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10:00 am – 8:00 pm Conference RegistrationWest Conference Foyer
10:00 am – 7:30 pm Internet Café and Hot SpotExecutive 1:00 – 5:00 pm Workshop A: Getting Started Advance Registration and Ticket RequiredPalladianDavid Campbell, Program Director, National Science Foundation, VAElaine Craft, Director, SC ATE Center of Excellence, SCDennis Faber, Co-Principal Investigator, Mentor-Connect, MDLeVar Rashawn Farrior, Grants and Agreement Specialist, Division of Grants and Agreements, National Science Foundation, VAArlen Gullickson, Co-Principal Investigator, EvaluATE, MIJason Burkhardt, Data Architect, EvaluATE, MICorey Smith, Data Analyst, EvaluATE, MI
This workshop is recommended for all principal investigators, co-principal investigators, and other team members involved in newly awarded projects and centers in FY13. Others who may find the workshop useful include new awardees in FY12 and other project personnel from prior years who have recently become involved in ATE projects and centers. The workshop will be divided into three parts: (1) ATE Program Issues. Topics to be covered include reporting requirements such as annual and final reports, working with NSF program officers, changes in project personnel or scope, data collection, FastLane and other reporting systems, use of Advisory Boards and National Visiting Committees, preparing project highlights for NSF and others, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), and many other relevant topics. (2) Financial Management and Grant Management Issues. This section will focus on financial accounting issues and discuss in detail problems often seen in monitoring visits such as participant support, time and effort accounting, subawardees, record keeping, changes in scope, overload, and use of consultants. (3) Evaluation. This segment will address building in evaluation from the start of your project or center. The ATE program conducts an annual survey of all projects and centers that have been active for more than one year. Additional evaluation topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to, evaluation design, methods and instrumentation, resources for learning about productive evaluation, the roles of internal and external evaluators, and evaluation challenges.
Do the results of your project simply get filed away at NSF? Does your students' work disappear after the funding period ends? All too often, the lessons learned from a project are never shared with the larger community. Publishing your work provides a way to increase the broader impacts of your project and help others build on your findings. You have already done the work, so why not leverage it? Publishing can bring numerous benefits for your project, your partners, your institution, and the ATE program. Multiple people can also participate in the publishing process. Having students blog or write papers helps them learn and publicizes your work. Publishing increases your credibility, validates your work, increases project visibility, provides more opportunities for future collaborations, and increases your chances of future funding. Participants in this interactive session, will learn about informal (blogs, newsletters) and formal (peer-reviewed journal articles) opportunities for publishing, matching the audience with the type of publication, and best practices for different forms of publishing. The presenters have published in a variety of formats; have served as writers and editors for blogs, and as reviewers for journals; and have experience with student bloggers.
1:00 – 4:00 pm Workshop C: Follow the Money: Strategies for Leveraging ATE Grant FundingAdvance Registration and Ticket RequiredDiplomatAnn Beheler, Principal Investigator, Regional Convergence Technology Center, Collin College, TXPatricia Dombrowski, Director, Life Science Informatics Center, Bellevue College, WABob Feldmaier, Director, Center for Advanced Automotive Technology, Macomb Community College, MIAnand Gramopadhye, Associate Vice President, Workforce Development, Clemson University, SCMonica Pfarr, Corporate Director, Workforce Development, American Welding Society Foundation, FLThis session will encourage and empower participants with the tools to build on NSF support by discussing the practical considerations for vetting other private, state, and federal funding opportunities. Participants will discuss the legal, ethical, and political ramifications of grant integration in a single area and will work on individual case studies, including garnering on-campus buy-in and industry partnerships.
In this interactive session, participants will learn about tools and techniques for increasing the effectiveness and impact of their web site and social media channels, and have the opportunity to discuss what has and hasn't worked for them and how best to employ those tools and techniques within their environment to reach their target community. Facilitated brainstorming in a roundtable format will be interspersed with group Q&A, with participants selecting the subjects most of interest to them. Topics covered will include web and social media analytics, usability testing, and content sharing mechanisms, as well as issues specific to each of the popular social media services (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube). While this will be a non-technical workshop, technical concerns may be covered in breakout groups as needed.
Lori Wingate, Principal Investigator, EvaluATE, MIKrystin Martens, Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, EvaluATE, MI
In this workshop, participants will review and discuss strategies for synthesizing and interpreting evaluation data to reach conclusions about an ATE project or center's quality, progress, and/or impact. Data interpretation typically requires one or more points of reference for comparison—whether internally-set targets, national benchmarks, other sites/organizations, past performance, or other information sources. Enhancing data interpretation helps projects avoid two common pitfalls in evaluation: (1) making conclusions that are not clearly linked to data and (2) reporting data without providing meaningful conclusions. The workshop will include demonstration and hands-on group work to apply strategies for data interpretation to reach conclusions and inform recommendations for project improvement.
3:30 – 6:00 pm Showcase I Set-upExhibit Hall6:00 – 7:15 pm Opening Plenary SessionRegency BallroomV. Celeste Carter, Lead ATE Program Director, National Science Foundation, VAGail Schwartz, Senior Vice President for Innovative Learning and Student Success, American Association of Community Colleges, DCJoan Ferrini-Mundy, Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation, VACora Marrett, Acting Director, National Science Foundation, VAATE @ 20: Reflecting on the Past, Reinvigorating the FutureThe twentieth anniversary provides the perfect context to reflect on the how the ATE program began, what the program has achieved, and where the program might go from here. Today, science, technology, math and engineering education, as well as our research and development enterprise, remain critical to our nation's competitiveness. ATE's proven model of success can play an important role in continuing to ensure that we equip current and next generations of science and engineering technicians with the latest skills and tools to compete in the global marketplace.
Keynote Speakers: Rick Stephens, Retired Vice President for Human Resources and Administration, Boeing CorporationThe Honorable David E. Price, United States House of Representatives
7:30 – 9:45 pm Showcase I and Welcome ReceptionExhibit Hall
9:45 – 10:30 pm Showcase I BreakdownExhibit Hall
7:00 am – 6:00 pmConference RegistrationWest Conference Foyer
7:00 am – 6:00 pm Internet Café and Hot SpotExecutive
7:30 – 8:45 am Showcase II Set-upExhibit Hall
7:30 – 8:45 amContinental BreakfastRegency
7:30 – 8:45 am ATE Student/Alumni Recognition Breakfast (By invitation only)Hampton
7:45 – 8:45 am Breakfast RoundtablesAmbassador
9:00 – 10:15 amPlenary SessionRegency
V. Celeste Carter, Lead ATE Program Director, National Science Foundation, VASusan Singer, Deputy Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation, VATechnicians in the Workforce – Celebrating Student Leadership and Success
This plenary session focuses on the conference theme of ATE@20: Advancing Innovation and Sustaining Success, and highlights STEM technicians from their student beginnings to their value and impact as employees in the workplace. Hear directly from industry employers and recent ATE program graduates about how the ATE program helps students transition into the workplace; the benefits to employers of hiring ATE-prepared graduates; and ATE's role in preparing students to be leaders in advancing the U.S. STEM workforce and our nation's competitiveness.
Facilitator: Moira Gunn, Host, TechNation and Biotech Nation, National Public Radio, CAPanelists:Johann Garcia, Junior Health Physics Technician, Bartlett Nuclear, FLKeqin Gregg, Genetic Testing Lab Manager, Genotox Laboratories, TXWenjing Guo, Analyst I, Genotox Laboratories, TXJerry W. Hiatt, Chief Technical Officer, BHI Energy, MAJustin Patten, Operations Manager, Hysitron, Inc., MNBryant Lekander, Quality Assurance Technician, Hysitron, Inc., MN
10:15 – 10:30 amRefreshment BreakDiplomat, Ambassador, and Empire Foyers
10:30 – 11:45 am Concurrent SessionsSession 1: Industry Voices – What Industry Wants from Graduates to Hire Them and Keep Them?Ambassador
Werner Eikenbusch, Manager, Apprentice and Associate Training, BMW Manufacturing Corporation, SCMatt Glover, Director of Global IT, AMX, TXPatricia A. Shugart, Chief Operating Officer, Carolina Liquid Chemistries Corporation, NCModerator: Ann Beheler, Principal Investigator, Regional Convergence Technology Center, Collin College, TX
Hear from a diverse group of business and industry leaders involved with the ATE program regarding their impressions of the impact of ATE on the workforce and the skills they wish to see in our graduates. Panelists will also discuss current job prospects; issues surrounding diversity in hiring practices; the value of certificates, degrees, and industry recognized certifications; and the behaviors that are necessary to keep a job once it is obtained. There will be sufficient time devoted to a question and answer period with the audience.
