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LEND LEASE has won a $208 million design and construction contract for the redevelopment of the Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City in Perth.
The property is owned jointly by the Lend Lease-managed Australian Prime Property Fund Retail and the Future Fund.
According to the Shopping Centre News' Big Gun 2012 survey, the centre has an average turnover per square metre of $8660, placing it in the top 10 malls in the country.
The two groups bought the $475 million centre two years ago from the unlisted ING Retail Property Fund Australia.
The redevelopment will upgrade the 71,000-square-metre centre to 96,000 square metres. It will include a two-level, 12,000-square-metre Myer department store, a dining precinct and 95 retailers.
The deal comes as retail conditions remain cautious and consumers await another rate cut in interest rates, possibly next week, according to CBRE.
In its Asia-Pacific retail trends report for the third quarter, CBRE said demand from retailers had picked up slightly but the rate at which leasing deals were being signed was slow.
''Retail sales were steady and consumer confidence turned slightly more positive,'' the report said.
''Overseas retailers [such as Zara] recorded steady sales and a number of groups opened new stores, while there continued to be sustained interest from new overseas players looking at market entry.''
According to the Commonwealth Bank business sales indicator, spending eased 1.2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms last month after rising by a revised 3.5 per cent in September.


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It had been justly stated by a British writer that the power to make a small piece of paper, not worth one cent, by the inscribing of a few names, to be worth a thousand dollars, was a power too high to be entrusted to the hands of mortal man. [John C. Calhoun, speech, U.S. Senate, Dec. 29, 1841]
To make money "earn pay" is first attested mid-15c. Highwayman's threat your money or your life first attested 1841. Phrase in the money (1902) originally meant "one who finishes among the prize-winners" (in a horse race, etc.). The challenge to put (one's) money where (one's) mouth is is first recorded 1942, American English. money-grub "one who is sordidly intent on amassing money" is from 1768. The image of money burning a hole in someone's pocket is attested from 1520s.
I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is the symbol. [Henry Ford]

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All of you know about the special anime-only filler arc which is broadcast on last April for celebration of the tenth anniversary of Naruto anime broadcasting on the TV. But we didn't create an article of this arc because it may resemble the events of Part I of the series. And the DVD of this part has been released for a while. Does it necessarily to create the article for episodes 257 to 260? —Shakhmoot (Talk) 09:15, October 28, 2012 (UTC)
Some sort of mention that it is an arc and is basically a recap of part one would likely be in order. --Hawkeye2701 (talk) 15:00, October 28, 2012 (UTC)


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FOREST Green are rubbing shoulders with Premier League technology after becoming the first non-league side to implement Prozone match analysis.
The Prozone's Matchviewer system provides a unique technical and tactical computerised coaching tool using single camera footage.
It allows coaches immediate access to every single event in a game (eg. shots, passes, crosses, set-pieces) and provides performance data and visual representations on individual players, units within the team or the whole team.
Rovers' manager David Hockaday is an advocate of the integration of sports science into the coaching process and welcomed the new gizmo.
He said:"Forest Green are the first team in non-league football to have this cutting-edge technology.
"This will massively improve our post-match analysis, allowing us to look more technically at our performances and see we're we can gain those few extra percentage points that can mean the difference between winning and losing."
Chairman Dale Vince said pioneering the use of computer analytics outside of the Football League was just another step along the path to making Forest Green more professional and more competitive and will help Hockaday, assistant Gary Seward and coaches Scott Bartlett and Kevin Phillips.
He said: "We've seen some big improvements on the pitch so far this season and it is all part of an overall strategy that we started two years ago to make the club more professional.
"It started with seemingly obvious measures, such as feeding players at training and games to ensure they have the right fuel, through to getting better training facilities at the Cirencester Agricultural College.
"We've continued to improve the quality of the pitch by giving groundsman Stewart Ward the right tools for the job, provided local accommodation to cut down travel time before games, and we're now bringing in the best analytical tools available in Prozone, to help the coaches further improve preparation for games.
"These are all measures that will give our players the best chance of performing to the maximum capability."


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'Culturally toxic': swimmers hit with claims of drugs and bullyingSamantha Lane
Published: February 20 2013 - 3:00AM
TWO disturbing reports into a dysfunctional Olympic swimming team devoid of leadership in London last year will see athletes found guilty of abusing prescription drugs and bullying exposed and hit with significant fines.
Deeply troubled by an independent culture and leadership probe that revealed multiple ''culturally toxic incidents'' occurred within the national swimming unit last July, the Australian Olympic Committee is intent on acting upon flagrant breaches of the team agreement.
Central to the case is the flouting of the AOC's controversial pre-Olympics ban on Stilnox, a sedative and hallucinogen prescribed to treat insomnia but that is also misused recreationally.
While a culture and leadership review prepared by Dr Pippa Grange for Swimming Australia did not identify swimmers or detail their indiscretions, the government-funded sporting federation - now under new leadership and on notice following a disastrous London Games in and out of the pool - has vowed to identify and punish those at fault.
The AOC says it will recoup the money paid to any swimmer who won medals in London found guilty of breaching the team agreement and impose future financial sanctions on others who might not have won medals. Australian gold medallists at the London Olympics earned $20,000 under an AOC incentive scheme, silver medallists were paid $13,400 and bronze medallists won $10,000.
The national Olympic Committee president, John Coates, said on Monday he would await the results of further investigations by Swimming Australia before determining any fines. Meanwhile a disappointed Nick Green, who made his debut as Australian chef de mission in London, told Fairfax Media he had no inkling of the swimmers' delinquency last July.
An abridged version of Dr Grange's report revealed ''there were enough culturally toxic incidents across enough team members that breached agreements [such as getting drunk, misuse of prescription drugs, breeching curfews, deceit, bullying] to warrant a strong, collective leadership response that included coaches, staff and the swimmers.''
Dr Grange said ''no such collective action was taken'' - a damning finding against swimming bosses that Green found wholly unsatisfactory.
While Dr Grange reported that ''few situations [in London] … were truly grave in nature, they compounded in significance as no one reined in control''.
A trained psychologist who has worked with numerous AFL clubs and sporting organisations, Dr Grange conducted 57 recorded interviews with Olympic swimmers and Australian team support staff on the basis of anonymity, meaning she cannot inform Swimming Australia about the specifics of the most serious allegations.
Australian Olympians are expected to abide by the team agreement on their pre-Olympics camps, during the Games and on their way home.
Swimming Australia is understood to be well aware that Australian swimmers used Stilnox, despite the AOC ban on the drug, and reports of a drunken ''bonding'' session between the much vaunted men's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team on a pre-Games camp in Manchester have been confirmed.
The night led to pranks that upset coaches and other swimmers before the relay team, which featured James Magnussen and Eamon Sullivan, failed to win a medal in one of the shock performances at the Games.
Dr Grange's report finds bad behaviour went unchecked, individualism thrived, and London was remembered by many as the unpleasant ''lonely Olympics''. ''At its least attractive, the team dynamic became like a schoolyard clamour for attention and influence,'' the report says.What the swimming reviews found
- A "toxic" culture included drunkenness, misusing prescription drugs, breaking curfews and bullying.
- Lack of moral authority, discipline and leadership.
- Swimmers thought London was the "onely Olympics" and felt unsupported.
- Poor behaviour and lack of respect went unchecked.
- No visible national direction.
- Lack of accountability, transparency and communication.
- Strategic planning not followed
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/swimming/culturally-toxic-swimmers-hit-with-claims-of-drugs-and-bullying-20130219-2epmt.html


