text:
The world is becoming a smaller place, yet even with communications and social media technologies you can still feel cut off from the experiences, fears and desires of those living in far-flung places.
Härnu, a six-month-old Seattle startup led by former employees of aQuantive, DS-IQ and StartupRocket, are looking to bring people closer together through a new social networking platform that connects people from Syria to Sweden to Singapore.
"We want to connect the entire world in conversation," says co-founder Brent Turner, the former Microsoft and aQuantive veteran who is leading the charge on partnerships and monetization strategies. "There are many social networks and communities out there that help you aggregate people that you know, but none that help you meet and form relationships with people that you don't know."
Of course, there's one big bottleneck: Language. Not everyone speaks the same one, so creating a place where anyone can communicate is no easy task. Yet, Turner notes that translation technologies — such as Google Translate — have reached "reasonable point" in their evolution where people can effectively communicate online even if they don't know how to speak Spanish or Farsi.
To some degree, Härnu is a combination of Facebook, Wikipedia and Quora — all on a global map. Users choose where to post their messages — say Manchester, Cairo or Tel Aviv — and then wait for responses from those corners of the world. Users also can simply peruse topics, checking out what's been posted by other members of the community on the map.
Building a social network for people you don't know may seem a bit counterintuitive. After all, many people feel as if they don't have time to manage their existing social networks of family, friends and co-workers. Turner admits that it is one of the bigger challenges they face as a young startup.
"That's a concern, and it is one of the things that has kept others from entering the space," he says. "We know it is going to be hard."
But Turner — along with founders Jason Gowans (former DS-IQ); Paul Dixon (former aQuantive); and Will Little (StartupRocket CEO) — also are emboldened by the larger mission of raising awareness and connecting people in a respectful way.
Rather than highlighting divides, Turner says that they hope Härnu becomes a place where people will "discover their common grounds" and discuss topics with empathy and compassion.
Those aren't words usually associated with online comment threads or discussion boards. But Turner said even with thousands of messages posted to Härnu since the soft launch in August, none have risen to the level where they've needed to be removed.
"We've had thousands of posts, and haven't had really a single one that is really out of line," said Turner, pointing specifically to a respectful dialogue on the site from a user in Israel and one in Indonesia over Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Of course, as a social network gets bigger, that problem escalates. Turner said they plan to figure out that issue as they go along, but he does note that users can report spam or complain about users. Since people sign in with Twitter or Facebook credentials and identify their location, he said it lends itself to a more civil dialogue.
But it's also not just about text. One section of the site allows users to peruse and share music clips from various parts of the world, skipping the politics and religion debates and just jamming out to sounds of DJ Siru in France or Vitor Becca in Brazil.
Is there a business model here?
Turner says they are kicking around a few concepts and have been approached by potential partners, but they've not yet begun to build that out at the moment.
"Right now, we are in user acquisition mode and trying to make sure that we have our basic use cases nailed," says Turner, adding that the startup is self-funded.
As for competition, Turner said they've yet to come across anyone who is taking their approach, though Fast Company points to multilingual social network Xiha Life.
"Most people that we tell about Härnu say: "Why isn't anyone doing that?" It is, of course, possible to meet and connect with people based on shared interest on other social networks; we believe we are the only group building a community where building such connections is actually the point of the platform," he said.
Here's an overview of how Harnu works:


text:
Silicon Valley has a reputation for leaning left.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Google exec Marissa Mayer have hosted big fundraisers for Democratic candidates.
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is a huge Obama booster.
Steve Jobs offered to help make commercials for Obama's 2012 campaign.
But the truth is that there is also a very strong libertarian strain in the Valley.
Sometimes libertarian-leaning Silicon Valley titans even almost allow themselves to be called Republicans.
Take Marc Andreessen, for example.
He has contributed $100,000 to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign via a SuperPAC.
Andreessen is the biggest fish there is in Valley right now. He's on the board of Facebook and HP. He's already a huge investor in startups through his VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz, and he still has billions more to seed.
In this CNBC clip, Andreessen says he supports Romney because he is a "dyed-in-the-wool" businessman who understand that "regulations" get in the way of business.
Andreessen says he used to support Democrats – like Clinton/Gore, for example – but "I turned 40 last year and so I figured it was time to make the switch."
It should be said that Andreessen disagrees with Romney's views on China.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The goal is for them to practice multiplying and simplifying, and investigate multiplying conjugate pairs to set us up for rationalizing denominators, both monomial and binomial.
I know the two questions at the end are kind of weird but it seems like a shame to waste the opportunity.
- okay?
- Crappy?
- Suggestions for decrapifying?
- Am I missing any relevant opportunities to make connections?
- Or show multiple ways of seeing something?
- How are the kids going to noob this up in ways I'm not anticipating?
Also, I am a Latex beginner so no making fun of my typesetting. It took me four hours to make this.


text:
Choroi Pentatonic Flute with Tone Block
We are excited to offer the beautiful Choroi Pearwood Pentatonic Flute. This is often the "recorder" or flute recommended for First Graders in Waldorf Schools. It was specially developed for use by young children 4-6 years old. It possesses a tone that sounds more like a voice than an instrument. The fingers gently touch the specially formed finger holds, which allow half steps to be achieved naturally by half-covering the holes. Treat your flute gently and oil it frequently. It includes a permanent tone block. Includes a flute swab, fingering chart, and a cotton cloth pouch for storage. Made in Sweden.
Product specs (for music experts): Pentatonic Flute - A= 440 Hz; pear wood, A= 440 Hz, length: approx. 27 cm, diam. approx. 23 mm (length: approx. 10.63 inch, diam. approx. 0.91 inch), 6 finger holes, range: d'-e'-g'-a'-h'-d'-e', Accessories: wooden cleaning swab, cotton flute bag. The interval and pentatonic flutes were specially developed for use by children, particularly in groups. The pentatonic flute, with its easy tone production and its beautiful, mild group sound, has become a classic among children's instruments.
All the Choroi flutes are characterized by a warm, light, flexible tone. Compared with traditional instruments, the Choroi flutes possess a tone that sounds more like a voice than an instrument. A free outbreathing, rather than an active blowing, forms the foundation for the tone. The mouth and lip positions also contribute to the tone formation. The fingers gently touch the specially formed finger holes, which allow half-steps to be achieved naturally by half-covering the holes.
All flutes are treated exclusively with linseed oil.
When deciding whether to buy the Pentatonic Flute with or without the tone block, the following information may be helpful. There is just a slight sound difference between the two, not something most children would notice. If you select the one with the tone block, the tone block can break if/when the flute is dropped. Also, it is recommended the tone block be removed and oiled or replaced each year, so that is added "maintenance". If you want to keep life simple, you may want to select the flute without the tone block. Or, if your child is learning the flute in school, ask the music or class teacher which one they recommend.
NOTE ABOUT RETURNS: Because this is an item that goes in a person's mouth, for hygiene reasons, I cannot accept returns on it. If you have questions regarding the item please contact me either prior to ordering or immediately after you receive the flute.


