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By Robert Geller
EL PASO, Texas (Feb. 9) – With over 250 horses already training on the track at Emerald Downs, some 172 free nominations to the $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3) and another epic Super Bowl ending courtesy of Eli Manning, February is off to an adrenaline-charged start. Fittingly, it is a springboard month to a leap further down the calendar.
By the time Emerald Downs opens its doors April 13th, much preparation will have gone in to ensuring its 81-day meet goes off without hitch, every effort made to bring the best possible product to its fans. The backbone of any racing circuit begins with the breeders and trainers who raise and nurture Thoroughbreds in the hope of a good result. Track-work is the time to spot the young ones going through their early paces in the education process. The Emerald meet always unveils promising 2-year-olds though clearly the more proven commodities will be out in force in early spring, some shipping in, others fresh from a restful winter. Kudos to those barns willing to get off to a strong early start, helping to ensure we have a balanced, ready-to-go product.
The industry is full of irony and purse structure is one fine example. Time and again Emerald Downs produces talented racehorses that far exceed their earnings tallies and are not given sufficient respect. It is no easy feat to dance every major dance on any circuit and those that do are inevitably Horse of The Year. It is a pity that neither Noosa Beach nor Awesome Gem, winners of the last two Longacres Miles, each now having been a runner-up in the race too, managed to get to the more recent Breeders' Cup World Championships at either Santa Anita or Churchill Downs. Both horses had the form to reflect well on our flagship race.
The $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3) is a perfect example of a prize that is coveted by owners and trainers irrespective of its dollar figure. West Point Thoroughbreds had endured several close calls in the Northwest's premier race before winning last season with Awesome Gem, bypassing more lucrative options in California to accomplish a long-held mission. It was a story reminiscent of that of owner Jeffrey Sengara who won the 1999 Mile with Budroyale that bounced back from an unplaced effort the previous season. For sure, August 19, 2012 should prove no exception with the chance for local or out-of-state connections to realize a personal dream.
It is almost the converse challenge for Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino and its $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3) at one mile and one-eighth. Management has had to fight tooth and nail with the industry to be taken as a serious player despite offering the third richest Kentucky Derby lead-up in the country. The very year that track owner Stan Fulton was ready to pull the plug on the Sunland Derby and redirect all the purse funds to New Mexico breed races was the year that Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby. The 50-to-1 upset shocked the racing world, forcing the hand of a previously reluctant Graded Stakes Committee to slap a Grade 3 label onto the race. Being graded ended the Catch-22 situation with earnings from the race able to be applied toward a potential Triple Crown start.
Tradition can be a double-edged sword and New Mexico racing is more aware than most of what it means to change the pecking order. When the long list of Sunland Derby nominations landed on my desk this time last year, who would have suspected that it contained the Belmont Stakes winner? Ruler on Ice did not escape my attention when an eye-catching, unlucky third in the 2011 Sunland Derby and fueled my wager on him at Belmont. His subsequent third-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Classic confirmed his ability as more than merely a mudder. His success begs the question of just what may be laying dormant in the 2012 list of nominees to the Sunland Derby that may slowly but surely be debunking the perceptual illusion that 3-year-olds must pass through the more prestigious circuits in order to be a legitimate Triple Crown player.
Hall of Fame trainers have responded effusively to the March 25 race with 27 early nominations from Todd Pletcher, 20 each from Bob Baffert and Steve Asmussen, and last season's Kentucky Derby winning trainer, Graham Motion, a welcome addition to the list with seven nominations. As nice as it would be to lure one of the leading early Derby contenders like the undefeated Algorithms, sitting second in the alphabetical order, before you know it, the equation changes. Nominees tend to whittle away like foam on a latte, leaving everyone wondering about the strength of blend that remains, more often than not the public surprised to find that the Sunland Derby can have quite a kick to it.
If the early nomination list is any guide, the upcoming 10th edition is likely to have growing East Coast flavor, a trend that has continued to gather steam and would fit well with the national scene. In the mid-to-late '90s, California horses seemed to have the edge in the Triple Crown with seesawing successes of trainers like Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas. In recent years, all the evidence points to East Coast dominance with California the poor relation. Time will tell as to whether this trend is cyclical or not.
It appears no different from the shift in power in the NFL from the AFC to the NFC, the latter having now produced the last three Super Bowl champions, even the much-respected New England Patriots unable to stem the tide this year. Seattle Seahawks fans can take some solace in the knowledge that their defense was one of only a few teams all season that managed to thwart a final drive comeback from Eli Manning, effectively knocking the majority of Emerald Downs' staff out of its sudden death football contest, myself included.
Thoroughbreds and football players are similar in that each need a solid team behind them to bring out their best but once they hit stride there is no stopping them, blossoming from ugly duckling into gentle GIANT!
The only track announcer in Emerald Downs' history, Robert Geller begins his 17th season on Friday, April 13


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This year the Fabulous After 40 readers were gaga for leggings and skinny jeans.
But how to wear them and style them presented quite a dilemma for over 40 gals.
It makes perfect sense that some of my most popular posts of the year focused on helping stylish 40+ women wear their favorite casual essentials in a classy way.
Let's take a look.
Leggings are casual and perfect for 40+ lifestyles. However, they are tricky to style. Here are seven ways to tastefully wear leggings and skinny jeans over 40.
Many of you liked the fashion forward look of over-the- knee boots, but you would never wear them to church.
|Probably one of the most frequently asked questions among over 40 women is "Is long hair over 40 a do or a don't?"
|Stop being terrified of putting on a swimsuit. Here are five great ways to look slim and feel fabulous in a swimsuit.
|A reader wrote to me and asked the question that we've all been asking ourselves, "Can you wear leggings after 40 or 50 or beyond?"
|You fell in love with block heeled shoes for their comfort and practicality.
|First there were colored jeans. Then patterned jeans hit the 40+ fashion scene and left us wondering if we could actually pull them off.
|We explored the much-debated topic of the most appropriate shorts for our over 40 bodies and lifestyles.
|Rock your weekend look with five classy, casual ways to take your basic jeans up a level.
|Leggings were a popular way to look fabulous after 40 on weekends in 2013. I showed you ways to keep leggings updated so that they don't look like they are a left over from your 80's wardrobe.
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Research in Ocean Sciences (facilitated in part through the dedicated Ocean Sciences Graduate Program) is a particular strength at the university, and the carbon cycle is interwoven among the work of all Ocean Sciences faculty at USC. Studies in the modern ocean system are providing insights into life in the upper ocean and deep ocean sediments with key implications for nutrient cycles, CO2 cycling, climate, and life on this and other planets. These studies include:
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HollyWooWoo Report
March 20 2015
New Movies:
Insurgent - Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side. Stars Kate Winslet, Shailene Woodley, Jai Courtney & Octavia Spencer. (PG-13)
The Gunman - A sniper on a mercenary assassination team kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself. Stars Sean Penn, Ray Winstone, Idris Elba, Javier Bardem and Jasmine Trinca. (R)
Do You Believe? - When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate. Stars Mira Sorvino, Sean Astin, Alexa PenaVega, and Cybill Shepherd. (PG-13)
Danny Collins - An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year old letter written to him by John Lennon. Stars Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, and Bobby Cannavale. (R)
Harrison Ford, who recently crashed plane, is air film narrator
Harrison Ford, who recently crashed his vintage airplane on a Los Angeles golf course, is returning to the skies - at least with his voice. He will narrate an aviation documentary for National Geographic. It premieres on IMAX screens April 10.
Prosecutors want 'Suge' Knight's bail set at $25 million
Prosecutors want Suge Knight's bail in his murder case set at $25 million. They say the former rap music mogul has extorted millions from rappers since 2004 and is a gang member. He has a bail hearing today. He has pleaded not guilty.
'American Idol' Recap: Judges Use the Save Early
"American Idol" was supposed to narrow down the contestants to 10 last night. The 11 finalists sang songs from the movies. The judges decided Qaasim Middleton was worth saving. Boy George will be mentoring the finalists for '80s music next week.
Jennifer Lopez Gives Beautiful Performance on 'American Idol'
Jennifer Lopez took over the stage on "American Idol" last night. She treated viewers to a beautiful performance of "Feel the Light" from the upcoming animated film "Home." Scenes were projected onto her white gown. "Home" opens in theaters next Friday, March 27.
Justin Bieber sued by former neighbor for assault
Justin Bieber's former neighbor in Calabasas claims in a lawsuit Bieber spit in his face and terrorized his family. The lawsuit seeks more than $25,000. Bieber has paid them $80,000 for throwing eggs at their home 2 years ago. He remains on probation.
