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In her junior season, played in 26 games for UCSB...Tied for team lead - and tied a season high - with six rebounds in season-high 19 minutes on March 5 at UC Riverside...Matched career-high with three blocked shots vs. Cal Poly on Jan. 17...Averaged 2.3 ppg, with a season-high eight points on Dec. 7 vs. Gonzaga...Tallied team-best three blocks in UCSB's two Big West Tournament games...Three assists against Arizona, one off her career-high...Fourth overall on team in blocks, with 14 on the season. 2007-08
Had the highest single-game points total by a Gaucho when she poured in 28 in loss to Montana...Knocked down a career-best four three-pointers in the game...A phenomenal offensive rebounder, 43 of Williams' 78 boards were on the offensive end...Led team with 34.8% three-point shooting mark...Finished fourth on team by shooting 44.2% from the floor...Reached double figures in points four times...Made just two starts but played in all 31 games.
Williams Attacks The Offensive Glass
One of things that became very clear throughout the 2006-07 season is Meagan Williams is an animal on the offensive glass. The Sacramento, Calif. native appeared in all but one of the Gauchos' contests a year ago and racked up a total of 103 rebounds -- the second-most among UCSB's freshmen. But what's most interesting is the fact that 63 of those or just over 61% came at the offensive end of the floor. In fact, Williams was the only player on the Santa Barbara roster to rack up more rebounds on the offensive glass than the defensive glass. In all, she had five performances with five or more offensive rebounds, including a career-best six at UC Davis January 13. Her highest total overall was 10 that came at a time when the Gauchos needed it most -- against San Diego in the WNIT First Round. She's A Shooter Too
In addition to her amazing ability to come up with rebounds on the offensive end, Meagan Williams also had a great year shooting the ball during her freshman campaign. She finished the year shooting .382 (47-for-123) from the field, which was tops among UCSB's five freshmen and fifth on the team overall. And while the 5-foot-10 guard only took a total of 39 shots from behind the three point arc, she made 16 of those which led the squad at .410. In fact, she was the only player on the Gauchos' roster that shot better than 40% from distance last season (other than Whitney Warren who made one out of her two three-point attempts). William's top shooting performance of 2006-07 came in Santa Barbara's visit to UC Davis January 13 -- the same game she grabbed a season-best 10 rebounds -- when she went 6-for-12 from the floor, including 3-of-4 from three-point territory for a career-high 16 points. Her six field goals and three triples made were also personal bests. Williams' other double-digit performance came at Cal State Northridge in the regular season finale, when she finished 2-for-4 from downtown and 5-of-9 overall for 14 points to go with eight rebounds. 2006-07
One of the Gauchos' more productive freshmen, Williams appeared in 32 of the teams' 33 games in 2006-07, coming off the bench in all 32...An explosive rebounder especially on the offensive glass, with 63 of her 103 rebounds coming at that end of the floor...A natural scorer, she displayed flashes of brilliance offensively at times...Went 6-for-12 from the floor and 3-for-4 from distance for a career-best 16 points in 25 minutes at UC Davis January 13...Her other double-double performance came in the Gauchos' 90-79 win over Cal State Northridge to clinch the Big West second seed March 9...Was 5-for-9, including 2-of-3 from behind the arc, for 14 points to go with a career-best eight rebounds...Scored nine points and grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds at San Diego in the WNIT First Round March 15...Played an average of 14.0 minutes per game, but logged 18.3 over the last eight...Posted averages of 4.0 points and 3.2 rebounds her first season as a Gaucho...Led the team in three-point shooting at 41%(16-39). High School
A 2006 graduate of Sheldon High School in Sacramento, Calif., Williams was a two-year varsity letterwinner for coaches Joey Rollings and Michael Bradley...Helped guide the Huskies to two consecutive Delta League titles as a junior and a senior...SHS went on to win the CIF Division I Championship in 2006...Was named the Sheldon Female Athlete of the Year after averaging 23.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists, and 4.3 steals her senior season...Scored a career-high 32 points against Edison that year...Also posted personal bests of 15 rebounds, 11 assists, six steals, seven blocked shots, and six three pointers in 2006...The Huskies' MVP went on to earn All-Delta League and all-city acclaim...Was a member of the Nor Cal Elite Club squad...Also ran track as a prepster. Personal
Meagan Williams was born July 9, 1988 in Bakersfield, Calif....The daughter of Jacques and Jamie Little...Has one sister Heather...Enters her sophomore year at UCSB undeclared, but will likely pursue a major in communication and a minor in women's studies...Her career aspirations are to play professionally in the WNBA or work as a commentator on NBA and WNBA telecasts...Was a scholar athlete from her sophomore year on at Sheldon HS...Nailing a half-court shot to beat the halftime buzzer is her most memorable sports moment...Roots for her hometown Sacramento Kings and Monarchs...Is a fan of Michael Jordan...Her favorite movies are "anything that have to do with basketball"...Can be found watching "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air", "The Cosby Show", "Flavor of Love", or "America's Next Top Model"...Enjoys the works of Richard Wright, especially his novel "Black Boy"...Her hobbies other than basketball include sleeping and watching television...She also likes to take long walks on the beach.
