text:
J1K's tape "Cruisin" is out and it's a killer!
Check it out below. Over 30,000 plays already!
You can download it for Free/NameYourPrice on Bandcamp here!
More tapes coming soon from J1K.
You can also download his past tape "Thirty Three" for free, which in my opinion, is a classic.
Also don't miss the chance to see his amazing new video with I Suppose out of California (garnering 80,000 views in a week! Wow!)
I absolutely love this video I discovered by Gavlyn! Have to go back in time for this one. It's called...


text:
They made a choice. A choice to fight for what they believe in, a choice to defend what they love. The men and women who joined the armed services, who put their lives on hold and risked everything, deserve our undying honor and respect. Let us never forget those who had the courage to put everything on the line to protect our way of life.
The Alpine Veterans Wall of Honor is located on the property of the Alpine Community Center, 1830 Alpine Blvd., Alpine, CA. The Wall is located just to the left of the Community Center building.
For videos showing the Wall's beginnings up through recent ceremonies, please click on the Events tab.
Kiwanis Club of Alpine World War II Veterans who inspired the Alpine Veterans Wall of Honor: (left to right) Curly Collier, Fred Higginbotham, Bob Wilson with his wife Iris
The Veterans Wall of Honor is a space to immortalize the names of those who have proudly served or are currently serving. A space of peace and reflection, of thanks and honor, for all future generations to respect and admire.
Tiles on the Wall of Honor are 4 inches by 12 inches and are made of absolute black granite. For information on how you can order a tile for your veteran, please click here.
Place an order for a book about the Alpine Wall of Honor!
A book about the Wall of Honor, "Mission Honored - A Dream Achieved - True stories of Veterans on the Alpine Wall of Honor" by published author Diana Saenger is available now. To learn more about the book and for information on how to place an order, please send us an email. Diana worked on this book for 2 years as a volunteer and is donating all proceeds back to the Wall of Honor. Please note that there has been a recent price reduction to $15 each or 2 books for $20.
Diana is currently interviewing veterans whose tiles are already on the Wall of Honor for a second volume of stories. If you would like to be interviewed by Diana, please let us know.
Framed Photo of Wall with Tile Superimposed Available
Photographer Rod Hinrichsen is offering a framed photograph of the Wall of Honor with one or more photos of your veteran's tile superimposed. For more information about pricing and availability, please send us an email.
If you'd like to contact the Webmaster, you can do so here.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
If a student feels as if their rights are violated during a student conduct hearing, they can appeal directly to the Vice President of Student Developmental Enrollment Services.
When an infraction is committed or in its aftermath, an incident report can be filed with the Office of Student Conduct (OSC).If this filing is found to have merit, OSC will then move to notify the student that charges have been filed against them and an initial meeting has been set up with an OSC or Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities staff member.Before, during and after the student conduct hearing many students feel that, if this was the "real" world, they would not be in trouble. In spite of these sentiments and, according to the Golden Rule Handbook, OSC can charge students for violating the law and/or the Golden Rule Handbook even if their incident occurred off campus.
A hard copy of Golden Rule Handbook and The Rules of Conduct can be found in the Office of Student Conduct. For more information on your rights and to receive personal guidance through the student conduct process, please contact LaShaunda Hayes, SGA's Judicial Adivsor, at email@example.com.


text:
Rebeca Moreno Instructor Department of Language and Foreign Studies
- Degrees
- PhD candidate, University of Maryland, M.A, Spanish Language and Literature, University of Maryland, B.A, Public Communication, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
- Languages Spoken
- Spanish, English
- Bio
- Rebeca Moreno is a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park. She holds a B.A. in Public Communication from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, and a M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Maryland, College Park. She taught Spanish Language, Cultures and Literatures courses at the University of Maryland for seven years. She is currently working on her dissertation: "Entre la ley y la letra: construcción de la subjetividad negra en el Circumcaribe hispano", which explores the interconnections between the legal discourse and the literary discourse in the Hispanic colonial period. The project also analyses how this colonial epistemic affects, not only the production of meaning during the process of slavery, but also the construction of Black subjectivities in the geopolitical region of the Hispanic-Caribbean.
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.


text:
An ambitious novelist do not just write but write after doing the foot work. Getting the facts and the research for details will take half the time of writing.
Mediocre writers are happy with line like "He sat down and bang on the piano for the rest of the night."
Into further research would an ambitious novelist go like getting the brand for the piano, how the piano came into the pianist life, etc.
Reading The Garden of Evening Mists (when translated into Japanese 夕霧の庭 or Yuugiri no Niwa) by the Booker Prize winner Tan Twan Eng, I am not surprised at all for his winning this prize.
I picked from this book, "She listens to it every night, before she sleeps. Built up an extensive record collection of the same piece of music too, with different pianists-Gulda, Argerich, Zimerman, Ashkenazy, Pollini. The music drifts through the house, a whisper from an older time. The piano is accompanied only by the quartet and the music has the bleak purity of a set of stones lying on the bed of a stream, a stream that dried up a long time ago."
The writer's style when he listed all the different pianists, make readers more knowledgeable and this becomes an added-value to reading a novel.
Knowledge is an improvement on one's life. Reading a book of knowledge goes so far even long after the book is closed.


text:
Fenty x Puma by Rihanna Introduces Camouflage Creeper
Fenty x Puma by Rihanna has been an all round hit, it would seem. Sometimes breaking the rules in the fashion industry is what gets you places, and it definitely seems to be the case with this superstar. Since announcing her collaboration with the already well-known brand, Rihanna has released four totally sold out drops of pure shoe glory. Her initial (and controversial) pink furry slides, emblazoned with the puma logo, crashed the Puma website and of course, sold out; before appearing in essential black and white to boot.
She followed up with some straight up basics " super slick Puma creeper sneakers " one black, one white, and one daring but on trend green and bourdeaux combo style. These seem to have become the new staple 'it' shoes, and since they were released for both men and women, there's no reason we can't all hop on the bandwagon. Having got through the gates, nothing can stop Rihanna churning ahead with this epic undertaking, and it doesn't look like her pieces are going to stop selling out any time soon.
It's funny but after four separate releases, we're all still clamouring for more RiRi; and she has blessed us with a new, out-of-this-world color way. If you're on board with the camo trend then you'll be on board with this " the Fenty x Puma by Rihanna camouflage creeper.
Making the creeper collection into an awesome foursome, Rihanna's latest addition to the crew is undoubtedly going to go just as fast as those that came before it. This time around she's used a punchy orange toned camouflage print across the whole shoe, a bit of a different choice and the first print to grace the range so far.
The last week has seen a series of surprise unboxing shots of the new style itself, even though they're not due to be available until July 28th. Turns out Rihanna made a teeny tiny pre-release to some lucky followers, which got the hysteria going for the new style like nothing else! That, plus another drop of the sought after pink slides, and the next few months are looking a teeny bit expensive " if we can even get our hands on them!
If you have your heart set on the newest version of her hit Puma creepers, then we suggest you start saving and make sure you're ready and waiting when they hit stores and Puma's website. We can't say exactly what time, but remember: July 28th. Be ready!
Photo courtesy of Puma


text:
You know you want to work in a drilling industry- but you're not exactly sure in what capacity. Would you enjoy working in the coal mining industry? Are you qualified enough to eventually become a drilling operations manager? How much money can you expect to make, and what kind of work will you be doing?
We're here to answer your questions and give you some insight on what kind of career path you can expect to follow by entering the drilling industry. Here's a quick overview of various career paths you might take within the drilling industries, and how you can expect to advance from position to position.
For those interested in the coal mining industry specifically, high school graduates will begin as miners or laborers, while college graduates may start as geologists. Miners/laborers are usually between 20-45 years old, and earn up to $45,000/year for operating heavy mining machinery. From there, they'll advance to equipment operator miners, earning up to $66,000/year for safely and efficiently operating mining equipment. The top tier for high school graduates in coal mining is the foreman position, earning up to $89,000/year for supervising miners.
As geologists, college graduates earn around $76,000/year for researching rock layers. College graduates can also get a position as a mechanical engineer, eventually progressing to mine manager, executive operations manager, and mine engineer, in that order. They'll learn the ins and outs of staffing, overall management of mining projects and operations, and planning and designing future mines along the way.
On the oil and gas drilling side of the industry, high school graduates begin as rig hands, learning the equipment before eventually moving on to positions as drillers and tool pushers. Rig hands earn up to $43,000/year, while tool pushers can make anywhere from $87-107,000/year for supervising daily drilling operations and managing drilling crews.
College graduates in oil and gas drilling, meanwhile, will likely begin as petroleum geologists, earning up to $86,000/year for analyzing rock formations and mineral samples to identify new gas and oil deposits. From there, they'll advance to drilling operations manager, earning up to $98,000/year for managing daily operations, and then drilling/petroleum engineer, where they'll earn up to $114,000/year for assessing costs and estimating production capabilities, among other responsibilities.


