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Mayor Lee's Op-Ed's-2013
- December 04, 2013 - Season of Giving is time to show support for SF's nonprofits
- November 29, 2013 - Make a big difference by shopping small for the holidays and every day
- October 01, 2013 - S.F. celebrating our innovative spirit in October
- July 24, 2013 - Balanced budget set to strengthen city's future
- May 8, 2013 - Small businesses shape our communities
- April 30, 2013 - Invest in future: Hire youths for summer
- April 17, 2013 - 1906 Earthquake anniversary reminds us to be ready
SF Chronicle
Neighborhood Newspapers
- October 2013 - San Francisco must be prepared
- September 2013 - Giant Sweep: Join the team to keep San Francisco clean
- June 2013 - Protecting our Communities through Service Coordination and Partnerships
- April 2013 - Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative Rolls Out Support for the City's Commercial Districts and Small Business
SF Examiner
Season of Giving is time to show support for SF's nonprofits
SF Examiner
December 04, 2013
It is with pride and excitement that we celebrate this year's Season of Giving campaign. When I launched the campaign two years ago, I had great hopes and expectations for its impact on our community — expectations only matched by the incredible generosity of heart that exists within San Francisco.
This campaign, celebrated during the holiday season between November and January, is designed to remind us how important it is to give back to our community. Although generosity and volunteerism are important throughout the year, the promise and warmth of the holidays creates a unique opportunity for reflection and service. The tragic typhoon that recently struck the Philippines is yet another reminder of how important it is to support those in need, and it should serve as inspiration for us to support one another both here in our immediate San Francisco community and abroad.
The Season of Giving represents an opportunity for us to recognize local nonprofits and organizations and their tireless work to improve the lives of San Franciscans. During the Season of Giving, which will last until Jan. 20, I encourage businesses and residents to find ways to get involved with their community to show our thanks and connection to one another.
I urge all San Franciscans to consider making a donation or volunteering their time during this Season of Giving. By supporting organizations that provide warm food, beds and other essential services to those in need, we can ensure that the spirit of the holidays is shared by all. Visit our website at sfmayor.org to get more information about how you can give this holiday season.
The Season of Giving is a time for us to show our gratitude by using our gifts for the service of others. As we prepare for the holidays and enter a new year, it's important to take positive action in our community. Our city is blessed with many things, but the power of the people is truly our greatest asset. During this Season of Giving, dedicate your hearts and spirits to supporting those in our community who need it most.
For more information or to give, go to www.sfmayor.org/sfgives.
On behalf of The City, I would like to thank those who give back to our community generously to help people in dire need, especially during the holidays.
May you and your family and loved ones have a happy holiday!
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Make a big difference by shopping small for the holidays and every day
SF Examiner
November 29, 2013
The holiday season is upon us. Not only is this a time to celebrate with our family and friends and give back to people in need, but it's also a time for our communities to come together and celebrate one another. Our diverse neighborhoods, filled with unique small businesses, light up and shine when locals and visitors shop during the holiday season.
As our economy strengthens, with San Francisco's lowest unemployment rate in years — 5.3 percent — we need to continue supporting our small businesses. Small businesses are the backbone of our local economy, they enliven our neighborhoods and they employ our residents.
Over the past several years, San Francisco has participated in the national Small Business Saturday campaign, which encourages people nationwide to get out and shop small.
I would like to call on all San Franciscans to visit and shop at all their favorite local small businesses this weekend. Whether it's your favorite independent bookstore or gift shop selling items that are made in San Francisco, why not tell your friends and neighbors about them and bring them with you on Small Business Saturday?
While shopping small on Saturday will give a boost to small businesses during the holiday season, it is also important for San Franciscans to continue supporting these same businesses throughout the year.
I created an Invest in Neighborhoods program to provide customized assistance to meet the specific needs of our neighborhood commercial corridors. We provide low-interest loans, grants and resources to small businesses that are looking to expand or improve their storefronts, or need legal assistance.
The Office of Small Business is also serving as a one-stop shop for all small-business needs in San Francisco to support this vital business sector. The City is partnering with numerous nonprofit organizations that serve our small businesses and provide technical assistance, access to capital, business counseling, commercial kitchen space and much, much more.
Remember, when you shop small, you are making a big difference to our local economy and you are supporting your neighborhood.
Each year, many of these nonprofit organizations hold holiday gift fairs to promote the small-business owners and micro-entrepreneurs whom they've helped. From artisanal foods to unique locally made gifts, I encourage you to visit these gift fairs to do some additional holiday shopping while supporting a good cause.
Working Solutions-Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center-Pacific Community Ventures: Wednesday (wsgiftfair.jimdo.com)
SFMade: Dec. 7-8 (www.sfmade.org)
LGBT-Women's Initiative: Dec. 11 (wsgiftfair.jimdo.com)
Urban Solutions-Fillmore: Dec. 12 (www.urbansolutionssf.org)
La Cocina: Dec. 13 (www.lacocinasf.org)
San Francisco really is the best place to start, maintain and grow your small business.
Let's go out and support our small businesses this weekend, during the holidays and every day of the year.
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S.F. celebrating our innovative spirit in October
SF Examiner
October 01, 2013
Last year, I declared October to be Innovation Month, and this year we're continuing the tradition with a monthlong celebration that highlights not just the technology companies that make our city hum, but the people who help create opportunities for innovation in the city of San Francisco.
Innovation is about our connection to people. Whether you're a programmer working at a startup or a construction worker building one of the buildings going up in our growing neighborhoods, your best contribution to this city is innovation. As the Innovation Capital of the World, our city attracts the kind of creative minds that help us be more innovative in how we connect to and take care of the world around us.
My pledge to reduce waste has helped us move ever closer to our goal of zero waste by 2020. Our dedication to public safety has given us better ways for police to operate in the field and made San Francisco one of the safest big cities. Our promise to help companies start, stay and grow in The City has brought more jobs for the people of San Francisco and created one of the strongest economies in the nation.
San Francisco is home to the "maker" movement — an area I am excited to see gaining momentum. San Francisco's maker community is the future of domestic manufacturing and the key to creating both jobs and radical solutions to real problems. I've seen 3-D printing of prosthetic limbs and real innovations that can make lives better. I'm happy to have such a big community working and growing here in San Francisco.
This month, in partnership with the Exploratorium and the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District, we are launching our first Living Innovation Zone on Market Street at Yerba Buena Lane. They'll be unveiling a dynamic public installation that combines science, education and technology — right there on the sidewalk.
The Living Innovation Zone is an exciting way to introduce creativity into our daily lives by placing innovation on the street where you can see it, touch it and experience it.
Innovation is everywhere. It's part of the history of our city. It's in the small business that thrive in our communities, it's in the startups that set the pace of innovation, and it's in our people who come here looking for a city where big ideas can happen.
I look forward to seeing you during the month of October as we celebrate the innovative spirit of San Francisco. For a full list of events and to learn more about October's Innovation Month, go to im.innovatesf.com.
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Balanced budget set to strengthen city's future
SF Examiner
July 24, 2013
Today I am signing The City's balanced budget for fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15. Thanks to Supervisor Mark Farrell, members of the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee, and the entire board for their unflagging efforts to ensure that together we developed the best budget for San Francisco and our residents.
I want to particularly thank the hundreds of city residents and community organizations for participating in this public budget process. Their input and recommendations gave us the opportunity to craft and execute a consensus-driven, fiscally responsible budget that smartly invests in basic city services, critical infrastructure improvements and, most importantly, the people of San Francisco.
