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Getting a Lift
Getting a Lift Forklift operation is one high risk task that should not be left to untrained amateurs.
Michelle Keadle-Taylor
March 1, 2012
According to data analysis conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the single largest cause of forklift accidents that result in fatalities is vehicle tip-overs. The second highest number of fatalities is caused by accidents where employees were crushed between a vehicle and a surface. In both cases, proper training could have helped to avoid those accidents in the first place.
"The dilemma is that without knowing the limitations of the equipment we are operating, we don't know the dangers and we can cause harm to ourselves and others around us," said Joe Watson of ABC Auto Parts. "There are still too many in our industry that operate forklifts without having the proper training. I know because that's how I learned. It was a long time ago but I didn't get proper OSHA training. I got hands-on training, not book training. So, I learned the dangers of operating forklifts through my own mistakes."
Watson feels that training is necessary because it provides the baseline for safety for everyone.
"Let's be honest. Most regulation exists because of stupid or ignorant people. Regulation attempts to keep us safe, from ourselves and others in the work place. I mean think about it, if you are going to have someone untrained operate a machine that has a good chance, if used improperly, to kill someone, that is either stupid or you just don't know any better," said Watson. "But, that's the same with everything. Do we really need to drive just 55 mph? Most of the time probably not, but it's the few that drive way too fast and way too reckless, that make it necessary to constantly remind us to drive slower."
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With this in mind, OSHA was created over 40 years ago to set regulations and standards and provide training that would ensure a safe workplace.
"Under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace," said Ginny Whelan, Managing Director, ARA Educational Foundation. The ARA University (www.arauniversity.org) is assisting with that process by offering training that will help ARA members to meet OSHA requirements and even more importantly, create a safe workplace for their employees."
ARAU offers two forklift training courses. This is online training and certification that is required by OSHA of all operators of forklifts (rough terrain vehicle forklift) and the requirements include certification renewal every three years.
Real Hands-On Training
Watson, who has been driving a forklift since he was a teen working at his Dad's yard, has taught forklift training for many years. He uses a combination of the OSHA classroom training and practical hands-on training to ensure that all of his drivers are competent and safe drivers.
"If you are operating a forklift you should be OSHA-trained, whether it's in the auto salvage industry or in your own backyard," said Watson. "It doesn't only protect you, but those around you. The way I have taught forklift training was to begin by admitting the mistakes I had made myself.
"I start off asking who in the room had ever put too much weight on the forklift. Everyone usually looks around at each other, then I put my hand up and say, 'I have.' Other hands follow. Then I would ask another mistake and put my hand up."
Watson uses the OSHA Guidelines in the classroom setting first to acquire what he calls "dead knowledge;" then takes students out to the forklifts to gain what he calls "living knowledge."
"In past classes, I took students out to the forklifts and got them to purposefully go against the guidelines until we reached the point of just before they would fail so they could see what that would feel like," he said. "I wanted to create a fail-safe plan in a safe environment that would allow the driver to learn what they would do in the event that the machinery did start to tip or if they had loaded too much, what that would feel like and what they should do to correct it.
"Through this training, employees got to learn what it would feel like to have too heavy of a load and try to make a turn or if they had too high of a load how that changes the stability and how that feels, and believe me when it starts to fail, you feel it."
Avoiding Accidents
Watson feels the biggest problems encountered are operating a forklift with an unsecured load where an operator will try to lift things and they fall off; trying to lift too heavy of a load; and having a load too high when turning.
He offers three warnings: First of all, make sure you secure your load as per OSHA guidelines. Next, make sure correct weights are lifted depending on the type of forklift you are operating; this is where classroom application comes in.
The instructor should review how to find the correct weights for each type of forklift. Practical experience and training also come into play here, because you can feel when you have loaded the forklift too heavy or high. For example, if you have loaded your pickup truck too much, it will drag the ground.
To address the problem of turning with too high of a load, he says it's a marrying of the two, classroom and practical training to know when you are operating a forklift in an unsafe manner, which again depends on type of forklift you are operating.
Watson is pleased that he personally has never had accidents where people got hurt. However, he has had accidents that caused damage.
"Of the accidents you hear the most often, you hear of people dropping a vehicle while operating a forklift," he said. "It's easy to cause damage to your vehicle or building that way. I have dropped a car in an area where I wasn't supposed to because I was going along and had it too high. It changed the center of gravity and bam, I dropped it. Most of the time, accidents like those occur because we're under time constraints and pressure. We're in a hurry."
Plan, Train, and Maintain
Watson says that one way to avoid these type accidents is to put some time into planning and training.
"Giving time to planning the layout of your yard, time management, and proper training is essential because it helps to avoid accidents," he said. "In our yard forklift drivers get the right of way because their view is often obstructed and they are big. Training is a constant reminder. If you don't know it's dangerous then you'll do it; if you know it's dangerous you're less likely to try it or do it. Taking simple measures like these will help reduce potential safety problems."
Watson says the maintenance of the forklifts is also important, for example, tracking how often the fluids are changed or the lines are checked.
"My belief is that there is a lot of machinery that is not maintained properly, so the training should highlight the dangers of unsafe machinery," said Watson. "As you become more aware of the dangers you become more concerned with what could happen."
Proper safety training helps employees to become aware of the potential danger in their surroundings. Watson says that even though you may get by doing things in an unsafe way, it's not worth the risk. "Today OSHA has guidelines that state you can't have a person under the car while it's lifted on a forklift, but in the old days we used to cut the exhaust off a car while it was lifted up – today we would have been in clear violation of OSHA regulations," said Watson.
"Did we have any problems back then with doing that? No, but since then we've become aware of the potential dangers in doing that and put measures in place that would prevent loss of life or injury to our workers, customers, or property.
"You can cut and cut and cut trying to save money but in the long run, you eventually have a horrible accident that ends up costing you more in workers compensation, paying someone else to work in their place, and holds you personally liable.
If you don't think about safety as extremely important, you might unintentionally create an unsafe workplace, putting your business at risk. OSHA guidelines can help create a fail-safe environment that reduces injuries and accidents – which in the end saves you lives and money."
Michelle Keadle-Taylor is a freelance writer based in Northern Virginia
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baby kicking at 16 weeks?
I am 16 weeks pregnant today and have been reading up on how and when you can feel the baby kick. There have been several several times where I questioned the feeling that was occuring. I wonder if the feelings is not the baby moving but my hopes that it is or if I can really feel the baby moving. Our ultrasound at 12 weeks showed the baby moving and flopping and kicking like crazy. I started feeling "questionable" sensations about 2 weeks ago but still wonder if its the real thing or if its just something I want so bad. I wish I knew whats really going on! A actual question I have though is it normal to sleep so much? Shouldnt I not be so tired since Im in my 2nd trimester? I get sooooo tired after simple activities like shopping for 45 minutes. Tired like I cant go on literally. Is that normal? My fiancee and his family are kinda getting irritated because I sleep so much. Are they being unreasonable or am I sleeping too much? I betcha cant tell that this is my first. LOL.
