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VIENNA — A yearlong effort to reach an enduring accord with Iran to dismantle large parts of its nuclear infrastructure fell short on Monday, forcing the United States and its allies to declare a seven-month extension, but with no clear indication of why they think they can ultimately overcome the political obstacles that have so far blocked a deal.
The failure to agree even on the framework for a comprehensive deal, after extended high-level diplomacy over an issue that was arguably President Obama's top foreign policy priority, had to be a disappointment for the administration.
Secretary of State John Kerry, trying to put the best face on it, told reporters that a series of "new ideas surfaced" in the last several days of talks. He added that "we would be fools to walk away," because a temporary agreement curbing Iran's program would remain in place while negotiations continued.
Late Monday night Mr. Kerry's negotiating partner, Mohammad Javad Zarif, was equally upbeat in a session with the news media, saying with a broad smile that he was optimistic that in the next few months a solution would be found. "We don't need seven months," he said.
But in what seemed to be a warning to those in Congress looking for Iran to end all its nuclear activities, he added, "If you are looking for a zero sum game in nuclear negotiations, you are doomed to failure."
In agreeing to extend the existing interim agreement, Iran assured itself of a continuation of the sanctions relief that had brought it $700 million a month in money that had been frozen abroad — something that might well add to the threat of new sanctions from the newly elected Republican Congress.
Frustrations were visible on both sides, however. American officials said they remained hopeful that a deal could still be worked out. But they worried that Iran's negotiating team, and Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, who came to office on the promise of obtaining a nuclear deal, did not seem to have the latitude to make the political decisions necessary — and they could not see how that would change.
Mr. Rouhani, for his part, went on national television with a mixed message of reassurance and defiance, telling Iranians that eventually there would be a deal that ended sanctions, but also casting the outcome in a victory narrative, saying "the centrifuges are spinning and will never stop."
But a fundamental problem remained: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has yet to signal that he is prepared to make the kind of far-reaching cuts in Iran's enrichment ability that Washington has demanded to seal an accord. And it is unclear that his view will change before a March 1 deadline for reaching a political agreement, the first phase in the seven-month extension.
"Is it possible in the end we won't reach an agreement?" Mr. Kerry said in a news conference hours before the deadline on Monday night. "Absolutely."
"These talks are not going to get easier just because we extend them," Mr. Kerry acknowledged. "They are tough, they've been tough, and they are going to stay tough."
Officials said little about the new approaches they were exploring with Iran, other than to indicate that "experts" — presumably at the Energy Department's national laboratories — would be studying them to see if they, in combination with other steps, would result in at least a year's warning if Iran raced for a weapon. That is the standard the United States has set.
The steps could involve a combination of Iranian commitments to ship some of its nuclear stockpile to Russia, efforts to disconnect some of the country's centrifuges in ways that would take considerable time to reverse, and limits on output that could be verified by international inspectors. "It's a lot of moving parts," said one European diplomat involved in the discussions, "and the question is what it adds up to."
Mr. Zarif said late Monday that the new ideas did not represent a proposal by either side but rather, "We have a compilation of ideas that each side has given the other." He said he would not violate the secrecy of the negotiating room and, like Mr. Kerry, argued that leaks emerging from the discussions — and there have been many in the talks, involving six different nations — make it far harder to reach a deal.
Mr. Kerry went out of his way to compliment the lead Iranian negotiator, Mr. Zarif, who American officials have described as a creative diplomat who is forced to navigate Iran's treacherous politics and is uncertain how far the country's supreme leader will let him go. He and Mr. Rouhani came to power promising an end to sanctions that have reduced Iran's oil revenue by roughly 60 percent, crashed its currency and made overseas financial transactions almost impossible.
But Mr. Zarif was also arguing, to the end here, that the sanctions must be lifted permanently and almost immediately, rather than being removed step by step as President Obama has insisted. When Mr. Obama publicly rejected the immediate approach in an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC's "This Week," it seemed to drive home that an accord was impossible.
For both Mr. Rouhani and Mr. Obama, the next seven months may be difficult to manage. Opponents of concessions of any kind have been gaining strength in both countries.
Mr. Rouhani has been facing significant opposition to his agenda, and Mr. Zarif was clearly, in the words of one American official, "on a very tight leash" in the last days of the negotiation. He indicated, in private, that he had not been able to win much support for any formulation that would have required Iran to dismantle centrifuges or take other visible steps toward meeting American demands.
Timeline on Iran's Nuclear Program
Whether Iran is racing toward nuclear weapon capabilities is one of the most contentious foreign-policy issues challenging the West.
Mr. Obama, for his part, will no longer be able to rely on Democratic leaders in the Senate to bottle up legislation that would require new sanctions. "I don't think Congress is going to sit still," said Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who has been highly critical of the effort. "There is a fear the administration is being played for time, and there will be a desire to express that in some form of a sanctions bill."
Mr. Kerry declined to indicate if President Obama would veto such an effort, saying he was talking to his former colleagues in Congress. But his negotiating team is already arguing for time for the negotiations to play out. It contends that Iran has far less ability now than it did a year ago, before the interim accord, called the "Joint Plan of Action," required it to blend down its most potent nuclear fuel — closest to bomb grade — and to halt the installation of new centrifuges.
Opponents looking at the same set of facts argued that a year later Iran has as much ability as ever to stage a "breakout," the production of one bomb's worth of fuel.
