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The Daily Plant : Tuesday, December 3, 2002
The Daily Plant continues its coverage of the 2002 "Best of Parks" and "Best of Borough" awards which were awarded on October 23 in Keyspan Stadium.
"Best of the Borough"
This award honors the best district operations within each borough. Parks staff who work in district operations are the direct providers of daily services that keep the parks clean and safe. The quality of a district's maintenance and operations can "make or break" a park. Each district faces different maintenance challenges, depending on its size, its natural terrain, and the age and popularity of the parks it contains. The winning districts were nominated by the Deputy and Borough Commissioners and were chosen in consideration of many factors, including ratings improvement, capital investment, acreage, and number of vehicle accidents. Since this is the first year Parks awarded the best district in each borough, in some cases, the award is in recognition of several years of high achievement.
Manhattan: District 1
Congratulations to District 1, notably SPMO Philip S. Lombardi, APSW Frank Mazzuca, MW Gary J. Gaddist, APSW Adem Hot, APSW Clayton Othiossinir, CPW Larry Stedley, CPW Tyrone P. McSweeney, CPW Johnnie L. Hopson, CPW Stephen Becchino, CPW Edwin Gonzalez, CPW Luis A. Quirindongo, CPW Arnold Beatty, Gardener Herman Matos, Gardener Richard Haugland, AG Darrel Stephens, and SPWO Gary Cutler.
District 1, which occupies the southern tip of Manhattan and includes many well-known parks including City Hall Park, Bowling Green, and Battery Park was chosen for its exemplary ratings and for the contributions parks workers made to the re-building of Lower Manhattan. District 1 has 23 ratable sites and 20 ratable acres. In fiscal year 2002, District 1 received a rating of 97% in both the overall and cleanliness categories, up 12% from the previous year.
"The staff of District 1 have performed under the most difficult of circumstances," said Manhattan Borough Commissioner Bill Castro. "They've had to deal with many issues this year from the September 11 attacks and the immediate aftermath. They kept the district in shape despite many special events and the large number of visitors. I can't thank the managers—Bill Tai, Gary Cutler, Phil Lombardi, and Frank Mazzuca—enough for their fine work." Bill Tai, the former District 1 manager said that he was "very proud to be the inaugural recipient of the 'Best of the Borough' awards," and added that, "the Parks workers in District 1 really deserve an extra measure of praise for working in such a harsh environment for so long."
Queens: District 9
Congratulations District 9, notably APSW John Maher, APSW Diane L. Nelson, APSW Tommy D. Lee, CPW Joseph Bellamy, CPW Kathleen Scullion, CPW Hernan Torres, and CPW Anthony R. Gallego.
Queens Borough Commissioner Richard Murphy claims that District 9 is a textbook example of the way that one person can make a difference. For the past three years, John Maher, APSW, has been motivating his staff to care about the ratings and to keep them high. His efforts have led District 9 to achieve an astonishing 100% overall and cleanliness ratings for the past three years. Only one other district in the city has accomplished these ratings, and that is a district with only five sites; District 9 has 24 ratable sites.
"John Maher, the crew chief, has made the difference between night and day," said Commissioner Murphy. "Though the SPMOs have been revolving; the one thing that was constant was John and his ability to motivate people."
Staten Island: District 3
Congratulations District 3, notably PRM Anthony Arcamone, SPMO Robert Parrella, APSW Steven Ferrara, APSW Edward Herbst, WEP Crew Chief Teresa Valore, CPW Frank J. Baran, CPW Vyacheslav M. Bovtko, CPW Vladimir Biba, CPW Joanne Soto, CPW and Lashonda Hicks.
"District 3 is the best district in the city," said Staten Island Borough Commissioner Thomas Paulo. He's biased, but it's true that District 3 contains some of the loveliest spots in the city, including Conference House Park, Lemon Creek Park, and Wolfe's Pond Park. With 975 ratable acres and 62 ratable sites, the maintenance and operations crews have their work cut out for them. Their current ratings are a whopping 98.8%. District 3 has had the top Staten Island ratings for the last three years. District 3 has achieved this despite less capital investment than the borough's other two districts.
"I am proud of the work they have done to maintain those ratings," said Commissioner Paolo.
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I'm a little embarrassed to ask this one, but it could help for a class I'm teaching, so here goes:
Let $X$ be a metric space. We all know that $X$ admits a completion, which is a complete metric space $\hat{X}$ together with an isometric embedding $\iota: X \hookrightarrow \hat{X}$ with dense image. Moreover, one learns that this completion is essentially unique.
From a modern perspective, one would like to realize the completion as satisfying some universal mapping property: this makes precise the "essentially unique" above and gives some functorial properties. But it seems to me that the completion satisfies two different such properties:
1) It is universal with respect to isometric embeddings into complete metric spaces.
2) It is universal with respect to uniformly continuous maps into complete metric spaces.
Of course 1) is the more obvious one. I gather from some internet research that 2) is supposed to be the "right" choice, and its usefulness is related to the fact that uniformly continuous maps have the extension property (again, I don't quite remember this from my undegraduate days; is it in Rudin's Principles, for instance?). However, it seems strange to me that by taking 2), we also get for free that the mapping $\iota$ is an isometric embedding (in particular, from 2) it doesn't even seem completely obvious that it is injective). Certainly one can see this by constructing the completion, but is there a more direct way?
I suspect that this is an instance when the more categorical thinkers have one up on me, and I stand ready to be enlightened.

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text: Thong Dee's little calf has a name! We've named him "Luk Chai". Photo: Rick Stevens After going through over 30,000 entires that you all put forward in the naming competition, us keepers decided to go with "Luk Chai". It's pronounced Look- Chai. We liked this name as it reflects his Thai heritage and means "my son". A word that sounds similar to Chai also means triumph and our boisterous and inquisitive boy certainly is a triumph for the conservation breeding program.


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HTC Niki (Nike)
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- Super CID & Security Unlocker
- Sim Unlock commercial solution
- Quick device lock
- To Lock Device quickly
Keep finger on the Red (Call End) button and it will bring up some options including keylock. Thanks to ln1234
- Soft reset
- The recommended method to soft reset the Niki is to hold on/off button on the top of the device for three seconds and tap 'Yes' to shut down the device. The user must then restart the device by holding the on/off button until the device starts.
If the device is not responding to input, there is a physical, recessed soft reset button just to the left of the USB port on the left of the device. To activate it, the user must remove the rear cover of the device and press the button with the stylus. The device will immediately restart. Unsaved documents and registry settings may not be preserved upon restart. Alternately, the battery may be removed and replaced, but this is the method of last resort.
- Hard reset
- A hard reset restores the Niki to factory settings. All programs installed and setting changes made after initial setup will be deleted. A hard reset does not affect any storage cards in the device.
To hard reset a Niki device from Windows, click Start, then "Settings", then the "System" tab and click "Clear Storage". Type the number sequence "1234" into the confirmation box and tap the "YES" button. The device will reboot and be reset to factory settings.
To perform a hard reset on a device that is not responding to input or not booting to Windows, first remove the back cover of the device. Hold the "call" and "end call" keys on the front of the device and reset the device by sticking the stylus into the small hole to the left side of the USB port. The device will ask for confirmation. To confirm, press the "Enter" key on the keypad. On some devices you need to press the "Action" key instead of "Enter".
The device will reboot and be reset to factory settings.
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- Screen alignment
To jump straight into the Niki screen alignment utility, press the Enter button (centre button) and the Camera button together.
- Enter in bootloader
- This procedure is just for entering bootloader mode just like all other devices (pressing some hardware buttons and reset):
- Remove back cover.
- Hold camera and power buttons.
- Press reset with your stylus (little button to the right of USB port).
- SD Card Flashing
(First and foremost HARDSPL your phone)
- Get micro SD card of 2gb or less and format in fat32.
- Get Image file in NBH format and rename to NIKEIMG.NBH.
- copy to card, you can use a card reader for this.
- restart phone in bootloader and press start to begin.
- Remove delay in call termination
- gfreek wrote about this problem in the Tips&Tricks topic in the forums. He had a problem that when he end the call that there was a annoying little delay of about 3 seconds before the call was actually ended.
- He found the following sollution in the registry:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\PHONE\PhoneExtendSetting
- And he changed the value of EndCallTime from 3000 to 1000 re-booted and voila no more delays when ending calls.
- He found the following sollution in the registry:
- Setup screen rotation From the Elf forums
- Change FPS of TouchFLO cube
- Sliding sounds
- Slide Actions
- Niki performance tweaks
- disassembly of nikki with pictures
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- Niki Official ROMs
- Niki Cooked ROMS
- Niki Radios
- Niki ROM Kitchens
- Here you can find different versions of Rom Kitchens for Niki:
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- Rom Kitchen by Gullum WM6.5 HTC MEGA Port
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- Rom Kitchen v0.3 by Netrunnerat (very old)
- Cooking video tutorials for Kaiser (old kitchen) (Niki Rom Kitchen is based on Kaiser one)
- Niki ROM Dump
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A preacher's wife goes to the butcher.
