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Growing up… one of the first cars I can recall my family owning was a '57 Chevy just like this one. Continue reading "'57 Chevy"
Foggy Morning
Back when I drove to the office each day, I had developed the habit of not always taking the direct route. Continue reading "Foggy Morning"
Hill Country Painters
November 2008… What a month that was. The day before we left on this trip to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary, I was laid off from the job I had held for 35 years. Continue reading "Hill Country Painters"
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When we first moved to Alvin many years ago, I planted three apple trees in our backyard. Continue reading "Apple Blossoms"

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The IRS will refund three years' worth of an antiquated long-distance telephone service tax this year, a decision that will lead to as much as $60 billion in lost revenue for the government. Scott Tong reports.
Enron founder Kenneth Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling have been convicted on multiple counts of fraud, conspiracy and insider trading. Host Kai Ryssdal talks with Houston Chronicle reporter Mary Flood about what the verdicts mean for the corporate world.
Commentator John Judis says the Bush administration's "oil-patch unilateralism" will lead the United States in only one direction: toward war.
Yahoo gets to sell advertising on the world's largest auction site. In return, eBay will steer users to the number two search engine. Amy Scott has more on the ongoing quest for Web domination.
First in a series: The annual report on human trafficking next week will estimate between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across borders each year — and that doesn't include people sold within their own countries. Scott Carrier reports.


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Conservative colleges provide an important counterbalance to the progressivism and liberalism that pervade so much of American higher education. For students raised with traditional moral values, who favor limited government, who adhere to free-market economic principles, entering the world of higher education is too often an alienating experience.
For conservative students, it can be a challenge to find a college or university that embraces—or even tolerates—conservative values in its curriculum and student life. This ranking of the best conservative colleges in America helps conservative students and parents to find a school in keeping with their conservative values and commitments.
20. Texas A&M University
(College Station, TX)
Texas A&M is a public research university located in east central Texas. The first public institution of higher education in Texas, it is now the fourth-largest university in the United States. The campus is also the home of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library.
Though a secular institution, Texas A&M has a reputation for being both socially and politically conservative. The university's general education requirements are standard for a large public university, with classes required in the humanities, U.S. history, and political science.
There are over 800 student clubs on campus, many of them politically themed. The school also has a strong military tradition.
In recent years, there has been some tension among the political groups on campus. One group, Texas Aggie Conservatives, petitioned to ban radical leftist speakers from the campus. In another incident, the same group sued the university when their request for club funding was denied (though funding was eventually offered).
- Notable alumni include Libertarian radio personality Neal Boortz; Texas Governor Rick Perry; and NFL placekicker Tony Franklin (who pioneered the barefoot soccer style of place kicking in the NFL)
- Established in 1876
- 56,200 students
- Location: 100 miles from Austin; 105 miles from Houston
- 67% of applicants admitted
- SAT: Critical Reading: 520/640; Math: 560/670; Writing: 500/610


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A landmark case has been decided in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Essentially, three men went into a Home Depot in Medford, Oregon and bought an unusual amount of fertilizer, along with deer repellant and a few other items consistent with a large scale outdoor grow operation. A DEA agent was monitoring the Home Depot (scary), and after seeing the purchased items being loaded into a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee, he decided to follow the vehicle. After the men arrived at another store, the DEA agent attached a tracking device to the undercarriage of the vehicle. By the end of the investigation, the DEA agents removed and replaced a tracking device on the vehicle no less than 7 times. Five of those times the vehicle was in a public area (parking lot or public road), however, two of the times the DEA agents went into the man's driveway and placed a tracking device onto his vehicle. At the time, the vehicle was parked just feet from the owner's front door. In the end, the DEA followed the men to their outdoor grow operation, and I think you can assume what happened next.
After the Jeep owner appealed his conviction, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his conviction. His only option now is if the US Supreme Court will hear his case. However, the current make up of the Supreme Court rarely takes up cases like this, and they don't have to hear a case unless they want to. Even then, there are so many conservatives on the Court, the result would not be favorable. So what are the ramifications for the rest of society? This case essentially states that a law enforcement official can attach a tracking device to your vehicle and monitor your movements AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON. It is perfectly legal. In the appellate court's opinion, only the inside of the house is private, as well as the inside of the vehicle. The exterior of the vehicle is considered public, and even private land is considered public by the court. NOTE — THE COURT SAID IF THE MAN HAD NO TRESSPASSING SIGNS AND A GATE, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED PRIVATE. And as far as monitoring movements, the court points to the case of US v. Knotts, which stated that it was legal to use a 'beeper' to track a vehicle. In that case, the US Supreme Court pointed out that tracking via an electronic device is no different than if an agent simply followed the car around. When you are driving on public streets, you have no expectation of privacy.
Because this case was decided at the Federal Appellate level, it only applies to the 9th Circuit Court at this time. The 9th Circuit Court includes; Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana. So if you live in these states, BE WARNED! BUY A GATE, SOME NO TRESSPASSING SIGNS, AND CHECK UNDER YOUR CAR OFTEN. AND WHATEVER YOU DO, NEVER EVER SHOP AT HOME DEPOT FOR GROWING SUPPLIES!!!!!!!!!!!


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Bring the whole family to The Shops at Dos Lagos for movies under the stars this summer. During the month of June this shopping center in Corona is inviting families to gather together every Thursday night for a presentation of some of the latest family movies.
A different family friendly movie will be shown each week in June starting with Brave on June 6, see the movie lineup below. All movies begin at dusk and will be shown near the lake, located next to Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill on the north side of the shopping center. You are welcome to bring lawn chairs, blankets and pillows to watch the movie in comfort.
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Family Movie Nights
Where: Lakeside at The Shops at Dos Lagos, 2780 Cabot Drive #140, Corona, CA 92883 (map)
Days: Thursday evenings in June
Time: Movies start at dusk
Every child will receive a FREE gift, while supplies last.