Session 2: Envisioning ATE@30: The Community College Role in the STEM EconomyDiplomat
Elaine Craft, Director, SC ATE Center, Florence-Darlington Community College, SCJonathan Rothwell, Senior Research Associate and Associate Fellow, The Brookings Institution, DCLouis Soares, Vice President, Policy, Research and Strategy, American Council on Education, DCModerator: Kent Phillippe, Associate Vice President, Research, and Student Success, American Association of Community Colleges, DC
Where is the STEM workforce for tomorrow being educated? According to a recent Brookings Institute report on The Hidden STEM Economy, 50% of STEM jobs do not require a bachelor's degree. This panel will address current and future trends in STEM occupations and employment, shifts in higher education and the changing models of post-secondary degrees, and the challenges and issues that community colleges will need to address in preparing future STEM technicians. Key leaders in higher education, public policy and research, and STEM technician education will discuss the future of U.S. higher education given our shifting economy and changing educational landscape—and its impact on STEM.
Session 3: STEMMING the Marginalized Tide: Meeting Underrepresented Learners Where They LivePalladian
Brian J. Ketz, Executive Officer, Veterans' Employment & Training Service (VETS), U.S. Department of Labor, DCTerrance R. Campbell, Deputy Director, YOUR Center, MIModerators: Deb Newberry, Director and PI, Nano-Link, Dakota County Community College, MNPatricia Dombrowski, Executive Director, Health eWorkforce Consortium, Bellevue College, WA
The opportunity to learn from, inspire, and serve the oncoming wave of diverse STEM learners and technicians is an exhilarating challenge for community colleges. Leadership from veterans, students of color, indigenous communities, youth living in poverty, and learners with cognitive and physical impairments is needed. This session focuses on practical steps to link with faith based and veterans' organizations. A session goal is to foster an open exchange with experts in these fields and other participants, to assist development of localized scenarios and strong projects.
Session 4: Emerging Technologies Lightning RoundEmpire
Kevin Cooper, Director, RC-NET, Indian River State College, FLMarilyn Barger, PI and Executive Director, FLATE, Hillsborough Community College, FLDan Hull, PI and Executive Director, OP-TEC, TXGordon Snyder, PI and Executive Director, ICT Center, Springfield Community and Technical College, MASandra Porter, Co-PI, Bio-Link, WAMichael Lesiecki , PI, Executive Director, MATEC, Maricopa Community Colleges, AZSteve Kane, Managing Director, SpaceTEC, FLMel Cossette, PI, MatEd, Edmonds Community College, WA Ken Patton, PI, RapidTech, Saddleback College, CAMichelle Norgren, Director and PI, VESTA, Missouri State University, MOKristi Jean, Co-PI, Nano-Link, North Dakota State College, NDEdgar Troudt, Co-PI, Student Entrepreneurs Video Project, Kingsborough Community College, NYModerator: Rachael Bower, PI, ATE Central, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Come join experts from the ATE community and learn about a range of new and emerging technologies in a fast-paced and informative lightning round session. Ten presenters will each spend six minutes (and a few slides) providing participants with an overview of recent changes and innovations in their field— including photonics, information technology, vitacology, manufacturing, nanotechnology, biotechnology and much more. A brief question and answer period will allow attendees to interact with presenters, mention trends or technologies from their own field, and expand on information provided during the more formal portion of the presentation.
12:00 – 2:15 pm Showcase II and LunchExhibit Hall
2:15 – 3:00 pmShowcase II BreakdownExhibit Hall
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Workshop and Discussion Sessions
Workshop: Career Pathways: A Strategy for Building Tomorrow's STEM WorkforceTrack 1PalladianPeirce Hammond, Senior Advisor for Special Initiatives, OVAE, U.S. Department of Education, DC Christopher Coro, Deputy Director, Adult Education and Literacy, OVAE, U.S. Department of Education, DC Stan Koutstaal, Program Manager, Health Professional Opportunity Grants Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, DCLaura Messenger, Education Program Specialist, OVAE, U.S. Department of Education, DCAndrala Walker, Workforce Analyst, ETA, U.S. Department of Labor, DC
As the need for postsecondary skills and knowledge presses individuals and employers, career pathway approaches are gaining attention. "Career pathways" are a strategy for youths and adults to acquire marketable skills and postsecondary credentials by aligning education, employment, and social services among public agencies and linking them to labor market trends and employer needs. In April, 2012 the Departments of Education (ED), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Labor (DOL) issued a joint letter encouraging states and local areas to adopt career pathway approaches to the delivery of employment, training, and education services and providing a common definition of career pathways and their essential components. ED, HHS, and DOL have formed an interagency working group to share information, identify opportunities for collaboration and technical assistance, and recommend strategies for adoption of career pathways approaches. This workshop will provide an overview of federal activities concerning career pathways, emphasizing their relevance to higher education and STEM. Agency representatives will share promising practices and address ways to build high-quality programs for a variety of student populations, including disconnected youth, low-skilled adults, and dislocated workers.
Workshop: You Have Developed a Patentable Product on an ATE Grant. Now What?Track 1DiplomatPatricia E. Campbell, Director, School of Law, University of Maryland, MDDorian Grumet, Director, Licensee Relations and Reliance, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJNed Israelsen, Partner, Knobbe Martens, CAModerator: Judith Fitzpatrick, Director of Quality Assurance Program, Bergen Community College, NJCommunity colleges are joining their university counterparts in encouraging research and now are confronted with the issues surrounding patenting and commercialization. The university departments that handle these processes are costly and supported by a high volume of intellectual property. Community colleges are challenged to provide this. Consequently, inventors at community colleges and community colleges are short-changed. In this session, participants will hear from three distinguished patent professionals familiar with various university commercialization infrastructures who will lead a discussion on the various avenues that might be utilized by community colleges to support the patenting of inventions and the entrepreneurial spirit.
Discussion: The National Cyber League: Where Cybersecuirty is a PassionTrack 1Calvert
Casey O'Brien, Director and PI, National CyberWatch Center, Prince George's Community College, MD
Attendees will learn about the National Cyber League (NCL), a first-of-its-kind ongoing educational experiment in learning and gaming, where the students (AKA players) are co-creators and collaborators in building engaging, entertaining, measurable, and scalable methods of learning to enlist a new generation of cybersecurity professionals. This session will engage participants by telling a compelling story of how four ATE centers partnered in May 2011 to create an ongoing and virtual training ground for students to develop, practice, and validate their cybersecurity knowledge and skills using novel, next-generation, high-fidelity simulation environments.Discussion: Transforming the Mindset of Secondary School Educators to Stimulate Student Choice of STEM CareersTrack 1Embassy
John Reutter, Director of Planning and Resource Development, J.F. Drake State Technical College, AL
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College has created the Summer Technology Institute (STI), a two-week experience for secondary school educators. The STI immerses participants in an 80-hour, postsecondary education experience covering a range of STEM topics and exposure to related careers. Participants are required to develop lesson plans and portfolios for use in their secondary school teaching and counseling jobs upon return to work in the fall. Testimonials produced by the participants at the end of the Institute provide evidence that participants undergo a significant transformation of opinion about STEM careers and community college educational pathways leading to those careers.
Discussion: In-Depth Review of the Development of a Manufacturing Career PathwayTrack 1Senate
Karen White, Executive Director, 360º Manufacturing and Applied Engineering ATE Regional Center, Bemidji State University, MN
Participants will engage in a discussion on best practices for the development of a multiple college career pathway. Project leaders will review how they developed the 360º Seamless Career Pathway encompassing machine tool, welding, electronics, and mechanical design. Lessons learned include how best to engage faculty in the development of a seamless career pathway from high school to bachelor-level. Meeting facilitation, worksheets, sample articulation agreements, and communication graphics will be shared and discussed. Participants will be asked to share how the best practices and lessons learned could be utilized by their project and field.
Workshop: The Competitive Edge of Leadership: Gaining/Using/Sharing Knowledge of What Works in Technician EducationTrack 2EmpireDennis Faber, Co-PI, Mentor-Connect Project, MDTressa Gardner, Program Manager and Co-PI, Florence-Darlington Technical College, SCShawn Payne, Mechatronics Coordinator, Owensboro Community and Technical College, KYLiesel Ritchie, Assistant Director for Research, University of Colorado, COModerator: Elaine Craft, SC ATE Director, Florence-Darlington Technical College, SC
Leaders know that knowledge is power. Learn how to gain/use/and share powerful knowledge through mentoring to inform effective practice, engage STEM students, and overcome obstacles. Learn about a new way that relevant research is being brought to the doorstep of technician educators. Explore ways you can use research findings to be more successful in your work and to prepare competitive grant proposals. Review options to grow as a leader by mentoring within the ATE Program and sharing information/research findings from your project or Center work.