text:
It may well be a one-joke movie, but Simon Pegg's hysterical spoof of zombie horror films makes that joke stretch a very long way.
Lovelorn electrical shop assistant Pegg (who also co-wrote the script with director Edgar Wright) and his slovenly flatmate Nick Frost are the unlikely heroes with the task of battling an invasion of cannibal zombies that are taking over London – and they think the ideal place to tai shelter is in their favourite local pub.
Kate Ashfield, Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy, Lucy Davis and Dylan Moran also star and a host of familiar faces also pop up, including Jessica Stevenson, Peter Serafinowicz, Rafe Spall, Martin Freeman and Reece Shearsmith.
This inspired comedy horror gets the tricky balance between humour, scares and gory action just right.
Pegg, Wright and Frost also went on to collaborate on Hot Fuzz and The World's End.


text:
|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
twam03 download page
Set in the mid 1800s before the Civil War, Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a runaway slave, drift on their raft down the Mississippi River. As they journey, adventure beckons bringing them closer whilst exposing entrenched values and attitudes as large blemishes on the Southern landscape. Controversial when first published. Paradigm shifting. Regarded as a masterpiece of American Literature. Listed as No.5 by Time magazine in its list of "10 Greatest Books of All Time", January 2007.
All-time Classic.(256 Kb)
Black History Month...


text:
Sirius XM Enters Into $1.25B Revolver With J.P. Morgan, Others
Sirius XM Radio Inc. announced that it has entered into a new $1.25 billion five-year senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks and other financial institutions.
The new facility is secured by substantially all the assets of the company and its subsidiaries and was not drawn upon at closing. The company will use borrowings under its facility for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including without limitation, share repurchases, dividends and the financing of acquisitions.
J.P. Morgan Bank acted as administrative agent. J.P. Morgan Securities acted as a joint bookrunner along with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Citigroup Global Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities, Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, Barclays Bank, BNP Paribas Securities, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, RBC Capital Markets, RBS Securities, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and Wells Fargo Securities.
"SiriusXM's credit quality has rapidly improved and we are pleased that the bank market has recognized that fact by oversubscribing the deal, allowing us to upsize the facility to $1.25 billion. This new facility will allow us to continue to drive down average borrowing costs and more tightly manage cash and debt balances and it further strengthens our balance sheet by providing a substantial and readily available source of liquidity for strategic opportunities, including the return of capital to shareholders and acquisitions," noted David Frear, chief financial officer, SiriusXM.
Sirius XM Radio Inc. is a radio broadcaster that creates and broadcasts commercial-free music, premier sports talk and live events, comedy, news, exclusive talk and entertainment.


text:
Gucci Spring 2016 Makeup Collection
We all surely remember the Gucci spring 2016 RTW collection filled with flying colors, afterwards appearing at the heart of so many laudations and admirations. Alessandro Michele gave birth to a new nerdy girl style with oversized round eyeglasses and thoughtful visages making a pretty effective contrast with the hilarious colors and botanical motifs. And now when spring 2016 makeup collections have been brought to frantic competition, the brand is launching the Gucci Beauty spring 2016 makeup collection, all inspired by tender flower petals, fresh leaves, pretty ladybugs, colorful parrots and so on and so forth.
The collection, not so bounteous with makeup products, includes both new and already existing numbers all impregnated with tender pink shades with elegant beige in between and all making perfect beauty looks with any Gucci piece available in the spring 2016 collection. The assortment will come to market this month already at Gucci.com and other online retailers. The collection includes:
Gucci Magnetic Color Shadow Duo ($49.00)
The Magnetic Color Shadow Duo is Gucci inside and out, starting from its sleek black case with brand's logo on it to the powder's Gucci-cell embossing. The light brown and plum shades included make an ideal balance to be used alone or in combination or when mixed and matched with other shades to your liking. The highly pigmented formula of the duo is the best warrant to bring your eyes to the general attention, while the two brushes attached to them are for extremely precise application.
• #025 Primorse " light brown / plum
Gucci Luxurious Moisture Rich Lipstick ($39.00)
The bright fuchsia shade of this line is well known among the most zealous Gucci devotees among us, but now it is being accompanied by two other pink beige and purple shades to come out as the best trio bounty to your lips. The highly-pigmented lipsticks provide full coverage color payoff even at the first swipe and if you dare to go for the second one that would really make a new beauty start in your life, for sure. The oils included in the lipstick formula are for moisturizing and hydrating the most sensitive part of your face. Check the shades below and pay homage to your lips:
• #305 Carnation " pink beige
• #445 Lilac " purple
• #420 Fiery Fuchsia " bright fuchsia
Gucci Bold High-Gloss Lacquer ($29.00)
When bold shades meet high-gloss that makes a scene to admire time and again especially as inspiring spring is at nose. The raspberry pink shade lacquer might have already touched your fingernails, while the new pinkish-brown one has just started to map out doing that. The triangular-bristle brush will help glide on the lacquer effortlessly and with picture-perfect impeccable result. Check the shades below and get your fingernails sheen to the fullest extent:
• #075 Dark Anemone " pinkish-brown
• #130 Bougainville " raspberry pink
Photos courtesy of Gucci


text:
On the on-going debate, more recent key texts include: Shuggy's attack on Marko's use of the word lumpen, Marko's ironic mea culpa, Shuggy's rejoinder, Waterloo Sunset's mano-a-mano with Marko, Martin M's oblique comments on all of this and Alan Johnson's spirited defence of the Euston legacy.
Here, I mainly want to write about the David Edgar essay on defectors from the left. Being something of a defector myself, I was very prepared to get irritated. However, the piece was actually quite thoughtful and interesting. There are four things things I wanted to take issue with.
I. The anti-Stalinist legacy
First, and least important, Edgar appears shockingly ignorant of the existence of a "decent" anti-Stalinist left prior to 1956. I mean, I can't expect him to be familiar with the likes of CLR James and Victor Serge, but we can expect him to have heard of Leon Trotsky and certainly George Orwell. In fact, long before the "Kronstadt moment" (I think he's lifted that phrase from anti-Stalinist Daniel Bell, who started out in an anarchist milieu, who famously said his Kronstadt moment was Kronstadt), there were leftists who opposed Leninist authoritarianis, such as Rosa Luxemburg and Britain's own Sylvia Pankhurst.
This seems trivial and pedantic, but its significance is that the equasion of leftism with Leninism works in two, dangerous ways: it allows Stalinists to portray any dissident leftists (e.g. Orwell) as evil renegades, and it allows the right to dismiss leftism in general.
II. Islam versus Islamism
Second, there is the vexed question of Islam versus Islamism. Edgar is right to note that there is a slippage amongst some of the defectors and decentists between these: Martin Amis was a bit sweeping, Nick Cohen can be, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali thinks all Islam is irredeemable. But most of the "defectors" are pretty clear on the difference. Certainly Ed Hussein is clear.
And even if they weren't, it wouldn't excuse Edgar's slippage.
'Cohen is careful to point out that "Islamism has Islamic roots", and, clearly, the group that he dubs the "far right" goes beyond the adherents of Jamaat-e-Islami. It's also a group that - defined in the old-fashioned way as Pakistanis and Bangladeshis - remains at the bottom of the socioeconomic heap. As Trevor Phillips pointed out in his "sleepwalking into segregation" speech, made after 7/7, a Pakistani man with identical qualifications to a white man is still going to earn £300,000 less in his lifetime.'In fact, Asians defined as Pakistanis and Bangladeshis is an entirely different thing from either Islam or Islamism, and to claim otherwise is disingenuous. Are Saudi residents in the UK at the bottom of the heap? Are Turkish Cypriots even? Some Islamic states are amongst the richest in the world. And Islamist politics has stronger roots among rich Muslims than poor Muslims.
III. The politics of alliance
The third thing, which follows directly from this, is about the politics of alliance. Edgar compellingly makes the case for the left to make alliances, even unsavoury ones, with the oppressed. He cites the Civil Rights movement, when white and Jewish Northern middle class leftists joined forces with Southern blacks who were led by Christians, and he cites the Black Power moment, when white radicals allied with Black Power people, dispite the latter's dodgy sexual politics.
This claim, though, is problematic in three ways. First, it glosses over the tensions and critiques that went on in those alliances. Within the Black Power movement, there were different positions: on the one side were people like Huey Newton, who were moving towards more empancipatory sexual politics, and on the other side were the likes of Eldridge Cleaver (mentioned in Edgar's article as a defector) who had very brutal sexual politics. And the white radicals who worked with the Black Power movement had different positions on this. Some, like the posturing ideologues of Ramparts magazine (such as David Horowitz, another defector), were slavishly uncritical of Cleaver and his bullshit. Others, such as Jean Genet, pushed away at the contradictions within the Black Power movement. There are many white liberals and radicals nowadays, like George Galloway and Madeleine Bunting, who decry any criticism of Islamist sexual politics as orientalist and Islamophobic; they are the David Horowitzs of today.
Second, Edgar's "left" is a white, metropolitan left. In fact, weren't Huey Newton and Stokely Carmichael as authentically part of the left as the whities at Ramparts were? And today is there not a viable mass left in the Islamic world, which cautions against alliances with the Muslim Brotherhood - forces like the Iraq Freedom Congress or the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan?
Third, there is the crucial question about what issues one makes unsavoury alliances about. In the fight against racism, I believe it is correct for anti-racists to work closely with the targets of racism, including those who might have unpleasant politics. But the groups from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani populations in the UK who are actively fighting racism are not the Muslim Association of Britain, but groups like the Southall Black Sisters, the Monitoring Group, the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism and the Newham Monitoring Project - groups who also caution against an alliance with Islamism. If the SWP was making close alliances with these groups, instead of with the Muslim Association of Britain, then I'd take Edgar's point more seriously.
Fighting an unjust war might also be a cause worth making alliances for too. But here, the Stop the War movement has not just made a tactical alliance with Islamists, they have allowed them to set the agenda. Hence the yoking together of protest against the Iraq war with causes like the Israeli occupation, defending the Iranian regime, and solidarity with Hezbollah. Here a naive 'anti-imperialism' has been used as an alibi for antisemitic conspiracy theories.
At any rate, forming a political party with Islamists goes way beyond mere strategic alliances...
IV. Pathologising defection
The fourth thing is simple. It may be the case that there are certain pathologies of defection, which Edgar analyses very well, with a play-wright's understanding of character. But this does not necessarily make defection wrong - any more than the undeniable fact of pathologies of leftism makes leftism wrong (as people like David Horowitz would have us believe). As Tom Freeman notes,
Edgar says that he's "interested in the politics of defection", although he seems to be more fascinated by the psychology of defection (or rather, the psychology of changing your mind when political cliques of some sort are involved).V. And...
A final point: why are so many playwrights called David?
Other bloggers have written about this too:
- Paulie, making some excellent points.
- Peter Risdon, in an eloquent and highly recommended post.
- Norman G, who sums up exactly my position with concision.
- Andrew Anthony, one of the "defectors", whose defection was the spur for the Fat Man post that started the whole Burke/Paine blog spat. Anthony cogently makes the case that if him and Ed Hussein are "defectors" then so are Danny Cohn-Bendit and Todd Gitlin, who Edgar sees as keeping the true faith.
- Oliver Kamm, who points out lots of Edgar's foolish mistakes (in his usual bludgeoningly clever way), and uses the example of the great Sidney Hook to show that defection from the authoritarian left need not mean defection from the left as such.
- David T, who points out more of Edgar's dishonesties.


