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Bluetooth headset is connected, but ALSA/PulseAudio fails to pick up the connected device. You'll get "Audio sink fails".
Bluetooth headset is connected, but ALSA/PulseAudio fails to pick up the connected device. You'll get "Audio sink fails".
According to [http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Bluetooth_Headset gentoo wiki], you have to verify than in {{ic|/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf}} there is {{ic|<nowiki>Enable=Socket</nowiki>}}. Just do a {{Ic|#rc.d restart bluetooth}} to apply it.
According to [http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Bluetooth_Headset gentoo wiki], you have to verify than in {{ic|/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf}} there is {{ic|<nowiki>Enable=Socket</nowiki>}} .
Just do a {{Ic|#rc.d restart bluetooth}} to apply it.
== Switch between HSV and A2DP setting ==
== Switch between HSV and A2DP setting ==
Revision as of 20:59, 16 October 2012
This article describes how to set up a bluetooth headset with Arch Linux. Before you get started, you have to make sure that bluetooth is set up and working, especially that the dbus and hcid (started with the bluetooth start scriptlet) daemons are running.
ALSA-BTSCO method
It is much easier to set up your bluetooth headset today, with bluez >= 3.16. You may wanna try the out-of-box python script in this blog (you need edit the skript to work with gconftool-2). There's also a piece of equivalent bash script here.
The following method is out-of-date and obsoleted.
NOTE: This method is also outdated as with newer versions of BlueZ.
You need your headset's bdaddr. It is of the form 12:34:56:78:9A:BC. Either find it in the documentation of your headset, on the headset itself or with the hcitool scan command.
Install btscoAUR from AUR.
To load the kernel module, type
# modprobe snd-bt-sco
There will now be an extra audio device. Use alsamixer -cN (where N is most likely 1) to set the volume. You can access the device with any alsa-capable application by choosing the device BT headset, or with any OSS application by using /dev/dspN as the audio device.
But to actually get any sound, you have to connect your headset to the computer first.
Connecting the headset
If you connect your headset for the first time, read the section about pairing first. To connect to your headset to the computer, use the command
$ btsco -f <bdaddr>
for example
$ btsco -f 12:34:56:78:9A:BC
Pairing the headset with your computer
The first time you connect the headset, you have to pair it with the computer. To do this, you need your headset's PIN. Depending on your headset you may have to reset the headset and repeat the pairing everytime you used the headset with another bluetooth device.
There are two ways to pair your headset with the computer:
Using bluez-gnome
Install the bluez-gnome package from the community repository. Then start the bt-applet program. Once you try to connect to the headset, a window will open and ask for the PIN.
Using passkey-agent
Before connecting to the headset, enter the command
$ passkey-agent --default <pin>
where <pin> is your headset's PIN. Then try to connect to the headset.
Headset and Alsa Devices
1. First if you have not already, install bluez
# pacman -S bluez
2. Scan for your device
$ hcitool (-i <optional hci#>***) scan
3. Pair your headset with your device
$ bluez-simple-agent (optional hci# ***) XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX and put in your pin (0000 or 1234, etc)
4. Add this to your/etc/asound.conf file
#/etc/asound.conf pcm.btheadset { type plug slave { pcm { type bluetooth device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX profile "auto" } } hint { show on description "BT Headset" } } ctl.btheadset { type bluetooth }
5. Check to see if it has been added to alsa devices
$ aplay -L
6. Now play with aplay:
$ aplay -D btheadset /path/to/audio/file
or Mplayer:
$ mplayer -ao alsa:device=btheadset /path/to/audio/or/video/file
- To find hci# for a usb dongle, type in
$ hcitool dev
In order to get your bluetooth headset's multimedia buttons (play, pause, next, previous) working you need to add uinput to MODULES section in /etc/rc.conf:
MODULES=(fuse ipw2200 ... uinput)
PulseAudio method
This one`s much easier and more elegant. PulseAudio will seamlessly switch between output devices when the headset is turned on. If you have ALSA as the sound server, you need the following packages installed:
# pacman -S pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa
Now, to configure the audio output to use bluetooth, just install and run pavucontrol to configure the audio output:
# pacman -S pavucontrol $ pavucontrol
That`s it!
See [this blog] for futher explanations. Make sure to take a look at the PulseAudio wiki entry for setting up PulseAudio, especially if you are running KDE.
Bluetooth headset is connected, but ALSA/PulseAudio fails to pick up the connected device. You'll get "Audio sink fails".
According to gentoo wiki, you have to verify than in
/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf there is
Enable=Socket under the
[General] section heading.
Just do a
#rc.d restart bluetooth to apply it.
Switch between HSV and A2DP setting
This can easily be achieved by the following command where 2 needs to be changed with the correct device number.
pacmd set-card-profile 2 a2dp
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Foregoing meat is gaining momentum for a number of reasons, and while many already honor Meatless Monday — dedicating one day a week to conscientious vegetarianism — No Meat March (nomeatmarch.com) encourages Northeast Floridians to take a 31-day pledge to give up meat and seafood. As a participant for the past two years, I found my energy increased and I began craving leafy greens and juicy fruits. Honestly, tempeh and tofu (which, when cooked properly, is quite versatile) are delicious and enabled me to experience one of the best Reuben sandwiches of my life, made with tempeh, sauerkraut and avocado on pressed ciabatta bread.
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Meat-free for nearly 20 years, Watkins has several favorite places around the area with menu items she recommends. "Happy Cup in Atlantic Beach has the yummiest wraps — the strawberry with hazelnut, almonds and agave is the best," she raves. "And Tapa That [in 5 Points] has mushroom quesadillas that are amazing!"
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Futuristic architecture is transforming the skylines of cities around the world, as statement buildings rise up in place of traditional rectangular skyscrapers. The aesthetic is instantly recognisable: minimalist yet bold, using clean lines and offbeat design features to create visually arresting silhouettes. These ten examples of futuristic properties show that, despite some unifying characteristics, the only limits for this movement are in the imagination of the architect.
Previously known as Infinity Tower, this 75-storey building is renowned for its unique twisted design. The top floor is offset 90˚ from the foundation: the rest of the building spirals gradually upwards.
Tjuvholmen Icon Building, Oslo
Designed by Renzo Piano, this arts and culture centre has rejuvenated a disused area of the city harbour. The use of Norwegian wood tones down the application of a sculptural glass roof, which shelters the three buildings in this complex. Each angular building is linked by bridges over man-made canals, while the outdoor space incorporates a sculpture garden.
Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre, Astana
Architects drew inspiration from local nomadic culture to create this huge, transparent tent, which covers an area of over 100,000 square metres. The name, Khan Shatyr, translates as 'Tent of the Khan'. It provides much-required meeting space for the residents of Kazakhstan's capital, as winter temperatures frequently plummet to -35º Celsius.
The Dancing Building, Prague
This collaboration between Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry juxtaposes futuristic glass and steel with the surrounding Baroque, Gothic and art nouveau architecture, taking inspiration from Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to create a sense of movement within the fixed structure.
Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs
This visionary building was built in 1963, yet stands up well amongst today's futuristic designs. Rising 150 feet into the Colorado skies, the 17 pointed spires resemble fighter jets.
This astonishing urban park bears closer resemblance to the CGI graphics in a science-fiction film than conventional architecture. Highlights include the Supertree Grove; vertical gardens reaching up to 16 storeys high.
Arguably a modern art piece itself, the Guggenheim was designed by Frank Gehry. Undulating shapes soften the impact made by the building's enormous size – it covers a total of 24,000 square metres.
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Baku
Futuristic stalwart Zaha Hadid took inspiration from the Möbius Strip in designing this sloping structure. The building provides a stark contrast to the monumental Soviet architecture that characterises Baku.
Tower Infinity, Seoul
An LED facade and clever camera work will allow this as-yet unfinished skyscraper to 'disappear', as a statement against the worldwide contest to build the biggest and most prominent buildings.
Harpa Conference and Concert Centre, Reykjavik
Geometric shapes and a crystalline design play with light, colour and sound in this eye-catching harbour-side building. By night, the building's LED lights reflect off the surrounding water.
If you are planning to invest in a piece of futuristic architecture, contact Engel & Völkers. With an international portfolio of high-end properties in varied architectural styles, our local licence partners can guide you towards avant-garde apartments, modernist mansions and exciting new developments in cities worldwide.


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With Adobe Presenter 8, we added a new video recording feature known as the Adobe Presenter Video Creator. It is a big hit with the training folks and allows you to create video-based lectures and demonstrations with ease! But, as Adobe Presenter is only available on Windows platform, the Mac users were not able to benefit from this.
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Pink a welcome addition to the sports world
Pink didn't used to be a football color. Vince Lombardi hated pink. Dick Butkus has never worn pink in his life. Lawrence Taylor sees pink and laughs. Muddy brown – that's a football color. Black and blue, yes. Pink? Unless we're talking about a white jersey that got washed with something red, no way.
These days, Vince might be rolling over in his grave. Pink is suddenly in. Pink wristbands, pink socks, pink undershirts, pink bandanas. It's football, with a splash of the most un-football like color.
If Vince knew the story, he'd understand.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It was given that title in 1985. In 1993, the pink ribbon became a symbol for breast cancer fundraising, and almost 20 years later, pink has taken over.
The sports world is all in. Teams everywhere, and at every level have embraced pink – and it's an amazing thing to see. Whether they're fundraising in conjunction with a pink-out or just joining in the quest for awareness, they're making a difference.
I don't know exactly when it started. It may have been in 2006, when Major League Baseball players began using pink bats on Mother's Day for breast cancer awareness.
If that was the first step, it sparked quite a movement. A few years ago, I started to see pink everywhere I went, no small feat for a sportswriter. Now, if it's October and you're not wearing pink on the field, you're out of style.
Around here, my first recollection of the pink movement was the Toll Gate football team's efforts. In 2009, with the NFL as an example, the Titans wore pink gear for homecoming and donated the concession stand proceeds to the American Cancer Society. The next week, they walked as a team in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Roger Williams Park.
It was a cool story – tough football players wearing pink. And more importantly, it was a refreshing story of kids coming together to do something positive.
Since then, these kinds of stories have become commonplace. The front page of this week's Cranston Herald features a photo of Cranston West students dressed in pink, with 200 pink ribbons ready to be sold at school. Warwick Vets went pink last Friday, first in school and then on the athletic fields. The football team's game was broadcast on Cox Sports. The 'Canes wore their pink proudly.
Students at Pilgrim have turned in similar efforts. Hendricken will have a pink-out for its homecoming game this Friday. The Cranston East baseball team fundraised and had a breast cancer awareness day last year for the mother of a player who was suffering from the disease. Edgewood Girls' Softball went crazy with a pink-out last spring. The girls may have liked it a little more than the football players.
As common as the stories are becoming, they're no less important. The cause is real. About one in eight U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2011, more than 39,000 women were expected to die from breast cancer.
When teams add pink to their colors, they're doing their part to change that. People have realized that something as simple as a pink sweatband on a quarterback's arm can raise awareness, and can be a spark for a fundraising effort. Kudos to them for running with it.
As a sportswriter, I'm not supposed to cheer for the teams cover. When I'm getting dressed in the morning, I actually think about what teams I'm seeing that day, so I'll avoid wearing their colors.
But on this, I'll make an exception.
I need some pink.
William Geoghegan is the sports editor for the Warwick Beacon. He can be reached at 732-3100 and firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Ex-officer pleads not guilty to felony driving chargesBy DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 18. 2013 10:50PM
MANCHESTER - A former Manchester police officer pleaded not guilty this week to charges relating to an October accident on Interstate 93, including felony counts of second-degree assault and reckless conduct.
David Connare, 46, also faces misdemeanor drunken driving and vehicular assault charges for the accident on Oct. 16, when he drove his 2011 Mazda Rove into the back of another southbound vehicle, knocking the other car off the road and into a bridge abutment and breaking a few ribs of the woman who was driving.
Connare waived his formal arraignment scheduled for Friday, filing his plea through defense attorney Eric Wilson on Thursday in Hillsborough County Superior Court.
Wilson would not comment on the case Friday, saying it was still early.
Connare was president of the Manchester Police Patrolman's Association at the time of the crash, which happened just north of the merger with I-293 North/Route 101 West. A grand jury indicted Connare on Dec. 21 on the felonies, mentioning he was driving at an "unreasonably high rate of speed" in both charging documents.
The indictment charging him with second-degree assault alleges that the other driver suffered serious bodily injury including fractured ribs because Connare consumed alcohol and then was speeding on I-93. The reckless conduct indictment alleges he engaged in conduct that placed or may have placed another person in danger of serious bodily injury by driving a motor vehicle, a deadly weapon as defined by state law, in a manner Connare knew to be capable of producing death or serious bodily injury.
Assistant Merrimack County Attorney George Waldron, the special prosecutor appointed to the case, also charged Connare with the misdemeanors of second-degree assault and driving while intoxicated.
The vehicular assault charge alleges Connare caused serious bodily injury while using a propelled vehicle and causing serious bodily injury by driving at an unreasonably high rate of speed in excess of the posted speed limit.
Documents at Hillsborough County Superior Court on Friday yielded little new information in the case, including how fast Connare was driving or any specifics on what led to the DWI charge. Police have not said whether Connare agreed to be tested for sobriety and there were no blood-alcohol results mentioned in the small court file.
Connare and the other driver were taken by ambulance to Elliot Hospital where they were treated and later released.
Connare resigned from the police force three days after the crash.
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The Flyers' summer of discontent has gotten worse.
The team announced defenseman Andrej Meszaros had surgery Tuesday to repair a torn right Achilles tendon and would be sidelined indefinitely. The surgery was performed by Steve Raikin at Jefferson Hospital.
Last month, the Flyers signed Shea Weber to an offer sheet and envisioned having the league's best defense.
Now their defense is in disarray.
General manager Paul Holmgren, whose team lost Weber when Nashville matched the Flyers' $110 million offer for the restricted free agent, said he would have a better idea of Meszaros' status in six weeks.