For many of those opponents — in Iran, in Congress, in Israel and in the Arab states — the result was a relief. The extension had not even been announced when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel celebrated it as the least-bad outcome.
"No deal is better than a bad deal," he said to the BBC, hours after speaking with Mr. Kerry by phone. "The right deal that is needed is to dismantle Iran's capacity to make atomic bombs and only then dismantle the sanctions. Since that's not in the offing, this result is better, a lot better."
In Iran, the calculus is more complex. With oil prices dropping, the economic damage done by the sanctions is being amplified. But those supporting Mr. Rouhani insisted that the extension did not mean failure, and some argued that extra time worked in Iran's favor.
Saeed Laylaz, an economist connected to the government, argued that Mr. Rouhani was managing the country more efficiently than his fiery predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"With prudence and wisdom we can run the country, and at least we are now assured of $700 million income each month, which we can inject into the economy," Mr. Laylaz said. That is the amount Iran will receive in additional sanctions relief.
Those who have been critical of the government's outreach to what they see as its archenemy, the United States, also welcomed the outcome, saying it showed that the negotiators had been under the control of the supreme leader, and that Iran had lost nothing — because its nuclear infrastructure remained intact.
The negotiations are to resume next month. The location for the talks has yet to be announced, but in the long dance to the failed deadline they have been held in Muscat, Oman; Geneva; and here in Vienna.


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Attended a Runners Forum conducted by Changi General Hospital. Goodnu me. Thought the thing starts at 2.30pm. 10 mins past 2 still happily eating lunch at home. 5 mins before 2.30pm took out the piece of admission ticket and realised start time was 2pm. What a bozo! Missed Dr Jason Chia's talk as a result!
The talk was very useful. A lot of useful tips but could be longer though. 2 hours definitely not enough. Found out contrary to what some websites said - forefoot is not the same as mid foot and of course me has been running on forefoot and not mid foot as I have thought! Time to readjust again:( Many other useful tips + food and all for $4.00. Possibly the cheapest and 'bestest' talk in town!
Also met many of the sgrunners there and of course the nice people from Changi Sports Medicine Centre, the people behind this talk. Quite surprised that a number of them remembered me - after more than a year and a half. Dr Chia remembered me by sight, David of course I bumped into quite often on the way to/from work and Darek, the physio who remembered me by name and even where I stayed! Considering that they see so many patients a day and after such a long lapse, really touched that they can remember me. Just show how much attention and care they pay to their patients!

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1. Re: Setting the Status of a Business Service to DeployedRyan Nicosia Nov 8, 2018 12:33 PM (in response to John Colona)
What form are you doing it on? Are you doing it from the asset management console or somewhere else?
Also, what version of Remedy are you on? Have you enabled client side logging to see if there is an active link or filter that is coming back over after your save action?
2. Re: Setting the Status of a Business Service to DeployedJohn Colona Nov 8, 2018 12:50 PM (in response to Ryan Nicosia)
I'm using the Asset Management Console > Business Service Search and then modifying the record in question.
Version: 9.1.04.002
No, I'm brand new and don't quite know how to enable logging, but I'll research that.
3. Re: Setting the Status of a Business Service to DeployedRyan Nicosia Nov 8, 2018 1:01 PM (in response to John Colona)1 of 1 people found this helpful
1. Open AR User Preference Form
2. Find your login name
3. Go to "logging" tab
4. Set Active Links and Filter options to yes
5. Logout and back in
You will get a popup that shows the activities logging
6. Go to asset management console and find your business service
7. Clear the log entries
8. Set the status to Deployed and hit save
Everything that gets logged after that is what you need to look at to try and determine what workflow is setting it back to $NULL$


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The Brochure has been elaborated as a follow up of the Exhibition and workshops organized in 2014 and dedicated to the European funded projects in the field of border security.
The possibility exists for Industry to visit Frontex and brief Frontex experts on its portfolios of products and services in the field of border security. For this purpose, a Visit Proposal Form available at http://btn.frontex.europa.eu/form/visit-proposal-form must be completed and submitted.
The project aims to deliver to border authorities more efficient technological equipment that provides higher security level of identity and luggage control of pedestrians and passengers inside vehicles, at land and maritime checkpoints.
The overarching goal of the VIS Project is to provide Member States implementing the Visa Information System with tools to better perform their tasks and to identify and gain value from EU-level synergies provided by use of the VIS system wherever possible.
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Nigeria defender, Godfrey Oboabona has told supersport.com that he is bracing up for next month's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Kenya in Calabar.
Oboabona also wants the celebration of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations triumph to be halted in order to allow the Super Eagles focus and prepare for their Kenyan counterparts, the Harambee Stars on March 23.
The 22-year-old is not taking the Harambee Stars for granted with the World Cup qualifier just a month away.
"It was really good winning the Africa Cup of Nations in my first attempt and returning home as one of the heroes of such a feat. The welcome party we received was massive and unforgettable, and I'm so happy to be a part of this historic team. But all I see now is more work for us in future with the World Cup qualifiers and Confederations Cup in the coming weeks and months.
"First, my focus is on Kenya. Now we are champions of Africa and everyone will be out to beat us and we will not find any easy game any longer, though we know we will get a lot of respect from our opponents. So, the party is over and work starts for the game against Kenya.
"Underrate Kenya? No way are we going to do such. Our aim is to qualify for the World Cup in 2014 and the coach (Stephen Keshi) has told us how important that is. And by God's grace we will achieve that. But it will be a game at a time," said the Sunshine Stars defender.
