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ckauza necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 39 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
http://www.AskABusinessGuy.com & Fett Marketing
***This contest will be guaranteed AND I will provide feedback daily***
You can find out about me from my professional profiles here:
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriskauza
AskABusinessGuy.com: http://askabusinessguy.com/?page_id=2
Ubuntu Now! (my non-profit): http://www.ubuntunow.org/our_team.php
...but that's just my "professional" stuff!
I am passionate about what I do, and am looking for its graphical representation. I'm an experienced business professional, very approachable; I take what I do seriously (but I don't take myself too seriously). I like make the business process fun!
(this is starting to sound like an online dating profile! :P)
Seriously though, my Mission in Life is to help people move forward in THEIR lives. Some people reach others through art, healing work, teaching, etc. I connect and reach people through business - helping them define / build / grow / manage their business. Almost any kind of business, it really doesn't matter. I have been working with business owners & entrepreneurs for over 20 years (since the late 80s) and I love it!
We typically focus on private companies with revenue under $10 Million/year USD, and we target a global, English-speaking audience.
Audience includes both people who are currently operating a business, and those who want to own a business but don't have one yet (it's something they aspire to). In many cases, a CEO / COO / CFO will be making the purchase decision.
We publish a blog right now, and will be launching new products and services in the coming weeks / months including:
- information products revealing proven Marketing ideas "from the trenches"; things other businesses owners have done and have worked
- in-person workshops in the U.S. showing owners how to apply an integrated online / offline Marketing program
- teaching / facilitating joint venture opportunities for companies
- ...and more
While we will primarily be doing business through the website, we will be approaching offline businesses and conducting offline transactions as well. It should not be biased towards any one culture. It should be inviting and professional, reflecting confidence, credibility and approachability. We enjoy engage with our customers and our readers!
I'm looking for 2 unique logos:
- #1 is for http://www.AskABusinessGuy.com, the overall site, which is the main part of the business.
#2 - Fett Marketing, which will be used to sell Marketing products and services to customers; may or may not be part of #1
AskABusinessGuy.com is me, but will include others as the brand evolves; could be animated version of me or a person, but definitely NOT tied to that. I'm open on colors, but like blues, greens, etc. check out http://www.AskABusinessGuy.com to see current word press theme, but you don't have to tie it to this.
Fett Marketing is a Star Wars-inspired name (Boba Fett). Cannot use any Star Wars copyrighted / trademarked elements.
- logos should use a file format that reproduces clearly and cleanly, on the web & in print (bus. cards, brochures, presentations, website etc.)
- open on fonts; tend to use Arial, but not tied to that either
- art should be in a vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator; want to be able to resize graphic without any loss of quality.
- simple designs yet eye-catching; not overly complex. Logos will be used both in color & B&W
- engaging, warm, inviting, strong, confident
- fresh, modern, and vibrant
- can't violate trademarks or copyrights, or use stock clip art
Your creativity is very much welcomed and encouraged!
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Looking for Kivio Packagers
We will be releasing an update of Kivio early next week that also includes the source. We have been getting a lot of requests for packages for systems that we just don't have access to. We will be creating RPM's for RH 6.2 and 7.0 as well as a DEB by using Alien (DEB packagers are welcome). We will also supply tarballs for Slackware 7.1. If you want to see support for other environments, then please write to us at [email protected] and let us know so we can make them available to everyone. Please note that support for unofficial packages is left up to the packager.
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
Source code is already great! Thanks...
By Navindra Umanee at Fri, 2000/10/27 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
The binary-only release really bugged me...
Thanks not only for the source, but for Slackware support.
By Neil Stevens at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
We've had slackware up for a week now, but it was binary.
I will be curious if all the people that insisted we open the source understand that open or free is meant as in speech, not as in beer. I think a lot of people have started to think they are entitled to whatever they want at no cost, and not even RMS thinks that is true.
I plan to open source many of our offerings, and the reaction from some members of the community demanding that we give them the source was rather disturbing. I obviously can't support a company that produces quality products without making money somehow. I hope that that the community will support us as we are supporting them.
By Shawn Gordon at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
Look at it from a customer perspective:
Given a choice between a completely open package, which gives me total control, and a proprietary package, which gives my vendor control (especially if UCITA passes), which should I choose?
All else being equal, the open package will win, because the custmer is in control. That's why I insist on open source for anything I rely upon. Low sticker prices are just a beneficial side-effect.
By Neil Stevens at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
I think another issue that got community members riled specifically with kivia was that there was no mention of kivio's licensing terms anywhere on its page. You were giving away a free binary of the package, but you didn't mention if it was eventually intended to be open sourced or not.
I think it "frightens and confuses" many free (as in speech) software advocates when you give away binaries of a linux app for free, since you're not benefitting on either end. Knowing licensing terms, open or not, for the software they use is important to many community members. I think many "insisted" (as you say) that you open the source because, to them, it makes no sense to give away a linux app without freeing its source.
If, instead of just giving away the binary, you had advertised it as a free demo of the upcoming, closed-source full version (available for a reasonable fee), you wouldn't have had such an outcry. Likewise, if you had claimed that you were releasing this as a free binary, with the intent of releasing the source in the near future after internal issues had been cleared, most would have waited with no complaint. No claims to either (or any) licensing scenario only caused frustration.
