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Earth Day Bling: Cool, Hot, Free
By Richard Kujawski, Managing Editor
In case you didn't know, Earth Day is the most sacred day of the year for environmentalists, who often spend time outside on April 22 cleaning up parks, planting trees, and recycling electronics.
But you might want to spend some time inside with your computer or at a store to claim special Earth Day giveaways. Here's a list of discounts and freebies—while supplies last.
$100 Gift Certificate for Ed Begley's Cleaning Products. (Be sure to read our interview with Ed.) To win Begley's Earth Responsible Products, just click on the announcement below and provide your name and email address anytime before the end of April.
Free Condoms—New, Not Recycled. The Center for Biological Diversity is distributing 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms around the country. The colorful condom packages feature a suite of species—from the dwarf seahorse to the polar bear—threatened by the world's growing human population. The condoms are distributed by volunteers whom the organization is recruiting online. Check out endangeredspeciescondoms.com. I'm not sure where you hang out to get free condoms handed to you, but being a volunteer will guarantee you get your hands on these animals.
Target will hand out 1.5 million reusable bags at its stores on Sunday, April 22. Target says it will also offer guests simple, sustainable solutions and more than $50 in savings on sustainable products during April in its stores and via a limited-time website at www.target.com/earthday. The retailer also will partner with Recyclebank, an organization that promotes sustainable consumer decisions.
Earth Day Charity Auction until April 23. Our Canadian friends at Green Living have dozens of really cool green products for people to bid on, including an eco-vacation. Not exactly free, but bargains on interesting green products can be found, and it's all for charity. I like the YikeBike, the first lightweight folding electric bike! Details are at https://greenlivingmarketplace.ca.
'Green Up Your Yard' photo contest by TurfMutt.com runs until April 25. Send a jpeg or gif photo showing what you are doing to make your landscape more green, more water-wise and a true backyard habitat for you and family. TurfMutt.com is a handy resource for activities, ideas and tips on how to make your yards and green spaces healthy, strong and working hard to keep our air and water cleaner and home cooler. The lucky winner gets a TurfMutt-branded Green Pack with eco-friendly school supplies inside. Contest details are at http://turfmutt.com.
Caribou Coffee is offering free coffee this Sunday. Just bring a reusable mug to put it in. It's the first major U.S. coffeehouse to source all coffees and espresso from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms, a distinction that ensures that farmers, as well as their families and greater communities, receive decent wages, access to education and medical care, and that beans are harvested responsibly to protect the environment. In addition to the free coffee on Earth Day, Caribou is partnering with Project 7 to plant a fruit tree for every pack of Project 7 gum or mints purchased at Caribou Coffee now through April 30, 2012.
More Great Earth Day Freebies and Discounts. There's a wonderful article at DealNews.com listing more Earth Day Giveaways, including:
- Reusable bags from Kellogg's
- Skin Cleanser from Origins
- Free Greenery and Scenery at the National Parks
- Free Sunflower Seeds from Pottery Barn Kids
- Year's Supply of Better Life Greener Cleaners from Whole Foods
- 20% Off Earth-friendly Toys at BN.com
- Free Burritos from Chipotle with Lunch Bag Purchase
Details are at http://dealnews.com/features/8-Great-Earth-Day-Freebies-and-Discounts/566790.html
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Welcome to the Weekly Inspiration Network!
Since many of us do a better job of sticking to our goals if we have a little public accountability, here's a way to get some support for your efforts towards a healthier you.
If this is your first time posting, let us know what is is you're trying to do, where you are now, and what your goal is. You might be trying to lose weight, or exercise more regularly, or home-cook more meals, or even spend more quality time with your family.
Then every week, let us know how you did the week before.
We'll read each others posts & cheer each other on.
Oh, and if Monday comes around and no one has started the new thread for the week yet -- feel free to copy this post, change the numbers and dates in the title, and get things started. Thanks!

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|We must never forget
Cemeteries across Perkins County, the state of Nebraska and the entire United States performed solemn ceremonies to honor the nation's war dead during Memorial Day on Monday, May 27. Raising the flag to half mast at the Elsie Cemetery prior to the program is Post 206 Commander Glen Stanek. Color guard and 21-gun salute members include (l-r): Louis Coppersmith, John Culver, Max Hanson, Ken Potts and Jon Peterson. (Photo by Nora Jameson)


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Police find man's body on Essequibo Public Road
Police on the Essequibo Coast; have discovered a man, whose name was only given as Mohan, also known as Mouse, dead on the Airy Hall Public Road, early Tuesday morning.
The cause of death is still to be determined, despite there being visible marks about his body.
Reports are that the man was involved in an accident sometime between Monday night and early yesterday.
Mohan, who is originally from Airy Hall, moved out of his Lima Housing Scheme house some years ago.
According to one of the dead's man former neighbours, he learnt of the man's demise yesterday morning from some friends, after he went to work on Tuesday morning.
Another of the dead man's neighbours explained that the man, who was said to be of unsound mind, has five children. The woman said Mohan, who was very poor, had acquired a home from Food for the Poor, after the house he was living in had collapsed.
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Bachelor of Health and Physical Education
Course summary for international students
2016 course information
|Award granted
|Bachelor of Health and Physical Education
|Cloud (online)
|4 years full time
|Next available intake
March (Trimester 1)
|Fee paying annual fee - commencing 2016
|CRICOS course code
|IELTS Requirement
IELTS band score of 7 with no band less than 6.5
|Deakin course code
|VTAC Codes
|1400314283 - Waurn Ponds (Geelong), International full-fee paying place
1400514283 - Burwood (Melbourne), International full-fee paying place
|Faculty contacts
|Deakin International
Tel +61 3 9627 4877
Online enquiry
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Cloud (online) studies
- Professional recognition
- Fees and charges
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Entry requirements - general
- Entry requirements - specific
- Credit for prior learning - general
- How to apply
Course overview
Prepare for a career in secondary health and physical education with Deakin's Bachelor of Health and Physical Education. You'll also have the opportunity to teach in one other specialist area - you can choose a third teaching specialisation from a range of other discipline areas including biology, chemistry, dance, drama, mathematics, English, home economics and history.
Working closely with school partners, we have developed the best learning experiences tailored to health and physical education for our pre-service teachers.
Within this course you'll cover areas including biomechanics, motor learning and development, exercise physiology, health and human development, nutrition, education and applied sports science.
You'll study things like basic anatomical and physiological language and terminology, organisation of the human body, basic cell and tissue functioning and get an introduction to various body systems relating to movement (e.g., cardiovascular, respiratory, musculo-skeletal and nervous systems). Through the mediums of dance and gymnastics, you'll also explore the science and art of movement education and performance skills.
In all four years of the course, you'll undertake professional work placement firstly in primary, then secondary school settings. This gives you the chance to apply your learning in a real-life teaching role in a supported manner.
As a graduate you'll pursue a range of rewarding career options at secondary schools across Australia and overseas. You can also choose to move into areas such as sports management, recreation and fitness, community and government agencies, professional coaching positions, as well as in private academies and agencies.
This particular course has also been approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching for the purposes of teacher registration in Victoria. The program is accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as an initial teacher education program against the Australian professional standards for teachers. Once you graduate you'll be eligible to apply for membership with the VIT and become a fully accredited secondary school teacher.
Cloud (online) studies
Deakin offers many courses which can be studied by distance education overseas.
However, international students living in Australia must, in each compulsory trimester (that is, Trimesters 1 and 2), enrol in at least one unit that is offered as a Campus located unit and can, in addition enrol in units offered via Cloud (online). International students are not permitted to do more than 25% of their total course via Cloud (online) learning. Best practice is to enrol in mostly Campus located units in each compulsory trimester.
In a non-compulsory trimester (Trimester 3), international students may study Cloud (online) units only.
Professional recognition
This program is accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as an initial teacher education program against the Australian professional standards for teachers. Graduates of this course who are intending to apply for registration with the VIT may be required to provide further information. You are advised to check the VIT registration requirements carefully.
Fees and charges
Fee paying place - International (IFP)
A fee paying place is one for which the University does not receive any government funding. As such, students enrolled in these places are required to contribute the full cost of their course.
Fees for international students apply to persons living in Australia with Temporary Resident status, provided that there is no limitation on study and persons living abroad who are not Australian citizens and do not have Permanent Resident status in Australia.
