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My CFO Maui brauchte ein neues Briefpapier Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 54 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I have a wonderful new logo for you to work with, available in several versions. The contest for the website was started an hour ago.
My CFO Maui
I work exclusively with owners of small businesses and EDs of non-profit organizations ensuring that they understand how to handle the financial managment of the business. As a Certified Quickbooks ProAdvisor, my service is a new concept for this size business. Every Fortune 500 company has a CFO (Chief Financial Officer), and small/growing businesses need them too, albeit for different kinds of tasks and financial issues. I fill the gap between the bookkeeper and the CPA.
The image I want to project is that we are professional, yet also friendly, accessible, and more importantly "we are not stuffed shirts"
One of the services I provide is writing procedure manuals. Often I will create a cheat-sheet for a new procedure or some other information that is handed out. For all of these pages, I need a template for the page which includes my logo and website.
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- Tagline: Financial Tools & Support
- Headline if it will fit: More Profit, More Control, & More Ease
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- Fax #: 808-876-1366
- Email: email@example.com
- Website: http://www.myCFOmaui.com
- Name: Jeanette C Tan
- Title: President (actually I prefer "The Chief Chief," but no-one gets it).
- Two line logo, maybe faded in the background
- These words: Go to http://www.myCFOmaui.com and find out the top 10 questions owners of growing businesses should ask but don't
- Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor logo
- These words really small: QuickBooks and QuickBooks ProAdvisor are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit, Inc used with permission.
This will be used primarily for letters of engagement (contracts). Most of the time they will be emailed, so I need a Word template in addition to standard pre-printed letterhead. Include ProAdvisor logo.
All logos can be downloaded at http://www.myCFOmaui.com
Please pay attention to the guidelines for using the ProAdvisor logo.
- Business card with a horizontal layout
- Letterhead for standard printing and formatted to use with Word (to email) (same design, 2 formats)
- #10 envelope
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- Nothing stuffy
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California Department of Transportation
March 24, 2011
District 2 - Redding
Contact: Denise Yergenson
Phone: (530) 225-3260
REDDING– The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
"From one end of the state to the other, transportation projects are providing jobs and improving mobility for people and businesses in California," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.
Project allocations included the Caltrans District 2 "Middle of Buckhorn" project on State Route 299 west of Redding. This safety project, covering two miles of highway located two miles east of Buckhorn Summit, will:
- Reduce number and severity of accidents
- Increases clear recovery zone and add shoulders
- Add a soft median
- Add a truck climbing lane
- Eliminate 7 and realign 10 of the 17 current curves
- Increase advisory curve speed from 25 to 35 mph
- Eliminate 18 STAA truck restrictions
The project will start this spring and finish by fall of 2012.
The CTC also approved the first phase of the Interstate 805 Managed Lanes North in San Diego County as the ninth design-build project under landmark state legislation (SBX2 4) signed in 2009. The legislation provided for a pilot program for the design-build method of procurement, which combines both design and construction into one contract to expedite the construction process and potentially reduce project costs.
The I-805 Managed Lanes North project will be built in five phases at a cost of approximately $615 million. Caltrans anticipates the project will be completed nine months earlier using design-build. The expedited construction schedule will bring more jobs to San Diego County sooner than expected.
For information about all projects that received allocations please visit:http://www.dot.ca.gov/docs/ctcprojectallocationsmarch2011.pdf
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By mean of the tension-mechanism, the profile (layer is planed) is pulled to the bottom of the shuttering, so that an exactly edge of the manufactured item is managed. For the system is one unit, measuring mistakes are not possible. The easy and quick handling increases the work safety. Using the corresponding lever, the system can be taken off and removed easily from the bottom of the shuttering.
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With defect the old shuttering, by remove from 3 screws, can be easily exchanged.
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Facebook is holding an Apple-esque special event tomorrow, complete with mysterious "Come see what we're building" tag lines and rumors that run the gamut from a full on Facebook phone, either built on Android or as some new, budget smart-ish phone to let emerging markets share all their data, to new search engine to compete with Google, to a version of Facebook Messenger for iPad.
Which means it could be nothing, a simple extension of what Facebook is already doing, or it could be something transformative, taking this planet's biggest social network into whole new orbits. There's no real way to tell until Zuckerberg et al. take the stage and show us what they've got.
The event kicks off at 10am PT, 1pm ET. No word on a stream yet, but we'll be keeping an eye on things -- two, as often as we can spare them -- and will bring word on anything that impacts your iPhones, iPads, or social graphs.
In the meantime, feel free to speculate. Any interest in Facebook Messenger for iPad? What would a Facebook phone have to offer to you to leave Apple and the iPhone?


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text: _X11_ =============== By Jon Rafkind (jon at rafkind dot com) Keywords: _graphics_ Introduction ============ A set of bindings to libX11, the graphics/windowing library for Unix. These bindings will probably work with any version of X11 but were made with X11R6. X11: (require (planet "x11.ss" ("kazzmir" "x11.plt"))) Xpm: (require (planet "x11-xpm.ss" ("kazzmir" "x11.plt"))) Example: (require (planet "xsnow.ss" ("kazzmir "x11.plt"))) (run) ;; also (xsnow 200) for 200 snow flakes. run uses 100 snow flakes by default _X11_ ========= The bindings follow the same semantics and overall style of the X11 library. It is best to refer to the X11 documentation. Useful resources: http://www.the-labs.com/X11/XLib-Manual/ http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/


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Treatment for leukemia can include active surveillance (also called watchful waiting), biological therapy, targeted therapy, chemotherapy, and blood or marrow transplantation (BMT). Sometimes a combination of these treatments is used.
The choice of treatment depends mainly on the following:
- The type of leukemia (acute or chronic)
- Your age
- Whether leukemia cells were found in your cerebrospinal fluid (the fluid around your brain and spine)
When your case is discussed at the multidisciplinary conference, members of your Roswell Park team will work together to plan the best treatment strategy for you.
The Leukemia Team diagnoses and treats adult patients with cancers of the blood, including:
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) – treated by the Leukemia Team
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) – treated by the Leukemia Team
- Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) – treated by the Leukemia Team
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) – treated by the Lymphoma/Myeloma Team
Because there are so many subtypes of leukemia, seeking care from a team that specializes in leukemia is essential. Every Roswell Park physician who treats leukemia patients has extensive subspecialty experience in diagnosing and treating leukemia.
Acute Leukemia
People with acute leukemia need to be treated right away. It is important to remember that many people with acute leukemia can be cured. The goal of treatment is to destroy signs of leukemia in the body and make symptoms go away. This is called a remission. After people go into remission, more therapy may be given to prevent the disease from coming back (relapsing). This type of therapy is called consolidation therapy or maintenance therapy.
