text: 18 Dec 2013 10:30 Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will capture the spirit of the upcoming holiday season with an exciting photo competition on its social media channels. Launched today, the competition invites people across the globe to submit original photos from their travels on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, using the hashtag #EYFollowYou.The background of the photo can reflect any aspect of the holiday experience, such as visiting a world-famous landmark, having dinner at a local restaurant, or relaxing onboard an aircraft.The competition guidelines provide full details of the specific pose to be adopted in the photos, along with terms and conditions.The competition is open until 31 January 2014 and a selection of the best entries will be showcased on Etihad Airways' global Facebook page.The lucky winner will receive a pair of Coral Economy return tickets to any destination in the Etihad Airways network, subject to terms and conditions.Peter Baumgartner, Chief Commercial Officer of Etihad Airways, said: "Through our social media channels, we engage with a fast-growing community of followers across the globe. Over 600,000 people now like us on Facebook alone, almost double the number from a year ago."At the heart of a successful social media strategy is two-way communication. We can update our followers on the very latest brand, product and sponsorship news, while receiving their valuable feedback in return."We know our followers have some incredible holidays planned in the coming weeks, so this is a great opportunity for them to share their travel experiences with us and potentially win an exciting prize along the way."For more information on the terms and conditions of the #EYFollowYou competition, please visit: www.facebook.com/etihadairways. Get in touch with us. Contact us Let us know what you think Send feedback Join our community Etihad Facebook Watch our latest videos Etihad YouTube Follow us Etihad Airways


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Countries unite to respond to another Chernobyl disaster
Radioactivity as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in the 1980s is still present in the environment. But 17 national emergency management organisations and 33 research institutes have come together to prevent or minimise the impact of such a thing happening again. Their objective has been to ensure that Europe can respond better to similar emergencies in the future.
Over a five-year period, the project EURANOS ('European Approach to Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Management and Rehabilitation Strategies') utilised scientific knowledge and technology in preparing Europe's response in the event of a radiation emergency, and developing long-term plans for rehabilitation. This was supported with funding of EUR 14.7 million, of which nearly EUR 7 million came from the European Commission.
The project was seen as vital because of the varying levels to which individual countries were equipped to respond to radiation emergencies. Such an incident could occur in a country as a result of an accident or of a deliberate terrorist attack. This could then have a knock-on effect from one country to another. But by sharing expertise, data and technology between Member States, Europe can place itself at a better position to respond more effectively to a radiation emergency.
Some of the measures the project devised included a compendia containing a wealth of state-of-the-art information for emergency management. The project also further improved 'Decision Support Systems' (DSS) aimed at providing support to the national emergency management teams (EMT) in collecting on-line and real-time measurements. This involved analysing the current radiological situation, estimating its future development, and ranking the countermeasures.
In addition the project sought ways to develop the long-term management and rehabilitation of potentially contaminated areas. As well as conducting training courses on strategies and guidance for the sustainable rehabilitation of living conditions in long-term contaminated territories.
Leading the project was Wolfgang Raskob, a Meteorologist from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) in Germany. He says, 'The success of the project lies in the communication that has now been developed between the Member States. Although EURANOS has ended, we have taken what we have learnt from this project and transferred it further into the NERIS Platform. Wolfgang Raskob explains further, 'This will be a contact point for all related industry, research and governmental organisations for improving Europe's response rate in an emergency and in the longer-term. It must be also stressed that local stakeholders are an important part of the decision making process within the various countries, and this platform will deepen this aspect further in our research projects. We now have 49 partners involved.'
But he stresses, this platform also has another dimension, with the start of a European research project called PREPARE, this stands for 'Innovative integrative tools and platforms to be prepared for radiological emergencies and post-accident response in Europe'. This project aims to close gaps in emergency management and rehabilitation, following the Fukushima accident. In this way, the EURANOS movement continues in a sustainable Platform and in research on a European level, which is needed to be better prepared for the future.'
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East Stroudsburg University and other members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education that say they have $1 million or more on hand for proposed construction must demonstrate it by placing the money in a state system-controlled account before the project starts.
East Stroudsburg University and other members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education that say they have $1 million or more on hand for proposed construction must demonstrate it by placing the money in a state system-controlled account before the project starts.
The requirement will apply to academic, recreation and other projects seeking PASSHE bond financing, officials said.
It is the first of what may be a number of moves to tighten PASSHE oversight in the aftermath of financial problems involving California University of Pennsylvania, and its convocation center.
The first school affected by the modification will be East Stroudsburg University, which on Thursday received approval from the PASSHE's board of governors for the $36.2 million initial phase of the Keystone Center, a planned multi-purpose facility.
Under the rules, $6 million in reserves that the school says it has for the work must go into a sequestered account, said Ronald G. Henry, the recently named chairman of the PASSHE board's finance, administration and facilities committee. The system intends to issue PASSHE-backed bonds for the rest of the Phase I work.
"It would be foolish of us not to examine these policies and procedures," Henry said in explaining the change. "If we are going to be prudent stewards of public dollars, we need to make the best use of those dollars."
In June, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that no system was in place to verify that PASSHE schools promising campus funds or donations for projects actually fulfill those fundraising pledges, and even if they do, that the money won't be shifted to some other use once construction starts.
That was an issue in the PASSHE's reaction to initial assertions by CalU that it would contribute $12.3 million toward its new $59 million convocation center, including almost $7 million in existing funds in hand.
Information, including documents obtained under the state Right-to-Know Law, showed little, if any, attempt by PASSHE officials to verify CalU's funding claim.
In 2008, a year before groundbreaking, CalU submitted a document to PASSHE leaders listing $6.8 million in cash on hand plus $5.5 million in donations as funding sources for the center with its arena for 6,000 people. The presence of those funds contributed to a PASSHE decision to award $23 million in project financing on top of $19 million in state grants.
In March 2011, with the center mostly built, CalU submitted a revised funding statement saying it had no cash on hand to build the center. Instead of $5.5 million in donations, Cal U's statement listed zero. The school later said it had raised only $4,000 in donations to date and was still seeking donations.
PASSHE a month later approved an extra $15 million in bond debt to make up for the shortfall and rising costs.
PASSHE in June said the CalU case was unprecedented.
"We've never had a situation where the documentation turned out to be not totally accurate," PASSHE spokeswoman Karen Ball said.
On Thursday, Henry said tight financial times made the change prudent. He declined to comment on the CalU situation and its connection to the new requirement, but he added, "If you pay attention to things that are occurring around you, you try to learn from them."
Henry said the PASSHE's facilities manual, which includes guidelines for construction, already has language requiring universities to place funds into a PASSHE-controlled account. It also has language saying construction that does not have resources to meet funding requirements laid out in project plans is to be postponed.
However, Henry said he's not sure if the policy in its current form is adequate. "I don't know the extent to which the manual was followed in the past," he added.
Richard Staneski, vice president for finance and administration at ESU, said typically his university establishes an amount it will put toward a project, secures approval from campus trustees and then pays the amount from university accounts as needed for the work. He said ESU will have no problem meeting the requirement.


