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Alumnae and friends of Barnard College gathered at the historic Plaza Hotel for the annual Scholarship Dinner and Auction to honor Ellen Futter '71 and Barbara Novak '50. Actress Greta Gerwig '06 served as MC; the event raised a record $2.1 Million for Financial Aid.
On Tuesday May 31, watch "The Choreographer" a one-hour documentary on Lisa de Ribere, former NYCB and ABT dancer, as she creates a new work for dancers from Barnard.
In article on women's confidence, Courtney Martin '02 notes Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's message to the Class of 2011
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AUSTIN, Texas Official and independent economists have told state lawmakers that the $1.3 billion Texas economy has completely recovered from the Great Recession and is getting stronger.
John Heleman, chief revenue estimator in the Texas comptroller's office, said Texas and New York are the only two states to have restored all of the jobs lost when the recession hit in 2007.
He said Thursday that the Texas economy is larger than those in Michigan, North Carolina and Georgia combined.
Independent economist Ray Perryman said Texas lost 400,000 jobs between 2009 and 2011, but has since added more than one million jobs. But he noted that those who lost their jobs may not have gotten one of the new ones.
Perryman said the state needs to make major investments in roads and schools.
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Lawrence, KS (Sports Network) - Ben McLemore netted a game-high 30 points on
9-of-13 shooting from the floor -- including 6-of-10 from 3-point range -- as
14th-ranked Kansas stopped a three-game skid to crush No. 10 Kansas State,
83-62 in the Sunflower Showdown.
Jeff Withey registered a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds to go
along with five blocks for the Jayhawks (20-4, 8-3 Big 12), who were
in danger of equaling their longest losing streak in 24 years.
Rodney McGruder had 20 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals for
the Wildcats (19-5, 8-3), who saw their four-game winning streak come to
an end.
KSU's struggles continued versus their rival, as it has won just three
of the last 41 matchups in the series. Angel Rodriguez added 17 points, six
assists and three 3-pointers in defeat.
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Our mission is "to make it easy to do business anywhere." Our founders started our company to champion small businesses, in the belief that the Internet would level the playing field by enabling small enterprises to leverage innovation and technology to grow and compete more effectively in the domestic and global economies.
When was Alibaba Group founded?
Alibaba Group was founded in 1999 by 18 people led by Jack Ma, a former English teacher from Hangzhou, China. It began as an online wholesale marketplace for small Chinese exporters and entrepreneurs to reach global buyers.
Why is the company called "Alibaba"?
Jack Ma chose the name because it is well-known around the world and it can be easily pronounced in many languages. E-commerce is global so we needed a name that was globally recognized. Alibaba brings to mind "open sesame," representing that our platforms open a doorway to fortune for small businesses.
Where is Alibaba Group headquartered?
The principal executive offices of our main operations are located in the Xixi District of Hangzhou, China.
Can the public tour the Alibaba Group corporate campus?
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How many offices does Alibaba Group have? Where are they located?
As of March 31, 2015, we maintained 126 offices in mainland China and 29 offices outside mainland China.
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Our customers include both buyers and sellers on our marketplaces, and they discover, select and transact with each other on our platform. Buyers access our marketplaces free of charge. Buyers include consumers who come to our retail marketplaces to shop for anything anytime anywhere, as well as business buyers who use our wholesale marketplaces to source products for use in their own business or for resale. Sellers use our marketplaces to establish a presence on the Internet and market products and services to hundreds of millions of consumers and other businesses. Sellers include brands, retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers. We also provide cloud computing services to a wide range of customers including merchants doing business on our marketplaces, systems integrators, mobile app developers and digital entertainment companies.
What do you mean when you refer to the "Alibaba ecosystem"?
Given the scale we have been able to achieve, an ecosystem has developed around our platform that consists of buyers, sellers, third-party service providers, strategic alliance partners, and investee companies. Our platform and the role we play in connecting buyers and sellers and making it possible for them to do business anytime and anywhere is at the nexus of this ecosystem. Much of our effort, our time and our energy is spent on initiatives that are for the greater good of the ecosystem and the various participants in it. We feel a strong responsibility for the continued development of the ecosystem and we take ownership for this development. Accordingly, we refer to this as "our ecosystem."
How does Alibaba Group make money?
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How does Alibaba Group grow its business?
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Pay-for-performance (P4P) marketing services are one type of marketing services we offer to sellers on our marketplaces, where sellers bid for keywords that match product or service listings appearing in search or browser results on a cost-per-click, or CPC, basis at prices established by our online auction system, which facilitates price discovery through a market-based bidding mechanism. P4P marketing services are provided both on our marketplaces as well as through third-party marketing affiliates.
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Analog comparators are amplifiers that compare the magnitude of voltages at two inputs. An analog comparator is an operational amplifier with negative feedback removed, and with no feedback and very high gain, the output voltage goes to one extreme to the other. In analog comparators, this is generally limited to just outside the ±10 volt limit to avoid any possible damage.
Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) is the method of using a comparator to determine whether or not to turn on binary output. ADCs typically use digital-to-analog converters (DACs) to determine inputs to the comparator.
Digital-to-analog conversion is the method of converting digital data to analog form by using a summing amplifier.
Analog comparators, such as a voltage comparator, are an integrated circuit equivalent to an operational amplifier, with two NPN transistors added to the output of each amplifier. The purpose of voltage comparators is to provide digital output from an analog input.
Voltage comparators provide high positive or negative voltage, depending on which voltage is higher. Voltage comparators can be used for temperature monitoring by comparing the voltage to a thermostat.