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UPDATE: Here is my story on Brandon Prust from The Journal News and LoHud.com today.
Sorry this is so late … had some major car snafu Friday. Hope to be able to get to camp for most of the session, if not all, Saturday. We'll see. No promises.
Here is the transcript from the coach.
John Tortorella:
"Artie, going through the physical, they just want to check his knee out. He's getting an MRI now (turned up negative). Michael Sauer has had some tendinitis/groin/behind the knee. So we kept him off for precautionry (reasons) today. Hopefully it'll calm down.
"Gabby should be back in (Thursday afternoon). And he'll get his tests done one way along the way here.
Concern on Sauer: "Yeah, whenever anybody's been out and it's been lingering a little bit here, it's a concern. I don't think it's anything serious, but we just want to get that tendinitis, and we just want to get him skating again. He's tried to get on the ice, so whenever you start talking about those situations … I don't think anything's real serious but it is a concern because he missed a day."
On the tests:
"I think you can tell … part of the reason we do the testing is because of the training you have to go through in the summertime, when we can't touch them, to do this test. That's a shift. It's a 40-second skate basically. Some guys it's 37, some guys it's 38 seconds, depending. But we're just looking for specificity as best we can in training for the summertime. What I look for, as you go through these couple of days, you can tell who's done their work and I have made it specific to the group that that lets us know what type of situation you have with the hockey club, what you're looking to do to make this hockey team, or to stay within a position with the hockey club. You can tell pretty quickly the guys that have done their work. And, listen, I can see in this camp already, and in the prior camps, the guys have done their work. I don't end up worrying too much about that. There's an occasional case where we've gone through it in the past couple of years, guys just aren't ready. Then they fall behind, and they let us know, 'OK, this is where I was this summer' and it certainly shows us, do they want to be here, or are they behind the 8-ball right away?"
Is it mental toughness, too, to be ready for these tests?
"It's a mental test, too. Some of the things we do along the way in camp here, and not so much with the time testing here in the two days, but we spend a lot of time with our conditioning the first four or five days. It's a mental type thing, too, yes. and that's a big part of the game. And it's big part of how the coaching staff is trying to find out what we have in the athlete. As we've gone through, the guys who've been here, we know what we have. But there's new guys here and we want to check them out also. So, sure, there's mental testing that comes along with it."
On Gaborik losing close friends in Derek Boogaard and Pavol Demitra, and whether Tortorella feels the need to talk to him:
"Oh, no. No. We have. I mean, I've talked to Gabby right on through this. It's been a tough summer for hockey in general. I don't want to make it specific to us or Gabby. It's been hard for a lot of people. But if you're asking me about Marian, we have talked right from the get-go when these things have happened, and continue to have a conversation and he'll be OK. He'll be OK. Everybody grieves losses of people and it's been hard for a lot of people. But I believe Gabby will be OK."
Is it noticable that Boogaard is not around?
"Oh, sure. He's a teammate. He's a teammate and, yeah, but it's important … you have your thoughts about it, but you also mourn, you grieve, but you have to move along with your life and get about your business also. Never forgetting, but also trying to conduct yourself each day."
On types of LWs who might play with Gaborik and Richards:
"I have no idea. We're going to try different people there. And I know that's going to be a hot topic along the way here, right away. … Seriously, I'm going to try different people there. You go through your scrimmage games, there's going to be people there and, it's the exhibition season and when you get to the real stuff, is it another talented player where they just keep the puck. Is it a player that needs to go get the puck sometimes. That's something we have to figure out along the way here and see what meshes. We'll see how it goes."
Number of players to take to Europe:
"You're looking at 30-32, in that area there."
Will the games vs. the European host teams be better preparation than games against NHL teams:
"I don't even know how they're going to be, the compeitition. I think we're playing on big (ice surfaces). It is what it is. You never know what the exhibition games are going to be, what the other team, even in North America, what lineups they play.
"But, you know … we're over there, they want to bump you off, which is great. We've gone through it. I have a pretty good idea how we're going to go about our exhibition season. We're just going to go about our business and see where it takes us."
On Wojtek Wolski and how he worked on his skating, etc., this summer:
"Self-evaluation, it's a very important thing for a player. I've always said, if a player self-evaluates himself correctly, then I don't have to evaluate it. It's taken care of. But if we don't think he's headed down the right road with self-evaluation, we are going to evaluate him as a coach and you never know where that leads, as far as position within a team or position within a line. So that's very important.
"And I don't think there's any question with this coaching staff here, that players know where they stand as far as what they did last year and what we expect out of them the following year. I think Wooly took it to heart. Again, he'll get a look with Richie and Gabby along the way. How it works out, we'll see what happens. The players will determine that for us."
On working on his skating having been strongly suggested to Wolski, and him knowing what's expected:
"I want to see him in the games. …
"We hope it (helps) him because we've been very honest with him as far as our assessment of what we expect. This is a young man that's bounced around on teams at a young age. You never know when that clicks in mentally as far as, you know, 'Wake up here; what's going on?' I like the guy. But I'm not interested in a bunch of rhetoric. We need to see it on the ice consistently. And he'll have a great opportunity because he's going to get a chance to play with some pretty good players here. So we hope someone who gets that opportunity is going to grab it and make it work.
"He's an intelligent kid, a sharp kid, I think (he understands that he's bounced around for a reason). It's been accepting the responsibility of what's going on."
On the decision to make Callahan captain:
"Well, the best way I can put that is, we have worked hard the past couple of years to try and create an identity with this hockey club and how we want to go about our business and who we are. We made strides last year. I thought we did a really good job of really trying to play the right way. He is it. That's why I think it's such great timing for him to be our captain. Chris Drury was a terrific captain, a veteran captain. Cally's home-grown right on through this organization, and he is how we play. How he handled himself off the ice, all the things we're trying to create here, it's there. It's a great situation to have him with us."
On Michael Del Zotto:
"There's a number of things. I think he looks like he's in really good shape. We want him to have his swagger. That's very important for a player like Michael, to have a swagger about himself, but it also needs to be the proper swagger.
"I know Michael is really, I think he's going to have a really good camp. I think he's beginning to understand what we expect, and still just a young player. This is trying to become a pro, both on and off the ice. I think that's very important for him to do the things he does best, because he can pass the puck, he can do a lot of good things. It's just staying within yourself also as far as handling yourself with success and how you handle yourself when you're not playing that well. And that is maturation. That takes time. That's a key thing we're going to look for from Mike, because he's still in the process. He goes down (to Connecticut) which I think is really good for him, for him to be down in the minors and play last year. It probably should have happened the year before. But I think he's handled himself well in those situations. I'm really anxious to see how he goes about his business in camp here."


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A SPECIAL and secretive show will give a record-breaking comedian a chance to try out new material ahead of his forthcoming arena tour.
Lee Evans is coming to the Evesham Arts Centre on a currently unspecified date in May with his Work in Progress show, during which he will be testing new lines from Monsters in front of a live audience.
Because the material is so fresh, the star will be referring to notes to make sure the work hits the right spots.
The centre's comedy organiser, Keith Norledge, said: "Over the past three years we've worked really hard to build relationships with the main comedy agents in the UK.
"With Lee Evan's only doing a handful of 'work in progress' shows around the country before he embarks on an arena tour of the UK, this shows that Evesham Arts Centre really is on the map as one of the best small comedy venues in the Midlands."
He added: "Bringing big-name comics like Lee Evans, Jon Richardson and Josh Widdicombe to the theatre saves our patrons the time and cost of travelling further afield and brings visitors to town too. We're already working on getting more comedy stars later in the year."
The time, date and booking details for the show will be released via the centre's website, Facebook page and Twitter account at 10am on Saturday, March 8, with newsletter subscribers being contacted the day before.
Monsters will be visiting major venues such as Birmingham NIA and the O2 in London over the course of more than 50 dates.
Once released, tickets for the show will be £25, plus £1.50 per card transaction, and sales will be limited to four tickets per person.
For more information, go to eveshamartscentre.co.uk or call the Evesham Almonry on 01386 446944.


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Nicole Black from Colorado Bar Association on Vimeo.
The Colorado Bar Association Young Lawyers Division serves young lawyers and law students of Colorado; promotes professional values and involvement in the Bar Association; and provides opportunities for its members to form connections with fellow attorneys, to engage in professional development, and to serve the legal community and the community at large.
We meet the first Wednesday of every month, 6 p.m., at the CBA, 1900 Grant St., 9th floor. Meetings are open and we welcome all young lawyers to attend. Contact Nicole Black for more information.
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The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers is an international, multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to preventing sexual abuse. Through research, education, and shared learning ATSA promotes evidence based practice, public policy and community strategies that lead to the effective assessment, treatment and management of individuals who have sexually abused or are at risk to abuse.
ATSA is an association of individuals from around the world committed to achieving a high level of professional excellence. ATSA promotes the philosophy that empirically based assessment, practice, management, and policy strategies will: enhance community safety, reduce sexual recidivism, protect victims and vulnerable populations, transform the lives of those caught in the web of sexual violence, and illuminate paths to prevent sexual abuse.


