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In 2007, the Pew Internet & American Life study found that one in ten internet users had a job that required them to self-promote or market their name online. Two years later, it found that the share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years, from 8% in 2005 to 35%, and it's very likely that with the internet being at the front and center of international business, this proportion will continue to increase in step.
There's no doubt that doing business as an individual or in a team internationally has become much easier with the advent of the internet, new networking technologies and more diverse ways of collaborating. But, as can be seen by the statistics above, the ability to differentiate from the competition is much more difficult as more and more people join business networks, use job-hunting sites and build their professional brand online.
Personal digital branding is just beginning to emerge as a new tool for recruiters and career managers to help differentiate people online. It's only been in the past year or two that celebrities and sports stars have started really thinking about personal branding online in a consolidated fashion, especially in light of new ???celebrities' being launched from sites like YouTube (think Susan Boyle). So if it can work for them, it can certainly work for you. Here are three tools to help you stand out further from the crowd.
Be social, go glocal
What's glocal?! It's the ability to talk about local issues on a global stage, using social media. Basically, you have an expertise that you can share that may be best expressed using local examples. You can share the benefit of your experience on a global platform by utilizing all of the free social media channels at your disposal, enabling you to have a global voice. It's not just blogging these days ??? although ???long form' content is still extremely useful for search engines, and it's important to consider easy-to-use platforms that can be branded with your personal brand such as Posterous, which can be updated from email. Micro-blogging, like Twitter or Google Buzz, can enable you to tell your story to a whole bunch of people. Qik enables you to tell your story via the medium of video. All of these can generate a good footprint online for you, but you need to keep the momentum up.
Take control of your online presence
You may already be utilizing social media sites such as Twitter, which enable people to converse and market to potential customers at incredibly low cost. That's a positive and controllable way of engaging with potential customers (as long as you don't drunk-tweet ??? what goes online can potentially stay online forever!). However, how do you maximize the potential of your efforts in social media, and point people to the things online that you want them to see (and perhaps fewer of the things you don't want them to see)?
The best way to do this is to centralize all of the things you want people to see and where you want them to interact with you under a .tel name. A .tel domain gives you the benefits of discoverability and ownership that a traditional domain brings, but without the hassle of having to build and pay monthly for hosting and developing your own site. It's proven to be an excellent resource for individuals using free resources for blogging, but wishing to be found in an authoritative place online under their control, where they share what they want to share. From as little as $10 per year, you can brand yourself under your own .tel domain name and easily change the information quickly as you need to. These domains can also act as a single point of contact for customers.
There's no doubt that more niche business networking sites are starting to ???up' their game in terms of the quality of relationships that can be built on their platforms. Joining LinkedIn, Viadeo or Xing will bring benefits, especially from the networking groups that are starting to appear on things like LinkedIn. With more integration of Twitter and other elements into these business networks, the ability to promote a professional side to online networking is really starting to come to the forefront.
Marketing yourself, your skills and your potential is now one of the most important things you can do as a professional. Take time to implement a few of these easy online marketing tools to help stand out from your competition.


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So, I'm back with a tutorial for you! :)
This is a variation on the Churn Dash quilt block. I love the look of it, just a bit different from the typical block, but still most definitely a Churn Dash. This tutorial will give you a 12.5" (unfinished) block. So...let's get to it!
|Churn Dash variation block
For this block you will need 3 different fabrics: a light, a medium and a dark. (You can obviously use whichever fabrics you like, but you definitely want some sort of contrast, be it value or pattern)
|My fabric pull for this block. A light, medium and dark.
When giving cutting measurements, I am always slightly generous. I prefer to give myself a little wiggle room for sewing and then cut to perfect size after seams are sewn. Also, make sure that whatever length you cut your strips, cut all three strips the same exact length, it will save you some headaches. ;)
I do most of my sewing late at night, and with the terrible lighting here my pics are usually fairly crappy, but be prepared for worse than normal pics this time. Nothing seemed to be in-focus, which of course I didn't know until after I loaded them onto the computer...too late of course. Live and learn.
Ok, let's get started.
From your light fabric (or fabric #1) cut:
1 - 2" strip that is 19-20" long
1 - 7.25" square
From your medium fabric( fabric #2) cut:
1 - 1.75" strip that is 19-20" long
1 - 4.5" square
From your dark fabric (fabric #3) cut:
1 - 1.75" strip that is 19-20" long
1 - 7.25" square
|Here's what you should have after everything is cut.
Unless otherwise noted all seams are sewn with a scant 1/4".
Place your light and dark 7.25" squares right side together and sew around all 4 sides. Basically you'll end up with a closed square.
Take your ruler and make two cuts across the diagonals of the square.
You should end up with 4 HST's when you open them up. Set and press your seams. You will need to trim your HST's down to 4.5" squares after pressing. When they've been trimmed, set your HST units aside.
Next take your 3 strips of fabric and lay them out with the light on the left, the medium in the middle and the dark on the right. First, sew your light and medium strips together, then sew the dark strip to the medium strip. When you're finished, set and press your seams.
|Sew your strips together...be sure to line them up at at least one end the best you can.
You only have a little wiggle room for cutting.
Take your strip set and square off one end. Then you need to cut the strip set into 4 pieces that measure 4.5" long. (Depending on what length strips you cut you will have between 1/2" - 1" of extra so measure carefully! ) When they're cut, you should end up with 4.5" squares.
|I love this little 4.5" square. Use it all the time!
Lay out your units like the picture below and make sure your HST units and strip units are laid out in the correct orientation....darks should be toward the center for all units.
Now it's just a matter of putting your 9 patch together.... sew your units into rows and then your rows into the final block.
Be sure to set and press all your seams and verify that your block measures 12.5" square. If it does...you're finished!!
It's an easy block that looks more complex than it is. Gotta love that, right?! :)

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3M Touch Systems has announced a multi-touch LCD developer kit that tracks up to 10 individual fingers and is compatible with the Windows 7. The 3M Multi-touch Developer Kit is a 19-inch wide-aspect ratio (16:10, 1440x900 resolution) LCD display with built-in touch technology. Supporting standard flick and scale gestures, as well as accurately tracking 10 individual fingers from single or multiple users, this display has a glass surface and less than 15 milliseconds touch response.
"3M is very excited to offer a developer kit that supports true multi-touch functionality," says Scott Hagermoser of 3M Touch Systems. "Software developers have been clamoring for multi-touch functionality and the upcoming release of Windows 7 only increases the need for a full multi-touch display. With the availability of this multi-touch developer kit, software developers now have a projected capacitive hardware platform that finally fulfills the promise of true multi-touch interactivity which they can use to build next-generation software applications."
For more information on multi-touch software development, see Gestures, Multi-touch, and Microsoft Surface and Designing for Multi-Touch, Multi-User and Gesture-Based Systems.


