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Brandon Segal received a birthday present one day early on Wednesday, agreeing to terms on a contract with the Rangers. Segal, who will turn 29 on Thursday, helped the Norfolk Admirals capture the AHL's Calder Cup last spring.
Originally a fourth-round selection of the Nashville Predators in the 2002 NHL Draft, Segal has played in 102 NHL games, including ten last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He has totaled 11 goals and 22 points at the NHL level while playing for the Lightning, the Kings, and the Stars.
"Segal has won a few minor league championships and has NHL and AHL experience," said Rangers assistant general manager Jeff Gorton. "He gives us depth on the wing."
The 6-foot-2, 214-pound Segal will enter training camp battling with fellow newcomers Arron Asham, Taylor Pyatt, Michael Haley, and Jeff Halpern for a possible spot on the Rangers this fall
Should he play with the Connecticut Whale, Segal would provide much veteran leadership. Along with recently signed youngster Kyle Jean---a 6-foot-4 talent from Lake Superior State University signed off a development camp tryout last week---Segal would add some much needed size the Whale's forward group.
"Jean is a skilled center with size who is just scratching the surface with his talent," Gorton said of the 22 year-old who decided to forego his college eligibility to turn pro this season.
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I like the people side of Pride, but not the organizations, sponsors, or pretty much anything else.
Can we do a Pride apart from Pride? Personal Pride parties? Local Pride marches? Something that doesn't involve Budweiser and a number of large banks that turned a profit by destroying the global economy?
I sit here in a really comfy suburban home with wonderful roommates and I think, is comfort always good? When does comfort work against my beliefs? When does it encourage me to compromise my ideals? When does it stop being comfort and become domestication of the worst connotation? I know comfortable living space/radical politics is a false dichotomy. But sometimes it gets really easy to pretend that the outside world is ok when everything within your sphere is nice and cozy.
I wish we all had neural internet connections to the parts of the world that are suffering. I wish politicians physically couldn't ignore the pain of their constituents. I wish those privileged over others couldn't barricade themselves from poverty and violence others face. I wish imperialistic countries like the US, from leaders to civilians, couldn't physically ignore the pain of countries our government controls with arms sales, orchestrated regime changes, and a lack of concern for human rights.
Whether it's through some future technology or in the present, I wish we were all connected, instead of dissociated away into threads of existence that individually can't see the whole system without putting massive effort into unlearning the dogma we're raised with.
I wish Pride could continue its success without distancing itself from its riotous roots. I wish the wealthy GL could step outside their galas and gay cruises for one fucking minute and see what the rest of "their" community is suffering through. I wish wealthy white trans women would stop hoarding their earnings and give back, not even to "their" community of stable white trans women, but to people who don't have the luxury of money or connections to people with money.
I don't even necessarily know how to do that myself. It seems the higher up the ladder of kyriarchy you go, the more impoverished people's sense of community and meaningful action becomes. The harder it gets to step outside that comfy little bubble.
But I feel the edge of it, and I have plenty of pins to pop it.
Today is National Coming Out Day in the US.
Alternately, Oops You Assumed Wrong Day. "Hey everybody, did you assume I was straight and cis? Oops you got it wrong!"
Tomorrow we begin the steamier event, Going In Day.
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Thanks for asking! This is definitely one of those instances where Google can be a bit lacking.
Here are three sites I can recommend right off the top of my head:
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If you want an easy-to-keep pet, that doesn't need any attention, a praying mantis - or other insect - will be ideal. But do you lack the space to put a large tank/container? This article will show you how to have a pet praying mantis, without keeping it in a cage.
1Find your praying mantis. A nymph (baby mantis) is best, as it will last you until it is fully grown. Some species of Mantis are very well camouflaged, whereas others can be quite easy to spot. Look in areas where there is a lot of vegetation, or lots of other insects. Bear in mind that Mantis are carnivorous, and will feed on almost anything smaller than it, they do not eat plants.Ad
2Get a small plant (beware of shop bought plants sprayed with pesticide). Praying Mantis go through a stage called a molt, where they shed their skin, and grow dramatically in size. During this stage they need to hang upside-down from a plant.
3Put your plant, along with your Mantis, in your garden (if you have one), or in any small space. Like a bug container or anything small with holes.
4Find food. It's pointless going to a pet shop to buy food, as you can find all it needs almost anywhere. Look for anything smaller than the mantis. Flies, crickets, grasshoppers, bees, wasps,butterflies,moths, etc. all make a good enough meal for a Mantis. If you feed your Mantis enough food, probably it won't run away. Do not play with it with your fingers in the air, or else it will jump off and escape. If it is starved, then it may try to escape. As long as it knows there is plenty of food where you keep it, then it will stay.
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- If you can, find a male and a female. They can be distinguished by the number of segments on its abdomen. A female will have 6, and a male will have 7 or 8. When they are both fully grown, introduce them to each other. If you think they will mate, make sure you feed the female all she can eat, as she may eat her mate after (or during) the mating process. Then when the female lays her eggs, keep them. Then you can repeat the process.
- It may be possible to "hand feed" your mantis! Try going a day or so (no more!) without spraying the sides of its tank, then take the mantis out and hold it on your hand/finger. Make sure it is settled, and then slowly raise a normal-sized spoon (plastic is better, just because it is lighter and about easier to handle) half an inch away from its face. It may take a few moments, or even a few separate sessions, but it's very likely that the mantis will take some of your offered drink! (Note: DO NOT attempt to do this with its food-- water only! On top of risking your finger getting mistaken for whatever insect is supposed to be lunch, the mantis may also lose its ability to find food for itself.)
- When a Mantis reaches adulthood, it will have wings, and the ability to fly. It will probably fly off to look for a mate, or you may eventually find a suitable container.
- A Praying Mantis will only live for about one year, so expect a relatively short lifespan.