Chronic Leukemia
If you have chronic leukemia without symptoms, you may not need cancer treatment right away. Our doctors will watch your health closely so treatment can start when you do begin to have symptoms. Keeping a close eye on the situation without starting treatment right away is called active surveillance or watchful waiting.
When treatment for chronic leukemia is needed, it can often control the disease and its symptoms. Chronic leukemia can seldom be cured with chemotherapy, but maintenance therapy can keep the disease in remission. Blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) can cure some people with chronic leukemia.
Roswell Park's Centers for Leukemia Care
- Roswell Park outpatients who are being treated for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) or chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) receive care in the Leukemia Clinic.
- Outpatients being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are treated in the Lymphoma/Myeloma Clinic.
- Inpatient services are delivered on a separate floor of the hospital, where specialized nursing staff provide care in a HEPA-filtered Leukemia Unit designed to maintain the highest standards of safety.


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April 19, 2008
Santa Barbara, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (26-11) steamrolled University of Southern California (19-18), 23-2 Saturday afternoon at Dedeaux Field. Backed by an impressive outing from redshirt freshman Mario Hollands, the Gaucho offense continued their season-long assault on opposing pitchers, scoring 23 runs on 19 hits in Saturday's shellacking.
The Trojans were actually the first to score, putting up a run in the bottom of the first. With the bases loaded, Mike Roskopf grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Nick Buss to put the Trojans in front, 1-0. It would be the only run Hollands surrendered, as the freshman southpaw breezed through the USC lineup over the next five frames.
Hollands (4-2) earned his fourth win on the year, allowing only one run on nine hits in six solid innings of work. The El Cerrito, Calif., native struck out five and walked only three, lowering his ERA to 3.13.
The Gauchos offense caught fire in the top of the third inning, scoring five times on five hits. Gaucho third baseman Patrick Rose led off the inning with a single to right. After Steve Cook singled to center, Brian Gump came to the plate with one out and runners on the corners. Gump lined a double down the left field line, scoring Rose from third for the first Gaucho run of the game. Chris Fox added to the attack with a two-RBI single past second base. Catcher Chris McMurray followed in similar fashion capping the five-run third with a two-RBI single to right field.
UCSB struck again in the fifth, scoring a pair of runs to increase their lead to six, 7-1. With Oliver on first, Mike Zuanich launched a two-run home run over the left field wall, his 11th of the year. Zuanich's two-run jack was his sixth in the last six games. After hitting three bombs against Westmont on Tuesday, Zuanich added his fourth of the week in the fifth inning.
The Gauchos continued their magnificent day, scoring seven times in the top of the sixth. The sixth inning outburst was highlighted by a bases-clearing double off the bat of Rose. With the bases juiced, Rose ripped a double to left field, scoring Carlson, Zuanich, and Oliver, to increase the Gaucho lead to 11-1. With Gunnar Terhune on base, Cook launched a two-run homer to straightaway center field. After six, UCSB was comfortably ahead, 14-1.
As if the 13-run lead wasn't enough, the Gauchos tacked on nine more runs over the remaining three innings. The powerful Blue and Gold added five runs in the seventh, three in the eighth, and one in the ninth.
The UCSB carousel continued in the seventh, as a total of 13 batters came to the plate. Three consecutive walks by Trojan reliever Danny Beck loaded the bases with one out. Chris McCaffery came on in relief of Beck, but couldn't stop the bleeding. McMurray greeted McCaffery with an RBI single through the left side, pushing the Gaucho lead to 15-1. Patrick Rose also walked in the following at-bat, scoring Zuanich from third. An RBI single from pinch-hitter John DeAlba, a fielder's choice RBI from pinch-hitter Robby Cummings, and an RBI single from Gump, extended the Gaucho advantage to 18 runs, 19-1.
Gaucho reliever Clayton Edwards came on in relief of Hollands, allowing the second Trojan run of the game in the bottom half of the seventh.
After scoring three more times in the eighth and once in the ninth, Gaucho relievers Matt Wade and Patrick McIntyre each pitched perfect eighth and ninth innings, respectively, to seal the win.
Every Gaucho started recorded at least one hit, and every batter to enter the game with the exception of two pinch-hitters, recorded at least one RBI.
Every Trojan pitcher to enter the game surrendered at least two earned runs. Six USC pitchers combined to walk 10 batters on the day.
Brad Boxberger (2-2) suffered the loss, allowing six runs on seven hits in 4.1 innings.
The 23-run effort marked the second highest total for the Gauchos this season. On Tuesday, UCSB scored a remarkable 26 runs against cross-town rival Westmont College.
On the week, the Gauchos have scored an otherworldly 54 runs on 56 hits in three games. UCSB has now scored 307 runs on the season, an average of 8.3 a game.
Rose led the charge going 3-for-5, with four runs scored and four RBI. McMurray was 2-for-4 with one run scored and three RBI. Gump was 3-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBI. DeAlba, playing for the first time in three weeks, was 2-for-2 with three RBI off the bench.
The Gauchos come home tomorrow to play the series finale against the Trojans at 1:00 p.m. at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.


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Growing Up Wild: Lunch for a Bear
Children identify the kinds of foods that black bears and other omnivores eat. A nature walk, snack and craft are included.
This class is part of the Growing Up Wild series for 4 to 6-year-olds. It meets in the PHP East- Salado Creek Classroom (13203 Blanco Rd). Class size is limited and registration through this website is required. Registration begins June 19, 9 a.m.
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How many times did you forget to send an important Text Message or an Email coz you were too busy with just another chaotic day in office? How many times there was an urgent need to make a crucial phone call and well, thanks to your overcomplicated and busy life, you simply forgot that?
How great it would be to automate the schedules for important business meetings, wishing anniversaries/birthdays and even the Facebook/Twitter status updates. Nothing complicated, just take care of those damn recurring events so that we can actually focus on more important things in life?
Well, Future Scheduler lets you do just that!
Forget having to write down your schedule on papers that often get lost and are never there just when you need them.
Automate the recurring events and tasks right on your mobile phone. Schedule a –
– Phone Call
– Text Message,
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for a future date/time and simply get rid of organizers and diaries.
Create alerts with an easy and intuitive interface, set recurrence and that's pretty much it. When the time comes, Future Scheduler will send the email/text message for you** or connect a call or post a status update on Twitter/Facebook.
Moreover, all activities are synced with your calendar to avoid redundant entries. Even if your phone is not with you its still there in your alternative calendar. Think of it as your very own "private secretary" to schedule future phone calls, text message, emails and social media updates in a simple yet efficient manner.
* Syncs with device calendar.
* Snooze function for reminders.
* Import contacts from Facebook.
* Multiple recipients for text and email.
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* Use templates for text and email.