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Pentagon inspector general says execution of risk-based approach missed $250 million in savings.
The Defense Contract Audit Agency's two-year-old effort to review fewer contracts and focus on high-dollar returns continues to attract critics.
A recent Pentagon inspector general's report found problems with the newly reorganized DCAA's execution of a bid to revamp its audit procedures to stress quality over quantity. The approach -- which involves raising by tenfold the dollar amounts that trigger detailed audits -- could leave as much as $250 million a year in unjustified costs unrecovered, the IG said. Specifically, the report said the Office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy had not performed a "business case analysis" to support the decision to alter DCAA's priorities in choosing contracts to review.
"Had DPAP evaluated rates of return across the DCAA audit portfolio, DPAP could have achieved the same results by redirecting DCAA resources from low-risk audits and services to higher risk areas of the portfolio," the report said. It also said DCAA has failed to implement a risk-based planning process as recommended by the Business Board, and criticized a decision to turn over certain auditing duties to the Defense Contract Management Agency that DCMA was not prepared to reliably accomplish.
The IG recommended that DCAA return to its old thresholds for auditing until it has put in place a risk-based audit planning process, and that DCMA proceed with scheduled corrective actions.
DCAA managers, responding to a draft of the report, agreed only with one of the recommendations. They said the $250 million estimate of potentially lost savings was "overstated" by about half.
A group of specialists at Apogee Consulting Inc., who have long reported on DCAA's management troubles as documented by the Government Accountability Office, published a critique in late November sounding an alarm about the IG report. "We're not saying that these reports are so damning that the people called out by them should be fired," the specialists wrote. "But we do believe that these reports are so damning that the people called out by them should consider resigning their positions, and letting more effective leaders take their turns in the batter's box."
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Song Chen is the current director of the China Institute at Bucknell University.
Educational Background
- Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University in 2011.
- His research focuses on state-society relations in China between the eighth and the eighteenth century. His dissertation traces the evolution of a decentralized structure of governance in Sichuan (a southwestern region of China) during these centuries and the concomitant transformation of the political elite into a group with deep roots in local society and wide regional connections beyond local borders. His article "Local Society under a Decentralized Rule: The Case of Sichuan in Song Dynasty" is currently being translated into Japanese for publication in Japan.
- Song Chen is also actively exploring new ways of studying and teaching history in the digital age. His research combines prosopography, network analysis, and historical GIS to reveal macrohistorical patterns that had been hitherto buried in large quantities of historical sources as disparate anecdotes.


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#32 wrote:tHe_pEsTiLeNcE wrote:I think that taxing smokers is a good thing to do because it discourages the new smoking trend in Los Angeles that's risen up over the last couple of years. People are replacing anorexia with cigarettes to lose weight (since it makes you less hungry). This tax won't stop people who are already addicts, but it will help prevent new people from becoming addicted.
Yes, but what about the people that are already addicted?
They're being exploited by 86. We already have enough cash shoveled into various anti-smoking organizations. We don't need to take a bigger cut outta some 60-year old lady's wellfare check.
If moronic 17-year old girls start sucking cancer sticks to lose a few vanity pounds, than screw them. That's just plain ignorant. But I don't feel it necessary to tax a steel mill worker off a 12-hour shift that needs to relax.
The college students that become addicts? Idiotic. They've been told ALL their life not to smoke. I'm a college student who smokes cigars every could of weeks, but I'm far from addicted. Anybody out of my generation whose become addicted to ciggarettes is a flat out moron. No questions, no excuses, no BS. You're a moron. Your life is NOT that hard.
addiction is a genetically-based disease, no doubt, and we need to keep working on treatments. I agree that the info isn out there, but since you are in college, you also know that folks your age believe they are immortal, anyway. I think at this point, it is fair to say that if you smoke in the US, esp. California, you are likely to be one or more of the following: Young, uneducated, from Euro or Asia or Latin America.
One thing that always puzzled me - it never seemed like the tiny rush from cigarettes was worth the health cost. I can totally understand other addictions, from drugs to booze to sex to gambling, because the payoff is much bigger, but cigarettes taste horrible to me, and it just seems like they are a calming agent for nervous folks with an oral fixation...


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Find and prove an upper bound on the number of times that two distinct polynomials of degree $d$ can intersect.
What if the polynomials' degrees differ?
My attempt:
let $p(x)$ and $q(x)$ be two distinct polynomials of degree $d$.
And they intersect if and only if $p(x_i)=q(x_i)$ for some $x_i$
Then the problem becomes to find the number of roots of $f(x) = p(x_i)-q(x_i) =0$
Since both of polynomials are degree of $d$, then $f(x)$ which is the difference between these two polynomials can only have degree of at most $d$, then the number of roots of $f(x)$ is $d$.
If the degrees of these two polynomial differ, then the number of roots of $f(x) =\max(\text{ degree of p}, \text{ degree of q}).$
I feel like I have done something wrong here since based on Paul's link, it should intersect at most $d^2$ times.


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New Bedford School Superintendent Pia Durkin informed New Bedford High School educators just before winter break that she intends to implement a school "turnaround plan" under which all staff will be required to reapply for their jobs and that at least 50 percent of them will not be rehired.
This announcement sent shock waves throughout the district. NBHS has been designated a Level 4 school and therefore is subject to school improvement interventions under state and federal laws and regulations. In order to be eligible for federal funds to support a school improvement plan, a district must choose from one of four redesign strategies. However, of the four redesign strategies available, the "turnaround" model that requires changing half the staff is the most drastic. Based on the experience of the other Level 4 schools in the state, the more collaborative "transformation" model has a greater track record of success.
The district began negotiating with the New Bedford Educators Association over the impact of the proposed changes on January 7.
The NBEA and the Massachusetts Teachers Association both strongly oppose the involuntary dismissal of half the staff and are urging district administrators and the political leaders in New Bedford to reconsider their decision. The NBEA is asking MTA members to attend a rally on January 17, at 3:30 p.m., at New Bedford City Hall to support NBHS teachers and protest the mass dismissal of staff, which threatens to disrupt the education of high school students as well as the livelihood of educators.
Below is a statement on this issue that we released today.
The MTA strongly opposes school turnaround models that rely on the forced turnover of large numbers of staff. These strategies are disruptive to the lives of educators as well as to the students and communities they serve. The negative impact on the morale of educators in the district from such an action would greatly impair the district's ability to attract and retain highly qualified educators in the future and would lead to an atmosphere of fear, anger, sadness and distrust for years to come.
The MTA believes that a far better way to serve NBHS students is for organizations representing educators, administrators, parents, students, business and community leaders to sit down together and work on a school improvement plan that:
• is based on a shared vision of success and interventions and strategies supported by solid educational research;
• provides consistent district and school-based leadership;
• builds on the strengths of the school and community; and
• provides supports, resources and professional development where there are deficiencies.
For this reason, we call upon the administration of the New Bedford Public Schools and the city's political leadership to rescind their decision to involuntarily dismiss all of the NBHS staff and require them to reapply.
We ask that the district leadership meet with the union leadership and educators at the high school immediately to construct a meaningful plan with measurable improvement goals. This plan should identify specific resources and supports to meet these goals.
NBHS educators have long worked very hard to provide their students with a quality education despite working under five superintendents in six years. They welcome new strategies to improve the academic achievement, graduation rates and social and emotional health of their students. If the educators and administrators of New Bedford High School are committed to the implementation of a collaboratively developed strategic turnaround plan, then the educators and administrators should be permitted to remain working at the newly designed High School.
The MTA believes that this approach has the greatest likelihood of improving student success through a process that can be supported by all parties involved.