Equivalent Full Time Student Load (EFTSL)
EFTSL is the standard annual full time load. Eight credit points is the standard full time load for one year of study.
* The 'indicative annual course fee' cited has been provided as a guide only. It has been calculated on the basis of a typical enrolment of a student undertaking the course in 2015, and reflects the cost involved in undertaking a full-time quota of units within the specified discipline.
The actual fees charged by Deakin University will depend upon the discipline from which each individual unit is chosen, and may vary from the indicative course fee cited, particularly if units are chosen from a number of disciplines. The cost of each unit offered in 2015 can be viewed from the Unit Search.
Please note that the fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and service.
Deakin assumes no responsibility for persons relying on 'indicative course fees' to calculate the total future cost of their course.
Course rules
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Health and Physical Education, students must complete 32 credit points of units comprising:
- 26 core units
- HSE010 Exercise and Sport Laboratory Safety (0 credit point compulsory unit; this safety training must be completed before classes commence)
- 4 credit points of discipline study units in a third teaching method area
- 2 credit points of curriculum study units in the third teaching method area
Students must additionally complete an Emergency First Aid Certificate (Level 2) and AUSTSWIM qualifications prior to graduation.
This course includes 80 days of supervised professional experience.
Course structure
Years 1, 2, 3 & 4
Year 1
|Health and Physical Education Studies
|The Art and Science of Movement
|Foundations of Sport and Exercise Pedagogy and Practice
|Teacher-Learner Identity
|Learning-Teaching Communities
|Exercise and Sport Laboratory Safety (0 credit points)
|Functional Human Anatomy
2 credit points of discipline study units in third teaching method area
Year 2
|Youth Health and Student Wellbeing
|Professional Experience in Health and Physical Education: Curriculum Study A
|Understanding Learning, Learners and Classroom Relationships
|Exercise Physiology
|Motor Learning and Development
2 credit points of discipline study units in third teaching method area
Year 3
|Nutrition, Growth and Development for Health Educators
|Teaching Sexuality Education in the Middle Years
|Senior Physical Education: Curriculum Study
|Health and Physical Education: Curriculum Study B
|Exercise Behaviour
|Applied Sports Science 1
2 credit points of curriculum study units in third teaching method area
Year 4
|Professional Issues in Health and Physical Education
|Inclusivity and Diversity in HPE Movement Contexts
|Health: a Family and Community Focus
|Approaches to Teaching Health and Physical Education
|Curriculum Assessment and Policy in Contemporary Schooling
|Professional Identity and Curriculum Work
|Senior Health and Human Development: Curriculum Study
|Exercise Prescription for Fitness and Health
Discipline Study Units
Teaching method area
Discipline studies units
Curriculum studies units
Science (Senior Secondary) in specialist science area Biology
SLE010 (0 credit point unit)
Plus 3 credit points of units from one of:
Science (Senior Secondary) in specialist science area Chemistry
SLE010 (0 credit point unit)
Plus 3 credit points of units from one of:
Chemistry (Geelong only)
Chemistry and Materials Science (Burwood only)
(Burwood only)
(Burwood only)
Home Economics
Discipline studies units
|Food and Nutrition Laboratory Safety
|Food: the Environment and Consumers
|Food Fundamentals
|Human Development and Healthy Families
|Nutrition and Food Promotion
Curriculum studies units
EEH406 (Commencing 2018)
EEH407 (Commencing 2018)
Course Map
Entry requirements - general
General admission requirements for entry into undergraduate courses can be found at International Students - Apply site (Step 3).
Some courses may have additional entry requirements.
Students must also meet the undergraduate English language requirements.
Entry requirements - specific
Applicants are required to have successfully completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or equivalent. Prerequisites: Units 1 and 2 – two units (any study combination) of general mathematics or mathematical methods or units 3 and 4: any Mathematics. Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 35 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English other than ESL.
Provision is made for the intake of mature-age or special-entry applicants. Prerequisite studies and/or special requirements apply for entry into the second teaching method of choice offered by the Faculties of Arts and Education; Medicine, Nursing, Health and Behavioural Sciences; or Science, Engineering and Built Environment. Refer to the relevant Course Structures and the VTAC Guide.
All applicants except CY12 must lodge a Bachelor of Physical Education and Health (Secondary) Personal particulars form online at www.deakin.edu.au/education/forms.php by 30 September.
Late applicants or change of preference by 10 December. To be considered for Early Round NONY12 applicants must apply by 30 September. All applicants must meet any prerequisites or extra requirements specified for their choice of discipline studies for their second teaching method.
Test: Applicants who do not meet the mathematics and English VCE prerequisites, or have not completed Year 12 or have not undertaken study within the last 5 years must complete the STAT Multiple Choice.
IELTS / English language requirements
An applicant for registration as a teacher must meet the standards of competence in both written and oral communication in the English language.
If you completed all four years of the higher education study required for registration in English at an institution in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, The United States of America, Canada or the Republic of Ireland, you will meet the requirements for English language competence.
For International students: If you did not complete all four years of the higher education study you are presenting for consideration for registration as outlined above, you will be required to undertake one of the approved English language tests.
Credit for prior learning - general
If you have completed previous studies which you believe may reduce the number of units you have to complete at Deakin, indicate in the appropriate section on your application that you wish to be considered for credit transfer. You will need to provide a certified copy of your previous course details so your credit can be determined. If you are eligible, your offer letter will then contain information about your credit transfer.
Your credit transfer is formally approved prior to your enrolment at Deakin during the Enrolment and Orientation Program. You must bring original documents relating to your previous study so that this approval can occur.
You can also refer to the Credit for Prior Learning System which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree.
How to apply
- Applicant Portal: Use our online application system to submit and track your application now OR
- Apply through a Deakin International office: Fill out an application form and submit it to a Deakin International office OR
- Apply through a Deakin representative: Take your application form to your preferred agent for assistance.
Tracking your application
If you have already applied and wish to enquire about your application please refer to the relevant area through which you originally applied.
- If you applied through a Deakin representative please contact your representative.
- If you applied through a Deakin International office please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Professional Experience Placement
Students are required to apply for a Working with Children Check. Apply online as a volunteer at https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/wwccu/onlineapplication.doj
For further information contact the School of Education, Professional Experience office.


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|Financing Social Enterprise
Duration :
|30h Th
Number of credits :
Lecturer :
|Sybille Mertens de Wilmars
Language(s) of instruction :
|English language
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
|Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
|The financing of social entreprises, conditions the development of their activities and the achievement of their goals. Generally, social enterprises face the same financing needs that conventional firms. They, however, have to face specific difficulties in access to resources (need for partial non-market resources, difficulty of raising capital, incompatibility of certain modes of financing their purpose). Conversely, they have privileged access to certain sources of funding (public funding, philanthropy, socially responsible investing). By linking the funding arrangements for capital gains generated by individual or collective social enterprise, this course offers students the opportunity to become familiar with major sources of financing of social enterprises while developing their capacity to utilize it.
Learning outcomes of the course :
|- To understand the economic rationality of different methods of financing social enterprises,
- To acquire a thorough knowledge of operational modes of financing (public financing, pricing, fund-raising),
- To develop the ability to design and implement the financing mix in the context of developing a business plan for social enterprise.
This course contributes to the following Intended Learning Outcomes :
ILO-1 : To strengthen knowledge and understanding of management disciplines and its legal, policy and social context
ILO-2 : Gaining the knowledge and understanding of one of the proposed fields of concentration or to gain deep knowledge in the field of the management being already specialized thru a first University Master Degree .
ILO-3 : To understand, in management situations, the transversal tools of quantitative reasoning, information systems and project management
ILO-5 : Integrate autonomously researched information, tools, knowledge and context to build and propose, either individually or as part of a team, original, creative and viable solutions to concrete complex management problems, whether real or simulated, taking into account, when necessary, the human, social and legal context.
ILO-10 : Developing a transversal, global vision
ILO-13 : Professional capacity for written communication
ILO-14 : Faced with a management problem, suggesting solutions that are ethical and socially responsible and that respect the principles of good governance.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
|- An introductory course of social economy and, if possible, a course on public economics and an introductory course in entrepreneurship.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
|The course is structured in three parts. In the first part, theoretical presentations discover the theoretical framework of the financing mix. In the second part, students are invited to explore the various sources of funding for social enterprises through workshops that bring together on thematic issues: teacher, manager of social enterprise and an expert. Finally, a third party invites the student to apply knowledge through developing a business plan for social enterprise.
