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My Nonprofit Reviews
Review for People Making a Difference (PMD), Boston, MA, USA
I've served with PMD as both a project leader and as a volunteer. PMD's vision encompasses not only a fun and well organized volunteer experience, but also learning in a meaningful way about the charity's mission and activities. I've also met interesting people from all walks of life, and to try new experiences I would never have otherwise. Through PMD, I've painted huge Walk for Hunger signs (my favorite project!), assembled braille books, trimmed alien species from protected areas, and walked on a bog. And of course, the homemade cookies at the end of each project! :-)
PMD is also the rare agency that emphasizes safety and informed volunteerism. The PMD project leader has a HUGE backpack with a full first aid kit and other tools to meet contingencies. I once got something in my eye, and the project leader pulled out an eye wash kit. Amazing! Before a project, PMD will send detailed site directions and background information about the project and the charity.
I highly recommend PMD to volunteers, including those who are busy but still want to serve, those who are new to volunteering and trying to get to know what charities are out there, and those who like to try a variety of experiences, indoor and out. I am grateful to PMD and founder/executive director Lori Tsuruda for making such a valuable resource available!
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give them a large, mulit-year grant! :-)
Would you volunteer for this group again?
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A lot
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CommitMessage is a modular, easy-to-use approach to CVS and SVN commit emails. It consists of a controller for each supported system (currently CVS and SVN), which populates a generic model with the entire commit, and then passes the model to the configured views. The views are written as Python classes, and are configured in the configuration file.
CrazyBeans provides an API to read, analyze, modify, and create Rational Rose models. The aim of the project is to allow users to influence the process by which Rational Rose converts class diagrams into code and vice versa.It is designed to be convenient, flexible, and extensible. CrazyBeans also makes it possible to convert Rational Rose's proprietary file format into alternative formats.
NekoDTD is a configuration that parses Document Type Definition (DTD) files and converts the information into an XML document. This representation can then be processed using standard XML processors and applications to perform grammar analysis, convert the DTD into other grammar formats, etc. The current version of NekoDTD can expose DTD information using DOM or SAX, has the ability to "flatten" DTD files, and can convert existing DTD grammars to XML Schema and Relax NG.
NekoHTML is a simple HTML scanner and tag balancer that enables Java application programmers to parse HTML documents and access the information using standard XML interfaces. The parser can scan HTML files and "fix up" many common mistakes that human (and computer) authors make in writing HTML documents. NekoHTML is written using the Xerces Native Interface (XNI) that is the foundation of the Xerces2 implementation. This enables application programmers to use the NekoHTML parser with existing XNI tools without modification or rewriting code.
NekoPull is an XML document parsing API that extends the Xerces Native Interface (XNI) to provide pull parsing functionality. The pull parsing paradigm is different from tree-based APIs like the Document Object Model (DOM) and event stream APIs like the Simple API for XML (SAX) in that the application controls the parsing of documents. NekoPull is similar to lex in that the application requests, or pulls, the document information one piece at a time instead of having document information pushed to the application.
ManekiNeko is a parser configuration that allows users to validate documents using Relax NG grammars and access the document information using standard programming interfaces. The parser configuration does not implement a Relax NG validator, however. Instead, it wraps James Clark's Jing validator to validate documents using a Relax NG grammar.
NekoStyle is a simple and flexible framework for automating XML transformations. With NekoStyle, you can parse XML and HTML documents, perform XSLT transformations, output documents in different formats, and much more. An Ant build task is also included to allow batch XML processing to be run during a build.
NekoXNI is a collection of small, useful XML tools written for the Xerces Native Interface (XNI) that is the foundation of the Xerces2 implementation. The NekoXNI tools are written to illustrate the power and flexibility of the XNI framework, as well as provide useful tools for XML application developers. The current collection of XNI tools includes an HTML Parser, DTD Converter, a Style Processor, a RelaxNG Validator parser configuration, and an XML Pull Parser.
DBMonster is a tool which helps database application developers with tuning the structure of the database, tuning the usage of indexes, and testing the application performance under heavy database load. DBMonster generates as much random data as you wish and puts it into an SQL database. It provides a very pluggable interface and is trivial to use.


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Student Grievance Policy
1. Introduction
Students of Savannah State University who believe they have been treated unfairly with respect to academic matters or are convinced that they have been discriminated against in any matter on the basis of race, color, handicap, religion, age, national origin or sex, may initiate and pursue the grievance procedure in accordance with the provisions of this document. Academic matters are those concerned with instructional activities, research activities, closely related to either of these functions, grading procedures, or decisions involving instruction or affecting academic freedom.
2. Preliminary Steps
To initiate or pursue a grievance, the following steps must be observed before the tenth week of the fall or spring semester which follows the term in which the alleged grievance occurred.
- The student should first discuss the matter with the person or persons directly involved, in an attempt to resolve the grievance through informal discussion.
- If there is no resolution, the student should discuss the matter with the department chairperson to whom those directly involved report (or if the department chairperson is directly involved, with the school dean; if the school dean is directly involved, with the Vice President for Academic Affairs who shall attempt to mediate an informal resolution.)
- If there is no resolution through the department chairperson, the student should discuss the matter with the appropriate school dean (unless the school dean is directly involved), who shall attempt to mediate an informal resolution.
- If reconciliation has still not been achieved the student shall submit to the Student Grievance Committee through the Vice President for Academic Affairs a written statement of the grievance. The statement shall contain:
- a brief narrative of the condition giving rise to the grievance:
- a designation of the parties involved; and
- a statement of the remedy requested.
3. Formation of the Committee
At the beginning of each academic year each school shall choose from among its faculty two representatives to serve on the Student Grievance Committee pool for that year.
- The members of the pool shall choose one of their number to serve as Chairperson of the Student Grievance Committee for the academic year, and one to serve as Vice-Chairperson. The Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson shall not be from the same department/school.
- At the beginning of each academic year the Executive Committee of Student Government shall select two undergraduate students to serve on the Student Grievance Committee pool for that year. Two graduate students will be selected by the Graduate Program Directors.
- Upon receipt of a written statement of a grievance, the Vice President of Academic Affairs shall notify the Committee Chairperson (or Vice-Chairperson if the grievance involves the Chairperson's department.) The committee is composed of a Chairperson (or Vice-Chairperson, as appropriate), three faculty members in the pool from disciplines most closely related to the discipline concerned in the grievance (however, no faculty member shall be selected from the department involved in the grievance), and a student. The student member shall be from the same academic level (graduate or undergraduate) as the student bringing in the grievance, but the student member shall not be enrolled in the same department as the grievant.
4. Committee Action
Upon receipt of the written statement of an academic grievance, the Student Grievance committee shall:
- Determine prior to considering the grievance whether discussions between the student, persons directly involved, department chairperson, and school dean have been exhausted in attempting to resolve the grievance informally.
- Notify the parties named in the statement of the receipt of a grievance naming them; and send a copy of the statement to the named parties and to all committee members.
- Notify the grievant and respondent of their rights to challenge committee members for cause, and request early notification of challenge(s) to expedite the grievance procedures. Included in this notification will be a list of the names of committee members. Any committee members removed for cause shall be replaced by alternate delegates selected as in paragraph 3 (d).
- Meet within ten (10) days after receiving the written statement to review the written statement and render a decision as to whether sufficient grounds are present to warrant a hearing.
- Notify the grievant and the named parties of its decision in writing.
- If a hearing will be held, notify in writing all parties involved, including any witnesses, of the date, time and place of the hearings at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date set. The hearing date shall be within twenty (20) days of the decision to hold a hearing reached pursuant to paragraph 4 (d).
- Inform the parties that the burden of proof rests with the grievant, and that each party may be accompanied to the hearing by an advisor, who may actually participate in the hearing only if specifically addressed by the Committee.
- Request in writing from all parties involved any pertinent material deemed necessary for review by the committee prior to the hearing. These materials, plus any additional materials either party chooses to submit, must be submitted to the committee no later than four (4) days prior to the hearing. Any person named in a grievance may submit a written statement to the committee outlining issues from their perspective.
- All communications among the committee, the grievant(s) and person(s) named in the statement of grievance will be confidential. Every effort will be made by committee members to maintain confidentiality throughout the entire grievance process.
5. Hearing Process
All hearings conducted by the Student Grievance Committee shall be conducted confidentially in the following manner:
- The grievant(s) and respondent(s) must be present during the information gathering portion of the hearing. Witnesses will be available, and called when needed. The committee reserves the right to allow the presence of a secretary or technical assistant.
- All statements during the information exchange phase of the hearing will be tape recorded. This record will be preserved for one (1) year and shall be confidential. After one (1) year, the recording shall be destroyed unless litigation is pending in the matter.
- Any committee member may question any of the participants at the hearing, at any time during the proceedings.
- The grievant will present his/her statements and/or witnesses to the committee.
- The respondent will have the opportunity to question the grievant(s) and witnesses about their statements.
- After all information is exchanged, all persons, other than the committee members and the recording secretary, will leave the committee room. The grievant(s), respondent(s) and witnesses will continue to be available to the committee should further information be needed.
- The Committee will meet in closed session to decide upon its recommendation(s) to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
- The Committee shall submit its report with recommendation(s), to the grievant(s), respondent(s) and Vice President for Academic Affairs. If the grievance directly involves the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the report and recommendation(s) of the Student Grievance Committee shall be referred to the President.
- The student's grievance will not be included as part of the student's record, unless it results in a change in student status or the student voluntarily inserts the information.
6. Decision
The Vice President for Academic Affairs shall approve or reject the committee's recommendation(s) within twenty-eight (28) days after it is received, unless the Vice President for Academic Affairs feels that more information is necessary, in which case the Dean may resubmit the case to the Committee for further findings prior to decision. If the decision of the Vice President for Academic Affairs is not in accord with the committee's recommendation(s), he shall state the reasons for that decision, in writing, to all persons directly involved in the grievance to the committee. The Vice President for Academic Affairs shall then take appropriate action to implement his decision.
7. Rehearing
The Committee, within twenty-one (21) days after the Vice President for Academic Affairs' decision, may be petitioned by the grievant(s) or respondent(s) to reconsider its decision based upon evidence clearly not available at the original hearing. Such a rehearing is discretionary and shall be made only upon majority vote of the members of the hearing committee.
8. Grievances Involving Grades
If the grievance concerns an appeal of a grade, the following additional provisions shall apply:
- The Committee shall not substitute its judgment for that of the instructor concerning the substantive quality of the student's academic performance.
- However, if the Committee finds violation of the provisions of Chapter 7, Faculty Related Policies and Procedures of the Savannah State University Policy and Procedure Manual, or other instructional irregularities to have existed which might reasonably have had a detrimental effect on the student's grade, the Committee may determine that a passing grade be changed to "P" that a grade of "F" be changed to "W" (Withdrawal) or that "I" (Incomplete) be substituted for the grade given. The instructor is first provided opportunity to comply with the decision of the Committee. If the instructor indicates non-compliance with the decision of the Committee, the Committee by its own authority may effect change for the student's record.
- It is recognized that the changing of a grade to "P" may, on occasion, necessitate waiving the present regulations with respect to the pass/fail option. Under such circumstances the Committee is empowered to make such a waiver.