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Enough with the snarky comments about Danica Patrick.
Sure, she gets more attention than her accomplishments warrant because she's a pretty face competing in a male-dominated sport.
Who knows if she'll ever be a series champion because, quite frankly, it's a rare breed that climbs to the top of any sport. Maybe she's destined to be a middle-of-the-pack racer her entire career, someone who can be counted on for solid results and an occasional win.
But, you know what? She deserves to be here.
That was evident for 199 laps at the Daytona 500 on Sunday, when she started from the pole, led a total of five laps and ran near the front for most of "The Great American Race."
"At these speeds, she's very comfortable," five-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson said. "She held a great wheel. She was smooth and predictable. She was able to take advantage of the runs when she had them."
Then, the guy who had just won the sport's biggest race for the second time doled out the ultimate compliment.
"She was just a car on the track," Johnson said. "I didn't think about it being Danica. She was just another car on the track that was fast."
Patrick finally looked like a NASCAR Cup rookie on her last trip around the 21/2-mile oval. Suddenly, she was timid and unsure of herself. Running third when the white flag waved, she never gave herself a chance to challenge the two guys in front of her, Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. In fact, she appeared to be going in reverse, hung out going down the backstretch as five cars zoomed past her.
She came across the line in eighth, a bit of a letdown to be sure. Surely, the people who tuned in only because of Danicamania were disappointed she didn't make a more aggressive run for the win.
Patience, everyone. This is a driver who cut her teeth racing sleek, open-wheel cars. She hasn't figured out how to win in one of these bulky stock cars.
"I know I'll be better next time," Patrick vowed.
She certainly knows how the game is played off the track, doing numerous interviews and promotional appearances after becoming the first woman to win a Daytona 500 pole. But, once the guy from the Zac Brown Band had finished singing the national anthem, it was time to go racing. She put in her ear plugs and showed the single-minded determination that impresses her rivals.
"If you want a picture with my back to you, that's fine," Patrick said coldly. "But I'm getting in the car because it's time to go to work."
Shortly after the green flag came out Patrick was quickly passed by the other car on the front row, driven by Jeff Gordon. But, near the midway point of the race, she came out of the pits in second and sped past Michael Waltrip for the lead -- the first woman ever to lead a Cup race under full-speed conditions (Janet Guthrie, the pioneer for women racers like Patrick, led a few laps under yellow in the 1970s).
Patrick wasn't out front for long, but she was never too far back. She reported that her car was vibrating at one point, but it didn't slow her down. Her biggest stumbles came in the pits, where she kept spinning her wheels trying to get away quickly from the box at the far end of the lane, losing valuable track position time and time again.
Otherwise, it was a largely drama-free day, which is just the way you want things to be on a restrictor-plate track such as Daytona, where the field gets all bunched up and the slightest miscue can take out a whole pack of cars.
Patrick felt so comfortable driving at nearly 200 mph that she spent much of the afternoon going over strategy in her head, envisioning what the final lap might look like and what she might have to do to get around the cars ahead of her. Passing was at a premium in the new Gen-6 stock car, with only the most experienced drivers knowing how to pick their spots and generate the sort of momentum needed to get around someone.
Not ashamed to ask for advice, Patrick chatted up her crew chief and spotter over the radio, picking their brains on what strategy might work at the end of the race.
"How am I gonna do this?" Patrick recalled thinking. "I didn't know what to do exactly. Maybe that's just my inexperience. Maybe it was not me thinking hard enough. I'm not sure. I was a little bit uncertain how to do that."
Clearly, she didn't figure it out.
But it's time to accept she's not just a well-connected female taking up the spot of a more deserving male.
Danica belongs.
Patrick proves she can compete
Enough with the snarky comments about Danica Patrick.


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Progressive Electronics, Mesa, Ariz., recently changed its name to Tempo-Mesa. In 1999, the telephone test set and probe manufacturer was acquired by Textron Inc. (www.textron.com), Providence, R.I., and it now operates under the name of its parent company, Tempo (www.tempo.textron.com).
According to the company, equipment under its Progessive brand name will transition to the Tempo brand name and label in the coming months.
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According to Nielsen's latest Cross-Platform report that studies how content is consumed, the average amount of live television watched each day has dropped by approximately two percent over the previous year. Alternatively, the amount of time spent watching content recorded on a DVR has increased by approximately eight percent over the same time period. In addition, the number of people watching television programs over the Internet on a computer or streaming shows on a mobile smartphone has increased year-over-year. Regarding physical media, the amount of people watching DVD or Blu-ray discs decreased slightly over the same time period and video game usage remained the same.
Specific to age, older adults were vastly more likely to spend more time watching live television than younger adults. Men over the age of 35 spend approximately five and a half hours per day watching television while women of the same age range spend a bit over six hours. The younger 18 to 34 year old demographic spends about three and half hours watching television on the male side and slightly more than four hours per day on the female side.
DVR usage was highest among adults between the ages of 35 to 64 while watching video on the Internet was most popular with young adults between the ages of 18 to 34. When it comes to watching video on a mobile phone, children between the ages of 12 to 17 and young adults between the ages of 18 to 24 were the most likely to watch programming on their smartphone. Regarding ethnicity and race, African-Americans consumed the most traditional live television with an average of 210 hours per month while Asian-Americans watched the least with an average of 100 hours per month.
When it comes to cord cutting, the amount of people that are subscribing to cable television has dropped by about five percent year-over-year. Television service through satellite or telecommunication companies has stayed relatively stable. Interestingly, the number of people that subscribe to broadband Internet service and only watch broadcast television over-the-air has increased over the past twelve months.
Regarding home theater hardware, the amount of DVD or Blu-ray players used in U.S. homes decreased by nearly three percent while the amount of DVR devices has increased by nine percent year-over-year.
In addition, the amount of high definition televisions within U.S. homes increased by nine percent and video game console market penetration also increased by three percent. Specifically, forty-six percent of U.S. homes have a gaming console and thirty-nine percent have a seventh-generation gaming console within the home.
In addition, gaming consoles are getting more usage as an entertainment hub than a standalone DVD or Blu-ray player. Beyond simply playing games, PlayStation 3 owners spend an average of 36 minutes on the console each day for other entertainment like streaming video on Netflix, Vudu or Hulu Plus. In addition, Xbox 360 owners spend about 32 minutes per day on the console and Wii owners spend about 17 minutes on the console each day. Households that utilize a seventh-generations gaming console are more likely to have broadband Internet access, spend money each month on extra services and experiment with new electronic devices within the home.


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– Integration with social media: It is a major mistake to leave out social media in your marketing plan because this is where you will be able to interact best with your customers.
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Jessica Alba has just assaulted my TV, showing off her new Revlon Foundation, Custom Creations which has a dial that lets you choose a colour. I haven't looked for this foundation in the shops yet but since they are advertising it, it should be out…
It's $13.99 so I am guessing it will be around £13 in the UK.
You choose a base colour of – Fair/Light, Light, Light/Medium, Medium, Medium/Deep and Deep.
It reminds me of the Model's Prefer Dial a Foundation – I can't find a picture of it but it came in this hideous big plastic container with a dial on the front that let you choose your shade. It was a disgusting oily texture and the shades weren't great either. Yukky.
Anyway, I am intrigued by this so I'll probably get one to try.
And just to rub it in, Alba-beyatch says "This is mine, get your own". I have to pay for mine, did you Jessica?! Did you?! Let's face it, you probably use La Mer or Chantecaille, so shut your pie hole!
UPDATE: You can get this from Boots, its £13.99 currently reduced to £9.99 as an introductory price!