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text: Africa in Full Bloom January 8, 2013 08:26 PM Tweet Kenya's growing flower sector reflects the growth of African agriculture. These operations support millions of people and make a major contribution to the economy— Kenyan horticulture alone provides 33% to the GDP. © Jeanne Bernick TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Jeanne Bernick Top Producer Editor Email Kenya's fragile farming system pushes to keep up with population All roses are not created equal, and you should use the right criteria when choosing one, says Hamish Ker, production manager for Oserian, a flower company in Naivasha, Kenya. Ker should know—he has spent his life smelling the roses. He grew up on a Kenyan flower farm and is now a key decision maker for rose hybrids on more than 500 acres at Oserian, which means "place of peace" in the tribal Masai language. The farm is one of the world's largest flower operations and includes a 20,000-acre wildlife sanctuary. "Flowers serve emotions," says Ker, as he plucks his favorite rose, the A1, which is white with a tinge of green. "When making a flower purchase for a dear one, whether in love or death, you don't compromise." Ker can wax poetic about roses, but he is serious about the potential of agriculture to improve the economy of his native Kenya. Flower production, the country's fastest growing industry, has overtaken coffee exports and provides 33% of gross domestic product (GDP). Growers have developed a vertically integrated business that delivers wrapped bunches to European markets within a day of cutting. "When I hold a rose in my hand, I hold food," Ker says, noting that flower operations support more than half a million people in Kenya. Oserian employs 4,800 and provides housing, medical care and a school. This is significant in a country where the population is increasing at an annual rate of 2.6%, which translates to about 1 million children born each year. Farming on the Edge. Yet the overall agricultural system here is fragile. Production can't keep up with population growth, leaving 25% of Kenyans, about 10 million people, without three decent meals a day. It is an open secret in Africa that the biggest challenge in farming is market access, but the government doesn't want to step in. The problem of land availability is rising due to sprawling urban areas, and highly uneven distribution of productive land means the majority of farmers are small-scale operators. This limits the scope of food production. Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns create havoc, with frequent cases of drought and flooding. Ker refuses to focus on the negative, instead noting that Africa has made more progress in the last decade than it has in the last century. He credits a new constitution, which provides democratic processes, improves land rights for farmers and encourages entrepreneurism. "As a Kenyan, I feel proud we are moving forward," he says. Huge Potential, Challenges. Farmers across Africa are responding to global food prices and local demand from growing cities. Kenya's economy is largely dependent on agriculture, with the ag sector directly contributing 26% of GDP and another 25% indirectly. Agriculture employs more than 40% of the total population. Agricultural growth rates in Africa are exceeding the rest of the world, according to United Nations reports. At a governmental level, there has been a remarkable shift in prioritization of ag development. Under the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security, African countries have committed to allocating at least 10% of their national budgets to agriculture. Kenya has seen tremendous improvement in ag research, Extension, and crop and animal husbandry, notes Rien Geuze, agribusiness adviser for Agriterra, an agency that offers farmer-to-farmer advice and financial support in developing countries. However, a constant problem for both the government and the private sector has been agricultural marketing. "The problems facing many farmers in Kenya are not in the field, they are postharvest," Geuze says. Hardworking farmers have their hopes dashed by exploitative pricing mechanisms and a lack of market access and market information that seems to favor the middleman. John Mutunga, CEO of the Kenya National Federation of Agricultural Producers, says the nation's agricultural potential and ability to feed itself is not being realized. There are 1.3 million acres in Kenya, yet only 284,000 acres are producing food, Mutunga says. He believes this could be changed with more value added processing, a clear and organized market system and reduction in cost of inputs. The way forward for Africa is to empower low-income earners through training and capacity development in areas such as entrepreneurship, better farming practices, production, value addition and market linkage, says Lydia Wathobio, marketing manager of the Wananchi SACCO (Savings and Credit Coop-erative). Most farmers in Kenya borrow money through such local SACCOs. "This will boost production and income, which in turn boosts farmers' capability to save money," Wathobio says. "Hence, we will have more net savers than borrowers." In Kenya, there are 30,000 SACCOs that work with commercial banks to offer low-interest-rate loans to farmers. The SACCO movement in Kenya is billed as the largest in Africa and among the top 10 globally. SACCOs provide farmers with loans for land, inputs and expenses, including school expenses. Today, SACCOs hold 20% of the nation's savings. "Cultivating the culture of