The butcher asks if she'd like to try some damn ham.
The preacher's wife is shocked. The butcher explains that "Dam Ham" is the brand name of the meat and shows her the packaging with the beaver and dam logo.
That night, the preacher asks, "What's for dinner?"
His wife says she bought some damn ham from the butcher. The preacher scolds his wife for using such language in their home. She explains the "Dam Ham brand name and their logo.
At the dinner table, the preacher asks his 16-year-old son to pass him the "Dam Ham."
The son replies, "I'll pass the damn ham if you pass me the mutha fuckin' mashed potatoes."


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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Welcome Mystery Author Diana Orgain!
Please join me in welcoming my mystery pal Diana Orgain to the Lair for the very first time! Take it away, Diana!
Thanks so much to Kate and the Romance Bandit for having me here today. I'm the author of the Maternal Instincts Mysteries Series. The first in the series is BUNDLE OF TROUBLE, followed by MOTHERHOOD IS MURDER and most recently FORMULA FOR MURDER.
The series is about a new mom, who doesn't want to return to the corporate world after having her baby. Instead, she decides to start her own business as a PI – only, you guessed it, it's not as easy as she thinks.
I'm a busy mother of three (ages 7, 3 and 2) and the question I get asked most often is how I find the time to write! For those aspiring writers - below are my top three tips.
3 Steps to getting started on your own novel:
1. Make the time to write: You have to put aside time (ideally daily) to write. Don't wait to FIND the time. That will never happen. Something will always take the time - remember Nature hates a void. So don't wait. Schedule the time to write and do it.
2. Get feedback: Take a class or join a critique group (there are tons of writer's organizations – even virtual). You can join your local chapter and create your own critique group. Getting unbiased feedback is critical to moving ahead. You have to learn how to polish your work and a class or group can help you move ahead faster.
3. Make a habit of finishing: Don't leave your draft unfinished, whether it is a short story, poem, play, novel - doesn't matter. You must finish. As creative people we are always lured to the next idea. It's fresher, funnier, better in some way but this is a temptation that must be avoided. After all, the new idea will need to be completed also and if you never get to the end of a project then you won't know how to finish. This step alone is the single most important piece of the creative process.
For more information on me or my books – you can pop over to my website at http://www.dianaorgain.com/ or listen to the first chapter of BUNDLE OF TROUBLE at http://dianaorgain.com/bundle-of-trouble-podcast/bundle-of-trouble-chapter-one/
Now it's your turn, tell me one of your favorite tips (doesn't have to be writing related) in the comments and I'll enter you for a chance to win a signed copy of my latest book FORMULA FOR MURDER. And if you're feeling lucky I'm running a contest on my webpage for a beautiful LibraKnits baby cap – you can see the details at http://dianaorgain.com/contests/
Thanks for visiting today, Diana! And good luck, everyone!
31 comments:
- Donna MacMeans said...
Whoa - Did I get the rooster? (Or is it still April Fool's Day?) Grin -
Congrats on managing a growing family and a fabo career Diana. My tip is - if you have to invest time in a job, make sure it's something you love. Life is too short to do otherwise.
Love that cover!
- April 3, 2011 at 12:23 AM
- Kim in Baltimore said...
Aloha, Kate and Diana! Your three tips hit the nail on the head - make the time, get feedback, and finish it.
But I'll add a Hawaiian proverb,
He po'e ho'opiha wa'a
Translation: Useless people slow the canoe.
Get rid of the dead weight. Focus on your goal. Don't let naysayers hold you back. Don't let anything not related to writing to distract you.
- April 3, 2011 at 12:44 AM
- Book Chatter Cath said...
Always agree with your mother-in-law.......then do what you want when she's not looking!!!!!
- April 3, 2011 at 1:20 AM
- Helen said...
Well done Donna have fun with him
The series sounds really good and you are busy 3 young children and writing and I agree if you really want to do something make time for it and think positive and it will work.
Something my Mum always taught us treat other people the way you would want to be treated
Have fun
- April 3, 2011 at 2:37 AM
- Laney4 said...
Don't forget "me time". Whether you are soaking in the tub (with a good book, of course) or out for lunch with a girlfriend, you need down time in order to better handle those busy periods in life.
- April 3, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- Gillian Layne said...
I'm a Mom of three myself, and I love the look of your books. It's a great concept! :)
Surround yourself with things that make you smile, and make time for laughter each day. I listen to Big Bang Theory dvds while getting ready for work each morning, and always leave the house with a grin.
- April 3, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- IandSsmom said...
Always tell the truth is saves a lot of time and effort in the end!! This sounds like a great book!! I can't wait to read it!!
- April 3, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Donna, you nabbed the rooster! congrats! I'm sure he can help you fill out those tax forms today. Snork!
Isn't Diana's cover great? They did a really good job with all her covers. :-)
- April 3, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Ooh, Kim, excellent advice! As far as dead weight goes, I would include any bad habits that have accumulated over the years that get in the way of focusing on what's important. Like for instance ... um ... well, I'm looking at all those stacks of "important" papers and crap piled all over my desk. Seriously, they just overwhelm me sometimes. I think I'll just toss them right out of this canoe today. :-)
- April 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
LOL Cath! Great advice on the MIL issue! Something tells me you might've had some personal experience with that recently. I love it. :-)
- April 3, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Hi Helen! I hope you had a great time at the Readers Conference. My goal is to make it to the next one. :-)
Your advice sounds very similar to the Golden Rule. Definitely words to live by, so thanks for the reminder.
- April 3, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Hey Laney, thanks for coming by the Lair today! That's a really great tip and so important, too. I mean, how can you take care of others if you forget to take care of yourself? I wish I could do that more often, but I rarely remember--and I don't even have the excuse of three kids!
- April 3, 2011 at 12:32 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Oh Gillian, your tip made me smile! I love the Big Bang Theory and the thought of starting the day listening to laughs like that is so much fun. Thanks for sharing your secret with us. :-)
- April 3, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Hi landSsmom, thanks for coming by the Lair and thanks for the great advice!
I can highly recommend Diana's books! I hope you'll get a chance to read them soon.
And that's the truth. :-)
- April 3, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- Unknown said...
Looks like a great book...can't wait to read it!
- April 3, 2011 at 12:50 PM
- Daryl Wood Gerber a.k.a. Avery Aames said...
I like Diane's comment re: writing and always finishing. That is so important. There will be times when the finished product isn't to your liking and you have to put it aside, but you can say it's finished and move on. That's actually a good motto for life. Finish things, say goodbye, and move on. [Not always as easy as it sounds, is it?]
- April 3, 2011 at 1:32 PM
- Louisa Cornell said...
Quick, Donna! Figure out a way to add the GR as a dependent! Lord knows he costs enough!
I never really thought about it, but being a mother is excellent training for being a PI !! My Mom ALWAYS knew what we were up to when we were growing up. She can still spot a quick clean of the house before her arrival faster than Charlie Sheen can come up with something completely inane to say.
And my Mom loves a good mystery series. (She LOVES your books, Kate!) We'll both be looking for your books Diana.
Hmm. Best writing advice?
"Finish the damned book!" Anna Campbell
Best life advice?
"Your rights end where the other guy's nose begins."
My Dad
- April 3, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Unknown said...
Sounds wonderful. I love a good mystery!!
- April 3, 2011 at 2:06 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Hi Avery!! How fun to see you here! And you are so right about finishing a project before moving on to the next one. I used to come up with an idea, write a few chapters, then lose interest and set it aside. I don't do that anymore, thank goodness! In the beginning it takes tons of discipline to complete a project--but there's no better feeling than writing "the end." :-)
- April 3, 2011 at 2:25 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
LOL, Louisa! Love your mom's P.I. abilities!! That's so true, my mom could do the same! Guess it's a mom thing. ;-)
And I'm so happy she enjoys my mysteries! Yay!
Love your words of advice from La Campbell and your dad. Both are brilliant!
Okay, the two best pieces of writing advice I ever got was,
(1) Write every day, and
(2) write fast!
(That second bit of advice came from Carolyn Hart via Hannah Dennison. Gotta love it!)
- April 3, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Gillian Layne said...
Louisa, my mom also loves Kate's books. It made me grin when I read that, because I was in the mood to reread If Books Could Kill...then I couldn't fine it...because my dear Mom has "borrowed" it. :) I'd better start buying in double!
My Mom would love anything that was "mom" related so I'll have to get her Diana's work.
- April 3, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- Anna Sugden said...
Hi Diana - welcome to the Lair.
Great advice! I agree wholeheartedly with all three, but no 3 especially as that's what' happening to me at the moment. I'm revising a ms for an editor and yet my next book is a tempting siren!