text: Millennials may be many things, but they may not be what you expect. Millennials are the social generation. They're the founders of the social media movement—constantly connected to their social circles via online and mobile. They prefer to live in dense, diverse urban villages where social interaction is just outside their front doors. They value authenticity and creativity, and they buy local goods made by members of their communities. They care about their families, friends and philanthropic causes. But they're also coming of age in the most dire economic climate since the Great Depression–making their families, communities and social networks even more valuable as they band together.


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Sandy Hook shooting: Questions that can't be answered
Those of us who watched the horror unfold in our state can only imagine the emotions that seized parents in Newtown Friday morning when the voice on the phone told them there had been a shooting at their children's school.
We can only imagine what was in their thoughts and in their hearts as they sped to Sandy Hook Elementary School.
We can only imagine their feelings as they waited for word from police, from school officials, from anybody; as they came to grips with the fact that what was unthinkable during their daily morning routine was suddenly possible.
We can only imagine, though we desperately do not want to, the experience of parents who learned that, for them, the worst was true.
One woman paced away from the commotion at the school Friday morning and started screaming, "Why? Why? Why?"
That is the question we all are asking today. That is the question we will ask tomorrow and for many days to come.
But it is a question we will never have answered. Millions of words have already been written and spoken about this tragedy, in which a man shot 27 people to death, including 20 children. None have provided an answer. Millions more will follow. They won't provide an answer, either.
As more facts come out, we will find out more about the "who?" and the what?" -- we might even hear so-called reasons why the shooter did what he did.
But those facts won't provide an answer to why this happened. Not something like this. Whatever went on in his head, or in his family, it does not come close to explaining why 20 small children were murdered Friday. It never will.
"We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years," an emotional President Obama told the nation.
Yes, we have. With relentless frequency, we are forced redefine the limits of outrage. We were forced to do it again Friday.
And we learned that what we told ourselves after gales of bullets tore into routine days in Oak Creek, Wis.; Aurora, Colo.; Blacksburg, Va.; Columbine, Colo., and so many other places is true, even though in our hearts we hoped it wasn't: It can happen here, too.
And it will continue to happen. We don't know where, we don't know when, although experience tells us it will not be long, but it will happen again.
Because there is another question that pertains to Friday's tragedy. And that one is very easy to answer.
How did this mass murder happen? The answer is the same as every other time. A profoundly disturbed individual got his hands on powerful killing machines -- something that is so easy to do in our country -- and he turned them on the innocent, in this case, the most innocent.
The shock still vibrates, but the discussion on steps we need to take to tighten control on guns needs to start in earnest.


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BBC Easy Cook - Christmas 2012
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Complaint with feds filed against school district
No details regarding civil rights violation investigation released
Jacob Jensen, superintendent of Valdez City Schools, says the district will fully cooperate with an investigation by the Federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for the Dept. of Education after a complaint was filed with agency responsible for protecting groups and individuals from illegal discrimination and civil rights violations. The agency's website says civil rights "protect you from unfair treatment or discrimination, because of your race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex (gender), or religion."
No details have been released regarding who or what organization filed the complaint, the nature of the complaint or what part or parts of the district it claims committed the civil rights violation.
"Legally, I'm not allowed to say anything," Jensen said shortly after issuing a press release Monday afternoon.
The press release was equally cryptic.
"The Valdez City School District has been informed that a complaint has been filed with the OCR for the Dept. of Education. OCR will now investigate the complaint," the press release said. "The district has informed OCR that it will fully cooperate in the investigation. The district will not release the names of involved parties or details regarding the nature of the complaint at this time in recognition of applicable law and the confidentiality of the process."
Jensen did point out that at this time, the complaint is just that, a complaint and OCR is obligated to investigate whether or not there is merit to the allegation or allegations of civil rights violations in the district.
"It just means they're required to investigate," Jensen said.


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When envisioning the spirits of the dearly departed, most conjure up visions of floating translucent entities, not jersey-wearing super fans.
Whether it's flag-decorated hearses, special Aggie burial plots or league-licensed caskets, super fans can show those of us that have not shaken this earthly coil just who they will root for in the great beyond.
ESPN commissioned Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris to explore this topic in a recent film.


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Achieving Excellence in Retail Operations Achieving Excellence in Retail Operations
The 2016 A.T. Kearney Achieving Excellence in Retail Operations (AERO®) study uncovers both the good and the bad in this new era of store operations. The good: a clear and consistent trend of "smarter" retail—store operations strategies and metrics that connect with the new omnichannel environment.
On the other hand, retailers are struggling to adopt these smarter strategies and metrics. While technology is the top retail investment today, there's limited visibility on the returns on investment. Amid the noise of technology investment and omnichannel integration, store associates are often overlooked as crucial conduits for improved store performance. And importantly, the study points to a misalignment between consumer expectations and retailer offerings, with retailers investing in services that customers may not want, need, or expect, particularly in terms of fulfillment, in-store technology, and social engagement.
The AERO study provides insights into how retailers around the globe can improve their operations. This year's study was based on more than 100 responses from senior retail executives across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, as well as a survey of nearly 800 North American consumers.