savings is the greatest challenge that we have," Wathobio says. "In Africa, and in Kenya specifically, the majority of the low-income earners don't even have enough to eat, let alone to save." Wathobio says her SACCO encourages people to put away at least $1 monthly, but that is still a challenge. Mobile is the Future Mobile is fast becoming the PC of Africa. Masai warriors who carry spears and wear red blankets 25% Number of Kenyans who are food insecure, lacking three meals a day 40% Percentage of the Kenyan population employed in the agriculture industry for clothing have cell phones, and cell towers are plentiful across rural Africa. Safaricom is the major cell service in Kenya, and the majority of Kenyans do their banking by phone now. M-PESA (which stands for mobile pesa, or money) is a mobile money transfer service launched by Safaricom in 2007 that now services 15 million Kenyans, more than a third of the population. Mobile phones have made a huge difference for farmers by serving as platforms for sharing information on weather, market prices and micro-insurance plans. Farmers are able to send a text message to find out crop prices in places thousands of kilometers away. New mobile services are coming online that allow dairy farmers to track their cows' gestation, acting in effect as a veterinary midwife. Farmers are also given tips on animal nutrition. An urgent need is for SACCOs to forge partnerships with international financiers who are willing to lend at favorable interest rates compared with national commercial banks. "We borrow at 19%, and for our loans we have to add a markup, so we charge around 24%," Wathobio says. Recently, the Central Bank of Kenya revised this lending rate to 11%, meaning commercial banks will come down to about 15%—still incredibly high for a small farmer. Farming for Jobs. The world is urging Africa to invest in agriculture not only for food security, but for its potential to reduce unemployment. It is estimated that 78% of Kenyans are below 34 years old and those between 18 and 34 constitute 35% of the population. Kenya's urban slums are expanding at a rapid rate and face challenges in food security, health services, water and sanitation. Slums in the capitol of Nairobi are desperately crowded; they occupy less than 6% of Nairobi's residential land, yet are home to 60% of the city's population. The typical Kenyan farm is a one-acre, smallholder operation, and in time the smaller farmers will likely merge and form bigger farms. However, with life expectancy for a man hovering around 45 years, farms are often split between children, which hinders farm growth and economies of scale. Tabitha Kiambi owns 17,000 tea bushes on five acres on the slopes of Mount Kenya. She started the farm in 1962 and some of her bushes have been producing for four decades. Her farm produces 26 tons of tea a year for a local tea factory; she also harvests fruits and vegetables. Kiambi considers her tea operation to be more profitable than other cash crops. "Tea is more economical, especially when you want to make lots of money," she says. Kiambi says her biggest challenge is finding skilled labor; she needs eight pickers to harvest her contracted amount of tea. One picker fills a 20-lb. basket roughly four times daily. Pickers earn less than $4 a day, and Kiambi makes about $6 for 90 lb. of tea delivered to the factory. Because tea prices fluctuate, Kiambi cannot offer consistent wages, making it hard to keep workers. If structural changes can be made to farm systems and markets, agriculture offers a real opportunity not only to feed Africa, but to create employment in rural areas for young people. That means fewer people moving to the city and fewer lives relegated to the slums. Cash crop challenges Coffee farmer Robert Murori joined a co-op for better prices. Coffee production continues as the top cash crop in Kenya. For the last three years, farmers have enjoyed high coffee prices due to the crop's impressive performance on the international market. Last year, a farmer with 13,000 coffee bushes could earn more than $18,000 from selling the berries. But this boom appears to be over, if recent low coffee sales and earnings are anything to go by. Prices for Kenyan coffee have declined by almost 30% during the last year. Kenyan coffee farmer George Mutwoki says it's difficult to break even with coffee because of the high costs of spraying chemicals, labor and transport. "The problem with the coffee price is the cartels. They set the price and change it when they wish," Mutwoki says. Tired of dealing with middlemen and coffee cartels that distort prices, Mutwoki is one of a group of farmers who pulled together to form the Mukune Farmers Cooperative Society and purchased a coffee mill. The society aggregates about 2,000 acres of trees; each acre has about 1,000 coffee trees and the average yield per tree is 4 lb. of berries. They hope that by pooling resources, labor and purchasing milling facilities, they can regain some price control. Women key to progress The World Bank estimates that women are responsible for 80% of Africa's paid and unpaid labor in food production. For the first time, women in Kenya won rights to own the land they till and farm, under the new Kenyan constitution. "We all work hard in Kenya, but the women are working harder in the fields," says Esther Waithera Chege, chairwoman of a vegetable marketing commission in central Kenya. "We are so happy the government is supporting the woman." Where women face extreme burdens and challenges are in access to water, energy and financing. Since