My favourite writing advice is to write - even if it's rubbish. Keep the momentum going - you can always fix the rubbish.
My favourite life advice - you can't fight gravity. In other words, don't worry about things over which you have no control.
Oh and - be here, now. ie don't keep looking forward to what's coming, enjoy your life today.
I think I'll add a third - no regrets.
- April 3, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Anna Sugden said...
Kim - love that proverb!
Louisa - your dad sounds like my kinda guy!
- April 3, 2011 at 3:41 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Donna, the rooster hasn't been to you for a while! He must be missing you!
Diana, what a great lot of advice. I 100% agree with you on finishing things - not finishing things was a real problem for me in my apprenticeship until I learned that the shiny new idea was going to lost its glow just like the last one did, so I may as well finish the last one! Congratulations on the books - they sound like great fun!
- April 3, 2011 at 6:24 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Hi Brandimhoenig, thanks for coming by the Lair today!
Jean, I hope you'll give Diana's books a try!
Aww, Gillian, I love your mom! And you, too, of course. :-) Thanks for sharing my books with mom!
Hi Anna!! I love all your advice. "No regrets" is a particularly tough one for me, but I know I would be happier if I lived by those words. Thanks! And lots of good luck with those revisions. ;-)
- April 3, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Kate Carlisle said...
Ms. Campbell, lovely to see you!! Lots of great advice here today, isn't there? I had the same problem you mention when I was getting started. I didn't know how to follow through on anything. I'm hoping I've gotten better through practice. I know YOU have, m'dear! :-)
- April 3, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Diana Orgain said...
Wow ladies. Thank you for such a wonderful warm welcome AND all the stellar advise. I love the Hawaiian proverb, but everything everyone has shared is great!
- April 3, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- cyn209 said...
Hi Diana!!!
congrats & good luck to you!!!
i'm new to cozy mysteries & am sooooo loving them!!!!
one tip i like to share is:
make a tight fist; hold it for a few seconds.....then slowly open your fist......that's you letting go of whatever is bothering/frustrating you...........
thank you for the giveaway!!!
- April 3, 2011 at 9:15 PM
- Louisa Cornell said...
I bought my Mom her own copies of Kate's books for just that reason! And Anna's books (she is so proud of her signed copies!) and several other authors. It keeps her from prowling around on her visits to my house in search of something to read. She never returns them! I have to go on the hunt every time I visit her!
- April 3, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Louisa Cornell said...
Thank you! I consider that a great compliment for my Dad. He said that to all three of us at one time or another after we'd gotten into a fight, at school, if memory serves, but he often reminded us to apply it to all sorts of situations in life.
I miss him every day. What I admired most about him was the love and respect he always showed my Mom.
- April 3, 2011 at 9:31 PM
- Diana Orgain said...
Louisa - Oh yes, being a mom IS excellent training for becoming a PI - like right now - it is too quite in my house - something is going on!
- April 4, 2011 at 12:06 AM


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The Wall in the Wilderness is Greg Duncan's commemoration of those who helped shape the past and present of Tasmania's central highlands.
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As a Denver native and alumnus of the University of Colorado, Pat has deep roots in the community. Her expertise extends from Cherry Creek to Cherry Hills. Pat Wall started her career in 1977 at Van Schaack & Company in Cherry Creek. In 1990, she joined her colleagues who had formed The Kentwood Company. In addition to REALTOR® Emeritus, her designations also include Graduate of REALTOR® Institute, Masters in Real Estate, Council of Residential Specialists, and, in 2017, Seller Representative Specialist. Wall has consistently placed amongst Denver's top producing agents, consistently receiving honors as a DMAR Excellence Award winner and Five-Star Professional.
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Life coming full circle, Pat Wall's mother was a real estate broker and represented Pat in the purchase her first home at the age of 20. She attributes her mother's legacy as her inspiration to pursue a real estate career.
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Kentwood Real Estate is dedicated to building on its legacy of being "Colorado's Premier Real Estate Company" through the highest producing, most knowledgeable, caring and experienced brokers in the country who offer the highest quality customer service experience. Kentwood Real Estate is an innovator known for unparalleled marketing strategies and superior Internet technology that places its clients in the best possible position. The company's brokers each averaged more than $12 million in sales volume annually, which is ranked number two nationwide by the National Association of Realtors and number one in Colorado by REAL Trends.
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Jekyll & Hyde musical to the big screen?
Jekyll and Hyde
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If things go according to plan, Dr. Jekyll will be undergoing one more transformation: to the silver screen.
EW has confirmed that the producers behind Jekyll & Hyde (the musical) are planning a big-screen adaptation, with a hopeful eye toward a 2014 release.
"I think it's long overdue, a musical version if it," said Rick Nicita, one of the show's producers, alongside Phoenix Pictures CEO Mike Medavoy.
Nicita said they reached an agreement with Jekyll & Hyde's creative team, composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricist/book-writer Leslie Bricusse, just recently.
He added that the success of this season's big musical, Les Miserables, wasn't what got the conversation going, but it hasn't hurt: "I think what it shows is there's an absolutely appetite out there for musicals, musical with a great story, with a human connection."
Jekyll & Hyde is also in the midst of a revival on stage, with a bow on Broadway — starring former American Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis — planned for the spring.
With Wildhorn and Bricusse on-board for a movie, the "very next step" is finding a director, Nicita said, followed by casting and financing. No one is tossing around any dream directing or casting choices, but the temperature around Hollywood has been encouraging: "It's been, 'But of course' as opposed to 'What's that?' or ' I don't think so.'"
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OCEAN CITY – Property assessment notices will hit mailboxes throughout Ocean City next week, and for the first time in several years, most homeowners will find their values have declined this year.
Assessments of real estate values in Ocean City were officially completed in October, but property owners will not receive the notices with their new values until next week. While it should come as no surprise to most that the assessed value of their residential and commercial properties have gone down since the last assessment three years ago, the results reveal a downward trend not seen in recent memory.
The last time Ocean City property was assessed three years ago, the average annual increase came in at around 25 percent, or 75 percent for the three-year assessment period. This time around, Ocean City property owners will see their assessed values decline by an average of around 12-15 percent, according to Robert Smith, director of the State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT) for Worcester County.
Smith pointed out around 95 percent of Ocean City property owners will see their values decline, while others see their property values stay the same and a handful, mostly new construction, will see their values increase slightly. The change is remarkable considering how almost all of the 35,000 tax accounts in the resort increased dramatically over the six years prior.
"We haven't seen a decrease like this one in a long time," he said. "We've seen some come close, but this decline is really rather remarkable."
Smith attributed the turnaround to a stagnant real estate market and a shaky at best and collapsing at worst economy. If it's true what goes up must come down, then real estate values in Ocean City have returned to where they likely should be after years of steady increases.
"It really represents a correction," he said. "We're seeing the property values stabilize after several years of spiking upward dramatically."
Smith said assessed values in Ocean City spiked dramatically in the period from around 2003 to 2007. Typically, market fluctuations are marked by cycles, and the last six years were characterized by basically two huge upward cycles.
"We've never seen a market that went up that much for that period of time," he said. "It was really two cycles. One cycle is great, two cycles is fantastic. Now, we're seeing it come back to reality. For six years, the market was very unpredictable."
Of course, sagging property values can be a double-edged sword. For residents who have no intention of moving or selling their property, the decrease can result in some relief on the taxes they pay for their homes and businesses. For those hoping to sell their properties, declining values lessen the potential return. In either case, the assessed values are directly related to the market and decreased values mirror declines overall.
Because it is in a resort area, Ocean City is typically subject to greater swings in real estate values than other, more stable areas. For example, the real estate market in the resort soared in recent years before the latest downward trend, taking assessment values with it. When the market cools, as it has now, the assessed values follow suit, a trend Smith hopes does not continue.
"Ocean City has a unique character all its own when it comes to property values," said Smith this week. "It doesn't always follow national trends or even state trends for that matter. If you think of property values as a bucket of water, then there is a small hole in the bucket that is leaking, but the bottom hasn't fallen out like it has in some places."
When property values increase, like they did for several years, the assessed values are phased in over a period of three years to soften the blow somewhat in terms of taxes. Because most resort properties saw their values decline this time around, there will be no phase-in and the values will stay constant.
"The good news is, because most saw their values go down this time around, there will be no phase-in, which is only done when they go up," he said. "When Ocean City property owners get their assessments, the value shown will be the assessed value for the next three years in most cases."
Because of the resort nature of the community, most of the 35,000 properties assessed in Ocean City this time are not owner-occupied. In fact, just 2,795 are owner-occupied, meaning 91 percent are second homes or vacation homes. Owner-occupied properties are protected from sharp increases by the Homestead Cap, but with values declining, the cap is irrelevant for most this time.
