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Chamber eyes merger with Mammoth Lakes Tourism
First-ever partnership would begin July 1
The Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce would be absorbed by Mammoth Lakes Tourism under a plan that both entities approved this past week.
The merger, unprecedented in Mammoth, would result in the creation of a $75,000-a-year chamber executive who would report directly to MLT's director, John Urdi.
Funds for the new position, Urdi said, would come from business license tax money.
"I talked to [Town Manager] Marianna Marysheva-Martinez and suggested we would move forward and absorb the commitment from the town, which is only about $18,000 at this time.
"The plan right now is not to use Measure A money or even the [projected] Tourism Business Incentive District money, but to use the business license tax money, which is about $260,000 a year.
"We'd use that money to fund the position and create a working budget."
Urdi, along with the board of the Chamber of Commerce and the Mammoth Lakes Tourism Board, hammered out the tentative details at a meeting on Wednesday, May 8.
"This is really about protecting the guest experience," Urdi said.
"I want to make sure that if we're spending $3.5 million to bring people here, that we're basically protecting our investment to make sure we have a strong chamber.
"We want to make sure that the businesses are as happy as they can be, and as trained as they can be so that those people have a great experience.
"I see this as vertical integration. We have the destination wing, which gets people here, and this would become the local wing, which really is the piece that makes or breaks the experience."
Currently, the chamber is run by a board of directors, headed by executive director Jack Copeland, a former executive at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. It employs one person and has no storefront-type headquarters.
That would all change with a merger, said Urdi, who has worked with various chambers of commerce previous to his arrival in Mammoth nearly three years ago.
"I've been a part of some very strong chambers in the country, from the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber in New Hampshire to the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce in Wyoming. I've also been part of some weak chambers, like the Teton Valley Chamber in Idaho.
"It's interesting," Urdi said, "because you look at the people who are running these different organizations, and there are some really smart people out there who know what member-to-member benefits make sense.
"For example, one of the things that I've always seen at some of the other chambers is having joint bulk benefits of health care. That's about being able to go to Blue Cross and say, 'Listen, I have a group of a hundred companies that we can point in your direction, but we need a 20 percent discount.'
"A 20 percent discount for me, here, would be phenomenal. If I could save $600 a month on health insurance for my employees, that's a huge benefit.
"So being able to seek out those kinds of benefits and what they need and what would help them really brings a lot to the table.
"That takes resources, and it takes a little bit of background of how to go through those processes."
But the real benefactor of such a merger, Urdi said, would be the individual guest.
"There is a tremendous amount of research we'll be doing as to really figuring out why people come to visit, and why they love this place, and why they might not come back to the place.
"Are we missing the amenities? Are we missing the service? Are we not offering the true value that people feel they should be getting for their dollars?
"The first step is the research, and the second step is the training. The biggest thing we want to do is not just do the same-old-same-old training, where we invite people to a big conference room and put out some donuts and coffee and then we have somebody stand up in front of them and say 'Be nice to your guests.'
"That just isn't working."
Rather, Urdi said he and the current chamber board envision a much grander scheme.
"What I'm looking at is the possibility of having a consultant who we can have basically available as needed.
"We really need someone to help people figure out their systems. That's a chamber function, not necessarily an MLT function. Jack Copeland of the Chamber of Commerce and I have had that conversation. Brent Truax, the past president of the chamber, have had that conversation.
"Combining our resources, obviously, we've got a staff that can assist; we have funding available to really give the chamber the funding it needs to move things forward.
"Right now the chamber struggles with being unable to move forward because it does not have those resources, whether it's in the funding or even the staffing.
Urdi said he, Truax (the general manager of the Westin Monache Resort) and Copeland would form a search team for an executive director with chamber experience.
This person would know what a successful chamber looks like, what sorts of seminars the chamber puts together, what sorts of events a chamber should be involved in, what member benefits should look like, and so on.
"MLT's mission is to bring people to town, and the chamber's mission is really to make sure that the businesses are equipped and partnering together to make sure those people have the best experience possible," Urdi said.


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Tamburri to Pittsburgh
Not so long ago, the Pittsburgh Symphony faced an apparent leadership vacuum. With the departure of Executive Director Gideon Toeplitz and the approaching final season of Music Director Mariss Jansons, published assessments of the PSO's future were uncertain at best. A persistent deficit only added to the concerns.
What a difference a few months can make. First came significant fund-raising success. Leading by example, the PSO's musicians pledged $1,000 each to the orchestra and challenged subscribers who had not donated in the past to match their gift. In August, the orchestra announced that the effort had turned 718 subscribers into first-time donors, surpassing the musicians' challenge. An additional 618 audience members took the musicians' cue and renewed or increased their gifts.
Then came a successful European tour; and in September, the appointment of a native son, Lawrence Tamburri, as the PSO's new president, managing director, and CEO. As president of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 1991, Tamburri oversaw a period of significant growth, culminating in the purchase of a collection of 30 prized Stradivarius and Guarnerius string instruments for the use of NJSO members.