text:
Natural Wonder of the World Transformed within Hours, says WWF
- Date June 04, 2007
Media Contact
- WWF Communications firstname.lastname@example.com
- In This Press Release
Kamchatka, Russia—One of only five places on Earth where a concentration of geysers punch holes through the Earth's crust to spew boiling water and steam skyward disappeared under water within hours after a massive slide of boulders, gravel, snow and ice choked the Geyser River in the world-famous Valley of the Geysers in Kamchatka's Kronotsky Nature Preserve, according to World Wildlife Fund. The four other places are in Yellowstone National Park, Chile, Iceland and New Zealand.
"We've lost one of the great natural wonders of the world," said Laura Williams, director of WWF-Russia's Kamchatka office. "Here on Kamchatka, where earthquakes and eruptions are the norm, the earth is alive underfoot, constantly moving and changing. It's a chance for people to see the power of the natural world in Russia's nature reserve. It can be physically violent and destructive, but it's also the root of creation on our planet."
Part of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Valley of the Geysers is nestled in a canyon of a mountain river, where more than 20 large geysers and 200 thermal springs, vapor-steam jets, and mud-pots belch, boil and gush in an area of only about seven square kilometers.
Unless the natural dam is somehow breached, observers say it's likely a large thermal lake will form in the valley. Photographers and rangers at the site felt the earth shake as an entire side of a snow-covered mountain collapsed, dumping millions of cubic meters of debris into the narrow valley for more than a kilometer downstream.
At the time of the disaster, 19 tourists were exploring the valley after being flown in by helicopter for a three-hour excursion to one of Kamchatka's literal tourist hotspots. It was a miracle no one was killed, eye-witnesses said, as the landslide came to a grinding halt within a meter of the helicopter and buildings where people were located. An earthquake the night before may have triggered the slide.
Salmon and spawning areas in the watershed may be affected by the mudslide as well as other species like bears that rely on the salmon and other fish as a food source.
The Valley of the Geysers was first discovered in 1941 by Tatiana Ivanovna Ustinova, a geologist working for Kronotsky Nature Preserve. While she and her guide were exploring the valley, they were sprayed suddenly by a jet of hot water gushing from the earth. Now, 66 years later, nature has transformed the site.
Known in the United States as World Wildlife Fund and recognized worldwide by its panda logo, WWF leads international efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats and to conserve the diversity of life on Earth. Now in its fifth decade, WWF, the global conservation organization, works in more than 100 countries around the world.
A high-resolution photograph of a geyser and low-resolution photographs of the mud-filled valley are available to accompany press stories based on this release and mentioning World Wildlife Fund. If used, appropriate credit must also be given to the photographer.


text:
Children Are Individuals. Music Instruction For All.
Music education in schools has been steadily declining and thankfully non profits such as After School Rocks and others that care about children, music education and delivering quality affordable instruction, music education is back on the rise. It's up to us as individuals to tell educators and the establishment what our children need. We need to invest in ALL people.
Programs that offer after school music instruction have really filled in the gap for many arts gaps here in New York City. "Little Kids Rock", according the blog the74million.org , has really made a splash. "Little Kids Rock's biggest reach is in New York City. In 2014, the city Department of Education partnered with Little Kids Rock and Berklee College of Music to form Amp Up, a $4.5 million initiative that has reached nearly 600 schools". Similiar to the mission of our nonprofit just with a bigger megaphone and gigantic reach, they are bringing simplified, targeted and highly effective instruction to schools. Little Kids Rock, After School Rocks and The Harmony Project as well.
The Harmony Program, a well-funded after school music program based in NYC that is helping underserved communities achieve a well rounded music education diet with incredible programs. Led by funding from NYC and donations, they are making a huge difference in music education.
Real Brave has a non profit like I've mentioned before and the foundation is called After School Rocks. The mission is simply bring the joy of creation to students that do not have access to music. It started back in 2009 after the world's finanical implosion after the housing crisis fell and the general economy almost fell off a cliff. In NYC, Real Brave was front line on the economic meltdown as parents stopped paying lessons, children stopped coming and arts programs began to be dropped due to a lot of factors. Parents began to call to see if we could help.
Years later, we began to start progams in school and have had a huge impact in helping communities get access to the arts. It's something we are proud of and will continue to fight for. With all the sweeping changes and reforms throughout the years one thing is for certain:
We are raising adults, not children.
If the above is true, which it is, then this must be true as well:
People are individuals. The definitiion of Individual is: of or for a particular person.
I am of the opinion that every person learns differently and for every person that learns a bit differently from another, there are certain sets of interests that sets their brain afire with possibility. Individuals with arts education have a better shot in life and a better shot to find themselves ! I've concluded over the years personally that music was the vehicle for my own personal growth. It ended up being that it didn't totally define me rather creation defined me. Creation of programs, creation of methods to teach students, creation of… well anything.
All of us, parent, facilitator, school administrator, school PTA, parent coordinator, volunteer, politician… all of us have the responsibility to make sure that children just get a well rounded education. A well rounded education that includes the arts. If it means that all school in NYC need to outsource their education to non profits, let's do it! It's a crime that inner city youth and others do not get the access to a quality care that they deserve.
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked


text:
Click here to view handouts from 2010 - 2013 conferences. (Under agenda, then archives)
Click here to view past conference highlights.
Presented at the 18th Annual Research Conference
We're sorry, handouts are not available for this presentation.
Session Number: 39 Room: Salon G
Presentation Type: symposium
Chair: Frank A. Fecser Discussant: Albert Duchnowski
Synopsis: Early Re-ED projects were extensively researched and recommended for dissemination on the basis of markedly positive results. This symposium will briefly review that research, then present the rationale for and results to date of a multi-agency effort to: (1) identify essential Re-ED elements, (2) develop a treatment fidelity measure, and (3) link fidelity to positive outcomes as a means of demonstrating evidence in current Re-ED programs. The role of treatment fidelity in defining programs, conducting research, and interpreting outcomes will be a major theme.
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Session Time: 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Download Handouts: 64kb pdf
Presenting: Mary Cantrell
All Authors for this paper: Mary Cantrell
Presentation Type: element of symposium
Synopsis: Re-ED's ecological approach to serving troubled and troubling children and their families began with extensive research on two different services applying the philosophy and principles (in short term residential treatment and in public school support). Their positive results and recommendations for dissemination will be summarized. Subsequent Re-ED programs have adapted the principles and practices in a wide variety of service modes, but funds for controlled research have not been available. The rationale will be presented for a multi-agency national research effort now underway to establish Re-ED's current evidence base, verifying the approach's applicability to a broad base of children and families.
Download Handouts: 81kb pdf
Presenting: Pamela Meadowcroft
All Authors for this paper: Pamela Meadowcroft
Presentation Type: element of symposium
Synopsis: Model fidelity only recently became an area of measurement interest, given the current emphasis on evidence-based practices in human services. Most fidelity criteria use easy-to-measure structural program features (e.g., case load, contact frequency), process criteria (e.g., staff-client interaction types) may have greater validity as measures of a particular model, and may relate more strongly to client outcomes, despite their greater difficulty in measurement. Descriptions of the empirical development of Re-ED criteria, their use as best practice standards, and their contribution to a database for validity research will be presented.
Download Handouts: 68kb pdf
Presenting: Robert Cantrell
All Authors for this paper: Robert Cantrell
Presentation Type: element of symposium
Synopsis: Analyses used to determine Re-ED essentials indicated high agreement among Re-ED staff. When the same survey was administered to staff in other, more traditional children's mental health settings, ratings indicated far greater variability. Comparison of both data sets indicated 39 survey items significantly discriminated between the two groups. Further cluster analyses identified three groups clustered on two dimensions, yielding a Re-ED thinking group (independent of program affiliation), an administrator systems-thinking group, and a group focusing on therapist-child interactions. Crucial analyses linking program outcomes to Re-ED attributes are yet to come.
Download Handouts: 283kb pdf
Presenting: Karen Blase
All Authors for this paper: Karen Blase
Presentation Type: element of symposium
Synopsis: Fidelity measures play an increasingly important role in defining programs, conducting research, and interpreting outcomes. They are also important to facilitating program replications and in a continuous quality improvement framework by discriminating implementation from effectiveness issues. Fidelity measures are a critical source of feedback for practitioners, supervisors, managers, program developers, researchers, and policy makers/implementers. Such measures are essential to the evaluation, cultural adaptation, and population adaptation of evidence-based programs and practices. This presentation briefly reviews the learning from a synthesis of the implementation literature related to fidelity across domains. In addition, the presentation provides an implementation framework for systematically analyzing and improving fidelity.