Kate Middleton Will Take Maternity Leave
Kate Middleton will take maternity leave at the end of March. The Duchess will make her final public appearance March 27. She has 3 engagements that support opportunities for young people in London. Prince William will be with her. She's due in mid-to-late April.
Russell Simmons Developing Hip-hop Musical For Broadway
Rap mogul Russell Simmons is producing a new Hip-hop musical For 2016. 'The Scenario' will celebrate the "golden age" of the genre, from the 1980s to the 1990s. He won a Tony Award in 2003 for the Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam shows.
Kevin Hart Surprises Ex-wife With New SUV
Kevin Hart bought his ex-wife a new Cadillac Escalade for her 37th birthday. He and Torrei Hart split more than five years ago and have been in a couple of public spats. They have 2 children. She posted a photo of the car online. He is engaged to wed model Eniko Parrish.
Kevin Hart Still Upset By Airport Toilet Encounter
Kevin Hart was a guest on The Daily Show Wednesday night. He told host Jon Stewart his stand-up routine is based on things that have happened to him. Most memorable: he was in an airport bathroom. A fan kicked open the door & snapped a photo as he flipped the finger.
Mr. T to host home renovation series 'I Pity the Tool'
Mr. T has landed a new home renovation series. He will host 'I Pity the Tool' on the DIY Network. The program will follow Mr. T and his team as they remodel outdated homes for veterans and their families. It is scheduled to premiere later this year.
Iggy Azalea Reveals Britney Spears Duet Is Called 'Pretty Girls'
New details about Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears' collaboration have emerged. The duet will be called "Pretty Girls". It will be the first single on her new album, out later this year. Azalea has had to reschedule her tour for September due to "production delays."
Fleetwood Mac Announces Rescheduled Tour of Australia, NZ
Fleetwood Mac's tour of Australia and New Zealand is back on. 10 shows are scheduled across a mix of arenas, wineries and outdoor venues, starting Oct. 22. They're currently touring North America thru April 19, then head to Europe for 6 weeks.
Bill Murray putting together a celebrity holiday special for Christmas
Bill Murray has recruited some famous friends for a Christmas TV Special. He is teaming up with director Sofia Coppola for the show, which will air sometime during the 2015 holiday season. Guests include George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph.
The HollyWooWoo Report
Friday, May 17, 2013
New Movies: That I will not be seeing ... HA HA! Not a Trekkie. Sorry!
Star Trek Into Darkness - After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. Stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho and Benedict Cumberbatch. Rated PG-13.
Candice Glover wins 12th season of 'American Idol'
As expected, Candice Glover won "American Idol." The 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., won the 12th season on her 3rd try. Persistence pays off!! She is the first femalesinger to win since Jordin Sparks in 2007. Her new single is "I Am Beautiful." I think she is fantastic!!!
'Idol' pulls in only 11 million viewers Wednesday
Seacrest ... OUT of a job?! HA! Joking. But - American Idol viewing figures have dropped to an all-time low. Only 11 million people tuned in Wednesday to watch season 12's two finalists compete. The series lost more than 2 million viewers a night compared to season 11.
Steve Carell returns as "The Office" closes after 9 years
"The Office" ended last night after 9 seasons on NBC. Michael Scott returned as best man for Dwight and Angela's wedding. Pam & Jim left for their new life in Austin Texas. Pam's words in the final scene: "There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn't that the point?"
SNL to wrap 38th season tomorrow
Saturday Night Live ends its 38th season tomorrow night with Ben Affleck as the host and Kanye West as musical guest. It's Bill Hader's last show. Seth Meyers will leave by February, and veterans Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis are moving on to movie careers.
They listened: Fans tell NBC to keep The Voice's rotating coaching panel
Shakira fans, you can stop worrying. The fall season will see the show's original coaching lineup reunited. For next spring's Season 6, the show will flip back to its current coaching panel, with Shakira and Usher replacing Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green.
Will.i.am on New Britney Spears Album: 'We Start Next Week'
Will.i.am received an Honorary Clio Award Wednesday night for his work endorsing brand name products. He's also hard at work with Britney Spears, whose upcoming 8th album he's executive producing. He's in Vegas Sunday to perform in the Billboard Music Awards.
Kim and baby to go with Kanye on tour
Kim Kardashian and her new baby will be going along with Kanye West when he goes on tour. The touring company has been told to arrange for cribs and soundproof hotel rooms at every stop. If the tour heads overseas, she'll go to a few select cities.
Fast and Furious 7 to film in Japan
'Fast & Furious 7' will film in Japan and the Middle East, and partly shot in the U.S. The action movie's star & producer Vin Diesel said the next installment will continue the trend of shooting on location. 'Fast & Furious 6' was set in London, 'Fast Five' in Rio de Janeiro.
Miley Cyrus Proudly Dons Engagement Ring…but where's Liam?
Miley Cyrus is trying to end speculation by tweeting a photo of her wearing her engagement ring. It's a 3.5 carat Neil Lane rock ($300,000). As for supposed-fiance Liam Hemsworth? She said, ''we keep our relationship low-key and don't talk about it anymore.''
Stars To Team Up For Night Of Top Pop At The Billboard Music Awards
Justin Bieber and will.i.am will perform together at the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night. Also teaming up: Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne, and Christina Aguilera and Pitbull. Prince will be honored with the Billboard Icon Award.
John Legend And Chrissy Teigen To Wed In Autumn Ceremony
R&B star John Legend will wed his model fiance Chrissy Teigen this autumn. She will wear a Vera Wang wedding dress. She has revealed she needs a daily dose of Xanax for anxiety. They are working out details for their reception. He proposed to her in December, 2011.
'Winnie Mandela,' starring Jennifer Hudson, to get fall release
"Winnie Mandela," starring Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard, will be released in theaters in the fall. It is being showcased at France's Cannes International Film Festival. Producers promise that both deliver "exceptional, solid performances."
Today's Birthdays:
Actor Bill Paxton is 58. Boxing Hall-of-Famer Sugar Ray Leonard is 57. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 57. Sports announcer Jim Nantz is 54. Singer Enya is 52. Talk show host-actor Craig Ferguson is 51. Singer-musician Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) is 48. Rhythm-and-blues musician O'Dell (Mint Condition) is 48. Actor Hill Harper is 47. Singer Jordan Knight is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darnell Van Rensalier (Shai) is 43. Actress Sasha Alexander is 40. Rock singer Andrea Corr (The Corrs) is 39. Singer Kandi Burruss is 37. Actress Kat Foster is 35. Dancer-choreographer Derek Hough (huhf) is 28. Actor Tahj Mowry is 27. Actress Nikki Reed is 25. Actress Leven Rambin is 23. Actress Samantha Browne-Walters is 22. Actor Justin Martin is 19.


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EPHA conference on 4 December 2012 in the European Parliament
On 4 December 2012, MEPs Jean Lambert (UK, the Greens), Marian Harkin (IE, ALDE), Edit Bauer (SK, EPP) and Sylvana Rapti (EL, S&D) hosted an EU policy makers and stakeholders debate in the European Parliament discussing the need for a comprehensive response to child poverty-health relation at an EU level. The seminar assessed the flaws of Europe's fight against child poverty and raised awareness about the overlooked linkage between increasing levels of child poverty and austerity measures affecting children's health in Europe.
The final agenda of the meeting is available here
Why here, why now?
Currently, one in four European children live in poverty and/or social exclusion. Europe's future social, political and economic development depends on the extent to which its children grow up happy, healthy, well-educated, safe and self-confident. This can only be achieved from within a health-promoting social, economic and governance framework at the EU institutional level - with full commitment and participation of all relevant European policy makers and stakeholders, including civil society.
Goals of the conference
Through the involvement of experts from a range of child health and poverty organisations, the conference provided room for a constructive debate on the issues of poverty, inequality, health and well-being of children, forming a good basis for the ongoing and prospective work of the EU institutions, such as:
In the short term the seminar aimed to:
In a long term perspective, the event aimed to raise consideration for
1. Panel Discussion of Civil Society Representatives
In this panel, civil society representatives shared their concerns about child poverty, health and well-being. They made statements organised around the themes of vital socio-economic determinants of children's health such as housing and environments, food and nutrition, care and education, rights and participation. These statements help to contribute to the EC Child Poverty Recommendations.