It's not a stretch to think he could be sidelined for the entire regular season.
Last year, the Devils' Travis Zajac tore his Achilles in mid-August and missed the first 30 games. He returned to the lineup in December, then re-aggravated the injury and missed 37 more games.
The Phillies' Ryan Howard took eight months before returning to the lineup from a similar injury last October.
Meszaros, who will turn 27 on Oct. 13, was expected to be a key member of the Flyers' defense. He had back surgery last season, but was named the Flyers' top D-man in 2010-11. The latest injury occurred during a training session in Slovakia last week.
The injury means free-agent signee Bruno Gervais will likely be one of the Flyers' top-six defensemen, and that the club will be in the market for another blue-liner.
With Meszaros out, recently acquired Luke Schenn will probably move to the second pairing. If the Flyers don't make any moves, here is how the D may look:
Braydon Coburn and Nick Grossmann; Kimmo Timonen and Schenn; Gervais and one of three other candidates: Marc-Andre Bourdon, Erik Gustafsson or Andreas Lilja.
"We have a lot of young guys we like," Holmgren said, "and we have four who have a lot of experience, so we'll see how it goes."
Holmgren added that Bourdon, Gustafsson and Brandon Manning "got their feet wet last year" and that he liked what he saw.
The best unrestricted free agent available is probably 6-foot-1, 205-pound Carlo Colaiacovo, who had 19 points and was plus-7 in 64 games with St. Louis last season. Montreal's P.K. Subban is among the available RFA defensemen.
Subban has reportedly said he will not sign an offer sheet with another team, but his negotiations with Montreal have hit a roadblock.
Washington's 6-3, 212-pound John Carlson is also an intriguing RFA defenseman. His production dipped as a sophomore last season (37 points to 32, plus-21 to minus-15). But he is only 22 and has loads of potential.
"We'll see what the rest of the summer brings," Holmgren said.
The Flyers were unsuccessful earlier this summer in trying to land free-agent D-men Ryan Suter and Weber. They also lost defenseman Matt Carle, who signed as a free agent with Tampa Bay.
Meszaros had seven goals and 18 assists in 62 games last season. The rugged 6-2, 218-pounder underwent March 21 surgery to remove a disc fragment from his back. He returned and played one playoff game against New Jersey, though he wasn't nearly 100 percent.
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Students in an Associate in Arts program are required to earn two credit hours from Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPR). One (1) of the required credits must be earned through a course that makes use of the Wellness Center. Wellness Center courses require regular participation at the Wellness Center. A comprehensive fitness assessment is conducted at the beginning of each semester and an exercise program is designed for each student.
Through classroom teaching, the academic foundations presented in the applied programs of the department strengthen individuals to engage in applied arts and human sciences. Upon transferring to a four year institution and majoring in any of the areas of health, physical education and recreation, students are further prepared for career opportunities in meeting the complex educational, health, leisure and sport science needs of society allowing them to improve upon the complex and dynamic needs for individuals, groups, families, organizations and communities within the state, region and nation.
Potential Majors in the areas of Health, Physical Education & Recreation Include:
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Wellness is a state of health more positive than the mere absence of disease. Wellness is the conscious and deliberate effort to stay healthy and achieve the highest potential for physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual well-being.


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Risk assessments are calculated using a number of factors including age, gender, race, cholesterol and blood pressure levels, diabetes and smoking status, and the use of blood pressure-lowering medications. Typically, these factors are used to estimate a patient's risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years. For example, someone who is young with no risk factors for cardiovascular disease would have a very low 10-year risk for developing cardiovascular disease. However, someone who is older with risk factors like diabetes and high blood pressure will have a much higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years.
If a preventive treatment plan is unclear based on the calculation of risk outlined above, care providers should take into account other factors such as family history and level of C-reactive protein. Taking this additional information into account should help inform a treatment plan to reduce a patient's 10-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Calculating the 10-year risk for cardiovascular disease using traditional risk factors is recommended every 4-6 years in patients 20-79 years old who are free from cardiovascular disease. However, conducting a more detailed 10-year risk assessment every 4-6 years is reasonable in adults ages 40-79 who are free of cardiovascular disease. Assessing a patient's 30-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease can also be useful for patients 20-59 years of age who are free of cardiovascular disease and are not at high short-term risk for cardiovascular disease.
Risk estimations vary drastically by gender and race. Patients with the same traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as high blood pressure can have a different 10-year risk for cardiovascular disease as a result of their sex and race.
After care providers and patients work together to conduct a risk assessment, it's important that they discuss the implications of their findings. Together, patients and their care providers should weigh the risks and benefits of various treatments and lifestyle changes to help reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
The "2013 AHA/ACC Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk" provides recommendations for heart-healthy lifestyle choices based on the latest research and evidence. The guidelines focus on two important lifestyle choices--diet and physical activity--which can have a drastic impact on cardiovascular health. Here's what every patient should know about the latest recommendations for reducing cardiovascular disease risk through diet and exercise.
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The "2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults" was created to reflect the latest research to outline best practices when it comes to treating obesity--a condition that affects more than one-third of American adults. These guidelines help address questions like "What's the best way to lose weight?" and "When is bariatric surgery appropriate?". Here is what every patient should know about the treatment of overweight and obesity:
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Definition of obesity: Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it can have an adverse effect on one's health. Obesity can be diagnosed using body mass index (BMI), a measurement of height and weight, as well as waist circumference. Obesity is categorized as having a BMI of 30 or greater. Abdominal obesity is defined as having a waist circumference greater than 40 inches for a man or 35 inches for a woman.
Understanding the nuances of the process smooths the publishing ride.
By KATHRYN HEWLETT
September 2002, Vol 33, No. 8
Print version: page 50
The Catch 22 in research publishing is that few authors work effectively in the process until after they've published a few manuscripts. The good news is that experienced journal editors and authors are willing to pass on their secrets of success. Here is their best advice.
Have a focus and a vision
Angela M. Neal-Barnett, PhD, of Kent State University and author of the forthcoming book, "Bad Nerves" (Simon Schuster, 2003), as well as numerous papers in multiple journals believes that the key to successfully publishing an article is to "get a vision"--a reason and purpose for writing. That concept isn't always familiar to academicians who often write because they have to for tenure or promotion, she says. But, she advises, while "academic wisdom [says] 'publish or perish,' ancient wisdom says 'without vision, the people will perish.'"
Once you have a vision, says Neal-Barnett, write it down and keep it in constant view to remind you of your mission.
Write clearly
"There is no substitute for a good idea, for excellent research or for good, clean, clear writing," says Nora S. Newcombe, PhD, of Temple University, former editor of APA's .
Newcombe endorses the advice of Cornell University's Daryl J. Bem, PhD, who in (Vol. 118, No. 2) wrote that a review article should tell "a straightforward tale of a circumscribed question in want of an answer. It is not a novel with subplots and flashbacks, but a short story with a single, linear narrative line. Let this line stand out in bold relief."