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Wage subsidies, work incentives, and the reform of the Austrian welfare system
We analyze the labor supply and income effects of a needs-based minimum benefit system ('Bedarfsorientierte Mindestsicherung') to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty as well as increasing employment rates of recipients of social assistance. On the basis of a behavioral microsimulation model we show that this new system will slightly increase incomes for the poorest households and slightly reduce labor supply due to the generous allowances for marginal employment under the current and the planned regulations of unemployment assistance. As an alternative, we analyze a reform proposal which reduces financial incentives for marginal employment not covered by social security, and rewards working longer hours by a wage subsidy. Although this alternative reform would yield modest positive labor supply effects, a relatively large number of households would suffer income losses.
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- Bingley, Paul & Walker, Ian, 1997. "The Labour Supply, Unemployment and Participation of Lone Mothers in In-Work Transfer Programmes," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 107(444), pages 1375-1390, September.
- Viktor Steiner & Katharina Wrohlich & Peter Haan & Johannes Geyer, 2012. "Documentation of the Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model STSM: Version 2012," Data Documentation 63, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Olivier Bargain & Marco Caliendo & Peter Haan & Kristian Orsini, 2010.
""Making work pay" in a rationed labor market,"
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Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 23(1), pages 323-351, January.
- Bargain, Olivier & Caliendo, Marco & Haan, Peter & Orsini, Kristian, 2006. "'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 2033, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Hans-Werner Sinn & Christian Holzner & Wolfgang Meister & Wolfgang Ochel & Martin Werding, 2006. "Aktivierende Sozialhilfe 2006 - das Kombilohn-Modell des ifo Instituts," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 59(02), pages 06-27, January.
- Blundell, Richard & Ham, John & Meghir, Costas, 1987. "Unemployment and Female Labour Supply," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 97(388a), pages 44-64, Supplemen.
- Blundell, Richard William & Ham, John & Meghir, Costas, 1987. "Unemployment and Female Labour Supply," CEPR Discussion Papers 149, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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If power supplies whould be well constructed electronics will work with real AC. Computer can do that and some audio gear (Linn, Jeff Rowland, Halcro etc.) are beyond a transformer and a cap.
Do you use a power conditioner for your system?
Several companies are releasing new power-conditioner products these days, some with radically new technology. Are you using them?
No matter how good a power conditioner is the gear is only as good as the power supply. The funniest thing to me is $500 power cables. Heard of an on-line UPS? How much do you really think a cable can do? I keep power to $80,000 RF Amplifiers clean with a UPS, If i reccommended a cable I'd be laughed out of a job.
All though I don't know why other than it was suggested that it would make my system sound better. Have yet to hear the improvement. I guess that is what you get for trusting a salesman when you are new to the hobby.
Currently, I used surge protectors, Adcom and TrippLite in series, for sensitive equipmenti.e., DACs, CD & DVD players, preamps, etc. For amps, only TrippLite surge protectors are employed. Planning to buy line conditioners (with regulators) to replace the Adcom unit, but will consider those designed for office computers first. Only if I can audition the audiophile grade at home and make a comparison will I sink a penny into acquiring them!
I use a PoweWedge and it helps, but the improvement is subtle. I'm skeptical that any new technology will improve upon what already exists to any siginificant degree. Slightly better than slight is nothing.
PS Audio PP300. I completely agree with Mr. Deutsch's review, but would like to add: the main power switch/IEC connection keeps falling out of the back and internal wires disconnecting. The transformers are the loudest things in the listening roomrivaling my refrigerator's compressor for annoyance. Way too loud for gear intended to "quiet background noise." I'd be willing to pay much much for for gear that makes no mechanical noise whatsoever. Doesn't anyone?
I will be purchasing a pair of Foundation Research LC1s (mentioned in the October 1999 issue in coverage of the Montreal show) in a few days. These conditioners really have to be heard to be believed! My Chang ISO6400, though, is the very least I could get by on.
Currently a Furman IT-1220 balance isolation transformer for everything in my system including amps. In the past I used a TrippLite Ultra for digital components and a Panamax 1000+ for everything else except amps. I wasn't aware of any AC problems before the IT-1220 but now the sound seems to be more detailed. Now that I'm use to hearing my system with the balanced power conditioner, I wonder if I'd miss it badly if I took it out of the system. I have not taken it out yet so I don't know.


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Belle of Baltimore
I've been through Carolina,
I've been to Tennessee,
I've trabelled Mississippi,
For Massa set me free.
I've kissed the Lovely Creole,
On Louisiana shore,
But I never found a gal to match
De blooming Belle of Baltimore.
My Belle is tall and slender,
And sings so very clear,
You'd think she was an owlingale,
If once her voice you'd hear.
I walked down to her cabin,
And I rapped agin de door;
I went to gib my dagatype,
To my sweet Belle of Baltimore.
I found her by de ribber,
My errand I did tell,
Says she, you gay deceiber,
Your tricks I know too well,
I seen you kiss another gal,
The werry night before—
Wid dat she turned upon her heel,
And off went Belle of Baltimore.
I wrote my lub a letter,
And scented it so sweet,
De musk, de clobes, de peppermint,
Stuck out about a feet.
But all my trouble was no use,
I neber seen her more—
For I squash'd de tender 'fections, ob
My blooming Belle of Baltimore.