- Unlike other buggy friends, Mantis' generally do NOT like a large amount of leafy decor in their terrarium. Generally, a stick/twig is best. A mantis will often have a difficult time finding their meals if there are leaves sitting everywhere.
- If it is that time of year that you can't find food for your Mantis, then you can feed it small balls of raw hamburger meat on the end of a toothpick. They can happily live off of it. Also, if your Praying Mantis does latch on to your finger, do not jerk back. You can hurt your Mantis. Wait for it to let go instead.
- If you live in a place (like England) where Praying Mantis don't live in the wild, you can find places online where you can buy Mantis', or a good pet shop may sell egg cases.
- Praying Mantis don't bite! If you annoy it, you may think it is biting you, but it is just the feeling of their spiky legs.
- Be careful when entering the space where you keep your Mantis, as you don't want to step on it.
- Make sure you know the laws in your state or country about the Praying Mantis. It is illegal to touch or disturb them in some areas.
- Make sure it feels comfortable.
- If you are keeping it on a leafy branch away from the tree, make sure you give it fresh leaves every day because it needs moisture.
- Don't give it too much food or it may get sick
- Do not touch the bug too much or it may get sick.
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Out of the following moms in America, native-born white moms, immigrant Chinese moms, and Mexican immigrant moms, guess who is the most nurturing? Mexican moms are! A study compared the parenting styles of all three groups and it looks like the Mexican immigrant moms came out on top.
It turns out that Mexican moms provided a "more warm and supportive home setting," argue less with their spouses, and show stronger mental health than white, native-born Americans and Chinese-Americans. So does that make them better moms?
I guess it depends on what you think matters most in mothering. Unfortunately, Mexican moms read to their kids less. Uh oh, no tiger moms here, apparently. But despite that, I think helping your child feel loved and secure is the most important thing a parent can do.
Well, I would. I'm the daughter of a Mexican mom. Actually, she's half Mexican, half Puerto Rican, and she was born in the US (her mother was born in Mexico). But I do think we were raised in a very warm and supportive home setting. Except when we were getting spanked! My mom played both sides in our family. She was strict and could lose her temper. But she was also loving, encouraging, always into what we were doing. We really got the sense that we mattered to her.
Ideally we all borrow from each other -- and I guess that's what immigrant families do after a generation or two. Hopefully we're keeping what makes Mexican children (and families) strong and adding what can also make them smart and well-prepared for competitive American life.
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Hmmm...Idk how I feel about this one. My mom is also Mexican and she's a great mom, but we're a lot closer now than when I was a child, which is weird...I guess it really depends.
There are plenty of moms of my own race who are completely different mothers than I am -- and you can find them right here on Cafemom. Race doesn't dictate how you parent your child. The study itself sounds like they people conducting it had a racist agenda.
I think it is a very slippery slope looking at racial/cultural statistics. It might be great to look at the highlights, but you'd be mighty pissed off when someone claims that Mexican women are supposedly terrible at [fill in the blank].
When it is touting the good stuff, we're all for it. Then turn right around and downplay the opposite as though it has no merit. You can't have it both ways.


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In ancient Jerusalem there was a pool of water called Bethesda. The location served as an impromptu hospital ward, a collection point for the sick, blind, and paralyzed. These infirmed went to Bethesda to receive a hoped for healing -- not from a physician -- but from the therapeutic waters themselves.
Back then it was a common belief that an angel came from heaven at certain times and "stirred up the water" of Bethesda's pool, resulting in miraculous healing for anyone who could get in the water. They didn't take this stirring as natural warm springs, percolating mineral water, or air escaping the limestone aquifer. They believed it was a divine intervention.
In the New Testament gospels, Jesus makes a visit to Bethesda and finds a lame man lying alongside Bethesda's waters. Jesus doesn't drag him over to the pool and dunk him. He simply heals him. Then, he gives the now-made-well man excruciatingly practical instructions: "Pick up your mat and walk." This wasn't to get the man's bed out of the way. Jesus was saying, "Get it out of here so that you won't come back to it!"
This former invalid, the best we can tell from the gospels, had been coming to Bethesda for the better part of four decades. That is a long time to waste lying alongside a bubbling brook. And now that he was empowered to live a better, healthier life, it would be easy for him to fall back into old habits. Jesus wanted this stretcher removed so that the man would not have the temptation to return to it.
This olden story of faith predates today's advances in neuroscience by centuries, but Jesus already knew what researches have confirmed in recent decades: When habits are formed, the brain actually changes. Routines -- good or bad -- cause neurons in the brain to alter their patterns. So in the process of breaking a habit, the brain must also be "rewired" to not only change a person's behavior, but to change the firing of synopses inside his head.
Recent studies also show, that if a person returns to their former habits, the brain returns to its former patterns as well. But every addict and Al-Anon participant already knows this. We will return to the things that hurt us, again and again, and again and again. Body and spirit will slide right back to where we once were.
If we want sustained change for our lives, if we want to be whole, redeemed, complete, reinvigorated people, then yes, we must admit our powerlessness to be well on our own, and at the end of ourselves collapse into grace. But as important as this first step is, here is another: If we are going to live out this transformation, there must be a grace-infused commitment, not to return to those ways, habits, persons, lifestyles, and behaviors that will only take us back to the unhealthy way of life we knew before.
The door to the past has to be slammed shut. Obstacles have to be put in the way to keep us from returning to old ways of thinking and old ways of acting. Spiritual reprogramming and rewiring has to take place. That is why Jesus told this man to get his mat and get out, because that was the only way he could remove himself from this dead-end, superstitious pool-sitting that would only enslave him, not heal him.
If we are going to remain well, we can't go back. Life, redemption, wholeness, and healing: These are waiting for us only as we move forward. After the hard work of being brought back to life has been done, let us not lose our future by returning to the past.