text:
IE8 and Reliability
Developing technologies that work reliably on their own and as part of the computing ecosystem is core to our mission and is an important part of our commitment to Trustworthy Computing. Our customers and partners expect technologies and services they can depend on anytime, anywhere, and on any device. We focus on constant improvements to the dependability of our technologies and services.
For Internet Explorer, reliability means that the browser should always start quickly, perform well, connect to the Internet, and show Web sites without crashing or hanging. Most users want their browser to work, recover smoothly after a crash, and display the Web correctly. Users are not as concerned with what causes the problem, whether that be a poorly functioning add-on or poorly performing website. As part of our ongoing commitment to improve reliability, we have done a great deal of work in IE8 to make the browser more robust in all of these areas: performance, recovery and display. In particular I will discuss:
Loosely-Coupled IE: An architectural feature that helps isolate different parts of the browser from each other for smoother browsing performance.
Automatic Crash Recovery: A feature that is designed to get users back to browsing as quickly as possible after a crash.
Windows Error Reporting: A way for our customers to provide us with information to improve the reliability of Internet Explorer.
Loosely-Coupled IE
One of our most significant investments is in a feature called Loosely-Coupled IE ("LCIE"), which is an architectural attribute that helps isolate different parts of the browser from each other, most notably, the frames from the tabs. LCIE is the foundation that we have built a few of our features on including Automatic Crash Recovery of which I expand on below.
If you haven't already read about what we started in Beta 1, I would encourage you to read my first post which covers how we isolated the frame window, which roughly corresponds to the "chrome", from the tabs by putting them in their own separate processes so that a tab can now crash without bringing down the rest of your browser. Visually, this separation would look like the following, with the frame area highlighted and the tab area dimmed:
Building on Beta 1, we have continued to develop LCIE in IE8 Beta 2 to further improve reliability and performance.
For Beta 2, we added the following changes:
Frame Process Merging
To help improve startup performance, we have reduced the number of processes that we start. Instead of firing up two processes every time you launch the browser (one for the frame and one for your tabs), we now only fire up one frame process the first time you launch IE. Subsequent launches will only start a new tab process or make a new tab in an existing tab process.
For users that are accustomed to browsing websites in multiple "sessions", for example if you want to log in to multiple email sites simultaneously, you can specify the "-nomerge" command line option to disable this feature.
More tab processes
It turns out that the vast majority of all IE sessions contain three or fewer tabs. Accordingly, in Beta 2 we try to give users three efficient tab processes. This is contingent on the user's computer capabilities, but the more capable a computer is, the more processes we will use, up to a point. Adding more processes gives users much better isolation in the event of a failure. If each tab is in its own process, websites are completely isolated from each other.
Virtual tabs
We have also added the internal capability to "hot swap" the process from underneath a tab. Previously, Protected Mode worked on a per-process basis. For example, say you add a website to your trusted sites in IE7. If that site links to another site that is not in your trusted sites, it will cause you to switch browser windows when you click the link.
We improved this in IE8 Beta 1 with LCIE when we split the frame from the tabs. With the split we can create a new tab in the same window and switch you to that tab as opposed to being "punted" to a new window.
Virtual tabs lets you navigate across Protected Mode in the same tab since we just switch the process under the tab to the correct integrity level. This is really just "UI-sugar" – virtual tabs do not impact security or protected mode in any way, other than to make it more convenient to transition between protected mode on/off.
LCIE's capability of isolating different parts of the browser coupled with more tab processes and virtual tabs will improve the performance and overall reliability of Internet Explorer.
Automatic Crash Recovery
In the event of a crash, Automatic Crash Recovery is designed to get you back to browsing as quickly as possible. It uses LCIE's tab isolation to help localize the failure to your tab. If you experienced a crash in Beta 1, you may have noticed this bubble:
This is the "tab recovery experience" – the failure has been confined to your tab. Your browser never goes away and we get you back to the site pretty quickly.
What's happening behind the scenes is that we are keeping track of an array of information about your tab. In Beta 1, the following data about each tab was stored:
- Current URI
- The travel log (your back/forward history)
- Tab order
- Which tab was active
When you crash, we tear down the old tab process, create a new tab process and recover the stored data back into the tab. For many website this works well; however, there are other websites, such as sites with web forms, or sites that you need to login to, that we didn't recover successfully.
In Beta 2, we improved this further by adding:
Session cookies
Session cookies are often used for authenticating the user to a website. Session cookies are temporary cookies that only persist for the lifetime of your browsing session. When you login to a website, they usually give you a session cookie that contains a unique token that identifies you while you are logged in. As you navigate around the website, IE sends your session cookie to the site, and the site can examine this token and determine that you are authenticated. Unlike persistent cookies, they are not written and retained on your hard disk.
In IE8 Beta 2, we recover your session cookies too and still do not write them to disk! We store copies of them in the frame process. When your tab crashes, we just copy them back from the frame into the tab, and the user is automatically logged back into the site they were using (i.e. webmail, blog sites, social sites).
Note that session cookie recover only takes place for tab crashes. If the whole browser crashes, the session cookies are lost, however we do expect that the overwhelming majority of crashes to be isolated to the tabs, as most crashes are caused by malfunctioning add-ons, which are now isolated to a tab process.
Form data
We can now recover your form data. If you typed information, such as an email, blog post, comments, into an HTML form, we can now recover that information.
Leveraging LCIE's tab isolation allows Automatic Crash Recovery to quickly restore the user to their browsing session without having to log back in to their sites or re-enter new data into forms. Combined, LCIE and Automatic Crash Recovery provide a really innovative and graceful way to recovery from crashes.
Windows Error Reporting (aka Watson)
In the event of a crash or a hang, you may have received a choice to "send information to Microsoft". You may be wondering what we do with this information.
The short answer is that we look at it every day. We take each report seriously because this data is extremely important to us. Not only can we determine what is causing issues, in aggregate, but we can determine the specific issues that are affecting the most people, and actually fix them.
If IE crashes or hangs and you choose to send information, Windows Error Reporting does some work to collect information about the state of the program when it crashes or hangs. We can see what add-ons are loaded and what IE was doing when it crashed. To the coders in the audience, it sends a call stack along with a memory dump. If you're writing an application for Windows, or an Internet Explorer add-on, you can get Watson data about your own application and use it to improve quality.
Windows Error Reporting is smart enough to collect similar problems into "buckets", which are usually lots of instances of the same underlying problem. If the problem lies in IE code and it is encountered frequently, we fix it. In IE8, we recognize that the most important failures that we can fix are ones that are out there happening on users' machines. We have even committed to fixing the top 50% of all Watson hits in IE (including issues that may have carried over from IE7).
Microsoft goes to great lengths to protect privacy when customers submit error reports. When an error occurs, a report is generated with the minimum amount of data needed to check for a solution. This report does not contain any personal information and customers are asked before any information is sent back to Microsoft. Microsoft also does not track error reports back to an individual — unless that individual chooses to track an error report to find out if a solution has been found for the error. Even then, Microsoft developers working with the data cannot identify the customer and will request further information only if additional contact is needed to solve the problem.
Get Ready for Beta 2
LCIE, Automatic Crash Recovery and a good deal of bug fixing has helped make IE8 Beta 2 a browser you can depend on. When IE8 Beta 2 is released, I encourage you to check it out!
Andy Zeigler
Program Manager
Reliability and Privacy