text:
AmazonEncore to Publish Bestselling Author J.A. Konrath's Upcoming Book
Amazon's publishing imprint to release the next book in J.A. Konrath's Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series, "Shaken."
SEATTLE—May 17, 2010—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that AmazonEncore, Amazon's publishing imprint, will release the newest book in bestselling author J.A. Konrath's Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series, "Shaken." The AmazonEncore Kindle edition of "Shaken" will be available in the Kindle Store www.amazon.com/kindlestorein October, and the print version of the book will be available in February 2011. For more information on AmazonEncore and upcoming titles, visit www.amazon.com/encore.
"J.A. Konrath's Jacqueline 'Jack' Daniels series is one built on a memorable female lead who is always surrounded by a lively cast of characters and action," said Jeff Belle, Vice President, Amazon.com Books. "Readers have come to expect Konrath to up the ante with each installment, and 'Shaken' delivers the thrills. It's finely crafted, full of high spirits and accessible to new readers but rewarding for longtime fans."
"Shaken" is the seventh book in the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series. Chicago cop Jack Daniels has chased—and caught—dozens of dangerous criminals over the course of her career. But she's about to meet her match. When Jack wakes up in a storage locker, bound and gagged, she knows with chilling certainty who her abductor is. He's called "Mr. K," and more than 200 homicides have been attributed to him. Jack has tangled with him twice in the past, and both times he managed to slip away. Now Jack will finally have the chance to confront the maniac she has been hunting for more than 25 years. Unfortunately, it won't be on her terms. In less than two hours, Mr. K is going to do to Jack what he's done to countless others, and Jack is going to learn that sometimes the good guys don't win.
J.A. Konrath is the author of the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series that includes "Whiskey Sour," "Bloody Mary," "Rusty Nail," "Dirty Martini," "Fuzzy Navel" and "Cherry Bomb." All six titles are available to purchase in both print and Kindle format on Amazon.com. Konrath has also written under the names Jack Kilborn and Joe Kimball. He has published over a dozen books using Amazon's Digital Text Platform (DTP), and has been featured in numerous articles and blog posts as an author who is making a living off of Kindle.
"My Kindle readers have been incredibly faithful fans and I'm excited to be able to release the Kindle edition of 'Shaken' several months before the physical version is available to purchase," said Konrath. "Since it's easier, faster and cheaper to create an e-book than it is a physical book, Kindle owners will get to read the seventh Jack Daniels before everyone else. The ability for authors to reach fans—instantly and inexpensively with a simple press of a button—is the greatest thing to happen to the written word since Gutenberg."
Announced in May 2009, AmazonEncore is a program which identifies exceptional books and emerging authors using information on Amazon.com, such as customer reviews and sales data. Amazon then works with the authors to introduce or re-introduce their books to readers through marketing and distribution into multiple channels and formats, such as the Amazon Books Store, Amazon Kindle Store, www.Audible.com, and national and independent bookstores via third-party wholesalers. AmazonEncore is a brand for titles published by Amazon Content Services LLC.
Konrath will also be speaking at the Advance Your Career with DIY Publishing" panel during the DIY Authors Conference and Marketplace at the BEA Conference, Monday, May 24, 2010.
Okay, that's the official press release. Now I'll take some questions.
Q: You signed a print deal? I thought you weren't signing any more print deals.
A: I signed a print deal with a company that can email every single person who has every bought one of my books through their website, plus millions of potential new customers. I've never had that kind of marketing power behind one of my novels. I'd be an idiot not to do this.
Q: Aren't you going to piss off traditional publishers?
A: Traditional publishers had a chance to buy Shaken last year. They passed on it. Their loss. Their big loss. Their big, huge, monumental, epic fail.
Q: Is Amazon going to sell the Kindle version for a lot of money?
A: Amazon is smart, savvy, and pays attention to my suggestions. The Kindle version of Shaken is going to be released for $2.99. Here's the link if you'd like to pre-order.
Q: The Kindle version is coming out four months before the paper version. Why?
A: It's easier to release an ebook than a print book. Print books require printing, shipping, warehousing, pre-orders from bookstores, etc.
Q: So Shaken will be available in bookstores?
A: If they order copies, yes. We'll see how the Amazon sales department does. I know for sure many of my bookseller friends will get copies into their stores. But I have no idea if the book will actually be stocked in any of the chains or indies. And, frankly, I'm not concerned. I believe this is going to sell well regardless.
Q: What is this going to do for your self-published Kindle ebooks?
A: I imagine it will give them a boost. A big boost. :)
Q: I thought AmazonEncore only published reprints of self-published books by new authors, not original titles from known authors.
A: As far as I know, I'm the first "name" author to have a new, original work published. Several other ebook writers who have self-pubbed on Kindle are going to be released through AmazonEncore over the next year, but I thought it would make a bigger splash to write a book specifically for Amazon. I like making splashes.
Q: What kind of money is Amazon paying you?
A: I signed a non-disclosure agreement, so I can't discuss contract terms. But I will say that my terrific agents have been involved from the very beginning of negotiations, and have been essential in getting me a very favorable contract. I couldn't be happier.
Q: Is this going to be the last Jack Daniels book?
A: Nope. And if anyone is interested in getting a sneak preview of Jack's new villain, Mr. K, he's in the first part of SERIAL UNCUT.
Q: This is potentially a game-changer for the publishing industry.
A: A game-changer? I think it is downright historic. And I couldn't be happier to play a role in the revolution sweeping the publishing world.
There will be a clear-cut winner in this revolution. The winner will be the group that deserves it the most: The Readers. Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want--inexpensive, professional ebooks.
I've been saying for over a year that readers don't want to pay a lot for ebooks, and I've been posting lots of data and numbers to back-up that statement. I now have a publisher who agrees with me.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
COBWEB CORNERS: Stratton or Palmer - whose statue was first?By Mel McFarland
We have a growing number of statues in the streets downtown, but one that's well known. Which statue was first? It's actually not there anymore, except as a modern replacement.
In 1922, the city was looking at a memorial to Colorado Springs founder General William Palmer. A committee had been formed years before to sort out the various ideas. While this was happening, a statue was moved to Nevada and Vermijo avenues, in a little round island in the center of the
intersection. It had originally been placed in Stratton Park, out along Cheyenne Road. The piece was in honor of early Colorado Springs philanthropist Winfield Scott Stratton. Eventually it would be moved to the Myron Stratton Home. A modern interpretation of the statue now stands on Pikes Peak Avenue downtown, so there are two of him.
A General Palmer statue was suggested after his death in 1910. A committee was formed to plan what it should look like and where it should go. After years of discussion, an invitation to submit proposals went out. Oliver Shoup, a city resident and former governor, was chairman of the committee.
The first serious submittal came from Ann Hiatt Huntington, a noted eastern artist, in May 1923. She suggested a statue of the general on horseback. She depicted him as a young man, on his horse, looking at his dog. When Huntington's pictures were released, a flurry of protests went up! A prominent complaint was her depicting him as a young man. Even Irving Howbert, a close friend of Palmer, did not like the proposal. He said the General would not like it either! He pointed out that the horse was not a type he'd commonly ridden, nor the dog the kind he'd had as pets. The model was rejected, and requests for proposals went out again.
Two months later another idea surfaced. This one was closer to what some people had in mind. The Broadmoor Art Academy and the Broadmoor Hotel had been visited by Leo Lentelli about the time the concept for the statue was announced. His model depicted an older, more rugged General Palmer, with a horse that was more accurate. It also included a cowboy and a prospector. Although much more to the tastes of the committee, Lentilli's idea was also rejected. The design concept was still not settled. It would take a bit longer.
The Palmer statue's location was influenced by the placement of the Stratton statue. South Park, where the county court house (now Pioneers Museum) stands, was at the south end of what was then the business district. North Park (now Acacia Park) was at the opposite end. Pikes Peak Avenue, Nevada, Weber and Cascade marked the edges of the downtown at the time. The city planned early on to put Palmer's statue at Nevada and Platte because it was in the center of town, where US 24 and US 85-87 meet. Still, not everyone agreed.
The statue was finally installed in 1924. I will share with you in my next column the selection of the final design and location.
(Posted 6/5/14; Opinion: Cobweb Corners)
Would you like to respond to this column? The Westside Pioneer welcomes letters at email@example.com. (Click here for letter-writing criteria.)