* Recurring events – once, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.
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**On iPhone, we don't have an option to auto send without confirmation, but Big Apple is to blame for that. Unfortunately they do not allow third party apps to automatically send a message or email unless user confirms it. That is part of their security set up and we have to follow that. On Blackberry and Android, that's not the case though. That is why you need to buy credits in case you want to send messages automatically. For sending emails, it doesn't cost us and thus we don't charge but for texts we need to use a SMS Gateway and hence you need to buy credits.
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June 17, 2009
The 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report on 175 nations is the most comprehensive worldwide report on the efforts of governments to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons. Its findings will raise global awareness and spur countries to take effective actions to counter trafficking in persons.
The annual Trafficking in Persons Report serves as the primary diplomatic tool through which the U.S. Government encourages partnership and increased determination in the fight against forced labor, sexual exploitation, and modern-day slavery.
Human trafficking is defined in American law and international agreements as obtaining or maintaining the labor or services of another through force, coercion, and, in effect, modern slavery. In the introduction to the report, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in part:
The ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report sheds light on the faces of modern-day slavery and on new facets of this global problem. The human trafficking phenomenon affects virtually every country, including the United States. In acknowledging America's own struggle with modern-day slavery and slavery-related practices, we offer partnership. We call on every government to join us in working to build consensus and leverage resources to eliminate all forms of human trafficking. This year, there is new urgency in this call. As the ongoing financial crisis takes an increasing toll on many of the world's migrants – who often risk everything for the slim hope of a better future for their families – too often they are ensnared by traffickers who exploit their desperation. We recognize their immense suffering, and we commit to aiding their rescue and recovery.
As we move forward to meet the challenges of today, I am committed to sharing the lessons learned from our past efforts, and I offer our collective expertise to collaborate with you in bringing relief to victims, justice to perpetrators, and hope to future generations currently in peril.
Bringing an end to the global trade in people is a priority for the United States in keeping with American values that place a premium on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. I am confident that together we can make a difference, all over the world, in the lives of people deprived of their freedom.
One of the things that we find very important, and that I certainly can't stress enough, is that the fight against human trafficking is something that was established in the Clinton Administration through the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which is something that then-First Lady Hillary Clinton worked very hard on. It was a bipartisan law, and it had bipartisan effect. In fact, it was something that the Bush Administration was very committed to working on once they came in, and the same is true of the Obama Administration.
I think today's press event upstairs, the cable that the Secretary is sending to the diplomatic corps here in the United States and abroad is something that is a marker as far as not just a continuation of the commitment of the Bush Administration to fighting human trafficking and modern slavery, but an intensification on the part of Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration.
I think that that's something that those of us who have worked in the field, whether it's here at the State Department, people like myself who have been federal prosecutors out investigating the cases, working with the NGOs, I think that's something that we're seeing a lot of positive response to from the anti-trafficking community worldwide. And I think that we're going to hopefully see an improvement in the coming year as far as the counter-trafficking response.
Two things that I would like to leave you with, and one of which is the notion that because we are in a time of economic crisis, and especially workers, especially foreign guest workers are particularly vulnerable because of the way in which recruitment is often – is too often done, we see a problem in the guest worker programs both abroad and here in the United States, and a number of the tier rankings are affected by countries having large guest worker programs that do not have any safeguards built into them.
We saw this in the United States in our territorial possession of Saipan, which had its own guest worker laws in the 1990s. Those guest worker laws have now been overturned by Congress last year. But one of the situations that we saw there is exactly what replicates itself in too many countries around the world, which is the notion that the first step that the boss has when dealing with labor unrest, when dealing with people who are asking just for minimum amounts of food or minimum amounts of pay, the notion that they would withdraw their sponsorship, have the persons deported, cut off any labor activism, cut off any attempts to try to make the workplace better by punishing the workers who would dare to speak back.
That punishment should not be something that the government in any way is complicit in. And yet, guest worker programs both here in the United States and abroad far too often have been used in that manner. The United States passed a law, the Trafficking Reauthorization Act, in December, in which we actually addressed that situation. And one of the recommendations in the Attorney General's annual report is that we do a top-down review of our guest worker programs to see if there are additional protections that need to be put into place. And we would certainly encourage other countries as well to do that same type of review of their guest worker programs.
At the end of the day, though, it's not about administrative responses, it's not about structural responses; it's about the fact that this is a crime. It is one of the most serious crimes that is out there. The slavery and involuntary servitude that the traffickers hold their victims in is something that cannot simply be remedied by having different immigration structures, by having labor inspectors, by having different policies about various things. Rather, it can only be dealt with by investigating and prosecuting the people who dare to do this.
And so we certainly stand ready, not just abroad but also at home, for those countries who would like to engage, for those countries who are willing to do the same type of self-assessment that we did in the Attorney General's report which was also released today, where we look at what are the strengths, what are the weaknesses of the United States Government's response. For those countries who are willing to engage in that type of partnership, the trafficking office here at the State Department, the Justice Department and the rest of the U.S. Government stands ready to partner.
Countries whose governments fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act' (TVPA) minimum standards.
Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA's minimum standards,but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards.
Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA's minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards AND:
a) The absolute number of victims of sever forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing; or
b) There is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year; or
c) The determination that a country is making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with minimum standards was based on commitments by the country to take additional future steps over the next year.
Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so.
Abu Seman said the Malaysian government did not condone human trafficking and had taken stern action to deal with the problem, including enacting an anti-human trafficking law in 2007 and setting up a special task force.
The report said that while the Malaysian government took early steps to fight sex trafficking, it has yet to fully tackle labour trafficking.
It said there were "credible allegations", including those in a US Senate report this year, that some immigration officials took part in trafficking and extorting refugees from Myanmar.
Malaysia, which is listed with 16 other countries, including six newly-added African nations, could face sanctions such as the withholding of non-humanitarian, non-trade related US aid.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said recently his country was being used as a transit point for illegal immigrants.
Recent incidents include the arrests of 17 Iraqis and seven Indonesians over the weekend after authorities intercepted a boat that was trying to smuggle some of them to Australia via Indonesia.
Authorities have said 12 suspected illegal immigrants were drowned off Malaysia's southern coast in the last two months when they tried to sneak out of the country.
According to the 2009 US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report for the Philippines, the country was put on Tier 2 Watch List because the government failed to show evidence of progress in convicting human traffickers, particularly those in labor trafficking. The report added the situation here worsened, despite the significant government efforts.
The report described the country as a source, transit and destination country for men, women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. A significant number of Filipino men and women who migrate abroad for work were also subjected to involuntary servitude in Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, the report added.
Even Muslim girls from Mindanao were being trafficked to the Middle East by other Muslims, according to the report.