Oboabona played all of Nigeria's six matches at the AFCON in South Africa and is now looking forward to feature against world champions, Spain, Uruguay and Tahiti at the Confederations Cup in Brazil in June.
"I'm looking forward to the Confederations Cup by God's grace but the Kenya game comes first," said Oboabona.
Nigeria currently top Group F of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification for Africa on four points ahead of Namibia, Malawi and Kenya in that order after two rounds of matches.


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The Art Promenade in Vitalita at the Skyvillas.
TO Formally introduce Skyvillas, a 31storey residential property of Philippine Realty And Holdings Corp (PHILREALTY), an art promenade entitleVitalita is open last July 24 showcasing three prominent artist and realist painters namely Sam Penaso, Eugene Cubillo and Cecil Go.
Penaso exhibit 16 pieces of his artworks that evokes nostalgia through a juxtaposition of dichotomous affairs, this gentleman from Bohol used Acrylic on canvass as his medium and he was identify with his stripe attack in most of his paintings.
Cubillo is the man behind Botchog, a comic strip published every Sunday in the Manila Bulletin, his 12 artworks mainly deals with his experiences in life, it's his collection of how he interpret what he see and feel in a daily basis
|Cubillo's Paintings.
The third artist is a notable Dance Master and a realist painter, 48 year old Go honed his skills by time when he stay in Argentina , he teach Argentine Tango along with his dance partner, dance champion Edna Ledesma. 13 of his artworks shows discipline that reflect man's endless thirst for finding ways to express.
This three artists shows inspirations that are rooted in life, a concept of Vitality; it's a measure of one's life force. Vitalita is grounded in the notion that the best way to commemorate a new space is by having it furnished with extraordinary and valuable art, like the space in Skyvillas. Vitalita is a month long art exhibit at the said property that serves as the second phase of two hectare, six tower One Balete Drive nestled within the tree shaded neighborhood of New Manila in Quezon City.
To know more about PHILREALTY and how it nurtures its vision of spacious living within intimated communities, go to www.philrealty.com.ph or visit www.skyvillas.com.ph


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Finalist for the Nashville Business Journal 2011 CFO Award
This is an excerpt of the full profile published in the October 21, 2011 edition of the Nashville Business Journal.
Michael Bryant's influence as CFO is evident in his strong, positive leadership role at NASBA. As CFO of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Michael Bryant is literally the accountants' accountant. Bryant is credited with helping set the tone at NASBA, a frequent winner of our Best Places to Work awards. Described as "not your typical CFO," Bryant has participated in local improv comedy groups in Nashville for over a decade.
What is your biggest challenge as CFO?
As a nonprofit, management reports to a board of directors elected by our membership, and, because of our mission, it is made up entirely of CPAs. They know a CFO's job and have high expectations. This is a great way for me to remain motivated to "sharpen the saw," as Steven Covey would say. Sometimes it is challenging to have this much expertise available as to how to do your job. But I have to say, it has made me more accountable and better in my role as a CFO.
Describe your leadership style.
Hip Hop. I am hip to listen and have everyone engaged and contributing, and then like to hop where I think we should be going. I have great people who know how to get there, and I stay out of their way.
On the homefront, is it a blessing or a curse to be a CFO, and why?
Ask my wife (please).


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OpenGL, Gaming and Linux
Poor 3D acceleration support in Linux, the prime example...Linux games. There are a couple of problems with todays Linux systems. Linux support great 2D graphics hardware, but one must be prepared to tweak up their systems if they want 3D acceleration support. This involves finding the correct drivers namely OpenGl. However OpenGl support is not always guaranteed, and many times it is inefficient and slow. Future Xfree86 versions and Linux kernels are looking to support a new technology...DRI -Direct Rendering Infrastructure, allowing OpenGl applications to use the graphics hardware directly.


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Seahawks' prime-time schedule: Much ado about little
The notion that the Seahawks, the defending Super Bowl champions, only got one home game in prime time (for now) is being perceived as a slap in the face. But Seattle is still playing eight games at home, where they have a considerable advantage.
Seattle Times columnist
Hating Seattle?
The 2014 NFL schedule seemed to show the league is not fond of visiting the Emerald City.
A look at which teams will host the most prime-time games:
3: Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles
2: Fifteen more teams host two prime-time games
1: Defending-champion Seahawks only get one at home.
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It is a tribute to the overwhelming dominance of the NFL that the unveiling of its schedule has become an annual day of breathless anticipation and nonstop debate. All for the thrilling payoff of learning on what days, and at what times, your favorite team will be playing opponents that had already been revealed months earlier.
And for the Seahawks, the schedule revealed Wednesday is apparently a tribute to their overwhelming dominance at CenturyLink Field.
Horror of horrors, the Seahawks only get one of their four prime-time games at home. According to Curtis Crabtree's report in Pro Football Talk, this is the result of the NFL's fear that the Seahawks playing in Seattle is likely to produce a blowout, thus causing an audience exodus.
In some quarters, this is being perceived as an inexcusable slight to the Super Bowl champions. How dare the league deprive the nation the exhilarating sights and sounds of Seahawks fanatics strutting their stuff, and decibels, in prime time?
But it leaves the 12s with a weird dilemma. On the one hand, there's nothing we perpetually aggrieved folks out here in South Alaska like more than venting with righteous indignation over such injustices as lack of respect, geographic isolation, and East Coast bias.