Movie Night Lineup
June 6 – Brave (2012)
Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse. (IMDB)
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June 13 – Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world. (IMDB)
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June 20 – Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent – Madagascar style. (IMDB)
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June 27 – Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter. (IMDB)
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Movies may be cancelled or rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. Visit ShopDosLagos.com for up-to-date announcements regarding the Family Movie Nights.
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Family Movie Nights Flyer Transcription
Thursdays in June, Starting at Dusk, Lakeside near Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill
Round up the kids, toss in your lawn chairs and blankets, and head on over for some free entertainment under the stars. Every child will receive a free gift. Then snuggle up together and delight in watching a family movie favorite.
June 6: Brave
June 13: Ice Age Continental Drift
June 20: Madagascar 3
June 27: Hotel Translyvania
Movies are subject to change without notice. Events are weather-permitting. Cancelled events will be listed on website along with alternate date information. Free gift valid while supplies last.
The Shops at Dos Lagos
(951) 277-7601
For up-to-the-minute announcements on Family Movie Nights at Dos Lagos.
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Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. ("Princess"), a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, agreed to plead guilty in the Southern District of Florida to seven felony charges stemming from deliberate acts of pollution at sea and intentional acts to cover up the pollution. Princess agreed to pay a steep, $40 million penalty— the largest-ever criminal penalty for deliberate vessel pollution—under the terms of its plea agreement with the government.
Back in August 2013, an engineer on Princess' cruise ship the Caribbean Princess quit his job and reported the use of a so-called "magic pipe" to illegally discharge oily waste off the coast of England. The chief engineer and senior first engineer of the vessel ordered a cover-up, including the removal of the magic pipe and instructing subordinates to lie. The British Maritime and Coastguard Agency ("MCA") investigated and ultimately shared its information with the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard subsequently examined the ship upon its arrival in New York City. Later, in March 2014, the Department of Justice's investigative team inspected the vessel and found incriminating evidence. Eventually, Princess and the government reached a deal where Princess admitted to multiple acts of wrongdoing.
Pursuant to the factual statement in the plea agreement, Princess admitted that illegal discharges took place on the Caribbean Princess as far back as 2005 and that it engaged in a conspiracy to knowingly discharge oily mixtures in U.S. navigable waters. Princess admitted to using multiple bypass methods to transfer oily waste overboard and admitted to attempting to cover up its actions upon learning that a former engineer had blown the whistle. Ultimately, Princess' employees' attempts to cut costs, at the expense of the environment, backfired into a magical mess for the company.
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Rooms, services Guests looking for accommodation in Salzburg are welcome to book 16 nicely furnished rooms at Itzlinger Hof Salzburg. If you feel like having a meal not included in your chosen type of catering, you can always taste local dishes in the restaurant of the guesthouse. For guests arriving by car parking possibility is available nearby. An organized city tour will help you discover the most important attractions. The fans of actively spent leisure time may take the nearby opportunities to play table tennis, bowling, billiard and minigolf. The bar can be an ideal place for a pleasant evening talk or a meeting. The guesthouse is offering wireless Internet connection (WiFi) without charging extra fees, so you may go online anytime with your laptop during your stay. An exact and detailed list of equipment in the rooms and of the services provided by Itzlinger Hof Salzburg you will find on the information sheet below, including any applicable additional fees.
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The BVA Steering Committee is the main governing body overseeing and managing the priorities and policies of the BVA. The Committee is comprised of two representatives from each member campus who have voting privileges for Steering Committee decisions. The BVA also appoints other people as ad hoc members of the BVA Steering Committee.
BVA Steering Committee Members
Simon Bates
University of British Columbia
Simon Bates the Academic Director at the University of British Columbia's Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology (CTLT). In that role, he provides academic leadership to the CTLT which, combined with his role as Senior Advisor Teaching and Learning, ensures the Centre is best positioned to support development, delivery and evaluation of outstanding teaching and learning across all Faculties and units. A current principal focus is supporting projects funded through UBC's Flexible Learning Initiative, a major multi-year educational transformation program currently underway. In addition, Simon holds a faculty position as Professor of Teaching in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, teaching on the PHYS 101 course and contributing to their Physics Education Research efforts.
Stephanie Chasteen
University of Colorado Boulder
Stephanie Chasteen focuses on STEM educational reform, with a focus on faculty and institutional adoption of evidence-based teaching practices. She is the Associate Director of the Science Education Initiative (http://colorado.edu/sei), which supported departmentally-led course transformations at CU Boulder. She is also working with the Center for STEM Learning (http://colorado.edu/csl) and the Colorado Learning Assistant Program (http://laprogram.colorado.edu). She produces pedagogical videos for the PhET Interactive Simulations (http://phet.colorado.edu) as their Multimedia Director. Lastly, she has an active consulting practice (see http://sciencegeekgirl.com) providing pedagogical workshops, video production, external evaluation, and other services to support educational change in science.
Dr. Chasteen is a physicist by training, and her career has included a focus on writing about science for the general public (including an internship at NPR's science desk), working with teachers and the public at the Exploratorium Museum of Science in San Francisco. She has been at the University of Colorado Boulder since 2007 – first as a postdoctoral fellow creating curricular materials and researching change in upper-division physics courses, and later with a focus on faculty professional development and educational change. She has created numerous videos and workshops for faculty to help them develop learning goals, as well as to use clickers and peer instruction effectively. Her current work combines her experience in communication to broad audiences, faculty development, and education research to support meaningful change programs.
Noah Finkelstein
University of Colorado Boulder
Noah Finkelstein is a Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and conducts research is in physics education. He serves as a director of the Physics Education Research (PER) group at Colorado. Finkelstein is also a Director of the national-scale Center for STEM Learning at CU-Boulder, which has become one of eight national demonstration sites for the Association of American Universities' STEM Education Initiative.
Finkelstein's research focuses on studying the conditions that support students' interest and ability in physics – developing models of context. These research projects range from the specifics of student learning particular concepts, to the departmental and institutional scales of sustainable educational transformation. This research has resulted in over 100 publications.
