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by Pete Mazzaccaro
I saw a news item last week that caught me by complete surprise. It was sitting there at the top of the page on WHYY's Newsworks news site: Architects Bob Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, a dynamic (and married) duo of international architecture that even went to the office on Christmas Day, were retiring.
This is big news for many reasons. The first, obviously, is that the Mt. Airy pair's Manayunk firm is one of the most famous in contemporary architecture. It has a reputation for rebelliousness that began with "Learning from Las Vegas," a book authored by the pair that was considered controversial when it was published in 1972.
Venturi's credits go back even further with a set of iconic buildings including The Guild House at 7th and Spring Garden streets and the Vanna Venturi or "Mother's" house on Millman Place in Chestnut Hill, which Venturi designed and built in 1964. The house is considered one of the most important pieces of 20th century residential architecture.
The other reason I was surprised is based on the fact that I know they're both hard workers who enjoyed their careers. I'm lucky enough to know Bob and Denise, as I called them for three years between 2002 and 2005, when my wife and I lived in an apartment in their Mt Airy house. We came to live there by a stroke of good fortune when my wife, a student at Penn's School of Design, answered an ad the couple had posted on a wall at the school looking for tenants. We interviewed – a meeting on the patio behind the couple's 100+-year old home – and "got the gig."
The deal was this: We got a nice and inexpensive place to live and in return helped the Venturi's manage their home. This included gardening, tree care, an occasional ride to or from the office, shoveling snow and more. During my time there, I repaired at least three old toilets and two sinks.
Aside from getting to know both Bob and Denise as really great people – no evidence of the egos you'd expect from world-renowned architects – I came to know that they were both hard working. They went to the office early and came home late. They'd go no matter how hard it snowed. They rarely ever took time off. And, yes, they would spend a Thanksgiving or a Christmas Day at the office. Often, I'd be called to pick up Denise who had decided to stay at the office to 8 or 9 p.m., several hours after Bob had already called it quits for the day.
You don't become world-famous architects by taking a lot of time off. At least not when you're Venturi and Scott Brown. But the main thing, I think, was that both really loved what they did.
Bob told me a story once about the approval process for his mother's house in Chestnut Hill. Even in the early '60s, the Chestnut Hill Community Association was known for its fastidious desire to keep local architecture "in line" with the norms.
On one hand, he was building very close to Louis Kahn's Esherick house, which had been completed four years earlier in 1960. So there was precedent in the area for new ideas of what a house should look like.
After one particular meeting in which Bob had shown a committee his plans, a committee member took him aside and told him essentially this: that he's getting the approval he was looking for, but he absolutely had to reduce the height of what was an enormous chimney that rose out of the center of the triangular home.
The chimney, of course, was part of Venturi's symbolism – the house was a home and its center was the hearth. But, of course, Bob was eager to build the home and edited the plans.
The story elicited a big chuckle from Bob. He always seemed to delight in the challenge. An attitude that probably kept him and Denise going so well for so long.


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A short video from the Andreas Trolf benefit that we hosted last Friday. Thanks again to the artists, the sponsors and to everyone who came out to purchase raffle tickets and original artworks. Amazing to see so many people support a good dude whose medical bills are WAY up there.
Andreas Trolf was involved in a horrible motorcycle which left him with many broken bones and reconstructive surgeries. 13 specialists worked on him, not only save his life, but to help him get back on his feet, literally. After multiple weeks in the hospital, he finds himself with medical expenses well into the high hundreds of thousands of dollars. The kicker was that the accident (a lady pulled out in front of him) was that it happened just days before he was to sign a insurance plan with his new employer.
If you would like to help, there's a Paypal account set up to go directly towards my medical bills. If you sign into paypal.com, just send the funds to firstname.lastname@example.com, but make sure that you send the money as a gift and not as a payment. Any help would be much appreciated.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Just when they thought it was all over, the Lipscomb Lady Bisons got a second chance at a softball life.
Rejuvenated. Exhilarated. Excited. These are just some of the adjectives to describe the mood of the Lady Bisons as they went through three hours of practice at hot and humid Draper Diamond at Smith Stadium Monday afternoon.
"They were looking forward to practice," Lipscomb coach Kristin Ryman said. "Some of them wanted to go to McQuiddy Sunday night and work out once we knew we were going to the tournament. That is exciting for a coach."
"Practice at this point in the season can be monotonous. If you ask players in any sport they will tell you that at this point in a season they are in game mode. They are living for the games. But they are beat up, tired and worn down, and they aren't in practice mode at the end of a season."
Monday the focus was intense. Players were asking questions. Many requested extra work.
"It was a hot day, but it was a good day overall," Ryman said. "We got some defense in and some hitting in. Our pitchers got a chance to throw. We will be back at it Tuesday."
They couldn't wait to get back together as a team with a purpose. Saturday morning, with no guarantee of postseason play after two losses in the Atlantic Sun Tournament, the Lady Bisons worked on hitting in McQuiddy Gym.
"We gave everybody the day off Friday," Ryman said. "Saturday we told them, if there was even the slightest chance we could get in, we were going to get together and do a hitting workout indoors. We tried to focus on what we had not been doing well.
"We got a good hitting workout in. It was kind of a weird vibe. Our players wanted to be excited because they had the hope they were going to get a bid. But I think the fear of not getting in was also pretty intense especially with seven seniors staring potentially at the end of their careers."
There have been more than a few weird and anxious moments since the Lady Bisons lost 2-0 to Stetson and 3-0 to USC Upstate Thursday afternoon. Now all three are in the NCAA Tournament, the first time the A-Sun has sent more than one softball team to be part of the 64-team field.
The Lady Bisons played a long waiting game before they heard their name mentioned on the NCAA Selection Show Sunday night. The coaching staff tried to stay away from the "what ifs" especially during the Saturday workout.
In the announcement of the second to the last bracket they learned they would be heading east to the Knoxville Regional hosted by the University of Tennessee. The Lady Bisons, 39-13, will face Virginia Tech, 35-21, Friday afternoon at 2:30. Tennessee, 42-10, will play Charleston Southern, 27-31-1, in the other game at 5.
"It seemed like an eternity waiting to see how the A-Sun Tournament was going to pan out, having to wait all day Sunday just for the show to come on and then having to wait almost until the end of the show," Ryman said. "It was a little odd to play the waiting game and not know what was going on."
This is the second trip to an NCAA Regional for the Lady Bisons. They last played in the Tuscaloosa Regional in 2010 where they went 2-2, beating UAB twice and losing to Alabama twice.
It is the first at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for a Lipscomb athletic team.
Kelsey Cartwright, who went to the NCAA Regionals as a member of Auburn's softball team, is the only Lady Bison with experience in the tournament. Unfortunately, she is sidelined with an injury.
"This is something these players have dreamed about since they were little girls," Ryman said. "When our name was called there was a lot of emotion.
"This is something we work for every season. This is something we want our players to experience while they are here. "
RPI move: Despite losing two games in the A-Sun Tournament the Lady Bisons moved up a spot to No. 32 in this week's NCAA RPI after two weeks at 33rd.
National rankings: As a team the Lady Bisons are 22nd with a .750 won-loss percentage. They are 35th in scoring with an average of 5.77 runs per game. They are 37th with a 2.29 earned run average.
Individually, senior left-hander Ashley Anderson moved up to 23rd with a 1.53 earned run average.
Brittany Elmore is 43rd in runs scored with .96 per game. She is 37th in stolen bases with .50 per game.


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Yahoo! sure has been busy, as the very same day as they announced their acquisition of Tumblr, Flickr got a major overhaul at a press event in New York City. The headlines; a brand new and much better looking UI and 1TB of storage. For free. For everyone. That's right, 1TB. Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer writes:
"Photos tell the stories — stories we're inspired to relive, share with our friends, or capture simply to express ourselves. Collecting these moments is a part of our everyday. Since 2005, Flickr has become synonymous with inspiring imagery. Today, we're thrilled to take Flickr even further with a beautiful, completely re-imagined experience that puts photos front and center. When it comes to photography, technology and its limits shouldn't hinder the experience. So we're also giving our Flickr users one terabyte of space — for free. That's enough for a lifetime of photos — more than 500,000 original, full-resolution, pixel-perfect, brilliant photos. Flickr users will never have to worry about running out of space."
Flickr is also adding support for 3 minute video clips shot at full 1080p resolution. And, because you've got all that space to fill, as with photos, you get to upload as many video clips as your storage will allow. And, as part of the new photostream experience, the new slideshow mode lets you kick back and enjoy your photos without touching the computer.
With all this free goodness, it would be easy to pass over the two paid options that Flickr now employs. Free accounts will see advertisements, but if you really don't like them and want them to go away, it'll cost you $49.99 a year. If 1TB of space just isn't quite enough for you, there is an option to double it to 2TB, and that'll run you for $499.99 a year. For an insane amount of photographs.
So, have you taken a look around the new-look Flickr yet? How do you like it?
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Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. is Girl Scouts Night at the TD Bank Garden with a special school vacation week performance of Disney On Ice: Let's Celebrate.
Girl Scouts (and their families) can get $16 Loge tickets or $12 Balcony tickets.
Scouts will also receive a Disney on Ice participation patch for the back of their vest.
The special $16 and $12 rate is not just for Girl Scouts but the entire family. Patches will only be awarded to Scouts.
* Framingham Troop leaders may contact Susan Scully Petroni with basic questions or for a copy of the flyer to hand out to individual Troops. (The PDF file would not upload to this site.)
TO ORDER TICKETS ... The deadline to contact Briana for tickets is Wednesday, Feb. 10
* Troop leaders should contact Briana Lynch at 617-624-1822 or by e-mailing email@example.com
ABOUT THE SHOW: It's one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends! Enjoy a winter wonderland with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, a Halloween haunt with the Disney Villains, A Very Merry Unbirthday Party, A Royal Ball with Disney Princesses, a Mardi Gras celebration with the characters from a Princess & the Frog, and more in a magical medley of holidays, celebrations and festivals from around the globe.