As a San Franciscan, I am very proud of our budget, which increases the strength of our social safety net, supports our first responders and invests in our city's infrastructure at an unprecedented level. Through hard work and collaboration, this budget adds capacity to the Department of Public Health to implement federal health care reform; funds child care programs cut by the state; and, with the help of the Board of Supervisors, fully funds HIV/AIDS health and prevention service cuts made by the federal government.
In addition to taking care of our social safety net, we also make significant investments in The City's infrastructure, including improving and repaving our city streets, repairing our aging water and sewer systems, and completing construction of our new General Hospital. These investments will save money in the long run and support more than 4,000 construction jobs here in San Francisco in the near term.
Together, we were able to craft a budget that ensures that we will hire 300 new police officers and 120 new firefighters over the next two years. Our first responders make sacrifices each day to keep our city safe.
This budget also ensures our future fiscal health by paying into reserve funds for use during an economic rainy day. These reserves, along with the recent reforms to The City's pension health care funding strategies, will generate savings over the long term, and they have resulted in an upgrade in our bond ratings, giving The City a better return on current and future bond-funded projects.
While the worst of the economic crisis may seem to be behind us, we cannot deviate from our commitment to fiscal responsibility and reform. As the mayor of San Francisco, I am committed to continuously investing in our neighborhoods, in our infrastructure, in public safety, in the social safety net and in our residents.
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Small businesses shape our communities
SF Examiner
May 08, 2013
As a San Francisco resident who eats and shops in just about every neighborhood in our city, I deeply appreciate the contributions each small business makes to enrich our daily lives. That's why we dedicate the third week of May every year to celebrate our small businesses during San Francisco's Small Business Week.
One of the largest celebrations of its kind, Small Business Week includes a series of educational and networking events that honor and support San Francisco's small businesses, the backbone of our local economy.
Each year, I also select one exemplary small business that has gone above and beyond in serving our community and adding to the fabric of what makes San Francisco unique.
I have selected Devil's Teeth Baking Company in the Sunset as this year's Small Business Honoree. Hilary Passman, owner of Devil's Teeth, is a longtime resident of the Sunset district, and in 2010, she seized an opportunity to open up a bakery at Noriega between 45th and 46th avenues. This is a true "invest in neighborhoods" story. She has worked in partnership with her neighborhood and regularly volunteers her time along with merchants and residents to reinvigorate the beachside portion of Noriega Street. She spearheaded the organization of Noriega's first block party in late 2011 and worked with The City's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, and former Supervisor Carmen Chu's office, to create a parklet that has become a citywide model for parklet design.
And while we try to attract more investments across every sector of our local economy, we always continue our focus on small businesses so that they can start, stay and grow here.
Through The City's Office of Small Business, new and existing business owners can receive customized, one-on-one assistance on licensing and permitting requirements, legal and financing resources, business planning and counseling, and more. Working together with the Office of Small Business, my Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative and the Job Squad provides focused, customized assistance that meets the specific needs of San Francisco's neighborhood commercial corridors and businesses to create jobs, fill vacancies and bring positive change to a neighborhood.
The theme of this year's Small Business Week is "Small Business: Shaping Our Communities." In addition to the great events happening during the week of Monday to May 18, many neighborhood merchants associations are working with their merchants to put on sidewalk sales for days of shopping for all and to celebrate our treasured small
Please get out to your local commercial corridor and support our small businesses all year round, but especially during Small Business Week!
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Invest in future: Hire youths for summer
SF Examiner
April 30, 2013
As summer rolls around, I am challenging employers throughout San Francisco to participate in the second annual Summer Youth Jobs+ program. Last summer, we rose to President Barack Obama's challenge to create jobs for our youths, and the results were unprecedented public, private and nonprofit partnerships that successfully placed more than 5,200 young people in jobs and training opportunities, including large numbers from our city's disadvantaged and low-income communities.
Though unemployment rates are dropping, San Francisco must continue to be a national model for youth programs. This summer, our goal is to provide 6,000 opportunities for young people — a 20 percent increase from last year's initial goal of 5,000 jobs.
Youths in our city suffer from an unemployment rate up to three times higher than the general population and often face barriers to employment and difficulty competing for work.
That's why I am urging private companies to join me in creating opportunities so that youths gain the experience and skill sets needed to prepare them academically and train them for transition into the workforce. Last year, more than 86 private companies provided entry-level jobs and internships in a variety of fields including retail, hospitality, manufacturing, finance, technology and many others.
The City is the largest employer, so we must lead by example. Through partnerships within city agencies and the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, we are providing thousands of opportunities this summer and focusing on our most vulnerable young people, including those in the foster care and justice systems, and youths in low-income families. They will establish and build their skills and work experience while taking advantage of all the opportunities we have to offer in San Francisco.
I recognize we can't do this alone. I am urging educational institutions, community-based training programs and private sector businesses to join me in creating jobs this summer. Whether you are a small or large business, you can participate in the Summer Youth Jobs+ program by:
•Making a commitment to hire youths for jobs or internships.
•Volunteering to participate in mock interviews, review résumés and talk to youths who will attend our upcoming May 11 Youth Resource Fair at the Moscone Center.
•Contributing financial support toward youth programming that prepares them for work and life skills.
•Spreading the word to your networks about the Summer Youth Jobs+ program.
The investment we make for our youths today will help build a better future for our city for generations to come. Please join me and our partner United Way of the Bay Area by visiting www.matchbridge.org/
summer-jobs and learning more about how you can get involved.
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1906 Earthquake anniversary reminds us to be ready
SF Examiner
April 17, 2013
One hundred and seven years ago today, the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, one of the nation's most significant catastrophes, devastated our city. San Franciscans came together as a community to recover and rebuild the San Francisco that we know and love today.
We live in earthquake country, but that doesn't mean we should feel scared and overwhelmed about earthquakes. Instead, let's prepare now before the next disaster. Knowing what to do before, during and after a disaster will help you take care of yourself, your family and your neighborhood.
The good news is that most of us are more prepared than we think. Being prepared isn't necessarily about buying an expensive emergency kit. It's about having basic items gathered and ready at hand. It's about talking with your family about where to meet after a disaster or making sure everyone knows where your emergency supplies are.
It's about securing moveable and breakable items in your home. It's about knowing to drop, cover and hold on during an earthquake.
While you do your part, The City is doing ours. We have completed more than 200 seismic retrofits on city buildings, and we're not done. San Francisco's new seismic retrofit program will give our soft-story buildings the backbone to stand firm when the earth starts shaking and keep residents safe.
We don't need to look far to learn from recent disasters. Superstorm Sandy reminded all of us of the importance of emergency preparedness, which included not only having emergency supplies on hand, but also having community connections. During the storm, people checked in on each other and opened their homes for shelter, meals and even to charge cellphones. I have no doubt San Franciscans will do the same in a disaster. So getting to know our neighbors, lending a hand and sharing our knowledge and skills to help our community is key to a resilient San Francisco.
Our city is also full of resources that help you get prepared and connected. The website 72hours.org provides easy tips on preparedness for any situation. AlertSF sends text messages that instantly deliver emergency information — more than 25,000 people have registered! San Francisco's free Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training connects you to your neighbors while you learn skills that can help save a life.
As we reflect upon what happened 107 years ago, let's commemorate by taking stock of our resources, and then adding a little bit to that stock. Take the time to meet your neighbors — at home, at work or through social networks. After all, these are the people we rely on every day no matter the crisis. Let's not wait until the next disaster to show how connected and prepared we are.