While resort property owners will see their assessed values decline this year for the first time in many years, the overall values of their property will still be more than they were before the last big real estate boom. For example, if a property assessed at $100,000 six years ago saw its value increased to say $125,000 when it was reassessed the last time, it might find its value drop back to $110,000 in the assessment notices coming out in December. While the assessed value is considerably lower than the last reassessment, it is still much higher than it was six years ago.


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'Batman Vs Superman' has been delayed by 10 months until May, 6, 2016 in order to give filmmakers time to work on the "nature of the story".
The release date for the superhero blockbuster, which will see Henry Cavill reprise his role as Superman alongside Ben Affleck as Batman, has been pushed back by 10 months to allow filmmakers time to work on the "nature of the story".
A Warner Bros. spokesman told Total Film: "We know that there is already great anticipation building for the next superhero film from Zack Snyder, and we are equally eager to see what he has in store for Superman and Batman as they share the big screen for the first time ever."
The untitled 'Man of Steel' sequel, which is being directed by Zack Snyder, was originally slated for a summer 2015 release, but the date now stands at May 6, 2016.
Meanwhile, Jason Momoa is currently in negotiations for an unspecified role, but is believed to be in line to play the villainous Doomsday, who in the 'Superman' comic books 'killed' the heroic protagonist. The devious character is rumoured to be one of the main villains in the new film.
However, the actor may also be lined up to join a superhero team with Superman, Batman and the recently cast Wonder Woman - played by Gal Gadot - and could play the Martian Manhunter, an alien trapped on Earth.
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Fayette's village administrator will move to full-time status in January, but without an increase in pay.
Village council members voted Thursday to approve the change in Amy Metz's contract to full-time status for 2010.
Her salary will remain the same, but the full-time designation allows for paid holidays, sick time and health insurance.
Village fiscal officer Lisa Zuver said the change will cost just over $7,000 and the funds are in the budget for 2010.
Council member Jerry Gonzales said Metz frequently puts in more hours than expected for part-time status.
CRUISER—Due to a decrease in repair and maintenance costs, $3,500 was transferred to the police department capital improvements fund to go toward the purchase of a new police cruiser.
EMPLOYEE—Natasia Ramos was added to the list of part-tome employees. She has worked for the village in the past as a part-time employee.
WATER USE—A representative from the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store spoke to council's Finance committee about the increase in water and sewer charges.
The minimum charge is for 1,000 gallons of water used, but the store uses only about 300 gallons every quarter. No action was taken by council.
CUTTING FUNDS—Gonzales said the proposed budget shows cuts of at least 16 percent. Council had to plan for a significant decrease in revenue, he said, and he praised department heads for working hard to find ways to trim spending.


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Netherlands coach Avital Selinger: "I think today's match was decided by our great serve. We tried to eliminate their strong attack in the middle. We know they are very athletic. Our preparation was good and we executed well for playing in the morning."
Netherlands captain Manon Flier: "I'm very satisfied with this result. I'm proud of what my team did. We put a lot of serve pressure on them. We look forward to the next match."
Cuba coach Juan Carlos Gala: "They did a good job with their serves. We couldn't attack the way we wanted to. Our athletes didn't concentrate. We were no match for them today."
Cuba captain Yusidey Frometa: "We had trouble receiving and concentrating. The starting time (11:00AM) may have been a factor. This was not the real Cuban team today."


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Complicated, but a delight to paint. More details below. Here's the command group in close-up:
The mounted troops are based in threes for speed of movement, but the foot troops are based singly, to suit skirmish games as well as massed battle.
Much like my 60th Rifles, I decided to convert an officer and a bugler from spare parts. This meant using a mounted torso for the bugler, so some careful cutting was required.
With the aid of a spare infantry man, a spare Victrix head and a drum, I was able to turn the thirteenth Dragoon into a General.
This model representing Maximilien Sébastien Foy, who served in Portugal and Spain from 1808 until the conclusion of the campaign.
A handy hint for painting the Perry cavalry. Soft drinks tops filled with a popular brand of reusable modelling clay proved ideal for pushing carefully clipped sprues in to. Onto these the figures were entirely assembled in groups of four, whilst he muskets and horses were dealt with separately.
This much simplified the process of painting the models.
Overall, it was a large undertaking to paint all these models at once, next time I would do the foot troops separately. But the models are the sort which could tempt me to do another box.
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WASHINGTON, DC — Air Force senior leaders would like airmen to help each other make better choices in their leisure activities and personal lives, says Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Lt. Gen. Arthur Lichte.
Air Force leaders hope to change the way airmen think about a whole spectrum of issues, from drinking and drug use to healthy fitness behavior, suicide prevention, sexual assault response and prevention, and safe practices at work, at home and on vacation.
Based on the Culture of Responsible Choices program, Air Force leaders have asked all airmen and members of Air Force organizations to rethink how they do business and conduct their lives to ensure their decisions lead to safe and healthy outcomes. Bases and recreation staff are encouraged to offer events such as midnight basketball, late-night movies or inter-installation video game competitions to help promote the program.


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Pythagoreanism was the system of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were considerably influenced by mathematics. Pythagoreanism originated in the 5th century BCE and greatly influenced Platonism. Later revivals of Pythagorean doctrines led to what is now called Neopythagoreanism.
Two schools
According to tradition, Pythagoreanism developed at some point into two separate schools of thought, the mathēmatikoi Μαθηματικοι ("learners") and the akousmatikoi Ακουσματικοι, ("listeners"). The mathēmatikoi were supposed to have extended and developed the more mathematical and scientific work begun by Pythagoras, while the akousmatikoi focused on the more religious and ritualistic aspects of his teachings. The akousmatikoi claimed that the mathēmatikoi were not genuinely Pythagorean, but followers of the "renegade" Pythagorean Hippasus. The mathēmatikoi, on the other hand, allowed that the akousmatikoi were Pythagorean, but felt that their own group was more representative of Pythagoras.[1]
Natural philosophy
Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical. In the area of cosmology there is less agreement about what Pythagoras himself actually taught, but most scholars believe that the Pythagorean idea of the transmigration of the soul is too central to have been added by a later follower of Pythagoras. The Pythagorean conception of substance, on the other hand, is of unknown origin, partly because various accounts of his teachings are conflicting. The Pythagorean account actually begins with Anaximander's teaching that the ultimate substance of things is "the boundless," or what Anaximander called the "apeiron." The Pythagorean account holds that it is only through the notion of the "limit" that the "boundless" takes form.
Pythagoras wrote nothing down, and relying on the writings of Parmenides, Empedocles, Philolaus and Plato (people either considered Pythagoreans, or whose works are thought deeply indebted to Pythagoreanism) results in a very diverse picture in which it is difficult to ascertain what the common unifying Pythagorean themes were. Relying on Philolaus, whom most scholars agree is highly representative of the Pythagorean school, one has a very intricate picture. Aristotle explains how the Pythagoreans (by which he meant the circle around Philolaus) developed Anaximander's ideas about the apeiron and the peiron, the unlimited and limited, by writing that:
... for they [the Pythagoreans] plainly say that when the one had been constructed, whether out of planes or of surface or of seed or of elements which they cannot express, immediately the nearest part of the unlimited began to be drawn in and limited by the limit.
Continuing with the Pythagoreans:
The Pythagoreans, too, held that void exists, and that it enters the heaven from the unlimited breath – it, so to speak, breathes in void. The void distinguishes the natures of things, since it is the thing that separates and distinguishes the successive terms in a series. This happens in the first case of numbers; for the void distinguishes their nature.
When the apeiron is inhaled by the peiron it causes separation, which also apparently means that it "separates and distinguishes the successive terms in a series." Instead of an undifferentiated whole we have a living whole of inter-connected parts separated by "void" between them. This inhalation of the apeiron is also what makes the world mathematical, not just possible to describe using maths, but truly mathematical since it shows numbers and reality to be upheld by the same principle. Both the continuum of numbers (that is yet a series of successive terms, separated by void) and the field of reality, the cosmos — both are a play of emptiness and form, apeiron and peiron. What really sets this apart from Anaximander's original ideas is that this play of apeiron and peiron must take place according to harmonia (harmony), about which Stobaeus commentated:
About nature and harmony this is the position. The being of the objects, being eternal, and nature itself admit of divine, not human, knowledge – except that it was not possible for any of the things that exist and are known by us to have come into being, without there existing the being of those things from which the universe was composed, the limited and the unlimited. And since these principles existed being neither alike nor of the same kind, it would have been impossible for them to be ordered into a universe if harmony had not supervened – in whatever manner this came into being. Things that were alike and of the same kind had no need of harmony, but those that were unlike and not of the same kind and of unequal order – it was necessary for such things to have been locked together by harmony, if they are to be held together in an ordered universe.
