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Friday, March 24, 2006
Snakes on a Plane
Well anyway, I am not posting this article to talk about the movie, I mean, It sounds pretty lame anyway. Like I said, what is interesting about this film is that it has cultivated many bloggers to create fan sites and even their own Snakes on a Plane trailers and songs before the movie has been released. The influence has been so great that the director of the movie has made changes in the movie to satisfy Internet fans.
And as usual, I have media for your enjoyment. Below you will find links to Snakes on a Plane spoof movie trailer and song made by Brian Finkelstein along with the original NPR segment.
Links to media:
Original NPR segment on Snakes on a Plane: mp3
Movie trailer spoof (audio has swear words and gunfire): mp3
Movie song spoof: mp3
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
lala.comYou can now sign up for lala.com for free.
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I am already a member and I have two Gun N' Roses CDs coming in soon! :D
This is how it works:
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You don't have to send a CD that you are sharing if you don't want to. When you receive a CD it is yours and you don't have to send it to anyone else.
There is a charge obviously, you pay $1.00 + shipping which is $0.49. When you receive an album, you pay $1.49! That's a lot cheaper then itunes or buying cds in the store and faster then downloading not to mention that you are getting a REAL cd. Now, if someone sends you a fake cd or a cd that doesn't work, lala.com will not charge you $1.49. There is no monthly charge and you are not obligated to trade cds.
The shipping works like netflicks. lala.com mails you a "mailing kit" which is a kit with a bunch of prepaid envelops. When you ship a cd all you have to do is drop the cd into the pre paid envelop and throw the envelop into the mail (you are not paying for the shipping, the person receiving the cd is paying for the shipping).
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
E.T. the Biblical Extra-Terrestrial
Joel Montes de Oca
E.T. the Biblical Extra-Terrestrial
It is no wonder that Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has captivated an audience from around the world. This film, about an extra-terrestrial being left behind on earth by his compares and befriending a small boy, has grasped the hearts of many. The movie starts with a great chase evolving E.T, E.T's spaceship buddies. and a group of scientists. The outcome of the chase ended with E.T. accidentally being left behind on earth to venture on his own. E.T. quickly befriends a young boy named Elliot who protects E.T. from the evil scientists. The Movie ends with E.T. phoning the spaceship which later returns with the purpose of rescuing E.T. I strongly believe that the reason why the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has became an instant hit is due to the fact that E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has strong ties with the universal hero theme, especially with Jesus and Jesus' life.
The film opens with a dark, fogy, and mysterious outdoor scene. E.T. and his friends have just arrived to earth from the heavens by means of a spaceship. Suddenly, there is a great commotion! A group of scientists were expecting the arrival of E.T. and were on the process of locating this creature. E.T. friends panic and board the spaceship. The spaceship lifts off and disappears into the dark sky, leaving poor E.T. behind. When we examine this scene for its symbolism and how it relates to the universal hero, we can clearly see that it starts on the path of Jesus' life story. For example, E.T. descends from the heavens just as Jesus did. When E.T. arrived to Earth, scientists were on the search for him with the aim of capturing him. In Jesus' case, the same happened. When Jesus arrived and was born on Earth, there was a king who was looking for the child. He was so desperate to find the child that he later ordered for all new born males to be put to death. because Jesus was in such danger, an angle descended and warned Mary and Joseph to flee with Jesus. Although no one told E.T. to flee the forest, he did so and into Elliot's shed he hid. Keep in mind that E.T. was first discovered within a shed which closely resembles Jesus' birth place. Also, great enphesis is given to Elliot's mother, the only lead adult women in the film, which would lead you to think that she resembles Mary, Jesus earthly mother. The film goes on to show the three children, Elliot and his two siblings, befriending E.T. and swearing to always protect E.T. Jesus also acquired twelve disciples who at one point tried to protect Jesus from certain death after Jesus was betrayed. Keep in mind that E.T.'s three "disciples" is dividable by Jesus' twelve disciples. More over, now we start seeing how Elliot's family starts becoming closer with each other because of the alien, E.T.
By the middle of the film, we begin to see how E.T. is not your average extra-terrestrial. E.T. shows us that he is capable of healing physical injuries just as Jesus did in biblical times. Also, E.T. exhibits an uncanny ability to feel what Eliot feels and also to cause Eliot to feel what he feels which shows that E.T. can touch you both physically and spiritually. E.T.'s health starts failing and he is aware that he needs to go home soon. The symbolism here is strong with that of Jesus' life. Jesus also knew that his earthly life was coming to an end. He later goes out to the mount of olives for a long period of time in order to pray to God, or in a more simplified sense, communicate out of this world. Steven Spielberg was able to capture this symbolism on film by having E.T. go out into the forest and communicate out of this world by means of a home brewed radio. It appears that E.T. was also a licensed radio armature back in his native planet.
The ending of the film, I believe, has the biggest and most obvious clues that proves this story is not so original after all. Lets examine the clues that Melissa Mathison, the writer of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, hashed out. E.T. is captured by the scientists within a house; Jesus was also captured while being near a house. E.T. goes on to die at the hands of the scientists just as Jesus died at the hands of his captures. E.T.'s body is placed within a nitrogen coffin and Jesus' body was placed within a new cave tomb. The coming scene is the extraordinary scene where E.T. actually is resurrected from the dead and calls out to his "disciples", which are the only people that knows that E.T. is alive. E.T. is awakened screaming, "E.T. go home! E.T. go home!" Jesus' story is similar. Jesus dies, is entombed, and then is resurrected and appears only to his disciples. The film finally concludes with E.T. ascending into the heavens by means of the spaceship while his earthly friends watch him go. Jesus' earthly life ended in a similar way, he rose into the sky on top of a cloud and only his disciples watched him leave.
In conclusion, the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was interesting until I realized that I already knew the ending to the film. The obvious signs that E.T. is depicting Jesus' life makes the film loose its edge I think. My final recommendation is if you want a story packed with metaphoric symbolism, don't waste your money at block buster, just read the book of David or the book of Revelations. On a final note, I know E.T.'s radio armature call sign: ET4UFO. (Ham radio joke)
Copyright ©2005 Joel Montes de Oca
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Origami minitabletsPhotos of the Origami tablet. It doesn't seem so impressive...
Note: Make sure you see all four pages, they all have images of various Origami minitablets.
Transparent PowerBookHere is a neat trick done with a green background. The video was made by Jose Izquierdo with a regular PowerBook, a green background was added to the laptop's screen and then using a video editor, Jose added the back wall on the green screen background. Pretty neat eh? :)
Friday, March 03, 2006
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Breakfast and Bagel Shop. It's easy to buy a bagel to bring on the plane with you for breakfast or lunch. A whole-wheat bagel has about 4 grams of fiber, and can be a great choice if you fill it with something light. Try light cream cheese, or turkey breast with veggies and a little avocado. If your stomach is sensitive on travel days, you might even feel better chewing on a plain bagel.
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Karmarkar's algorithm
Karmarkar's algorithm is an algorithm introduced by Narendra Karmarkar in 1984 for solving linear programming problems. It was the first reasonably efficient algorithm that solves these problems in polynomial time. The ellipsoid method is also polynomial time but proved to be inefficient in practice.
Where is the number of variables and is the number of bits of input to the algorithm, Karmarkar's algorithm requires operations on digit numbers, as compared to such operations for the ellipsoid algorithm. The runtime of Karmarkar's algorithm is thus
using FFT-based multiplication (see Big O notation).
Karmarkar's algorithm falls within the class of interior point methods: the current guess for the solution does not follow the boundary of the feasible set as in the simplex method, but it moves through the interior of the feasible region, improving the approximation of the optimal solution by a definite fraction with every iteration, and converging to an optimal solution with rational data.[1]
The Algorithm[edit]
Consider a Linear Programming problem in matrix form:
|maximize cTx
|subject to
|Ax ≤ b.
The algorithm determines the next feasible direction toward optimality and scales back by a factor 0 < γ ≤ 1.
Karmarkar's algorithm is rather complicated. Interested readers can refer.[2][3][4][5][6] A simplified version, called the affine-scaling method, proposed and analyzed by others,[7] can be described succinctly as follows. Note that the affine-scaling algorithm, while efficient in practice, is not a polynomial time algorithm.
Algorithm Affine-Scaling Input: A, b, c, , stopping criterion, .
do while stopping criterion not satisfied if then return unbounded end if end do
- "←" is a shorthand for "changes to". For instance, "largest ← item" means that the value of largest changes to the value of item.
- "return" terminates the algorithm and outputs the value that follows.