During Tamburri's tenure, the NJSO became nationally renowned for its joint efforts among musicians, staff, and board--an inclusive atmosphere that Tamburri clearly expects to cultivate at the PSO. "I see it as a collaborative environment," he said in a statement. "Together we will work to uphold the artistic excellence that defines the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, while creating a stable sustained financial base that will allow this great orchestra to continue to please audiences in Pittsburgh and around the world." Added out-going board president Thomas Todd, "It's an excellent match and the future of the Pittsburgh Symphony looks much brighter with him taking the leadership position."

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Let me be clear here: I loves me some Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Whether he's smacking down end-of-the-world predictions, or calling out James Cameron for putting the wrong sky in Titanic, or just letting Jon Stewart know that the latest private enterprise spacefaring scheme is no bullshit, the guy has a lot of charm, and has done a lot for science popularization.
It's no surprise that Neil is often assumed to be an atheist. He speaks forcefully against teaching the Bible in classrooms, and mixing science with religion in general. He doesn't seem to accept any traditional meanings of being a religious person. And of course, he's just an incredibly cool guy, so who wouldn't want to claim him in their movement?
Like a lot of people who choose to distance themselves from the atheist movement, Neil in this video focuses a lot on quibbling over the meaning of words. "The only 'ist' I am is a scientist. I don't associate with a movements." That, to me, seems like an oddly broad denouncement not only of atheism, but of a lot of valid and worthwhile movements in general. Let me just run through a list of "ists" that I personally would be proud to identify with: Atheist. Progressivist. Computer scientist. Feminist. Noncomformist. Vocalist. Egotist. Abolitionist. Intellectualist. Satirist. Capitalist. Realist. Humanist. Technologist.
You could say I'm playing word games here, but to me it seems kind of oddly nihilistic of Neil (there's another one!) to denounce not only atheism as a movement, but movements in general somehow. Just because I identify with these things doesn't mean that I am forced to accept all the baggage that people assume (often wrongly) must go with them. Maybe words like these are a shorthand way of encapsulating a complex set of concepts, but you could say that about language in general, after all. Having claimed that I am any one of these things, I have conveyed a significant amount of useful information; and if there are additional nuances that are not captured by the words, then I'm free to explain them in more detail afterwards.
Anyway, Neil states that he's an agnostic. Which is fine. I personally tend to identify as "atheist" anyone who does not positively apply a belief in any gods, and to be frank, that seems to fit Neil notwithstanding his other concerns about the word. He describes himself as "someone who doesn't know, but hasn't really seen evidence for it, but is prepared to embrace the evidence if it's there, but if it's not, won't be forced to have to think something that is not otherwise supported." You know, that's my position precisely. And I'm an atheist. But Neil isn't the only person I've encountered who is uncomfortable with the label, and there are competing definitions of "atheist" in play anyway, so it's a point that I don't waste a lot of time arguing over, generally.
That aside, here's what bothers me about this video. Neil not only doesn't want to be called an atheist — which is fine — but he went out of his way to make a video complaining about atheism. A lot of this video, in fact, is ridiculing the idea that the word atheism even exists. "Is there a word for non-golf players?" Neil asks. "Do non-golf players gather and strategize? Do non-skiers have a word, and come together, and talk about the fact that they don't ski? I can't do that!"
The atheist movement often gets compared to the gay rights movement, and I think there is a lot of validity to the comparison. Both atheists and homosexuals are minority groups who are often subjected to unreasonable prejudice. Unlike being a racial minority, both atheism and homosexuality are traits which do not outwardly manifest themselves, and can only be identified if the person who experiences them chooses to claim them. You can't be a closeted black person; you can be a closeted atheist.
I'm not gay. I am, however, totally supportive of gay rights. I might make a video where I mentioned in passing "By the way, I am straight." In fact, I'm sure that there are many places in the TV archives where I have said something like that. But — and this gets to the heart of why this video bothers me — I would never make a video saying "I am straight, and here's why I am straight. There are all kinds of problems with being gay, I don't like the word gay, I don't like the fact that there is a gay movement," and so forth. I don't feel like I need to justify being straight, it's just a basic fact that I am a man who likes women. To say those kinds of things in a video seems like it would alienate gay friends and fans for no good reason.
Neil clearly has lots of atheist supporters; we like science, we like nerdy enthusiasm, and we like the guy. I don't expect Neil to claim the label, and I think it's fine that he is direct enough to clarify where he stands on matters like this. I just think it's not too much to ask that while he's disavowing the label, there's no need to belittle a movement full of people who largely share his same goals.


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Annals of Information Systems, Special Issue on Data Mining for Social Network Data: Jim Danowski
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Globalization and Culture: Andrew Rojecki
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Sabbatical Leave: Kevin Barnhurst
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Intercultural Communication Association: Nan Ke and Hui-Ching Chang
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CNN.com: Andrew Rojecki
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Journalism Theory, Practice and Criticism: Sharon Meraz
Sharon Meraz just got an article accepted for publication in Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism.