Voltage comparators are used in flashing LEDs found in audio system signal level meters, as well as in a wide range of mixed signal sensor circuit applications, used to compare measurements that could be translated into corresponding electrical signals.
Analog comparators are used as key components in A/D converters, and are also used in:
Level detection
On-off controls
Clock-recovery circuits
Window detectors
Schmitt triggers
The output stage of analog comparators is wired to be more flexible than that of op-amps. Analog comparators often have a latch that permits strobing the input at the right time and a shutdown function that conserves power when the comparator is not needed.
Analog comparators can be configured to use a threshold detector to determine if an input voltage is greater than or less than a given reference voltage.
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Current sense amplifiers are integrated circuits with operational amplifiers and sense resistors that are used in measuring the amplitude and direction of current in circuits.
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Isolation amplifiers electrically isolate input and output signals, often by inductive couplings. Isolation amplifiers, or iso-amps as they are sometimes called, may be used to protect components from potentially dangerous voltages or to amplify low-level analog signals in applications with multiple channels.
Operational Amplifiers
Operational amplifiers (op amps, op-amps) are general-purpose, closed-loop devices that are used to implement linear functions.
Power Operational Amplifiers
Power operational amplifiers (POA) are used to increase the power of low-level signals in applications that drive low impedances or reactive loads. They dissipate excess energy as heat, deliver extensive current, and can sustain relatively high supply voltages.
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Is 21 days a magic number to forming a good habit?
I recently completed a 21 day challenge with a friend. It was based around not eating any junk food, including chips, cakes, white bread, etc. and a certain amount of physical exercise each day. It was a great challenge and produced good results for both of us. So, is 21 days a magic number? Have we transformed to new good habits. I think yes and no.
What is the magic in 21 days?
Well, as it turns out, 21 days does not appear to be a magic number to new good habits. A study showed that it was actually 66 days on average. However, even this number is different for everyone and also depends on how difficult a habit is to create or break. 21 days actually might work for small things and be the perfect amount. The lesson being, don't give up after the 21 days if something doesn't feel like it is sticking.
Habits are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously. Habits are hard to alter, so developing a good habit is really worth the struggle. This is true for eating and exercise habits, but also for business habits too. Some business habits that I have found really useful are having a weekly planning meeting with myself every Sunday, then putting those plans on my calendar for the week. I have found this to be a key to getting things done in my home business. I had an excellent business coach that helped me with a number of key business habits.
The great thing about a habit is that once it is in place you don't have to exert much self-control to keep it up. This is true whether it took you 21 days, 66 days, or longer. There may be a number of phases that you will go through when developing your new good habit.
21 Days (or more) Phases to Your Good Habit
- The Honeymoon – feeling that this is easy. You feel strong motivation and inspiration.
- The Fight Thru – reality sets in as some of your inspiration may fade. This is the struggle phase, so it is important to recognize it and fight thru it.
- Second Nature – you may feel that now you are getting in the groove. At this point watch for negative results (possibly causing you to be discouraged), and disruptions (vacations, illness, etc.).
Many people would like positive habit changes, both personally or in business, to be easy. However, good habits require sacrifice. It requires doing things that others won't or can't do. 21 days can help you get on the right road! I have found that the challenge really inspired me. However, do know that good habits require consistent commitment. Make that commitment to make it past the fight thru and you will be rewarded with success in your eating, exercise, business, or whatever habits!


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If England fail to retain the Ashes, they may well reflect on the first day of this match and conclude it was the moment they let a golden opportunity slip through their hands.
Or perhaps that should be three moments. For, on a day full of self-inflicted injury from both sides, it was England's three dropped chances that could prove most costly. Had even one of them been taken, they would be in the dominant position in this match.
The frustrating aspect from England's perspective is that they did so much right. For the second time in three Tests, England picked two specialist spinners and a young allrounder to bolster the middle-order batting and the seam bowling. For a side that have often seemed reluctant to stray from their tried and tested formula, it was a brave decision.


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The University of Alabama and Florida State will meet in a football game on Sept. 29, 2007 in Jacksonville, Fla., Alabama Athletics Director Mal Moore confirmed today.
"We are thrilled that the game will take place," Moore said. "All the details have not been finalized, but with the cooperation of the Southeastern Conference, the Atlantic Coast Conference and television partners CBS and ESPN/ABC, we will play the game.
"We expect this game to produce a great deal of excitement within our respective fan bases and on a national level as well," Moore said.
The one-time meeting will be played at 82,000-seat Alltel Stadium, home of the Gator Bowl, in Jacksonville, Fla.
The game will be televised by either CBS or ESPN, a decision that will be reached two weeks prior to the game.
"We will soon complete the final contractual agreements, in conjunction with the City of Jacksonville," Moore added.
The last time the teams met was in 1974, a game the Tide won, 8-7. Alabama has a 2-0-1 edge in the series.


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Opposition candidate Narendra Modi will be the next prime minister of India, with counting trends on Friday showing his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for the country's most resounding election in 30 years.
Narendra Modi has promised big economic reforms, without actually spelling out what he will actually do, to unblock stalled investments in power, road and rail projects to revive economic growth that has fallen to a decade low of below 5 percent.
Here are 10 economic reform challenges that would require urgent attention once Modi forms a new government:
India's most ambitious indirect tax reform would replace existing state and federal levies with a uniform tax, boosting revenue collection while cutting business transaction costs.
GST, which could boost India's economy by up to two percentage points, has so far faced resistance from various states, including those governed by the BJP who fear a loss of their fiscal powers.