Consider the linear program
|subject to
That is, there are 2 variables and 11 constraints associated with varying values of . This figure shows each iteration of the algorithm as red circle points. The constraints are shown as blue lines.
Patent controversy --- "Can Mathematics be patented ?"[edit]
At the time he invented the algorithm, Narendra Karmarkar was employed by AT&T and they realized that his invention could be of practical importance. In April 1985, AT&T promptly applied for a patent on Karmarkar's algorithm and that became more fuel for the ongoing controversy over the issue of software patents.[8] This left many mathematicians uneasy, such as Ronald Rivest (himself one of the holders of the patent on the RSA algorithm), who expressed the opinion that research proceeded on the basis that algorithms should be free. Even before the patent was actually granted, it seemed that there was prior art that might have been applicable.[9] Mathematicians who specialize in numerical analysis such as Philip Gill and others showed that Karmarkar's algorithm is actually equivalent to a projected Newton barrier method with a logarithmic barrier function, if the parameters are chosen suitably.[10] Methods referred to by Gill were widely used for nonlinear programming since the 1960s. In fact, one well-known book first published in 1968 described the technique specifically in the context of linear programming.[11] However, some say Gill's argument is flawed, insofar as the method they describe does not even qualify as an "algorithm", since it requires choices of parameters that don't follow from the internal logic of the method, but rely on external guidance, essentially from Karmarkar's algorithm.[12] Furthermore, Karmarkar's contributions are considered far from obvious in light of all prior work, including Fiacco-McCormick, Gill and others cited by Saltzman.[12][13][14] The patent was debated in U.S. senate and granted in recognition of the essential originality of Karmarkar's work, as U.S. Patent 4,744,026: "Methods and apparatus for efficient resource allocation" in May 1988. AT&T supplied systems KORBX[15] [16] based on this patent to Pentagon,[17][18] which enabled them to solve mathematical programming problems which were previously considered unsolvable.Opponents of software patents have further alleged that the patents ruined the positive interaction cycles that previously characterized the relationship between researchers in linear programming and industry, and specifically it isolated Karmarkar himself from the network of mathematical researchers in his field. [19]
The patent itself expired in April 2006, and the algorithm is presently in the public domain.
- Ilan Adler, Narendra Karmarkar, Mauricio G.C. Resende and Geraldo Veiga (1989). "An Implementation of Karmarkar's Algorithm for Linear Programming". Mathematical Programming, Vol 44, p. 297–335.
- Narendra Karmarkar (1984). "A New Polynomial Time Algorithm for Linear Programming", Combinatorica, Vol 4, nr. 4, p. 373–395.
- ^ Strang, Gilbert (1 June 1987). "Karmarkar's algorithm and its place in applied mathematics". The Mathematical Intelligencer (New York: Springer) 9 (2): 4–10. doi:10.1007/BF03025891. ISSN 0343-6993. MR '''883185'''.
- ^ http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=808695
- ^ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02579150
- ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1989.tb00316.x/abstract
- ^ http://www.ams.org/books/conm/114/conm114-endmatter.pdf
- ^ http://sanghv.com/download/Ebook/Machine%20Learning/Kalyanmoy%20Deb,%20Arnab%20Bhattacharya,%20Nirupam%20Chakraborti,%20Partha%20Chakroborty,%20Swagatam%20Das,%20Joydeep%20Dutta,%20Santosh%20K.%20Gupta,%20Ashu%20Jain,%20Varun%20Aggarwal,%20Juergen%20Branke,%20Sushil%20J.%20Louis,%20Kay%20Chen%20Tan%20Simulated%20E.pdf
- ^ Robert J. Vanderbei; Meketon, Marc, Freedman, Barry (1986). "A Modification of Karmarkar's Linear Programming Algorithm". Algorithmica 1: 395–407. doi:10.1007/BF01840454.
- ^ Kolata, Gina (1989-03-12). "IDEAS & TRENDS; Mathematicians Are Troubled by Claims on Their Recipes". The New York Times.
- ^ Various posts by Matthew Saltzman, Clemson University
- ^ Gill, Philip E.; Murray, Walter, Saunders, Michael A., Tomlin, J. A. and Wright, Margaret H. (1986). "On projected Newton barrier methods for linear programming and an equivalence to Karmarkar's projective method". Mathematical Programming 36 (2): 183–209. doi:10.1007/BF02592025.
- ^ Anthony V. Fiacco; Garth P. McCormick (1968). Nonlinear Programming: Sequential Unconstrained Minimization Techniques. New York: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-25810-0. Reprinted by SIAM in 1990 as ISBN 978-0-89871-254-4.
- ^ a b Andrew Chin (2009). "On Abstraction and Equivalence in Software Patent Doctrine: A Response to Bessen, Meurer and Klemens". Journal Of Intellectual Property Law 16: 214–223.
- ^ Mark A. Paley (1995). "The Karmarkar Patent: Why Congress Should "Open the Door" to Algorithms as Patentable Subject Matter". 22 COMPUTER L. REP. 7
- ^ Margaret H. Wright (2004). "The Interior-Point Revolution in Optimization: History, Recent Developments, and Lasting Consequences". Bulletins of the American Mathematical Society 42: 39–56.
- ^ Marc S. Meketon; Y.C. Cheng, D.J. Houck, J.M.Liu, L. Slutsman, Robert J. Vanderbei, and P. Wang (1989). "The AT&T KORBX System". AT&T Technical Journal 68: 7–19.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/13/business/big-at-t-computer-for-complexities.html
- ^ http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1989/Military-Is-First-Announced-Customer-Of-AT-T-Software/id-8a376783cd62cdf141de700a7c948f61
- ^ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=70419&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D70419
- ^ "今野浩: カーマーカー特許とソフトウェア – 数学は 特許に なるか (Konno Hiroshi: The Kamarkar Patent and Software – Has Mathematics Become Patentable?)". FFII. Retrieved 2008-06-27.


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2- What division level of college competition is right for me?
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so it was dark in my room and i was thirsty so i got up half asleep and walked to the kitchen first i forgot i closed my door before i went to bed so i ran into the door then going down the stairs i missed a step and slid down the rest of the way and then the glass sliped out of my hand and broke then after i cleaned it up in hit my toe on a chair not my brightest moments ever but ive had worst just not all in one night so it was an unlucky night luckily i made it back to my room in one piece :)
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Registered: May 7, 2012
Riding: Victory CrossCountry Tour
Posts: 364
Registered: January 17, 2013
Riding: 2012 Victory Hard Ball
Posts: 980
Add motorcycles along with religion,politics,things not to talk about.
Passanger,driver backrest
Hardbag protection thingies
Longhorn pegs
Registered: February 22, 2013
Riding: 2008 Victory Vegas Jackpot "Arlen Ness"
Posts: 152
Yeah it funny. Usually the people who brag up their bike and talk sh%t about the others is intimidated or feels inadequate about their own bike. Ill say it here "I don't like Harleys" yes I said it but for the reason of realiability, vibration, and feel of the ride.
Now having said that I would never disrespect a fellow biker by talking sh%t about his bike no matter what he drove. That is very disrespectful.
The only time I talk sh%t about other brands (mainly Harley) is when someone steps on my toes. I have family members who ride Harleys and they are always the first ones to say something about Victory and then I let loose but I never start it. They never seem to have much for comebacks and usually just use my own comebacks back at me but if I wanted "my" comeback I would tell their wifes to fart...
Registered: August 20, 2012
Riding: 2012 Cross Country Tour
Posts: 190
He might have just been overly excited about his bike. I know if someone asks me questions about my bike I will give them all the info I can about my bike. I do let others get a few words in though...lol
2006 Vulcan 900 (My first bike, wifes new toy)
2012 Victory CCT(Pearl White)
Lloydz air filter, ATS+4, PCV and Tri Ovals 96 hp/113 tq
I like some Harleys, just don't like Harley mentality.
I like Harleys and will probably buy another one some day, but some guys are just diehard and will not even think about another brand of bike. some think their s$$t don't stink because they have a Harley. It's just like the diehard Chevy guys or Mopar guys they wouldn't be caught dead in a Ford. I buy what i like and don't give a crap what others think! So be proud of what you got and ride it with pride.
Registered: April 3, 2009
Riding: H-D custom FXR, GSXR 1000, Buell XB12S
Posts: 609
That's totally normal. When I drive my Vette I dress in every piece of Chevy clothing made and sneer at GT-Rs and Mustangs...
I love motorcycles, but the people that ride them sometimes get on my nerves.