few women own land, they cannot use it as collateral for loans. Transportation is another challenge; female farmers, by custom, mainly walk or use public transportation when available. Brokers with trucks commonly transport produce to market; but the brokers won't travel dirt roads that are washed out by rain, and the produce often rots in the fields. Dairy holds promise Milk is one of the major products in Kenya that has a direct impact on rural livelihoods because most of the milk is produced by smallholder farmers who contribute 60% of the total milk. Currently, Kenya is largely self-sufficient in milk and milk products are increasing in demand, especially in major urban areas. Kenya's dairy industry accounts for $2 billion per year, or about 7% of Kenya's GDP. The road from cow to market is a long, sordid journey. A typical Kenyan dairy farm consists of one or two cows, Holstein Friesian, that are penned up due to land pressure and fed under a "zero grazing" system. The average farm size is about 4 acres. Each day the cows are milked and the farmer takes his few liters to the nearest collection point, where the milk is weighed and loaded onto trucks to be taken to the cooling center before traveling to the processor. There are two main dairy processors in Kenya that battle for market share: Brookside Dairy Limited, a private processor, and state-owned New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (New KCC). More than 50,000 dairy farmers supply New KCC, and they are all paid on a monthly basis. A farmer with one dairy cow can earn about $105 per month. Dairy co-ops may be the best solution to growing the Kenyan dairy industry, as they provide the power in numbers to secure good markets for local milk as well as prices for the farmers from the competing processors. Peris Njenga, chairwoman of Kiambaa Dairy Farmers Cooperative, milks 10 cows. She is progressive in that she owns a two-point milking machine imported from Turkey, and she milks her cows twice per day. Njenga hopes to merge her 1,500-farmer cooperative with a larger cooperative to offset costs of feed and artificial insemination. Larger cooperatives can negotiate better lending rates with area credit unions, as well as better prices with processors. Njenga practices zero grazing but is frustrated by the price of dairy concentrates: $20 for a 150-lb. bag. Still, she is planning for expansion in the future. Despite being restricted by the number of acres she owns, Njenga wants to own 50 cows in the next few years. To read more about Kenyan agriculture, visit www.agweb.com/FarmingTheKenyanWay Back to news


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Wisdomtree EM Ex-Soe Fund (XSOE) is on traderâs radar as the shares have moved above the MACD Histogram line, indicating a bullish trend. Shares recently touch…
Wisdomtree EM Ex-Soe Fund (XSOE) is on traderâs radar as the shares have moved above the MACD Histogram line, indicating a bullish trend. Shares recently touched 31.85 on a recent bid.
The MACD is calculated by subtracting the value of a 26-day exponential moving average from a 12-day exponential moving average. A 9-day dotted exponential moving average of the MACD (the âsignalâ line) is then plotted on top of the MACD. Taking a step further, the MACD-Histogram, which was developed by Thomas Aspray in 1986, measures the distance between MACD and its signal line (the 9-day EMA of MACD).
Like MACD, the MACD-Histogram is also an oscillator that fluctuates above and below the zero line. Aspray developed the MACD-Histogram to anticipate signal line crossovers in MACD. Because MACD uses moving averages and moving averages lag price, signal line crossovers can come late and a ffect the reward-to-risk ratio of a trade. Bullish or bearish divergences in the MACD-Histogram can alert chartists to an imminent signal line crossover in MACD.
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The 14-day ADX for Wisdomtree EM Ex-Soe Fund (XSOE) is currently sitting at 16.16. Generally speaking, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would indicate a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would signal a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would indicate an extremely strong trend. The ADX is a technical indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder used to determine the strength of a trend. The ADX is often used along with the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to identify the direction of the trend.
Moving average indicators are used widely for stock analysis. Many traders will use a combination of moving averages with different time frames to help review stock trend direction. One of the more popular combinations is to use the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Investors may use the 200-day MA to help smooth out the data a get a clearer long-term picture. They may look to the 50-day or 20-day to get a better grasp of what is going on with the stock in the near-term. Narrowing in on Moving Averages, the 200-day for Wisdomtree EM Ex-Soe Fund (XSOE) is at 28.35, the 50-day is 31.06, and the 7-day is re sting at 31.52. The RSI is computed based on the speed and direction of a stockâs price movement. The RSI is considered to be an internal strength indicator, not to be confused with relative strength which is compared to other stocks and indices. The RSI value will always move between 0 and 100. One of the most popular time frames using RSI is the 14-day. The 14-day RSI is presently standing at 62.11, the 7-day sits at 72.28, and the 3-day is resting at 87.55.