The BJP aims to address state concerns and implement GST in an "appropriate timeframe". The Congress party would back the reform in opposition, a senior party member told Reuters earlier this month.
The reform needs broad backing because it requires a change in the constitution.
A Reserve Bank of India panel in January proposed key changes including targeting consumer price inflation and making a committee responsible for monetary policy, and not the RBI governor alone. This would require changes to the RBI Act.
The BJP top brass has not spoken widely on the issue, but it will likely be a tough sell for RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. He has the backing of some global agencies like the International Monetary Fund.
Modi's government may also look to eventually separate the debt management function from the RBI, on the gounds that debt management sometimes conflicts with the central bank's monetary policy stance.
The new government is likely to focus on selling its holdings in state-run firms that could raise much-needed revenues to trim India's ballooning fiscal deficit and boost economic growth.
The rising stock market helped New Delhi raise more than $3 billion via stake sales in the fiscal year to March 31 - but that was only a third of the government's original target.
The outgoing government announced plans to raise 569 billion rupees ($9.62 billion) through asset sales in 2014/15. This could help achieve a lower fiscal deficit target of 4.1 percent of GDP. These estimates may be revised by the next


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Bills seek updates to voting, election systems
SACRAMENTO, Calif. In use for the first time last year, California's online voter registration system proved so popular that lawmakers want to build on its success this year.
Wider promotion of the system and a push toward online voting are among several election-related bills under consideration as the Legislature approaches a midyear bill deadline. Other changes under consideration would shine more light on campaign financing and update how elections are run.
About 800,000 Californians used the online registration system to join the state's voter rolls, according to state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, who authored the original bill. An analysis of turnout figures by Political Data Inc. indicated that those who registered online were significantly more likely than other voters to cast a ballot last November.
This year, Yee's SB44 is proposing that all state websites link to the secretary of state's voter registration page in an effort to publicize the system.
Others want the state to move even further online and are pushing for a pilot program to test the casting of ballots over the Internet. Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, has put forward AB19 to review the security of online voting software and eventually create a pilot program for counties.
"It's odd that California, being the heart of the technology frontier, hasn't yet embraced it," Ting said, pointing to the wide use of online voter registration as a signal that many would be interested in Internet voting.
Republicans opposed the online voter-registration bill approved last session. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, the ranking Republican on the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee, said moving the registration process online creates new opportunities for fraud.
"Anything that makes things more accessible I'm in favor of, but when you have no voter ID, you don't really know who is voting," said Donnelly, of Twin Peaks in Southern California.
Donnelly has offered bills this year to purge the registration rolls of those who did not vote in the past two federal elections and to expressly prohibit paying people to vote. He also expressed concerns about proposals to lower age requirements for voting and registering.
Seventeen-year-olds who would turn 18 before the next general election would be allowed to vote in the preceding primary contests under a constitutional amendment from Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco.
Supporters of that measure and of SB113 from Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, which would allow 15-year-olds to pre-register to vote, said the goal is to encourage participation by getting voters involved at a younger age.
Donnelly said such proposals are misguided and that voting should not be allowed until a teenager is a legal adult.
One of the bills under consideration is in reaction to an $11 million campaign donation from an Arizona nonprofit that came late in the 2012 election cycle to a group fighting Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30, which eventually passed and raised taxes temporarily.
Lack of disclosure of the group's donors prompted the California Fair Political Practices Commission to sue and seek an urgent ruling from the state Supreme Court, which ordered disclosure just days before the general election.
The money that was funneled to the Arizona group, Americans for Responsible Leadership, came from two out-of-state nonprofits that already had spent millions of dollars nationwide promoting Republican candidates. The president of one of those nonprofits was a political operative for Charles and David Koch, the Kansas-based billionaires who have given millions to conservative causes.
A bill by Yee and fellow Democratic Sen. Ted Lieu of Torrance, SB3, would require nonprofits that give more than $100,000 per year to a political campaign or ballot measure committee to disclose the names of all donors. A companion bill, SB2, would require more transparency about who is paying for campaign ads.


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Halloween can be a scary time for some kids. The sights and sounds of the holiday are intentionally spooky and for some, it's just too much. But it isn't always frightening ghosts and wicked witches that freak out the kids. In the case of a girl in Utah, it was a larger-than-life image of a little vampire that proved to be too much.
According to the girl's father, the little vampire in question was a costume ad spotted on the back of a Utah Transit Authority bus. Featuring a woman in a cleavage-baring dress wearing a provocative expression on her face, the ad was placed by the Blue Boutique, a local lingerie store. Dad says the image shocked his daughter and resulted in a rather awkward conversation in which he had to explain why this particular vampire looked so different from the other vampires she had seen.
The ads, which appear on 15 other buses in the Salt Lake area drew complaints from others as well. And despite the fact that they comply with the UTA's advertising policy, the decision was made to cover her up. A black vinyl patch was strategically placed over the woman's chest and, presumably, made everyone happy.
The article doesn't say how old the little girl was, but I sympathize with the dad having to explain something even I don't understand. Why do so many otherwise modest women use Halloween as an excuse to dress like prostitutes? And while we are on the subject, why do so many guys like to dress like women on Halloween?
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Day 15: Bringing the GROW Trip Back
The GROW team started our morning at our usual breakfast joint ordering our Thai breakfasts and green teas without even a glance towards the menus we committed to memory so long ago. We were ready to hit the ground running on our last week here in Chiang Mai. Neelima, Nina, and Harrison ventured off to the sweltering hot intern house. Despite the heat, enthusiasm was high as the interns were eager to continue their lessons. After extensive review, it was clear the interns had picked up a lot of the conversational skills we have been teaching them the past weeks. One intern, Mr. Myo, even led a game of Simon Says to test the rest of the class on their body parts and verbs.