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I'm almost 17 wks and I'm tired a lot my self. This is my second pregnancy. I find i go to bed earlier and get up at the same time helps me get through the day. I have learned to pace myself and rest with my eyes closed and feet up for about 15 mins aday especially after shopping.posted 12/07/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
I am also 16 weeks with my first and starting to regain my energy but there are certain days where nothing sounds better than sleep. I have recently began feeling little "bubbles" and it's a very unique feeling. I'm right there with you, but I feel that your fiance and his family should be more understanding of what you are going through.posted 12/06/2007 by danielk
I'm 16 weeks as well. It's great to see that I'm not the only one doing lots of sleeping. It's almost like I can't get enough rest. I was a little disappointed because we are big workout people and I just dont have the energy. I can't imagine it will be like this the whole time. As far as movement I dont think I have felt anything yet but can't wait to feel the little one kick. Well hopefully your fiancee will become a little more understanding as you express your concerns with him. Good Luck!posted 11/30/2007 by mwright83
I have started to feel the gurgling sensation in my lower tummy early this weekposted 11/28/2007 by posh4tisch
im 16 weeks with my second child and i am tired all the time!!! i can sleep 10 hours a night and still end up taking a nap whenever my little girl does!! and i am also feeling the baby move!! so i am pretty sure that it is normal to be tired!!! hopefully you will get over it in a few more weeks then you will never want to sleep!!! so just tell everyone who is annoyed that its not just your fault!!! it takes two to tango!! lol!posted 11/27/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
This is my first also, i am 16 weeks. I get the same little sensations and wonder if its my little baby. When im laying in bed is when it happens the most. I am lucky enough to be able to just sleep all day and relax all night. Anyone who questions your need to sleep is wrong. Its good for the little one and your growing body. Rest up!posted 11/26/2007 by PunkybAndBaby
Im 16 weeks and 3 days(MY FIRST ALSO)! the last couple weeks ive gotten even more tired ! even my dad tells me to lie down!but when i go to the store with my fiance sometimes i have hard of breathing..and i have to stop and hold something lol! Last night i thought i felt some kind of kick! WHOEVERS STILL SICK ASK FOR TAGAMET ITS A ANTI NAUSEA MED! ALSO i think ur fiances family shouldnt get irritated when ur sleeping so much! this is the time to sleep! think of it as a if u were sick and had to recover u need the sleep to get better for ur health..Now its ur health and the babies and their sucking out ur calcium etc basically ur energy is taken! Some people can live off of 8 hours "they say" but there not pregnant! they have to be reasonable! id mention something around them! or have ur doc bring u home a note lol and to shut them up!posted 11/25/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
Hey, i am 16 weeks and im still not showing and they say if it's your first baby you wont start showing untill around your 5th month. I know how you feel about the tiredness i get it alot. my husband complains because i sleep alot here lately, and i heard in your second trimester you get more energy...posted 11/19/2007 by LGRAHAM
im 24 weeks now and i am STILL tired all the time! i haven't gotten lucky enough to get all of the energy that everyone else talks about. i could sleep all day and if the baby would let me, still sleep all night. but for some reason i get really uncomfortable at night and the baby moves a LOT at night and keeps me up so i sleep more during the day. i think my little man already has his days and nights confused haha.posted 11/17/2007 by babyboy3708
It may be normal to be that tired, but I'd also consider whether you might be anemic. Make sure you're getting enough iron. I had horrible anemia with my last pregnancy and it wasn't diagnosed until quite late -- so I spent most of the 40 weeks napping! Agony!posted 11/16/2007 by Healdhart
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Information Management Academic Community Updates
Updated DB2 Academic Certification program available
PatFletcher 060001U06U Tags:  initiative db2 academic ce302 302 302a 2,529 Views
It is very exciting to put in this update... We have been working hard to create an even better and easier-to-use DB2 Academic Certification program, and now it is ready!!
The updated DB2 Academic prep course, offered by IBM's Academic Initative as course CE302A (in the Information Management section of the AI courseware site), now includes some improvements that will really help both instructors and students.
The course modules are now aligned to other DB2 enrichment materials so you can read further about each of the topics in other books and EVEN using videos!
Each module has one or more videos that are available on the course DVD. In addition, the videos are available as part of the DB2 Academic certification course at db2university.com. If you want to hear the course materials as explained by subject matter experts, sign up to take this course. No charge to join db2university.com. No charge to take the course. Listen only to the modules you need.
Take the (free) assessment test that is built into the online course to help you determine if you are ready to take the certification test...
And that's not all...
A new module was added to show you how to troubleshoot problems. It is an excellent guide to the wealth of resources and tools available with DB2 to help manage enterprise databases...
And, one other exciting new module... There in an 'Introduction to Big Data' module' included to introduce a very current and exciting area that will continue to grow in importance : Big Data. Learn what is meant by Big Data and how Big Data is being managed today. There is a bright future for those who can work with 'Big Data' so learn about it now and be on the forefront of this new technology.
To learn more about the updated course and program, go to the DB2 Academic Certification program page.
DB2 Academic Initiative content played key role for 'DB2's Got Talent' Winner
PatFletcher 060001U06U Tags:  db2 got contest initiative db2's academic ai certification talent 3,140 Views
Congratulations to Norberto Gasparotto Filho, 1st place winner of the 'DB2's Got Talent' Contest! Well done, and enjoy your trip to the IDUG of your choice.
It was also exciting for me to learn that IBM's Academic Initiative had played a pivotal role in Norberto's professional success. While a professor at the Dois Vizinhos campus of Unisep, in Brazil, Norberto was excited to use the Academic Initiative DB2 content to build knowledge and DB2 skills for himself and his students.
As Norberto comments, "Through AI, I was able to use great IBM-official content, which added much value to my classes. I was also able to take my first certification exam with discount, and that was certainly an additional motivation." Norberto now has 7 certifications, and he can now add his new honor to his collection of professional successes.
Faculty today can take advantage of the DB2 Academic Certification program to easily provide DB2 training to their students and prepare the students to take the 302 Academic Certification Test: DB2 9 Database and Application Development Fundamentals
Read more about the DB2's Got Talent contest and find links to replays of the videos.
Read Norberto's own blog entry about his experience too!
New Young Professional Profile: Government Sector Success with Informix
PatFletcher 060001U06U Tags:  ibm informix initiative im management academic ids ypp database information 3,868 Views
Young professionals building successful careers using IBM Information Management products
Alexandre Marini – Informix DBA improving database performance in Brazil
Meet Alexandre Marini, an Informix Database Administer working in
He currently works at the Local State Financial Department of Mato Grosso do Sul (Secretaria da Fazenda do MS). Read below to learn more about Alexandre's role maintaining the government database systems and some of the technical challenges he faces on the job.
Typical day for a database administrator
As a database administrator, Alexandre is responsible for operating two types of systems for the MS government. The Informix-based OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) systems manage the daily transactions for tax documents in the state. These databases are integrated with the larger Brazilian national tax system. They are also connected into the mail system and aid in preventing tax evasion. Alexandre manages eight instances of the OLTP environment.
Alexandre also manages one instance of an OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) database. This instance is optimized for handling Decision Support System (DSS) queries that generate supervisory and executive management reports. The OLAP database contains historical data from the OLTP system and other data sources that enable the government to observe longer term trends and analyze metrics to make better business decisions.
Technical challenges on the job
Alexandre works hard to keep his databases healthy and fully available for his customers. He continues to improve his skills as evidenced by completing two Informix professional certifications last May (Informix Dynamic Server 11.50 Fundamentals and System Administration for Informix Dynamic Server) He also stays current with new Informix features and functionality. These skills helped him solve a challenge when a disk space problem shrank the amount of available disk space to a critically low level. Alexandre implemented the Informix Storage Optimization feature to compress the data and shrink the amount of disk space required for the database. This enabled the database instance to be back up and running smoothly on the existing, smaller number of disks in no time.
Editor's notes:
- Informix just released an exciting new version, v11.7, in October 2010. Read more about this feature-rich release at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/products/informix/.
- Two versions of the Informix product are available at no cost and can be downloaded from the web. You can learn more about all of the Informix versions at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0801doe/
- Faculty members who belong to IBM's free Academic Initiative (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/academicinitiative/) can also access free courseware covering Informix data topics as well as courseware covering Infosphere Data Architect and Data Studio.
Favorite aspect of the job
Alexandre loves the enthusiastic environment that surrounds his job and the atmosphere that encourages continued study and new technology skill growth. Alexandre describes his job environment, stating, "I've got great work friends here. We are always helping others, giving technical suggestions to help other teams improve their work quality and solve some of their problems."
Alexandre is also very excited to be working with the Brazilian Informix User Group and increasing the visibility of this group within his work community.