Joanne Vincenten, Director of European Child Safety Alliance : Impact of child poverty on children's rights to safety
"The impact of poverty on children's right to safety is enormous. The inequalities that exist for child injury are for the most part preventable and therefore avoidable; as such they are unfair, unjust and lead to inequality. Historically, investments in child injury prevention from relevant sectors at local, national and European levels have not been commensurate with the size of the problem. Increased investment is necessary to ensure children's rights to health and safety."
See also European Child Safety Alliance's article on the event here.
Jana Heinsworth, Secretary General of Eurochild : Ensuring rights and participation, preventing child poverty and promoting well-being from within
"Child poverty cannot be tackled without tackling family poverty, but it cannot be tackled by resolving only family poverty, either. Too often we we deal with the problem when a child is already abused. Prevention is always better then the cure."
Sian Jones, Policy Coordinator at European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) : Children as particular vulnerable group in the Europe 2020 strategy – civil society assessment
"Tackling family poverty is a prerequisite but it is not enough. Our research showed that although there was increased focus on child's poverty in many member states, integrated strategies are still missing in many cases."
Agnes Uhereczky, Director of Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union (COFACE) : Resilience building of children's closest environments: family in the focus.
"We live in a "Sandwich generation'" where people have children late, which results in young children and very old parents at the same time. Some families do not have the possibility of bringing their children to doctors early enough and only the emergency service remains open for them when it is too late."
Question and answers session
In his contribution Alfonso Lara Montero (European Social Network) pointed out the relevance of the title ('Rhetoric to action') since the civil society has been sending the same political message to the Commission for 3 years. The first step to improve the situation would be coordination between different service providers, and as a second step, a partnership has to be developed between the different stakeholders.
2. Panel Discussion of representatives of the EU Institutions
In this panel discussion, EU decision makers examinded the approach taken at the EU level towards tackling and preventing child poverty through addressing the health and well-being dimension of child population, families and communities they live in.
Elodie Fazi, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Directorate General for Europe2020: Social Policies
"The Commission will adopt the recommendations in the upcoming months as part of the social package. These Recommendations will reflect access to services, children's participation in society and indicators on how progress or lack of progress can be measured. We are open for further propositions."
Andor Urmos, DG Regional and Urban Policy, Inclusive Growth, Territorial and Urban Development
"The financial sources of the structural funds are available but the question is how these funds are contributing to policy objectives. Inequalities must be much better prioritised in the next 2014-2020 period. We can use poverty mapping to better understand migrant groups."
John F. Ryan, DG Health and Consumers, Directorate General for Public Health
"Child poverty and children's health are interlinked. Migrant groups are often socially isolated and as a result have no access to healthcare. The poor children of today will become the poor adults of tomorrow."
Doreen Huddart, Committee of the Regions
"What is increasing? Demand for services and advice. What is decreasing? Incomes, and availability of financial sources. Local authorities have strategies and practical solutions and they need to work together in close partnerships."
Brenda King, European Economic and Social Committee, Commission for Economic and Social Policy
"A child is the most important indicator/proof of the well-being of a society. In this time of economic crisis, child poverty is moving off the political agenda because of the current cuts. Tackling child poverty is a mark of a civilised society."
Question and answers session
Roberta Savdli (the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations - EFA) stressed the importance of air quality, particuarly as 2013 has been designated the "Year of Air". She mentioned that allergy is the most common disease among children, and due to environmental social determinants, such as air quality, the contribution of DG Environment to this debate would have been useful.
3. Panel Discussion of Experts
Hugh Frazer, Coordinator of the EU network of independent experts on social inclusion : Where are children in the EU's poverty reduction target and social inclusion strategies?
"Child poverty has to be linked to the wider dimension of children's well-being. It has to be at the centre of policy making (not only income but also other social determinants such as education, environment and housing)."
Naomi Eisenstadt, Senior Research Fellow at University of Oxford : End Child Poverty by Investing in Children's Health
"The most important thing is political will and capabilities. Pensioners are not hit by governments' actions because they vote. Make poor people willing to vote and there will be a change."
Dima Yared, Child Advisor with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : The right of a child to health: what's needed for full achievement.
"The child is a rights holder. A child is not an object but a subject of rights. The right to inclusive health is not only the absence of disease but it also includes social, cultural and educational well-being. Realisation to the right of health is indispensable to the realisation of other rights."
Mrs Yared announced that in March 2013, a report from the recent CSO cosultation on the right of children to health, held by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, will be launched with a major public event on the occasion.
Question and Answers
Deirdre de Burca (CARITAS Europe) emphasised that child poverty was inextricable from decreasing social expenditures. Due to the economic crisis and measures prescribed for states to consolidate their financement, social differences have been increased. Some consider that under the current economic model, the social welfare state cannot work properly if there is no economic growth. Therefore, there is a need for changing the economic model.
Conclusions and Main Messages
"Poverty, health and well-being are all linked, and never more so than in the case of children." - Jean Lambert MEP (UK, the Greens)
"Too much emphasis is being placed on fiscal consolidation without an equal emphasis on the social outcomes of this austerity policy." - Marian Harkin MEP (IE, ALDE)
"Child poverty requires a strategy able to properly identify the importance of prevention when it comes to the health and well-being of marginalised children and their families." - Sylvana Rapti MEP (EL, S&D)
MEP Edit Bauer (SK, EPP) recognised that "even if the EU has several social instruments in place to fight against child destitution, Brussels does not have the legal basis to boost children's well-being. Nevertheless, child poverty is one of the major issues that the EU should be dealing with."
"There is a consensus over what has to be done, but child poverty is an issue which moves slowly and we cannot see the results. Policy makers cannot solve the problems but they can help to advocate further answers." - Stefan Schaefers, King Baudouin Foundation
We are waiting for the Commission recommendation on child poverty as part of the social package, which will contain concrete targets and measures for good quality services. Only a decisive political will can tackle child poverty. We need good monitoring systems at member states level since the main battlefield is the appropriate implementation. " Jorge Nuno Mayer, Secretary General Caritas Europe
Monika Kosinska, Secretary General of the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), reminded the audience that "poverty has many faces. Just to pick one, heated houses are necessary. Children in cold houses will find it difficult to realise their full potential,". She also pointed out that "children are societies' building blocks: we would be failing as a society if we do not support them as they should be,"..
As part of the event, a lunch was provided sponsored by the King Baudouin Foundation which supports projects and citizens that are committed to creating a better society.
King Baudouin Foundation co-operates with UNICEF and aims to help families living in poverty:
On the occasion of the event, EPHA produced several video interviews with the following hosting MEPs:
Interview with MEP Jean Lambert (UK, Greens/EFA)
Interview with MEP Marian Harkin (IE, ALDE)
Interview with MEP Edit Bauer (SK, EPP)
Related EPHA articles
Children and Their Connection with Nature
[Press Release] Child poverty is not the problem itself - It is a symptom
[Press Release] Economic policies must address the real impact of crisis on people living in Europe
EPHA publishes Policy Recommendations on Child Poverty, Health and Well-being
EPHA analysis of the Commission's proposal for a new Fund for European Aid for the Most Deprived
**Save the date** From Rhetoric to Action – Tackling Child Poverty and Promoting Children's Health and Well-being in the EU
EPHA writes Open Letter to EPSCO Council to strengthen children's health dimension of the draft Council conclusions on Child Poverty
Civil society welcomes EU commitment to child well-being
Fifth stakeholder dialogue on the EU Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion
Draft Council conclusions on Child Poverty
Social Protection Committee report on Child Poverty and Well-being
European Charter for Health Equity - open for signatures through 2012
Why healthy ageing starts with a childhood free of inequality
Eurostat statistics published: 23% of EU population, including 27% of children in poverty in 2010


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Where Are You Now? Design for the Location Revolution
Published: October 22, 2007
Of all the digital information delivery systems people use, mobile devices offer the greatest opportunity for satisfying people's wants and needs by providing context-specific, time-sensitive interactive experiences. But, in order to truly take advantage of this potential, experience designers need to transition from designing for a single, static space—the desktop—to imagining the broad possibilities of the geospatial Web. For digital products and services, the next dimension of user experience we should consider during design is location.
Changing Our Perspective on Mobile Design
There's no doubt that the mobile experience has the potential to be far more than just the desktop Web reformatted for a tiny screen and accessible on the go. But looking at many of the products that major wireless carriers in the United States are touting, you wouldn't think so.