Discussion: What Can ATE PIs and Co-PIs Do to Proactively Broaden Impacts and Recruit Women to STEM?Track 2Congressional A
Donna L. Milgram, Executive Director, IWITTS, CA
Find out what your ATE project or center can do to meet NSF's broader impacts requirements and increase diversity in your STEM programs. Donna Milgram, PI of the CalWomenTech Scale-Up Project, will share concrete strategies that have worked to increase the number of female students in STEM programs at ATE sites using a Women in STEM Leadership Team model. Attendees will then have an opportunity to share experiences, learn what strategies have been successful for other programs, and brainstorm strategies to take back to their projects/centers that can be implemented right away.
Discussion: Beyond the Classroom WallsTrack 2Forum
Cathryn Balas, Co-PI, Clark State Community College, OHDan Heighton, PI and Professor, Computer Networking-Cybersecurity, Clark State Community College, OH
This discussion session will focus on the effective use of faculty extern/student intern teams for faculty development. Presenters will demonstrate how faculty have become more engaged in the business community and the impact of the team approach on faculty and students. This promising model has benefits to all the parties involved—small businesses gain resources through faculty involvement; students experience teamwork in a business setting far beyond a single internship model; and faculty develop new, hands-on approaches to teaching and mentoring students. Participants will be challenged to identify methods they can use to replicate the model.
Workshop: Using Universal Design Principles to Improve Student Learning and SuccessTrack 3Congressional BDonna Lange, Center Director, DeafTEC, Rochester Institute of Technology, NYGary Long, Co-PI, DeafTEC, Rochester Institute of Technology, NYMyra Pelz, Co-PI, DeafTEC, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Universal design in education is an approach to designing course instruction, materials, and content to benefit people of all learning styles. Modifications for students, especially for those with disabilities, are built into the curriculum, not merely added later on as needs arise. During this presentation, participants will experience what it is like to be a deaf student in a class followed by a discussion on the challenges deaf students face in the classroom and Universal Design principles that could be used to improve the instruction and learning not only for the deaf student but for all students in the class.
Workshop: All for One: Meeting the Grant Mission with Multiple PartnersTrack 4Ambassador
Jodi Creasap-Gee, State Coordinator, VESTA, Kent State University, OHMichelle Norgren, Director and PI, VESTA, Missouri State University, MOScott Kohl, Campus Director, VESTA, Highland Community College, KSModerator: Michael Gau, Co-PI, VESTA, Northeast Iowa Community College, IA
Coordinating a large number of partners and assuring that all grant goals and objectives are met can be daunting even to the most seasoned grant coordinator. VESTA will provide an overview of strategies utilized by this national ATE center to assure full participation by all partners, that all grant goals and objectives are met, and that all expenditures are matched to grant objectives. Reporting procedures and communication tools including a grant activity grid, quarterly activity report form, Saba Centra, BlackBoard, and the VESTA web site will be shared with the participants.
Workshop: Mechatronics: The Foundation for Manufacturing, Supply Chain Technology, and Other Critical IndustriesTrack 6Hampton
Ned David Young, Co-PI, The National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education, OHMarilyn Barger, Executive Director, FLATE, FL
Mechatronics is the integrated study of mechanical mechanisms, electronics, robotics, pneumatics, hydraulics and automated control systems. The integration of these traditionally separate disciplines provides significant opportunities for developing multi-skilled technicians possessing troubleshooting/maintenance skills that can be applied to emerging industrial fields. We will highlight two sectors that require mechatronics technicians: manufacturing and supply chain technology. The session will engage participants with a discussion of additional industry sectors requiring mechatronics, and how colleges can provide both a strong mechatronics curriculum and career awareness of diverse applications to numerous industries that have demonstrated critical need for multi-skilled technicians in this enabling technology.
Workshop: Working with the NSF's SBIR Program to Benefit Your College and Support Small Business in Your CommunityTrack 6Regency
Dave Brown, Program Director, National Science Foundation, VABen Schrag, Program Director, National Science Foundation, VAModerator: Sandra G. Porter, President, Digital World Biology, WA
Businesses that are funded by the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program at the National Science Foundation are eligible for supplemental funding that can benefit community colleges, instructors and students. These businesses are natural allies and partners for members of the ATE community. In this session, we will describe the SBIR program and its goals, describe the supplements, and describe how to find and contact the companies that have been funded in your area and field. We will discuss ways to connect with these companies before they apply for SBIR funding and how you can help them with SBIR grants.
Discussion: Exploring In-Demand Skills from Employer Job Postings MetadataTrack 6CabinetElaine Johnson, Executive Director and PI, Bio-Link, CALevi Thiele, Research Director, AIM Institute, NE
Because the technology needs of business and industry are always changing, we as educators are challenged to keep students focused on the right skills to meet these changing needs. Industry engagement models, employers' job postings, and region specific labor market analyses are some examples of the tools that community colleges can utilize in order to identify current job market needs and adapt their curriculum as needed. This session will facilitate a discussion focused on the strategies that educators can use to bring the most relevant learning experiences to our students.
Discussion: Training Water Technicians for Business and Industry Track 6CouncilEllen Kabat Lensch, PI, Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, IAKirk Laflin, Executive Director, Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE), ME
ATEEC and PETE present results of the 2013 national forum and report, Defining Water Management. Industry representatives from across the country defined the water field, clarified occupational categories, and listed technician occupations and job functions. ATEEC plans to conduct a series of regional Water Management Conversation forums, gathering stakeholders from business/industry, government, non-profits, and education. These forums and resulting reports will expand on the national report to form a realistic regional snapshot of the current/future water technician workforce, with particular emphasis on translating business/industry needs to education. Discussion will gather input on conducting the Water Management Conversation forums to support regional needs.
Workshop: International Collaboration: Benefits and Lessons LearnedTrack 7Governors
Karen Wosczyna Birch, Executive Director, RCGNM, Connecticut Community Technical College System, CTMary Slowinski, Faculty and Online Learning Coordinator, CREATE, CA Ken Walz, Renewable Energy Project Director, Madison Area Technical College, WI
In the past year, two regional ATE Centers were funded by NSF programs to conduct two different international learning programs, one focused on students in manufacturing (RCGNM) and one focused on faculty teaching renewable energy (CREATE). Join this session to learn how RCGNM planned and administered a student-centered trip to Germany, how CREATE designed activities to deepen the learning experience for faculty visiting technical colleges in Australia and New Zealand, and hear first-hand accounts from a faculty and student about the participants' experiences.
4:00 – 5:15 p.m. Workshop and Discussion Sessions
Discussion: Nationwide Opportunities for STEM TechniciansTrack 1Senate
Greg Kepner, Department Chair, Regional Economic Advancement, Indian Hills Community College, IAIndian Hills Community College (IHCC) has a unique approach to recruitment and job placement for STEM technicians with an AAS degree in Laser/Electro-optics Technology. IHCC recruits students and places graduates regionally and all across the nation. Graduate job placement is nearly always 100% and there are often 4-6 job opportunities per graduate. Some may consider this a brain drain and others consider it an opportunity for students to enter high wage, high demand, high skill, STEM technician careers.
Discussion: How Do I Help My College Transform Its Infrastructure to Support Entrepreneurial Endeavors?Track 1Congressional A
Vivian Ngan-Winward, Director, Biomanufacturing Program, Salt Lake Community College, UTJudith Fitzpatrick, Director, Quality Assurance Program, Bergen Community College, NJ
This session is designed to allow participants to share strategies and best practices that enable success and sustainability of entrepreneurial projects. A dialogue between ATE project personnel that have spawned (or are planning) such entrepreneurial projects is anticipated. Topics may include issues such as appreciation of student benefits; institutional barriers; available facilities; effective institutional response to project needs; institutional impacts of project success; and sustainability potential/plans. Participants will choose a topic to discuss with other interested parties, and discussions will be shared with the whole group. Discussion: Overview of an Engineering Pathway Guide with Strategies for Teaching, Learning, and Student SupportTrack 1Embassy
Verlyn Fick, Vice President Instruction and Provost, Cochise College, AZ Caroline VanIngen-Dunn, Manager, STEM Pathways, Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz), AZChad Laux, Assistant Professor, Technology, Leadership, and Innovation, Purdue University, INVearl Turnpaugh, Assistant Vice President, Career and Technical Programs, Ivy Tech Community College, INAnchored by community colleges and led by local business, SFAz's engineering pathway model aligns K-12 outreach and career exploration; foundational knowledge and skills, and certificate and degree programs. Delivered as a guide, the pathway model provides strategies for teaching, learning, and student support. Examples include an Early College Academy from Cochise College and an engineering technology pathway between Ivy Tech and Purdue. Participants will compare their pathways, identify what is in place, where there are gaps, and what is needed for improvement. Outcomes will inform participants' pathway development and help optimize the Engineering Pathways Guide as an online resource.