A musical scale presupposes an unlimited continuum of pitches, which must be limited in some way in order for a scale to arise. The crucial point is that not just any set of limiters will do. One may not simply choose pitches at random along the continuum and produce a scale that will be musically pleasing. The diatonic scale, also known as "Pythagorean," is such that the ratio of the highest to the lowest pitch is 2:1, which produces the interval of an octave. That octave is in turn divided into a fifth and a fourth, which have the ratios of 3:2 and 4:3 respectively and which, when added, make an octave. If we go up a fifth from the lowest note in the octave and then up a fourth from there, we will reach the upper note of the octave. Finally the fifth can be divided into three whole tones, each corresponding to the ratio of 9:8 and a remainder with a ratio of 256:243 and the fourth into two whole tones with the same remainder. This is a good example of a concrete applied use of Philolaus' reasoning. In Philolaus' terms the fitting together of limiters and unlimiteds involves their combination in accordance with ratios of numbers (harmony). Similarly the cosmos and the individual things in the cosmos do not arise by a chance combination of limiters and unlimiteds; the limiters and unlimiteds must be fitted together in a "pleasing" (harmonic) way in accordance with number for an order to arise.
This teaching was recorded by Philolaus' pupil Archytas in a lost work entitled On Harmonics or On Mathematics, and this is the influence that can be traced in Plato. Plato's pupil Aristotle made a distinction in his Metaphysics between Pythagoreans and "so-called" Pythagoreans. He also recorded the Table of Opposites, and commented that it might be due to Alcmaeon of the medical school at Croton, who defined health as a harmony of the elements in the body.
After attacks on the Pythagorean meeting-places at Croton, the movement dispersed, but regrouped in Tarentum, also in Southern Italy. A collection of Pythagorean writings on ethics collected by Taylor show a creative response to the troubles.
The legacy of Pythagoras, Socrates and Plato was claimed by the wisdom tradition of the Hellenized Jews of Alexandria, on the ground that their teachings derived from those of Moses. Through Philo of Alexandria this tradition passed into the Medieval culture, with the idea that groups of things of the same number are related or in sympathy. This idea evidently influenced Hegel in his concept of internal relations.
The ancient Pythagorean pentagram was drawn with two points up and represented the doctrine of Pentemychos. Pentemychos means "five recesses" or "five chambers," also known as the pentagonas — the five-angle, and was the title of a work written by Pythagoras' teacher and friend Pherecydes of Syros.[2]
CosmologyFor more details on this topic, see Iamblichus of Chalcis.
The Pythagoreans are known for their theory of the transmigration of souls, and also for their theory that numbers constitute the true nature of things. They performed purification rites and followed and developed various rules of living which they believed would enable their souls to achieve a higher rank among the gods. Much of their mysticism concerning the soul seems inseparable from the Orphic tradition. The Orphics included various purifactory rites and practices as well as incubatory rites of descent into the underworld. Apart from being linked with this, Pythagoras is also closely linked with Pherecydes of Syros, the man ancient commentators tend to credit as the first Greek to teach a transmigration of souls. Ancient commentators agree that Pherecydes was Pythagoras's most "intimate" teacher. Pherecydes expounded his teaching on the soul in terms of a pentemychos ("five-nooks," or "five hidden cavities") — the most likely origin of the Pythagorean use of the pentagram, used by them as a symbol of recognition among members and as a symbol of inner health (eugieia Eudaimonia).
"Wheel of Birth" and scientific contemplation
The Pythagoreans believed that a release from the "wheel of birth" was possible. They followed the Orphic traditions and practices to purify the soul but at the same time they suggested a deeper idea of what such a purification might be. Aristoxenus said that music was used to purify the soul just like medicine was used to purge the body. But in addition to this, Pythagoreans distinguished three kinds of lives: Theoretic, Practical and Apolautic. Pythagoras is said to have used the example of Olympic games to distinguish between these three kind of lives. Pythagoras suggests that the lowest class of people who come to the games are the people who come to buy or sell. The next higher class comprises people who come to participate in the games. And the highest class contains people who simply come to look on. Thus Pythagoras suggests that the highest purification of a life is in pure contemplation. It is the philosopher who contemplates about science and mathematics who is released from the "cycle of birth." The pure mathematician's life is, according to Pythagoras, the life at the highest plane of existence.[3][4]
Thus the root of mathematics and scientific pursuits in Pythagoreanism is also based on a spiritual desire to free oneself from the cycle of birth and death. It is this contemplation about the world that forms the greatest virtue in Pythagorean philosophy.
The Pythagoreans were well-known in antiquity for their vegetarianism, which they practised for religious, ethical and ascetic reasons, in particular the idea of metempsychosis – the transmigration of souls into the bodies of other animals.[5] "Pythagorean diet" was a common name for the abstention from eating meat and fish, until the coining of "vegetarian" in the nineteenth century.[6]
The Pythagorean code further restricted the diet of its followers, prohibiting the consumption or even touching of any sort of bean. It is probable that this is due to their belief in the soul, and the fact that beans obviously showed the potential for life. Some, for example Cicero,[7] say perhaps the flatulence beans cause, perhaps as protection from potential favism, perhaps because they resemble the genitalia,[8] but most likely for magico-religious reasons,[9] such as the belief that beans and human beings were created from the same material.[10] Most stories of Pythagoras' murder revolve around his aversion to beans. According to legend, enemies of the Pythagoreans set fire to Pythagoras' house, sending the elderly man running toward a bean field, where he halted, declaring that he would rather die than enter the field – whereupon his pursuers slit his throat.[11]
Views on women
Women were given equal opportunity to study as Pythagoreans, and learned practical domestic skills in addition to philosophy.[12] Women were held to be different from men, but sometimes in good ways.[12] The priestess, philosopher and mathematician Themistoclea is regarded as Pythagoras' teacher; Theano, Damo and Melissa as female disciples. Pythagoras is also said to have preached that men and women ought not to have sex during the summer, holding that winter was the appropriate time.[13]
NeopythagoreanismMain article: Neopythagoreanism
Neopythagoreanism was a revival in the 2nd century BC—2nd century AD period of various ideas traditionally associated with the followers of Pythagoras, the Pythagoreans. Notable Neopythagoreans include Nigidius Figulus, Apollonius of Tyana and Moderatus of Gades. Middle and Neo-Platonists such as Numenius and Plotinus also showed some Neopythagorean influence.
They emphasized the distinction between the soul and the body. God must be worshipped spiritually by prayer and the will to be good. The soul must be freed from its material surroundings by an ascetic habit of life. Bodily pleasures and all sensuous impulses must be abandoned as detrimental to the spiritual purity of the soul. God is the principle of good; Matter the groundwork of Evil. The non-material universe was regarded as the sphere of mind or spirit.[14]
In 1915, a subterranean basilica where 1st century Neo-Pythagoreans held their meetings was discovered near Porta Maggiore on Via Praenestina, Rome. The groundplan shows a basilica with three naves and an apse similar to early Christian basilicas that did not appear until much later, in the 4th century. The vaults are decorated with white stuccoes symbolizing Neopythagorean beliefs but its exact meaning remains a subject of debate.[15]
- The Pythagorean idea that whole numbers and harmonic (euphonic) sounds are intimately connected in music, must have been well known to lute-player and maker Vincenzo Galilei, father of Galileo Galilei. While possibly following Pythagorean modes of thinking, Vincenzo is known to have discovered a new mathematical relationship between string tension and pitch, thus suggesting a generalization of the idea that music and musical instruments can be mathematically quantified and described. This may have paved the way to his son's crucial insight that all physical phenomena may be described quantitatively in mathematical language (as physical "laws"), thus beginning and defining the era of modern physics.[citation needed]
- Pythagoreanism has had a clear and obvious influence on the texts found in the hermetica corpus and thus flows over into hermeticism, gnosticism and alchemy.
- The Pythagorean cosmology also inspired the Arab gnostic Monoimus to combine this system with monism and other things to form his own cosmology.
- The pentagram (five-pointed star) was an important religious symbol used by the Pythagoreans, which is often seen as being related to the elements theorized by Empedocles to comprise all matter.
- The Pythagorean school doubtless had a monumental impact on the development of numerology and number mysticism, an influence that still resonates today. For example, it is from the Pythagoreans that the number 3 acquires its modern reputation as the noblest of all digits.[16]
- The Pythagoreans were advised to "speak the truth in all situations," which Pythagoras said he learned from the Magi of Babylon.[citation needed]
- The Pythagorean theory of harmonic ratios is basis of studies on music theory in Islamic world, for example the al-Farabi's Kitab al-Musiqa al-kabir.
See also
- Esoteric cosmology
- Incommensurable magnitudes
- Mathematical Beauty
- Numerology
- Pythagorean tuning
- Sacred geometry
- Unit-point atomism
Pythagorean symbols
- ^ On the two schools and these differences, see Charles Kahn, p. 15, Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, Hackett 2001.