Technical skills required on the job
The core computer science, database and operating system concepts Alexandre learned in school continue to be important for understanding and finding solutions to database management problems. He describes their importance, stating, "That gave me critical knowledge to recommend hardware and installation techniques to other teams, improving overall database performance."
Why Informix over other databases?
During the acquisition period at the local state financial department in MS, the Informix family of products were highly recommended by other government bureaus in Pride in accomplishment Alexandre is proud of developing encrypted reports that prevent tax fraud. He is also proud to have implemented some Informix data replication features that improved the overall structure of the database system and lowered the amount of resources required to manage the database environment. Alexandre continues to improve his database skills and is looking forward to continue to work with big enterprises, implementing high availability on environments, partaking in systems migrations, and spreading Informix features and benefits throughout the marketplace over the next several years. Advice to peers pursuing a similar career path Alexandre would give the following advice to his peers, "Make an effort to thoroughly learn all the concepts; this will help to apply your knowledge into different areas of technology. Recommended Links IBM Developerworks: IBM Informix International Informix User Group
Pride in accomplishment
Alexandre is proud of developing encrypted reports that prevent tax fraud. He is also proud to have implemented some Informix data replication features that improved the overall structure of the database system and lowered the amount of resources required to manage the database environment.
Alexandre continues to improve his database skills and is looking forward to continue to work with big enterprises, implementing high availability on environments, partaking in systems migrations, and spreading Informix features and benefits throughout the marketplace over the next several years.
Advice to peers pursuing a similar career path
Alexandre would give the following advice to his peers, "Make an effort to thoroughly learn all the concepts; this will help to apply your knowledge into different areas of technology.
Recommended Links
IBM Developerworks: IBM Informix
International Informix User Group
Academic Additions for the Informix Database product
PatFletcher 060001U06U Tags:  courseware ids informix ai dba initiative academic 3,042 Views
Not only did Informix recently release a new, exciting version of their product (Informix 11.7), but the Informix team has also been busy adding classes to the Academic Initiative courseware site. Faculty and their students can now gain access to **SEVEN** additional Informix courses on the Academic Initiative web site. You can find these courses in the Information Management section of the Academic Initiative web site:
You have to scroll down a bit since we are getting quite a few courses out there (but that is a GOOD problem to have....)
Check out the courses, and if you have any questions, email them to firstname.lastname@example.com
Skill Level: Introductory
Informix Structured Query Language V 11.5 (IX130)
Informix Stored Procedures and Triggers V 11.5 (IX711)
Skill Level: Intermediate
Informix Dynamic Server 11 Database Administration: Managing and Optimizing Data V 11 (IX221)
Informix Dynamic Server 11 System Administration (IX811)
Skill Level: Advanced
Informix Dynamic Server 11 Performance Tuning (IX401)
Informix Dynamic Server 11 Internal Architecture (IX911)
Informix Dynamic Server 11 Replication (IX421)
New IM Young Professional Profile: Success with DB2 Certifications
PatFletcher 060001U06U Tags:  im initiative db2 management darshan profile ai ypp information academic 1 Comment 6,449 Views
Young professionals building successful careers using IBM Information Management products
Darshan Vaishnav: DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows Young Professional
Darshan Vaishnav was born and raised in
This inspired Darshan to begin certification training on DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (LUW). He found the database product extremely interesting as well as easy to use. He earned his IBM Certified Database Administrator for DB2 on LUW V8.1 certification in 2004. Darshan worked as a consultant at several Fortune 500 companies before he moved to his current company, Marriott International, about 2 years ago. At Marriott, an industry leader in the hospitality industry, Darshan works as a senior database analyst in support of the Marriott.com website, where customers make business and personal lodging plans online.
Typical day of a database analyst
Darshan supports the main production database for the Marriott.com website. He carefully checks and validates any proposed structural or functional changes to the database before the changes go live in the production database. He ensures that the changes will not harm currently used databases or processes.
Darshan also teams with other Marriott database application developers and testers to ensure they have proper authorization for their projects in the test, development and production databases that he owns. He must ensure, however, that they do not gain any level of access beyond their functional role.
Other daily activities include ongoing database maintenance tasks such as ensuring critical daily backups are successful and monitoring and adjusting database space usage.
Darshan is often called upon to offer suggestions about performance tuning issues, such as adding indexes, changing database parameters and modifying existing queries. Another critical task he owns is ensuring his databases are ready for potential disaster recovery situations.
Technical challenges Darshan faces on the job
Marriott.com is a highly visible asset of Marriott International as well as a very high volume website. Darshan must ensure that his databases are maintained to a high set of standards and that they are ready for any jump in traffic. The main challenges he has faced were ensuring that the databases were tuned to avoid locking problems while at the same time providing enough concurrency for various applications while also keeping daily maintenance jobs running smoothly. In addition, he must ensure that the nightly data refreshes to the production database are successful and performed on time. Darshan and his peer DBA also ensure the best query performance by making sure that all tables have current statistics information and that the tables are available at any point in time.
Interesting application of the DB2 database
Darshan makes maximum use of DB2 LUW's maintenance utilities. He is an avid believer that DB2 has fantastic maintenance strategies in their Runstats and Reorg commands. He created scripts to update statistics every day and performs reorgs every week. He explains how he also makes use of the aliases capability in the DB2 product, "An alias is a pointer used for an actual table and we used it in some special manner such that, when some maintenance is happening, there is no outage required and all important tables have the best possible performance."
His largest accomplishment in his career to date Darshan is very proud that his knowledge and support for the Marriott website databases has helped successfully maintain high availability over the last two years. Darshan is also proud of an earlier project he accomplished prior to starting at Marriott International. The task was to convert databases at several hundred stores from Sybase to DB2 UDB. He carefully crafted several custom scripts and a set of steps to migrate the data. The migration occurred very effectively and accurately due to his skill and diligence on that project. Advice to peers pursuing a similar career path Positive impact Darshan's work has on Marriott customers Darshan understands the importance of staying current with additional database training, and he has also completed his "IBM Certified Database administrator for DB2 V9" certification. This allows him to understand the ongoing feature additions to DB2 LUW and implement the appropriate ones for his databases. This dedication to his company and to his skill development makes Darshan an outstanding example of a successful DB2 Young Professional!
Darshan is very proud that his knowledge and support for the Marriott website databases has helped successfully maintain high availability over the last two years.
Darshan is also proud of an earlier project he accomplished prior to starting at Marriott International. The task was to convert databases at several hundred stores from Sybase to DB2 UDB. He carefully crafted several custom scripts and a set of steps to migrate the data. The migration occurred very effectively and accurately due to his skill and diligence on that project.
Advice to peers pursuing a similar career pathDarshan believes it is important for all database administrators to also have some understanding of the operating system where the database resides and how the database interacts with the operating system. With this knowledge, he describes the ease of learning DB2, "IBM's DB2 is less complicated than other database management systems. It is easy to learn and easy to get certified. The database is very responsive, very fast, and very efficient."
Positive impact Darshan's work has on Marriott customersDarshan is very dedicated to maintaining the Marriott.com website and keeping it available for customers at all times. Darshan explains how he has made a positive impact on his customer's overall experience with Marriott.com. "I feel that when I work with the back end as a DBA, the front end (the Marriott.com website) gets better; the front end gets smoother. People can come on my website and book their trip very easily, without any issues and very fast. And they can get on with their lives. If it starts with a really good experience with my website, obviously they'll be happy. So that makes me feel really very good."
Darshan understands the importance of staying current with additional database training, and he has also completed his "IBM Certified Database administrator for DB2 V9" certification. This allows him to understand the ongoing feature additions to DB2 LUW and implement the appropriate ones for his databases. This dedication to his company and to his skill development makes Darshan an outstanding example of a successful DB2 Young Professional!
