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A venerable roster of honorees and their grateful supporters filled the Dallas Ballroom at the Omni hotel for the Texas Trailblazer Awards Luncheon, with proceeds benefiting The Family Place. Chaired by Anh and Loc Trieu, Amanda and Lloyd Ward and honorary chairs Diane and Daryl Johnston, the sold-out affair recognized the service of Kenneth Cooper, Lynn Goldstein, Kathryn Hall, Liz Minyard, Verizon and students Renee Kim and Elaine Landi. A rousing, inspirational message by Don McPherson, retired football pro turned gender advocate and motivational speaker, brought guests to their feet. Photography by Jeremy Brown and Sunny Lohden
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Get Details on One Direction's Olympics Performance
As the Olympics come to an end, people have been anxiously waiting for the closing ceremony, where the Spice Girls are set to perform (along with rumored Elton John). One Direction have also been tapped to perform at the closing ceremony as well, and some details about their super secret performance have leaked.
The Mirror notes that 1D will perform their mega-hit 'What Makes You Beautiful' and have been allotted a 5-minute slot time for the stage. The boys have allegedly been practicing up to eight hours a day to prepare for their performance, which will take place on a flat bed truck that will circle Stratford's Olympic Stadium.
"It's all hush-hush and the boys have been sworn to secrecy," said a source. "But they've been at rehearsals and can't wait to do their bit. It will be an unforgettable occasion and they feel privileged to be a part of it."
While we're sure the guys are excited to perform at the historic event, Niall Horan previously tweeted his excitement over the games. "on the phone to @JohnJoeNevin for the last hour!," he wrote. "He's a sound lad! We grew up 100 yards away from eachother, now he's goin for an olympic medal."
1D will hit the stage along with the aforementioned Spice Girls, as well as with Madness, the Pet Shop Boys, George Michael and the Who are also set to perform at the closing ceremony. We can't wait!
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UCLA Anderson archives working papers as Adobe Acrobat files. Links are provided below. Many faculty members also have links to working papers, course materials and other knowledge assets on their individual biography pages.
Working Paper Archives
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Investment in Organization Capital
Bruce Ian Carlin, Bhagwan Chowdhry & Mark Garmaise
We study a firm's investment in organization capital by analyzing a dynamic model of language development and intrafirm communication. We show that firms with richer internal language (i.e., more organization capital) have lower employee turnover, and higher diversity in skill and wages among incumbents who are promoted from within the firm. Our results also suggest that firms in rapidly changing industries are less likely to invest in organization capital, and are more likely to have high managerial turnover. Finally, our model shows that employment protection regulations lead to more investment in organization capital but less innovation.
Exchange Rate Regimes, Capital Flows and Crisis Prevention
Sebastian Edwards
The purpose of this paper is to analyze, within the context of the implementation of a new "financial architecture," the relationship between exchange rate regimes, capital flows and currency crises in emerging economies. The paper draws on lessons learned during the 1990s, and deals with some of the most important policy controversies that emerged after the Mexican, East Asian, Russian and Brazilian crises. I also evaluate some recent proposals for reforming the international financial architecture that have emphasized exchange rate regimes and capital mobility.
Inflation, Foreign Exchange, and Parsimonious Equity Valuation
John Hughes, Jing Liu & Mingshan Zhang
Inflation poses problems for parsimonious equity valuation using bottom line accounting numbers. At issue are the distortions in earnings and book values that follow from the use of historical cost unadjusted for general price level changes. These distortions include the understatement of operating assets and the mismatching of allocated costs that reflect past price levels with revenues that reflect current price levels. In this paper, we consider accounting policies that allow one to recover parsimonious valuation in an inflationary environment. Our model generalizes the cash flow dynamics of Feltham and Ohlson (1996) to encompass stochastic inflation. We show that parsimonious valuation can be achieved through either a restatement of book value and increase in depreciation similar to the policy recommended by SFAS 33, or a decrease in depreciation sufficient to capture both effects. We also suggest an approach for approximate parsimonious valuation without preparing full-scale general price level adjusted financial statements. Extending the analysis to the setting of a multinational firm with a unit operating in a country experiencing inflation, we show how to achieve parsimonious valuation in domestic currency through foreign currency translation using either historical or current exchange rates as prescribed under SFAS 8 and SFAS 52, respectively. Results speak to the value relevance of components of comprehensive income.
On the Right-of-first-refusal
Sushil Bikhchandani, Steven Lippman & Reade Ryan
When the seller of an asset grants a right-of-first-refusal to a buyer, this special buyer has the opportunity to purchase the asset at the best price the seller can obtain from the other potential buyers. We show that the right-of-first-refusal is inefficient, and it benefits the special buyer at the expense of the seller and other buyers. In a private values model, the benefit from granting a right-of-first-refusal to the special buyer equals the cost to the seller. When buyers' valuations are correlated, the presence of a special buyer exacerbates the winner's curse on regular buyers. Consequently, if some of the regular buyers do not articipate in the price discovery stage, the expected gain from granting a right-of-first-refusal to the special buyer is often less than the expected loss to the seller.
Linguistic Effects on Consumer Behavior in International Marketing Research
Shi Zhang, Bernd H. Schmitt & Hillary Haley
In recent years, there has been a wealth of research examining the relevance of culture to consumer behavior. We review a particular line of work within this larger body of research: work investigating the unique relevance of language. Our review finds that both structural features of language (properties of grammar) and lexical-semantic and phonological features of language (related to writing systems) are important. More specifically, current work suggests that these language features affect how consumers perceive, and also respond to, various marketing stimuli (e.g. advertisements and brand names). Our review summalizes and integrates a number of related findings, and highlights their practical significance. International marketing research has focused more and more heavily on the topic of cross-cultural consumer behavior. And this research has observed important cross-cultural differences in the processing, evaluation, and judgment of brand and product information. Much of this work suggests that cultural differences stem from pervasive socio-cultural or cognitive factors. For example, a good deal of research demonstrates that people have broad, culture-specific cognitive dispositions like individualism or collectivism, which can guide consumer behavior (e.g. Aaker and Williams 1998; Hofstede 1980; Triandis 1989). Other work has built upon these fundamental findings showing that there are specific conditions under which such dispositions are especially likely to affect consumer choice. Another line of research has turned the focus to language. This research, with roots in cognitive psychology and marketing alike, submits that a given culture's language can play vital role in determining consumer perceptions, evaluations, and decisions.
Understanding the Financial Crisis in Asia
Bhagwan Chowdhry & Amit Goyal
The financial crisis of East Asia in 1997 was largely unanticipated and was characterized by sharp falls in asset prices and currency values in several countries simultaneously. Many empirical models have been developed to predict the occurrence of such crisis. However, the out-of-sample performance of these models is disappointing. Most theoretical explanations of the crisis emphasize the role of banking sector and revolve around models of moral hazard or self-fulfilling runs on liquidity. Empirical tests of the models are, however, rare. Much work remains to be done to explain the contagion, and the effects of equity capital flows.
New Products, Sales Promotions and Firm Value, With Application to the Automobile Industry
Koen Pauwels, Jorge Silva-Risso, Shuba Srinivasan & Dominique M. Hanssens
Year after year, managers strive to improve financial performance and firm value by marketing actions such as new product introductions and promotional incentives. The current study investigates the short-term and long-term impact of such marketing actions on financial metrics, including top-line, bottom-line and stock market performance. The authors apply multivariate time series models to the automobile industry, where both new product introductions and promotional incentives are considered important performance drivers. Interestingly, while both marketing actions increase top-line firm performance, their long-term effects strongly differ for the bottom line. First, new product introductions increase long-term financial performance and firm value, but promotions do not. Second, investor reaction to new product introduction grows over time, indicating that useful information unfolds in the first two months after product launch. Third, product entry in a new market yields the highest top-line, bottom-line and stock market benefits. Managers may use these results to justify new product efforts and to weigh short-term and long-term consequences of promotional incentives.