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Y'all know I love camping with a few glamping fineries. There's nothing quite like enjoying the great outdoors, feeling the wind on my cheeks, the smell of a camp fire, roasting marshmallows and making smores, and stuffing my face outdoor cookeries.
But there's one problem…one tiny crack in my love affair with camping.
The washroom walk.
There's nothing worse than the 1 km leg-crossed sprint I have to make in the morning to hit the bathroom. Or how about doing the "I gotta pee so bad I'm about to bust" dance while gathering shower gear before heading to the latrine. Not to mention the fifty bathroom treks when I'm enjoying a couple of beers around a fire.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for getting fit and going for a hike but not when it's a matter of life and urine at 6 am…totally cramps my camping style.
And while I'm all for peeing outside (y'all know I got mad crouching tiger, hidden dragon skills in the outdoor potty squat) let's just say that the flashlight traffic coupled with the inadequate definition of a "wooded site" doesn't leave me much room to demonstrate my peeing prowess with privacy!
In comes hubby to save THE day!
This weekend, he surprised me with Canadian Tire's Broadstone Privacy Shelter and…a little portable chemical toilet to boot!
I was delighted. Hubby spoils me with the BEST stuff!
It was off to our campsite to set it up. It took about 5 minutes and the thing is perfect. It's a totally multipurpose space (and y'all know I dig multipurpose stuff). It can be used as a shower and changing room since it's got a divider in the middle to create two separate rooms and a bit of screen material on the bottom for drainage. Or, the room divider can be rolled up to create one large room for say clothing and storage.
I personally created on big, beautiful bathroom!
Best yet, it was on for 40% off from Canadian Tire so regular price $120, hubby scored this camping diva delight for $72 bucks! BAM!
For $40, the toilet was the cheapest option (I mean, we can't go that crazy for camping supplies right) and it does the trick. It's got a molded seat that provides home-like comfort. The lid doubles as a toilet paper roll holder and an inner splash cover. And the removable inner bucket makes disposal a snap.
And to keep things even easier, we have a rule. The porta-potty is for number 1 only. For number 2…you hit the loo!
I'm just happy there's no more mad-morning bathroom bolt for me!
Any camping accessories rock your world? Any glamping items you think are must have? Are you an avid outdoors person or more the hotel kind? What are your fav family outings/vacations? Come on…share the wealth…
It's Twisted Tuesday and that means it's time to enjoy a smile, giggle or laugh…here's hoping I've provided it in spades…enjoy!
More blog deliciousness here:
- Love Mike Fleming's guest post on Elizabeth Craig's blog on planning your novel. Great tips and tricks!
- I see a lot of writer friends heading off to this conference and that conference and have often wondered how do you when it's time to attend a writing conference. Jody Hedlund gives some great pointers on just that!
- Fab guest post by Tim Hillegonds on Janice Hardy's blog on writing creative non-fiction.


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Click here to download and print the 2018-19 Tuition Rates and Fees
Click here to download and print our 2018-19 Tuition & Fees Policy
Each year, the Archdiocese of New York and its Parishes, Inner-City Scholarship Fund and Children's Scholarship Fund offer Financial Assistance to help make tuition more affordable. In addition, other Financial Assistance may be available; please contact the school for details.
|Tuition for Each Student
|Kindergarten to 8
|$ 5,050
|Family Grant Tuition Reduction
|$ 750(1)
|Student Registration Fee
|$ 100(2)
|8th Grade Graduation Fee
|$ 250
|4 th to 8th Grade Special Subject Fee
|$ 200
|Family Fundraising Fee
|$ 120
Tuition is billed over 10 months from August to May through Smart Tuition.
(1) Family Grant: families who have two or more students enrolled full time in 2018-19 at this
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(2) Registration Fees are required for each student and if paid after March 31, 2018 will be $75
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MAIF, France
MAIF is one of the biggest insurance companies in France. The COMIRIS Group has installed beyerdynamic conference systems at their headquarters in Paris.
The boardroom has been equipped with an MCS-Digital conference system with 36 MCS-D 3911 Revoluto build-in delegate units. For their international meetings a wireless interpretation system has been installed with two SIS 1202 interpreter stations and 36 FE 316 pocket receivers. The receivers are stored and charged with the CC 300 charger.
Video Conference Room
The video conference room provides 10 MCS-D 3911 flush-mount Revoluto delegate units. Here Revoluto proves to be ideal: Due to the corridor characteristic of the microphone the participant of the meeting can turn to the camera or other participants or lean back without any loss in audio quality. The programmable multichannel function of the MCS-Digital system allows integrating the system into video conference applications.
Revoluto flush-mount microphone units
beyerdynamic's flush-mount microphone units permit the symbiosis of technology and furniture. They can be folded down into the table and only raised when needed. The patented Revoluto technology from beyerdynamic enables this entirely new kind of microphoning. Finished in high-class Nextel® "dark black", the microphone units are ideal for visual integration into table surfaces of the most diverse materials. On demand the microphone units can be produced in a special colour to match with individual furnishing. Communication technology and furniture therefore become one. At MAIF Revoluto is installed in a special colour "white aluminium" (RAL 9006) for Holzmedia tables.Source: Audiopole FranceInstalled by: COMIRISInstallation: September 2009
More information about Revoluto: www.beyerdynamic.com/revoluto
You can also find a video clip there hearing Revoluto compared with other microphones in a video conference application


