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The years from conception through birth to eight years of age are critical to the complete and healthy cognitive, emotional and physical growth of children. This webinar explores early childhood development, the role of vision and visual development and then the implications for a child's development due to their vision impairment.
Completing the Early Childhood development and implication of vision impairement will contribute1 hours and of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered PD addressing 1.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Dr Frances Gentle is a Conjoint Lecturer with the RIDBC Renwick Centre, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, in affiliation with Macquarie University and the University of Newcastle. She is also President of the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI; Immediate Past President of the South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment (SPEVI), and Convening Editor of the SPEVI journal. Frances has around 30 years of experience as an educator in the field of disability in Australia and internationally, with 20 years of specialisation in education of children with blindness and low vision.


I sometimes think of balloons when I consider the kind of teacher I'd like to be. Teaching adolescents is serious business, but still, shouldn't there be something blithe and bouncy about it, something as light-hearted as balloons? I often walk around school like I'm bearing an enormous burden of some sort, as if the entire weight of my students' academic lives is sitting squarely on my shoulders, but in reality (if only I could remember it), that weight is as buoyant as a balloon. All I need is for a group of friendly, free-and-easy students to sprint past me to the playing fields to remind me of how wispy and insubstantial my responsibilities actually are. I'd be a better teacher if, instead of presenting myself to my students as a slumped over carrier of grave duties and liabilities, I raised myself up and showed some of the grace and frothiness that lucky people should display. Of all the working people in the world, I am among the most fortunate, having only to share my love of language, literature, and life itself with blossoming, rousing teenagers in order to earn a paycheck. What's weighty about that? What kind of cumbersome burden is that? If the students don't master the use of gerunds at the age of 14, will that threaten their futures? If they finish my course with just a slender understanding of symbolism in The Tempest, will they slip backwards in the only significant race, the one to satisfaction and self-possession? As a teacher, I hope to be more like a balloon than a battering ram, more light-hearted than heavy-handed. The students don't need my nagging and badgering as much as they need my help in rising above the tangles of novels and the frustrations of essay writing – rising up and getting freer and freer.


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Walking barefoot on a natural surface feels bloody marvellous doesn't it? But it is also said to harmonise our electromagnetic energy, allowing it to vibrate at the same frequency as the earth's surface, reducing anxiety, increasing endorphins and promoting restful sleep. 'Yeah yeah' I hear you think, 'Suzanne is soooo wacky, so hilarious! What IS she like!' Well snigger away, I just rather like feeling good and feeling like a human and I'll get my wellness hits where can thank you!
But for those that need a brainy person in a white coat to believe in this 'stuff', even though they could be a complete crackpot (but hey, they're a scientist so they must be right, right? 樂), there is plenty more scientific-based evidence of the brain-body benefits of connecting more naturally to the earth – and I personally think it's crucial to avoid cushioned or padded shoes if you want to feel grounded, balanced and human, especially if you are suffering any kind of balance impacting disorder, such as Parkinson's, which relies on the body's ability to 'communicate' sensorially.
Do check out @Vivobarefoot for some compelling insights on why letting our feet be feet and not numbed and cut off from the ground we walk on by padded hover-craft-like soles via our footwear.


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Home » Uncategorized » Joyce Treen offers helpful household hints to avoid starving to death: Morning File, Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Joyce Treen offers helpful household hints to avoid starving to death: Morning File, Wednesday, April 5, 2017
by Tim Bousquet April 5, 2017 October 20, 2022
1. Food banks
Yesterday, Nick Jennery, executive director of Feed Nova Scotia, talked with the legislature's Community Services committee. Robert Devet picks it up from there:
Meanwhile, the provincial government gives all of $12,000 to Feed Nova Scotia, a fraction of Feed Nova Scotia's community-funded operating budget of roughly $3.5 million, Jennery told reporters after this morning's meeting.
Joyce Treen, couponer extraordinaire
If not money, MLAs had lots of helpful suggestions on how to run Feed Nova Scotia. Like inviting nutritionists to give talks, start more community gardens, hold more food drives, and yes, start couponing.
"For my own section of my riding, South Woodside, which has quite a bit of poverty there, and who have trouble accessing Feed Nova Scotia because of the distance, I created my own little food bank in my office. And somebody in my office has been couponing, and let me tell you, couponing gets you a lot of stuff for very little money," Liberal MLA Joyce Treen told Feed Nova Scotia executive director Nick Jennery.
"You might want to think about finding some people who are good at couponing, it's amazing the amount of food you can get," Treen said.
