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Showcase July 2015: Virtual Silcton : A navigation research tool
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Virtual Silcton : A navigation research tool
Steven M. Weisberg & Nora S. Newcombe (PI)
Temple University
Why assess navigation online?
Individual differences in navigation proficiency (how well people can learn large-scale environments) and navigation strategy (how different people attempt to learn such environments) are relatively under-studied, but important dimensions of spatial cognition. It is also unknown whether navigation is a trainable skill, and how it might relate to STEM learning, like small-scale spatial ability does.
One reason these traits are understudied is that measuring navigation behavior in the real world is time-consuming, difficult, costly, and poorly-controlled. Creating an online paradigm allows researchers to collect data easily in the lab, or at participant's homes, and allows them to compare data across settings.
For these reasons, we have developed and conducted large preliminary studies to describe the properties of an online virtual environment assessment of navigation proficiency called Virtual Silcton.
What is Virtual Silcton?
Virtual SILC test of navigation (SILCTON) is a 20-30 minute test of navigation proficiency in a 3D-rendered virtual environment (see Figures 1 and 2). The environment is based on Temple University's Ambler campus, which has been used to study real world navigation behavior (see the previous showcase, and Schinazi, Nardi, Newcombe, Shipley, & Epstein, 2013). We used a similar paradigm called route integration, in which participants learn 4 buildings along each of 2 primary routes. Then, they learn 2 connecting routes, which connect the two primary routes, providing information about how the primary routes are integrated. At test, participants must point from each building learned to all the other buildings, and complete a model-building task in which they place all eight buildings on a schematic map.
For more details, see a poster on the tool's capabilities [Link to Poster].
Figure 1. The Virtual Silcton environment contains 4 buildings, first encountered along 2 main routes (A1-A2 and B1-B2). The two main routes are connected by two additional routes (C1-C2 and D1-D2).
What data can I collect?
The Silcton site can be customized to collect a large amount of data. The primary paradigm we recommend takes about 20-30 minutes and involves two measures: the pointing task and model-building task. But each route also collects a detailed navigation log, allowing for more in depth analysis of facing direction and location. We also offer a free-exploration mode, which allows participants to wonder freely around the space, and learn the environment more naturalistically.
Figure 2. A screenshot from the Virtual Silcton environment. Participants used a mouse and keyboard to navigate this desktop environment. The blue gem indicates that there is a building nearby participants must learn; the sign at right names that building. The pointing task is presented in a similar format, but participants cannot move, and must point a crosshair onscreen directly at the building indicated.
How can I use Virtual Silcton in my lab?
Virtual Silcton is available for lab use (not personal use) online. The online setup allows for administration of multiple studies, and the collection and storage of data (described below). Some setup is required (the installation of a small plug in, and changing some settings in Mozilla Firefox). To test the software as a participant, follow this link, click on Virtual SILC Test of Navigation and follow the instructions. Please note that the environments will be slow to load the first time, but will be much faster if the settings have been changed appropriately.


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SPRINGFIELD — Opponents of a proposed state retirement savings program for private-sector workers say the Democratic-backed plan would burden small businesses in an already struggling economy.
Similar to a plan pushed by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address, the proposal sponsored by state Sen. Daniel Biss cleared a Senate committee earlier this month after lengthy debate. Now Biss has until an April 11 deadline for voting bills out of the Senate to gather support for the program, which has failed to gain approval in recent years.
The proposal calls for businesses without retirement plans and that have 10 or more employees to enroll workers in a savings program overseen by the state. Typically, 3 percent of each participant's paycheck would be pooled into a privately managed investment account overseen by a new state board. Employers would be required to sign up workers, but employees could opt out.
Biss wouldn't call the plan a part of the populist agenda in an election year but said "it is encouraging that there's so much discussion about ways to build ladders into the middle class for low wage workers." He says this program would help millions of Illinoisans who don't have access to employer retirement savings programs.
"I think the increasing discussion about income inequality has left people seeking a mechanism to address that growing problem, but also a mechanism that's not costly for government or for employers when we're experiencing still a far too high rate of unemployment," the Evanston Democrat said.
Democrats who control the Illinois House and Senate are pushing for a minimum wage increase, a graduated or "progressive" income tax that would require more from the wealthy and a tax on millionaires to fund education.
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Kim Clarke Maisch, the Illinois state policy director for the National Federation of Independent Business, said forcing businesses to enroll employees would add to costs and actually hurt low income workers.
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Why is it that so many things have to do with food?
So many events that we go to serve some sort of food? Is it possiblt to change that?
On New Years Eve we went out for supper. Red Lobster. It was great! Later that night we got a call that my husbands grandfather was not going to make it through the night. We went right to the nursing home and they offered us food. Food, to me, is comforting in a time of need so of course I took it, that and I had a hungry three year old.
Ed ended up passing away at 9:03pm. We got home around 11:44, just before midnight. So, what did we do to ring in the New Year? We ate ice cream with lots of toppings. I can't say it helped me feel better about anything, possibly worse than before knowing that I had eaten it and didn't need to.
We went to Beach for the wake and funeral this weekend and at both, of course, there was lots of food served. Bars, cookies, salads, and every other Catholic Church Ladies Alter Society food you could think of.
As I sat there I thought to myself, "is this really what I need right now?" I'll be the first to admit, I'm an emotional eater and I love food. However, I need to make a change. I haven't made a New Years Resolution yet, so maybe that could be one of them.
In 2013, I resolve to change my emotional eating.
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The richness of pork is lightened with tangy cabbage for a hearty German-style meal that seems made for autumn.
