys will be sent to 84128 residents.
For each ZIP code, the Postal Service designates a "preferred city." The post office at 3490 S. 4400 West is listed as a branch of the Salt Lake City Post Office.
West Valley City administrators say in a report recommending a designation change that it is often difficult or impossible to use an address different from the preferred city when ordering products online or shipping goods.
"Furthermore, the database of preferred cities is used frequently by businesses in researching potential locations for expansion or relocation," the report says. "As a result, West Valley City does not obtain the name recognition that would ordinarily come to such a large community."
West Valley is Utah's second-largest city and has a population of about 133,000.
In Taylorsville, 84129 came into use on July 1, 2011, and took the place of the 84118, 84119 and 84084 ZIP codes in that city. Officials there had lobbied for years for the unified ZIP code as a way to sell Taylorsville as a separate entity from neighboring communities and to gather more accurate demographic information.
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