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Billionaire Builder of China – David Barboza
There are only 10 known billionaires in China, and he is one of them. His name is Xu Rongmao, and he is no Donald Trump, Sam Zell or Mortimer Zuckerman. He's bigger.
Xu Rongmao is said to be a secretive man. Little is known about how he earned his early fortune and developed his network of political allies.
Mr. Xu, who is the chairman of the Shimao Group, controls much more land than any private developer in America and builds luxury real estate projects that put even Mr. Trump to shame for their sheer scale and flamboyance. But unlike the ubiquitous Mr. Trump – who is never at a loss for words and goes out of his way to attract the attention of cameras – Mr. Xu almost never grants interviews and is highly secretive about his operations.
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Condensation is arguably the most common form of damp and can often lead to the growth of black mould. Black mould is not only unsightly, it can also aggravate health problems including asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
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As part of our service, I offer a free, no-obligation survey at your home or property. This survey includes the measurement of the relative humidity, and assessment of the problematic areas. Following the survey, I will provide a recommendation and a quotation for the relevant solution. The solution could be as simple as replacing or installing strategically placed extractor fans in the property. Alternatively, your property might benefit from a combination of extractor fans and Positive Input Ventilation (PIV), providing a whole-house solution. These solutions will offer you the following benefits:
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F1:2008 - David Coulthard retires - bad timesPosted by Craig under Formula 1 with the tags David Coulthard • DC • F1:2008 • Formula 1
I said yesterday that I hoped Coulthard would continue for one more year just so that I could go and see him race one more time, but my appeal fell on deaf ears as today he announced his retirement as from the end of the year.
Gutted that I didn't get Silverstone tickets now, but with the new house etc something had to give and unfortunately that was what was cut back!
It was from a purely selfish viewpoint that I hoped he would continue anyway, and I can understand him wanting to get out before he is forced to - who knows, perhaps he would have been pushed anyway as plenty of people seem to think he is too old and accident-prone.
Whatever your opinion, most would agree that while he perhaps didn't have what it takes to be World Champion - certainly not against a certain Mr Schumacher - he has been an excellent driver none the less. With a bit more luck and perhaps a few less morals I personally think he could have won a title or two himself.
But without those morals he wouldn't have been the DC we know and admire.
He may not have a Driver's championship trophy to polish in his old age, but at least he will grow old with the peace of mind that can only come with having not only given his all and tried his best, but that he did it the right way.
Good on you DC, and all the best for the future - I've a feeling it's not the last we will see of you.
4 Responses to "F1:2008 - David Coulthard retires - bad times"
Ollie Says:
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I've asked readers to offer there most memorable moment from Coulthard's career on BlogF1 - would love your input.
I'm sure he'll still be around with Red Bull, testing and whatnot. He may even get that job in the pitlane for the BBC, who knows? He did say that he isn't completely turning his back on motor sport though, so he'll likely find himself in a Le Mans car before next year!
links for 2008-07-04 » vee8 - a Formula 1 blog Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
[...] F1:2008 - David Coulthard retires - bad times - craigblog.co.uk Craig reflects on DC's retirement (tags: DavidCoulthard history) [...]
The retirement of David Coulthard » vee8 - a Formula 1 blog Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
[...] Craig has expressed his disappointment. And as a Scot, I feel a bit of sadness that a nation which has produced two of the greatest grand prix drivers of all time — Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark — will almost certainly not be represented in F1 next year. [...]
Andy Says:
July 5th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Well said that man :o)


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VOLUNTEERS aged 13 to 25 are needed to work with Somerset library staff to help children improve their literacy over the summer holidays.
Tasks include registering children and helping to organise story and craft sessions.
For details go to www.readingagency .org.uk, email librariesmail@ somerset.gov.uk or call in at your nearest library.