Registered: December 20, 2010
Riding: Victory Kingpin and Victory Vision
Posts: 5406
Obviously we all like some bikes better than others. If a guy says to you, "I ride X" and that prompts you to tell him why you don't like X...then You're obviously an insecure poser that bought a bike because you thought it would make you cool.
110" Vision, 128 hp 130 tq
If you ride any type of cruiser you oweat least a nod to harley. go back to the 80's and you had 3 choices rice rocket ninja, hurricane etc, upright street bike honda cb, kawasaki ltd, suziki gs all of which were inline twins or 4's or a cruiser, Harley. As Harley proved that they had overcome the quality issues from the AMF years people started going for cruisers and japan started loosing sales. so they went were the money was crusiers. Now with the exception of rice rockets, moto guzzi goldwing bmw and triumph, everything else is a cruiser. even kawasaki when they reintroduced the voyager went with a v twin instead of the concours 4 cylinder, a proven and dependable motor.


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not a woman of many words in public; however i'll have you deeply entranced with the essence of my witty written words.
i'm impossible to predict. from girly to tomboy, from afro-centric to rocker chic; you'll never know which dub you're going to get. just brace yourself because you'll be caught up in my rapture…then find yourself unable to live without it.


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At this point in our training, my #CaminoTwits pal Lori and I consider ourselves advanced amateur walkers. After the previous week's 32km effort, we decided we needed to stretch ourselves further and sought recommendations from our hiking friends at AvoidingChores.com for a shorter, yet hillier route. That's what brought us to the Admiral Lake Loop on the Musquodoboit Trailway.
For those unfamiliar with Nova Scotia place names, "Musquodoboit" is pronounced "Musk-uh-dob-it."
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ULIS, a manufacturer of high quality infrared (IR) imaging sensors for thermography, security & surveillance, automotive and military applications, announces today on its 10th year anniversary a EUR 20 million investment in a new state-of-the-art facility to meet increasing market demands for IR technology.
PLP and WLP technologies involve packaging an IR chip at wafer level rather than using the traditional method of assembling the package of each individual chip after wafer dicing. In addition to making the resulting packaged IR chip more compact and robust, it is a time-saving process, Equally important, the new facility will allow ULIS to move production from 150mm silicon CMOS wafers to the advanced 200mm silicon CMOS wafer. In doing so, ULIS will introduce a new product line aimed at filling a gap in the supply for low image resolution IR sensors needed by applications such as enhancing energy efficiency of heating/cooling systems or detecting people, among others.
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UPDATE: The eagle has landed!!!
The mystery prankster -- who flew a plane banner reading "Tiger: Did you mean Bootyism?" over Tiger's tee-off at the Masters -- has another trick up his sleeve ... and it's gonna fly overhead any minute now.
TMZ has learned the anonymous gagster has ordered up another banner which reads: "SEX ADDICT? YA, RIGHT. SURE. ME TOO!"
If you're in Augusta right now, look up.
Sex Addiction is BS. It's called being a whore.
Posted at 3:18PM on Apr 8th 2010 by Scott
I SO agree with you! It's a choice not an addiction.
Love it!!! Why didn't I think of that.
Wow...so sad how many people take so much joy in people's failures and short-comings and take so much pride in kicking them when they're down.
Nice way to live your lives losers.
People really need to mind their own business. What a freak! It's one thing to comment to yourself or on TMZ but that is out of line.
This has gone too far. Whoever is behind this really needs to get a life.
#11 LAWRENCE you are freakin hilarious!
10. You people are jerks..God is a vengefull god.. you all will get yor payback for what you people are doing to someone over his personak life that has nothing to do with joe public.
Posted at 3:23PM on Apr 8th 2010 by calemera
Please do not bring Our Lord into that nonetheless, you moron.
When it will be written in the Bible "Thou shalt not make fun of Tiger Woods for being a douchy husband", then you know what? We'll stop it. But until it become a mortal sin, YOU CAN GO TO HELL for all I care.
Why would anyone defend this serial cheetah?
Tiger is a pig and he deserves to wallow in the excrement he produced.
How come no mention of Tiger throwing a tizzy fit at the par 3 course yesterday,he wanted his own T time and pick his own partner.They said nothing doing,and so he backed out.So much for the new tiger..
#28 "nesh"
Obviously I don't know what his therapy was for. Maybe you can enlighten me since you seem to have all the inside knowledge.
I've never heard him or anyone of reps confirm what it was for so I asked the question.
So please....use your obviously large brain and fill me in.
I hate to think that most of you that made comments never made any mistakes in your lives. His personal affairs have nothing to do with his career. I think most are mad because he is of a different race and happens to be one of the best players in GOLF and he got caught cheating on a "Becky". The lesson that should be learned is that when you mess with too many blonds...expect a bunch of MESS!
So that's why Harvey was getting his pilot's license and he's away for the week. Watch for the TMZ sticker on the side of the plane. The name of the plane is the "Harvey Levin 2".
Nikes new slogan"just do her"
42. #28 "nesh"
Obviously I don't know what his therapy was for. Maybe you can enlighten me since you seem to have all the inside knowledge.
I've never heard him or anyone of reps confirm what it was for so I asked the question.
So please....use your obviously large brain and fill me in.
Posted at 3:48PM on Apr 8th 2010 by K
I guess the photos of him being seen a sex addiction clinic in Mississippi aren't enough proof for you? You probably think OJ is innocent too. People like you shouldn't be allowed to drive or to vote. You are dumber than rocks.


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Democrats Ramshield
Last seen: 2 years 4 weeks ago
Joined: 09/13/2010
Written by an American Expat who holds an M.B.A. degree living in the E.U.
My email address is: democratsramshield (at)yahoo (dot)com
Surely the death of the American working class dream is not news to the American 1 percent elites. The truth be known simply put they like it that way, as they surely are the architects of the GOP led class warfare against the American working class.
(The Statue of Liberty in the photo below is located in Paris, France and is believed to have become emblematic as the American dream now resides in Europe instead of America). Make the jump»
Written by an American expat living in the E.U. (who holds a M.B.A. degree). This diary is a review of the Spiegel article entitled "Has America Become an Oligarchy?" from the perspective of a business librarian.
My email is: firstname.lastname@example.com
Spiegel quote: 2002 and 2007, 65 percent of the income gains went to the top 1%
Written for the phazebooq group @ the daily kos.
According to a recent report from the Onion fake news report Mark Zuckerman won a medial from the CIA for his work with face book. Of course it is not true but it is true.
Are you feeling confused. Make the jump»
(This diary was cross-posted by author from the Daily Kos and was rated as the number #1 diary on January 14th 2012 as indicated at the link below.)
(Written by an American Expat living in the E.U.)
That's when I knew the America I grew up in was gone for good. Make the jump»
(Written by an American expat living in the European Union)
Did you know that the library is America's last truly socialized institution and that everyday you come a bit closer to losing it! As a male who is a business librarian, (that is to say someone who holds graduate degrees in library science and an MBA degree in marketing), I understand very well that fee for service in America's library systems are creating a class of information have-nots. For some of you this means that your children aren't going to be able to read as well. It also means that as voters in a democracy, you will no longer be as well informed without full library services. As the series, the American dream vs the European dream which I was able to generously publish with the support of the Daily Kos community, we have seen that we cannot depend on the plutocrat owned radio and television media. Sometimes we have to go to print sources, even international print sources of the variety and scope that you can't possibly afford as an individual to subscribe to them all. Additionally libraries make online databases available to their patrons that allow you with the touch of a button to read international media sources from around the globe. You're in the process of losing this all and a lot more. Make the jump»
Originally posted 2011-02-11 12:29:30 -0500. Bumped and promoted. - GH
(Written by an American expat living in the European Union)
There are 59 million Americans who don't have medical insurance. There are 132 million Americans who don't have dental insurance. What if there were an alternate United States where everyone was medically and dentally insured? Well it just so happens that I live in what some call the United States of Europe otherwise known as the European Union and here everyone that I see everyday is fully medically insured. They live on average longer than we do in America and they pay less for their medical system than we do in America, even though they insure 100% of their populations.
Why can't the Teabaggers see this? If they could see it, would it change anything? Would it change you? It changed me. It is possible to change America, one person at a time. All we have to do is get the word out that universal medical works in every major industrialized country in the world, therefore it can also work in America not only to provide health care but also to become America's biggest employer with jobs that pay a living wage that can't be outsourced.