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Survival of the worthless
I recently flew from my home in southern Oregon to Denver, giving me the opportunity to reflect on the fate of Western landscapes. As we took off from the Medford airport, it was easy to see how the neat pear orchards and vineyards of my compact valley are increasingly hemmed in by subdivisions. But we quickly left that view behind, as we passed over the large-scale patchwork of industrial forestry in the Cascades. A few minutes more, and we were above the Klamath Basin, one of the most thoroughly engineered drainages in the West, the vast rectangular impoundments filled here with water, there with potatoes, there with grazing cattle.
Onward we flew, ever eastward, and soon we were over ... nothing. Southeastern Oregon is about as much nothing as you can find in the Lower 48 these days. From 30,000 feet, it was an unlovely dun-colored expanse, sparsely smudged with vegetation and dissected by unremarkable canyons, its main feature a series of alkali lakes that not even a panoramic aerial view could render inviting. Every so often a dirt road made a long pale scratch, and I could be sure that there were cows down there somewhere, but the hand of man was remarkably just about absent. The reason was obvious: This place is worthless.
There used to be lots of worthless places in the West, left high and dry as the rivers of money rushed past, headed for California. There were areas like the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, the frozen alpine peaks of Colorado, the sun-baked valleys of Nevada, the cold, dry basins of Wyoming. Or, as they are now more familiarly known: Phoenix and Tucson, Aspen and Vail, Las Vegas, and the coalfields of the Powder River Basin. Worthlessness can be a remarkably temporary condition.
It is an oft-repeated saying among conservationists that people will protect only what they value. Well, yes, that's true. But this maxim, in its unqualified simplicity, fails to acknowledge two enormous considerations. First, "value" is relative. As residents of Wyoming will tell you, the traditional values of ranching and hunting are deeply and truly held in that state, but they have been powerless to prevent the destruction of both of them by energy development, an even higher value in the eyes (and bank accounts) of many. Second, the truism ignores the protective power of worthlessness. I have come to the sad conclusion that genuine worthlessness provides the only lasting protection that most wild country can hope for in the 21st century. Worthless land may be neglected, it may be casually abused, but it will not be utterly destroyed. Utter destruction takes money, and who wastes money on worthless land? Now, I'm certain some will object to my paradoxical glorification of worthlessness. Surely our most valued wild places are permanently protected by law; for example, our beloved national parks. It is inconceivable that Yosemite or Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon could be destroyed by development ... isn't it?
Perhaps. These treasured landscapes have relatively firm legal standing and legions of passionate defenders, and are secure at the moment. What about 20 years from now? That is merely an eye-blink in the timeframe of protection these places need and deserve. Twenty years further toward the end of oil, how will society value the uranium around the Grand Canyon, the geothermal riches of Yellowstone, the solar resources of Death Valley? Value is relative, and the value of energy will become almost unlimited as it grows ever more scarce.
Consider the orgy of destruction already being accepted in the name of energy extraction: hydrologic fracturing that threatens water supplies, tar sands development that is destroying huge areas of Canada's boreal forest, mountaintop removal that is reducing Appalachia to rubble. Can anyone believe that the oil endgame will not involve the pursuit of every last barrel, no matter what the consequences? It is not a metaphor to call this an addiction. In their desperation for a fix, junkies destroy what they once most valued: their homes, their families, their own physical and mental health. Will energy-addicted America behave any differently?
I haven't just flown over southeastern Oregon. I have stood on the ground there in spring, in that great solitude, breathing in the perfume of the sagebrush, resting my eyes on the wildflowers that cover the ground, listening to the warbles and trills of a sage thrasher pouring out his heart in the morning light. I have no deeper wish than that this land remains forever what it is today: empty, and worthless, and wild.
Pepper Trail is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is a biologist and writer in Ashland, Oregon.