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Never cute, never pretty, never literal, and definitely never safe, Prada is the black sheep of the world of established luxury brands. The fact that a major label has been able to market its specific, complicated vision of jolie laide to the masses is a real testament to the creativity and vision of Miuccia Prada.
For spring, she took florals, silks, and pinks, and flipped them on their head. With geisha-inspired details (exaggerated obi-style ties, thigh-grazing kimono shapes, modern sock-and-sandal getas) mixing with early 20th century Chinese tropes (think quilted silk jackets, red-trimmed long underwear, and high-necked qipaos), Prada's spring '13 collection undid the whole concept of spring florals, and we thank it for that.
Save for the footwear (we have a hard time seeing anyone wearing those in seriousness), the accessories just furthered our obsession with the designer. Prada really leads the pack when it comes to creating ridiculous, so-bad-it's-good extras we have to have. Those Groucho Marx glasses (with a floral unibrow), two-toned totes that look like lunch boxes, simple rosette jewelry… waiting until next spring to be able to see all of these in person seems akin to torture.
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Vaginal Ring That Targets Pregnancy, HIV Seems Safe: Study
Posted 26 Oct 2018 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Oct. 26, 2018 – An experimental vaginal ring meant to prevent pregnancy and HIV looks safe, according to an early stage study. The dual-purpose ring releases the antiretroviral drug dapivirine and the contraceptive hormone levonorgestrel, said researchers led by Dr. Sharon Achilles, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "We are very encouraged by our findings in this...
FDA Approves Liletta (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) 52 mg to Prevent Pregnancy for up to Five Years
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Hormonal Birth Control Won't Raise Depression Risk: Study
Posted 26 Feb 2018 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2018 – There's no evidence of a link between hormonal birth control and depression in women, researchers report. "Depression is a concern for a lot of women when they're starting hormonal contraception, particularly when they're using specific types that have progesterone," study lead author Dr. Brett Worly said in a news release from Ohio State University's Wexner Medical...
Most Say Health Workers Shouldn't Refuse Care on Moral Grounds: Poll
Posted 8 Feb 2018 by Drugs.com
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The Pill Lowers Ovarian Cancer Risk, Even for Smokers
Posted 18 Jan 2018 by Drugs.com
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Conceiving Despite IUD Use Is Tied to Higher Odds for Pregnancy Complications
Posted 9 Jan 2018 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2018 – Millions of women use an IUD as a safe, reliable means of birth control. But a new study finds that in rare cases where conception occurs despite IUD use, the rate of obstetric complications may rise. "Because of the elevated risks of severe, adverse short-term perinatal complications, we recommend careful monitoring of any women who conceive while using an IUD," said...
Birth Control Pill Tied to Slight Rise in Breast Cancer Risk
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Health Tip: Talk to Your Child About Sexting
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-- "Sexting" refers to sending a text message with pictures that are inappropriate, especially involving nudity. According to a recent survey by the American Academy of Pediatrics, about 20 percent of teen boys and girls have acknowledged sending such messages. The AAP suggests how to talk about sexting with your child: Discuss the issue with your child, even if you haven't heard about an...
IUD May Lower Cervical Cancer Risk
Posted 7 Nov 2017 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2017 – IUD contraceptive devices may reduce a woman's risk of cervical cancer by about a third, a new review concludes. Researchers think IUDs might promote an immune response that kills off human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes virtually all cases of cervical cancer. "The data say the presence of the IUD in the uterus stimulates an immune response, and that immune...
Oral Sex Plus Smoking a Cancer Danger for Men
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Nearly Half of the World's Abortions Are Unsafe
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InDesign 5.5 Accessibility Webinar
Just a heads up that Noha Edell from Adobe is offering a webinar on InDesign CS5.5 accessibility, this Friday, July 1 at 3pm Eastern/12pm Pacific.
The InDesign team has made substantial improvements in accessibility support. Authors now have complete control over generated reading order, can provide tables and lists that are tagged correctly without any need for repair in Acrobat, and have more sophisticated support for alternative text for images.
This webinar is a must-see for anyone who uses InDesign for the creation of PDF documents that need to be accessible. The webinar is Friday, July 1, at 12 p.m. PT at http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/askcspro.
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What is an Active Learning (Flipped) Classroom?
The intention of active learning classrooms is to move from a traditional, passive, lecture-based model of instruction into an active, collaborative, inquiry-based model. This sort of classroom is inspired by the Scale-Up model (Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies) from North Carolina State University. It is also often referred to as a "flipped" classroom.
Active learning is a mode of instruction that can be done in traditional classrooms but it can also be enhanced with various levels of technology. A key function of the technology is facilitating and enabling small-group learning with ease of sharing.
Characteristics of an Active Learning Space
As the Scale-Up Web site illuminates, characteristics of an Active Learning space are:
- Most of the class time is spent on "tangibles", "ponderables," and "visibles." Essentially these are hands-on activities, interesting questions and problems, or simulations.
- There is some lecturing, but that is mostly to provide motivation and a view of the "big picture," which is difficult for students to see when they are not familiar with the entire course content.
- If you are lecturing for more than 15 minutes in a typical 50-minute period, you are probably talking too much.
- Most of the class time is spent with the students working together. As an individual or group figures something out, they naturally (because of the way the class and room are structured) tend to share what they've learned with others.
- Things that used to take place inside the classroom, like content delivery, now take place primarily outside the formal learning space.
The more advanced applications of the content, along with anything they don't understand from their preparatory work, is discussed in class where they have the instructor and their peers nearby to help.
For further information please consult the Scale-Up Project and Flipped Teaching.
Types of Active Learning (Flipped) Spaces at UMD
At UMD we currently have five types of spaces conducive to active learning:
- 1. Limited Technology
- Learning with round tables combined with many nearby white board spaces. An example is SCC 21.
- 2. Virtual Technology via Student Laptops
- Shared folders in Google Drive as described in the article: Use Google Docs instead of waiting for one of those expensive Active Learning Classrooms...What?!?
- 3. Open Configuration
- Multiple monitors / projectors available for students to display media, moveable furniture to reconfigure into groups of any size. An example is ABAH 445.
- 4. Pod Classroom
- Round tables (pods) of 9 (ability to further divide into smaller tables with groups of 3) with technology (monitors, audio, camera, microphone) at each pod. Examples are SSB 216, Humanities 484, and KPlz 175. Pod Active Learning Classroom User Guides are available.
- 5. Automated Video Conferencing
- Peninsula tables of nine with dual display video conferencing, Interactive Television, Vaddio camera system, voice activated peninsula cameras, and full active learning pod functionality as described above. An example is Kathryn A. Martin Library (KAML) 410. A KAML 410 Classroom User Guide is available.


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Worthington Steel Acquires Gibraltar Assets
The steel-processing business segment of Worthington Industries, Columbus, OH, acquired the steel-processing assets of Gibraltar Industries in Cleveland, OH. The acquisition provides Worthington the ability to roll wider and lighter-gauge materials along with performing oscillate slitting. Included in the transaction are the equipment and inventory of the Gibraltar facility in Buffalo, NY, and a warehouse in Detroit, MI.Worthington Industries: 614/438-3210; www.worthingtonindustries.com
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Openbravo's modular architecture makes simple development of extension modules possible. Modularity allows people to develop extensions and to distribute them independently, as well as to leverage distribution channels. The number of available commercial and non-commercial modules is growing and dissemination of modules is growing alongside. To avoid inconsistency or substandard user experiences, guidance must be given to the community on how to create high quality, usable, enjoyable and consistent modules and customized Openbravo windows. We have created two documents to help you in doing so. The starting point is the User Interface Guidelines wiki document that describes the main rules and tips for Openbravo 3 module and window design. In addition to this, we have built a mockup tool that lets you design Openbravo windows without coding. It is simply a shared presentation document that has templates and library components that lets you design your own windows and flows. Make sure to read the instructions before using it.