As an American expat living in the European Union I've come to rely on the European mainstream press corp for opinions and information that is essentially unaffected by the influence of Fox news and right wing talk radio. Make the jump»
America in Decline: Why Germans Think We're Insane
AlterNet / By Democrats Ramshield
A look at our empire in decline through the eyes of the European media. (December 26, 2010)
As an American expat living in the European Union, I've started to see America from a different perspective. Make the jump»
Crossposted from DailyKos. Promoted. -- GH
(Written by an American expat living in the European Union)
This mainstream German magazine Der Spiegel in their December 30th issue, tell us that Wall Street banksters committed nothing short of a monumental insider bank robbery, which is responsible for victims like Pam Brown who has become the face of America's nouveau poor and hungry in the minds of the Spiegel's vast readership within the European Union.
The Spiegel's article also tells us that America's has a short memory. Barely 2 years after the market crashed, Wall Street is in the process of creating a second crash by speculating just as shamelessly as they did before. The Spiegel article suggests this maybe happening because there were no criminal prosecutions ever brought. Therefore it looks like the Wall Street banksters are going to do this again.
To which this diary asks, how many more times do you want to bail out Wall Street? How much longer do the bread lines have to get, how many more millions have to lose their homes? Is 59 million without medical insurance enough? When will America say no to Wall Street and yes to Main Street European style social safety net? Make the jump»
This piece is a crossposted excerpt from a slightly larger piece originally posted on DailyKos. Our thanks to the writer, Democrats Ramshield, for the crosspost. The opening has been slightly edited for clarity, as the original lead-in material is not included within this crosspost. Those are the only alterations. -- GH
How does the US social safety net protect working families?
Did you know that virtually speaking the United States is the only major industrialized nation in the world that doesn't offer job protected paid maternity leave by right of law? To which this diary offers a number of quotes below. In reviewing those quotes please ask yourself the question, what type of family values is Yankee capitalism promulgating for the working class?
Paternity Leave / international comparisons
Did you know that 157 countries offer paid maternity leave?
Check out Wikipedia: "Parental Leave": there's a shocking chart which is an embarassment to the United States
Source: http://comet.lehman.cuny.edu/...
Let's take a look at how the French maternity leave policies work to support families as an earned benefit provided to working people. In doing so please consider the quote below.
Maternity Leave in France
CNN: Bindi Dupouy, an Australian living in Paris, and her French husband, just had their first child, a son born in the country.
Dupouy, a 28-year-old lawyer, got almost five months paid maternity leave from her company for the birth. She can take another seven months off beyond that -- a year total -- unpaid, if she wants, with her job guaranteed under French law.
Source: http://articles.cnn.com/...
Would you please consider telling your friends, family about how our British cousins are provided with extensive maternity benefits which maybe shared by hetero-sexual couples, as well as same-sex couples and single parent families? Isn't it time that we in the U.S. adopted these types of progressive family friendly policies?
Now we're talking about real family values not just lip service.


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Samsung Agonistes
(That's a really neat reference to a Milton poem by the way, so laugh, damn you) – Samsung, the South Korean powerhouse seem to have emerged from the last four years in better shape than any of Apple's major hardware rivals. They've experimented with and advanced the cause of OLED and AMOLED displays, they've pushed the hardware in all kinds of directions, they've aggressively stalked the iPad since its release, to the point of plagiarism some would argue, and they have survived. They've done more than survive, they've thrived. Thriven. Throve. Threft. Thrivvled. Thropwindled. Wa'evz, girlfriend.
Galaxy Quest
The Galaxy tablet is generally agreed to be the best response to the iPad that anyone has yet managed to come up with. It has hardly had the same kind of seismic impact on the worlds of publishing, journalism, design, medicine and education, and can only be regarded as a follower not a leader, but if your heart is hardened against Apple you could do a lot worse.
A review! At last, an actual review!
I have spent the past week trying to use and trying to love the Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000. This device, you might remember, caused quite a lot of hoopla in October 2011 when it was announced and released. Is it a pad, is it a phone? No, it's a Note.
Size sighs
The 5.3 inch screen, which is exactly yay big by yay big, notably (notably!) falls between the size of an iPad and iPhone, though it's closer to a phone than a tablet. You can exactly fit two Notes next to each other on an iPad screen and another will lie on top lengthways. I would say the display is a third bigger than an iPhone and three times smaller than an iPad. I'm sure if I was better at geometry I could work out the difference exactly, but that will have to do. Interestingly enough, everyone is predicting the new iPhone 5 will have a bigger screen, but not this big, you can be certain.
Unwrapping the Galaxy Bar
Personally, I find the size annoying. I can't type as quickly on it as I can on either an iPad or an iPhone (despite Swiftkey, of which more later) or the HTC XL, Lumia 800 or BlackBerry (bless) Bold that are my current PIUs, Phones In Use.
It certainly comes with a top spec. 1.4 GHz Dual Core processor, 1080p video (full HD in other words, like the iPad version 3), two cameras (8 MBP on the back, 2MBP on the front for face-to-face calls) video and photo editing apps, any number of the dreary, useless and annoying "hubs" that everyone except us, the users, thinks we need – apps that 'unify' contacts, events, reading habits and notes between Facebook, Twitter and Google accounts for example. They all lead to confusion and annoyance and duplicated or maddeningly overstocked address books and they must stop it at once.
The Super AMOLED display is gorgeous. At 1280 x 800 it's not up to Apple Retina's 2048 x 1536 resolution standards, but still marvellous with 285 pixels per inch, which gives a smooth warm highly engaging (or 'immersive' as we are forced by law to say these days) experience. The Note boasts the loveliest opening lock screen in history. And…
Woah there!!!
It has a stylus!!!! What? Have they run mad? Don't they know what Steve Jobs did when asked why the iPhone didn't offer a stylus? He raised up his two hands and said, "Nature took millions and millions of years to provide us with ten perfect styluses. Why insult her by adding another, less efficient one?" He may have said 'styli', but I doubt it…
The stylus is styleless…
Well Samsung is having none of this. The Galaxy Note offers a stylus with a tiny (and almost completely inaccessible and scream-inducing) button on it that uses Wacom pressure-sensitive touch-pad technology in order to add … what exactly? Complicated and elaborate ways of screen-capturing (something Android is really, really bad at) and performing other mundane tasks that would be better done by fingers and little menus or gestures. I quite see that an artistically aware stylus would be useful on the odd occasion one is moved to write beautifully or to sketch and draw, but otherwise – forget it. Perhaps Samsung are just desperately trying to add their patented ways of doing things to avoid all this hideous, upsetting patent lawyering that is making us all so cross and unhappy.


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Earlier tonight, Tyra Banks received a somewhat brutal bitch-slapping from Chelsea Handler. Handler believes that Banks' America's Next Top Model, now in its 14th trimester, should have been aborted long ago. To be honest, we have a hard time disagreeing.
Chelsea Handler Slams Tyra Banks on Chelsea Lately
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Brand: LOUIS VUITTON
Model: Porte-documents bandouliere
Code: CT0960
Made in: France
Style: Brief / Document case
Dimensions (cm): w:38cm h:28cm d:5cm (approx)
Dimensions (inches): w:15.0" h:11.0" d:2.0" (approx)
Handle Drop (cm): 3.5cm (approx)
Handle Drop (inches): 1.4"(approx)
Short spot strap length (cm): 98cm (approx)
Short spot strap length (inches): 38.6"(approx)
Long spot strap length (cm): 126cm (approx)
Long spot strap length (inches): 49.6"(approx)
Material: Monogram canvas
Main color: Brown
Comes with: Shoulder strap, key
Item Condition : Outside : AB Inside : B
Exterior: Monogram Surface is Good condition.
Trimmings: Visible scratches and discoloration on metal parts.
Corners: Corners are scuffed, visible signs of abrasion.
Handle: Normal used condition. Minor signs of use. Wrinkles on leather shoulder strap.
Interior: Several scratches and stains on lining.
Pockets: Inside of the interior pocket has sticky peeling, the pocket is UNUSABLE.(can be repaired at LOUIS VUITTON SHOPS at er's expense).
Odor: Old odor.
Closure: Works properly.
Item Condition Grade:
NS : New or new with tag
S : Like new,used only a few times.
SA : Excellent condition,Pre owned but no noticeable damage.
A : Very good condition,Used several times has a bit of signs of gentle use.
AB : Good condition,Slight signs of use such as minor scratches or stains.
B : OK condition,Pre owned with normal signs of use.
BC : Used condition,Pre owned with signs of use,But not heavily damaged.
C : Vintage,Pre owned with visible signs of use and have some damage.
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After blogging for 2 and a half years, I've jumped ship and moved my blog over to Wordpress.
