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(1) The state board of education shall establish high school graduation requirements or equivalencies for students, except as provided in RCW 28A.230.122 and except those equivalencies established by local high schools or school districts under RCW 28A.230.097. The purpose of a high school diploma is to declare that a student is ready for success in postsecondary education, gainful employment, and citizenship, and is equipped with the skills to be a lifelong learner. (a) Any course in Washington state history and government used to fulfill high school graduation requirements shall consider including information on the culture, history, and government of the American Indian peoples who were the first inhabitants of the state. (b) The certificate of academic achievement requirements under RCW 28A.655.061 or the certificate of individual achievement requirements under RCW 28A.155.045 are required for graduation from a public high school but are not the only requirements for graduation. (c) Any decision on whether a student has met the state board's high school graduation requirements for a high school and beyond plan shall remain at the local level. Effective with the graduating class of 2015, the state board of education may not establish a requirement for students to complete a culminating project for graduation. (d)(i) The state board of education shall adopt rules to implement the career and college ready graduation requirement proposal adopted under board resolution on November 10, 2010, and revised on January 9, 2014, to take effect beginning with the graduating class of 2019 or as otherwise provided in this subsection (1)(d). The rules must include authorization for a school district to waive up to two credits for individual students based on unusual circumstances and in accordance with written policies that must be adopted by each board of directors of a school district that grants diplomas. The rules must also provide that the content of the third credit of mathematics and the content of the third credit of science may be chosen by the student based on the student's interests and high school and beyond plan with agreement of the student's parent or guardian or agreement of the school counselor or principal. (ii) School districts may apply to the state board of education for a waiver to implement the career and college ready graduation requirement proposal beginning with the graduating class of 2020 or 2021 instead of the graduating class of 2019. In the application, a school district must describe why the waiver is being requested, the specific impediments preventing timely implementation, and efforts that will be taken to achieve implementation with the graduating class proposed under the waiver. The state board of education shall grant a waiver under this subsection (1)(d) to an applying school district at the next subsequent meeting of the board after receiving an application. (2)(a) In recognition of the statutory authority of the state board of education to establish and enforce minimum high school graduation requirements, the state board shall periodically reevaluate the graduation requirements and shall report such findings to the legislature in a timely manner as determined by the state board. (b) The state board shall reevaluate the graduation requirements for students enrolled in vocationally intensive and rigorous career and technical education programs, particularly those programs that lead to a certificate or credential that is state or nationally recognized. The purpose of the evaluation is to ensure that students enrolled in these programs have sufficient opportunity to earn a certificate of academic achievement, complete the program and earn the program's certificate or credential, and complete other state and local graduation requirements. (c) The state board shall forward any proposed changes to the high school graduation requirements to the education committees of the legislature for review and to the quality education council established under RCW 28A.290.010. The legislature shall have the opportunity to act during a regular legislative session before the changes are adopted through administrative rule by the state board. Changes that have a fiscal impact on school districts, as identified by a fiscal analysis prepared by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, shall take effect only if formally authorized and funded by the legislature through the omnibus appropriations act or other enacted legislation. (3) Pursuant to any requirement for instruction in languages other than English established by the state board of education or a local school district, or both, for purposes of high school graduation, students who receive instruction in American sign language or one or more American Indian languages shall be considered to have satisfied the state or local school district graduation requirement for instruction in one or more languages other than English. (4) If requested by the student and his or her family, a student who has completed high school courses before attending high school shall be given high school credit which shall be applied to fulfilling high school graduation requirements if: (a) The course was taken with high school students, if the academic level of the course exceeds the requirements for seventh and eighth grade classes, and the student has successfully passed by completing the same course requirements and examinations as the high school students enrolled in the class; or (b) The academic level of the course exceeds the requirements for seventh and eighth grade classes and the course would qualify for high school credit, because the course is similar or equivalent to a course offered at a high school in the district as determined by the school district board of directors. (5) Students who have taken and successfully completed high school courses under the circumstances in subsection (4) of this section shall not be required to take an additional competency examination or perform any other additional assignment to receive credit. (6) At the college or university level, five quarter or three semester hours equals one high school credit.
[2014 c 217 § 202; 2011 c 203 § 2. Prior: 2009 c 548 § 111; 2009 c 223 § 2; 2006 c 114 § 3; 2005 c 205 § 3; 2004 c 19 § 103; 1997 c 222 § 2; 1993 c 371 § 3; prior: 1992 c 141 § 402; 1992 c 60 § 1; 1990 1st ex.s. c 9 § 301; 1988 c 172 § 1; 1985 c 384 § 2; 1984 c 278 § 6. Formerly RCW 28A.05.060.]
Intent -- 2009 c 548: See RCW 28A.150.1981.
Finding -- 2009 c 548: See note following RCW 28A.410.270.
Intent -- Finding -- 2009 c 548: See note following RCW 28A.305.130.