Student Perspective: DB2 Academic Associate Certification program
PatFletcher 060001U06U Tags:  initiative academic education database faculty university db2 certification 2 Comments 6,212 Views
Kudos to the AI team and the IBM Innovation Center in Hungary! They held two additional training and certification testing sessions in October for the Information Management DB2 Academic Associate Certification program. They took the time to get feedback from the students on the program, and provided the following write-up and pictures:
Because of the big demand from university teachers and students for the DB2 Fundamentals and Application Development workshop held at the Budapest Innovation Center, we decided to add two additional courses in October (5-7 and 19-21 October) for those whom we could not participate in September.
We had 42 participants from 7 universities at the two October workshops: Budapest University of Technology and Economics (7), University of Debrecen (1), Eötvös Loránd University (9), Dennis Gabor Applied University (3), West Hungarian University (1), University of Óbuda (1), Pannon University (1), Peter Pazmany Catholic University (1), University of Pécs (2), University of Szeged (1) and College of Dunaújváros (1).
This time we were interested in the participants' opinion about the course so you can a read a short review of student feedback below.
Most of the students heard about the workshop through their university correspondence list and some of them through ONIK (which is a group for university informatics students) or the IBM Academic Initiative newsletter sent to faculty members who belong to this free program.
Why did you apply for the course?
Because we were interested to learn more about IBM's DB2 software and to widen our knowledge, as this was a unique education on a topic that we don't learn at the university. It was also tempting because the course and the exam at the end are free and the certification we got can be put on our CV as well. For those who already worked in the database area, it was a good way to deepen their knowledge.
Did you learn database management earlier?
There is basic database management at almost all universities; most students learn SQL as part of that course. But this was the first time that we could try a database program in practice, with the integrated hands on labs that are included as part of this program.
Were you aware of the DB2 product before this course?
Students were familiar with the DB2 name, but they did not have the chance to use the actual software previously. Editor's note: Students attending the course each receive a DVD to keep that contains a Linux virtual image of the DB2 Express-C and Data Studio products. Students can continue to use the software after the course for other school projects and for further learning and investigation
How could the DB2 course material be used further in your university?
It could be made available as an optional lesson or practice lab in the curricula. Also, if there would be more posters about IBM software at the universities, students would be more aware. Editor's note: Faculty members, the course is organized in modules with appropriate teaching materials, scripted notes and integrated hands on labs so that it can be easily incorporated in your curricula. The DB2 Academic Associate Program site contains additional information on this program
What was your opinion about the workshop?
It was a very useful course with good atmosphere at a pleasant place. According to some participants it's a pity that these three days are so tough and it would be much better if they could learn for one week in the late afternoon and evening hours. According to others it is great that the course was scheduled into the three full day course. It was much more convenient for those who come from the countryside or who work and have to take some days off. Editor's note: The course can be organized a number of ways to best meet the needs of the faculty and students. It was also very positive that we could meet the IBM HR colleague so we could get a more complete view about the career opportunities at the company. The server room was also very popular among us as we don't get a chance everyday to see such large capacity servers.
How hard was the exam?
The exam itself was not so difficult as more than half of the participants passed it, but it was hard that the questions were in English and we had to take the exam on the last day of the course. Editor's note: The exam is available in four languages: English, Spanish, Chinese and Portuguese. It would have been much better if the exam had been a bit later so we had more time to prepare for it (such as for the university exams). But some other participants were very happy that the exam was at the end of the course as they didn't have to come to
Where will you be able to use what you learned?
It will be useful to be able to list this course and certification when we apply for job. It will also be useful at our workplace (for those students also working). The content is also good to learn because it covers content that is common to any relational database. One thing is for sure: it was worth coming to the workshop.
For IBMers: link to Sept 2010 IM University Ambassador call
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We had several good WW calls yesterday updating the IBM University Ambassador community on current and future IM university programs. IBMers, if you were unable to attend the call live, the Americas version of the call was recorded, and can be found at this link: http://w3.tap.ibm.com/medialibrary/media_view?id=92028. The call included a talk and demo of the exciting pureQuery tooling that can be very helpful for a variety of university curricula.
University personnel, do check in with your IBM ambassador to hear about the current programs that are available.
Strong demand for DB2 Academic Associate Workshops in Budapest, Hungary
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I was excited to receive this report about the first of the three DB2 Academic Associate Certification workshops held in Budapest, Hungary:
31 August – 2 September 2010
Budapest IBM Innovation Center organized its first free DB2 Fundamentals and Application Development course for university students and teachers between 31 August and 2 September 2010. Despite the fact that we announced the course in the middle of the summer and planned it for 24 participants, more than 100 students and teachers applied. Because of the big demand we decided to add two additional workshops in October for those whom we could not accept in September.
The workshop began at 9 a.m. and finished at 5 p.m. every day at the IBM Innovation Center (IIC), where Ferenc Rada, the leader of IIC welcomed the participants, then Tamás Piri (IIC) delivered the education in Hungarian.
First the students got better acquainted with the IBM DB2 database and the parts of application development, then after the theoretical part they could practice the operational and development tasks with hands on labs in the perfect educational environment of the IIC. The students also received education materials in the form of a course work book and a DVD to be able to practice their knowledge on their own time after the class.
Besides the professional education, the students could hear about the current IBM trainee positions and they could ask questions to János Ponczók from HR. Then Szilvia Kovács (from Software Marketing) spoke about the 48 hours programming contest in November, where everyone can try their fresh knowledge that they gained at the workshop, and the best students will get valuable prizes.
At the end of the 3 day course the participants could take a free exam in English in an internationally approved exam system. The best students got IBM gifts at the end of the course.
We can say in general that the students were quite receptive to learning about the DB2 database and database concepts, which was totally new for them. This was reflected very well by their questions and their interest all during the course.
There were 21 participants at the September course from 7 higher educations: Budapest University of Technology and Economics (7), University of Debrecen (1), Eötvös Loránd University (2), Dennis Gabor Applied University (1), Pannon University (3), Pázmány Péter Catholic University (3), University of Pecs (3) and University of Szeged (1). In October participants from
Additional information about the DB2 Academic Associate Certification program available here.
DB2 Academic Associate Certification Exam now available in Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese
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The new DB2 Academic Associate certification exam for DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX and Windows is now
translated to Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese. Proctors desiring one of the translated
exams should mention the specific language requirement when they request the the codes
or the exam.
An additional improvement to the teaching materials for the course is a script to match
the course workbook to help guide new teachers for this course.
Check http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/events/db2academiccertification/index.html
for additional information about the certification course and exam and the special
offers for 2010.
DB2 Academic Associate certification exam now available in Chinese
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I am excited to note that the new DB2 Academic Associate Certification exam, the 302 exam, is now available in Chinese! It is already available in Portuguese, and Spanish will be available soon! For more details on this program, check out: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/events/db2academiccertification/index.html
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Interesting Study Results: Business Perspectives from current CEOs and Students
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Welcome to the Information Management Academic Community Updates for Faculty Blog!
I would like to use this blog to post interesting information relevant to the academic community. Please feel free to comment and let's discuss things further! The IM Academic Community Marketing team is really interested in hearing your views about what you are seeing and hearing from your vantage point, whether that be as a university professional or a student or a business leader or an IBMer. Let us know where you see needs and we will work together to help out.
We will also use this forum to post interesting profiles of Young Professionals doing interesting real-world projects using IBM technology to learn what they are finding valuable in their early careers and what helped them get to their current positions in the first place.
Today, let me point you to this interesting study by the IBM Institute for Business Value: http://www-931.ibm.com/tela/webmail/Newsletter/7486/22705
The Strategy and Change Section points us to a report: Inheriting a Complex World It can be downloaded for the complete version.
Both CEOs and current student leaders were interviewed about what future leaders will need to be successful in our complex world. Several points jumped out at me.