Impressed with the interns' progress, our teachers decided to incorporate a more challenging activity into the lesson plan, cover letter writing. They taught the idea of a cover letter, showing the interns how to explain why their values would make them a capable worker. This proved a difficult concept to grasp as the interns struggled to express why they would be valuable for a specific job. Nina sympathized with them, comparing the exercise to one of us being asked to write a med school app on the spot. Still, the GROW team members knew that this would an applicable skill for the interns to learn and with their help, the interns slowly but surely crafted sample cover letters, in which the students and teachers alike took great pride.
After a stimulating, but exhausting morning, everyone was relieved to let the magic of Walt Disney help out with the teaching for a little while. Humming the tunes of Reflection and I'll Make a Man Out of You, they settled in to finish watching Mulan. The interns were quite entertained, as they related to the themes of bringing honor to one's family and fighting to save one's country. They liked how the movie presented ideas of female empowerment that aligned so similarly with their own beliefs and their hopes for their communities back in Burma. Still, no one was more touched than Neelima, as she cried in the back of the classroom, secretly hoping none of the interns would see her drying her tears. Throughout the trip, Disney has moved not just the interns, but the GROW trip as well.
Back at the KWAT office, it was crunch time for Adam and me. With just a few days left, we raced to complete the activity report before we leave Chiang Mai. With Mai's frequent exclamations of approval, we continued powering through the endless document. We spent most of our day formatting all the information we have compiled concerning KWAT's activities from 2007 to 2012 into the most concise and professional layout possible.
In addition, Adam attempted to track down the very busy Mai for an interview, not an easy task. Joking about how popular she is, she finally sat down in front of a video camera and the interrogation began. For over an hour, Mai answered numerous questions while Adam recorded her responses to show the rest of GlobeMed at Dartmouth. She updated us on the political situation in Burma, enlightened us with the current state of the laboratory we funded last year, and explained our new project for the upcoming year. Mai showed us the impact that our GlobeMed chapter has been able to make thus far as well as her ideas on how to make our efforts sustainable. Mai then went on to share her own personal experience working in KWAT and how she was promoted from an intern to the head of multiple KWAT departments. Hearing about what she anticipates in the coming years, Mai inspired us with her story and KWAT's goals for the future.
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M – I've been traumatized again. I've been asked to make too many choices.
It's time again to get new glasses. I have been putting it off because it's just too painful to pick the style of frames I want. An eye glasses store is where people go when they have a week with nothing else to do. Instead of going to the beach, they spend days trying on glasses.
I actually asked the eye wear associate assisting me to please help someone else while I browsed because her presence added too much pressure to my clear case of terminal indecision. Why can't we just have 2 choices, Drew Carey or John Lennon-style glasses?
I hate choices.
Now, I'm beginning to panic. I'm about a week away from needing to order new checks. Have you seen the insane collections of custom checks? Who's going take a middle age cat (me) seriously when he pays for a manly set of socket wrenches at Sears with a Sponge Bob Square Pants personal check? I'd consider getting some Elvis checks, but I refuse to contribute to his estate. The guy makes about 50 million dollars a year more than me and he's been dead for over 30 years.
Choices are killing me.
As much as I love cable TV, Bruce Springsteen almost had it right with his 90s hit, "57 Channels (and there's nothing on)." Today it's more like "357 Channels (and there's only Time Life commercials on)."
Anyone remember these Lovin' Spoonful lyrics from the mid 60s hit Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?
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And then you get distracted by her older sister
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Pascal Dupuis calls himself a "Pittsburgh guy," and is happy to be for four more seasons.
Dupuis, who could have become an unrestricted free agent, on Tuesday signed a four-year contract worth $15 million to remain with the Penguins.
The right wing finished third on the team in scoring in 2012-13, with 38 points (20 goals) in 48 games, and led the NHL with a plus-31 rating. Dupuis scored seven goals and had four assists in 15 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
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Lights! Camera! Action! The cameras are about to start rolling on the
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Carrie Fisher ("Star Wars," "Postcards From The Edge"), as well as
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announced at a later date.
After receiving a record-setting 12,000 video submissions on thelot.com from aspiring filmmakers around the globe, FOX has officially entered the summer movie blockbuster race with the new filmmaking competition series ON THE LOT from Mark Burnett, Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television. In the audition episodes, the top 50 applicants will discover the magic of moviemaking when they are brought to Los Angeles to visit a real-life film set for the first time. The 50 semifinalists must endure a rigorous "Hollywood Boot Camp," where they will face the judges for the first time with their personal submission film as well as their attempts at a Hollywood-style "pitch" meeting; a "24-Hour Film Shoot," where each must shoot and edit a short film in a 24-hour period; as well as a "one-page, one-hour" film shoot, where they will have an hour to film a one-page scene with the help of professional directors of photography, camera and sound operators and actors. The judges will give their ultimate feedback and select the Top 18 Finalists, who will move on to compete in the first "Film Premiere" episode.
A special two-hour "Film Premiere" episode, featuring the first films produced by the 18 finalists, will air Monday, May 28 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. It will be up to the American public to determine the first finalist to be eliminated from the competition; voting results will be announced the following night on the expanded first "Box Office" results show Tuesday, May 29 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). ON THE LOT's weekly "Film Premiere" episodes air in their regular time period beginning Monday, June 4 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), and the weekly "Box Office" results shows will air on Tuesdays (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) starting Tuesday, June 5.