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- Makes 4 servings
- Active Time
- 30 min
- Total Time
- 40 min
- 6 bacon slices, chopped
- 1 to 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 small red cabbage (1 3/4 lb), halved lengthwise, cored, and sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1/4 cup red-wine vinegar
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 (1-inch-thick) bone-in rib pork chops (2 1/2 to 3 lb total)
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- an instant-read thermometer
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.
- Cook bacon in a 4- to 5-quart wide heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, and transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Measure fat and, if less than 2 tablespoons, add enough vegetable oil to bring total to 2 tablespoons. Heat fat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook onion, stirring occasionally, until it begins to turn golden, about 2 minutes. Add cabbage and turn with tongs until coated with fat. Stir in red-wine vinegar, water, sugar, caraway seeds, 3/4teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and braise cabbage over moderately low heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 25 to 35 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pat 2 pork chops dry and sprinkle both sides with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (total). Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown seasoned chops, turning over once, 5 minutes total, and transfer to a shallow baking pan (1 inch deep). Season remaining 2 chops and brown in oil remaining in skillet in same manner, transferring to baking pan. Roast chops in oven until thermometer inserted horizontally 2 inches into center of a chop (do not touch bone) registers 145°F, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, stir half of bacon into cabbage, then finely chop remaining bacon for sprinkling.
- Let chops stand in pan, loosely covered with foil, 5 minutes. Serve chops over cabbage, with any pan juices spooned over and sprinkled with bacon.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories671
- Carbohydrates22 g(7%)
- Fat43 g(65%)
- Protein49 g(99%)
- Saturated Fat12 g(61%)
- Sodium1171 mg(49%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat7 g
- Fiber4 g(16%)
- Monounsaturated Fat20 g
- Cholesterol166 mg(55%)


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Today, Goo Roo Beauty hit a major milestone on YouTube- with 25,000 YouTube beauty enthusiasts now subscribed to my channel.
I'm so proud of what I've put into my channel and what I've achieved, and most of all so pleased to interact with all of you lovely beauties who have spent your precious time watching, subscribing, rating and commenting on my videos (and also Facebook and Instagram too!).
While it's come a long way and I've put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into ensuring my videos are continuously improving in terms of quality, content and relevance, there is still much I want to do for Goo Roo Beauty to be all I want it to be.
Thank you for joining me in this fun! I look forward to making many more videos for you in 2014, and I wish you, your family and your loved ones a very special 2014 starting off with safe, joyful celebrations in the next day or so.
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It's been said no one purposely sets out to make a bad movie. But in the case of the grade-Z horror comedy "Dead Before Dawn 3D," that assertion is up for debate. Directed with sledgehammer finesse by April Mullen from Tim Doiron's cartoonish script (they also produced and act in it), this Canadian import is so shrieky and broad at times it makes the "Scary Movie" spoofs look positively brainy.
The story, such as it is, involves a jumpy college milquetoast subtly named Casper (Devon Bostick) who's briefly left in charge of his grandpa's (Christopher Lloyd) occult shop only to accidentally unleash an evil spirit "living" there inside a creepy urn. Casper and his friends, a goofy array of campus types, now have till dawn to reverse the attendant curse, which transforms anyone these kids look at into deadly "zemons" (zombie demons, natch).
So, off the Casper crew goes in a junky Winnebago, struggling to stay "human" as they stop at their college and the local cemetery in a frantic stab at fixing the whole nonsensical mess. Hilarity does not ensue.
The game cast commits to the lame-o material but it's a losing battle from the jump. There are zero thrills — 3-D or otherwise — and, for all the nutty mayhem, the pacing drags. As Christopher Lloyd, quoting his Doc Brown from "Back to the Future," says here, "Great Scott!" Indeed.
"Dead Before Dawn 3D"
MPAA rating: R for violence and some sexual references
Running time: 1 hour, 28 minutes
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|CFP® Certificant Connections in Atlanta, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale
February 9-10
CFP Board's CFP® Certificant Connections continue in 2012 with events in Atlanta, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale on February 9-10, 2012. Hosted by Alan Goldfarb, CFP®, 2012 Chair of the Board of Directors, and Kevin R. Keller, CAE, CFP Board's CEO, these town-hall style events are held in an open format to allow CFP® professionals and other CFP Board stakeholders to address the issues of most concern to them, and to provide CFP Board's leadership the chance to connect with local CFP® professional communities across the country. Learn more and register to attend >
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Join CFP Board's leadership for important updates on CFP Board's activities and accomplishments during CFP Board's Business Update Webinar on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). This Webinar features Alan Goldfarb, CFP®, 2012 Chair, Nancy A. Kistner, CFP®, 2012 Chair-Elect and Kevin R. Keller, CAE, CFP Board's CEO, who will share the latest news on CFP Board recent activities, including the progress of CFP Board's Public Awareness Campaign, public outreach activities and developments in CFP Board's engagement with public policy. Register to attend >
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|Volunteer Opportunities Related to CFP Board's Enforcement Activities
CFP Board seeks volunteers for its investigative and enforcement-related initiatives. CFP® professionals and public representatives are eligible to serve as volunteers. CFP Board defines "public representative" as an individual who is not a CFP® professional and does not provide any of the following services to retail or institutional clients: financial planning, brokerage, investment advisory, or insurance. Potential "public representative" candidates include, but are not limited to, individuals who: (1) Have a background in public interest, certification and/or enforcement; (2) Have expertise in issues impacting seniors; or (3) Are professors of law, economics, finance or a related field.