That's right: the entire Feed Nova Scotia budget is $3.5 million, a mere $12,000 of which comes from the provincial government, the Liberal government just gushed out $65 million (and counting) in pre-election promises to get themselves reelected, and they're telling people on the front lines of helping those on the verge of starving to death to… coupon better.
2. Court Watch: the lies we tell ourselves
This week, Christina Macdonald looks at the ongoing murder cases of Christopher Garnier and Nicholas Butcher (who are accused of killing Catherine Campbell and Kristin Johnston, respectively); the refusal of Community Services to help a woman who has to live out of her van to ease her Multiple Chemical Sensitivities; and the case of a man who successfully petitioned to get his name removed from the Child Abuse Registry, in which the judge got philosophical:
What can we know about ourselves? What can others know of us? We humans do avoid admitting what we cannot face to protect ourselves. Often that self-protection does us harm because we are branded as liars and sometimes we are liars. We lie to protect ourselves and others as often as we lie to deceive. Unfortunately, the difference does not usually matter to those in authority.
Sometimes we humans we do not see what others expect us to see and they cannot believe that we have not seen what to them is obvious. Sometimes when we tell what we have seen we are not believed or are later accused of telling what we saw too late and are told we must only have done so because it suited our purpose. Those who analyze us and give us psychological tests find traits that explain us. So they believe. They use words like defensive, manipulative, in denial, angry, unremorseful. They tell us that because of our personalities we cannot be trusted. Without agreeing with their definition, we will never be allowed to escape the labels we are given.
Click here to read "Court Watch: the lies we tell ourselves."
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3. Ships Start As Far Away From Here as You Can Possibly Go
Irving Shipyard. Photo: Halifax Examiner
"Australians could be the newest recruits to the Halifax Shipyard after Irving Shipbuilding began a recruitment campaign Down Under," reports Francis Willick for Local Xpress:
A recent newspaper ad in the Sydney Daily Telegraph says, "We're growing our team to help revitalize Canada's combatant fleet" and encourages would-be Irving employees to apply for jobs online. The ad notes that interviews in Australia will take place in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney in late April.
Steve Conrad, the business agent and financial secretary of Unifor/Marine Workers Federation Local 1, says the company has been known to recruit and hire workers in Europe and Korea, and it comes as no surprise that it is also looking for employees in Australia.
"They're actively recruiting in these countries for Canadian jobs. Surely to God there's people in Canada that can do these jobs," he said.
Conrad admitted that certain positions, such as combat specialist engineer, may require global recruitment, since such employees would need highly specialized knowledge.
"I could see that, but not ironworkers and welders and just general shipyard workers."
5. Argyle Street
"The Argyle Street streetscape project will be worth the wait according to Halifax Mayor Mike Savage and Halifax Downtown Coun. Waye Mason," reports Anjuli Patil, who does that weird thing where a CBC reporter makes a separate news article for the web out of stuff people said on the Mainstreet radio program.
Anyway, let me just quote the politicians and yell out comments from the bleachers:
"I think everybody will benefit when the work is done," added Mason. "Everybody around the Nova Centre is hurting, right? And it's not just the ones where the streetscaping is going … we've never had a $500-million construction site happen in downtown, so it's a big issue."
Where are you getting this frickin' $500 million, eh? As I reported Friday, EllisDon is calling it a $219 million construction project. Throw in a few million for digging the hole, and yeah, sure, you had to pay the architect and no matter what you paid him he was overpaid, but sure, and the city gets its share for the inspectors and whatnot, and Tim Merry got 200K for his bad rhymes and woo-woo music, but no way in hell is this project worth more than $300 million at best. So stop with the $500 million already, OK? That's just some bullshit number thrown out to make it look like the governments were leveraging real money with their $161 million payout and not, ya know, subsidizing the entire ugly deal.
"The businesses on Argyle Street have every opportunity to take advantage of the dividend of having the convention centre but also having this beautiful new streetscape which I think people are going to be blown away by when it's done," Savage said.
Interesting choice of words, "blown away."
"We're talking about making it as easy as possible and limit the long-term pain and maximize the long-term gain," [said Savage].
Tell the people at Inkwell you've been making it at easy as possible and limiting the long-term pain, why don't you, and see if their normally peaceful artsy selfs don't smack you upside the head with four years of pent-up rage. I'm surprised they've been able to hang on as long as they have. Tell that to the bars and restaurants who have lost millions. You really could not be more insulting, with your "making it as easy as possible" bullshit.
Mason said other businesses are seeing the potential of the street when it's finished. He said the Economy Shoe Shop being sold last week is an example.