2009 Special Issue of Annuals of Information Science on Data Mining for Social Network Data: Jim Danowski
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International Network for Social network Analysts: Jim Danowski
Jim Danowski's paper was accepted for the International Network for Social Network Analysts in San Diego.
The New York Times: Andrew Rojecki
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Fox Chicago News: Andrew Rojecki
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Steven Jones
Steven Jones received a grant from the Center Disease Control and Prevention.
Associated Press: Steve Jones
Steve Jones was quoted in an Associated Press article.
University of Michigan Mark Foote Award: Debra Burns Melican
Debra Burns Melican received the U of Michigan Mark Foote Award for best dissertation!
Oxford Handbook on Religion and the News: Andrew Rojecki
Andrew Rojecki's work will be featured in Oxford Handbook on Religion and the News.
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Jim Danowski has been invited to speak to the Networks and Network Analysis for the Humanities NEH funded workshop, August ...
Chair Professorship of Xiamen University Scholars: Hui-Ching Chang
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The International Journal of Press/Politics: Sharon Meraz
The International Journal of Press/Politics just accepted Sharon Meraz's book review.
WISHFIT Grant: Andrew Rojecki
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Journalism Studies: Kevin Barnhurst
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The Duality of Structure in China's Television Market: A Network Analysis of Audience Flow
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Honors College Associate Dean: Hui-Ching Chang
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Los Angeles Daily News: Andrew Rojecki
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With the federal government making clear last week that no new Medicaid money is coming Florida's way, legislators say it's important they re-evaluate a new funding model that safety-net hospitals say will cost them hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
"Tiering" is set to take effect in July unless the law is changed before session ends May 2. It requires counties that use local dollars to draw down more federal money for hospitals to begin sharing that money statewide.
Lawmakers in charge of crafting the budget say changes to the new funding model, or at least a delay, will be at the top of their healthcare agenda when negotiations begin next week.
"I do believe that there's probably enough uncertainty that we could leave it alone the way it is this year," said Rep. Matt Hudson, R-Naples, the House's healthcare budget chief.
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The state had hoped that more Medicaid funding from the federal government might mute the impact of tiering. In its November application to renew the Medicaid managed care program, Florida also requested an expansion of its $1 billion "Low Income Pool" (LIP) program.
Under that proposal, the money that helps provide health services to poor and uninsured Floridians would be combined with other Medicaid funding programs and increased to $4.5 billion annually.
That is off the table, for now.
Instead, the federal government told Florida on Friday the status quo would remain in place for another year. The letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined a one-year extension of the LIP fund and two other supplemental programs that together total about $2.2 billion.
That same letter also authorized a three-year continuation of the state's privatization of Medicaid through managed care.
The federal government is also requiring the state to study its Medicaid financing system and find ways to increase transparency and ensure the money is going where it is needed. That report is due March 1, 2015.
A continuation of the current Medicaid funding model mutes the impact of "tiering" somewhat, but safety net hospitals are still asking the Legislature for a fix.
Jackson Health System was bracing for a $140 million hit as a result of the new law. Hospital administrators revised that estimate down to $85 million in light of Friday's news.
But they anticipate an additional $35 million loss because Jackson's Medicaid reimbursement rates would be higher than other hospitals, meaning managed care companies will likely send their patients elsewhere.
"The situation is still dire," CEO Carlos Migoya said. "Every year is another hurricane — and they are all category fives."
Migoya said he had made the case to Miami-Dade lawmakers and the powerful budget chairs, and planned to fight through the end of session.
"The appropriations chairs are very aware of the impact of tiering and trying to help us out in every way they can," Migoya said.
Meanwhile, Democrats continue to tie the state's hospital funding issues to the lack of Medicaid expansion, which correlates with a loss of $51 billion in federal money.
"The need for the additional federal dollars through an extension of the LIP program that was announced on Friday is more pronounced than ever given the ill-considered refusal by Gov. Rick Scott and Republican legislative leaders to expand Medicaid to one million low-income Floridians," Rep. Mia Jones, D-Jacksonville, said in a statement Monday.
During the months since Florida first submitted its request to revamp and expand the LIP program, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, have remained in contact with federal officials about the issue.
Both say politics and Florida's opposition to Medicaid expansion impacted the feds' decision to keep the status quo for another year.
"The one-year limit is designed to keep an incentive for Florida to expand Medicaid," Nelson spokesman Dan McLaughlin said via email. "CMS is not going to continue providing Medicaid supplements to states that won't expand the program."
Florida's healthcare system is in transition with the continued rollout of managed care, uncertainty around tiering and concern about how LIP dollars are being used, Castor said. The state's refusal to accept Medicaid expansion dollars sends a bad message on top of that, she said.
"That's our money now that's stuck up in Washington, money that people have paid already," Castor said. "That's caused a lot of consternation and a lot of concern."