text:
I want to thank all of you that left such kind words of sympathy and comfort for me. It has been a rough couple of weeks for the kitties and me. Guy has especially been missing Ginny and I have given him more attention and cuddles than usual. He seems to be his fun-loving self today. I am taking my cue from him and am trying to move on and get into a new routine without our darling Ginny.
Next week sometime I will get back to regular blogging about cute stuff, but I wanted to share one more post about my thoughts on this event. Some of you may think me crazy, but I dearly love my kitties and would do almost anything for them.
Ginny had been in advancing hospice care in our household for some time, in the past two weeks her condition worsened and her care needs accelerated to the point where she needed almost constant attention. We knew her passing was near and spent time with her in our basement, placing her in her favorite chair. She spent most of the time sleeping, but some just resting, occasionally she would seem to have some distress, trouble breathing or some pain and I wanted to be there to comfort her. So for her last few days, I spent most of the time with her.
Part of the time I spent reading to her, it seemed to calm her to hear my voice and it calmed me to be taken to another place for a few minutes to escape some of my grief. The excerpt below is from a vintage book I own called All Cats Go to Heaven, written by Beth Brown and illustrated by Peggy Bacon. It was published in 1960 and is an anthology of stories about cats complied by Beth Brown. This is one of the books I read stories from. After reading this story I love imagining my little Ginny flying off to a new world to meet up with her best friend Cocoa. I hope you enjoy the photo and the passage from the book further below.
Thank you again dear friends. ~~ Diane
"It happened so suddenly.
One moment ago, she was there. And now she was here.
She had felt no pain, no fear, just the slightest twinge as her shoulders sprouted into wings and the wings lifted her up from the city street, carried her like an autumn leaf high into the sky, sent her whirling through a long, strange tunnel -- and now settled her down in this unfamiliar place, her four paws planted in fog.
There was fog all around her like a sea of surging gray, fearful yet wonderful to her aching senses, particularly to the broken bones in her body.
She drew a deep breath. Was, this death, she wondered, a matter the cats often discussed as they gathered in the gutters of an evening? Was she finished with life forever?
Where was she? She had never felt so lonely. She had never heard silence so loud.
Then, off in the distance, the mist began lifting, cleaving the blue sky from the green earth. An eerie glow filled the firmament, And, suddenly, the blaze of morning lighted the universe and Tatters found herself standing before two immense bronze gates leading to another world, mysterious beyond measure.
She caught a glimpse of blooming tree tops. The heavenly odor of new-cut grass perfumed the air. Perhaps these were the green pastures of promise beside the still waters for those who passed on.
No sound came to her ears. Not a sign of life stirred anywhere. Yet reality was everywhere. The gates were real. The sky was sky. And the earth had become brown and solid underfoot......."
from All Cats Go to Heaven by Beth Brown


text:
Packaging and Weighing Equipment
Ishida Multihead Weighers
Ishida CCW-R Series Weighers
Packaging and Weighing Equipment
Ishida CCW-R Series Weighers
Other Ishida Multihead Weighers videos:
High-volume fresh cut produce weighing
Ishida CCW Weighers (HD)
Ishida Product Blending Weigher for trail mix
Ishida Product Blending Weigher for vegetables
Equipment Video Library
Ishida Multihead Weighers
Video Not Available
High-volume fresh produce weighing (higher res)
Ishida weighers reduce giveaway of leaf salads and fresh-cut produce to near-zero. Auto feeder tuning and high-embossed surfaces keep wet leaf product moving. Cleaning and changeovers are quick and easy.
Play video in
external player
High-volume fresh produce weighing
Ishida CCW Weighers (HD)
Ishida CCW Weighers (HD)
Ishida multihead weighers
Ishida weigher metal detector probe
Ishida weighers for every application
Ishida weighers reduce giveaway for all products
© Heat and Control 2019
See Our Product Safety Program >>
Email This Page


text:
The Barkley Pet Hotel & Day Spa is a luxurious pet resort providing lavish overnight accommodations, a grooming salon, a spacious doggie day camp and obedience training – along with the state-of-the-art VCA Westlake Village Animal Hospital located next door.
The Barkley Pet Hotel & Day Spa
31166 Via Colinas
Westlake Village Ca. 91362


text:
This project is the second of a number of winter holiday quilts I intend to make for gifts this year.
Defining Quilting, Wikipedia writes that in America in the early 19th Century, the type of quilting done was whole cloth rather than pieced assembly. Piecework quilting would have been a thrifty pursuit, using up smaller bits of cloth. But colonial seamstresses were also able to employ thrift in the whole cloth quilts by using old blankets as batting in between layers of cloth and sewing through.
This small quilt, slated to be a tabletop runner or a wall decoration, is pretty much a whole cloth quilt, except for the addition of a couple of strips on the sides of the red panel, to make it an even match to the reverse side.
Like the colonial quilters, I decorated the whole cloth with an embroidery design. Except I "embroidered" with the sewing machine, using a 2mm satin stitch that is loose in some areas, tight in others. I switched the feed dogs' normal setting to "free motion spring action" so that the fabric could be moved around under the needle in whatever direction I needed to sew. Then I attached the free-motion spring-action foot (I tried the plain free-motion foot first and didn't like it a whole lot. The spring-action foot is much better). So this is not one of those machine embroideries that stitched out an automated pattern inside a fixed hoop, it's all free-motion sewing using the machine's satin stitch setting. A narrow zig-zag could be used with a similar effect.
To add a special holiday touch, I used gold metallic thread. I've had problems with metallic thread shredding during machine embroidery, but this time I wised up and used a special metallic thread needle, and it worked pretty good most of the time.
With a nod to the thrift and industry of our colonial forbears, I used fabric remnants for the front and back whole cloth components, with the green and black strips on the side from a Robert Kaufman Kona cotton roll-up (2 1/2″ x 44″ strips in Dark Colorstory). Love being thrifty! Love to see a cast-off roll of fabric in the remnant bin and wonder what can be done with just that one lone little piece?
Skip looked at the embroidery and said "Wow! Where did you come up with that beautiful design?"
I just turned the little quilt over and said, "Here," and showed him the motif on the reverse, which I had just traced over with the machine needle, and it duplicated the design on the opposite side in bobbin thread.
Are you also working on holiday gift items? September's almost over…


text:
not new music tuesdays
With all of the excitement surrounding this evening's portion of the no idea festival at Lola's, I'm taking the opportunity to share one of my personal favorite pieces of improvisational music.
Airway was a project of Joe Potts, a member of the Los Angeles Free Music Society. This version of the these recordings were taken from the LAFMS box set, The Lowest Form of Music (Cortical Foundation, 1996), which are apparently "different in feeling" from the original vinyl release. Both the record and it's limited individual cd release on Harbinger Sound are fucking impossible to find, or retardedly expensive, so I can only provide this one.
I can ramble on about this shit, but I think the liner notes are much more concise than anything I can say, so here goes:
"In the Spring of 1977, Joe Potts released the single, "Airway" as part of an art exhibition at the Lunami Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. The show featured morgue photographs with imbedded subliminal messages. The Airway single and the poster, which served as its sleeve, were designed to be taken home by the viewers to subliminally reinforce the message put out at the exhibition. After the exhibit, Chip Chapman and Joe put together a crude tape delay and processing system out of new and used bits and pieces (most prominently miles of tangled patch cords), in the hopes of recreating live, the "wall of Sound" effect from the single. The setup was revised for every performance, with varying degrees of success. The subliminal message which the music masked changed every time as well. This performance at LACE was Airway's first live performance. The gallery was on the third floor. During the performance the audience streamed out of the room until it was nearly empty. When the music stopped, a cheer came from outside. The volume level was so high that the drywall and hardwood floor vibrated like speaker cones, so apparently the optimum listening point was three floors below and across the street. This is the original uncut version of the recording, rather than the trimmed version released on vinyl as LAFMS #6. Recorded live 8-78. (SEE ESSAY). AIRWAY-Vetza; vocals, Dennis Duck; sax, Rick Potts; mandolin, Juan Gomez; bass guitar, Tom Recchion; drums, Chip Chapman; circuits, Joe Potts; circuits, tapes.