Finding -- 2009 c 223: "The legislature finds that although the United States has long exemplified democratic practice to the rest of the world, we ought not to neglect it at home. Two-thirds of our nation's twelfth graders scored below proficient on the last national civics assessment, and fewer than ten percent could list two ways that a democracy benefits from citizen participation. A healthy democracy depends on the participation of citizens. But participation is learned behavior, and in recent years civic learning has been pushed aside. Preparation for citizenship is as important as preparation for college and a career, and should take its place as a requirement for receiving a high school diploma." [2009 c 223 § 1.]
Finding -- Intent -- 2006 c 114: See note following RCW 28A.230.097.
Intent -- Findings -- 2005 c 205: See note following RCW 28A.320.170.
Part headings and captions not law -- Severability -- Effective date -- 2004 c 19: See notes following RCW 28A.655.061.
Intent -- 1997 c 222: "In 1994, the legislature directed the higher education board and the state board of education to convene a task force to examine and provide recommendations on establishing credit equivalencies. In November 1994, the task force recommended unanimously that the state board of education maintain the definition of five quarter or three semester college credits as equivalent to one high school credit. Therefore, the legislature intends to adopt the recommendations of the task force." [1997 c 222 § 1.]
Findings -- Part headings -- Severability -- 1992 c 141: See notes following RCW 28A.410.040.
Finding -- Severability -- 1990 1st ex.s. c 9: See notes following RCW 28A.225.220.
Severability -- 1984 c 278: See note following RCW 28A.320.220.


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Pacing back and forth in front of my ring coach Bill, I could feel a great anticipation in me. The two of us had fought in tournaments for a few years now. We recently started travelling alone to extra tournaments representing Thunder Bay Thunder Dragons to test ourselves. This time we were at the Toronto Opens, a very large gathering of gyms from North America. We decided to coach each other, since we trained together, supported each other's ambitions and knew our weaknesses and strengths.
"Leave it all in the ring, leave it all in the ring." I said aloud before the first match against a very impressive adversary. This woman was eager to get into the ring, willing to, "fight all day" as she mentioned in front of the other four women gathered around the referee. To win this, I would have to fight three women of similar age and belt category, mine being a blue belt (two belts away from black).
Luck of the draw had the ambitious one and myself first up in the ring. I was in red, she was in blue trying to stare me down with a mean look. I met her gaze, she didn't know that this was my tenth or so tournament, and that I was used to the antics. She didn't know that I had lost a fight in Minneapolis a month ago, and another in Winnipeg seven months ago. She didn't know I was ready to win again. And she certainly didn't know I was undefeated since 2009 before that.
I had lost something in the last year. I had lost my will to fight. Literally.
After a series of recent upsets and setbacks in my life I imagined that the reason it was happening was because of me. Instead of fighting back, I took a step back and let it hit me over and over again. I let it take the win over me.
My mind had started to believe what my doubts were telling me. Things like, "I wasn't good enough."
Something like that doesn't happen quickly, but over time.
I had forgotten the greatest lesson I had ever learned: not to feel sorry for myself. I believe that it's not what happens to us, but how we deal with it. Friends and family all go through hell and back, we all have our tests. Our tests prepare us for the future. We're all surrounded by energy, we choose how we use it, what we do with it.
I needed to make a decision. I had lost my resolve to win.
The vision of my ambitions had blurred in my life and the ring.
During the commute to the tournament I reflected on my past achievements. The victories had not come easy. They pushed me every time to give more than I thought I could. Before each fight I used to say, "I don't care if I break my leg, I'm getting a gold." Something I stopped saying.
As the bus travelled closer and closer to the arena a wave of realization hit, I came to know that I had the ability to win if only I had the want. If I wanted it bad enough, I knew it was achievable. The trick was not to take losing as an option. To go all out no matter what the cost, no matter who I was up against. The only person stopping me all this time was me, I was the only person with that power.
It was then I had resolved to win, to give it all I had. That's when I decided to "leave it all in the ring."
Tears started falling to the cold floor.
Hundreds of people packed the fitness arena. It was late in the afternoon and I had just finished my final fight. My left leg could barely move. I slowly took off my sparing gear and saw that my shin was swollen and purple.
I sat on the ground in my sweaty uniform and my matted hair, overwhelmed with the emotion. Not the pain I was feeling, but the victory I had accomplished. After six rounds with three talented women, I had overcome and won the gold.
I felt like I was back.
The first day returning to the gym we displayed the large golden trophies for our coaches. They had trained us from day one and supported our desire for more competition.
Our instructor Kelly Fossum told us she had some news for us. It was time for Bill and I to start training for our six-hour black belt exams next spring. Not an easy feat, but something that is achievable with resolve and the will to try harder and longer than you thought possible. You get what you give, give it your all and your rewards will be great.
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Rise in African children accused of witchcraft
An increasing number of children are being accused of witchcraft in parts of Africa, the UN children's agency says. Orphans, street children, albinos and the disabled are most at risk.
A new Unicef report warns that children accused of being witches – some as young as eight – have been been burned, beaten and even killed as punishment.
The belief that a child could be a witch is a relatively modern development, researchers say. Until 10-20 years ago, it was women and the elderly who tended to be accused.