All volunteers are required to pass an ethics background check and complete a conflicts questionnaire to ensure they do not know the CFP® professional or candidate for CFP® certification whose conduct is at issue. Additionally, all volunteers must agree to abide by CFP Board's Conflict of Interest Policy and Code of Conduct and Ethics.
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CFP Board's establishment and enforcement of the Standards of Professional Conduct sets the CFP® certification apart from the many other designations in the financial services industry, assuring the public that those who hold CFP® certification are required to put the client's interests first. CFP Board appreciates all who contribute to CFP Board's investigative and enforcement-related activities. Learn more about these and other volunteer activities with CFP Board at www.CFP.net/aboutus/opportunities.asp.
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text: Time is precious and art teacher Kim Markarian, who teaches classes at Hoxsie and Norwood Schools, packs as much as she can into each 45-minute class kids get weekly. She is fortunate to have recruited several helpers who use their recesses to assist her with setting up the next class. Also, through her efforts, Hoxsie School won a grant for a kiln at the school that will eliminate the need to transport clay works to other schools for firing. Markarian has worked in other school systems and marvels at the resources devoted to the arts in Warwick. She said cabinets are filled with supplies and materials that give students a rich introduction to fine arts.


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Notice to Objectionable Tenant
If there is no lease, the tenant must be given one month's notice to leave. If there is a written lease, the lease must be terminated by its terms.
Note: If the grounds for eviction are alleged an illegal business is being operated such as drug dealing, then there are special procedures set forth in the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Section 711(5). Copies of the law may also be obtained from the Law Library.
If a tenant does not cure the violation of the lease within the time required by the lease or continues the objectionable behavior AND proper notice has been provided to the tenant as dictated in the lease, the landlord may initiate an eviction proceeding in City Court by completing and filing the following documents:
Monetary Jurisdiction - (Section 204 UCCA)
The Court may render judgment without regard to amount.
Geographical Jurisdiction - (Section 204 UCCA)
Property must be located in whole or in part within the City.
Filling Fee: $45.00 which must be paid to the Court. The Court will accept cash, money order, or in some instances, checks.
Required Forms:
This paper can be signed by an Attorney, the Judge, or the Clerk of the Court. If the Judge or Clerk of the Court is requested to sign the Notice of Petition, the document must be completed by the Landlord and submitted to the City Court office before it is served on the Tenant.
SPECIAL NOTE: When completing the Petition (see below) and Notice of Petition, the landlord must call the Court for a court date which must appear in the Notice of Petition. The court date must be no sooner than 5 days or later than 12 days from the date the tenant is served. (You must count Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays in calculations but cannot count the service date).
The Petition is a document which must be completed by the Landlord and attached to the Notice of Petition. The landlord is to sign this paper and sign the verification in front of a Notary Public.
When the papers are completed and a court date has been provided by appearing in City Court and the Judge, Clerk of the Court or Attorney has signed the Notice of Petition, then and only then can the tenant be served with the Notice of Petition and Petition.
The Notice of Petition, Petition, Notice to the tenant (previously served on the tenant) must be filed with the Court along with the $45 filing fee. The original is filed with the court, a copy for the files, and one for each person being served. The Notice of Petition and Petition must be served on the Tenant not less than 5 days and no more than 12 days before the Court date.
3. AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (for service of Notice of Petition and Petition)
This Affidavit of Service is filed with the Court after service of the Notice of Petition and Petition on the tenant. The Notice of Petition and Petition must be served by a person 18 years or older. The person who serves the papers must not be a party to the action. The Landlord or owner of the property may not serve the Notice of Petition and Petition.)
If possible, personal delivery of the Petition and Notice of Petition should be made upon the respondent-tenant. In cases where personal delivery is not possible, service may be made upon an individual of suitable age and discretion residing at the property followed within one day by a first class and registered or certified mailing or, if the process service has exercised reasonable application and was unable to serve the Notice of Petition and Petition on an individual, by "Nail and Mail". That is; posting the papers on the door of the residence of the respondent-tenant AND within one day, mailing a copy of the papers by certified mail or registered mail (Section 735 RPAPL) and by first class mail.
The Affidavit of Service must be filed with the Court within 72 hours of service. It is good practice to file the Affidavit of Service with the Court at the same time that you file the Notice of Petition and Petition. FAILURE TO FILE THE AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE WITHIN 72 HOURS OF THE SERVICE DATE MAY RESULT IN THE DISMISSAL OF THE CASE.
If, at any time, it is determined by the landlord that the court date is no longer needed, the landlord should notify the Court, in writing, as soon as possible.
Note: The $45 filing fee cannot be returned.
If the Court orders the tenant to be removed from the premises, the Court may sign the following document:
If the Court orders a Warrant of Eviction, the Court will sign the Warrant of Eviction which enables the local law enforcement agency (i.e.: Sheriff, Police, marshal, City Constable) to remove the tenant(s) from the premises.
The warrant form should be filled out completely. The heading should include both the Petitioner/Landlord and the Respondent/Tenant's full name and complete address. The Index No. is the City Court docket number. The Tenant's name should be placed after the "TO" and all blank lines are to be completed with all necessary information. All addresses are to include the house number, street, city, state, and zip code.
Note: There is a mandatory 72-hour waiting period between the time the tenant is served with the warrant and when the tenant may be removed from the premise by the local law enforcement agency. The Warrant of Eviction must be executed during the daylight hours.City Court Home Page


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Cape Melville National Park
This beautiful yet rugged park features the rocky headlands of Cape Melville, massive tumbled granite boulders of the Melville Range, sandy beaches of Bathurst Bay, sandstone escarpments of Altanmoui Range and inland dunes. Rainforest, mangroves, heathlands, woodlands and grasslands are found here. The isolation of this park means that many plants and animals are found only here and nowhere else in the world; the best-known of these endemic species is the foxtail palm.