Investors may be watching other technical indicators such as the Williams Percent Range or Williams %R. The Williams %R is a momentum indicator that helps measure oversold and overbought levels. This indicator compares the closing price of a stock in relation to the highs and lows over a certain time period. A common look back period is 14 days. Wisdomtree EM Ex-Soe Fund (XSOE)âs Williams %R presently stands at -18.66. The Williams %R oscillates in a range from 0 to -100. A reading between 0 and -20 would indicate a n overbought situation. A reading from -80 to -100 would indicate an oversold situation.Sumber: Google News | Liputan 24 Soe


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June 19, 2003LOS ANGELES — On June 13, members of the 2003 graduating class of The Anderson School at UCLA participated in the 62nd commencement ceremony, which was held at Wilson Plaza. Over 3,000 family members and friends attended the ceremony to recognize the achievements of the 530 graduate and doctoral candidates.
Dean Bruce G. Willison presided over the ceremony and offered his congratulations and words of wisdom to the graduates.
"We trust the lessons learned and the business intuition gained will be put to good use as you continue your personal and professional development. Our academic program and the overall 'Anderson Experience' has invested in you the capacity to lead business transformation," said Dean Willison.
The commencement ceremony honored 325 full-time, 195 fully employed and 10 Ph.D. students, representing more than 41 countries.
Several Anderson students were recognized for outstanding academic excellence. Full-time MBA graduating students Hesham Abdelsamie, Torsten Albrecht, Russell Benaroya, Andres Chechilnitzky Rodriguez, Henry Chu, Sandeep Desai, Christine Fitch and Brendan Handler, were recognized as Edward W. Carter Fellows, signifying their position in top two percent of the graduating class. Brian Mech, David Stankey, Andrew Stenwall and David Yagiela received the Harold M. Williams Fellows award for their position in the top two percent of the fully employed MBA graduating class.
The Full-Time MBA Teaching Excellence Award was presented to Eric Sussman, a lecturer in accounting. Robert Foster, executive director, center for management in the information economy, and adjunct professor, decisions, operations, and technology management, received the Fully Employed MBA Teaching Award.
The graduates and guests were privy to a speech by Bill Broesamle (MBA '67), senior associate dean of The Anderson School at UCLA, who served as keynote speaker. Broesamle has been directing the MBA program at Anderson since 1997 and will be retiring at the end of June. He reflected on his more than 35 years in management education, 23 of which he has spent here at UCLA.
"The charge I want to leave with you is this: Give of yourself, your talents, your skills. Not merely because it is good or right to do so, but because you have so very much to give and you are so very much needed," said Broesamle.
Following Broesamle's address, Mr. Robert D. Beyer (MBA '83), president and chief investment advisor, Trust Company of the West (TCW), and member of the Anderson Board of Visitors, gave his words of inspiration to the Class of 2003.
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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flushing Financial Corporation (the "Company") (Nasdaq:FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Bank (the "Bank"), today announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.15 per common share, payable on March 28, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 7, 2014.
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Flushing Financial Corporation, with $4.7 billion in consolidated assets, is the holding company for Flushing Bank, a New York State-chartered commercial bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Bank serves consumers, businesses, and public entities by offering a full complement of deposit, loan, and cash management services through its 17 banking offices located in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Nassau County. The Bank also operates an online banking division, iGObanking.com®, which offers competitively priced deposit products to consumers nationwide.
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Titanium nitride (TiN) coating is wear resistant, inert and reduces friction. Use it on cutting tools, punches, dies and injection mold components to improve tool life two to ten times, or more, over uncoated tools.
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Titanium nitride (TiN) (sometimes known as tinite) is an extremely hard ceramic material, often used as a coating on titanium alloys, steel, carbide, and aluminium components to improve the substrate's surface properties.
A well-known use for TiN coating is for edge retention and corrosion resistance on machine tooling, such as drill bits and milling cutters, often improving their lifetime by a factor of three or more.[5]
As a coating it is used in aerospace and military applications and to protect the sliding surfaces of suspension forks of bicycles and motorcycles as well as the shock shafts of radio controlled cars. TiN is non-toxic, meets FDA guidelines and has seen use in medical devices such as scalpel blades and orthopedic bone saw blades where sharpness and edge retention are important.[6] TiN coatings have also been used in implanted prostheses (especially hip replacement implants) and other medical implants.
Due to their high biostability, TiN layers may also be used as electrodes in bioelectronic applications [9] like in intelligent implants or in-vivo biosensors that have to withstand the severe corrosion caused by the body fluid. TiN electrodes have already been applied in the subretinal prosthesis project [10] as well as in biomedical microelectromechanical systems (BioMEMS).[11]
TiN is an extremely hard ceramic material, often used as a coating on titanium alloys, tool steel, stainless steel, carbon steel and other metallic components to improve the substrate's surface properties. Common applications include aerospace parts, military components, medical implants, cutting tools, industrial parts, manufacturing dies / molds and dental and orthodontic appliances.