He is increasingly involved in education policy serving on many national boards including chairing the American Physical Society's Committee on Education, and is a Technical Advisor to the Association of American University's STEM Education Initiative. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Higher Learning Commission, which accredits more than 1,000 institutions of higher education in the U.S.
He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and a Presidential Teaching Scholar for the University of Colorado system.
Brian Frank
Queen's University
Brian Frank is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Dupont Canada Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development, and the Director of Program Development in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science where he works on engineering curriculum development, program assessment, and developing educational technology. His teaching interest is project based courses, and he currently coordinates APSC-100, a required course that includes a semester-long team client-based design project, primarily service learning projects. He was also co-chair of the Physical Sciences panel of the HEQCO Sector-based Tuning project, developing proposals for learning outcomes in physical sciences, social sciences, and life and health sciences in Ontario. He is a co-founder of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, and is currently coordinating the Engineering Graduate Attribute Development Project, working to develop national guidelines and resources for outcomes assessment in engineering education. Currently he is co-principal investigator of Queen's University's project on the HEQCO Learning Outcomes Consortium.
Jim Greer
University of Saskatchewan
Jim Greer is a Professor of Computer Science and Director of the University of Saskatchewan's Learning Centre, a unit responsible for faculty development, curriculum innovation, and academic student support. He has worked for over 25 years researching and developing advanced learning technologies to support students and instructors. His research more recently has turned to learning analytics, big data, and privacy preservation in learner profiling. The Learning Centre he directs offers programmings ranging from early career faculty development, to transition programs for freshmen students, to curriculum change facilitation for academic programs, to professional skills-training for graduate students, to courses on teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Dennis Groth
Indiana University Bloomington
Dennis Groth is currently the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Indiana University Bloomington. In this role, his responsibility includes initiatives aimed at enhancing student success, faculty excellence in teaching, and programs in academic advising, undergraduate student support, engaged learning, general education assessment, and academic student support. He is Associate Professor of Informatics, with a research focus on the development of new database access and data mining techniques in support of data visualization activities, as well as understanding models of exploration in digital environments. He was the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies for the School of Informatics from 2008 to 2013, where he was responsible for curricular programs, student services, advising, academic operations, and career services. While Undergraduate Dean, he developed strategies and initiatives leading to sustained growth of student, more than doubling the number of student majors, along with targeted, intentional programs enhancing diversity that has lead to a tripling of the number of undergraduate women majors. Simultaneous with his school leadership role, he was Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education from 2009 to 2013. In this capacity, he was responsible for a variety of critical campus programs, including curricular procedures, outreach, service learning, continuing and adult education, course evaluation processes, and test administration. Prior to entering the academy, Dennis had almost 15 years of professional experience in commercial software development, primarily in the healthcare arena.
Harrison Keller
University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Harrison Keller is Vice Provost for Higher Education Policy and Research and Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning/Continuing and Innovative Education at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Keller is responsible for developing institutional initiatives and state and national policy solutions in line with the University's strategic priorities, with emphasis on preparation, affordability, productivity, and new educational delivery models. He oversees UT Austin participation in the edX Consortium and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Personalized Learning Network and has developed multiple initiatives related to blended and online learning including Texas OnRamps, a path breaking dual credit initiative supported by the Texas Legislature, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Lumina Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Keller holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy with honors from the University of Notre Dame and a Master's degree and Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University.
Phillip Long
University of Texas, Austin
Phil is the Associate Vice Provost for Learning Sciences and Deputy Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Clinical Professor in Educational Psychology and in the School of Information, at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Long provides leadership to the university's strategy for technology enhanced learning. Phil contributes leadership to UTx, the local implementation of the edX MOOCs, the UT learning analytics initiative & design of learning environments.
Phil's current research interests focus on active & blended learning pedagogies, remote laboratories, emerging technologies and the analytics that can be captured by instrumenting interactions in both virtual and environments with the goal of informing learner decision-making.
Prof. Long's professional collaborations are eclectic and international, including leadership roles in the acronym soup of SoLAR, edX, the NMC, and AAEEBL.
He is a lapsed biologist now learning scientist focused on emerging technologies, the cognitive interactions with them, & the spaces, physical. and virtual wherein they occur.
Patti McDougall
University of Saskatchewan
Patti McDougall is the Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning at the University of Saskatchewan. She holds a Ph.D. in Human, Learning, Development and Instruction at the University of British Columbia. Patti joined the University of Saskatchewan in January of 2013. She comes to her position having previously served as the Assistant, Associate and Interim Dean at St. Thomas More College (federated with the University of Saskatchewan). As a developmental and educational psychologist, Patti's research follows multiple streams including social relationships in childhood and adolescence (e.g., bullying, friendship), youth-adult partnerships, and the experience of educational transitions (e.g., into high school, into university).
Marco Molinaro
UC Davis
Marco Molinaro, Ph.D., is the Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Director of the iAMSTEM Education Hub at UCD. Dr. Molinaro has been a project director of numerous nationally funded STEM educational and training programs for grades 6-16 and has developed and taught multiple undergraduate courses. He has over 19 years of educational experience creating and leading applications of technology for instruction, scientific visualization and simulation, curriculum, and science exhibits for students from elementary school through graduate school and for the general public. The educational technology products he has developed are still in use many years later as part of nationwide curricular projects such as FOSS (upper elementary and middle school science), Chemlinks (undergraduate chemistry instruction) and Nanozone.org (public exhibit on nanotechnology). Most recently Molinaro is leading a UC Davis university wide STEM education effort working across all STEM disciplines to improve undergraduate STEM student success – the iAMSTEM Hub. As part of the effort, the Hub is bringing together the campus educational STEM community and relevant resources, working with faculty across STEM departments to evolve the undergraduate STEM curriculum, and developing new academic analytics tools and approaches to help guide instructional change and maximize student success. His projects have been funded though the NSF, NIH and various private foundations such as Gates and Helmsley.