text:
Pokemon and Nintendo Offer Limited Wi-Fi Distribution for Chance to Catch Elusive Pokemon.
July 28, 2010—Pokémon™ Trainers get ready to unlock the secrets of the Enigma Stone as The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo of America Inc. introduce a limited distribution via the Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection service. Beginning this Saturday, July 31, through Friday, August 27, players of Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver Versions who have wireless broadband Internet access can receive the Enigma Stone for a chance to catch the amazing, yet elusive, Legendary Pokémon Latias™ or Latios™.
Similar to the other half of the Legendary pair that can be caught normally during gameplay, the Pokémon encountered with the Enigma Stone will be at Level 40. In exchange for the Enigma Stone, Pokémon fans will also get the Soul Dew, a held item that powers up the Special Attack and Special Defense of Latios and Latias. Only Pokémon players who have beaten the Elite Four, claimed the National Pokédex, and have two or fewer Wonder Cards can solve the riddle of the Enigma Stone to capture Latios for Pokémon HeartGold Version or Latias for Pokémon SoulSilver Version.
This special distribution event is only available for a limited time. For more information, players should visit www.pokemon.com.
Latios and Latias are both eligible for use at the Pokémon Video Game World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, August 14—15. Pokémon video game players can still win a spot to compete for the title of Pokémon World Champion by participating in the Last Chance Qualifier tournament taking place on August 13, 2010, at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii. For more information on the 2010 Pokémon VGC series, visit www.pokemonvgc.com.


text:
Page not found
Sorry! We couldn't find your page.
The page you are looking for might have been removed, archived, had its name changed, or may be temporarily unavailable.
If you arrived at this page via a link on our site, please let us know by giving us feedback. If you typed in a URL or arrived via a bookmark, please check to see that the URL is correct.
Please try one of the following methods to locate your document.
- Click on your browser's Back button to return to your previous page.
- Select a top-level category from the top navigation bar.
- Search for information on our website.