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My Char-broil has a large rectangular grate (2 ft by 1.5 ft.) on which I am desparately trying to learn to grill. To replenish the coals, I have to lift the entire grate off the grill (taking the food and any ambient heat with it) to get at the coal grate. I want to cut the grate into three sections, a la Weber, so I can access the coal grate without disturbing the food. (Yes, there's an access dorr in the front but no way can I put a chimney full of hot charcoal through that!)
Once I cut the tines of the grate, with what do I paint the various ends? High-temp Krylon Paint? Leave the ends alone? Dip them in some gooey rubbery thing that cures to rock solid?


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Thread: Help and advice?
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Help and advice?
Hello RPS people!
As you are the most supportive and encouraging internet community ever (apart from Null, he's evil), I think I'll start trying to get into FTL slots more often in order to get better at it. I got very discouraged today after trying it and I think I let the people in my squad down but I can't give up like that and practice makes perfect after all!
So in order to be better prepared for it, any advice that you can think of is most welcome! I have some specific questions:
1)What keybinds do you use for VON, Mumble and MumbleCC? At the moment I have CapsLock, T and MouseButton4 respectively, since everything else on the keyboard (that is accessible) seems to be taken. Any suggestions?
2) The job of the FTL is to relay orders from the CO to their squad, but how do you deal with the fact that sometimes, both CC and VON (let's not even add the Mumble channels when e.g. Alpha and Beta act as a unit) are online? Do you request radio silence from your squad or?
3) If an FTL spots a group of enemies, is his priority to report it to his squad or CO? Can a FTL decide when his squad should engage or should the order always come from the CO? As you can see, my questions stem from the grunt perspective, as whenever I asked permission to engage, I never knew whether my FTL had asked permission from CO first or whether it came directly from the FTL...
I hate being FTL and I'm not very good at it, so take these replies with a pinch of salt.
1) I like to have them all on my mouse, but I've got more buttons there than I can use. Just pick something you're comfortable with and can reach easily. I believe ctrl and shift are not used by default in Arma bindings if that helps.
2) If you need to listen on CC then yeah, tell your squad to shut up. Saying "break break" usually does the trick. As long as you keep relaying orders to your squad (when we're using CC, anyway), you're doing fine. Some people tend to forget their squad can't hear what command is saying, it can get quite confusing as a grunt if no one's telling you where to go.
3) Depends on the mission and your judgement, the commander will usually give some specific orders about when to engage. Unless the enemies are posing an immediate danger to another squad, you should probably alert your own squad first so they're all aware of the danger and can get ready to engage. If you don't already have orders from the commander, the general rule is engage active or close enemies, but if you can safely hold fire then report them and wait for orders.
If you're a grunt, just don't worry about it and shoot whoever everyone else is shooting.
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I'm using a Logitech G15 keyboard with "G-buttons" to the left of ctrl/shift/caps and a Logitech mx518 mouse.
Mumble PTT is binded to Scroll Lock and cloned to G6(next to left ctrl) and the "Back-button"(mouse4?) on the mouse.
I've got Whisper to CC on "Forward"/Mouse5(?) and VON is on Insert and cloned to G5(just next to shift).
No, the job of the FTL is to recieve orders from the CO then hand out tasks to the squad ;)
I just tell my squad to shut up over VON if I need to hear something on CC or vice versa; I think getting the position of a tank from my AT guy is a bit more important then new orders from the CO..
It's everyones job to make sure the guys around them know where the enemies are...
Depending on the CO's order a FTL usually has some leeway and can make is own decision on when to engage the enemy.
But as said; it depends on the orders and ROE.
Oh and if your FTL tells you to open fire - OPEN FIRE!! He'll let you know when you can stop ^.^
All the comms stuff can feel intimidating at first. Like most things in ARMA2, it'll get better with experience. we totally appreciate you trying out FTLing.
1) When I still had Mumble stuff bound to keyboard, I think I used Ctrl for normal Mumble PTT key and Ctrl+Shift for CC. Capslock for VON. If you have trouble setting up CC, hop on the RPS Steam chat and ask someone to help you out.
2) Like Kelron said, "break break" is a polite and clear way of informing your fireteam that you need to listen to something. Ask them to repeat what they were going to say afterwards.
3) If you see enemies, your fireteam needs to know about them, even if you're not going to immediately engage. Also report to CO. If your fireteam or another element is in immediate danger (the enemy is active and fairly close), shoot first, warn the other elements and then report to CO what happened.
FTL can definitely decide to engage hostiles without asking CO. FTL makes the call based on where the enemies are, what they're doing, your fireteam's orders and the current engagement mode. If you've been told to hold fire and think you're not in immediate danger, but the enemy is in your way, report it, keep your heads down and ask for further orders.
Also keep in mind that generally you as an FTL know the immediate situation of your fireteam better than the CO. If CO tells you to hold fire when you report an enemy patrol running towards you at 50m distance with murder in their eyes, inform CO you can't do that, and order your guys to engage.
In general leading a fireteam isn't so much about relaying orders, but about taking those orders to heart and then using your fireteam to accomplish them. Keep your guys informed of what your current goal is, give them a general idea of how you want them to move and engage enemies, don't micromanage unless you really need to. When not busy, tell them what's going on elsewhere in the mission area.Clips are fully loaded, and then blood floods the lawn
yea these are some good tips, but maybe in the next sessions we could use mumble for each FT? It is just ingame VON is so unreliable and if some people have that sound managment system plugin installed, you can't hear anything and the only reliable comunication you have is over mumble.


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Most Wiltshire children have been granted places for their first choice secondary school.
Of the 4,500 children who applied for September places 95 per cent got their preferred school.
Each applicant has to pick three choices of school with only 1.9 per cent not being given a place at a school which was not one of their preferences.
Laura Mayes, cabinet member for Children's Services said: "This is an important time for children and their parents and to be able to provide so many with their preferred choice of school is particularly good news."
"The right to an independent appeal is open to anyone who has been refused a place at one of their preferred schools."
Applicants have until March 18 to accept the school they've been offered.
After this date, late applications received after the October 2013 deadline will be considered.
There are about 200 late applications awaiting consideration.
For more information about school admissions call 01225 713010 or visit www.wiltshire.gov.uk
Anyone appealing against their school place allocation can email the Wiltshire Times at firstname.lastname@example.com or the Gazette and Herald at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Wealthy Parents Are Paying Handicapped Tour Guides to Bypass Long Lines at Disney Parks – Really?
Theme park ride lines like the ones at any Disney park can be excruciatingly long and frustrating, on that we all agree, right? Well, what if you could shell out some cash and go right to the front of the line? According to the New York Post, that is exactly what is happening, except this story has a little twist. The cash is being paid to handicapped tour guides, who pose as family members to get them straight to the front of the line in a matter of a couple of minutes.


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Women's Initiatives
Welcome to the Women's Initiatives website.
The mission of Women's Initiatives is to advance the interests, status, and well-being of women at Auburn University. We develop initiatives that foster a more accepting university climate for all women. We develop programs and policies aimed toward recruiting, retaining, and advancing the status of women faculty, staff, and students. We work to increase the equitable representation of women across all campus units. We build partnerships and collaborations that support diversity.
Women's Initiatives includes the Women's Resource Center, the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Institute, the ADVANCE Auburn Center, and Faculty Advancement, and is under the direction of the Assistant Provost for Women's Initiatives in the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs. The links on the toolbar to the left will take you to the websites for these units.
Women's Initiatives collaborates with other programs at Auburn University that address women's advancement. These programs include the Women's Philanthropy Board in the College of Human Sciences, the Women's Leadership Institute in the College of Liberal Arts, the Women's Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts, the Society for Women in Sciences and Mathematics in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, 100 Women Strong in the College of Engineering, and WINGS in the Athletics Department. These programs reflect Auburn University's strong commitment to gender equity for our female students, faculty, and staff.