Newcombe also admits that neatness counts. Though she tries not get in a "bad mood" about grammar mistakes or gross violations of APA style, she says, such mistakes do "give the impression that you're not so careful."
Get a pre-review
Don't send the manuscript to an editor until you have it reviewed with a fresh eye, warns Newcombe. Recruit two objective colleagues: one who is familiar with the research area, another who knows little or nothing about it. The former can provide technical advice, while the latter can determine whether your ideas are being communicated clearly.
Many academic departments form reading groups to review each others' papers, says Elizabeth M. Altmaier, PhD, editor of . "New faculty should and can form reading groups where they can exchange drafts and get feedback to each other," she says.
After you've gotten that fresh critique of your work, says Newcombe, listen to the pre-reviewer's advice. If the reviewer down the hall "didn't really understand page six and therefore got lost in page 13," she says, "don't just say they didn't read carefully--other people are going to make that same error."
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Send your manuscript to the right journal
Many rejections are the result of manuscript-journal mismatch--a discrepancy between the submitted paper and the journal's scope or mission. Newcombe advises authors to consider the "theoretical bent" of the papers that regularly appear in the journal before they submit a paper to it.
A major faux pas is submitting your manuscript simply to get it reviewed, says Newcombe. She's heard authors say, "This is a small experiment that I know would never get published in that journal, but I would like to get some feedback." Not a good idea, Newcombe says, because it wastes editors' and reviewers' time, and those who reject it from the journal may also be the ones who have to review the paper when it's submitted to a different journal. "It's a small community out there. Don't use up your reviewers," she says.
Beef up your cover letter
Many authors don't realize the usefulness of cover letters, Newcombe says. In addition to stating "here it is" and that the paper conforms to ethical standards, Newcombe says the letter can contain the author's rationale for choosing the editor's journal--especially if it's not immediately apparent.
The letter can also suggest reviewers for your manuscript, she says, especially in the case of a field that an editor isn't well-versed in. The flip side is also acceptable: Authors can suggest that certain people not review the manuscript for fear of potential bias. In both cases, authors can't expect the editor to follow the recommendations, says Newcombe. In fact, the editor may not follow any of them or may use all of them.
Don't panic
The overwhelming majority of initial journal manuscripts are rejected at first. "Remember, to get a lot of publications, you also will need to get lots of rejections," says Edward Diener, PhD, editor of APA's . Only a small proportion--5 to 10 percent--are accepted the first time they are submitted, and usually they are only accepted subject to revision. Since most papers are rejected from the start, says Newcombe, the key is whether the journal editors invite you to revise it.
Read the reviews carefully
In fact, anything aside from simply "reject," Neal-Barnett reminds, is a positive review. These include:
Some reviewers may recommend submitting your work to a different journal. "They're not saying the article is hopeless," says Neal-Barnett, "they're just saying that it may not be right for that journal."
If revision isn't invited following the initial rejection, many new authors may toss the manuscript and vow to never write again to or change programs. Newcombe's advice, though, is to read the reviews carefully and determine why that decision was made.
If the research needs more studies or if the methodology needs to be changed somehow, "if you have a sincere interest in the area, do these things," says Newcombe. You can resubmit it as a new paper, noting the differences in the cover letter.
Also keep in mind that "quite often, unfortunately, a journal will reject an article because it's novel or new for its time," says Newcombe. "If you feel that it is valid and good, then by all means, send it off to another journal."
Gary R. VandenBos, PhD, APA's publisher, adds, "once you have published, you take a feedback letter for what it is--a good-news sign telling what you need to do to transform it into an acceptance." It can take three or so journal-paper publishing experiences to get the hang of the process, he says.
Don't put off the revisions
If you are invited to revise, "Do it, do it fast and don't procrastinate," says Newcombe. Also, she warns that because reviewers can at times ask for too much, authors should take each suggestion into consideration, but decide themselves which to implement.
Be diplomatic
What if reviewers disagree? "There is a wrong and a right way" to address dissention among reviewers, says Newcombe. She quotes from Daryl Bem's article:
Wrong: "I have left the section on the animal studies unchanged. If reviewers A and C can't even agree on what the animals have developed, I must be doing something right."
Right: "You will recall that reviewer A thought the animal studies should be described more fully whereas reviewer C thought they should be omitted. Other psychologists in my department agree with reviewer C that the animals cannot be a valid analogue to the human studies. So, I have dropped them from the text and have attached it as a footnote on page six."
Ultimately, it's good to keep in mind that the road to being published isn't a lonely one: "All authors get lots of rejections--including senior authors such as me," says Diener. "The challenge," he says, "is to persevere, and improve one's papers over time."
Accept: "Which almost nobody gets," she says.
Although not permanent – almost all of the EFP-related forces deployed to northeastern Europe do so on a rotational basis – the initiative nonetheless represents a strengthening of the alliance's deterrence and reassurance posture. It is also a substantial re-embrace of
Article 5 collective defense
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in places like Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, as well as military diplomacy and outreach to promote security sector reform.
What is also striking about the EFP initiative is the degree of participation . This reflects both the emerging consensus among NATO allies that Russia's actions in 2014 were more than just a passing storm in the European security environment and the allies' durable commitment to collective security despite occasional dustups over issues like burden-sharing. In Estonia, where the United Kingdom has the lead as the framework country – and hence contributes the most forces – Denmark and Iceland also contribute personnel. In Latvia, the Canadians are in the lead, with additional troops contributed by Albania, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. Personnel from Belgium, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Norway have joined the Germans in Lithuania. Finally, in Poland, where the United States leads as the framework nation, Croatia, Romania, and the United Kingdom also contribute forces.
If, in the worst-case scenario, Russia were to invade one of the four host nations, several alliance member states would likely sustain casualties. This would probably spur a faster, more unified response from the alliance. If the primary purpose of EFP is to act as a tripwire triggering broader allied involvement, it seems suitable for the task, even though there are legitimate doubts over whether it's large enough and – as argued in a forthcoming Security Studies Institute monograph by Alexander Lanoszka and Michael A. Hunzeker – whether Russia would actually trip over it.
Spreading risk in this way is similar to multinational formations used by NATO during the Cold War. In particular, the former Allied Command Europe Mobile Force—Land was a brigade-sized force comprising 14 of NATO's then-15 member states. It was meant to quickly deploy to an emerging crisis zone and to be a tangible manifestation of allied solidarity.
Operational Problems with EFP
However, NATO characterizes the EFP units as " robust… combat-ready forces ," and here there are significant questions yet to be answered. Most importantly, it remains to be seen whether the allies can overcome the challenges associated with the aforementioned multinationality that characterizes each battlegroup. The difficulties of multinationality at the batallion or battlegroup level should have been no great surprise for an alliance that spent years experimenting – with mixed results – with similar arrangements in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Nonetheless, on a recent research trip I conducted to northeastern Europe, it's clear that multinationality is creating a number of problems, especially in terms of equipment compatibility, English-language proficiency, and duplicative capabilities such as medical support. These conclusions are based an array of discussions I conducted with officers and enlisted personnel, as well as my own observations.