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The unserious posturing over the "fiscal cliff"
News Analysis
When they leaked it to reporters on Thursday, House Republicans deemed the White House offer to avert the "fiscal cliff" to be a "joke," an "insult" and "a complete break from reality." The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, let it be known that he "burst into laughter" when he heard the plan, which included $1.6 trillion in tax increases and $400 billion in future, unspecified spending cuts.
"It was not a serious proposal," House Speaker John Boehner said Friday.
There is some truth to that. Mr. Obama's initial ask goes far beyond what could ever pass the GOP-led House; it reflects Mr. Obama's budget priorities, which come nowhere close to the priorities of House Republicans. It does not reflect an effort to compromise.
Yet Boehner's criticism of the president's proposal also applies to himself and his colleagues. Neither side has offered up a plan that comes close to what could realistically pass both houses of Congress. Boehner, in fact, has offered no plan at all: When he is pressed by reporters on his position, he says to look to the House Republican budgets to understand what his side is seeking. When Rep. Tiberi, R-Ohio, was asked about the apparent lack of a GOP "fiscal cliff" offer on Medicare, he responded, "we passed a Medicare plan in our budget."
Republicans are thus arguing that the controversial budgets spearheaded by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., are effectively their proposal. And the Ryan budget, with its deep cuts to entitlements and other spending, has the same chance of getting through the Senate as the Obama proposal has getting through the House: Zero. If the Obama proposal is a "joke," then the Republican proposal is the exact same joke.
Here's the reality: Despite the fact that the "fiscal cliff" deadline is just a month away, the two sides have yet to get serious about coming to an agreement, at least publicly. (It's anyone's guess what's happening behind closed doors - despite leaks from both sides that have fed speculative news stories, there is no evidence that either side has yet made major concessions.) They are effectively at the beginning of negotiations, with each player posturing in an effort to improve his position before the real deal-making begins.
Both sides know that the positions they are publicly insisting on are not serious. Any talk about a willingness to be conciliatory - Boehner said today that "Republicans are not seeking to impose our will on the president," while the president said "all of us are going to have to get out of our comfort zones" - simply does not square with their current position in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations.}
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday criticized Boehner's posturing as a "tactic." She's right. But she left out the fact that Mr. Obama's offer is a tactic as well. Think of it this way: You want to buy a car that is worth $5,000. You offer $1,000. The seller counters with $20,000. That's about where things stand at the moment in the "fiscal cliff" fight.
This is not a new script. It's how Washington works. Whether it was the battle over health care or standoffs over government shutdowns, partisans have regularly staked out ostensibly immovable positions before (in most cases) finding their way to compromise. What does it take to get there? For starters, a deadline. In Washington, a month is a relative lifetime. Lawmakers tend not to get down to serious business until the moment of truth -- in this case going over the "fiscal cliff" -- is nearly at hand. (In this case, the deadline has been blurred somewhat by the fact that some lawmakers say they are willing to go over the "cliff," in part because it's actually more of a slope.)
There are signs of hope: Boehner amended the House schedule next week so that all business will be finished by 3 p.m. Wednesday. That will get much of the rank and file out of town and allow Boehner to focus on working with the White House to move toward compromise. William Galston, a former policy adviser to President Bill Clinton and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, said the key to potentially moving forward is simply bringing the players together, away from distractions. He pointed to the near-agreement between the president and Boehner 18 months ago on a "grand bargain" as evidence.
"I think that one of the things that we're seeing so far is the limits of trying to do this with news leaks and public events," he said. "I don't think that any of those will make any difference. Ultimately this will be resolved by a small number of people in the same room exploring the possibility of an agreement and maybe - maybe - figuring out a way to make it stick."