Workshop: Creating Classroom Transformations in STEM EducationTrack 2Diplomat
Claudia J. Morrell, Chief Operating Officer, NAPE, PACarolyn Parker, Assistant Professor, School of Education, The Johns Hopkins University, MDFaculty in the innovative professional development program, Micromessaging to Reach and Teach Every Student, use the power of micromessages (small and often subtle, yet powerful messages) to improve classroom culture and pedagogy. A team of equity and STEM experts, researchers, and practitioners across disciplines and among education, business, government, and non-profit communities developed the program to provide educators with a process for using research-based strategies and effective practices to address the unique needs of diverse students. The year-long training has demonstrated a statistically significant impact on faculty practice (treatment vs. control groups) leading to improved STEM student academic outcomes.
Workshop: Best Practices for Engaging and Inspiring Secondary Teachers as Emerging Technology Leaders Track 2Governors
Maureen A. Devery, Outreach Coordinator, North Seattle Community College, WADianne McKee, Project Coordinator, Maricopa Community Colleges, AZJeannette R. Shaffer, Project Coordinator, Maricopa Community Colleges, AZReaching the next generation of ATE program graduates is easier with strong partnerships with high school teachers. In this session, participants will engage with other ATE programs to share best practices, challenges, and experiences in creating and carrying out face-to-face and online professional development workshops for high school educators. Participants will explore how fostering relationships with participants can lead to strong and innovative leadership that can help bring emerging technologies into existing classrooms as well as create new technology courses. Successful models of professional development will also be shared and discussed.
Workshop: Getting Started with PBL: Strategies, Resources, and Lessons LearnedTrack 3PalladianNicholas Massa, Professor, Laser Electro-Optics Technology, Springfield Technical Community College, MAJane Ostrander, PI, Destination PBL project, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
PBL challenges students to solve real-world problems and acquire professional skills needed for success in the 21st century workplace. Transforming classrooms to PBL demands new classroom management and instructional skills, curriculum materials, and student approaches to learning. In this interactive session, instructors who have created PBL programs and classrooms and ATE projects and centers that have created resources and provided support for PBL faculty will host roundtable discussions to share their processes, available resources, and lessons learned. Participants will select two roundtable discussions to join, share resources, and develop a plan of action for getting started with PBL.
Workshop: Advancing Innovation in Technician Education: Flipping Classrooms and Integrating Open Learning ResourcesTrack 3Ambassador
Kris K. Frady, Research Associate,Clemson University, SCKapil Chalil Madathil, Technology Lead, Clemson University, SCDanine Tomlin, Executive Director, AMTEC, KYModerator: Walter Barlow, Modularization and Curriculum Specialist, AMTEC, KYThis session showcases technical education models (AMTEC's Mechatronic Maintenance Curriculum and CA2VES Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum) utilizing classroom flipping strategies and open learning resources supporting blended learning. Discussions will include promising practices for implementation at community/technical colleges, implications for other technical programs of study, a description of methods used to develop assessments and lessons aligned to validated industry skill standards, and organization of digital learning tools into a hybrid online lecture/face-to-face lab associate degree program and curriculum. Participants will experience digital learning tools, open learning resources, and reflective activities encouraging them to consider technology and open learning resources in their programs.Discussion: If You Don't Lecture – How Do You Teach? Options for Engagement, Collaboration, and Relevance in Technology ClassroomsTrack 3Forum
Erika Bowles, PI, Tacoma Community College, WACandyce Rennegarbe, UDL Project Director, Tacoma Community College, WA
Less lecture and more classroom interaction is a desirable goal - but how do you achieve this in technology classrooms where lecturing is the norm? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides a framework for interactive learning through focus on learning accessibility for all students. Presenters will review the UDL model, review UDL applications in a current NSF/other projects, then lead a discussion in which participants describe their best practices in interactive UDL-based learning. Takeaways will include descriptions of successful UDL classroom implementations, best practices in interactive learning, and interactive learning tools/resources, including access to a UDL best practices database.
Discussion: Innovations in Dual EnrollmentTrack 3Congressional BDonna Lange, Center Director, DeafTEC, Rochester Institute of Technology, NYMichael Staley, Dean, School of Engineering, Design, and Construction, Seminole State College, FL
This session will discuss two innovative strategies: a unique co-taught dual enrollment growth strategy and a national dual-credit model delivered across the country. The co-taught methodology overcomes common obstacles to delivering dual enrollment courses locally, thereby building a more robust pipeline of full-time students from the high schools. The national model (Project Fast Forward) has developed, over the past seven years, a host of best practices for implementing these programs across state lines. While both projects have focused specifically on STEM programs, Project Fast Forward has concentrated on delivering these courses for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Discussion: Determining Readiness for Scalability and Sustainability – How Do You Know and How Can You Prepare?Track 4Calvert
Deborah Boisvert, PI, BATEC, University of Massachusetts-Boston, MAElaine Johnson, Executive Director and PI, Bio-Link, CADavid McNeel, Senior Consultant, University of Massachusetts-Boston, MA
You have concluded a successful pilot of your project and are now considering next steps for scaling and sustaining it. Some of the most important aspects of assessing a project's success and preparing for scaling and sustainability go back to the design and plans for the project. Participants will be challenged to consider their thoughts on determining and assessing project outcomes and readiness for scaling and sustainability and to share their views in dialogue with others. Concepts, processes, and tools that have been determined to aid in this success will be presented as well as examples and lessons learned of their use.
Workshop: ATE Targeted Research in Action: FLATE/PathTech and Fox Valley/METTE Partnerships to Improve Student OutcomesTrack 5RegencyAllen Phelps, Senior Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin, WIWill Tyson, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, FL Lakshmi Jayaram, Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, FLEdward Fletcher, Assistant Professor, Department of Adult, Career, and Higher Education, University of South Florida, FL Moderator: Patricia Frohrib, Vice President, Student and Community Development, Fox Valley Technical College, WI
PathTech (USF Sociology) and METTE (UW-Madison Education) each partner with local public two-year colleges to conduct targeted research on student outcomes using quantitative and qualitative methods. Each study uses state longitudinal administrative data and student performance databases to uncover pathways into technician education programs, track student progress, and describe student outcomes. These projects also conduct interviews and focus groups with technician education students, faculty, and administrators and other key informants from high schools and local industry. In this session, PathTech and METTE investigators describe findings and conduct activities to illustrate ways of using targeted research findings to improve practice.
Workshop: Cultivating Effective Industry Partnerships for Long-Term SustainabilityTrack 6EmpireBrad Mason, Director, AMSEC, LLC, VABarbara Murray, SMART PI and Apprenticeship Related Instruction Director, SMART, Tidewater Community College, VAMonica Pfarr, Corporate Director, Workforce Development, American Welding Society, OHModerator: Ed Smith, Associate Director, Industry Relations – Centers for Applied Competitive Technologies, San Diego City College, CA
Forging effective partnerships with industry leaders is key to achieving ATE program success. The SMART center has created a customizable model of industry partner engagement that has enabled the center to effectively develop a new career pathway for its industry, measure significant career awareness success, and cultivate a cadre of educators and industry leaders dedicated to advancing the center's success. Attendees will hear from the SMART center's industry partners and ATE center partner Weld-Ed about the process of implementing proven principles to produce effective partnerships with industry professionals to ensure sustainability for your center or project.
Workshop: Understanding and Leveraging the USA Digital Fabrication Learning CommunityTrack 6Hampton
James J. Janisse, PI, Digital Fabrication Learning Community, Fox Valley Technical College, WIMichael Lesiecki, PI, MATEC, Maricopa Community Colleges, AZModerator: Dale Walker, Director, Business and Industry Services, Fox Valley Technical College, WIThis session will describe the pilot USA Digital Fabrication Learning Community (DFLC) that leverages digital and personal fabrication's proven enrichment of STEM competencies and attitudes with learners and educators, while driving Next Generation Manufacturing technician development. Special emphasis will be placed on the potential and opportunities for DFLC technologies and techniques to drive U.S. innovation, and economic and workforce development. Learn about the extensive resources and support now available and join the rapidly growing and global MIT Fab Lab community!
Discussion: Working with the Department of Labor to Develop a Competency ModelTrack 6Cabinet
Vince DiNoto, Dean of College and Systemic Initiatives, PI GeoTech Center, Jefferson Community and Technical College, KYAnn Johnson, Associate Director and Co-PI, Jefferson Community and Technical College, KY
The discussion session will explore the work which has been accomplished in the development of the Geospatial Technology Competency Model (GTCM) for the Department of Labor (DoL) as well as updating of the model during the 2013 - 2014 academic year. The discussion will include examples of the outlines for model courses that have been developed based upon the previous GTCM. Participants will explore how this competency based method can be used for course design, articulations, and certifications.