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WTP Development Status Meeting 2007-01-04
Announcements and Reminders
Other business?
Team Status and Focus
- Attendees
- Announcements and Reminders
- Conferences:
- EclipseCon2007 open for short talk and demo (Jan 15) submissions.
- The Call for Speakers has been extended for EclipseWorld2007, 11/6/2007-11/8/2007 in Reston, VA. The deadline for abstracts is 4/17/2007.
- Reminder:
- When you reject a hot bug request as a hot bug, change the summary to [hotbug_declined].
- When requested, be sure to update the smoke test results status page.
- Announcements:
- Nominations are open for the Eclipse community awards.
- BZ Media has recently completed their annual Eclipse survey of the SD Times readership.
- Due: 2007-02-16
- 1/5 - Identify what to attempt to fix for the Callisto Winter Maintenance Release
- 2/1 - Release candidates available for testing
- 2/12 - Zips and update site files ready to start the mirror process
- 2/16 - Callisto Winter Maintenance Release available
- 1.5.3 Guidelines for fixes
- We will be declaring a 1.5.3M build this week, so please smoke test and report results using the latest 1.5.3 M build.
- Smoke Test Scenarios
- Please publish your smoke test scenarios by adding a link here.
- Bug lists
- Resolved, Unverified (~300)
- Verified, Not closed (~1)
- 1.5.3 Hot Bug Requests (~0)
- 1.5.3 Hot Bugs (~2)
- Blockers, Criticals (~1)
- Build Status
- See David's note for detail, but we will declare M4 with our own patched JEM version for the January 4th Europa date.
- Component teams should be sniff testing and verifying defect fixes on the final build and component leads should vote thumbs up or thumbs down for M4 by end of day Thursday.
- Please perform two types of smoke tests:
- Zip File Test - please use the build from 2.0M4 Thu, 4 Jan 2007 -- 01:46 (UTC) with all the exact pre-reqs listed there (note, no JEM required, as we are now including a patched version for our M4).
- Update Site Test - install the Eclipse Base, and all the pre-reqs first (from zips), and with that as your starting IDE, define a new remote update site with a URL of http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/testUpdates/
- M4 Shutdown Plans
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Defect Verifications
Update JEM
Status Call
Sanity Tests
Declare WTP 2.0 M4
WTP 1.5.3M Build
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- Component Leads - Please update your test coverage plans for WTP 2.0 M4
- Remaining Europa Timeline
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- Smoke Test Scenarios
- Please publish your smoke test scenarios by adding a link here.
- Compatibility Tests for WTP 1.5 <--> WTP 2.0
- Information on what to test and how to publish your compatibility test plans can be found here.
- Performance and API Tests
- Need to investigate re-enabling these tests for M5. We will publish these results with every weekly declared build.
- Usage Reports
- The Adopter Usage Reports are posted for component owners...
- To ensure no one is using code they should not be using.
- To prioritize which code you plan to make API.
- The Extension Point Usage Reports are also posted. The instructions for adopters on how to contribute can be found here.
- Stay tuned in M5 for automated test coverage report numbers based on using TPTP's line coverage analysis tools. Also investigating cross referencing the data from the usage reports to detail where test coverage must be improved.
- Bug lists
- Untriaged (~100)
- Resolved, Unverified (~150)
- Resolved, Remind or Later (~37)
- Verified, Not closed (~1)
- 2.0 Hot Bug Requests (~0)
- 2.0 Hot Bugs (~0)
- Blockers, Criticals (~3)
- Other business?
- Suggestion from Raghu - Use wiki to track and list any changes which go into the builds during shutdown phase.
- Java EE 5 Update - Chuck?
- There is a wiki page established for people to follow along.
- Website Update
Teams Status and Focus for Coming Week
- Common Component Team
- Server Component Team
- WTP 1.5.3 - only one remaining bug, will be released this coming week
- WTP 2.0 - working mainly on UI and usability enhancements, bug fixes
- Datatools (RDB, 1.5.x only)
- XML/JSP Component Team
- Web Services Component Team
- WTP 1.5.3 - Fixing bugs and ongoing triage of bugs into and out of the release (Query). Today's count: 19.
- WTP 2.0 - Ongoing triaging of RFEs for inclusion in the plan.
- M4 - Function test and compatibility test completed successfully. Smoke testing M4 candidate today.
- Apache Axis2 - The Axis2 integration effort is in progress. See RFE 165664. Bi-weekly meetings continue. Use cases and requirements drafted. Secondary RFEs are open and targetted to M5 or M6. Lahiru Sandakith (WSO2) has developed the first round of new plugins for Axis2 and expects to attach them as patches to the RFE(s) shortly.
- Eclipsecon 2007
- Three proposals submitted by the Web services team:
- Web Services tools in IBM Rational Application Developer v7.0 - NEW.
- Understanding the Web services development platform - a case study on adding the Apache Axis2 Web services runtime in WTP - NEW.
- Introduction to Web Services Tools in WTP - ACCEPTED. We will approach Christopher Judd for interest in collaborating with him on his similar proposal, Consuming and producing web services with Web Tools (WTP).
- We may also submit demos and/or BOF sessions to EclipseCon 2007.
- Three proposals submitted by the Web services team:
- Java EE Component Team
- Coming back from Holiday break
- WTP 1.5.3 - Ongoing triage and bug fixing
- Helped regenerate JEM model for 2.0 M4 build.
- Ongoing triage of 2.0 bugs / M5 plan
- JEE Facets to be contributed start of M5
- Initial EMF Model for EE5 models to be contributed starting in M5
- Ongoing Model extension discussions
- Dali JPA
- Dali 1.0 (WTP 2.0)
- Problems still exist in the latest M4 build with missing property files, see bug 169321 for more details.
- WTP 2.0 integration build issues have provided much more challenge than expected. Extra effort will be added to this task as necessary.
- Project wide meetings will be held on Monday and Tuesday of next week at the Raleigh Oracle office. Call-in details are available on the mailing list.
- Dali 1.0 (WTP 2.0)
- Website
- releng
- Add versions 1.5.1,1.5.2,1.5.3 to the WTP bugzilla version options list when opening new bugs
- Investigating running and publishing the automated test coverage reports
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Jamestown will be represented in the Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, on Oct. 8. Islander Andrea Brayman, a teacher in Jamestown, qualified for the championship in an Ironman competition in Lake Placid, N.Y., on July 24. It consisted of a 2.4-mile swim and a 112-mile bike ride followed by a 26.2-mile run.
Andrea is seeking contributions to help defray the costs of travel expenses, housing, bike shipping and the race fee itself. Some 2,000 athletes will test their bodies, minds and spirits to earn the title of "Ironman." Andrea said that the event centers on the dedication and courage shown by participants who demonstrate the Ironman mantra that "Anything is Possible."
She lives here with her children Lexi, 13, Katy, 11, Ian, 8, and husband David. Andrea said she has watched the Ford Ironman events since she was a kid. "This is my chance of a lifetime." Contributions to help get Andrea to Hawaii can be sent to 23 Washington Street, Jamestown, RI 02835.