The agency says the rise in vulnerable children being abused in this way is linked to greater urbanisation in the continent and disruption caused by war…
The agency said there was little it could do about the belief in witchcraft itself, and that it was not trying to eradicate the practice. But it said violence against children was wrong, and that it would do everything it could to stop it…
It is reported that some evangelical preachers have added to the problem by charging large sums for exorcisms. One was recently arrested in Nigeria after charging more than $250 for each procedure.
Anyone surprised?
I don't mean just about the ignorance of believing in child witches. The opportunist preachers hustling families for exorcising the demons. What greedy bastards.
Do you wonder if this cruelty was helped or hindered by Christian missionaries.
Albino girl killed for superstitious rituals
A six-year-old albino girl in Burundi has been found dead with her head and limbs removed, in the latest killing linked to ritual medicine. Albinos in the region have been targeted because of a belief peddled by witchdoctors that their body parts can be used for magic potions.
The girl…was the sixth person with albinism to be killed in Burundi since September.
There have also been a number of attacks in neighbouring Tanzania.
Last week, police in south-western Tanzania arrested a man who was attempting to sell his albino wife to Congolese traders.
I won't launch into a long rant about superstition. Let's just leave it at – the difference between this level of anti-human behavior and lesser superstitions – is just that. A question of degree.
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In Aigaleo of Athens a march was formed in early hours of 13/02/12, starting at about 01:00, as soon as it was announced that the new austerity measures were voted by the parliament.
Patras and Agrinio saw follow up marches on 13/2/2012. These turned violent. In Agrinio banks and the local offices of the far-right LAOS were trashed. In Patras demonstrators invaded and trashed the offices of the local PASOK MP Spiliopoulos who voted for the new austerity measures. Before they invaded the luxurious hotel Astir where the right wing party ND (part of the governmental coalition) had organised an event. They called for a new demo tomorrow in Patras. In Komotini the building of the Regional Government of Thrace and Eastern Macedonia has been occupied, the assembly decided for march tomorrow.
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As I grow older, one of the great joys in my life is this: To see friends I've known for years blossoming into purpose-driven adults whose lives inspire all around them. And social media has been a big helper in that.
Through social media, I've witnessed the love of mothers and fathers – once my classmates – so obviously devoted to children and spouses. I've seen the joy in the eyes of their children as they discover a holiday surprise carefully prepared by loving parents. I've read the happy thoughts of friends as they watched their kids experience their first petting zoo, pony ride, or day of Kindergarten. To me, it's a beautiful thing.
Thanks to Facebook and blogs I've been able to read the poetry and musings of friends who wholeheartedly believe in the goodness of people and the possibilities that exist in the world. I see them discovering themselves in deep and reflective ways. I hear the message in their words, "Know yourself, love yourself." It inspires me and uplifts me.
I see another group of friends dedicated to local, national and global issues regarding government and the environment. I see their passion for equality, their desire for social and economic justice, and their concern for the well-being of the ecosystem that we as humans inhabit. They lead me to ponder my own impact on society and on the Earth. They educate me and open my mind to new information and understanding. They help me not only to learn, but to grow.
All these things are simple things; sometimes they're no more than a thought, an image, a hashtag. But these simple things mean the world.


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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just made available a new OS flavor for two of the newest BlackBerry devices on its airwaves, namely the Bold 9650 and Curve 3G 9330.
The software update brings to these devices the BlackBerry 6 OS, which was launched officially last year of the BlackBerry Torch with a wide range of enhancements over the previously available version.
"Do it all better with BlackBerry 6 OS on your BlackBerry Bold 9650 [BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330]. Verizon Wireless is pleased to announce a new software update for your BlackBerry Bold [Curve 3G] smartphone," the carrier states in the release notes for the new OS.
"The BlackBerry 6 OS Release 1741 (Platform 184.108.40.2065 and App 18.104.22.1681) update includes numerous enhancements and performance improvements," Verizon continues.
For those who might not be familiar with the new BlackBerry OS, we should note that it comes with a redesigned interface, though it retains the familiar looks of RIM's platform.
With the new BlackBerry OS 6, users would be able to scroll through home screens at ease, while also having the possibility to manage favorites, downloads, and social networks in a simple manner, or to organize apps and content in multiple views.
But this is not all, of course, since all of the improvements that the new BlackBerry 6 OS was announced with, including faster browsing capabilities, Universal Search, or better multimedia capabilities, would be there as well.
The changelog for the new update for Bold 9650 and Curve 3G 9330 at Verizon also includes:
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- Open multiple Web pages at once, and scroll through in seconds, with just a touch.
- Create your own reading experience with adjustable font sizes, quick panning and zooming, and familiar text selection and copy functions.
- Search everything on your smartphone all at once, even within applications.
- Reach out to the Web to broaden your search.
- Use intuitive click-through to find what you're looking for.
- Experience instantaneous multiplatform posting and updates; just type in your update and send it to one, all, or select networks.
- See all of your social and RSS feeds in one convenient place; no more going from network to network to learn the latest news.