Since her feature debut opposite Warren Beatty in "Shampoo" in 1975, Carrie Fisher has been a compelling force in the film industry. She attained international recognition as "Princess Leia," a role that made her a cultural icon, in the box office phenomenon "Star Wars" and the smash hit sequels "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi." On the literary front, Fisher wrote The New York Times best-seller "Postcards From the Edge," for which she won the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. Three additional best-selling novels, "Surrender the Pink," "Delusions of Grandma" and "The Best Awful," followed. In addition to writing the telefilm "These Old Broads," Fisher also wrote the screenplay for the film based on her best-seller "Postcards From the Edge," which starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
In a very short time, Brett Ratner has established himself as one of Hollywood's most successful directors. Ratner's seven feature films have grossed over $1 billion worldwide. Ratner shattered several box office records with his latest release, "X-Men 3: The Last Stand." The film opened with a staggering $123 million in just four days. Ratner is currently finishing post-production on "Rush Hour 3," the third installment of the blockbuster "Rush Hour" franchise, in which Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan reprise their roles as LAPD Detective James Carter and Royal Hong Kong Police Chief Inspector Lee. The film is scheduled to be released on Aug. 10.
Garry Marshall's long and illustrious career has encompassed directing, producing, writing and acting. Marshall started his career in television as a writer/producer on such comedy classics as "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Odd Couple," "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley." He is best known as one of the leading directors of romantic comedies, including "Pretty Woman," "Beaches," "Runaway Bride," "Overboard" "The Princess Diaries" and its sequel, "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement." His most recent directorial effort, "Georgia Rule," starring Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman and Lindsay Lohan, opens in theaters May 11.
Jon Avnet has directed and produced more than 50 motion pictures and television movies over the last 25 years, from box office hits like "Risky Business" and "Fried Green Tomatoes" to the critically acclaimed "Uprising," "The Burning Bed" and "Heatwave" for television. His work has won or been nominated for multiple Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and Directors Guild of America awards, as well as Writers Guild of America awards, the Peabody, the Humanitas and CableACE awards. On Broadway, he produced the Tony Award-winning "Spamalot"; "The Pillowman"; "The History Boys," which received six Tony Awards, including Best Play; as well as this year's revival of "Inherit the Wind," starring Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy. In features, Avnet recently directed and produced "88 Minutes," a thriller starring Al Pacino and serves as director and executive producer for the upcoming cable miniseries "The Starter Wife," based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer.
ON THE LOT affords aspiring filmmakers the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to win a $1-million DreamWorks development deal. Each week, the hopeful filmmaker finalists will produce short films from a chosen genre, running the gamut from comedies to thrillers, personal dramas to romance, sci-fi to horror. They'll have access to the best resources the industry has to offer – professional writers, actors and crew – to help create their films.
After the teams have battled time frames, budgets and all the usual chaos that goes along with filmmaking, their films will debut and be critiqued in front of a live audience during the "Film Premiere" episodes.
But the filmmakers ultimately will be judged by the harshest critics of all , the public. It will be America whose votes determine which films should be left on the cutting-room floor. On each "Box Office" results show, the director whose feature garners the fewest votes will be sent home.
ON THE LOT is produced by Mark Burnett Productions, DreamWorks Television and Amblin Television. Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg are creators and executive producers. David Goffin serves as executive producer with Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Conrad Riggs co-executive producers.
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Villa strike deal with Eurosport Asia for international TV show
Villa are delighted to announce a new two-year deal with Eurosport Asia Pacific for the club's international television programme.
The contract covers the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.
The international television programme - known as the "block" - is a weekly three-hour television programme, focusing on all of our Barclays Premier League matches.
We create a 40-minute match preview at the start of each programme, containing news, interviews and exclusive features from behind-the-scenes at Villa Park and Bodymoor Heath.
Then the game is shown in full, followed by all of the post-match reaction.
The programme ends with a dip into the Villa Vault as we show highlights of a classic game.
We have been producing the programme since 2007 and, since then, it has been shown on various television channels in millions of homes worldwide including continents such as Africa and North America.
We produce every element of the programme entirely in-house at Villa Park and, as such, we are one of the first top-flight clubs to do so.
As part of the new deal, Eurosport Asia Pacific will be providing comprehensive coverage of the Villa "block" programme on a weekly basis.
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Eurosport Asia is currently available across 17 territories including Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan and Philippines.
Frederic Sanz, Head of Acquisitions, Eurosport Asia Pacific, said: "We are pleased to be working with such a historic club. It is our aim to build on the fan base in Asia and we wish the club all the best of luck for the coming season."
Russell Jones, Head of Marketing and Communications at Villa, added: "We are delighted to be working with Eurosport Asia Pacific.
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Clearly IT needs be vigilant and take preemptive steps against cyber attacks, says Marvin Blough, vice-president, worldwide sales at SonicWall. San Jose-based SonicWall offers a range of firewall, anti-spam, remote access and network, backup and email security solutions, rivaling the likes of Cisco, Juniper and McAfee, among many other vendors. The security specialist was recently acquired by Dell with a view to complement the latters security solutions portfolio, enabling it provide a broader range of offerings to its enterprise customers. Tech-security field is fast-growing and highly profitable and SonicWall provides Dell with unique intellectual-property resources and technology, he adds.