Much of the mobile industry is focusing on porting already existing digital content and services to the mobile environment, with a heavy emphasis on entertainment—for example, accessing Fantasy Football stats or viewing abbreviated video clips of network television's latest and greatest shows. While it might be fun and convenient to check your favorite player's stats while waiting in line or during a particularly boring business meeting, the experience is, at best, a pleasant distraction. There's nothing wrong with these products—people will always enjoy entertaining content—but they do not take advantage of the power of the mobile Web as a medium.
The true power of the mobile Web lies not merely in providing remote access to data, but in letting users view contextual information relating to location and interact with that information. The mobile Web is poised to become the delivery mechanism for a new generation of location-aware applications.
Envisioning a User-Centered Virtual Geography
In a May 2005 article, "The Geospatial Web: A Call to Action," Mike Liebhold, author and researcher at Institute for the Future, explains:
"...we can see the beginning shapes of a true geospatial Web, inhabited by spatially tagged hypermedia as well as digital map geodata. Google Maps is just one more layer among all the invisible cartographic attributes and user annotations on every centimeter of a place and attached to every physical thing, visible and useful, in context, on low-cost, easy-to-use mobile devices."
When it comes to mobile user experience, location data is becoming the unique connector between the digital world and the physical one. Unchained from the desktop user experience, users can freely interact with their own and others' virtual data in real spaces.
Where Are You Now?
For users, the most important location is where they are now—making the dimension of location perhaps the most important design element to consider when creating new mobile user experiences. Location-based services have been percolating for years, but as Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, and other geospatial technologies become cheaper and more readily available, such services are working their way toward mainstream adoption. Location data has two intrinsic dimensions: absolute location and relative location.
Absolute Location
Identifying a user's or an object's absolute location—the physical presence of a person or object—is a key capability of location-based mobile services. It follows, then, that the most popular and advanced consumer-oriented, location-based services are mapping systems. Personal navigation systems for drivers—for example, TomTom—provide interactive maps and turn-by-turn audio directions for users to follow. Verizon Wireless offers a similar service, the VZ Navigator, which is available to drivers via their mobile phones. Similarly, many tracking services use absolute location data to monitor packages in transit or find stolen or missing possessions—like cars, laptops, and even pets.
However, products can use this type of location data for more than just navigation and tracking. Mobile product innovator Apple showed in its Calamari iPhone ad how a person hungry for calamari can easily find a nearby seafood restaurant, demonstrating that contextual data delivery based on absolute location provides a compellingly simple and desirable user experience. For the iPhone user, the difference between this experience and, say, looking up the restaurant via a wired connection in a hotel room is immediacy, spontaneity, and specificity—all of which increase the value of the interaction.
Relative Location
Another useful dimension of location data is relative location—the relationship in physical space between two or more people, places, or objects. Relative location data makes possible the first wave of mobile social networking applications—dodgeball, Loopt, and even the location plug-in for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)—which inform users when friends or colleagues are in their vicinity. The value of this kind of communication is immediately apparent. I enjoy keeping up with friends and colleagues using LinkedIn or Facebook, but often wish I could have more personal interactions with people in my network rather than just relating in digital space.
Of course, such social networking services can very quickly come up against the question of privacy. Clearly, social networking applications must let users control their online presence information and thus prevent other users from locating them, if they want to remain out of contact. But the problem remains that no controls or settings can guarantee users' anonymity once they start using such applications. Will location-based services make real privacy even more elusive? The answer is probably yes. But these examples represent only the beginnings of location-based services.
Location Data As a Design Element
Soon, UX designers must grapple with the problem of integrating location information into applications and bridge the physical and digital worlds.
Location can serve as a powerful filter for data—either delivering specific information or removing unnecessary options depending on location. Some enterprise-level business applications already take advantage of location-based contextual data. For instance, UPS drivers can access data relating to a specific delivery address, so if a condominium association requires a pass code for a security gate, that code can appear alongside other information when a driver views the next address for a package delivery. Similarly, SAP has developed a context-aware sales order-entry system that streamlines a customer's selection of products based on location. I can imagine a construction company using site location as a filter for their collaboration software. When a project manager arrived at a job, the correct blueprints would already be queued up on his PDA.
Even more powerfully, we can tag content using location data. In the article "A Design Approach for the Geospatial Web," Julian Bleecker, head of the Mobile Media Lab at the University of Southern California, shares this vision:
"By tagging content and data with geographic metadata—effectively giving content a location in the real world—it is possible to imagine new metaphors to describe experiences in geographic space. We'll stumble across lost pet notices on our way to work; freeway exit ramps will have indicators for a quicker route to the beach on city streets during a busy weekend; standing in front of a local theater will enable you to find movie reviews left by previous patrons. It's incredibly exciting to think of the possibilities. Perhaps our metaphors for managing content will change as the geospatial Web grows in consequence. It may be that someday in the near future, we'll be talking about leaving our files, rather than saving them."
Consumers are already anticipating such user experiences. A recent television advertisement for Lowe's, a chain of stores that markets home improvement products, features a man who, while shopping for an appliance, converses on his mobile phone with family members who are strategically located at competing retailers, while a Lowe's salesperson patiently waits. The man's question to his family: "How much does it cost there?" He is comparing pricing data in real time. While the point of the ad is that Lowe's has the best price, the challenge, from a user experience perspective, is to figure out a way to provide the same data, without requiring family members to drive to different locations. Of course, Lowe's might not like actually having their washing machines geotagged with competitors' pricing information.
The power of online shopping, arguably, is customers' ability to do product research and compare pricing at a variety of retailers. Conversely, with the bricks-and-mortar experience, customers benefit from actually being able to touch products, look them over closely, and assess their quality and craftsmanship. The mobile experience has the potential to enable customers to bridge the online and offline worlds—allowing them to access pricing, reviews, and other valuable data while in a physical store examining a product.
The mobile space is still the Wild West of interactive applications. A host of competing platforms, nascent standards, and carrier restrictions make the medium a challenging one for designers to work in. Balancing technical requirements with imaginative design possibilities is no easy task. But the potential and the need for location-aware services is seemingly boundless.
Topic: Columns | Mobile UX Design | User Experience (UX)
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This is the first article I've really enjoyed on UXmatters for some time. Actually, I was about to unsubscribe my news reader from it—but you saved my subscription.
Only after reading this am I fully able to grasp the usefulness of geo-data. Wow!! Thanks for the enlightenment! :)
Great article! From previous Web applications I've done, I definitely know the problems associated with utilizing location databases to do IP matching and displaying relevant content based on location lookups. I remember dealing with the location database vendor, and he told me "These are only accurate 75% of the time down to the street level."
Hopefully, there will be a new standard in coming years, but if the telecoms continue to shift IP blocks, this will make it increasingly difficult without some kind of global regulation / tracking.
I've actually written about some of the topics you mention on my own blog.
Keep writing!
Great article. There are a number of unique technology applications arising from GPS. We are using location-based services to transform traditional mass-transportation and boat tours into unforgettable touring experiences.
Our portable wireless plug-and-play system enhances visitor experiences by broadcasting audio tours in any language, any topic, anywhere, including the delivery of multiple languages simultaneously.
As a result, we help sightseeing companies increase sales and attract new customers from key foreign language markets—the fastest growing area of tourism today.
We're excited about the future of location-aware services.
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your comments.
Glad you enjoyed the article, Bevan. It was a fun one to research and write. Jeff, thanks for your perspective on some of the technical difficulties with getting these location-aware applications up and running. I'm sure, as more of us climb onboard the geospatial data wagon, we'll be sharing similar tales of frustration, and hopefully, success. Ange, the possibilities for location-based services seem endless, as exemplified by your description of your application.
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Incredible But True The Dumbest Questions Asked of HR by CEOs
June 1, 1998
Oh, those CEOs—can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. That might be your conclusion, anyway, after reading the dumbest things CEOs have asked of HR. We tried to ignore the popular holdovers from last year: There are still a lot of CEOs wondering how much money they make, and an alarming number who are all too eager to fire the ill, the potentially ill, the unattractive or the legally protected. But that left us with plenty of dumb questions to choose from. Although a diplomatic few protested that there are no dumb questions, one reader said simply, "Pick a day—get a dumb question." Here are our favorites—plus some responses we'd have been hard-pressed to keep to ourselves had we been asked:
- All of our employees are happy here, aren't they? I am!
- Am I paying you enough for what you do?
- Wanna go play video games?
- Do I have to put my sick leave down on the time sheet?
- Do we really have to pay overtime if a person says he will work for free?
- Do you think women find it offensive when I laugh at their suggestions?
- Is the Internet open 24 hours a day?
- What color are my eyes?
- Why do I need to talk to employees? Can't you handle that?
- Why don't you tell your husband to quit his job to take care of errands for you?