text:
Forêt Noire is the type of food that tricks me into thinking I can handle what seems like a normal portion of it only to have me wave a white flag even before half of said portion is gone.
Congratulations are in order, dear dessert: you make a sorry excuse out of someone who is supposed to have mad cake-gobbling skills. Don't throw yourself too wild a party to celebrate, because you'll need all that precious strength to fight me off when I come back fork in hand for a do-over.
I could probably have taken more elaborate pictures, but I've been dreaming of putting the from-tiramisù-to-forêt-noire idea to the test for a while now and I went into shoot first, ask questions later mode. I'm too blissed out on cake to be apologetic for it.
The sponge cake (génoise) recipe was adapted from the one for the tiramisù recipe found over at Veggywood, who adapted it from Insomniac Chef, who adapted it from Candace Naomi Sakuda. I could go on all day crediting lovelies, but I think that's it.
As always, I weigh most ingredients. I'm adding the equivalence between parentheses for those who don't, just keep in mind this one was tested with weights only.
Forêt Noire:
For the Chocolate Génoise:
Non-stick cooking spray
200 g (1 cup) evaporated cane juice (granulated sugar)
75 g (1/3 cup) nondairy butter (or use 1/3 cup vegetable oil, no need to cream with sugar)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
1 teaspoon cornstarch
190 g (1 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
40 g (1/2 cup) unsweetened cocoa powder (or use 20 g unsweetened cocoa powder and 20 g Dutch-process cocoa powder)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup nondairy milk
For the Chantilly filling:
1 container (1 pound) refrigerated Healthy Top (Note that you can use whipped coconut cream in place of Healthy Top, as it doesn't seem to be available anymore.)
2 tablespoons amaretto (or regular) agave nectar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
A few drops pure almond extract
For dipping the Génoise:
1 1/2 cups cooled black cherry tea (or regular black tea), steeped from at least 2 teabags
2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon Kirschwasser, optional
For the cherries:
10 vegan maraschino cherries, patted dry (be sure they're pitted and stemmed) OR reconstitute 10 dried cherries by soaking them in 1/4 cup hot water with a few drops pure almond extract until they plump up, about 15 minutes, then drain and pat dry
For decoration purposes:
Frozen dark chocolate bar to shave right on top of the cake
To make the génoise: Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4). Lightly coat a 9 x 13-inch (23 x 33-cm) baking pan with spray.
Using an electric mixer, cream together sugar, butter, extracts and cornstarch.
In a separate large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, and baking powder.
Add dry ingredients to wet, along with milk, and stir just until combined and smooth.
Place batter into prepared pan, and spread it evenly with an offset spatula.
Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Carefully flip over a cooling rack, let cool completely.
Once cooled, cut into 24 lady finger strips/skinny bars. Be gentle, as the génoise will be fragile.
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4) again. Carefully place all the bars on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Bake for another 15 minutes. Place on a cooling rack to cool completely.
In the meantime, make the Chantilly filling: Whip all ingredients together using a handheld mixer in a large bowl for about 3 minutes, until fluffy.
Important: Keep a little less than 1/2 cup of it on the side, in the fridge, to put a touch of decoration to the finished product.
I use a 10 x 7-inch (25 x 18-cm) ceramic dish to assemble the dessert, but an 8-inch (20-cm) square dish would be fine too.
Stir the optional Kirschwasser into the cooled tea. Place into a shallow dish. Briefly and carefully dip each fragile génoise bar into the tea, letting the excess liquid drip back into the shallow dish. Cover the bottom of the pan/dish with half (12) of the génoise bars.
Use half of the Chantilly filling, and plop it onto the layer of génoise bars, carefully spreading it evenly with an offset spatula. Randomly and lightly press cherries into the Chantilly filling. Dip each of the (12) remaining génoise bars into the cooled tea (again, letting the excess drip off), and cover the Chantilly filling with them.
Use the remaining Chantilly filling to cover the second layer of génoise bars, carefully spreading it evenly with an offset spatula.
Refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight. Give the whole dish at least 1 hour in the fridge before covering it with plastic wrap, so that the Chantilly doesn't adhere to the wrap.
Don't forget to cover and place the remaining Chantilly filling back into the fridge, too.
When the time finally comes to partake, there are various ways to serve this: Cover the whole thing with chocolate sprinkles you will use a potato peeler or a chef's knife to shave off a frozen dark chocolate bar, decorating the cake with the remaining Chantilly, using a pastry bag and the tip of your choice. Scoop out portions into dessert dishes. It's a little less good-looking than what follows, but it does the trick.
For a cleaner portioning, you could do what I did up there and use a 3-inch deep, 4-inch wide plastic cutter to get 2 pretty servings from the middle of the pan (it takes some wiggling and careful prodding to plate it, but if my clumsy hands can do it, so can yours) and scoop what remains in bowls. Decorate with chocolate shavings and Chantilly clouds. Note that placing the cutters into the dish and then freezing it all for 1 hour makes it easier to transfer. Just be sure to give it some fridge time to thaw out a little once plated.
Or you could also make individual servings in pretty dessert dishes by doing the layering in there directly: no transferring involved, far less mess and less headaches.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings.


text:
TORONTO (Reuters) - Two of the chief figures in the NHL labor dispute were doing a lot of talking on Wednesday but not to each other as the lockout dragged into a fourth month and hopes of salvaging the season continue to slip away.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and Donald Fehr, head of the NHL Players Association (NHLPA), defended their positions during a media blitz, each side blaming the other for stalled negotiations and offering little hope of a quick return to the bargaining table.
The two sides have not met since last Thursday, when U.S. federal mediators joined negotiations but were unable to nudge the parties closer to a new collective bargaining agreement.
"The owners have not indicated their desire to resume," Fehr told reporters, adding that no new talks are scheduled.
"We have indicated any number of times that we are willing to resume whenever they are.
"We have to find a way to have a discussion. How do you make an agreement if you don't meet?"
While Daly was making the rounds of Toronto radio stations, Fehr met with reporters prior to a NHLPA-sponsored charity game that featured locked out players at the former Maple Leaf Gardens.
The exhibition contest marked the first time since February 1999 that NHL players had skated at the arena and there is growing concern it could be some time before fans see real NHL action anywhere.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has stated he could not see the league playing less than a 48-game regular season and with 526 games, or more than 40 percent of the season, already canceled time is running out.
Daly warned that the league may soon cancel more games, but at another stop the deputy commissioner was asked if he believed there would be a season and he answered with an emphatic "yes".
"Good, that's good news, I certainly hope he is right," said Fehr. "That's the players' goal, that's what we want to try and do and hopefully get back together and negotiate out the remaining issues as soon as possible."
Although no cut-off date has been set, it is believed the two sides have until mid-January to work out a deal or lose the entire season.
"I don't know that (a mid-January deadline), it is not a decision we would make and there hasn't been any communication to us in that regard," said Fehr. "I still presume that there is time and that's what we're working for."
With the clocking ticking, the two sides have upped the ante.
The NHLPA membership will conclude a five-day vote on Friday that could give the executive board authority to file a "disclaimer of interest" and dissolve the union, freeing players to file anti-trust lawsuits in the courts and have the lockout deemed illegal.
The NHL, in a pre-emptive strike, filed a class action complaint and unfair labor practice charge against the players' union.
"Now we're back at one of these standstills where we're not talking," said Toronto Maple Leafs' Joffrey Lupul.
"I'm not an expert on collective bargaining but there is not going to be a deal done until we're sitting across the table from each other.
"We want to talk. We're free every day. If Gary (Bettman) wants us to come over to his house, we'll go right over and talk."
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)


text: "(Angieslist.com Review) June 13 Description Of Work: Removed bees from a tree branch 4ft off the ground. Member Comments: We went out to mow the lawn and found a fairly substantial bee swarm in a tree on a Saturday. Called Bee Safe and they had someone out the same day (about 6 hours later) and he.."Mary Ann C.