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SF Chronicle
A strong hand needed now at CCSF - Brice W. Harris and Ed Lee
SF Chronicle
July 7, 2013
Over the past year, City College of San Francisco has done some good work to reform its operations and finances, but it has come up short. By its own account, City College has not yet come into full compliance with the standards under which all community colleges in the West have agreed to operate. Last week, the Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, the peer-review organization that grants accreditation to community and junior colleges, announced that it has decided to terminate CCSF's accreditation in July 2014. The college remains open and accredited until that time or until appeals are exhausted.
For CCSF, the pace of reform needs to be much faster. We also believe that City College has reached the limit of what it can do on its own.
What's needed now is a stronger hand, a single individual with the experience, trustworthiness and focus to turn City College around. Appointment of a special trustee, with appropriate powers, is the only way City College can quicken the pace of change and position itself for long-term viability. We both agree that City College does not have the luxury of any more time, and that a special trustee offers the only realistic hope of saving the institution.
Continuing with the current governance structure is not in the best interest of City College students or the city of San Francisco. Given the difficult choice of preserving local control versus ensuring City College's viability, the path is clear. The 85,000 students who look to CCSF for quality educational and career-building opportunities need to know that this College can and will be a dependable part of their lives.
A year ago, the accreditation committee rendered a harsh judgment on City College of San Francisco. In its report, the commission cited 14 areas of deep concern, ranging from fiscal and operational management, to tracking the effectiveness of teaching and learning. In the academic world, accreditation is a school's license to offer credit courses, grant financial aid, confer degrees and facilitate transfer. By placing the college on a "show cause" status, the accreditation commission gave CCSF the equivalent of a "D," a barely passing grade. That's not acceptable for a great institution such as City College and the students and community who depend on it.
As the next step, the California Community Colleges Board of Governors will consider appointment of a special trustee when it meets Monday. The special trustee would replace the local board's authority during this recovery period. It is important to keep these facts in mind:
-- City College is open, accredited and is accepting students for the Fall 2013 term. The school is not closing and we are doing our utmost to ensure that outcome never comes to pass. Enroll at www.ccsf.edu.
-- Credits will count. If you have a degree from CCSF, that degree will always count, as will any credits you have or will accumulate.
-- Current collective bargaining agreements will stay in force. If appointed, the special trustee cannot abrogate existing collective bargaining agreements. We know this is a concern of the more than 3,000 members of organized labor who work at CCSF. Contracts still under negotiation will need to be agreed to.
We know this decision will cause discomfort for many, but the alternative is almost certain closure of one of America's great community colleges. That would be a tragedy for San Francisco, for our state community college system, and, most important of all, current and future students who depend on City College of San Francisco.
Brice W. Harris is the chancellor of the California Community Colleges system. Ed Lee is the mayor of San Francisco.
Neighborhood Newspapers
San Francisco must be prepared
October 2013
In September, we celebrated the completion of the new Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and it once again reminds us that we need to be prepared and ready for the next disaster. We are working on a number of programs and new initiatives that will help protect vital city infrastructure and help residents, businesses and property owners rapidly recover after the next major earthquake.
One of the keys is that we are preparing together. Preparedness means gathering supplies and having an emergency plan for ourselves and our loved ones, but it also means building community connections with our neighbors. When disaster strikes, we can lend a hand and share resources and skills to help each other in our neighborhoods.
The City is here to provide assistance and help our communities connect and develop that safety net. A new preparedness website www.sf72.org, provides simple emergency preparedness steps that we can all take and offers ways we can work together with our neighbors and community partners to be prepared for a disaster.
We have also developed an Earthquake Safety Implementation Program, a 30-year plan to mitigate the impacts of a major earthquake. A key part of our planning is to strengthen our critical infrastructure and lifelines. City Administrator Naomi Kelly is taking the lead to establish a Lifelines Council. This group of city officials and private utility providers is taking steps to make sure our infrastructure withstands an earthquake or can be restored quickly after one occurs. Getting vital services up and running after a disaster will help our residents recover faster and help the entire City be more resilient.
Reinforcing our public buildings is another important task underway. Since the 1989 earthquake we have reinforced or upgraded 220 city buildings. And, under our City's 10-Year Capital Plan, we are making other facilities and infrastructure more resilient, including a total replacement of the Hall of Justice which houses many of our first responders who we will rely on after an earthquake. We are also developing an energy assurance strategy to ensure power availability at critical public and community facilities after a major disaster.
The mandatory seismic retrofit ordinance for Soft Story wood frame buildings that I signed into law in partnership with our Board of Supervisors is another example that we are putting preparedness into action. This legislation helps the City tackle the challenge of retrofitting the thousands of soft-story buildings around our City that are at risk of collapse in a major earthquake.
These actions that we are taking together will help us make San Francisco stronger, safer, and more resilient.
Giant Sweep: Join the team to keep San Francisco clean
September 2013
Every day as I walk, drive and even bike through in San Francisco, I am reminded of our city's natural beauty: the hills, the Bay and ocean views, our public parks – spectacular features known all over the world.
I also am reminded as I travel through the City that we need to do more to keep San Francisco beautiful, to serve as the stewards of our magnificent home. I see litter on the streets and trash left behind in the parks and on Muni. That is distressing, but not impossible to change.
In fact, we're already making a difference with Giant Sweep, the anti-litter campaign that my administration launched in February in partnership with the World Champion San Francisco Giants. The idea: Create a culture of clean in San Francisco through hands-on activities and public education.
Impressively, since the kickoff of this anti-litter campaign, nearly 18,000 people have taken the Giant Sweep pledge in which they agree to do their part to keep San Francisco clean. People are not just signing the pledge, but also rolling up their sleeves and helping out. More than 45,000 hours have been logged by Giant Sweep volunteers who are cleaning parks and streets across the City.
We work very hard to engage our younger generation and help them create a culture of clean. Giant Sweep reaches out to elementary, middle and high schools, teaching students about the environmental damages caused by litter, and the costs to clean it up. This campaign is drawing the attention of our youth. Last spring, more than 300 young people entered the Giant Sweep poster contest. The great success of the poster contest takes us to next level: A video contest with prizes for students who produce the best Giant Sweep videos.
The San Francisco Giants make a great partner of the Giant Sweep program. Giants' All-Star outfielder Hunter Pence is a firm supporter. Throughout the year, volunteers can win baseballs signed by Hunter Pence, tickets to Giants games, t-shirts and more. There are also prizes for neighborhood cleanup volunteer teams and schools to compete for most bags of litters collected and most hours worked.
Cleaning up the streets and keeping our City clean and beautiful is hard work but we try to make it fun, too. We've brought in dancers, mimes and music, and had a Giant Sweep contingent running the Bay to Breakers and at the Pride Parade. And you may have seen Sweepy -- the energetic orange-and-black Giant Sweep mascot with broom in hand -- at schools and street fairs to convey messages about the importance of being a responsible member of our community.
Giant Sweep isn't about finger-pointing; it's about working together to improve our neighborhoods and strengthen civic pride. To sign up for Giant Sweep and to learn more, go to www.sfgiantsweep.org. Join the team. Keep SF clean.
Protecting our Communities through Service Coordination and Partnerships
June 2013
Since we launched the Public Safety Initiative-- IPO (The Interrupt, Predict and Organize for a Safer San Francisco) last August, we've seen measurable results: no homicides in the month of August last year for the first time in 30 years and homicides, and gun violence down by nearly half this same time last year.