Personally, I'm all for you setting aside as many as your products as you want to sell as closed-source binaries. I'd just prefer to know which licensing strategy you're taking with an app up front. The kivio pages offered no such information (and still doesn't, at least not that I can find on the site).
By ac at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
Valid points. We originally had a GPL notice up on the web page, but we weren't sure if that's what we wanted, so we pulled it down. Unfortunatly we don't have as many employees as we would like to have to handle everything and we tend to focus on the programming. This was probably a good learning experience, and things should go smoother in the future.
We are updating the web pages over the next couple of days to coincide with the next release, there will be a short tutorial up as well. Thank you for your input.
By Shawn Gordon at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
Shawn -- if there's one thing the KDE world should have learned by now, it's that ambiguities and questions about licensing create PR nightmares that will affect mindshare for years to come.
I respect that you guys are more interested in coding than in marketing and licenses. I'm much more impressed by that than by companies that are more interested in pandering to 19 year old loudmouths on Slashdot than in making software. But I'd strongly urge you to decide what policy you want to make and work out the details before you release, maybe getting Bruce Perens or RMS to sign off on your plan, instead of setting off yet another flamefest.
I know you have good intentions. But that didn't help the KDE project when things got ugly and it won't help you.
Oh, and I volunteer to take a shot at a LinuxPPC package ;-)
By Otter at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
Nobody "insisted" that you open the source. I remember some people asked you for licensing
BTW, you have the right to keep your source private if you choose. If you release a well-supported, useful app for Linux for which there is no free alternative, people will pay for it. You should not feel pressured to open up the source as long as you are not in violation of any licenses.
Good luck with your Kompany.
By Magnus Pym at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
You didn't see the private emails I got :), some people got very rude and insistant, it's a little disheartening and it almost made me change my mind and keep it closed, but all the good words from the other people kept us going.
By Shawn Gordon at Sun, 2000/10/29 - 5:00am
Mandrake is covered
Just to let you all know, Chris Molnar from Mandrake has volunteered to take care of the Mandrake packages, so everyone that was requesting them, you are now covered :).
By Shawn Gordon at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
If Ivan will not find time for packaging Kivio, I will try to package it myself.
By Hasso Tepper at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
Doh, I'll try to package Kivio for _Debian_ of course. :))
By Hasso Tepper at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Looking for Kivio Packagers
If you are not a Debian maintainer, I'd be willing to sponsor your package.
By Jaldhar H. Vyas at Sat, 2000/10/28 - 5:00am
If you are volunterring to package
By Shawn Gordon at Sun, 2000/10/29 - 5:00am
Debian is now covered
Jaldhar Vyas has graciously volunteered to take care of the DEB packages for us, and even said he would help beyond just Kivio. Thank you so much for your support Jaldhar.
By Shawn Gordon at Sun, 2000/10/29 - 5:00am


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Greg Monroe scored 24 points, Jose Calderon had 19 points and nine assists against his former team, and the Detroit Pistons snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Toronto Raptors 108-98 on Monday night.
Rodney Stuckey scored 18 points, Jonas Jerebko had 10 of his 15 in the fourth quarter and rookie Khris Middleton added 11 as the Pistons won for just the third time in 19 games.
Rudy Gay scored 34 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 17 and DeMar DeRozan 15 as the Raptors lost for the seventh time in eight games. Toronto was outscored 33-19 in the final quarter.
Detroit opened the fourth with an 8-2 run, turning a 79-75 deficit into an 83-81 lead and forcing Toronto to call timeout with 9:40 left after a reverse layup by Middleton.
The stoppage didn't help Toronto, as Stuckey completed a three-point play, Calderon made a jumper and Middleton added another layup, making it 90-81 with 7:45 left and causing Raptors coach Dwane Casey to burn another timeout.
This time, Toronto responded, scoring six straight points. Calderon hit a 3 but DeRozan replied with consecutive jump shots, cutting it to 93-91 with 4:58 remaining.
Gay briefly gave restored Toronto's lead with a 3, but back-to-back 3s by Middleton and Stuckey, and a jumper by Jerebko, made it 101-94 for Detroit with 2:29 left.
A three-point play by Gay cut it to 103-98 with 1:23 to go, but Jerebko threw down a put-back slam on Calderon's missed 3 with 35 seconds left, killing Toronto's comeback hopes.
Returning to Toronto for the first time since he was traded on Jan. 30, Calderon was honored with a standing ovation during pregame introductions and a special video tribute. Calderon spent 7 1/2 seasons with Toronto and is the team's career leader in assists (3,770) and free throw percentage (.877).
Before the game, the Pistons announced that forward Jason Maxiell will miss the remainder of the season after surgery to repair a detached retina. Maxiell began complaining of blurry vision last week and didn't travel with the team for Sunday's loss at Chicago. He stayed in Detroit to visit a specialist, who diagnosed the injury.
Detroit was also without guard Will Bynum, who sat out with a strained right hand.
Raptors swingman Landry Fields was unavailable because of pain in his right elbow. Fields had surgery on the elbow last November, forcing him to miss 22 games. He skipped Monday's game to travel to Los Angeles for follow-up testing.