7:30 – 10:00 amInternet Café and Hot SpotWest Conference Foyer
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7:30 – 8:45 am Showcase III Set-upExhibit Hall7:45 – 8:45 am Breakfast RoundtablesAmbassador9:00 – 10:15 am Plenary SessionRegency BallroomV. Celeste Carter, Lead ATE Program Director, National Science Foundation, VARichard Duschl, Division Director, Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation, VA
The Next 20 Years: Technology Innovations and Global Opportunities
Keynote Speakers: Carolyn Corbin, President, Center for the 21st CenturyJeff Wacker, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Hewlett-Packard/EDS
Every 40-50 years since the industrial revolution, technologies that drive world economies have shifted. From water power to steam to electricity to oil, from railroads to automobiles, from steel to mass production, and most recently to information and telecommunications—each cycle has created enormous social and economic change presenting great opportunities for those prepared to take on the challenge. This plenary session features two premier futurists to discuss the technologies that are currently transforming the economy and defining the next generation of employment opportunities for all workers, including technicians; and the intersecting socio-economic trends that are transforming how we live and work. Speakers will discuss both the challenges and opportunities for educational institutions as they empower future STEM technicians.
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In Regional Roundup, we've gathered the top stories from each of our eight weekly newspapers every Thursday. Here are the regional stories you don't want to miss from March 27 to April 2, 2014.
Shooting of a dog near Aurora Lake being investigated
The family of a 12-year-old Alaskan Husky dog shot and killed March 13 is offering a $500 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case.
The Aurora Police Department asks anyone with information regarding the incident to call the detective bureau at 330-562-8181 or anonymously on the Aurora Police Department's Tip Line at 330-995-3030.
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Cuyahoga Falls Planning Commission denies street vacation; Graham Road business owner unhappy (with video)
The city's request to vacate a 2-foot wide strip of land at 614 Graham Road was denied by the planning commission March 18. The vote was 6-0.
The owner of the business located there, Rapid Auto Care, was not happy about the outcome, because he said the city had promised to give that land to him to make up for parking that he will lose as a result of the state's widening project on Graham Road.
City waiting on railroad's response to latest track of graffiti
The city has contacted a railroad company whose bridge seems to be an enticing canvas for local vandals and painters of graffiti.
Vandals have painted "Seniors 2014" on the Norfolk Southern Raiload bridge which crossed over West Streetsboro Street.
14-year-old missing since Tuesday reunited with parents, Stow police report
A missing child has been reunited with his parents, according to the Stow Police Department.
At 4:53 p.m. on March 25, the sister of Noah Moore, 14, reported that she had last seen him at 1:30 that afternoon when he reportedly took out the trash. When Noah did not return after a period of time she became concerned and decided to call the Stow Police Department.
Eric J. Hartman of Tallmadge sentenced to eight years in prison for sex-related crimes
Eric J. Hartman, 37, of Tammery Drive, was sentenced to eight years in prison March 20 for sex-related crimes.
In January, Hartman pleaded guilty to three counts of pandering sexually oriented material, a felony of the second degree; two counts of sexual battery, a felony of the third degree; extortion, a felony of the third degree; and three counts of pandering sexually oriented material, a felony of the fifth degree.
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Fan hits grand slam with t-shirt design
Cheering for the Cleveland Indians has paid off for Greg Pennypacker, whose T-shirt design was selected out of about 200 entries for the team's Sept. 6 "Fan-designed T-Shirt" promotion.
Pennypacker, 23, of Northfield Center, will get to throw out the first pitch that night, when the Tribe faces the Chicago White Sox and the first 10,000 fans through the gate get a T-Shirt bearing his design.
Missing Streetsboro man found dead in Rootstown
The body of a man reported missing by Streetsboro police has been found in a swampy area in Rootstown, not far from where he went missing Saturday night.
Streetsboro police said the body of James J. Goggin, 25, of Frost Road in Streetsboro, was found at approximately 9 a.m. Tuesday in a swamp north of Karry Road in Rootstown, less than a mile from where he was last seen in the 4300 block of Tallmadge Road at approximately 11 p.m. Saturday.
Glenn Wong guilty of aggravated murder in wife's February 2013 stabbing
Former Abrams Drive resident Glenn Wong was found guilty March 28 of aggravated murder and five related charges in the brutal February 2013 stabbing death of his wife, Tami Mitchell Wong, following three days of emotional testimony from friends, family, safety workers and colleagues.
A Summit County Court of Common Pleas jury deliberated for just less than three hours before returning with the guilty verdicts. Wong, 51, was also found guilty of a second count of aggravated murder, one count of kidnapping, one count of murder, one count of felonious assault and one count of domestic violence in the matter.

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The Department of Health and Human Resources has requested an emergency stay through the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals regarding orders entered in the ongoing court battle surrounding its two psychiatric hospitals, after the same request was denied in Kanawha County Circuit Court.
The requests were made in regard to the E.H. v. Matin case, which focuses on patient and employee treatment at the state's two psychiatric hospitals, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, in Weston, and the Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital in Huntington.
In a decision issued Wednesday, Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom denied a DHHR request to stay the orders he entered in the case on June 2 and June 27, as well as a request to appeal an oral order issued by him during the last hearing on Aug. 1. The June orders are not final orders, so the DHHR has additionally requested that they be declared final judgments and, therefore, subject to appeal.
The June 2 order directs the DHHR to immediately implement a special starting salary for new health service workers and to retroactively compensate those hired or promoted since January 2013.
The June 27 order is a follow-up to the earlier June order and required DHHR Secretary Karen Bowling and Victoria Jones, commissioner of the Bureau of Behavioral Health and Health Facilities, to appear for a show-cause hearing to determine if the agency should be held in contempt for failing to comply with previous orders.
It also ordered the DHHR to immediately reduce the number of patients at each hospital, to address staffing shortages. The DHHR was not able to considerably reduce the census at either hospital by the Aug. 1 hearing and attributed the failure to an inability to transfer many incoming patients to partnering diversion hospitals, which can exercise a "right of refusal," and deny new patients.
The third order, issued Aug. 1, instructed the DHHR to implement a plan the agency presented during the hearing and the judge approved. In the DHHR's proposal, developed after Bloom rejected three other proposals by the department at a June 11 hearing, the DHHR was to order that market-rate studies for both hospitals be conducted by the Division of Personnel, to determine competitive wages for direct-care workers at each hospital. As a result, Bloom purged the contempt, "so long as they execute their proposed plan," he wrote in an order issued after the hearing.
The DHHR's counsel filed an emergency application for an immediate stay of the orders on Wednesday, after Bloom issued his order denying the request. The agency argued that, "in order for this court to protect its ability to meaningfully hear DHHR/BHHF's forthcoming appeal of the circuit court's order, this court must stay the circuit court's order before Tuesday, August 19, 2014 — less than six days from today."
On Tuesday, the Division of Personnel will meet and is set to take action on the proposed pay increases.
"In order to avoid a potentially irrevocable action that would trigger a new staffing pay structure, the DHHR has filed for a stay of the court's previous order," said DHHR spokeswoman Allison Adler. "[The] DHHR needs the flexibility to develop its own proposals to continue to make improvements to patient care. It believes the department and the Legislature, not the court, should craft and implement plans to appropriately operate the two hospitals."
In its emergency stay, the DHHR argued that Bloom required the agency to submit a "permanent solution" to remedy staffing shortages that "did not include new legislation as component of the plan." In his Aug. 13 denial, Bloom noted that the Aug. 1 order was not final, as it addressed "the same problems that have existed since 2009" — the year the last order for pay increases was issued by the court.
"I don't intend to usurp the authority of the executive or the legislative branch," the judge said during the hearing, "but I want to solve the immediate problem that we have with the care of this very vulnerable population."
Bloom also told the defendants they were free to seek funding through the Legislature if the agency could not maintain the pay increases through current funding sources.
"Although DHHR/BHHF submitted this plan, DHHR/BHHF did so only to avoid contempt sanctions and it simultaneously reiterated its prior oral objections at the hearing," DHHR counsel wrote in the emergency stay request.
In its response to the Circuit Court stay request, Mountain State Justice, the firm representing patients and employees of the hospitals, argued that, because the DHHR did not object to the 2009 agreed-upon order to implement a pay increase and waived its objections to the court-ordered plan by submitting a compliant plan, it did not have standing to appeal the orders.
"Petitioners are disappointed that the DHHR is choosing to appeal the circuit court's order, given that this results in continued violations of the 2009 order regarding staffing, continued uses of mandatory overtime, and their detrimental effects on patient care and treatment," said Mountain State Justice attorney Lydia Milnes.