IPO is a comprehensive approach between law enforcement partners, city agencies and community based and faith-based providers to create safer neighborhoods in San Francisco.
However, we all know our long-term success in crime prevention and public safety depends on partnerships with our community. When gun violence occurs in San Francisco, the ownership belongs to everyone, and the responsibility to stop it must also be shared.
With the support of the community, we've created the Street Violence Response Team (SVRT), a collective effort among city departments, law enforcement agencies and community based presentation from non-profits and faith based communities. The SVRT's multidisciplinary team has offered every victim of violence and their families' comprehensive behavioral health and other social services. After being activated for six months, the team has already met with multiple families and at risk youth to provide effective violence prevention interventions to stop the violence before it occurs. As of April 2013, 74 victims received direct interventions and social services from the SVRT.
My Office has been working closely with city departments and our partners from the community to get prepared for the summer time. I have made job creation for youth a top priority because I want to make sure our youth get quality education and training so they are well equipped when competing in the tough job market. That's the motivation behind the creation of the IPO Employment program that 24 candidates just graduated last month, and the reason I urge our public and private partners to participate in the Summer Jobs + Initiative offering 6,000 employment opportunities for our City youth.
A diverse group of city agencies, community organizations works together on a new project called the Community Assessment and Services Center (CASC), an innovative "one-stop" community corrections model that will provide on-site supervision, and a wide range of services. The goal of CASC is to help its clients gain the knowledge and skills they need to permanently exit the criminal justice system.
There is no place for bullets on the streets in San Francisco. We are zero tolerant on crimes and gun violence. Supervisor Malia Cohen and I have signed legislation into law, which became the nation's first ban on possession of hollow-point ammunition. We are also creating an early warning system to alert us when individuals make massive purchases of ammunition, because if there's even a remote possibility we prevent a tragedy like Sandy Hook, we are morally bound to do so.
It takes a village to fight crime and violence. We need your support and commitment. To report any crime or access services you may contact 9-1-1 in an emergency and 3-1-1 for additional city service referrals; to access further information on Summer Jobs + contact 2-1-1.
Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative Rolls Out Support for the City's Commercial Districts and Small Business
As San Francisco's unemployment rate has fallen over the past year, the growth of technology companies and real estate construction has been getting most of the headlines. But my administration has maintained a laser focus on another source of economic growth: supporting our neighborhood commercial districts and small businesses.
Last summer we launched Invest in Neighborhoods, a new initiative to provide our neighborhood commercial districts and small businesses with the tools and services that they need the most. City services—like streetscape and façade improvements, public art, and the Small Business Revolving Loan Fund—can be effective at sprucing up our commercial corridors, but only if they are utilized responsively and strategically. Invest in Neighborhoods is designed to deploy City resources and services more effectively and efficiently, so that communities are healthier and small businesses are able to flourish.
Over the past several months Invest in Neighborhoods has achieved a number of milestones. We have identified the list of 25 neighborhood commercial districts that the initiative will focus on in its first phase. This includes the Upper Market / Castro commercial district, Noe Valley, and commercial corridors in other neighborhoods. City staff and community partners are currently completing work on assessments of each of those commercial districts, the results of several months of research and community engagement. Those reports will be released this spring and will inform future City investments.
As part of Invest in Neighborhoods, the Jobs Squad – a team of staff dedicated to helping small business owners cut through red tape and access the help that they need – has begun conducting on-the-ground outreach in commercial districts around the City. Keep an eye out for the Jobs Squad in your community, walking down Castro Street!
Also, this month we announced the grant awards for the first round of the Invest in Neighborhoods grant program. The list of funded projects includes a program to activate Jane Warner Plaza, in partnership with the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District. In total, we are funding 14 projects in support of 12 commercial districts around the City; we'll re-open the request for proposals later this year for another round of funding.
This spring my staff will meet with residents, merchants and other stakeholders in commercial districts around the City to present assessment findings and gather feedback on which services and interventions are most needed in the neighborhood. The City will work together to ensure that neighborhoods have access to the services that they need, and that will boost economic activity, fill vacant storefronts, and assist local businesses.
We will continue to work closely with community groups to celebrate and support the neighborhoods and commercial districts that make San Francisco a world class city. By working together we can create jobs and economic opportunities for all San Franciscans.


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Traditionally, the term disruptive technology describes an invention or innovation that creates a whole new category of product or service. Refrigerators, for example, disrupted the goods and services known as the icebox and the milkman.
iPhone 4 isn't even looking to disrupt the mobile industry (although, Facetime is set to be a disruptive technology, and certainly the 720p video recording could be seen as such by the late Flip, RIP). They're looking to screw things up for AT&T and FedEx, if not in a necessarily competitive way.
AT&T just absolutely couldn't handle the volume of sales for the iPhone 4 this and last week. Pretty incredible. To some extent, who could blame them? It's just another iPhone launch, right? We'll staff like we did last time and it'll be fine. Seems reasonable to me. Who knew the reaction would be like this?
I tried to pre-order last week, and had a hell of a time due to AT&T's computers being down (web servers as well as point-of-sale servers - everything). I was told at the time that I might not be getting delivery until July 5th. I was fine with that.
Got a tracking number all of a sudden on Monday, telling me I'd be one of those people getting my iPhone 4 on Wednesday, the 23rd. I was a bit shocked, but pleased.
The tracking info trailed off into oblivion. When the "shipping details" suddenly changed from a large, detailed table - including "expected delivery date: June 23rd by 3 PM" - to a single line "shipped on June 22nd," I called FedEx. Yeah, our systems are mostly down from the traffic. Basically, it looks like your iPhone is probably - now I can't guarantee this - sitting in a big crate in Dallas, and has been since yesterday morning. You might get your phone tomorrow, or the day after, or the day after that. It's really hard to say at this point.
Out of curiosity I called again this morning. Hmm, this looks really weird. It looks like you should have gotten the item yesterday. Well, I'm pretty sure you'll get it today. We had a… uhh… storm. Yeah, a storm in Memphis is what delayed your item. You should get it today by 3 PM.

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He announced it to journalists, Censor.NET reports.
"I am convinced that the documents on granting Ukraine a visa-free regime will be properly signed and ratified by the European Parliament, there is no doubt. I can even say before which date - Nov. 24," he noted.
According to Poroshenko, the issue of granting Ukraine a visa-free regime has been delayed because of a dispute between the European Parliament and the European Commission over the powers to suspend visa-free travel for any country.
Poroshenko also expressed hope that these structures will manage to reach a compromise and find a solution, and Ukraine will obtain visa-free travel to EU before Nov. 24, the day when the EU-Ukraine summit starts in Brussels.
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The tracking device company Spot by Globalstar has partnered with Lockheed Martin Flight Service to provide automated position monitoring for aircraft operating under visual flight rules (VFR).
Using a Spot Gen3 or Spot Trace unit, you can file a VFR flight plan with Lockheed Martin Flight Service and, on your Spot account Web page, authorize data to be sent to Lockheed Martin.
If the aircraft stops moving or stops sending position reports, an alarm is triggered immediately at Lockheed Martin Flight Service. The aircraft's most recent GPS coordinates are forwarded to search-and-rescue authorities.
The Spot Gen3 also features an SOS button that can send an instant distress message along with GPS position information to GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center, immediately initiating search operations.