Simon Peacock
University of British Columbia
Simon M. Peacock has served as Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia since 2006; he is a Professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. As Dean, Dr. Peacock focuses on advancing disciplinary and interdisciplinary education and research initiatives across the physical, life, and mathematical sciences. Over the past seven years, UBC's Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative has significantly improved student learning for more than 15,000 students enrolled in large undergraduate science courses through the adoption of the most effective, evidence-based science education practices. Dr. Peacock and his colleagues recently developed First Year Seminars in Science, a small class experience focused on critical scientific thinking and communication skills, which was awarded the 2013 Alan Blizzard Award by Canada's Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Dr. Peacock served as President of the Canadian Council of Deans of Science in 2010-11 and he is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. Prior to joining UBC in 2006, Dr. Peacock was a Professor of Geology at Arizona State University and served as Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences. Dr. Peacock earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology from MIT (1981) and a Ph.D. in Geology from UCLA (1985). He has taught courses that collectively span most of the geological sciences at the introductory, undergraduate, and advanced graduate levels. His research focuses on understanding the tectonic structure of subduction zones, earthquakes, and volcanism. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals including Science, Nature, and the Journal of Geological Education.
George Rehrey
Indiana University Bloomington
George Rehrey directs the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program at Indiana University's Bloomington campus (IUB), leading efforts to fully integrate and institutionalize a program with a 16-year history of success. He is also a Principal Instructional Consultant with IUB's Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, where he supports instructors of all ranks as they transform their courses, conduct classroom research, collect evidence of student learning, form communities of inquiry, and disseminate their work locally, nationally, and internationally. This past year George played an instrumental role in the design and implementation of a new program review process now required of all 44 departments within the College of Arts and Sciences. George is a co-founding member of the Institute for Curriculum and Campus Internationalization as well as the Internationalization Collaborative Across Bloomington (ICAB), a Title VI funded project that brings faculty together from IUB and Ivy Tech Community Colleges. ICAB participants work collectively on the integration of global student learning outcomes within curricula. George's current SOTL research includes the learning of geological time, the problems of academic integrity as a cultural phenomenon in computer science courses, the effect of backward course design upon student engagement and, the influence that social and economic reward systems may have upon academic development programs.
Jill Scott
Queen's University
Jill Scott is Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning) and Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen's University. She is the author of Electra after Freud (Cornell University Press, 2005), A Poetics of Forgiveness (Palgrave, 2010) and a co-edited volume (with Leo Riegert and Jack Shuler), Thinking and Practicing Reconciliation: Teaching and Learning Through Literary Responses to Conflict (Cambridge Scholars Press). She is the Principal Investigator for the HEQCO Learning Outcomes Assessment study at Queen's, and her current research projects include: "MicroWriting: Twitter Teaching for Clear, Concise and Convincing Communication" and "Kaswentha: Haudenosaunee Peacebuilding Practices and the Future of Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada." She is leading Queen's portion of a Productivity and Innovation Fund project on Student Rating of Instruction, and together with Brian Frank , she is developing a Bay View Alliance Research Action Cluster on the development of transferable intellectual skills.
James Staros
University of Massachusetts Amherst
James V. Staros received his undergraduate education at Dartmouth, where he became hooked on research and co-authored his first published scientific paper with his undergraduate research advisor. He was a NSF Graduate Fellow at Yale, where he earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry at Harvard.
Staros began his faculty career at Vanderbilt in 1978, serving as a department chair 1988-2002. In 2002, Dr. Staros was named Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Stony Brook (SUNY). In 2009, he became Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with a faculty appointment as Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, a position that he assumed full time in September 2014 when he stepped out of his administrative post.
In addition to leading a vigorous research program, Staros has been very active in bringing innovations into the science classroom and teaching laboratory. In 1991, in a successful proposal to the HHMI Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program, he designed a networked wet teaching laboratory as part of a total overhaul of introductory biology. In 1995, he posted his first hypertext syllabus for a course he taught in a computer classroom designed and built with support from another HHMI grant. More recently, he has been a strong proponent of Team-Based Learning (TBL), with the result that UMass Amherst has constructed seven IT-enhanced TBL classrooms on campus and has provided support for faculty converting courses to TBL format through its Center for Teaching & Faculty Development.
Gabriela Weaver
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Gabriela C. Weaver is Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Director of the Center for Teaching and Faculty Development and professor of chemistry at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Dr. Weaver received her B.S. in Chemistry in 1989 from the California Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. in Chemical Physics in 1994 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Weaver joined the Chemistry faculty at the University of Colorado at Denver in 1994 and joined the Chemistry faculty at Purdue University in 2001, where she served as Associate Head of the department from 2008-2009 and as the Jerry and Rosie Semler Director of the Discovery Learning Research Center from 2008-2014. Dr. Weaver's research work in science education has focused on using inquiry-based methods for teaching science and on supplementing innovative instruction with technology tools. She has also engaged in work on faculty development and institutional transformation toward institutionalizing research-based teaching practices.
From 2004-2012 she directed the NSF-funded Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE), a consortium of 17 universities and 2-year colleges that developed and implemented a teaching approach to provide 1st and 2nd year undergraduate students with authentic research experiences as part of their laboratory coursework. Initially developed for chemistry, the program is now being adopted in other science disciplines, including biology and atmospheric sciences. Over 5200 students at 17 institutions nationwide and in Australia have been through the program in the last 5 years. The success of the program among several different dimensions of learning and perception has been assessed. New institutions continue to adapt the CASPiE approach – the newest of which is the United States Military Academy at West Point, combining research projects in analytical chemistry, toxicology and chemical engineering through the CASPiE framework.