text:
I've seen these dressings on sale and I've heard other bloggers mention finding coupons for them (you can sign up for their newsletter to get coupons!). So you can definitely get them at a great price. Honestly, I'd pay full dollar for them. Salad dressings are something we use quite often in our house and I feel good using a brand that keeps the ingredient list so pure.
Chopped baby spinach
I am really looking forward to trying the other flavors, especially the Ginger Sesame one! What do you guys thing that would taste good on? An Asian type salad with chicken and mandarin oranges, maybe? I'm thinking a Buffalo Chicken Wrap using the Bleu Cheese dressing should be my next venture.
Sorry, I know I just threw a ton of links at you, but I honestly don't want you to miss anything!
I was one of the bloggers selected by T. Marzetti Company and Clever Girls Collective to host a Marzetti Simply Dressed review. They provided me with product to test myself and compensation for my time. However, my opinions are entirely my own.


text:
This spring, Professor Christian Grue of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences is leading the long-running Wildlife Science Seminar (ESRM 455 & 554). The weekly talks will be held on Mondays from 3:30 to 4:50 p.m. in Kane Hall 120, and topics range widely—and intriguingly—from albatross conservation to amphibian genetics to animal welfare at a major research university.
The public is welcome, so come out for some animal edification!
Week 1: March 30
"The Trouble with Murrelets: Discovering and Recovering and Imperiled Seabird"
Maria Mudd Ruth
Author, Rare Bird: Pursing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet
Week 2: April 6
"Black-tailed Deer Movements and Reproduction in Managed Forests"
Clifford Rice
Research Scientist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Week 3: April 13
"Is Being a Force of Nature Right for You?"
Michael Cenci
Deputy Chief, Enforcement, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Week 4: April 20
"The Bear Facts in Washington State"
Richard Beausoleil
Bear and Cougar Specialist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Week 5: April 27
"Albatross Conservation in Commercial Fisheries"
Ed Melvin
Senior Scientist, Washington Sea Grant
Week 6: May 4
"Advancing Science and Animal Welfare at a Major Research University"
Sally Thompson-Iritani
Director, Office of Animal Welfare, UW
Week 7: May 11
"Challenges in Managing Washington's Wildlife Resources"
Jim Unsworth
Director, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Week 8: May 18
"Seabirds: Beautiful Alive, Useful When Found Dead"
Julia Parrish
Associate Dean, College of the Environment and Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, UW
Week 9: May 25
Memorial Day (no seminar)
Week 10: June 1
"Genetic Insights into Amphibian Population Ecology"
Caren Goldberg
Assistant Professor, School of the Environment, WSU


text:
Career Center
Job Seekers, Welcome to CVMUFL Career Center
The job you tried to view is no longer active.
See similar jobs below or perform a new job search.
See similar jobs below or perform a new job search.
Sort By
2,949 'doct OR of OR veterinary OR medicine OR dvm OR up OR to OR $35k OR signon OR / OR relocation OR available OR till OR 5/31/19 OR STATECODE:"IL"' Jobs
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) - Up to $35K Sign-On and/ or Relocation Available till 5/ 31/ 19
Wonder Lake, Illinois
Banfield Pet Hospital
3 Weeks Ago
Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
Harbor Animal Hospital
4 Weeks Ago
Elmwood Park, Illinois
Midwest Bird & Exotic Animal Hospital
2 Weeks Ago
LaSalle, Illinois
Ancare Veterinary Hospital
1 Week Ago
Chicago, Illinois
TLC First Animal Hospital
3 Weeks Ago
Plainfield, Illinois
Kremer Veterinary Services
3 Weeks Ago
Plainfield, Illinois
Caton Crossing Animal Hospital
2 Weeks Ago
Plainfield, Illinois
Plainfield Veterinary Clinic
1 Month Ago
Orland Park, Illinois
Coyne Veterinary Services, Ltd.
2 Weeks Ago
Powered By


text:
Hello, welcome to my work page. Described below is a course description of all four years we instruct.
Electronic Engineering Technology Related Theory
431- 0X Exploratory Program Related / Shop (6 Days)
A beginning course in electricity, this course covers basic electric circuit theory, the nature of electricity, resistance, current and voltage. Students at the end of exploratory should demonstrate the following: Solder and assemble a basic electronic kit, component identification, work safety with electronics and electricity, demonstrate the use of a DMM in volts/ohms mode and complete basic laboratories.
XXX-09 Direct Current Circuits (Freshmen Year)
A beginning course in electricity, this course covers basic electric circuit theory, the nature of electricity, resistance, current and voltage. Detailed coverage of topics includes direct current, Ohm's law, series circuits and parallel circuits as well as energy and power relationships. This course also covers DC circuit analysis techniques including mesh and nodal analysis, and network theorems such as Norton's, Thevenin's and maximum power transfer. The transient response of capacitors and inductors are discussed when a DC voltage is applied using the various circuit and analysis techniques. Additional topics include the discussion of alternating waveform characteristics and analysis of sinusoidal alternating waveforms.
208-10 Alternating Current Circuit Analysis (Sophomore Year)
A continuation of Electric Circuits. This course covers AC circuit analysis techniques including mesh and nodal analysis, and network theorems such as Norton's, Thevenin's, and maximum power transfer. Treatment is given to circuits containing dependent and independent sources of voltage and current. Resonance and basic filters are covered in detail as well as magnetism. Additional topics covered, as time allows, are transformers and three-phase circuits.
408-11 Semiconductors (Junior Year)
This is a study of the physical behavior of electronic devices. Emphasis is on analysis and application of electronic circuits utilizing semiconductor diodes, operational amplifiers, and transistors. Topics covered include rectification, clipping and clamping circuits, regulated power supplies, basic op-amps, biasing of transistors, and simplified AC modeling of transistor circuits. Engineering Design Automation (EDA) tools are used to reinforce the theory through electronic analysis simulations. The non-ideal characteristics of op-amps and other electronic devices will be discussed with applications emphasizing offset, gain and linearity. Other topics may include but are not limited to: sensors, pulse width modulations, Bode plots, SCRs, TRIACs and optoelectronics. EDA tools are used to reinforce the theory with electronic analysis simulations.
408-12-A Digital Fundamentals (Senior Year I)
Topics covered include basic logic gates, Base 2, 10, and 16 number systems, BCD, Gray and ASCII codes, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, flip-flops, counters, programmable logic devices and other related digital devices. The internal structure of logic families, complex digital circuits, synchronous logic, A/D and D/A conversion, timing diagrams, computer bus systems, programmable logic devices (PLD), and complex circuit debugging. The topic of digital interfacing is also covered. This includes interfacing various logic families to each other as well as interfacing logic to various I/O loads.
408-12-B Embedded Microsystems, Arduino (Senior Year II)
Personal computers are used to host an integrated hardware/software development system for applications with embedded Atmel AtMega328 series Microcontrollers. A system level approach to the specification, decomposition, hardware/software development, and system integration for the implementation of embedded systems is covered through lecture and laboratory experiments. Topics covered include microcontroller architecture, instruction sets, interfacing, and real-time programming techniques in wiring language. Laboratory exercises consist of system level development in serial and parallel data transfer, data acquisition, and analog input and output signal processing.
Electronic Engineering Technology Shop / Laboratories
XXX-09 Freshmen Shop / Laboratories
Students will be able to operate standard analog laboratory instruments including the DMM and oscilloscope. They will be able to solder PC board connections for IC chips, sockets and standard components. Students will collect data and display the data using proper graphing techniques on appropriate graph paper. The student will be able to use the scientific calculator utilizing the majority of the scientific functions on the calculator. The student will be able to use Ohm's law to solve series, parallel and series-parallel DC circuits. Students will use basic electrical quantities and analyze series, parallel an series-parallel DC circuits. They will be able to employ Kirchoff's Laws and the various network theorems to simplify and systematically attack complex DC circuit problems. In addition, students will be able to design simple meter circuits and determine the correct type of electrical instrument for a particular application.
168-10 Sophomore Shop / Laboratories
At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to analyze complex AC circuits comprised of resistors, capacitors, and inductors, and use the J operator (complex algebra) to calculate impedance, currents, voltages and phase angles. She/he will be able to use standard laboratory test equipment such as the oscilloscope, VOM, DMM, audio generator, frequency counter, and others to measure and verify calculated values.
108-11 Junior Shop / Laboratories
This course introduces the students to the active devices used in electronics circuits and their theory of operation. It covers the characteristics and applications of semiconductor diodes, different transistor biasing methods and operational amplifiers. The applications will include amplifiers, rectifiers, op-amps, oscillators, and timers. Laboratory experiments along with course projects are designed to support the theory and provide practical skills that students need to design, construct and analyze analog circuits.
108-12-A Senior Shop / Laboratories
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of digital electronics. Students will be able to quantitatively identify the fundamentals of computers, including number systems, logic gates, logic and arithmetic subsystems and integrated circuits. The student will gain the practical skills necessary to work with digital circuits through problem solving and hands-on laboratory experience with logic gates, encoders, flip-flops, counters, shift registers, adders, etc. The student will be able to analyze and design simple logic circuits using tools such as Boolean algebra and Karnaugh Mapping and will be able to draw logic diagrams using both the traditional logic symbols and the ANSI/IEEE symbols with dependency notation.
108-12-B Senior Shop / Laboratories
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of Arduino microcontroller architecture and wiring language programming. This course is divided into two sections, hardware and software, and is designed on the Atmel family of microcontroller. In the hardware portion of the course, the student will become proficient in microcontroller and interfacing. In the software portion of the course the student will become proficient in writing wiring language programs using a microcomputer and an AVRdude assembler. The student will become familiar with the microcontroller instruction set and will write programs consisting of loops, time delays, indexing and subroutines.
Design Project Preparation All Grades XXX-09, 168-10, 108-11, 108-12
This course contains the background material and preparation necessary for Shop Projects and consists of two separate learning modules which are studied concurrently. Module one covers the mechanics of designing and fabricating printed circuit boards. This includes the use of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools including, but not limited to, schematic capture and printed circuit board layout. An overview of current industry standards of workmanship and safety is included. In the second module, the student selects a project, obtains approval for that project and develops project definition. Much latitude is given in selecting a project. Projects may be undertaken individually or as teams. They may be internal or collaborative with industry. The project may involve developing a specific circuit or a more general exposure in an appropriate industrial environment. Ultimately, the project must meet the requirements outlined in Project Check Sheet and receive final approval from the instructor. Having received final approval, the definition will serve as a guideline for the next phase of the project.
Electronic Engineering Technology Electives
EET 251 Advanced Electronics Communications (4 Week Elective Course)
This course introduces students to get an Amateur Radio Operators Technician Class license. Fundamentals of electricity, electronic circuit theory, electronic components, radio theory and electromagnetic wave propagation, antennas, feed lines, amateur radio operating procedures, practices, equipment, FCC rules and regulations. (Prerequisites: Competition of Freshmen and Sophomore year)
EET 261 Introduction to Robotic Systems, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology F.I.R.S.T. (6 Week Elective Course)
Robotics Systems is a cross-disciplinary program that prepares the student for employment in all sectors of industry in which robotic devices and systems are utilized. All aspects of robotic systems are presented with emphasis on digital and microprocessor electronics, sensor operation and interfacing, high and low-level programming, mechanical design/solid modeling, and autonomous robotic operation. The program is designed to prepare graduates for immediate employment as an electronic engineering technician or manufacturing technician in robotics and robotics-related industries such as manufacturing, aerospace, and defense. (Open to all shops and grades, starts the 1st of January)
EET 271 MCAS Technology/Engineering Preparation Course (4 Week Elective Course)
Prepare for the Fundamentals of MCAS Technology/Engineering Examination Refresh yourself on essential theories, methods, and concepts. The objective of each topic is to cover the key concepts with useful practical exercises and laboratories. The topics covered will provide students with an excellent background and working knowledge in engineering design, material tools and machines, bioengineering, manufacturing technologies, transportation technologies and construction technologies. (Currently open to Sophomore EET students only)
EET 281 COMPTIA A+ Certification (10 Week Elective Course)
If you are getting ready for a career as an entry-level information technology (IT) professional or personal computer (PC) service technician, the CompTIA® A+® Certification course is the first step in your preparation. The course will build on your existing user-level knowledge and experience with personal computer software and hardware to present fundamental skills and concepts that you will use on the job. In this course, you will acquire the essential skills and information you will need to install, upgrade, repair, configure, troubleshoot, optimize, and perform preventative maintenance of basic personal computer hardware and operating systems. (Prerequisites: Completion of Freshmen and Sophomore year)
EET 291 Advance Manufacturing Techniques (4 Week Elective Course)
In this course the student produces and manufactures an assigned product from cradle to grave. Project management including gantt charts, lean manufacturing, mass production and direct contact with suppliers. Student will also have a business model including the aspects of technical manufacturing design. Costing techniques applicable in advanced manufacturing enterprises: activity based costing, Japanese cost management techniques, life cycle costing, theory of constraints, cost of quality, economic value added, and financial versus operational performance measures. Emphasis will be placed on linkages to such advanced manufacturing systems as cellular manufacturing, flexible manufacturing, JIT, Lean, and ERP. This course also includes topics of composites, electronics manufacturing, automated material handling, assembly, inspection, warehousing, factory and office of the future. Automation, robotic applications, flexible manufacturing systems, group technology and the economics of the automated systems. (Currently open to Senior EET students not on co-op)