Yeah, right buddy, just as like how when the scrap dealer buys all the garbage people leave in storage units because they can't afford the rent it proves just how much potential the storage junk has, or just like when a drunk tourist drives a BMW off a cliff and it explodes in a fire ball and the scrapyard sends a tow truck to haul the mess back up the cliff and they squeeze it into a little metal box and ship it to Indonesia to be made into a tiny part of the next supertanker, it proves just how much potential that BMW has.
Here's what's going to happen on Argyle: the Toothy Moose, not exactly the exemplar of upstanding bar operations, is going to control the entire mid-block stretch of bars on the east side of the street, flanked on the north corner by whatever The Carleton turns into and on the south corner by the idiotic Irish bar out of a box, and the west side of the street will be entirely absorbed at street level by a gigantic Bier Market outlet, which will sell overpriced booze to people who now go to the Dome because they think they'll be stepping up in sophistication. Meanwhile, anyone with any sense will have long ago escaped to the north end hipster joints. Argyle Street is going to be "happening" in the same way that Disneyland is "happening."
6. Disappearing languages
I worry that like Cumbric or Beothukan, the language of Nova Scotia may one day disappear, subsumed into the monolithic North American bland, and we'll never again hear such turns of phrase like this, uttered by cab driver Pat McGowan after an otherwise unimportant hit-and-run in the north end:
"Buddy made a wide right turn and creamed me," said McGowan.
1. Burnside Expressway
The red line shows the approximate route of the original proposal, the yellow line shows the current alignment referred to in the 2017 twinning/tolling study.
Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler provides a good detailed explanation of what the proposed Burnside Expressway is all about, and raises some interesting questions, including one about why the proposed routing of the highway has been changed.
Click here to read "Should we build a Burnside expressway?"
2. Health promises
I don't have time to parse it, but Richard Starr has written a blog post on "Reality shreds Liberal health promises."
To the New Glasgow News:
Congratulations Pictou County on demonstrating the utter lack of intelligence and common sense you so obviously possess in regard to conducting yourselves properly around wild animals.
I understand the draw and appeal of a moose in the vicinity, the excitement of searching for and seeing it. I, myself, was thrilled to have seen him, from a safe and respectable distance.
But when you conduct yourselves as abhorrently as you have during this latest occurrence, I could only wish there were some form of punishment, a large fine perhaps, for the way you've behaved.
I'm referring to the individuals who have flocked to the area and felt the overwhelming urge to approach the moose, to allow their children to try to approach it, to chase it, to trespass onto other's properties to get closer to the moose.
Have you forgotten that this is a large wild animal? That it does not fear humans and that it will charge you if provoked? That it has the potential to cause you serious harm?
The worst part of this is that if one of you overly intelligent individuals got hurt, it would be the innocent moose who would pay the ultimate price.
I'm disgusted with your conduct and with the fact that you will not face any punishment for your behaviour.
Whoever said human beings were an intelligent life form obviously hasn't paid much attention.
Sarah Norris, New Glasgow
Special Events Advisory Committee (Wednesday, 9am, City Hall) — changes to bylaws that will interest no one except for grant-seeking orgs.
Community Planning & Economic Development Standing Committee(Wednesday, 1pm, City Hall) — a pop-up soccer stadium on the Wanderer's Grounds.
Special Western Common Advisory Committee (Wednesday, 6:30pm, Prospect Road Community Centre) — the committee is reviewing Chapter 6 of the Western Common Wilderness Master Plan:
In Chapter 6, the Master Plan is presented in five phases, with an outline of park amenities, waterways and trail systems to be developed. The Plan also includes cost estimates and an implementation timeframe. Wilderness Common's development as a regional park will be phased over a period of twenty years, with the exception of areas currently occupied by the Otter Lake Solid Waste Management Facility, which will likely require a sixty-year operational and closeout monitoring period to enable it to be fully incorporated within the park. [emphasis added]
North West Planning Advisory Committee (Wednesday, 7pm, the four-pad arena named for a fucking bank, Bedford) — more zoning changes for the ever-evolving Bedford West.
Environment and Sustainability Committee (1pm, City Hall) — the Blue Urbanism Project will be discussed.
Harbour East–Marine Drive Community Council (6pm, HEMDCC space, Alderney Landing) — here's the agenda.
Public Accounts (Wednesday, 9am, Province House) — Denise Perret, deputy minister at Health & Wellness, will be asked about "Emergency Room Accountability and Collaborative Emergency Centres."
No public meetings.
"All Humans are Human" (Wednesday, 7pm, McInnes Room) — Roméo Dallaire will speak.
Smoke Signals (Wednesday, 8pm, Dalhousie Art Gallery) — a screening of Chris Eyre's 1998 film.