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Dan Bernstein
University of Kansas
Dan Bernstein is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Kansas. He was at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln from 1973 until 2002, when he became Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at KU. His recent writing has focused on electronic course portfolios centered on student learning, and he works with colleagues from many fields of study to showcase the quality of their student work and the practices that have helped that work emerge. Recent grants from the Teagle and Spencer Foundations have enhanced writing and library skills through team-designed assignments and the use of assessment data in course and curriculum change. Currently he explores and evaluates various uses of technology to promote student understanding, and his ongoing courses are a laboratory for evaluating the impact of out of class web-based activities on deep understanding of conceptual material. A new grant from the Teagle Foundation is developing use of active and student centered learning in humanities, both in and out of class time. He was a Charter Member of the University of Nebraska Academy of Distinguished Teachers, and he was a Carnegie Scholar in 1998. Recently he received the J. Michael Young Academic Advising Award at KU and the Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award from Div. 25 of the American Psychological Association. He has completed his service at the KU CTE and continues as a psychology professor.
Howard Gobstein
Howard Gobstein is the Executive Vice President for Research, Innovation, and STEM Education at A۰P۰L۰U. He co-directs both the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative (SMTI) and the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTEP). He initiated SMTI and is also responsible for university policy efforts pertaining to research, education and economic development. His past positions include associate vice president for governmental affairs and director of federal relations at Michigan State University, senior policy analyst in the Office of Science and Technology in the Executive Office of the President, and vice president and senior program officer at the Association of American Universities (AAU). Gobstein spent the first 11 years of his career designing and leading evaluations of government science programs and policies with the U.S. Government Accountability Office. He holds a master's degree in science, technology and public policy from George Washington University and a bachelor's in interdisciplinary engineering from Purdue University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was named the distinguished alumni of 2010 by the Purdue School of Engineering Education.
Emily Miller
Association of American Universities
Emily Miller joined the Association of American Universities (AAU) in 2012 as the project manager for AAU's Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative. Previously she worked with the Association for Community College Trustees (ACCT) as a research and curriculum specialist. During her graduate studies, Miller worked on grant projects focused on international partnerships for higher education development as well as a series of programs aimed at addressing the opportunities, changes, and challenges occurring in faculty careers and the academic workplace. In addition, she collaborated with the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) with their board education and consulting services as well as on research examining faculty engagement in institutional governance.
Miller was an assistant director of career services at Tufts University and worked in alumni relations at Harvard Business School. Prior to working in higher education, she worked in government contracts litigation with Wiley, Rein & Fielding, LLP.
Miller earned her PhD in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education from Michigan State University; MA in Education Policy and Management from Harvard Graduate School of Education; and BA, cum laude and with honors, in Political Science from Gettysburg College.
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We are planning a trip driving along the coast of California and would like to rent a convertible. Can you suggest a make or model of car that would fit 2 adults, 2 kids and our luggage?
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Best Convertible car to rent for family of 4 with luggage
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I think you are going to find that a convertible won't work. The roof takes up a good portion of the rear of the car, leaving a smaller trunk. how many suitcases are you planning on?
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The Sebring has the biggest trunk of the convertibles that are usually available as rental cars. You can check the trunk specs online to see if it would work for you, but you'll have to pack very light. With 2 people, packing reasonably light, it would work, with 4, I am not hopeful.
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I agree that there might be an issue with trunk space for the luggage, depending on how much you have.
The typical convertible rentals here in Hawaii (my only frame of reference based on experience) are the Ford Mustang, Chrysler Sebring and Jeep Wrangler. I've ridden in all 3 and I believe the Sebring is the biggest.
It is not an uncommon sight to see tourists here on their way to the airport in a convertible with luggage piled up in the back seat or with the trunk ajar and tied down because it wouldn't close.
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Convertibles aren't going to work. They are only fun for about 20 minutes or until someone gets too windblown or too cold, it rains, or someone gets sunburned
Not enough room in the trunk for luggage.
The coast of California is not typically sunny in summer. June Gloom accurately describes the morning fog situation.
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Okay... chiming in from Hawaii. We arrived into HNL and got to Hertz. I waited outside and my husband and 14 year old went inside...came out with keys to a convertible mustang. I groaned as I knew that for a week it would not work with our two daughters - it lasted about 48 hours and husband returned it to the Hertz desk for a regular midsize. EVEN if it worked with your luggage your two children would be highly uncomfortable in the backseat with the top down - the wind is high in the back and not pleasant.
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We used to have a Mustang Convertible. One set of golf clubs, or possibly two very very small carryon bags is all that would fit in the trunk. Even if the Sebring's trunk is larger, it might fit two normal-size carryon bags. Not only that, but the back seat had no leg room. Sorry, but I don't think this will work for 4 people plus luggage unless the kids have very short legs and don't mind sitting in the back with the luggage in their laps
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We tried a convertible for our family of four... no way...
took it back the next day... back seats are tiny and totally uncomfortable... no room for luggage...
SUV or Mini van... you won't regret it...
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Our Sebring would hold luggage for 4 if you flew carry on or at least without lots of large bags, the newer ones may not be quite as large as ours. We also rented one when we went from LA to Yosemite, over to Point Reyes then down the coast and had the top down about a third of the time, mostly when we were not on interstates. It was lots of fun to be able to look all around at the beautiful scenery.
If that sounds like fun, go for it!!
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emalloy - did you have passengers in the backseat? Our convertible would have been fun for my husband and myself - it was highly uncomfortable with the top down for our daughters in the backseat - and it was squished in the backseat for them regardless of the top up or down.
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Honda CRV - if you want decent mileage, great parallel parking, sits high enough, reasonable windows, and luggage in the back. I've run the highschool carpool with this.
Personally, I want to rent a Mini Cooper, without the kids!
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We have often had passengers in the back and if they are kids they love it, adults not so much. The wind does blow in the "wrong" direction there and there is not a lot of leg room. The OP said there were 2 kids.
My personal objection to the back seat is getting out with the top up as there is only one door on each side, my grandkids can scoot in and out with no problem.
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This is from a post on TripAdvisor asking a similar question:
"Hertz.com states the following capacities for the Sebring convertible:
2 adults, 2 children, 1 large suitcase, 2 small suitcases
Note: that's just TWO adults. The back seat is so small. They are only recommending children sit there."
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I've owned several convertibles -- mostly roadsters/small sports cars but have driven ragtops of every size and type.