- Today's current CEOs talked about creativity and and adventurous spirit being very critical. This seems to be SO important, yet often overlooked while trying to ensure that a high amount of knowledge and skills are imparted to our students in always too short a time.
- Both CEOs and students also noted how important the correct analysis of trends is/will be. CEOs noted this relative to operational dexterity and students comment on making decisions using more data. Will databases have been around for a long time now, their importance continues to grow. As does the amount data to be analyzed. Students need a strong knowledge of database fundamentals to understand how data can be managed and what capabilities are possible with data analysis. IBM has a large portfolio of data analysis products and tools. Let's work together to use these tools to teach students what they need to learn to be successful for their future.


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Top Analyst: Oil & Gas
COVERING THE OIL and gas industry isn't just about number crunching for our youngest sector winner, 29-year-old Laura Loppacher. Knowing about geology and oil extraction is equally important in determining whether a stock is worth her time.
"What we always try to do is watch the rocks, because at the end of the day they are the most important factor," says Ms. Loppacher, an analyst with Jefferies in London.
She began her career covering the oil and gas sector in Calgary, the Canadian oil capital par excellence, and has been in the sector since 2007. One country she now covers is Morocco, where 10 different companies operate. "We speak with all of them, understand as much as we can about the geology and compare notes between them," she says.
Last year, the industry didn't record outstanding drilling results. Ophir Energy, however, was one of the few success stories. "They had a tremendous record last year: Six out six wells were successful and this is nearly unheard of," says Ms. Loppacher, who started coverage of the company in October 2011. "One of their peers was bought out at incredible valuation ... When that happened that got people excited and prompted them to realize what the assets of Ophir could be worth and so that really helped them in the early part of the year, and then they delivered on the exploration front."
Despite this company's remarkable success, Ms. Loppacher says one challenge of the industry has been the lack of "knockout exploration successes" that would draw investors this year.
In this context, "it's difficult for people to raise money for exploration of any sort," she explains. "Getting access to capital would be a continuing challenge and investors will be very selective as to what company they allocate additional capital to."
She says one of the biggest macro issues in the sector is the price of oil. "We've been quite range-bound for some time at around $100 to $110 [a] barrel," says Ms. Loppacher. "That's the main thing that makes it difficult for people to think that there is a direction for the market."
Oil prices experienced a sustained bull market between 2002 and 2008. Then came a massive crash, after which, in late 2009 to late 2010, prices saw a large recovery, and have been relatively stable since, the analyst explains. "Every year the oil price is probably changing by $10 to $15 on an average basis. But now it's been more stable."
She says prices are at a level where companies are comfortable investing. "You can make good long-term returns," she says. "It means that if you're trying to do deals [it is easier to reach] a mutually agreeable valuation because you have more confidence. As prices were increasing very quickly you always had a gap between expectations.
"Companies are more willing to do deals because there is closer alignment in oil price expectations between the buyers and the sellers but equity investors have been more hesitant because there isn't the expectation of significant value accretion from oil prices acting as a tailwind for valuations over time." —Javier Espinoza


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A View from Christopher Mims
Could Augmented Reality be Hazardous to Your Health?
Pop-up alerts and other displays in our field of vision could interfere with our perception of speed and velocity, says a bioengineer
Eye-tracking AR systems like this one could give rise to as many problems as they solve
Systems that attempt to make augmented reality less intrusive could throw off our sense for how we're moving, and might even lead to disorienting motion sickness, says Eric Sabelman, a functional neurosurgery bioengineer at Kaiser Permanente. The problem, says Sabelman, is that shunting alerts and other interface elements to the periphery of our visual field isn't much better than having them float in our central field of view.
"There seems to be an assumption that peripheral vision is idle and putting icons there will have no impact on visual signal processing. Most of our information on movement/velocity relative to the environment comes from peripheral vision," Sabelman said in an email.
The research he was addressing – a prototype by Japanese researchers that combines eye tracking with a traditional eyeglasses-based augmented reality projection system to shunt interface elements into peripheral vision – uses as one example the problem of giving GPS navigation directions to a bicycle rider without blocking their vision. That's precisely the kind of scenario in which placing elements in peripheral vision could be problematic.
"[There is] no problem with a static image in the corner of your eye if you are at a desktop, but it will present conflicting information if you are walking or driving," he adds.
Other complications could arise from interfaces that present interface elements that are inherently fixed in space relative to our gaze. For example, the eye rapidly "accomodates" to an image at a fixed location on the retina, rendering it invisible. Keeping interface elements visible could require jiggling them subtly, which might lead to further visual confusion as the user's brain interprets such movement as movement of their real-world surroundings.
This could mean that using an augmented reality heads up-type display to text or browse the web while walking could be distracting enough to significantly impair a user's ability to observe hazards in their environment.
Mixing fixed elements into a dynamic real environment could also lead to "simulator sickness" in some users, Sabelman speculates. The factors that contribute to illness in virtual reality environments aren't completely understood, but static elements in a user's peripheral vision could be a contributing factor.
This doesn't mean augmented reality is automatically a boondoggle, any more than ipods and cell phones have proven to be – but it does mean we might have to some day expand on those no texting while driving laws.
"I suppose we could learn to [walk or drive and use an AR system at the same time]," says Sabelman. "We can do all kinds of optical manipulations [on test subjects] and people will learn to interpret them correctly… but it adds extra load to our visual processing."


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Prepare the orange, cherry and lime Jell-os separately, dissolving each in 1 cup of the boiling water and adding 1/2 cup of the cold water. Pour each flavor into separate 8" square pan. Chill until firm, at least 3 hours or overnight. Cut into 1/2" cubes. Mix crumbs with butter. Set aside about 1/4 cup for garnish, if desired, and press remaining crumb mixture evenly over bottom and up sides to within 1" from top of 9" springform or tube pan. Chill. Dissolve lemon Jell-o and sugar in 1 cup boiling water; add pineapple juice. Chill until slightly thickened. Blend in whipped topping. Fold in Jell-o cubes. Spoon into crumb-lined pan. Chill overnight or until firm. Just before serving, run a spatula around sides of pan; then gently remove sides. Garnish with reserved crumbs or with additional whipped topping and flaked coconut, tinted, if desired. NOTES : This is one of my familys favorite desserts. You can change the Jell-o flavors and/or tint the Cool Whip with food coloring, for different holidays, e.g., red and green for Christmas. Can easily be made with sugar- free Jell-O and Lite Cool Whip topping. Recipe by: Jell-O / Pamela Creeden Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #952 by Creedenite
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How to Avoid Weight Loss Crash and Burn
Lots of diets promise quick and easy weight loss. But what do you do afterward? Instead of rapid weight loss, focus on slow changes that result in sustainable weight management
By John Casey
Reviewed By Gary Vogin, MD
Perhaps uppermost among all the unpleasant parts of weight loss is the fact that it is so easy to fall off the diet wagon and gain weight back.
"You really, really work at dieting and drop all these pounds, then you want to eat something and just enjoy it without worrying about how many grams of fat it has or how many calories," says Catherine Gush, 43, a medical assistant in a doctor's office in Craig, Colo.
It's that moment when all the hard work, irritability, and delayed gratification come up against the pleasure of the pint of gourmet ice cream in the freezer and the strip of fast-food joints along the highway.
"You see the food, and you ask yourself, 'What's the point?'" says Walt Stock, 39, an automotive repair technician in Latrobe, Pa. "At least if I eat the food I know I'll feel better for a while, and I'll eat it sooner or later, so it might as well be sooner."
This is what some dietitians and doctors call "diet dropout." And it is often a result of dieters' unrealistic goals.
Even when under medical treatment for weight problems, "patients tend to hit a plateau after about three to six months of treatment or when they've lost about 5 to 15 percent of body weight," says Louis Aronne, MD, associate professor of medicine at Cornell University's Weill Medical College who specializes in the study of obesity. "They stop losing weight, and their appetites return. It causes a lot of frustration, even for patients who are very motivated."