Filipino women were also trafficked abroad for commercial sexual exploitation, primarily to Hong Kong Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and countries in Africa, the Middle East and Western Europe.
The government vowed to intensify its campaign against human trafficking in light of the US report.
"We have to advise authorities, like the Bureau of Immigration, to be on look out for such activity [human trafficking]," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said. "We won't tolerate human trafficking and BI should be alerted to be more focused in monitoring not just in the port of Manila but also in Davao, Cebu and Zamboanga."
He added that he does not believe that the US government would sanction the Philippines for failing to effectively address human- trafficking issues in the country.
"We're a sovereign state, and we have own laws and legal system," Ermita said. "I don't suppose we can be sanctioned if we feel under sovereign state to undertake violations of law like trafficking we can't be dictated upon. They should respect our sovereignty."
The Obama administration views the fight against human trafficking, at home and abroad, as an important priority on our foreign policy agenda. The United States funds 140 anti-trafficking programs in nearly 70 countries, as well as 42 domestic task forces that bring state and local authorities together with nongovernmental organizations to combat trafficking. But there is so much more to do.
The criminal networks that enslave millions of people cross borders and span continents. Our response must do the same. The United States is committed to building partnerships with governments and organizations around the world, to finding new and more effective ways to take on the scourge of human trafficking. We want to support our partners in their efforts and find ways to improve our own.
Human trafficking flourishes in the shadows and demands attention, commitment and passion from all of us. We are determined to build on our past success and advance progress in the weeks, months and years ahead. Together, we must hold a light to every corner of the globe and help build a world in which no one is enslaved.


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Residents are being evacuated after crews hit a gas line in Burbank Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The incident occurred in the 1500 block of Buena Vista Street around 4 p.m., said Burbank police Sgt. Scott Meadows.
Residents who live between Kittridge Street and Victory Boulevard on Buena Vista were taken to a Fresh and Easy parking lot, according to police.
Buena Vista remains shut down between those two streets, said Meadows.
[UPDATE 7:50 p.m.] Officials estimate the street will reopen around midnight.
Crews from the Southern California Gas Company, Burbank Police Department and Burbank Fire Department are working to repair the leak. They found an oil-like material in the area where the leak was reported, said Burbank fire Capt. Peter Hendrickson.
Crews have to repair the gas leak before they can investigate the source of the material, he said.
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"Pedir" implies a demand more than an inquisitive question. "Pedir" and "preguntar" are used in different scenarios, so distinguishing between them is useful and necessary.
Pedir: to ask for somethingPreguntar: to ask a question
Because in Spanish you simply can't pedir una question but you can simply preguntar :)
The verbs "pedir" and "preguntar" are often confused. After all, they have roughly the same direct English translation, which is "to ask." But don't be fooled!
I like to think of "pedir" as having the translation, "to ask for." "Yo pido una ensalada" -- "I ask for a salad." Le pediste a Maria una manzana -- "You asked Maria for an apple."
In contrast, "preguntar" means, "to ask a question." While "pedir" is used to ask for an object or a service, "preguntar" is to ask for information. "Preguntaste qué hora salió tu vuelo" -- You asked when your flight left. (Implying you missed it!) "Preguntale cuando vendrá" -- "Ask her when she's coming."
Remember -- preguntar is asking for information (intangible), pedir is asking for an object or service (tangible). ¡No tiene sentido "preguntar" para una manzana, o "pedir" que hora es!
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What fabulous, cool weather we have had during the first part of this month. Whoever thought that those two words would ever describe August weather in our area, for crying out loud? I hope my words don't jinx the situation.
I have to keep pushing the thought away that we are soon going to get slammed by the unbearable heat that usually shows up in this month. Shhh, we'll be very quiet about it so we don't disturb the furies.
This past week I made my annual pilgrimage down to the Laguna Art Festival and Pageant of the Masters. I absolutely couldn't miss my favorite event of the entire summer season. I've been making this trek for more than four decades.
This year's pageant theme is "The Big Picture." Indeed, it is so thrilling as the pageant wizards waved their magic wands and showed us how Hollywood's moving pictures not only became their own art form but also embraced traditional art forms such as painting and sculpture from the masters whose works of art are placed in gardens, museums, churches and private homes around the globe.
"The Big Picture" showcases how the genius of Michelangelo found expression in the film, "The Agony and the Ecstasy," how Thomas Gainsborough's portraits influenced Stanley Kubrick, and how the works of Jean-Leon Gerome can be seen in films by directors like David Lean and Ridley Scott.
"I thought it would be a new twist for the pageant to take a look back at the work of the masters that inspired great works of cinema" explained Pageant Director Diane Challis Day.
Walt Disney received an artistic nod in a pageant replica of a bronze statue called "The Storytellers," which depicts him and Mickey Mouse and is installed at Disney California Adventure Theme Park in Anaheim. There was also much ado about Disney's first major full-length film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in the pageant commentary. An art piece created by Gustaf Tenggen that was shown on stage at the pageant was a movie poster of that film.
By the way, two of Disney's original animators who worked on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" — the late Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston — were longtime residents of La Cañada Flintridge and had neighboring properties.
The Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters, which is spectacular in every way, runs through Aug. 31. Tickets are still available online and through ticket agencies.
More than 70 guests arrived at the beautiful La Cañada Flintridge home of Kim Clayton Hershman to celebrate the return of students and new freshmen to the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn.
Hershman, president of the Los Angeles Yale Black Alumni Association, welcomed alumni and the Los Angeles area freshman students who will be attending this revered private Ivy League university.
There was plenty of time to chat about the exciting years that new students have ahead of them.
Hershman and her sons, Justin and Jordan, who will both be attending Polytechnic School in Pasadena very soon, greeted parents, alums and new students to an afternoon of swimming and a barbecue of delicious foods.
Among the guests were La Cañada residents Chad Cosse (Yale class of 2017) and his mother, Pam. Good luck, Chad, have a great freshman year. "Go Bulldogs!"
Maestra Rachael Worby and her accomplished Muse/ique musicians also recently received inspiration from Hollywood in their concert titled, "Moving Pictures," which featured motion picture scores by Elmer Bernstein, Harry Goldsmith, Vangelis, Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Claud-Michel Schonbert and Erich Korngold.
The concert, held in Caltech's Beckman Mall, played to an enthusiastic crowd of more than 1,000 music enthusiasts who came early to picnic and exchange news of summer adventures.
As I was making my way to my table, noticing the wonderful offerings of creative cuisine at many of those tables, I spotted La Cañada resident Nancy Harahan, who was having an animated chat with Andrea Van de Kamp.
I have known both of these wonderful women for many years so I was delighted to stop to say hello and share community news with them.
Harahan mentioned that Van de Kamp was celebrating her birthday. We both agreed that she should keep the parties going for at least a month — it's more fun that way!