- Capture the moment instead of messing with the settings with new camera modes, including continuous autofocus and zero shutter lag.
- Get on-demand entertainment with video thumbnail sharing and the built-in YouTube App.
Since the new OS upgrade would bring forth a wide range of enhancements, the owners of these devices are advised to update their handsets to the new platform version as soon as possible.
The new software update was announced as being available over the air for all users. However, those who would like to perform the update process via desktop PC would also be able to do so, through the BlackBerry Desktop Manager application.
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We currently have 2010 R2 and looking to upgrade to R3. Do I need to upgrade Remote Agents right after the Media Server is upgraded to R3?
I need to schedule a rolling maintenance window to upgrade Remote Agents on our production servers. There is no way for me to say upgrade the Media Server and all Remote Agents in one sitting. If I recall, upgrading Remote Agents require a server reboot.
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Russia to Field Proposals on Helping Tame Euro Crisis at Summit
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Russia is open to suggestions from European leaders on how it can help tame the region's debt crisis during a summit in Brussels attended by President Dmitry Medvedev, a Kremlin official said.
"We see ourselves as a responsible partner for the European Union," Sergei Prikhodko, Medvedev's chief foreign policy aide, told reporters in Moscow. "We are ready to study most attentively what they are doing and hear if they have any proposals for the Russian side."
Medvedev is set to hold an informal dinner tonight with European Commission President Jose Barroso and EU President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels, followed tomorrow by this year's second Russia-EU summit. The meetings will address issues ranging from Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization to unrest in the Middle East, Prikhodko said.
Russia is closely watching efforts by European governments to contain the debt turmoil that started in Greece more than two years ago. The world's biggest energy exporter is prepared to help Europe, which accounts for half its foreign trade, by making as much as $10 billion available through the International Monetary Fund and hasn't ruled out offering bilateral help to EU nations, Medvedev's economy aide, Arkady Dvorkovich, has said.
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"We are extremely interested in seeing the joint efforts undertaken by EU countries succeed in overcoming those difficult processes that threaten stability of the euro zone, potentially affecting the scale and character of cooperation with Russia," Prikhodko said.
Russia's trade with the EU reached $286.4 billion in the first nine months, an increase of 31.4 percent from a year earlier, Prikhodko said. Russia, the EU's third largest trade partner after the U.S. and China, has invested about 41 percent of its international reserves in the euro.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said both sides will discuss expanding energy cooperation tomorrow, according to comments broadcast on state television today. Medvedev joined EU leaders last month to oversee the opening of Nord Stream AG, the first direct gas pipeline connecting Russia and western Europe, and offered to boost energy ties with the region.
Iran, Libya, Syria, Egypt
Medvedev, accompanied by Lavrov and Economy Minister Elvira Nabiullina, will also discuss Iran's nuclear program and the situation in Libya, Egypt and Syria, Prikhodko said.
The president's visit to Brussels will be concluded by a roundtable attended by Russian and European entrepreneurs discussing problems that European companies face in doing business in Russia, Prikhodko said.
Medvedev's delegation will include OAO Rusnano Corp. Chief Executive Officer Anatoly Chubais, the oil and metals tycoon Viktor Vekselberg, OAO Eurochem Chairman Andrey Melnichenko and OAO TMK billionaire owner Dmitry Pumpyansky.
Prikhodko declined to comment on how the talks may be affected by complaints of violations and ballot-stuffing during the Dec. 4 Russian parliamentary elections. Medvedev has ordered an investigation of alleged vote fraud after protesters held the country's biggest rallies in more than a decade last weekend.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the continent's democracy watchdog, the U.S., Germany and the European Union criticized what they termed as violations during the vote.
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Mr. Bart Emerson is a graduate of Taylor High School and received his Bachelors degree in Agriculture Education from Southern Arkansas University in 1993. He is the proud father of one son, Beau, age 6. Mr. Emerson is the current Assistant Director of Farm Operations and has been an employee of Southern Arkansas University since spring of 2007. As an educator, Bart strives to instill positive work ethics in his student workers as well as give them a working knowledge of general farm operations.
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Anderson County used a third quarter explosion to rout regional rival Oldham County in girls' high school basketball action Tuesday night.
The homestanding Lady Bearcats registered a 79-59 win for their second victory in as many games.
Tamara Simpson and Jeremy Proctor of Lawrenceburg were married Oct. 16 at Freedom Baptist Church.
Walter and Alpha Harley celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary Monday.
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Ten teams competed this year in the Fox Creek Christian Church annual 3-on-3 Thanksgiving Shootout, according to a news release from the church.
New Life Christian Fellowship of Lawrenceburg is helping shoppers lighten their burdens this holiday season by offering free gift-wrapping for items purchased at Tractor Supply in Lawrenceburg, according to a news release.
Victor Brown never claimed to be a great athlete. "I was the only boy from Lawrenceburg that didn't play basketball," smiles Brown, who graduated from Lincoln Institute in 1959. "Those teams were just so good."
But Brown was a huge fan of the Tigers in those days, just as he is one of the Anderson County Lady Bearcats' biggest supporters today. His daughter, Sydney, is the starting center for the Lady Cats, who are gunning for their second consecutive Eighth Region championship.