text:
Posted By Wiki11 | On February 13 2018 | Tags: aziz ansari aziz ansari website aziz ansari parents aziz ansari awards aziz ansari shows aziz ansari dob aziz ansari age aziz ansari bio aziz ansari wiki aziz ansari stand up aziz ansari news aziz ansari wife aziz ansari netflix aziz ansari show aziz ansari height aziz ansari sexual assault | Keywords: aziz ansari aziz ansari sexual assault aziz ansari height aziz ansari show aziz ansari netflix aziz ansari wife aziz ansari news aziz ansari stand up aziz ansari wiki aziz ansari bio aziz ansari age aziz ansari dob aziz ansari shows aziz ansari awards aziz ansari parents aziz ansari website
Aziz Ansari is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina in a
Tamil Muslim family from
Tamil Nadu, India. But, Ansari grew up in Bennettsville, South Carolina. He is very much famous by the NBC series Parks and Recreation where he played the role of Tom Haverford. He also famous by creator and star of the Netflix series Master of None. Apart from these he won many awards like Primetime Emmy Award twice, Golden Globe Award twice, Variety Power of Comedy Award, Critics' Choice Television Award. He has written some of the books too like Modern Romance: An Investigation, Penguin Group etc.
Nickname: Aziz Ansari
Full Name: Aziz Ismail Ansari
Age: 34
Date of Birth: February 23, 1983
Height: 1.68 m
Place of Birth: Columbia, South Carolina
Profession: Asian American Actor, Comedian, Filmmaker
Famous Shows: Parks and Recreation, Master of None, Human Giant, Funny People, I Love You, Man, Observe and Report, 30 Minutes or Less
Website: http://azizansari.com
Personal Interests: Eating delicious food
Father Name: Shoukath Ansari
Mother Name: Fatima Ansari
Brother: Aniz Ansari
Marital Status: Single (got breakup from girlfriend Courtney McBroom after two years)
During his early life, Aziz attended Marlboro Academy and the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics. He graduated from the New York University Stern School of Business with a major in marketing. He was used to perform various shows during beginning of his career. He performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, as well as Invite Them Up. He also selected for
Hot Standup Comedian in Rolling Stone's annual show in 2005 and then he won the
Jury Award for
Best Standup at
HBO's 2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Aziz Ansari is 1.68 m tall which is equivalent to 5.5 foot.
Aziz Ansari's mother,
Fatima Ansari, works as a medical office. His father,
Shoukath Ansari, work as a gastroenterologist. He has a brother,
Aniz Ansari (
Aniz Adam Ansari - fullname), who co-wrote an episode of Master of None. You can also say
Aniz Ansari is a secret weapon of Aziz Ansari.
Aniz Ansari is 7 years younger than Aziz Ansari.
Aniz Ansari nominated for
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series.
All rights reserved


text:
Founded in 1971, we are part of the Chemical.net Family of Companies which includes Chemical.net, Quaker City Chemicals, QC Lubricants, Bio Clinical Laboratories, and Bowmell Central Penn Chemicals.
We are a leading supplier of technical grade chemicals, high purity lab chemicals, and lab supplies, reagents, and organic and inorganic chemicals.
With Quaker City Chemicals as its sister company, Chemical.net was an early adapter in the chemical industry's migration to the internet. Quaker City Chemicals had been a leading supplier for thirty years when this internet migration took place.
Our supply model to you, our customer is to create a "One Stop Shop" for chemicals and related supplies.
The customer is our first corporate responsibility, and we will work with you individually to satisfy any of your specific needs. We still retain many customers from the 1970's. This begins with our relationship with our customer experience, and extends to our employees. Our first employee just retired from a 1971 start date!
Our internal mission is "Creating Solutions." Our specialty is our ability to accommodate your chemical needs, with any container size, with any particular chemical or mixture. Our focus is always the customer.
Management includes:
Lee Metzman: President
Maria Dorval: Internet Marketing Director - firstname.lastname@example.com
Lindsay Romero: Customer Service Specialist - firstname.lastname@example.com
Mr. Lee Metzman is President of The Chemical.net Family of Companies. Mr. Metzman is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Quaker City Chemicals, Mr. Metzman was with Lehman Bros., Kuhn Loeb in New York in their Institutional Equity Department.
Custom Manufacturing/Custom Blending
Our difference is the ability to give personal service, from a 5 gallon pail to a tank truck with the same attention to detail.
We are one of the few companies in the country that offer heat transfer fluids in unlimited range of percentages, from 20% through 100%. We can provide you with custom packaging, custom manufacturing and can drop ship anywhere in the country. We at Chemical.net are proud that we offer the best in customer service.
Shop our site, or give us a call for all of your chemical needs. We will do everything to provide you a great experience with our user friendly chemical website, and our kind and knowledgeable team.
We don't just hear the customer, we listen.
Check us out today! Or give us a call!!
We are "The Chemical Industry's Home on the Internet." ®


text:
Request a GeoManifold® Quote or Drawing
Please complete the fields below, referencing the illustration below and to the right. This is our recommended manifold design.
For a custom quote, send us a file/drawing of your specific design, using the "Upload a Drawing" feature.
Detailed drawings (see example) are typically sent to you within 24 hours, Monday through Thursday.