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Too Much, Too Little: Water As a Seasonal Problem
Many water and sanitation problems are cyclical, occurring with seasonal regularity. Unmitigated, problems ranging from flooding in South Asia to drought in Northeast Africa threaten poor communities with a perpetual state of vulnerability.
Whether there's too much water or too little, a community's well-being is tied to its relationship with water. Luckily, simple steps can be taken to help populations manage year to year.
While contexts differ widely, ACF's water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs address a core set of factors in any intervention: the hydrologic context (where and how water is available); a population's access to water and sanitation; local knowledge, attitudes and practices; the prevalence of water-borne diseases; opportunities for community participation and education; local culture and beliefs; and the types of technical solutions appropriate for the context.
Seasonal Flooding: Disaster Risk Reduction in Myanmar
In flood-prone countries such as Myanmar, fertile deltas and broad floodplains are often highly populated, exposing hundreds of thousands to the threat of cyclical disasters. And while monsoon seasons are essential to agriculture, extreme weather (e.g., cyclones) destroys vital infrastructure and threatens human lives.
ACF develops local solutions to mitigate seasonal extremes. Working with government agencies in Myanmar, for example, ACF helps set up early warning systems to track flood conditions (communication channels, weather forecast, emergency broadcast systems); carries out vulnerability mapping; provides technical training on water and sanitation facilities; and helps with regional capacity assessments.
Disaster risk reduction measures are also directed at the community level. Risk awareness campaigns aimed at community and school groups integrate sessions on water use, sanitation and hygiene. ACF also builds and rehabilitates disaster-ready water points, disaster-resistant latrines, rain water collection tanks for schools, and safe areas with water points and latrines.
At the village and household levels, ACF organizes committees for managing water points, disseminating hygiene information, implementing risk reduction measures, and developing evacuation and disaster preparedness plans. In addition, we deploy home water treatment solutions (e.g., ceramic and sand filters) and ensure the availability of emergency water, sanitation, and hygiene materials.
Seasonal Drought: Water Infrastructure for Pastoralist Kenya
When there is too little water, as there often is in northeast Africa, ACF undertakes a number of activities to help people cope and thrive amidst scarcity. In Kenya's dry northeast, pastoralist cultures are routinely exposed to seasonal drought. The threat of water scarcity—for both people and their livestock—surfaces regularly, causing human misery and childhood malnutrition, and depleting the community's wealth and capital by reducing the size of their herds.
Pastoralist societies present special challenges. These communities are migratory, shepherding large numbers of livestock across vast regions of a water-poor part of the world—a very different context from those interventions where wells can be dug, latrines set up, and more permanent water points situated between fixed communities and health centers. Nevertheless, ACF has developed strategies to help these nomadic communities survive drought conditions.
Beyond trucking water to remote locations during acute water emergencies—an unsustainably expensive intervention—what can be done to enhance pastoralists' ability to withstand droughts? ACF works with these communities to identify their migratory routes and map traditional watering holes along the way. We then identify ways to improve and protect these watering holes. For example, we enhance hygiene and reduce evaporation losses with lids or concrete caps; we minimize contamination and health risks by building separate access points for people and cattle; we capture and store precipitation by creating run-off ponds and other rain-water collection systems.
Ensuring Water Security in Any Context
Action Against Hunger's integrated approach to hunger and malnutrition involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation, and poor hygiene. For communities threatened by cyclical crises—whether too much or too little water—ACF facilitates the provision of, and access to, safe drinking water through technical, infrastructural, and social improvements (training, mentoring, educating, organizing).
Regardless of the context, ACF is committed to helping communities in crisis. We truck water during emergencies, clean contaminated water sources, install water storage tanks and above-ground reservoirs, drill wells (that require buckets) and boreholes (that require pumps), tap and preserve springs, improve and install local sanitation systems and latrines, design and build irrigation systems, create hygienic bathing facilities, and repair water infrastructure damaged by natural disaster or warfare.
Without this vital work in the areas of water, sanitation, and hygiene, we would make little progress in our fight against global hunger and acute malnutrition.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A sorority at Ohio State University is being suspended over hazing.
University officials aren't releasing details about what happened. But they did tell WBNS-TV in Columbus (http://bit.ly/WmZ70H ) that the suspension centers on hazing.
The university says the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has been suspended until at least fall 2016.
The sorority does not have a house on the Ohio State campus. It can petition for reinstatement in 2016.
The National Delta Sigma Theta Sorority said in a statement that it conducted its own investigation and has cooperated with Ohio State officials.
The organization says it has taken disciplinary action against the chapter and individuals involved.
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Dr. Marilyn Neault, director of habilitive audiology at Children's Hospital in Boston and associate professor of otology and laryngology at Harvard Medical School, will be the speaker at the Fall 2013 Guest Lecture Series organized by the Children's Physical Developmental Clinic at Bridgewater State University. Her lecture, "An Introduction to Cochlear Implant," will be held Saturday, Oct. 19 at 8 .m. in Room 120 of the Science and Mathematics Center. All lectures in the series are free and open to the public.


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Doing the Argus ... without the sweat
The Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour takes place on 10 March 2013, and if you haven't trained (or signed up for it), worry not. If you're in Cape Town, pull up a pavement and enjoy the show that rides by.
David Bellairs, CEO of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, highlights some of the top spectator spots where fans will have a chance to show their support for 'the Argus':
The start, Hertzog Boulevard
If you live in the suburbs or in the city centre, take your bicycle into town. If you travel by car, park in any of the surrounding side streets and walk to the start area. Alternatively, make use of the MyCiTi Bus service. There's an awesome vibe and it's a rare sight to see so many cyclists together. Be prepared for an early start.
Newlands Forest area
Accessible from the east side of the M3, as well as the pedestrian subway at the Parks and Forest area. You will be treated to some sprint riding by the still fresh and enthusiastic cyclists.
Paradise Road (Near Paradise Motors)
This point is accessible from Main Road, Claremont, and is a good place to view the cyclists as they speed down Paradise Road and start climbing up Edinburgh Drive.
Edinburgh Drive (up to top of Wynberg Hill – outbound)
The steepest gradient of the Cycle Tour will give you the chance to cheer and inspire the cyclists as they struggle up the first climb of the route. If you are keen to spot your mum or your best buddy, then this is undoubtedly the best vantage point.
Fish Hoek
The traffic circle and Main Road in the centre of town always attracts many supporters.
Glencairn Beach
There is pedestrian access to the grassed area (Glen Ridge side) with large lawns opposite the beach; or make your way to the Glencairn Hotel/Southern Right Hotel or Dixie's restaurant.
Simon's Town Main Road
Access is preferably on foot for local residents. Jubilee Square has been a firm spectator favourite for years and always has a great vibe.
Gain access to Main Road on foot or view from pubs and restaurants along the road.
Noordhoek Farm Village
Local residents must preferably access this area (Main Road) on foot; or relax at any of the pubs or restaurants on the roadside while you watch the cyclists speed by.
Hout Bay (Corner Princess and Main/Chapman's Peak Drive)
If you live in Hout Bay and haven't managed to escape the madness early on, take a stroll down to Main Road (M65) and give the cyclists that final energy boost before they hit the dreaded Suikerbossie.
It may not be the toughest hill on the route, but most participants dread this climb; they are tired and need all the encouragement you can give. Suikerbossie – all the way from the bottom circle to the top before Llandudno – is the perfect vantage point for locals.
Camps Bay beachfront
Join the beautiful people for a few hours and relax at one of Camps Bay's many beachfront restaurants or on the beach. A pedestrian bridge allows you to cross the cycle stream to the beach.
Sea Point
Thrills and spills are aplenty at the sharp left turn from Victoria Road into Queens Road! A pedestrian bridge allows you to cross the road here.
Promenade and finish line
Make your way to the Promenade to watch the cyclists break into their final sprint to the finish, or witness all the emotion and high drama typical of the Cycle Tour finish line. Make use of the free shuttle service offered by the MyCiTi Bus service, directly between the central city and the finish line.
Copy/info and images for this blog supplied by the Cycle Tour Media Office on behalf of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust.
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I am trying to modify contact form 7 the way I like it. The problem is I cant find right ID tag for that. I have tried adding div id="tags" but that does not work.