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In today's world, it is very difficult to predict the devices on which your web pages will be ultimately viewed. That's why it doesn't make much sense to tailor fit your website to the dimensions of a single device. To understand the most likely device on which your web pages are going to be viewed, you must do your research well. Your research will save you time when prioritizing the design for your website and the benefits you will get from it.
This article, Best Screen Resolution to Design Websites, http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/best-screen-size/ provides an insight into popular screen dimensions for 2014 and previous years.
After you have an idea about the device that you will be primarily designing for, you can start designing in those dimensions while allowing your design to load/transform gracefully on devices with other dimensions. This approach is known as Responsive Design.
Examples of responsive websites:
To check if a website is responsive, drag the handles of your browser window to see if the web page inside morphs itself to fit the new dimensions of the browser window.
Responsive design uses a single website with multiple CSS files. The media query information in the CSS file specifies the dimensions of the display device for which it should be used. This media query in the CSS file tells the browser, "Hello browser, use this CSS file if your display area is N pixels".
<link rel="stylesheet" media="(max-width: 800px)" href="example.css" />
CSS files combined with media query helps you create a single website that caters to display devices with different dimensions.
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Accidentally noticed this photo of injury from race board on web and it reminded me about this discussion. Of course everything is relative and perhaps such injury can't be considered as very harmful but still i didn't want to have such. So I better choose twintip kiteboard where risk to get one is much lower.tautologies wrote:A cut between his fingers? How is that a serious injury?bayron wrote:
The wind stopped guy lost his board and it turned upside down. When he swam back and tried to put board in right position sudden gust pulled his kite and he got very deep cut between 2 fingers with one of fins.
Would you advise people against surfboards because people have lost an eye or gotten cuts from the fins on those?


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I have done a hatchet job on Lightning's hosts package (1.7) to add the ability to add/remove/view "includes" to the control panel.
In the same way you can add "excludes" but for sites you want to "ban" and will survive an update.
It creates a hosts.include file and copies it into the hosts file after dns.cfg and before hosts.dnld
I will not attempt to make a pkg ( I had enough trouble tar-ing the files )
The tar is here http://gorillaville.dyndns.org/Host_Includes.tar
You will need to manually put the files in the right places (and backup your original rc_hosts file - this is the only file changed - the rest go in Addons/Hosts).
PS. This may or may not work as advertised, I just made it work on my system and there is NO WARRANTY, express or implied


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Recently, and before, we have been dealing with more and more members asking for codes that can't be done, games that are prohibited, and are just generally ignorant of the Rules and how things work. Or just don't care.
Another issue is the rude and derogatory remarks we are getting directed at us or our product, along with being impatient. We take these in stride as we understand that everyone has an opinion, and they aren't always positive, so we try to help as best as we can to change; and we also get that you are playing a game right then and there, and want the code, that you want what you paid for.
Unfortunately, we cannot do everything our Community wants of us. We update ASAP with new games and codes, we are cordial and informative, even when you aren't, and direct you to where you can get assistance.
When you are rude to us, we may reciprocate. "Treat others how you want to be treated." Words to live by IRL and Online. We will be the nicest and most polite people you will ever meet, as long as you are the same to us. We don't like having to issue Warning and Ban our members, but when there is no other option, we do what we must.
What I am trying to get at is this:
- Be polite to us and others.
- If you don't, we may not be so nice back, so much, in fact, that we may issue a Warning, then a Ban if you keep it up.
- Try to be as informative as possible when requesting help, codes, or anything else.
- If you don't we can't help you to the best of our ability.
- Follow the Rules! That is a big one.
- If you choose not to follow this, then you will be either warned verbally or an Official Warning. Whichever Staff Member takes care of the issue has the choice of what action to take.
- If you repeatedly fail to listen, then you will be Banned. Maybe Temporarily, maybe Permanently. It depends on the situation, and the Staff Member.
- Please read the Topics you are posting in, your questions may already be answered. Also, use the Search Function, there is a lot of information available.
- If you do not, we may not respond in a timely manner. There is a lot of work to be done, and when the information is there, but you are too lazy to read, that is not our problem.
We strive to have someone on the Forum's at all time to assist you, I am usually around during the day, whereas PikaFiend, our newest Moderator, is usually around at night. Gaarasaiyan pops in time-to-time as well, so we usually have people around to help.
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We're looking for an outcome that is professional, clean, and can be used on a few different mediums (web, print).
Small and Medium sized business. They like solid, reliable companies to deal with.
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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has a collective thick skin, and tends to ignore journalistic sloppiness or sensationalism. But it was a bit too much, even for the cool-headed diplomats in the Apostolic Palace, to see headlines like "Pope Benedict avoids meeting with Iran's President Ahmadinejad."