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text: The "quantified self": It's a lifestyle philosophy that says tracking one's own personal data -- calories burned, hours slept, miles run -- is the path to self-realization. All this data-tracking requires gadgets, and many innovative specimens were on display at CES 2012 last month. When it comes to your health, correcting bad behavior after periodic visits to the doctor is a step in the right direction. And it's even more likely that you'll make positive lifestyle adjustments based on, say, weekly visits to a personal trainer or daily weigh-ins on your bathroom scale. But turn yourself into a platform of analysis in the Internet of Things, and you've got real-time feedback loops to help keep you on target and alert you to problems. Your body is an API that developers are just beginning to figure out. Here are nine of the most interesting personal data-tracking gadgets that we saw at CES. Basis B1 Band See the others:- BodyMedia LINK Armband BodyMedia Patch First Person Vision iCoach Suite MotoACTV Kinomap Recon MOD Live Life Technologies Ion Proton Launching this spring, the Basis B1 Band is a wrist-mounted body monitor with five built-in sensors, the most intriguing of which is an optical heart-rate monitor. The device shines light through your skin and reads your pulse by measuring blood flow, eliminating the need for an annoying chest strap. The B1 also includes thermometers for measuring both skin and ambient temperatures, a standard accelerometer for recording movement, and galvanic skin response sensors for detecting sweat levels (and, thereby, reporting physical exertion). The data is uploadable via USB or Bluetooth. Basis algorithms then crunch the data and display it graphically in a browser-based Dashboard. The default presentation is exceedingly simple, but you can parse the data for a more granular snapshot. There are also gaming and social aspects for added stickiness. The B1 is set to launch this spring for $199. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comBodyMedia LINK Armband See the others:- Basis B1 Band BodyMedia Patch First Person Vision iCoach Suite MotoACTV Kinomap Recon MOD Live Life Technologies Ion Proton Thanks to partnerships with 24Hour Fitness, Jenny Craig, and Jillian Michaels, BodyMedia's sensor-laden armbands have become a fairly common sight (you've probably seen them strapped to fleshy triceps, poking out of t-shirts). The units measure heat flux, galvanic skin response (i.e., sweat) and motion via a three-way accelerometer, all in the service of tracking sleep quality and caloric burn. BodyMedia says the devices collect more than 5,000 data points per minute. And it's actually more data than BodyMedia even knows what to do with. To this end, the company has partnered with IBM, which has assigned talent from its Watson artificial intelligence team to look for new ways to mine the data. Input your food intake via the BodyMedia website or smart phone app, and you've got a fairly current feedback loop for weight loss. The new $199 LINK model does everything described above, but adds Bluetooth connectivity for uploading data to your smart phone, paving the way for much more constant feedback. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comBodyMedia Patch See the others:- Basis B1 Band BodyMedia LINK Armband First Person Vision iCoach Suite MotoACTV Kinomap Recon MOD Live Life Technologies Ion Proton Scheduled to go on sale later this year, the Patch is a disposable, adhesive body monitor designed to last just one week. The company expects it to appeal to healthcare providers looking for activity snapshots of their patients, as well as to customers who want to try out the BodyMedia ecosystem at a lower price. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comFirst Person Vision See the others:- Basis B1 Band BodyMedia LINK Armband BodyMedia Patch iCoach Suite MotoACTV Kinomap Recon MOD Live Life Technologies Ion Proton Carnegie Mellon University's Quality of Life Center is an engineering and research hub focused on technology for the elderly and disabled, but a lot of what comes out of the center has potential for much broader applications. First Person Vision is a prototype eye-tracking system that could radically transform sports training and broadcasting. As an adaptive tool, eye-tracking systems can help the physically disabled more easily register intent — for example, telling motorized wheelchairs where to go, and robotic arms what to pick up. The helmet-mounted system on display at CES could be used for driver training, but we'd like to see it in, say, Formula 1. The occasional in-car camera is always a fun addition to a racing broadcast, but a camera capturing a driver's point-of-view could be even better. Likewise, units mounted in quarterback helmets could be used for training players on how to read the Steelers secondary or, again, for a more in-depth viewer experience. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comiCoach Suite See the others:- Basis B1 Band BodyMedia LINK Armband BodyMedia Patch First Person Vision MotoACTV Kinomap Recon MOD Live Life Technologies Ion Proton Also out of the Carnegie Mellon Quality of Life Center is the iCoach Suite, an experimental platform for balance and motion training. Researchers are using smart phones and wearable motion sensors to create applications for numerous types of users. The hat-mounted iPhone shown here is running an app designed to guide patients with balance issues through therapy exercises. The app can check their form when they aren't able to do their workouts in the presence of a therapist, and patients can also send their data to healthcare providers for analysis. Similar systems are in development for ACL surgery rehab and similar post-op scenarios. Researchers are also developing iCoach Suite applications for yoga and other exercises, and for users like delivery people, who are susceptible to repetitive-motion stress and other injuries. Just like your car starts beeping if you don't buckle your seat belt, your smart phone could be set to vibrate if your warrior pose gets sloppy, or if you lift with your back instead of your legs. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comMotoACTV See the others:- Basis B1 Band BodyMedia LINK Armband BodyMedia Patch First Person Vision iCoach Suite Kinomap Recon MOD Live Life Technologies Ion Proton Motorola's MotoACTV, which debuted in November, is an Android-powered workout computer and MP3 player. The $249 touchscreen device uses GPS to track distance and speed for running and cycling workouts. There are also accessories like chest straps for heart rate, cadence sensors and handlebar mounts for cycling, and Bluetooth headphones for cutting those audio cords. In addition to importing playlists from iTunes and Windows Media Player, the device also tracks which songs you perform best to, and generates a smart playlist to help you get the most out of your workouts. MotoACTV can connect with Android-powered smartphones, allowing you to handle calls and texts through the device. And thanks to built-in WiFi, it can also upload your workout data to Motorola's cloud-based Training Portal for tracking and analysis. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comKinomap See the others:- Basis B1 Band BodyMedia LINK Armband BodyMedia Patch First Person Vision iCoach Suite MotoACTV Recon MOD Live Life Technologies Ion Proton Indoor cycling can be pretty grim, but for the time- or weather-challenged, it can also sometimes be the only option. Kino, a new app-based service, looks to make the experience a bit more social and enjoyable. The app is a portal to a library of user-generated, geolocated videos of bike rides from around the world. Users with GPS video cameras can record and upload videos of any route. Then any portal member — friends and strangers — can watch the video as he or she rides along on an indoor trainer. In addition to the video, users see a map of the route and an elevation profile, both with avatars to indicate where the rider is along the route. But here's where it gets interesting: If you've got an Ant+ dongle for your iPad ($79 from Wahoo fitness) and an Ant+ speedometer on your bike, you can sync the video to your workout. The playback will speed up or slow down depending on your relative speed. You can also set up a remote "ride" with up to four friends, using multiplayer functionality in Game Center. Each of you will be able to see other riders' avatars on the map, and even use voice chat to talk smack to anyone falling off the back. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comRecon MOD Live See the others:- Basis B1 Band BodyMedia LINK Armband BodyMedia Patch First Person Vision iCoach Suite MotoACTV Kinomap Life Technologies Ion Proton If you need better data and HD video to prove just how amazing (or idiotic) you are on the slopes, Recon is making it easier than ever. The company's Android-powered HUD snow goggles use GPS and accelerometer data to display stats like speed, total vertical, and air time on a tiny in-goggle LCD screen. The technology debuted in 2010, built into a special model from Zeal Optics. Recon has since made some huge hardware and software modifications, and announced at CES several new partnerships that should broaden the appeal of the technology. Recon has taken the guts out of those debut goggles and redesigned them as a standalone unit, called MOD ($300) that can be bought separately and mounted in compatible goggles from several manufacturers, including recently announced partners Smith and Scott. The Bluetooth-enabled MOD Live model ($400) can connect with Android phones for calls and texts (iOS compatibility is coming next season). A wearable joystick controller lets you scroll through the functions on the go. Data and images display on an LCD screen below the wearer's natural line of sight. Images? Yes. Recon has announced a partnership with Contour, makers of our favorite HD POV cameras. MOD Live can display feeds from Contour cameras, so that users can set up shots and tweak settings without having to remove their helmets. Check back for a full review later this month. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comLife Technologies Ion Proton See the others:- Basis B1 Band BodyMedia LINK Armband BodyMedia Patch First Person Vision iCoach Suite MotoACTV Kinomap Recon MOD Live Nothing quantifies your very life essence like having your entire genome sequenced, and this $149,000 tabletop device can do it in a few hours for just $1,000 per test -- a lot less expensive than the current cheapest rate of $5,000. Where most sequencers use optical readings, the Ion Proton is built around disposable semiconductor chips similar to digital-camera sensors. This technological leap brings the cost of sequencing an entire genome in line with a lot of regular clinic tests. So, how much do you really want to know about yourself? Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com


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Big 12 Conference Call: January 12 EditionPosted by Nate Kotisso on January 12th, 2013
Welcome to the first Conference Call of conference play! We are one full week into the Big 12 season and you can already put each team into one of four boxes: the you'll-know-how-they-finish box (Kansas, TCU and Texas Tech), the disappointment box (Texas, West Virginia), the surprise box (Kansas State) and the don't-know-where-to-put-them box (Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Baylor and Oklahoma). Today, we discuss the futures for some of these teams, some of the disappointing players and much more.
- Two of the league's biggest disappointments, West Virginia and Texas, played an ugly basketball game Wednesday with the Mountaineers prevailing in OT. Which team will hear its name called on Selection Sunday?
- Iowa State was a bank shot three away from picking up a huge win vs Kansas in Lawrence. What do we make of the Cyclones this season?
- If you were to stop the season right now, which Big 12 coach would be the first to get fired?
- Which player has been the biggest disappointment this season?
- Divisional round of the NFL playoffs are Saturday and Sunday. Who ya got?
1. Two of the league's biggest disappointments, West Virginia and Texas, played an ugly basketball game Wednesday with the Mountaineers prevailing in OT. Which team will hear its name called on Selection Sunday?
- KC: Both teams will hear their names called on Selection Sunday when the NIT picks the scraps off the table. Even if you assume Myck Kabongo will return to his old self immediately next month, the Longhorns will be lucky to be above .500 at that time and Kabongo isn't good enough to change that ship's course. And again, that's assuming he will be great from the get-go, and I don't think that will be the case. With no marquee wins on the schedule, West Virginia probably needs 12 more wins this season — giving them 20 — to make the dance. You have to jump through a few mathematical hoops to find 12 more wins on their schedule at this point.
- DS: I'd be surprised if either West Virginia or Texas even make the NIT. The first half of the season has been a disaster for both squads. It's been so bad, in fact, that both teams are ranked outside of the top 100 in the RPI. I mentioned earlier this week that it'd be silly to even attempt to determine what Texas must do from this point forward to make the NCAA Tournament. That's how far off the bubble the Longhorns are right now, and the same goes for West Virginia. Look at the Mountaineers' "resume," if you even want to call it that. There's that one-point win against a Virginia Tech team that has lost four straight games by a combined 96 points. Oh, and Bob Huggins' team also beat a better-than-you-might-think Eastern Kentucky team at home. So there's that, too. Texas, meanwhile, is hanging its hat on a home win over a North Carolina team that's crumbling by the day, and Myck Kabongo won't return from suspension until mid-February. There are Great West teams with more compelling CBI resumes than Texas and West Virginia right now. Well, almost.
- NK: Regardless of how this season was going to turn out for the Mountaineers, they weren't going to be anything like last year's team. That squad had Tournament-tested guys like Darryl "Truck" Bryant and Kevin Jones. Now with those players gone, Deniz Kilicli, Aaron Brown and Jabarie Hinds were supposed to assume bigger roles this season, but in turn, they are having worse seasons this year than last. For some reason, I can't close the door completely on Texas. Javan Felix has proven he is more than just a back-up point guard in Kabongo's absence. Though he needs to make shots at a higher percentage, Sheldon McClellan is a better number one option than anyone West Virginia has. I don't think either team will make the Tournament now but I'd say Texas has better odds of making it than WVU.