Bush camp on the eastern side of Bathurst Bay near Cape Melville in one of several camping areas along the beach, or at Ninian Bay camping area on the park's eastern coast. Walk along the sandy beaches of Bathurst Bay or take the short track up to the Mahina monument that commemorates lives lost in the pearling fleet disaster of 1899. Fish and boat in the adjacent marine parks. Take your mountain bike or trail-bike along the park's internal roads and tracks. This park is extremely remote and visitors must be well prepared and entirely self-sufficient. Be aware of estuarine crocodiles (be croc wise) and dangerous stinging jellyfish. Camp only in the designated areas.
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Congrats! It's always worth the wait.
Congrats! It's always worth the wait.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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I live in Lafayette and pass though your town on the way to cave country. We should meetup sometime.
Mods, can we change the title to "Finally! Intro to Cave Certified"? Lol... kidding. But not about the new cert.
I look forward to enjoying some new caves! HITW was a special treat yesterday. Over a dozen albino crayfish and salamanders within the first few hundred feet. Was spectacular.
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Awesome Pier One Wall Mirrors. Use mirrors to make space. It may be a cliche to state also that mirrors may make an illusory effect. Light colours e.g. lotion, white produce an airy light impact and the additional use of a mirror or mirrors may complement this result. In case a mirror fills an whole wall region, then you've got a specific effect; a feeling that increases the light colours already there. Particular contrast effects are significant so 'black' can be powerful i.e black colours, fabrics. This 'black' could be a black rim to the mirror but because the mirror is filling up an whole wall region, the black rim could be just like a black strip in the wall borders. You may even use 'black' elsewhere at a pattern for one more wall.
Awesome Pier One Wall Mirrors Obviously mirrors may be significant pieces of furniture but this guide isn't curing mirrors as pieces of furniture. Here they are utilized to create this atmosphere, that distance. So wood framed or metal framed mirrors may remove the entire 'effect' therefore we're thinking of mirrors as glass; items of reflection. Or they're enemies of silver; they're wide, big pieces of furniture that may occupy an entire wall.
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This is a 100% pure wool that has rich solid colors. A great value for all your wool projects!
Cascade 220 Yarn is a similar yarn: 100% wool, hand wash, worsted (19-20 sts/4 in), 100 gram, and on size 8 US needles. You may also like Plymouth Yarn Gina Yarn, which is another similar yarn: 100% wool, hand wash, worsted (19-20 sts/4 in), and 5 sts / inch.
What about yarn that have the same look and feel? Find more yarn with a smooth / uniform texture, felts, and is machine dyed.
You may enjoy taking a look at the Plymouth Yarns Galway Worsted Men's Mittens, Plymouth Galway Worsted Felted Oven Mitt, Plymouth Galway Worsted Fabrication Pullover, and Plymouth Galway Worsted Women's Short Sleeved Jacket kits all using Plymouth Yarn Galway Worsted Yarn.
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Every now and then, there comes a wave of excitement towards a specific trend. Just Dance is one such trend that has been able to gather friends and families together for fun party. Dancing is one of the most influential activities in normal everyday lives and it's always easy to attract people with it. Just Dance takes that element and produced an experience people will simply love getting back to. The result? Just Dance is now at its fourth installment in such short amount of time. Check out Just Dance 4 as a whole and the Wii U version.
Just like guitar hero, these games are just a fad. At least I hope so, oh god I hope so


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Police investigated an apparent home invasion tonight on Ellis Drive.
Around 10 p.m. police were called to 14 Ellis Drive, which is off Salisbury Street, on a report of a home invasion. They taped off the entire frontage of the ranch-style home as crime scene officers took pictures and gathered evidence.
Neighbors said they heard several loud pops in succession. One neighbor saw a man running from behind the house, heading farther along Ellis Drive. Another neighbor saw the man get in a car and drive away with the headlights off.
Around the time police were investigating on Ellis Drive, police radio broadcasts reported two separate gunshot victims walking into local hospitals. It was not clear tonight whether the broadcasts were related to the Ellis Drive investigation.
The neighbors said the house is rented.


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State fines Stamford hotel over Sandy policy
HARTFORD -- A Stamford hotel tried to require longer than usual stays during Superstorm Sandy last October and will forfeit $1,800 to the state, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection said Thursday.
Commissioner William Rubenstein said the state's Unfair Trade Practices Act does not permit lodging businesses to change prices or lengths of stay based on weather forecasts.
He said La Quinta Inn & Suites said longer stays were necessary because of possible overbooking.
A spokeswoman for La Quinta did not immediately respond to a call and email seeking comment. Rubenstein said the hotel did not acknowledge violation of law and denies the allegations.
Rubenstein says the hotel did not charge guests for unused nights, but customers were forced to stay at higher-priced hotels or remain at home during the storm.
But with the agreement, operators of hotels and other lodging facilities in Connecticut were served notice by Rubenstein that consumer officials will consider any change to normal rates and regular terms a violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act if made immediately before or during a weather emergency or other disaster when consumers may require shelter.
The Department of Consumer Protection said La Quinta should have taken steps to make its reservation system more transparent rather than increase the effective price of a hotel stay when consumers could not easily find alternatives due to the storm that pounded the shorelines of Northeastern states.