The evening's program featured noted cellist Matt Haimovitz and award-winning actress Wendie Malick ("Hot in Cleveland"). Also adding to the program was Allison Iraheta, who sang the emotional song, "Bring Him Home" from the stage play and movie, "Les Miserables" and MacArthur Genius Fellow John Dabiri, director of Caltech's Biological Propulsion Laboratory. The evening also included the world premiere of "Sleepwalking," a concerto for cello and chamber orchestra with images by Peter Golub, prolific composer and director of Sundance's Film Music Program. It was a memorable evening.
The next concert is scheduled for this Saturday evening, Aug. 17. Its theme is "Lose Your Senses with Ellis Hall" and it will feature Hall, Tower of Power's lead singer and keyboardist, who electrifies with his five-octave range. Worby says he will tear it up with the Selah Gospel Choir to unchain the soul sounds of great musicians like Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and even Bach, Beethoven and Vivaldi. They join Caltech physicist Sean Carroll. The evening also celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" with a world premiere of a dance set to the score of Spike Jonze' critically acclaimed film adaptation of the beloved children's book.
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A typical career for a rock band – formation, peak years, inevitable decline and ugly break-up – lasts at least a few years.
On Monday, the process was accelerated in the course of a hilarious, briskly paced 90-minute show by actor Jack Black and comedian Kyle Gass, whose parody partnership as Tenacious D drew a sell-out crowd at Hard Rock Live.
It took exactly two songs for Tenacious D to, well, break up.
"Usually, at this point in the show, the show is way better than this," Black explained, adding that his partner wasn't carrying his weight. A mini-drama unfolded in which Gass quit and returned in the course of two songs: "Dude (I Totally Miss You)" and...


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Child star successes
The Hollywood machine loves a fresh-faced, button-nosed, apple-cheeked, sassy child performer. Once that precocious kid dares to grow up, however, the system is not kind.
The unfortunate trend is that for every well-adjusted former child star, there are two troubled Coreys. Behind them is a staggering rogues gallery of has-beens such as Lindsay Lohan, Dustin Diamond, and so on, with each of them doing one or more of the following: falling down drunk, overdosing on drugs, crashing a car, committing a crime and/or making a porno. Or they end up stuck in a purgatory of appearing in one reality TV show after another. At worst, their demons lead them to an early demise.
Happily, however, some child stars, such as Natalie Portman, Anna Paquin, and Leonardo DiCaprio, do transition smoothly into acclaimed adult acting careers. Others venture into different fields altogether. We assembled a list of child stars that have moved on from acting (for the most part) to achieve success in other fields—a handful still in the entertainment world. Click ahead to see where they are now.
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Monday Morning Standings – Round 1 Edition
Who?! What?! What is going on here?
Yeah yeah, it's been a while but I've been super busy at work the past few weeks and the Oilers have really sucked.
So here we go. MMS on the last few weeks + playoff predictions.
Oilers News
Racki covered most of it in the past few posts regarding draft rankings, the Oilers year end press conference and the final depressing season rundown.
League News
Screw league news…it's the playoffs!
Here are the first round match-ups with my predictions.
Los Angeles Kings(8) at Vancouver Canucks(1)
I want the Kings to win, however I think the Canucks won't choke until the 2nd round. Canucks in 5.
San Jose Sharks(7) at St. Louis Blues(2)
Blues take this in 6.
Chicago Blackhawks(6) at Phoenix Coyotes(3)
I've grown to like the Coyotes. I'll be cheering for them this playoff run, however I don't think they will beat the Hawks. Hawks in 7.
Detroit Red Wings(5) at Nashville Predators(4)
Predators are another team I think will make some noise this post-season. Predators in 7.
Ottawa Senators(8) at New York Rangers(1)
I think this might be the Rangers year…my choice out of the East. Rangers in 6.
Washington Captials(7) at Boston Bruins(2)
Bruins in 5.
New Jersey Devils(6) at Florida Panthers(3)
Devils in 5.
Philadelphia Flyers(5) at Pittsburgh Penguins(4)
The first round series I think everyone is looking forward to. Will be the best series as well. Both top-notch teams. Flyers in 7. Edit (2012-04-10 12:03pm): Nevermind, I guess Bryzgalov and Briere are hurt…I'll go with the Pens in 7.
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With federal contract spending near its lowest levels in a decade, agencies are upping their solicitations and award-hungry companies are increasing their bid protests. Chief factors in the spending reductions are the drawdowns of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (the Pentagon being by far the largest contracting agency) and sequestration.
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We are a company dedicated to people's health and well being through fitness. (Group exercise classes, Yoga, Personal Training, Cardio and Weight equipment). We are in the spectrum of health clubs, we are on the higher end in both price and service. You can visit for reference http://www.worldgymsaskatoon.com/
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Getting Started - A Complete Android App walkthrough for Beginners (Part 1)About a year ago I released my first app on to the Android market. I had developed the market primarily as a learning tool, and at the end decided that putting it on the market would be a good step to understand the process and get some feedback.
The application was a simple quiz app based on the popular NBC series Chuck, I released it for free (no-ads) and no real advertising other than one or two target tweets. The app currently has about 4,000 – 5,000 downloads with a 4 star rating – both of which it achieved pretty quickly in the first month or two.
DISCLAIMER: I believe this to be purely down to the fact that at the time there weren't really any other Chuck related apps, and it has a nerd-ish, cult like following, so I think the rating and popularity is more of a reflection on the show's popularity than the quality of the app!
Anyway, I thought it might be interesting/helpful to release the source code here and walkthrough the different aspects of the code in a tutorial "my first app" kind of way.
I won't go in to the setting up Eclipse/Android plug-ins stuff here, so will assume familiarity with getting around the IDE.
Android Directory Structure
Creating a new Android project in Eclipse (using the Android plug-ins) creates the required project structure automatically for you. Lets have a look at that now:
Src : as you would expect, this is the main java source directory, so this is where all your source code lives
Gen: this is the generated code that Eclipse handles for you – the files in here will be generated from your config. You needn't really worry about what happens in here as Eclipse takes care of it for you
Assets: this can be used to contain any resources or libraries you want to bundle with the app – such as third party jars and data sets (you will see later we use this directory to store the data that we will load to populate all the questions in the DB when the app is first launched on a new device)
Res: this is where the configuration for the layout/UI aspects live:
- Drawable – keep you image files in here (.png/jpg/etc)
- Layout – this is where you keep the xml config for UI layout
- Values – this is where you keep the config with application code, such as application name or set text. This means you can easily change text through out the application without having to change hardcoded strings in the java code and re-compile
Getting Started
Ok, lets get started – the first thing we need is a welcome screen that is displayed when a user first launches the app. In Android, a screen is modelled by an "Activity" class, so to create our welcome screen we need to extend Activity.
public class SplashActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
Every class that overrides the Activity class must implement the onCreate() method – this is called when the activity is launched. As our welcome screen will just be a simple screen with a few buttons on it (play, rules, exit) we don't need to do much at this point other than set up the buttons to have a listener so we know when one of them is pressed. For convenience here, we will set our current activity class to implement "OnClickListener" – this means we can define the onClick() method directly in our activity to handle the button events.