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Tip 10:Best of Luck to your College Education! Get ready for the best time of your life!


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Numbers includes several different keyboards to make adding data to your spreadsheet simple. You can also turn your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch sideways to edit in the landscape orientation.
When you start entering data, Numbers automatically recognizes what you put in a cell and formats it appropriately. For example, if you enter "$100", Numbers automatically formats the cell for currency and uses the Numeric Keyboard when you edit the cell.
If you want to change the format of a cell, tap the cell you want to edit, then tap , then tap Format. Tap a format to apply it to the cell, or tap to see the details of a format.
Text keyboard
This is the default keyboard that you can use to type words, numbers, dates, and more. If you're using an iPad*, you can also use the gesture keys to enter numbers and other characters. To quickly enter a number or symbol, drag downward on its key and then lift your finger.
* This feature might not be available on all iPad models.
Numeric keyboard
Tap to enter numbers, currency values, and fractions. You can also use this keyboard to add a star rating, checkbox, or enter numbers in scientific E-notation format.
Date, time, and duration keyboards
Tap , then tap the Date & Time button or Duration button to use the keyboards designed to quickly enter dates and times. You can adjust an existing time value using the - and + buttons above the keyboard.
Formula keyboard
You can use the formula keyboard to add functions, numbers, and symbols to formulas. If a keyboard isn't already visible, tap , then tap to begin editing a formula. You can quickly enter a number or symbol on an iPad* by dragging downward on its key and then lifting your finger, or on an iPhone by switching to the numeric keyboard. You can also enter a symbol by tapping a symbol above the keyboard.
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LOS ANGELES - Jared Leto, Will Smith, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney and Cara Delevingne will make up the all-star cast of Warner Bros.' supervillain tentpole "Suicide Squad," it was announced on Tuesday.
Based on the DC comicbook, the story centers on the team of supervillains who are given a chance at redemption by the government. The catch: Their mission will probably kill them all.
The actors names had long been rumored for the high-profile movie, which opens Aug. 5, 2016, but their deals and characters hadn't been finalized.
Here's the official cast/character list:
Jared Leto - The Joker
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Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars - The company best known for crunchy granola bars has added treats with a protein boost to its chewy-bar lineup. The brand-new bars come in two flavors -- Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate and Peanut, Almond & Dark Chocolate. Both are tasty and neither has the unappealing (read: chalky) texture of a conventional protein bar. Each bar has 190 calories, 12g fat, 170 - 180mg sodium, 14g carbs, 5g fiber, 6g sugars, and 10g protein (PointsPlus® value 5*). They're hitting shelves this month, so keep your eyes on the market aisles. Simpli Gluten Free Instant Oatmeal - Our gluten-related knowledge is always expanding, and we were bummed to learn that some oatmeals out there might NOT be safe for gluten avoiders. Luckily, these instant o-meal packets ARE. In Plain, Apricot, and Raspberry, each packet has 150 - 170 calories, 2.5g fat, 140 - 240mg sodium, 27 - 31g carbs, 4g fiber, 0 - 10g sugars, and 5 - 6g protein (PointsPlus® value 4*). Click here to track some down. Dreyer's/Edy's Fun Flavors Apple Pie Snack Size Cup - Even though this spoonable frozen treat isn't "light," per se, it's pretty reasonable in the stats department... and it's portion-controlled! And there are actual pieces of pie crust and apple inside. Each container has 190 calories, 6g fat, 90mg sodium, 31g carbs, 0g fiber, 22g sugars, and 2g protein (PointsPlus® value 5*). Perfect if you're craving apple pie a la mode; no slicing or scooping required.
Restaurant chains are well aware of your (and everyone else's) New Year's resolution to eat right in 2012. And luckily, many are here to help. Applebee's has added new dishes to its Under 550 Calories menu. Try Roasted Garlic Sirloin (with herbed potatoes and -- WOW -- a grilled portabella cap filled with creamed spinach), Sizzling Chili Lime Chicken (with spicy sauce, Asian-style veggies, and rice), and Sizzling Asian Shrimp & Broccoli (over rice with a sweet 'n spicy sauce). Eatin' good indeed. And for a limited time only, participating Panda Express locations are dishing out Firecracker Chicken Breast (with bell peppers, onions, and a zesty sauce) for only 240 calories a serving. Not to be left out, Starbucks is launching some new items (as always). Most exciting: the Chicken Sausage Breakfast Wrap and the Peach Raspberry Yogurt Parfait, each with 300 calories. Look for these in SB locations starting tomorrow, January 10th. HG Warning! Just because a menu selection is spun as "light," it's not necessarily a good choice. Case in point? IHOP's new Simple & Fit Spinach & Mushroom Hash Brown Stack has 570 calories and 31g fat. Nothing fit about that. And T.G.I. Friday's touts that its Right Portion, Right Price menu options have under 750 calories each (umm, shouldn't most menu items?), but the two salads have 28 - 36g fat. (And the higher-fat salad doesn't factor in dressing!) So ALWAYS check the numbers (online or in stores). Happy chewing!
Coffee Is Good for You: From Vitamin C and Organic Foods to Low-Carb and Detox Diets, The Truth About Diet and Nutrition Claims - There are a bazillion facts and falsehoods swirling around about what's good and what's bad for you, what does and what doesn't support weight loss, etc. If you want the unbiased facts broken down for you (complete with a Truth Scale to make things even clearer), grab a copy of this book by HG BFF Robert J. Davis, PhD. Super-interesting, a good read, and a GREAT resource. Gamago Swiss Measuring Spoons - Not only is this device a clutter-saving marvel, but it's also ideal for those who can never seem to find the right measuring spoon in their kitchen drawers. (We've been there.) We'll take five, please... RSVP International Pink Onion Goggles - What can we say? We want these and we want 'em NOW. These adorable goggles protect your peepers from the onion vapors that cause tears to flow. We like them because they're protective yet stylish enough that we won't feel like we're back in our sophomore-year chemistry class.
No, it's NOT too cold to eat frozen goodies -- you know, if you eat them indoors while wearing a sweater. Baskin-Robbins has added a new scoopable fro yo to the BRight Choices lineup: Berry Nut Honey. This variety features honey-vanilla-flavored yogurt with a triple berry ribbon and honey-oat-almond bits. YUM. A 2.5-oz. scoop has only 140 calories! ***OK, so maybe you still think it's a tad chilly to indulge in frozen desserts. Good thing Extra Dessert Delights sugar-free gum now comes in this limited-edition flavor... Rainbow Sherbet! Chew to your sweet tooth's content without any risk of brain freeze (or cavities). ***Hypothetically, what would YOU give up in order to lose ten pounds? Life Time Fitness recently conducted a survey asking this very question. Get this: A whopping 64 percent of respondents said they wouldn't shut off their cell phones, not even for a day, to shed the weight. However, 30 percent said they'd go without sex for a month -- 10 percent would abstain for A YEAR OR MORE to shed ten pounds. Click here for more findings. ***In the tech world, Kraft and Intel recently unveiled a vending machine that dispenses samples of Temptations by Jell-O... but only to those who pass a facial recognition test confirming they're adults. Poor kiddies -- but that leaves more for us grown-ups! ***New Hungry Girl episode alert: "Chinese Food" airs THIS Sunday (1/15) at 10am/9c on Food Network! Tune in to watch Lisa navigate a Chinese restaurant menu and make over favorites like egg rolls and sesame chicken! Click here for a preview, and set that DVR. That's all we've got. HG out!
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Happy National Apricot Day, a.k.a. January 9th. Did you skim this round of the news? There's apricot oatmeal in the "Spotted..." section! Aren't you glad we pointed this out?
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NEW YORK- Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the Acting Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that international arms dealer Monzer Al Kassar, a/k/a Abu Munawar, a/k/a El Taous, arrived in New York today after being extradited from Spain on federal terrorism charges. Al Kassar was extradited to New York for his participation in a conspiracy to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (the FARC) -- a designated foreign terrorist organization -- to be used to kill Americans in Colombia. Al Kassar's co-defendants, Tareq Mousa Al Ghazi and Luis Felipe Moreno Godoy, were both previously extradited to New York from Romania to face the same terrorism charges. According to the superseding Indictment filed in Manhattan federal court:
Since the early 1970s, Al Kassar has been a source of weapons and military equipment for armed factions engaged in violent conflicts around the world. Some of these factions have included known terrorist organizations, such as the Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF), the goals of which included attacking United States interests and United States nationals.
To carry out his weapons-trafficking business, Al Kassar developed an international network of criminal associates, including co-defendants Al Ghazi and Moreno Godoy, as well as front companies and bank accounts in various countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. Additionally, Al Kassar has engaged in money-laundering transactions in bank accounts throughout the world to disguise the illicit nature of his criminal proceeds.
Between February 2006 and May 2007, Al Kassar agreed to sell to the FARC millions of dollars worth of weapons, including thousands of machine guns, millions of rounds of ammunition, rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs), and surface-to-air missile systems (SAMs). During a series of recorded telephone calls, e-mails, and in-person meetings, Al Kassar agreed to sell the weapons to two confidential sources working with the DEA (the CSs), who represented that they were acquiring these weapons for the FARC, with the specific understanding that the weapons were to be used to attack United States helicopters in Colombia.
During their consensually-recorded meetings, Al Kassar provided the CSs with, among other things: (1) a schematic of the vessel to be used to transport the weapons; (2) specifications for the SAMs he agreed to sell to the FARC; and (3) bank accounts in Spain and Lebanon that were ultimately used to receive and conceal more than $400,000 sent from DEA undercover accounts that the CSs represented were FARC drug proceeds for the weapons deal. During his meetings with the CSs, Al Kassar reviewed Nicaraguan end-user certificates that he accepted despite knowing that the arms were destined for the FARC in Colombia. Al Kassar also promised to provide the FARC with ton-quantities of C-4 explosives, as well as expert trainers from Lebanon to teach the FARC how to effectively use C-4 and improvised explosive devices (commonly referred to as IEDs). In addition, Al Kassar offered to send a thousand men to fight with the FARC against United States military officers in Colombia.
The Indictment charges Al Kassar with four separate terrorism offenses:
Count One: Conspiracy to kill United States nationals, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2332(b);
Count Two: Conspiracy to kill United States officers or employees, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1114 and 1117;
Count Three: Conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2332g; and
Count Four: Conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, in violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Section 2339B.
In addition, Al Kassar is charged in Count Five with money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956.
The superseding Indictment seeks the forfeiture of an estate located in Marbella, Spain, and all funds contained in three separate bank accounts. The forfeitures represent the alleged proceeds obtained from the charged offenses.
Al Kassar is expected to appear later this afternoon in Magistrate court in Manhattan federal court.
If convicted of Counts One through Three, Al Kassar faces a maximum sentence of any term of years or life imprisonment, as well as a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years' imprisonment on Count Three. As part of the extradition process, however, the United States has provided assurances to the government of Spain that it will not seek a life sentence for Al Kassar, but instead will ask for a prison term of years. If convicted of Count Four, Al Kassar faces a maximum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment. Finally, if convicted of Count Five, Al Kassar faces a maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.
The international law enforcement operation that culminated with today's extradition was the result of cooperation between the DEA, the Spanish National Police, and the Romanian Border Police.
Mr. Garcia praised the investigative efforts of the DEA, the Spanish National Police, and the Romanian Border Police. Mr. Garcia also thanked the United States Department of Justice's Office of International Affairs and the U.S. State Department.
"Monzer Al Kassar intended to provide millions of dollars worth of lethal weapons to a foreign terrorist organization to be used to kill Americans," said U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia. "As a result of extraordinary cooperation with our international law enforcement partners, Al Kassar will now face justice for his crimes in a United States courtroom."
"The arrest, extradition and pending criminal prosecution of Monzer Al Kassar before a U.S. Court of justice are a testament to DEA's global alliances and unique investigative skills," said DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. "Al Kassar's days of arming and funding global terrorists are over. Spanish authorities are to be commended for their diligence and perseverance to ensure Al Kassar's extradition to the United States."
Assistant United States Attorneys Boyd M. Johnson III, Leslie C. Brown, and Brendan R. McGuire are in charge of the prosecutions.
The charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