Actually, I've been meaning to speak to you about that ...
I guess not. We don't mark down the times you make us sick.
I guess it depends on whether we really have to respond if the government charges us with labor law violations.
I don't know. Do you find it offensive when they laugh at your suggestions?
Yes, but you'll need the special after-hours password.
They're about to be black and blue.
Sure, if I can tell them what I really think.
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by Marilyn Odneal, Horticulture Adviser
My New Year's resolutions for the last 10 years have been first to lose weight and second to become more organized. Well, it is time to try again! The dormant season is a great time for gardeners to reflect on last year and plan for the new one. Some of us may have leftover seed packets that were packed for 2013 or earlier, but were not entirely used. Now is the time to do an inventory of what we have left that might still be useful. Most purchased packets have a "packed for" growing season date. By taking time to organize, we can use what was leftover and make a list of what we need to purchase or swap for with friends.
Most garden vegetable and flower seed, if stored in a cool (between 40 and 50 degrees F), dry (so they do not rot or sprout) place, will last for several years. See the following chart derived from The Colorado State University Extension Fact Sheet "Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds." The entire guide is available at http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07221.html
Relative longevity of selected vegetable seed.
Kind of seed (stored in a cool, dry place) and Shelf Life (years)
Lettuce, Onion, Parsley, 1
Sweet corn, Okra, Pepper, 2
Asparagus, Beans, Broccoli, Carrot and Pea, 3
Beets, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Swiss Chard, Eggplant, Pumpkin, Radish, Squash, Tomato and Watermelon, 4
Cucumber and Muskmelon, 5
If you collect and store quite a lot of seed, you need to organize and keep record of what you have as well as insure proper storage. If you collect your own seed, you need to make note of the collection date. If you are like me and have a few purchased packets left from last year on a shelf at room temperature, then you should better just count on one year of shelf life – so you can use the seed packed for 2013 in the 2014 growing season.
If you want to be certain of the viability of your seed, you can always do a germination test to see if they will sprout or not. Put about 10 seeds on a moist (not wet) paper towel, roll it up and place it in a plastic bag. Leave the bag in a warm area in the house for from two to five days. Check the paper towel in the bag to see how many of the seeds have germinated. If five of the 10 seeds have germinated, then you have an expected germination of 50 percent and should estimate the seeds you need to plant from that percentage.
So take stock of what you have left and then you can plan for what you need to buy or swap with others for the coming year. Organize your seed stock now and you will be ready to waste not and want not for the New Year.
Direct comments or questions concerning this column to Marilyn Odneal via email at email@example.com; write to Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station, 9740 Red Spring Road, Mountain Grove, Mo. 65711; or call (417) 547-7500. Visit our website at http://mtngrv.missouristate.edu.
GERMINATION – "This leftover tomato seed, packed for 2012 as noted on the packet, was stored dry in a sealed container in a cool place. It is likely that a good percentage of the seed is still alive. The way to tell for sure is to conduct a germination test to see what percentage of the seed is viable."


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A Staggering Failure of Reason
The US under President Obama has assisted in the overthrow of Mubarak in Egypt and Qaddafi in Libya as civil unrest turned violent in those countries. Egypt and Libya. Both countries led by ruthless dictators – who nonetheless led stable countries that were friendly with the US. At the time, many commentators warned of replacing the devil you know with the Devil you don't know. Mainly concerned | Read More »


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A busy TV weekend lies ahead, especially where black actors (and non actors) are concerned, since that's the part of this blog's focus. So get ready for an attack of the senses (or set your DVRs).
First, originally set to premiere last month, in celebration of Black History Month, Lifetime moved the debut date for its film adaptation of the recent all-black Broadway revival of The Trip to Bountiful, starring Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Blair Underwood and Keke Palmer, to March 8, 2014, which is tomorrow, Saturday, at 8/7c.
The Trip to Bountiful is based on American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote's Tony nominated play of the same name, which is set during the final years of the Jim Crow South, and follows one woman's quest to reconnect with her past in order to ensure her family's future.
The trailer for the film is embedded below (click on below for the second offering):


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What do the following golfers have in common?
Charles Howell III, Brian Gay, Scott Brown, Patrick Reed, Vaughn Taylor, Henrik Norlander, Will Claxton, Blake Adams, Kevin Kisner, Scott Parel, Matt Hendrix, David Robinson, Kyle Bradley, Wallace Booth, Taylor Floyd, Major Manning, Rob Bennett and John Engler.
A. They all have ties to the Augusta Area
B. All but Engler are currently playing on a professional golf tour
C. None of them are Columbia County natives
D. All of the above
The answer? D. All of the above.
Former Greenbrier High School standout Jake Sandlin has been named the Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Week. The speedy outfielder had an incredible weekend as his Georgia College and State University squad swept three games from Pfeiffer.
Sandlin went 9 of 14 at the plate with seven RBI and seven runs scored. Of his nine hits, he had five doubles and a home run. He was consistent, too, collecting three hits in each of the games over the weekend.
H arlem High School basketball standout Reggie Reid was named First Team All-State last week by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The 6-0 point guard, who was also named the Columbia County Player of the Year, was one of five players to earn a first team nod in Class AA.
Some of the area's more talented football players were on hand Saturday for Athelite Sports Training Academy's third annual All-Area Football Combine. Nearly 40 players attended this year's workout.
Athelite's Owner, Ryan Bowers, is a former Greenbrier High School star and college All-American at Presbyterian who also played professionally for nine years. NFL assistant coaches Brett Bech (Dallas Cowboys) and Lance Taylor (Carolina Panthers) were on hand to assist with the event.
In light of the disciplinary actions against members of the Greenbrier boys soccer team for taking alcohol on a team trip and consuming the alcohol in their hotel rooms, here are my 2 cents on the matter.
For all I know, each of the parents involved will handle this matter perfectly. They will support their child, but also take into account that the players did the misdeed here. Anytime something like this arises, some are quick to point fingers and make accusations about the coaches and staff overseeing the students.
Former Greenbrier High School star Nolan Belcher continued his sizzling start to the 2013 season with another quality outing for South Carolina over the weekend.
Belcher worked 8⅓ innings, combining with reliever Tyler Webb on a five-hit shutout of Missouri. The Gamecocks improved to 17-2 on the season. Belcher allowed five hits, zero runs, struck out six and did not walk a batter. The tremendous effort ran his scoreless innings streak to 26⅓ (which is incredible for college baseball) and he has not walked a batter in his past 32 innings of work.
The new Evans Fitness Club has launched its "Proto-Type Athlete" Sports Specific Training Area and will be holding a gathering of Columbia County middle and high school coaches and athletic directors. The event will take place at the club, on Evans Town Center Boulevard at North Belair Road, at 7 p.m. March 25.
Another Columbia County boys high school basketball season is in the books. The 2012-13 campaign saw Evans and Harlem each make the Georgia High School Association state tournament and Augusta Christian make the South Carolina Independent Schools final four.
Girls high school basketball in Columbia County has come a long way over the past few years. The hard work being put in by a great group of coaches on the high school level, coupled with more young girls playing the summer circuit, is starting to pay off in the win column.
They might only be two games into their sophomore seasons at Evans High School, but brothers Kyle and Matt Anderson are becoming well-known commodities on the recruiting trail.
Kyle is a lefthanded pitcher who earned first team all-county Honors a year ago as a freshman. He went 6-3 on the mound with an impressive 2.21 era and 63 strikeouts in 54 innings. Matt is a catcher who was a second team all-county selection last season behind Greenbrier senior Taylor Glover, who hit .477 a year ago.
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Following are the minutes of the regular Faculty Council meeting of October 20, 2004.
Sue Alexander Greninger, Secretary
The General Faculty
The second regular meeting of the Faculty Council for the academic year 2004-2005 was held in the Main Building, Room 212, Wednesday, October 20, 2004, at 2:30 p.m.