- ^ This is actually a lost book whose contents are preserved in Damascius, de principiis, quoted in Kirk and Raven, The Pre-Socratic Philosophers, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1956, page 55.
- ^ Burnet J. (1892) Early Greek Philosophy A. & C. Black, London, OCLC 4365382, and subsequent editions, 2003 edition published by Kessinger, Whitefish, Montana, ISBN 0-7661-2826-1
- ^ Russell, Bertrand, History of Western Philosophy
- ^ "Vegetarianism". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink. OUP. 2004. http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/0195154371/samples/vegetarianism.pdf [dead link]
- ^ See for instance the popular treatise by Antonio Cocchi, Del vitto pitagorico per uso della medicina, Firenze 1743, which initiated a debate on the "Pythagorean diet".
- ^ Cicero, On Divination, I xxx 62, quoted in
- ^ Seife, Charles. Zero p 26
- ^ Gabrielle Hatfield, review of Frederick J. Simoons, Plants of Life, Plants of Death, University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. ISBN 0-299-15904-3. In Folklore 111:317-318 (2000).
- ^ Riedweg, Christoph, Pythagoras: his life, teaching, and influence. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, pp. 39, 70. (2005), ISBN 0-8014-4240-0
- ^ Seife, p 38
- ^ a b Glenn, Cheryl, Rhetoric Retold: Regendering the Tradition from Antiquity Through the Renaissance. Southern Illinois University, 1997. 30–31.
- ^ Seife, Charles. Zero p. 27
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Neopythagoreanism". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Neopythagoreanism.
- ^ Ball Platner, Samuel. "Basilicae". penelope.uchicago.edu. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/basilicae.html.
- ^ Cohen, Mark, Readings In Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales To Aristotle. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 2005. 15–20.
Further reading
- O'Meara, Dominic J. Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1989. ISBN 0-19-823913-0
- Riedweg, Christoph Pythagoras : his life, teaching, and influence ; translated by Steven Rendall in collaboration with Christoph Riedweg and Andreas Schatzmann, Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (2005), ISBN 0-8014-4240-0
External links
- Pythagoreanism Web Article
- Pythagoreanism Discussion Group
- Pythagoreanism Web Site
- Pythagoreanism Web Site
- Pythagoreanism entry by Carl Huffman in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Greek schools of philosophy Pre-Socratic philosophy
Ionian School (Milesian school · Ephesian school) · Pythagoreanism · Eleatics · Pluralism · Atomism · Sophism
Socratic philosophy
Platonism (Plato) · Peripateticism (Aristotle) · Cynicism · Cyrenaics · Megarian school · Eretrian school
Hellenistic philosophyCategories:
- Esoteric schools of thought
- Mysticism
- Pythagorean philosophy
- Philosophical movements
- Secret societies
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Pythagoreanism — /pi thag euh ree euh niz euhm/, n. the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, esp. the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios. [1720 30; PYTHAGOREAN + ISM] * * * Philosophical school,… … Universalium
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The university has a strong financial aid program to help the student meet the costs of a Judson education. Funds are awarded in the form of grants, scholarships, loans, and earnings from work study employment. To apply for financial aid, the student must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Through this form, they are applying for federal, state, and university aid. For more detailed information concerning the university's financial aid program, contact the Financial Aid Office (847-628-2530) for a brochure.
Judson's scholarship and grant funds are maintained by organizations and individuals interested in helping students attain a university education. Grants vary in amount and are based on need as computed by the federal formula. Scholarships are based on merit and awarded for academic achievement, leadership, talent in the arts, or athletic ability. A student must be full time to be eligible for Judson funded scholarships and grants.
Students enrolled at Judson are eligible to apply for grants, loans, and work study funded by the federal government. To be eligible, the student must submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), demonstrate need, be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen, be in compliance with selective service regulations, not be in default on a student loan nor owe a refund on a federal or state grant, carry at least six hours per semester and be making academic progress toward a degree. Refund of excess financial aid: credit on account can be refunded to the student a minimum of 15 days after the semester start date, provided financial aid is posted on account to effect a credit after charges are paid in full.
Students who are eligible for Veterans Administration benefits should apply at their VA offices. The Judson VA Certifying Official, Jennifer Dittmann, certifies enrollment and reports any significant change in the student's status. Probationary status jeopardizes the continuance of such benefits. Questions may be directed to Ms. Dittmann at firstname.lastname@example.com
Illinois Student Assistance Commission grants are awarded to eligible Illinois residents. Application for these grants is made through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and must be submitted prior to ISAC's suspension date. Requirements are the same as those for federal funds. The Department of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) provides assistance for students with special needs. Application must be made to the DORS office.
Financial aid may be retained as long as the student is meeting the academic standards for continuing at Judson, is making satisfactory progress toward a degree, and maintains eligibility for any specific award. Financial aid is subject to change based on a change in need as determined by the federal formula. Students who return after dismissal will be denied all aid-federal, state, and university until they have earned a grade point average, based on at least 12 hours, of 2.00 or higher, at any accredited university. Full-time students are expected to finish their degree requirements in eight semesters; however, a maximum of 10 semesters of institutional financial aid eligibility is allowed to cover special circumstances. Details of this policy are available in the Financial Aid Office.
Students must carry at least six hours per semester to be eligible for any financial aid. Students must be full time (12 credit hours) for Judson aid.
Financial aid which has been awarded to students who withdraw or are dismissed will be returned to the proper funds per a refund schedule which is consistent with current government regulations. This schedule is on file in the Financial Aid Office.
Annual financial reports of the university are available for review, on request, in the Business Affairs Office.
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Bear spotted in Orange County, falls from tree
FWC tranquilizes, removes bear from tree
ORLANDO, Fla. – A bear has been safely removed from a tree in Orange County on Friday afternoon, marking the third bear found near downtown Orlando in the past few weeks.
Local 6 news helicopter Sky 6 flew over scene where the bear was spotted in a tree on Long Street near Orange Blossom Trail and the State Road 408 Expressway.
Local 6 spoke to one of the men who first spotted the bear.
"Oh man that was a really big surprise to see the bear in the city," the man said.
Part of the road on Long Street was blocked off as Florida Fish and Wildlife authorities shot the bear with a tranquilizer gun and held out a tarp to catch the bear as it fell out of the tree.
FWC said it believes the bear is the same one reported near Magnolia Avenue and Marks Street Friday morning. FWC plans to take it to the Ocala National Forest.
FWC says most of the bears found in metropolitan places are young, disoriented bears trying to find a new home after being pushed out by more dominant males ahead of breeding season. In the past few weeks, FWC has had to relocate at least three from the downtown area.
FWC believes the bear came from the Wekiva Springs area. FWC officials said they plan to hold the bear overnight so he will be alert and ready to go on Saturday, as it could take hours for him to fully wake up.
Watch Local 6 for more information.
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Bossypants by Tina Fey was released on Tuesday, April 5th, and I started and finished it on that very day. Enough said.
Granted, I'm a big fan of Tina Fey and her critically-acclaimed show 30 Rock, and I've been anxiously awaiting this book. It's part memoir, part humorous essay collection, and part how-to guide on being a woman in show business. And it's hilarious. She talks about everything from the more unpleasant jobs she had over the years to finding acceptance in a summer theater group to what it was like to meet Sarah Palin after publicly (and frequently) making fun of her on Saturday Night Live. There are one-liners and hilarious anecdote in such abundance that you'll be embarrassed to read the book in public because you'll be laughing so much. She also talks about some serious things, like being slashed in the face by a stranger when she was five years old (the source of the trademark scar on her cheek) and how hard it is to balance being a mother and a very busy woman in the workforce, but she still manages to keep it lighthearted. What I really enjoyed about the book was how clearly her comedic voice came through. This isn't one of those books "written" by a celebrity (aka written by a ghostwriter with the celebrity's name thrown into the byline); Fey's sharp wit comes through in every sentence so that you can practically hear her reading it as though she were reciting lines she wrote on 30 Rock.
I tried really hard to pick out a favorite excerpt to share here, just to give you a taste of what the book is like. But every time I tried I just kept typing and typing and pretty soon it was going to border on copyright infringement. So I'll just tell you that Bossypants is hilarious and if you like humorous memoirs or are a fan of 30 Rock, then you should check it out.


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Accordance for iOS: Was it Worth the Wait?
Accordance for iOS became available through the app store last Thursday, and by now thousands of you have downloaded it and played with it. Reaction has been overwhelmingly positive, especially from previous Accordance users who can now take their Accordance libraries with them. A few people, however, have expressed disappointment that it's not yet everything they hoped it would be. Because we do our best to release software "when it's ready," and because we took what appeared to be a long time to release the app, I think some people expected the initial release of Accordance to be the Bible app to end all Bible apps.