This schedule provides the trifecta, and many fans have been vocal in displaying their displeasure. They have, after all, been indoctrinated into the realm of shoulder chips by the Seahawks' players themselves. From Russell Wilson to Richard Sherman to Doug Baldwin and beyond, the Seahawks have been fueled by the seemingly perpetual belief that they have not gotten the proper respect. It's not surprising that fans want to tap into that energy as well.
The problem is that the very notion, if accurate, of denying Seahawks home games because they'll win them too handily is, perversely, the ultimate sign of respect. It's hard to get too hot and bothered as a Seahawks fan when their ability to influence the outcome of a game — the thing 12s pride themselves on above all else — is being validated by the league.
My feeling is that this is much ado about little. It's not as if the league is taking home games away from Seattle. They'll still get eight of 'em, just like always. It's just that, for now, seven will be played in the afternoon – which, when you get down to it, is much more convenient for all involved. Rest assured that the television audience for attractive Seahawks games at the Clink will still be vast, even outside of prime time. Unless a blowout develops, of course.
I say, for now, because by virtue of the league's new "flex scheduling" policy, games can be switched into Sunday Night Football as early as Week 5, as opposed to Week 11 in previous years. That means Seahawks home dates against the Cowboys (Oct. 6), Raiders (Nov. 2) and Giants (Nov. 9), as well as three after that, could become prime-time home games, making this discussion moot.
Besides, the Seahawks have more to worry about than the number of prime-time home games. They were saddled with an unusually early bye (Week 4), leaving them with a finishing stretch of 13 straight weeks without a break. They open with three straight games against 2013 playoff teams, and close with five division games over the final six weeks. Throw in the quality of opponents – sixth toughest, according to last year's records – and it's a potentially brutal slate.
But it could have been worse, as Peter King's fascinating look into the machinations of making a schedule reveals. Writing in Sports Illustrated's Monday Morning Quarterback, King reported that the NFL's runner-up schedule, which very nearly became reality, had the Seahawks playing a three-game road trip. And not only that: One of those trips would have occurred after a Monday night game, something the league tries to avoid at all coasts.
Imagine the hue and cry if that schedule hadn't been surpassed by a better one that spat out of the NFL computers. It had the Seahawks playing at St. Louis on a Sunday, at Washington the following Monday night, and at Kansas City the next Sunday.
Scheduling maven Howard Katz told King he could have reluctantly lived with that schedule. If commissioner Roger Goodell had approved it — and Katz told King, "I think we would have had an interesting discussion with Roger about it" — then any and all howling by the Seahawks and their fans would have been fair game.
But as it is, I think it's far more pertinent for Seahawks fans to focus their attention on navigating toward a prime-time game that can't be denied by anyone: the Super Bowl on Feb. 1, 2015, in Arizona.
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Free money consists of much more than just grants and
scholarships, and knowing all the options may give you an edge in
your ultimate goal: getting someone else to pay for your education.
The financial aid counselors you meet probably won't use
the term free money—it's hard to convince a financial aid counselor
that anything is truly free. If you eavesdrop on a financial aid
meeting, you'll probably hear them talk about gift aid and self-help
aid. Gift aid is money given to you that you don't have to repay,
such as a grant or scholarship. Self-help aid is money you either
have to repay or earn beforehand, such as loans or college work-study.
Each financial aid office has the right to set a ratio
of gift aid to self-help aid that meets its overall funding and
enrollment goals. After the financial aid officers determine your
need, they will use this ratio to decide how much of your need will
be met by scholarships and how much will be met by less favorable
aid, such as loans.
You should request this ratio from the colleges you're
applying to. Different schools handle the ratio different ways,
and their methods can make a difference in your aid package. For
example, some schools actually reward students for bringing in private
scholarships by including these as self-help aid. You did earn that scholarship
through hard work, right? Other schools will simply award you more
loans, rather than institutional scholarships, to meet your remaining
The Pell Grant, by the Department of Education's account,
is the foundation upon which the neediest students can build their
dreams of a higher education. In terms of a dollar amount, the main
source of free money available for college is the U.S. government,
and the largest of the free federal programs is the Pell Grant.
In order to receive a Pell Grant, you must be a U.S. citizen
or eligible noncitizen who has not yet earned a bachelor's or graduate
degree. You are eligible to receive only one Pell Grant per year
and cannot receive Pell Grant funds from more than one school at
a time.
The FAFSA serves as the application for the Pell Grant.
You will also need to complete any financial aid applications for
your specific school, though they will not affect the amount of
your grant. The Department of Education creates a list of tables
each year that specifies the Pell Grant amount a student can receive
based on numerous factors, including the student's EFC, COA, and
enrollment status (full-time, half-time, or less than half-time).
Note: In 2004, the Pell Grant program had
a budget of $12.7 billion. In 2003, over 4 million students applied
for and received Pell Grant assistance, with individual awards averaging
Besides the Pell Grant, the other major federal grant
program is the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG).
The maximum amount of this grant is similar to the Pell Grant, weighing
in at $4,000.
Unlike the Pell Grant, the SEOG is not an entitlement.
The SEOG is known as a campus-based program, which means that just
because you qualify for a SEOG doesn't mean you'll get one. Campus-based
programs are limited, and the criteria for receiving them depend
on each campus' own guidelines. Some students who are not eligible
to receive a Pell Grant might still receive a full SEOG. However,
when awarding SEOGs, most college financial aid offices give the
greatest priority to students who have the lowest EFCs.