Westside Community Church recently announced its events and services for the month of December.
During the 11 a.m. worship service on Sunday, Dec. 12, Anita Walker will be singing.
The following Sunday, Dec. 19, the Sunday school classes will present a Christmas program.
On Tuesday, Dec. 21, the church will visit Heritage Hall for music and fellowship.
"Everyone is invited," organizers said in a news release. "Help sing Christmas carols to the seniors."
LEXINGTON – Anderson County learned about itself last Tuesday.
And the Lady Bearcats had to like what they found out in a 51-46 win at Lafayette to open the basketball season they are intent on making special.
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Classical music group Naxos has partnered with digital music discovery and download service eMusic to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
eMusic is currently hosting a 12-track Naxos music sampler, which is available to download for free until December 8.
The sampler includes movements from some of the greats such as Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, Mozart's Requiem and Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and will be available to both eMusic members and the general public, to download for free.
Naxos has released 300 new titles in 2012 alone featuring artists such as Marin Alsop, Vasily Petrenko, Leonard Slatkin, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
"eMusic has always supported classical music and we have an extensive catalogue on the site," said Madeleine Milne, Managing Director of eMusic Europe.
"We are delighted to celebrate Naxos's 25 years of classical music recording with this free sampler. It gives everybody, not just eMusic members, the chance to discover some great classical music for free."
Anthony Anderson, Managing Director of Naxos UK added: "I am delighted to be collaborating with emusic on this compilation in Naxos' 25th anniversary year. The tracks are taken from some of our most popular recordings going back to the early days of the label."


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Collect 8 Succulent Crab Meat from Splitclaw Skitterers.
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I'll need your help if I am to get these <men/orcs> ready for battle.
Any decent leader knows that his men travel and fight on their stomachs. No food, no victory.
These soldiers are weak from their recent ordeal. They'll need sustenance if they're to put up any kind of fight when the need arises.
Speaking of traveling on stomachs, I've seen several crabs out there on the sea floor....
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- Were you able to find anything for my men and me to eat, <class>?
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- Again, we thank you.
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- Soon we'll be back to fighting strength.
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Quest progressionEdit
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- [81] Call of Duty (Alliance) / (Horde)
- [81] Sea Legs
- [81] Pay It Forward
- [81] Rest For the Weary
- [81] Buy Us Some Time / [81] Traveling on Our Stomachs
- [81] To Arms! / [81] Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces
- [81] Girding Our Loins / [81] Helm's Deep & [81] Finders, Keepers
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Representatives Michael Honda (D-CA), Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Judy Chu (D-CA) have sent a "Dear Colleague" letter to every Member of the House asking them to sign on asking the House Appropriations Committee to support increased funding for the Division of Viral Hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
We need your help in raising awareness among Members of Congress about viral hepatitis and asking their support for increased funding for viral hepatitis activities at the federal level. The more Members of Congress that sign on to this letter, the greater the likelihood the Appropriators will include additional funding in FY2013.
Viral hepatitis impacts over 5.3 million people nationwide. With a lack of a comprehensive surveillance system, these estimates are likely only the tip of the iceberg and 75% of those infected do not know their status. Even with these daunting figures, the CDC only receives $29.7 million in federal funding dedicated to fund viral hepatitis activities. Members of Congress need to know that viral hepatitis is a concern in their district, that their constituents are being affected and that this is an issue they need to care about. We need you to tell your story and ask your elected representatives to sign on by March 15, 2012.
Please call your Representative's Washington, DC office and ask to speak with the staff person who handles health issues. You can call your Representative at 202.225.3121. You will get the Capitol switchboard. Ask to be connected to your Representative's office. If you don't know who your Representative is, you can go online to www.house.gov to determine your Member of Congress.
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My name is ____________ and I live in City/State/Zip. I am writing to urge Representative ________________ to sign on to a Dear Colleague funding letter supporting increased funding for viral hepatitis prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The funding letter is being circulated by Reps. Mike Honda, Hank Johnson and Judy Chu. [Include brief details on the impact of viral hepatitis on yourself or describe your organization].
There are over 5.3 million Americans impacted by viral hepatitis but the only dedicated federal funding stream provides a mere $29.8 million through CDC. This is insufficient to provide the most basic public health services such as education, counseling, testing, or medical management for people living with or at risk of viral hepatitis.
I urge Representative ___________ to sign on to Mr. Honda's Appropriations Letter.
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I applied online. I interviewed at General Motors.
Applied online. Waited for about two to three months, then received a request for phone interviewing. After sucessful, was sent a request to interview online with four managers via video call. Heard back about three weeks later.
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at General Motors (Warren, MI) in April 2015.
Process was very professional. Received a call a week after applying online. First scheduled telephone interview, then a week after the telephone interview, there was a in person interview. Interviewers made the process very comfortable for you. May take some time to hear back for an offer, but be patient, there are a lot of good things happening at GM and the process of bringing in high quality talent takes time.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at General Motors (Detroit, MI) in March 2015.