So while we all will have to carry the burden of our yesterdays, our wasted days, and our years of regret -- the mats and stretchers we used to rely upon -- God's grace and healing will lighten that burden. And that same grace will help us to walk on, never returning to who and what we once were.
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Members present: Mike Tracy, Bernice Fields, Leslie
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Mike Tracy requested agenda items for the full Task Force meeting this Wednesday, February 15th. Items suggested included (1) updates from each subcommittee; (2) depending on logistics and staff schedule, possibly a short demonstration of the employer survey electronic format; (3) a call for help from task force members in recruiting participants for the focus groups; and (4) a call for help getting court reporters to volunteer to report a group.
Kathleen Sanberg reported on progress in getting the employer survey into electronic format, including success in working out some potential glitches mentioned in the last meeting. They can now make the online survey work to allow people to begin completing it, close it, and come back to it, without loosing data already entered. The subcommittee expects to give the survey a test run soon, to make sure it works smoothly.
Sharon Elmore answered some questions about the status of the focus group subcommittee. There is a need for help recruiting volunteer court reporters, although we are also currently negotiating with Paradigm Reporting. It appears they will likely report 8 sessions for free, with no requirement for advertisement in the group. Instead some exposure will likely be exchanged, such as an ad in Bench & Bar, or something else. Elmore will discuss with Tim Groshens and then with Paradigm again. Also there is a need to get the word out to recruit participants. We had a notice in MSBA's Legal News Digest, and we will continue to post it there. We will also have a notice in Minnesota Lawyer, but not until February 20th. We hope to get task force members to send an email to their organizations encouraging people to participate. The contact person for interested people is Tram Thai at the MSBA, firstname.lastname@example.com or 612-278-6316. The concern was also raised that we may not get enough female participants for some of the groups occurring in the evening and on Saturdays, and we will have to monitor that, and adjust timing, if necessary. (The "MWLplus" groups will occur during the day at St. Thomas.)
Elmore also described the discussion of the subcommittee about their concerns related to trying to conduct a focus group covering the issues of religion/creed and diversity in the workplace. The discussion included concerns that it would be problematic putting together small numbers of people from numerous religions, and asking them to talk about their issues with discrimination based on their religion, instead of having groups comprised of people with the same religion, which is just not practical to do. Some felt that there were many people who would indicate that there are no issues of discrimination based on religion, at least not for lawyers from the mainstream religions (Jewish and Christian lawyers), but others pointed out how, indeed, there are issues, such as concerns about taking off work for religious holidays. It was agreed, however, that issues of religious tolerance and diversity around religion were critical issues of our time, locally, regionally and internationally. Hence the subcommittee decided instead of conducting a focus group focused on religion, that a question about religion should be added to every focus group, included in the script.
The Steering Committee respectfully disagreed with the Subcommittee's conclusion. They all agreed that the task of the focus group subcommittee was overwhelming, and they were very appreciative of the wonderful hard work and time commitment of the focus group Co-Chairs and all the members. But they felt that adding a question to each group discussion would needlessly distract from the subject of each group, and that religion was such an important issue that there should be a group devoted to it. They also felt that the participants could discuss whether they had experienced any discrimination in the workplace based on their religion, and rise above differences based on the different religions present. It was felt that such a discussion could provide meaningful information from that perspective. It was felt that we could recruit Jewish and Christian participants fairly easily, perhaps Muslim as well. There was some discussion about whether we could recruit any others, such as Hindu or Buddhist attorneys, and then the question of sensitivity to the fact that some issues may be seen as issues related to religion and/or to ethnicity.
There was a brief question about the Individual Survey Subcommittee, but no-one on the call could provide an update, so that update was tabled.
The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting of the Steering Committee is listed on the web site as March 8th at noon at the MSBA. This date and time is subject to change.
Notes provided by Sharon Elmore, Interim Diversity Task
Force Project Manager.
MSBA Task Force on Diversity in the Profession
Members present: Mike Tracy, Leslie Altman, Kathleen
Sanberg, Wood Foster.
Tracy provided an update from the Focus Group Subcommittee meeting he had attended the day before. He brought a few questions the Subcommittee had posed for the Steering Committee.
The Focus Group Subcommittee is working very hard to pull together and conduct numerous focus groups addressing the various categories of diversity: gender, sexual orientation, race, disabilities and religion/creed. The Subcommittee is relying heavily on the help of the Minority Bar Associations to help recruit participants and perhaps provide volunteer facilitators, given the fact that these focus group sessions must occur within the next few weeks. There is concern that there are insufficient resources to guarantee that the Subcommittee can successfully manage the logistics to conduct a group focused on disabilities and one on religion/creed, since there are no groups, such as the Minority Bar Associations, to whom the Subcommittee can turn to help substantially with the recruitment and logistics. Members present indicated that they feel strongly that the Task Force should include focus groups related to these categories, if at all possible, and perhaps even if those groups' sessions had to be conducted past the timeline for the others.
Tracy offered to talk with Joan Bibelhausen, and the members present brainstormed some contacts for Elmore to explore regarding the religion/creed issue. (Joyce Lahr at the U of MN Law School, Jewish Lawyer Group: Josh Hasko, Christian Lawyers Group: Roger Magnuson at Dorsey and Lisa Schiltz at St. Thomas.) There was some discussion that we should at least make an effort to explore the possibilities here, and look into other groups, if possible, including Muslim, Hindu, Morman, New Age, etc.
Tracy also shared the Focus Group Subcommittee's request for guidance as to how the focus group data should be reported. Does the Steering Committee want the focus to be best practices? Should it focus on comparing or lining up anecdotes with the statistical data? How does the Steering Committee want the material presented or compiled? The answer was that the Committee wants to see what are the themes present today, in terms of complaints, concerns or issues related to diversity, and on the flip side, what things are working now, essentially best practices. There is also a need for stories that may help flesh out the statistical data. The Focus Group Subcommittee does not need to have the statistical data available, however. There is no expectation that the Focus Group Subcommittee will compare the qualitative with the quantitative results. Instead, the Focus Group Subcommittee should consider the survey questions from the statistical surveys, and look for qualitative data that may help further the understanding of the answers to those questions. (In one of the previous reports, the focus groups were held to help enlighten the analysts about what the statistics meant.) Plus there should be some focus on what works.