@Override public void onClick(View v) { Intent i; switch (v.getId()){ case R.id.playBtn : List
questions = getQuestionSetFromDb(); GamePlay c = new GamePlay(); c.setQuestions(questions); c.setNumRounds(getNumQuestions()); ((ChuckApplication)getApplication()).setCurrentGame(c); //Start Game Now.. // i = new Intent(this, QuestionActivity.class); startActivityForResult(i, Constants.PLAYBUTTON); break; case R.id.rulesBtn : i = new Intent(this, RulesActivity.class); startActivityForResult(i, Constants.RULESBUTTON); break; case R.id.settingsBtn : i = new Intent(this, SettingsActivity.class); startActivityForResult(i, Constants.SETTINGSBUTTON); break; case R.id.exitBtn : finish(); break; } }
As you can see, we have one single method that handles any button press, and we manage this with a switch statement checking the id of the view (we will go into this later). Mostly, the cases are simple, "exit" finishes the application whilst "rules" and "settings" have code like this:
i = new Intent(this, RulesActivity.class); startActivityForResult(i, Constants.RULESBUTTON);
Intents are objects in Android that are used to communicate between activities, and as you can probably spot from the above, this simply creates a new Intent and then uses it to start another Activity class, in this case, our RulesActivity class.
The "Play" case is slightly more complicated – as this needs to initialise the game and load the questions to be used from the DB. Once it has done this, it loads the information in to our "Application" class (we will cover this later also) and then just kicks of the QuestionsActivity with a new Intent as per above.
So that is our welcome page pretty much done, we have a single screen that has a few buttons and we have setup listeners to perform appropriate actions on pressing them. The only remaining issue is the layout of the screen.
Activity Design
In the onCreate() method of our Activity you will notice the second line is
This call tells Android which layout xml file should be used to configure the design – to find the relevant file is quite intuitive, its simply going to be located at /layout/welcome.xml
There are several layouts available to use, each of which are applicable in different circumstances, but as we are just going to have a straight list of buttons, we will use the simple "LinearLayout". You can nest layouts, as you will see in this example, but lets walk through some of the config options we are using for our layout:
android:orientation="vertical" – This defines our layout as vertical, so new elements will be added on a new row below (if it were horizontal it would add as a new column)
android:layout_width="fill_parent" – this tells the activity to fill the whole width of the screen with the contents
android:layout_height="fill_parent" – this tells the activity to fill the whole width of the screen with the contents
android:gravity="center_horizontal" – this centers all elements that are contained in this layout
android:background="@drawable/background – this defines a background image to use for the activity (this image should exist at /drawable/background.png)
Now, if we look inside the layout you will see some simple components. The first one being a simple ImageView, which points to an image that we want to use as a header. The following elements are the buttons – you will notice that the ID of each button corresponds to the onCreate() method of our Activity where we inflate the button to set the onClickListener.
If you press the "Graphical Layout" tab in eclipse, you will see what the welcome screen will look like.
Ok, so we have our welcome Activty, we have designed a nice UI to control the app and have an onClick handler - the next part will cover intergrating with the DB to pull out the questions and then we are all there!
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Canyonlands National Park is 50 years old this year and a series of celebrations are planned to mark the occasion. The Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks presented their plans for the celebration at the August 11 meeting of the San Juan County Commission.
The main celebration events will occur from Thursday to Saturday, September 11 to 13. The Thursday and Saturday events take place in Moab, and will include a historic film festival on Thursday and a picnic on Saturday.
The Friday celebration will take place in the Needles district, running from 3 until 8 p.m.
Douglas Brinkley, a history professor from Rice University, is the featured speaker that evening. Additionally, the Utah State University cultural performers will perform a Native American dance. A free "cowboy" dinner will be provided as well.
Commissioner Bruce Adams, who will give the invocation at the September 12 celebration, said, "This is a great celebration."
Adams mentioned that he hopes Angel Arch, the rock formation that inspired Senators to designate the national park, will one day be more accessible than it is today.
In other matters at the August 11 Commission meeting, county wildfire management was addressed. Plans were presented to purchase a SIMtable, a technology that maps areas, such as the Abajo mountains, to simulate and predict what a fire will do.
Commissioners plan to buy the $29,000 table using Secure Rural School (SRS) grant funds. They plan to hear a presentation on the table in a future meeting.
Additionally, Monticello Assistant City Manager Oliver Crane presented an idea to provide cabins for rock climbers in Indian Creek Canyon.
The climber's village would provide low-cost short-term lodging for climbers visiting the canyon. American Alpine Club would mange the cabins, and receive half of the profits. The rest of the money would go towards grants for small businesses in San Juan County.
While the project is still in its formative stages, Crane said he is excited about the opportunity it will provide for local growth.


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Have you seen the breastfeeding baby doll? It's a doll that makes little suckling noises and movements with its mouth when you hold it up to your breast -- or more accurately when you hold it up to the specially made halter top you wear when you play with the doll.
If you watch the video, you'll see it's not as weird and creepy as it sounds. Breastfeeding advocates and child experts love the doll. So why isn't it flying off the shelves? So far only 5,000 have sold in the U.S. since it was introduced about a year ago.
Actually, there's something about this doll that turns shoppers off more than breastfeeding.
Hello, the Breast Milk Baby retails for $89! That's a lot of money for a doll for your toddler or preschooler. I mean, once you see the doll in action, it's not really that scandalous. After all, how many of us have seen kids pretend to breastfeed their baby dolls anyway?
More from The Stir: 5 Toddler Breastfeeding Myths That Drive Me Insane!
But your child can pretend to breastfeed a doll for five bucks and a little imagination. Know what I mean? And we're talking about a toy that pretty much does one thing only (oh, I guess it burps, too). It's too much money for a gimmick. Oh sure, a worthy and educational gimmick. But still, a gimmick. Plus that sucking sounds totally robotic and unnatural.
Anyway, pro-breastfeeding, natural-minded parents who are willing to spend more money on toys for their young children have something very different in mind. They're looking for soft, organic materials that leave more to their kids' imagination. Not electronic toys that do all the imagining for them. So really, I'm not surprised this doll isn't a hit. There are cheaper, lower-tech ways to teach a child breastfeeding appreciation.