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Ohio University's Common Experience Project on Sustainability recently launched a multi-year effort to engage faculty, staff and students across disciplines to the concepts of sustainability literacy.
A reception was held on Oct. 24, National Campus Sustainability Day, and speakers included faculty and students who have been engaged in sustainability efforts.
The project is aimed at expanding sustainability literacy across the curriculum. It will address benchmarks related to ecological literacy in the Ohio University's Sustainability plan. The project will offer an opportunity for faculty engagement in all disciplines with the goal of educating students at Ohio University to the concepts of sustainability.
"We would like Ohio University graduates to have a broad understanding of sustainability," said Loraine McCosker, coordinator of the Common Experience Project on Sustainability. "The Common Experience Project will encourage collaboration between and partnerships with University College, the Office of Sustainability, Environmental Studies, Residence Life, The Athena Cinema, the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs and many academic programs and departments."
McCosker said the collaborations will allow expanded sustainability literacy understanding of Ohio University students and the project will offer speakers, workshops, films and opportunities for engagement to faculty and staff throughout the academic year.
"Providing students and especially first-year students, a common learning experience is one of the best practices in the national literature on student success," said David Descutner, dean and associate provost for undergraduate education. "The new focus on sustainability will allow us to offer students abundant opportunities in the classroom and outside the classroom, to learn about ecological literacy and the challenges of sustainability. This focus also allows faculty from any discipline to become involved and creates the potential for partnerships across all of the academic colleges and schools and among Ohio University, the Athens community, and the surrounding region."
Annie Laurie Cadmus, director of Sustainability at Ohio University, explained that the Office of Sustainability will be adapting sustainability-related programs and offerings throughout the project to provide faculty with the support they need to be successful.
"Sustainability is a truly interdisciplinary topic. Every member of this campus and community can engage in the conversation in a meaningful way," said Cadmus. "That's why this program is so exciting and diverse!"
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|Caramelizing the onions in this classic sour cream and onion dip really takes it up a notch.
Caramelized Vidalia Onion DipOkay. This is like the best onion dip you will ever put in your mouth. Seriously.
If you don't believe me, just make a single batch of it and see how fast you regret only making one.
I'm as serious as can be - if you are having a gathering of the football variety like this weekend, or of any kind, at the very least double this recipe. Probably better to just go ahead and triple it. This dip will vanish fast ... and everybody is going to ask you where you bought it. It's all in the intensity of the caramelized onions - who knew? Oh, and make sure you have plenty of dipping vehicles aka chips and such.
You can also substitute lower fat sour cream and mayo as well, or even swap out the sour cream for Greek yogurt - even your own homemade version. What? You've never made your own Greek yogurt? Well, go here and check it out! In the meantime, here's how to make this classic onion dip over the top.
Recipe: Caramelized Onion Dip©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 30 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1 heaping cup of sour cream
- 1/2 heaping cup of mayonnaise
- 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama)
- 1 slice of bacon
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 2 Vidalia or other sweet onions, diced
- 1/2 tablespoon of butter
Combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic powder and Cajun seasoning. Mix well and refrigerate.
Cook the bacon until crisp; set aside to drain on a paper towel. Add the olive oil to the bacon drippings and heat over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until golden brown and caramelized, for about 20 minutes, stirring often. Transfer the onions to a plate, stir the butter into the onions, and set aside to cool. Once cooled, stir the onions into the sour cream and mayo mixture; crumble and add the bacon, mix and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Stir before serving; serve with ridged potato chips.
Cook's Notes: I used Slap Ya Mama White Pepper Blend is a blend of salt, red pepper, white pepper and garlic. If you don't have access to that product use your favorite Cajun or Creole seasoning. Substitute leftover baked or grilled Vidalia onions.
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Apple adjusted the prices on its Mac App Store and iTunes App Store on Wednesday resulting in increases in the cost of some software in the UK and elsewhere. We've updated this story with some more comments from App developers.
The pricing hike (and relative fall in other locations such as Australia) was taken by Apple to bring prices in line with current exchange rates. Some online commentators suggest that the move means that Apple will be adjusting international pricing on its soon to be announced hardware releases.
The adjustments took place during downtime of the App Store and have resulted in price increases across the board for UK consumers, as well as those in Mexico and Norway. Euro prices don't appear to have changed. For the lowest ($0.99 in the US) tier, the UK price of £0.59 has risen to £0.69 (in Australia this was a drop of AU$1.19 to AU$0.99).
Content on the next tier, which was pegged at £1.19, is now £1.49, while the tier above that rises to £1.99 from £1.79.
While this affects the 'cheap apps' by a small amount, it's the products on higher tiers that see the biggest hit on the wallet. A product selling for £17.99 for example, is now £20.99, while content priced at £23.99 is now £27.99.
Over on the Mac App Store, Final Cut Pro X is priced at £20 more now than the £179 it was selling for. However prices at the very highest tier seem to have fallen, with a £699 price point dropping to £599.
Spare a thought however for Australia and Switzerland. MacStories reported that until yesterday's rebalancing act there was an 81% surcharge for an Australian buying the same song as an American while those in Switzerland had to pay more than double at a 105% surcharge.
Zac Cohan of Acqualia Software thinks the price changes make sense. "Apple is just adjusting the prices to better match the real exchange rates," he says. "As Australians, we were paying $1.19 AUD before for a 0.99 USD app, when the actual exchange rate is around 0.93 USD for 1 AUD. So as consumers, we're pretty happy."
About half of the app sales from Irradiated.net since the App Store opened were made in the US (54%) while the rest of the purchases were made internationally (46%) according to the developer Michaël Fortin. "Considering that these proportions were relatively stable to date, changes in international pricing should have a moderate impact on app sales revenue," he explained. "In the end I believe that while prices were increased in the UK and some other countries in many others they were lowered, which should compensate for the additional revenue coming from the UK and other unlucky countries."
So while UK customers won't be happy, it's not surprising that this has happened, particularly given that the conversion rate used by Apple hasn't been adjusted for some time and we've had fluctuating currencies across the world.
However developers appear not to have been alerted to the price change by Apple. Kosta Rozen of Apparent Soft first heard of the rebalancing when we contacted the company for a comment. However Rozen added: "I don't think the price increases in UK will affect us much as most of our revenue comes from US and Europe, so the UK part is only around 6%."
Kevin Hamilton said his company, Binary Formations, was not made aware of the pricing changes in advance. "I am a little worried about the increases in the UK pricing, though, as that is a big market for us," he added.
Others welcome the rebalancing of worldwide pricing, for example RapidWeaver developer Realmac Software. "Our own online store uses daily-fluctuating exchange rates, and Apple's previous pricing jarred quite significantly as a result of the differing exchange rates," said the company's Nik Fletcher. "Whilst we're looking to go Mac App Store only for more products in the longer term, this change is very much welcome in the meantime as we obviously want to offer as equal pricing to customers, no matter which way they choose to buy our apps!"
Another developer informed Macworld that his company had received a message earlier this week warning about the maintenance downtime and that it would impact price changes and sales in some countries. The developer, who wished to remain anonymous, didn't see the UK rise as a big deal because his company only has about 5% of sales in the UK. However he added that it would have been a different matter if Apple lowered the 0.79 euros price point to 0.69 euros, to reflect the USD/EUR exchange rate.
"The Euro sales are much bigger," he said. "Maybe they should invent the ASD (App Store Dollar) and use the real exchange rate to convert to each country/region money. It'd be probably better for most users, they'll buy more, so it'd be better for developers."
Some would argue that Apple needs to update its prices more often. Another developer, who also chose to remain anonymous, claims the price rises/falls around the world prove that Apple adjusted it prices yesterday 'based on exchange rates and not some other reason'.
"App Store is an international market that has developers from all over the world," he added. "For a developer it is easier to set one default price for a product and have it automatically adjusted for different regions. And the default currency was chosen to be the US dollar, which I totally understand."
"I think Apple acted here pretty fairly," he continued. "They might have contacted developers to let them know about planned price changes, but I doubt that would have any major effect on the software price increase for UK customers, or drop in some price in other countries. We were not informed about these changes."
Developer Frank Reiff of publicspace.net didn't get a heads up on the change either: "But as we all know Apple is not the most transparent of companies."
Reiff also points out that it's normal for exchange rates get adjusted from time to time. "If you look at how software used to be sold in Europe, namely USD price + VAT, then the App Store pricing is more than beneficial for the customer," he said. "Many European companies also sold in Euros, which is obviously better for the developers as there's no exchange rate risk, but inevitably worked out dearer for European customers."
Reiff added that few people think about the fact that Apple absorbed the UK VAT increase at the start of this year. "Of course for us developers, that means less money as 15% to 20% of the sales prices goes straight to the VAT people and then 30% of the rest goes to Apple, making European sales especially particularly uninteresting," he explained. "The maths will tell you that even with the price 'increase' in the UK, developers still get a lot less money than for US sales - without sales tax."
Another developer told Macworld that although he hadn't been alerted to the price changes, neither would he have expected to be. "Pricing in the App Store - outside of our setting the price tier in the US store - is completely under Apple's control," he explained. "They can do whatever they want to pricing, as it's their store. This is similar to what happens (quite often) in Amazon's store, as they set prices as they see fit to drive whatever business they're trying to drive."
"Apple's control over everything in the store is one reason we continue to sell our software directly to consumers," he added.