Monroe scored 10 points in the first as the Pistons closed the quarter with a 6-0 run to lead 25-24. Gay scored eight points in the second and Kyle Lowry's jumper with 10 seconds left gave Toronto a 55-54 lead at the half.
Detroit missed nine straight shots to start the second half, and Gay scored seven points as the Raptors opened the third with a 13-4 run, forcing the Pistons to call timeout at 6:02, trailing 68-58.
The Pistons recovered to make seven of their next nine shots, and Stuckey's driving jumper at the buzzer cut it to 79-75 heading into the fourth.
NOTES: Detroit's bench outscored Toronto's 51-17. ... The Pistons played for the third time in four days. ... Calderon mistakenly started walking toward the Raptors locker room at the half, laughing when he realized his error. ... Blue Jays players Adam Lind and Colby Rasmus attended the game, as did Toronto FC coach Ryan Nelsen.


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Officials in Ontario, Calif., did not violate the privacy rights of a police sergeant when they audited transcripts of his department-issued pager and discovered sexually-explicit messages to and from his girlfriend, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
In a unanimous decision, the high court said that even if police Sgt. Jeff Quon had an expectation that his pager messages would remain private, a police department audit of his messages was nonetheless reasonable.
"Because the search was motivated by a legitimate work-related purpose, and because it was not excessive in scope, the search was reasonable," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court.
The decision potentially opens the way for employers to examine information stored on government-issued or company-issued equipment, even when that information may be considered highly personal and private by an employee.
It puts workers nationwide on notice that personal text messages, emails, and other communications undertaken in the workplace on government or company equipment may not be entitled to Fourth Amendment privacy protections.
The high court declined to clarify the scope of an employee's own expectations of privacy in personal information stored or captured on government or company-owned devices.
Supreme Court: Search was 'reasonable'
Kennedy said Thursday's decision was intended to focus narrowly on when an employer may engage in a "reasonable" search of information stored on a device. The court was not prepared, Kennedy said, to opine on the broader issue of when employees enjoy a reasonable expectation of privacy in personal information remaining on those devices.
"The judiciary risks error by elaborating too fully on the Fourth Amendment implications of emerging technology before its role in society has become clear," Kennedy wrote.
"Prudence counsels caution before the facts in the instant case are used to establish far-reaching premises that define the existence, and extent, of privacy expectations enjoyed by employees when using employer-provided communications devices," he said.
At issue in the case was whether Jeff Quon, a sergeant in the Ontario California Police Department's SWAT team, was entitled to sue the police chief, police department, and the city after police audited and read personal messages Quon sent and received on his department-issued pager.
Quon argued that the department allowed officers to use the equipment for private communications. He said the department established a verbal policy pledging not to view the content of personal communications provided the officer paid for any overcharges due to personal use of the pager. Quon always made those payments.
But at one point, the police official responsible for the pagers decided to end the arrangement. Without prior notice, the police chief ordered an audit of pager transcripts to assess the pager reimbursement policy.
Police officer sent sexually-explicit messages
The audit uncovered Quon's sexually-explicit communications with his girlfriend, as well as personal communications with his estranged wife and a colleague at the police department.
Quon filed suit in federal court claiming the audit violated the verbal policy and his right to privacy. After a jury trial, Quon's case was thrown out. But a panel of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, agreeing with Quon that the verbal policy created an expectation of privacy.
In reversing the Ninth Circuit decision, the high court said the key issue was whether the police department's audit of Quon's messages was reasonable.
The court concluded that police officials acted reasonably because they undertook the audit to examine whether the department's pager contract was being administered efficiently – rather than to discover intimate details of Quon's private life.
"That the search did reveal intimate details of Quon's life does not make it unreasonable, for under the circumstances a reasonable employer would not expect that such a review would intrude on such matters," Kennedy wrote.
Employees should expect to be monitored
The high court said Quon was given prior warning through a policy advising employees that their emails and text messages might be monitored or audited at any time. The policy allowed limited personal use of government-issued computers and other equipment, but with the caveat that they might not be entirely private.
In addition, the court said as a law enforcement official, Quon should have known that his actions might be disclosed and reviewed – including a public examination of his on-the-job communications.
"It is clear that… Jeff Quon, as a law enforcement officer who served on a SWAT Team, should have understood that all of his work-related actions – including all of his communications on his official pager – were likely to be subject to public and legal scrutiny," Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in a concurrence. "He therefore had only a limited expectation of privacy in relation to this particular audit of his pager messages."
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My co-blogger TSO is embedded with U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan. In his latest report, TSO sheds light on how the Afghan National Army is performing. Check out this true story.
We rolled into Nani (about 15 klicks south of FOB Ghazni) pretty heavy with 8 vehicles, a platoon of dismounts, and 70 Afghanistan National Army troops.
We pulled into a vehicle patrol base (a large oval) and the gunners immediately took up their security positions. (ie, we had 12-3 o'clock positions from the route of travel.)
That was when the Tali's (Taliban) opened up on us with AK and RPK fire.
The Afghanistan National Army troops (ANA) jumped into a wadi and began returning fire, and one of our vehicles started pumping out 40mm rounds from the Mk19 (he would shoot 15 total.) Game on!
Now, I will finish that anecdote from earlier this week in a minute. First, I would call your attention to an article I originally saw in Stars and Stripes, but which I found on Military Times.