The reality is, of course, that Accordance for iOS is a 1.0 release which has lots of potential, some features found nowhere else, and some areas where we have plenty of catching up to do. We need to add syncing with your desktop Accordance, offer more control over how content is displayed, give you better ways to multi-task, and, of course, we want you to be able to amplify from one resource to another as easily as you can in the desktop application. The good news is that much of the groundwork for those improvements has already been laid and we're working hard to deliver them as soon as we can. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy being able to take Accordance with you wherever you go.
In upcoming posts, I'll be showing you in detail some of what you can do with this initial release of Accordance for iOS.
Archived Comments
Michael Romans
Alan Houtzer
Was it worth the wait? This seems like a silly question for a free app. I paid nothing and received the ability to read many versions of the bible (the versions that I had previously paid for) on my iPad, display them side-by-side and with commentaries. That's pretty good! It probably does more stuff that I haven't realized yet, but so far that much has already been used in the pulpit last Sunday. I do miss my user notes from my Mac, but you said that you would be working in sync with the Mac, so I can wait.
Michael Romans
Bugs, they love me, this I know, for they stick to my phone so… :) I ran into problems immediately, had to reinstall app twice, but the developers found those bugs and hopefully in the next release they'll be fixed. Application is free, fast, and I think it was well worth the waiting. Just have to wait few more weeks for these initial bugs to be eliminated. Future looks very promising!
Samuel Clough
I'm pleased with it, mostly because I know that new features will come quickly and right now it is fast and capable. Sync with desktop would be a great improvement.
I also really appreciate the fact that it was free. To me that is excellent customer service. Too many companies seem to "nickel and dime" their customers to death by charging for iOS versions of software you've already invested in.
Robert Silber
I couldn't agree with Alan more! I paid nothing and got so much more!
I have done alpha and beta testing for other business-centric apps and know what goes into development. For a 1.0 app, this one is well-developed. I can only imagine what's in store for the next release. While my heavy work is on my MacBook Pro, I have waited for this and am not disappointed.
Accordance continues to deliver the Word!
Fr. Rusty Matheny
Thank you all!
Very Pleased and have mentioned it on Facebook and several e-mails, showed it to others and will continue to do so at every opportunity.
The speed of the app in all categories is just incredible on both the Ipad and my old Iphone 3g.
Thanks again.
Grace and Peace.
Dustin B.
Best Bible app for iOS I've ever used. Thank you.
i know that a bunch of apps are different from ipad to iphone/ipod is this true of the accordance app?
i've been holding out in buying an ipad waiting for this app, yet i think i was disappointed in that graphics are not integrated into the text (think IVP Atlas, and others) and i'm wondering if this is different on the ipad...
Rick Bennett
@Kevin: Our app is universal for all devices running iOS 4.2 or higher. Future plans include iPad specific UI enhancements. We are also in the process of updating older modules with images so that they are compatible on iOS.
In the meantime maybe it's time to 'upgrade' that IVP Atlas for one of the new Carta releases. ;-)
Kevin Swan
Frankly, I expected much more. With all the "we're waiting so we can get it just right" talk on your site, I was expecting something much more functional and polished.
I've been using Mantis for nearly 2 years because it was the only thing available that supported commentaries, etc. Since then, Olive Tree's reader has come out (and a handfull of others).
Bluntly, taking notes in your software is painful. What good is it to be able to split the pane and have your notes sitting there--waiting to be edited--if you can't just tap in there and leave a note (or edit one). No. To make a simple note on a verse, you have to:
• click and hold on the verse number
• determine if this is a new note, or you're editing a note
• select your note file
• wince as the note screen comes up and takes up the whole page, obscuring the text you're wanting to comment on (those split screens are useless to us?)
• then type your note
In Mantis, you:
• Click the note icon next to the verse
• Write your note (IN LINE WITH THE TEXT)
In Olive Tree, you:
• Click the verse number
• Click "add note"
• Leave your note in a floating box near the text
This is only one example of the many, many UI and workflow failures in this app.
Got a bible verse in your notes? Can't click it to take you to the verse.
Want to make the text look less hideous and add a little padding to the reading? (something all readers should offer--or at least not default to slamming it up against the edge of the device) Can't do it.
Don't even get me started on the crashes.
Then there was the "Easy Install," which had to be the most ironically named button on my iPad. Even if it didn't crash every time I tried to sync with my purchased items, the fact that you have to sit there and stare at a screen for hours (because it can't download in the background) is failure enough. Not even a progress bar? Not an 'estimated time remaining?' Nothing to let us know that the application is still working. Just a big "cancel" button staring at you until the app crashes.
The UI is entirely unpolished. You guys are 2 years behind everyone else, you couldn't find someone to help you in this department? Olive Tree looks much more refined, is easier to read, more intuitive, and has more options. I just don't want to repurchase my hundreds of dollars of materials again, so I feel trapped.
Really disappointed in the effort. I could go on, but I only have 90 characters remaining. :(
David Lang
Kevin, I'm sorry our initial release did not live up to your expectations, and of course, I'm sorry for the crashes you experienced during the installation process. The app is indeed still a work in progress, and hopefully future versions will alleviate your frustration.


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Discrimination is treating, or proposing to treat, someone unfavourably because of a personal characteristic protected by the law. This includes bullying someone because of a protected characteristic.
The Equal Opportunity Act 2010 – Victoria's anti discrimination law – protects people from discrimination and harassment in areas of public life such as workplaces, schools, clubs, shops or places that provide services.
Types of discrimination
You can be discriminated against directly or indirectly. In Victoria it is against the law for someone to discriminate against you because of a personal characteristic that you have, or someone assumes that you have. These personal characteristics are things like age, race, disability, physical features and political beliefs.
Find out more about the different types of discrimination.
It is also against the law to sexually harass or victimise someone, or to vilify someone because of their race or religion.
Direct discrimination
Direct discrimination happens when someone is treated unfavourably because of a personal characteristic protected by the law. Direct discrimination often happens because people make unfair assumptions about what people with certain personal characteristics can and cannot do.
For example, George applies for a position with a construction company but doesn't get the job. When he calls the company's human resources manager to ask why he wasn't chosen, she tells George: "We've employed people from your country before. You lot don't share our work ethic."
Indirect discrimination
Indirect discrimination occurs when an unreasonable requirement, condition or practice is imposed that disadvantages a person or group because of a personal characteristic.
Discriminatory behaviours and actions that affect a person or group with certain personal characteristics can become entrenched in an organisation or community. These behaviours often become part of organisation's culture and are reinforced by policies or procedures. If an organisation has a lot of complaints about the same or similar issues, it might be because of entrenched discrimination, also known as systemic discrimination.
For example, a factory makes all employees start at 6am. This might seem to treat everyone equally, but it could disadvantage employees needing to care for children, who are usually women. If it is not a reasonable requirement, this will be indirect discrimination.
Victimisation is subjecting, or threatening to subject, someone to something detrimental because they have asserted their rights under equal opportunity law, made a complaint, helped someone else to make a complaint, or refused to do something because it would be discrimination, sexual harassment or victimisation.
For example, Donna's boss fires her after she complains that a colleague is sexually harassing her.
Where can discrimination occur?
Discrimination is against the law when it occurs in an area of public life such as clubs, schools and shops, or in the workplace.
Find out more about public places of discrimination.
Make a complaint to the Commission
If you think you have been discriminated against, sexually harassed, victimised or vilified, contact us and talk about your concerns. Our dispute resolution service is free and confidential. We can send you information about the complaint process and if we can't help you we will try to refer you to someone who can.
To make a complaint:
- contact us by phone, in person or email. We also have a free interpreter service
- submit your complaint online or download our complaint form (DOC, 230KB).
Find out more about making a complaint.


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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Mobile Proxies: A New Era Dawns
This week, Chrome For Android M26 was announced. It has the literally-awesome ability to record video via `getUserMedia()`, but enough about making Skype irrelevant. What's even more interesting is the new data compression feature. Which, to be clear, is experimental, has to be switched on, doesn't apply to secure (SSL) sites, and it's only running Read the rest…
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House Speaker John Boehner suggested Friday that Mitt Romney's difficulties in Ohio might be attributable, ironically, to the success of the state's Republican governor.
Boehner, the Republican from southwestern Ohio, praised the work Gov. John Kasich, who has presided over a decreasing unemployment rate in the Buckeye State (though that's partly attributable to a shrinking labor force).
Recommended: Obama's battleground advantage grows
But the speaker suggested, too, that Obama might be benefitting in the key swing state of Ohio from perceptions that the economy has improved.
"One of the things that probably works against Romney in Ohio is that Governor Kasich has done such a good job of fixing government regulations in the state, attracting new businesses in the state so our unemployment in Ohio is lower than the national average," Boehner said in response to a question from NBC News at his press conference on Capitol Hill.
"As a matter of fact, I think it's a full point lower so as a result people are still concerned about the economy and jobs in Ohio but it certainly isn't like what you see in some other places," the speaker added.