You can now find me here: www.anaestheticadventure.com
After blogging for 2 and a half years, I've jumped ship and moved my blog over to Wordpress.
You can now find me here: www.anaestheticadventure.com
I'm an avid reader of Jess Lively's blog.
Last year there was a turn-a-round in the blogosphere, caused by one of Jess' posts entitled 'Things I'm afraid to tell you'. It sparked a wave of prominent bloggers, to open up and admit to their readers that their lives weren't as perfect as they seemed on their blogs. I think this was such a great idea. With social media throwing us images of perfection at every click, it's refreshing to have people be so open and honest. Reading many of the posts that were written as a result, made me feel so much better about myself.
I'm feeling a little bit overwhelmed at the moment, and so I thought it might be a nice idea to get my own problems off of my chest… I'm a year late to the party, but who cares. This post is for no one but me, anyway.
I've been reading The Everygirl almost every single day since June last year. They have the most wonderful articles and are a constant source of inspiration in all sectors of my life.
So when they asked for readers to write in explaining how The Everygirl has inspired them, I jumped at my chance to share how much Alaina and Danielle have moved me to be a better version of me.
I am delighted that my comment was published in the article, The Everygirl Inspired.
You are too precious Saatchi :)
And thanks for the reminder <3
1. Night out at 31.
2. Michane's goodbye party.
3. MCQP - most amazing party!
4. Cuddling Ollie Bear the bunny rabbit!
5. Sunsets in Pringle Bay.
6. Green pancakes made into letters… with love from Michane.
8. Lunchworks delicious-ness!
9. Final exhibition at CPUT for EVER!!! Thank goodness…
10. The Seventeen homework diary I designed is finally on the shelves!
1. Had a sunset dip in an awesome pool.
2. Treated to a sweetie pie covered in delicious dark chocolate.
3. Participate in the 'Shoebox Project.' Christmas presents to underprivileged kiddies.
4. I've been recieving photos of Botswana from a certain someone…
5. A cupcake from sweet Amy, to celebrate my final day of interning.
6. Failed attempt at dressing Jimi up as a mummy for Halloween.
7. Lazy lunch on a perfect day, at Moyo Blouberg, with my parents.
8. Food styling and shooting with Leigh, for Spar magazine.
9. Proof prints of the Seventeen Magazine Homework diary 2013!!!!!!
Spent a lazy Sunday afternoon with Michane and Klaudia, nibbling on treats and sipping wine. Klaudia has the most beautiful courtyard in her block of flats, so we relaxed outside, and were visited by countless squirrels and a bunny rabbit!
The Btech project is slowly taking form. It's becoming slightly annoying, because I've given up my entire life in complete devotion to achieving a fantastic mark. It'll all be worth it in the end, I'm sure, and I have an amazing lecturer, Chantelle Arpesella, who's guiding me through the chaos.
Anyway, I sound like I hate what I'm doing. Let me just be clear, I don't. I live for design and creativity. And the most important part of the design process? Great references! Take a look at mine…
1. Amazing view of Table Mountain from my work
2. BIG Ideas notebook and a cupcake from Charly's Bakery - thanks Lisa!
3. Delicious quiche and wine while shooting for Spar magazine.
4. Homemade pizza - basil, feta, tomatoes and parma ham - delicious!
5. A little bird came to sit on the ledge next to my window at work.
6. Found my high school blazer - over achiever much?
7. Checked out the route I'm running for the Gun Run in 2 weeks time.
8. Chai tea with mom at Beleza on Saturday morning.
9. Bought pretty earrings from a jewelry sale at tech.
10. Gifts for the girls all the way from Thailand. That sugar says "Your smiles will tell you what makes you feel good.
11. Thai Drinks with the girls at The Dog's Bollocks.
12. Apple strudel over a design meeting…
After creating such lovely images for the last edition of Spar Savour magazine, my friend Leigh and I were asked to do some more work for the online mag. We shot and styled two different pieces, although I can't share them yet because the next edition of Spar Savour only goes live in 13 days time. But here are a few tit bits in the mean time.
Before I went away to Thailand, I had dinner at a fantastic restaurant called The Dog's Bollucks with my fabulous friends Klaudia and Michane. They make the most overwhelmingly delicious burgers you've ever laid eyes on! I ate the dream-worthy New Yorker (which is very sneakily a lot more burny than you'd think, which I loved). Check out the photos below of their fantastic food and awesome, laid-back atmosphere.
Remember when I shared my proposal to Seventeen Magazine SA to design their homework diary? Well… I got the gig! (Always wanted to say that…) Click 'read more' below if you're keen to find out how my Btech project is going.
I went on a trip to Phuket and Phi Phi Island in Thailand - it was simply dream worthy. I've got a couple of photos to share… an outfit post and a few snaps of the crazy 'Bangla Road'… They'll come in time. But click 'read more' below for a quick preview.
I'm such a breakfast girl. I simply love the fact that it can be sweet or savoury! What a choice…
So I treated myself on Sunday morning, to a smorgasbord of delights. Peanut butter toast, strawberries & castor sugar and my favourite green tea, with a dash of lemon juice. I laid them all out on my beautiful wooden board, that was a gift from my cousin Tracy's wedding.
Remember when I said I was involved in something super exciting that I couldn't really speak about yet, because of work censorship and such? Well now I'm free to divulge all the delicious details.
In my mind, I'm the queen of organisation.
Somehow this never seems to translate into my daily life. I put fashion and outfit planning over putting clothes away and tidying up, so inevitably I have a mass clean-up every weekend. What a waste of time, but at least I always look presentable.
I've recently written my thesis, entitled 'The way women are represented in South African media and how this negatively affects the way in which they perceive themselves.' It took ages, was a huge shlep, but it's done and I'm proud of it.
For the next 6 months, we're spending our time coming up with design solutions for our thesis. I've decided to concentrate on teenage girls, and started looking for a brand that I'd be happy to associate myself with.
Round about the same time, there was a bit of a drastic event taking place in the States - Seventeen Magazine US had pledged to stop photoshopping girls' faces and bodies - a huge jump forward in promoting a healthy body image for young girls. You currently sign their pledge here, or the SA Seventeen magazine pledge here.
I decided that I wanted to align myself with the Seventeen Mag brand for my Btech project. I had interned at Seventeen magazine for a week when I was 16, so I was already familiar with them. I was aware that they included a homework diary in their December issue every year, and thinking back to my own obsession with homework diaries in high school (here & here) I thought that I'd take a crack at re-envisioning what a homework diary is supposed to be.
I'm obsessed with Museo Sans, ITC Avant Garde, I'm a fashionista and Times - (Just Times, not times new roman). I also like Baskerville.


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World of Ham to assassinate the titular, um, sock...Wait, let's try this again.In a crazy suburban world, two friends - Ronnie Cordova, a kung-fu master in a maroon leisure suit and Burger, a cyborg in what appears to be a prison outfit with a rocket-powered robotic fist have somehow fallen into the task of caring for Sockbaby - a sentient sock. Who is actually the sock incarnation of Jesus, destined to die (again) for the sins of the Sock-People. When attempting to go get some lunch, Ronnie and Burger are assaulted by jive-talking demonic aliens...It's as weird as it sounds. And it's awesome.The fourth film in the series (Sockb4by) guest stars Doug Jones (with a cameo by Napoleon Dynamite in a wetsuit), gives us some more details of Ronnie's origin, and shatters the law that the fourth movie in a series is always horrible.Written by Doug TenNapel, directed by Doug TenNapel and John Soares.
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2010 CCVI Spirit Award honoree Peter Reininger, Dr. Agnese and Dr. Sally Said, the 2011 CCVI Spirit Awardee, attended the Incarnate Word Day Mass and re-inauguration celebration on Friday.
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Lenten Reflection
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' Mk 12:31
Collaboration with Catholic Relief Services for Aid to Japan
University Mission and Ministry will be dedicating the collections from Sunday, March 27 and Sunday, April 3 to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and their aid to Japan. If you would like to contribute to the donation to CRS, bring your contribution to the UMM Office at AD 147. Checks may be made to Catholic Relief Services. Cash donations will be included in the UMM donation to be made the week of April 11. For more information, call UMM at 210-829-3128.
MACC Lenten Prayer Service/Cross Ceremony
The Mexican American Catholic College (MACC) and Catholic Relief Services Southwest Region (CRS) will host a Lenten Prayer Service and Cross Ceremony as a call to stand in solidarity with our Mexican families who are living in the midst of violence and uncertainty. The services will be held April 5 and April 12 at the MACC campus located at 3115 W. Ashby Place, 78228. The service begins at 7 p.m. We invite you to come be a part of placing crosses on the MACC campus in memory of those who have died due to the violence in Mexico. For more information, contact Katherine Lopez (210) 732-2154 Ext 7154.