"We are pleased that Spot devices are now integrated into our Surveillance-Enhanced Search-and-Rescue services," said Jim Derr, director of Lockheed Martin Flight Service. "Pilots now will be able to leverage additional tracking and rescue services that are crucial to their flight planning."


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LKQ Corporation – 2002 Master Agreement (August 2nd, 2016)
have entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions (each a "Transaction") that are or will be governed by this 2002 Master Agreement, which includes the schedule (the "Schedule"), and the documents and other confirming evidence (each a "Confirmation") exchanged between the parties or otherwise effective for the purpose of confirming or evidencing those Transactions. This 2002 Master Agreement and the Schedule are together referred to as this "Master Agreement".
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Trans Am Loop is a hiking, biking, and horse trail in Alameda County, California. It is within Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area. It is 0.5 miles long and begins at 1,113 feet altitude. Traveling the entire trail is 1.2 miles with a total elevation gain of 677 feet.
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Our Coordinated Care Clinic is part of our 65Up Senior VIP program. We will schedule you for an annual health assessment and screening to determine how you are doing. Our goal is to identify and treat any developing ailments as early as possible.
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NYU Classes is available to students and faculty around the world as NYU's enterprise Learning Management System. This site explains how decisions about this global service are made.
See also the User Advisory Group page.
In consultation with the appropriate individuals and groups (for example, faculty, students, service delivery units and project teams), the committee will provide a focus on next generation digital learning environment tools. The DLE committee will ensure features of new tools are benchmarked against existing supported NYU educational tools, define, approve and review tool pilots, make recommendations on communications surrounding educational tools to the NYU community, and make recommendations about vision, future direction, tool prioritization and resource allocation to the full Teaching Technology Committee and other advisory, community and governance groups such as the Faculty Committee or the Future of Technology Enhanced Education (FTEE) and Student Technology And Research Committee (STARC).
These recommendations should include:
An updated statement on the goals, principles, and guiding strategies for a consistent, cost-effective and scalable University-wide framework for the digital learning environment
Continue to plan and monitor for staffing, budget and support needs for projects and initiatives related to DLE frameworks, features, capacities, and systems integrations
Publishing of the aggregated 2016 NYU Classes Survey Results
Goals for academic year 2017 include:
Define and measure success of educational tool pilots
Define a process for promoting tool adoption
Deliver a year end report with recommendations for tool purchase and adoption
Mature the work of the User Advisory Group to support instructional technology as a well as learning management tools and services planning
Guiding Principles for Learning Management Systems at NYU
Qualities necessary in a learning environment for student and faculty engagement in both distance and traditional courses:
Easy to Use - The environment should have a clean, polished and consistent user experience. Each individual tool should be an integrated part of the whole. The content creation tools should be strong, students and teachers should be able to add multimedia, e.g., video or audio recordings with a single click. Peer assessment should be part of the experience--such as being able to rate, favorite and feature blog posts or forum discussions.
Social and Collaborative - The social presence and participation of students and teachers in the learning environment should be palpable. Students should seamlessly interact with one another, the instructor, and groups. Activity feeds with thumbnail student and faculty pictures contribute to social presence, as do features such as an integrated ePortfolio tool. Students and teachers should be able to get a sense of who's in the virtual room with them, and know who is online and available to chat. Strong collaboration and project management tools should be made available to groups working on course projects.
Permeable and Persistent Access - It should be easy for instructors to invite guests without NYU Net IDs to class and have them participate in all aspects of the course, whether it's a live (synchronous) course meeting or moderating a discussion forum. Students and faculty should be able to access the content indefinitely after the course closes. It should be easy to move content from one system to another (data portability) and copy course content from one semester to another. Data from the LMS should be able to be used in different environments and users should be able to tag it, search it, and see analytics on it.
Mobile - Learning takes place everywhere, and on a range of devices. Students and faculty should be able to keep up with and contribute to their courses regardless of where they are.
Adaptive and configurable - Instructors should be able to create content pathways based on student prior knowledge or achievements. Instructors should be presented with good default options and able to remove tools that are not appropriate for the course.
Authentic - It should be easy for faculty or departments to verify that the students in the course are the students doing the work.
Helpful - Accurate, current, comprehensive and context sensitive help should be available in both text and video.
Patricia Heard-Greene (Co-Chair)
Assistant Dean, NYU School of Professional Studies, Center for Academic Excellence and Support, Office of Educational Technology
Jason Korenkiewicz (Co-Chair)
Director, Instructional Technology Tools and Services, NYU Information Technology
Janet Alperstein
Senior Director, Academic Support, Office of Global Programs
Lisa Barnett
Director, User Service, Information and Technology School of Law
Ron Berry
Associate Director for Library & Academic Technology, NYU Abu Dhabi
Elise Eisenberg
Senior Director of Informatics, Clinical Professor, Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Technology + Informatics Services, College of Dentistry
Aida Gureghian
Assistant Director of Student Affairs, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
William Holloway
Sr. IT Architect, Division of Educational Informatics, School of Medicine
Holloway's alternate, Marina Marin
Lead Information Management Developer, School of Medicine
Yona Jean-Pierre
Director of Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning, Tandon School of Engineering
Jenny Kijowski
Educational Technologist, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Karen Krahulik
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences
Jeff Lane
Executive Director Facilities Planning & Technology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Brian Lewis
Associate Director of the Library and Director for Academic Technology NYU Shanghai
Ben Maddox
Chief Instructional Technology Officer & Deputy CGTO/CITO, Teaching & Learning with Technology, NYU Information Technology
Richard Malenitza
Assistant Director, Teaching and Learning with Technology, Information Technology, Head, Digital Studio for the Division of Libraries
Lawrence S. Mirsky
Director, Information Technology, Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Jeff Pasch
LMS Product Director, NYU Information Technology
Jim Robertson
Executive Director of the Digital Communications Group, Public Affairs and NYU Information Technology
Gary Shawver
Assistant Director, Academic Technology Services, Teaching and Learning with Technology, NYU Information Technology
Evan Silberman
Director, Information Technology, Silver School of Social Work
Kristen Sosulski
Academic Director, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, Clinical Professor, Information Systems, Leonard N Stern School of Business
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Who am I?
I am a large brown owl with cute big eyes and a white face. Like my other owl brothers and sisters I am most active at night, hunting small critters and defending my territory. I am very communicative and talk at length with others of my kind nearby. I say "who-cooks-for-you" in a particularly owl-like way. I can live up to 18 years old. Perhaps I am older than you? I won't be able to lay eggs until I am two years old. Then i will look for a large hole in a tree to make my nest, though I will sometimes use other nests that have been abandoned by large birds like hawks. I really like holes in trees and so I tend to live in forests that have been around long enough to have some pretty big trees.
When I am ready and during the winter I will lay 2 or 3 eggs over a few days. It will take about a month for my babies to hatch. It is cold and I spend a lot of time keeping my eggs warm. So how do I eat when I am sitting on my eggs? Dad to the rescue! He will hunt for me while I am on the nest. About three weeks after our babies hatch we will both be busy hunting and feeding them. Just a couple of weeks later they will be ready to fly to a nearby branch. A big moment for them. Soon they are flying and learning to hunt. We will still care for them for six months or so, just until we are sure they can make it on their own.
Where can you find me?
I live in woodland areas, preferably the swampy, smelly kind. I generally prefer to live in dense areas and tend to avoid open spaces. I can be found throughout eastern Canada and the eastern United States.
What do I eat?