<form action="/#wpcf7-f48-p2-o1" method="post" class="wpcf7-form">

<input type="text" name="Postal" value="Postal Code" class="wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required required" size="40" maxlength="50"/>

This have worked for one id but I dont understand where other id are
#wpcf7-f48-p2-o1 {
Thanks a lot for your help
You need to find the CSS file that comes with the contact form setup and make those changes there instead. Alternatively, you have the option to disable all styling in the configuration settings and create your own styles from scratch.
The problem is if plugin gets updated I will lose everything. I wanna avoid it.
No, styles normally do not get lost when you update the plugin. If they do, then there's something wrong with how it is set up.
I'd configure it so (disable styling completely so that it won't create a .css file) that you can write your form styles right into your main stylesheet. That way you don't have to mess with whatever the plugin outputs.
Will try see how that is gonna work out. Thanks for help
According to contact form 7 developer when new version comes out and if I update it,will lose all the css modifications. Any other suggestions ?
Just put the styles you want in your regular style sheet, and give them a higher specificity that those in the plugin's style sheet.
ralph.m its all geek to me can you be more specific how to give a higher specificity ?
:lol: Touché.
Let's say the style sheet for the contact form comes with a rule like this:
#wpcf7-f48-p2-o1 {
If you were to put a rule in your own style sheet like this:
div#wpcf7-f48-p2-o1 {
your rule would win out, because it has a slightly higher specificity. That is, the rule carries slightly more weight. There rules of specificity are described here:
We could give some more help with this if we knew the actual styles that the supplied style sheet is using, and if we knew what changes you'd like to make. A link to a live example would be best.
this is the contact form I am trying to modify, that should be something something like this
You can do things like this:
form span.wpcf7-form-control-wrap {
background: #fff;
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 3em 1em 0;
form span.wpcf7-form-control-wrap input {
background: none;
border: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
... but it looks like that form add-on is junk, because it isn't even creating labels for you (which is what you want). Does it have any options for adding them in?
I am amble to add html code if understand you right,sorry but I am new to the whole styling and coding thing.

and expected to move things around with css. Or you mean label class="tag" ?
Can you explain where did "form" comes from before "span.wpcf7-form-control-wrap" ?
Thanks for you time ralph.m
There really should be a  element associates with each of those text <input> elements, and that is what is pictured in your second link. This is a basic example of label/input pairs:
<form method="post" action="">
<legend>Contact Us</legend>
Name
<input name="name" type="text" size="40" maxlength="60" id="name" value="">
Email Address
<input name="email" type="email" size="40" maxlength="60" id="email" value="">
Comments
<textarea name="comments" rows="10" cols="50" id="comm"></textarea>
<input type="hidden" name="loadtime" value="1358115668">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">
CSS styles elements by "targeting" them with selectors ... or, in other words, you cite various elements in the CSS and tell the browser to style them a particular way. The link I gave on specificity above helps to explain that a bit. By adding "form" to the rule, it becomes a little more "specific" and that default rule. It's just saying "find a <form> element on the page, then a span inside it with a class of wpcf7-form-control-wrap". That rule will override a rule that just says "find a span inside it with a class of wpcf7-form-control-wrap".
Thanks a lot for your help,time to put everything in practice and see how it works out
Indeed. Trying it out is essential. I'm learning JS at the moment, but just reading about it is useless (for me, anyhow).


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About the Project
The Megafishes Project represents the first worldwide attempt to document and protect the planet's freshwater giants. The unprecedented use of freshwater has led to the declining populations of many aquatic species. Perhaps nowhere is this pattern more apparent than among the largest freshwater fish. Globally, a pattern has emerged; these big fish are disappearing.
Led by 2004 National Geographic Emerging Explorer Dr. Zeb Hogan, the project will span six continents and encompass expeditions to study 14 of Earth's most diverse freshwater ecosystems—ecological treasures—including World Heritage sites, Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance, and United Nations Environment Program Biodiversity Hotspots. Along the way, Hogan and his team of investigators will gather information about the life history, population status, geographic range, and threats associated with each focal species, and then synthesize this information into IUCN Red List Assessments and for a meta-analysis of population and distribution trends over time. Hogan will be working with a network of more than a hundred scientists and fishermen in 17 countries, as well as local people, to examine the causes and potential solutions to the global loss of freshwater biodiversity. Researchers also hope to identify the planet's largest freshwater fish.
In the 2006 pilot year, the project team conducted expeditions to the Mekong and Selenge/Baikal (Mongolia), laying the groundwork for future missions to rivers throughout Asia, South America, and North America. These efforts have already begun to yield encouraging results. For example, Hogan's work with the governments of Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos have made the capture of the Mekong giant catfish illegal in those countries. The project has also teamed with the Cambodian Department of Fisheries and the Mekong Wetland Biodiversity Program to create one of the world's first freshwater conservation concessions—a special fishing area in the Tonle Sap River aimed at protecting some of the world's largest freshwater fish species, including the giant stingray and giant barb.
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Our San Francisco based Mobile Gaming Start up, TinyCo is hiring a Server Side Python Engineer. This is an onsite permanent opportunity .
We're launching a new product over here in about 6 months that is going to require us to scale like crazy... Right now our games require us to support millions of daily active users. This new product will spike us by more than 10x almost immediately after launch. We're primarily a Python, Django backed by MySQL stack running on AWS infrastructure.
If you are interested or have questions email me at email@example.com
Look forward to hearing from you
Write code with excellent test coverage
Optimize for scalability, efficiency and maintainability in a practical way
Collaborate with iPhone and Android developers, designers and producers to define, refine, prioritize and ship new features
Build new products and features, but take just as much pleasure from polishing and fixing bugs
Jump in to a rapidly scaling environment - because you've done it before and enjoyed it
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Tournament Scheduled for April 18-19
WINTER PARK, Fla. - The 2011 Sunshine State Conference Golf Championships are preparing to tee off in Boca Raton April 18-19. Lynn University is hosting the championships at the Boca Country Club.
The SSC Golf Championships will consist of 54 holes for both men's and women's teams. Play will begin with shotgun starts at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, April 18. Play will conclude on Tuesday, April 19, with 18 holes. Tee times will be based on Monday's scoring, with players teeing off beginning at 8 a.m.
Lynn University will provide live scoring updates throughout both rounds of competition. Links to live scoring will be available on the SSC website, the Lynn University host site, and Golf Stat.
The SSC event is annually an exciting one, with a host of schools represented among the nation's top-ranked collegiate golf teams.
The men's field will showcase a pair of top-10 teams among five nationally-ranked competitors. Lynn enters the SSC Championship ranked No. 2 in the latest Golf World/Nike Men's Golf Poll. Barry is close behind in the No. 6 slot.
The Saint Leo men will march two freshman, two sophomores, and a junior out to the course. The group, which consists of Nick Brothers, Codi Daudelin, Chaz Heinz, Rick Briggs, and Ronnie Carlson, has had an up and down year as youth dominates the lineup. Still, the Lions have spent the second half of the spring playing more impressive golf as they wrapped-up their best finish of the season, sixth, at the Spring Fling Intercollegiate last month (Mar. 12-13).
Meanwhile, Nova Southeastern (No. 14) and defending national champion Florida Southern (No. 22) also appear in the Division II poll. Rollins received votes.
Lynn, Barry, and NSU have been impressive throughout the season. The Fighting Knights have tallied five first-place finishes, including the West Florida Invitational, NSU Shark Invitational, Rollins Invitational, and Bobcat Invitational. Lynn also tied for first at the Golfweek Spring Invitational.
Barry has placed in the top five in seven of its eight tournaments this season. After reeling off three straight runner-up performances in the month of March, the Bucs took home the team victory at the Buccaneer Invitational. Their runner-up showings came at the St. Edward's Invitational, Southeastern Collegiate, and Bobcat Invitational.
Nova Southeastern has notched six top-five finishes in nine events thus far. On four of those occasions, the Sharks placed in the top three. NSU was second at the Shark Invitational. The Sharks finished third at the Caribbean Intercollegiate, Buccaneer Invitational, and Rollins Invitational.
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Large yachts are no longer the sole domains of advanced engine-room ventilation systems.
By Diane M. Byrne — April 2004
While we all know that it's crucial to have an abundance of fresh, dry air in the engine room to prevent overheating and corrosion, until recently owners of large yachts seemed to be the only ones benefiting from the advanced ventilation systems on the market. And in these days of higher-horsepower engines being put into smaller boats, you'd think that the technology would have trickled down by now.
Well, it has. Florida-based Delta "T" Systems, a leading manufacturer of axial fans, moisture eliminators, and electronic controls that manage airflow, is working with an increasing number of custom and production builders of boats 40 to 60 feet—even up to 80 feet. The goal is to maximize engine performance and longevity by maintaining consistent conditions in machinery spaces—and, of course, to provide you and/or your engineer with a better working environment.
According to Michael Murray, sales manager/engineer for Delta "T," it was a logical step for the company to make. For years Delta "T" has been retrofitting systems into large yachts and working with megayacht yards as well as commercial and military facilities to customize applications for demanding operating conditions. Now the company is designing and manufacturing ventilation systems for the hard-charging sportfishermen of Hatteras, Viking, and Bertram, the go-fast boats of Donzi, and even the leisurely cruisers of Grand Banks, among others.
Given the high horsepower of today's production boats, "air consumption is astronomical," Murray says. If an owner's not careful about monitoring the situation inside the machinery spaces, the engines can overheat; in the case of electronic engines, they'll automatically derate, reducing horsepower output. Electronic engines or not, however, serious permanent damage can result.
This is where Delta "T" axial cooling fans come in. According to Murray, they run on D.C. power (compared to A.C. power on the larger boats and commercial craft) and can be manually controlled with a toggle switch or by a thermostat; either way, he says it's a simple setup that still provides a higher airflow rate through what he terms "natural draft," meaning the engines pull air in through the combustion process.
The company works with each yard to design and engineer the appropriate-size fans for their model lines, which can be as small as nine inches; regardless, each unit has a marine-grade aluminum housing, PVC fan blades, and a sealed motor.
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Firstly, 64GB iPhone 5 = Sold
Ever since the announcement of the "assistant" feature, I felt it was basically confirmed Apple planned on releasing 2 phones on the 4th of October. Think about it, the articles concerning the "assistant" feature state that only the iPhone 5 can power the feature, but why on earth would Apple allow 2 phones to be sold with one "missing" features. This is exactly what would happen if they sold the original iPhone 4 next to the iPhone 5. Apple doesn't really like to do things like that so they put the iPhone 5 guts inside an iPhone 4"S" & bam, you have your low end phone that can do everything your high phone can do, just at an 8 GB capacity. At the same time you streamline your chip ordering because you're now only ordering one chip instead of several different lines. I'd be really shocked at this point if there wasn't an iPhone 4S & an iPhone 5 announced on the 4th of October.
But honestly, while that was a solid feature, I don't see Wi-Fi Facetime as a game changer the way Assistant could be (my opinion of course) and just think that with Apple already testing iPhone 5 "internals" in iPhone 4 cases, it just screams of getting a 2 for one test. They hide their new design while at the same time testing an "S" version.
Again, nothing but speculation & opinion here.
I had an 8gb iPhone 3G and I use it up. I have a 16gb iPhone 4 and I use it up. I'm gonna buy a 64gb iPhone 5 lol
Yeah I don't think AT&T execs would gamble on buying cases for a phone that doesn't exist. This is really exciting! Tuesday cannot come fast enough to know for sure!
I feel like 64g is just soo much. I have 16gig and i haven't gone past 10g. I'm sure there are those who will go beyond 32g but rarely will anyone need that much. I have unlimited data too so maybe that's why i don't store so much. But having the iphone 5 on HSDP+ makes a lot of sense. It will take a lot of strain off of the 3g network for other, non smartphone users and use the signal that few ATT smart phone users use today. It'll take that strain off dumb phone users and put it on other ATT androids who use HSDP+. But i doubt i'll use it, i live in a rural area.
I just hope there will be pre-orders. I haven't stood in line for an Apple launch since the original iPhone in 2007.
Im always the the type to get the best of the best... So iPhone 5 64g would be me! Lol