text:
A priority of Florida Center for Inclusive Communities is to improve access to effective educational supports for individuals with developmental disabilities. This priority is accomplished by ensuring that education personnel have access to research, training, and support to promote inclusion, provide positive behavior support and implement evidence-based practices in autism and related disabilities. In this section, we invite you to explore the programs and resources through which we deliver our technical assistance, training, research, and information dissemination efforts.
Programs & Activities
Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities provides support and assistance with the goal of optimizing the potential of people with autism and related disabilities. Our CARD consultants work with schools to provide specific strategies and resources to meet an individual's needs. Technical Assistance is a service, provided by CARD, to schools supporting students on the autism spectrum. The focus of technical assistance is on building capacity with a teacher and/or team around an entire classroom issue or concern. Technical Assistance does not focus on an individual student. Training is provided by CARD to schools on topics of importance to those involved with individuals with autism and other related disabilities. The focus of training is on awareness, skill development and enhancement, systems change, and capacity building. For more information email email@example.com or call 1-800-333-4530
Collaborative on Discovery & Innovation in Employment (CODIE)
CODIE is funded by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council to build the capacity of competitively selected school professionals and community action teams to use the Discovery process in supporting youth and adults with disabilities in achieving customized employment. CODIE trains county-based teams, provide technical assistance to teams as to the use the DPG process, and has developed learning collaborative to support teams in achieving optimal transition and employment outcomes for individuals with developmental disabilities (DD). CODIE staff members provide systematic training, mentoring, and ongoing technical assistance to ensure that teams can implement the Discovery process with fidelity to the values, procedures, and intent of the model. For more information, please contact Brenda Clark.
Florida Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support Project
The Florida Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support Project provides training and technical assistance to increase the capacity of Florida school districts to implement evidence-based practices for supporting students with and without disabilities who are exhibiting problem behaviors. The FLPBS Project provides training to district and school personnel in developing, implementing and evaluating a multi-tiered system of supports school-wide, targeted group, classroom, and individual levels of PBS. Technical assistance activities include the dissemination of data, newsletters, effective practices and web-based resources. For more information contact Don Kincaid.
School-to-Adult Life - career advice for students with disabilities who are getting ready to graduate, and information and resources for families, and transition professionals who support those who are getting ready to graduate. This website portal is designed to provide information to guide decision making about a student's transition from a Florida high school to post-school adult life. This site also features web courses, student learning games, family social networking, interactive animation, discussion board, success stories, student mini-courses, and frequently asked questions.
Interdisciplinary Center for Evaluation and Intervention (ICEI)
ICEI is a Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources (FDLRS) specialized clinic in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences (CBCS), Department of Child and Family Studies, Division of Applied Research and Educational Support. The Center, funded by the Florida Department of Education, is a specialized diagnostic and training center that serves preschool and school-aged students (ages 3-22) having autism spectrum disorders, serious behavioral/social/emotional challenges, and other complex conditions. This specialized clinic collaborates with schools, community agencies, and families to implement evidence-based interventions with fidelity. The ICEI team includes professionals from the discipline areas of applied behavior analysis, psychology, communication disorders, family science, pediatrics, psychiatry, social work, special education. For more information contact Rose Iovannone.
Partnership for Effective Programs for Students with Autism (PEPSA)
Offering professional development opportunities and building capacity among educators working with students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) across the state is essential to the PEPSA mission. The Partnership Program is funded by the Florida Department of Education, K-12 Public Schools, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, and is designed to provide training and technical assistance to teachers or a school program that wishes to enhance their educational program for students with ASD. Each teacher or school will be matched to a Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) professional who will mentor the teacher or school staff in developing a plan for implementing innovative and effective practices within educational programs for students with autism. The project also provides opportunities for educators to receive professional development on the very specialized subject area of educational programs for students with ASD and to provide an in-service training mechanism that would ensure that research based practices are implemented and evaluated within classrooms. For more information, please contact Katy Tapley.
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support Project
This program is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs. The overall goals of the Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support Project (PBIS) are to:
- Identify and enhance knowledge about, and practical demonstration of, school-wide PBIS practices, systems and outcomes along the three-tiered continuum (primary, secondary, tertiary); and
- Develop, conduct and evaluate technical assistance and dissemination efforts that allow evidence-based practices to be implemented on a large scale with high durability and effectiveness.
Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) was funded by the Office of Special Education Programs to identify, disseminate, and assist with the implementation of the most successful, evidence-based practices available to improve the social, emotional, and behavioral functioning of young children with or at risk for delays or disabilities. TACSEI offers information, training opportunities, materials, and technical assistance related to the implementation of the Pyramid Model for promoting young children's social emotional competence and addressing challenging behavior within early intervention and early childhood programs. The TACSEI web site offers a rich array of resources for families, professionals, trainers, and system administrators. Contact Lise Fox for more information.
The Learning Academy at the University of South Florida is a 30 week program designed to provide a structured employment-focused curriculum for individuals diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, between the ages of 18-25 after they have graduated from high school. Participants engage in multiple career assessment activities to identify their strengths, skills, talents, interest and learn how they translate to work. Real life experiences and expectations through internships and peer mentoring complement the class work to provide generalization of skills and support personalized goals. For more information, please contact Susan Richmond.
Materials & Resources
Behavior Support
Start Exploring for Tomorrow: A Family Guide for Vocational Planning
Active family involvement is important for preparing your child beginning at age 10 for life after high school. This Family Guide for Vocational Planning includes suggested activities that families can engage in to help children gain skills that will be beneficial in future paid jobs and for independent living. These activities support children to learn more about careers, improve skills related to goals, and better understand their own preference. The guide is rooted in the belief that all children have the ability to find jobs and careers that are not only within the scope of their abilities, but are aligned with their interest, preferences, and priorities which are principles and values of Discovery person centered planning process and customized employment planning. The guide also has a glossary of transition and supported employment terms, and listing of Florida and national resources for navigating transition and employment.
FCIC Fact Sheet: Inclusion Works for All
This fact sheet provides information about inclusion, self-determination, and the supports needed to ensure inclusion happens.
FCIC Fact Sheet: Individualized Positive Behavior Support
This fact sheet provides information about the PBS process and effectiveness in schools, as well as critical elements to sucessful application and a variety of FCIC programs.
Discovering School-wide PBS: Moving Towards a Positive Future & Response to Intervention for Behavior
Two videos describe the multi-tiered approach to behavior that is supported by the FLPBS Project: Discovering School-wide PBS: Moving Towards a Positive Future & Response to Intervention for Behavior. Watch videos.
Implementing a Multi-Tiered System of Support for Behavior: A Practical Guide
This manual is a resource for school, district and state personnel to follow in developing and implementing a multi-tiered support system (MTSS). The manual provides the background and key components of MTSS for behavior and describes implementation guidelines, data collection and documentation requirements, and systems changes that are required to support MTSS for behavior.
Family Involvement in Functional Assessment
Family Involvement in Functional Assessment provides information on promoting family involvement in the functional assessment and behavior support process. A manual that school can use may be downloaded here.
Sexuality Education
Sexuality & Developmental Disabilities Across the Lifespan
The subject of sexuality can be daunting. Add to the mix a physical or cognitive disability and you may find yourself feeling totally unprepared to deal with the subject matter. Staff from the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities collaborated with the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council and the Center on Intellectual Disabilities at the University of Albany to create an easy to use workbook for families and educators of individuals with developmental disabilities. The Instructional Manual and the accompanying Resource Guides are designed to help educators and family members assist individuals with developmental disabilities in their exploration of self and sexuality.
Related Links
This page includes links to both internal (FCIC) and external (non-FCIC) websites. External links are selected and reviewed when the page is published. However, the FCIC is not responsible for the content of external websites. The FCIC website does not accept submissions or requests.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature from 1966 to the present.
Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services administers programs for students with disabilities. Additionally, the bureau coordinates student services throughout the state and participates in multiple inter-agency efforts designed to strengthen the quality and variety of services available to students with special needs. This web site provide state ESE policy documents, annual reports, and other information related to the implementation of special education and related services in Florida schools.
This site was created to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations. The site provides searchable versions of IDEA and the regulations, access to cross-referenced content from other laws (e.g., the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), etc.), video clips on selected topics, topic briefs on selected regulations, links to OSEP's Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network and a Q&A Corner where you can submit questions, and a variety of other information sources.
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
The purpose of the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness is two-fold. The first purpose is to promote academic achievement and results for children and youth (birth-26) who are deaf-blind through technical assistance, model demonstration, and information services activities that are supported by evidence based research. Beneficiaries will include families, service providers, state deaf-blind projects, state and local education agencies and other organizations responsible for providing early intervention, education and transition services. The second purpose is to help address State identified needs for highly qualified personnel by ensuring that personnel have skills and knowledge.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilties
NICHCY is very pleased to offer you a wealth of information on disabilities! We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth. Here, you'll also find easy-to-read information on IDEA, the law authorizing early intervention services and special education. Our State Resource Sheets will help you connect with the disability agencies and organizations in your state.
This website, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, offers free resources, materials, and information to help educators ensure that their students, especially those with disabilities, meet the Common Core State Standards. PowerUp combines evidence-based practices, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and technology to help teachers improve English and Math education for all students.
Department of Education resources for teachers who want to make a difference.
What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) was created in 2002 to be a central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education. The high volume of research on different programs, products, practices, and policies in education can make it difficult to interpret and apply the results. WWC reviews the research and then seeks to answer the question "What works in education?". The goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.
Trainings & Webinars
Collaborative on Discovery and Innovation in Employment (CODIE): Training Modules in Customized Job Development
These customized job development modules for individuals with developmental disabilities provide teachers, family members, support professionals, and individuals with disabilities with critical information on the following:
PEPSA Professional Development Opportunities
The Partnership for Effective Programs for Students offers regional trainings throughout the state of Florida to ensure access and professional development on diverse topics. All trainings are FREE but pre-registration is required. To learn more, view PEPSA's PEPSA Regional Training Calendar.
Florida's Positive Behavior Support: Response to Intervention for Behavior – Trainings and PresentationsFlorida's Positive Behavior Support: RtI for Behavior Project's purpose is to increase the capacity of Florida's school districts to address problem behaviors using Positive Behavior Support. As a resource, they provide access to recorded PBS meetings and to additional FLPBS:RtIB training modules. These trainings and presentations are intended to increase the ability of districts, schools, and individuals to obtain up-to-date information about the FLPBS:RtIB Project and training resources available. To access these resources, visit FLPBS:RtIB Trainings & Presentations.
Education Webinars
Seclusion and Restraint: Concerns and Solutions
Presenter(s): F.Daniel Armstrong, Mailman Center for Child Development; Lise Fox, Florida Center for Inclusive Communities; Margaret Hooper, Florida Developmental Disabilities Council; and Sylvia Smith, Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc.
Date: February 8, 2010Duration: 28 min
|A DD Act Agency Collaborative Event
Description: Families, educators, advocates and students are becoming increasingly concerned about the use of seclusion and restraint in school settings. In Florida, there are documented cases where seclusion and restraint has been used with disastrous and tragic consequences. This panel discussed the concerns related to the use of seclusion and restraint; provide information on its use within Florida Schools, and presented current efforts for ensuring how schools can provide effective and safe behavior intervention procedures including proposed state legislation, resources and training opportunities.
|Related Materials:


text:
by Clark Groome
When Abigail Pogrebin's daughter Amanda wanted to have her Bat Mitzvah, Abigail, who was not an observant Jew, wanted to be supportive. To learn what being Jewish meant, Pogrebin, a writer who had worked for Mike Wallace on "60 Minutes," set out to interview famous Jews. Her mission was to discover what being Jewish meant to her subjects and how that heritage had influenced their lives.
The result of her exploration was the widely acclaimed book "Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk about Being Jewish." Composers and lyricists, many as famous as Pogrebin's subjects, have set some of the interviews to music. Those songs have been gathered together and make up the world premiere production, "Stars of David," which the Philadelphia Theatre Company is presenting at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre through Nov. 18.
Conceived by Aaron Harnick, "Stars of David" has a simple Charles Busch book that tells how Abigail's search to understand her roots complements her daughter's and how the interviews she does help both of them reach a deeper understanding of what it means to be Jewish.
I'd love to tell you that the show is a smashing success, but it really isn't. The good news is that it's 75 minutes long, has a talented and impressive cast (Nancy Balbirer, Alex Brightman, Joanna Glushak, Brad Oscar, Donna Vivino), and a first class physical production designed by Beowulf Boritt (set), Alejo Vietti (costumes), Howell Binkley (lighting), Robert Kaplowitz (sound) and Jason H. Thompson (the stunning and clever projections).
The show's core — the songs that tell the individuals' stories — is inconsistent. The list of interviewees is impressive; Leonard Nimoy, Aaron Sorkin, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Edgar Bronfman, Kenneth Cole, Norman Lear, Fran Drescher, Tony Kushner, Joan Rivers, Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Gloria Steinem all have their stories set to music while a few others — Gene Wilder, Beverly Sills, Mike Nichols, Dustin Hoffman and Sarah Jessica Parker — are talked about.
The most revelatory songs of the cycle are "Smart People," David Shire and Richard Maltby's take on Aaron Sorkin; "The Book of Norman" by Sheldon Harnick about Norman Lear; "Just Be Who You Are" by Amanda Green about Fran Drescher; "Horrible Seders" by Chestnut Hill native Michael Friedman about Tony Kushner; and "Broken Pieces," one of the last songs written by the late Marvin Hamlisch, here collaborating with Alan and Marilyn Bergman who are also the song's subject.
Many of the other songs are either boring or trite. Even when well sung by the good cast and accompanied by music director Jeff Marder's strong four-piece orchestra, much of the evening is rather dull. It does pick up with the better songs, but it was telling that the moments that got the most enthusiastic response from the audience the day I saw it were brief clips from Norman Lear's "All in the Family," Joan Rivers doing a stand-up routine, and a moment with Fran Drescher as "The Nanny."
For tickets to the Philadelphia Theatre Company's world premiere of "Stars of David," playing through Nov. 18 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre at Broad and Lombard streets., call 215-985-0420 or visit www.philadelphiatheatrecompany.org