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Running: Windows Vista Ultimate x64
I'm a web developer, using mainly PHP and MySQL, and I've decided that using XAMPP doesn't cut it any more (I want to play with the Oracle database system, and other stuff).
Yesterday I installed 2GB of RAM into my machine, for a total of 4GB. So I thought about setting up a Virtual machine that will act as a server for processing the PHP code.
I have absolutely no experience in managing a server, but I've tried many tutorials to set up one in CentOS and Ubuntu with no luck.
Here I am, asking you guys:
Can anybody help me or point me to a tested guide to set up a webserver, step by step?
I know my way around Linux so I'm not a total newbie.
Thank you in advance :)


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Driving With Tomorrow's Technology
By Bob Grimson '81
May 13, 2013
For senior Elyse Vernon, it was the chance to work on a challenging project with Dr. Jose Sanchez '00, MSEE '02, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. While fellow senior Tom Joyce was interested in system theory, design, and electro-mechanical systems, image processing intrigued Devon Bates and Frayne Go.
Whatever their reasons for research, the group's payoff was the Dean's Award for the College of Engineering and Technology at the annual Scholarship Expo.
Their yearlong project researched a Smart Autonomous Vehicle in a Scaled Urban Environment. Their scaled-down, robotic vehicle, named SAV-SUE, had to sense its surroundings and stay within the lane lines of a roadway, stop at an intersection, and make a right turn.
"Autonomous vehicle technology will likely be prevalent within the near future," said Joyce, an electrical engineering major. "We're already seeing self-parking, adaptive cruise control, and other advanced safety features from auto manufacturers. This technology has the capability of preventing deadly accidents and increasing traffic efficiency."
Along with traffic safety, other advantages of autonomous vehicle technology include less driver fatigue, easier parking and better fuel efficiency. It wasn't all smooth travel from start to finish. Hardware issues had to be tackled and individual schedules had to be adapted. Joyce said moving the vehicle from the test bench to the ground required materials the group didn't have on hand. He learned something in the process. "It required soldering, which was a skill I did not have before," he said.
"We had to work hard to coordinate the team effort," said Vernon, who is also majoring in electrical engineering. "We had to schedule regular meetings to make sure everyone was working toward the same goal."
"If we hadn't communicated effectively, we would have lost so much time backtracking on work," added teammate Bates, an electrical engineering major with computer option.
In addition to technical knowledge, Sanchez said students developed "soft skills" such as listening, public speaking, and time management.
"I always tell my students your engineering degree and problem-solving skills may land you the job, but it's the soft skills that will get you promoted," he remarked.


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KENNER, La. (AP) — Jefferson Parish authorities say a man accused of raping and kidnapping his female roommate in Kenner was mistakenly released from custody last month, then deported to Honduras.
The Times-Picayune reports that authorities say Kenner Police arrested Jose Argueta-Amaya in September and booked him with forcible rape, kidnapping and other charges.
A judge found probable cause on the rape charges, but not on the kidnapping and some of the other charges. That led to the mix-up that preceded his release.
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Top Teen: (translation by TwilightPoison) What did it mean to you to play a new version of a princess that is very different from what we're used to seeing?
Kristen: I don't think we have a clear idea anymore about what a princess should be like. We think of them as women who don't have to do anything, who don't have to think, and people do everything for them because they're pretty. In this story, Snow White is a more than capable character, she engages in battles, etc.
Are you as brave as Snow White? What should our readers do to be brave?
K: I try to be, to be honest. But the answer varies with each person because we all do different things, which should always be true to yourself, and never being ashamed of who you are. We have to be capable to deal with every day, carry on, instead of turning around and compare yourself to another girl. Just be yourself. It doesn't look like it's easy but it is.
Are women vindicated in their roles in fairy tales thanks to Snow White?
K: Yes, definitely. In the original story Snow White was presented as the perfect woman. Here she's a matriarc; she does more than sing to birds and clean.
What qualities should a boy have to be a perfect prince?
K: He must be cute, fun, strong (laughs). No, I think he needs to be honest and dependable.
The concept of beauty is mentioned a lot in the movie, what's your concept of true beauty?
K: It's more than just shining for others or you need to have the perfect face to be beautiful. Being ugly or beautiful is a matter of energy, and true beauty comes from the heart. You can't hide who you are. Ultimately, it's going to show.
What's your favorite place in the world?
K: I'm from LA, and I think it's wonderful because we have forests, beaches, suburbs. We have the most beautiful sunsets. My favorite place in the world is my house.
Which book do you love that you would like to be involved in its adaptation?
K: Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron. It's an amazing story. Maybe one day.
What makes you happy about being famous, and what doesn't make you very happy?
K: The best part is that I get to share feelings with people. With the director, with actors, with the very loud and passionate fans screaming outside for me. Sharing their love for something as big as Twilight. But I hate it when people are mad at you when you refuse to sell a part of your life. If they don't like it they can f*ck themselves. I can't stand actresses who think that outside of their work they deserve all the attention and admiration.
Full article @TwilightPoison via kstewartnews
Kristen's Interview with TopTeen (Mexico)
Top Teen: (translation by TwilightPoison) What did it mean to you to play a new version of a princess that is very different from what we're used to seeing?