Recommended or required readings :
|The course is based on two reference works:
- Young, D. (2007), Financing nonprofits, Putting Theory Into Practice, Altamira Press, Lanham.
- Mertens, S. (2010), La gestion des entreprises sociales, EdiPro, Liège.
Ppt presentations of the various sessions will be posted on the interface Lol @.
Assessment methods and criteria :
|The evaluation will combine two elements:
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
|Sybille Mertens Cera Chair- Center for Social Economy HEC-Management School - University of Liège - B33/box 4 - 4000 Liège Tel : + 32(0) 4 366 27 51 - firstname.lastname@example.com


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Whether it is recording public service announcements or auctioning off designer clothing, many celebrities are donating their time, talent, and resources to the non-profit community. We've posted about celebrities helping charities before on this blog. When a celebrity becomes involved with an organization's work they help spread the charity's message while bringing in additional funds. Elton John, Jimmy Carter, Paul Newman, and Paula Abdul are just a few of the dozens of celebrities helping charitable causes across the country. To learn more, watch the short video below or see our list of celebrity-related charities by visiting our celebrity hot topic page.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Celebrities Help the Philanthropic Sector
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I've done this a few times already, but for some reason this time it's not working.
I have a folder called ruby (root:root - 0777) on /home/placona
I'm trying to see this folder from my WindowsXP box, but keep getting permission denied. I can see the global share though, but whenever I try clicking on the ruby share, it won't let me in.
Here's my smb.conf settings:
log file = /var/log/samba/samba.%m
guest account = nobody
netbios name = DEVBOX
server string = DEVBOX CENTOS
workgroup = WORKGROUP
encrypt passwords = yes
security = share
max log size = 50
path = /home/placona/ruby
I want to be able to open this folder without using password (hence the guest account = nobody).
I tried even with password, but never seems to work.
Can anyone spot anything wrong with my settings?


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After a yearlong, multi-million-dollar renovation, the red velvet ropes will once again hold back the lines outside famed New York City nightclub Marquee.
The West Chelsea hotspot is scheduled to open to the public Friday with a performance by techno DJ Dubfire.
The revamped space will be better-equipped for A-list DJs and musical acts, with fewer tables and a bigger dance floor. And designer Josh Held gave it an industrial-style makeover, covering the walls in recycled leather belts and using welded rebar for the handrails.
Marquee officially opens this weekend, but guests at the wrap party for Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" got a sneak peek when they partied there Saturday.
Check out some pictures of the party — and the new space — below:
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Re: what the hell is KB7218151.LOG?
- From: "Stefan Kanthak" <email@example.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 14:08:38 +0100
"Feng Li" <fengli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi guys,
I found that every process running in my winxp system contains a
strange module with the name "KB7218151.LOG". the file is located
under "c:\windows" folder,
Why do you work with administrative privileges all the time?
Create an unprivileged account for your everyday work and malware running
under your account won't infect the machine.
instead of being a plain text file as the
name suggested, it's actually an executable module (start with the "MZ"
header). after some further investigation, i found that it's is loaded
by the following registry entry.
Same as above: only Administrators have write access to HKLM!
that's why every process in the system is injected with this dll
I dont think it's a patch released by MS as MS wouldnt use these kind
of misleading filename to hide their actual intention. i have searched
through the internet but cannot find anything about this
is there any guru here know what it is? i will mail the "KB7218151.LOG"
file to you if you need to examine it.
Your machine is infected by a trojan which most probably has loaded
other malware.
You can't trust your system any more, any "tools" run from this system
might give tampered results.
Go ahead and reinstall your system from scratch, with current service
pack and all security hotfixes, BEFORE going online. Then setup an
unprivileged account for your daily work. Consider using software
restriction policies to enable execution only from %SystemRoot%\ and
below and %ProgramFiles%\ and below, or at least disable execution from
%UserProfile%\ and below, %HomeDrive%%HomePath%\ and below, %TEMP%\ and
below, ?:\RECYCLE?\ and below.
| "Cleaning a Compromised System ...
| 2) You can't clean a compromised system by removing the back doors. You
| can never guarantee that you found all the back doors the attacker put
| in.
| 4) You can't clean a compromised system by using a virus scanner....
| The only way to clean a compromised system is to flatten and rebuild.
| That's right.
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So…over the past few days, I've told a lot of people about this, a lot of times, but for some reason, this seems to be the most difficult of the bunch…
This past Monday, I resigned my position as System Administrator at my company. My wife and I are moving back to Columbus, OH so that she can work from her home office, and we can be nearer to our friends and family.
As for me? Honestly, right now, I'm not sure. I've been a full time, 24×7 365 sysadmin for 6 years without too much of a break. That's a long time. I don't think I want to jump into anything too quickly.
Because I still care about my company a great deal, I don't want anything to fall apart after I leave. I also want the company to continue to enjoy (at least) the level of service that I gave to them. For that reason, I'm staying on for a couple of months to help find my replacement.
This makes 'right now' a very interesting time for me. It's been a long time since I've been so unsure about what life was going to be like. Since I let my company know, I've told some friends, and to my surprise, the single most frequent question people have asked has been whether I'm going to continue to write this blog.
I am a system administrator – I think like one, I act like one, and I have done nothing else for a long, long time. I'm not going to stop being interested in the same topics as you, and I'm not disappearing from the internet. I still feel like I have things to share, and I'm damned sure that I'm not out of opinions, so yes, I'm going to continue to blog here.
Actually, I've been thinking about spending a lot more time writing, once I unwind a bit. I enjoy it, I'll have the time, and people seem to enjoy reading what I write, so maybe I'll finally get to that whole book thing.
Until that time, though, I've got a couple of projects I need to finish at work. I want to leave the infrastructure in a better state than it is, so I'm going to be busy pushing through those changes.
As I mentioned, I'm also going to be looking for a replacement 'me' to wrangle this herd, so I'll be posting a job description in the coming days.
I understand that you may have questions or concerns, so if that's the case, drop me a comment or an email and I'll try to alleviate them. Thanks!


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Lets be honest , the guys got nothing to loose has he ?
I'd love to know what Ducati has up its sleeve in an effort to properly move the Moto Gp project forward , it bloody embarrassing even the panigale is struggling in WSB and BSB.
If things don't change they will stop as they are !


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Gang information event targeted at residents of 32609 ZIP code
Published: Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 2:04 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 2:04 p.m.
Parents in the 32609 ZIP code in northeast Gainesville are being encouraged to attend the inaugural Kids Parent Appreciation Day, an event that organizers say will shower parents with food, gifts and love, while also educating them about gang activity in their neighborhoods.
What: A day for parents in the 32609 ZIP code to be showered with gifts and love and educated about gangs.
When: Noon-3 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Rawlings Elementary School, 3500 NE 15th St.
Information: Call 352-264-0006.
The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Rawlings Elementary School at 3500 NE 15th St. It is free and open to the community. Gift cards to Winn Dixie, Home Depot and other businesses will be given away.
The purpose of the event is to teach parents and others how to recognize gangs, the proper way to report suspected gang activity and to establish a unified coalition of parents, community leaders and others dedicated to eradicating gang activity in Gainesville.
Pastor Karl "The Rev." Anderson, senior co-pastor of Upper Room Church of God in Christ located just north of the Village and Forest Green Apartments, said his organization, People Against Violence Enterprises Inc., will be partnering with the Alachua County branch of the NAACP, the Gainesville Police Department, Heartbeat of the Arts, Heart of Hope, MAGIC 101.3 FM, Metcalfe and Rawlings elementary schools, Upper Room, Village and Forest Green and other stakeholders in the Northeast 15th Street corridor.
Anderson said GPD officials will talk about gang activity and that Karen Cole-Smith, executive director of the Santa Fe College Community Outreach and East Gainesville Instruction, will make a presentation on parenting. In addition, there will be other agencies and organizations on hand to inform parents about the resources they provide.
Sgt. Jaime Kurnick of the GPD crime prevention unit said the GPD presentation will educate parents on how to identify gangs and that there will be an information table at the event.