The Steering Committee briefly discussed the questions developed by the Focus Group Subcommittee. There was a concern that the questions seemed designed to solicit negative feedback, and that it would be best to try and take a more positive approach. It was also agreed that it is vital for facilitators to keep the discussion on track for information that is current, or very recent, and not focused on stories of things that happened 5, 10 or 20 years ago, and that the facilitators must not lead. Elmore explained the planning for process, including the training scheduled for next week for volunteer facilitators. Altman and Foster offered to help facilitate. (Foster cannot make the training next week; Altman did not know yet. Elmore agreed to follow-up with them.) Sanberg offered to be a note-taker. The idea that there may be a need to offer childcare for some participants came up. Sanberg offered to help with childcare during the sessions, if it becomes necessary.
Tracy also explained the question faced by the Subcommittee as to how best to capture and record the data at the focus groups. There is an offer on the table from Paradigm Reporting, to report the first eight groups for free, and any more at a discount, in return for several things, including the opportunity to introduce themselves at each group session for 20 seconds, hand out legal pads and pens with their logo, and some other concessions related to publicity at the MSBA, including an ad in Bench & Bar, etc. The Focus Groups Subcommittee was not of one mind about this issue, and had not resolved it since it came up towards the end of their meeting. The Steering Committee discussed the pros and cons of having court reporters present in the group sessions, including the difficulty of relying on tapes, given that 8 to 10 people would be talking at once, and the need for accuracy. It was decided that it would be preferable to have court reporters in the rooms, but better for various Task Force members to ask the reporters with whom they work on a regular basis, to volunteer their time for a session. Altman agreed to send out an email to the Task Force requesting members to look into this.
Tracy reported that the Bar Convention session on the Task Force work would take place June 23, from 10:30am to noon. Tracy and Altman are to introduce the session, which will cover the process and some information about trends evident from the results. If the report is done, then the report will be discussed.
Sanberg reported on the progress of the Employer (Statistical) Survey Subcommittee. When the MSBA staff take the survey text and put it into electronic form, they will have to tweak some of the questions a little, as to format, not substance. For instance, if a question includes a yes or no answer, but then "if yes, then " it will require the latter part be created as a separate question. It will take approximately 2 full business days to complete the electronic version, but they will allow for a full 10 business days to get the survey ready, once it is provided to them by the Subcommittee.
Dick Ericson is looking into the issue related to the Subcommittee's concern that people completing the survey may not be able to complete it all in one sitting, given the length. Thus it is preferable that the person can save their work and come back to it. If this cannot be arranged, then the firms will have to be instructed to print the survey, fill it out, and then load the answers all at once. It may be possible to allow people to enter some, save their work and come back later, perhaps by giving each employer their own ID and password. The letter is ready to go to the employers, and will have to be tweaked, depending on this issue. Sanberg expects to hear by Tuesday, Feb. 7. It was also suggested that once the survey is done, they could send it ahead, so the people at the firms could begin to gather the information to enter once the electronic version is available.
The return date planned is April 1. Reminders will go out March 15, and perhaps a last call on March 30, offering 2 weeks to finish.
Confidentiality was discussed briefly. The thought is that it is more important to have the person's name to follow-up to make sure the survey comes in, since there is no individual data requested, as there was last time. Only specific staff at the MSBA will know the contact information.
There is a question whether the results can be filtered by small, medium and large employers for cross-tabulation. The MSBA staff is looking into it.
The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting of the Steering
Committee will be Monday, February 13 at noon via conference call.
Mischel will send out conference call-in information.
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Members Present: Leslie M. Altman, Michael A. Tracy Co-chairs; Wood R. Foster Jr., George W. Perez, Kathleen H. Sanberg, Alanna K. Moravetz, Ann Marie Grocholski MSBA Staff
Following introductions, Alanna Moravetz introduced Ann Marie Grocholski as the new Project Manager for the Diversity Task Force. Ann Marie will be responsible for facilitating the completion of the diversity study which the Task Force is about to embark upon. She will help to establish the timeline, attend meetings and discussions and will work together with committees in writing the final report.
Mike Tracy suggested that the goal for the meeting should be to define the goals of three subcommittees and to create a calendar for carrying out the research goals of the Task Force. This information is to be presented to the Task Force at its next meeting on December 14, 2005. The three sub-committees are as follows: The Sub-Committee for Quantitative Analysis, The Sub-Committee for Qualitative Analysis in charge of Individual Surveys, and The Sub-Committee for Qualitative Analysis in charge of Focus Groups.
A great deal of discussion focused upon the responsibilities of the Sub-Committee for Quantitative Analysis. This committee will be charged with updating the SAGE study. This survey aggregates statistics from employers. It was suggested that the study include minorities in addition to gender. Kathleen Sanberg said that the Washington State Bar used the SAGE model, but also included minorities. It was decided that the sub-committee will be charged with determining how the study will define the term "minority". Firms with over 10 employees will be identified to participate. Approximately 100-125 employers will receive the survey. The advantages and disadvantages of disseminating the survey via mail or having it be web-based was then discussed. It was suggested that a web-based survey would be more cost effective making data collection and analysis much easier. It was also decided that a letter from MSBA President Sue Holden is to be sent to all managing partners after January 1 in order to inform them about, and encourage them to participate in the study.