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Minutes: December 4, 2003
This meeting was held with Jim Williams & Scott Seaman, to discuss issues relating to the budget.
Scott explained the present budget situation: the budget cuts are 1.2 million. Basically 1/3 of it was taken from personnel (faculty, staff, students) costs; 1/3 - facility costs; 1/3 - collections. Student budget spending is currently on track. Operational spending is not on track: we have spent 2/3 of the budget. Photocopying has become a loss over the last few years, instead of being a profit.
Jim said that the filling of library positions is closely related to the budget situation. The core services have to be provided for. The library will provide a questionnaire to faculty and students in the middle of the next semester to examine what services are most important to them. The budget for the next year is up in the air, the University is trying again to get "Enterprise status," which would improve our situation. Jim stressed that in spite of the cuts we did not lay people off.
In answer to the questions posed on the agenda* (see below), Jim and Scott said that:
Some reallocations have been done recently, based on demand. The library staff is 155 people, there are presently 7 vacancies. The money the library saves on vacancies goes in part to pay a "tax" we owe the campus ($180 thousand). We lost 6 staff lines.
The inventory project is paid by savings on vacant faculty positions (2 in cataloging, 1/2 in reference). We would prefer that this be a regular funded budget line, and there is starting to be more appreciation of the completion of the catalog by the Campus administration. The BCR Inventory is projected to be complete in 6-7 years at 100k a year. This project may be the next to take cuts if we continue to have budget problems.
As for the student budget, Jim hopes to get money again at the last minute, like last time (after planning significant reductions in hours). Scott said that the quote about "bringing the Student Budget under control" refers to the fact that we no longer have the salary savings that have been used in the past to bail out the student budget overspending.
In the spring there will again be a LIBQUAL survey. It will not be department specific, but comments that are added are in hundreds and often are department specific. Jim reads them all. This is a metric that we have to find out about our patrons and ourselves. Also, an Assessment Committee is being formed with a charge that includes gathering information about ourselves. The charge is completed and there will be a call for volunteers interested in serving on this committee. Jim stated that the State's fiscal spending situation appears that it will be worse before becoming better and this may help lead to us to Enterprise Status. The Quality for Colorado program provided additional dollars this year for CU but next year there will be more competition for these dollars from other educational institutions.
To the person who described the scenario in their department as "operating in triage mode," Jim said that this has been the situation in many departments. He said this is the natural result of the budget cuts and that departments that are having trouble need to have a discussion internally to decide what services they simply must cut or need to defer. We cannot continue to think we can provide all the services we have in the past. Jim congratulated the departments that have had this discussion, for instance, SPC and ILL decided they needed to cut their open hours.
Jim described planning around a single reference desk as being one way that we may be able to assist departments gain more flexibility and "improve quality of work-life." The pool of staffers for a desk will grow when the number of desks is reduced. For instance the number of weekends a staff member will need to work would be reduced when weekend work is divided between more people.
Leadership plans mentioned in the Strategic Plan could take many forms. One example is the way an ad hoc team was put together to assist in getting Engineering materials off-site. It will take initiative on the part of staff or faculty to create these leadership opportunities. Jim welcomes ideas for boosting morale from the staff and faculty, and suggests more frequent meetings like this one.
The former ILL office at the East entrance continues to be a space used as "Ralphies Resource center" and as an orientation office at the beginning of the year. Plans for the Norlin rehab continue to have a space like this designated, but it would be part of a non-library area that would be grouped around the 1st floor and east side. This area of non-library spaces (including the cafe) would not need to be controlled by library security (book alarms).
* Questions posed in advance to Jim and Scott:
1) What will be the general priorities for filling vacant staff positions?
2) Are reallocations frozen along with some vacant positions?
3) What is the status of the current staff opening(s)? (which depts. are hiring, have any positions already been filled?)
4) Is anything else in the libraries being funded by vacant staff positions?
5) Which positions fund the BCR inventory project?
6) What is the outlook for the student budget in 2004/05? Should students supervisors who have been using some of the $160,000 from the Chancellor to staff circulation desks plan for a 40% cut starting this summer?
7) In the last ten years in my department, the workload has doubled, but the number of staff positions has remained the same (I have these statistics in a file right next to my desk). In other departments, too, I have heard that duties have increased both in amount and complexity, while staff position numbers have remained constant or have been reduced. During the time I have been an employee of the Libraries, I have seen my department's level of service to patrons decline, not because we are not working as hard as ever, but because we simply have too much to do. Naturally, the cut to our student budget has only worsened this situation. Now we are operating in triage mode - trying to cut services wherever we can, instead of trying to excel. I think that the central mission - the core mission -- of any library should be to provide its patrons with the information they are seeking, and I know our department is not able to do all we should be doing in this respect, solely because of understaffing and lack of support.
These are my questions:
a) What metrics or method of assessment (if any) will the Libraries administration use to determine how this decline in service affects its patrons, the University community? How department-specific would an assessment be?
b) Does the Libraries administration have any benchmarks or metrics in place to analyze when the workload in a particular department is such that the department is understaffed? Any audits planned that might make a case for adding more staff positions?
c) How bad will things have to get in terms of decline in services, overworked staff and low morale before resources are allocated to fund additional staff positions? Is there any hope at all?
8) I have a question about this quote from the meeting minutes, "if we are hiring, where is the money coming from? Scott answered that that is why we are going slowly in hiring and bringing the total student budget under control. By bringing the student budget under control and keeping it in control we won't need the salary savings as much." I found this especially confusing since salary savings tend to come from unfilled faculty lines, staff lines are charged a hefty fee. I also wonder why the student budget that is cut by 40% in many departments needs to be brought under control. We are fortunate in our branch to have the money from the provost to supplement our budget. We don't need to be under control - we just need money to keep us open. I would think any salary savings would be desperately needed in Norlin departments to supplement the student budget. So, I could use some clarification about this and the process itself. Non-directly-budget-related questions
1) Regarding the leadership plan mentioned by the strategic planning committee- What is the goal of this plan/program? If staff leaders are identified, what would be expected of them? Are any non-monetary incentives involved?
2) The weight of budget cuts seems to fall disproportionately on staff (as opposed to faculty), who are primarily responsible for basic operations. Are there any discussions of general morale-building efforts in these difficult times?
3) What will happen to the former ILL office space (lately known as Ralphie's)?
Thanks to Ann Frajzyngier and Carl Stewart for taking minutes.


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South Antrim MLA Trevor Clarke paid a visit to the Mindwise Abbeyside House, Antrim recently.
Mr Clarke said: "It was a delight to visit the Mindwise Abbeyside house in Antrim who shared their optimism in the work that 'Fare Share' along with stores who help provide food to homes.
"At present Fare Share supply surplus food to 69 charities in Northern Ireland and is supported by 9 main suppliers, including local stores such as Asda."
He added: "This work being carried out not only helps fill the cupboards, but it also helps the charities save money which can be used for other requirements, such as day activities.
"Mindwise advised me that they could save up to £1500-£2000 a year which is a great benefit to their charity and therefore are very grateful for this work being carried out.
"I was very impressed to see first-hand the impact that the partnership between Asda and FareShare is having in my constituency.
"This project is helping to make a real and practical difference in the area and goes a long way towards helping those who need it most in the local community."
Clarke recently stepped down his position of Antrim Councillor, with his wife Linda taking up his seat.
"I will continue to work and represent the people of South Antrim as an MLA. I would therefore urge those who contacted my office in the past do keep doing so, as my office will be continuing as normal."


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Piers Morgan Seeks Apology Over Phone Hacking Allegations
July 20, 2011 06:49 AM by Lisa Princ
America's Got Talent on NBC's judge, Piers Morgan, was recently accused of phone hacking. Despite the fact that Piers denied any involvement with Rupert Murdoch, the allegations remain. Piers Morgan is now seeking an apology over the allegations, but will he get it? Read on for more!