text:
In recent weeks images and stories of the Christmas truce in 1914 have offered us a reassuring flicker of humanity in a time of collective insanity. The Queen used her to Christmas message to the Commonwealth to speak movingly about truce referring to the Olympics and the wider potential of sport to bring about reconciliation. The truce has been seized upon a bit like fireworks on bonfire night or Easter eggs because as it draws a discrete veil over the more challenging reality beneath the surface.
It is one of the great 'What if?' moments in human history. What if the Christmas truce of 1914 had held and spread? No Gallipoli (1915), no Somme (1916), no Passchendaele (1917). No Hitler, no Stalin, no Holocaust, no Hiroshima? If only they knew then what we know now might they have tried harder to keep the spirit of Christmas 1914 alive? Probably. And one hundred years from now will our descendants look at this moment in history and ask why we didn't seize opportunities for peace and reconciliation presented today? Possibly.
Of course truce looks romantic viewed from the perspective of history but it took incredible courage and vision to bring it about. In 776 BC three kings from the Greek Peloponnese pondered how they could bring an end to the constant state of war which existed between the city states of Ancient Greece. Their solution was to host a sporting event on the neutral ground at Olympia.
Surrounding the Games there would be a sacred truce which would enable competitors, officials and spectators to travel in safety to Olympia. Competitors would be selected not only on the basis of their athleticism but also on the basis of their moral character. When they arrived at the Games they would need to leave outside any vestment or representation of their city of origin because they competed in the Games not against each other as Athenians, Lacedaemonians, Thebans or Spartans but together as Olympians.
Despite the cynicism of politicians and the warnings of generals the Olympic truce was incredibly successful. The Games at Olympia had an unbroken run of almost one thousand years and violations of the sacred truce were rare and swiftly punished by sophisticated system of fines and in extreme suspension from the Games. The Olympic truce wasn't just part of the Ancient Games it was their entire point. The leaving behind of cultural identity and assuming a new united identity of Olympians, living and eating together for the period of the Games was to show that our tribal loyalties were a mere accident of birth and that we were all human first. Olympisim was surely one of the most advanced and progressive philosophies ever conceived of by humankind.
When the Modern era of the Games began in 1896 they were designed as a platform for nation states to engage in friendly competition with each other. Far from leaving all vestiges of nationality behind they became an indispensable part of the sporting drama, medal tables, flag draped athletes completing their victory laps. Indeed it is this inter-national aspect of competition that has made the Olympic and Paralympics Games the greatest show on earth.
The sense of us sharing in the triumph and disaster, the hopes and dreams of our own athletes that give us that collective frisson of national pride and identity and makes it compulsive viewing around the world. The International Olympic Committee deserve immense credit for this success. Yet it is worth occasionally pausing to reflect the very different purposes and practices of the Ancient and Modern Games and what tells us about ourselves.
It is not surprising that against this backdrop the concept of truce became to be seen more as symbolic than sacred; more violated more than observed. In just one hundred and twenty years the Games have been cancelled three times, subjected to terrorist attacks twice and mass boycotts five times. What is it that we have lost in the intervening three millennia of civilisation and can it ever be rediscovered?
In October 2015, thanks to the International Olympic Committee and the United Nations, Her Britannic Majesty's Permanent Representative will be afforded the opportunity to put their name to the General Assembly Resolution declaring the Olympic truce to be observed for the period of the 2016 Rio Olympic & Paralympic Games. As when the Truce resolution was proposed for London 2012 Games there will be many who will survey the precarious state of international affairs and the multiplicity of threats we face and regard the whole exercise as being at best a meaningless gesture and at worst a naïve gamble with our national security and the security of the Games. This is understandable….
The Greeks I am sure had the same concerns given the perpetual state of war which preceded the Ancient Games. The German soldiers who first climbed out of their trenches and extended a hand of friendship to their British enemies must have been viewed the same. Yet their actions remind us it takes way more courage to lay down a weapon than to pick one up. It requires far more skill to build a bridge than to erect a wall. These are the same small steps of peace taken into no-man's land which have done so much to inspire us as we have remembered them in recent days.
As the Queen said in her Christmas message: "Sometimes it seems that reconciliation stands little chance in the face of war and discord. But, as the Christmas truce a century ago reminds us, peace and goodwill have lasting power in the hearts of men and women." Could Rio 2016 be the Games in which the international community draw again from that deep well of human goodness and use it to refresh the parched places and heal hurting lives of our world? We share the same opportunity as those soldiers on the Western Front a century ago and those Greek kings three millennia ago the only question remaining is can we share their courage to take it?
In 2011 Michael Bates commenced a 2916 mile, 300 day solo-walk from Olympia, Greece to London to draw attention to the potential of the Olympic truce www.walkfortruce.org


text:
Preserving Summertime (Strawberry Rhubarb Jam)
posted by Unknown on July 13, 2013 No Comments
As any Montrealer can attest to, the extremely short duration of the summer season is a bittersweet affair. The bitter portion? The fact that Summertime takes, what seems like, an eternity to arrive after a long, brutal winter, and then disappears in what often feels like an instant - leaving us occasionally to wonder if the entire thing was just a dream. The sweet part? The season is around for such a short period of time that it is welcome with a gushing appreciation for it's sheer existence. We try then to soak in as much as humanly possible - leaving work a little bit earlier, staying out a little bit later, lounging for a little bit longer. Because, before we know it, we'll be lacing up our boots once again and crunching through the fallen leaves before we spiral into another seemingly eternal ice age.
In the spirit of things bittersweet, as well as the desire to preserve Summertime, I've made a sweet and tangy delight - strawberry rhubarb jam. A traditional summery fruit combination - make enough of this and you can taste the season all year round.
This jam is a wonderful accompaniment to yogourt, ice cream, toast, or, if you're feeling a little rebellious, as I have been lately, simply eat it with a spoon.
Straight out of the jar.
Go ahead - I won't tell.
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
what you'll need
1 cup white sugar
2 cups chopped strawberries
2 cups chopped rhubarb
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 packet liquid pectin (available in the baking section of the supermarket)
for canning
4 to 5 medium-size (250ml) Mason jars, lids and ring closures
Tongs/jar lifters
Labels if desired
(all available at Canadian Tire, or any good kitchen store)
how to do it
combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring regularly, then reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes, or until fruit is soft. Do not overcook, as your jam will turn unappealing colours and lose it's flavours! Skim the bubbly pink stuff off of the top as much as possible. This froth will liquefy in your jam and will interfere with the consistency once canned.
While fruit is cooking, bring a large pot of water to a boil to sterilize jars.
Remove jars once jam is ready and fill, while jars are still hot and jam is hot, leaving a 1-inch space at the top. Seal with lids and secure with rings. Leave to cool on the counter.
Once jars are cool enough, you can keep them in the fridge until ready to use - if canned and sealed properly, jam will be shelf-stable for about a year. Perfect time - just until the next strawberry harvest!
If you've never canned before, don't be afraid! It's easy peasy! Visit http://bernardin.ca for more information about heat processing, and some other great jam recipes. This isn't a plug, but hey, Bernardin, if you're reading this and feel like sending some free jars my way, I wouldn't be opposed!


text:
You can edit text on your website by double clicking on a text box on your website. Alternatively, when you select a text box a settings menu will appear. Selecting 'Edit Text' from this menu will also allow you to edit the text within this text box. Remember to keep your wording friendly, approachable and easy to understand as if you were talking to your customer
Page 2
Page 3
What You Need To Know About The Darknet Market Before Getting Involved
There are certain websites in the internet that is not for everybody, especially when it involves illegal transactions. Darknet market is one of them. It is basically like a black market where a person will purchase certain items that are supposedly not meant be sold. Any person who wants to get involve in this type of transaction can have its identity at risk. It is therefore important to do a through research on what to do to keep the identity hidden and how to be able to receive the item without being caught. Although there are step by step guides on how to do transactions in a darknet market. Read more great facts,
Your anonymity is a top priority if you want to get in the darknet market. It takes an effort to keep your profile hidden but this will ensure your safety after all.
The popular ways to get access to the market are known to be through Tor and Tails. To be able to access Tails, you need to install it as it runs as an operating system. After doing transaction with Tails, when you shut down your computer, the whole session of the transaction will be deleted or removed leaving no evidence on your computer. On the other hand, Tor is like an internet browser needed to access to the darknet markets. This browser directs any traffic to random nodes to keep it hidden. The top markets according to some users are Agora and BlackBank. For more useful reference, have a peek here
In each market, you will be guided on how to purchase and pay for the item. It will be easier as there is a step by step guide in doing this. You may also have to enter your address or depending on where you want it to be sent. The package may turn out questionable to the authorities so be prepared of any consequences if it gets suspected.
Another tip is to use a unique name. Use random words and insert numbers. The only way that a vendor can identify you is through your address of delivery. The seller should not be saving or storing any information from its buyers. You may not be able to sense if the seller is someone who will do this that is why you need to make some further researches about the seller before making the final transaction.
You need to find reviews regarding the seller including its reputation and ability to send packages in stealth mode. Users of darknet will give out their recommendation of sellers with good reputation. Please view this site
for further details.