The sub-committee for Quantitative Analysis will be responsible for: a) Updating SAGE Employer Survey to include minorities in addition to gender b) Identifying the firms and employers who will receive the survey. In doing so, the sub-committee must identify the contact person at each firm. If the original contact person from the SAGE study is no longer present, employers will be asked to provide a new contact person. The question whether or not to include corporate legal departments in the study is to be determined by this sub-committee. The individual who was contacted during the original SAGE study will be contacted. Firms will be asked to provide a new contact if the original person is no longer employed. c) Contacting Firms and Employers d) Coordinating and monitoring survey distribution, data collection and analysis with the University of Minnesota.
The Subcommittee for Qualitative Analysis in charge of Individual Surveys will be responsible for a) Determining what questions will be included in survey. How to best expand the scope of the study to include race, religion, sexual orientation and disabilities. b) How to disseminate the survey, whether via paper or web-based application. Ways to guarantee the confidentiality of the survey should be addressed by the sub-committee if using a web-based application. The committee may also consider coordinating the distribution of the survey with other specialty bar groups. c) Monitoring the collection and analysis of data collected.
The Sub-committee for Qualitative Analysis in charge of Focus Groups will be responsible for a) Identifying participants in the focus groups; b) Coordinating all details of Focus Groups c) Aggregating information from focus group discussions applicable to the study.
The Steering Committee agreed to appoint co-chairs from the Task Force to these committees. In addition, 2 liaisons from the Steering Committee will participate on these sub-committees. George Perez volunteered to be the liaison to the Focus Group Committee. Kathleen Sanberg volunteered to be the liaison to the Quantitative Analysis Committee.
A draft of a project plan and timeline will be given to the Task Force
on December 14.
Members Present: L. Altman, M. Tracy, Cochairs; K. Sandberg, B. Fields, G. Perez, A. Moravetz, MSBA Staff.
The Steering Committee agreed that the Task Force must coordinate and collaborate with the HCBA, The Twin Cities Alliance for Diversity in the Law, and other specialty bar associations in the collection of data for this study. The Chairs agreed to send a letter to the heads of the specialty bars to invite them into collaboration with the Diversity Task Force.
The cost proposal prepared by Rossana Armson, Minnesota Center for
Survey Research, addressing the survey needs as articulated at the last
Steering Committee meeting arrived as the meeting was adjourning. Steering
Committee members scheduled a conference call for Tuesday, Nov. 15,
10:00 a.m. to discuss the proposal. In addition, the agenda for the
first Diversity Task Force meeting scheduled for Nov. 16 will be determined.
Members Present: L. Altman, M. Tracy, Cochairs; K. Sandberg, W. Foster, A. Moravetz, MSBA Staff.
The Steering Committee met with Rossana Armson, Director, Minnesota Center for Survey Research, to discuss how to design the work of the Task Force to meet its charge which is to examine the HCBA Glass Ceiling Task Force and SAGE reports and provide updates on both qualitative and quantitative data on diversity in the profession. The Steering Committee discussed expanding its work into the areas race, sexual orientation, disability, and religion as well as gender. Ms. Armson provided information regarding survey methods in those areas of inquiry.
Updating the statistics from the law firms with the SAGE survey will cost approximately $11,000. In addition to the SAGE survey, the committee is exploring surveying members of the profession in Minnesota not just MSBA members. This might include working with the Hennepin and Ramsey County Bar Associations as well as specialty bar associations to encourage their members to respond to surveys and encourage others in the profession to respond to surveys and provide qualitative information regarding their experiences in the practice of law. Alanna will contact the Minnesota Lavendar Bar Association to determine its interest in collaborating with this Task Force.
Ms. Armson asked the committee how it wants to use the information gathered by the Task Force. The Steering Committee agreed that it wants to update the statistical information from the law firms and gather other attitudinal information that might results in best practices that make improvements in the practice of law. Ms. Armson will develop a budget for the collection of attitudinal information and submit it to the Committee in time for its next meeting which is scheduled for Nov. 11.
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Own Your Data
Captured from Twitter, here is Tom Henrich's partial reconstruction of my conversation with Tantek Çelik, Glenda Bautista, Andy Rutledge and others on the merits of self-hosting social content and publishing to various sites rather than aggregating locally from external sources.
via Own Your Data / technophilia
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Science illustrations, cost and royalty free
The IAN symbol libraries contain over 1500 custom made vector symbols designed specifically for enhancing science communication skills. The libraries are designed primarily for use with Adobe Illustrator (requires version 10 or better), however we also offer eps and svg versions for non-Illustrator users. The symbols allow diagrammatic representations of complex processes to be developed easily with minimal graphical skills.
Our aim is to make them a standard resource for scientists, resource managers, community groups and environmentalists worldwide. Currently downloaded by 58747 users in 239 countries and 50 U.S. states.
The libraries are provided completely cost and royalty free.
via IAN Symbol Libraries (Free Vector Symbols for Illustrator) – Integration and Application Network.
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Cure for the Common Webfont, Part 2: Alternatives to Georgia
For nearly fifteen years, if you wanted to set a paragraph of web text in a serif typeface, the only truly readable option was Georgia. But now, in web type's infancy, we're starting to see some valid alternatives for the king of screen serifs. What follows is a list of serif typefaces that have been tuned—and in some cases drawn from scratch—for the screen.
Stephen Coles, December 6, 2010:
Cure for the Common Webfont, Part 2: Alternatives to Georgia
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Episode 29: Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress, will be our guest Thursday December 2nd, 2010 during Episode No. 29 of The Big Web Show ("Everything Web That Matters"), co-hosted by Dan Benjamin and recorded at 1:00 PM Eastern before a live internet audience.
Matt is, well, Matt is awesome, and you can read about him here.
The Big Web Show records live every Thursday at 1:00 PM Eastern on live.5by5.tv. Edited episodes can be watched afterwards, often within hours of recording, via iTunes (audio feed | video feed) and the web. Subscribe and enjoy!
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Finally, cross-browser visual control over forms.