Halifax Harbour, 9:15 Wednesday. Map: marinetraffic.com
2am: Palena, container ship, sails from Fairview Cove for Cagliari, Italy
3:30am: CSCL America, container ship, sails from Pier 41 for New York
3:30am: Vega Omega, cargo ship, sails from Pier 42 for Palm Beach, Florida
4pm: Pagna, car carrier, sails from Autoport for sea
6am: ZIM Barcelona, container ship, arrives at HalTerm from New York
6am: ZIM Tarragona, container ship, arrives at HalTerm from Valencia, Spain
I'll be on the Sheldon MacLeod Show, News 95.7, at 2pm.
Tagged: Argyle Street, Economy Shoe Shop, EllisDon, Feed Nova Scotia, Francis Willick, Halifax Mayor Mike Savage, Halifax Shipyard, Irving Shipbuilding, Nick Jennery, Robert Devet, streetscaping, Waye Mason
Marieke Walsh reported the other bone-headed thing Treen had to say:
"Asked if she would like the government to come up with a broader solution to hunger in Nova Scotia, she said she would like to see a special budget for individual MLAs to use at their discretion. She said the money could "help people" with food and other items."
http://globalnews.ca/news/3356073/we-cannot-feed-our-way-out-of-this-crisis-feed-nova-scotia/
Yes indeed, no need for broader solutions or addressing systemic causes of poverty or updating the income assistance program: just give MLAs more discretionary funds.
It's especially funny, because if you don't follow NS politics closely, and only read the more popular news stories, it's possible the last time you saw Treen in the news was about MLAs buying promotional items. It was a non-story in my view, but did have these great details:
"The biggest spender, by far, is Joyce Treen, the MLA for Cole Harbour Eastern Passage. Since the rule change, she has bought $7,196.76 in non-traditional giveaways [>20% of total spending by all MLAs on promotional items]. The purchases include fly swatters, fans, cleaning cloths, tote bags, hand sanitizers, ice scrapers, beach balls, pens, travel toothbrushes, cutlery and bandages.
"I have constituents whose children don't even have a toothbrush, so you know what, yes, my address is on it but there's a toothbrush for that kid to brush his teeth."
I'm just picturing branded cans of soup, proudly purchased with coupons, bearing her name and address.
gordohfx says:
Thanks to Robert Devet for crystallizing how misbegotten government has become regarding those less fortunate in our society. Why put money into those slack assed and useless hungry people?
Much more important to provide good money and jobs to enterprising PR hacks and tax credits so the executives at Irving can have taxpayer financed trips to Australia to hire for jobs that could go to Canadians.
Where is the outrage? I won't even bring up the Bombardier exec bonus scandal and the people who rationalize for the bonuses because the execs successfully lobbied for a government bailout and should be rewarded.
Seriously where are our priorities as human beings?
Jean Genie says:
exactly x 2
Irving would not be in Australia if there were Canadians with the requisite qualifications and experience, and were ready,willing and able to move to Halifax.
Three years ago they were in the UK looking for people with naval defence related skills and I was in Scotland when Irving was in Glasgow looking to entice Scots who had worked on the construction of naval vessels at BAE. Irving is in Australia looking for the people who work or have worked on the Australian naval programme.
Don't fall for the union bleating, if the union had the members here they would have a job at Irving.
http://www.baesystems.com/en/careers/careers-in-the-uk/apprenticeships/our-businesses/maritime—naval-ships
" We've recently delivered warships to Brazil and Oman, while here in the UK the future fleet flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has now been launched. Our combat systems are in operation with more than 20 countries around the world and this technology is vital in providing crew members with the information and capabilities they need to operate effectively, whether protecting the world's shipping lanes or providing humanitarian relief.
By joining us, you'll be working on projects that will help safeguard our nation for generations to come, including the Royal Navy's new Offshore Patrol Vessels and Type 26 Global Combat Ships, while also being a part of our exciting transformation into a world class naval engineering business."
Dartmouth Oldie says:
Re: foodbanks
the MLA's comments are right up there with Marie Antoinette's famous line "let them eat cake". So uninformed, so out of touch. presumably just like the rest of the Liberal Government caucus. Foodbanks are a daily reminder of the failure of government to effectively deal with poverty. If government social assistance was working properly, there would be no need for foodbanks. So in the meantime, how about moving the decimal point two spaces to the right for support to this absolutely essential service. You can deduct it from the IBM handout.
Judy Haiven says:
Well there is couponing, and there is coupon clipping. The latter refers to the rich, the former to the poor. So the 'deserving poor' of the Eastern Shore can go to Joyce Treen's office for a few food leftovers– and coupons.