Rubenstein said raising prices or minimum stays are unconscionable under the law when the provider's costs have not increased and consumer choice is severely limited by a natural disaster.


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(Reuters) - Canadian eye drug developer QLT Inc expects its synthetic retinoid program, an experimental treatment for some inherited eye diseases that can cause blindness, to be valued at up to $750 million.
Several potential buyers have approached QLT for the program — its only remaining product after it sold its eye drug, Visudyne, to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc in September.
"We believe in the program and we are much more interested in selling it at, let's say, $15 a share, to pick a round number," QLT Chairman Jason Aryeh told Reuters.
The company, valued by the market at $413 million, posted losses in the last 10 quarters as Visudyne lost market share to drugs such as Novartis AG's Lucentis.
QLT stopped generating revenue after the sale of the drug and has cut more than 80 percent of its workforce since July, a month after an activist investor's slate of nominees took control of the board.
Its synthetic retinoid compound, however, has received orphan drug status in the United States and Europe, raising hopes of a faster regulatory approval.
Aryeh, who was named chairman after the board shakeup, said the company's current stock price did not reflect the value of the drug.
But analysts expect it to sell for much less.
"We believe the board may be looking for a price in the range of $100-$200 million (for the retinoid program)," Bloom Burton & Co analyst Philippa Flint said in a recent note.
The company has cash in hand of about $400 million.
Aryeh said QLT would not pay a regular quarterly dividend but did not rule out the possibility of a one-time dividend.
QLT shares have remained nearly flat at C$7.87 this year. They traded around $120 in early 2000 when Visudyne was the company's key revenue generator.
Reporting by Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty


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TRH seminar on heart attack risks Thursday
Transylvania Regional Hospital at 260 Hospital Drive, Brevard, will host a free program on heart attack risk factors and symptoms at 2 p.m.
Thursday in the Carlson Conference Room. To educate the community, stress management educator Karen Stark, RN, will give a presentation.
There are many warning signs in the days and weeks leading up to a heart attack, and they may not be what's expected — indigestion, sexual dysfunction and flu-like symptoms are examples.
Warning signs can be different in men and women and different still in older adults.
Refreshment will be provided. Call 828-877-4777 or visit www.tr hospitalfoundation.org for more information.
TRH Auxiliary awards scholarships
The Transylvania Regional Hospital Auxiliary held a reception May 5 for the 2013 scholarship winners in the Carlson Conference Room at the hospital.
There are three categories for this scholarship: graduating high school seniors, college students currently pursuing careers in medicine and continuing education.
The winner for the graduating high school senior category is Patience Morris from Rosman High School. Morris plans to attend Blue Ridge Community College to become
a registered nurse. The scholarship for a student currently pursuing a medical career was awarded to Jennelle Steins. Steins is a student at Blue Ridge Community College pursuing an associate degree and would like to further her education by earning a master's degree in advance practice public health nursing.
The continuing education scholarship went to Kandance Hipp, a Transylvania Regional Hospital employee who is working toward becoming a registered nurse at South College in Asheville. Hipp has been a certified nursing assistant for 17 years.
"We are so proud of these three very deserving students that are receiving our scholarships," said Camy Brown, TRH Auxiliary president. "They read their essays aloud during the reception on Sunday and told us their future plans.
"We do hope they will return to TRH to share their experiences and expertise upon graduation."
The auxiliary awards three $1,500 scholarships each year for college or technical school students pursuing careers in healthrelated fields.
The organization received 10 complete applications this year, and a committee of four auxiliary volunteers chose the recipients.
Neurologist joins staff at Park Ridge Health
Dr. Laura Fleck, a board-certified neurologist, has joined the staff of Park Ridge Health.
Fleck has been providing care in the Asheville area for 11 years and is now accepting new patients at Foundation in Spine Health at 333 Gashes Creek Road, Suite 111, Asheville. She specializes in the evaluation and non-surgical management of spine conditions that cause pain in the neck, mid back or low back. She also provides evaluation of peripheral nerve problems and performs EMG/NCV testing to determine the cause of numbness, tingling, pain, or weakness in the arms and legs.
"As a spine neurologist, I aim to clarify where symptoms are coming from and empower each patient with the treatment plan they need to take control of their spine health," Fleck says. "I'm a firm believer in lifestyle changes that will enhance each patient's recovery and prevent further problems in the future."
Fleck, who attended medical school and completed her residency at Northwestern University, offers a holistic approach to care.
Call 828-298-2339 to schedule an appointment.
Compiled from staff reports
Health Briefs: May 22


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Taft shuts out Shafter 13-0
The Taft junior varsity softball team nearly mirrored the varsity squad Tuesday afternoon when they defeated the Shafter Generals 13-0 in Taft.
"We played great defense and we hit the ball very well," said Taft coach Ashley Morris. "I am proud of the girls and how they played tough against a good team."
Vanessa Uribe led the charge by going 3-for-3 with two singles, a double, a run batted in and three runs scored. Katie Evans, Josey Burke and Cheyenne Rogers each went 2-for-3. Evans had two doubles and two runs batted in while Burke had a single and a homerun with a run batted in and two runs. Rogers had a single, double and two runs scored.
Kyndal Harmer and Sierra Holmes each were 1-for-3 with Holmes getting a double, run batted in and two runs scored. Harmer had a single and a run batted in. Krysten Davis was 1-for-1 with a double and two runs batted in. Bethany Fitzsimmons and Allison Milner each scored a run while Milner had a run batted in.
As a team, six of the Lady Wildcat batters combined for 17 hits, seven runs batted in and 10 runs scored.