KABUL, Afghanistan — A new report Wednesday by a Kabul-based think tank accuses international forces of misleading the public by calling military operations "Afghan-led" even in cases where NATO or U.S. forces are the only troops on the ground.
The charge cuts to the heart of a public perception battle being waged in Afghanistan, where international troops are eager to showcase successes by Afghan forces and to downplay the role played by international soldiers as NATO draws down forces and hands over security to Afghan control.
The United States and other nations that make up the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have already started pulling out troops with the goal of putting Afghans in charge of countrywide security by the end of 2014. The alliance wants to show that Afghans are up to the task so that the country does not descend into civil strife after 10 years of a NATO-led war against Taliban and al-Qaida militants.
Well, I can't speak for the rest of the ANA, and how commanders are utilizing them, mentoring to them, training them and getting them in the fight, but I know what CPT Michael Stewart of Able Company 3-66 is doing with his counterpart in the ANA, "Captain Z."
First, they moved two up-armored Humvees with DShKs (a Soviet 12.7 mm heavy machine gun) mounted on the roof to a location between us and the bad guys, and were pouring fire into the area. Meanwhile, with a village to the east, the ANA commander, now covered by the mounted element sent his troops into the Qalats that were in a line running south, with the bulk of the Qalats and village center to the east. As soon as the ANA got into a Qalat that had a roof capable of sustaining them which also afforded a clear field of fire on the area where we were shot from, the Commander ordered the vehicles forward.
And man did they go.
Some rounds tinged off the ass end of my vehicle as my camera rolled inside the vehicle, but any incoming rounds were drowned out by the acoustics of 70 ANA troops putting fire into the locations that the firing was coming from. It was probably 4-500 meters away, almost directly to our south. There was possibly another guy closer, but I have no clue, since (as stated) I was in the back of a vehicle. Before we could fully dismount and set up, the ANA were already gone.
So, the ANA has secured a line of Qalats running south and has set up fire to cover both to the East and South. Now the vehicles tear out parallel to this line of Qalats, and goes directly at the fire. The two chaps on top of the vehicles are playing dueling DShK's with 5-7 round bursts. Honestly, it was a thing of beauty. Granted, the fire from the vehicles moving at probably 35mph across uneven terrain wasn't effective. But damned if it didn't get the bad guys moving out of the AO.
When I finally got up to the LOA (limit of advance) for the vehicles, you couldn't have seen anything better. The vehicles were 50m apart from each other, facing the route of travel, and where they were supposed to be watching, and both vehicles were in perfect turret defiladed positions. From the other side of the qalat wall that they were up against, the only thing you could see would be two DShK's about to tear you up. Neither vehicle could be seen. And the gunners were sitting back on the roofs, still behind their guns, and had to consist of 90% teeth, as they knew what they had just done was textbook, and they smiled away.
I'll have video and such for you later, but when I read articles like the one above, all I can think is "That's a different ANA than the one that is securing the villages around Andar." I want to do a long post all about the ANA and their strengths and weaknesses, but I thought this deserved immediate attention.
I just spoke with CPT Stewart not 10 seconds ago and asked him how much guidance he gave the ANA during the TIC (troops in contact, acronym for small arms fire and other attacks) in Nani.
"**Laugh** None. Hell, I was still trying to figure out where it was coming from, and figure out who was on the ground when they were already done moving on them. I didn't even have Comms (Communication) with them, so even if I wanted to, I couldn't have said anything." That would have been a 'go' on any MRE (Mission Rehearsal Exercise) I've ever seen. The React to Contact battle drill was fabulous. No OC (Observer/Controller who grades unit performance) could have found fault with them."
Wish the Associated Press had been here, but I'm glad I got to see it. Will have video for you soon.
This time, I really am going silent as I have a longish patrol tomorrow, and then need to exfil back to KAF (Kandahar Airfield). If I get internet, I'll update some other stuff.


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The other day, I took part in a forum about technology education in Brooklyn. So much of the focus was on how to produce usable software developers inside the four walls of a classroom. There was a CTO in the room who had a fifty plus person tech team and so I asked him, "How many of your developers learned their trade in the classroom versus being essentially self taught?"
Answer: All self-taught. Not a single one of his developers came out of school as usable commercial software developers.
And yet the number of software developers in NYC who work at startups has probably grown tenfold in the last eight years, leading me to ask the question of whether or not putting code in the classroom will make the biggest impact on innovation in our community. It's an especially relevant question for me as I've recently joined the board of the Bronx Academy for Software Engineering, one of two software focused high schools in NYC.
Don't get me wrong--I think software literacy is extremely important. Whether or not you decide to actually write code for a living, understanding how computers work and what they're capable of will be a life skill going forward. My biggest question is how you get the biggest bang for the buck educationally, based on what we can observe in real life.
Software languages evolve more quickly than schools could ever change their curriculum--so it seems somewhat problematic to hard code a set of learning goals when industry requirements are so fluid.
That's why I think the main goal of any educational endeavor whose goal is to produce engineer should be focused on what they inspire kids to do *outside* the classroom--we should be teaching them to tinker. If we can't inspire kids to learn when they leave the classroom, they're never going to pick up software development as a lifelong pursuit.