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Same for NRA?
I find it interesting that the Republican party is championing the downgrading of unions by passing laws that allow for workers to belong to different trade unions, but do not have to pay dues.
I wonder if they would do the same to the NRA, allowing members to belong to that organization, but not pay any membership fees to have all the perks that being a member would give them.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey tends to always make the right plays on the field and say the right things off the field. But around the clubhouse, Posey is known as a bit of a prankster.
His latest attempt involved Brandon Belt, who received his first World Series championship ring during a ceremony on Sunday. Manager Bruce Bochy gave Posey a small ring during spring training and Posey took it to Belt and told him that it was the ring the Giants would be getting on April 7.
"I think it was a San Jose Giants championship ring," said a laughing Belt, who wasn't fooled.
The Giants picked up the real rings on Sunday during an elegant pre-game ceremony on the infield at AT&T Park. The rings, made by Tiffany & Co., have a white gold face that includes the "SF" logo made out of 52 melee diamonds. On both sides of the ring, seven round diamonds represent the organization's seven championships.
Each ring includes an individual player's name, uniform number and a cable car design, and the rings also are etched with a nod to the 2012 postseason victories.
General manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy picked their rings up first, followed by Giants legends and then a steady stream of players. Matt Cain and Buster Posey were given their rings and then promptly ran down to the bullpen to begin warming up for the St. Louis Cardinals. The rest of the team was introduced in numerical order.
It was a special day for all the Giants, but few appeared as touched as Ryan Vogelsong, who took a long journey just to get back to the big leagues. After he was handed his ring, Vogelsong stared intently at it the entire time as he walked out to his designated spot on the infield. Barry Zito received a loud ovation during his second ring ceremony, but first as a main contributor. Veteran Marco Scutaro proudly waived his first ring in front of the scoreboard cameras.
Aubrey Huff was the only former Giant to show up and received a loud ovation. Former closer and fan-favorite Brian Wilson was a no-show.
Sabean and Bochy helped design the ring and Tiffany sought input from Giants players. But Bochy didn't sneak a peak at the new rings before the ceremony, saying he preferred to be surprised.
"This is our grand finale," Bochy said before the game. "It's always a special day when you're getting World Series championship rings. You wear it with pride."
You don't, however, wear both at once, Bochy joked. He said he likely will wear the 2010 ring to most special events, but imagines that some of his players will show both rings off on occasion.
"It's symbolic of what you've been trying to do your whole career," Bochy said of the first ring. "It's the first time I've ever had a championship ring on."
For the manager and many veterans, that's a great problem to have. Belt didn't get a ring during the 2011 ceremony but watched from the dugout and said he imagined putting his own championship ring on one day.
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Green Bean Casserole
For my final installment of a Week of Family Favorites, I'm going to feature a favorite of mine. Green bean casserole. It's such a classic holiday casserole, that to me, the holidays just aren't the same without it. In fact, Hubby knows that I was very disappointed that his family Thanksgiving meal didn't include green bean casserole. Next time, I'll just have to bring it myself to make sure it's there.
This is another case where the recipe is straight off the packaging. And, yes I realize some people have strong feelings about using canned cream of mushroom soup. I say there is a time and a place for everything. While I am not usually a fan of cooking like this, I just look the other way once or twice a year for this nostalgic side dish.
Green Bean Casserole
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon soy sauce
Dash ground black pepper
4 cups cooked cut green beans
1 1/3 cups French Fried Onions
Stir the soup, milk, soy sauce, black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in a 1 1/2-quart casserole.
Bake at 350°F. for 25 minutes or until the bean mixture is hot and bubbling. Stir the bean mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining onions.
Bake for 5 minutes or until the onions are golden brown.
Recipe from Campbell's Kitchen
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8 Responses to "Green Bean Casserole"
There is absolutely a time and place for everything! I totally agree. This is such a classic dish, and you've made it beautifully. 🙂
Such a great dish. My only complaint is when people use canned green beans. The taste and texture can be killed with canned green beans. I don't like to hear my green beans screeching while I chew them.
This picture looks delicious, by the way.
I love green bean casserole. It's one of my favorite holiday recipes. Sometimes we spice things up and add browned ground beef to the green bean mixture and top it with mashed potatoes. This makes it more like a dinner casserole and then I can justify eating plates and plates of it…hahaha.
Ya know, this looks good, but I've never been anywhere this was served. Seems I might be missing out?
I completely agree with Joe. I always use fresh or frozen green beans.
We make this every year too at Thanksgiving and Christmas.My 4 kids hate mushrooms so we use cream of celery or cream of chicken.
I completely agree, this recipe is perfect (and very nostalgic) just the way it is on the package. It just wouldn't feel like a holiday meal without this dish!
This is one of my favorite holiday side dishes! Canned green beans, soup, and all! I agree with you about having the time and place for such ingredients; it's such a classic and familiar recipe.


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Hey All:
Just hoping y'all will all send good thoughts my way as I have my first CT scan in six months tomorrow. Fearing the worst but secretly hoping for the best (relatively speaking, of course.)
Courage to all,
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Hey All:
Just hoping y'all will all send good thoughts my way as I have my first CT scan in six months tomorrow. Fearing the worst but secretly hoping for the best (relatively speaking, of course.)
Courage to all,
Sending good thoughts and prayers your way, Irene!
Irene.....You can count on it. Tons of good wishes coming your way. I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed for the best news, ever.
Hi Irene - we always hope for the best! Good luck with your scans. Remember, knowledge is power. At least you will get a better idea how to proceed with your care. Take control of this thing, don't let it control you....
All good thoughts going your way for great results.
Thank you to all -- the good feelings and the spirit are much present and needed.
Dear Irene,
My hopes and wishes for a great scan are with you, Irene.
Hi Irene,
We're thinking of you, let us know how things go. Warmest wishes and lots of positive thoughts and energy your way!!
Good thoughts and prayers coming your way, Irene - fingers and toes crossed also!
Joyce C.
You've got it. Good thoughts for the best out come on your scan coming your way.
Many great thoughts, prayers & energies coming your way Irene! We're crossing our fingers and hoping for the best for you too!
Will light a candle for you tonight and sending you all the postive vibes I can!!
Chin up girl.
Praying for the best results!!!!
just hoping the BEST for you Irene....ron
A thought and a prayer and all the good vibes I could muster have been sent your way.
Hello All:
First -- I want to thank all of you again. I truly believe in the power of good thought and spirit and I think the vibes were of great help to me today.
So here's my update. The bad news is that there is now a second, tiny tiny (less than a cm) tumor also in the liver, sort of off by itself, nowhre near a wall, a vein, or a node. There are also three lymph nodes of increased size, which clearly tells us there is node involvement. (At my last check in October 08 the nodes were identified as "probable" involvement but now they are bigger and the situation seems more clear.)
The good news, however, seems to be fairly good news: while the tumor has grown, it has grown only 1/2 cm (it went from 6.5 in October to 7.0 today). Doctor was very clear that this is what they're calling a "lazy" tumor and he said "growth was slower than we'd expected."
Doctor did suggest chemo which I again declined -- at least for now -- but he was much less insistent, and said it was something we should talk about again when he does the next scan in 3--4 months. Also recommending Gemzar only as opposed to the three-drug cocktail he strongly wanted me to be taking last year.
Overall, the news was good (relatively speaking, of course) and in fact the doc said I may have 6 or 12 months before I start to see serious symptoms. This may not sound like a long time, but I will tell you all that last summer these folks had me dead in a year. I fully expected that I would not make it to my 45th birthday (which is in September -- and hey -- I like watches!) and now it sounds like I might just make it there, and then some.
So...obviously the presence of the second tumor is bad bad bad, and the growing lymph nodes bad. But overall I am esctatic at the fact that the primary tumor is so d*mned lazy (my tumor takes after me -- how sweet!) and that as of today, my liver function remains perfectly normal.
So -- it's a mixed bag, but I'll take it, and will try to honor the time I do have left.
My deep affection -- no, make that my love, to all you. We struggle, but none of us strggles alone.
Irene......yes, for lazy tumors. I am happy to hear that your liver functions are perfectly normal and that you are feeling well. There is nothing more encouraging then when the predictions are proven wrong.
Hugs to you,
Been thinking of you and wondering how it went. Thanks for the report and so happy things are looking ok. I know you will see your 45th birthday and many good days ahead.
I agree about not being alone in this battle.. People are amazing here on this site....Take care of yourself Irene. Love, Hollie
Dear Irene, so glad that you are ecstatic and calmer and glad for that lazy tumor. You certainly are a courageous woman, Irene. Would you sprinkle a little of that courage on me?