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Theaters and the Movies They Are Playing
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|Bow Tie Wayne Preakness Cinemas
|Wayne, NJ (< 1 mile)
|AMC Loews Wayne 14
|Wayne, NJ (~4 miles)
|Fabian 8
|Paterson, NJ (~4 miles)
|Hawthorne Theaters
|Hawthorne, NJ (~5 miles)
|Bow Tie Warner Theater
|Ridgewood, NJ (~7 miles)
|Kinnelon Cinemas
|Kinnelon, NJ (~7 miles)
|Bow Tie Caldwell Cinemas
|Caldwell, NJ (~8 miles)
|Allwood Cinemas
|Clifton, NJ (~8 miles)
|AMC Clifton Commons 16
|Clifton, NJ (~9 miles)
|AMC Garden State 16
|Paramus, NJ (~9 miles)
|Bow Tie Clairidge Theater
|Montclair, NJ (~9 miles)
|Ramsey Theatre
|Ramsey, NJ (~10 miles)
|Washington Township Cinemas
|Washington Township, NJ (~10 miles)
|AMC Dine-in Theatres Essex Green 9
|West Orange, NJ (~11 miles)
|Cinepolis Parsippany
|Parsippany, NJ (~11 miles)
|Williams Center Cinema
|Rutherford, NJ (~11 miles)
|AMC Dine-in Shops at Riverside 9
|Hackensack, NJ (~12 miles)
|Westwood Cinemas
|Westwood, NJ (~12 miles)
|AMC Loews East Hanover 12
|East Hanover, NJ (~12 miles)
|Teaneck Cinemas
|Teaneck, NJ (~12 miles)
|Lafayette Theatre
|Suffern, NY (~13 miles)
|Bow Tie Bergenfield Cinemas
|Bergenfield, NJ (~13 miles)
|Bow Tie South Orange Cinemas
|South Orange, NJ (~14 miles)
|AMC Starplex Ridgefield Park 12
|Ridgefield Park, NJ (~14 miles)
|Bow Tie Tenafly Cinemas
|Tenafly, NJ (~15 miles)
|Maplewood Theaters
|Maplewood, NJ (~15 miles)
|CityPlex 12
|Newark, NJ (~15 miles)
|AMC Rockaway 16
|Rockaway, NJ (~15 miles)
|CMX - Closter
|Closter, NJ (~15 miles)
|Kerasotes Showplace 14
|Secaucus, NJ (~15 miles)
|Regal Nanuet Stadium 12 & RPX
|Nanuet, NY (~16 miles)
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Ski hill operators say Oct. 7 is the earliest start on record.
The ski season is open at Wild Mountain in Chisago County, a sharp contrast to the water slides that were operating two weeks ago.
Ski hill operators say Oct. 7 is the earliest start on record. A chilly start to October created the right conditions for the hill in Taylors Falls to begin making snow.
Amy Frischmon tells KMSP-TV (http://tinyurl.com/8q2s64b ) as soon as it dips below freezing they have a crew ready to turn on the snow-making guns.
Rebecca Selig is a Freeskiing World Championship 2009 winner. She was at Wild Mountain for a promotional event this weekend and says she was happy to hit the slopes so soon.


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HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett is changing his position on medical marijuana and now is backing the legalization of a marijuana extract to treat severe seizures in children.
Corbett's office confirmed today that the Republican governor is meeting with several parents to tell them about his decision.
Corbett had been under pressure from parents who believe the oil extract, called cannabidiol, can save the lives of their seizure-wracked children. Democrats running to challenge Corbett in the fall election also favor the legalization of medical marijuana.
Corbett spokesman Jay Pagni says the governor's plan will need approval from the Legislature. He says cannabidiol would be dispensed by research-based hospitals with medical professionals who are experienced in treating children with severe seizure disorders.


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These super easy baby booties are such a breeze to knit that a set of three would be a perfect gift. I would love if people used this pattern as a starting point to make booties unique to their own inspirations. Change the colors and duplicate stitch designs to make a set of Christmas booties, Jungle booties, Flower Garden booties, Art Deco booties, Pirate booties – the list is endless!
Whether you stick with our Native American inspired moccasins or come up with your own theme, it would be really fun to see the fruits of your labors – please share your links! -Whitney
- Blue Sky Alpaca's 100% Sportweight Alpaca. (One skein would be enough for at least two pairs of solid color booties, but if you want to incorporate contrast colors, you can use scrap yarn or buy several skeins and have enough yarn for a lot of booties!) These colors (from the top) are:
- Natural White 500
- Natural Light Tan 504
- Natural Copper 502
- Scarlet 518 and
- Capri 539
- A set of US #2 double pointed needles
- A set of US #4 double pointed needles
- 4 stitch markers
- A tapestry needle
6 stitches = 1 inch in stockinette stitch with larger needle
Finished Size
3 1/2 inches from heel to toe (to fit infant)
With US #2 double pointed needles and the Contrast Color (CC), loosely cast on 30 stitches.
Join for working in the round, being careful to not twist the stitches.
Round 1: *K1, p1, repeat from * to end of round.
Repeat Round 1 four more times.
Changing to US #4 double pointed needles and the Main Color (MC), knit 7 rounds.
Round 1: K20, bind off 9. (21 stitches)
Round 2: Bind off 1 and place a removable marker (or scrap of yarn) on that stitch, bind off 8 more, k11. (12 stitches)
Put the remaining 12 stitches onto one needle and working just those stitches back and forth…
Work 9 rows in stockinette stitch (ie purl 1 row, knit 1 row), starting and ending with a purl row.
Row 10: K1, ssk, knit to the last 3 stitches, k2tog, k1. (10 stitches)
Row 11: Purl
Rows 12 and 13: Repeat Rows 10 and 11. (8 stitches)
Row 14: Repeat Row 10. (6 stitches)
Bind off (in purl) the remaining 6 stitches.
With the US #4 needles and the CC and starting with the marked stitch at center of the heel, pick up the 9 bound off stitches of the side of the heel…
…pick up 9 stitches along the instep…
…pick up 5 of the bound off stitches across the end of the toe, 9 stitches along the other side of the instep, and the 9 bound off stitches of the other side of the heel. (41 stitches)
If you haven't already, distribute the stitches evenly on three needles. You can also remove the marker or scrap yarn and just allow the tail to remind you of where the end of the round is.
Purl 1 round.
Knit 1 round.
Purl 1 round.
Next Round: K3, place a marker, k2tog, k11, ssk, place a marker, k5, place a marker, k2tog, k11, ssk, place a marker, k3. (37 stitches)
Purl 1 round.
Next Round: K3, slip marker, k2tog, knit to 2 stitches before next marker, ssk, slip marker, k5, slip marker, k2tog, knit to 2 stitches before next marker, ssk, slip marker, k3. (4 stitches decreased)
Repeat the last two rounds 2 more times. (25 stitches)
Purl 1 round, removing the markers.
Next Round: K3, k2tog, k3, ssk, k1, slip 1, k2tog, pass the slipped stitch over, k1, k2tog, k3, ssk, k3. (19 stitches)
Next Round: Purl to the last stitch, purl the last stitch together with the first stitch of the round. (18 stitches)
Slip the next 9 stitches onto one needle and the last 9 stitches onto another needle.
Use the Kitchener Stitch to graft the bottom of the sole together. (Or if you're more comfortable with a three needle bind off [the end of the 70's Ski Hat pattern shows the steps for a three needle bind off], you can turn the booties inside out and use that.) I used the Kitchener Stitch…
Weave in the ends and you're finished with the basic bootie!
Use the Duplicate Stitch or basic embroidery to decorate the booties.
I used the Duplicate Stitch on the toes…
…and sometimes on the cuff too.
Here's what this bootie ended up looking like:
Make the other bootie to match.
They're so fun and fast to make, that I made a couple of other pairs. Copy these, be inspired by them, or totally make up your own patterns!
Make a whole set!