TiN is a beautiful gold color and is often used as a wear resistant alternative to elemental gold plating. It is also used as a non-toxic barrier on the exterior of medical implants and jewelry.TiN has a low coefficient of friction and an operating temperature of more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. In most applications a coating of less than 5 micrometers (0.00020 in) is applied
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Last night's dismantling at the hands of the Braves was disheartening not in that they loss, but in the manner in which they were beaten. They didn't just mail in the game, they used Federal Express. There was a listlessness about them that I hadn't seen much this summer. We hear how the Mets have their shortcomings, but that they always hustle and play hard.
I didn't see that last night. I saw a flat team. A team that gave away countless at-bats. A team that in front of its owner, laid down. The Mets played like a team knowing its season is over and will have a new manager next year.
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*[http://www.statetreasury.wisconsin.gov/ucpweb/ucpsearch.aspx Wisconsin's Unclaimed Property Database] Searchable by name or property id, claimants can submit requests to obtain their property directly through the database entry.
*[http://www.statetreasury.wisconsin.gov/ucpweb/ucpsearch.aspx Wisconsin's Unclaimed Property Database] Searchable by name or property id, claimants can submit requests to obtain their property directly through the database entry.
=='''Veterans Affairs''', Department of==
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The [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Memorials/Memorials.aspx Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Catalog] documents memorials dedicated to Wisconsin veterans throughout Wisconsin, the U.S., and internationally. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center actively maintains this resource which includes the history, physical condition, and location of each memorial.
The [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Memorials/Memorials.aspx Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Catalog] documents memorials dedicated to Wisconsin veterans throughout Wisconsin, the U.S., and internationally. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center actively maintains this resource which includes the history, physical condition, and location of each memorial.
== Voting, Elections and Government Ethics ==
== Voting, Elections and Government Ethics ==
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Wisconsin State Agency Databases
This is an annotated list of databases produced by Wisconsin State Agencies listed by producing agency.
If you are a registered user, feel free to add to this list or fix a broken link; if you are not registered, or are not comfortable editing a wiki, you can contact Mark Rozmarynowski, the documents specialist for this page, at mrozmary AT uwsp DOT edu.
Return to State Agency Databases listing.
- 1 Administration, Department of
- 2 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of
- 3 Arts Board, Wisconsin
- 4 Children and Families, Department of
- 5 Corrections, Department of
- 6 Court System, Wisconsin
- 7 Financial Institutions, Department of
- 8 Health Services, Department of
- 9 Historical Society, Wisconsin
- 10 Justice, Department of
- 11 Land Use, Development and Construction
- 12 Legislature, Wisconsin State
- 13 Natural Resources, Department of
- 14 Public Instruction, Department of
- 15 Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
- 16 Revenue, Department of
- 17 Safety and Professional Services, Department of
- 18 State Government
- 19 Tourism, Department of
- 20 Transportation, Department of
- 21 Treasurer, Office of the State
- 22 University of Wisconsin System
- 23 Veterans Affairs, Department of
- 24 Voting, Elections and Government Ethics
- 25 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
- 26 Workforce Development, Department of
Administration, Department of
- Directory of state employees lists phone numbers, email addresses and offices. It is searchable by name, phone number, and email address.
- Municipal Data System maintained by the Dept. of Administration's Division of Intergovernmental Relations. This is a database of municipal boundary adjustments via annexation, boundary agreement, detachment, consolidation, and incorporation.
- Wisconsin Surplus Property Online Auctions Includes all state agencies and the UW System campuses. Additional information about state surplus property is available here.
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of
- Farmers' Resource Guide, searchable by geography and/or keyword, helps farmers and rual citizens find information and services from both public and private agencies in Wisconsin, e.g., "Basic human and family needs" in Jackson County.
- SavorWisconsin.com connects consumers with food products and services, farmers' markets, or businesses. Search by keyword and limit by city or zip code and set the desired distance, up to 100 miles. It's a cooperative effort of the DATCP, University of Wisconsin-Extension, and the Wisconsin Apple Growers Association.
- Wisconsin Exporters Online, created by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce in partnership with The Export Yellow Pages, allows browsing or searching for products and services Wisconsin can supply to the world.
- Landscape Registry allows citizens to request to be notified in advance whenever pesticides are applied to neighbors' lawns, trees and shrubs by commercial lawn and landscape firms. Commercial applicators search the registry by county or specific addresses, and then notify registry members before the pesticides are applied. Annual deadline for being added to the list is Feb. 1. The full registry is available online, arranged by county.
- Pesticide Databases allow searching for registered pesticide products, the companies that sell and use pesticides, and the people that apply them.
Arts Board, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Folks is a database of Wisconsin artists that are available to perform or demonstrate their work to school groups and others. The database can be searched by art form, ethnicity, location of the artist, or theme. Each entry includes a lengthy description with photos, additional links and contact information.
- The Wisconsin Arts Board eGrant database allows registered users (registration is free) to read news about available and open grant applications, register your organization, view and work on current electronic applications, or access previously submitted applications, grant award agreements, and final reports.