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A Lasting Legacy:
Sixty Years of Winterthur Graduate Programs
On view May 25, 2012–June 16, 2013
Commemorating the nation's most successful university-museum partnership, A Lasting Legacy explored the changing roles of conservation and curatorial scholarship over the past 60 years.
For nearly six decades, the University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library have guided two groundbreaking graduate programs—the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture (begun in 1952 as the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture) and the Winterthur-University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (begun in 1974). Arguably, no academic programs have had a greater impact on American museums over the last half century. Winterthur-educated museum directors, curators, and professors have transformed institutions, developed landmark exhibitions, and redefined the public's understanding of American decorative arts and material culture. Winterthur-trained conservators have treated some of the nation's most famous objects, from the Star-Spangled Banner and Declaration of Independence to the original C-3PO costume from Star Wars and a space suit from Apollo 11.
A Lasting Legacy highlighted the accomplishments of the two programs through a short film and case studies that reveal the extraordinary range and reach of the students during their graduate experience, their many contributions throughout their careers, and the global impact of the programs. Through this exhibition, visitors got to know some of the remarkable people responsible for preserving our cultural heritage and for guiding institutions that share our arts, history, and culture.
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Read the article about A Lasting Legacy that appeared in Antiques & Fine Art Magazine. Courtesy, Summer 2012 issue of Antiques & Fine Art Magazine.
Read related blog posts by current and incoming art conservation students about their summer internships and other art conservation projects.
Image at top of page: Textiles conservator Joy Gardiner (WUDPAC '88) assisted by Anne Getts (WUDPAC '12)


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Automotive is a very broad term which may include sales, auto body, service, parts, management and many more industry fields. The automotive department at Grand Rapids Community College only instructs in the area of automotive service.
The automotive program is a nationally accredited program and instructs in all eight areas listed by mechanic certification.
GRCC offers many educational options, which include an 18-week program that covers four out of the eight certification areas, a one-year certificate program which instructs all eight areas and a two-year associate degree program. The associate degree program transfers to a bachelor's degree program at Ferris State University, which allows students to continue their study in Automotive.
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The mission of the Automotive Technology Program is to prepare students for entry-level positions and for advancement in the automotive service industry. Students receive training in all areas of automotive service, through both classroom learning and extensive hands-on training. Course offerings also provide members of the community with opportunities for personal enrichment. The program is certified by the National Automotive Technician Education Foundation (NATEF). In addition to earning an associate degree, students can obtain Michigan Master Mechanic certification upon completion of the program. Graduates of the program have opportunities to transfer into four-year institutions.


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I'm an enthusiastic supporter of a humanitarian bill currently moving through Parliament, Bill C-398, that I believe will ensure more affordable HIV/AIDS drugs (anti-retrovirals) get to where they are desperately needed in Africa. The bill actually seeks to streamline earlier CAMR (Canadian Access to Medicines Regime) legislation passed in Canada in 2004, which made it possible to produce inexpensive generic drugs in Canada (carefully monitored) to send to Africa. Well, that legislation was so complicated and cumbersome that only one shipment of drugs has been sent in 8 years!
Now we have the chance to pass a better bill that cuts the red tape and encourages the manufacture of drugs here that can go to help save lives in Africa...with no cost to Canadian taxpayers! What a difference this could make! So, I'm part of GRAN (the Grandmothers Advocacy Network), a group determined to see this bill through, and on November 1, 2012, we'll be rallying across Canada, on various hilltops, (at noon on the hill above Clover Point in Victoria) to send the message to Parliament Hill that we want Bill C-398 passed. You can write or email PM Stephen Harper, (firstname.lastname@example.com) or your MP, and raise your voice too: Pass Bill C-398 and save lives!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Arsène Wenger has struggled to heave his team to football's highest peaks in recent years but he is certainly able to occupy the moral high ground. Asked again – and again – about his pursuit of Luis Suárez, he would do no more than confirm that one or more bids, of unspecified amounts, have, at some point, been made.
"Look, we will treat every transfer within the rules, we have always done until now. In a fair, respectful way. That's our club," he said. "Other clubs do differently, that's their problem. But we will be completely faithful to the values we think are important here."
Six uniformed air hostesses stood in formation behind the manager's desk throughout his press conference after the 2-2 draw with Napoli, just to make sure that no journalist present forgot who was sponsoring this tournament, and though Wenger could not match their statuesque rictuses his expression was no less fixed. "I wouldn't like to talk openly about the negotiations because that's not my target in a press conference," he straight-batted. "We have one month in front of us, and we will work very hard to strengthen our squad, without naming any specific name, because I don't think that will make negotiations easier." Besides, he insisted, his squad was strong enough to win the league already, irrespective of the potential arrival of Liverpool's maverick Uruguayan. "Why should I sit here and say to you we can absolutely not win the title with the players we have?" he demanded.
Napoli, meanwhile, boasted five high-profile signings, including the long-time Arsenal target Gonzalo Higuaín. Their new manager, Rafa Benítez, was asked how he had managed to beat Wenger to the Argentinian. "We knew we could do it, the chairman was very quick and we did it," he said. "It was just two, three days and it was done." Just like that. Arsenal are learning that there is little point in entering transfer negotiations clutching a blank cheque if it is still blank when you leave again.
Instead of greeting new players Wenger is dispatching familiar ones – both Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh, he confirmed, could complete moves in the next few days. The only new face supporters were introduced to here was Vu Xuan Tien, the fan whose dedication to the team saw him sprint for several miles alongside their moving coach when they visited Vietnam recently, earning him the nickname Running Man, a degree of fame on YouTube, an invitation from the club and a standing ovation when he was introduced before kick-off.
And if Arsenal's team were familiar, so were their failings. They worked the ball nicely through midfield but ran out of ideas at the edge of the penalty area; when Olivier Giroud was found in good positions he was usually offside; their defence, fine in the main, was guilty of occasional lapses. In recent years Arsenal have come to embody an unusual blend of excellence and inertia: good enough to attract 59,554 people to a glorified pre-season friendly, and bad enough to then be booed off at half-time.
They were behind after seven minutes, when a long pass hit Carl Jenkinson on the top of his head and Lorenzo Insigne stroked the ball home before the full-back worked out where it was. Then in the 28th minute Marek Hamsik carried the ball forward, Goran Pandev ran too easily between the centre-backs, Lukasz Fabianski made a misguided attempt to cut out the pass and the Macedonian took advantage. In between, the former West Ham midfielder Valon Behrami fouled Kieran Gibbs in the penalty area, and Lukas Podolski thumped the penalty too close to Pepe Reina.
Arsenal, as the scoreline suggests, improved after the interval but aside from the penalty their best opportunities came direct from dead-balls hoisted into the area. From Serge Gnabry's corner Reina did well to push away Per Mertesacker's header, then 20 minutes into the second half another corner led Giroud to attempt an overhead that deflected into the net off Bacary Sagna's shoulder. And finally, three minutes from the end, Mikel Arteta took a free-kick from the right, Mertesacker's header was saved and Laurent Koscielny steamrollered past three people to knock in the rebound.
Initially disappointed, Arsenal's fans were appeased in the end. They can only hope that this transfer window goes the same way.