Little critters, mostly mice. But I will also eat rabbits and squirrels and snakes and frogs and lizards -- pretty much anything that will fit in my sharp talons.
What might eat me?
When I am a baby raccoons and weasels will sometimes eat my egg or even me if mom is gone and I can not defend myself. As an adult I have few predators. There is, of course, the nasty Great Horned Owl that will sometimes attack me and those hungry Goshawks are always a threat. Mostly I worry about getting hit by cars. Humans.
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When looking to travel, there's no name trusted more than Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The website has established itself as the ultimate travelers guidebook, curating the most unique and luxurious hotels around the world. From a lakeside treehouse in Sri Lanka to a palace in Morocco's red deserts, Mr. & Mrs. Smith's reviews are as detailed as they get, analyzing the design, food, neighborhood, and even the soundtrack played throughout a hotel. Co-founders and real-life Mr. & Mrs. Smith, James and Tamara Lohan founded the company in 2002 after taking a trip that fell short of their expectations. Since then, the Lohans have grown the business to a global empire with over a million users. They represent thousands of hotels, host their own award series, and have won the Best Travel Website in Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards twice. When they're not traveling the world, they're home in London, the city they met in during their 20's. True to their nomadic style, the couple live in a 100ft Dutch barge in Chiswick along the River Thames, conveniently located close to Heathrow Airport on the chance they need to jet to their latest discovery. We asked the travel gurus for their Smith-approved restaurant guide to London, complete with bites equally as exotic as their travels. Summer plans, anyone?
"Our favorite Indian restaurant in London, and very worthy of its Michelin star (though there's no pretense to it, at all). Get there early and try one of their classic Indian punches at the bar before you eat."
Maltby Street Market
"A short walk from the more famous Borough Market, but with fewer crowds – at Maltby Street you can pick an amazing starter, main course and pudding if you're feeling greedy and then walk it off with a wander around the Lassco Reclamation Yard (and bring something home that you didn't know you had to have)."
Luiz Hara: The Chef At Home
"Pop-up dining just keeps growing in London and Luiz's private dining events at his home are some of its most sought-after. He and his partner are the ultimate hosts and his food dances spectacularly between Japanese and South American. Ask to sit up on a bar stool at the chef's table – you'll love it."
Balsamic-glaze Yorkshire beef cheek, carrot purée, salt-baked shallots, salsa verde and Gratin Blu cheese, London Foodie Supper Club
"Peckham in South London is the city's current hotspot and it's worth making the journey just to eat here. A vibrant neighborhood restaurant with an ever-changing menu of seasonal small plates, genuinely friendly service and a really interesting list of independent wines and champagnes."
The Colony Grill
"Dine on old-school favorites cooked to perfection at this modern American brasserie in one of our favorite hotels, the Beaumont: the brainchild of London's best restaurateurs Jeremy King and Chris Corbin."
Bananas Foster, The Colony
"An ever-buzzy Peruvian restaurant that always delivers great food well worth washing down with a few too many Pisco Sours. Book in advance, mind, or you won't get in."
Chiltern Firehouse
"It's been London's A-list hangout for a while now, and you can see why. We've always had a great meal courtesy of the gifted Nuno Mendes – it's perfect for people-watching, too."
Covent Garden
"The brand-new restaurant from Master Chef Marcus Wareing is helping to inject a dose of cool into Covent Garden's touristy trail. The food is fantastic, as you'd expect, but it's in more relaxed modern brasserie surrounds than his last ventures – perfect for lunch or dinner."
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...aka: Monjes sangrientos, Los
...aka: Monks of Blood
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16th century Mexican monks are tossed to their death from a bell tower by Cordova, a guy who thinks they stole his gold. When police seize the monastery, Cordova slits his own throat and is sealed up in a secret room. Years later, an aimless (and brainless) redheaded American girl (Stacey Shaffer) follows a complete stranger named Hymie (Ralph Navarro aka Rafael Sánchez Navarro) into the same small town where locals prohibit anyone from going into the cursed monastery. A mysterious, unnamed witch (Isela Vega, who is not credited in the version I saw unless she's using an alias) makes the girl have weird, colorful, Argento-like nightmares featuring lots of fog and fire, zombie monks, shadowed figures, burning candles, red and blue lighting and feathers falling from the sky. There's some talk about a hidden treasure, but this (which at least takes place in an authentic, great-looking old Mexican town) doesn't make a lick of sense. Former star Russ Tamblyn has a co-starring bit as a comic magician in a multicolored leisure suit who gets to do what look like some pretty dangerous stunts on a train. Released in 1988. The director also edited, wrote and co-produced.


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The cognitive defects of neonatally irradiated mice are accompanied by changed synaptic plasticity, adult neurogenesis and neuroinflammation
The cognitive defects of neonatally irradiated mice are accompanied by changed synaptic plasticity, adult neurogenesis and neuroinflammation - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
Molecular Neurodegeneration
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First Online: 16 December 2014Received: 30 September 2014Accepted: 12 December 2014
Background-purpose of the studyEpidemiological evidence suggests that low doses of ionising radiation ≤1.0 Gy produce persistent alterations in cognition if the exposure occurs at a young age. The mechanisms underlying such alterations are unknown. We investigated the long-term effects of low doses of total body gamma radiation on neonatally exposed NMRI mice on the molecular and cellular level to elucidate neurodegeneration.
ResultsSignificant alterations in spontaneous behaviour were observed at 2 and 4 months following a single 0.5 or 1.0 Gy exposure. Alterations in the brain proteome, transcriptome, and several miRNAs were analysed 6–7 months post-irradiation in the hippocampus, dentate gyrus DG and cortex. Signalling pathways related to synaptic actin remodelling such as the Rac1-Cofilin pathway were altered in the cortex and hippocampus. Further, synaptic proteins MAP-2 and PSD-95 were increased in the DG and hippocampus 1.0 Gy. The expression of synaptic plasticity genes Arc, c-Fos and CREB was persistently reduced at 1.0 Gy in the hippocampus and cortex. These changes were coupled to epigenetic modulation via increased levels of microRNAs miR-132-miR-212, miR-134. Astrogliosis, activation of insulin-growth factor-insulin signalling and increased level of microglial cytokine TNFα indicated radiation-induced neuroinflammation. In addition, adult neurogenesis within the DG was persistently negatively affected after irradiation, particularly at 1.0 Gy.
ConclusionThese data suggest that neurocognitive disorders may be induced in adults when exposed at a young age to low and moderate cranial doses of radiation. This raises concerns about radiation safety standards and regulatory practices.
KeywordsDendritic spines Hippocampus Cortex CREB miR-132 Ionising radiation Proteomics Rac1 Cofilin Alzheimer AbbreviationsANOVAAnalysis of variance
AMPAα-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
CNSCentral nervous system
CRCrest area
CTComputed tomography
DGDentate gyrus
FDRFalse discovery rate
GOGene ontology
HPLCHigh pressure liquid chromatography
ICPLIsotope coded protein label
IEGImmediate-early response gene
IPAIngenuity pathway analysis
LC-MS-MSLiquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
LTPLong term potentiation
LTDLong term depression
MLMolecular layer
PND10Postnatal day 10
PBSPhosphate buffered saline
SDSSodium dodecyl sulphate
SEMStandard error of the mean
SGZSubgranular zone.
Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article doi:10.1186-1750-1326-9-57 contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Arianna Casciati, Sonja Buratovic contributed equally to this work.