Mass Cancelation
There will be no noon Mass on Friday, April 1 or Friday, April 8 due to the Choral Festival taking place in Our Lady's Chapel.
Our Lady's Chapel Services
All are welcome.
Dr. Tim Porter explains more about the Management Information Systems concentration on Tuesday.
South Texas Severe Weather Conference
UIW will host speakers at the all-day South Texas Severe Weather Conference from April 1-2 in the Bonilla Science Hall. Keynote speakers include Mr. Bill Read, director of the National Hurricane Center, Dr. Philip Klotzbach, Tropical Meteorology Project, Colorado University, Dr. Eve Gruntfest, Flash Flood Socio-Impact specialist, Oklahoma University, and Mr. Frank Brody, Chief of the Spaceflight Meteorology Department at the Johnson Space Center. Speakers and training from the American Red Cross, the National Weather Service and from the UIW meteorology department. The conference is free. Register online at Texasstorms.org. For more information, contact Alex Garcia at firstname.lastname@example.com.
UIW Tech Fair
The UIW Technology Department is hosting its first UIW Tech Fair. Our goal is to highlight a wide range of technologies used at UIW and to increase the community's knowledge about emerging technology tools and devices that can enhance teaching and learning. Ian Temple, director of global education at Cisco Systems, will speak on "Technology Trends in Higher Education" at 9 a.m. April 6 in the Mabee Library Auditorium. Exhibits and presentations from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. in Marian Hall Ballroom. Presentations will highlight UIW use of educational technology and vendor demonstrations of new products that enhance teaching and learning. Participating vendors include Apple, AT&T, Blackboard Collaborate, Cisco, Crestron, Dell, HTC and Stoneware. Bring your classes! Food and refreshments will be provided. Door prizes to be awarded. For more information, contact Ana Gonzalez at 210-829-3937 or firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.uiw.edu/techfair.
Water, Coal, and Appalachia
Trey Moore will lecture on "Water, Coal, and Appalachia" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 in the library auditorium. For more information, contact Dr. Matthias Schubnell at email@example.com.
Mathematics Panel
A panel of four graduated mathematics majors will share their experiences in the work force. They will discuss how to survive and succeed in graduate schools, industry and public school systems. The panel will be from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 in Bonilla Science Hall Room 220. All students are welcome. Math majors are strongly encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Dr. Flor de María García-Wukovits at 210-283-5032 or email@example.com.
Meet the Mission Reunion
Meet the Mission will celebrate its first reunion bringing together those students and faculty who have for the past five years collaborated in making MTM a university-wide success. The reunion will be from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday, April 8 in Marian Hall. Lunch will be served. If you have not participated in MTM, join us and see and hear the reflections and stories from past years. RSVP to Dr. Harold Rodinsky at email@example.com.
The Mysteries Theatre Performance
UIW presents The Mysteries, a collection of short medieval plays that have been adapted into a modern English language version. The plays include The Fall of Lucifer, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham and Isaac, The Crucifixion and The Harrowing of Hell. Tickets are free with a UIW ID, and all performances will be in the Elizabeth Huth Coates Theatre. For more information or reservations, call 829-3800 or 829-3810 during regular business hours.
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Journey from Tragedy to Healing
Holy Land speakers will talk about the journey from tragedy to healing at 7:30 p.m. April 11 in the library auditorium. Before the talk, there will be a potluck supper for those who would like to eat together from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the Special Collections Suite. Yuval Rahamim is Israeli and once served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces. Dr. Omar Alalool is a Palestinian refugee whose father was killed by Israeli forces and was later arrested by Israeli authorities for his student activism. The two come from opposite sides in a long conflict, yet today, both men are speaking to U.S. audiences with one unified voice for peace in the Holy Land. For more information on the speakers, contact Carla E. Aguilar at (210) 366-3884 Ext. 4 email@example.com. For more information on the supper, contact Sr. Martha Ann Kirk at (210) 829-3854or email@example.com. There will be a second presentation at 7:30 p.m. April 12 at Mexican American Catholic College. 3115 West Ashby Place. For more information, contact Katherine Jass Lopez at (210) 732-2156, Ext. 7154.
Las Vegas Night
Tickets are now on sale for the UIW Athletics Department's Las Vegas Night. Dinner begins at 7 p.m. and games start at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13 in the McCombs Center Rosenberg Sky Room. Tickets cost $50 per person. Attire is business casual and you must be 21 or older to attend. UIW athletes with remaining eligibility are not permitted. For more information,
contact Lisa Townzen at 210-829-2722.
Faculty iPad Grants
Faculty iPad grants will be awarded in Summer 2011 on a competitive basis. These awards are a part of continuing efforts to keep UIW's teaching-learning technology in a strong national leadership position. Find the application form at the UIW application site. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 1. As many as 25 iPads will be awarded. Applications will be reviewed by the UIW Technology Innovation Committee, and successful applicants will be notified by July 1. For more information, contact Dr. Pat Burr at firstname.lastname@example.com.
RefWorks Workshops
With Title V funds, the library has been able to purchase RefWorks, a web-based bibliographic management tool. It will allow the user to format and generate reference lists using more than 400 styles. The tool will assist faculty and students in their scholarly writing. In March and April, the library will be sponsoring several workshops on how to use RefWorks. The workshops are open to the UIW community. Sessions will be in Room 230 of the library. For more information, contact Cheryl A. Anderson at Ext. 3837 or firstname.lastname@example.com. The schedule is as follows.
Sign Up For Alumni Easter Egg Hunt
UIW alumni are planning a UIW community Easter egg hunt from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16 on Dubuis Lawn. Sign up for free today, and bring your kids and friends! RSVP by April 8 and let us know how many children will be in your party. Bring an Easter basket. For more information or to register, contact Steve Hemphill at 210-805-3595 or firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.uiwalumni.org/easteregghunt.
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Mexican American Sociology Textbook
Phil Lampe, sociology professor at UIW, has published a textbook called Mexican Americans: A Sociological Introduction, which is now available for free on the UIW website at http://www.uiw.edu/sociology/sociologytextbook.html. The textbook is available in PDF format and is free for anyone who would like to use it.
UIW in the News
UIW honors Agnese's 25 years as president
Video Commemorating Dr. Agnese's 25 Years at UIW
Several departments worked together to honor Dr. Agnese's 25th year at UIW. Watch the video at http://www.vimeo.com/21663736.
Cutting Edge Fiesta Medals Available
Purchase a Cutting Edge Fiesta medal for only $5 from the fashion department. You may also buy a medal from other locations listed on the website at www.uiw.edu/cuttingedge/medals.html.
Cutting Edge Raffle Tickets
Tickets are on sale for the Cutting Edge Fiesta Fashion Show raffle. Buy one ticket for $20 or six for $100 and you'll be entered to win the following items from Dennis Jewelry:
For more information or to buy tickets, contact the Office of Development at 829-6013.
Volunteers In Income Tax (VITA)
Volunteers will assist low income taxpayers (approximately $55,000 combined household income) with their income tax returns for free from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday until April 16 in the Administration Building Basement, Room 62. Free e-filing. To e-file both spouses must be present to sign the IRS form. The IRS is requiring the VITA sites to make copies of Social Security cards for the taxpayers and dependents. The IRS also requires us to make copies of the driver's licenses. We are no longer allowed to do returns for Married Filing Separately or for Nonresident Aliens. For more information, contact Tracie Edmond at 210-283-5004 or Theresa Tiggeman 210-829-6018.
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Great Colleges to Work For Survey
This weekend a random sample of employees received an email invitation to participate in the Chronicle Great Colleges to Work For survey, a national study designed to recognize institutions that have built great workplaces. If you received this invitation, please take a few minutes to participate in this very important survey, as a high response rate helps ensure accurate results. The deadline to complete the survey is April 15. Thank you.
Cardinal Basketball Camp
UIW Cardinal Basketball Camp 2011 works to improve skills through individual instruction, drills, lectures and games. Fundamentals of passing, dribbling and shooting, as well as both individual and team offensive and defensive strategies will be covered by the camp staff. To help break up each day, campers will have access to the pool for a free swim under the supervision of certified lifeguards, and the staff will engage the kids in other team games as well. The first session of camp will be June 27-July 1 and costs $175. The second session will be July 5-8 and costs $120. For more details, contact Brian Curtis at firstname.lastname@example.com or 210-283-5052.