"Basically, we are just going to try to educate people about what gangs are, what gangs we're seeing in the area and to try and just increase the knowledge parents have about gangs in the area," Kurnick said.
Anderson said the idea for the event was born when GPD Chief Tony Jones made a presentation at one of his monthly meetings with the Christian Pastors Association and the Alachua County Christian Ministerial Alliance.
"We go in and pray with the chief once a month, and during those sessions, he gives us a prayer request," Anderson said, adding that several months ago, "he surprised us with a lengthy presentation on the increase of gang activity in this area."
Anderson said he and the other pastors were surprised to find out that hybrid, or neighborhood gangs, are now giving way to national gangs such as the Bloods, whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate in the 32609 ZIP code.
Anderson said young men who used to belong to hybrid gangs are going to prison and joining national gangs and returning to Gainesville once they are released to transform their once-hybrid gangs into national gangs.
Florida Statute 874.03 identifies criminal gangs as three or more persons in a formal or informal ongoing organization, association or group that is involved in criminal and delinquent activity and are identified by a common name, signs, colors or symbols.
Speaking at the October 2013 monthly meeting of the Black on Black Crime Task Force, officer Jesus Rivera, head of the GPD gang intervention unit, said there are nearly 700 gang members in Alachua County. He also said there were 231 gang-related crimes committed in 2012 in Alachua County.
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text: The Horton Farm Family Pumpkin Patch has been growing pumpkins for four years at the century-old family farm. Doug Horton, with the help of his wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Majken, planted the pumpkin seeds in July then tended and watered them all summer. Doug's parents, Mary Ann and Ed Horton, also help with the watering and maintenance of the farm. "For the first two years we sold our pumpkins from our tractor and trailer by the entrance of the farm," said Doug Horton, manager of the pumpkin patch, "but now the farm is open to the public. We invite families and individuals to come out to the pumpkin patch, pick and cut your pumpkin right from the vine, or you can choose from a selection of pumpkins from our harvest tent." The Horton Farm has picnic tables, hay rides, a collection of Banty chickens for viewing and feeding. The Harvest Tent, filled with hay bales and pumpkins, is perfect for fall photos. For those looking for cooking pumpkins, Jennifer Horton recommends the Cinderella's, an heirloom French variety. "Just the other day I walked out to the pumpkin patch, snapped a Cinderella pumpkin from the vine, and brought it into my kitchen. I quartered the pumpkin, baked it until soft, and then scooped all the pulp off the shell. I then pureed the pumpkin and used it to bake pumpkin bread and make pumpkin soup," she said. The seeds can also be salted and baked until crispy, the perfect fall snack, Jennifer Horton said. Doug or Jennifer will be happy to give you a hay ride in the original farm trailer towed by the 1950 Ford 8-N tractor. And Majken Horton is always eager to tell visitors all about her 30 chickens, including their names, varieties, and personal histories. When asked what's the best part about The Horton Farm Family Pumpkin Patch, Doug replied, "We're local! We are your friendly neighborhood pumpkin patch." Horton pumpkins range in size, shape and color. Carving pumpkins range in price from $20 to $2. Decorative mini and cooking pumpkins are also available. Horton Farm is open weekends from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is also open mid-week by appointment for preschools, moms groups, birthday parties and individuals. The pumpkin patch number is 916-239-9432. Plenty of parking is available on the farm grounds.


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Ho scaricato ed installato la NE ( Versione 7.1.3_GA_3346.NETWORK 28-set-11 ) con licenza gratuita fino a 10 Mailbox.
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Il primo molto serio e' che non riesco...
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I have only the web interface and I am looking for an integrated solution to move the old messages to another recipient, like an "archive" folder ( read only if is...
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I would like to know if it 'possible to activate a function in the individual account to automatically archive emails...
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HOUSTON, TX, April 11, 2012 /Stanford Who's Who/ — Stanford Who's Who proudly announces the addition of Syed M. Hussain to the prestigious ranks of premier professionals as a result of his remarkable work in the hospitality industry. Throughout his brilliant professional career, Mr. Hussain has consistently displayed the passion, vision, and dedication necessary to be successful in the business world.
Syed currently serves as an Asset Manager with the Potomac Hotel Group and a Hotel General Manager with CapStar Hotels. With over 25 years of experience in the field, Mr. Hussain possesses extensive expertise in hotel and asset management as well as providing consulting services in all aspects of the business. During his collegiate career, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree and a certification in Hotel Management.
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Nobu Fancies Endangered Sushi; Brooklyn Man Fined for Drinking on Stoop
Ronald Perelman gets on the restaurateur bandwagon, and frozen yogurt chains compete for profits, in our daily news roundup.
• Nobu's London restaurants serve critically endangered northern bluefin tuna sushi, which Greenpeace says "is as bad as digging into a tiger steak or gorilla burger." [Mongabay.com]
• Ronald Perelman, restaurateur? The billionaire is rumored to have a share in Graydon Carter's Monkey Bar remake and is in talks with Bon Jovi to revive East Hampton's shuttered Tex-Mex restaurant, the Blue Parrot. [NYP]
Related: Graydon Carter Buys Monkey Bar
• A Prospect Heights resident was given a $25 ticket for drinking a Sierra Nevada on his own stoop and is contesting the summons in court. [NYT]
• The rivalry between Pinkberry and Red Mango is actually good for both chains' business. [NYT]


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Gulf Coast Oil Spill Hits 100th Day & World's Largest Wind Project Breaks Ground
Gulf Coast Oil Disaster reaches its 100th day, IBM strengthening its energy management solutions and the world's largest wind energy project gets underway.
As yesterday marked the 100th day of the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster, the Obama administration released new strategies for not only re-building the Gulf Coast but also protecting it from future oil spills and hurricanes. The plans outline negotiating with BP for a $5 billion down payment on expected payments for natural resource damages, complete construction on Louisiana Coastal projects within 5 years, and add an additional $500 million to the budgeted recovery.
IBM and Tridium, Inc. have announced that they will integrate their respective software and hardware applications to build solutions that maximize the efficiency of new and existing buildings. Tridium's software allows building managers to control all of the mechanical equipment in a facility. IBM plans to integrate their Energy Management and asset Management enterprise software with Tridium's to provide customers a real-time solution that will meter, monitor, and control a facility.
The world's largest wind energy project broke ground this week in the Mojave Desert in Los Angeles. Dubbed, The Alta Wind Energy Center the project will produce 1,550 MW of electricity from almost 600 wind turbines. Initial estimates put the projects price tag at $1.6 Billion. Southern California Edison, which has agreed to purchase power generated from this project recently finished the first phase of a transmission system that will deliver the electricity from the Mojave Desert to Los Angeles.
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FBC Springfield Annual Fall Festival at First Baptist Church Springfield, VA
Sunday, 28 October, 2012|
Join us for First Baptist Church Springfield Annual Fall Festival!
A time of games and activities, candy, and fellowship!!
Sunday Oct 28 5-7 pm
7300 Gary St Springfield, VA
Families welcome to dress in non-scary costumes! Admission per person is a food item donation for the FBCS Food pantry (cereal, peanut butter, etc)
Bring a friend!
Questions? www.fbcspringfield.org 703-451-1500
First Baptist Church Springfield, VA
7300 Gary St
Springfield, VA 22150
Springfield, VA 22150
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ZF-12473: When we refer a form element by its name in the view using getElement() method it throws an error due to incorrect letter case.
If this is a form element,
$checkInDate = $this->createElement("text", "check-in-date"); $checkInDate->setAttrib("id", "check-in-date") ->setAttrib("class", "date-icon") ->setLabel("Arrival Date") ->setRequired(true) ->addValidator("NotEmpty", true, 'This field is required') ->addFilter('HtmlEntities') ->addFilter('StringTrim');
Referring this element by its name like below throws an error,
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But below works fine.
When we create an element Zend_Form stores them in an array, but it seems that the array indexes in which these elements are stored are lower cased and the getElement() method will only work if an argument is passed in lower case (It won't work with uppercase and camel notation).
Please ignore this. I figured out what the problem was and this is not a bug.
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Chargers stadium search week in review: Lawsuits
A week after his U.S. tour of sports venues, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders kept a low profile on Chargers stadium issues last week while supporters of a downtown Los Angeles stadium once again treated the spotlight like it was a cowbell and they were Christopher Walken.