Analysts reckon that Dell has been gradually transitioning from a PC-centric vendor to a portfolio technology company that offers enterprise to consumer solutions. Its acquisitions over the past five years have added storage, networking, software and professional services to its portfolio, putting it on par with competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
Dell has been trying to boost profit margins by focusing on being an one-stop-shop for business customers and increasing exposure in enterprise solutions offerings and making its presence felt in mobile security and cloud solutions segment. Security is still a big, big issue for everyone, says Marvin. Companies want to go with lesser number of vendors or one vendor who has end-to-end solution since managing 10 different vendors for 10 different specifications is difficult and expensive. With companies moving over to cloud computing, the responsibility to manage the moving over phase comes down to the one vendor the company relies on. Our cloud computing technology is economical and saves time in the ever fast moving world where new products and technologies are being invented every day, he adds.
Martin says that enterprises of all sizes face increasing challenges in maintaining effective IT security, from the exponential growth of data and rapid adoption of cloud-based solutions, to the increased presence of consumer devices brought into the enterprise environment. SonicWall expands Dells rapidly growing security software and services portfolio, which includes security services, cloud security solutions, data encryption solutions and vulnerability and patch management.
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By Leonie Barrie | 3 February 2012
Post-holiday discounts helped many US retailers lift their sales in January, according to monthly figures released yesterday (2 February), but overall results were mixed as many consumers shopped cautiously amid the struggling economy.
For apparel retailers there was the added challenge of warm weather curbing sales of winter coats, boots and other winter basics, as well as tougher year-ago comparisons.
That said, retail same-store sales stepped up to a 4.9% gain in January, largely on the back of improved results from retailers such as Target, the second-largest US discount retailer, according to Kantar Retail. This was better than the 3.6% same-store sales gain last month and the 4.2% gain in January 2011.
"Whether January's growth can be sustained may depend on whether shoppers' spending intentions show more signs of stalling out in the months ahead," said senior economist Frank Badillo.
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For many retailers January is the quietest month of the year as shoppers tighten their belts after Christmas and stores try to clear unsold inventories.
Regional department store operator Stage Stores saw its same-store sales fall 0.1%, and said its gross margin was "negatively impacted by the promotional business environment."
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Target, meanwhile, topped expectations with a 4.3% rise in same- store sales, with its strongest performers including shoes, and boys' and girls' clothing.
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As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, here is a Monday E-mail that combines several items into one communication.
Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
• Education bills take effect
• SB 8/HB 354 Changes to School Safety Requirements for Schools
• Raising Compulsory Attendance Age from 16 to 18; Can Apply for Planning Grant Beginning June 26 (Attachment)
• Blitz to 96
• ARRA Jobs Reporting Reminder – Report due on job estimates relative to ARRA grants: Due date for submission, Friday, July 5 (Attachments)
• 2013-14 SEEK Forecast
• FY 2013 Financial Contracts
• Qualified Zone Academy Bonds – Application (Attachment)
• SFCC Escrow Funds
• KSBIT Update
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Also, take a look at the items under the section titled "Items from Outside Agencies".
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Education bills take effect
As a reminder, the education bills that passed the 2013 regular session of the General Assembly take effect this week in the first hours of Tuesday, June 25. A recap of the education-related bills that passed can be found here.
SB 8/HB 354 Changes to School Safety Requirements for Schools
The passage of Senate Bill 8/HB 354 (
), which changes several of Kentucky's current school safety statutes, will take effect on June 25, 2013. This bill expands current law by requiring schools and districts to include community first responders in their emergency plans, and presents an opportunity for review and refinement of current emergency and safety practices through continuous improvement. This bill is a logical step taken after recent tragic events occurring in our nation's schools, ranging from intruders to tornadoes, and focuses our attention once again on our goals and efforts to keep our students and school staff safe.
As part of implementation for SB 8/HB 354, KDE has developed a set of assurances that will be monitored through ASSIST. The ASSIST hyperlink will allow you to preview the assurances for both the district and school that will be uploaded into ASSIST this fall. A recorded session via Lync will be available starting July 9 at 2:00 pm (EST) and you will be notified of how to access this session closer to the date. *Please note if you attended the Safe Schools and Communities Conference on June 11-12 and received a checklist pertaining to implementation of SB 8, it varies slightly from what is being required by KDE. Districts are required at a minimum to follow those items identified within ASSIST.
Schools have the option of beginning the school year with their current emergency plans. Once a school's plan has been refined to reflect the changes within SB 8/HB 354, the school will share the plan with its school council for further review prior to adopting it. This must occur prior to completing assurances within ASSIST no later than November 1, 2013. We will keep you apprised of our progress on this work.
If you have any questions regarding implementation, please contact Toyah Robey or Libby Taylor of the Division of Student Success at
(502) 564-2116
or via e-mail at
. If you need technical assistance for deployment, contact our collaborating partner, Kentucky Center for School Safety.
Raising Compulsory Attendance Age from 16 to 18; Can Apply for Planning Grant Beginning June 26
Just a reminder that the steps on how to apply for the $10,000 planning grant for raising the compulsory attendance age from 16 to 18 are available on the KDE website at:
Also, found on that page is a step-by-step guide
for using ASSIST to complete the process beginning on June 26 and in subsequent months. Any questions on this matter are to be directed to
or Brandi Hon at
Blitz to 96
The Governor and First Lady are making passage of a policy raising the compulsory school attendance age in 96 districts a priority as part of a campaign called Blitz to 96. Once 96 districts (55 percent of all districts) pass such a policy, the law becomes mandatory for all districts within four years. The Governor and First Lady are planning to hold a news conference and reception at the capitol for the first adopters of the policy. Additional information may be found on the Graduate Kentucky website at
. Progress on the Blitz to 96 may be monitored on the both the Graduate Kentucky and the KDE compulsory attendance age webpages.