That was the spin some media put on the fact that Pope Benedict XVI was not holding a private audience with Ahmadinejad or other heads of state who are in Rome this week for a global food summit. A papal encounter with Ahmadinejad, high-level Vatican sources told me today, was never in the works. The reason was that too many of the world leaders attending the food summit were asking for a papal meeting, and in such cases the pope politely declines them all.
That's not new — it's been the Vatican's policy for the last three years to avoid these kind of revolving-door VIP papal encounters during international conferences. But the story line in much of the mainstream media (unfortunately picked up by some Catholic outlets) was that the pope was so desperate to avoid hosting Ahmadinejad that he canceled meetings with everyone.
"I'm really annoyed at these journalists. Where do they come up with this?" one usually imperturbable Vatican source told me today. He emphasized that the Vatican's general policy of "meeting with everyone" has not changed, and that the issues here were strictly practical.
The Vatican Press Office also issued a statement today, lamenting the "journalistic inferences that have been circulating" and reiterating that the pope was not meeting with the heads of state or heads of government simply because there were too many requests. It said the Vatican had written to each one, explaining the policy and offering the prospect of a papal meeting on a future occasion.


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ConsiGma™, the innovative continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing system by GEA Pharma Systems, can be operated as continuous production system in an existing batch operation, but can also be integrated into a truly continuous oral solid dosage production line. To complete the continuous process line, GEA Pharma Systems integrates ConsiGma™ with the GEA Pharma Systems continuous blender for premixing the raw materials and the Courtoy MODUL™ P rotary tablet press. An advanced control system and online measurement tools enable real time release of the product thereby achieving the full potential of a continuous production line.
New Equipment Installed at GEA Pharma Systems Test and Development Center
To support this "continuously initiative," GEA offers world-class process development services using the ConsiGma™-1 pilot-scale high shear granulator/dryer, pilot-scale mill and blender, and MODUL™ P tablet press. Using statistical software for design of experiments and advanced powder analysis, critical-to-quality attributes are identified, measured, and tracked through each unit operation to develop a full understanding of the design space, such that when the unit operations are run continuously, the control system can adjust the process to obtain the desired final product properties (tablet harness, dissolution, etc.). Due to the reduced amounts of time and material required to produce these experiments, a full design package can be developed in a few days with only 5-10 kg of materials.This is the only installation of its kind in North America.
About GEA Pharma Systems
GEA Pharma Systems is a world leader in providing technically advanced process solutions for liquid processes and for solid dosage forms with the biotechnology industries. GEA Pharma Systems designs and develops both batch and continuous solutions, as stand-alone machines or fully integrated and automated production systems for drying, granulation, tableting, containment, mixing and blending, materials handling, pelletizing, and coating.
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1. You must submit an Admissions Application before you can take the assessment. For a complete list of the Steps to Success or to apply for admissions click here: http://www.hartnell.edu/registration-steps
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3. Make an Assessment appointment by calling (831) 386-7100. All students are required to take an English (or ESL) and Math assessment in order to register for classes.
4. Take time to study for at least 2 weeks prior to your assessment. For helpful study guides click here: http://www.hartnell.edu/staar-assessment
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'Lone Survivor' Marcus Luttrell's devotion to duty
By JOHN HORN | Los Angeles Times | Published: January 6, 2014
Marcus Luttrell is very polite and quiet — "Yessir," "No, ma'am," "Thank you very much" — but his abiding civil demeanor can't mask the fact that the physically imposing former Navy SEAL isn't inclined to suffer fools.
At a breakfast meeting at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills not that long ago, a waitress informed Luttrell that his companion dog, which Luttrell uses to help him deal with a traumatic brain injury suffered in combat, could no longer sit next to him on a banquette.
"Who gave you that order, miss?" Luttrell said with a slight edge to his voice, gently patting his dog, Mr. Rigby. Told that it was local health code rather than instructions from some hardhearted hostess, Luttrell complied, albeit reluctantly. It was probably a good thing she didn't notice that he was discreetly chewing tobacco.
It's impossible to understand fully what Luttrell experienced in the Afghanistan mountains in 2005, where he and three other SEALs were caught in a disastrous firefight against a much larger Taliban force that ultimately left 19 Americans dead. Luttrell wrote about the experience in his bestselling book, "Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10," which has just been made into the movie "Lone Survivor" by writer-director Peter Berg.
It was more than a little hard for Luttrell to recount his ordeal in print. "I didn't want to write the book. I'm a private person," he said of his memoir, co-written by Patrick Robinson. He was compelled to pen it, he said, by his superiors.
"It was the Navy's idea, not mine," the 38-year-old Luttrell said. "They felt the story needed to be set straight."
His commanding officers were equally assertive in recommending that he support a movie adaptation, which opened to solid reviews in New York and Los Angeles on Friday before expanding into national release Jan. 10.
"I didn't want to do a movie," Luttrell said. "But Hollywood was going to do it with or without us. That's what came across the wire."