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Advanced Regulatory Control: Decoupling
Feedforward control systems act to isolate the controlled variable from influences that would otherwise disturb it. When a process has multiple loops and the various control loops upset each other, use of a reciprocal system that isolates the loops from each other may be required. Such a design is referred to as decoupling control.
Feedforward control systems act to isolate the controlled variable from influences that would otherwise disturb it. When a process has multiple loops and the various control loops upset each other, use of a reciprocal system that isolates the loops from each other may be required. Such a design is referred to as decoupling control.
The feedforward system developed for the reactor (shown in the January 2005 installment) isolates product temperature from changes in product flow rate and composition. Two questions frame the remaining issues:
What is required to control product composition without affecting total production rate?
What is required to control product flow rate without affecting product composition?
The answers point the way to a fully decoupled system wherein:
While adjusting the flow of ingredient B to control composition, the system should also make equal and opposite changes in the flow rate of ingredient A;
While adjusting the flow of ingredient A to control total flow, the system should also change the flow of ingredient B to keep the ratio of A/B constant.
|Structure of the reactor decoupler shows how measurements of each ingredient flow alter the control signal to the other set point.
Figure 1 shows the structure of the decoupler for product flow and composition.
In this setup, measurements of each ingredient flow alter the control signal to the other set point according to these principles.
Figure 2 shows the structure of the complete system for the reactor. It presents a system for fully decoupling all of the control loops from each other. Since steam flow does not affect either product flow or composition, decoupling signals from steam flow are not necessary. Implementing and using this structure, however, require addressing several critical issues.
1. External integral feedback . Integral action in controllers requires a feedback signal from the controller output. In many controllers, this signal is obtained internally and is transparent to the user. But this limits the functionality of the controller to simple loops; more capable platforms accept an external integral signal for their PID algorithms. External integral feedback can provide protection against windup in cascade systems and enables more advanced control structures such as auto-selector, feedforward, and decoupling controls.
|This control setup delivers a system for fully decoupling all of the control loops from each other.
The external integral signal must be numerically equal to the controller output signal. Using the output signal directly only duplicates an internal signal and offers no advantages. To gain the benefits of external integral feedback, the signal must come from the lower level structures.
For cascade loops, the measurement to the secondary controller is the signal to use. For more complicated structures, the external integral signal must often be calculated. This is the case for these decoupling controls.
For this purpose, the feedforward scheme requires a separate calculation, derived from the design equation, to back-calculate the controller output from the steam flow measurement. The controller output is the feedback trim signal. Solving the design equation for the feedback trim signal yields
T bc = [F s /4(F a +F b )]+(T a F a +T b F b )/(F a +F b )
where T bc = back-calculated external feedback signal.
When a calculation is this complicated, it can be done only in a custom-designed structure, as indicated in Figure 2.
However, many PID algorithms provide connections for basic feedforward and decoupling inputs. This is the case for the composition and flow controllers in this implementation. Summation and multiplication on these controller outputs can be accomplished through standard connections, and the necessary calculation for the integral feedback is handled internally. This makes additional external calculations unnecessary and simplifies the configuration of advanced control schemes.
2. Controller tuning. In effect, the presence of underlying feedforward and decoupling structures changes the meaning of the controller output variables. For example, in the simple cascade structure for product flow control, the output of the flow controller was the set point for the flow of ingredient A, which was Fa. Adding the summation function to the output of this controller means that it manipulates the sum of ingredient flows (Fa + Fb), before the subtraction of Fb.
This, in turn, effectively changes the process gain as perceived by the controller. Compared to the basic regulatory structures, the process gain appears different, but more constant. This requires initial retuning, but thereafter, the loop stability is much better.
Controllers which function as feedback trim controllers can typically be detuned because the feedforward system provides good dynamic response to upsets and tight feedback tuning will interfere with its performance. Set point response may suffer, but because this is a quality specification variable, set point changes are rare.
Conversely, controllers that are fully decoupled, such as the composition controller, can often be tuned more tightly because they no longer have to be detuned to allow for the delayed effects of interaction. This can improve set point response if it changes often.
3. Bumpless manual-auto transfer. The implementation must also force the higher-level control functions into a tracking mode when the lower-level controllers are in manual or local set control. In this state, the output signal from the upper controllers must follow a signal equal to the external integral feedback. This allows bumpless transfer into automatic mode when permitted by the operator.
Advanced regulatory controls
To test performance of these controls, the same upsets were used here as were used for the regulatory controls in the first article (January 2005). Figure 3 shows a trend of the performance of this structure.
|Based on the regulatory control upsets used in Part 1 of this series (January 2005), this graphic shows a trend in the performance of the advanced reactor control structure.
The "Performance index values" graphic compares the performance index for this set up with the values for basic regulatory control.
Taken together, these data show the significant benefits, and some limitations, of this advanced regulatory control scheme.
Applying feedforward and decoupling controls provides significant improvement in the stability of product quality during production rate changes. As the trend shows, changing the flow set point causes an immediate change in all the manipulated flows. The decoupling causes the ingredient flows to change in a ratio, which keeps the composition constant while the change in ingredient flows is immediately compensated by in increase in steam flow.
Results include:
The composition index is reduced by a factor of 35; the temperature index by a factor of 10. Overall, the total index is reduced by a factor of 20, or 95%.
Compared to the previous response, the swing in temperature is both faster and smaller, so the system returns to steady state much more quickly.
Feedforward and decoupling controls also improved performance during composition set point changes. Changing the composition set point causes a change in the flow of ingredient B, which is quickly compensated by the total flow controller and the feedforward calculation for steam flow set point.
This benefit was gained entirely through more stable temperature control. The decoupling system does not significantly improve set point response for composition control because:
The composition index is essentially unchanged, while the temperature index is reduced by a factor of 6. Overall, the quality index improved by approximately 20%;
The composition index did not improve for set point changes because the structure for this change is essentially unchanged. The decoupling from product flow does not significantly affect the dynamic response of the composition controller to a set point change; and
Control of product flow was essentially unchanged because the flow loop is so much faster than the composition loop. As the output of the composition controller slowly changes, the much faster flow controller can quickly readjust the flow of ingredient A to compensate.
In general, it is not necessary to decouple fast loops from relatively slower ones, since feedback alone can make the necessary adjustments.
Effect on the operator
The impact of advanced controls on plant operators is often overlooked. Commissioning a more complex control system changes their interaction with the control system in several significant ways.
If the application works well, the controls will be in automatic mode more of the time. Less manual control will be needed to handle transitions and upsets in the operating conditions.
Operators will need to understand the functions of the advanced control system so they can correctly interpret changes in the manipulated variables. With feedforward and decoupling controls in place, they may see changes in the manipulated variables occur for no immediately obvious reason.
New procedures may be required to put the system into operation following startup and other unusual conditions. The structures for initialization and bumpless transfer will add new flags and state indicators into their interaction with the controls. The operator will see state transitions occur, which may be new to them.
Feedforward control introduces several new tuning concepts for dynamic compensation and feedback trim; old perceptions of how to affect the system response will need to be enlarged.
Most significantly, advanced control will improve the stability of plant conditions during upset conditions. This will create opportunities to improve the plant economic performance by changing normal operating conditions. But if operators cling to the same operating points, most of the potential economic benefit will remain unrecovered.
Not all loops are equally important to the plant's economic performance. The best operators will try to identify loops that can be the source of economic benefits through the application of advanced control. Once advanced control is in place, they will have to reconsider the normal operating points for the process, and operate closer to limits that had previously been given a wide berth.
Advanced regulatory control is the least expensive and most familiar approach with which to achieve significant improvements in the stability of the operating conditions, depending on the scope of the problem. The reactor that is the target application for this series is a relatively small problem—only three controlled and manipulated variables. And yet the complete system can quickly become quite complex. This can make documenting, configuring, and operating these systems a challenge. For problems of a larger scope, this approach can become too unwieldy, and techniques that are at once more powerful and more compact can be used.
And yet, when advanced regulatory control can be applied to move the process to a point of improved economic performance, this technique can be the most cost-effective approach to improving economic performance through control. The necessary tools and functions are typically available in any DCS already installed (though rarely in PLCs), so it is usually not necessary to purchase any new hardware of software. Generally, these systems can be installed and commissioned online, without interrupting process operations.
Shinskey, F.G. Feedback Controllers in the Process Industries, McGraw-Hill Publishing, New York, 1994
Shinskey, F.G. Process Control Systems, 3 rd edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing, New York, 1988
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ROBERT Drysdale (Letters, 1 February) correctly sources the blame for Scotland's unfit-for-purpose long-distance trains to our civil servants – in this case, Transport Scotland. His views on poor-quality long-distance trains throughout the rest of the UK are equally apposite.
While the problem boils down to civil servants prescribing minimum standards for our trains, our railway operators cannot escape their share of culpability. They don't and won't pass upstairs to civil servants the fact that the trains are utterly inadequate for service.
In the case of First ScotRail, managing director Steve Montgomery has told me on several occasions that First ScotRail will not refer passenger misery to Transport Scotland. Why not? "It's not part of the franchise" is the excuse.
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MCLeague ("Monte Carlo League") is a software program that represents uncertainty around costs and effects to decision-makers in the form of stochastic league tables. It provides additional information beyond that offered by the traditional treatment of uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis, presenting the probability that each intervention is included in the optimal intervention mix for given levels of resource availability. The software program allows for covariance between costs and outcomes in the analysis. Output includes stochastic league tables and graphs presenting the probability of inclusion of independent sets of mutually exclusive interventions in the optimal mix of interventions at different levels of resources availability. In addition, the software will also construct graphs with confidence ellipses around the 'resource expansion path'. For more theoretical background information on stochastic league tables please read Hutubessy et al. 2001 and Baltussen et al 2002.
MCLeague is supplied as a compiled program that relies on a combination of graphical user interfaces and standard spreadsheet tools for reading input data and selecting options. MCLeague is a work in progress and will accordingly be updated in an ongoing manner with successive versions and enhanced user support. A user help function and users' guide is in preparation to assist in use of the program and the supporting spreadsheet tools. Very limited support is available directly from WHO staff by addressing your query to email@example.com
MCLeague is available upon request, please send an inquiry to email@example.com
Please include the following line in your e-mail: I have read and agree to to the terms of the MCLeague license agreement.
Also, please indicate the version of Microsoft Excel/Office you are using. At present, PopMod/MCLeague are only compatible with operating systems running one of the following versions of Microsoft Excel/Office: 97, 2000, XP.
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Lisa Correnti of the Center for Family and Human Rights and Grace Melton of the Heritage Foundation were appointed to the United States delegation for the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women. Then the radical "LGBTQ" groups sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson demanding they be removed because they do not support the extreme "LGBTQ" agenda. Incredibly, the Human Rights Campaign relies upon the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which recklessly labels any group that does not toe the LGBTQ line as a "hate group."
The SPLC has been warned about its false, defamatory, and dangerous labeling of people and groups as haters or hate groups merely because it disagrees with them over marriage or LGBTQ issues. In 2012, Floyd Corkins attempted to commit mass murder of staff with the Family Research Council. Corkins confessed on a chilling video that he was motivated by the SPLC's website and its so-called "hate map."
The Center for Family and Human Rights and the Heritage Foundation are not hate groups. These organizations are both mainstream and thoughtful. Unlike the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Human Rights Campaign, they do not demean people with whom they disagree. C-Fam and the Heritage Foundation will come to the table genuinely seeking the best for women across the world.
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The Journey Of Life - Poem by Richard Netherland Cook
The journey of life is just a path.
On earth to lead our way,
A place to stop and rest awaile,
For we were never meant to stay.
The journey of life is a stepping stone,
On this path to greater things,
Life is not an empty dream,
If we rejoice in all it brings.
Each step we take will bring us closer,
When our journey in life will end,
And time for some is fleeting,
Time for others will extend.
Though the journey is not easy,
Loved one's will take our hand,
To guide us in life's journey,
With their footprints in the sand.
Our journey on earth to Heaven,
Will be measured by our deeds,
By how we have treated others,
And cared for others needs.
The journey is different for many,
But the destination is the same,
For eternity will await us all,
When God calls out our name.
Richard Netherland Cook
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Shoutouts: Every NFL starting QB as a hip-hop star, plus MLB, MMA, NHL
I can't think of a better way to analyze NFL starting quarterbacks then by comparing each of them to a hip-hop artist, and Gordon Block does just that.
Until now I've never really looked at Mark Sanchez and thought of Nicki Minaj, and I don't ever plan to again, but it was fun to do it once.
In a nice bit of forward-looking analysis, Jeffrey Beckmann reviews one offseason move every MLB general manger is contemplating.
Some are easy, like the Cardinals re-signing Albert Pujols. Some are hard, like what would you do if you were running the Mets, Astros or Royals?
Brandon McClintock brings massive amounts of video in this slideshow of the most hilarious baseball bloopers.
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Aguero not set for Juve
Sergio Aguero's agent has denied reports that the Atletico Madrid striker has agreed to join Juventus.
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Sergio Aguero's agent has denied reports that the Atletico Madrid striker has agreed to join Juventus.
It had been suggested that Juve were closing in on the signing of the Argentina international, for a fee in the region of £22million.
But the claims have been quelled, with Aguero's representative, Hernan Reguera, insisting no talks have been held with the Serie A club.
"Sergio has two agents and we have both been in Argentina, we have not met anyone," Reguera told Spanish newspaper AS.
"We have not been in Italy or anywhere, we are in Argentina working on his future. He is quiet, he has delegated this to us and is now focused on the Copa America.
"It is clear that Kun is eager to play Champions League football next season. However, it will not be a decisive factor in the decision on his future. We are currently considering his options and many factors play a role in his decision."
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Minnesota Law Review 92:6 (June 2008)
Now that the Minnesota Law Review has moved to its new internet home, Minnesota Law Review Headnotes, we will begin clearing our backlog of Table of Contents entries covering the past year of publication. We will be bringing our entries up to date over the next few weeks.
Volume 92, Issue 6 (June 2008):
Brandon L. Garrett, Claiming Innocence, 92 Minn. L. Rev. 1629 (2008)
Thomas F. Cotter, Towards a Functional Definition of Publication in Copyright Law, 92 Minn. L. Rev. 1724 (2008)
David E. Adelman & Kirsten H. Engel, Adaptive Federalism: The Case Against Reallocating Environmental Regulatory Authority, 92 Minn. L. Rev. 1796 (2008)
Suja A. Thomas, Why the Motion to Dismiss Is Now Unconstitutional, 92 Minn. L. Rev. 1851 (2008)
Damon Brinson, Reasonable Means: Unavailable Declarants After United States v. Yida, 92 Minn. L. Rev. 1891 (2008)
Lindsey J. Hopper, Striking a Balance: An Open Courts Analysis of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, 92 Minn. L. Rev. 1924 (2008)
Paul J. LaVanway, Jr., Patent Licensing and Discretion: Reevaluating the Discretionary Prong of Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction after Medimmune, 92 Minn. L. Rev. 1966 (2008)