Apply as soon as you possibly can. Most colleges run out
of SEOG money when they process their first batch of applications,
so if you wait until March or April to complete the FAFSA, you've
likely already missed the boat.
Keep in mind: Turning in your FAFSA early maximizes your
chances of getting a SEOG, but it doesn't guarantee you'll get one.
Since each financial aid office sets its own guidelines for awarding
SEOGs, you should contact the schools where you are applying to
find out how these grants are awarded and what the qualifications
Uncle Sam isn't the only one concerned about your education.
Each state plus the District of Columbia has a higher education
agency that oversees financial aid programs specific to state residents.
Most of these states offer some pretty enticing reasons for staying
close to home and attending either a public or private college in
your state of residency. In fact, some states offer grants that
can exceed $10,000 per year!
States don't always do a good job of promoting how much
financial aid they can offer to local students. Texas alone offers
up to $3 billion per year in total financial aid. California and
New Jersey each budget nearly $1 billion for grants, loans, and
While the federal grant programs are based on need, many
state awards are based on a combination of need and merit. Students
who are ineligible for Pell Grants are sometimes very surprised
to discover they've won a big pot of cash closer to home. You should
actually be thankful the states don't know how to advertise their
financial aid—the fewer people who know about this money, the better
your chances of getting it!
Furthermore, each state's higher education agency may
be found online at www.ed.gov/erod by clicking the "state/territory"
link. These agencies are supported by your tax dollars, so don't
be afraid to drop them a line and let them know what you need.
In addition, these higher education agencies often sponsor
free financial aid workshops that can give you the inside scoop
on state financial aid programs. Check their Web sites for details
on when and where.
Don't make the mistake of relying on your high school
guid-ance counselor to know about all the state financial programs.
Even the sharpest guidance counselors sometimes miss the best of
what's out there simply because state programs can change from year
to year.
Just like federal aid, state financial aid requires that
you complete the FAFSA. The priority deadline for completing the
FAFSA varies considerably from state to state, so be forewarned.
For example, Michigan and Rhode Island require that completed FAFSAs
arrive at the financial aid office by March 1. Since processing a
paper FAFSA for the first time can take up to six weeks, this means
that in order to be absolutely sure you'll meet your state's financial
aid deadlines, you should complete your paperwork in January.
You can win scholarships for any number of accomplishments,
including athletics, academics, and music. Scholarships are available
for students of certain ethnic backgrounds and for outstanding essays.
In other words, there's probably a scholarship that will be a perfect
fit for you. In case you forgot . . . scholarships are free money.
You need to know how to find (and get) a scholarship to help pay
for college. You also need to know how scholarships affect your
overall aid package.
Private scholarships, or outside scholarships, can come
from anyone and anywhere for any number of reasons. These are generally
scholarships you pursue on your own, independently of the colleges
you apply to.
Scholarships are always good, right? Not so fast. Most
colleges count private scholarships as gift aid when calculating
your financial aid award. This means that if you receive a scholarship,
you may end up with more loans to cover your remaining need and
fewer institutional scholarships, grants, or work-study. If your
COA is $20,000 and you win a scholarship for $15,000, that means
you can now receive only an additional $5,000 worth of financial
How the financial aid office treats that remaining $5,000
of need may make all the difference in the world, and this is a
very good example of why you should apply to more than one college.
By comparing different award letters, you'll be able to see which
colleges will use that private scholarship in a way that leaves
you with the least amount of graduation debt.
Institutional scholarships typically come from the college's
endowment or foundation, and financial aid offices will almost certainly
consider them as gift aid. Though you should still apply for all
the institutional scholarships you can, you might want to ask the
financial aid office how these scholarships will affect your other
financial aid. Each year, countless students are dismayed to find
out that their financial aid award letters are adjusted with higher
loan amounts after they win institutional scholarships. The financial
aid officer will probably give you that look that says, "Stop complaining—you
got a scholarship, after all." But if you've received a similar
award offer from another college with a higher gift aid to self-help
ratio, you can return that look with a choice one of your own.
In addition to private and institutional scholarships,
there are also several federally funded scholarship programs out
there. The Byrd Scholarship (www.ed.gov/programs/iduesbyrd), with
average awards of $1,500, is offered in all 50 states, usually based
on academic or extracurricular merit. Application information is
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on leadership and public-service skills. Truman Scholars are nominated
by the college, so it's a good excuse to practice those networking
skills as soon as you've gotten your bearings on campus.
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financial aid awards in existence—even some financial aid officers
are unaware of them. An easy place to start your search for federal
scholarships is the Department of Education Web site at www.ed.gov. Simply
type "scholarship" into the search box. They are usually treated
as gift aid, like Pell Grants, but they are much better options
than student loans.
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assuredly telling you, many contests are likely to be set-ups, with
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particularly if there are any fees involved.
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to assist those affected by national tragedies. Oklahoma has created
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dedicated to the memory of Dana Christmas, a student who lost her
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You can earn free money for school simply by giving a
little of yourself and your time. Service work looks great on a
résumé, too.
AmeriCorps offers up to nearly $10,000 in scholarships
for those who perform community service. If you use the AmeriCorps
education award to repay student loans, you don't have to report
it to the financial aid office, which means it won't reduce your
other financial aid. Visit www.americorps.org for details.