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On Monday, Nov. 20, eight talented women of The College of Idaho will take a trip down the rabbit hole of Jewett Auditorium and enter into Wonderland in the name of charity as they compete for the title of "Miss C of I" at one of the school year's most entertaining student events.
Presented by the C of I's Kappa Lambda chapter of Sigma Chi, "Miss C of I" is a long-running annual event featuring female representatives from a number of student organizations, both Greek and non-Greek, competing to earn the eponymous crown through a combination of creative costumes, thrilling talents and astute answers to interview questions — but it's more than just a simple beauty pageant.
"Miss C of I represents The College of Idaho as a community," said Daniel Hernandez, a junior health science major and current community service chairman for Sigma Chi. "It represents the values of C of I and what we stand for, and how we want to create social change once we get out of College. We're looking for someone who best represents our school."
Moreover, the event is a major philanthropic event for Sigma Chi. While the event is free to attend, donations will be accepted at the door and throughout the event to raise money for the Utah-based Huntsman Cancer Institute, the fraternity's philanthropic partner since 2005. In 2015, Sigma Chi International Fraternity pledged to raise $10 million for the purpose of cancer research to the organization by the end of 2022.
The cause is close to Hernandez's heart. Years before joining Sigma Chi at the C of I, Hernandez's father was diagnosed with cancer. Although the family did not have insurance, they received coverage through the Huntsman Cancer Institute, who went on to pay for all the elder Hernandez's treatment options. Today, Hernandez's father is cancer free.
"Not only has cancer personally affected me and my family, it affects a lot of people around the country," Hernandez said. "I want to give back to an organization that helped treat my father and is saving a lot of lives. I really want us to be the generation to end cancer."
This year, the event has named its theme "Alice in Wonderland," bringing the colorful characters and extraordinary situations of Lewis Carroll's fantasy novel to the stage. Hernandez said the theme is meant in part to motivate the contestants and mirror their own journey to the goal of becoming "Miss C of I."
"Alice represents someone independent," Hernandez said. "She's her own woman, and she goes out and creates charge in her own world in her own trials she goes through in Wonderland. She gathers her identity from that."
This year, eight representatives from eight student organizations will vie for the title: Kathryn Crookham (Miss Gamma Phi Beta), Brinley Reed (Miss Kappa Alpha Theta), Paula Schneider (Miss Kappa Kappa Gamma), Annika Klein (Miss Sigma Epsilon), Lydia Rankin (Miss International Student Organization), Sierra Duarte (Miss Senate), Katie Growe (Miss Cheerleading), and Amya Rhoan (Miss Delta Tau Delta).
While all the ladies will entertain the crowd with talents like singing, dancing, stand-up comedy and lip-syncing, Hernandez said the event's role as a philanthropic drive will be emphasized throughout the night to encourage donations to Huntsman Cancer Institute.
"This is us doing our part to help others," Hernandez said.
Miss C of I begins at 8 p.m. on Nov. 20 in Jewett Auditorium. It is free to attend, but donations are encouraged.
The College of Idaho has a 125-year-old legacy of excellence. The C of I is known for its outstanding academic programs, winning athletics tradition and history of producing successful graduates, including seven Rhodes Scholars, three governors, four NFL players and countless business leaders and innovators. Its distinctive PEAK Curriculum challenges students to attain competency in the four knowledge peaks of humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and a professional field—empowering them to earn a major and three minors in four years. The College's close-knit, residential campus is located in Caldwell, where its proximity both to Boise and to the world-class outdoor activities of southwest Idaho's mountains and rivers offers unique opportunities for learning beyond the classroom. For more information, visit www.collegeofidaho.edu.


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The College provides an orientation program for all new students, both freshmen and transfers. The advising of freshmen is done centrally by Engineering Advising Services. Upper-class students are advised by faculty members in the major department.
The College of Engineering hosts a series of summer engineering programs for rising seventh to twelfth grade students each summer. Each program is a one-week residential experience with the exception of MITES7. Our mission is to provide students who show an interest in engineering studies an early exposure to and preparation for scientific study and research.
The Engineering Diversity Programs (EDP) Office strives to increase the number of underrepresented students, including African Americans, Hispanics, Alaskan Natives, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans, who graduate with engineering degrees.
The Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TLSAMP), a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation, was created to help double the number of underrepresented students attending college and graduating with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) from eight participating universities and two participating community colleges in Tennessee.
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According to Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff, the latest round of internal promotions, which started with interviews in February, is part of a comprehensively revamped strategy creatively code-named 'Amarchand Version 3.0'.
"All the candidates have been selected after several rigorous rounds of evaluation by the managing partners and the firm's management committee," said Mr Shroff. "The move also reflects the 'two wheels of the bicycle' concept through promotion of both family and non-family talent."
Bicycle analogies aside, it is refreshing to see a big firm being so transparent about their promotional strategy. With three of the Mumbai partners being 2005 campus recruits, there's a clearly defined career path for high-flying graduates, while the two-pronged onus on promoting family and non-family members alike is a hot button topic in legal recruitment. We await Amarchand Version 4.0 with anticipation.
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Dr.Reddy's Laboratories has launched Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection
A therapeutic equivalent generic version of Alkeran (melphalan hydrochloride) for Injection is launched by Dr. Reddy's laboratories in the United States market.
The drug, which is used to treat certain types of cancer, was earlier approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).
According company, IMS Health figures shows the Alkeran brand and generic drug had US sales of approximately $107 million for the most recent twelve months ending in October 2017.
Dr. Reddy's Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection is available in a carton.
The carton consisting of one single-dose clear glass vial of freeze-dried melphalan hydrochloride equivalent to 50 mg melphalan and one 10 mL clear glass vial of sterile diluent.


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The Girl with the Curly Red Hair (Contributed by Shannon Rafuse)
Terry Stanislow
Once upon a time there was a girl with curly red hair. She dreamed of working at a farm, with horses, she dreamed of being able to brush their hair, feed them treats, she dreamed that she would sit on their backs high in the sky and never leave that amazing moment. She dreamed of taking care of them, and making them happy. She dreamed that every day she would learn something new, and exciting about them, and their world. She wished sometimes that she could even be them. Strong, confident, beautiful, peaceful, calm and careless. She would spend most of her young life with these amazing creatures. Watching them, and learning from them. In a way, they had raised her. They made her the person she was today. A single stroke of their hair, awakened her heart and her mind. Each prance of their hooves struck something inside of her. Each munch of hay reminded her of this wonderful life she was living in. And that being around horses made it even more wonderful. She learned lessons, and made mistakes with the horses, made amazing discoveries. She sat with them, while she was sad, when she was mad, and when she was pure happiness itself. Horses have a 'way' of making you better, mentally and physically. They push you to be who you were really meant to be in the first place. They encourage you to always stay playful. And bright. They inspired you to always be yourself and to not care what other people think of you. And this girl, with curly red hair listened to them. And those horses always will be with her in her heart in every decision she makes. And every year that goes by, she will remember to be herself. And not to let anyone change her. Once upon a time, there was a girl with curly red hair. And she's still here. (by Shannon - age 19 years).


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TIAA-CREF Consultant to Provide Individual Retirement Counseling Sessions
TIAA-CREF Consultant to Provide Individual Retirement Counseling Sessions
10/24/2014Kevin Porter, TIAA-CREF Individual Consultant, will be on site to conduct individual retirement counseling sessions for JSU employees on October 28-29, 2014, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., in Bibb Graves Hall, Rm. 249.