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Tom Thibodeau and Monty Williams are joining the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, adding two respected defensive coaches to Mike Krzyzewski's staff.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim returns to round out the staff for the next three years, USA Basketball announced Monday.
Thibodeau, whose Chicago Bulls are one of the NBA's toughest defensive teams, and the New Orleans Pelicans' Williams will replace Mike D'Antoni and Nate McMillan.
Thibodeau said joining the Team USA coaching staff is "truly an honor."
"To have the opportunity to represent our country in the Olympics in 2016, I'm thrilled, very excited about it. I'm looking forward to working with all the great coaches, Derrick [Rose], and the rest of the great players," he told ESPNChicago.com.
"I think it was important after the recent announcement of Coach K coming back as our head coach to address our staff and after a lot of deliberation it was felt that some change would be in the best interest of our program," USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said on a conference call.
"Circumstances change for individuals, and we really thank Mike D'Antoni and Nate McMillan for their service and feel that with the two additions to the staff to replace them in Tom Thibodeau and Monty Williams, we've added a couple of outstanding coaches to join our staff."
Krzyzewski decided recently to remain the coach after leading the Americans to Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012. Boeheim decided to stick around, but D'Antoni and McMillan are moving on after serving on the U.S. staffs with him for the past seven years.
"To work with Jim Boeheim again, who's as close of a friend as you can have in this profession and also one of the brilliant coaches in the history of our game, to have him right alongside me is fantastic," Krzyzewski said in a statement. "We've done that for the last seven years, we're going to do it for four more."
The new staff will take part in the Americans' minicamp for young players in July, and its first competition together will be the 2014 World Cup of Basketball in Spain.
Williams, a former assistant to McMillan, attended some of the Americans' games in London last summer to watch the Pelicans' Anthony Davis, and was asked to join the staff a couple of weeks ago.
"I never thought twice about coaching on the team, I was there because Anthony asked me to come," Williams said. "So I just went out there to support him, not realizing that I was going to get an invitation the next year."
Krzyzewski praised Thibodeau, the former NBA Coach of the Year who led the Bulls into the second round despite a series of injuries, including the season-long absence of star point guard Derrick Rose. The Hall of Fame Duke coach said that "nobody wants to play the Bulls."
"I think he is one of the best defensive coaches, his defensive game plans are incredible, and so I'm really looking forward to working with him," Krzyzewski added.
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Samsung Bioepis selects QUMAS on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to manage Regulatory Documents
Cork, Ireland – May 15, 2012 - QUMAS today announced that Samsung Bioepis has selected QUMAS ComplianceSP on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to manage all of its regulatory documents following an extensive vendor evaluation process. Samsung Bioepis is a joint venture between Samsung Biologics and Biogen Idec to develop, manufacture, and market biosimilars. Both Samsung Biologics and Biogen Idec are existing QUMAS customers, and are displaying their commitment to and satisfaction with QUMAS in their selection of ComplianceSP for their new joint venture. Samsung Bioepis is building a state-of-the-art research and development center in Song-do Incheon, Korea. It is expected that the center will be completed by the end of the year.
Initially, QUMAS ComplianceSP will be deployed in the research and development group and will provide users with a secure, structured, and controlled environment for creation, approval, and management of documents from all areas of the organization that have an impact on regulatory submissions, including electronic common technical documents (eCTDs).
QUMAS ComplianceSP is an innovative compliance management solution that combines the power of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 with the proven regulatory domain expertise that QUMAS has gained since 1994 in providing solutions to regulated industries. Combined with a best practice approach for managing documents, processes, people and tasks, ComplianceSP on SharePoint 2010 delivers a unique solution that can manage a wide range of compliance activities on the latest technologies.
"Samsung Bioepis chose QUMAS for a number of reasons," said Steve Dawson, Head of the QUMAS Asia office. "It was clear that our product has the built-in regulatory compliance features they Samsung Bioepis required, such as support for electronic signatures, full lifecycle state management and an extended audit trail. The feedback that Samsung Bioepis received from our reference customers was also extremely positive."
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Monday, January 26, 2009
How long before an email is removed from the system?
Its hard to answer because its literally dependent upon the incoming rate at which email arrives. In effect, new email "pushes out" old email. That's a bit simplified as some email is thrown away based upon spam rules (if you get 100,000 emails with the same subject, you can probably say they aren't all going to be read).
So, whats the average? This weekend, email was lasting around 10 hours before getting "pushed out" of memory. I've seen that jump down to an hour - but mostly its around 5-7 hours.
I'll note that the primary Mailinator use case is that people tend to read email soon after it arrives. In other words, if email only lasted 15 minutes, we'd actually fill the needs of many users.
(I'd be *very* interested in hearing ways you use Mailinator that need mail to stick around longer.)
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It's not exactly a common case, but some of the usual reasons for using mailinator often involve a service that has a... slow reaction time.
I specifically remember one time in the past that I wanted to check some more about some suspicious site offering to send a free partial sample of some document (it's been a while) to an email address. Classic for mailinator.
The first message, with a "click this link to confirm..." arrived after a minutes.
But the other one took about two hours. Technically it may have been less, but more than 30-40 minutes, which was the previous time I checked.
So for things that don't arrive straight away, it does have a benefit to be able to see what happened in the last few hours, since it's not always convenient, or practical, to check the mailbox ever 5 minutes.
Critical? No. Common? No. But possibly useful on some real-world situations? Yes.
- January 26, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I subscribed to an RSS feed of a mailbox. Because I only check RSS a couple times a day, the fact that mail sticks around for 10 hours is good. Of course, these aren't any messages I wouldn't want to miss, so in the end it doesn't really matter.
- January 26, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Just being able to retrieve the message or part thereoff through the rss-feed would help. I would then not have to check manually, but could leave it to the rss-reader. (just a thought)
- January 27, 2009 at 5:06 AM
- JEP said...
I agree with wazzup: A full RSS feed for a username would be great.
- January 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM
I occasionally need email to last a day or so, while waiting for a human to respond. This is because I don't want to check the inbox every couple of hours when it could take days to get a response.
For this I use a disposable Gmail account. (Which currently has about 800 messages in the spam folder).
- February 2, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I use Mailinator mainly for trying out web services or free online video games that require an email during registration. I just need the sent email for about 30 minutes to activate any new accounts. Then I would normally delete the email for security purposes.
- February 21, 2009 at 6:25 AM
This is such an amazing service! thanks a ton for offering it
- March 24, 2009 at 10:19 PM
This is a great service! I which if you have available a service for a 1 month duration. Some companies are aware of this service and delays theirs e-mail. It is good if mailinator create a one month free e-mail service.
- April 1, 2009 at 5:04 AM
I sometimes use mailinator as a way to store links, names, etc. While I usally use them, or get used pretty quickly, it be nice to have them stay around.
- April 14, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Another way could be to "pin" emails. The "pins" would be retired if they are not "re-pinned" with in a certain amount of time (like a day) That way if we would like to keep something for longer, we still can, but nothing will be hanging around forever.
- April 14, 2009 at 2:01 PM
well today i finally remembered to use mailinator for a change that I've been wanting to try out for a long time. and so far so good, it does serve my purpose of one time activation mails on one time use sites. tried it out for webby awards 2009. i mostly use for the check email for activation link, type emails. and for that, i'd prefer a 10-15 min. mail retention period only. but what about user-adjustable time periods within a ceiling limit. say 10 hours.
- April 14, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- Mark Hurd said...
Yeah, like Yaron said: for replies that don't come immediately, then you don't check often enough.
Another useful feature would be to retain the sender, received date and subject for longer than the whole message.
That way we could get an idea we missed something.
- June 27, 2009 at 12:31 AM
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During the spring and summer of 1956, trumpeter Kenny Dorham recorded two studio albums with his Jazz Prophets, a small hard bop band involving tenor saxophonist J.R. Monterose and a rhythm section of pianist Dick Katz, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Arthur Edgehill. On May 31 of that year, Dorham's group performed live at the Café Bohemia with Bobby Timmons at the piano and guitarist Kenny Burrell sitting in on all but the first of four sets. Originally engineered by Rudy Van Gelder and remastered by him in 2001, Blue Note's 2002 double-disc "Complete" Dorham Café Bohemia edition combines every usable track taped during this exceptionally fine evening of live jazz. The word "understated" has sometimes been used to describe the music played by Dorham's band on this night in 1956; this is only appropriate if Dorham is compared with intense individuals like Fats Navarro or Dizzy Gillespie. Dorham's jazz was perhaps more intimate and accessible precisely because his horn had an earthier tone, almost like that of a cornet. Sometimes compared with Ted Curson, Richard Williams or Freddie Hubbard, Dorham sounded a lot like the profoundly gifted and vastly underappreciated Johnny Coles, particularly during ballads like "Autumn in New York" and "Round Midnight." There are also intimations of Miles Davis, Nat Adderley and even young Don Cherry. This music is designed for relaxing and grooving out. It will greatly assist anyone who is traveling by night or trying to make it through to the end of another day. ~ arwulf arwulf


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Regulators Urge Investors to Carefully Check Credentials of 'Senior Specialists'
WASHINGTON, DC (December 12, 2005) —The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) today urged seniors to carefully check the credentials of individuals holding themselves out as "senior specialists."
"Individuals may call themselves 'senior specialists' to create a false level of comfort among seniors by implying a certain level of training on issues important to the elderly. But the training they receive is often nothing more than marketing and selling techniques targeting the elderly," said NASAA President and Wisconsin Securities Administrator Patricia D. Struck.
"These sales people and the alphabet soup of letters after their names can be confusing, and in some cases, may even be deceptive to seniors," Struck said.
NASAA's Investment Adviser Operations Project Group has observed a significant increase in designations claiming to provide the holder with expertise in providing services to investors 55 years and older. Although there are legitimate organizations whose members must complete rigorous programs of study, pass extensive examinations, and have practical experience in order to receive their designations, a number of entities formed in the last few years have created designations with less stringent requirements, Struck said. Without reviewing the course material for each of these designations, it is difficult to verify the claims made by the promoters.
Struck said securities regulators have opened 26 cases in the past year involving "senior specialists" in the eastern half of the United States alone. Most of the cases involve securities recommendations by individuals who are not properly licensed by state securities regulators.
Struck said bogus senior specialists commonly target senior investors through seminars where the specialist reviews seniors' assets, including securities portfolios. Typically, the specialist recommends liquidating securities positions and using the proceeds to purchase indexed or variable annuities products the specialist offer.
In many jurisdictions, these recommendations may be viewed as providing investment advice for compensation. "The senior specialist would be offering investment advice as an unregistered investment adviser and, therefore, be subject to enforcement action by regulatory agencies," Struck said.
A recent enforcement action by Massachusetts securities regulators against Investors Capital Corp. illustrates how a "senior specialist" designation can be used to hoodwink seniors. According to state regulators, one of the firm's representatives stated during a seminar that his "Certified Senior Adviser" (CSA) designation – received by taking a three-day course or a home course, followed by a multiple-choice exam –indicated that he had been specifically trained to manage and solve financial problems facing seniors. According to the state, the seminar steered investors toward investing in equity-indexed annuities as the best way to participate in stock market gains without risk. Equity-indexed annuities are complex insurance products with high commissions and long holding periods (as well as stiff penalties for early withdrawals), which make them unsuitable for many older investors. In November, the state charged the firm with misleading investors, especially seniors, into buying equity-indexed annuities.
In another case, the Pennsylvania Securities Commission issued a cease and desist order in June 2005 against the Association of Senior Counselors and an agent to halt the offer and sale of unregistered securities. According to the state, the agent appeared at a senior's home with materials saying he had "credentials you can trust," among which included a "CSA" designation. An investigation determined that the agent had been charged in Connecticut in 2004 with selling unregistered securities and failing to register as an agent of a securities issuer in connection with the alleged sale of promissory notes.
"Before doing business with any investment professional, all investors, especially senior investors, should check with their state securities regulator to determine whether the individual is properly licensed and if there have been any complaints or disciplinary problems involving the individual or his or her firm," Struck said.
NASAA is the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection. Its membership consists of the securities administrators in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the provinces and territories of Canada, and Mexico.
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We are searching for professionals who value care quality and are motivated to work at a dynamic and forward thinking hospital in Grantham with state of the art facilities and unique opportunities for training and career development.
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Head Start Program
The Morgan State University Head Start Program was established in 1979 and sponsored jointly by the Department of Housing and Community Development and Morgan State University's School of Education and Urban Studies. Morgan's Head Start Program serves 224 children and families and is located in the northeast section of Baltimore City. The program is currently housed in, Walter P. Carter Elementary School, Walter P. Carter Recreation Center, and Govans Elementary School.
One of the goals of the Head Start Program is to help our children and families make a smooth transition into the public school system. The Morgan State University Head Start Program is proud of the many accomplishments of our parents and children. We encourage anyone interested in volunteering their services to our children and families to contact our program at 410-464-3265.