ARRA Jobs Reporting Reminder – Report due on job estimates relative to ARRA grants: Due date for submission, Friday, July 5 (Attachments)
The ARRA Jobs Estimate report is available through the web application at
and will open on June 26. The December 2009
OMB ARRA Jobs Guidance
from the federal government and the
ARRA Jobs
Web Application instructions are also attached.
The report is a requirement of receipt of ARRA funds.
Each district will be reporting for the quarter of April 2013-June 2013. The grant which you are still required to report on is School Improvement(g) (5600). MUNIS project numbers 5600A, 5600B and 5600C must be reported under MUNIS project number 5600. All reports must have a sign-off. If your district did not receive this grant, please sign-off on the blank report.
The formula for calculating jobs created/retained is:
Total number of quarter hours worked in jobs funded with ARRA funds = Number of FTEs for quarter
Total quarter hours in a full-time schedule
Also, if the district has made a single purchase of $25,000 or more, please complete the 1512 Vendor Reporting spreadsheet
and email to
by the reporting deadline.
The report must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Friday, July 5, 2013. Any reports not completed by this time will result in withholding of ARRA funds until the report has been submitted.
Questions may be directed to the following:
• Web application:
• ARRA jobs reporting:
or Thelma Hawkins at
Future ARRA Job Estimates reporting due dates are:
July 2013-September 2013 Due: October 7, 2013
October 2013-December 2013 Due: January 6, 2014
Note: Dates are subject to change based on information from the U.S. Department of Education.
2013-14 SEEK Forecast
The 2013-14 SEEK Forecast calculation has been updated and will be posted to the website
(2013-2014 SEEK Forecast)
on Wednesday, June 26. This update is due to KDE internal data corrections in the transportation calculation and the Exceptional Child count (districts impacted by the KDE corrections have been notified). Since transportation funding is capped, you will see a slight impact on your district's transportation funding and some districts will see a small increase in Tier 1 funding. This update also reflects the pending merger of Monticello Independent and Wayne County Schools. The 2013-14 SEEK Forecast will be used for payments in July, August, and September.
If you have questions, please contact Chay Ritter at
(502) 564-3846
FY 2013 Financial Audit Contracts
On June 13, 2013, the State Committee for School District Audits approved the majority of the FY 2012-2013 audit contracts. The approved and signed audit contracts have been posted to the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) website listed below. Please continue to check the website for additional approved audit contracts. The districts' FY 2012-2013 payment registers will be available through this website in July 2013. Please allow the auditor into the district to begin preliminary audit work at the earliest possible date. Many audit procedures can be done before the books are closed.
Obtaining quality audits by the
November 15, 2013
deadline greatly depends on district staff. The audit contract states the following: "If the audit cannot be completed by November 15, 2013, due to factors beyond the control of ACCOUNTANT, ACCOUNTANT shall electronically submit an Audit Extension Request form, fully completed by both ACCOUNTANT and the district, to KDE by
October 1, 2013
." You are encouraged to work with the auditor in scheduling the work to be done, ensuring that needed personnel, reports and supporting documentation are available.
Please remember the district and/or auditor is responsible for submitting the following items to KDE:
• The auditor is responsible for submitting the bound and electronic Audit Report including the management letter along with response(s).
• The district is responsible for submitting a Statement of Certification along with the audited Annual Financial Report (AFR).
In addition, the district is responsible for withholding 10 percent of the audit fee if the audit report is not completed and submitted in accordance with the audit contract deadline and requirements.
If you have any questions, please contact Ken Smith at
(502) 564-4403
extension 4442.
ualified Zone Academy Bonds – Applications (Attachment)
The remaining allotment of $2,938,000 in Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZAB's) is available now for renovation projects in qualified districts. The requirements and award criteria are outlined in the
Request for Authorization (RFA). The bonding allocated for 2012 must be sold by October 14, 2014 and the 2013 allocation must be sold by October 15, 2015.
If you have any questions, please contact Tim Lucas at
x 4407.
SFCC Escrow Funds
The reporting period for 2012-13 is an odd-numbered fiscal year and it is important for districts to use the correct journal entries for Fund 310 and 320 to qualify for School Facilities Construction Commission (SFCC) offers. One of the entries would be to move any funds from the Restricted – SFCC Escrow – Current Offer (8738) account to the Restricted – SFCC Escrow – Prior Offer (8734) account in a journal posted in period 13 within fiscal year 2013. This step must be performed prior to posting any funds into the current offer account (8738).
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) recommends that districts add additional alpha or numerical characters at the end of the balance sheet object code 8734 Restricted – SFCC Escrow – Prior Offer to help districts separate the prior year offers. Districts may have up to two additional characters at the end of the balance sheet object code and may combine the two character types. This will assist districts with tracking SFCC escrowed funds by odd-numbered fiscal years. Please contact SFCC for assistance with identifying the specific SFCC escrowed funds' fiscal years that are combined within this balance sheet object code.
In July 2013, districts will need to record various journal entries as indicated above and make an entry to the balance sheet object 8738 Restricted SFCC Escrow Current Offer. All SFCC Escrow journal entries
are requ
to be recorded in
period 13
fiscal year 2013
. Please refer to the revised
Fiscal Year End Processing BGL-2
document for important changes and journal entries that are needed for this process. Please forward SFCC escrowing funds questions to Lisa Collins at SFCC
Please forward questions relating to
the SFCC escrow funds
journal entries
in the MUNIS financial system to Jeffrey Coulter at KDE
KSBIT Update
The Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) recently released information containing updated assessment estimates. Two general options currently being considered are run-off and novation, and multiple estimates related to these options were presented by KSBA for district input. I understand that this is a lot of information to filter through at this point.