So Luttrell personally auditioned Berg, the veteran of "Friday Night Lights" and "Battleship." At the time, the book was being devoured throughout the movie world, and producers were beseeching Luttrell for a meeting. Berg was wrapping up his 2007 Middle East terrorism tale, "The Kingdom," and invited Luttrell to take an early look.
Berg had prepared a detailed pitch for Luttrell, but soon after Luttrell watched Berg's film he decided he liked the director's attention to detail and was done looking for a show-business partner.
"It was the little things that most people would overlook," Luttrell said of how Berg depicted the military in "The Kingdom." "How people move tactically, how they handle their weapons, their communications — there was enough in there to show me he had the wherewithal to pull it off."
The mission at the center of Luttrell's story is both heart-stopping and heartbreaking.
Dropped by helicopter into Afghanistan's Kunar province near the Pakistan border, Luttrell and three other SEALs — Matthew Axelson, Danny Dietz and leader Michael Murphy — were pursuing a Taliban leader when three goat herders, including a young boy, stumbled upon them. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as Luttrell, Taylor Kitsch as Murphy, Emile Hirsch as Dietz and Ben Foster as Axelson.
The four SEALs agonized over their options, knowing they couldn't in good conscience kill the unarmed civilians, even as they were certain that if they released the trio they would alert the enemy, likely dooming Luttrell, Murphy, Axelson and Dietz. (If the SEALs tied up the three, they likely would have died from exposure or starvation.)
Within minutes of freeing the goat herders, the SEALs were stormed by the Taliban. Axelson, Dietz and Murphy were shot multiple times and died on the battlefield, while a rescue helicopter carrying 16 Special Operations Forces was downed by a rocket-propelled grenade, killing all on board. Luttrell managed to escape the firefight seriously wounded (his injuries included a broken back and bullet wounds) but able to walk, and was taken in by a Pashtun villager, who sheltered Luttrell until American forces were able to rescue him.
Berg said he felt compelled to tell Luttrell's story largely because the sacrifices and proficiency of U.S. armed forces are taken for granted. "If you were kidnapped overseas, these guys would do everything, and I mean dying if they have to, to get you out alive," the filmmaker said.
"We just can't really take a moment to think about it — we're totally disengaged. But 'Lone Survivor' forced me to engage in the reality of these deaths, and to pay attention to how our men are dying. We need to support and understand what they are doing and what they are going through."
That includes Berg's not only collaborating with Luttrell in adapting his book, but also shepherding him through the publicity around the movie's release. When a guest at one early screening of the film tactlessly asked Luttrell during a question-and-answer session what he thought of the "futility" of the war in Afghanistan, Berg nearly jumped out of his seat to make sure Luttrell kept his calm.
"Marcus is a tough guy," Berg said. "But there's a real sweetness to him. Once you get to know him, he's one of the sweetest, most vulnerable guys I've met."
While there were a few disagreements over Berg's telling of the story — a knife fight in the film's conclusion didn't happen, for instance — Luttrell said he realized Berg "is the skipper of the whole thing" and that he was happy with how the adaptation turned out. "I didn't want to make it into something it wasn't," Luttrell said. "The ultimate test is when a Navy SEAL walks out of the movie and says, 'Good job.' Then we did it right."
Berg's attention to detail include his studying the autopsy reports of the SEALs killed while fighting at Luttrell's side, meaning that the R-rated film is as viscerally realistic as it is physiologically accurate.
Luttrell said every time he sees the film he averts his eyes at one scene only — the death of Axelson. "It's the only part of the movie I don't watch, because I wasn't with him when he died in real life," Luttrell said. "I don't know how he died. But I know he died fighting."
Luttrell said he isn't haunted by the film any more than he is by the actual event.
"It goes through my head every day in life," he said. "So when I watch it in the movie, I've already watched it in my head."
When he's not promoting the film, Luttrell is helping run the Lone Survivor Foundation, which helps treat wounded soldiers, including those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and their families. Based on what facilitated Luttrell's recovery from battlefield injuries, the Houston foundation emphasizes an outdoor, camp-like approach and interaction with horses.
He said he also is determined to open independent-living facilities for homeless veterans in major American cities. "There should be no way that veterans anywhere should be sleeping on the streets," Luttrell said. "All I care about is putting a roof over their head and making sure there's food in their stomachs."
As breakfast wound down, Luttrell looked around the restaurant and scratched Mr. Rigby's head.
"I knew I was born to do this at a very young age. And one of the beauties of SEAL training is that we don't go back and wonder how we could have done things differently," Luttrell said. "If someone were to come into this restaurant and open fire and kill us all, I would miss my wife and our kids. But I would have no regrets."


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Hereditary HemochromatosisHereditary Hemochromatosis - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
What is hemochromatosis?
Hereditary hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic disorder in the U.S. It is a metabolic disorder that causes increased absorption of iron, which is deposited in the body tissues and organs. The iron accumulates in the body where it may become toxic and cause damage.
Other forms of hemochromatosis include:
Juvenile hemochromatosis--affects adolescents and young adults ages 15 to 30. This form leads to a severe overload of iron which can cause heart and liver disease.