Obama led Romney, 50 to 43 percent, among likely voters in Ohio in last week's NBC News-Marist-Wall Street Journal poll.


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Risks and Risk Management Strategies
Government Policy and Risk Management
Federal Crop Insurance
Farm Commodity Programs and Risk Management
Risks and Risk Management StrategiesManaging Risk in Farming: Concepts, Research, and Analysis
Comprehensive assessment of risk in agriculture, risk management strategies available to farmers, and the effectiveness of various risk management strategies (March 1999).
Managing Farm Risk: Issues and Strategies
A compilation of articles from Agricultural Outlook magazine covers topics such as farmers' views of risk, the effectiveness of various risk management strategies, commodity price variability, and tax-deferred savings accounts for farmers (February 2000).
"Agricultural Contracting: Trading Autonomy for Risk Reduction"
The share of production under contract grew from 11 percent in 1969 to 39 percent in 2003. For farm operators, contracts provide benefits from reduced risks, but also result in loss of managerial control and reduced autonomy (Amber Waves, February 2006). For the full report, see:
A growing share of U.S. farm production is produced and sold under agricultural contracts. Contracts are far more likely to be used on large farms than on small ones. Marketing and production contracts covered 41 percent of the value of U.S. agricultural production in 2005, up from 39 percent in 2003 and 36 percent in 2001 (April 2008).
Agricultural Boom and Bust: Will History Repeat in the 1990s?
Farm incomes, prices, exports, land values, and interest rates show both similarities and differences from earlier periods of downturn in the farm economy (April 1999).
Risk Management Tools in Europe: Agricultural Insurance, Futures, and Options
A variety of agricultural insurance products with different levels of government support are available to farmers in Europe, reflecting the variety of crops grown and growing conditions in various countries. Changes in economic and agricultural policies in Europe over the past 10 to 15 years appear to have created conditions conductive to the development of futures and options markets (February 2004, see link below).
Determinants of Endogenous Price Risk in Corn and Wheat Futures Markets
Stocks-to-use ratios, futures market activity, and other factors affect price variability for corn and wheat futures contracts (August 2000).
Forward Contracting of Inputs: A Farm-Level Analysis
Use of output marketing and production contracts, managerial ability, regional location, farm size, and specialization in cash grain production are all correlated with greater forward contracting of inputs among farmers (November 1999).Characteristics and Risk Management Needs of Limited-Resource and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers
This group of farmers tends to specialize more in livestock production, which is not covered by federally subsidized insurance and is eligible for few other government supports (April 1997).
Government Policy and Programs for Risk Management
"Distributional and Risk Reduction Effects of Commodity Revenue Program Design," Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 30, No. 3, Fall 2008, pp. 543-53.Whole-Farm Approaches to a Safety Net
"Whole-farm revenue" programs have been proposed as a new form of income stabilization that would be available to all U.S. farms. This report looks at the risk management potential for such programs, which are not linked to production of particular commodities, and the obstacles to implementing such an approach (June 2006).
"Why Hasn't Crop Insurance Eliminated Disaster Assistance?"
Since the early 1980s, the U.S. Government has promoted crop insurance as a replacement for disaster payments as the primary form of risk management aid for farmers. Despite increased participation in crop insurance, ad hoc disaster assistance packages have continued to be enacted. This article discusses the government costs of crop insurance and how participation varies by type of farm and region (Amber Waves, June 2005).A Safety Net for Farm Households
This report, comparing the benefits of four different farm assistance programs, finds that distribution of benefits varies widely across programs (October 2000).
The Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (May 2000). Text of the legislation.Risk, Government Programs, and the Environment
Private and public tools used to manage financial risk in agriculture may influence farmers' production decisions. These decisions, in turn, can influence environmental quality. This technical bulletin summarizes research and provides some perspective on private and public attempts to cope with financial risks and their environmental consequences (March 2004).The Value of Plant Disease Early-Warning Systems: A Case Study of USDA's Soybean Rust Coordinated Framework
This report examines USDA's system to provide real-time, county-level forecasts of soybean rust in the United States. The information provided by Federal, State, industry, and academic partners is estimated to have increased U.S. soybean producers' profits by between $11 million and $299 million in 2005, or between 16 cents and $4.12 per acre depending on assumptions, especially those concerning the accuracy of rust infection forecasts (April 2006).
Federal Crop Insurance
"Managing Risk With Revenue Insurance"
Crop revenue insurance offers farmers a way to manage revenue variability that results from yield and price risks. Commodity-level revenue insurance, particularly for corn, soybeans, and wheat, has become a major part of the subsidized Federal crop insurance program. Whole-farm revenue insurance, based on combined revenue from all commodities produced on a farm, is a more broad-based approach, but is difficult to administer (Amber Waves, May 2007).
Production and Price Impacts of U.S. Crop Insurance Programs
Subsidized crop insurance results in relatively small increases in crop plantings, with the increase concentrated in the Plains states. Although planted acreage rises for all insured crops, wheat and upland cotton account for three-fourths of the expansion (December 2001).
An Empirical Analysis of Acreage Effects of Participation in the Federal Crop Insurance Program
This analysis focuses on corn and soybean production in the Corn Belt and wheat and barley production in the Upper Great Plains. The results confirm that increased participation in insurance programs provokes statistically significant acreage responses in some cases, though the response is very modest in every case (November 2004).Asymmetric Information in the Market for Yield and Revenue Insurance
Differences in yield and revenue risk help explain farmers' choice of insurance product or coverage level (April 2001).
U.S. Crop Insurance: Premiums, Subsidies and Participation
How have producers responded to increased premium subsidies, a prominent feature of the U.S. crop insurance program since the early 1980s, and expansion of insurance coverage choices? Premium discounts were added to existing premium subsidies in 1999 and again in 2000, and the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 revised subsidy rates and increased government funding of premium subsidies for 2001-05 (December 2001).
Economic Analysis of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement
The paper outlines provisions of the SRA and analyzes how the SRA affects returns from underwriting crop insurance (Fall 2004).
Private Crop Insurers and the Reinsurance Fund Allocation Decision
This research investigates the strategic behavior of private crop insurance firms reinsured by USDA through the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA). A simulation model of the SRA is used to compare the post-SRA returns of actual firm allocations to two alternative allocation strategies based on aggregate models and a policy-level econometric forecasting model (August 2007).
Farm Commodity Programs and Risk Management
"New Market Realities Affect Crop Program Choices"
Higher crop prices mean increased amounts of insurance under the Federal crop insurance program but reduced likelihood of commodity program payments based on fixed target prices. The new Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program offers revenue protection based on recent market prices, but participating farmers must forgo some benefits of traditional commodity programs (Amber Waves, November 2008).Forecasting the Counter-Cyclical Payment Rate for U.S. Corn: An Application of the Futures Price Forecasting Model
This report provides background information on the model for corn, its data requirements, the forecast procedure, and forecast results for crop years 2003/04 and 2004/05 (January 2005). The Excel spreadsheet models for corn, soybeans, and wheat are available at Season-Average Price Forecasts.Valuing Counter-Cyclical Payments: Implications for Producer Risk Management and Program Administration
This study illustrates an improved method for estimating counter-cyclical payment rates by accounting for the variability in market price forecast errors. Forecasters and producers can use the model to calculate the probability of having to repay advanced counter-cyclical payments (February 2007).
Federal Agencies
USDA Risk Management Agency. Extensive information on crop and revenue insurance programs, and educational materials on risk management.
USDA Farm Service Agency. Information on emergency assistance and loan deficiency payment programs for farmers.
USDA, National Agricultural Library, National Agricultural Library Digital Collections (NALDC). Online browsing of historical ERS Agricultural Economic Reports and Agriculture Information Bulletins.
Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin. Reports on current growing conditions and crop progress from USDA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Information on futures markets and their regulation; educational materials and links to commodity exchange websites.
University Sources
Ag Risk Education Library. Online source of educational and research materials related to risk management from the University of Minnesota Extension Service.
Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Center. Risk management education information and contacts for States in the Northeast region.
North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center. Risk management educational materials and university contacts for States in the North Central region.
Pacific Northwest Risk Management Education Project. Risk management educational materials and university contacts for States in the Pacific Northwest region.
Southeast Risk Management Education. Risk management educational materials and university contacts for States in the Southeast region.
Western Risk Management Library. Risk management educational materials and university contacts for States in the Western region.
Farmdoc. Risk management information provided through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ag Manager, Crops: Insurance and Risk. Educational materials from the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University.
Crop Marketing and Risk Management. Risk management information provided through North Dakota State University Extension Service.
Financial and Risk Management Assistance. Educational materials from the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University.
Risk Management Programs in Wisconsin. Risk management information provided through the University of Wisconsin Extension Service.
Iowa State University Extension Service. Links to bulletins on marketing and management topics, including crop insurance.