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Former National Science Foundation Director to Speak at Midyear Commencement
December 6, 2012—
Arden Bement Jr., a leader in government, business and academia, will be the featured speaker at Michigan Technological University's Midyear Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 15.
At commencement, the University will honor the achievements of nearly 500 graduates, including 348 students receiving bachelor's degrees, 110 master's degree recipients and 24 PhD graduates.
Bement will be awarded an honorary doctorate. In addition, Professor Blair Orr, who spearheaded Michigan Tech's highly successful Peace Corps Master's International Program, will be given the Board of Trustees Silver Medal. Justin Jones, who will be receiving his BA in Communication, Culture and Media, will give a brief talk to the graduates.
Bement is now the director of the Global Policy Research Institute at Purdue University, which integrates science and policymaking to address global problems.
He first came to Purdue in 1993 as the Basil S. Turner Distinguished Professor of Engineering and later became head of the School of Nuclear Engineering. He left the university in 2001 to lead the National Institute of Standards and Technology and in 2004 was named director of the National Science Foundation, a position he held until 2010.
Bement is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served on the US National Commission for UNESCO and as the vice chair of the Commission's Natural Sciences and Engineering Committee.
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The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (SMWC) Student Senate will host its third annual Leadership Summit on Sat., Nov. 16, 2013. The focus of the summit is to develop and improve students' leadership skills by providing presentations, resources and opportunities. This year's summit, titled "The Pieces of Leadership: A Whole is the Sum of its Parts," is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the SMWC Rooney Library.
The Leadership Summit was created nearly two years ago when the Student Senate recognized a need to cultivate leadership skills. Students designed it to enhance leadership opportunities already available at the Woods, while also offering high quality, dynamic and inspiring presentations.
"College is an important time to learn leadership skills and abilities because you have opportunities to collaborate with both your peers and seasoned professionals, engage in leadership in more than one facet and receive valuable feedback that might not be available in other settings or contexts," states Student Senate President, Sherry Bube '14.
Keynote speaker at the event, Josette Rathbun, MBA, '85, the First Vice President of Wealth Management at Merrill Lynch, has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. She deals with retirement planning, asset management, alternative investments and diversifying concentrated positions of stock. Rathbun also serves on the boards of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the International Violin Competition. She is an advisor for UNCF for the State of Indiana and has served on the Foundation Board of St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis.
The first session, titled "Psychology of a Group," will be presented by Glenna Simons, JD and Sherry Schnake, Ph.D. Simons is an associate professor of sociology and department chair at SMWC, and Schnake is a professor of psychology at SMWC. This session will focus on teamwork and how those in leadership roles can navigate group dynamics.
"Leadership requires the willingness to acknowledge that, as the leader, you aren't able to do every single thing," states Bube. "The goal can be reached more effectively with invested engagement of all team members."
The second session, titled "Gender Operations: Women as Leaders," will be presented by Amanda Moore '12G. Moore is a graduate of the Master of Leadership Development program at SMWC and has participated in the Leadership Summit in the past as a panelist. This session will focus on women in leadership roles and how gender plays a part.
"It's important for women to develop their leadership skills and abilities because leading necessitates the ability to inspire self and others toward achieving a common goal, while also imparting skills and producing an outcome that is beneficial to all involved," states Bube. "No matter the occupation, involvement or level of commitment, these skills will assist in personal and professional development that lasts for a lifetime."
The summit is free to all SMWC students – campus, online and graduate. For more information, email .
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Immigrants' rights advocates and their supporters made a stop in Jacksonville on Friday along their 1,000 mile Forward-With-Your-Promise Caravan trek from Central Florida to Washington D.C.
They stopped outside City Hall to hold a news conference urging the Duval Legislative Delegation members to support comprehensive immigration reform before their scheduled 1 p.m. delegation meeting.
The Forward-With-Your-Promise Caravan evolved from the Knee-A-Thon Pilgrimage. In 2011, Santos de la Rosa began a Knee-A-Thon Pilgrimage in Sebring. Santos de la Rosa and Immigration Information Advocates Inc. exposed the pain of families separated by the U.S.' current deportation and detention policies.
"I lay awake at night and think of the mothers separated from their sons and daughters, the children who cry at night because their parents are gone, and, tragically, the children in state or foster care, all because of an immigration system that has failed them," said de la Rosa. "How can our nation sleep peacefully at night until we have stopped the hurt and fixed this devastating problem that is breaking hearts and tearing families apart?"
Marchers began crawling on their knees from Sebring in September 2011. Now, the marchers are standing up, going to the nation's capital.
The marchers are asking Sen. Marco Rubio and President Barack Obama to take leadership on true immigration reform, with papers and with a green card.
The caravan will reach Washington D.C. on Jan. 20 in time for the inauguration.
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>Health and Nutrition>Pulled hamstring
Thanks all. Yesterday I had another massage, this time from someone I trust a little more (but is in Portland, where I am less often). She laid the blame more on tight / weak adductor magnus, gave me some homework. Also tight quads, causing my pelvis to be anterior rotated on both sides, thus adding strain to the hamstrings.
Good news was she doesn't think there was any real damage, otherwise it would get worse instead of better during the run.
In order to fit the amount of running I do into the life I've chosen for myself, I don't have ANY extra time for things like massage therapists, PT, yoga, weights etc. so I've never tried any of that really.
Wow. I would never have made it to my first marathon without finding my awesome PT in Vancouver. I came to rely on her and my Vancouver massage therapist quite a bit; I'm really missing them now that I no longer live there. The value of a good massage therapist, that you can see every couple weeks or so, is that they get to know your legs, and can fix stuff before it really becomes problematic.
I don't do any weights, but (in principle) I do follow Pfitzinger's supplementary exercise plans: core 3x / week, strength 2x / week, stretching 2x / week (plus post-run stretching, of course, and pre-speedwork dynamic stretches and form drills). No gym needed, only equipment is 10lb dumbbells. That doesn't take much time, 10-15 minutes before bed. Where I went wrong this time is in slacking off in this program.
Walk on your heels with your knees locked and your toes pointed up. It doesn't seem like it should but it stretches your hamstrings really well.
Walk on your heels with your knees locked and your toes pointed up. It doesn't seem like it should but it stretches your hamstrings really well.
Darn, and I've been doing it Chuck Berry style all these years.
BTW, this is a really useful gadget for seeing where all the relevant muscles / tendons are, where they attach, etc.:
You need a browser that supports WebGL. Click on the help thing to see the navigation controls. You want to turn off everything but bones and muscles. Also you want to figure out how to hide individual muscles, to see what's underneath.
I had a confirmed hamstring tear about 1.5 years ago. It took about a year to heal up. Did very little speedwork during that time but ran regularly. Had lots of PT to ensure that the scar tissue laid down properly. Tests determined that my left hamstring had gotten somewhat atrophied due to a previous stress fracture and I hadn't "rehabilitated properly" after that injury. I was given some eccentric load exercises (e.g. dead man lifts, bridges, clams, etc) to re-balance the strength in the two legs and I haven't had a problem in a while. You've got to have lots of patience with this injury.
Suffering Benefiting from mature onset exercise addiction and low aerobic endorphin release threshold. Hoping there is no cure.
Be careful. I had a tear, about level 2, of my right hamstring at Boston last year; got through the race ( not well but that was the heat) then felt like someone shot me through the ass the first time I tried to run after. it took 8 weeks of complete rest ( no running; I did elliptical, swim, hike) and months of PT before it was better, then several more months before my running fitness started to really come back. If you just strained it, PT, stretching and strengthening may do the trick, but I would not push it. In my case tight quads have been the culprit in several injuries.
Thanks. Still no change, ugh. 100 miler coming up in two weeks(!).
From a FB friend today, who is missing races due to injury:
it's so hard trying to balance being a badass and being a dumbass!!!
I think that captures a lot of ultrarunning.
Fight The Future
This is probably bogus, but for my own hamstring injury, I found that it finally started to get better when I (temporarily) gave up coffee. I was thinking that possibly the increased twitchiness from caffeine was making my running movements pull on the torn muscle fibers more, and making them more inflamed, thus making them slower to heal. That, plus doing gentle hamstring curls on the machine seemed to do the trick. Thankfully back on high dose coffee now, and no more hamstring pain.
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Wow, your hamstring injury sounds very similar to mine that has been an on and off battle for several years now. I originally injured it doing some crazy downhill sprints. I tried lots of rest, massage, ice and stretching with only limited success like you are describing. I then started doing 1 legged squats and that gave me some immediate relief. After two days of one legged squats I was out running 5 miles pain free and after a couple of weeks I was back to over 90%. Those squats held that hamstring strain at bay for several years until this summer when I really don't know what happened. After hiking the John Muir trail in the Sierra's for 3 weeks I felt that I was in the best shape of my life, but when I tried running a local 5K I knew my hamstring was in trouble. This time even those sqauts didn't help. I finally found a good massage therapist who has pinpointed the problem to a very hard knot in the lower bicep femoris of my hamstring.
Of all the post I read I would most agree with Srlopez's recommendations. That and find a massage thearapist who knows athletes and is willing to go deep and work hard. In Las Vegas I recommended Scott at http://www.proactivehealththerapeutic.net/
Also this time stretching seems to be also provided me a lot of relief and enabling me to run longer distances again contrary to a lot of other advice I am reading. I am sure this other runners know what they are talking about for themselves, but for me really intensive static stretching of 15 minutes on each leg, twice a day has been doing a lot of good. I am using a pulley and a rope attached to a door knob for this hamstring stretch. With deep tissue massage, strengthening and stretching I went from no being able to hardy run a mile in the end of October to running a 50K in the mountains here in Las Vegas.
Hope you find relief and good luck in your race.
Hoping to read more good advice from other runners here. For more dtails on what I am doing check out my blog. http://travelingbyfoot.blogspot.com/2013/01/stretching-strengthening-and-massage.html
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Been dealing with a bad hamstring off and on for 2 years or more. It sort of went away for awhile but reinjured fall 2012 and did a 50K and 50M race. STILL bothering me quite a bit. I can run but only very slowly. NO WAY I could do any speed work. It sucks.
I don't have any solutions but thought I'd commisurate!
Like the quote about badass and dumbass
Been dealing with a bad hamstring off and on for 2 years or more. It sort of went away for awhile but reinjured fall 2012 and did a 50K and 50M race. STILL bothering me quite a bit. I can run but only very slowly. NO WAY I could do any speed work. It sucks.
I don't have any solutions but thought I'd commisurate!
Like the quote about badass and dumbass
Hamstrings are weird. I'm not sure I have any solutions either - except that I think running an ultra with a sore hamstring is probably not a good idea. I did something to mine a couple years ago doing Hudson style "hill sprints" where you sprint uphill for 6-7 seconds. ONE of those bad boys put me out of commission for six weeks! So not as long as yours is taking to heal, bhearn, but in case it's worth anything, here is what I think helped:
- running very slowly with a shortened stride. I know changing your stride can be dodgy, but after a couple weeks of not running and still hurting, I decided to just run really slowly and see what happened. I swear this was better than not running at all.
- dynamic stretching with a thera-band. There are some youtube videos on this if you aren't doing it yet. I don't do any static stretches for the hamstring anymore, just dynamic stretching and foam rolling.
- standing as much as possible during the work day. Sitting was really painful and I swear it was making it worse. I also tried to sit on an ice pack a few times a day in the office. You should have seen my colleagues' faces.
Oh, and when it's better, you have got to strengthen that shit! There are some yoga poses, like the shoulder bridge (? direct translation from German...) that help. And the one where you pull the exercise ball toward you with your feet (I think Stevie Ray described it) is good as well. I also do lunges and squats.
Agree with you and several other posters that SLOW running with shortened stride seems not to aggravate it much and probably is beneficial. Foam rolling. Agree sitting isn't the best. Doesn't bother me at all walking.
Per our PT guy at work
If it is related to an injury ~ Over stretching is bad ... takes a long time to work through
My issue was not related to one event or injury, but tightness and inflexibility, so I agressively stretch it 2-3 times a day, do strengthening exercises and it has almost gone away.
7/20/17 #247 Comeback #19 ... 10/8 - Glacial Trail 50M
I am at a loss to really know whether it's an injury or just tightness. Two massage therapists have been unable to find anything wrong, other than overall tightness, but it's very persistent. Meanwhile running slow and low miles for for past two months has made me fat and slow. Rocky Raccoon 100 is tomorrow... I'm going for it. Crossing my fingers.
I miss my Vancouver PT and sports massager. They always kept me going, never sidelined for long -- any problem, they tracked it down pronto and fixed it. I may have to make a trip back to Vancouver just to see them again.
I would get tight either when I ran fastish (say LAT to marathon pace for more than 3 miles) or any time I ran really fast - say 5k pace. It would keep twinging etc. This lasted for 5-6 months. Then I started the stretching, core work, leg curls and lunges it slowly got better over 2 months. Now every once in awhile I think it is going to twinge in a run, but it hasn't. It is still tight a lot when I am not running.
I am at a loss to really know whether it's an injury or just tightness. Two massage therapists have been unable to find anything wrong, other than overall tightness, but it's very persistent. Meanwhile running slow and low miles for for past two months has made me fat and slow. Rocky Raccoon 100 is tomorrow... I'm going for it. Crossing my fingers.
I miss my Vancouver PT and sports massager. They always kept me going, never sidelined for long -- any problem, they tracked it down pronto and fixed it. I may have to make a trip back to Vancouver just to see them again.
Relax and enjoy RR100 until 60-70 miles then fight hard to keep up the consistent pace.