I love LOVE LOVE road trips w/ the top down. But not for a family and NOT w/ anything but minimal luggage. Plus there are times along the coast when a convertible is wonderful -- but more often it is bloody COLD.
When is your trip? If during the summer -- don't even consider one. If it is in mid to late Sept - when the coastal weather is just about perfect, then maybe depending on the ages/sizes of the children.
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Thanks for your thoughtful replies. I think I had better reconsider my plans!
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Perhaps a larger car with a sun roof that opens.
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I tink the age/size of the kids is key. If the kids are tweens or teens they are likly to be squised. If they are 10 or below - and not big for their ages they may be OK. BUT - you then have to deal with luggage.
I rented a Mustang convertible once in San Diego (didn;t want it - but by the time I got to the Hertz office near 11 om it was either that or a Ford Focal (?) which I though wasn;t big/powerful enough for highways.) It was OK in size for me - with my luggage in the back seat. After a meeting I had to take 3 colleagues to dinner - and even 2 petite adult women in the back were squashed - and had trouble getting in/out the door.
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We have rented convertibles many times in Hawaii. We have had Mustangs in the past. I don't think that you can have 4 people and more than 2 medium suitcases in the trunk. This year we had a Sebring. It is a bit roomier in the car, but we had 3 people, and three large suitcases and 2 carry on sizes and we could barely fit them, including one large case in the back seat. ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN YOU PUT THE TOP DOWN, YOU CAN BARELY FIT A COUPLE OF GROCERY BAGS IN THE TRUNK. THE TOP TAKES UP ALL THE SPACE. No way you can put the top down with any luggage. Also, the passengers in the back seat really get wind blown, and cannot partake in any conversation with the wind. Also with the Sebring, it is a real fiasco watching the top go down. It takes quite a while. So if you make a quick stop, it is a real time consumer to put it up, but without it up, you have zero security.
In the future, from my experienc, I would not rent a convertible for more than 2 people. And with that being said, I prefer the Mustang. The top does not take up all the trunk.
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You might have been able to get away with an older Sebring covnertible. If everybody packed light.
However, in 2008, Chrysler blew it. They reconfigured the convertible, offering both a hard- and soft-top. Both versions ate heavily into the trunk space when the top is lowered, cutting it by about a third.
I just had a new cloth top put on my 2004. The shop that did it (located in Manheim PA--they do a LOT of tops,) told me to stick with my 2004. They said they're making a lot of money off the 2008 and later Sebring convertibles.
And of course, any Sebring convertible you'd rent nowadays is going to be a late-model.
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bookhall - They certainly did screw things up in 2008. The last Sebring that we rented was pre-2008, and the trunk space wasn't bad. Even with the top down, we had space for luggage for 2 in the trunk.
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The following is based on prior ownership of a 2005 Toyota Solara. As with the Sebring, newer models may have smaller trucks so you'd need to check. Solaras are available at some car rental companies.
In my Solara, the top didn't come down into the truck so you had the same amount of trunk space with the top up or down. And for a convertible it had an amazing amount of trunk space. I could easily fit 2 large, full-size suitcases, as well as several smaller pieces of luggage in that thing. I was amazed. But them I do have a reputation for being able to get so much into a trunk that even an additional sheet of paper wouldn't fit.
As for the wind in the backseat, it can be mitigated somewhat by putting up all the side windows. As others have said, a great deal depends on the age of your children as to how they'll tolerate the wind. And, having not driven the coastal highway in California, I don't know how fast you'll be going. That's a factor, too. But it sure would be nice to have that wide open view.
Also, it had (at that time, newer models may be different) the largest back seat of any convertible that I know of. There were times when I had 4 adults in mine and the ones in the back had plenty of leg room and so did the ones in the front. And, having ridden back there myself, I can say the seat was quite comfortable. But, getting in and out with the top up was, as has been mentioned, a bit of an adventure for anyone over 5 feet tall.
So, before you rule out getting a convertible, I'd do what I did when we were thinking of renting a Sebring for one trip to Yosemite and other Parks out west. I went to my a local car rental place and asked if I could look into the trunk to see how big it was. If you find someone has a Solara in their rental fleet out where you're going, see if you can find one locally to check out.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Book Review-- Am I Not A Man: The Dred Scott Story by Mark Shurtleff
I am thrilled to take part in reviewing a new book by Utah's Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff.
I can tell you it's not one of those books. Mark Shurtleff is an excellent writer. He found a balance between just giving a history report and making history come alive.
I received a free advanced reader copy of the book and set to work reading it. I still had a hard time getting into the book. Sometimes it takes me a while to get a feel for and identify with different writing styles. And be warned that this is a book about history--it's overflowing with historical details on every page. As you read this book, you will come to know Dred Scott from his very origin to his growing years until he becomes a father and a free man.
I had difficulty following the timeline of the story because it jumps around a lot, back and forth from historical happenings when Dred was born to 50 years later, etc. The version of the book available to the public has a timeline so that should make it a tad easier to follow.
Even though I had a hard time getting into the book and at times felt like I was reading a history book instead of a dramatized history book, I still want you to read it. I think you will enjoy it. I think this book is of vital importance because it reminds us of where we have come as a nation and that we cannot stand idly by and allow atrocities to exist in our midst. It isn't slavery today in The United States of America that we have a problem with--it's many more things that are terrible, yet on the rise.
As you read this book, you'll come to know the Blow family and their amazing fortitude when it came to helping their friend and former slave, Dred Scott.
Are you worried about the 534 page count? I have pretty good stamina when it comes to reading. As a junior in high school, I read every single page of my American History book and that sucker was huge. I had a super-amazing teacher, Mr. Cazier who lectured every day with all kinds of amazing facts. I wish I could remember everything I read and heard, even though I've lost some of that info, it left an impression on me: I belong to a great nation of many freedoms and a colorful history that can teach us so much. Don't let the page count frighten you.
Once you immerse yourself in the life of Dred Scott you'll be just like me, rooting for him with every turn of the page, crying at the injustices that men placed upon other men because of the color of their skin, and asking yourself--How did I not know this before?