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So that means, it should ship out soon. YAY!!! I've been saving my pennies for a really long time to buy one of these babies. What is a Zing you ask? Well, its like a Cricut, but only 1000 times better and on steroids. It will cut true 12x12 and all sorts of media - including aluminum from soda/beer cans, chipboard, balsa wood. I have been putting away a little bit here and there for about 2 years now and finally had enough saved up to order one last month. I can't wait until it gets here. Here are a couple youtube videos if you want to see what it can do...
skip ahead - don't know why they show the machine working for so long:
I have an old Craft Robo that does about the same thing, but its dieing and won't cut properly anymore after 7 years. It didn't cut heavy materials or 12x12, but I've always been able to work around that. If it didn't stop cutting properly, I would probably use it until it burnt up and fell apart into little pieces. I still may be able to get it working again - I'll take it apart and mess with the step motor and clean it to see its a mechanical problem. It may even be that the motherboard or the usb connector is messed up too.
Anyway! I'm excited.


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Gov. Jerry Brown announced this week that a special primary election for the Inland Empire's 32nd Senate District will be March 12.
If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two vote-getters will be May 14.
The vacancy was created when former Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod, D-Chino, stepped down to take a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Pomona, San Bernardino Auditor-Controller Larry Walker, also a Democrat, as well as Pomona Planning Commissioner Kenny Coble said they would seek to succeed Negrete McLeod in the 32nd District.
Ontario Paul Leon and former Rialto state Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter have showed interest in the seat.
The 32nd Senate District includes Pomona, Ontario, Fontana and Rialto.


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The mechanical substitute for the arms, United Kingdom, 1919
These tools and other materials are associated with an invention known as the mechanical substitute for the arms. It was designed and made during the First World War by George Thomson, a Scottish gas fitter. It is an example of one of many technological solutions suggested by members of the public to challenges arising out of the war. Thomson's invention was made for men who had lost both arms at the shoulders, an extremely rare injury even among the 41,000 British servicemen who lost one or more limbs during the First World War. For a small number, their injuries were so severe that there was no limb stump left on which to attach a functioning artificial limb. A number of tools, including cutlery, a cup holder and scissors were clipped on to a mechanical arm, which was then attached to an ordinary dining table. The user could operate the arm and tools with foot pedals placed underneath. As well as feeding himself, the trained user could type, write with a modified fountain pen, cut with a knife and scissors and strike a match to light a cigarette. The sheet shows typing and a book contains writing samples from a man using the mechanical arm at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, England – the hospital was founded in 1915 to provide wounded servicemen with prosthetic limbs.
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Artificial body parts, or materials inserted into tissue for functional, cosmetic, or therapeutic effect. Prostheses can be functional (artificial arms and legs), or cosmetic (artificial eye).
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Marcus Meston image by Billy Sukitch
Marcus Meston, the teen multi-instrumentalist and song writer from Upper St. Clair, is following his 2011 LP "Everything Will be Fine" with the EP "Not Yet, But Soon." He'll be at the Hard Rock Cafe on Tuesday, February 26th, opening for Aaron Carter and introducing the new tracks.
He hooked up with Steve Soboslai, Punchline's frontman and owner of the label Modern Short Stories, in February of last year. The eventual result was the song "Scissors," which they co-wrote, with another tune in hand that may be released as part of a future project.
In May, Soboslai come to Meston's home studio and did some pre-production work. Soboslai suggested laying down tracks with Mike Ofca of Innovation Studios in Steubenville, who had worked with Punchline, and so Meston went to Ohio last summer. In four sessions, they recorded three tracks ("Scissors" and "Today is the Day" made the EP), engineered by Ofca and mastered by Randy Leroy at Airshow's Takoma Park Studios in Maryland.
Veteran (Bill Deasy, Maynard Ferguson) Dave "Throck" Throckmorton did the drumming, Ofca provided bass, guitars, and keys while Meston played guitars, shaker and did the vocal work. His dad, Tom, who played for Stir Fry and is a popular sideman, overlaid keys from the home base in Pittsburgh for the sessions.
The remaining songs were a virtuoso performance by Marcus. He wrote the songs, laid down all the vocal & instrumental tracks and mixed them. Who said one man bands are dead? Meston mastered the tracks "Before We Begin", "Eventually" and "Time" while Harrison Wargo of the local Bad Boxes Studios (and former member of The Morning Light) mastered "Not Yet, But Soon (Intro)" and "New."
The tracklist for "Not Yet, But Soon" is:
- Not Yet, But Soon (Intro)
- Scissors
- Time
- Today is the Day
- Before We Begin
- New
- Eventually