The computer titans of today grew up building computers--coding up programs not in a classroom, but at home or in libraries. In fact, many of them dropped out of school. Their learning happened beyond the four walls--which is a concern of mine because, traditionally, schools seem to act like they're the center and sole source of all worthwhile education on the planet. They're not setup to acknowledge that there are perfectly good Ruby on Rails classes available on the internet or that you could pick up a lot of knowledge by buying a book on your own.
In a way, schools need to start thinking like companies built around the distribution of open source software companies. Instead of selling you software, open source companies acknowledge that the software is out there for free--but what you really need is support around that software. What gets sold, at a fraction of the price, is technical support, constant updates of the software, customizations, etc.
What would the equivalent at a school look like?
Perhaps instead of being focused on teachers and classroom instructions, we'd staff up on the Teachers Assistants who supported the work you were doing on freely available courseware. The school might look more like a co-working space than a bunch of divided, closed off rooms--where you could spend more time getting your hands dirty by collaborating on projects versus getting lectured. Staff would be there not to teach, but to help you learn.
I have a friend who went to school for boat building up in Maine. There wasn't a lot of instruction at all--just a pile of wood in the corner and an open space where people who were a couple of years ahead of you were working on their own boats in a collaborative environment. They were there to help you just as someone had helped them--they were a community of learners.
That's another thing schools haven't been so good at traditionally--building relationships across groups of learners. Just because they make you do group work doesn't mean they're good at building communities. A great learning community would mean that you could walk into a room that didn't have a teacher and the kids would forge ahead and teach themselves--and continue to do so well beyond the scheduled end of class and movement out of that physical space.
What I'm thinking about focuses more on things like science fairs, egg drop contests, hackathons--a veritable firehose of opportunities to just get in there and build in a supportive learning environment. That's how students are going to build the relationships necessary to participate in communities--because this kind of group involvement is a necessity if you're ever going to be on the cutting edge of software development. Groups will pick up on the latest trends far faster than classroom curriculum ever could, so how can we build curriculum that encourages students to participate in communities and tinker on their own?
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The Farmingdale State men's basketball team improved to 3-3 overall, 2-0 in the Skyline after todays 103-102 triple-overtime conference victory in Purchase, NY against Manhattanville College (4-3, 1-2 Skyline). Manhattanville led the entire first period and by as much as 18 points in the second, before the Rams went on a 21-12 run to get within nine points. Farmingdale continued to pressure the Valiants and force turnovers, tying the game at 84 with 26 seconds remaining. Manhattanville tried a final chance 3-pointer at the buzzer, but missed.
Both teams scored only four points in the first and second overtime, forcing the game into another 5-minute overtime period with the score tied 92-92. Senior guard Dashawn Warren (Astoria, NY/W.C. Bryant) took the game into his own hands, scoring eight of Farmingdale's 11 triple-overtime points to give the Rams their 18th straight regular-season conference victory. Warren finished with 20 points, 10 assists and six steals.
Senior forward Kenny McMillan (Bronx, NY/All Hallows) is three points away from becoming Farmingdale State's All-Time leading scorer after scoring game-highs of 35 points and 13 rebounds. He now has 1347 points to date, en route to break former teammate Damian McKenzie's record of 1349 which was set last season. Farmingdale State junior guard Terry Menefee (Mission, KS/Shawnee Mission North) also scored in double figures with 17 points, including 3-of-4 from behind the arc.
Manhattanville was led by freshman Justin Morris (West Haven, CT) and junior John DiBetta (Valhalla, NY) with 22 points each. Sophomore Brian Fink (Queens, NY) finished with 18 points and sophomore Donte Chisolm (Mount Vernon, NY) tallied 17 points and 10 assists.
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Another night game
Eleven more games of spring training nature and then the regular season starts. It breaks down to nine games in sunny Florida and two On-Deck Series games in sunny Philadelphia, March 30-31, against the Red Sox. So much for a commercial message.
Another night game is on tap for today, so the players didn't have to report until 3:30 p.m. Since Dunedin is just three miles north of Bright House Networks Field, the Phillies will take batting practice here and then board a 5:30 bus.
A pair of outfielders, Jayson Werth and Aaron Rowand, were at the park early. Werth was the DH for the Phillies AAA and AA teams, who were playing their counterparts with the Yankees at Carpenter Field. Werth led off every inning on one field, hustled over the another field and hit. Overall, he was 6-13 for the afternoon. The idea was to get as many at-bats against live pitching as possible.
Both the Phillies and Yankees also had a AA game at Carpenter. With the Phillies playing tonight, Carpenter Field was packed with fans. Admission is free.
Also playing at Carpenter were the Gildea Raiders from Wilmington, DE. The semi-pro team spends a couple of weeks in Florida playing games in various minor league camps.
If you are a baseball fan and the Phillies aren't playing in Clearwater that particular day, there are always two 1 p.m. games at Carpenter Field through this month.
Rowand arrived around 1 p.m. and spent a long time taking extra batting practice in one of the Bright House Networks Field indoor batting cages. The pitcher? Charlie Manuel.
A little more than an hour later, Karim Garcia, an outfielder, was taking ground balls at first base from coach Steve Smith on the half-field at the park. No, Ryan Howard is coming out of the lineup. Just a chance to see how versatile Garcia can be. Versatility is very important off the bench.