It is important to recognize that these figures are still only estimates and any final decision on a methodology and an assessment amount will not be available for a few months. At this point, my understanding is that any decision made by the KSBIT board will be subject to review and final approval by the Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) through a formal legal process and it is likely that this will not be completed until later in the year. As a practical matter, this means that our districts would likely have to make a final decision about how to move forward in January 2014. At that time, KDE staff would also coordinate with district finance officers as needed, in order to identify the most practical way to proceed with making payments, starting in school year 2014-15 (unless a district chose to start payments earlier).
We will continue to keep you updated. Please rest assured that KDE is monitoring the situation very closely and I am confident that all the state agencies involved in this effort have the best interests of our school districts in mind. The final goal is to identify a solution which has the least disruptive impact on our school districts, in terms of both funding and risk.
Please contact Associate Commissioner Hiren Desai, at
, if you have any questions.
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Kentucky Teacher
includes education news, feature articles that highlight successful classroom practice, helpful resources and more.
Here's a look at what's coming in Kentucky Teacher the week of June 24:
• If you missed the recent effective teaching conference in Louisville, don't worry. Kentucky Teacher was there and shares what teachers say were the most helpful takeaways on implementing the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, improving teaching and learning and getting up to speed on the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES).
• Kentucky native Vicki Phillips, director of education, College Ready, with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, shares her insights on the changes to Kentucky and American education.
• Kentucky High School Teacher of the Year Allison Hunt shares insights from those field testing the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES).
Make sure you don't miss anything in Kentucky Teacher by signing up to receive e-mail updates whenever new stories or features are added. Rest assured, we won't share your e-mail address.
We want to hear from you too, so send your comments, feedback or story suggestions to us at
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Items from Outside Agencies
PLEASE NOTE: Inclusion of items in this section does not constitute endorsement by the Kentucky Department of Education or the Commissioner of Education.
Mathematics trainings
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics (KCM) has announced a variety of trainings and course offerings for the 2013-14 school year. Some of these professional learning opportunities are taking place as early as this summer, so don't delay. Click
for course descriptions and convenient links to help you choose the right training(s) for your needs. The KCM professional development:
• equips teachers to become better data-based decision-makers and designers of instruction using research-based, evidence-based models of student thinking and learning
• builds professional relationships among participants who share knowledge, passion, problems of practice, strategies, resources, and friendship
• increases leadership capacity among participants
• supports teacher-scholars who have a learner mindset and aspire to study important professional literature
• aligns with the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Content and Practice
• supports school compliance with Kentucky's statutes, such as the Primary Program Review, the Professional Growth and Evaluation System, and Response to Intervention
• is facilitated by highly-qualified experts
• is continually evaluated and improved
• is sustained and job-embedded
• is student-focused and participant-centered
If you should have any questions about these professional development opportunities, please contact the KCM at
KET Multimedia Days
KET Multimedia PD Days are quickly approaching. A variety of workshops in multimedia project development and related topics for the classroom are available. For a list of this year's session titles click
. Further descriptions are available at the registration website.
If you are planning to attend and still need to register, you may do so at the link below.
If you are a Kentucky teacher, library media specialist, teaching staff worker, or administrator (public, private, and homeschools included):
• Go to the
registration web page
and complete the form to register for either the 9th of July, the 10th of July, or for both days if you like. When you choose a day or days to attend, the page will refresh to list the sessions and their descriptions to choose from, along with lunch choices.
• After you have filled-out your session and lunch choices for days you will be attending the event, choose a payment option. The registration fee of $50.00 per person, per day includes lunch and refreshments. If paying by check or purchase order, please mail those in as soon as you can.
For more information about registration and PD credit, contact Cynthia Barton,
(800) 432-0951
, ext. 7271 or
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4 out of 5 cats in this house are rescue kitties -- rescued at maybe 4 wks old and handled and fed - but then my cat and another escaped when they was about 10 weeks old for about 3 weeks - came back - looking like skin and bones - scrammed into the house and took a long time for anyone to hold him (which was me and that's why he's mine - he was a big head attached to a scrawny body and when you picked him up - his eyeballs popped out totally traumatized - he had a freaking awful time out in the wild)
But all the rescue kitties had some ... differences. My big guy (I.T. Kitty) is gorgeous and is big and getting bigger - and totally enjoys being brushed (unusual) but make a big sound and my big IT boy is sliding his big butt as best he can under the couch - and to finally peel him out - he's a freaking psychotic mess - it doesn't take me long to settle him down but - man. someone did something to him out there. He and I have bonded and so when he has an event - like two days ago - I can handle him and he's fine after a few minutes - but before that - he's a frozen popsicle somewhere that has lasted sometimes for 2 days.
hehe fuzz ball just decided to jump on my bed to stare at me and purr.
But My main question is with a trait that all of them do - and that's when they are happy and comfortable - they all reach around and (most of the time) gently knaw ya - perhaps just a little bite - perhaps putting the teeth in - but not hard and leaving them there.
Rather a ferile response. Like years ago when I happened to go into a park that was inundated with cats and all these pretty and WAY TOO FREAKING friendly cats were there and wanted to literally crawl over you - until you went to direct them, handle them, put them down - and then they kinda bit - but came back. It was soo sad. They were neglected ---- but totally ferile.
I've only had minimal exposure to this ... anyone know (hope) they grow out of this stuff with a lot of one on one?
Anyone? I'm not pleased with a couple of these cats I'm living with doing this - especially while one has been officially (YAY) adopted by me - but I'm thinking of taking another...