Behavioral interview. One on one or two on one. Check other questions on glassdoor as well as the ones I have listed (were not on glassdoor). Friendly interviewers in my experience. Most interviews accompanied by a tour. It has been a couple of days and I have not heard back from them either way; will update when I get notice.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at General Motors.
On Campus (University) interview process. Very straightforward process with many behavioral questions. Asked about previous projects, interests in GM, why GM etc. Asked to describe projects and how they relate to work at GM. Interviews all done using the STAR method. Initial stage was something of a screening step, then asked to interview with managers. Managers conduct the interview and describe the STAR method. They even provide a rubric. The managers are quite nice, very straight forward and helpful throughout the process.
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On Campus Interview. This was an initial behavioral interview with two company representatives. Questions were typical STAR format and were clearly standardized. Interviewers took notes on responses. This interview led to an additional interview with hiring managers.
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at General Motors in June 2014.
I got a callback from a recruiter seem to pretty impressed with me. It wasn't for a few weeks that I found out they were canceling the job. The interview probably took about fifteen minutes. He said he would give my interview to hiring manager but nothing came of it.
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heating. The Cape Cod had much success and won three of the eight awards given out at the Wood Stove Decathlon!
The Wood Stove Decathlon started because there's not much information on what the cleanest and most efficient
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The NFL is the league that never sleeps. Once the Super Bowl is history the new season begins. And that explains why Jaguars owner Shad Khan and his generals wasted no time in unveiling their new look, their new slogan, their emotional partnership with their fans and a "proud, bold and committed" vision for the future.
And, of course, putting the last four seasons in the rearview mirror. Indeed, Tuesday's gathering in the West Club of Everbank Field was Khan's way of introducing a new beginning for the 18-year-old franchise. In Khan's world as team owner there is no yesterday, only tomorrow.
The new slogan -- "Stand United" -- is Khan's way of trying to convince the fans we're all in this together. The slightly altered logo is a more realistic and meaner looking cat. No doubt new uniforms will be coming soon.
Grandiose plans also were talked about – mainly scoreboards that could cost $50 million and set a new standard for the NFL. Yeah, even bigger and better than the ones in Cowboys Stadium. Team president Mark Lamping, the brains behind the team's marketing and re-branding, talked about finding "creative ways" to finance the scoreboards. That means getting taxpayers involved.
It shouldn't be lost that during all of the hoopla came a discreet warning. I wouldn't call it a shot across the bow, but the Jaguars insist if more local revenue – i.e. ticket sales – isn't found the franchise will face financial problems in the near future.
Exactly what does that mean?
Unfortunately, the comment will fuel the ongoing discussion about how long the Jaguars will remain in Jacksonville. I can hear the naysayers, both locally and nationally, making snide comments about the London Jaguars or the Los Angeles Jaguars or the San Antonio Jaguars. Count me among those who are convinced the Jaguars aren't going anywhere, but I thought it was a mistake to even broach the subject without a better explanation (more money for long-term contracts for free agents, for example).
In general, I like what Khan is doing. If a franchise ever needed to clean the slate and start anew, it's the Jaguars. But no matter how clever you market the franchise and how much redecorating is done, none of it will matter unless new general manager Dave Caldwell can find better talent and new coach Gus Bradley excel s at his job.
And it all starts, of course, with the Jaguars finding a competent quarterback.
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Oracle announced their new line of Sun SPARC T3 powered servers at Oracle Openworld 2010. The SPARC T3 processor includes several improvements on T2 and T2+ processors including:
|65 nm manufacturing process
|40 nm manufacturing process
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|6MB L2 Cache
|8 Cores (8 threads/core)
|16 Cores (8 threads/core)
|8 Crypto Accelerators (1/core)
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|DDR2 FB-DIMMs
|1 On Board PCIe x8 v1 Port
|2 On Board PCIe x8 v2 Ports
It is interesting to note that the T2 processor was only used in single socket systems. The T2+ processor removed the T2's on board 10 GbE ports and other components to make room for the SMP glue. With the T3 processors, the 10 GbE ports have returned and the chip has built in glueless support for 4 way servers.
All in all they have packed more T-Series goodness in a smaller package but I'm not making goo-goo eyes yet.
For one, the smallest T3 based server, the T3-1, has the same number of threads as the T5140 but takes twice as many rack units. Although the T3-1 supports more PCIe cards and more internal hard disks, I would rather have a 1RU server or else have it support twice as much RAM.
The T3-2 server supports 256 threads. Compared to the T5440, it is actually smaller at 3RU and uses less power which sounds like a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, the T3-2 is also light on RAM supporting a maximum of 256GB compared to the T5440's 512GB.
In short, The T3 series is a little off course for me at the moment. As a platform for consolidating tens of smaller applications, the thread to RAM ratio is too low making it hard to get 100% utilization out of these servers. With the T3-4 servers loading even more processing power into a single machine, the thread to machine ratio high as well. This is good if you are running a few really huge applications but if you are consolidating many smaller applications, you will not want to put this many eggs in one basket.Continue Reading »
I was recently discussing load balancers with someone. I said I was much happier with F5 than I was with Cisco and he countered that although he preferred F5 head to head, going with Cisco for all the network was better for them in the long run.