text:
- Search for JobsSearch for Jobs
- Browse for JobsBrowse for Jobs
- Create a ResumeCreate a Resume
- Company DirectoryCompany Directory
1 Legal job - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Sort:
- Relevance
- Newest
- Featured
- Most Popular
Browse for Legal Jobs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Find the job of your dreams on CareerCast Temporary & Part-Time Network today!
Search for Similar Listings
26 days old
Milwaukee, WI US
A career in our Income Franchise practice, within State and Local Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients solve their business issues related to business restructuring, adoption of new tax laws, and communicating local tax developments. Youll help with assessing our c...


text:
Quote:Bruce Lee INVENTED steroids. Seriously.
Quote:does anyone know if bruce lee took steroids?! i read on tommy carruthers site in a forum he said that bruce took steroids! does anyone know if its true
Quote:Quote:Bruce Lee INVENTED steroids. Seriously. Man, don't do that! Do you know how many kids are gonna read that? At least put a smiley if you're going to BS.
Quote:Man, don't do that! Do you know how many kids are gonna read that? At least put a smiley if you're going to BS.
Quote:Bruce Lee experimented with several illegal substances. It's the truth.
Quote:If I make a joke that he INVENTED steroids, and some minds read it that aren't mature to understand sarcasm - what can I do?
Quote:Personally, I believe the biggest thing making steroids unsafe is that they are ILLEGAL. When you make a substance or activity illegal on the grounds that it is unsafe, it only becomes more unsafe.In the case of steroids - being illegal makes the sources untrustworthy and prohibits doctors from advising and guiding steroid users.
Quote:I just finished reading "Unsettled Matters", by Tom Bleeker (Linda Lee's ex-husband after Bruce), and there are many indications that Bruce may have used steroids (not necessarily ones that will bulk you up, rather, ones that will get you super cut...which is what many body-buliders and others used back then...notice the size differences from then until now)More importantly, I 100% fully believe that Bruce was poisoned...no way in holy hell that Bruce had a drug reaction like that from a perscription pain killer (not to mention the fact that he had a similar episode less than 2 months before that, but was revived)Read the book and the timeline of just how long it took to get Bruce to the hospital, after he hadnt been breathing or had a pulse for almost two hours, and any Bruce Lee fan (like myself) should be more than fired up that he died because of incompetencebtw- I also believe that he was poisoned on 2 different occasions
Variety of stun gun devices for your protection
Pepper Spray
Worry about your family when you're not around? Visit us today
to protect everything you value.
Accurate information on the ancient martial traditions of the Japanese
Protect yourself and loved ones from CRIME with the latest C2 Taser
citizen model. Very effective.