Evans threw five innings allowing four hits while striking out three batters.
Taft returns to action Friday when they travel to Shafter. The game begins at 4 p.m.


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Research magazine's May issue looks at life-cycle investing, the 4% rule on retirement income and how to be a leader in your own career and life.
The cover story, "Investing for a Lifetime," focuses on Milwaukee financial advisor Paula Hogan, whose innovative blending of life-cycle theory and life planning provides a promising path for the future of financial advice.
The latest Finke on Finance feature asks: "Is the 4% Rule Folly?" The longstanding staple of retirement income advice, that one should plan on withdrawing 4% of assets each year, requires revision in light of new research, argues Prof. Michael Finke.
"The Advisor as Inspirer" examines the principles of sound leadership and how advisors can incorporate them.
To preview these articles and more, click through the following slides.
This month's cover story, by Jane Wollman Rusoff, contemplates Paula Hogan's incorporation of life-cycle theory and life planning into her advisory practice. Excerpt:
A decade ago, Paula H. Hogan had one of those incredible a-ha moments—and her financial advisory practice has never been the same. This was no fleeting "I coulda had a V8!" epiphany. It was profound, with deep implications for the advisor's business—perhaps even for the entire financial services industry.
That insight hit when the FA, founder and managing member of the Milwaukee-based firm bearing her name, read a couple of eye-opening Financial Analysts Journal articles written by economists: one story by Zvi Bodie, the other by Robert Merton. Both were about lifecycle investing, a school of thought that seeks to optimize income and spending, matching investment risk to goals.
Michael Finke scrutinizes a longtime fixture of retirement planning wisdom. Excerpt:
Somewhere along the line, the shortfall methodology that underlies the 4% rule was anointed the gold standard for judging withdrawal rate strategies. What began as a good-faith exercise to point out the risks from withdrawing too much each year from a retirement portfolio has gained a mythic and potentially unhelpful place among advisors. It's time to dust off the 4% rule and see whether it deserves its place on the shelf of best practices.
First a mea culpa. My co-authors David Blanchett, Wade Pfau and I recently pointed out that low bond yields may nuke the 4% rule. We used the same shortfall methodology, but we ran a Monte Carlo analysis since we don't have historical bond rates as low as the current real bond rates. So I've used the shortfall methodology in my own research.
Ellen Uzelac searches for leadership lessons of notable relevance to financial advisors. Excerpt:
What makes a good leader? It's a tough question with many answers. As Kathleen Brush, corporate turnaround executive and author of The Power of One, says: "The biggest challenge to being an effective leader is understanding that employees aren't the problem. If there are problems in your organization, it's not the employees; it's you."
When Stephanie Bogan, senior vice president of client experience and training at United Capital, owned a financial services consulting firm, she would frequently experience what she now calls "control seizures." Was she a nitpicker? Yes. A micromanager? Absolutely.
Will Indexing Kill the Market?
In Investment Sense, a new column, Marshall Jaffe assesses the consequences of a popular trend. Excerpt:
One of the fundamental laws of investing is that when everyone agrees on something there is something important they are not seeing. There are few if any observers today who don't hold that indexing is as perfect an investment strategy as has ever existed: simple, cheap, effective, and with little to no downside (other than the market itself). Try Googling "risks of indexing" or any other permutation of the phrase. The results (or lack of them) are a powerful testimonial of how one-sided is our perception of indexing.
The magazine profiles Kansas City, Mo.-based Christopher Walker, relationship-oriented financial advisor and martial arts enthusiast. Excerpt:
Christopher L. Walker started out 19 years ago as a transactional wirehouse broker making a whopping 400 daily dials nationwide. Yet inside this conscientious cold-caller was a consultative, relationship-oriented financial advisor yearning to break free. Plenty successful as a broker, Walker was, however, equally unhappy being a broker.
That's why a year later he jumped off the transactional treadmill to become a relationship-based, fee-based advisor. His transition from broker to advisor is illustrative of the challenges that many FAs face—his story perhaps helpful to others who are contemplating such a move.


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Cornerback Jimmy Smith was a big topic of discussion in the past week after he allowed three catches for 55 yards and a touchdown to Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones in a matchup of 2011 first-round draft picks.
After that game, Smith declined to speak with reporters, so his defensive coordinator and secondary coach had to answer questions about him during the week. Secondary coach Teryl Austin acknowledged that it wasn't the best performance for Smith, but he said Smith has been "outstanding" this summer. However, Dean Pees, the coordinator, didn't sugarcoat it when he was asked about how Smith played against the Falcons.
"There certainly has been some times when the guys get blamed for something on a coverage that may not be theirs," Pees said Monday. "But for the most part, if the ball is deep and there are two guys there, it's him. I don't know what else to say. That's his dude. That's part of living on the edge and playing defensive back. Look, there's not a defensive back in the Hall of Fame that hasn't gotten beat -- none. Let's be realistic. Everybody gets caught up in this stuff. It's how you learn. … Jimmy is still a young guy. He's still learning."
I don't know how much Smith could have learned in the past week, but he bounced back with a strong performance in the secondary in Thursday night's 34-27 loss. Smith was targeted just twice by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and he didn't allow a single pass to be completed against him, according to Pro Football Focus.
So after the game -- and after reading and hearing criticism of Smith in the past week -- but Harbaugh made a point to publicly praise Smith after Thursday's loss. Asked about the performance of the secondary, he stopped mid-answer and said, "I'm waiting for the Jimmy Smith question. Got one for me?" So a reporter indulged him with a question.