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Apr 15, 2011
The Muppets Move to Marvel - Another Viewpoint
Ryan Dosier - I'd like to start off by saying that I am the last person to ever even attempt to make the claim that what BOOM! Studios did with the Muppets in the comic book form was nothing short of revolutionary. What the talented people at BOOM! did with The Muppet Show Comic Book and Muppet Classics was fantastic. It brought to the forefront the talent of numerous artists and writers all while inherently capturing the spirit of the Muppets on the printed page.
But, at the same time, I am also the first person to say that BOOM! comics are sometimes incredibly hard to find. Sure, you can find month-old copies of The Incredibles or Cars comics at Barnes and Noble, but how often do you find the latest copy of The Muppet Show Comic Book "Monster Mash" or Muppet Sherlock Holmes waiting for you in the comic book section of your local bookstore? Well... how often do you find X-Men, Spider-Man, in all their numerous incarnations, in said bookstore comic book sections? Quite a bit more often than Muppets, I should say.
Well, that's the beauty of synergy when Disney owns both Marvel Comics and The Muppets, it only makes sense to see the Muppets move to Marvel for a much wider exposure. I completely understand the dissatisfaction people have with not receiving new Muppet stories right away from this deal... but the four issues included in Roger Langridge's "Meet the Muppets" are some of the best, are they not? So it only makes sense to start off introducing a brand new, much wider audience of readers to these characters with these stories--that also conveniently act as introductions to who the four main characters are.
As disappointing as it might be for some, the reprints of these comics are not exactly intended for us--the dedicated fans who have already purchased them. They are intended to grow the audience, spread the world of the Muppets to the masses, and entertain with them before a massive big-budget feature film comes out this fall. These Marvel reprints will be able to go places that BOOM! comics never could: Disney Store shelves, bookstore marquees, grocery store check-out lines... loads of places that loads of people look every day.
Reprinting The Muppet Show Comic Book is a way to provide a huge audience--the audience that is reached by Marvel Comics (one of the two largest comic companies in the world)--with cheap ($5.99 for 96 pages), quality, award-winning entertainment that has already proven itself to be a knockout hit. By ensuring that the Muppets can reach a wide audience--even in their comic form--Disney is essentially saying that they want these characters to be known and appreciated before they try to make it big with a feature film in November.
It is this Muppet fan's opinion that the Muppets' move to Marvel is essentially Disney saying that they do care about the dedicated fans like us--heck, they printed these comics for us in the first place--but they are extremely interested in finding a wider audience for these characters. If we want The Muppets to be a success this fall, it is widely-available, affordable, quality decisions like this that we have to expect--and appreciate--from the Mouse House.
They have to build their audience further before expanding it with new material. It's business, it's entertainment. There's no saying that this Marvel deal won't yield new material. No one has made that claim and I would say that there is quite a good chance of seeing new stuff down the line. We'll just have to wait and see.
On another note... how awesome are these Muppet comics, huh? I'm gonna go re-read all of mine now, I think.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
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That's what I think too. I loved the Boom comics. In fact, they were the best written Muppet Shows since, well, The Muppet Show. It was harder for the Muppets to gain exposure after Jim Henson. Now they have so many untapped, available connections with Disney/Marvel. The Muppets are going mainstream, froggy baby! Let's see what happens before we complain too much. It's what Kermit would do and we all know Gonzo would go full speed ahead into anything! I follow their example.ReplyDelete
Do you really think comic book retailers are going to buy more copies of a Muppets Magazine from Marvel with material that is only 2 years old when they have tons of the Boom comics trade paperback already on their shelves? And their customers that would have bought this have... already bought the Boom version! So, I think not!ReplyDelete
This smacks to me as a lazy money grab just in time for the movie. You don't put an old product that has been on the newsstand, bookstores, comic shops and the freaking theme parks. I don't know what you are talking about but the previous Muppet comics where everywhere.
I am so angry about this. Sorry. I just can't even type anymore.