Good thing for this blog post the San Diego media didn't take a cue from Sanders' silence. It was an active week for local commentary.
This San Diego CityBeat editorial kicked things off with an editorial decrying Sanders for "shilling for the Spanos family and wasting his time in flyover country—presumably because he at least has to look like he's doing everything he can to keep the team in San Diego." Its kicker? "The Spanoses should take the poor guy off the hook and buy themselves a new building."
Or should they? Voiceofsandiego.org asked the San Diego mayoral candidates their thoughts on public subsidies for Dean Spanos and his clan, which is trying to build a new Chargers stadium in downtown San Diego. Here are what the candidates said, or didn't say as the case might be.
Union-Tribune readers also weighed in on stadium financing. The letters included here were basically all variations on a theme, this one:
"I will do my bit to save the city the absurd expense of a stadium ballot initiative by voting 'hell no' right now." -- Deborah M. Schneider of Pacific Beach
The San Diego Reader had an interesting item here. It found that in 2009 Chargers Charities gave more money to UCLA than to any other San Diego college. Hmmmm....
If you missed it, here is the podcast I did last week with Craig, Dan and Baby James at 619sports.net in which I dropped Chargers stadium knowledge and Jimmy "Super Fly" Snuka's name.
A pair of U-T columnists also added their two cents on the stadium issue.
Logan Jenkins wrote here that any new stadium proposal should be treated as a regional asset, not just a city one, ergo more than San Diego city taxpayers should pay for it. He wrote:
If it's built with city of San Diego funds in conjunction with an expanded convention center, a stadium benefits — or, just as likely, beggars — the big city. But it would be morally wrong for the county to remain on the sidelines at this historic junction. It would also be morally wrong for city voters to reject a deal, and possibly send the Chargers to L.A., because the rest of the county was not asked to pay a fair share of the NFL luxury tax.
Nick Canepa also followed the money in his column here. He wrote that AEG's initial demand for any team wishing to call downtown Los Angeles home is that it fork over 49 percent team ownership at half-price. Canepa added:
One would presume that's negotiable, because no NFL owner in his right mind — and I've always found Chargers boss Dean Spanos to be of sound business mind and body — is going to buy that. Not when you understand the new CBA assures labor peace for 10 years and revenues and the value of franchises are expected to rise dramatically.
Footballphds.com picked up on these negotiations here, speculating that AEG and the Chargers are $90 million apart. The pertinent part of the post follows:
AEG has a valuation of $900 million on the Chargers in San Diego but they have a valuation of $1.2 billion on the Chargers in Los Angeles. This increased valuation has been one of AEG's main selling points to the Chargers—with nothing more than a move, the Chargers can increase their value by 33%. But this valuation in Los Angeles has also been a source of discord in the negotiations. AEG is seeking a 30% equity stake in the Chargers. AEG would like to base its equity stake on a valuation of $900 million. Meanwhile, the Chargers would like to base the valuation on $1.2 billion. Accordingly, the two sides are currently $90 million apart in their negotiations.


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Animal Control Division
The Animal Control Officer is responsible for enforcing state laws and town ordinances pertaining to animals. The division handles roaming, barking and nuisance complaints. They also investigate all animal bites and all animal cruelty cases. The Animal Control Officer also ensures that all dog owners have their dogs currently licensed and vaccinated for rabies.
The dog pound is home for all roaming and stray dogs impounded by the Animal Control Division and the Police Department. Plainville's Animal Control Division has an outstanding record of reuniting dogs with their owners as well as placing stray dogs in new homes. The division utilizes petfinder.com as well as local newspapers to help in the effort in finding as many animals new homes as is possible.
The Animal Control Officer also handles wildlife in those cases in which the animal is a danger to public safety. The office responds to calls regarding sick and/or rabid animals and determines if the animal is truly a danger or is merely hungry and is trolling for food during the day. The officer also has the ability to contact a Conservation Officer who will assist in the handling of the sick animal.
Animal Control Officers are not equipped to handle nuisance wildlife complaints involving squirrels, skunks, etc. In cases where residents have issues with these types of animals they are encouraged to contact the DEP Wildlife Division and they will provide a list of Nuisance Wildlife Operators who maintain special permits to handles these types of situations.
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Holy cow, shit's gettin' real!
Got a free Davinci mattress with it too.
Momma to Evelyn (born sleeping July 2010 at 39wks), Caleb (our rainbow born October 2011), and a Baby Girl (cautiously expected May 2013).
Oh that's a lovely crib! Hooray!
My nursery furniture (crib, dresser doubling as changing table) arrived this week and I was too impatient to wait for friends to be available to help, so I put everything together myself after work a couple nights. Now I'm lying here staring at it, marveling that in just weeks (WEEKS!!!) a little human coming out of my body is going to be hanging out in the crib... Ladies, this is so exciting!!
Single mama to Nolan Felix 05.26.2013 & a cat named Hank
Looks nice! we're waiting til we are about to move to buy the crib and other big stuff and have it shipped to our new house. :/
Me (20) & Antonio (29)
First time mommy with a little boy! <3
BF CD BW Co-Sleeping Mommy
T & K since 2008
1 DS born May 2013 <3
2nd baby due in July 2016! It's a girl!
The coupon was from the trade-in event, and the mattress thing was automatic. It's an online only item, so I actually had to go to the store and have THEM order it for me online because of the trade-in coupon thing.
Also: fair warning: some stores will not honor the trade-in discount for online only items. The store I usually go to will not, so I called another one and they said they would. Apparently it's at the manager's discretion.
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The Cat Who Came to Breakfast by Lilian Jackson Braun
Reader Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: There's More Than Fudge Fumes on Breakfast Island!, April 30, 2002 Reviewer: gft from Biloxi, MS USA Hardcore mystery fans may find it a bit of a stretch, but if your taste runs to expertly written and very light fiction, you can't do better than Lillian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who..." series. Her detective, reporter James Qwilleran, investigates crimes with the aid of his Siamese cats--and the solutions to the crime inevitably rest more upon intution than actual deduction. While the premise sounds farfetched, Braun's work is actually less fanciful than you might expect, and she presents her eccentric characters and stories with great charm. Braun's writings frequently address ecological issues, and THE CAT WHO CAME TO BREAKFAST takes on over-development--in this case the rape of Breakfast Island, now renamed Pear Island and outfitted with a large scale resort, tacky tourist attractions, and at least two fudge shops. Qwill disapproves... but even fudge fumes can't mask the scent of a good story, and he sets off with his cats to investigate a series of unfortunate island accidents... and stumbles into murder. THE CAT WHO CAME TO BREAKFAST is a particularly memorable title in the series, for it provides Braun ample excuse to write with the faintly satirical edge that she handles so well. Recommended to old fans and newcomers alike.


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Bangalore, Nov 1 (TruthDive): Los Angeles heavy metal band Metallica gave its first ever live performance in India, putting the fiasco over Friday's cancelled Gurgaon concert behind. Metallica fever in Bangalore finally came to an end as they performed in the Garden City on October 30.
The performance, which was to be the second for Metallica in India, turned out to be its maiden show following the abrupt cancellation of its concert at the Leisure Valley in Gurgaon on Friday over "security issues".
The opening act began at 6pm. Delhi-Based metal band 'Guillotine' opened the concert after being chosen to open for Metallica's F1 gig in India. They were followed by the Bangalore band Inner Sanctum, followed by the Scottish band Biffy Clyro. These bands completed their performance at about 7.45pm, after which there was a lull of about 45 minutes when Metallica was expected to take the stage.
Heavy rains caused the delay, but the die-hard metal fans who DNA spoke to had just this to say: "We waited for years for Metallica to come to India, so what with just 45 minutes delay, knowing that they would play at the end of it?"
Metallica, which finally opened its account at about 8.30 pm. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo, came onstage. Metallica came, they played and they blew our minds out. The crowd erupted in joy when Metallica took the stage to play some of their hits much to the delight of their fans.
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Aesthetically perhaps the kind of men you might cross the street to avoid, Atlanta foursome Mastodon aren't the aggressive, confrontational individuals that one might have thought them to be upon the release of their debut album 'Remission'.