I learned so much from this book and to me that allows the book to soar pretty high in my personal ranking because I have a love of learning. I'm grateful to Mark Shurtleff for compiling the magnificent amount of history that he put into this book, for making it come to life, and for reaffirming what I already know about humanity--We are all children of God who loves us, despite our race, nationality, ethnicity, religious affiliation--we are all children of God.
Our Founding Fathers knew this truth and wanted this nation to be a free nation for ALL. I hope that you will have an opportunity to read this book and refresh your memory on the great building blocks this country was established.
I highly recommend purchasing your own copy of Am I Not A Man? The Dred Scott Story"
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Victoria should play a lead role in cancer control within the Asia-Pacific region to help address the growing burden of cancer and other non-communicable diseases in developing countries.
The region's cancer burden is expected to grow considerably over the next decade to nearly 6.5 million new cases per year, or an increase of 41 percent. On the eve of important global discussions about the epidemic, Cancer Council Victoria CEO Todd Harper said the expertise and resources available in Australia and New Zealand should be shared with organisations around the globe.
"Many of our neighbouring countries have limited resources when it comes to cancer control. So it makes sense to take the significant learning and gains made in Victoria and consider how this could best be applied or adapted elsewhere to progress prevention, support and advocacy on behalf of those impacted by cancer in the Asia-Pacific region."
On the occasion of World Cancer Day, more than 50 health leaders from around the world will gather in Melbourne today for a cancer control roundtable co-hosted by Cancer Council Victoria, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).
A new report, launched today by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), shows that as a single entity cancer is now the world's biggest killer . Roundtable talks will focus on identifying the urgent priorities of the region and the potential to coordinate efforts between civil society organisations, the private sector and government bodies.
Representatives will include President of the Cancer Society of Malaysia Dr Saunthari Somasundaram, Cancer Society of New Zealand CEO, Mr Dalton Kelly and World Medical Association Chair of Council Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, as well as staff from the Victorian Department of Health.
Progress from the roundtable will be reported back during the World Cancer Congress in Melbourne in December when more than 2500 cancer control experts and leaders in global health from 110 countries will gather.
Dr Somasundaram said such events were critical: "The region in which we are based is truly unique in that the cancer issues we face vary from country to country. That being said, we all fight a common cause and can therefore greatly benefit from the sharing of best practice and pooling of resources".
Member of the Board of Directors of UICC, and Deputy CEO at the Cancer Institute NSW, Professor Sanchia Aranda also strongly supports regional collaboration.
"The Asia-Pacific region currently represents over 30 percent of all cancer cases so if our countries can work together on improving upon this, it will go a long way towards reducing the global cancer burden as a whole."


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The company is simply trying to reclaim sales in the medium car segment. It is the second price cut in a year for the Vectra, which has struggled since the new model was introduced in April 2003 amid claims it was too expensive.
Equipment levels have also been upgraded. An MP3-compatible CD player is now standard in all Vectra models, while the CDX (above left) gets larger 17-inch seven-spoke alloy wheels. The range-topping CDXi adds rain-sensitive wipers, automatic headlights, power mirrors with memory function and an anti-glare rear view mirror.
A new variant has been added to the range, with the base model Vectra CD now available with the choice of a four-cylinder engine or a V6, which previously had been reserved for the flagship models. The CD V6 is only available with an automatic transmission; the hatch is $35,990 and the sedan $36,990 - a $4000 premium on the four-cylinder versions.
The Vectra CD manual sedan with four-cylinder engine now costs $29,990 (down from $31,990), while the hatch is $30,990 ($32,990). The range-topping CDXi comes in hatch form only and costs $45,990 ($47,990). Automatic adds $2000.
Also due in Holden dealerships at the start of February is an updated Commodore SV8 (above right). The original SV8 was basically an Executive with SS components under the skin, including the V8 engine and sports suspension. But the model has not been as popular as Holden had hoped; it says buyers of performance sedans want their cars to have a more overt appearance. So, Holden has given the SV8 the sports styling treatment and it gets the same exterior as the SV6 (which has the same bodykit as the SS).
Equipment upgrades include a leather steering wheel, body-coloured mirrors, side airbags, power windows and a new hero colour - impulse blue - which is also shared with the SV6 and SS. However, the price has increased by $2000 to account for the extra equipment. The SV8 now costs $43,990 with either a six-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission. Leather trim is a $2190 option, rear parking sensors are $495 and metallic paint costs $315.
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He's back on the soul train! Bruno Mars prepared his fans for the upcoming release of his new album, 24K Magic, by releasing a track from it on Thursday, November 3.
The soulful pop star dropped "Versace on the Floor," and it's in stark contrast to the upbeat title track he brought out last month.
His new song is sultry and slow, and it has some suggestive lyrics too.
The 31-year-old funkster sings: "So baby let's just turn down the lights and close the door / Oh, I love that dress, but you won't need it anymore."
When he spoke about the track to Rolling Stone he said the tune is "supposed to be a big ballad on the album" and revealed he had to remix it numerous times because it sounded too much like "poolside music."
He also admitted: "At a certain point I needed to stop telling you we're gonna get down, and just get down."
Mars' new album is set for release on November 18. His last one, Unorthodox Jukebox, was released four years ago, in December 2012.
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GeoServer is a software server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Designed for interoperability, it publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards. GeoServer is the reference implementation of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Coverage Service (WCS) standards, as well as a high performance certified compliant Web Map Service (WMS). GeoServer forms a core component of the Geospatial Web.
Opticks is similar to commercial tools like ERDAS IMAGINE, RemoteView, ENVI, or SOCET GXP. Unlike other competing tools, you can add capability to Opticks by creating extensions. It supports the following file formats: NITF 2.0/2.1, GeoTIFF, ENVI, ASPAM/PAR, CGM, DTED, Generic RAW, ESRI Shapefile, HDF5, AVI, MPEG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP. It can zoom, pan, or rotate spatially large datasets. It can quickly layer GIS features, annotations, results, and other information over your data to provide context. It has many image display controls such as colormap, histogram, transparency, etc. Support for datasets larger than four gigabytes. Analysts can quickly combine steps using graphical wizards. Support for processing data in its native interleave of BIP, BSQ, or BIL. Extensions can add new processing algorithms, file formats, visualizations of the data, or data types.