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The National Association for Retarded Citizens was founded in 1950 as the National Association of Parents and Friends of Mentally Retarded Children. Initial steps for the establishment of this organization were taken in May, 1950, at the annual meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, held in Columbus, Ohio. The AAMD provided in their program for some parent sessions, and following these sessions the parents got together and appointed a steering committee of the parent groups. During the summer over 100 local groups were identified. The meeting was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 28 – October 1, 1950. At this meeting, a constitution was drawn up with the broad purposes to promote the welfare of mentally retarded persons of all ages and to prevent mental retardation. These goals have remained constant.
Officers were selected at the Minneapolis meeting. However, the constitution provided that the national association would not come formally into existence until 20 local units had ratified this constitution and so signified by mail. This was accomplished on February 6, 1951, At the second convention held in Grand Rapids, Michigan in October, 1951, 57 "charter" member units were recognized. Several publications were authorized. They were produced by volunteers.
The officers elected at the 1950 convention were: Mr. Alan Sampson (Washington), president; Lee J. Marino (New Jersey), first vice president; Mrs. L.H. Bieber (California), treasurer. All were parents of retarded persons.
Several factors appear responsible for the establishment of this organization: (1) widespread exclusion from school of children with IQ's below 50; (2) an acute lack of community services for retarded persons; (3) long waiting lists for admission to residential institutions; (4) parental dissatisfaction with the conditions in many state institutions; (5) the vision of leaders who believed that mutual assistance could bring major benefits in public relations, exchange of information and political actions, and (6) the assistance of a few key professionals.
A Research Advisory Board was established in 1952 under the chairmanship of Grover Powers, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics at Yale. The Association's official publications, a newspaper, Children Limited was also initiated at that time, under a volunteer editor. (It was later renamed Mental Retardation News and is currently issued bi-monthly.)
Dr. Salvator George DiMichael, the first executive director, was hired when the headquarters was opened in New York City on January 2, 1954. During that year the first National Retarded Children's Week was proclaimed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Association issued a variety of publications and stepped up its public information program. The following year a first film, "Tuesday's Child," was produced.
By 1955, the membership reached 29,000 with 412 local units. A survey undertaken in 1955 reflects the kinds of programs NARC was sponsoring. There were 1015 activities or projects operated by 296 reporting member units. Some kinds of direct services offered by the units were: classes for trainable retarded (221); classes for "educable retarded" (124); nursery school classes (94); recreational or social groups (86); counseling and guidance for parents (79); parent education classes (78); institutional services (such as providing equipment) (78); social welfare activities and information and referral services (63); In addition, sine units were also providing the following services to their members: special clinics, day care services, sheltered workshops, summer day camps, or home training programs. Other indirect services provided by the units were: (1) conducting "surveys" of the mentally retarded in their area (118 units); (2) establishing legislative or citizens' committees in their community or state to work for improved legislation (138 units); (3) provision of scholarships (58 units); (4) conducting or sponsoring special training programs for professional persons (43 units); and (4) supporting research projects (14 units).
As a means of becoming more involved in the community organizational "power" structure, 163 units became affiliated with a local council of special health and welfare agencies or were affiliated with the local community chest or united fund agency.
Considering the fact that the NARC had begun to organize only about five years before the survey, the activities which had been undertaken at that time indicated the considerable vitality and enthusiasm of this newly growing body. What was occurring in 1955 was simply a forerunner. The enthusiastic involvement of volunteers in program development had, by 1955, led to a perceived need for paid staff. By 1955, 28 units reported that they employed an executive director or secretary either full or part-time.
1956, NARC's "Federal Program of Action for America's Retarded Children and Adults" was presented to Congress by Congressman John E. Fogarty (Rhode Island) Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Appropriations for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In addition, NARC provided Congressional testimony on bills to expand teaching and research in education of mentally retarded children. In 1957 it backed social security coverage for adults disabled in childhood and supported the reinterpretation of the Hill-Burton Act to include funding for medical facilities for the retarded. It urged Congress to increase appropriations for vocational rehabilitation programs and pointed out the need for additional grants to states for maternal and child health programs.
In 1958 the volume Mental Subnormality was published which reported the findings of the three-year research survey sponsored by NARC, undertaken by Masland, Sarson, and Gladwin. This book was to serve as an important cornerstone in research literature in the field of mental retardation. Concurrently NARC began to give support to research projects. Because NARC was greatly concerned about the quality of institutional care, it began early to formulate policies relative to comprehensive programming in institutions. It collaborated with AAMD in developing standards and was a charter member of the Accreditation Council of Facilities for the Mentally Retarded.
In 1959 NARC published a landmark reported called A Decade of Decision. This report was presented to the White House Conference on Children and Youth and described the accomplishment and prospects of NARC with regard to meeting the service needs of the mentally retarded. A large number of NARC teachers participated in this conference as state and national delegates.
By 1960 the membership of NARC totaled 62,000: the organization had become nationally respected. It was accepted as one of the 10 voluntary health organizations recognized by the President's Committee on Fund Raising in the Federal Service.
NARC also played a major role in the formulation and passage of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act in 1960 (P.L. 91-517 as amended in 1975 by P.L. 94-103). Following this success, NARC spearheaded the formation of a Washington based coordinating group, the Consortium Concerned with the Developmentally Disabled. Its membership included some 18 consumer and provider groups with common interests in a variety of federal programs. CCDD formed task forces around such issues as housing for the handicapped under the various sections of the Housing and Community Development Act, national health insurance, early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment of children with physical and mental handicaps under Medicaid, and the rapidly evolving legislation related to education of the handicapped, rehabilitation, and civil rights.
Organizationally the association recognized the need for continued support from its local units, and in 1961 a constitutional amendment provided for mandatory support of NARC by its member units. It also received the Distinguished Service Award from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped that year for its meritorious contribution. It was later similarly recognized by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. NARC also impacted research funding by the federal government. Between 1956 and 1961 identifiable federal support for mental retardation services and research increased from $14 million to $94 million.
In 1962 NARC received the International Award of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation for "outstanding leadership in the field of mental retardation."
The NARC leadership participated in the White House Conference on Mental Retardation in 1963 and the Association provided considerable consultation and support to President John F. Kennedy's mental retardation legislative program.
Beginning in 1963 NARC focused on activities supported the implementation of the recommendations of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation. This effort included not only support for the 1963 Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act (P.L. 88-164) and the planning amendments and maternity and infant care projects (P.L. 88-157), but efforts to expand the Vocational Rehabilitation Act and to establish support for special education programs. NARC also fostered state level planning by encouraging its state leaders to participate in the provision of technical assistance.
By 1964 the membership of NARC reached 100,000. The association convened the First Inter-organization Conference on Mental Retardation which had representatives from 28 national organizations. In addition, the important document, a Manual of Information for Armed Forces Personnel with Mentally Retarded Dependents, was issued.
With the impetus given by the Kennedy administration for comprehensive state planning programs for the mentally retarded, the state and local NARC's became active participants in the development and implementation of these state programs during 1965. NARC provided 1,000,000 booklets on mental retardation information to the President's Committee on Mental Retardation for distribution. The Association became further involved in the area of employment and produced a film entitled Selling One Guy Named Larry which launched their three-year campaign focusing on the value of employing mentally retarded persons. It also received Department of Labor support for a program of on-the-job training of retarded persons capable of moving into competitive employment.
Recognizing that the associations did not have a sufficient funding base to provide the needed spectrum of community based services for the mentally retarded, NARC reaffirmed in 1965 an earlier policy that the member units should expend their efforts to obtain services for the mentally retarded rather than provide them. The Association's efforts focused on educating and persuading the state and local public and private agencies to serve the mentally retarded as part of their social and public obligation.
Recognizing that there would be merit in involving younger people (particularly siblings) in its association, NARC launched the YOUTH – NARC in 1967, an organization of young people actively concerned with the welfare of the mentally retarded. These youthful volunteers decide their own priorities. They worked with individuals on a one-to-one basis as well as working with groups. One of the objectives of the program was to encourage young people to seek careers in the field of mental retardation. In less than a decade YOUTH – NARC had reached a membership of 20,000.