The situation with storage is similar. EMC makes a great SAN but a pretty bad NAS. Is it worth getting EMC"s NAS for the One Stop Shop factor?
Since Oracle's acquisition of Sun, I've been looking forward to the success of their "One Stop Shop" philosophy. Successfully bringing all their offerings under one roof promises better and faster support all around.
Unfortunately, it has been almost a year and Oracle is still not sure how they are to unify the customer support systems. New support contracts don't work in either system. To make things a little less clear, Oracle recently announced that everything will be migrated to "My Oracle Support" but they don't know when- very reassuring.
A simple pattern emerges. One Stop Shop is a dream for IT people. Support is hard enough to get when you've isolated a problem to a specific vendor. It is even harder when your problems are between two vendors and each points the finger at the other.
When does the One Stop Shop strategy become a rationalization for Vendor Lock-In? It is a delicate balance around how much better your IT could be with Best of Breed vs. how much worse they will be integrating all the different pieces of the puzzle.
Regarding Cisco vs. F5, I'm also pretty happy letting Cisco handle everything Layer 3 and under and I don't worry too much about the integration. I'm also optimistic regarding Sun and Oracle. I think they'll have the wrinkles ironed out by the second half of 2011. If they don't, it will be a serious let down.Continue Reading »
Storage Tiering is nothing new. We use fast 15K RPM disks for high performance applications, slower 10K RPM disks for less demanding applications, and 7.2K RPM SATA disks for archive storage. Recently, solid state disks (SSDs) have also become more common for really high performance needs. The trick is managing it all.
Two or three years ago, if you wanted to implement automatic storage tiering, I would have pointed you in the direction of Sun's Storage and Archive Manager- SAM and QFS, Sun's tightly integrated shared file system. SAM-QFS automatically moves files from one storage tier to another based on the SAM policy and transparently retrieves the files when requested. With tape still the least expensive storage available, this is still a great solution for archiving petabytes of documents/files.
Unfortunately, SAM works at the file level so it will not help our databases run faster. What will help us is ZFS. ZFS is still making some fairly big waves in the storage community with it's Hybrid Storage Pool feature. In a standard configuration, ZFS uses RAM for a Layer 1 read cache (ARC). In advanced configurations, the zpool can be configured to use a Layer 2 cache (L2ARC) on faster disks ie. SSDs compared to SAS compared to SATA , etc. The zpool can also be configured to use separate, possibly faster disks for the ZFS Intent Log (ZIL) which is basically a write cache (without getting into why it is more than a write cache). Even without faster disks, the ability to store the read/write cache on a separate device can increase performance just by dedicating more IOPS to the cause.
Oracle/Sun's 7000 series storage builds on the success of the ZFS Hybrid Storage Pool, using Logzilla devices for the ZIL and Readzilla devices for the L2ARC. With the powerful flash acceleration in the storage pool, even 7.2K RPM disks can give performance equal to that of higher speed 15K RPM disks.
Although ZFS does great things for performance by utilizing multiple tiers of storage devices, all the data is still physically stored on the same tier of storage in addition to having the hot data stored again in the caches. This is arguably a waste of capacity but can also lead to performance issues in some cases. For example, a cold L2ARC cache after reboot could give slower performance until fully warmed up. Oracle will probably fix this at some point by allowing the L2ARC to persist if stored on a non-volatile device (bug_id=6662467).
In the meantime, EMC recently announced an interesting new feature called FAST, short for Fully Automated Storage Tiering. FAST is available from FLARE version 04.30.000.5.004. FAST allows you to define a pool in the array composed of multiple RAID Groups, and then define a LUN on the pool as opposed to defining a LUN on the RAID Groups themselves. Once the LUN begins filling with data, the EMC will transparently begin transparently migrating data between the tiers of the pool in 1GB chunks, storing hot data on the fastest tiers and coldest data on the slowest tier.
FAST sounds like a dream come true. No more complicated storage configurations for the database. No more packages and processes to move historical data to slower disk groups. On the other hand, I am skeptical as to whether or not this technology is really mature. Do all EMC products treat the FAST LUNS the same as traditional LUNS (SnapView, Replication Manager, etc.) Also, are the ramifications of disk failures for a FAST LUN the same or does failure of a Tier 1 disk in a FAST pool mean alot more high performance eggs in one basket? Time will tell.Continue Reading »
- Explain the importance of installing and running portsnap after installing a current version of FreeBSD.
Portsnap is a system for securely distributing the FreeBSD ports tree. Approximately once an hour, a "snapshot" of the ports tree is generated, repackaged, and cryptographically signed. The resulting files are then distributed via HTTP.
The first time portsnap is run, it will need to download a compressed snapshot of the entire ports tree (portsnap fetch) and then a "live" copy of the ports tree can be extracted into /usr/ports/ (portsnap extract). This is necessary even if a ports tree has already been created in that directory (e.g., by using CVSup), since it establishes a baseline from which portsnap can determine which parts of the ports tree need to be updated later.