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A Day in the Life at UT Austin's Business School
Each month, Day in the Life tracks business-school students on one campus over the course of a single day.
Undergraduate business majors at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business mix specialized business courses with real-world internships and jobs. Follow their day as they go from morning workouts to midday study sessions and late-night movie screenings.
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Montefiore and Einstein Receive $3.4 Million NIH Grant for Cancer Clinical Trials
Dr. Bruce Rapkin to Head Newly Established Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Professor, Department of Family and Social Medicine
Division Head, Division of Community Collaboration & Implementation Sciences, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
As a community psychologist, I seek to improve access to quality of life and to care among diverse, medically underserved patients, families and communities. My research focuses on how community-academic partnerships can reduce barriers and improve standard of care.
My colleagues and I have conducted several projects to promote evidence-based clinical practice through collaborative research. Some examples include:
§ Our Queens Library HealthLink Project, which used community organizing to provide cancer education to diverse, underserved communities;
§ Our ACCESS Project, which worked with community organizations to promote breast health awareness and mammography screening among medically underserved women;
§ Our Family Access to Care Study, which joined frontline providers and health researchers in providing mental health interventions for families affected by HIV/AIDS; and
§ A series of studies -- for which I also am principal investigator -- examines the quality of life of patients living with HIV/AIDS, bladder cancer and prostate cancer.
Our collaborative research with community organizations and health providers led to new research designs and assessment methodology to promote evidence-based interventions in public health. For example, the Quality of Life Appraisal Model accounts for differences in the ways that health states are evaluated across people and over time. More recently, we have established Comprehensive Dynamic Trial designs to describe multi-level interventions in community-based, participatory research.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Papers
Perocchia RS, Rapkin B, Hodorowski JK, Davis NL, McFarlane AR, Carpenter R. Raising awareness of on-line cancer information: Helping providers empower patients. J Health Communication, 2005; 10, 1-16.
Goytia EJ, Rapkin B, Weiss ES, Golub D, Guzman V, O'Connor M, New York Health Literacy Task Force. Readiness and capacity of librarians in public libraries to implement a breast cancer outreach and screening campaign in medically underserved communities. Cancer, Culture and Literacy Supplement, Cancer Control, November 2005: 13-20.
Lounsbury DW, Rapkin BD, Marini L, Jansky EJ, Massie MJ. The community barometer: A breast heath needs assessment tool for community-based organization. Health Education Behavior, October 2006: 33(5).
Rapkin BD, Massie MJ, Jansky EJ, Lounsbury DW, Murphy PD, Powell S. Developing a partnership model for cancer screening with community-based organizations: The ACCESS Breast Cancer Education and Outreach Project. American Journal of Community Psychology, October 2006; 38(3/4): 153-164.
Lounsbury DW, Reynolds TC, Rapkin BD, Robson ME, Ostroff J. Protecting the privacy of third-party information: Recommendations for social and behavioral health researchers. Social Science & Medicine, January 2007; 64(1):213-22.
Rapkin B, Weiss E, Chhabra R, Ryniker L, Patel S, Carness J, Adsuar R, Kahalas W, DeLeMarter C, Feldman I, DeLorenzo J, Tanner E. Beyond satisfaction: Using the Dynamics of Care assessment to better understand patients' experiences in care. Health & Quality of Life Outcomes, March 2008. Electronic version http://www.hqlo.com/conent/6/1/20.
Chhabra R, Springer C, Rapkin B, Merchant Y. Differences among male/female adolescents participating in a School-Based Teenage Program (STEP) focusing on HIV prevention in India. Ethnicity & Disease, 2008 Vol. 18, No. 2 Supplement 2, pp. 123-127.
Bloem EF, van Zuuren FJ, Koeneman MA, Rapkin BD, Visser, MRM, Koning CCE, Sprangers MAG. Clairifying quality of life assessment: do theoretical models capture the underlying cognitive processes? Quality of Life Research, Published online, August 2008. Electronic version http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-008-9380-z
Patel S, Weiss E, Chhabra R, Ryniker L, Adsuar R, Carness J, Kahalas W, DeLaMarter C, Feldman I, Delorenzo J, Tanner E, Rapkin B. The events in care screening questionnaire (ECSQ): a new tool to identify needs and concerns of people with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Patient Care & STDs, November 2008; 22:381-393.
Rapkin BD Considering the application of the trait/state distinction for response shift research: continuing the conversation. J. Clin Epidemiol. 2009 62:1124-1125.
Li Y, Rapkin B. Classification and regression tree uncovered hierarchy of psychosocial determinants underlying quality-of-life response shift in HIV/AIDS. J. Clin Epidemiol. 2009 62:1138-47.
Goytia EJ, Lounsbury DW, McCabe MS, Weiss ES, Newcomer M, Nelson DJ, Brennessel D, Rapkin BD, Kemeny MM. Establishing a general medical outpatient clinic for cancer survivors in a public city hospital setting. J. Gen. Intern. Med. 2:S451-455, 2009.
Powell T, Rapkin BD, Weiss ES. Participating in biomedical research. JAMA. 2009 25:302(20):2201.
Taminiau-Bloem EF, van Zuuren FJ, Koeneman MA, Rapkin BD, Visser MR, Koning CC, Sprangers MA. A 'short walk' is longer before radiotherapy than afterwards: a qualitative study questioning the baseline and follow-up design. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2010, Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 16: 8-69.
Floyd T, Patel S, Weiss E, Zaid-Muhammad S; Lounsbury D; Rapkin B. Beliefs about participating in research among a sample of minority persons living with HIV/AIDS in New York City. AIDS patient care and STDs 2010 24(6):373-80.
Reich WA; Lounsbury DW; Zaid-Muhammad S; Rapkin B. Forms of social support and their relationships to mental health in HIV-positive persons. Psychology, health & medicine 2010 15(2):135-45.
Hunter J. Lounsbury DW. Rapkin BD. & Remein R. 2010 Navigating ethical challenges incollaborative community research. Global Journal of Community Psychology. [on-line http://www.gjcpp.org/en/].
Morganstern BA, Bochner B, Dalbagni G, Shabsigh A, and Rapkin B. The psychological context of quality of life: a psychometric analysis of a novel idiographic measure of bladder cancer patients' personal goals and concerns prior to surgery. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 9:10, 2011.
Rapkin BD. Erb-Downward J. Weiss E. Stevenson A. Michel T. Sabino E. Lounsbury DW, O'Connor M. Garcia-Febo L. Kemeny MM. Golub D. Weber D. (Submitted for review). Queens Library HealthLink: A partnership model to reduce cancer disparities through public libraries. Health Promotion Practice.
Schwartz C E and Rapkin B. Understanding appraisal processes underlying the then test: a mixed methods investigation.Qual Life Res., 2011.
Swartz RJ, Schwartz, C, BaschE, CaiL, Fairclough D L, McLeod L, Mendoza T, Rapkin, B. The king's foot of patient-reported outcomes: current practices and new developments for the measurement of change Qual Life Res 20(8): 1159-1167, 2011.
Trickett EJ, Beehler S, Deutsch C, Green LW,Hawe P, McLeroy K,Miller RL, Rapkin BD, Schensul JJ, Schulz AJ,Trimble JE Advancing the science of community-level interventions. Am J Public Health 101(8): 1410-1419, 2011.
Schwartz CE, Snook E, Quaranto BR, Benedict RH, Rapkin BD, Vollmer T Cognitive Reserve and Appraisal in Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. MS and Related Disorders, 2:36-44, 2013
Rapkin B, Weiss E, Lounsbury D, Thompson H, Goodman R, Schechter C, Merzel C, Shelton R, Blank AE, Erb-Downward J, Williams A, Valera P, Padgett D Using the Interactive Systems Framework to Support a Quality Improvement Approach to Dissemination of Evidence-Based Strategies to Promote Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Planning a Comprehensive Dynamic Trial, American Journal of Community Psychology, PMCID: 22618023, 2012.
Schwartz CE, Rapkin BD Understanding Appraisal Processes Underlying the Thentest: A Mixed Methods Investigation. Quality of Life Research, DOI 10.1007/s11136-011-0023-4, 2012.
Weiss, ES, Stevenson, AJ, Erb-Downward J, Combs S, Sabino EE, Michel TA, Kemeny MM, Ackley-Kazdal T, O'Connor M, Rapkin B Sustaining CBPR Partnerships to Address Health Disparities in Times of Economic Instability, J. of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23:1527-1535, 2012.
Nevadunsky N, Rapkin B, Kaur G, Goldberg G Idiographic Assessment of Quality of life of Women with High-Risk Gynecologic Malignancies – Pilot Study of Symptom Burden Assessment. Supportive Cancer Car, 20: S168, 2012.
Nevadunsky N, Brodt Z, Eti S, Rapkin B, Rivera E, Selwyn P, Goldberg G Differences in the use of palliative medicine consultation in gynecologic malignancies in an urban hospital system. Gynecologic Oncology, 125: Supplement 1, S117, 2012.
Nevadunsky N, Eti S, Rivera E, Harris K, Chudnoff S, Selwyn P, Rapkin B, Goldberg G Palliative medicine educational initiative for trainees in gynecologic oncology. Gynecologic Oncology, 125: Supplement 1, S119-S120, 2012.
Schwartz CE, Snook E, Quaranto BR, Benedict RB, Rapkin BD, Vollmer T Cognitive Reserve and Appraisal in Multiple Sclerosis. MS and Related Disorders, 2:36-44, 2013.
Steinerman JR, Lipton RB, Rapkin BD, Quaranto BR, Schwartz CE Factors associated with openness to research participation in an aging community: the importance of technophilia and social cohesion, 11:504-512, Gerontechnology, 2013.
Schwartz CE, Quaranto, BR, Rapkin BD, Vollmer T, Sprangers MAG Fluctuations in appraisal over time in the context of stable versus no-stable health, Quality of Life Research, 2013. DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0471-0.
Nevadunsky N, Kaur G, Spoozak L, Rapkin B, Taylor K, Selwyn P, Goldberg G. Idiographic assessment of quality of life of women with high risk gynecological malignancies. Gynecologic Oncology. 130(1):e146, 2013.
Roy UB, Michel T, Carpenter A, Lounsbury DW, Sabino E, Juro-Stevenson A, Combs S, Jacobs J, Padgett D, Rapkin BD Community-led cancer action councils in Queens, New York: Process Evaluation of an Innovative Partnership with the Queens Library System. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11:E19, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130176, 2014.
Nevadunsky N, Gordon S, Spoozak L, Van Arsdale A, Hou Y, Eti S, Klobocista M, Rapkin B, Goldberg GL The role and timing of palliative medicine consultation for women with gynecologic malignancies: Association with end of life interventions and direct hospital costs, Gynecologic Oncology, 1:3-7, 2014. PMID:24183728.
Ohri N, Rapkin BD, Guha D, Haynes-Lewis H, Guha C, et al. Predictors of radiation therapy noncompliance in an urban academic cancer center. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 2015; 91(1):232-8.PMID: 25835626
Bochner BH, Dalbagni G, Sjoberg DD, Silberstein J, Keren Paz GE, et al. Comparing Open Radical Cystectomy and Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. European Urology. 2015; 67(6):1042-50 PMCID: PMC4424172
Anderson CB, Rapkin B, Reaves BC, Sun AJ, Morganstern B, Dalbagni G, Donat M, Herr HW, Laudone VP and Bochner BH Idiographic quality of life assessment before radical cystectomy. Psycho-oncology, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/pon.4025.
Redeker NS, Anderson R, Bakken S, Corwin E, Docherty S, Dorsey SG, Heitkemper M, McCloskey DJ, Moore S, Pullen C, Rapkin B, Schiffman R, Waldrop-Valverde D,Grady P. Advancing Symptom Science Through Use of Common Data Elements. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2015 Sep;47(5):379-88. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12155. Epub 2015 Aug 6. PMCID: PMC4618317.
Ohri N, Rapkin BD, Guha C, Kalnicki S and Garg M. Radiotherapy noncompliance and clinical outcomes in an urban academic cancer center. International J of Rad Onc Bio Phys, 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.043
Schwartz CE, Li J and Rapkin BD Refining a Web-based goal assessment interview: item reduction based on reliability and predictive validity. Qual Life Res, 2016. DOI 10.1007/s11136-016-1258-x
Schwartz CE, Rapkin BD and Healy BC. Reserve and Reserve-building activities research: key challenges and future directions. BMC Neurosci, 2016. 17:62.
Trosman JR, Carlos RC, Simon MA, Madden DL, Gradishar WJ, Benson II AB, Rapkin BD, Weiss ES, Gareen IF, Wagner LI, Khan SA, Bunce MM, Small A, Weldon CB. Care for a Cancer Patient as a Project: Managing Complex Task Interdependence in Cancer Care Delivery, JOP, doi: 10.1200/JOP.2016.013573, 2016.
Schwartz CE, Finklestein JA and Rapkin BD Appraisal assessment in patient-reported outcome research: Methods for uncovering the personal context and meaning of quality of life, Qual Life Res, 2016. DOI 10.1007/s11136-016-1476-2
Rapkin BD, Weiss E, Lounsbury D, Michel T, Gordon A, Erb-Downward J, Sabino-Laughlin E, Carpenter A, Schwartz CE, Bulone L, Kemeny M. Reducing Disparities in Cancer Screening and Prevention through Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships with Local Libraries: A Comprehensive Dynamic Trial. Am J Community Psychol. 2017 Sep;60(1-2):145-159. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12161. Epub 2017 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 28913882.
Rapkin BD, Garcia I, Michael W, Zhang J and Schwartz CE Distinguishing appraisal and personality influences on quality of life in chronic illness: introducing the quality-of-life appraisal profile version 2. Qual Life Res DOI 10.1007/s11136-017-1600-y.
Rapkin B, Weiss E, Lounsbury D, Thompson H, Goodman R, Schechter C, Merzel C, Shelton R, Blank AE, Erb-Downward J, Williams A, Valera P, Padgett D. Using the Interactive Systems Framework to Support a Quality Improvement Approach to Dissemination of Evidence-Based Strategies to Promote Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Planning a Comprehensive Dynamic Trial, American Journal of Community Psycholology, 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10464-012-9518-6.
Selected Chapters and Reports
Rapkin BD, Trickett EJ. Comprehensive dynamic trial designs for behavioral prevention research with communities: Overcoming inadequacies of the randomized controlled trial paradigm. In Trickett E and Pequenaut W (eds), Increasing the community impact of HIV prevention interventions. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005: 249-277.