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Two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Braxton Miller will miss the entire 2014 season with a shoulder injury.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Braxton Miller will miss the entire 2014 season with a shoulder injury.
Miller injured his right shoulder on a throw in practice Monday afternoon.
The senior and three-year starter had first hurt the shoulder in the Orange Bowl. He had surgery that prevented him from contact in spring practice and was held out of several practices and scrimmages in August.
Redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett is Miller's top backup and, if Miller is unable to play, would likely be the starter when the Buckeyes open the season on Aug. 30 against Navy at Baltimore. Coach Urban Meyer said Saturday that redshirt sophomore Cardale Jones is the third-team quarterback.
Miller is one of the Big Ten's most decorated quarterbacks, and the falloff in experience to Barrett and Jones is huge.
Miller has thrown 666 passes in his glittering three-year career, starting as a freshman. Barrett has never played in a game, and Jones has thrown only two passes. Miller has also run for 32 touchdowns and passed for 52, putting him in reach of many of Ohio State's career records for quarterbacks.
Jones has run for one touchdown and has never thrown for one.
Barrett was an acclaimed recruit out of Wichita Falls, Texas, who watched with Jones last year as Miller took most of the snaps in the Buckeyes' 12-2 season. When Miller was hurt for most of the San Diego State, California and Florida A&M games with a sprained knee, senior Kenny Guiton had big games while leading Ohio State to victories.
But Guiton graduated and the Buckeyes might have to adapt on the fly. Making that even more difficult is that Ohio State is without four of its five starting offensive linemen, its leading receiver (Corey Brown) and 1,500-yard rusher Carlos Hyde from last year's team.
Miller missed most of his senior season at high school in Huber Heights, Ohio, and has frequently been sidelined with injuries at Ohio State.
As a freshman, he sprained an ankle against Nebraska ? a game in which the Buckeyes built a big lead but blew it ? but was able to play in subsequent games.
Two years ago, he missed time during the game at Michigan State when he fell into an equipment case on the sideline, and later in the game hyperextended his left knee. He was hit hard by Purdue's Josh Johnson later in the season and missed the rest of that game, with Guiton leading a stirring march in the final minute for a touchdown and the tying two-point conversion. The Buckeyes won in overtime.
Last season, he sprained a knee early in the San Diego State game and missed the rest of that game and the next two, with Guiton filling in.
Then he partially tore the labrum in his right shoulder on the first possession against Clemson in the Orange Bowl. He played the rest of the game. When the injury was discovered later, he had surgery in February.
Ohio State said at the time that Miller had "minor, outpatient surgery." But he has had problems with the shoulder since.
Still, he has repeatedly said he would be ready to go in the opener, and did so again between practices Monday. His workload had been reduced to avoid any ongoing soreness in the arm.
Meyer said last week some pain was expected from routine throwing in practice.
"I anticipated this," Meyer said. "I've dealt with guys with arm issues before, and we're being very cautious. He could have practiced (in one of the workouts in which he didn't play), but we're in it for the long haul. So he's right on schedule."
At the Buckeyes' media day last week, Miller said his arm felt good and he was able to throw as much as he liked.
"After my rehab, I was throwing to guys at least four days out of the week," he said. "Our timing and our situationwise, when I get back in there it'll be like I never left."