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I think the phillies might be playoff contenders as they are getting very good.
Long time no see. Hope all is well with you. Sad, sad day when Vuke passed. Hard to believe Vuke is gone, but same goes for Tugger, Pope and Hughie. All great guys, who are missed. All is well with me. Take care.
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text: Homicides in Chicago, 1965-1995 (ICPSR 6399) Version Date: Jul 6, 2005 View help for published Cite this study | Share this page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn × Citation Block, Carolyn Rebecca, Block, Richard L., and Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Homicides in Chicago, 1965-1995. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-07-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06399.v5 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Carolyn Rebecca Block, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; Richard L. Block, Loyola University-Chicago; Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06399.v5 Version V5 Analyze Online Slide tabs to view more At A Glance Data & Documentation Variables Data-related Publications Export Metadata Staff Project Description Summary View help for Summary These datasets contain information on every homicide in the murder analysis files of the Chicago Police Department for the years 1965-1995. For the victim-level file, Part 1, data are provided on the relationship of victim to offender, whether the victim or offender had previously committed a violent or nonviolent offense, time of occurrence and place of homicide, type of weapon used, cause and motivation for the incident, whether the incident involved drugs, alcohol, gangs, child abuse, or a domestic relationship, if or how the offender was identified, and information on the death of the offender(s). Demographic variables such as the age, sex, and race of each victim and offender are also provided. The victim-level file contains one record for each victim. Information for up to five offenders is included on each victim record. The same offender information is duplicated depending on the number of victims. For example, if a sole offender is responsible for five victims, the file contains five victim records with the offender's information repeated on each record. Part 2, Offender-Level Data, is provided to allow the creation of offender rates and risk analysis that could not be accurately prepared using the victim-level file due to the repeating of the offender information on each victim record. Offender variables were reorganized during the creation of the offender file so that each known offender is associated with a single record. A majority of the variables in the offender-level file are replicas of variables in the victim-level file. The offender records contain demographic information about the offender, demographic and relationship information about the offender's first victim (or sole victim if there was only one), and information about the homicide incident. Information pertaining to the homicide incident such as location, weapon, or drug use are the same as in the victim-level file. In cases where the offender data were completely missing in the victim-level data, no offender records were generated in the offender-level file. The offender-level data do not contain information about the victims in these cases. Geographic variables in both files include the census tract, community area, police district, and police area. Citation View help for Citation Block, Carolyn Rebecca, Block, Richard L., and Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Homicides in Chicago, 1965-1995. 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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Joyce Foundation Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms criminal histories demographic characteristics homicide murder offenders police departments relationships victims weapons Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage United States Chicago Illinois Smallest Geographic Unit View help for Smallest Geographic Unit citycensus tractpolice beatpolice districtcommunity area Restrictions View help for Restrictions A downloadable version of data for this study is available however, certain identifying information in the downloadable version may have been masked or edited to protect respondent privacy. Additional data not included in the downloadable version are available in a restricted version of this data collection. For more information about the differences between the downloadable data and the restricted data for this study, please refer to the codebook notes section of the PDF codebook. 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Unit(s) of Observation View help for Unit(s) of Observation individuals Data Source View help for Data Source Chicago Police Department records Data Type(s) View help for Data Type(s) event/transaction data Version(s) Original Release Date View help for Original Release Date 1995-01-11 Version History View help for Version History 2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was: Block, Carolyn Rebecca, Richard L. Block, and Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Homicides in Chicago, 1965-1995. ICPSR06399-v5. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-07-06. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06399.v5 2005-07-06 For both Parts 1 and 2 day of death and day of injury were blanked and victim and offender ages were recoded to age categories for reasons of confidentiality. Files containing these data are now available only through the Restricted Access Archive. 1998-10-15 Part 2, Offender-Level Data, has been added, and the documentation and data definition statements were augmented to include the offender-level data. In addition, a small number of corrections were made to the victim-level file (Part 1). 1997-12-12 The data, documentation, and data definition statements were augmented to include the year 1995. 1995-01-11 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:Standardized missing values.Created online analysis version with question text.Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes. 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Re: Types in Mathematica thread
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- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 06:47:02 -0500 (EST)