Lounsbury DW, Murphy P, Robinson J, Rapkin B. Managing multi-site collaborative research in the community. In Loue S & Pike E (eds). In Case studies in ethics and HIV research. New York: Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2007:184-203.
Jansky EJ, Rapkin BD, Murphy P, Lounsbury DW, Massie MJ. Fitting cancer screening into harm reduction: Lessons learned from an academic-community partnership. In Schensul, J (ed). Compendium of case studies in community-based collaborative research [Electronic media – dvd]. Hartford, CT: Institute for Community Research [Producer and Distributor]. 2007.
Kang E, Rapkin BD. Why Tell? Serostatus disclosure and HIV stigma among HIV seropositive Asians and Pacific Islander men who have sex with men inNew York City. In Loue, S (ed). Health issues confronting minority men who have sex with men. New York: Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2008:197-217.
Rapkin BD Paths for the Future: Using What We've Learned to Eliminate Cancer Disparities. In Cancer Disparities: Causes and Evidence-Based Solutions (R. Elk, H. Landrine, eds) New York: Springer, 497-524, 2011.
Rapkin B and Mellins, C. Promoting Family-Focused Evidenced-Based Practice in Frontline HIV/AIDS Care. In Family and HIV/AIDS: Cultural and Contextual Issues in Prevention and Treatment (W. Pequegnat and C.C. Bell (eds.) Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 303-328, 2011.
Rapkin B. The Role of Community Health Workers in Implementing Community-Oriented Primary and Preventive Services Across the Life Span. In Procedures in Community-Oriented Health Services (E. Mpofu (ed.) Springer Publishing, 85-114, 2014.
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Federal appeals court: States can't ban gay marriage
DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Wednesday that states cannot prevent gay couples from getting married, extending the movement's legal winning streak and bringing the issue a big step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The three-judge panel in Denver ruled 2-1 that states cannot deprive people of the fundamental right to marry simply because they choose a partner of the same sex.
"It is wholly illogical to believe that state recognition of love and commitment of same-sex couples will alter the most intimate and personal decisions of opposite-sex couples," the judges wrote, addressing arguments that the ruling could undermine traditional marriage.
The decision by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower-court ruling that struck down Utah's gay marriage ban. It becomes law in the six states covered by the 10th Circuit: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. But the panel immediately put the ruling on hold pending an appeal.
The Utah attorney general's office planned to appeal the decision but it was assessing whether to go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court or ask the entire 10th Circuit to review the ruling, spokeswoman Missy Larsen said.
Wednesday's decision "takes us one step closer to reaching certainty and finality," the office said in a statement.
After the ruling, the couples named in the appeal hugged, cried and exchanged kisses at a news conference outside their attorney's offices in downtown Salt Lake City.
"This decision is an absolute victory for fairness and equality for all families in Utah, in every state in the 10th Circuit and every state in this great nation of the United States," said their attorney, Peggy Tomsic.
Plaintiff Derek Kitchen said he and his partner, Moudi Sbeity, are "so proud to be a part of history."
The decision gives increased momentum to a legal cause that already has compiled an impressive record in the lower courts after the Supreme Court last year struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Since then, 16 federal judges have issued rulings siding with gay marriage advocates.
The latest of those rulings was in Indiana, where a federal judge threw out that state's same-sex marriage ban Wednesday in a decision that immediately allows gay couples to wed. The Indiana and Utah rulings came just one day ahead of the first anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision striking down part of a federal anti-gay marriage law.
The Utah ruling is especially significant because it is the first appellate court to conclude that last year's Supreme Court decision means states cannot deny gays the ability to marry.
In 2012, an appellate court struck down California's gay marriage ban but said it was only ruling on that law, not the broader constitutional questions. There were no such caveats in Wednesday's 65-page decision.
Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, said Utah's legal victory was sweeter because of where it originated - a conservative, deeply religious state in the heart of the mountain West.
"What is so powerful here is that we have the first federal appellate court and ... it's a case coming out of Utah affirming in the strongest, clearest, boldest terms that the Constitution guarantees the freedom to marry and equal protection for all Americans and all means all, including gay couples," he said.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, based in Salt Lake City, said on its website that it maintains marriage should be between a man and a woman, but believes "all people should be treated with respect."
In his dissent, Justice Paul J. Kelly Jr. said the 10th Circuit overstepped its authority and that states should be able to decide who can marry.
"We should resist the temptation to become philosopher-kings, imposing our views under the guise of the 14th Amendment," Kelly wrote.
More than 1,000 Utah same-sex couples wed in December after the initial ruling in the case, before the Supreme Court issued a stay. Along with the Utah case, the 10th Circuit panel considered a challenge to Oklahoma's ban. It did not immediately rule in that case Wednesday.
"While judges can, by judicial fiat, declare same-sex 'marriage' legal, they will never be able to make it right," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. "The courts, for all their power, can't overturn natural law."
Though the Utah and Oklahoma cases have been closely watched, it's unclear if one of them will be the first to reach the Supreme Court. The high court could choose from cases moving through five other federal appellate courts and wouldn't consider a case until next year at the earliest.
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For no rational reason I often think of Alchemy as my main profession. It's the first crafting profession that I leveled to max level, and it's on my main toon. Though I have no real reason to value it more then any other, I do. Therefore, my interest is little higher when it comes to this profession.
- New elixirs will be about 75% as strong as flasks. So you can get more total stat points with two elixirs, but flasks will still be the best at giving you a single offensive or defensive stat.
- New Mysterious Potion created with common materials restores health and mana in a massively random range, as well as sometimes granting the benefit of another potion. The health and mana range is from 1-20,000 and is able to crit. The minimum amount restored, however, is scaled upwards by the Alchemy skill, making it a great choice for alchemists to keep for themselves.
The Elixir's change sounds interesting, though I doubt it will have much of an impact on how we use consumables. While it will provide more realistic options, it sounds like a flask will still be the best option in a raid situation, and I've never thought flasks or elixirs were necessary at any other time.
I am very interested to see how the "New Mysterious Potion" works out. In concept, I've always been a big fan of the Mad Alchemist potions, but feel that they have failed to deliver for me as caster DPS. In TBC the random elixir proc was useless because I had a flask, and when I didn't it usually gave me something like attack power. In both TBC and WotLK, the mana returned was less then that of a Mana potion. Therefore if I needed the mana I used a mana pot. The random affect was to unreliable to make up for the less mana returned.
In Cataclysm, it sounds like mana will become a bigger issue. If this potion remains a cheap but inconsistent mana pot I doubt there will be many people using it. I and many other people will prefer the consistency and possible greater return from a normal mana pot.
New Cataclysm weapon enchantment preview:I'm loving this new concept for weapon enchants. Lets be honest, in most cases item enchants are boring. It's 30 Spell Power to Bracers or 23 Haste to Cloak. There is very little debate as which is best, and very few of them do anything other then provide stats. With this announcement it looks like they are moving away from the traditional 65 SP enchants at least in the weapon slot. Instead they will be providing useful buffs or procs.
- Avalanche -- Chance to deal Nature damage on melee hit/spell hit.
- Elemental Slayer -- As expected, this enchantment helps players deal devastating damage to elemental creatures.
- Hurricane -- A stacking haste proc.
- Heartsong -- Mana regeneration through increased Spirit when chain-casting spells.
- Many more maximum-level enchantments are still in progress.
Obviously we don't have many details, but I hope that the weapon enchant becomes more like Glyphs. If you are going to Ragnaros then Elemental Slayer might be the best option, but Avalanche might be better for non elemental targets. Maybe there is a fight that requires a lot AoE and the Haste from Hurricane might be better.
I like the idea of having to put some thought into which enchant you should use. The main issue I see with this model is that the materials cost for these enchants could remain very high for weapon enchants. If that is the case then many people will resist making multiple changes.
The other thing I would like to see from enchanting is have enchants that scale with gear. A fresh 80 with gold gets the same benefit from their enchants that someone with the best gear from ICC. It's not that big of a deal, but I would like to see enchants have a bigger impact on the performance of highly geared players.
As a whole I think Inscriptions has been a very successful profession, but it hasn't lived up to what I first envisioned when it was announced before WotLK was released. I thought it would provide a lot more options. Instead of having one glyph for every spell, I thought they would have a couple of glyphs for most spells.
- With the large number of class changes coming with Cataclysm, many existing glyphs will see new functionality.
- Minor glyphs are woefully uneven from one class to the next right now, so they're a focus for us to clean them up and try to ensure that everyone has minor glyphs they're excited about.
- We'll be adding more major glyphs as well, but in the hopes of making them as balanced as possible, we'll likely wait until after the expansion ships to add any for the new abilities in Cataclysm.
- New and more desirable off-hand and relic recipes will be added.
Take Moonfire for example. It's a good DoT for PvE moonkin. The direct damage portion of the spell can be good for PvP moonkin to get some quick burst on a target or to stop them from capping a flag. Obviously the spell has multiple uses but the current glyph set up only focus on one. In addition to the Glyph of Moonfire why don't we have another glyph that is more attractive to PvP moonkin. Maybe it could increase the direct damage of Moonfire by 300% but reduce the DoT damage by 90% and add a 6 second cooldown. I pulled those numbers off the top of my head, but I would like to have a choice of which Moonfire glyph to use as well as choosing between Glyph of Moonfire and Glyph of Insect Swarm.
Speaking to the post directly, I agree with all the bullet points. I don't think minor glyphs have been implemented well as a whole, and waiting to add glyphs for new abilities is probably a good idea. What I found most interesting though was last bullet point. Scribes will be able to make relics in Cataclysm.
I don't expect to use a crafted relic on Graylo, because I assume the best ones will still come from raiding. However, leveling my shaman has reminded me how difficult it is to get a relic until you raid. I hope they allow low level scribes to make relics also for low level toons since you currently can't get a relic until level 60.
It sounds like the "volatile life" is the new crystallized life. Getting rid of the lotus model makes some sense since guild mats are likely to kill the market for them. I assume the volatile life will be used by other professions as well an this should help maintain the market.
- All Cataclysm herbs have the chance of containing Volatile Life.
- There won't be a new Lotus equivalent in Cataclysm. Alchemists will use the more reliably-found Volatile Life to create the new high level flasks.
- "Heartblossom -- Named for its deep red color, this delicate flower grows close to the ground, and always in pairs. If one blossom is taken, the other flower begins to wilt immediately and dies soon after. It is considered very unlucky to disturb a Heartblossom without blessing it first."
I am very interested in the quote regarding Heartblossom. I wonder if this is just some RP, or are they actually going to make herbing more interesting. Will you get more herbs if you /bless it first? would it be more profitable to herb in pairs to get both halves of the Heartblossom? I have a feeling it's just RP, but a change of pace would be interesting.
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- I like what they are doing with the crafted gear from Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, and Tailoring, but I doubt it will have much of an impact. All of the professions provide decent leveling gear, but I find it unnecessary in general. I have gotten plenty of decent leveling gear from quests and imagine that will be easier during Cataclysm. I've used very little crafted gear on my toons and what I did use was mostly done so by the toon with the profession. Having random stats won't make crafted gear more attractive, or less time consuming to create.
- The Jewelcrafting changes were pretty predictable. Int and Hit had to be moved out of yellow or it would have been a very crowded socket color. The random possibility of crafting a "superior" or "epic" item when you craft jewelry is interesting, but I think in the end it will be like playing the lottery. If it happens you get some extra gold by selling the better item.
- I think First Aid is a mandatory profession for any level 80 (even those with healing spells), but the big problem with it is that bandages do very little for very well geared players. It will be interesting to see if this third bandage fixes that. In the end I think it would be best if bandages scaled a little with the players health pool.