Swing-In Volunteers Needed
2011 Swing-In will be filled with the spirit of Mardi Gras, and we need your support to make the event successful! Volunteer to assist at this year's Swing-In Auction Party on Thursday, April 28. Volunteer positions needed are: set-up, registration table, auction table monitors, gift certificate table, door prize tickets table and raffle ticket sellers. Contact Andrea at email@example.com or 829-6075 if interested in volunteering or for more information.
2011 Swing-In Raffle
Buy a Swing-In Raffle ticket for $50 and get your chance to win your choice of one of five prizes. The drawing will be at Swing-In on April 28. Proceeds fund student scholarships. Only 300 tickets will be sold, so get yours today. For more information or to buy a ticket, contact the Office of Development at 829-6013. The winner will get the choice of one of the following prizes:
Reaching and Teaching the Millennial Generation
Dr. Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me, will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the data on how generations differ spiced with plenty of pop culture and humor from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, April 1, in Marian Hall Ballroom. Box lunches will be available starting at 11:30 a.m. The generational changes include increases in self-esteem, narcissism and expectations, and declines in mental health. In other words, today's students really are different. Twenge will discuss how these changes impact teaching, advising, and managing young people. Register online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JS87GTV or contact Susan Hall at 283-5030 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Keynote Address
Dr. Caroline Goulet was invited to give the keynote address at the 2011 Physical Therapy Education Faculty Summit in El Paso, Texas, on March 25. The title of her presentation was Acculturation and Social Responsibility in Physical Therapy Education.
Articles Published
Dr. Brian A. Kinnaird, associate professor of criminal justice in EAP, has published two articles in Sheriff Magazine and Texas Police Journal on Life After Law Enforcement.In addition, he is a featured columnist in the Law and Crime sections of Psychology Today and PoliceLink.
Paper Presentation
Dr. Alan Preston, assistant professor of business in EAP, is presenting a paper entitled Clickers in the Classroom: Clicking your Way to Success at the Southwest Teaching and Learning Conference at Texas A&M University San Antonio on April 1.
Chapter Co-Writer
Dr. Rochelle Caroon-Santiago, assistant professor of psychology in EAP, co-wrote a chapter on Psychological Processes and Experience in Gerontology: An interactive text published by National Social Science Press.
Articles Accepted
Dr. Matthew D. Gonzalez, assistant professor of business in EAP, had two articles accepted for presentation and publication this spring term. The first is entitled Souly Aligned:The Impact of Entrepreneurial Spirit on Workplace Spirituality presented at the International Academy of Management and Business during their annual conference. The second is entitled DSS Development and Implementation within the Services Industry:A User Based Design Science Approach to be presented in May at the Association of Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group for Management and Information Systems.
Article Published
Sr. Sally Mitchell, assistant professor of religion in EAP, wrote an article for Women's History Month published by the Sisters of Saint Francis entitled And God Created Woman And Saw That She Was Good.
Grant Funded
Sr. Martha Ann Kirk's grant proposal "Three Generations of Women in Northern Iraq and How Gülen-Inspired Institutions Seem to Be Empowering Young Women to Contribute to a More Stable and Peaceful Future There" has been awarded full funding by the Gülen Institute of the University of Houston. She and her research colleague Sr. Patricia Madigan, Ph.D., from Australia, will spend June in Iraq.
Moody Professor Honoree
Congratulations to William J. Gokelman, who was named Moody Professor 2011-12. Awarding of the Moody Professorship reflects the level of scholarship teaching excellence, and community service attained by the recipient. The Moody Professorship is the highest faculty honor bestowed on faculty by faculty.
Presidential Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Lydia Andrade, professor of political science, on her selection as the 2011 Presidential Teaching Award recipient! Andrade was selected from a noteworthy group of full-time faculty from every college and school including faculty from every stage of their teaching careers. These wonderful educators were nominated in early spring by colleagues, current students and alumni. Andrade and the nominees were acknowledged at the Faculty Appreciation Luncheon on March 25. Former recipients of the Presidential Teaching Award include Dr. Roger Barnes, Sociology (2005); William Gokelman, Music (2006); Dr. Neeta Singh, Nutrition (2007); Dr. William Carleton, Human Performance (2008); Theresa Tiggeman, Accounting (2009) and Dr. Paul Lewis, Philosophy (2010).
Faculty Appreciation Luncheon
Four faculty members were recognized at the March 25 Faculty Appreciation Luncheon for their commitment, within their first five years at UIW, to keeping alive the rich tradition of teaching excellence that characterizes UIW. These faculty members, chosen from among the 2011 Presidential Teaching Award nominees, are recipients of the Provost's Legacy Teaching Award. Congratulations to Dr. Stefanie Boswell, assistant professor of psychology; Dr. Stephanie Grote-Garcia, assistant professor of teacher education; Dr. Jason Cota, assistant professor of pharmacy and Dr. Timothy Milinovich, assistant professor of religious studies. Former Legacy Awards recipients include Dr. Sherry Herbers, Dr. Lila LaGrange and Dr. Michael Frye.
Called and Gifted Award
Sr. Eilish Ryan received the 2011 Called and Gifted award from the National Association of Graduate Programs in Ministry on Feb. 26. This award recognizes Sr. Eilish's "integrity, scholarship, and longevity of service to the Church and AGPIM as a ministry educator."
To share your news with the UIW community, send your announcements and accomplishments to Ashley Festa at email@example.com.
SACHS Cancer Fundraiser
Sadako Sasaki (1943-1955) a young girl from Hiroshima, Japan loved nothing more than running. One day, she found out she had the A-Bomb disease, leukemia. Sadako was forced to be hospitalized; her greatest wish was to run again. In accordance with Japanese legend, she tried to fold 1000 paper cranes to make her wish come true. Unfortunately she could not finish before her death. After her death, Sadako's friends and family continued to fold cranes. Eventually, her story became famous and a monument was built to remember the children who died from leukemia. People fold and send cranes to Japan from all over the world with messages of peace and hope. Most of us know at least one person whose life has been affected by cancer. Our goal is to fold 1,000 origami cranes to send to the memorial in Hiroshima. A donation of $1 will get you an origami crane. You may write a note that can be copied inside your crane and the JNHS and Art Club will fold them. All funds will benefit the Japanese relief effort through the American Red Cross. For more information, contact Alejandro Calderon at firstname.lastname@example.com or 832-5622.
Attend the UIW Prep Open House
Join UIW Prep at our Parent/Student Open House at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5 in the UIW International Conference Center (ICC). You will have the opportunity to meet the UIW Prep team, instructors, and take part in an informative class demonstration. There will be door prizes and light refreshments served. More details at www.PREP.uiw.edu. RSVP by calling 210-805-3013 or e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Shamrock Preview
Please join us as Incarnate Word High School showcases its outstanding academic programs, education opportunities, athletics and extracurricular activities. Tour the school and meet IWHS faculty and staff at the Shamrock Preview from 2 - 4 p.m. Sunday, April 10 at the school. Call IWHS Admissions for information (210) 829-3123 or visit incarnatewordhs.org.
Summer Fest
The St. Anthony Alumni Association presents Summer Fest with have food booths, drink booths, activities for children. Summer fest will be from noon – 5 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at St. Anthony Catholic High School, 3200 McCullough Ave 78212. Admission is free, but tickets will be needed to purchase food, beverages and to play games. Music will be provided by The Brehm's Band (http://www.thebrehmsband.com). For more information, contact Alejandro Calderon at firstname.lastname@example.com or 832-5622.
Visit Incarnate Word High School at www.incarnatewordhs.org.
Visit St. Anthony Catholic High School at www.sachs.org.
Visit the UIW Prep website at http://prep.uiw.edu.
Brainpower Summer Camp Registration
Registration is now open for St. Peter Prince of Apostles School's Brainpower Summer Camp 2011. Find registrationforms, pictures of previous summers, and more information online at www.brainpowersummercamp.webs.com. Enrollment for the June 6 – Aug. 5 camp is expected to be capped, so get your registration in soon before the camp fills up. This camp is for children ages 18 months – 10 year old. For more information, contact Kirsch Wilberg at 210-845-3706 or email@example.com.
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Brainpower Summer Camp Registration
Registration is now open for St. Peter Prince of Apostles School's Brainpower Summer Camp 2011. Find registrationforms, pictures of previous summers, and more information online at www.brainpowersummercamp.webs.com. Enrollment for the June 6 – Aug. 5 camp is expected to be capped, so get your registration in soon before the camp fills up. This camp is for children ages 18 months – 10 year old. For more information, contact Kirsch Wilberg at 210-845-3706 or email@example.com.