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Wayne Law students to gain experience through summer study abroad
Five Wayne State University Law School students will travel abroad this summer to study, gain experience and advocate for human rights. Their work is sponsored by the law school's Program for International Legal Studies.
Three students - Shahad Atiya of Bloomfield Hills, Laura Barrera of Brighton and Blair Daniels of Rochester Hills - earned International Public Interest Law Fellowships and will spend the summer engaged in advocacy on a range of issues.
In addition, Joshua Aprile of Marine City will work as an intern in the Mexico City office of Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa, one of Mexico's leading law firms. And Shahar Ben-Josef of Detroit will attend the prestigious Hague Academy of International Law in The Hague, Netherlands.
Atiya is already in Madurai, India, working for People's Watch, where other fellowship winners have been placed in past years. People's Watch is one of India's most respected human rights organizations and issues reports on all aspects of Indian political and social practices, as well as serving as a liaison to international monitoring bodies at the United Nations and elsewhere.
"This experience will help me understand my role in the human rights community and where I can be most effective," she said. "I would like to see if I can be an agent of change in this realm and, most importantly, learn about other people and their views on their respective justice systems."
Atiya earned her bachelor's degree in political science at the University of Michigan and envisions herself as a litigator after graduation and as someone serving in politics. She was born in Iraq, speaks fluent Arabic and has traveled throughout the Middle East.
Barrera, a rising second-year student, will leave in mid-June to work in Africa at the Botswana Competition Authority, the primary enforcement agency monitoring and controlling trade and business practices in Botswana to promote fair competition and economic prosperity through free markets.
"I expect to be doing antitrust-related work, monitoring and researching any mergers and acquisitions," Barrera said. "I think this will be a great introduction to antitrust law, so I can find out if it's something I would like to pursue in the future. I would like to work in international policy, maybe through a government organization."
In the past, she has traveled to Spain and Turkey, and she spent 10 months in France as an undergraduate studying French language, literature and philosophy through the University of Michigan. Barrera works for Freedom House in Detroit as a French translator.
Daniels, also a rising second-year student, will begin working in mid-June with Defense for Children International in Ghana.
"I will be developing policies for their socio-legal defense centers for cases on abused children," she said. "Furthermore, I will accompany court lawyers who protect children's human rights in Ghana and write reports on activities undertaken by the organization. I think this will be an amazing opportunity to learn about the legal system in Ghana and about the culture there, while making a difference in children's lives. I feel very lucky to have an opportunity to go to Africa to do something that is not only meaningful but that will help me grow and learn. I love to travel, and my life goal is to make it to all seven continents."
After her undergraduate work in German language at the University of Michigan, she lived for a year in Austria, teaching English through the Fulbright Commission. She spent a semester in Germany during her junior year, as well.
Daniels would like to use her German language skills working with an international law firm or with the United Nations after graduation, she said.
Aprile, who worked with Mexico Unido Contra la Delincuencia last summer as a fellowship recipient researching government and business corruption, will return to Mexico in August as a new law school graduate to intern with Barrera, Sequiros y Torres Landa.
"I hope to work on cases involving international issues in many of Mexico's recently liberalized industry sectors," he said. "This opportunity will undoubtedly provide amazing insight into many of the international issues facing companies today."
Aprile, who majored in political science at Grand Valley State University, plans a career working on international commercial transactions and arbitration and chose Wayne Law so he could participate in its Program for International Law Studies, which is under the direction of Professor Gregory Fox.
Ben-Josef, a rising third-year law student, who is also pursuing a master's degree in dispute resolution and a graduate certificate in peace and security studies, will study for three weeks in July at The Hague Academy in the Netherlands through a Freeman Fellowship. The Hague Academy is the academic wing of the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court.
"I will be attending courses and lectures on public international law," Ben-Josef said. "I'll also have the opportunity to visit the International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as well as the opportunity to meet with various ambassadors. This will allow me to make important connections within the field of public international law. Hopefully, these connections will help me in the future to secure the kind of job that I'm looking for. Aside from the connections, this is an incredible opportunity to deepen my knowledge of international law."
Fox said studying at The Hague Academy is a relatively rare and valuable experience for an American law student.
"The classes are taught by the world's leading international lawyers, and the students are mostly law Ph.D. candidates from Europe," he said. "Not many Americans attend The Hague Academy. So, it is quite special that Wayne can send someone each year through the Freeman Fellowship."
Ben-Josef, who earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Middle Eastern and North African studies, was born in Israel and travels there frequently to visit family. She also has traveled all over Europe and North America.
Shahad Atiya
Laura Barrera
Blair Daniels
Joshua Aprile
Shahar Ben-Josef


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There is a new bot in town. It's called Waledac. The way it is spreading reminds a lot of people of the good old storm botnet: An email is sent containing a "christmas card" in form of the executable "postcard.exe".
A preliminary view on the binary has been given by the Shadowserver guys (Steve Adair).
I had the chance to have a first look at the binary (MD5 ccddda141a19d693ad9cb206f2ae0de9) and want to note down some of my few findings to let the hunt begin.
Some first details
Clicking on the executable installs it in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run with key "PromoReg" (similar to Storm). Unlike storm, the binary is not using GetWindowsDirectory() and CopyFileA() to copy itself to the Windows Directory.
The binary contains a statically linked-in version of openssl 0.9.8e.
As described by Steven, there is a 1024 bit RSA certificate inside the binary. Upon execution, another certificate appears:
Infos from the inside
Unpacking is fairly easy. The code is encrypted/encoded inside the code section (this was a lot different in storm). After reaching the following address, everything can be dumped.
The request to the server is created at address 0x408b41 and send out at 0x408d25 using regular Windows HTTP API calls, like InternetOpenA, InternetConnectA, HTTPOpenRequest, InternetReadFile, ....
The Bot scans all files on the harddrive. Don't know for what, yet. The files are opened at 0x404c80
At 0x4A5575 and 0x4A5594 Windows Console input and output are opened (CreateFile() to CONIN$ and CONOUT$). A closer look on what this is for is still to be done...
More details and code sequences will follow.
Storm v2?
The inside does not look like storm at all. Nearly no common API calls (e.g. different heap allocation) and structure seems to be different. Installation is different (e.g. no copy to windows directory).
There is one similarity I found: Both storm and Waledac are using a=...&b=... as HTTP Post parameters. (But this is straight forward, isn't it?)