Neonatal hemochromatosis--in this form, iron builds up very quickly in an infant's liver and can cause.
Transfusion related hemochromatosis--this is a result of iron overload caused by many blood transfusions in patients with disorders that cause them to not make enough red blood cells.
What causes hemochromatosis?
Hemochromatosis is a genetic disease, often most prevalent among people of northern European descent. This means that hemochromatosis is inherited. A person will be born with hemochromatosis only if two hemochromatosis genes are inherited--one from the mother and one from the father. A person who has only one hemochromatosis gene is healthy and said to be a "carrier" of the gene. A carrier has an increased chance to have a child with hemochromatosis. This type of inheritance is called autosomal recessive. "Autosomal" means that the gene is on one of the first 22 pairs of chromosomes, and not on the X or Y chromosome. Therefore, males and females are equally affected by the disease. "Recessive" means that two copies of the gene, one inherited from each parent, are necessary to have the condition. Once parents have had a child with hemochromatosis, there is a one in four, or 25 percent, chance with each future pregnancy for another child to be born with hemochromatosis. This means that there is a three out of four, or 75 percent, chance for another child to not have hemochromatosis.
The carrier frequency is estimated at one in eight to one in 12. Although hemochromatosis is an autosomal recessive disorder (which usually means men and women are equally affected), iron overload from hereditary hemochromatosis is five times more common in men than women. The age of onset is also earlier in males than females. The reasons for these differences are thought to be due to iron loss through menses in females. In other words, females do not build up iron as quickly over time.
What are the symptoms of hemochromatosis?
The following are the most common symptoms of hemochromatosis. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Lethargy and weakness
Joint pain
Bronze or yellowish skin color
Loss of body hair
Impotence in men
Amenorrhea in women
Untreated or severe hemochromatosis may lead to the following:
Abnormal heart rhythm
Congestive heart failure
Enlarged liver
Enlarged spleen
The symptoms of hemochromatosis may resemble other medical problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
How is hemochromatosis diagnosed?
Hemochromatosis is usually discovered during a medical examination through a routine blood test. In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for hemochromatosis may include the following:
Transferrin saturation test (TS)--a type of iron study (blood test) that measures the percentage of transferrin and other mobile, iron-binding proteins saturated with iron.
Liver biopsy--a procedure performed to remove tissue or cells from the liver for examination under a microscope and to weigh the iron in the liver.
Genetic testing--a blood test that looks for the mutations that cause hereditary hemochromatosis.
Treatment for hemochromatosis
Specific treatment for hemochromatosis will be determined by your doctor based on:
Your age, overall health, and medical history
Extent of the disease
Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the disease
Your opinion or preference
Treatment may include:
Periodic phlebotomy--a procedure that involves removing blood from the body. Done regularly at first, once iron stores have returned to normal it can be done once or twice a year as needed
Diet modification
Treatment of the resulting diseases or conditions
If hereditary hemochromatosis is discovered and iron stores returned to normal before damage to organs occurs, patients with it will live a normal lifespan.


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I am running for Sheriff of Door County, Wisconsin in 2010. I retired as a Lieutenant from the Door County Sheriff's Department in 2007 after 32 years in Law Enforcement. I have a lifetime of law enforcement experience. My father retired as Chief of Police for Sturgeon Bay (the county seat) and I had several relatives involved in law enforcement. My daughter is a police officer, married to a police officer and I have another daughter also married to a police officer. Door County is the peninsula on the eastern side of Wisconsin, and is often referred to as the "Cape Cod of the Midwest". It has a population of approximately 30,000 residents and during the peak tourist season attracts 1-2 million visitors.
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A look at RIT's evolving campus architectural style
A. Sue Weisler
There have been 82 buildings erected at RIT since the opening of its Henrietta campus in 1968 after relocating from downtown Rochester. The addition of these buildings has nearly tripled the square footage of the Henrietta campus.
Nine of these buildings have been added since 2010, including the newest collection of structures: Sebastian and Lenore Rosica Hall, Institute Hall, Sustainability Hall and the Gene Polisseni Center, which is slated to open in 2014.
At first glance, many of the new buildings' large, glass features and curved edges may seem out of place among RIT's sea of bricks. In addition to numerous cutting-edge internal elements, such as state-of-the-art lab equipment, classrooms and LEED-certified features, these buildings' exteriors are designed in modern architectural styles.
"The goal is to create a progressive and interesting dialogue between the old and new buildings," says James Yarrington, RIT's director of campus planning, design and construction services.
RIT's campus wasn't dubbed the "Brick City" without good reason. Nearly all of its buildings are sheathed in the ubiquitous Belden ironspot brick, the highest concentration of which can be seen in the façades of the monolithic Brutalist-style structures that make up the original core of the Henrietta campus.