Service in one of the armed forces is a popular choice
for students looking for a lot of free money for college. The amounts
can seem quite high, and advertisements often claim that you'll
receive up to $50,000 for college. If you explore this option, be
sure to find out exactly how much you'll actually receive. The amount
will vary considerably based on which type of military service you
choose, how long you sign up for, how long you attend college, and
what kind of degree you decide to pursue.
If you decide that military service is the right choice
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attend has a financial aid officer who specializes in Veteran's
Administration (VA) benefits. This person will be a vital resource,
especially since the impact of VA benefits on your other financial
aid can be extremely complicated.
Students interested in attending a regular college might
also be interested in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC),
which provides tuition expenses and a $100 monthly stipend. ROTC
requires that participants serve in the armed forces after graduation.
Service academies provide tuition free of charge to students.
These colleges are highly selective and also require five years
of service in the military, but if you're interested in military
service and gaining a college degree for free, there's really no
better option.
There are four service academies:
A fellowship is free money generally in the form of a
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but it can also be awarded based on need. Though most fellowships
are indeed awarded to graduate students, many fellowships are available
for undergrads as well. In recent years, many community foundations
have changed their former scholarship programs into fellowships.
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are offered by community-based, nonprofit groups who see the value
of combining their philanthropic giving with educational opportunities.
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JIRA 5.1 in-depth analysis and review
We present the new features of Atlassian JIRA 5.1, which was released on on July 9th 2012, and our Expert look at this release. I have skipped over some features on purpose because they generated no reaction when I found out, but I'd say I'm mentioning about 90% of new features here.
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#1 Inline editing
This is definitely the main event of this JIRA 5.1 release. Inline editing allow you to modify issue fields when viewing an issue, without having to click on the Edit button. All you need to do is click on field and you'll be able to edit it… provided you have that permission of course. This is all done without any page reload, so it's definitely the fastest way to do a quick edit. If you know you'll be editing several fields, it's probably better to stick with the Edit button, because doing five inline edits will trigger five "Issue Edited" notifications.
This new feature is also available via a keyboard shortcut. Press the comma key on your keyboard to bring up a pop-up, and start typing the name of the field you want to edit, then press enter to begin editing, and enter again when you're done. Honestly, I think I'll stick with using the "mouse version", but it shows Atlassian is committed to keyboard shortcuts.
#2 Fewer page reloads
Starting with JIRA 5.1, performing an issue operation will not cause the page to reload, even when a transition has a transition screen. It's clear the focus of this release was about performance, and I feel Atlassian focused on the big wins. Saving one or two seconds for every JIRA operation will have a huge impact.
#3 The 200,000 issues limit is gone
Previously, Atlassian has recommended a soft limit of 200,000 issues per JIRA instance. You could go higher, but we were seeing performance drops past that limit. Atlassian has worked very hard on performance, and as the following graph shows, JIRA 5.1 brings a massive performance upgrade.
With this big performance boost, the soft limit of 200,000 is now a thing of the past, but I can't help but wonder why Atlassian did not compare JIRA 5.1 with JIRA 5.0 instead.
#4 Improvement of the JIRA configuration tool for databases
The JIRA configuration tool is used by administrators to the setup some JIRA properties. On a small instance you pretty much use it once and forget about it. With JIRA 5.1, there's a new Advanced tab that allows you to setup a bunch of new properties for your database connection, something very important for a large enterprise instance.
#5 Database monitoring page
Another new feature that JIRA Administrators are sure to enjoy is the Database Monitoring page. For small instance this will not be very important, but I can tell you I would have liked to have that page when searching for performance bottleneck on a large instance, so it's great addition. It's great to see Atlassian starting to deliver Enterprise features, which shouldn't come as a surprise with the new JIRA Enterprise licence tier.
#6 Issue Collector
The issue collector is brand new feature in JIRA that allows you to easily embed a form in your web site, contents of which will be sent to your JIRA instance. It's a great way to get feeback for your users / clients and tie it with JIRA notifications and workflows. To create an issue collector, you must be a Project Administrator and go to the Project Summary screen where you'll be able to generate the HTML and javascript. I one of our old projects, we coded a custom form to receive feedback and send it to JIRA through email, so the issue collector will be very useful.
#7 – Improvements to workflow editing
I won't lie, I was initially confused when I wanted to edit a workflow in JIRA 5.1, during a client presentation no less, but after 2 minutes, I can say the changes make perfect sense. You can now edit a workflow directly form the Project Summary screen, and JIRA will take care of all the workflow copying that must happen. Also, workflow drafts are managed "behind the scenes", meaning that you automatically work on the draft version of a workflow, without having to look for that draft in your list of workflows. For large JIRA instances with several workflows, it will definitely remove a lot of clutter. As you can see in the following screenshot, the Publish Draft action has become a button instead of the blue bubble it used to be.
#8 Productivity improvement to some Administration tasks
Sometimes it's the little things that make an impact. Buried in the release notes for JIRA 5.1, we find out that when you add a screen, a screen scheme, a field configuration, field configuration scheme or an issue type screen scheme, you'll get taken directly to its configuration screen. This may sound pointless for most, but if you've ever worked on a large instance with tons of screen, this will save you the hassle of locating the right "Configure" link, a task that was similar to playing "Where is Waldo".
#9 User deactivation
You can now easily deactivate a user by going to the "Edit User" screen and clicking on a new checkbox to deactivate the user. Before, you had to remove the user from all the groups that has the Global Permission JIRA Users. I went in my JIRA 5.1 and verified that deactivating a user preserves its groups, which is handy if you ever need to reactivate it later. For me, it's not a big ticket item, but I hope this will lead Atlassian to address a similar problem in Confluence, where deactivated users still show up in search results.