Children and Families, Department of
- Wisconsin Licensed Child Care Search Includes the location and licensing information, including compliance history and enforcement actions, of almost 6,000 child care centers and day camps licensed by the Department of Children and Families (DCF). Searchable by county, city, zip code or facility name.
- Department of Children and Families publications database A full-text catalog of multi-lingual informational brochures about child care, child support, equal rights and discrimination, and Wisconsin Works (W-2).
Corrections, Department of
- Wisconsin Sex Offender Database Searching by name provides information about incarcerated or non-incarcerated, registered sex offenders. Searching by location only provides information about offenders currently residing in Wisconsin.
Court System, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Case SearchCourt records search.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Opinions and Dispositional Orders1995 - to present
Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinions 1995 - to present
Wisconsin Briefscompiled by the UW Law Library. Includes Published and Unpublished Cases from 173 Wis. 2d to 302 Wis.2d. Recent briefs are available at the Wisconsin State Law Library.
Wisconsin Attorney's Professional Discipline Compendium maintained by the Office of Lawyer Regulation of the Wisconsin Court System. The Compendium contains Supreme Court decisions, consent public reprimands, and summaries of consent private reprimands of Wisconsin attorneys, along with an index and search function to facilitate research.
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Every year about this time, the AAFP Board of Directors gets some of its marching orders for the coming year from the Academy's Congress of Delegates. What Board members will be getting from this year's Congress promises to keep them -- and the AAFP's various commissions -- busy for quite some time.
"The nature of the job that PAs have is that they're in collaborative agreements with us and do not practice on their own," says Nebraska delegate David Hoelting, M.D., about a resolution asking the AAFP to create a non-voting membership category for physician assistants.
A number of resolutions discussed during the Reference Committee on Organization and Finance hearing here on Sept. 23 revolved around specific groups of people -- namely, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and family physicians in solo and small-group practices. After spirited debate on each resolution, AAFP delegates voted to refer all of them to the Board for further study.
NP, PA Membership
First up at the reference committee hearing was a resolution asking the AAFP to "create a dues-paying, non-voting membership category for nurse practitioners who work within a direct practice environment of an AAFP active member."
Proponents of the measure focused their comments on how such a move could enhance the team-based care component of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH).
Story highlights
- The AAFP Congress of Delegates in San Diego vigorously debated several resolutions during the Reference Committee on Organization and Finance.
- Delegates opted to refer resolutions on nurse practitioner and physician assistant membership in the Academy to the Board.
- The special challenges faced by solo and small-group physicians and the need to create a special category for those physicians also were a focus of the reference committee.
"We're in a very odd position," observed Florida delegate Dennis Saver, M.D., of Vero Beach. The AAFP has a long track record of espousing a team-based approach to caring for patients, said Saver, but "are we backing up the talk with the walk?" The Academy offers no specific CME, for example, that brings all team members together for "tabletop" exercises, he noted, saying that many AAFP members would value this type of training.
Other speakers agreed with this line of thought, testifying that establishing some sort of AAFP membership category for NPs would "foster collaboration and collegiality."
"Bringing these people in the same way we've included students and residents could give us a fresh perspective," said resident delegate Andrew Lutzkanin, M.D., of Ephrata, Pa.
Opponents, however, voiced concerns about how such a move could potentially dilute the effectiveness of the Academy's ongoing advocacy efforts. Some questioned why NPs would be tempted to join the AAFP when they already have their own membership organizations. Others, like Illinois alternate delegate David Hagan, M.D., drew from personal experience to point out that NPs' loyalties lie elsewhere.
"I work with a nurse practitioner, and I very much value her services," Hagan testified, "but I value the other members of my team, as well."
According to Hagan, NPs don't share the same investment in a practice that physicians do. "They work, they move on, or they change positions." The task of tracking NPs to ensure they were working with an active AAFP member would be substantial, he and others noted. And there would be no guarantee that the revenue generated would offset the cost of doing so.
Social Media at the COD
AAFP members and delegates at the AAFP Congress of Delegates kept busy during the two-and-a-half-day event as they tweeted, posted on Facebook and found other ways to reach out via social media. For a roundup of their efforts, see Storify entries posted by AAFP staff members.
A second resolution, which sought to create a similar non-voting membership category for PAs, met somewhat milder resistance.
"The nature of the job that PAs have is that they're in collaborative agreements with us and do not practice on their own," said Nebraska delegate David Hoelting, M.D., of Pender. Admitting them as members to the Academy could strengthen that relationship.
Pointing back to the time when the AAFP decided to establish a membership category for international family physicians, former AAFP Director Dale Moquist, M.D., of Horseshoe Bay, Texas, said of the current PA resolution, "I think it is time to look at this issue -- I'm not saying pro or con -- but just look at it."