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9 Savory Soups That Make Perfect Freezer Meals for Fall
Freezer-friendly meals are a busy parent's best friend, especially when we long for a cozy dinner at home but have no time to prepare a meal. One of the best foods to keep in your freezer for nights like these? Soup. It's healthy, hearty, and kid-friendly — and will warm you up on a chilly fall evening. (See also: How to Freeze Foods That "Don't Freeze Well")
Most soups freeze well, but some are better suited to cold autumn nights than others. Your family is sure to enjoy the following freezer-friendly soups this time of year.
1. Crockpot Pasta Fagioli
Stephanie O'Dea's Crockpot Pasta Fagioli is a fall favorite in our house. Her recipe makes quite a lot, so you'll have plenty to freeze.
2. Creamy Carrot Soup
Bring your kids into the kitchen to make Creamy Carrot Soup — or make it yourself and conveniently "forget" to tell them that it's made from a vegetable.
3. Lentil Soup
Lentils are inexpensive and nutritious. Nick Jr.'s Lentil Soup is a simple, kid-friendly recipe, or if your family has a more adventurous palate, try one of these 7 Ways to Make Lentil Soup.
4. Chicken Noodle Soup
Traditional Chicken Noodle is always satisfying, but try surprising your taste buds with a spicy Sichuan-Style Chicken Noodle Soup.
5. A Hearty Stew
Beef stew is a classic hot meal for a cold autumn night, and it freezes well. Also worth trying? Chicken and Sausage Stew with Oven Roasted Potaotes.
6. Black Bean Soup
Keep a batch of Southwest Black Bean soup in your freezer for busy nights, or try Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup for a truly seasonal touch.
7. Turkey Corn Noodle Soup
Leftover turkey? Make Turkey Corn Noodle Soup. (And don't lose the recipe — you'll need it after Thanksgiving.)
8. Mini Meatball Soup
Rachael Ray's Mini Meatball Soup makes a hearty meal that is sure to be a crowd pleaser, especially with the addition of her Grilled Cheese "Sammies."
9. Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
Apples and butternut squash are both in season, so stock up now and make plenty of Butternut Squash and Apple Soup to freeze for later.
Suggestions for Serving Soup
Keep the following tips in mind when serving soup to your family.
- If you've never frozen soup before, Soup Chick's advice for how to freeze and reheat soup will come in handy.
- Serve soup that someone else made! By hosting a Soup Swap, you can share your own bounty and indulge in a dinner you didn't have to make.
- Unless you're counting carbs, round out your meal with bread for dipping. Garlic toast, cornbread, biscuits, or beer muffins could all be the perfect side for your family's favorite soup.
What is your family's favorite fall soup? Does it freeze well?
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Bank of America Museums on Us program gives Bank of America credit card holders free access to select museums on the first Saturday and Sunday of the month. October 5th and 6th are the dates for this month so that means tomorrow is a free day.
You need to have a credit card in the name of each person so you still have to pay for kids.
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Here is a list of the museums in the New York/New Jersey area:
- Liberty Science Center (Jersey City)
- Montclair Art Museum (Montclair)
- Morris Museum (Morristown)
- Newark Museum (Newark)
- Suffolk county Vanderbilt Museum (Centerport)
- Long Island Children's Museum (Garden City)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (Manhattan)
- Staten Island Children's Museum (Staten Island)
- New York Historical Society (NYC)
- Whitney Museum of American Art (Manhattan)
- Brooklyn's Children Museum (Brooklyn)
- Queen's Museum of Art (Queens)
- Guggenheim Museum (Manhattan)
- Old Westbury Gardens (Old Westbury)
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Maura Tierney will make her Broadway debut as Tom Hanks' wife in Nora Ephron's play "Lucky Guy."
Producers said Monday that the Emmy Award-nominated star of such TV shows as "ER," ''Newsradio," ''Rescue Me" and "The Good Wife" has joined the cast of Ephron's last play, which begins previews March 1 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Hanks will play Mike McAlary, a gutsy New York City newspaper columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing that a Haitian immigrant had been sodomized by police in 1997.
Tony Award nominee Courtney B. Vance has also has signed on to play McAlary's editor. The rest of the cast includes Hanks' former "Bosom Buddies" co-star Peter Scolari, Christopher McDonald, Peter Gerety and Michael Gaston. The director will be two-time Tony winner George C. Wolfe.


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When someone you know shares the news of a life-threatening illness, it can change the way you see that person and alter how you interact with her.
Of course, relationships are affected during a disease as devastating as breast cancer, but we have some control over whether this effect is negative or positive. Even though you may not know what to say in a given moment or what to do in a given situation, experts remind us the relationship that counts is with the person, not with the illness.
Breast cancer is one of the most commonly found types of cancer. A woman's concept of breast cancer may color all her interactions, making it difficult to relate normally. According to studies, attitude can affect treatment and have real consequences in terms of well-being and survival.
Doctors agree that the benefits of intimacy and personal support are immeasurable in the battles we have with major illness. Certainly the most important thing anyone can do to support a friend or relative with breast cancer is to be there while she begins to navigate the grueling course of treatment, recovery and ongoing lifestyle adjustments.
In support of the patient, don't assume she will be shuttling between home and hospital. Each woman's ability to deal with cancer differs, but most patients benefit from experiencing continued successes of working, the highs of being part of a lively community, and the intimacy of family and friends. However, if there is too much stress in continuing to interact as expected, the best things can include travel and time for reorientation.
Offer to accompany the patient on short trips or provide opportunities for recreation or simply rest and relaxation.
The practical concerns of cancer patients are overwhelming. Be up-front about the uncertainty the patient may feel, but try to focus on available solutions rather than the list of concerns.
Ask questions that open the door to communication, but allow the patient to decide whether she wants to talk about the diagnosis or about life as usual. Present the opportunity to choose communication or silence, and be aware if she starts to slip into depression and isolation. As someone outside the process, you can keep these things in mind better than the one inside the emotional maelstrom.
The stress of both certainly affect one's perspective, strength, and will to recover.
Breast cancer can also affect one's sense of identity. Your presence can reinforce an attitude of normalcy and acceptance. Continuing to be happy to see the person, and showing it, is important for the breast cancer patient to see in the faces of those around her.
Provide distraction and focus on things that elevate the body's immune system. Suggest physical activities and a healthy diet. These things contribute to the success of battling depression, as well as cancer.
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In short, the support role is the most complicated and undifferentiated of all; someone who may or may not be of service, who may or may not be able to take action, who may or may not have anything to say, but who is needed more than anyone else. You are one who is willing to enter the process with your friend, sister, mother, daughter, or significant other with no objective other than to be there, to listen, and to care, unconditionally, about her well-being and hope for recovery.