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Code:todo list - Better unicode support - History import - Group chat support - Support the tabsrmm group chat feature - ehance the contact search function (waiting for api) - Add user typing info (waiting for api) ! Get skype version (Api refused by dev)Code:0.0.0.41 - + Added option to enter user name and password. (Patch by NN) 0.0.0.40 - + Support for new core service: get avatar caps + Option to show/hide default avatar for contacts + Hide Skype Avatar page in user details if >= #27 0.0.0.39 - + Voice service support in normall calls - no support for SkypeOut yet (pescuma) ! Made options dialog a little bit smaller, removed frame and set bold frame for popups (pescuma) + Add more status to manage for away message 0.0.0.38 - ! Fix the load for pre 0.7.0 #17 build * Patch by pescuma for avatar. 0.0.0.37 - ! Avoid empty message from myself on first message received. + Add the Get user avatar interface * Change the get user info thread * code cleanup + Support for miranda 0.8 ! Correct use of folder plugin (using "avatar cache folder"\SKYPE). 0.0.0.36 - ! When settings skype offline, first set proto off then contacts. * move the broadcast of status change out of if statement in status change. * Set contacts ofline on plugin load (avoid skype contact to be online if starts skype is not checked) ! Fix the use of datapath for portable skype * Allow to choose no splash - no tray - minimized even if start skype with miranda is not checked. ! Fix bug with timestamp in irc 0.0.0.35 - * Use unicode nick, status message, city and country in skype profile. ! Fix for sending status change when offline * Do not send message to skype if not attached (avoid trying to connect to api at startup) ! Fix crash on recieving message with groupchat checked. 0.0.0.34 - + Try to identify if chat message comes from a group chat or not + Add a option to flag group chat message as read if not using chat.dll for group chat. ! Fix the check of message type (group chat or normal) 0.0.0.33 - ! Fix for flags of event and metacontact (thanks SJE) * Next step to custom popup support (in popup option page) ! Fix infinite for error popup 0.0.0.32 - ! Improvemnt of the Action message support. ! Fix empty message on first chat with a contact. 0.0.0.31 - + First step to Action Message support ( /me ) + Updater support for File Listing. + First step to a custom popup for call notification. 0.0.0.30 - + Add an option to enable/disable the timezone patch 0.0.0.29 - ! Try to fix the bug (set skype offline when closing miranda) 0.0.0.28 - * Improved portable skype integration 0.0.0.27 - * Try to fix the start using custom command line + Close skype using custom command line too 0.0.0.26 - + Add a way to use a custom command line to start skype. 0.0.0.25 - ! patch from markcs about timezones. ! shutdown patch by sje 0.0.0.24 - * Change options dialog (use tabsrmm uxtheme) 0.0.0.23 - ! Wrong db entry name for cellular (cellucar) + Set mirver using is video capabale to identify skype 2.0 user 0.0.0.22 - * Options page redesigned * Work around to force refresh of avatar in MyDetail (w8 the avatar change service) * Change Skype protocol to Skype in options->Network * Free buffer in status message retrieve * First step to a details info page. 0.0.0.21 - FROM Leecher latest source. * Some minor bugfixes * Severe bugfix: Message sending routine worked incorrectly (no errors were shown even if there were sending-errors) * Removed PingPong - thread in favour of WM_TIMER * Fixed critical section unlocking in skypeapi.c. In certain cases, critical sections were not left correctly. * Fixed a bug that caused Miranda to crash on exit with Newstatusnotify plugin (thanks to TioDuke for reporting) * Hopefully fixed the nasty bug that caused Miranda to lockup on exit. 0.0.0.20 - * Split service and options in two new cpp file. * Put the default attemps number to 10 0.0.0.19 - * Add avatar support for own user only (no api to get contacts avatar :( ) * Add set status message. * Add Get status message for contact where viewing contact details * Change icons (thanks to Faith Healer) * Updater support (BETA ONLY) * DBeEditor known module support * Mods to avoid warning in VC++ 8 * Implement the MyDetail requested services