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The Home Ministry today announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of Delhi Police constable Subhash Chand Tomar, who died here.
An ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh will be given to the family of Tomar in addition to the financial and other relief announced by the Delhi Police, a Home Ministry spokesperson said.
The 47-year-old constable, who was injured during violent protests at India Gate on Sunday, died yesterday after battling for life in a city hospital.
Tomar was posted in Karawal Nagar area and was called for maintaining law and order at India Gate area during the weekend protests over the gangrape of a 23-year-old girl.
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A robust, reliable, effective and secure e-mail system is critical to the operation of the modern university. On a daily basis, our e-mail system facilitates the conduct of official business with Regents, students, faculty, staff and administrators as well as various outside agencies, research facilities and countless stakeholder groups and citizens.
The current Lotus Notes environment has been in place for 14 years, and I had been receiving an increasing number of requests in the last few years to consider whether it was the best system for a large university. I put consideration of this issue on hold during the initial implementation of a new student information system. Last year, with the encouragement of the campus chancellors and campus chief information officers, among others, I appointed a university-wide task force, chaired by Dr. John Ballard, Professor of Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to undertake a study of our e-mail environment. The task force included faculty and staff representing all campuses. I asked the task force to fully examine whether the current e-mail system best meets the needs and requirements of our faculty and staff in a cost-effective way, and if not, to recommend any changes it thought appropriate. The task force conducted focus groups and surveys to elicit comments on faculty and staff e-mail requirements.
The task force recommended that the University consider migrating from our current Lotus Notes e-mail system for faculty, staff and administrators to a less costly and more advanced and suitable cloud-based environment. It further recommended that I institute a process to solicit competitive proposals from vendors to best meet university needs. I reviewed the task force report with the chancellors and they unanimously endorsed proceeding with the strategy recommended. Subsequently, I asked University Chief Information Officer Walter Weir to work with campus CIOs to formalize the user and system requirements and to solicit competitive proposals. A formal RFP process was followed and after careful consideration, we determined that the Microsoft proposal best met the University's overall requirements relating to functionality and cost.
I am pleased to report that we have now entered into an agreement with Microsoft – one that campus leaders and I consider to be quite positive for the University. Many leading universities, including the majority of institutions in the Big Ten and other peer campuses, have implemented Microsoft e-mail systems. Over the next 12-18 months, all campuses of the University of Nebraska will migrate to the Microsoft system. We intend to install an Office 365 cloud-based e-mail system at UNL, UNO, UNK and UNCA and Exchange 2010 at UNMC (a premise-based version preferred because of HIPAA requirements). Student migration will depend on existing agreements. Campus technical teams will be working together to build the required back end infrastructure to support the migration and deployment. In addition, several implementation teams have been named to work on issues such as training and migration of records including e-mail, calendar entries, personal contact lists and directories.
Employees currently using Lotus Notes e-mail and all those whose e-mail addresses use @unk.edu, @unmc.edu, @unl.edu, @unomaha.edu, @nebraska.edu, will not need to change their e-mail addresses.
I want to thank Dr. Ballard, the members of the task force, and the chief information officers and others who have been involved in this process for their good work on behalf of the University. Attached you will find a Q&A that addresses some of the common questions surrounding this change. More specific information about the migration will be shared as plans are finalized and implemented. We will maintain the most current information at www.nebraska.edu/email, and I also encourage you to contact your campus chief information officer with your questions so that we can be responsive to all employee concerns.
James B. Milliken


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I am with my husband for a week and after he left I got my monthly period.Its been almost 2 weeks that I am craving foods and I feel like my lower abdomen become bigger? any could tell me do I need to see a doctor for test.thanks and God bless
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I am kind of flipping out over these Richard Deacon paper sculptures.
When I was in school I made some emerald sculptures out of paper that looked like these, they were gold on the inside. These remind me of them, and why I just LOVE paper so much.
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It's not Canadian. It's Isle of Man and it's probably 1839 regular coinage. What is the diameter. If it's the size of a Canadian Large Cent, it's a halfpenny. If it's larger, it's a penny and, if smaller, a farthing.
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Thanks for your help! It's the size of a large cent (around 2.5 cm). It's in a bad shape. Probably worth nothing.
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Winter is coming
Probably more than $2 billion will be spent on this election. While this is a record breaking figure on its own, it is certainly a record amount of money to spend on an election where none of the really pressing challenges facing the country have been addressed.
While we do not know what will happen in the election, we can be sure that the country is going to be just as polarized, if not more so, than when we entered it. No matter who is elected next week, there will be no unifying force to lead our country and, indeed, we have not heard any unifying themes or ideas throughout this long campaign.
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Unlike other elections, we saw no mobilizing of a new generation. There were no shining cities on a hill or end to the Washington politics that is crippling our system. This has been a campaign with no other purpose than to be elected.
In a democracy, elections serve their ultimate purpose in allowing the people to make choice about the future direction of their nation. Elections are resolutions meant to unify the country and to represent a new beginning. Instead, this election has divided us by ideology, class and partisanship and brought out the unhealthy extremes in our politicians, their handlers and even elements of the electorate.
As we have argued all along, if Obama wins, and he may very well win next week, he will be unable to govern. He has done exactly what we said he would have to do to get reelected – tear the country apart and create unnecessary levels of polarization based on party and class. Hope and change has morphed into divide and conquer.
We have had no real answers to the great questions that lie beyond this election. Neither side has offered a legitimate plan on how to grow the economy, how to balance the budget and create jobs. Both candidates have avoided specific estimates: in Romney's case, he hasn't told us how he would create 12 million jobs and Obama hasn't explained how raising taxes on the rich would benefit the middle class or provide fiscal discipline and relief. In short, neither has offered any specifics on how to reduce our deficit that now stands at over $1 trillion and our debt that currently looms at $16 trillion, which almost all agree is a growing mortal threat to the economic survival of this country.