"Jimmy Smith played very well," Harbaugh said, getting laughs from reporters. "He was physical at the line. They've got excellent receivers over there and I think he did a nice job. Thanks for asking."
After the game, Smith, who was talking this week, smiled when he was told about his coach singling him out for praise.
"I went out this week and played the game that I play, which is being physical and standing at the line," Smith said. "It's better for me to do that than the way I played last week."
Pees said that Smith wasn't the playing the type of technique they wanted to see from him last Thursday, that he had a "distinct advantage in a way that he can play" that he didn't use against Jones and the Falcons. That's because Smith was backing off the receiver like Cary Williams used to do here and giving Jones too wide of a cushion at the line of scrimmage.
Smith played with more confidence against the Panthers, who don't have an elite receiver of Jones' ilk -- no offense to Steve Smith, who is still pretty good. More often, he bumped wide receivers at the line and ran with them down the field, the kind of coverage the Ravens envisioned when they drafted the lanky cornerback in the first round two years ago.
Smith still has a lot to learn and a lot to prove to living up to that billing, but Thursday's performance was a nice response from Smith after he struggled to keep up with Jones.


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Sunday, September 06, 2009
On Worrying, Anxiety, & the Dark Days-
It's an interesting feeling as I love autumn with its orange leaves, wool sweaters, and Halloween moon, but in the back of my mind there is that concern that I will slide into that sad nervous worry-filled place that I tend to do when the sun disappears.
In going through my papers today I found some notes I took when a friend started talking to me about worry. She said the root of the word worry means "to strangle" or "to choke" so when we worry, we cut off the possibility that things could turn out well.
I looked this up and she was right--
1.Middle English werien, worien, to strangle, from Old English wyrgan; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.
She also told me to take magnesium as it helps with anxiety and sleep. She said as people we need to fine tune our thoughts because "the good is there." Sometimes when we are in that dark place we need to redirect ourselves, that fear will always interfere with our well-being.
Can you guess that this woman was a poet? She was.
She's no longer with us in this world, her life was cut short by breast cancer. But as I found her thoughts to me today I felt a reconnected with her. And I'm going to try to remember that worry chokes out the good. And not try, but remember.
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To worry - to choke. Makes perfect sense. I would interpret it as choking one into passivity, submission, non-action. It feels like that.ReplyDelete
- Laura Ross2:30 PM, September 07, 2009
Anxiety often attaches itself to a time, place or thing as a memory. Think of it as just a memory and don't fear it.Put your "worry energy" to good use doing something constructive and consuming:)ReplyDelete
I really understand how you feel!
Lori - Yes. Very much so!ReplyDelete
Laura, thank you! I had never thought of anxiety as attaching itself to something else. I really like that idea as thinking of it as a memory. It gives me more control over it.
I appreciate your note.
worry is such and easy, and yet dangerous, emotional trap to fall in to. i can totally relate to that.ReplyDelete
i heard a quote once that said "do not trouble yourself with tomorrow because tomorrow has enough trouble of its own"
for some reason that gives me peace :)


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These guides for first-year teachers offer crucial tips for managing the classroom, students, curriculum, parent communication, and, of course, time.
Classroom Activities: Holiday and Winter Fun for the Middle School Classroom
Seven festive ideas to capture the holiday spirit and connect it to the curriculum
No matter which holidays your students celebrate this month, they are sure to be somewhat preoccupied with merrymaking and counting down to the winter break. And so are you! Tap into that mindset with these classroom activities that capture the holiday spirit and often connect to the curriculum.
Invent a December Holiday
After sharing and learning about the holiday traditions your students enjoy during winter, invite them to research how holidays are celebrated around the world. Then, have the class create its own special holiday by brainstorming their favorite symbols, dress, colors, foods, and traditions. "Ask students to decide what they would like to call their invented winter holiday and what traditions they will observe," says Denise Frasca, a teacher in Katonah, New York. "Set a date, and hold a celebration with the decorations, food, dress, and merrymaking all chosen by the class."
A Dickensian Christmas
"As part of our curriculum, we study Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol," says Faye Ainsworth, a teacher in Livingston, Texas. As an extension activity, she has students do a research project on the period and its customs, crafts, and gifts, which culminates in a Victorian tea hosted by the class. "Wassail, tea, finger sandwiches, and tea cakes are prepared, and simple gifts such as wreaths, sachets, and wooden pull toys are created to share with family and friends." For more on A Christmas Carol, check out the December Bookshelf Bests for middle school.
New Twist on "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Ranell Cox, a teacher in Ponte Vedra, Florida, challenges her class to develop a new theme and lyrics for the familiar carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas." She reports: "You can change it to fit almost anything, even different holidays around the world." One of her favorite adaptations is "The Twelve Days of Florida," which begins and ends with a particularly catchy line: "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a coconut in a palm tree!"
ELLs Practice Skills by Hosting Holiday Open House
The Friday before winter break, Sue Nixon, an ELL teacher in Prescott Valley, Arizona, and her students host an open house for all members of the school staff. "It gives my English language learners a meaningful way to interact with teachers and practice greetings, questions, goodbyes and informal talk," says Nixon, pointing out that it is also "a great pick-me-up for the staff." Nixon and her students provide munchies and drinks throughout the day. They also craft small ornaments and give them to their guests as a way of saying happy holidays and thanking them for dropping by.