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On 9 Dec 2005, at 19:26, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: > > On 9 Dec 2005, at 15:13, Steven T. Hatton wrote: > >> On Thursday 08 December 2005 19:23, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: >>> On 9 Dec 2005, at 01:01, Steven T. Hatton wrote: >> >>> I confess I do not understand much of the above, and in particular, >>> the phrase: "the value of the value Pi is unique to Euclidian >>> geometry". >> >> Actually that statement is a bit incorrect. The 2D geometry on the >> surface of >> a bent sheet of paper will also have the value Pi when determined >> by the >> traditional definition. >> >>> I have always believed that Pi is >>> >>> 4*Sum[(-1)^i/(2*i + 1), {i, 0, Infinity}] >> >> Interesting. I learned that Pi = circumference/diameter long >> before I learned >> of the Taylor series expansion. >> >>> What is Euclidean about that? >>> >>> If what you have in mind is the fact that the 5th postulate of >>> Euclid >>> is equivalent to the sum of the angles in a triangle being equal to >>> two right angles (180 degrees or Pi in radians) then this is true >>> but the profound significance of this for number theory escapes me. >> >> As I implied above, that will also apply to any surface which is >> curved in >> only one direction. IOW, no stretching is involved in order to >> get the >> Euclidian surface to conform to the curved surface. >> >>> Why is not 180 unique to Euclidean geometry? Pi, being a number, >>> lives just as comfortably in the Bolyai-Gauss geometry or >>> Lobachevski's geometry as in Euclidean geometry. >> >> Pi also has a geometrical significance as I explained above. The >> value >> determined for Pi using the geometric definition in a non- >> Euclidian geometry >> - which is what a 3-space slice in general relativity is - will in >> general >> not be the same as the value given by the sum you expressed >> above. That >> suggests there is something a priori about spaces in which Pi as >> defined as >> circumference/diameter does have the traditional value. >> >> Steven > > It seems to me that you are simply confused and have not studied > enough mathematics, and these two facts together make you see > profound ideas where there are none. You are also jumping form one > topic (transcendental numbers) to a quite different one (non- > Euclidean geometries) hinting that they are somehow related, > although of you never explain how. > Pi of course occurs in formulae in Lobachevsky's geometry in > exactly the same places as in Euclidean geometry. Have you ever > seen any of these formulae? For example the formula for the are of > a circle of radius r is, if I have not made a mistake, > > 4 *Pi * Sinh^2(r/2) > > Of course it is different from the Euclidean one, but there is Pi > in it. You will find Pi in all the other formulae corresponding to > those where there is PI in Euclidean geometry - so in what sense is > Pi uniquely Euclidean? Indeed the formulae of Euclidean geometry > are unique - in the sense that they are not like the non-Euclidean > ones - so what is profound or surprising about that? > > Andrzej Kozlowski > Since you attach so much importance to the way you were taught to think of Pi in school perhaps instead of the formula for the area I should have sent the one for the length of the circumference of a circle: 2 Pi Sinh[r] So Pi is the ration between the length of the circumference and twice the Sinh of the radius, which still makes it a universal constant for all circles. Thus if there were any intelligent creatures living in Lobachevsky's space they would surely discover Pi ;-) Andrzej


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The reverse showcases the First Majestic logo in a diagonal pattern, along with the ticker symbol and the name of the private mint that produced the bar.
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Edit: Unfortunately, the images originally included in this post are gone, because of hosting problems in late 2009. My apologies.
As if it wasn't bad enough that typing "kmandla" in the address bar in Firefox sends you straight to this blog, now there's this fragment of conceit that must be shared.
Astute Reader Number One sends this screenshot of Firefox on Google's search page, and "k.ma" showing K.Mandla among the suggested results. Not quite as many as "k.maras" or "k.mart," but nothing shabby in 57,300 hits either.
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Things we know about Transformers: The Last KnightJune 20, 2017 18:31
The Transformers franchise is all set to release its latest installment in the decade-long series. It is the fifth part and lately, the movie has divided fans into two half, especially when it comes to the comics world. People have a different opinion on it. But, love it or hate, you just cannot ignore it. It is the trend the franchise has come over the past few years. No one and I mean no one can hate the last surviving Prime and his soldier Bumblebee.
Here are the things we know about:
Mark Wahlberg Quits the series
Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg entered the franchise in its last installment, Transformers: Age of Extinction and the 46-year-old actor is going to quit the series.
Mark explained why is leaving the series: "This is the last one. This is it — so I can get my life back!" the actor told the late night host. Wahlberg's decision to leave Bumblebee and Co. also came down to several key superficial reasons. "The long hair is the worst thing ever," he joked. We hear you. "I look like my mom in the '70s — it's just really bad!"
It is Michael Bay's last
Though the action director has stated it before. This time the director has penned down an emotional letter to the fans.
Bay wrote: "It's bittersweet for me. With every Transformers film, I've said it would be my last. I see the 120 million fans around the world who see these movies, the huge theme park lines to the ride and the amazing Make- A-Wish kids who visit my sets, and it somehow keeps drawing me back… But, this time might really be it. So I'm blowing this one out."
Quizzed later by the media and Bay didn't change his tune, saying: "I've done it enough, and I've had a great time doing it. I'm going out with a bang on this one, and I feel like you gotta [sic] go out while you're ahead, you know. I think I've had a good run, and I've got a lot of other movies I want to do."
Is Transformers franchise going to end?
'A Big No,' In an interview Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Brad Grey said: "We will make the first movie with Michael and go right into a Bumblebee movie, which will be at a lower cost." The movie may clash Godzilla sequel next year in June.


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- Tips on powerful body language from coach Janine Driver, from a report by guest blogger Debbie Friez;
- Two past posts on Henrietta Bell Wells, the first black female college debater who inspired the character in the movie The Great Debaters, including ways to see and hear this historic speaker;
- Kindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation) came out this month, and we pointed out new features that may help speakers;
- Our speechwriter colleague Jeff Porro launched a new blog on CEOs and speeches;
- Allyson Kapin (aka @WomenWhoTech) is using Twitter to make women more visible on this social media site--in ways that may help them get more speaking opportunities. The effort comes out of her frustration with programs that feature few women;
- My contribution to a collection of posts on using PowerPoint in 2009 and new ways speakers should reform their approach to slides;
- A book on women speaking up in meetings -- surprise, you're better at it than you may think -- caught our readers' attention;
- The U.S. has a new First Lady, and one from the past, Eleanor Roosevelt, was not only originally a reluctant speaker, but a source of inspiration for our readers this month; and
- Our 7 bite-sized ideas to get you speech-ready got lots of attention when a speaker at the interactive conference SXSW saw them on Twitter and said "this is just what I need!"