I love lazy tumors...in fact I want one!
Glad your news was mostly good.
Hi Irene,
My birthday is in September also! When I was on chemo I was on Gemzar and Xeloda. When I was diagnosed in Oct 07 I was told I may not make it until my daughters High School graduation in May 08. Well I was there, ended up getting a resection the next week after being told I was inoperable, and will bring her home from college tomorrow after she finished her first year! Let's keep proving these docs wrong. Sending good thoughts and prayers your way.
God Bless,
Dear Irene,
You have a wonderful attitude and I think that is so important. What you said is all so true. It is a mixed bag, but take it and live your life to the fullest. From our experience with this cancer & what I have since learned from everyone here, I fully support you and the decisions you have made. You are a very courageous lady. You are so right, with this site & everyone on it none of us, patient or caregiver, are alone in our struggles.
I am hoping for only the best for you in the future.
Love & Hugs,
Hi Irene,
I love your attitude (and I wish Jim's tumor was lazy...). Regarding the lymph nodes, Jim was told he had lymph node involvement and then later on adrenal gland involvement but both cleared up on subsequent scans. Regardless, your attitude is inspiring and it 's amazing what hte body and spirit can do.
Warmest thoughts to you,
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Oxygen Analyzers
The Rapidox Series of gas analyzers feature an extremely wide measurement range for Oxygen and have been redesigned to allow optional sensors for specialized gases such as SF6, CO, and N2O as high as 0-100% Volume. These continuous, very fast responding, easy to use analyzers can be used for many applications and offer new fittings and thermocouples for temperature measurement. Each unit comes complete with software for data logging andoffer comprehensive facilities normally found on much more expensive models. An optional air pump can be used to provide a smooth flow of gas drawn from flexible tubing. The Rapidox 2100 and 3100 Oxygen analyzers use a Zirconia Oxygen sensor. They have programmable outputs, display, and can be user calibrated with any two Oxygen points for accurate readings from under 1 ppm all the way up to 100% Volume to be obtained.
These units were designed for a variety of applications from gas purity to vacuum leak detection. There is now an ever lower cost Rapidox version available for 1 ppm to 100% Volume Oxygen measurements. The Rapidox 3100 can be ordered as a dual gas analyzer for Oxygen and either Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, or Nitrous Oxide. One new version, the Rapidox SF6 IR Multimeter, is used for applications that require analysis of 0-100% Volume Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) using Infrared Technology along with dew point and high range Sulfur Dioxide sensors. This unit is available as bench mounted or panel mounted.
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Gov. Perry Appoints Duggins to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry announced Feb. 21 that he has appointed Ralph H. Duggins of Fort Worth to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The commission preserves and promotes Texas' natural resources and oversees sporting and recreational opportunities in the state.
Duggins is a senior partner at Cantey Hanger L.L.P. He is advisory director of J.P. Morgan Chase in Tarrant County and serves on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee. He is also a director of the Lena Pope Foundation Inc. and the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show. Additionally, Duggins is past chairman of the Cook Children's Healthcare System and past member of Texas State Bar Federal Judiciary Appointments Committee.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed All-Star closer Jason Grilli, who leads the National League in saves, on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right forearm.
That could be a big blow for the Bucs as they try to make the playoffs — and finish above .500 — for the first time since 1992. With 30 saves in 31 opportunites and a stellar 0.92 WHIP, the 36-year-old Grilli has been a big part of Pittsburgh's success.
He even landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated, the first Pirate to be so honored in 21 years.
Grilli exited Monday's game against the Washington Nationals with two outs in the ninth inning after making a pitch to Steve Lombardozzi. Vin Mazzaro came in and retired Lombardozzi on a grounder with a runner on second to earn his first career save.
Setup reliever Mark Melancon will assume the closer role in Grilli's absence, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. Melancon had 20 saves for the Houston Astros in 2011.


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Lohse solid in St. Louis reunion; Brewers bats quiet
ST. LOUIS -- Milwaukee right-hander Kyle Lohse received plenty of attention from former battery mate Yadier Molina on Friday night.
Some good, some not-so-good.
First, Molina called time out to allow Lohse to soak up a 30-second standing ovation the St. Louis fans gave him as he came to the plate in the third inning of his return to St. Louis.
"That was nice," Lohse said. "So cool."
Then Molina turned mean, slamming a solo homer in the seventh inning to ruin the reunion and pace the Cardinals to a 2-0 win in front of 42,528 chilled fans at Busch Stadium.
The Brewers (2-7) lost for the seventh time in eight games after a 5-4 win over Colorado on Opening Day.
Lohse gave up two runs on six hits over seven innings in his return to Busch. He struck out two and did not walk a batter against his former team. Lohse compiled a 55-35 record with a 3.90 ERA for the Cardinals from 2008-12.
For the most part, the 34-year-old veteran enjoyed coming back to his old stomping grounds. That is, until Molina uncorked his second homer of the season, a 404-foot blast to left field that provided rookie right-hander Shelby Miller with all the necessary support.
Lohse turned in his second quality start in as many outings. He gave up one run over six innings against Arizona on April 5, but left tied 1-1 in a game that the Brewers eventually lost, 3-1.
On Friday, he threw well enough to win but came up empty again.
"It was tough, but that's the way it goes some times," Lohse said. "You go out there and do your part. A couple mistakes out there cost me."
Lohse threw 82 pitches, 59 for strikes. He retired 10 batters in a row from the second to fifth innings.
"Kyle threw the ball really well. That's a good offensive team," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "He spotted the ball real well. His curveball was really good.
"It's a shame you get those kind of outings and you can't score."
Lohse was good, but simply no match for the Cardinals' newest in a line of hard throwers. Miller gave up just one hit during a seven-inning stint. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter.
Miller surrendered a leadoff single to Norichika Aoki on the sixth pitch of the game. Miller did not allow another hit over the final 107 pitches of his outing.
"His fastball was straight, straight as an arrow," Milwaukee catcher Jonathan Lucroy said. "But it was hard to get behind it. He was pounding away, pounding away, filling the zone with strikes."
Miller's fastball remained in the mid-90 mph range throughout most of the 44-degree night. His delivery and ball movement seemed to take the Milwaukee hitters by surprise.
"The ball would get there and then it would spin on you," shortstop Jean Segura said.
"He was just hard to hit," said Rickie Weeks. "We couldn't do anything with him."
The Brewers managed just two baserunners against Miller. Aoki stole second after the leadoff single, but Miller fanned Segura, Ryan Braun and Weeks to end the threat.
Milwaukee infielder Alex Gonzalez was hit on the hand by a pitch with one out in the second, but was stranded on first. Gonzalez left the game an inning later, and X-rays were negative.
That was the extent of the Milwaukee offense against Miller.
The Brewers managed a mild threat in the ninth against St. Louis closer Mitchell Boggs. Aoki drew a walk and Segura singled with one out to set the stage for a rally. But Boggs fanned Braun and Weeks to end the game. Weeks went down on three pitches.
Braun went 0-for-4 in the contest and struck out three times, as his five-game hitting streak came to an end.
St. Louis (6-4) pushed across a run in the second inning on an RBI single by David Freese. Carlos Beltran began the frame with a single and Molina doubled off the glove of a diving Braun in left before Freese picked up his first RBI of the season.
Lohse then limited the damage by working out of a no-out jam with runners on first and third. He struck out Pete Kozma and induced Miller to ground into an inning-ending double play.
"We miss Lohse, obviously," Freese said. "But that's the type of game we expect out of him. We were fortunate to get two runs."
Steve Overbey is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It's Chicago in the 1920s and Catherine and her friends are dying; but theirs is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits—or endanger the lives of those who come after them. Admission is $7 students, $10 general, at the door. Reduced-price tickets will be sold during the day April 22–25 in front of the cafeteria.


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TWC rolls mobile charging stations into NYC; Cablevision re-groups
With tensions mounting in some of the areas that saw the biggest impact from Hurricane Sandy, Time Warner Cable and other service providers are rushing into the morass to fix their triple-play services and ease subscribers' frustrations.
Yesterday afternoon, Time Warner Cable announced it was sending in service vehicles to hard-hit areas such as Lower Manhattan and Staten Island. The trucks were equipped with mobile device power-charging stations and Wi-Fi hotspots. Residents in the areas can charge their devices on the trucks and access a 4G Wi-Fi connection for free.
New Yorkers can find the locations of the vehicles on Twitter via @TWCable_NYC. Time Warner Cable will provide updates on the locations throughout today. Time Warner Cable retail store locations in Staten Island and in Queens Center Mall also opened their doors to area residents that needed to charge their smartphones, laptops or other devices.