Would you buy the Breast Milk Baby if you could?
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Oilers 3, Blues 4 – Game 40 – 2012-01-05 @ 6:00 PM MST – SNET OILERS
The Oilers tackle their 3rd game in a span of 4 days tonight at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. It's been a rough road trip for the team winning only 1 of 5 thus far, but with 2 games left they can still salvage it. They'll be in tough against the Blues though who have responded well to the bench boss hiring of Ken Hitchcock.
The Oilers have looked much improved the last few games, but took a big hit with the loss of the Nuge for
an undetermined amount of time 3-4 weeks with a left shoulder injury. Gilbert also got a rough ride from Carcillo, but being the tough bastard that he is, he took the morning skate but left early. He's listed as day to day and will sit out for tonight's game.
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Earl Anthony's Dublin Bowl
Bowlers of the Week: Bob Young of the Dublin Majors was one strike from perfect for a 299 game and 779 set.
K5 Signs & Graphics/First Choice Construction Monday Madness: RC Salas was high for the week with a 944 set. Other good sets were rolled by: William Thomas, 891; Jeff Teo, 859; Brian Walker, 858 and Brent Moffitt, 853.
Black Oak Trios sponsored by Pacific Coast Termite: High for the week goes to Kenneth Di Battista with a 747 set. Kenneth was followed by: Ron Pallan, 720; Christopher Williams, 717; Dave Houck, 694 and Ron Bowman, 683.
High for the men was Brett Denels of the Dublin Majors with a 729 set. Other good scores were bowled by: Rick Jackson, (Wednesday Wonders) 713; Othell Robinson, (Chevron) 697; Russell Engstrom, (Leprechauns) 691 and Jon Tyner, (Chevron) 690.
High for the ladies was Lindsay Cadile of the Melting Pot with a 663 set. Lindsay was followed by: Judy Foley, (Trailriders) 615; Cathy Manchester, (Monday Night Trip) 613; Tina Ingram, (Trailriders) 612 and Jamie Edgerton, (Dublin Majors) 599.
Seniors Bowlers: David Packer of Earl's Pearls led the seniors with a 670 set. Other good sets were rolled by: Rob Filgo, (Earl's Pearls) and Don Taylor Sr. (Seniors & VIP)'s) 620 each; Bev Carroll, (Seniors & VIP's) 524 and Ann Liu, (Seniors & VIP's) 490.
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I found one of my ancestors in the 1881 Canadian census on http://www.familysearch.org/ – What do I do now?
FamilySearch.org is a terrific free site – with helpful indexes like the 1881 Canadian census index.
You may see the original census page at a website put up by the The Library & Archives of Canada. It has the 1881 (and other) census records online – free.
New Brunswick Vital Records are online – free.
I copied out the index citations for Ella's brother Charles and sisters: Agnes and Elizabeth.
But, now look carefully at these records. In the census – the mother's name is: Mary and in these vital records it is given as Annie Stewart.
So, you need to determine – if these records are for the same family or not.
Questions you might ask:
1. Are Annie & Mary the same person?
Perhaps one name is her first name and the other her middle name OR perhaps Annie died and Stephen remarried a person named Mary before the 1881 census was taken.
2. Are these two different families with similar names?
The oldest child listed in the census – William – was born in 1862. So you want to search the Church registers from 1850 on to check for the parent's marriage record and the records for each of the children.
Like the birth records from the New Brunswick Archives – the Church records should give the mother's maiden name.
Notice too – that Stephen Jackson was born in England – in 1881 he gave his age as 45 – that would make his birth year as approximately 1836. Let's hope that he rounded his age – since British birth, marriage and death records were started on July 1, 1837.
3. Your next critical question is: When did they leave Canada and emigrate to the United States? If they are in the US by 1900 – you will want to look for them in the 1900 Census.
If they are still in Canada in 1901 – then you want to search for them in the 1901 Census.
You may use the 1900 Census – free at FamilySearchLabs
You may search the 1901 Canadian Census at the Library & Archives of Canada.


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"Everyone was just ecstatic about Dale Brown's presentation to us in Hawaii. It is one of the finest hours I can remember at any convention I have attended. One of the measures of a speaker that I always use is how well they relate to the group—not from the stage, but on a one-on-one small group basis, before and after the official presentation.
"Dale Brown's presentation at the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum Conference in New Orleans was the best motivational speech that I have ever heard. The fact that he received a standing ovation from a group of governmental auditors—who can be a tough sell—was an outstanding tribute to the message he delivered."
-Charles L. Culkin, Exec. Director Advancing Government Accountability
"He is, without doubt, one of the most inspirational speakers and motivators that I have heard or been around."
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Credits: 3
Course Areas: Intellectual Property and Information Law
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Course Outline: A study of licensing in the following types of licenses: patent, copyright, trademark, know-how, and digital information.
Course Syllabus: See link below:
Course Notes: All students are on call the first week.
Prerequisites: Yes IP Survey, Patent Law, or Copyright Law, or instructor permission
First Day Assignments: The first day assignments are posted on the course syllabus link.
Final Exam Schedule: 05/06 9am-Noon 111 TU2
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14 regular (there is a downed treefence from the storm last night - not sure if it's able to be salvaged)
Depends what LSPR decides to do (the main root is still firmly in the ground, so it shouldn't die)...so unless they decide to cut it out, it'll continue to grrow while laying on the ground....does maker the righty hyzer line a wee bit more difficult.
I think we have some real options for new pin placements on the holes with only one pin location. #9 left and long. Maybe plant a small cedar guardian tree? Still have to avoid the trees halfway down.#10 beyond creek. Let's make it I reachable shall we? #12 LEFT. By far the best option.#14 tucked left in trees or even on far side of creek. Far side of creek would be a sloped hill pin with potential to be wet on a runaway (if it were ever full of water)#16 left behind large tree and cedar. Hyzer route for both righty and lefty.Granted, LS parks and rec would have to approve. But we have option. Honestly there should be two if not three courses here as is...


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Szczeszak-Brewer Talks on Female Professors' Challenges• October 7, 2010 Share:
Assistant Professor of English Agata Szczeszak-Brewer delivered Thursday's Chapel Talk, 'The Elephant in the Room.' Her talk focused on the challenges of a female professor at an all-male college.
"I am the elephant in the room," Szczeszak-Brewer told the students, faculty, and staff. "Being a young female professor from Poland is not easy at Wabash."
The English professor suggested there are some students, not all, who make female professors feel unwelcome. "But let me be clear, I like Wabash," she assured.
She went on to cite national studies showing the trend is similar across the nation, not just Wabash. She talked about the portraits of former Wabash presidents hanging in the Chapel. "Isn't it exactly how you imagined your college professor," she asked. "I'm complicit. It's exactly how I imagined my college professors – middle-aged, white men wearing wedding rings."