In more details, here is what happens when you deactivate a user:
- Will no longer be able to log in to JIRA.
- Cannot be assigned issues or added as a watcher to issues (whenever issues are created or edited).
- However:A user who was assigned, was watching or had reported any issues in JIRA before their account is deactivated, will still appear as the respective assignee, watcher or reporter of those issues. This situation remains until another user is specified as the assignee or reporter of these issues, or the deactivated user is removed as a watcher from them.
- A user who voted on any issues in JIRA before their account is deactivated, will continue to appear as a voter on these issues.
- Will continue to appear on the JIRA user interface with '(Inactive)' displayed after their name, where applicable.
- Can still be used to filter issues in a JIRA search query.
- Will not receive any email notifications from JIRA, even if they continue to remain the assignee, reporter, or watchers of issues.
- Will not count towards your JIRA user license limit.
- Users who are project or component leads cannot be deactivated. To deactivate these users, assign other users as the relevant project or component leads first.
- Any JIRA site's users who are configured in an external Atlassian Crowd user directory and deactivated in Crowd, will be deactivated in JIRA.
- With the exception of JIRA users configured with 'delegated LDAP authentication', JIRA does not deactivate users who are configured and deactivated/disabled in an external Microsoft Active Directory or LDAP-based user directory.
#10 'Autowatch' issues you create or comment on
That feature used be available through a JIRA plugin, so it's not a huge deal, but this reinforces Atlassian's will to make its tools as social as possible. By default, every user will autowatch issues they create or comment on, but it can be deactivated through user properties.
#11 Improvements to the Link Issue fucntionnality
I can't say issue linking is the most used feature by our clients, but I really like the improvements Atlassian made to the Link Issue screen. First of all the JIRA Issue (local to your instance) and Remote JIRA Issue tabs have been combined. You can also use JQL to find the issue you wish to link to. It may prove useful if you need to link several issues, but it's more a nice-to-a-have.
#12 Notify on my actions disabled by default
Another one of those smaller improvements that'll save a lot of time. New users now have the "Notify me on my actions" disabled by default. That's great because new users tend to complain about getting too many emails, so this will do wonders.
#13 My JIRA home
Now you can select where you end up when you log into JIRA. Before, the user would see the last dashboard they had looked at, but now you have the choice of "landing" on the Issue Navigator, or stick with the dashboard. GreenHopper users can also choose the "Agile" tab. Not sure why I'd select the Issue Navigator instead of the dashboard, but I can definitely see why one would choose the Agile view.
#14 Launch HipChat notifications from workflow transitions
It was only a matter of time before Atlassian started integration HipChat with JIRA, so here we are with HipChat notifications from workflow transitions. There's new post-function called Notify HipChat that works with the following parameters:
- (optional) Specify a JQL function, if the issue matches the JQL criteria, a notification will be sent
- Specify the HipChat rooms you want to notify
Closing remarks
JIRA 5.0 was released on February 22nd, so it took roughly 5 months for Atlassian to push out JIRA 5.1. This is a strong release for JIRA, one that addresses key issues (no pun intended) such as Enterprise concerns like performance, database configuration and monitoring. For users, the main change is of course inline editing which a huge deal, but you might want to turn "Issue Edited" notifications, because each inline edit will trigger one.
The issue collector is cool, but we already had seen something similar with JIRA Mobile Connect, so I'm not doing backflips over it. I really appreciate the little improvements here and there, especially in the Administration section. So cheers Atlassian !
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Dana says:
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 7:24am
Nice article. You hit on a bunch of the new features and there are a few notable ones.
Saying the 200,000 issue is "gone" is a bit of hyperbole. Looking at the chart, there is certainly an good speed improvement but it seems to me that the 200,000 limit just became the 500,000 limit (same speed at that number). Maybe I am just looking a gift horse in the mouth
I wonder if you can "deactivate" users properly when using crowd. We are still stuck with the issue that custom "User Picker" fields will show all users in the dir synced with JIRA even if the users are removed from all groups. Its a know bug in 5.0. It would be nice if this somehow fixed that issue.
I also wish that Atlassian would focus on fixing old/nasty bugs instead of always just adding new features. I would certainly address the lack of bug-fixes in a new major release if it was evident that some issues have not been fixed. For example the Cascading Select is buggy and clunky and I don't see a fix for that. Much like the crowd/user issue etc. This has been my main issue with Atlassian in the short time we have used the product. They don't seem to fix as many old/outstanding issues with the past few releases as I would like to see.
Dana says:
Monday, August 6, 2012 at 12:45am
Its just surprising when the fix is so simple, don't list people who are not in the "jira-users" group. Thats it. And it causes usability issues.
My top bugs that should be easy to fix but have been open for a while…
1) User Picker (as mentioned)
2) Cascade Select: Gives errors when user tries to clear unless they pick "Please choose…" which makes no sense to the end user.
3) Defaults per project broke after 5.0 upgrade. It won't set the proper default anymore.


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Hef hosted and it's format was based on a party at Hef's apartment...Musical guests were the best of the best...
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Hefner's first nationally televised series, Playboy's Penthouse, premiered on October 24, 1959. Produced in the studios of WBKB-TV in Chicago, the program was syndicated to a loose network of stations across the country that specifically signed up for the show.