While their 2002 breakthrough was brashly direct in its brutality, over the years the band's sound has expanded, introducing prog-rock elements to an already intoxicating brew. Now, with fourth album 'Crack The Skye', they find themselves in a unique position: more popular than ever, but currently playing the sort of music that, at times, is more reminiscent of your dad's Yes records than any modern metal.
It seems the wrong way around: typically a band refines its sound to embrace a wider audience, not layer it so that so many constituent pieces are at work, simultaneously, that the effect can be absolutely dizzying. Yet this is what 'Crack The Skye' is all about: adventurous musicianship honed over years of hard practise. That, and astral travel, obviously – see, conceptually all of Mastodon's records are rich in depth, ripe for investigation by those seeking more than just a stiff neck in the morning after so much head-banging.
But even if you just appreciate the quartet at the most basic level – i.e. you rock out to their wares, perhaps while they're supporting Metallica (which they are right now – check MySpace for listings) – you'll still have a whale of a time. Appropriately so, given the subject matter for second LP 'Leviathan': Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
Clash sits down with vocalist and guitarist Brent Hinds (he of tattooed face and infectious smile) and fellow guitarist Bill Kelliher (awesome moustache and steady banter; the band is completed by bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders and drummer Brann Dailor) for a chat about Mastodon's latest album – reviewed HERE – and, basically, just to shoot the shit for a while. See, this writer is quite the fan…
I've been listening back to 'Remission' a fair bit over the last few days – does it feel like the blink of an eye ago that you were making that record?
Bill: Well, that was the beginning of our career, but it really doesn't feel that long ago.
Brent: We've actually been talking about going out and playing the entire 'Remission' album. We were discussing it when we were in the car for three hours, because your Tube was shut down. (Nb. This interview was conducted during the recent London Underground strike.)
Yeah, sorry – it's not the best time for promo. But listening back to 'Remission'…
Bill: … It's a lot more brutal.
It is. And it's funny how, as you've diversified, your popularity has grown. I'd have thought the typical major label deal would see these tangents reined in. I mean, the scope of textures and layers on 'Crack The Skye' is huge…
Bill: Well, we had a lot more time in the studio this time, and we're pretty experienced when it comes to that now. We had nearly a full year to demo the material, and really think about what we wanted to do with it, rather than it being: boom, bam, you've two months off to go and write and record a record. Do it, and then go on tour again – that's how it was for eight or nine years. But now it's a totally different beast. And working with Brendan (O'Brien – the band used the Rage Against The Machine, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Incubus producer on 'Crack The Skye' after three albums alongside Matt Bayles) was like a whole new world. We worked at home in Atlanta, which meant we could sleep in our own beds at night, and he was right on the same page as us from the start. He knew exactly what we were going for – that sort of old, prog-rock analogue sound – and he knew all the references we'd drop in: "Oh, you want this old Mellotron sound from this Yes record?"
Brent: We were like, "Wait, you have a Mellotron!?".
Bill: We had so much at our disposal – he had, like, literally hundreds of guitars. We were just really ready to record this record, whereas in the past we always felt we needed more time.
Well I guess there were greater time constraints before.
Bill: Definitely. But, y'know, we did need to do all of this touring to get to this stage. You live and learn, and now we know we need that time to rest and relax, to go our separate ways for a bit when we're off tour, to get the most out of recording.
Brent: But we also need the time on the road, around other people, picking up inspiration and learning from how others play. We're always looking at how other guitarists are playing, and seeing how we can take those passages and apply them to the structure of our own sound.
Are you quite magpie-like, then? "Oooh, shiny, I want it…"
Brent: I'm a leech. If you're doing something in front of me, I've already ripped it off. And if I don't get what you're doing, then I'll just make up something around what I saw you doing – it'll sound completely different, but you'll have inspired me to move my fingers in a way I never have before.
Is the physicality of your performances just as important as the music you're actually playing? By which I mean that need to push your fingers into shapes they're uncomfortable in…
Brent: Well, it doesn't matter how physically hard it is – it's more about how physically cool it is. And, if it feels awkward, that's what you want – you want to feel comfortable with that awkwardness.
Bill: To constantly play the same style over and over, without learning from anyone, that's just boring. It's great to make an awkward note, to make yourself work that it harder.
Brent: It's never that difficult, honestly. I've never learned other peoples' music, because I just didn't have the patience, but now I'm going to try to learn, on guitar, one of Stevie Wonder's keyboard solos from 1974. It's one with a talk-box. I heard it, and I thought: "I need to be able to play that on guitar". So, as soon as I get home, I'm on that.
Do you never, like, stop when you're off tour? Y'know, give music a rest for a week or two?
Brent: (Laughs) No! When I get 'free' time, I use it playing in my other bands.
But it's not like you've any time off for a while anyway – you're on tour 'til September, is that right?
Bill: Yep, I think we get September off, and then we're through 'til Christmas.
Brent: We're doing a tour with Dethklok and High On Fire all through the US.
Dethklok is the cartoon metal band, right? …Trail of Dead had a horrible time touring with them.
Brent: Really? Why? We played a show with them and it was amazing, in Montreal.
I think it was more the places they played – university campuses and stuff. The guys that actually play are all super-slick session musicians, basically, right?
Bill: Frank Zappa's guitar player is in the band.
Brent: I am dying to go on tour with them – I'll learn so much.
Bill: We've been on the road for like eight or nine years – I don't think we've ever really turned down a tour – so to be at this stage now, and have these opportunities, seems quite natural. We've toured with Iron Maiden, and we've played with Slayer a bunch of times, and now we're out with Metallica – it doesn't get much bigger than that in our world. 'Tallica is kind of like the top of the line.
What does the 12 year old in each of you make of touring with Metallica? I bet you were pretty nervous the first time you met them…
Brent: Aww, man, they're super-cool guys, and so mellow.
Bill: There were moments, though. Metallica hit me at the right moment, when I was in a transient state from punk to metal, because I didn't really like metal. But to me Metallica were never really metal – they were like classical music played on guitars, like Mozart with fuckin' guitars. They made me change my whole outlook on playing guitar, and when I saw James Hetfield I was like: "I wanna be like that dude". When I saw the back cover of 'Master Of Puppets', with them stood in front of an audience of, like, thousands of people, that was when realised: "That is what I wanna do".
Brent: "I wanna stand there!"
Bill: I wanted to grow long hair and rock heavy, awesome music.
And now you're playing with them!
Bill: And now we're playing with them… When I first met James, I admit I was a bit like that kid – but I had to try to act cool. Like: "Hey, man, thanks for making me learn to play guitar".
I'm sure after a few minutes in their company it was clear that they're just ordinary guys. Well, pretty much.
Brent: Of course, and they're super nice. Taking to them is just like talking to you – they're super-awesome people, who like to do the same things that we do.
Bill: We now get kids coming up to us, and their hands are all shaking, but we're like: "Dude, we're just normal people, like you". It can be weird, and it can feel uncomfortable sometimes – they're in my shoes when I was their age. I try to be cool, like: "Yo, what's up man? Have a drink, relax!"
Brent: You've got to let them know you're real, and not be a fuckin' asshole.
But there must be nights where you don't want to hang and say hi to the kids, where you just want to head back to the bus for whatever reason…
Brent: Of course.
Bill: That's why we do things like go into HMVs and sign stuff, and meet all these kids at one time. That way it's real quick, but kids take it the wrong way if we don't want to sign anything, or speak to them for a long time; they're like: "What a dick, man". But they don't understand that we do this every day, and when someone's up on a pedestal…
Brent: When I met Chris Cornell, he was a douche bag, so ever since then I don't like Chris Cornell…
So you don't listen to Soundgarden anymore?
Brent: Oh, no, I love Soundgarden. I could listen to them all day long. I'd listen to them right now if I could put them on – I love them, they're one of my favourite bands of all time. I just wanted to say hello to Chris, because he was such an idol of mine, but he was just, like: "No". I met Jimmy Page too, and I was like: "Can I please just shake your hand?" And he just said no. I'm like: "Y'know what? Fuck you, dude. I just lost so much respect for you, you don't even know…"
It's not like he was across a room, and you were shouting at him?
Brent: No, he was right there, like as close as you are. I just said: "Hey man, can I please have some of that magic? I just wanna shake your hand". But he was just (dismissive): "No".