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The sociology of organizations: classic, contemporary, and critical readings
Sage Publications, 2003 - 541 頁
For the first time, a single volume offers a comprehensive selection of primary readings and companion overview essays on the sociology of organizations. These readings and essays provide incisive and guided coverage of the subjects normally included in a one-semester sociology of organizations course.
The Sociology of Organizations covers the full range of theoretical perspectives and substantive topics through readings that are either classics in the field or widely discussed and debated "new classics."
Scholars and students in the fields of sociology, management, organizational behavior, and organizational psychology and those within political science and economics who are interested in how organizations function will find this work a welcome, invaluable resource.
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SO!...right about the time I was optimizing this pattern, Jennifer sent me some precious yardage from her newest line, So St. Croix. Well, I just NEEDED to make the ultimate bag out of it! I used Genevieve Toile, Nancy Ironwork, and CARLA dot (blushing and grinning and jumping up and down) as the lining.
You can actually win this great bag! My awesome friends Cathy and Marlo put together a fun contest on the Scientific Seamstress Facebook fan page. Here are the details:
Suggest this page to friends and WIN! Carla's latest "Case Study: Tailored Totes" will be available for sale next week. In the meantime, we are going to run a fun contest so you can win a copy of the eBook before you can buy it! And as the SUPER GRAND PRIZE, one fan will win the gorgeous bag on the front cover! Here is how it works...
Invite as many friends as you like by clicking on "Suggest to Friends" on the left hand side of the screen. Then, come back here and let us know how many you invited (we don't need names, just a number :) ). Whether they join or not, each invite = 1 entry to win the eBook and the "cover model" tote bag!
Now here is the fun part....all of the new fans are going to be entered in a drawing, and three will win a copy of the Tailored Totes eBook. We'll ask them who referred them to the page, and those people will win the eBook as well! So the more friends you convince to join in the fun, the better your chances of winning the eBook!
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With more than 22 years in the financial services industry, Lyle formed Williamsburg Financial Group in March 2007. Prior to forming WFG, he was Partner/Managing Director of a regional investment management firm serving the Hampton Roads area and Vice President/Branch Manager for Morgan Stanley in Newport News. He built his financial advisory business starting at Wheat First Securities as a Vice President, Investment Officer for over ten years.
Lyle has a Business Law major from Pace University in New York and is a graduate of the Wharton Business School Management Development Program. Lyle is a General Securities Principal, a Supervisory Principal, and a Registered Options Principal. He holds numerous securities registrations and designations with LPL Financial including, Series 3, 7, 8, 31, 63, 65, and CPM (Certified Portfolio Manager).
As a resident of the Williamsburg area for over 20 years, Lyle has been actively involved in the community. He has served on numerous boards over the past several years which have included: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Peninsula, Director, Past Vice President; United Way of the Greater Virginia Peninsula, Advisory Board; Heritage Humane Society, Founding Director; and past Board Chairman for the Colonial Chapter of the American Red Cross.
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Testimony began Thursday in the court-martial of an Air Force Academy military police officer accused of sexually assaulting a female airman at the base.
Senior Airman Aaron Stubbs, assigned to the academy's 10th Security Forces Squadron, is charged with two counts of sexual assault stemming from a Dec. 23 incident in which prosecutors allege that he forcibly removed the pants of a female airman at her on-base house and touched her genital area with his.
During testimony on Thursday, Stubbs' accuser said that Stubbs smacked her buttocks during a party shortly before the alleged assault.
The two were friends. She blamed the behavior on the fact that Stubbs had been drinking and chose not to say anything to him about the incident, she testified.
"I didn't really pay it any mind," said the accuser, who testified that she had not been drinking that night.
The woman left the party after a fight with her boyfriend. Once at home, Stubbs texted her to see how she was doing. She called him, and he told her he was coming over to her house. She told him not to, but he came anyway, she testified.
After letting him into her house, he kissed her and attempted to take her pants off. she said.
"He was like, 'Do you trust me? Then don't move,'" she said.
She "lightly" pushed him away and told him to stop before escaping him and proceeding to her living room, she said.
"I would have thought he got the picture, like nothing is going to happen," she said.
Stubbs again approached her and began pulling her pants down. He touched her genital area before he gave in to her tearful pleas to stop, she said.
The accuser also testified that, after Stubbs left, she left her young sons, who were asleep in the house at the time, home alone so she could tell her boyfriend about the incident in person.
During cross-examination, a defense lawyer pointed out inconsistencies between the accuser's Thursday testimony, statements she made in a meeting with defense lawyers this week, statements she made at a hearing in April and statements she made to the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations.
The woman testified Thursday that the second time Stubbs pulled her pants down, he pulled them down to thigh level. But she previously testified that Stubbs pulled her pants down to her knees that time, a defense lawyer said.
The court-martial before a seven-member panel of airmen is scheduled to resume Friday.