*** The Jamestown Community Theatre has completed its cast for the November production of "The Wizard of Oz" and the munchkins are loose on the island once again. There is still a need for adults for the chorus. They will be needed only once a week on Sundays for about an hour until the last two weeks of rehearsals when the singers may be needed more often.
Additional roles in the musical are: Valerie Tarantino, Auntie Em; Tom Wiggin, Uncle Henry: Whit Tarantino, Ozian Guard 2; Caellum Kerr, Ozian Guard 1; Lauren Toland, Munchkin Doctor and Jitterbug Flying Monkey; Laura Smith, Mayor of Munchkin City, Jitterbug, Emerald City Hairdresser; Gaylen Dwyer, Jitterbug and Emerald City Chorus; Damien Beecroft, L'Arc de Ciel (rainbow); Jacob Maguire, Crow2, Emerald City Chorus; Liam Gamon, Mikko, Commander of the Flying Monkeys, Munchkin Braggart; Pam Watters, Emma Lennon, Sophia Dasmalchi, Isabel Sheehan and Anne Marie Keldron, Ozian Girls Glee Club; Anne Marie will also do "Reflections on the Wizard of Oz."
Also: Maggie Owens, Crow 1, Emerald City Chorus; Hope Benson, Talking Tree 1, Emerald City Chorus; Madison Hodrick, Talking Tree 2, Emerald City Chorus; Libby LaMantia, Talking Tree 3, Winkie General; Philip Riley, Talking Tree 4; Isabella Varrecchione, Munchkin 2A and a City School Teacher; Alyssa Gibbs, Munchkin 1 and a City School Teacher, Emerald City Chorus; Julia Bush, Munchkin Coroner, Emerald City Chorus; Kensie Lennon, Munchkin Barrister and Emerald City; Henry Benson, Munchkin Toughie, Flying Monkey: Ani Tamboe, Munchkin Toughie, Flying Monkey; Bridgette Toland, Munchkin Toughie, Flying Monkey; (all the Toughies are Lollipop Kids) Rilely Tipton, Munchin Chorus, Crow 3, Emerald City Chorus; Bianca Melucci, Munchkin Farmer, Emerald City Chorus; Allison Bush, Julia Totten, Emma Lazzara and Julia Cotsonas, Munchkin Tots (Ballerinas); Emma Cotsonas, Sara Head, Ally Sabourin, Mia Bickerstaff and Michelle Gibbs, Munchkin Flowers; Michelle Gibbs is also in the Emerald City Chorus.
Whew! Have a lotta fun.
Kudos to the town DPW for the great paving job on Howland Avenue and West Street.
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face,
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star,
If I could get out of this place."
This from Larry Lewis: "Great trivia question from John A. Murphy.
Alison 'Pookie' Fortin was a Pawtucket 10-year-old who, in 1974, wanted to play sanctioned Little League baseball but had been denied, due to her gender. Her parents brought suit in R.I. District Court, under the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause. While they lost, a clause in the national league's charter was later revised, granting the right of girls to participate in Little League ball.
"What fascinates here is the prevailing sexism so inherent in the decision; the details of which are too myriad for your column. And, to think, that this wasn't all that long ago!"
If anyone was able to interpret the Conservation Commission's bureaucrat speak in its list of items it would like addressed in the community plan revisions by the Planning Commission please call me and explain it.
The toll booths on Route 95 is a lousy idea.
I thought we were broke. The state gave $1 million of your money to Toray Plastics for the environment and renewable energy. Why?
The state Economic Development Corporation has given a $1.5 million loan guarantee to a company pledging 40 new hires by 2016. Wow. Forty over five years!
The federal Department of Transportation is spending $745 million of your tax dollars so the Acela Express trains can go 160 mph. If you're in that much of a hurry, fly.
Who are the strange people always standing behind the politician at the podium? Chuck Schummer is always there, but who are the others?
We can close down the East Passage for the Newport Bucket Regatta but not for an LNG tanker bringing money to the area. Is that about it?
If I never hear another politician use the phrase "punt the ball down the street," it will be too soon.
Marlene Murphy, Diane Allard and Keith Stevens pegged last week's poser as "Leaving On a Jet Plane." Keith added, "Written by John Denver in 1966 and included in his album 'Rhymes & Reasons' in 1969. Most well known version is by Peter, Paul and Mary, 'Album 1700,' in 1967. It was also done by other artists including Janis Joplin."
Some of those other artists were the Chad Mitchell Trio, Jewel and Spanky and Our Gang.
Marlene, your prize is in the mail.
A comment from Nikita Hellsing: "I'm always hearing the bicyclists squawk about 'sharing the road,' which is great except that they don't seem to believe that they are supposed to follow the SAME rules that motor vehicles do, like stopping at stop signs and four-way stops. An example of this can be found at the four-way stop by the post office. I have observed a bicyclist who completely ignore the four-way stop, cutting off cars who had the right of way, who had stopped and waited their turn, never slowing down or looking back. Maybe if tickets were issued – no, that will never happen.
"Sharing the road is great but when the bicyclists are riding in the middle of the lane and when you toot your horn to let them know to move to the side, where they are supposed to ride their bikes, so you can pass, they turn around and look at you like you have four heads and then continue to ride in the center of the lane, forcing the car to move into the opposite lane to pass – THAT IS NOT SHARING.
"PS: When I say bicyclist I'm including the reflective tops and spandex shorts sported by adults who claim to know the rules."
September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, National Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, National Wilderness Month, National Preparedness Month and National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. A little something for everybody.
Be true!
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"Wardrobe Builders"
Go against the grain when knitting the Vertical Drop Tee. Maggie Pace demonstrates intentionally dropped stitches worked from side to side with the purl side out! Robyn Chachula takes you through a classic crochets jacket. Brett Bara demonstrates chunky knit cables and pom poms for the Tweedy Braid Scarf. D
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This meeting is for all circulation and other interested staff, to hear about the latest SHARE news, and to provide an open forum for discussion about hot topics in circulation and library automation. The link to attend the meeting is https://webjunctionillinois.adobeconnect.com/sharechat
This event is sponsored by Illinois Heartland Library System.Event listed by: SHARE
Last day to cancel registrations is: 2/12/2014
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An Elegantly Restored Renaissance Tuscan Villa
Il Salviatino is the epitome of an indulgent Tuscan getaway. The restored villa and former palace is nestled on 12 acres of the hills of Florence, with breathtaking views of the city and Fiesole. Elegantly lavish décor of fine leather furniture, marble fireplaces, and local artwork fill the grand accommodations and common areas. Relax at the on-site spa or read classics in the original and restored library. Il Salviatino provides unique dining experiences to guests by allowing them to eat anywhere on the property from the expansive gardens, the terrace overlooking Florence, or greenhouse surrounded by flowers. Inviting and luxurious, a stay this five-star Italian villa is unparalleled.
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Most students live in one of our four residence halls, just seconds from the center of campus. Within steps, you'll reach our academic buildings, the library and, of course, the Jean Yawkey Center—the hub of student activity. Here our students eat in the dining hall, exercise in the athletic center and study in the lounge areas. You'll have everything you need right at your fingertips, and quickly find yourself a part of this welcoming community.