Bill: That's why you've got to be cool with these kids, because you can crush their entire image of you. They put you on this huge pedestal, and you've got to stress that it's not because you're too good for them, but you simply don't have the time.
Brent: Also, you shake their hand and then you've got to shake hands with all these kids behind them. You have a photo, and everyone wants a photo. I always say that I'll come down after the show and meet everyone and bro' down, and it'll be the biggest party ever.
Bill: But I get freaked out, like claustrophobic, when there are too many people around me. So, I'm not leaving because I think I'm too good for you; I've just got to get out of there. You get bombarded by kids sometimes, and I can't do that – I'm not that guy. I try to be, but some fans are really scary, and crazy, and they freak me out.
Has this happened since the release of (third album) 'Blood Mountain', as that was your first major label record?
Bill: Things jumped, quickly, and with this record it's jumped again. Being with Warner Bros., there's such a great team – from management to booking agents – it's been such a huge jump for us.
Brent: When I heard this new record back for the first time, I knew that things were going to start getting larger – it just sounded more accessible to me.
You say that, but it is more adventurous, compositionally.
Bill: Well, we're getting better at what we do.
When you approach each new record, do you see challenging yourselves as a necessity?
Brent: You want to set a mood for yourself, a vibe, and kinda have a goal in mind of what you're really after.
Bill: You basically want to write a record that's better than the last one, and the last thing you want to do is repeat yourself. I know there are bands that do that – like The Ramones, and Slayer…
But that's sort of their 'thing', y'know?
Bill: Precisely, and if Slayer did what we did, Slayer fans would be like: "What the fuck is this? This is weird". Their songs need to be heavy and fast, and there are certain things about them that appear on every record. For us, out of maybe a thousand kids there might be one who says: "Maaan, I can't believe you've got keyboards on your record". Like, one person. I was… well, not worried, but I did expect some backlash with this album, but I also thought we'd gain so many new fans, as there's so much in this record to grab hold of.
Brent: There's more music going on – and music is what we're doing, and selling, so that's a good thing. It's more bang for your buck!
Something that's remained prominent across your records is that no one member really dominates proceedings. It's not like one of you has a track that they own with a solo, or a particular drum passage, or the vocals are highest in the mix. The balance between the four of you has always been perfect.
Bill: We did have a singer at the beginning, a fifth member, but then Troy and Brent took over.
Brent: He just quit, and it was like: "Alright, thanks…" I was already singing in a band before that, so I was like: "Cool, whatever, I'll sing".
Bill: Troy said that he wanted the vocals to be like a fifth musical instrument – not that here's the music, and here's the vocals.
Brent: That'd be like a pop record.
It's not even just about the mix – it's like there's no ego trying to take centre stage.
Brent: I understand what you're saying, and I think that comes from everything sounding like a solo all of the time – everyone is being featured all of the time. We're all equals, and there's nobody who's in charge – we're all in charge. It's premeditated that way, and before we even started this we knew we didn't really want a frontman, as such.
Were you friends before the band came together?
Brent: No, not really; not the four of us together. I didn't know Bill, really. I met Bill, like, for about five minutes before we were in a band together.
Bill: Brann and I had been in bands back in New York since '93, and we became good friends when we joined a band called Today Is The Day. We spent a year living in a room this big (it should be noted that the room we're in isn't exactly massive), and going on tour. Then we became inseparable.
Brent: Troy and I were the same way. We were best friends before.
Bill: Brent was a Today Is The Day fan, and I met him when I came to Atlanta to see my wife, as she's from there.
Brent: I was like: "Holy shit! You play in Today Is The Day? I've gotta shake your hand…"
Bill: I remember hanging with you at a party, just drinking beer and talking about bands. Then you were like: "We should jam together". I needed to get out of the band, so I was like: "I will totally jam with you".
Brent: Once he saw me play he knew he could play with me, and once I saw him play I knew the same. And once we got along…
You can't manufacture that sort of natural chemistry.
Brent: Exactly. I play in other bands, where there is chemistry, but it's a very functional chemistry. It's not the same.
Bill: We're smart enough to know we've got something really good going on, so if something's not working we talk it out.
Brent: We're not dysfunctional at all – there are millions of things that could happen when you're together as much as we are, but nothing really does because we know that it can.
Bill: That's all this band is about: chemistry, and everyone bringing their share to the table. Everyone has their position, and we get along and keep that chemistry flowing. When it dies, the band will die.
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Supporters of the State of Jefferson are getting closer to approaching the Shasta County Board of Supervisors for support.
There were several members of the Jefferson Declaration Committee at a board meeting Tuesday.
Robert Smith, a member of the Jefferson Declaration Committee, said he's met individually with three of the five members on the Shasta County Board of Supervisors, and he plans to meet with the final two very soon.
"We've had some very open and honest discussions with our Board of Supervisor Members, and once they understood what we're really up to, restoring representation and getting our voice back in the Northstate, they've been a lot more supportive," Smith said.
Smith also said he expects to see Jefferson on the Shasta County Board of Supervisors Agenda, and a thorough discussion of the issue, within the next two months.
He also said they've had active interest from 18 California counties.
Siskiyou, Modoc and Glenn counties have declared their desire to separate from California and form the State of Jefferson.
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It's a long way from DNA to RNA to protein, and only about two percent of a person's genome is eventually converted into proteins. In contrast, a much higher percentage of the genome is transcribed into RNA. What these non-protein-coding RNAs do is still relatively unknown. However, given their vast numbers in the human genome, researchers believe that they likely play important roles in normal human development and response to disease.
Large-scale sequencing has allowed investigators to identify thousands of non-coding RNAs. Small non-coding RNAs, including microRNAs, are known to be important players in regulating gene expression in many contexts, including tissue development. On the other hand, the function of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) is less well understood.
Research led by Ed Morrisey, PhD, professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and scientific director of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, has identified hundreds of these lncRNAs, sometimes called the "genomic dark matter," that are expressed in developing and adult lungs. Their findings, described in and featured on the cover of the current issue of Genes and Development, reveal that many of these lncRNAs in the lung regulate gene expression by opening and closing the DNA scaffolding on neighboring genes.
The team identified 363 long non-coding RNAs in the lung of the embryonic and adult mouse. They show that these lncRNAs are often located near transcription factors in the genome of lung cell lineages. "We have defined a new association of long non-coding RNAs with proteins called transcription factors that bind to specific DNA sequences and control cell identity and function," Morrisey says. "This association is important for lung development in mouse embryos, and at least for one of these long non-coding RNAs, important for human lung function."
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The team identified a lncRNA, called NANCI, that regulates the critical transcription factor Nkx2.1. This factor is the first lung molecular marker during mouse and human development and is essential for lungs to mature properly in an embryo.
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Slow offtake of commercial vehicles has also forced adjunct units here like that of Tata Cummins, which supplies engines to the auto major, as well as that of subsidiary TML Drivelines, which produces axles and transmission systems, to act in sync and observe a similar production shutdown.
RK Sinha, president, Adityapur Small Industries Association (ASIA), a forum of around 1,000-odd medium and small ancillary units supplying aggregates and parts to Tata Motors here told FE that though the current three-day block closure matched with Makar-Tusu-Lohri festivities, which generally kept the workforce away from the Adityapur industrial area here, the commercial vehicles industry was in a delicate health and if things didnt get better financially from April, many units would have to close down.
Sinha said that Tata Motors output of around 3,900 chassis here in December, 2012 had been at 50% of its normal December output of previous years.
At Tata Motors 50% output, we are unable to meet ancillary units' expenses; if they are not achieving at least 70% production we will continue to incur losses, explained the ASIA president.
Sinha said though banks had become cooperative in rescheduling loans, the interest rate commencing from 13.5% onwards was hurting several of the ancillary units as they were technically competing in an international market today where the interest rate was much lower.
Several ancillary units with ASIA membership which had undertaken expansion in recent times were not able to justify their capital investment as they arent able to utilise the additional capacity set up by them. That too is killing us, said the ASIA president, adding that while no industry could run without a loan, especially for working capital and for making capital investments, units often got closed only due to high interest rates.
According to the ASIA president the current recession in the commercial vehicles industry was expected to continue till at least the next six months, with the chance however of a small recovery in February-March 2013 when all units associated with production of commercial vehicles in the country could, for showing a respectable production figure for 2012-13, go into production.