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Goof: Lilly's collage has a picture of Miley wearing glasses and cowboy hat. However, it is actually a photo of Miley's look-a-like cousin Luann, who appeared on the season one episode, "Torn Between Two Hannahs".
Songs featured during this episode:
"True Friend" sung by Hannah Montana
"Barefoot Cinderella" sung by Hannah Montana
"Kiss It Goodbye" sung by Hannah Montana
"Wherever I Go" sung by Miley Cyrus and Emily Osment
"I'll Always Remember You" sung by Hannah Montana
This episode was dedicated to Roam-Man, Miley Cyrus' first horse, who passed away in 2009.
Miley and Robbie sing "Love That Let's Go" during the Blue Jeans montage.
Hannah Montana sings "Been Here All Along", "Que Sera", and "I'm Still Good" during this episode.
A clip from the season one episode "My Boyfriend's Jackson And There's Gonna Be Trouble" is used in a flashback at the beginning of the episode.
Rico kids Jasckson about how many manly men Siena has dated, such as Australians. Tammin Sursok, who plays Siena, was born and raised in Australian.
The Hannah Montana song "Ordinary Girl" is played during the scene where Miley rides her horse.
Miley and Lilly's flashbacks were from these episodes:
-"Lilly Do You Wanna Know a Secret"
-"It's My Party And I'll Lie If I Want To"
-"Ooh Ooh Itchy Woman"
-"More Than a Zombie To Me"
-"Good Golly, Miss Dolly"
-"Schooly Bully"
-"Cuffs Will Keep Us Together"
-"Get Down Study-udy-udy"
-"Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas"
-"Bye Bye Ball"
-"Jake...Another Little Piece Of My Heart"
-"Super(stitious) Girl"
-"Got To Get Her Out Of My House"
-"The Wheel Near My Bed (Keeps On Turnin')"
The Hannah Montana song "Mixed Up" was played during this episode.
Goof: In "You Gotta Not Fight for Your Right to Party", Jackson was forced to share Miley's bathroom until his was fixed, but the bathroom that Jackson took a bubble bath in is actually Miley's.
Hannah sings "Every Part of Me" over the closing credits.
Goof: When Robbie and Lilly were discussing Lilly's mom, Miley said that it was a year since they dated. But that would mean Miley, Lilly, and Oliver would be sophomores, and it's clear that this late in the season they are juniors.
Continuity Goof: Rico hires Oliver to take over Jackson's job at the Surf Shack, but in "B-B-B-Bad to the Chrome" Oliver has already replaced Jackson as Rico's head employee.
Continuity Goof: In "Miley Get Your Gum", Oliver has a fear of chewing gum due an incident that happened when he was a baby. As Oliver hangs out with his fans at school, he is chewing on a big wad of gum, which a chiclephobic like him would never do.
The outfit and wig Jackson wears at the end of this episode is the same costume that he wore as Bucky Kentucky in the season two episode, "I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak".
Robbie Stewart's song, "I Want My Mullet Back" is played in the background when Rico is learning how to line dance.
Goof: When Robbie first gives Miley the hot chocolate she has a cracker in her hand, but in the next shot, the cracker is missing, with no evidence that it was eaten.
Goof: Hannah was injured a skiing accident, but Miley is the one who was treated at the hospital.
Hannah sings "It's All Right Here" during this episode.
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Whether it's prom, homecoming, or formal, if you want a memorable and creative way to ask that horse-crazy girl to a dance and get a yes, start reading at step one below.
1Establish whether or not the girl you want to ask to a dance has a trainer or someone that she works with when she practices jumps on horse back. If you are bold enough, ask her parents for her trainer's contact info, or ask what her trainer's name is and do a bunch of research, or ask another horse girl for help with contacting the trainer. If you are determined enough to even be considering these grandiose gestures, getting a trainer's name shouldn't be a problem.
2Don't worry about it being awkward. Most trainers will think that it's sweet that you are using the girl's love of horses to ask her to a dance. Just be genuine and see what they think of your plan.
3Plan out a jump course, with the help of the trainer. Make signs to ask her to the dance. Put something like "Prom? -Jerry." Maybe use a banner and attach it to the poles. Whatever the trainer thinks is best (some horses may find a flapping banner tied to the jump scary).
4Give her "answer" signs. There should be two jumps; one that says yes and one that says no, so she can give you an answer based on what the jump she chooses reads.
- Be prepared to cope with rejection. Despite all your efforts, she may still say no. Going to all this effort may come of as desperate and pathetic. Your intended dance date may just think you don't have the guts to just ask her or that you think life is really like all those slushy, over-the-top teen movies. That being said, you actually went to the trouble to make a jump asking a girl to a dance, she may say yes.
- If you are unsure of what discipline she rides and don't want to offend her by making a jump course when she does dressage, just goes on hacks or does Western Riding, this is for you.
Paint the Horse
1Get in touch with the trainer or parents. You'll just need hair chalk or regular chalk, or any kind of washable paint, remember this is a living breathing animal.
2Make sure it's okay to write something on her horse/the horse she rides. That is kind of important.
3Figure out when she'll be at the barn. Get there about 30 minutes earlier so you can paint her horse. Make sure the trainer or barn manager is there to help you handle the horse, because they can be quite unpredictable creatures!
4Write or paint onto the horse's side "Prom?" or "Dance"
5Wait for her to get to the barn so she knows you're the one asking her. It'd be weird to have your horse tied up with "PROM?" on his side and no one there.
Just Ask Her
1Tell her while you're no Lipizzaner Stallion, you'd love to show her your moves at a dance.
2Use some horsey-humour. Try something like "You stirrup my emotions, I can't rein myself in. I know it's a bit tacky and you maybe think I mustang with the wrong crowd to come up with lines like this but, please come to the dance with me".
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources
|January 1, 1917
|Ramon Paje
|P16.9 billion (2012)
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is the main department of the Philippine government responsible for supervising and managing the different programs and implementing rules governing the use and development of the country's natural resources.
The DENR traces its roots to the Inspeccion General de Montes, an office established in the country by a Spanish Royal Decree. The organization's main function involved forest administration, mineral resources conservation and land protection.
The Department of Interior, which took over matters of natural resources, was established in 1901. When Act No. 2666 was enacted on 18 November 1916, it was abolished and all its responsibilities were reassigned to the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR).
In 1932, DANR was renamed as the Department of Agriculture and Commerce (DAC). The reorganization act that made way for this renaming also provided for additional bureaus under the department. Other organizational changes continued to take place until the end of WWII.
On 1 July 1945, the DANR was re-instituted through provisions of the first Philippine Republic. When Presidential Decree No. 461 was issued in 1974, the department was split up into two departments: the Department of Natural Resource (DNR) and the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The Department of Energy, Environment and Natural Resources (DENNR) took the powers and responsibilities of DNR and DA through Executive Order No. 131. Finally, on 10 June 1987, the DENNR was renamed as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through Executive Order No. 192.
The Laguna Lake Development Authority was absorbed by the DENR in 1993. This gave the DENR control over almost every issue concerning the use, development and utilization of natural resources.
The Presidential Task Force on Water Resources Development and Management (PTFWRDM), tasked to supervise projects involving management of the Philippine's water resources, was created under Executive Order No. 374. Through this, the DENR assumed responsibility of all projects involving both the land and water resources in the country.
Core Functions
The DENR's three main functions and responsibilities are the following:
- Formulation and Implementation of rules and policies that involve the management of the environment, and the prevention and control of pollution
- Supervision of policies and programs that concerns the conservation, use, and replenishment of the country's natural resource
- Establishment of rules concerning the Philippine forests, lands, mineral source, and wildlife
Subordinate Bureaus
The DENR is divided into a number of bureaus, each assigned to particular areas of the country's natural resources. These bureaus are:
- Ecosystem Research Development Bureau
- Forest Management Bureau
- Land Management Bureau
- Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau
- Environmental Management Bureau
- Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Other offices and agencies
The different offices and agencies that ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of DENR's projects include the following:
- National Mapping & Resource Information Authority
- Laguna Lake Management Authority
- Natural Resources Development Corp.
- Pasig River Rehabilitation Commissions
- Land Registration Authority
- National Commission on Indigenous People
- National Water Resource Board
- National Solid Waste Management Commission
- River Basin Control Office
- Philippine Forest Corporation
- Land Administration Management Project
- Environmental Law Enforcement Task Force
- About the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Main Page. (Accessed on 18 June 2010)
- Directory of Key Officials and Central Office. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Central Office Directory. (Accessed on 18 June 2010)
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Support intellisense for ASP.NET Forms
WebMatrix is a great free editor with really nice extensibility features. I'm working on an extension to support remote SharePoint page editing (masterpages, pagelayouts, ...) based on my SharePoint.DesignFactory.ContentFiles NuGet package. Problem is: I don't get intellisense working on ASP.NET Forms pages (SharePoint is built on that). I tried with the simplest case: create web project in Visual Studio, open in WebMatrix. Site works, but intellisense doesn't!
Sorry, but we're focusing on Razor for our web story. Visual Studio Web Developer Express will continue to be free and have great WebForms support!
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Serge van den Oever [Macaw] commented
Hi Allison,
I get the HTML intellisense, but the aspx intellisense is not working. I want to use it to edit SharePoint aspx files, I'm building tooling around it (to be published soon). It is a pitty that aspx intellisense is missing... Is there a way I can add that myself?
Serge van den Oever [Macaw] commented
Problem is that you can't build extensions on Visual Studio Express...
Alison L [WebMatrix Tester] commented
Thanks for the feedback! I want to double check what you mean by not getting intellisense to work. Do you not get any intellisense at all? Or are you not seeing intellisense for ASP.NET syntax?
I assume you are using .aspx-type pages? We currently only provide HTML intellisense for those file types, and we do not support intellisense for asp tags such as <asp:Textbox>