Present:Lawrence D. Abraham, Dean J. Almy, Jacqueline L. Angel, Peter R. Antoniewicz, Gerard H. Béhague, Patrick L. Brockett, Cynthia J. Buckley, Douglas C. Burger, Brent Chaney, John D. Dollard, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, James L. Erskine, Lester L. Faigley, Larry R. Faulkner, Kenneth Flamm, Richard R. Flores, Wolfgang Frey, Alan W. Friedman, William P. Glade, Linda L. Golden, Michael H. Granof, Sue A. Greninger, Marvin L. Hackert, John J. Hasenbein, Susan S. Heinzelman, James L. Hill, Neville Hoad, Archie L. Holmes, James O. Jirsa, Martin W. Kevorkian, Desiderio Kovar, Dominic L. Lasorsa, Desmond F. Lawler, Daniell J. MacDonald, Erik D. Malmberg, Rachel C. McGinity, Paul A. Navratil, Roth A. Nelson, Edward W. (Ted) Odell, Patricia C. Ohlendorf, Alba A. Ortiz, Irene Owens, Anthony J. Petrosino, Theodore E. Pfeifer, Linda E. Reichl, Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Victoria Rodriguez, John J. Ruszkiewicz, Pauline T. Strong, Alexandria K. Wettlaufer, Paul B. Woodruff.
Absent:Ricardo C. Ainslie (excused), Efraim P. Armendariz, Patricia C. Avant (excused), Matthew J. Bailey, Hans C. Boas (excused), Pascale R. Bos, Teresa Graham Brett (excused), Patricia L. Clubb, Miles L. Crismon, Janet M. Davis, James W. Deitrick (excused), Andrew P. Dillon, Edwin Dorn, Maria Franklin, Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves (excused), Robert Freeman, Thomas J. Garza, George W. Gau, John C. (Jack) Gilbert, Philip A. Guerrero, Donald A. Hale, Roderick P. Hart, Thomas M. Hatfield, Fred M. Heath, Kevin P. Hegarty, Martha F. Hilley (excused), Joni L. Jones, Manuel J. Justiz (excused), Robert D. King, Robert C. Koons (excused), Nancy P. Kwallek, Richard W. Lariviere, Steven W. Leslie, William S. Livingston, Noah S. Lowenstein (excused), Glenn Y. Masada (excused),1 Dean P. Neikirk (excused), Thomas G. Palaima, Bruce P. Palka (excused), Marcus G. Pandy, William C. Powers, Mary Ann R. Rankin, Juan M. Sanchez, Dolores Sands, M. Michael Sharlot, David W. Springer, Patrick N. Staha, Janet Staiger (excused), Frederick R. Steiner, Michael B. Stoff (excused), Ben G. Streetman, Daniel A. Updegrove, Angela Valenzuela, James W. Vick, N. Bruce Walker, Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson, Barbara W. White, Karin G. Wilkins.
Voting Members: 45 present, 31 absent, 76 total. Non-Voting Members: 6 present, 27 absent, 33 total. Total Members: 51 present, 58 absent, 109 total.
1Attendance record corrected November 15, 2004.
The written report appears in D 3545-3547. There were no questions or comments.
The minutes of the Faculty Council meeting of September 27, 2004 (D 3550-3555) were approved by voice vote.
A. Comments by the President.
President Faulkner commented on the Report of the Commission of 125, focusing primarily on the recommendation regarding the need to revise the core curriculum. He said commission members highly valued the role The University of Texas played in the development of leadership for Texas and perceived the core curriculum as the area that had the greatest potential for contributing to leadership development and citizen participation in society. He said that commission members were concerned that the core curriculum was receiving less attention than other areas and that its quality control needed to be strengthened. In addition, President Faulkner pointed out that both the Task Forces on Enrollment Strategies and Racial Respect and Fairness had recommended that the core curriculum be re-examined. President Faulkner said he and Provost Ekland-Olson recognized that the curriculum was owned and should be defined by the faculty, and they wanted to use the normal channels of faculty governance in the process of developing and approving any changes to the core curriculum.
Noting that there would be a report later in the meeting from the Faculty Grievance Committee, President Faulkner commented that he was well aware of the "mechanical and philosophical problems" that exist in the grievance process and was committed to the effort to "cooperate in getting us to a better state." He said his schedule had been extremely intense in recent weeks, but he wanted Council members to know that he was receiving information about the situation and was "committed to trying to move forward on this in the immediate term."
B. Questions to the President.
Question: In your State of the University Address, you mentioned that you believe the process of reviewing and possibly updating the core curriculum will take about two years. Can you provide some additional information on how this process will involve significant faculty input, both from the Faculty Council and the faculty at large — Archie Holmes (chair, Educational Policy Committee, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering).
Response: President Faulkner said he expected the process would take approximately two years based on his past experience because it takes time to define, discuss, and deliberate the issues involved in revising the core curriculum. He said he did not think it would be practical to layer this additional work on top of the normal business of the Educational Policy Committee. He thought an ad hoc committee was needed whose sole function was to develop a proposal to present to the Faculty Council and faculty at large. He said that he and the provost were in discussions with the Faculty Council Executive Committee to develop a mechanism for establishing the ad hoc committee and asked for advice from Council members regarding the committee.
Professor Marvin Hackert (chemistry and biochemistry) recommended that a sub-fraction of the Educational Policy Committee be included on the ad hoc committee since its members had "given a lot of thought to related issues." When asked by Professor Gerard Behague (music) if an
expansion of the core curriculum were anticipated, President Faulkner said the appropriate size of the core would need to be determined during the process, but he would be surprised if it could be enlarged. He said that the Commission of 125 wanted us to reflect upon how the core curriculum "marks or defines or is essential" to a University of Texas education.
Professor Paul Woodruff (philosophy and Plan II) recommended that representatives of the steering committee of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers be included on the ad hoc committee. Professor Larry Abraham (curriculum and instruction, kinesiology and health education) suggested that the committee's charge be to first focus on goals and objectives of the core curriculum rather than the specifics of programs, courses, and the structure of classes; individual colleges could then construct degree plans and courses to meet the goals specified for the core curriculum. Professor Archie Holmes (electrical and computer engineering; chair, educational policy committee) said he felt it was important that each college that educates undergraduates have at least one representative on the ad hoc committee to assure that the issues pertinent to that college be considered in the development of the core curriculum.
A. Chair Linda Reichl (physics) emphasized the importance of the Faculty Council's involvement in the revision of the University's undergraduate core curriculum. After reading the list of what students need to learn from the revised core curriculum, she said she thought the development of interdisciplinary courses would probably be necessary. In view of the Coordinating Board's efforts to standardize courses and core curricula to facilitate transfer credit between institutions of higher education, Chair Reichl said UT Austin's revised core would be relevant to other universities throughout the state. She then asked Faculty Council members to submit names of individuals to serve on the ad hoc committee on slips of paper available at the meeting or to send the names to the following email addresses: firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com. B. Chair Reichl thanked President Faulkner for addressing the situation involving the grievance process issues. She said that it was very important that the Grievance Committee and administration get together to work out the issues and that she hoped it could be done in the next month.
C. Chair Reichl reported it had been recently discovered that some past legislation, from back in the 1980s that had been approved, was not in the Handbook of Operating Procedures (HOP). She said the Faculty Council office would assist standing committee chairs if questions come up regarding whether or not the information in the HOP is complete concerning important committee business.
Vice President Patti Ohlendorf (institutional relations and legal affairs) said there is a printed version of the HOP and two electronic versions, one that is being reformatted and the older version. She said, for the most part, the paper version is up-to-date. Although the rules regarding the current Faculty Council are not in the electronic version, they are being followed and should be added to the reformatted electronic version by President Faulkner's staff in short order. She said she had discovered that the grievance process information in the HOP was missing the procedural steps passed during the 1980s when she was recently asked a question about a particular case. She said this could easily be updated now.
When Chair Reichl asked if there were other comments or questions, one of the student representatives said he thought it was important to have student involvement on the ad hoc committee on core curriculum revision. Eric Malmberg (graduate student assembly) asked about the status of the recommendation that graduate research assistants be included in the charge of the Responsibilities, Rights, and Welfare of TAs and AIs Committees. Chair Reichl indicated that the recommendation had been referred to the Committee on Committees.
V. REPORT OF THE CHAIR ELECT — None.
VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. — None.
A. Report on the Office of Legal Affairs memorandum concerning ownership of course instructor surveys.
Executive Vice President and Provost Sheldon Ekland-Olson shared information he had received from the Office of Legal Affairs regarding ownership of course instructor survey forms. He said that most of the issues had arisen due to evolving state and federal laws defining open records and protection of information through the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The main point, according to the Office of Legal Affairs, is that course instructor survey forms are official government documents because the public and other faculty members have a significant interest in knowing student opinion about instructor performance at state-supported institutions. Furthermore, the surveys meet the definition of a completed report, audit, evaluation, or investigation made of, for, or by a government body.