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Nina had expected her great-great uncle's house to be like mansions in the movies, with marble columns and rose gardens, not peeling paint and a weed- filled lawn. But Dad explained that Waldo hated spending money, except on his collections.
Nina's parents thought the kids were playing outside. Instead, they snuck into the candlelit parlor.
"Your mom will freak out if she catches us," Nina's cousin Max muttered.
"I know. But Uncle Waldo traveled a lot and I never got to meet him while he was alive. I just want to see what he looks like."
"At least turn on some lights," Max grumbled. "This is creepy."
"Didn't you hear the lawyer talking to Mom and Dad? Uncle Waldo called the parlor his 'candle room.' He never had it wired for electricity." She crept over to the coffin and peered inside.
Waldo wore a tuxedo with a ruffled shirt and red cummerbund. His white hair was neatly combed, his nails manicured, and his diamond stickpin and silver cufflinks glittered in the candlelight.
"He looks nice," Nina whispered.
Max took one glance inside, then pulled Nina away from the coffin. "Weird," he said. "I didn't think people wore tuxedos when they were buried."
"He liked it. Dad said Uncle Waldo even had his portrait painted wearing this exact same outfit. He put it in his will that he wanted to be dressed for his funeral exactly the way he is in that portrait."
Max shivered. "I wonder who had to dress him?"
"Harvey, Waldo's assistant."
"Like a butler?"
"Sort of."
"So he really was rich. Hey, your Dad was kidding about inheriting twenty cents, right?"
Nina led her cousin back down the hall. "Well, Waldo did leave Dad two dimes. But Mercury is facing the wrong way or something, and that makes them worth a lot of money. Mom said it was enough to pay my way through college someday."
"Uncle Waldo's daughter, Fiona, inherited the house and all this stuff." They entered the study where Nina's parents were talking to the lawyer, Mr. Baxter. Max gawked at Waldo's "collections." Display cases everywhere were filled with jewel-encrusted objects.
Harvey, Waldo's assistant, handed glasses of lemonade to the kids, then left. Nina thought he looked as sour as the drink tasted.
"Fiona arrived earlier, but you probably won't see her until the funeral tomorrow," the lawyer was saying. "Waldo requested burial near his gazebo. Harvey will dig the grave himself."
"Poor Harvey," Dad murmured.
Baxter nodded. "At least Waldo set up a trust that will continue to pay Harvey's salary, small as it is. Now, would you like to see the dimes?"
In the master bedroom upstairs, the lawyer twirled the combination lock on a wall safe while Nina studied the painting of Waldo that hung above the fireplace. Decked out in his tux, ruffled shirt, jade cufflinks and diamond stickpin, he seemed to wink down at her.
Baxter removed a box from the safe and opened it.
Everyone gasped. The box was empty.
"Impossible!" the older man exclaimed. "They were here an hour ago."
"The safe isn't damaged," Mom remarked. "How many people know the combination?".
He frowned. "Just myself, Fiona and Harvey. I'd better call the police."
"Go ahead," Dad said. "But no matter who stole the dimes, they're small enough to be hidden anywhere. Even if the police tear the house apart, I'll bet they never find them." Nina stood up, staring at the portrait. "I think I know who took the dimes," she whispered to Max. "And if I'm right, I know where they are."
AnswerDownstairs in the parlor, Nina explained. "Why would Mr. Baxter have even told Dad about the dimes if he had stolen them? And Fiona's already inheriting a lot of money. But Mr. Baxter said Harvey wasn't paid much."
"So where are the dimes?" Max asked.
"Right here." Nina pointed at the coffin. "In the painting, Waldo's cufflinks are green, but I remembered that he was wearing silver ones."
No one said a word about her sneaking in to see Waldo. Dad peeled a dime loose, rubbing glue off Mercury's profile. The cufflink was really the dime in disguise!
"Harvey would have retrieved them before he buried the coffin," said Baxter. "Clever."
"Not as clever as Nina," Mom said, hugging her.
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Across East Tennessee and the nation, America is losing its World War II veterans at rate of one every two minutes.
That figure comes from report by the US Veterans Administration listed on The National WWII Museum website. It estimates 600 veterans of World War II die every day across the country.
Leaders at American Legion Post 2 in Knoxville say they lose at least two WWII veterans each month.
"They are the most faithful ones about coming. They are the most community and service oriented. Duty and loyalty are big to them," said Leland Price, 'Immediate Past Commander' of American Legion Post 2.
Price noted WWII veterans used to make up the bulk of the membership in Post 2 and now that figure is closer to 15 percent.
"It is inevitable but it is still something we see and we hate to see it," said Mr. Price.
By the year 2036, the federal government estimates all of the veterans who survived WWII will be gone.