The format was modeled on a hip, swinging bachelor party, the kind of bash where cool people lounged in their cocktail clothes exchanging bright ideas.
Beat poets, writers, comics, and musical immortals like Ella Fitzgerald, Cy Coleman (composer of the Playboy theme song), Nat "King" Cole, Sarah Vaughn, The Limelighters, and Harry Belafonte mingled in an impromptu fashion with Hef and his assembled party-goers.
There had never been anything like Playboy's Penthouse on television. From a historical perspective, this was the first national program where whites and blacks sat down together and partied as equals.
Hef's first "Penthouse Party" (as the show was also known early on) featured raucous comedian Lenny Bruce, a controversial choice.
It was rare for any TV production to book the up and coming nightclub comic because of his rambling delivery and outspoken views on race, religion and politics. Hugh Hefner was making a point on his very first outing, tackling subjects never touched upon in 1950s television culture.
Skip ahead to January of 1969. With magazine sales topping 5.5 million a month, Hefner (then forty-two) again entered the television arena with Playboy After Dark, a 26-week color version of his earlier series.
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This is from July 10, 1969...the boys looked like they were having fun - whether it was the Bunnies or the chemicals I do not know...I love when Hef says "Well the guys are near their instruments and the kids have settled down"...bwahahahahahahaha
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This is why I'm a feminist:
I'm old enough to remember what it was like be paid substantially less than my male colleagues who were doing exactly the same work - and having it explained to me by a man that I didn't need the same income because I'd have a husband to support me. I wasn't married at the time or even thinking about it and it didn't occur to him that sometimes husbands die leaving widows and children.
I'm old enough to remember when as a teacher, had I married, I would have had to resign my permanent position and become temporary staff having to reapply for my position every year - and, unlike married men, not being paid during school holidays.
I'm old enough to remember that when I went to buy my first car I couldn't take out a loan without having a man to act as my guarantor in case I defaulted. I was a full time teacher, bonded - and therefore obliged - to work for the Education Department for three years. My guarantor only had to prove he was employed.
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I'm old enough to remember when women had to resign from their jobs when they became pregnant and there was no such thing as maternity leave.
I'm old enough to remember when a woman could study law and get her degree but, unless she was lucky enough to have a close contact - a father or uncle most likely - who was prepared to take her on to do her articles, she could never practise.
I'm old enough to remember being told that women didn't have the mind set to be doctors, lawyers or engineers so we should set our sights on work more suited to our capabilities - like typists, secretaries, teachers, librarians and nurses.
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I'm old enough to remember being asked why I wanted to go to university when I was only going to go and get married.
So, yes, I am a feminist as everyone - men and women - should be. In my lifetime there have been many gains but there is still a long way to go. Even in the developed world women are still often paid at a lower rate than men, they often lose career position when they have children - many have to leave work to care for their children due to inadequate child care availability - and there is hidden discrimination despite attempts to legislate to prevent it. In the Third World the position of women is much worse.
I want to see a world where every girl growing up today enjoys the same oportunities as her male counterparts and it truly frightens me to hear young women saying they are not feminists. Things have changed a great deal since I was a young women but those gains remain under threat and we all need to be vigilant so we don't go backwards.
This is why I am a feminist and I make no apologies for it.


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On a typical Tuesday morning, students in Stacy Hardcastle's second period of culinary arts faced the capricious outbreak of a conflagration over Grandma's homemade pancakes. As a student made a simple mistake, her peers needed to reflect on the safety lesson taught at the beginning of the year in order to manage the flames while refraining from anarchy.
As partners Jill Carter and Maya Harrison worked on making a batch of pancakes, a fire fomented due to the pan being overheated. Out of instinct, Harrison managed to pour water over the fire in hopes to suppress it. To their dismay, grease fires only grow when water is added to the mix.
"I saw the fire and grabbed the water [for there is water at each station for said situations]," Harrison said. "But it only got worse."
A student nearby, Cole Dean, remembered the lesson held on kitchen safety towards the beginning of this school year.
"We had to grab baking soda to like… put out the fire properly," Dean said. "Mrs.Hardcastle taught us that in the beginning of the year."
All the meanwhile, Hardcastle was monitoring the twenty stations disseminated throughout the class. By the time she arrived, the damage was done.
"I was rotating around the twenty groups cooking," Hardcastle said. "Because the fire was so large, it melted the counter and destroyed the burner, as well as resulting in burn damage on the cabinet and ceiling."
Thankfully, this fire did not burn out the optimism at LCC. With winter break around the corner, the station is hoped to be renewed once the students return from the two weeks off. Along with a new station – provided by the schools income – an updated safety meeting was called to attention.
"Well, we talked about it in class afterwards and we made new safety classifications. A large box of baking soda was added to each station to prevent this was happening again," Hardcastle said.
While a fire can most definitely be a terrifying experience, Dan Stuart is able to bring light to the situation.
"I inhaled the cloud of smoke," Stuart said. "It was quite traumatizing, I will never eat pancakes again."


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The ladies will get free admission at Belmont Park on Saturday. The New York Racing Association is giving away pink bracelets. Anyone who wants to see Rachel Alexandra run in New York will get their chance when she goes in the $300,000 Mother Goose.
NYRA president and CEO Charlie Hayward is hoping people turn out to see the Preakness winner. How many? Good question.
Hayward said that a normal Belmont crowd on a June Saturday would be between seven and eight thousand. With Rachel in the house, the number should balloon, you would thin.
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