Provost Ekland-Olson reported that Legal Affairs said that the act of delivering the original forms to individual faculty members did not make the forms personal property. The rationale is that if a governmental body could withhold records relating to official business simply because they are held by an individual then the body could easily and with impunity circumvent FERPA. Once the original forms have been delivered to an individual faculty member, the University has the legal right to require that the faculty member return the original documents when requested to do so. The rationale is that the documents are the property of the State of Texas regardless of where they are stored, and the University has the absolute right to determine the location or repository where the documents will be stored. According to Legal Affairs, even in the case where a university officer retains the original form and a copy of the form is delivered to the faculty member, the nature of the copy that the faculty member has does not change from a government document to personal property. Assuming, in the case involving the original being retained by the University and a copy being supplied to the faculty member, when the retention period has passed, the faculty member is then free to dispose or retain his or her copy without consequence. If the faculty member chooses to retain his or her copy of a record beyond the record retention date, then he or she could be required to produce the record in response to an open records request or subpoena directed to the University.
Regarding the implications for the FERPA privacy rights of students when individual faculty members have physical custody and unrestricted access to course instructor survey forms containing personally identifiable student educational records, Provost Ekland-Olson said the current lack of a central record repository is problematic and in need of review. To the extent that the completed surveys contain FERPA protected information, access to these documents must be controlled to protect that information from disclosure to third parties and from re-disclosure to faculty members when the faculty member does not have a current legitimate educational purpose to access that information.
Provost Ekland-Olson summarized the Legal Affairs opinion with the following points that are fundamental to the initiation of a policy review regarding the surveys:
(1) The course instructor survey forms are government documents and must ultimately be managed by the University in terms of distribution and storage. (2) Course instructor materials should be retained in the departmental or dean's office of non-departmentalized schools for at least seven years to be
-- used by the department or school for annual reviews, three-year reviews, promotion and tenure reviews, and post-tenure reviews -- copied for faculty who request them -- treated as FERPA documents
When asked by Professor Kenneth Flamm (LBJ School) about the issue of personally identifiable information, Provost Ekland-Olson said that the only issue had been if a person's handwritten comments might be identifiable, especially in small classes. Professor Flamm said that since he would have trouble delivering all the government documents sent to him over the past six years he would welcome a system where the University was responsible for maintaining the records and giving him a copy. Provost Ekland-Olson said there were a number of issues similar to that one needing to be addressed in follow-on policy revisions. When Eric Malmberg (graduate student assembly) asked about supplemental evaluation and assessment tools developed by individual instructors, Provost Ekland-Olson asked Vice President Ohlendorf if these might be considered personal communications. She said she thought the argument could be made, but the Attorney General might regard the items as governmental records if state resources were used, especially if an open records request were made. She recommended that faculty members take appropriate steps to protect student privacy because the matter was "an open question."
When asked by Professor Doug Berger (computer science) if consideration had been given to informing undergraduates that their comments were discoverable under open records, Provost Ekland-Olson said "no." When Professor Berger asked if there was a plan to do this, Provost Ekland-Olson said, "Looks like it." In response to Professor John Hasenbein's (mechanical engineering) question about the desirability of utilizing an electronic format to reduce paper, Provost Ekland-Olson said that would be included in the follow-on policy discussions.
Chair Linda Reichl said that the Committee of Council on Academic Freedom and Responsibility had been asked to look at the issue. She said it was important for faculty members to realize that noncompliance with an Open Records Act request was a serious matter.
B. Report on change in the way grades are assigned in the Graduate School.
Dean Victoria Rodriguez (graduate school) gave an informational report on a proposal approved by the Graduate Assembly last spring to include pluses and minuses in the grading system for graduate courses. The rationale was that grading at the graduate level is so compressed that in effect only two grades can be assigned. She reported that the new system was widely supported by the faculty and deans. During the protest period, only four protests were made, and those dealt with whether use of the system was required, which it is not. Dean Rodriguez said that Vice President Patti Ohlendorf's research indicated the proposal needed no further approval beyond that of President Faulkner for implementation. Once President Faulkner approves the proposal, the goal will be to implement the new grading system in the fall 2005 semester.Professor Marvin Hackert asked if a graduate student would end up on academic probation based on the new system if the student received five Bs and one B-. Dean Rodriguez responded that was correct because the straight Bs would be the equivalent of a 3.0 and the B- would be the equivalent of a 2.67.
C. Report on UT System Electronic Media Standards Task Force.
Professor Marvin Hackert (chemistry and biochemistry), past chair of the UT Faculty Council and member of The University of Texas System Electronic Media Standards Task Force, reported that the task force had been asked to evaluate current policies governing Internet use and make recommendations regarding changes that might be needed. Chancellor Yudof made the request following incidents at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston in which ten staff members had accessed adult entertainment Web sites using university computers. Although the full forty-page report has been posted on the Faculty Council Web page, Professor Hackert
distributed a summary handout to Council members that highlighted current policy and prohibited practices.
Professor Hackert summarized current policy by saying (1) unauthorized use is prohibited, (2) usage may be subject to security testing and monitoring, and (3) abuse is subject to criminal prosecution. Section 2054.001(a)(3) of the Texas Government Code says all individuals are accountable for their actions relating to information resources, and the resources shall be used only for intended purposes as defined by the agency and consistent with applicable law. Professor Hackert said the law states it is a criminal offense for state employees to intentionally or knowingly misapply any "thing of value" belonging to the government that is in their custody or possession as a result of their state employment in order to obtain benefit or to harm another person. He said work time is considered a "thing of value" belonging to the state.
According to the law, telephones and e-mail are to be used for institutional purposes; however, "incidental personal use" for local calls or messages not interfering with work responsibility is not considered a misapplication of state resources. Likewise, access to the Internet via institutional computers is for institutional use, but "incidental personal use" that does not interfere with work responsibility is not a misapplication. Improper or illegal use of the Internet, however, may subject employees to disciplinary action. Professor Hackert said that incidental personal use does not extend to family and friends, must not result in direct costs to the UT System, and must not interfere with normal performance of work duties. He also said that no personal messages should be sent or saved that might cause embarrassment to the institution. Because storage of personal email, including attachments and files, on the UT System Administration Exchange mail server must not exceed one megabyte of space, employees should remove personal messages from the Exchange server as soon as possible. All messages are owned by the UT System and therefore may be accessed and are subject to open record requests.
Professor Hackert said that the law requires that information resources systems must provide a mechanism whereby authorized personnel can audit and establish individual accountability for actions that affect confidential information, updates to mission critical information, and changes to automated security or access rules. Depending on security risk assessment, a sufficiently complete transaction history is to be maintained in order to permit an audit of the information resources system by logging and tracing the activities of individuals through the system.
Professor Hackert said the task force had developed the following recommendations:
(1) handle abuse[1] with strong management controls rather than blanket Web site filtering; (2) re-emphasize that authorized use of information technology resources is limited to the University's mission and incidental personal use; computing resources cannot be used for commercial and illegal activities; (3) clarify that the First Amendment does not protect all forms of expression (e.g., obscenity, child pornography, harassment, etc.); (4) continue criminal prosecution and employee sanctions for use of information technology for illegal activities (e.g., unauthorized use, intentional misuse, theft, obscenity, child pornography, sexual harassment or creation of a hostile work environment); (5) clarify limits on privacy for use of state-owned information technology resources (i.e., users should not expect any right of privacy in the use of University information technology systems) (6) require users to sign or otherwise acknowledge a use agreement containing notice of responsibility of proper use;
[1] Abuse may include accessing and using adult entertainment Web sites, playing computer games, buying and selling on eBay, or other non-work-related activity undertaken during work hours in ways that impair work performance.
(7) clarify sanctions process of computer misuse (e.g., by providing for graduated penalties, adequate notice of alleged infractions, opportunity to respond to allegations, and opportunity to appeal to adverse decisions); (8) offer illustrations of prohibited conduct; (9) seek adoption of above recommendation for system administration and circulate to components (e.g., solicit input from management and Faculty Senates); (10) update current policies to reflect changes in state law (e.g., change references from "pornography" to "obscenity," etc.).
Professor Hackert said that Chancellor Yudof has asked for feedback from the faculty governance bodies of all UT System institutions. He said that he and Alba Ortiz (chair elect, special education) are on a committee chaired by Vice President Patti Ohlendorf that is studying this issue at UT Austin and will be preparing a response to the Chancellor's request. Professor Hackert asked that faculty members send their comments regarding the task force's recommendations to the Faculty Council office at email@example.com.