Concerns voiced were similar to those raised about the NP proposition. What would be the value to PAs of joining the AAFP? Would they be chapter members, too? All of which eventually led to the call for referral.
Representation in the AAFP
Physicians in solo or small-group practices were the focus of two other resolutions referred by delegates. Each of those measures asked the Academy to form a special interest group devoted to physicians in such practice arrangements.
"I think we should have the courage to study this, and, if the evidence is there, move forward," says Texas delegate Erica Swegler, M.D., of a resolution that asked the AAFP to establish a task force to consider changing the current representation schema in the Congress of Delegates to one "based on limited proportional representation."
New Jersey delegate Arnold Pallay, M.D., of Montville, testified that such practices face unique challenges that require special support. "While the American Academy of Family Physicians moves forward -- including with patient-centered medical homes -- we need to be sure that we are aware of what these solo and small-group practices need," he said.
After all, Pallay added, "We're not the American Academy of Patient-Centered Medical Homes; we're the American Academy of Family Physicians."
Others agreed that forming such a group to address these practices' needs would help safeguard their interests. One supporter testified that "solo and small-group (practice) physicians are the foundation of this Academy."
Despite the fact that the AAFP currently has a task force working to determine how best to serve the needs of specific membership groups, some felt that the need was more immediate and sought adoption of the measure. Acknowledging the ongoing work of the Academy, however, delegates agreed to refer the issue to the Board.
Although not adopted by delegates, another resolution that sparked considerable discussion -- including on the floor of the Congress -- asked the Academy to establish a task force to consider changes to the current representation schema in the Congress of Delegates to "one based on limited proportional representation as a means to increase member involvement and representation in AAFP activities."
"This isn't about bigger states versus smaller states," said Texas alternate delegate Douglas Curran, M.D., of Athens, "this is about doing a better job of thinking about how we do family medicine."
According to AAFP Past President Lori Heim, M.D., of Vass, N.C., "This has the advantage of giving more members the ability to voice their positions on issues." The downside, she added, would be that some smaller states' voices could be overwhelmed.
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Graphic design is the place where words meet images, where clear and purposeful communication meets aesthetic impact, and where a range of human needs and desires reside.
Although most graphic design is produced using computers, the idea that graphic design centers on computer tricks is a misinterpretation of the profession and certainly doesn't describe the graphic design concentration at ECU.
Graphic design at ECU includes a strong grounding in the traditions of typography and addresses issues of business, communication, social science, and art. Most classes center around the examination and discussion of student work so a consistent output of graphic design is essential. This limits the graphic design students to those who want to work. The work includes thinking, reading, and talking as well as the production of designed objects.


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Gathering of the Vibes gets into full swing
BRIDGEPORT -- The Gathering of the Vibes got going in full force Friday, as single-day ticketholders joined the campers who arrived Thursday for a full day of music and fun at Seaside Park.
After a cold and rainy opening day, the Vibe Tribe was treated to a beautiful day along Long Island Sound with the two major stages booked with major musical acts.
The insular world at the festival meant nearly all of Friday's attendees were unaware of a death on site Friday, as the thousands on hand danced the day away, blissfully unaware of the tragedy.
In past years, many campers have lingered at their sites until the headliners hit the Main Stage. That was not the case Friday as bands such as The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Galactic, Railroad Earth and Assembly of Dust, played to a fairly packed field.
Over at the Green Vibes Stage, festival-goers were treated to performances by up-and-coming acts (The Revivalists), a renowned jazz guitarist (John Scofield) and a returning festival favorite (David Gans).
"I just love it here," said Fran Newman-McCarthy, of Stony Point, N.Y. "This is the fifth year in a row for me, my husband and son, Dylan, who has been inspired by the whole experience to major in jazz guitar in college.
"The blend of musical styles has been such an inspiration for him, and the Vibes has become an important family experience for us."
Jeff Hearn and Desiree Lacosta made the trip to Bridgeport from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where they hooked up with some of their like-minded friends, who they've met at various festivals throughout the years.
"It's like one big family reunion," Hearn said.
Added Lacosta, "There's a great energy, a great vibe."
Although Hearn and Lacosta were looking forward to seeing bands such as Phil Lesh and Friends, Gov't Mule and The Black Crowes, they were just as excited to reunite with their friends, who come from Ohio, California, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Rhose Island and even Israel.
"I woke up this morning, had a bloody mary, walked along the beach and now I'm seeing all of my friends," Hearn said. "There are nothing but good vibes here."
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1969: Michael Schmicker served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand in Bangkok beginning in 1969
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Country of Service: Thailand
Training Group: Thai 27
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Arrival Year: 1969
Departure Year: 1972
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Taught TEFL at Wat Bovornives, Bangkok, then made educational TV programs for the City of Bangkok for two more years
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