400 The Fenway is a place to call your own in Boston. It's a beautiful 17-acre campus complete with a big green quad in the middle of the city's medical and business worlds.


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Mount Prospect minister offers couples alternatives
Pagan minister Pamela Magnuson and her business as a wedding officiant is looking forward to Dec. 12, 2012. The 12-12-12 date likely will be popular for weddings, civil unions and other types of ceremonies at her Mount Prospect home.
"On 11-11-11, I performed three weddings that day and it started it all for me," she said.
Magnuson was ordained in the Universal Life Church in June 2011 and said she is licensed to marry or perform civil unions in Illinois and Wisconsin. She has performed about 150 ceremonies so far this year, either at her home or at the site of the couple's choosing, she said.
And she doesn't discriminate about their religion, race or sex, and offers to join anyone with a ceremony designed just for them, she said. So she's gearing up for 12-12-12.
"It's only going to happen once," she said. "People want unique dates for their special day and I expect to completely book up the date."
Magnuson started uniting couples after she was laid off from an advertising agency. She also worked for a wedding venue, but felt she wanted to offer couples an alternative site, she said.
"I thought there was a need in this economy in my local area. Couples needed an inexpensive way to get married and still be romantic and personal. It's even harder to find a reasonable place to get married when they only have a few guests or want to elope," she said.
Magnuson believes we are all "children of the same universe and all religions or belief systems bring us ultimately to the same creator."
"Even if someone doesn't have a religion I believe we are all related and I can give them a ceremony that incorporates different wedding traditions that make it meaningful," she said.
Traveling through Dubai
Alan Leis, senior vice president at Hazard Young Attea & Associates in Rosemont, and a former District 203 superintendent in Naperville, said this on Facebook during his visit last week to Dubai: "Despite a wonderful and enlightening conference with many well-known educators, Dubai is a city of contrasts. The architecture is a combination of Star Wars and Vegas. Shields on patio so those walking past can't see us drinking Belgian beer (a Muslim country after all), and the largest shopping mall in the world with dozens of women in abayas (with only eye slits) carrying shopping bags from American stores filled with 'loot.'"
Honored at Rutgers
Greg Brown, chairman and CEO of Schaumburg-based Motorola Solutions Inc. and a Rutgers alumnus, was inducted to the Rutgers board of governors in New Brunswick, N.J. He succeeds John Russo as a public member of the board of governors appointed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He also serves on the Rutgers board of trustees and the Rutgers University Foundation's board of overseers.
Mason nominated at Rawlings
Amy Mason,Kane County Cougars director of ticket services and community relations, has been nominated for the Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year award. Mason is the Midwest League's representative in that category, and was nominated by her peers from other front office staffs throughout the Midwest League.
Andrew Gluck, the founder of Ox & Pen, was born and raised in Evanston and now lives in Glencoe. Ox&Pen is based in Chicago and the loyalty network includes merchants in Chicago, Evanston and Libertyville. His company plans in the near future to continue expanding into the suburbs. ... Suzanne Burke Vogt is the new sales manager at the Oak Brook-based DuPage Convention and Visitors Bureau and will oversee the association market that includes the Springfield area.
Terry Foster, a financial adviser in the Elgin office of Wells Fargo Advisors, has achieved the designation of premier adviser with the firm. ... Real estate broker Sue Hutchings, a Lake Zurich resident, is now with Renee Clark Real Estate Group Baird & Warner in Barrington. ... Tom Geary is the new senior sales executive of strategic accounts at Delta Dental of Illinois in Naperville. ... Schaumburg resident Violet Lee and Batavia resident Michelle Tippets have become independent consultants with Tastefully Simple Inc., a national direct sales company featuring more than 60 easy-to-prepare foods.
Libertyville resident Nicholas Herrmann has joined Rabjohns Financial Group as a financial representative. ... Terry Dowty is the new specialty lines practice leader at Insurance Program Managers Group in St. Charles.
Young Kang is the new senior director of product development at Wilmette-based Imbibe. The WhiteWave Foods and Coca-Cola veteran has 25 years in the flavor and beverage industry. ... Naperville resident Joe Weidenbach has been appointed Chicago market leader for The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank in Chicago. ... Randall Burggraf, an optometrist for 36 years, joins Third Street Eye Care.
Geneva-based Blue Haven Capital's founder Donald Cummings participated in the 4th annual Bourbon Chase Relay, a 200-mile overnight relay race. The running route traces the Bourbon Trail through some of Kentucky's historic towns and finishes in downtown Lexington. ... Tricia Walter is the new sales and marketing representative at Fox Valley SuddenValues.
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For those new to the youth volleyball scene in Northern Virginia, here's a quick overview:
In most Northern Virginia public school districts, girls volleyball programs are only available in High Schools (grades 9th thru 12th). It is a selective program run during the Fall season with tryouts held during the first full week of August. Teams practice 4 or 5 times per week after school. The playing season runs from late August (before classes start!) through mid-November with roughly 2 matches per week against local schools in the area.
Girls HS programs typically run three teams:
For additional information, visit the NoVA Volleyball Stuff HS page.
Boys volleyball is played in a growing number of Northern Virginia High Schools. Although no longer a varsity sport, it operates through the Northern Virginia High School Boys Volleyball League (NVHSBVL) during the Fall season. Most teams hold tryouts in August or early September, practice 2 to 3 times each week and during the September-November playing seasn, compete in roughly 2 matches per week against other teams in the league.
For additional information, visit the NVHSBVL website
Club volleyball programs offer the most advanced and competitive youth volleyball in the region. Club teams are available for both girls and boys starting with Elementary School (12s and under), going through Middle School (13s & 14s) and High School (15s, 16s, 17s, 18s). In Northern Virginia, all club teams are members of the Chesapeake Region (CHRVA) of the USA Volleyball governing organization. Participants must be members of USA Volleyball and coaches must be certified. Tryouts for club teams are always held in early November. Teams practice 2 or 3 times per week in the evenings or on weekends. The playing season runs from January through May or June with most teams competing in full day or multiday tournaments on weekends 2 or 3 times each month.
There are basically two flavors of club teams:
There are over 20 club volleyball programs for girls in Northern Virginia - each with its own selection criteria, coaching philosophy, practice facilities and fees. Most clubs have only one team per age group while some larger programs, such as BRYC, NVVA and Metro American, have multiple teams per age group. If you want to play club volleyball, it's highly recommended that you try out for several clubs and then choose between offers.
For those interested in learning more about club volleyball, have a look at Chuck's Guide to Club Volleyball. For a full list of local clubs, visit the NoVA Volleyball Stuff Club page.
For boys, the closest clubs offering boys teams are BRYC (Braddock Road Youth) and NVVA (Northern VA Volleyball Assoc.).