As more and more concern was being expressed in the mid-sixties about the quality of care being offered in state institutions for mentally retarded, NARC in 1968 took a definitive stand on the subject and stepped up its insistence on immediate eradication of inhumane treatment and improvement in the quality of care in state institutions and communicated this belief publicly. Beginning in the early 1970's NARC and state associations assisted in the preparation of court suits to defend the rights of the mentally retarded in state institutions. It became a strong supporter of "deinstitutionalization" and "normalizaiton."
NARC's role vis-à-vis the federal government has expanded and diversified steadily since the mid-fifties. A major component of its original strategy was to pressure for increased appropriations to relevant existing programs (particularly those involving grants in aid to the estates) such as those of the Children's Bureau and Vocational Rehabilitation, with the understanding that these federal agencies would advocate more strongly for the rightful inclusion of retarded children and adults within their programs at the state and local level.
Over the years NARC's governmental affairs committee with excellent leadership given by Dr. Elizabeth Boggs has been involved in such diverse issues as immigration, benefits for dependents of service men, civil aeronautics authority regulations, fair labor standards as applied to mentally retarded workers, lead paint poisoning, and immunization programs. Between 1973 and 1976 particular emphasis was placed on the complex issues surrounding the use of human subjects research, both medical and behavioral. Disclosure that retarded residents in some state institutions had been used as subjects for drug and vaccine trials without consent of parents created a wave of indignation with the organization, resulting in the passage of a convention resolution in 1973 calling for a moratorium on all biomedical research in state operated or state supported institutions. This was later (1975) revised to express a policy in support of certain limited studies, under detailed safeguards, and to those of therapeutic benefit to residents or directly related to mental retardation where no other subject population could be substituted. NARC made one of the major presentations to the National Commission on Research on Human Subjects in 1976.
Policies in this, as in other areas, reflect active participation (often initiation) by the membership. No doubt the grass roots character of the organization is a factor in its ability to influence public policy a the state and federal level.
Why has NARC been so effective in its legislative and public education programs? The answer may be related to the following factors: (1) the nature of its "grass roots" structure; (2) the socio-economic characteristics of its members; (3) the kinds social action strategies that were utilized, and (4) the able professional leadership of its executive directors and staff.
NARC's continuing effectiveness stems from the fact that its local units are strong and have always had a voice in the policy development of the national and state associations. An examination of the history of voluntary organizations in the health and welfare field will show that it has rarely occurred that a grass roots organization, developed from "bottom up" with continued independence of the local groups, achieved such phenomenal success as has NARC.
Further, the socio-economic characteristics of the membership of NARC insured the organization success in achieving its goals. In 1974 Dr. Neman of NARC undertook a survey of 15,043 persons to obtain a membership profile. The response (35%) indicated some of the following characteristics: 81% of the members were married; 60% had attended college; 53% were between the ages of 36 and 55; 44% were employed as administrators, professionals, and those who were in managerial services; 96% were white; and 40% had an income of over $15,000. These socio-economic characteristics indicate that the membership tends to be of a middle class background. (The more active members involved in social policy development and social action tended to be upper middle class.) Individuals with these socio-economic characteristics tend to have access to persons in decision-making positions in the community and thus they are more knowledgeable and comfortable about making contact with public officials, etc. or providing testimony at legislative hearings.
NARC's social action strategies focused on the use of public education, consultation and persuasion. Change effected through the existing social institutions and legislative channels rather than through "demonstrations" or "marches."
NARC has had four executives in its 25-year history. DiMichael came from the field of vocational rehabilitation. Gunnar Dybwad came from the field of child welfare with a legal background; Luther Stringham, with basic training in economics, came out of the field of public administration with a federal career to which he returned on leaving NARC in 1968. Philip Roos moved from a background in clinical psychology to become superintendent of the Austin State School, a public facility for the mentally retarded. Those facts do not convey his interest in management, change and the uses of futurism to mold the present. Each of these men has left the imprint of his unique style on the organization. Although there has been a steady and sometimes subtle shift over the twenty-year span during which the organization has had "staff" at the national level, from reliance on motivated volunteers to reliance on staff, NARC today remains an organization in which decision-making is decentralized and national policy is determined by board and committee members, many of whom are parents of mentally retarded persons.
NARC and its member units continue to function as advocates for the mentally retarded in the following ways: (1) as a "watch dog" to determine that the programs that have already been funded are providing the kinds of services that are needed and that the money is being wisely spent; (2) assists in standard setting and evaluation of institutional and community based programs; (3) provides services in the community on an interim basis to fill the gaps in needed programs until such services are provided by the local or state governments; (4) initiate demonstration projects for new and innovative programs as a means of testing new approaches to the care of the retarded; and (5) implement research projects to broaden the knowledge base in areas of prevention and treatment.
By 1974, NARC had grown to include well over 225,000 members affiliated with more than 1,750 state and local member units. Because it did not wish to perpetuate the misconception that the mentally retarded person will always remain a child, NARC in 1974 changed the word "Children" in its title to "Citizens." NARC moved its headquarters from New York to Arlington, Texas in 1970. The staff currently consists of 55 persons of whom are 21 are professionals. In addition, NARC has six regional offices, plus its Washington office.
The positive impact of NARC, both in its public education programs and its legislative program, indicates that social processes can be influenced by particular interest groups that have carefully and skillfully developed strategies and methods to effect social change.
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Blix Wins Teaching Award, Studies Teaching and Learningby Wade Coggeshall, Journal Review • June 14, 2006 Share:
A Wabash College professor can only win the prestigious McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Excellence in Teaching Award once in his or her tenure. Even though David Blix, a philosophy and religion professor, received it at the end of this past school year, he routinely ranks among the favorite instructors of students in their senior interviews with the dean.
That admiration may have come in handy for Blix while he was working on a scholarly study of integrative learning in the liberal arts.
Blix, 58, links his popularity with his pupils to being a firm teacher who makes himself available.
"On the one hand, I try to maintain high standards," he said. "I don't think of myself as an easy teacher. My sense is students like the challenge. They'd rather have somebody challenge them or push them, rather than let them just skate by.
"But it's not just that, I think. Part of being a good teacher is having a basic care for the students, a concern. Saying less, listening more on certain occasions. Inviting them to express their opinions. Taking them seriously."
Blix, who earned his Ph.D. in religion from the University of Chicago, attends practically every recital, lecture and sporting event on campus, as many as he can make it to.
"It's part of the life of the college, part of the culture," Blix said. "It's important that all of us — the faculty in particular — be involved in that. I don't go just because it's the students putting on a recital or something like that. I go because I like it. It's important and I learn something from it. It's part of the way we show interest in students. We honor what they're doing. One of the most pleasant experiences I can have at the college is after (an event) go up to the students and say that was really good. You did that well. And I think that's important."
All are attributes that endear Blix to Wabash College. And ones that helped him in researching how students take the many disparate elements of a liberal arts education and connect them into something that will help them in the outside world.
Blix was accepted as a scholar for the Carnegie Academy for the Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) for the 2005-06 school year. For his research, he interviewed 24 Wabash students — mostly seniors but some juniors and sophomores and one freshman — asking them about key moments in their time at Wabash and suggestions for improving the college's curriculum.
In his analysis, two themes emerged. Although overlapping, Blix said students seem to separate themselves into two groups — one that seeks integrative learning between distinct subjects and another that seeks practical application of what they've learned.
Blix plans to take his findings to Wabash's Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. The college is in the midst of scrutinizing its overall academic program, a process done every 20-30 years.
"We need to have a curriculum that allows for interdisciplinary bridge-building and practical application in the real world," he said.
If there's one thing Blix has learned over the years — and continues to learn today — is that self-evaluation and appraisal from students and peers helps make for effective tutelage.
"One of the hardest things to do as a teacher is (take criticism from your students)," Blix said. "But one of the things I've learned to get past that is (to ask) what didn't work. Part of being a good teacher is getting past the sense of ego, which we all have, and learning to receive that feedback and saying I can improve."


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You wake up in a hospital with no memories... You are in Buenos Aires in year 2035 and the city is under the control of a military organization. Suddenly, you realize that your life is in danger and that you need to escape as fast as possible. What would you do faced with such a situation? Find out in Reversion - The Escape, the first chapter of a graphic science-fiction adventure in point'n'click.
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