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I want to insert a 1k insert into a 13K plasmid.
I amplified the insert with primers that added an xba1 site to the 5' end and a kpn1 site to the 3' end, and got a nice strong band after PCR. I cleaned this up with a Qiagen PCR cleanup kit, and then performed the double digest. Kpn1 can't be heat inactivated, so I used the PCR cleanup kit to purify again.
I digested the plasmid with the same two enzymes, and ran some on a gel alongside uncut vector to confirm that it's been cut. Since it's too big for the Qia kit I cleaned it up this reaction by phenol chloroform followed by spin-dialysis. I checked on a gel and still have a decent concentration of cut vector.
I tried to spec check, but got some odd readings for the vector - much too high, especially considering the moderate strength band I observed on the gel.
Because of this, in a 10ul ligation reaction with t4 ligase, I simply used 1ul of vector and three of insert. I let it ligate for 4 hours, then transformed 4ul into XL1 blue and DH5alpha electrocompetent cells (since I sometimes get better results with one or the other) and plated on selective plates. No colonies.
Any ideas where I should start to work out what's gone wrong?
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Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S
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Holding: A generic drug manufacturer may employ the counterclaim provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act to force correction of a use code that inaccurately describes the brand's patent as covering a particular method of using a drug.
Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on April 17, 2012. Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- In Plain English: Recent decisions (Amy Howe)
- Opinion analysis: Court's purposive reading hands Federal Circuit second patent reversal of the Term (Ronald Mann)
- Argument recap: Justices fully engaged in latest generic/branded pharma case (Ronald Mann)
- Argument preview: Federal Circuit faces uphill battle in latest generics case (Ronald Mann)
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Merits Briefs for Petitioners
- Brief for Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories et al.
- Reply brief for Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories et al.
Amicus Briefs Supporting Petitioners
- Brief for the Generic Pharmaceutical Association
- Brief for Rep. Henry A. Waxman
- Brief for the United States of America
- Brief for Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
- Brief for AARP and U.S. PIRG
Merits Briefs for the Respondents
Amicus Briefs Supporting the Respondents
- Brief for Allergan, Inc. et al.
- Brief for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
- Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation
Certiorari-stage documents
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7 Small Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Credit Score
Most consumers understand that bankruptcy or foreclosure is going to tank their credit score and then negatively impact it for the next seven years, but there are plenty of other small mistakes a consumer can make that can turn a good score of 750 or higher into a mediocre 680.
Here are some of the more common mistakes to steer clear of, plus tips on how to avoid them in the future.
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Opening Too Many Accounts at Once
Credit card sign-on bonuses are certainly enticing, but you shouldn't be signing up for every card that's offering some cash back. This is because each application and subsequent credit pull will generate a hard inquiry that will appear on your credit report. (Credit pulls that aren't used to decide whether you are actually getting a loan – for instance, one conducted by a landlord or by a bank when you are looking to get a checking account – are considered soft inquiries and will have no impact on your score.)
Each hard credit card inquiry will cost your score between three and five points and stays on your report for two years, though they only negatively impact your score for about half the time they appear.
Missing One Payment
One missed payment may seem innocuous enough, but in reality a single delinquency can cost a previously stellar credit score to fall more than 100 points. The good news: As long as the missed payment doesn't lead to additional woes, your score will start to rebound relatively quickly and it can get back to good standing in about 12 months following the delinquency.
(Those who already had poor to mediocre credit prior to the new missed payment will experience less of an initial ding, but their scores won't bounce back until well past the 12-month mark.)
To avoid taking the big hit, consumers can try calling creditors to ask for a good will deletion. They are more apt to oblige if the late payment was truly atypical behavior.
Closing an Old Account
You should think twice before officially closing that credit card you opened back in college, especially if you're getting ready to apply for a new line of credit. Closing an old account can have a negative impact on your credit score since it can lower your credit-to-debt utilization ratio, which is essentially how much credit you have at your disposal versus how much credit you are actually using.
According to FICO, it can also cost you points you might have been netting by having an ideal number of credit cards in your wallet.
The exact effect this has on your score will vary, depending on the rest of your credit profile, but the advice is consistent.
"If there is no annual fee, just charge something small every now and then," says Adrian Nazari, CEO of Credit Sesame. This will keep the issuer from deciding to close the account for you.
Maxing Out a Single Credit Card
As MainStreet has previously reported, it's never a good idea to bump up against your overall credit limit because your credit utilization ratio will appear sky-high. However, according to Chris Mettler, founder of CompareCards.com, maxing out a single card can negatively influence your credit score as well. (Again, the exact impact would depend on the rest of your credit profile.) As such, if you do have a particular card that's bumping up against its limit, you'll want to pay that down as soon as possible.
"You don't want your balance due to be over 33% of the available credit line," Mettler says.
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Racking Up a Bill Right Before Your Statement Closes
Credit card issuers typically only report two things to credit bureaus each month: whether you're up-to-date on all your payments and what your balance at the time is. As such, running up big purchases right before your statement closes – and the issuer reports the information – can negatively impact your credit-to-debt utilization ratio and subsequent score, regardless of whether you go on to pay off that balance on time or not.
"The trick is to make sure your balance is low before it is reported," Nazari says. This is why it can be a good idea to pay off purchases as you make them or prior to the end date of your billing cycle.
Not Checking Your Credit Report
Even if you're not particularly credit active, it's a good idea to take advantage of the free annual credit report the Fair Credit Reporting Act entitles you to, if only to scour it for incorrectly attributed delinquencies, accounts or inaccurate balances, which can all do varying amounts of damage to your score. This is because errors on credit reports are all too common. As MainStreet has previously reported, about 30% to 40% of all credit reports have some type of error on them, some of which can unfortunately be difficult (and time-consuming) to remove.
Ignoring an Account That Has Gone Into Collections
You may think that you don't owe that unpaid medical bill that keeps getting sent to your house, but your score is still in jeopardy if you decide not to pay it. Many places that don't lend money, like a hospital or cable company, will send their unpaid bills to a collections agency after a certain amount of time and they will report you to the credit bureaus. Similar to a missed mortgage, credit card or auto loan payment, this delinquency can cost good scores 100 points or more.
"Whether you are right or wrong, [the bill] will negatively impact your score," Mettler says. As such, consumers may want to shore up the bill in an effort to spare their score or dispute the bill through proper channels to get it eradicated.