As RIT prepared to relocate its campus from downtown Rochester to suburban Henrietta, members of a team of internationally renowned architects, who were given the freedom to place their own interpretations on the brick-clad modernist architectural theme, each designed sections of the campus. Following the master plan created by landscape architect Dan Kiley, the original architects set out to create a campus that had what former RIT president Mark Ellingson described as "the look of a technical institution."
"As we have expanded the campus, we were faced with the question, do we stay locked in the style of 1968, or do we respond to more current architectural thinking?" Yarrington says. "We have tried to open up the designs, step by step."
While many of the new buildings follow different architectural themes, certain design elements are still evocative of the older buildings. Attached to the Center for Bioscience Education and Technology by a two-story enclosed bridge, Institute Hall's west face is a rectangular brick wall, dotted with windows that are recessed into the side of the building. The "punched" style of the windows is a feature in common with nearly all of the campus's original buildings. By contrast, the north face of Institute Hall is curved and made up almost entirely of glass.
"Institute Hall demonstrates the concept of yin and yang," Yarrington says. "It retains RIT's architectural heritage in its bricks, yet it expands upon that framework with freeform glass."
Jay Judson, a principal at SWBR Architects, says that students have been a significant influence on RIT's building design. SWBR has designed more than 10 major building projects at RIT since the 1980s, including Louise M. Slaughter Hall, Engineering and Technology Hall and Sustainability Hall, among many others.
"Bricks remain the undercurrent, but we've seen the introduction of warmer materials and more spaces for student interaction," Judson says. "RIT's campus provides a sort of prescription for how to proceed architecturally, and each new building has compatibility with its adjacent neighbors."
Yarrington says that the buildings aren't the only part of RIT's campus that have been changing. The campus's many outdoor public spaces, such as Global Village, have been designed to create unique, stimulating areas for pedestrians. Curved pathways and improved landscaping have also helped to soften and provide contrast to the geometric shapes of the buildings.
SWBR, along with other local and national designers, has made major contributions to RIT's leadership in sustainability, helping to incorporate many innovative features in new buildings and renovations of existing structures. Says Judson: "RIT's buildings now and into the future reflect the institute's balanced commitment to ethical, technical and practical sustainable solutions in addressing our environmental issues."
"I think it's fantastic that the campus is still evolving after five decades without losing its character," Yarrington says. "I hope that we can continue to make more exciting improvements toward the frontier of a truly sustainable campus."
Number of buildings constructed at RIT, by decade:
1966–1969* 32
1970–1979 11
1980–1989 21
1990–1999 12
2000–2009 29
2010–Present 9
* RIT moved from downtown Rochester to its current Henrietta campus in 1968.


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Miley Cyrus Cleared in Nightclub Brawl
A week ago, word got out that our darling Miley Cyrus got into a bit of a brawl at Hollywood nightclub Beacher's Madhouse at the Roosevelt Hotel. But a week later, Cyrus' good name has been cleared and the Disney gods are a-singing.
What began as a peaceful night out ended with kind of a bang after Cyrus and fiance Liam Hemsworth were accidentally bumped into by a couple sitting behind them at the club. Hemwsworth reportedly got all up in their face, which we probably wouldn't be able to take seriously given his Australian accent (*swoon*).
Anyway, according to a witness, Cyrus threw a punch. But it's just not true!
According to TMZ, surveillance video was handed over to the police that shows Cyrus acting like the good 19-year-old we know deep down she is: she didn't throw a punch! Just like Miley's rep said, "This claim is completely false and erroneous."
The investigation continued, seeing as the supposed victim filed a police report on Sunday, but TMZ's sources are "almost certain" that no charges will be filed against her.
We knew Miley didn't have it in her! She may have some spunk, but when it comes to altercations, we cannot see the Zen-like songstress getting physically violent... even if she is defending her husband-to-be!
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#1: Scottsdale, AZ
Also ranking high for recreation, desert community Scottsdale has an extremely low crime rate.
#2: Arlington, VA
The city on our list with the lowest crime rate, Arlington also ranked #1 overall as our best city for families.
#3: El Paso, TX
This Texas town's low crime rate goes a long way toward making it a family-friendly place to raise kids.
#4: Ann Arbor, MI
Even the downtown of this college town feels safe, according to one local mom, thanks to a low crime rate. Ann Arbor is also rated as the fourth best town for families overall.
#5: Mesa, AZ
The second Arizona community on our list, Mesa is as safe as it is sunny, with few sex offenders and a low crime rate.
#6: Anaheim, CA
While Anaheim struggles with education and healthcare, it excels at maintaining a secure community with a low crime rate.
#7: San Diego, CA
Cali's second largest city is also one of its safest, with little crime and few sex offenders in the area.
#8: Portland, OR
It came in sixth overall, but Portland also gets high marks for safety with very few registered sex offenders.
#9: New York
New York? Yes, New York. The Big Apple has cleaned up its rep as a crime capitol with a surprisingly low crime rate.
#10: Mobile, AL
This southern city is a safe haven for families, with a low crime rate and few registered sex offenders.
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