America's Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan was recently accused of phone hacking by Member of Parliament Louise Mensch in which Piers denied yesterday. Then in an angry over the air exchange between the pair, Piers Morgan challenged Louise Mensch to repeat her claim that he had "boasted" of phone hacking in a book about his tabloid editor days. Louise Mensch refused to do so claiming that she covered by parliamentary privilege – which protects her from legal action for anything said inside parliament.
Angry over this, Piers Morgan said: "I'm amused by her cowardice in refusing to repeat that allegation now that she's not in parliament covered by privilege" and then he sought an apology as he added: "I think you should apologize for being a liar." Piers Morgan may get his wishes on America's Got Talent, but he would not be in this case. Though Piers repeatedly said that Louise Mensch should gain "the balls" to repeat her allegations and "apologize" to him since there was no evidence, Louise refused as she said: "I feel no need whatsoever to apologize."
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Hwy 95 weekend closure set for Aug. 9-12
St. Croix Crossing Weekly Project Update July 26, 2013
STILLWATER, Minn.— Motorists can expect a weekend closure of Highway 95 Aug. 9-12 between the Highway 36/Highway 95 junction and while crews demolish the Highway 36 flyover bridge to northbound Highway 95 as part of St. Croix Crossing construction. The closure is expected to occur from 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, to 5 a.m., Monday, Aug. 12, weather permitting. Highway 95 motorists should follow the signed detour route when the closure occurs.
The detour route uses Highway 36, Osgood Avenue, 47th Street N., Stagecoach Trail and Fifth Avenue N. Local access is available between Pickett Street and Point Road. Visit www.mndot.gov/stcroixcrossing/future.html to view a map.
In addition, night work will begin in the Old Neighborhood area the week of July 29. Nearby residents may see lights and hear noise associated with this work.
Access to the north entrance of Sunnyside Marina from eastbound Highway 36 is not available. Sunnyside residents and marina users should use the signed alternate route. This traffic change will remain in place through fall 2013. Access to Sunnyside Marina from Highway 95 remains unchanged.
Other highway impacts/Minnesota approach work
Motorists will continue to experience single-lane traffic on Highway 36 east of Osgood Avenue and temporary traffic signals at the Highway 36/Highway 95 junction. This will continue through the end of September. Access to businesses along Highway 36 and Highway 95 remain open at all times.
Crews are reconstructing eastbound Highway 36 and the ramps to/from Highway 95. They are also realigning Highway 95, completing utility work and constructing trails.
The temporary bypass between Beach Road and Stagecoach Trail as well as access to local roads remains the same as previous weeks. Find details about all ongoing traffic impacts at www.mndot.gov/stcroixcrossing.
River impacts/Bridge foundations work
Boaters on the St. Croix River will experience no new impacts, and the no wake worker safety zone is still in effect.
Buoys remain in place along the Minnesota and Wisconsin shoreline, providing a designated work zone area and narrowed river channel to meet Coast Guard standards. The no wake zone is in place for the safety of crews working and equipment stability.
Crews continue working on the bridge foundations. They are installing caissons and excavating for pier footings through December 2013.
Wisconsin highway impacts
Motorists traveling on WIS 35 north of Hudson will continue to see additional truck traffic entering and exiting the site of the former wayside in the town of St. Joseph. For the next two weeks there will be shoulder closures in the area to accommodate the increased traffic. Trucks are hauling clean material—composed of rock, sand and mud—from the St. Croix River bottom as part of the bridge foundations contract.
Another site approximately four miles to the east on WIS 64 between 150th Avenue and County V will also be used once activities are complete at the wayside area. Motorists should expect shoulder closures when that activity occurs through fall 2013.
Future impacts near the Highway 36/Highway 95 junction
Beach Road bridge closure
The Beach Road bridge is anticipated to close in mid-August, weather permitting. Construction on the new Beach Road bridge, located just west of the existing bridge, is tentatively scheduled to begin in early-August.
Nighttime hauling to Miller Pit
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Published in Company Comment on 11 February 2010
Overall, it's been a good week for the giants of the mining world.
Hot on the heels of start of the oil and gas reporting season, this week has seen some awaited results from a number of mining companies.
Monday saw Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) and Xstrata (LSE: XTA) both reporting full-year results. Both impressed the market.
Randgold, which specialises in gold mining and exploration in Africa, reported a "record year", with a 79% increase in profits for the year, and a 185% increase for the quarter against the same quarter last year. The recent rush of investors putting their money into shiny things helped, with gold sales in the fourth quarter rising by 34% over the previous quarter, and by 78% over the fourth quarter last year.
Investors should also be buoyed by the news that the company's schedule for its Kibali project on the Democratic Republic of Congo has been brought forward, with the target date for first production moved to January 2014 -- a full year ahead of previous plans.
Randgold will pay an annual dividend of 17c per share (approx 10.6p), on 18th March. That's not a huge dividend yield (though mining stocks aren't really income investments), but it's more than the market was expecting.
Meanwhile, Xstrata, whose business is in mining coal and metals, and producing various industrial alloys, saw an expected fall in demand in the first half of the year, as the economic downturn led to what the company described as "unprecedented destocking".
But as economic stimulus initiatives took effect, the resulting increased demand for commodities in the later part of the year helped counter that. Coupled with cost savings of $500m (a reduction in operating costs of 5%), that helped Xstrata to finish the year with EBITDA of $7bn. That has enabled the company to resume paying dividends, and and an 8c (5p) per share final dividend is on the cards.
These results brought a bit of short-term respite to both companies' sliding share prices, with Randgold's blipping back up over the £44 level (though still a way down from its recent high of over £50). Xstrata's price, manwhile, poked back above the £10 mark, but again is still down from the £12 the shares commanded at the beginning of the year.
On Wednesday, the oil, gas and minerals giant BHP Billiton (LSE: BLT) released half-year results, for the six months ending 31 December. Net profit more than doubled to $6.1bn (from $2.6bn in the first half of the previous year), and earnings per share rose to 110c, from 47c the year before.
These figures comfortably beat the analysts' consensus of $5.2bn for the period, although excluding exceptional income does bring the profit figure down to $5.7bn.
This first-half performance was largely on the back of demand from China and India, which could well prove fickle in the future, and so the company is cautious in its outlook, saying:
"Despite this positive momentum, we remain cautious about the speed and strength of the global economic recovery across the developed world. It appears that stimulus measures that supported the recovery have not fully addressed structural issues such as weak labour markets and excess production capacity in developed economies."
And on Thursday, Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO), currently having a bit of trouble in China, announced full-year results for 2009 which showed underlying earnings of $6.3bn. That was down 39% on a year ago, but considering the harsh economic conditions facing the company's wide-ranging mining and minerals business, many will be satisfied with that.
Underlying earnings per share (EPS) came in at 357c (223p), which is 46% down on last year. But after taking into account the disposals made during the year (Rio Tinto divested itself of $5.7bn worth of business operations during the year, from a planned total of $7.2bn), EPS from continuing operations actually rose 5%, to 302c (189p).
A dividend of 45c (28p) per share will be paid, which is down 60% on last year, but only a little below market expectations.
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December 7, 2012
When Curiosity Bears Bad News
Well, NASA finally released some information about Mars soil. redOrbit reported on the release noting that the Curiosity rover found complex chemical components including water, sulfur, and chlorine-containing substances. However, NASA also reported that there still is no definitive analysis proving that Mars ever maintained or could, in the future, maintain life. As I read this report, I found myself thinking about all the science fiction novels and stories I read about living on Mars.
Two of the most prominent are Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles and Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. The former is a collection of short stories about colonizing Mars, and the latter is about a Martian coming to Earth. I remember reading these and falling in love with the idea of space travel and the possibilities of life on other planets. The author's stories really create a vivid impression in readers of Mars, and for good or bad readers find themselves dreaming of the prospects.