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(CBS News) DENVER - While restaurant owners Wanda James and her husband, Scott Durrah, put the final touches on Jezebel's, their new southern-infused restaurant scheduled to open next month in Denver, they are campaigning for Colorado's ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use and tax the drug like alcohol.
"If you would like to come home and have a joint and relax with your wife or your husband, I see absolutely no issue with that whatsoever," James said. "There are more ways to relax than just someone having a can of Coors or Jim Beam."
A proposed amendment to Colorado's state constitution, Amendment 64, would make it legal for adults over 21 in Colorado to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to six plants for personal use. The amendment calls for revenues from marijuana sales and seller license fees to be earmarked for school construction.
A University of Denver poll last week found 50 percent of Colorado voters say they plan to support the initiative. But educators, doctors, businesses, and law enforcement officials are pushing back.
Colorado is already one of 17 states that allow marijuana for medical use. There are more than 500 dispensaries statewide and carefully-monitored growers in an industry which supports more than 4,000 jobs.Watch: Dope dogs: Marijuana's effect on pets
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More than 100,000 Coloradans are registered to purchase medical marijuana, with the majority residing in the Denver metropolitan area. The business has paid an average $11 million dollars into state taxes and fees over the past two years, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue. The independent Colorado Legislative Council estimates the law would generate an additional $5 million to $22 million in revenue.
"Drugs and kids don't mix," said Amie Baca-Oehlert, vice president of the Colorado Education Association, who rejects the idea of building schools with drug money.
"As an educator and as a parent, I am not comfortable supporting something that I know is harmful to children," Baca-Oehlert said. "Marijuana has impacts, negative impacts, on attention span, brain development, all of these things that impact learning."
The American Academy of Pediatrics said since medical marijuana dispensaries began operating in Colorado, there has been an increase in the number of teens and children treated at hospitals for accidental marijuana ingestion and more fatal cars crashes with drivers under the influence of marijuana.
Officials from Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to local police departments worry about the potential conflict with federal laws that still make possessing or growing marijuana a crime.
"We feel that we would be the center of marijuana distribution," said Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink, in Golden, who fears legalization would attract outsiders to grow in Colorado and sell to the rest of the country.
"I lived in Colorado most of my life, and this is not what I think Colorado is all about - is to become the marijuana capital of the United States," Mink said.
Mink cites past federal Justice Department studies that showed 15 percent of state prison inmates were under the influence of marijuana when they committed their crimes. He predicts there will be increased costs for abuse and addiction if the initiative passes.
Mink said: "We're trying to educate and grow young people to be productive citizens, and make healthy choices. Marijuana is not healthy. It's not a healthy choice."
However, Jonathan Singer, a former social worker and drug counselor who has seen the effects of drug abuse up close, says most people who use marijuana do so responsibly.
"Marijuana has a potential just like any other drug to hurt people, and people need to make that informed decision, but this is not cocaine, this is not meth, this is not heroin," said Singer, now a state representative whose district lies north of Boulder.
Singer, the first Colorado legislator to publicly support Amendment 64, compares the illegality of marijuana to the nation's failed experiment with Prohibition.
"We will be a model for thoughtful regulation of a drug that needs to be treated like alcohol," Singer said. "We're not talking pounds of marijuana here. We're talking small amounts for personal use."
While Singer believes legalizing marijuana will weaken drug cartels and be a fiscal plus for the state, he also wants to see tougher criminal penalties imposed on anyone who sells drugs to minors.
"If you commit other crimes while under the influence of marijuana, you are going to be held just as responsible as if you were using alcohol or under the influence of a prescription drug," Singer said.
Colorado's initiative is one of three state referendums this November that could legalize marijuana for recreational use. The others are Washington's Initiative 502 and Oregon's Measure 80.
Proponents of broader marijuana legalization have put the value of the U.S. crop as high as $35 billion annually, arguing that legalizing and taxing it would raise millions of dollars.
Decriminalization is part of the debate. The YES on 64 campaign notes that since 2007 more than 10,000 Coloradans have been arrested every year for marijuana possession, comprising 60 percent of all drug-related arrests in the state. The campaign points out nine percent of those arrested for marijuana possession in Colorado are African-American, though blacks make up only four percent of the state's population.
Sherriff Mink said police officers in Colorado usually do not arrest those in possession of even two ounces of marijuana - double what Amendment 64 would allow -- because that is characterized as a misdemeanor.
"We don't throw people in jail for petty offenses," Mink said. The possible fine and jail time become more severe as possession reaches six ounces; possession of 12 ounces is considered a felony in Colorado.
Married restaurateurs James and Durrah once ran a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado called Simply Pure and sold foods with marijuana in them. Durrah has cooked for AIDS and cancer patients and others who prefer cannabis edibles over prescription painkillers. The couple, both military veterans, said they would apply for a license to sell legal marijuana were the initiative to pass.
"For us, it's important that we are accepted on the level of business owners, not drug dealers," Durrah said. "So when 64 passes, we hope Simply Pure will be the first legal retail center here in Colorado."
One day, James said, "We would love to be the first restaurant to be to offer cannabis-infused spaghetti and cannabis-infused mashed potatoes or cannabis-infused birthday cake."
Researcher Abigail Collins contributed to this story.


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- 13801 York Rd, Cockeysville, MD 21030, USA
- Part-time
Job Description
This is a PRN position
The Certified Medication Technician/Certified Medicine Aide, under the direction of the Clinical Director and RN Supervisor, provides clients with services in accordance with healthcare provider's orders regarding medication administration and minor treatments, per state regulations. In addition, may provide personal care including assistance with activities of daily living following the client's Care Plan.
Duties and Responsibilities
Administers prescribed medications to clients in accordance to orders from the Physicians or Nurse Practitioners. Verifies correct identity of client. Verifies medications are correctly identified;
Presents medications to client and observes ingestion or other application.
Documents medications were taken or any reason why they were not taken. Documentation may be electronic;
Performs personal care activities that assist the Client with activities of daily living which may include (but are not limited to): bathing, dressing, grooming, mouth care, shaving, toileting, transferring and meals as indicated on care plan;
May receive supply of medications in the Blister card as ordered by physician and delivered by pharmacy;
May assist in minor treatments or application of ointments.
Report changes in physical or cognitive status and or changes in the Client's environment to the Clinical Director or RN Supervisor and
Complete documentation of tasks including medications via Telephony.
High School diploma or GED required;
Must have a valid driver's license;
Basic computer skills required;
Homecare companion experience preferred;
Have current CPR certification;
Licensed as a Certified Medication Technician/Certified Medicine Aid from the Maryland Board of Nursing;
Licensed as a Certified Nursing Assistant or Geriatric Nursing Assistant from the Maryland Board of Nursing (some exceptions made);
Must have a valid Maryland Driver's license;
Attends required in-services and trainings, including CPR;
Must have the ability to lift 20 pounds repeatedly during the shift and to move light furniture;
Must have the ability to stand for long periods of time, walk, bend, twist, stoop, kneel and stretch throughout the shift;
Must have the ability to stand on a tall ladder to complete housekeeping tasks;
Must have the ability to maintain confidentiality of all resident care information and assure resident's rights and privacy is protected at all times;
Must positively interact with residents, co-workers and visitors and display a professional and friendly demeanor;
Must maintain a professional, neat and clean appearance;
Must be able to work in all types of weather extremes;
Must have the ability to accurately plan work routine and complete assigned duties;
Must be able to work in an environment that includes pets;
Attend Friends Circle orientation, as required;
Attend Friends Circle In-Service Training, as required;
Additional Information
Dependability and Initiative Expectations
Reports to work each day on time and as scheduled;
Participates in appropriate in-service education, meeting State in-service requirements;
Actively participates in required meetings, arriving on time unless prior arrangements have been made;
Takes initiative in performing job as evidenced by offering new ideas, solutions, informing supervisor of potential problems/hazards, using time, equipment and supplies efficiently, assuming extra duties willingly and participating in educational programs to keep abreast of new developments, procedures and technologies and
- Complies with organization's policies and procedures.
Customer Service Expectations
- Agrees to abide by customer service guidelines as established by Friends Circle.
Corporate Compliance Expectations
Agrees to abide by the Standard of Community Excellence during employment at Friends Circle;
Responsible for reporting any alleged or suspected violation of the Standards of Community Excellence and
- Adheres to the Organizations Policies and Procedures covering privacy and security in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Lifestyle Program Expectations
You are committed to caring for the whole person, body, mind and spirit;
You embrace the resident lifestyle philosophy with the residents, their families and those with whom you work;
You recognize that your work makes a difference in the lives of those with whom you care;
You realize that those with whom you care depend on you and
You are committed to working as a team player.
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.
The level of access to residents' medical information will be determined based on the duties of their job and the employees will be trained on appropriate security levels


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Escape From City 17: Part One
The Purchase Brothers (their website is currently squished by traffic), independent filmmakers and commercial directors, have released the first part of their Half-Life-inspired short film series. And it's pretty good. It's a mixture of live action and game footage, and makes smart use of in-game sound effects, and some really fantastic location hunting. Originally developed to test post-production techniques for their work, as well as to create a 'spec' commercial to demonstrate their talents, it eventually became a series of shorts telling a story within the Half-Life universe. And it's below.
The Purchase Bros describe the production as "guerilla style with no money, no time, no crew, no script, the first two episodes were made from beginning to end on a budget of $500." The project has been made with the full support of Valve, who gave the project a plug on the instantly-disappearing Steam Update News. Make sure to select to watch it in HD (the option appears bottom right after you've clicked play).