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Another True Blood Season 5 Waiting Sucks clip will air tonight before Game of Thrones. The announcement came via HBO's official True Blood Twitter account this afternoon:
"Truebies know we like to tease. Tune-in to
@HBO again tonight before @GameOfThrones for another taste. #waitingsucks"
Game of Thrones airs at 9PM. True Blood Fan Source will have the clip up as soon as it airs!
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Memorial services for Sarah Elizabeth Burnich, 68, St. Augustine, who died Jan. 12, 2001, at her home, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, with the Rev. William Mooney, pastor, officiating.
Flowers are gratefully declined, and those wishing may make a donation to the Corpus Christi Catholic Church, POB 3064, St. Augustine, 32085, or to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, 1955 U.S. 1 South, Suite D3, St. Augustine. 32086.
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Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 pm central time.
The Indie Game Insider staff will be streaming Monaco tonight at 7 pm central time. Join the team as they play and discuss this excellent indie title. Stop on by and hang out for discussion on the title and a good time!


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By Jess Ekstrom, Guest Blogger
When I was younger, I thought the idea of traveling for my job was probably the coolest thing ever. I imagined having a really cute suitcase, a convertible rental car, princess status on my hotel and airline rewards programs, and ordering a mimosa in first class (or wine depending on the time of flight and what kind of mood I'm in).
However when I started traveling for speaking engagements and for my company, Headbands of Hope, I realized that the traveling portion was harder than the actual business event. I started to get tired, cranky, unhealthy and behind on work. Not to mention, I didn't realize how expensive everything was.
Now I travel almost once a week. Although some days are easier than others, I've learned a lot over the past two years of heavy traveling. Here are some tips for the young travelers to stay healthy, frugal, and happy:
1. Take the early flights when you can. When flights are cancelled or delayed, it trickles down to affect other flights that day. So when you can, take the earlier flight so there's less room for error and you're more likely to get out on time.
2. Download a trip-planning app. When you're on the road a lot, all of your travel details can run together. Confirmation numbers, flight times, and car rentals are impossible to remember. Tripit is an app I use to organize everything. Once you get a confirmation number sent to your email, you forward it to your account at Tripit and it organizes a travel itinerary for you on your phone. Staying organized (which is a struggle for me) is key to smooth travel.
3. Use Relay Rides to waive under-25 rental car fees. There is nothing more frustrating than an extra $30 per day when getting a rental car. I've had to pay up to $100 per day for a rental car just because of my age (I'm 23).
A car rental option outside of all the agencies you see at an airport is Relay Rides. Relay Rides is basically like Airbnb except for cars. Instead of going through an agency, you rent someone's actual car. The downside is this is only in major cities. But I've had great experiences using it, and it saves you money.
Also, pack your own car charger for your phone so you don't have to purchase theirs.
4. Get loyalty points. Try to stay loyal to a certain airline, hotel chain, or rental car service. Once you gain status, perks go up, and so does customer service. Is your flight delayed or cancelled? They'll pick up your phone call and accommodate you first. Plus, doesn't status just feel special?
5. Avoid airport food whenever you can. If you want a totally average turkey sandwich for $12, be my guest. Airport food is notorious for being below par and above price. The exception to this rule is a brownie sundae I found in the Atlanta airport for $3.50 that I will forever dream about. But that's beside the point. If you have a long travel day ahead of you with connecting flights, you'll have to eat while you're at the airport. I try to make something and bring it in a tupperware before I go to the airport (you can bring food such as a sandwich, pasta, a salad, as long as there are no liquids). Or I'll hit Subway before I get to the airport and put the sandwich in my bag and save it for later. I also try to bring healthy snacks like almonds, popcorn, and even oatmeal packets if you can find hot water.
6. Invest in a Kindle or iPad. When you travel, there will be times where you'll be waiting…a lot. Your flight may be delayed or you have to wait on the plane or maybe for your rental car. A good book always helps pass the time, but carrying around books and magazines can get bulky. A Kindle or iPad helps trim it down and it also allows you to purchase and download a new book when you're done instead of waiting until you're home to go to the bookstore or the library (does anyone still go to the library?).
7. Work on the plane. I find some of my most productive hours are on an airplane. There's something about it that's so quiet and peaceful. I save any work that can be done without Internet (blogging, planning, spreadsheets) to be done on the plane. I'm way more productive on those tasks when the Internet isn't tempting me.
8. Drink Emergen-C packets. Traveling can expose you to a lot of germs and viruses. Not to mention, you're probably exhausted which means your immune system is also tired. I always pack Emergen-C packets and put them in my water to get extra vitamins. Oh, and hand sanitizer is always a must!
9. Stay near the airport. I always stay at the hotel closest to the airport, not the event. Once I made the mistake of staying near the school I was speaking at and then had to get up at 3:00 am for a two-hour drive to the airport. Not one of my brightest moments. Staying near the airport also gives you that peace of mind instead of the stress of navigating a long drive before a flight.
10. Expecting bad weather? Call the airline. When a snowstorm or any kind of bad weather is coming in, you can call the airline before and ask to get on an earlier flight. Usually, they'll waive the change fee because they actually want to get people out before the storm so they don't have to deal with accommodating tons of passengers for cancelled or delayed travel.
11. Be the last one to put your carry-on under the plane. Sometimes airlines require you to tag your carry-on and put it under the plane when there's limited overhead space. If you're the last one to give your luggage, usually it will end up on top of the pile and be the first one pulled out. Then you won't be awkwardly standing in the jet bridge when you need to make your connection.
12. Remember that you're not on vacation. When I first started traveling, the hotels and the plane rides made me feel like I was on vacation because 'travel equals vacation' was ingrained in my head. But it's important to remember you're there to work. You can still enjoy the city and try "the best burger in NYC" or visit the Atlanta Aquarium but don't stay up late, drink a lot, or overload on food.
Let's Chat! What other travel tips do you have for new travelers? Share them with us here!
About Jess
Jess is the founder and CEO of her college startup, Headbands of Hope. For every headband purchased, one is given to a girl with cancer and $1 is donated to fund childhood cancer research. She loves speaking on college campuses through CAMPUSPEAK and has recently launched her first book, The Freshman Fabulous: The Girl's Guide to College. When she's not working or speaking, she enjoys trying new foods, doing crossfit, writing (especially for IATG!), taking improv classes, being outside, and helping others find their path to help the world.