Holiday-Themed Newsletter for School Community
"In my yearbook class, we review interview questions and formats and create polls to find out how the student body celebrates the holidays. Then we write about them," says Kathrine Ewers, who teaches in Lapel, Indiana. We ask about foods, gifts, games, songs, and traditions." In addition to featuring the results in the yearbook, the class also uses the information to create an entertaining and fact-filled December newsletter for the school. The idea is easily adaptable to language arts lessons about news writing, as well as math and science lessons about creating surveys and graphs.
Teaching Literary Elements With The Nutcracker Ballet
Kristin Ashley usually makes it a point to incorporate the ballet The Nutcracker into her December teaching curriculum. "We read the story, talk about the dances, watch the movie, and make a class book about it," says Ashley, who teaches in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "The students truly enjoy listening to the music while knowing what is happening. A wonderful culminating activity is to go on a field trip to a performance of the ballet." Whether you focus on the book, the movie, or a live performance, discussing The Nutcracker creates numerous opportunities for students to gain a deeper understanding of literary elements such as plot, characters, climax, theme, and point-of-view. For more ideas on connecting literature to the holidays, turn to Bookshelf Bests.
Produce a Holiday-Themed Reader's Theater Production
Try an impromptu reader's theater production of The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale by Aaron Shepard. The Baker's Dozen works well because the script is straightforward and takes no more than ten minutes to perform. "I bring in simple props — Santa hats for narrators, a chef's hat and apron for the baker, and a kerchief and shawl for the old lady who casts a spell," says Margie Markarian, who runs Reading Is Fundamental programs in Franklin, MA. "I hand out scripts to performers that morning and give them a chance to read it through together once or twice. Then, they line up across the front of the room with their hats, and the show goes on."
"I try to give kids who like to ham it up the lead roles because it makes it more fun," she adds. "I've also changed the number of narrator parts from two to four to give more students an opportunity to participate." But whether they perform or watch, the kids love the change of pace, and it's a creative way to keep them engaged in an ELA activity. A Reader's Theater edition of the book is available from the author's website. If your school allows it, consider distributing holiday cookies to everyone at the end of the performance. It reinforces the theme of generosity and good will. For an overview of the story, check out Bookshelf Bests: Holiday and Winter Themes for Elementary Students.
Many of these ideas were adapted from articles in Teacher magazine, published by Scholastic.
These reader's theater scripts, tips, printable props, and guidelines will encourage student involvement in reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities.


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In what twisted universe does 11pt and 12 pages actually mean 10pt, illegible margins, and 20 pages ? I tell you, this is the real crisis in science.
Phew: now I feel better...
So this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education talks about the problems facing universities trying to admit students for graduate studies. However, even after I read it a few times, I couldn't quite figure out what its central thesis was. The subtitle says:
Leaders warn of a labor shortage in the U.S., but indicators point to an oversupply
However, the following data points are presented:
* graduate enrollment from Taiwan has dropped by 25 percent
* NSF announced that foreign enrollment reached a new peak by 2002.
* A survey of 113 schools showed a 32% drop in foreign enrollment in those schools (especially from China)
* Purdue, UCLA and UT Austin are cited as examples of foreign enrollment either going up, or number of foreign applications going up.
If you are confused at this point, join the club.
Regarding overall jobs in the market,
* BLS predicted in 2001 that there would be a 47% increase in jobs in science and engineering by 2010
* Unemployment rates in computer science and systems analysis jumped to 6.7%
* unemployment among chemists is at "an all time high", as measured in terms of the number of postdocs.
Now I am getting rather dizzy.
The article deals with a complex matter, and I can respect the need to factor in a number of different statistics, but it is not clear to me that there is any story here at all. Enrollment is going up and down, jobs are going up and down, foreigners are applying more or less: what is the conclusion ?
If we look at the summary of the article:
...although no one can predict how many scientists and engineers the nation will need in 20 years, everyone agrees that the faces of those technical leaders will be far more diverse than those of generations past, and that American universities will scour the world for the best minds.
I don't know: it seems a little wishy-washy to me...
Some detailed methodological problems:
1. There is a conflation of science vs engineering, Ph.D vs M.S vs bachelors degrees, research jobs vs non-research jobs etc. These have different dynamics, and it is dangerous to draw broad conclusions from the aggregate of so many different sectors. For one thing, unemployment in computer science may not necessarily be related to employment prospects for Ph.Ds, because the IT industry has such a huge effect on such numbers....
2. They use number of US-authored publications to indicate a "flat" trend for research in the US. Without more details, it is hard to understand this statistic. As we know from SODA/STOC/FOCS, classifying papers by country is almost meaningless in times of multi-authored papers, and in experimental fields with lots of authors/paper, even more so.
3. There is a lot of confusion over US-born student enrollment vs foreign-born student enrollment; some stats are quoted for one group, some are quoted for the total
4. Using the rate of postdoc employment to infer general trends may or may not work in general. Do people in the natural sciences go for postdocs because they can't get jobs (as was the case in theory in the early 90s), or because they NEED a postdoc to even cross the interview threshold (as appears to be true in biology at least, and maybe physics). It is possible that mathematics is an example of the first case, but I don't know if math was part of this study at all.
A point that is not made often enough:
Mr. Freeman, like other economists, looks to dollars to make sense of the trends among graduate students. "They're not studying science," he says, "because they look and say, 'Do I want to be a postdoc paid $35,000 or $40,000 at age 35, with extreme uncertainty working in somebody else's lab, and maybe getting credit for my work and maybe not getting full credit? Or would I rather be an M.B.A. and making $150,000 and hiring Ph.D.'s?'"
p.s So I just spent all this time writing a review of an article in the CHE instead of writing a review of a SODA submission. oh well....