The OpenGeo Suite is an integrated package of best of breed open source geospatial software providing an easy to install Web-mapping and data sharing solution. It consists of several components. GeoServer is a map and feature server providing standardized Web access to underlying GIS data sources and cartographic quality maps. GeoWebCache is a Web map accelerator, intelligently caching and serving tiles to make maps scale. Styler provides Web styling of maps, built on OpenLayers and GeoExt. GeoExplorer is a pure Javascript map composition application built on OpenLayers and Geoext. Dashboard is a cross-platform desktop application to access all the components. There are samples of Javascript functionality to build custom Web applications.
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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) announced a new software feature for handheld wireless measurements on its E6474A network optimization platform that turns a standard WiMAX PC Card (CPE) into the industry's smallest WiMAX scanning solution for Drive Test. This new mode of operation gives network equipment manufacturers and wireless operators' RF engineering teams the most cost-effective way to confirm WiMAX coverage and provide basic troubleshooting tasks to assess signal quality.
A commercial WiMAX CPE and Agilent's E6474A network optimization platform with option E6474-655 enables this new mode of operation. A single WiMAX CPE can be used either in "Phone" mode as a standard WiMAX CPE or in "Scanning Mode," providing dedicated RF measurements on up to 10 channels. For each channel, a Preamble Index Decode, BSID, RSSI, CINR and MAC messages are reported for the dominant, visible server(s), providing a comprehensive view of the surrounding network.
"Our new WiMAX scanning functionality enables the subscriber device to be used as a dedicated scanner," said Jonathan Dunbar, general manager of Agilent's Drive Test business. "This delivers the Wireless industry's smallest and most cost-effective solution for basic WiMAX coverage and signal quality assessment."
Benefits of the Agilent E6474A Drive Test WiMAX Scanning Mode option include:
- Small size: Smallest, lightest WiMAX scanning solution available – ideal for indoor testing
- "Phone" and "Scanner" capability: Single WiMAX CPE can be used as a phone to validate WiMAX service performance and as a scanner to assess WiMAX coverage and signal quality
- Ease of use: Single solution addresses multiple optimization tasks
- Future-proof of investment: Same software license used for the WiMAX Scanning Mode also enables WiMAX measurements for the W1314A Receivers; simply add a WiMAX-capable W1314A receiver when more advanced troubleshooting is needed
- Advanced troubleshooting capabilities: Increased measurement speeds, greater multicarrier support and dedicated interference and spectrum analyzer modes
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent E6474A Scanning Mode feature is available now in Release 12.0. Pricing starts at $15,600.
Information about Agilent's E6474A WiMAX Drive Test solution is available.
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A Principal Member of the WiMAX Forum (www.wimaxforum.org), Agilent Technologies is an active participant in this organization. As a world leader in test and measurement solutions, Agilent continues to be at the forefront of this emerging market, offering WiMAX design and test solutions that span the entire technology lifecycle — R&D, design verification and pre-conformance, conformance, manufacturing through network deployment, and service assurance. Information about Agilent's WiMAX design and test solutions can be found at www.agilent.com/find/wimax.
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FDA Found E. Coli In Cookie Dough The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced it found E. coli O157:H7 in a sample of prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough currently under recall by the manufacturer and marketer, Nestlé USA. The contaminated sample was collected at Nestlé's facility in Danville, Virginia on June 25, 2009.
On June 19, the FDA and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due to the risk of contamination with E. coli O157:H7. The warning was based on an epidemiological study conducted by the CDC and several state and local health departments. As of June 25, the CDC reported that 69 peopled from 29 states had been infected with the outbreak strain; 34 people were hospitalized, nine with a severe complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). To date, there have been no reports of death associated with the outbreak, the FDA said.
More laboratory testing is needed to conclusively link the E. coli strain found in the product to the same strain that is causing the outbreak, the FDA said.
Meanwhile, we reported last week that officials at Nestlé's Danville, Virginia facility legally refused—on several occasions—to provide FDA officials access to certain records during inspections, citing the Wall Street Journal. That facility has been implicated in the multi-state E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.
FDA Warned Consumers Not To Eat Cookie Dough
At the time that the FDA issued its warning to consumers to not eat any varieties of Prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough, it said that dozens of E. coli illnesses might be related to consumption of raw cookie dough; Nestlé recalled 300,000 cases of those cookie dough products and announced the temporary closing of its Danville, Virginia plant because of the E. coli outbreak. Inspectors from the FDA have been at the plant trying to determine how the cookie dough might have come in contact with E. coli. According to the CDC, E. coli O157:H7 has not been previously associated with eating raw cookie dough.
An earlier Journal report stated that during some inspections over the past five years, officials at the Nestlé plant in Danville refused to allow the FDA to look at records relating to issues such as pest control. For instance, in 2006 an FDA inspector was not permitted access to consumer complaints, and was not able to inspect the facility's food contamination prevention program. During that inspection, dirty equipment and "three live ant-like insects" were noted, but these were insufficient to give the facility a failing grade, the Journal said.
According to the Journal, in most instances, companies are not required to show those types of records to the FDA, and such refusals are not uncommon. The FDA can only compel food firms to turn them over if it invokes a bioterrorism law, and can show that foods made at a facility pose a serious health threat. The only exception to this would be facilities that produce infant formula, seafood, juices, and low-acid canned food, the Journal said.
Nestlé USA consumer services can be reached at 1-800-559-5025 or accessed at www.verybestbaking.com. A complete listing of recalled Nestlé products can be accessed at: http://www.Nestlé usa.com/PubNews/PressReleaseLibraryDetails.aspx?id=133CC131-A79F-4E84-9C43-C9F99FE5BC99
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