Highlights of Turkey at SAMA
The San Antonio Museum of Art is offering a special free tour from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 5 that will focus on the rich heritage of Neolithic, Greco-Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman art found in Turkey. The San Antonio Museum of Art is at 200 W. Jones Ave., San Antonio, 78215.For information contact Sr. Martha Ann Kirk at email@example.com or Dr. Tanja Stampfl at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The University of the Incarnate Word provides reasonable accommodation with adequate notice. To request disability accommodation for events listed in this newsletter, contact the organizing group at least five business days in advance.


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Get your reflective 911 address signs for only $15 by calling the station and leaving a message. Someone will return your call and discuss the details of the signs and set up delivery.
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New schools planned for Midtown Manhattan
Estimated cost of construction at $200 million
Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today unveiled architectural designs for two new school buildings in Midtown Manhattan that will be built with private investment. The estimated $200 million cost of construction for PS 59 and the High School of Art and Design on East 57thStreet will be paid for by private developers as part of a partnership with the Department of Education's Educational Construction Fund (ECF), which develops mixed-use real estate projects featuring new school facilities.
In addition, PS 59's temporary location, which is newly renovated and the City's first "green" school building, will become home to a new school when the 57thStreet project is completed and PS 59 moves into its permanent building. Chancellor Klein was joined at the unveiling at the temporary site of PS 59, on East 63rdStreet, by Deputy Chancellor Kathleen Grimm, ECF Executive Director Jamie Smarr, School Construction Authority President Sharon Greenberger, World-Wide Group Partner David Lowenfeld, State Senator Liz Kruger, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Councilmembers Daniel Garodnick and Jessica Lappin, PS 59 Principal Adele Schroeter, and High School of Art and Design Principal Scott Feltzin.
"This innovative project represents our largest public-private partnership to date and points to the future of school construction in New York City," Chancellor Klein said. "The result will be beautifully designed schools with modern technology that enhance our students' education and relieve overcrowding across the City."
"The World-Wide Group has a long and successful record of innovative ventures and we are pleased to have the opportunity to work with the City administration on a project that will vastly improve the quality of the educational experience through the creation of three new schools," said David Lowenfeld of World-Wide Group, the project's developer. "This project is a win for all parties involved, delivering three schools while at the same time enhancing 57thStreet's long-term viability as a residential and retail center."
"We are always looking for innovative ways to improve our schools, and this mixed-use project is a great example," Deputy Chancellor of Finance and Administration Kathleen Grimm said. "Through the Educational Construction Fund we lease air rights in exchange for the construction of a new school building; in this case we will have three new school buildings."
"I am proud to be a part of ECF's rebirth," ECF Executive Director Jamie Smarr said. "The agency, once dormant, is now an integral part of the Bloomberg Administration's historic school construction efforts across New York City."
The new school complex on 57thStreet, located at the intersection of Second Avenue, will cover 300,000 square feet. The new building for PS 59 will have 730 seats, allowing the school to accommodate 300 more students. The new building for High School of Art and Design will have 1,400 seats, with classrooms arranged along a "gallery path" to promote student works. The entire 57thStreet project will cover nearly 1,000,000 square feet, with a 59-story residential tower and 170,000 square feet of retail space. The mixed-use facility and on-site schools are being designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP.
The temporary site of PS 59, which moved from its longtime location on 57thStreet to allow for construction on the new project, was formerly a nursing dormitory for Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. It was renovated by World-Wide Group and designed by architectural firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn, using the School Construction Authority's "Green" guidelines and is the first school building to conform to the School Construction Authority's "Green" standards. The building is designed to maximize daylight, reduce water consumption through the use of metered faucets and dual-flush toilets, and was constructed with cleaner materials to improve air quality. It will eventually be used as a new, 500 seat school in District 2, bringing the total number of new seats being created under this partnership to 830.
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This Closeout Retailer Is a Good Buy
Anh is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Since the beginning of the year, Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) has been quite volatile. The company's stock had surged from around $28.50 per share to nearly $38.80 per share in the middle of May, and then dropped to around $33.80 per share at the time of writing. Famous investors such as Joel Greenblatt, Richard Snow and Ray Dalio have Big Lots in their portfolios. Should investors follow these successful investors into Big Lots? Let's find out.
Consistent share buybacks
Big Lots is considered to the biggest broadline closeout retailer, operating 1,574 stores in the U.S. and Canada. The company sources closeout merchandise at lower costs, offering it to customers at lower prices than those of traditional discount retailers. In the past five years, Big Lots has consistent grown its number of stores from 1,339 in 2008 to 1,574 in 2012. During that time period, Big Lots has also consistently produced positive net income, fluctuating in the range of $152 million to $223 million. The company's earnings-per-share has kept rising in the past five years as well, mainly due to consistent share buybacks. The share count has been reduced from 82 million in 2008 to only 59 million in the first quarter 2013.
Lower guidance but cheaply valued
In the first quarter 2013, Big Lots experienced a drop of 2.9% in its comparable same-store sales. Its net income decreased more than 20.6%, from $40.75 million in the first quarter last year to $32.33 million this year. The company's earnings-per-share came in at $0.56, 12.5% lower than the earnings-per-share of $0.64 that it reported last year. The company also lowered its earnings guidance for the full year. It expected net sales to rise by 1%-2%, while the adjusted non-GAAP consolidated income from continuing operations was estimated to be in the range of $2.87 to $3.12 per share. Big Lots is trading at $33.80 per share, with the total market cap of around $1.9 billion. The market values Big Lots at only 5 times its trailing EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization).
Dollar General & Target – lower ROIC but higher valuation
Compared to its larger peers, such as Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Target (NYSE: TGT), Big Lots seems to be quite cheaply priced.
Dollar General is currently trading at $51.10 per share, with the total market cap of $16.7 billion. The market values Dollar General at 9.8 times its trailing EBITDA. For the full year 2013, Dollar General expected its year-over-year sales growth to stay around 10%-11% with the same store sales growth of 4%-5%. The diluted earnings-per-share, excluding note refinancing charges or secondary stock offerings expenses, was estimated to be in the range of $3.15 to $3.22 per share.
Target is also more expensively valued on the market than Big Lots. At $70 per share, Target is worth around $44.90 billion, with the market valuing it at 7.4 times its trailing EBITDA. In the first quarter 2013, Target experienced a decline in both its top line and its bottom line. While revenue decreased from $16.87 billion last year to $16.7 billion this year, its net income dropped by 28.5% to only $498 million or $0.77 per share. Target has returned cash to it shareholders via both dividend payments of $232 million and share buybacks of $547 million, however. For the full year, Target expected that its earnings-per-share would be in the range of $4.12 to $4.32.
What I like about Big Lots is its profitability, with the highest return on invested capital at 18.95%. Dollar General ranked second with an 11.44% return on invested capital, while the return on invested capital at Target is only 6.28%. Income investors might like Target due to the fact that it is the only company that pays dividends among the three. Its dividend yield is around 2.5%.
My foolish take
Big Lots seems to be a good pick for long-term investors due to its low valuation, high return on invested capital, and consistent share buybacks. Instead of paying dividends, Big Lots has returned cash to its shareholders via share repurchases. If Big Lots has the same valuation as Target, its share price should reach $50 per share--a nearly 50% premium compared to its current trading price.
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VALPARAISO | A report of a burglary on the city's southwest side Wednesday resulted in the surprise discovery of two and half pounds of marijuana and $10,000 in cash, according to police.
Travis Talley, 22, and Michael Daunora, 24, both of Valparaiso, are charged with B felony burglary, said Valparaiso Police Chief Mike Brickner.
Talley was further charged with possession of marijuana.
The resident of the house in the 800 block of West Street, Joshua Scott, 23, was arrested on felony counts of dealing marijuana and maintaining a common nuisance, and a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Scott arrived home shortly after 1 p.m. to find a woman sitting in a vehicle in his driveway and his home burglarized, Brickner said.
He contacted police, who after arriving on scene, found two flat screen televisions in the backyard.
Police said they set out in search of the burglars and took Talley and Daunora into custody in the area of Brown Street and Michigan Avenue. Both men reportedly have criminal records.
As police processed the home burglary scene, they found drug paraphernalia and noticed a strong odor of marijuana, Brickner said. A search warrant was obtained and officers discovered the large amount of marijuana in a plastic bucket and the cash in a drawer.
An additional amount of marijuana was found in Scott's vehicle, police said.


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