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In recognition of National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Marshall Medical Center wants to educate the public about this deadly disease.
The No. 1 cancer killer, more than 450 Americans die each day of lung cancer. It kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver, melanoma and kidney cancers combined. The main cause of 85 percent of lung cancer is smoking.
Though some people with early lung cancer have symptoms, most lung cancers do not cause any symptoms until it has spread too far to be cured. The most common symptoms of lung cancer are:
• Cough that does not go away and gets worse over time
• Chest pain that is often worse with deep breathing, coughing, or laughing
• Hoarseness
• Weight loss and loss of appetite
• Coughing up blood or rust-colored phlegm
• Swelling of the neck and face
• Shortness of breath
• Feeling tired or weak
• Recurring infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia
• New onset of wheezing
If you experience these symptoms see your physician. Early detection and diagnosis makes treatment more effective.
You can reduce the risk of developing lung cancer in several ways.
• Don't smoke. If you do, get help to quit.
• Avoid secondhand smoke. There is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure.
• Have your home tested for radon and take corrective actions if high levels are found.
• Follow health and safety guidelines in the workplace and avoid exposures to substances known to cause lung cancer, such as asbestos, arsenic, chloromethyl ethers, chromium, nickel, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Want to stop smoking? Marshall Medical Center offers smoking cessation programs. Call Community Health Education at (530) 626-2990. For more information call (530) 676-0777 or visit Marshallmedical.org.


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Additions to the Blogroll
I added a whole bunch of new blogs to the blogroll this weekend:
- Badger Blog Alliance: a Wisconsin blog doing some good work on the emerging vote scandal in Milwaukee and Racine
- Badger Pundit: a brand new Wisconsin blog
- Blackfive: a military-themed blog I just overlooked before
- Boblog: Bob Mould's blog. We're not exactly political soulmates, but he's a smart guy and one of my absolute favorite musicians. He lives in DC now, so if you can, I highly recommend checking out a show
- Brainpost: Another Wisconsin blog that's all over the vote story
- Bubba's Blog: stories of a Texan now living in NYC
- Charlie Sykes: Wisconsin writer and radio host's blog
- Chrenkoff: the international perspective (from Australia)
- Commonwealth Conservative: focus on Virginia political scene
- Consternations: I don't know if Texas bloggers are bigger, but they sure are good
- Daou Report: Find links to some of the best current commentary on the web daily
- Darn Floor: yet another fellow Wisconsin blogger
- Jiblog: I've gotta use his own description here - "the intellectual repertory of a Midwestern, gas guzzlin', beer chuggin', one woman lovin', son of a bitch conservative"
- Pardon My English: Great group blog I find myself linking to all the time anyway
- Probative: Law professors and students seem to make the best bloggers. Ian from Probative is no exception. Actually, he's both a law student and in Texas, which is a deadly combo
- Scofflaw's Subsidy: Views from a transplanted Wisconsinite now living in (sigh) San Diego
- The American Mind: A Madison blog with a more serious bent
- The Diplomad: fantastic blog from some mysterious US foreign services officers.
I'm always amazed by all the good bloggers out there, and I'm always interested in finding new blogs. So, if you have a tip for me or want to self-promote, let me know in the comments.
Update: I forgot to add another good Wisconsin blog: Lakeshore Laments. And, you know what a sucker I am for alliteration.
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Sorry Kris. TAM's headquarted near West Bend, not Madison. Still, thanks for the link.
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I get left off?!? Did I offend you unknowningly on the Sykes show?
Man, am I the Rodney Dangerfield of the Wisconsin blog scene?
No respect. lol
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No offense meant at all. I'm adding you now.
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Glad to see you add Commonwealth Conservative...John's cool...and so are the rest of us in the Old Dominion Blog Alliance (you know, folks like me).


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Michael Corkery is leaving behind The Wall Street Journal for The New York Times. Taking Biz News reports that Corkery will join the Times' business desk.
Corkery had been with the Journal since 2005. During his time there he covered a variety of subjects, including mergers and acquisitions, housing and public finance.
Dean Murphy, the Times' business editor, described Corkery as "both a digger and a story teller, often taking apart complex subjects for readers," in a memo to staffers.


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Flute soloist and chamber musician, Kimberly Bryan performs and teaches at various music schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey including Westminster Conservatory of Music, The Pennington School, and the Csehy Summer School of Music. She has performed in orchestral and chamber ensembles and has also performed at the National Flute Association Convention with His Grace Notes Flute Choir. Holding three Bachelor of Science and Master of Music degrees from Philadelphia Biblical University and the Longy School of Music, her principal teachers have included Robert Willoughby, Kazuo Tokito, Vanessa Mulvey, and Nancy Etris. Classic Praise is a beautiful recording featuring flutist, Kimberly Bryan with pianists, Ken Borrmann and James Lubrano.


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More than 25,000 prayers are being carried to the Western Wall in Israel by Xavier exhibit founders
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Xavier University Rabbi Abie Ingber, Brueggeman Center Director James Buchanan and Bill Madges, former chair of the Department of Theology who is now a dean at St. Joseph's University, are traveling again to Israel in mid-July to deliver more than 25,000 prayers to the Western Wall.
The prayers are from A Blessing to One Another: Pope John II and the Jewish People, a first-of-its-kind exhibit which premiered at Xavier in May 2005. Since that time the Blessing has touched the lives of thousands as the exhibit tours the country at museums and universities.
Part of the 2,200-square-foot exhibit, which chronicles the late pontiff's lifelong relationship with the Jewish people, includes a replica of the Western Wall. Visitors are encouraged to place their prayers in the wall. Nearly 4,000 prayers were placed in the wall after A Blessing to One Another premiered at Xavier, drawing more than 7,300 visitors. Nationally more than 100,000 people have visited the exhibition.
In February 2006, Blessing co-directors Ingber, Buchanan and Madges, and Yaffa Eliach, professor of Judaic studies and founder of the Shtetl Foundation, took the first batch of more than 8,600 prayers from the exhibit to the actual Western Wall. The prayers weighed more than 31 pounds.
The second batch being delivered this month contains more than 25,000 prayers collected from visitors who saw the exhibit in Pittsburgh, Chicago, New York, Rapid City, S.D., Kansas City, Mo., Philadelphia, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Los Angeles.
The Blessing exhibit is on display at Alvernia University in Reading, Pa., until the end of July. The exhibit then travels to the Holocaust Museum of Houston, Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., and the Maltz Museum in Beechwood, Ohio. It has already been on display at several venues including the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., Loyola University in Chicago, the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and St. Joseph's University.
For more information, please visit www.blessingexhibit.org.


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On Wednesday, March 24, 2010, the Maine Department of Marine Resources issued its first clam flat closure of the 2010 season. The closure comes a month earlier than usual, as it's typically open to the end of April. According to an article bySeacoast Online:
"I don't think it will be too much longer that we'll have additional closures for mussels," said Darcie Couture, director of the Biotoxin Monitoring Program for the state. "It's lining up to be a very bad year."
Couture blames the early closure on the unusually warm weather this year. The article relates that the department
banned the harvesting of surf and hen clams, which are bigger than the traditional steamers, in certain coastal areas such as Harpswell. The state also closed the harvesting of mussels in Brunswick and of carnivorous snails in some areas.
Additionally, due to high bacteria counts caused by flooding, the York flats are closed for digging steamers. State test were scheduled to confirm or deny the reopening of the flats for Sunday. The flats were only planned to be open through April 25, 2010.
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Broadband customers are bargain hunters, according to a new study by Morgan Stanley.
The investment firm's entertainment group polled 2,500 U.S. based subscribers about their internet and cable plans and found that price, not speed, is the motivating factor behind most users' decisions to switch services.
Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed said that a lower costing alternative would prompt them to make a shift as opposed to 15 percent who said they would seek out faster options, seven percent who cited better reliability for their home networks and 3 percent who cited better customer service. Thirteen percent of respondents said nothing would induce them to quit their current service.
Also read: Why A La Carte Cable Could Kill TV's Golden Age
When it comes to customer satisfaction, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-Verse trumped traditional cable companies. Forty-two percent of FiOS customers and 40 percent of U-Verse customers reported that they were "very satisfied" with their broadband product compared with 37 percent of Cox customers, 33 percent of Comcast customers and 32 percent of Time Warner Cable customers.
In terms of pricing, cable was the more expensive option — customers reported paying an average of $53 for cable compared with $42 a month for DSL.