Like Comcast, Time Warner Cable is also opening up free access to its New York City Wi-Fi hotspots. Time Warner Cable's local news channel, NY1, has made all content readily available on its website for any site visitors, without having to log in.
"Our extensive preparations for the storm, in addition to the incredible work of our employees, allowed us to maintain service for the majority of our New York City-area customers," said John Quigley, regional vice president for New York City operations at TWC. "For those customers who lost service during the storm, we have been, and will continue to, work diligently to restore services as quickly as possible."
Time Warner Cable's New York City service area includes Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn, as well as Mt. Vernon in New York and Bergen and Hudson counties in New Jersey.
Time Warner Cable also announced it donated $500,000 to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City and $50,000 each to The American Red Cross of Northeastern New York, which serves the Mid-Hudson Valley, and The American Red Cross of Northern New Jersey.
"To help support our relief efforts, our Mayor's Fund to Advance New York is collecting donations from all around the country and right here at home," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. "We are grateful for the support we've received from generous individuals and corporate citizens, like Time Warner Cable, who are pitching in to help our city recover from this devastating storm."
Overall, the Federal Communications Commission said yesterday that cable outages remained at 12 percent to 14 percent of the homes passed in Sandy's footprint, which was down from the initial estimate of around 25 percent.
Cablevision announced yesterday that around 1.5 million of its Optimum households were still without power, while 1.75 million households had power and their cable services intact. As of Thursday, around 7,700 of Optimum households had power, but no cable services. Cablevision said that households represented residential and small business customers with at least one Optimum service.
"Following this unprecedented event, loss of electrical power continues to be the primary cause of widespread disruptions of Optimum service," Cablevision wrote in a statement yesterday. "Cablevision crews are in the field and working to restore service as quickly as possible after the return of power. We will continue to provide updates for our customers on Optimum.net."
This morning, Cablevision updated its storm recovery progress by reporting that 1.4 million households were without power, while 1.8 million had power with their Optimum services. The number of households with power but without services increased to 8,544.
Cablevision had 35,337 Wi-Fi hotspots across its New York City metro area footprint that were operational as of 4 p.m. EST today. The hotspots provide free Internet access to Cablevision's data customers.
Cablevision has roughly 3 million subscribers in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Time Warner Cable and Cablevision both provide video service in parts of Brooklyn. Cablevision also offers video service in the Bronx, as well as in areas outside of New York City, such as Westchester County.
Barclays analyst James Ratcliffe said yesterday that Cablevision's financial hit for Hurricane Sandy could be as much as $36 million. Last year, Cablevision incurred $16 million from the impact of Hurricane Irene.
Time Warner Cable moved its third-quarter earnings report from this week to Monday, while Cablevision rescheduled its report to Tuesday.
Over-builder RCN offers its services in Manhattan and Queens, as well as in parts of downtown Brooklyn. Like Time Warner Cable, Verizon and Cablevision, RCN said its service restoration efforts were hampered by the lack of power.


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Following Damien Hirst's Biennale Grand Prize, which he was awarded in 2001 for The Last Supper prints, Ljubljana International Biennale of Graphic Arts invited the artist to produce an entirely new show for their 25th Biennale in 2003.
In response, Hirst exhibited his first ever exhibition of drawings which, spanning his career, consisted of approximately 100 pieces. Many were sourced from private and public collections and displayed the studious, preliminary and imaginative workings of the artist. A number of drawings dated form his early teenagehood, others were lent by close friends, who had been given personal drawings by the artist. Included in the exhibition were a number of preparatory sketches for later and larger works including paintings and sculptures.
This publication reproduces over 300 drawings and is a fascinating and diverse insight into the artist's working mind and methods, it manages to convey his humour and integrity in the making process. In the words of Hugh Allan, 'these drawings should be seen as the spirits or shadows of more robust 'living' things… Urgent to render and explanation, Hirst has the energy of a dying man desperate to tell us a truth; as the title of the show suggests, cradle and grave bracket what lies between.'
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Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. He first came to public attention in 1988 when he conceived and curated 'Freeze', an exhibition of his own work and that of his contemporaries at Goldsmiths college, staged in a disused London warehouse. Since this time Hirst has become widely recognised as one of the most influential artists of his generation.
Through a varied practise of installation, sculpture, painting and drawing Hirst has sought to explore the complex relationship between art, life and death. Alongside over 80 solo exhibitions he has worked on numerous curatorial projects. In 2008, Hirst took the unprecedented step of bypassing gallery involvement in selling 244 new works at a Sotheby's, London auction entitled 'Beautiful Inside My Head Forever'.
Hirst was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995 and his contribution to British art over the last two and a half decades has been acknowledged in a major solo retrospective exhibited at Tate Modern, London. He lives in Devon and has studios in Gloucester and London.
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TEMPLE CITY – Sheriff's detectives are warning people who used a Mobil gas station in Temple City to monitor their bank accounts and credit reports after skimming devices were found last month at two gas pumps.
Sgt. Steven Ruiz said the owner and operator of the gas station at 5329 S. Baldwin Ave. found the credit card skimming devices on Aug. 8 and called deputies.
He said the owner apparently had problems with the gas pumps, went to check and discovered the skimming devices.
Investigators don't know when the skimmers were put in the two pumps. They've identified one possible victim so far.
Customers of the gas station should check their bank accounts and credit reports for unauthorized or fraudulent credit activity, according to deputies. If they find any, deputies said customers should notify their banks and file a report with the station.
Detectives are also asking the public to call the sheriff's Temple station at 626-285-7171 and report any suspicious subjects, who do not appear to be employees, tampering with the gas pumps at any gas station.


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On Jan. 25, first lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack introduced the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new school nutrition standards. The regulations, effective July 1, increase requirements for fruits and vegetables served in school lunches from one-half to three-fourths of a cup (combined) per day to the new requirement of three-fourths to one cup of vegetables plus one-half to one cup of fruit per day.
Below are comments from other media on the USDA's guidelines.
Finally, good news about school lunches
The New York Times — by Mark Bittman, Jan. 31
Thirty-two million kids — 10% of the American population, and the future of the country — are about to start eating better. That's the bottom line of the new Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines for government-subsidized school meals, announced last week.
Of course, there are limitations: advocates for good food are correctly disappointed that the USDA ultimately let corporate interests deter the agency from pursuing an even more aggressively healthy set of rules. Following recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine, the USDA originally proposed limiting the amount of starchy vegetables in school meals — which up until now have been unlimited — to one cup per week.
Lobbyists for the potato industry made a fuss and the Senate stepped in to make sure that didn't happen, and that concession is integrated into the new rules: Potatoes will still be unlimited. Similarly, you might remember that Congress and industry worked together to make sure that the tomato paste on pizza would continue to qualify it as a vegetable.
Why the cafeteria crusade is a crock
The New York Post — by Michael Walsh, Jan. 25
There's nothing about rutabagas in the Constitution, but that isn't stopping the Department of Agriculture from trying to shove them down your kids' throats. Under new school-lunch standards unveiled by first lady Michelle Obama yesterday, public schools are now required to offer fruits and vegetables daily, along with more whole-grain foods, low-fat milk and lower sodium.
Oh yes, and there will be calorie counting, too.
"We want the food they get in school to be the same kind of food we would serve at our own kitchen tables," said Mrs. Obama, who's made childhood obesity one of her pet causes.
"When we send our kids to school," said the first lady, "we expect that they won't be eating the kind of fatty, salty, sugary foods that we try to keep them from eating at home."
But do we try? ...
Depending on government to serve up tasty, good-for-you vittles that kids will actually eat at anything other than gunpoint is like expecting valet parking and a free car wash at your local DMV.
The proper place to learn about nutrition is in the home. Pretend however you like, neither schools nor the government can magically make up the difference if parents fail to do their job.
The USDA's new school nutrition standards are worth celebrating
The Atlantic — by Marion Nestle, Jan. 26
Michelle Obama and Tom Vilsack announced new nutrition standards for school meals yesterday, to what seems to be near-universal applause (the potato growers are still miffed, according to The New York Times).
The new standards are best understood in comparison to current standards. They call for:
- More fruits and vegetables.
- A greater range of vegetables.
- A requirement for whole grains.
- All milk to be 1% or less.
- Only nonfat milk to be permitted to be flavored.
This may not sound like much. But given what it has taken USDA to get to this point, the new standards must be seen as a major step forward.


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Treasure Nakato of the Northern Uganda's Watoto Children's Choir takes centre stage with her fellow singers as they perform for the students at Edwin S. Richards school on Tuesday. The school's Friends of Africa Club and PAC committee has sponsored the choir for the past seven years, helping the choir advocate for funding for the estimated 50 million orphaned children in Africa, as a result of HIV/AIDS, war, poverty and disease.
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