Now we have something else to be thankful for. Nathan Smith of Sonspring has created a library that gives designers and developers "some measure of control over form elements, without changing them so drastically as to appear foreign in a user's operating system." Smith calls his new library Formalize CSS:
I've attempted to bridge the gap between various browsers and OS's, taking the best ideas from each, and implementing what is possible across the board. For the most part, this means most textual form elements have a slight inset, and all buttons look consistent, including the
For more, including demos, options, screenshots, thanks, and the library itself, read Smith's write-up at SonSpring | Formalize CSS. Hat tip and happy Thanksgiving to my good friend Aaron Gustafson for sharing this gem.
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BBEdit Revised, Reviewed.
I RECENTLY ATE dinner with a friend I hadn't seen in 20 years. If you are in a position to do likewise, I highly recommend the experience. So much had changed, yet so much was still wonderfully the same. We were still the same joyously creative young fools, yet time had seasoned us. No longer poking the world with sharp sticks, we had found a place in it. I was pleasantly reminded of this existentially thrilling encounter while opening a pre-release version Bare Bones Software's BBEdit 9.6 update—released to the public as of 12:19 EDT today.
A beloved and venerable HTML and text editor for Macintosh, BBEdit is tailored to the needs of web developers and designers who write their own code. Its no-frills interface consists of a document window in which you write your code; a side drawer that lists all pages you're working on, enabling you to navigate between them; a stack of buttons (many with drop-downs) you can push to perform tasks like choosing and inserting a DOCTYPE, wrapping chunks of copy in paragraph tags, checking syntax and links for errors, and more; and a report window where you can view your test results and correct your errors.
Previous versions of BBEdit were updated with the precepts of Designing With Web Standards in mind, and the current version takes some of its feature cues from Jeremy Keith's HTML5 For Web Designers. (When I say the software takes its cues from Mr Keith's book, I mean that literally; Bare Bones Software head Rich Siegel and his team used HTML5 For Web Designers to help develop some of their testing suites.)
Given these antecedents, it's no surprise that the new version adds support for HTML5, including published element lists from WHATWG and W3C; CSS3 properties, including vendor-specific properties for Mozilla, Safari/WebKit, and Opera browsers; a new contextual code-hinting feature tied to your chosen doctype that includes as-you-type popups for allowed elements, attributes, and (in CSS documents) style properties; and Bare Bones's own offline validator (HTML 3.2 through HTML5, XHTML inclusive), baked right into BBEdit.
BBEdit 9.6 also found the errors in WordPress plug-ins like fbLike Button and TweetMeme Retweet Button, enabling me to make an informed decision to stop using the former plug-in and helping me edit the PHP files of the latter plug-in so that it now validates here.
BBEdit 9.6 also offers increased performance for several common
operations, including search, and includes several enhancements and
refinements, plus fixes for reported issues. Detailed information on
all of the changes and improvements in BBEdit 9.6 can be found on the Release Notes page.
After using the new version for two days, I am switching back to BBEdit as my full-time coding platform.
BBEdit 9.6 is available free of charge to all registered BBEdit 9 customers from the Bare Bones Software website on the BBEdit Updates page. For more information, or to download a fully functional demo, visit Bare Bones Software's site.
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Running for Hope, a Christian humanitarian nonprofit organization, brings hope to amputees and the disabled in war torn and developing nations through gifts of new and used ambulatory aides like prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and canes.
80% of all amputees live in developing nations where only 2% have access to help.
Approximately 2,000 people are killed or maimed every month by mine explosions, most after hostilities have ended.
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Our annual run has been discontinued indefinitely. President/founder, Elie Hasbani, will be extremely busy the next 2 years launching a new church in the Milwaukee area. This will leave little or no time to oversee the run. Thank you all for your interest and previous support. Please watch for the run's return!


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The third in a four-part character-and-story led series that chronicles summer 2012 in Wales. Football fever sweeps the capital, as the Cleaner Cardiff Team prepare the city for its moment in the Olympic spotlight. At Bryngwyn Hall on the Welsh borders, former debutante Lady Linlithgow hosts a social etiquette course for a group of young ladies eager to gain poise, confidence and sophistication. In Caerleon, tour guide Linda Bailey tries her hand at historical interpretation, turning gladiator for a day in a bid to expand her repertoire. And at Hammet House, a reviewer comes to call after the luxury retreat loses one chef and gains a new one.
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There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance. ~Albert Einstein We often hear a lot about the great strength of the human intuition, but rarely are … READ MORE


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mibu.work1 said...
I've had issues like this too. After a few months, haters tend to gorget, but a lot can go into how well people remember. My guild that had this problem, Myrmidon, was over it in a few weeks once the haters gave up, because it's a fairly generic name. Names that stand out on my server tend to have attatched reputations, for example:
FLYING RAPTORS, an absurd non-sequeter that's been on my server forever, mostly known for its eccentric guild-leader with a simmilar name
HOHA: Stands for Horde-on-Horde Action, forced to change their name at the beginning of Wrath to its current acronym, they're one of the largest guilds on our server, and were recently our server first for getting guild level 25.
Blood and Cupcakes: a large-ish guild that you'll see everywhere in questing zones, very friendly and happy to help, they leave an impression
Vini Vidi Vici: When I payed attention to them back in BC, one of the best raiding guilds of the alliance in my server, named after one of the most famous phrases of all time, used to be known for their massive world-pvp battles with large horde guilds, not sure what they're up to now.
All of these have iconic names, whereas a lot of the guild I've been in (Myrmidon, Thunderstruck, Zerocool, Driven) are all single words or portmanteaus that are either semi-obscure references or simple evocative phrases, and thus not very memorable to those outside the guild.
mibu.work1 said...
@ Zanaji
It's to a certain computer-oriented movie, if that's what you're thinking.