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Cards to honor '82 champs all weekend vs. Brewers
Cards to honor '82 champs all weekend vs. Brewers
Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter will sign autographs at the Busch Stadium Ford Plaza before the Cardinals' game on Friday, and the first 25,000 fans to enter the gate that night will receive a bobblehead in his likeness.
The focal point of the reunion will take place on Saturday, when members of that 1982 team will be paraded around the field and then honored in a pregame ceremony. The Brewers and Cardinals will wear replica jerseys from the '82 season that night.
After wearing their "home" white uniforms on Saturday, the Cardinals will don their "victory blue" road uniforms from 1982 in Sunday's series finale. That game time has been moved to 7:05 p.m. CT to accommodate an ESPN national telecast.
Players and other members of the '82 team who are expected to attend the weekend ceremonies include: Ozzie Smith, Whitey Herzog, Sutter, Red Schoendienst, Keith Hernandez, Ken Oberkfell, Dave LaPoint, Jim Kaat, John Stuper, Jeff Lahti, Steve Mura, John Martin, Doug Bair, Jeff Keener, Tito Landrum, David Green, Gene Roof, Dane Iorg, Mike Ramsey, Glenn Brummer, Joe McDonald and Gene Gieselmann.


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Millionaire software tycoon John McAfee is said to have escaped out of Belize and is now hiding across the border in Guatemala.
A blog post in McAfee's name said that he "will be meeting with Guatemalan officials this morning," reports ABC News. "I apologize for all of the misdirections over the past few days," the post reads. "It was not easy to exit Belize and required many supporters in many countries."
McAfee is on the run from police in Belize, where he is wanted for questioning in the death of Gregory Faull, who lived next door to McAfee on Ambergris Caye, an island off the coast of Belize.
The Associated Press reported that McAfee plans to seek asylum in Guatemala, and that he is currently staying at a hotel in Guatemala city.
McAfee maintains that he is innocent and being framed by the police. "I am not well liked by the prime minister. I am just a thorn in everybody's side," he said after Faull was found dead.
He is refusing to be questioned by Belizean police because he fears they will kill him, reports the Independent.
McAfee's whereabouts were first publicized by American magazine Vice, which posted an iPhone photo of him in Guatemala.
The article titled "We Are With John McAfee Right Now, Suckers," appears to have been taken on an iPhone 4S and had location information embedded in it which revealed the exact coordinates where the photo was taken — in the Rio Dulce National Park in Guatemala — reported Wired.com.
The escape into Guatemala was not easy for the tycoon. McAfee crossed into Guatemala illegally with his 20-year-old girlfriend Sam after he planned an elaborate ruse to dispatch a "body double" to distract authorities in Mexico.
"My 'double,' carrying on (sic) a North Korean passport under my name, was detained in Mexico for pre-planned misbehaviour," McAfee wrote on his blog and confirmed to AP, "but due to indifference on the part of authorities (he) was evicted from the jail and was unable to serve his intended purpose in our exit plan."
McAfee said the couple were traveling on passports that showed neither exit nor entry stamps.
TIME magazine reported that McAfee is now working with journalists from Vice magazine and was set up in a meeting with Samantha's uncle, "powerful Guatemalan lawyer and former Attorney General Telésforo Guerra."
McAfee's blog post from Tuesday says he may reveal more information. "If all goes well I will do a press conference tomorrow," he wrote.
CNN published video from an exclusive interview with McAfee on Monday:
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Before undergoing an operation at the hands of a southern Ontario specialist in September 2009, Lorraine Kinninmont thought she had done her due diligence. Checking out Dr. Cathy Frank on her hospital website, she discovered the reassuring fact that her surgeon was head of the institution's obstetrics and gynecology department.
What no one told her, though, is that months earlier a restriction had been imposed on Dr. Frank's licence, allegedly due to "multiple" complaints about her performance over the previous three years.
Ms. Kinninmont had the hysterectomy, during which she suffered a perforated bowel, requiring later, corrective surgery and leaving her with continuing pain and embarrassing intestinal problems, she alleges in a malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Frank. Months after that, the physician removed Debbie Cernanec's uterus, as well, causing an abnormal vaginal opening that led to incontinence and more operations, her own suit charges.
Both women and others are now questioning why they were not informed of the official red flag that hung over their surgeon, raising questions about the obligation of Canadian authorities to protect patients from possibly incompetent doctors.
In contrast, some U.S. jurisdictions now regularly make surgeons' complication rates public, regardless of any competence concerns.
"I'm very disappointed and very angry that I was not warned about Dr. Frank," Ms. Kinninmont said after her suit was made public recently. "This is information that should have been made available to me before I let Dr. Frank operate on me. Dr. Frank should have told me, the hospital certainly should have told me. I feel the system has failed: It's let me down, it's let us all down."
The allegations in the lawsuits have not been proven in court, no decision has been made about disciplinary charges and the physician has yet to file a statement of defence. She and her lawyer, Andrea Plumb, declined Friday to comment.
Ms. Kinninmont also complained that the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons has taken inordinately long to investigate the complaint she lodged against Dr. Frank in December 2009. She has been told she will not learn the result of the review until early next year.
Meanwhile, another 80 patients have approached the law firm handling the suits with allegations about surgery and deliveries done by Dr. Frank, said Barbara Legate, one of the lawyers. The firm says it cannot confirm the validity of any of the charges.
The Ontario college has recently tightened its curbs against the specialist, ordering her in September not to apply for surgical privileges at any hospital. It still will not say what prompted any of the restrictions.
Yet Ontario may actually be at the cutting edge of openness around such actions. Notice of Dr. Frank's practice restriction had been posted on the college website, under the directory listing for the physician. A number of other provinces do not even go that far when no discipline charges have been laid, said Fleur-Ange Lefebvre, CEO of the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada.
"Publishing this information on a college website seems quite progressive," she said. "It's much more accessible to the public than in the newspaper.… It's actually quite easily retrievable."
Ms. Legate disagrees, however, noting elderly and low-income patients may not even have access to the Internet or the wherewithal to unearth the facts.
Whether by putting up notices in the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital where the operations occurred or by other means, someone should have told patients of the restriction, she said.
"That was vitally important information," Ms. Legate said. "Everyone wants to know the competence of their physician."
The Ontario college's governing legislation requires it to make the information available on the Internet or over the phone if someone asks about a particular physician, spokeswoman Kathryn Clarke said in an emailed response to questions.
The women also name the hospital and some of its doctors in their lawsuits, alleging they, too, had an obligation to warn them of Dr. Frank's licence restriction.
A hospital spokesman said Friday it would not answer questions about why it never revealed the question mark over one of its most senior physicians, but referred to a statement it issued earlier in which it says it was "sincerely sorry for the negative outcomes" the women suffered.
The statement also says that, while waiting for the college to complete its inquiry, St. Thomas General appointed its own independent reviewer to assess the chief of obstetrics and gynecology. In May 2010, a little over a year after the college's action, Dr. Frank resigned from the hospital.
The situation underlines why medical regulatory agencies need more input from true patient advocates, said Sholom Glouberman, head of the Canadian Patients Association.
"They're not so much focused on protecting the patients as finding out when doctors aren't fit for practice," he said. "The colleges try to do the best they can, but I don't think they have a good sense of the patient audience."
After resigning from the St. Thomas hospital in 2010, Dr. Frank went to work at Southern Ontario Fertility Technologies, her husband's fertility clinic in London. The new college restriction allows her to continue performing in-vitro fertilization and other fertility procedures.


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SHIT. Easiest review ever: Plates Of Cake have adorned my table ever since they were spliced together from chunks of old doo-wop classics, Leonard Cohen programs, stained diner menus, post-punk lore, Jonathan Richman's surrealist slant, and, aww hell, involuntary facial hair. "As If the Choice Were Mine" brings a second vocalist into the mix, a surprise move considering the last record (which I loved maybe a bit too much) was all about lead singer/songwriter Jonathan Byerley. It's never easy to get used to change when you liked what you started with, so there's that. Still a nice cut. "Transit Trials," like seemingly 75% of flips, is even better than the A. Catchier melody, better bridge, ringing riffs — music for winners and losers and those who love and hate them. I hate to rush you guys, but… I want more.
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Apple shares are falling in premarket trading after The Wall Street Journal reported the company has cut its orders for iPhone 5 components due to weaker-than-expected demand.
The newspaper says two people it did not identify by name told it that Apple's first-quarter orders for iPhone 5 screens have dropped to about half of what the company had planned to order.
The report says one of the sources told the newspaper the US-based company has also cut orders for components other than screens. The Journal says it was told Apple notified the suppliers of the order cut last month.
Apple didn't immediately return an email seeking comment.
Apple shares dropped $US18.81, or 3.6 per cent, to $US501.49 in premarket trading on Monday.
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