Youth recreational volleyball programs are open to athletes with all experiences and skill levels. Some focus on skills development clinics while others offer competitive leagues. Typical programs, such as MYA Volleyball, run during the Spring season when school gyms are most available. Some also run during the Fall and Winter seasons. Programs are divided by age/grade: Elementary School (4th - 6th grades, although some start with 1st or 2nd graders), Middle School (7th & 8th grades) and High School (9th thru 12th). Teams usually practice 1 - 2 days per week with 1 match per week.
There are basically 3 levels of recreational volleyball:
For more information on MYA Volleyball, see the Program Overview page. For information on other recreational programs in the area, visit the NoVA Volleyball Stuff House Leagues page.
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"Slumber Party Pooper /Line Lessons with Lady Redundant Woman"
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shadesThursday, March 06, 2008
I loved digging through our crayons and finding so many shades of green.
I am sure you have seen the crayon roll floating all around blogland. I have seen them numerous places, but knew I had to make one (or many) when I saw this one over at cloth.paper.string. I found the tutorial through sew mama sew. I can't believe that we have gone so long without one. I have been carrying our crayons around in my purse in a plastic ziplock bag. For years!! What was I doing?
Doesn't this look so much cuter?
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so cute! Love the fabric. I'm going to miss all the green next week.ReplyDelete
crayon rolls are the best! no more rogue crayons scraping up the inside of my best bags...ReplyDelete
my favorite is the crayon apron though!
i've also seen crayon pockets done on the front of hand-made tote bags in which one would also carry coloring books!ReplyDelete
yes, we did the zip lock bag thing for years. yuk. this is much, much cuter! (i have a libby, too.)ReplyDelete
I keep meaning to make one of those. They are so handy and cute. Next on my list really. Love the fabric and all they wonderful green. My husband has those " hazel eyes " like your boy's one day they are blue one day they are green. Always beautiful what a great color to have. Mine are brown today they'll be brown tomorrow.ReplyDelete
This is adorable! Unfortunately, my boys have moved beyond crayons:(ReplyDelete
I enjoy your site and love the color green. I'll be checking in all month to see what you come up with for green pictures.
The hazel eye is creative and I agree with you that they are the most interesting eye color influenced by what the person is wearing.
i've never made one either. silly, isn't it? i love your pink and green one - i mean, libby's pink and green one!ReplyDelete
I love all this green! Lovely photos!ReplyDelete
yay! your roll is fantastic, leslie. i'm still dragging on making one of these for my knitting needles, but i think it would be so fun to keep them in a little roll.ReplyDelete
Ok, you are my #1 style maven--even your crayons are utterly chic!:)ReplyDelete
Wow, that is a great idea for a present for some of my friends & family members with younger kids (my kids poo-poo crayons now---they're for "babies"). Thanks!ReplyDelete
Mmmm, love the crayon roll. Wouldn't you love to work for crayola and be in charge of naming all of those shades of green...too fun!ReplyDelete
So cute!! And you said you wouldn't have very many green things to photograph. :)ReplyDelete
I have several ziploc baggies with crayons, in the diaper bag, in the book bags, in my purse, on my desk...ReplyDelete
I will be busy this week making several of these; I can see it coming now...
And then it will be on to some crayon aprons. They've been on the mind for several months and I think this is the boost I need to just jump in and start sewing!
In between all the knitting, of course.
Happy knitting-
Yummy crayon roll! Very inspiring. I can't wait til Sean is old enough to color at restaurants, etc.ReplyDelete


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by columnist Kacie Rice
"This is boring, why do I need to know about it?" "When am I going to use this information in my real life?" "I don't like science, it's too hard."
Sound familiar? As you may imagine, science educators face comments and questions like these every day in classrooms and museums. A lifetime of dry high school science lab experiments and dull college lectures has turned many people off of learning about science. As the world around us becomes increasingly scientifically driven, educators find themselves asking more than ever how they can change people's minds about science. It's crucial that we make science learning attractive to the public so that they can make informed health, political, and economic decisions.
But how can we do this? How can we change minds so that visitors not only understand science, but love it?
Ben Lillie, creator of the Story Collider podcast, believes the key is not only in what we are teaching, but in how we are teaching it. In an interview with Curator magazine this month, he discusses his theory that it is not simply enough to tell people they need to know something: you have to make it interesting enough on its own merits that they will want to know it. You have to invoke an emotional response. This is where the concept of storytelling comes in. Lillie invites guests onto his podcast who tell stories about their lives as scientists: while the stories are scientifically driven, they are more about the people involved than the facts. As Lillie puts it,
"…with stories that's how people remember the facts. If it's vital to the plot, if it's important in the emotional narrative you're engaged in, you may tell your friend later, "You wouldn't believe the story about this neuroscientist, his dad had a stroke and this part of his brain went crazy, it's called the homonculus, it's a representation of the body inside the brain." You're going to remember that bit and relate it, whereas you might not if someone just told you about the homonculus without the father and the stroke and how the person telling the story felt about all that."
As children, we often learned through stories, though we may not have realized it at the time. Aesop's Fables taught us about the value of hard work and dedication, while Dr. Seuss' classic books taught us about numbers, colors, and self-esteem. Lillie believes that adults also learn this way, and he works to create interesting stories around science, giving adult learners a reason to want to engage with scientific concepts. Stories can give learners a way to identify emotionally with a situation: now "climate change" is not just a collection of facts, maps, and figures, but also a young boy who lost his house to a hurricane.
"There are two kinds of learning I talk about. One is, did they learn something specific about science? And I rather think so—again, some fact or idea that's vital to the story. The other kind of learning, and I think this is more important in the long term, is the idea that science is part of all of our lives, and that it's something you can be entertained by and feel good about—and sad about, and all those emotional things we talked about. They're learning that science doesn't have to feel alienating."
While the power of storytelling has been a trend in art and history museum exhibits in the last decade, Lillie's success with his podcast shows that it can have powerful implications for science exhibits, even those for adults. Some science museums are trying out more exhibits that either make the visitor a "first-person" participant in the exhibit or allow the visitor to follow a protagonist through a setting. The Field Museum in Chicago currently has an exhibit called Underground Adventure that "shrinks" visitors down to insect-size in order to teach them about the world of soil microbes. The Mammoths & Mastodons exhibit, recently on view at the Museum of Science, Boston, focused on a real mummified baby woolly mammoth, Lyuba. Instead of giving dry facts about mammoth life, the exhibit talked about a day in the life of Lyuba, creating a protagonist who could help families approach information about the prehistoric world.
This concept could be the answer to teaching some of science's more abstract topics: imagine an exhibit that lets you walk through a small model of the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva as you pretend to be a small particle headed for collision. Or an interactive exhibit where you and your friends pretend to be different enzymes tasked with replicating DNA on a giant scale!
As science museums across the country become more and more educational, many of them are facing the problem of how to make science more interesting and approachable. Museum educators not only want to teach the public important information, they also want their visitors to be as excited about science as they are! Ben Lillie's success with creating emotional responses around scientific stories may just hold the key to making science a passion for future generations.
Citation: Linett, Peter. "Interview with Ben Lillie on Science and the Story Collider." Curator. 56. no. 1. 2013: 15-19.