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MacDowell: Rebuilding the Middle Class Starts with Education
by Michael A. MacDowell
The race up to the presidential election in November clearly was dominated by important debates over taxes, job creation, and the vanishing middle class. The middle class may be an endangered species, but it's not for the reasons many politicians would have you believe.
Rapidly-advancing technology is the chief culprit, as innovative software and computers are making thousands of jobs per week obsolete and, in effect, "hallowing out'' the middle class workforce, according to a recent New York Times article. Five years after the Great Recession started, millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries, such as the United States, Europe and Canada. And most of them are not coming back.
The advent of smartphones and tablet computers are allowing people to work almost anywhere. They're slicing into production line jobs and middle class office jobs – like those held by travel agents, secretaries, paralegals, and others. These losses are affecting all major job categories in large corporations and small businesses as well as in established companies. Technological advances are also replacing people in start-ups, and in schools, universities, hospitals, the military, and nonprofit organizations.
Not all the news is bad, however. The middle class may be able to recoup some jobs in the housing market, which seems to be picking up steam. The additional constructions jobs are a silver lining for the recovering economy, but not all of the secondary jobs associated with this industry will return, as computerization has reduced or eliminated the need for many positions, such as in inventory maintenance and in architecture.
Almost all post-recession eras since World War II have been marked by substantial job growth. But the Great Recession has not experienced this trend. In the almost 4½ years since it officially ended, the U.S. has regained only 3.5 million or 47 percent of the 7.5 million jobs that were lost, and only 2 percent of the 3.5 million jobs regained have been in the middle class category, according to Moody's Analytics. In the four previous recessions, at least 30 percent of the jobs created were in mid-pay industries.
An interesting and positive spin-off of the recession is the increased high school graduation rate. Throughout the U.S., high school graduation rates are at their highest level in nearly four decades. Pennsylvania has an overall high school graduate rate of 84.1 percent. This promising trend is a key reason why college enrollment across various sectors of higher education has not deteriorated as it was forecasted to do several years ago. The anticipated lack of college students due to lower birth rates 16 to 20 years ago has been more than compensated for by the larger percentage of students graduating high school and going on to college.
Clearly, the movement to stay in high school and, more importantly, to graduate from college can be the most significant factor in rebuilding the middle class. Sophisticated technology will continue to eliminate jobs for people from all walks of life, but students can help to rebuild this important sector of American society by choosing a career path carefully and wisely. During the Great Recession and our rather anemic recovery, the number of jobs open to people with a bachelor's degree or better actually increased. However, during the same period – December 2007 through February 2012 – more than 5.8 million people without a college degree lost their jobs. Today, the unemployment rate for college graduates is 3.7 percent, less than half the rate for people with a high school diploma.
Additionally, college graduates that pursue careers in science, math and technology, as well as in the health and medical science fields, have the best potential for becoming part of the middle class and remaining there. Misericordia University has seen firsthand the demand for graduates of its six health and medical science programs increase throughout the recession and the recovery.
For centuries, humankind has been replaced by machines. The advent of computers and sophisticated software has only hastened this process. Our ingenuity, coupled with hard work and the growth of a more educated populace, are the best ways to ensure that young people today will be part of tomorrow's middle class.
Michael A. MacDowell is president of Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., where he occasionally teaches economics.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Funding for Liberian refugee related project Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Funding for Liberian refugee related project Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Africa Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message guanghoJoined: 16 Oct 2004Posts: 476Location: in transit Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: Funding for Liberian refugee related project Hello: I know this is an ESL forum and not an NGO one but I thought someone may be able to offer some pointers. My friend has an M.A. in Anthropology and did part of his course work on Liberian refugees in Ghana. He is based in the U.K. and wants to return to Ghana so that he can wrap up some of the projects he started and train local staff to continue the work. Do any of you know of NGO's or other sources of funding he max be able to turn to? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Africa Forum All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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