Setting up a long-term financial plan can be a complicated task. It involves evaluating your potential income sources, and then factoring in the impact of taxes, inflation and the larger economic picture. Meeting with a TIAA-CREF Individual Consultant can help you sort things out and make informed decisions.
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Once Jenny Casey was somebody's daughter. Once she was somebody's enemy. Now the former Canadian special forces warrior lives on the hellish streets of Hartford, Connecticut, in the year 2062. Racked with pain, hiding from the government she served, running with a crime lord so she can save a life or two, Jenny is a month shy of fifty, and her artificially reconstructed body has started to unravel. But she is far from forgotten. A government scientist needs the perfect subject for a high-stakes project and has Jenny in his sights. Suddenly Jenny Casey is a pawn in a furious battle, waged in the corridors of the Internet, on the streets of battered cities, and in the complex wirings of her half-man-made nervous system. And she needs to gain control of the game before a brave new future spins completely out of control.
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John William Harkins is an ordained Episcopal priest and a professor of pastoral theology and counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary. His work is centered on practical applications of pastoral theology and counseling, which he puts into practice as a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Harkins received a B.A. from Rhodes College (1977), an M.Div. from Vanderbilt University Divinity School (1986), a Post-Graduate Marriage and Family Therapy Certificate University of Georgia (1997), and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University (2001). He has also completed the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program at Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute (1999-2000) and the Anglican Studies Program at Candler School of Theology (1998-2001).
He has served in a number of healthcare institutions including a chaplain at Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute (1983-1985), an Emergency Services Clinician at Rockdale Mental Health (1986-1987), a Liaison for Outpatient Assessment and Therapy at United Behavioral Systems (1990-1997), and a Senior Therapist and Regional Training for United HealthCare Corporation. He has also served as an individual and family therapist at the Pastoral Counseling and Consultation Centers of Tennessee, Inc. (1988-1990), Williamson County Mental Health Center (1988-1990), St. Andrew Counseling Center (1991-1997; while also working in Parish Education and Consultation), Atlanta Therapy Associates (1997-2001), and at Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy where he also served as a pastoral and marriage counselor (1999-present). Harkins has worked in the education and church fields as well, working with Vanderbilt University Divinity School as a Teaching Assistant with Pastoral Counseling and Psychology of Religion (1987-1991), Christ Episcopal Church (1987-1990; where he served individual and family therapy, pastoral care, education, and as a lay minister), St. James' Episcopal Church as a transitional Deacon (2001-2002), Holy Family Episcopal Church as an Assistant Priest (2001-2004), Candler School of Theology as an Adjunct Instructor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling (1996-1999), Care and Counseling Center of Georgia as a Clinical Seminar Faculty and Supervisor (1999-present), Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta as an instructor in Pastoral Care (2000-present), CREDO Faculty (2012-present), Cathedral of St. Philip as a priest associate (2004-present), and as the Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Counseling and Pastoral Theology, as a well as the Th.D. Program Co-Director at Columbia Theological Seminary.
Harkins has contributed to a number of publications and has lectured for a variety of organizations and conferences. One of his main focuses throughout his career has been the attention to clergy's mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health.
He has used his work in pastoral theology and counseling to develop a model of the family systems theory within a congregational church context. He uses this model to "help churches manage difficulties that arise over time, much in the same way that a family might experience conflict and growing pains." He has also done worked to develop a model of Object Relations Theory in relation to religious studies, focusing specifically on the research of D.W. Winnicott. Additionally, he continues to do work in the field of integrating theory and practice in relation to pastoral care and counseling.
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அளந்திட்டதூணை அவன் தட்ட ஆங்கே
வளர்ந்திட்டு வாளுகிர்ச்சிங்கவுருவாய்
உளந்தொட்டு (இ)ரணியன் ஒண்மார் வகலம்
பிளந்திட்ட கைகளால் சப்பாணி
பேய்முலையுண்டானே! சப்பாணி !
When Hiranyan tapped the pillar strong
Out you came in imposing form
Of a lion, wide open his chest you tore
With these little hands I adore
Clap my darling!
Who suckled the demoness
To Death
Among the several stages in piLLaithamizh, one of the stages is the 'chappANi paruvam' which refers to the phase when the child learns to clap its hands together (chappANi).PeriyAzhwAr's piLLaithamizh songs are among the pAsurams that interest me the most. The philosophic nuances of, say a, nammAzhwAr earns more reverence, on the other hand, some of periyAzhwAr's songs are more visceral in their appeal and direct and simple.
Some examples before I proceed:
ஒரு மகள் தன்னை உடையேன்,Suspending reverence, one can speculate what may have happened to AndAL. When children her age were content with their play and chores, was she the madcap girl who nursed divine fantasies to an extreme end ? Was it her father who passed on his obsessions to her ? (Did he perhaps pass on his poems as hers ?) What became of her ? Why couldn't she be like everyone else and bear him his grandchildren ? Amid these flurry of questions, one can even see the whole of his piLLaithamizh as a longing of a man who never had - or worse still, never would have - grandchildren of his own.
உலகம் நிறைந்த புகழால்
திருமகள் போல் வளர்த்தேன்
செங்கண்மால் தான்கொண்டு போனான்
To all the world's fair praise
Like a princess I did raise
The one daughter I had
The god with lotus-like eyes
Took her from me in a trice
The divinity of children is a motif that springs up across religions. The non-judgemental nature of a child is perhaps a state that the one with a spiritual quest is longing for. Vice-virtue, good-bad, dirty-clean and such classifications clog the way up till the very end. A sample of this is one of my favorites
வட்டு நடுவே மலர்கின்ற மாணிக்க
மொட்டு நுனியில் முளைக்கின்ற முத்தேபோல்
சொட்டு சொட்டென்ன துளிக்க துளிக்க
என் குட்டன் வந்தென்னை புறம் புல்குவான்
கோவிந்தன் வந்தென்னை புறம் புல்குவான்.
Like a pearly tip of bud
Each droplet forms and drops
As my darling slowly walks up and
Hugs me from behind my back
As my Govindan
Hugs me from behind my back
It is a delicate balance that PeriyAzhwAr has passed (and my translation attempt has not) in managing to make you feel the beauty of the moment without evoking your disgust for the little child urinating as he walks to his mother. The poem works precisely because the non-judgemental nature of the child is communicated to the reader. The scene captured appeals directly and at the same time the child-like state (by extension the divine) sparks the reader's longing.
Now, how do we reconcile the child with the omnipotent ? Perhaps the child-like calm itself proceeds from the assurance of strength ? But aren't we traditionally accustomed to seeing strength in demonstration ? In the first poem that I quoted, PeriyAzhwAr doesn't bother reconciling. He depicts the seeming contradictions as they are and just lets us gasp. Imagine such a blood-soaked R rated line being sung to a baby!
Like every good poem reader one is expected to grab it and run away from the original context to make the poem one's own. Forget that he is singing to the Lord but just to any child without an avatar history. These innocent hands have in them a life ahead. What does life have in store for the child ? Not all the possibilities ahead are likely to be cherubic.Will he be guided by will or will he be just reacting to situations (there I go judgemental again !). Perhaps we can leave that all for later. All that is true now is that the child is learning to clap. The beauty of the moment rooted deeply in the present - the only reality. After all, what can be more transient that childhood?
It is inevitable my dear that you will go on to become a man - with all the trappings of adulthood. So what? Clap now!