The research she cited suggested students often judged their professors based on gender. Szczeszak-Brewer referred to cultural portrayals and how they differ when a man or a woman is the college professor. "Women are often cast as the nurturing mother types or as a sex object," she said.
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Centre for Vocational Studies Details
B. Voc. (Arts & Crafts) The establishment of a Centre for Arts and Crafts, wherein talented artisans and craftsmen would impart their knowledge to the students, is one method of preserving as well as further developing the traditional crafts. The proposed 3-year B. Voc. (Arts and Crafts) shall provide unique opportunities of learning and acquiring multiple skills so as to make young students (10+2) admitted to the programme capable to innovate designs and marketable products. The students will have opportunities to learn in classrooms, arts / crafts workshops and at the studio of master craftsman/woman. Business Environments, contemporary marketing practices and business strategies shall facilitate the students to develop themselves as competent professionals in chosen field(s) of arts and crafts. The arts and crafts by now have acquired the status of business, one that has created rooms for a quite variety of careers. A large range of arts/ design-related jobs and career opportunities is available in a wide array of industry. It is also an area of possibilities of viable self-employment and a decent livelihood. As with most contemporary artists, he or she anticipates creating not only functional but aesthetically unique products. The students would be awarded Diploma Certificate if they leave after one year; Advanced Diploma if they leave after completion of 2 years of study, and B. Voc. Degree after successful completion of 3 years. Eligibility: 10+2 level or its equivalent, from any stream, without any minimum marks.
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Tartan Racing Wins $2M DARPA Urban Challenge
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Hi Alasdair,ReplyDelete
Thanks for posting in support of DNA testing!
As host of the ELDER Surname project,I have been
researching ELDER names in Scotland.
My notes for ELDER in Sutherland and North Scotland
John ELDER, b. Caithness in 1500's, contributed
to MERCATOR ATLAS of EUROPE, according to online
Also Google Books
"Pre-reformation Scholars in Scotland
in the XVIth Century," p. 54-55.
"John ELDER...became tutor of the young Lord Darnley"....
Always hoping to find our ELDER origins in Scotland.
--Nancy Elder Petersen
Vancouver, Washington State USA
ELDER DNA project
Dear BillReplyDelete
Many thanks for your warm welcome to the Geneabloggers family! It has been a sad week as my father passed away on Monday. He was piped in and out of the service, and at the reception after the funeral the wider family were able to share many happy memories together. He was a family man first and foremost.
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Yes, Virginia, Women Really Are Catty with Each Other
Well here's a whopping non-surprise: a new study reveals women aren't always very nice to one other, primarily when other women are attractive.
Women recruited for a phony study by University of Ottowa professor Tracy Vaillancourt were interrupted by another woman walking into the room during the session — and that's when the real research began.
When the intruder was conservatively dressed, the ladies didn't have much reaction to her. But when the same woman appeared in a tight top and a miniskirt, the claws came out. In the latter situation, the women were more likely to roll their eyes at her, stare her up and down, and show anger while she was there. And after she left, the other women "laughed at her, ridiculed her appearance, and/or suggested that she was sexually available."
Those same ladies "did not want the woman in the tight shirt and short skirt to be introduced to their boyfriend, did not want him to spend time alone with her, and did not want him to be friends with her."
The lone exception? If the so-called trampy woman was overweight, the other women didn't feel threatened by her regardless of how she was dressed.
Vaillancourt conducted the study to disprove the "positive stereotyping" of women that says they're more nurturing, more communicative, more likely to rule by consensus.
"I was convinced, having lived life as a woman, that we're not as pleasant as some people make us out to be," she said, adding the behavior seen between women on reality shows like 'The Bachelor' is not simply the result of creative editing but "a reality in our schools and workplaces."
Maybe the lyrics to that old Helen Reddy song should've been, "I am woman, hear me hiss."
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Alexandria, Va — Karen White, the chief of sports, fitness and aquatics for the Army's Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation headquarters in Alexandria, VA, recently left her post for what she calls a "new challenge" in Fort Bragg, NC. White now serves as the base's athletic director and oversees the complex's more than 20 fitness and athletic facilities.
White took the Fort Bragg position to get back to the installation level where she could work with soldiers directly.
"At the headquarters level, you know you're doing good things, but you can't always see the direct benefit of what you're doing," she says. "People need to rotate out of that headquarters position and really see what's going on. I loved what I did, the policy and overarching reach, but it was time for a change."
With 11 fitness facilities, eight pools and countless outdoor athletic facilities, Fort Bragg is one of the Army's largest bases when it comes to fitness and aquatics. White is looking to expand the complex's programming, build some new facilities and expand Fort Bragg's work with wounded warriors.
"I knew [the position at Fort Bragg] would be a strong enough challenge to keep me happy," she says.
During her tenure as chief of sports, fitness and aquatics for the Army, White helped the Army standardize the design of all future fitness centers. She also standardized purchases and all Army fitness job descriptions, brought fitness training directly to the bases (rather than at industry shows or Army meetings), helped supply deployed units with fitness kits that include a waterproof booklet of exercises and a resistance band, and outfitted numerous bases with automated external defibrillators and trained staff members at those bases on how to use the devices.
Janet MacKinnon is currently serving as the interim chief of sports, fitness and aquatics at Army headquarters. MacKinnon was formerly the Army's fitness and aquatics program manager at U.S. Army Installation Management Command.


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Startups May See Boost From New 'Crowdfunding' Rules
WSJ's Andrew Ackerman explains how startups could potentially benefit from new "crowdfunding" rules that were cleared by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Photo: Kickstarter.
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MXI To Present Black History Program Tonightby Gary James '10 • February 26, 2008 Share:
The Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies will present its annual Black History Program Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 8PM in Salter Hall in honor of black history month.
The program will focus on "Silent Assassins" in Black History: those figures that have had profound historical impacts but are not as well-known as Dr. Martin Luther King or Malcolm X. The presentations are separated into five categories: Wabash History; Entertainment; Politics; Sports; and Education. Historical figures include Wabash professor Peter Frederick, novelist James Baldwin, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.
Derrin Slack, Deonte Singefield, and other active members of the MXI have also organized a skit and musical performances for the night.
The Black History Program will be presented by the Malcolm X Institute's new associate class under the direction of Associate Chair and sophomore Charles Goodman, Lambda Chi Alpha.
"I believe people should come out to this year's Black History Program because this year's theme is the Silent Assassins of Black History," Goodman said. "We are trying to focus on individuals who may not necessarily be well known in the general eye of the public but have made just as big of an impact in black history. The program will be very informative and should be very enjoyable at the same time."