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Hope College is included in the annual rankings of the best values among private institutions, according to the annual rankings by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
Hope College is included in the annual rankings of the best values among private institutions, according to the annual rankings by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
The listing recognizes colleges and universities that deliver a high-quality education at an affordable cost. Hope is ranked 77th out of 100 in the rankings. There are only two other private Michigan institutions included in the rankings, Hillsdale College and Kalamazoo College.
The publication said it began with a pool of more than 600 private institutions. The rankings are based on academic quality and affordability.
The annual rankings will appear in the December 2010 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine - on newsstands November 9.
The rankings are available at
Added online features include a closer look at the top ten schools in each category in a slideshow, tables that can be dynamically sorted by readers according to category of interest, and the most frequently asked questions about the rankings.
Kiplinger has recognized Hope and Holland in recent years. In 2006 Holland was cited as one of 50 "Smart Places to Live". Those rankings emphasized criteria including affordability of housing, low cost of living, quality health care, a low crime rate, weather, education, cultural amenities, transportation and economic vitality.
For nine decades, the Kiplinger organization has led the way in personal finance and business forecasting. Founded in 1920 by W.M. Kiplinger, the company developed one of the nation's first successful newsletters in modern times. The Kiplinger letter, launched in 1923, remains the longest continuously published newsletter in the United States. In 1947, Kiplinger created the nation's first personal finance magazine.


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Your success starts here. At George Fox, the classroom is just the beginning. Our Christ-centered academic community is fueled by the passion to serve, which means you will have many chances to put your education into action. We combine your career preparation with intentional spiritual development. Start your journey, pursue your dreams and change your world.
For more than a century, a respected degree from George Fox has provided a launching pad of opportunity. As a top-ranked Christian college that is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, we have the resources to help you build your future.
Forbes consistently ranks us among the top Christian colleges in the nation and in the top 10 in its list of "Best Religiously Affiliated Colleges" – the only CCCU school to earn that honor.


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It seems like every band out there is putting their music out on cassette tapes these days because they know hipsters think it's clever and will pay 10 bucks for something they probably can't even play. Well it was only a matter of time before the horror world caught on and what better movie to leave the charge than the home invasion anthology flick "V/H/S". The film will be released on the classic big box this coming January in a limited run of only about 300 copies. If you buy all 300 copies I'm pretty sure you get a free 6 pack of PBR.
Terrence Howard has joined Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal in the cast of the upcoming hey you kidnapped my kid so I'm going to torturer the crap out of you flick "Prisoners". The flick is set to start shooting in February and in case you are wondering yes I'd like to go on a weekend trip with Terrence Howard to some sort of mountain resort where we just relax and get to know each other.
"Mara" is a new Swedish film that just got picked up for US distribution and stars Angelica Jansson, a Swedish model making her film debut. If you still need to know what the movie is about to want to see it I hate your guts but it follows a young woman who returns to the home where she witnessed a murder many years ago only to find herself trapped by an a intruder. She's a Swedish model. Shame on you for asking any other questions.
Show of hands, who still has a crush on Goldie Hawn? No one? How is that possible!? Well screw you for judging me. I ask because "Death Becomes Her", the 92 flick in which she co-starred in has been picked up by the folks at Bravo for a new hour long series. Robert Zemeckis will produce the show based on the film about two women who purchase a potion that gives them eternal life. You can't deny that Meryl Streep is the greatest woman to ever live can you? You're a monster.


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For Release in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia: December 2012
Release Number: 363PR12
Caterpillar is upgrading its equal sized tyre (EST) machine range in line with the rest of the F Series product family. The new Cat® 434F is solely mechanically controlled. The 444F, equipped with pilot joystick controls, can be fitted with either a 4.27m (14 feet) or a 4.87m (16 feet) backhoe.
Engine Emissions
In the European Union (EU), the F Series backhoe loaders uses the Cat 4.4 engine. The Cat 4.4. engine meets EU Stage IIIA emission standards, providing customers with the most efficient, cost effective solution to meet their operating needs. An EU Stage IIIB solution will be phased in during the second half of 2013.
For markets with less stringent emission standards than the EU, the F Series backhoe loaders will use the Cat 3054C engine, which has emission levels equivalent to EU Stage II. Engines that meet EU Stage IIIA emission standards are available in non-EU markets that require highly regulated emission levels, such as Turkey.
Driveline Improvements Boost Economy
A new lock-up torque converter is available as an option on all Autoshift models, reducing fuel consumption and increasing average road speed to boost productivity. The full Autoshift transmission is now fitted on the 434F. The Cat 444F is equipped with a stiffer torque converter, demonstrating more power in hard bank and faster acceleration when roading.
Boosted brakes are now standard on all F Series models, enhancing braking performance and reducing pedal effort for the operator. An electronic torque limiter on the 444F improves controllability at lower engine speeds, further increasing productivity and operator comfort.
Machine Controllability
Three different steering modes, two-wheel steer, circle steer and crab steer, can be selected on the fly to allow the operator to control the machine with the most efficient steering mode.
Both the Cat 434F and 444F machines are fitted with auto-align steering for a quick and easy switch of steering modes that allows the operator to continue his work without manually realigning the steering.
Performance and Visibility Benefits
Performance at the loader end gets a significant boost with the new F Series models. New loader arm design increases maximum hinge-pin and dump height with lift capacity at maximum height increased by as much as 36 percent. In addition, loader improvements with true parallelism when raising the bucket result in better material retention. Operators can truck the load more easily without losing any material, thus improving productivity.
A new sloping engine hood design combined with improved hose routings enhances operator visibility to the work tool both over the hood and either side of the loader arms. This helps with applications such as grading or grabbing when precision of work tool is important.
Service Access Reduces Downtime
A new footstep, mounted on the front fender, allows for a comfortable and safe stance when performing daily checks of regular service points. The engine side panels require no tools to remove, allowing technicians to access the engine with ease. A hinged cooling pack further improves access for cleaning and servicing and helps reduce downtime on site.
A new hydraulic tank design with suction strainer improves machine reliability and incorporates a larger replaceable cartridge-type filter. A non-metallic 160-litre fuel tank reduces condensation and eliminates corrosion, improving reliability. With the batteries located in the nose of the machine there is a new battery isolator providing increased security. A remote engine jump-start in the event of low battery power is also available.
F Series Backhoe Loader Specifications
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Weight (range)
8428-10892 kg
8687- 11275 kg
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Typical Weight
9498 kg
9743 kg
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Dig Depth, Std.
4379 mm
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Gross Power (ISO14396)
68.5 kW (93 hp)*
74.5 kW (101 hp)*
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*Meets EU Stage II Emission Standards (not available in Europe)
**Meets EU Stage III Emission Standards
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Last week, we visited GameTrailers HQ to chat about fall's biggest games, from Uncharted 2 to Brutal Legend to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. This Bonus Round clip is the result of that visit.
Join me, Michael McWhertor, Geoff Keighley, Michael Pachter and Tom Russo as we shoot the shit about video games in part one of this episode. Just don't view hungry, or you're inevitably going to ingest a KFC Snacker or full bucket of original recipe chicken within the first two minutes. And it's quote possible that putting either of those things in your system could kill you.