Initializing portsnap as soon as possible will ensure the most secure and up to date software installations on your machine and will prevent a long download of the initial compressed tree when you need it later.
After the initialization of portsnap, it is recommended to put 'portsnap cron' in a cronjob to fetch updates regularly. Then you should use 'portsnap update' before using the ports system. Putting 'portsnap update' in cron is not recommended since it can cause problems if run while using the ports tree.
- Explain the role configuration files in Unix applications. In Apache version 2.2, the configuration files have been modularized. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a modular approach to configuration files?
Configuration files allow you to control the settings and parameters of a service or program by editing in most cases a simple text file. Well known configuration files include /etc/hosts (local hostname to ip resolution), /etc/nsswitch.conf (name service configuration), /etc/resolv.conf (DNS server configuration). Samba uses a configuration file which looks more like a windows .ini file. Apache uses it's own XML-ish format
Apache's use of modular configuration files is not new in version 2.2 as can be seen here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#include
More likely you are used to a binary distribution of Apache which has split the configuration file into several files/directories and included them for te base configuration. The reason for doing this is convenience. It is easy to manage multiple Apache servers with similar settings by creating a basic shared configuration for all servers and only modifying a subset of the configuration sitting in an included file.
It is also popular to use a set of prepared configuration files (module configurations/vhost configurations) in a directory marked "_available" and symlink them into a directory called "_enabled" which is included in the Apache configuration. This provides a quick on/off mechanism for certain configurations.
- Explain the use of "directives" in configuration files. Provide an example of two directives found in an Apache configuration file and detail what each accomplishes.
Directives is a word which is pretty specific to Apache. Each directive controls some part of the configuration. Apache has ~410 of them. Each one is characterized by the syntax of the arguments it accepts, the default value if there is one, the context in which it can be used (server, virtual host, directory, etc.), what overrides must be in place for the directive to be used in a .htaccess file, status, module, and compatibility.
ServerName is a directive which sets the request scheme, hostname and port that the server uses to identify itself. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#servername
The ServerAdmin directive sets the contact address that the server includes in any error messages it returns to the client. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#serveradmin
- What is meant by "overrides"? Provide an example of an override found in an Apache configuration file and detail what is accomplished by the override.
An override allows a directive to be overridden by directives in a .htaccess file located in one of the web content directories.
An example of an override is AuthConfig. This override will allow the .htaccess file in a directory to change the apache configuration of that directory in terms of authentication (either allow or deny access, specify users, etc.) http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#allowoverride
- Define what is meant up a Common Gateway Interface, how it is used in websites, and the methods for providing one? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of providing this functionality on a web site.
CGI is an older standard for allowing a web server like Apache to send request parameters to an external program and use the program's output as a response. Before scripting languages like PHP or PERL where built straight into web server modules, this was the only way to use dynamically generated content.
CGI is generally not a great solution today although it is still used. It's performance is poor due to the need to start a completely new process on each request. CGIs generally take more memory and require more open processes on the server. PERL has a CGI module which makes writing a CGI script fairly easy.
More common today is the use of FastCGI which requires a different interface from the external program. FastCGI keeps a number of external programs running to improve performance. Many recommend running PHP as a FastCGI program in order to take advantage of Apache's newer multi-threaded MPM.
Recently, I wanted to confirm that I was running the 64 bit version of the MySQL server as opposed to the 32 bit version.
The Sun Webstack installation comes with both versions and if you use the built in SMF service, the difference between using the 32 bit version or 64 bit version is controlled by a flag in the service properties.
I was not using the built in service, but rather using Sun Cluster to start the server. In order to convince Sun Cluster to start the 64 bit version (I'm sure there is a better way to do this), one of my admins had made a symlink from the mysql/bin directory to the 64 bit binary directory. On the command line, you could no longer tell if the mysqld command was run from the 64 bit directory and there doesn't seem to be a built in MySQL command which shows what version is currently running (show status, \s, show variables, etc)
In the end I ran pldd on the process id of the MySQL server. I am reasonably sure that I am running the 64 bit version of the server because all the shared libraries being used came from the /lib/sparcv9/ and /usr/lib/sparcv9/ directories which are the 64 bit libraries. Not sure if this method works on other OS's but I thought it might be helpful to someone.
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As new technology evolves and we become more comfortable
with it, our methods of communication continue to evolve as well. Six years
ago, when my daughter first went to college, I learned about a website that had
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communication—it grew to include people of all ages and today has hundreds of millions
of followers.
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A Look Back at "Irene"
Hurricane Irene, the fifth costliest United States hurricane, was a large tropical cyclone, which affected much of the east coast of the United States during the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the ninth named storm, the first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 hurricane season. This system was first named by the National Hurricane Center on August 20, 2011. For Eastern New York and adjacent Western New England, Irene will be remembered for its destructive flooding impacts, a new New York State Precip Record at Tannersville , and its name officially retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical storm names by the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) hurricane committee. Take a look back through the links below.