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For many years SSU faculty and staff have had concerns about the financial situation on campus and how their programs and schools have been negatively impacted. Seasoned faculty members have been particularly reluctant to voice their concerns because many felt it would be perceived as "the same group of faculty complaining." The faculty needed new voices and recent discussions in the Senate have provided those voices. The Senate Budget Committee clearly believes that commenting on how budget items are prioritized and how money is spent on this campus comes within its purview. The following is offered as an echo to recent Senate pleas.
The Senate Budget Committee acknowledges the campus has been subject to difficult budgets more than once during the present administration. In times of crises, however, the campus should move to protect its core mission. Has the campus done so? Below, the Senate Budget Committee indicates examples of funding losses to Academic Affairs and the apparent priority of other campus segments for budget support, which we believe suggests the immensity of the problem for the Academic side of the institution.
In addition to the points below that enumerate ways that Academic Affairs has experienced funding leaks, we have provided three attachments. The first compares the 1992-1993 budget to the 2005-2006 budget so we can all see the contrasting rates of growth of different campus divisions, and it also includes some data from the 2001/02 budget to illustrate the decline of money to the schools since then. The second uses data from the CSU central website to spell out how, though the campus General Fund continues to increase, and the number of students continues to increase, the number of faculty do not. The third attachment shows the number of new faculty positions needed each year to meet various possible SFRs.
For those who see our figures as errant we welcome corrections. In fact, the Senate Budget Committee hopes this report will engage faculty and the administration in a conversation about priorities in budgeting.
- 1. Police and parking services in 1997/98 were paid $740,185 from parking revenues and no money for this purpose was drawn from the General Fund. Since 2001/02 over one million dollars per year has been drawn from the General Fund to pay for Parking and Police Services. In 2004/05 parking revenues totaled $1,769,000 but the General Fund was charged $1,059,792 for Police and Parking Services. In that same year $725,426 in parking revenues went to pay off a loan from the Green Music Center parking lot and an additional $300,000 were owed "to the Green Music Center Project."
- 2. When the freshman EMT program was established in the 1990s the administration helped sell the program by pointing out that its costs would be borne mainly by profits from the campus housing operations. In 1994/95 through 1996/97 Housing funds provided $350,000 per year to Academic Affairs for the costs of EMT. From 1997/98 onward that support eventually dwindled to zero, meaning the costs must now be borne by the General Fund.
- 3. In 1992/93 instructional units had a "Replacement and Support Equipment" budget of $500,000 in the initial allocation, reflecting previous years' practice. That budget line was later removed and has never been restored. Irregular equipment dollars have been granted to Academic Affairs units from time to time, but no planning is possible given present arrangements, and aged equipment abounds.
- 4. Until the turn of the millennium the campus had a three-year rotation of computer refresh. In 1999/2000 and prior years there is there is a line item in the budget for $130,000 for faculty work stations, the last year that item appeared (though in 2000/01, $100,000 was set aside for non-faculty work stations). Since no refresh program has existed for several years, it represents another loss of roughly $130,000 annually to Academic Affairs.
- 5. Department Chair release time was formerly budgeted from Academic Affairs. This budget item was removed in 1997 and never returned. It means that such release time is now paid for out of department teaching allocations, thus reducing class availability for our students. This loss amounts to approximately $500,000 annually (Source: Multiplying the number of departments on campus by an average estimate of release time—4 units– by $1500/unit for part-time replacements).
- 6. The campus formerly covered payout expenses for grants and contracts. Those operations are now paid for by loans from the Sonoma State University Academic Foundation which charges the campus interest that amounts to a loss to Academic Affairs of over $500,000 for 2005/06 and a profit to the Foundation. This cost was instituted in 2003/2004 when the fee amounted to $30,000. This means 65 percent of the Indirect Costs now flow to Administration and Finance in one way or another. The amount going to Financial and Human Resource Management alone increased from $635,000 in 2003/2004 to $966,527 in 2005/2006. The allocation goal of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs for 2005/2006 has a SHORTFALL projected at $512, 716 (Source: report presented at AABAC, 3/28/2006). While A & F is able to collect indirect cost revenue for its services, Academic Affairs cannot, yet administrative assistants in departments may contribute as much as 25 percent of their time in grant-related tasks.
- 7. The campus annually enforces assessments to its academic units that may amount to a million dollars or more annually (e.g., in 2005-06 these charge backs amounted to $366,000 in the School of Social Sciences alone). This means that on an annual basis the growth monies, or a substantial portion of the amount actually received, are removed through assessments. The budget that is printed represents the picture prior to the implementation of these assessments, but the amount that flows to the academic side is always reduced through these levies. (Source: AA budget presentations and School budget presentations over a series of years).
- 8. Academic Affairs units are charged for services performed by Administration and Finance staff, whether it be a computer connection, a broken lock or need for a different door. The represents money that flows out of Academic Affairs (thus reducing the academic budget) and augments the Administration and Finance budget (Source: Actual figures have not been made available).
- 9. The budget line for the Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) has increased from $237,066 in 1996/97 to $558,393 in 2005/06, much of this related to the Green Music Center. (The IRA support for the CPA has gone from $197,664 in 2001/02 to $407,709 in 2005/06.) In contrast, the OE budget for the Department of Chemistry has been $10,500 every year since 1998/99—never increased.
- 10. One faculty analysis of the budget for faculty salaries over the last eight years suggests that, given the increases in state monies available over that time and the amount spent on faculty salaries, Academic Affairs has lost an average of over $5,000,000 dollars annually. (Source: See Attachment B, Steve Orlick's analysis of Sonoma State University's annual growth money augmentations).
A. The initial budget projection for Academic Affairs for 2006/2007 estimates a SHORTFALL of $457,280 (Source: AABAC presentation, 4/25/06). B. A budget analysis Sharon Cabaniss prepared for EPC indicates that the The First Year Experience pilot program will cost $536,400 compared to $189,348 under present arrangements. In other words, an extra $347,052 (over two years) demand on Academic Affairs' limited funds (see item "A."). C. The budget for the Development Office amounted to $204,410 in 1992/93. From 1997 onward the staff and budget of this office has expanded dramatically to reach $693,476 in 2005/06. For 2006/07 the administration has mandated that Academic Affairs will contribute an extra $100,000 to the Development Office to hire yet more staff (Source: AABAC presentation, 4/25/06). D. The administration has presented an initial bill of $620,000 for Green Music Center support from Academic Affairs for academic year 2007/2008(Source: AABAC presentation, 4/25/06).
Beginning in the late 1990s various activities that were previously funded elsewhere are now paid for from the General Fund, resulting over time in seriously reduced budgets (in proportion of General Fund dollars) to Academic Affairs. Some of the outcomes of insufficient funding include high SFRs, the lack of equipment budgets, reduced faculty travel money, reduced Academic Affairs staffing, and a situation where, by the administration's own reckoning, 85-90 percent of all Academic Affairs computers are over 4 years of age. Deans have been forced to use FERP money (salary savings) to meet assessments and other unfunded needs, resulting in dwindling numbers of tenure line faculty in many departments. Academic planning disappeared from this campus for several years and we are left with situations such as a Chemistry Department with no tenured faculty and a chair from another department, a Geology Department with one tenured faculty member, and an Anthropology Department with only two tenured faculty members. In many of our searches we no longer are able to hire our first choices; we are unable to retain many young faculty we do hire because of the lack of resources in Academic Affairs, and other faculty are considering positions elsewhere. The School of Business has been seeking accreditation for its Business program for several years, but continuous underfunding has made this impossible. A recent accreditation team report made this clear. The degree of underfunding is at least $500,000 worth of needed faculty.
All projections for growth money for future years depend on meeting substantially increased FTE targets. Sonoma State University did not meet its target in 2005/2006 and has lowered its criteria for admission to the base CSU standard in order to try to meet the increased targets. If future targets are missed Academic Affairs could endure even greater shortfalls, yet built-in costs outside of Academic Affairs continue to mount.
The Senate Budget Committee recommends the Academic Senate request the administration to re-evaluate budget priorities in order to address the campus' core academic needs, such as lowering SFR, insuring a regular computer refresh program, establishing an equipment purchase and replacement program, and providing for more faculty development.
Sources: Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers in this report come from the annual operating budgets or expenditure plans provided by the Sonoma State University administration.