When Professor Kenneth Flamm asked if the implication regarding ownership of messages sent through email implied that copyrighted material could somehow be transferred from the individual to the University, Vice President Ohlendorf responded negatively, saying that the institution was not trying to claim ownership of scholarly work. She said the institution had waived rights to scholarly works in Regents' Rules. When Professor Flamm said that scholarly work was not the same as copyrighted work, Vice President Ohlendorf said Regents' Rules specifically refer to scholarly works but scholarly works can take many forms and would need to be looked at on a case-by-case basis. She said that the University had typically not turned over research data and draft research reports prior to publication under the Open Records Act, saying the University does not claim ownership because these are scholarly works. She said she thought her committee tends to prefer strong departmental management controls to the installation of blanket Web site filtering or monitoring systems on servers. On the matter of requiring users to sign an acknowledgement, she said her committee was concerned that users might not read a lengthy electronic policy statement and hoped to boil the policy acknowledgement statement down to "one page of the critical elements." She said that the committee would appreciate input on these matters. Professor Flamm commented that the ownership issue needed to be carefully and precisely spelled out, and he suggested that intellectual property scholars from the law school be included on the committee.Danny McDonald (Student Government representative, history and government major) asked if the policies being discussed applied to students, especially those living in dormitories. Vice President Ohlendorf said the policies involved employment relationships with the institution. She said that student use, especially in the dormitories, involved contractual provisions that the student users have with the institution, such as not using the resources for commercial purposes. She said that the University had used information technology resources to monitor usage in cases where there are allegations of fraud, such as the case involving social security number acquisition and illegal downloading of movies and data. When Eric Malmberg asked how graduate student employees and undergraduate work-study students were being informed of the rules, Professor Hackert said that information had been disseminated via the Faculty Advisory Committee Council and Staff Advisory Council. Vice President Ohlendorf said that the supervisors of student employees should work with individuals and explain what was acceptable and unacceptable. When Eric Malmberg asked if student input at UT Austin were wanted in implementing the policies and informing students, Professor Hackert said the committee would welcome student input.
D. Report on Grievance Process.
Professor Alan Friedman (English) read a statement from the Faculty Grievance Committee for Chair Sue Heinzelman, who had to leave the meeting due to her teaching schedule. Professor
Friedman thanked President Faulkner and Provost Ekland-Olson for their willingness to work with the committee to resolve the problems in the grievance procedure. He said the committee had reluctantly decided to suspend the process after serious deliberations. He said it was the view of the committee that "there was no longer a viable procedure that we could implement in good faith." He said the committee had had one "very fruitful" meeting with the president and provost and expected another meeting to follow fairly soon. According to Professor Friedman, committee members were optimistic that the situation would be resolved near term and that they would have progress to report at the November Faculty Council meeting. However, the committee believed the three grievances that had been filed prior to the decision to suspend the process should proceed if the grievant in each case wanted to continue despite the procedural difficulties. Professor Friedman said the request of the Faculty Council Executive Committee that the Grievance Committee consider suspending the three previously filed grievances until November 15 would be discussed at its next meeting.
VIII. NEW BUSINESS — None.
IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMENTS — None.
X. QUESTIONS TO THE CHAIR — None.
Adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
Distributed through the Faculty Council Web site on November 11, 2004. Copies are available on request from the Office of the General Faculty, FAC 22, F9500.


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If you were not there, then you really did miss Golden Me at their best! This 'prelude' to the BIG ONE next week (Change of venue - now playing at the Burwardsley Institiute, Cheshire - Friday 13th August), this final rehersal was the real deal!
The lead singer, Jason Richards's vocals were perfectly matched to, what is fast becoming, their signature song - The Who's 'Behind Blue Eyes'. Another of my personal favorites (and I think one of the band's) is the one and only Johnny Cash's song Folsom Prison Blues which was again 'nailed' by Jason and supported superbly by the rest of the band including 'Uncle Mikey' on his Harmonica!
Quality song, after quality song flowed out to great applause from the crowd bringing and end to a well organised and very well performed 1st set (with the help of a broken string).
After a quick 'string change', lead guitarist Ian Rough was ready for the 2nd set which was equally impressive. Favorites included 'Mirror in the bathroom' and 'Sultans of Swing' which really demonstrated Ian's skills as a very versatile guitarist!
If this Gig is anything to go by, the 'BIG ONE' on Friday the 13th at the Burwardsley Institute, should be absolutely amazing. Tickets are only £5 on the door which will open at 8pm. A well stocked bar will also be available, so leave your cars at home and get a lift to the institute for a night you will definately remember!
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The 14th Map-of-the-Week release is the second in a series of lair maps in the post-devastation swamp and lake area of the fallen Æsir Empire. This week, we see the cavern lair of Ófnir, an evil-aligned, male black, green and yellow dragon wizard-warrior. After the devastation of the fallen empire, the Darkness sent the evil dragon Ófnir into the swamp and lake area. The elven King Dáin of Álfheim then sent the good dragon Yrsung (last week's lair) into the area to keep Ófnir in check.
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Sunday Brunch Meme & Event
May 26, 2007 | Filed Under Food Blogging Events, Sunday Brunch Meme & Event
Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yums has started a SUNDAY BRUNCH MEME & EVENT in which she invites us to share what on our Sunday breakfast or brunch table.
My brunch could be much healthier but it always hits the spot for me. On the weekends, when I have a chance, I like to order from a little coffee shop near my place that delivers the food to me. I order pancakes, sausage and eggs. And I like to finish it off with a can of Coke. Oops! I forgot to include the can of soda in the picture. I was hungry and thirsty and didn't think about it. I took the photo in haste, so that I could eat. Hehehe!
Sometimes when I go out for brunch, I'll order something different like fruits and french toast but my favorite is pancakes. It's something I don't eat all the time, so it's my treat. Once I ordered a 'healthier' type of pancakes made of wholewheat, I believe. It just didn't taste right.
So, what do you usually like to have for your Sunday breakfast, brunch or on holiday? Come on, tell me about it. I want to know. You can read the guidelines to participate on Rosa's Yummy Yums. The deadline is June 30.
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Thanks for participating, Paz:grin:!
I love such brunches, but I rarely prepare this kind of breakfast/meal. It is something that I always ate in England when we needed to fill our stomachs before our day out in the countryside. In Switzerland, we are more accustomed to eating bread, cheese, jam, yoghurts, fruits, granola/Müesli and drinking coffee. But why not change from time to time?…
Only since I met my husband, I started to appreciate combining savory and sweet food. The first of this combo I learnt was pancakes and sausage 😀 Just good isn't it!
That looks pretty tasty. A weekend brunch should do that….
Italians are not famous for breakfasts, though a frothy cappuccino in the morning is a great way to start the day. When I was in college, studying English, I spent a month with a family in a London suburb. The father was American and the mother Irish. That month I learned about 2 things I had no idea existed: peanut butter and pancakes. To this day, peanut butter looks exotic, while I have embraced pancakes and often make then for my husband's breakfast.
I went through a phase a couple years ago when I couldn't get enough pancakes.
After seeing your photo, I have a craving for pancakes again.
While I try to eat healthy foods during the week, on Sundays I treat myself to bacon and fried eggs with an English muffin dripping in butter. Or, occasionally, I like to hit a Greek diner for scrambled eggs, home fries, sausage, and toast. Sometimes it'll be pancakes with butter and maple syrup, or French toast; anything I don't have the time for during the week.
Oh, and apple pancakes if I remember to pick up an apple to slice into the batter. Gingerbread boy pancakes are another treat 'though I've never been able to turn them over without the head or an arm falling off, lol.
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Churches Blast Suicide Bill; Religious Groups Join Doctors to Urge MSPs to Reject Controversial Legislation
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RELIGIOUS leaders and medical experts will this week attack a bid to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland.
The Church of Scotland and the British Medical Association will lead the battle against Independent Margo MacDonald's private members' Bill when it is debated in Holyrood today and tomorrow.
Other Christian groups and representatives of the Jewish and Muslim faiths will also raise their concerns with MSPs during hearings of a special parliamentary committee.
People as young as 16 would be allowed to kill themselves at suicide clinics under the plans put forward by Miss MacDonald.
The Rev Ian Galloway, convener of the Church of Scotland's church and society council, has raised concerns in a letter to MSPs, sent in conjunction with the Methodist Church and the Salvation Army.
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'Such legislation, breaching as it does the societal prohibition on the taking of human life, carries implications for attitudes to many aspects of health and social care, not simply for the determined few who are pushing for change.
'On this matter we are clear that, while we are sympathetic towards the fears and desires of those who may be afraid of a painful death, what is proposed in this Bill is not the solution.
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