Today, I felt a twinge of sorrow at Curiosity's findings. Of course, there is still much to research and discover on Mars and NASA is hard at work there, but these initial reports do not support that life could have existed there. This also means that it is unlikely that Earth's inhabitants could ever travel and station on Mars.
This idea is one that drives many writers and readers of science fiction. The possibility that we could travel to and experience different planets is one that catches our attention. For me, it is almost a modern day form of magic. Different planets mean different terrains, a new frontier, if you will. The possibilities are endless in this, which means so is the creativity.
Obviously, the unknown is a perfect place to create stories, which is probably why so many people have written about Mars and other planets. So much is open because we know so little about other planets. Like with fantasy, science fiction writers create whole new worlds only using real worlds as the setting. This means that anything goes.
Perhaps the idea of anything is possible that draws so many people to science fiction. We like the possibilities, the infinite and different possibilities. The landing and now data analysis of Curiosity strikes just those cords. We want to know everything because we know nothing.
Even though this newly released data from NASA is still inconclusive, many people find hope in the mere fact that Curiosity found water, sulfur, and chlorine. We understand these chemicals. We have and use these on our own planet. NASA has provided those of us interested in this study with a connection to Mars, a similarity, and that breeds hope for many.
My hope is that Curiosity will find something to show that Mars can or has supported life. Wouldn't it be cool to travel not just to another state or another country but to a whole new and different planet!?! The possibility of intergalactic travel appeals to many of us including me. The call of travel regularly seduces me, but I can't be alone in that. Others of Earth's inhabitants must feel the itch for adventure, for wandering, on our planet, so why wouldn't we want to be able to wander on other planets?
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Now and again, The Office tries to use Packers dynamic with Michael to earn sympathy for the main character and make him seem more like a human being. Its an effective plot device. Maybe they should have used it a little more. Maybe they picked up on it just the right number of times. Either way, I definitely could have gotten excited about Packer shitting on a few more carpets.
The best thing about Bob Vance is the power broker quality to his character. Yes, his relationship with Phyllis is often hysterical and sort of oddly touching, but its his ability to get shit done that rings the most honest and true. In medium-sized cities across the country, its men like Bob Vance that own successful businesses who wield power. Theyre the ones who step in to buy warehouses to keep workers from getting fired. Theyre the ones who donate door prizes for local casino nights, and theyre the ones who make sure people stop parking their cars in spots that dont belong to them.
Over the course of the show, Bob appears more than a dozen times. Hes also referenced quite a bit by his doting wife, but to be perfectly honest, I could have gone for a dozen or so more episodes. Hes a great scene stealer, a perfect man to bring out of the bullpen when an episode is starting to get a bit boring, and considering he works in the same building, the reasons for him to be around were numerous.
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It's Friday! Ryan's parents are in town this weekend, so we have some fun things planned: lunch at Out the Door (have you had their warm sticky rice? you should – it's delicious), the Pulp Fashion show at the Legion of Honor, and if the weather stays nice maybe a couple of winery tours.
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This is in regards to the Letter to My Wedding, from the view of a wedding planner:
Not to offend any bride, but it seems to me that it's become a sort of trend to whine about planning one's wedding, and then blaming society. A person really doesn't have to get married.
And, it makes me sad because so many same-sex partners would *love* to plan a wedding, and can't. I'm not a bride and so I can't say what it's like, but I have planned three weddings, several bridal showers, and a few baby showers. I genuinely find it FUN!
I guess my advice would be: #1 Hire a wedding planner right away. #2 Don't be bullied by family, friends, or society into doing anything.
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The ongoing spat between the Obama White House and former vice president Dick Cheney has, to a large extent, marginalized the one other figure with serious chips in the current national security debate. George W. Bush has faded into private life with only the rare public utterance. And by ceding the task of defense to the second in command, it's become more and more apparent that, towards the end of the previous administration, Bush and Cheney did not see eye to eye on these matters.
In an interview with C-SPAN that will air in entirety at 10.a.m. Saturday, President Barack Obama acknowledged having had conversations with Bush since leaving office, though he insisted on abiding by "a general policy of keeping confidence with your predecessor."
More telling was that later in the segment Obama offered the slightest bit of rationalization for the past administration's national security policies. And, more to the point, he made note that there were two distinct threads of thought that personified the Bush administration's approach to holding and trying detainees.
"I think there was a period of time, right after 9/11, understandably because people were fearful, where I think we cut too many corners and made some decisions that were contrary to who we are as a people," Obama told C-SPAN. "I think there were adjustments that were made even within the Bush administration to try and deal with some of those mistakes. There are still consequences though to some of those earlier poor decisions and I think Guantanamo was one of them."
The extent of Obama's relationship to Bush is one of those intriguing and mysterious subplots to the current debate with Cheney. For starters, the former president has given his successor the freedom and time to craft his own policy without criticism. And the relationship has been mutually beneficial. The Obama White House has praised Bush for his assistance during the transition.
As the president begins crafting his approach to detainee policy, the ability to illuminate the frictions of the past White House and make Bush seem a sympathetic figure could prove politically beneficial. Obama may be inching closer to his predecessor's position -- Bush after all, called for the closing of Gitmo late in his administration -- but he is nowhere close to approaching Cheney.


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Monday, February 27, 2012
Devils on ice for optional morning skate; Boulton awaits waiver fate
The Devils are holding an optional morning skate today at Prudential Center in preparation for tonight's game against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
The NHL trade deadline is at 3 p.m. today, so the Devils team will be set by the time they face the Rangers tonight.
Left wing Eric Boulton, who was placed on waivers on Saturday, will find out at noon today if he's been claimed by another team or if he'll be staying with the Devils. If he clears waivers, Boulton would be eligible to be sent to Albany of the AHL, but the plan is to keep him on the NHL roster at least initially.
Patrik Elias, Petr Sykora, David Clarkson, Danius Zubrus, Bryce Salvador and Marek Zidlicky are the only players not skating this morning.
Here is the breakdown of players on the ice for the morning skate:
Forwards: Zach Parise, Adam Henrique, Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Steve Bernier, Eric Boulton, Ryan Carter, Jacob Josefson, Cam Janssen.
Defensemen: Andy Greene, Adam Larsson, Mark Fayne, Anton Volchenkov, Matt Taormina,
Goaltenders: Martin Brodeur, Johan Hedberg.
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|Young and old alike enjoyed Santa's presence and his presents during Palisade's old fashion Christmas celebration
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:05
One little boy was determined to see if Santa was the real deal or not. No one but Santa and his elf know the his name.
Amy Straub
The Wauneta Breeze
Saturday's Old Fashion Christmas proved to be fun for all in Palisade.
Everyone from birth on up enjoyed the many activities scheduled that day.
The day started off with some good old fashioned bingo at the Legion Hall. Following bingo was a movie for the youngsters and any adults who wished to join them. The movie was made complete with popcorn and soda.
Santa's arrival after the movie was certainly the highlight of the day for young and old alike.
Not only did Santa listen to children's wishes but even a few adults as well.
Santa and his elf handed out stockings full of goodies to everyone in the building not only the ones who sat on his lap.
Each stocking contained a special ticket that only those present could benefit from.
Each ticket represented a number to be drawn for special gifts given to all the children and community members in attendance at the drawing which was held in the John L. Sullivan Auxiliary hall.
Many local businesses donated the gifts that everyone received. There were enough gifts that everyone who attended got at least one gift, some even received two. After the gifts were handed out the community was invited to the Legion Hall for a soup supper before the lighting of the town Christmas tree.
The finale of the day, of course, was the lighting of the Christmas tree which took place at 5:30 p.m. MT /6:30 p.m. CT.
Do you think Bill Lawless is being told to be extra good this year by Santa's elf? Maybe.
Enthusiasm is obvious in Patty Post's face as she jumps up to claim her prize.
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