text:
Presidio necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 141 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Presidio Real Estate Services
Presidio Real Estate Services specializes in Real Estate Management, Leasing, Investment Properties, and some sales and buyer representation. We are technology and service orientated. We recently completed a web redesign and want the logo to provide more of a real estate related company feel, while maintaining some of the original logo design. Initially we were Presidio Insurance, We then added a Financial line. The same logo was used and the subtext changed. We then added Presidio Rental Solutions as we started a property management division, and just recently we have expanded and changed our name to relate to more of what we do Presidio Real Estate Services. We also want to offer the feel of professional yet staying with the times web 2.0 for lack of a better term, in colors, look etc.
Real Estate Clients we focus on property management, leasing, and investment properties, we do handle financing, general sales etc, but our core focus is related to investment properties, residential and small commercial We have a few other business lines and our logo was initially designed for our company when we did Insurance services only. We added some real estate financing in 2005 and kept the same logo, but changed the subtext. I would like to update/change the logo to give it a more real estate feel while maintaing some of the original design if possible since we have been branding the Presidio name for 6-7 years. In 2008 we started operating a property management/leasing division and now we have become a full service real estate office. We are small, local, and intend to stay that way.
Logo redesign providing a more web 2.0, feel but maintaining some of the original core logo design if possible.
We are looking to get a fresh new feel and look . I would like to keep the same general color scheme if possible a maroon and blue.
We intend to keep our original logo for our insurance business line unless of course the boss like the new look. What we have done in the past is use the name Presidio with small text (Insurance Solutions) or Rental Solutions. However as we grow we want the new design to give a more real estate feel.
I attached our logo below. Thank You
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


text:
Sorry, the email is already exist on the website, please connect with your facebook account to contiune your shopping, or log in directly on website
If you have already made a purchase
Log in to My Orderstrack progress or request help through the order details page.
If you have any questions, pls contact us online or send us
Service Phone :+15105985158
Skype Account :dress27com
Email :firstname.lastname@example.com
More Color Options >>
27dress.com offers you high quality A-Line wedding dresses at factory price. Fast Delivery by DHL worldwide. Custom made all sizes & colors. Shop Now! firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Welcome to the Department of Nursing at Shawnee State University. Take a few moments to explore our website. The Department of Nursing offers a range of opportunities for those just beginning their nursing educational journey or to licensed nurses seeking high quality educational opportunities
The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Program has been a degree granting program at Shawnee State University since 1969. The ADN Program is dedicated to educating nurses for local, state, and national healthcare needs. The Department of Nursing is dedicated to maintaining the integrity and quality of the University, the nursing program, and the nursing profession.
The Department of Nursing has offered a baccalaureate in nursing (BSN) since 1999 when the first cohort of licensed nurses enrolled in the RN-BSN curriculum. Now there are two pathways to achieve the BSN – the RN-BSN pathway and the pre-licensure BSN pathway which admitted its first cohort in August 2012.
On behalf of the faculty, I invite you to explore the website for information about the Department of Nursing's history, mission and philosophy and programs offered. Your interest in Shawnee State University and the Department of Nursing is appreciated and we look forward to hearing from you.
Leeann Denning, DNP, RN
Department of Nursing Chair


text:
Hey all,
Just writing in to plug my webcomic THE SEIZURE.
it's an action-oriented webcomic about a teenage boy who is granted power to defend mankind from an ancient force of destruction.
but more specifically, what the consequences for mankind are once he wins.
I add a new page every Monday.
Check it out at http://theseizurecomic.com


text:
Montana Hotel Gains New Life as Efficient Housing
A version of this article appears in the January/February 2005 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
January 01, 2005
The Acme Hotel in downtown Billings, Montana, which was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places, has been renovated into a 19-unit multifamily housing complex for low-income families. The studio, single, or two-bedroom apartments will rent for between $300 and $500 a month, including utilities. The hotel has been renovated by the nonprofit group homeWORD, which uses innovative and sustainable methods to create housing in Montana."We love putting tax credits and sustainable and affordable housing together to make great things," says Heather McMilin, homeWORD's project manager. "Reusing an old building is the best way of recycling. It all meshes together with our mission." Built in 1911, the Acme building has been used as a theater, bar, hotel, and retail site, but it has been vacant for the last two decades. In its current incarnation, the building houses 19 households that earn 50% or less of the median income in Billings, which is approximately $35,000. The building had its grand opening on August 31, 2004, with representatives from Rebuild America and the ...
To read complete online articles, you need to sign up for an Online Subscription.
Once an order has been placed there is an automatic $10 processing fee that will be deducted with any cancellation.
The Home Energy Online articles are for personal use only and may not be printed for distribution. For permission to reprint, please send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
The Form EIA-861 and Form EIA-861S (Short Form) data files include information such as peak load, generation, electric purchases, sales, revenues, customer counts and demand-side management programs, green pricing and net metering programs, and distributed generation capacity.
The EIA-861S was created in 2012 in an effort to reduce respondent burden and to increase EIA's processing efficiency. Approximately 1,100 utilities completed this form in lieu of the EIA-861. The short form has fewer questions and collects retail sales data as an aggregate and not by customer sector. EIA has estimated the customer sector breakdown for this data and has included it in the file called "Retail Sales." Advanced metering data and time-of-use data are collected on both Form EIA-861 and Form EIA-861S.
In 2012, the data files were renamed to help users find the data. Data files prior to 2012 retained their original names, and, in the description below, the prior names are referred to as "Formerly."
Green pricing and demand-side management data were no longer collected after 2012. In 2013, demand-side management data started being collected as energy efficiency and demand response data. Sales to Ultimate Customer, Customer Sited is a new file; this data was previously in Retail Sales as ownership code "unregulated." Also new in 2013, were the number of distribution circuits (Distribution Systems) and SAIDI* and SAIFI** (Reliability) data.
Note: All sales data, including energy efficiency savings, are in megawatthours. Peak and peak reduction data are in megawatts for 2001 forward and kilowatts for previous years. Revenue and expenditure data are in nominal thousand-dollar units.*System Average Interruption Duration Index
**System Average Interruption Frequency Index
Contact: Electricity data experts