Joke names may stand out, but consider the type of player it attracts. I've been in a few such guilds, and I learned my lesson fast. The other end of it is the "Ominious cliche name here" usually involving certain key words (dead/death, kill(er), black, red, assassins, ninja, pirate, lord, order, chaos, etc).
The single word names can work if you pick a good one and do something, though if you plan on going multi-gaming, this can be troublesome. I've met several guilds called "Bad," all claiming how awesome they are, but more often than not, they're one trick ponies.
In response to one of the above posters, the funny thing is that the guild Bad on our server (Dragonmaw US) is the most progressed PvE guild.
For a new guild I also wouldn't recommend a funny name since serious people won't take it seriously, at least at first. One name guild names tend to work very well, however.


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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin was initially expected to return at some point in the playoffs after aggravating his hip injury, and it was thought that the Seahakws were simply giving Harvin some more rest by not playing him for the remainder of the regular season. His status for the playoffs was never in much doubt, and it looked like the Seahawks were just going to give the oft-injured wide receiver's hip more time to heal up and bring him back slowly.
But then it was reported on Sunday by the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport that Harvin's hip injury was so slow to heal over the week that the Seahawks would just give up and place him on the injured reserve.
That's not the case anymore. The Seahawks decided to work out the talented wideout yesterday, and they are expecting him to practice on Thursday. The 'Hawks bye week will help give Harvin some more time to rest, but it seems like he could play in their divisional round game against a TBD opponent.
ESPN's Ed Werder reports that Percy Harvin looked so good at yesterday's workout that he will avoid the injured reserve, and Werder was told by sources that Harvin looked "amazing" yesterday. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll also seems more optimistic that Harvin can play, and there seems to be a better chance of him playing in the divisional round game than hitting the IR.
Harvin is scheduled to practice on Thursday, and Seahawks fans can only hope that his hip continues to hold up. The Seahawks can win the Super Bowl without him and have been the best team in the NFL this year without him, but their chances only go up with a weapon of Harvin's caliber.


text: Explore South Australia Adelaide The Barossa Valley The Fleurieu Peninsula Kangaroo Island The Southeast The Murray River The mid-north Port Augusta The Eyre Peninsula The Nullarbor Plain Coober Pedy Flinders Ranges National Park The Strzelecki Track Lake Eyre The Birdsville Track The Oodnadatta Track Share Lake Eyre is a massive and eerily desolate salt lake caught between the Simpson and Strzelecki deserts in a region where the annual evaporation rate is thirty times greater than the rainfall. Most years a little water trickles into the lake from its million-square-kilometre catchment area, which extends well into central Queensland and the Northern Territory. However, in 2009 and 2010 major floods in Queensland and New South Wales filled the basin, transforming it into a massive inland sea, for only the fourth time since white settlement of the region. A hypnotic, glaring salt crust usually covers the southern bays, creating a mysterious landscape whose harsh surrounds are paved by shiny gibber stones and walled by red dunes – in 1964 the crust was thick enough to be used as a range for Donald Campbell's successful crack at the world land-speed record. Some wildlife also manages to get by in the incredible emptiness. The resident Lake Eyre dragon is a diminutive, spotted grey lizard often seen skimming over the crust, and the rare flooding attracts dense flocks of birds, wakes the plump water-holding frog from hibernation and causes plants to burst into colour. Designated a national park, you'll need a Desert Pass to visit. It's an isolated area and only high-clearance 4WDs are permitted. You'll need to be self-sufficient with plenty of fuel, food and water; a satellite phone is also recommended. Before you leave, check the road conditions with the Transport SA hotline (t1300 361 033, whttp://www.transport.sa.gov.au). Read More


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MissionThe California Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Committee was created to advise the California Secretary of Agriculture and the agricultural industry about efforts to combat serious pests and diseases that could threaten our state's citrus industry. The committee was authorized through Assembly Bill No. 281 (AB 281), which was signed into law on October 9, 2009. The bill sets out the powers and duties of the committee giving it the authority to develop a statewide citrus pest and disease work plan, subject to the approval of the Secretary. Key responsibilities are:
- Develop informational programs to educate and train residential owners of citrus fruit, local communities, groups and individuals on the prevention/detection of pests, diseases and their vectors specific to citrus.
- Develop programs for surveying, detecting, analyzing, and treating citrus pests and diseases.
- Set box assessment to help pay for citrus pest & disease detection, treatment and Educational outreach programs.
Committee Members2010-2011 Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Committee Executive Committee Members Nick Hill, Chairman Craig Armstrong, Vice Chairman and Action Plan Subcommittee Chairman Richard Bennett, Secretary/Treasurer Committee Members Dan Dreyer - Exeter Bob Felts, Jr - Visalia John Gless - Riverside Jim Gorden - Lemon Cove Gus Gunderson - Santa Paula J. Link Leavens - Ventura Mark McBroom - Calipatria George McEwen - Exeter James McFarlane - Clovis Kevin Olsen, Communications Subcommittee Chairman - Pindale Dr. Etienne Rabe, Ph.D, Science Subcommittee Chairman - Delano Kevin Severns, Transition Subcommittee Chairman - Orange Cove Brian Specht - Thermal Steve Birdsall, Public Member Don Barioni, Jr., Alternate - Niland Earl Rutz, Alternate
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CPDPC CDFA Treatment ProgCPDPC CDFA Detection & Treatment Program
There are two different programs: one for industry and the other for residential and public settings.
CPDPC funds a statewide commercial citrus trapping program which is administered by the Citrus Research Board. For more information, see Field Ops and Lab.
Residential/Public Settings:
This program is administered by the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) and consists of three main parts:
1. Survey & Detection:
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) maintains a cooperative state/county trapping program in various southern California counties for ACP to provide early detection of any infestation in the county. Traps are serviced by agricultural inspectors. The trap used for ACP detection is the yellow panel trap. The yellow panel trap is a yellow two-sided board coated with stickum. ACP are caught on the sticky capture surface. Yellow panel traps have proven successful at detecting infestations of ACP. Proper deployment enhances catch success.
At all locations where traps are placed, the host plant is visually inspected for ACP. If there is evidence that ACP exists, the host will be sweep netted for ACP samples.
Any detection of ACP not associated with a recently arrived nursery or landscaping shipment from an infested area shall trigger a delimitation survey. This survey shall continue for three life cycles past the last psyllid found.
All properties within 100 meters of the initial detection shall be surveyed. Initial surveys should be door-to-door, moving outward in all directions from the original detection site. Additional detection locations shall be used as new epicenters to expand survey boundaries using a ¼ mile radius. Survey will be repeated every two weeks. If high or scattered ACP populations are found in the initial inspections, a transect survey may be implemented to rapidly determine the extent of the infestation. This involves inspecting a minimum of 10 properties per square mile.
2. CDFA Treatment:
Trigger: Treatment is warranted on the detection of one or more psyllids.
Treatment Area: The typical treatment area is 400 meters around any ACP detection site. Treatment areas may extend up to 800 meters based upon the following criteria: The detection of additional ACP or immature life stages detected within the survey area; the availability of host plants in the region, the presence of huanglongbing (HLB) disease within the pest population or host plants; and the availability of State resources. Only host plants are treated.
Treatment Options: Both foliar and systemic insecticides will be applied. Foliar insecticides are useful for immediate reduction of the adult population in order to eliminate dispersal, while systemic insecticides are necessary to kill the sedentary nymphs. The frequency of the treatments is dependent on the insecticide applied and severity of the infestation.
3. CDFA Outreach:
Informational materials will be made available to the public. These may include mass mailing of postcards, distribution of posters to businesses, pamphlets distributed by survey staff, development of a website linked to the CDFA website, additions to preexisting informational kiosks, incorporation of information into classroom teachings, etc.
Residents of affected properties will be invited to a public meeting where officials from various agencies (California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the County Agricultural Commissioner) are present to address residents' questions and concerns. Residents are notified in writing at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled treatment. Following the treatment, completion notices are left with the residents detailing precautions to take and post-harvest intervals applicable to any citrus fruit on the property.
A toll-free hotline will be staffed to answer questions related to this project. This telephone number is provided on all treatment notifications.


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General Educational Development (GED) Exam
GED 2013 Close-OutDue to the introduction of the new 2014 GED® testing format in January, 2014, all incomplete test results previous to that date have expired and will not carry over. If you had incomplete test results, you will now need to register for the 2014 exam as a first time candidate.
The 2014 GED Exam
The new GED assessment continues to provide the opportunity to earn a high school credential but now goes further by measuring career- and college-readiness skills necessary for today's curriculum and tomorrow's success. There are now four tests:
- Reasoning through Language Arts is 155 minutes and includes a 10 minute break. This includes a 45 minutes extended response item.
- Mathematical Reasoning is 120 minutes, which includes a calculator-prohibited and on-screen calculator-allowed section.
- Science is 95 minutes and includes some short answer items.
- Social Studies is 95 minutes which includes a 25 minute extended response item.
A minimum passing score of 150 (on a scale of 100-200) must be achieved on each of the four tests; there is no overall average criteria required to pass. Testing must be completed within three years or scores will expire.
The test is offered on computer only. Field testing showed that even test-takers with minimal keyboarding skills had adequate time to enter their answers. Question types include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, drag-and-drop, drop-down selections, short answer and extended response items.
Testing for the GED exam will be administered at CNM's Workforce Training Center (room 127) and Rio Rancho campuses. The cost is $30 per module or $120 total.
How to Register
The registration process for the GED® test is now much simpler. Create your MyGED account at www.GED.com and you will be able to access a dashboard full of information about test preparation, scheduling, scoring, and college and career opportunities. When you are ready to schedule your tests, log in to your MyGED account, click "Start scheduling", complete the demographic questions, schedule one test or multiple tests at a time (we recommend not scheduling all four tests in one day), and pay for your appointment. You can also register for the exam by calling 1-877-EXAM-GED.
Preparing for Your GED Exam
In addition to the GED classes and tutoring available through The Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program, there are also links to the Official GED practice exam "GED Ready", the less extensive free practice exam, test-tips and other test preparation materials in the "Study" section of your MyGED dashboard.
16 and 17 Year Olds
If you are 16 or 17 years old at the time of testing you will be prompted to complete and submit an Underage Verification Form (UVF) in order to complete your on-line MyGED registration. Fax, e-mail or drop-off the completed form at the CNM Workforce Training Center (room 127) or one of the CNM Assessment Centers after you've completed your online registration process up to that point. You will need your 9-digit NM ID number: APS students may contact Arlene Sanchez at (505) 855-9042; Rio Rancho students may contact (505) 896-0667; for other school districts, contact your superintendent's office. Home Schooled students will also require signatures from the parents and the home school operator, as well as the Home School Confirmation number. The form is also referred to as the Underage Permission Form, and is available at CNM Assessment Centers or on-line.
GED Test Results, Transcripts and Diplomas
Scores will be available online from your MyGED account at www.GED.com on the same day as testing. In the first few weeks of 2014 scores may be delayed for some tests as we evaluate the automated scoring engine but during this time scores will be available for viewing within 3 hours to 2 business days of completing a test subject
Order your Official GED Transcript and Diploma from www.DiplomaSender.com. Create an account and then navigate to the free offer in order to receive your first transcript and diploma at no charge.
Special Accommodations
Information about requesting special accommodations for GED testing, such as extra time, or the use of a calculator for both portions of the math exam, or a private room, are available.
If you require special accommodations it is recommended that you meet with a counselor at the CNM Disability Resource Center (DRC) at the Main or Montoya campuses for assistance completing and submitting the required application and documentation forms.