John Cascadden says:
How does the traffic congestion for Burnside compare to that which exists the downtown Halifax core as a result of the container pier? From an economy point of view, which location would benefit the most from a new transportation routing solution? New expressway for Burnside, move the container pier, or build the third bridge across the harbour… which one gives the greatest economic benefit to HRM, in the long run?
Lynne FitzGerald says:
I wonder how the Bengal Lancer's horses will feel about a soccer field and roaring fans next door? No one has mentioned the horses. I hope the stables are sund proof.
The 2017 assessed value of the Big Blue Glass Monster is $65,000,300. The valuation date is January 1 2016.
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Keller preserves first Sounders win
By Stanley Holmes April 9, 2011 Updated: October 5, 2012 10 Comments5 Mins Read
Steve Zakuani scores the winning goal in the Sounders' 2-1 victory over the Fire. / Drew McKenzie, Sportspress Northwest
The Seattle Sounders finally earned their first win of the season. For that, they can thank their captain, Kasey Keller.
He was instrumental protecting Seattle's lead, particularly in the second half, and that allowed his teammates to close out a 2-1 win over Chicago Fire Saturday afternoon in front of 36,223 fans at Qwest Field.
"We didn't make it easy on ourselves in the second half, but we got some great saves," coach Sigi Schmid said. "Keller made some big time saves for us."
The first time Keller came up huge was in the 59th minute, making a superb diving save to stop Diego Chaves from what would have been a certain goal to tie the game. Three minutes later, the Fire's other Uruguayan forward, Gaston Puerari, forced another Keller reaction save that was top quality.
Keller closed out his highlight-reel saves when he denied Marco Pappa in the 66th minute.
Chaves, who scored Chicago's lone goal in the second minute, was frustrated but also impressed by the former U.S. national team keeper. "He was clearly the man of the match and had great interventions," Chaves said. "He was the key for Seattle's victory."
Keller wasn't the only key. The Sounders started aggressively, swarming Chicago in the opening minutes. That culminated in O'Brian White's second goal of the season in the 7th minute, a header from a Mauro Rosales pass.
Schmid thought White did well to contort his body in the air to get his head on the Rosales' pass, which was a bit behind him. "He did a really good job, especially the first 45 minutes, shielding and holding up play for us," Schmid said. "The 1-2 he hit with Zakuani was great."
White said he was pleased, but felt the Sounders didn't do really anything different than in previous matches — other than bury two chances. He said the players wanted this victory badly.
"We gave it all," White said. "Today especially, we came out and gave everything. We decided we weren't going to leave without the three points."
Following the first goal, Seattle was clearly in control. It seemed more goals were coming but Chicago scored first. Chaves stunned the players and the crowd.
Chaves and Puerari were handfuls. The Uruguayans had obviously played together and seemed to know how the other moved. If one checked away, the other moved to the ball. They were skillful, speedy and dangerous.
So were White, Steve Zakuani, Rosales and Erik Friberg. In the first half, White took his game right at Chicago. The Jamaican was everywhere — hustling, chasing, making great runs, scoring and assisting on Seattle's second goal in the 25th minute.
"The first was a ball played up by James (Riley)," White said. "He (Rosales) played a very good ball and I just put it in the back of the net. The second one was just Steve (Zakuani) going one on one. He made a move and he scored a great goal."
White's contribution was central. He checked to the ball on the left side as Zakuani started his run. White combined with Zakuani on a give-and-go, releasing Zakuani down the left side. He beat his defender, rounded the corner and slotted a left-footed shot into the net.
The first half ended with Seattle dominating the possession and the offensive statistics. The Sounders out-shot Chicago 6-4 and led the shots on goal 3-2. Seattle had four corners to none.
The tempo changed in the second half. Chicago picked it up and pushed Seattle hard, creating three outstanding chances that Keller denied to keep the Sounders in the match. Following the second save on Puerari's low shot, the crowd started chanting, "Ka-sey Kel-ler." It was well deserved.
"You can't go through a season without having to rely on your keeper at some point and he kept us in the game in the second half, for sure," Zakuani said. " That's Kasey Keller."
the outcome remained in doubt, thanks to the cunning and craftiness of Chaves and Puerari, as well as Pappa and Patrick Nyarko. At least twice, Nyarko turned the corner on Riley with his speed down the left flank. He set up several dangerous chances late in the match.
Chicago's more aggressive second half was reflected in several stats. It ended the game putting more shots on frame, 5-4, and forced Keller to make more saves, 4-2. Seattle committed more fouls (16-10), which probably reflected its desire to secure the three points at just about any cost.
Schmid sent out Nate Jaqua for a tiring Rosales. Then midfielder Servando Carrasco replaced White. By the 80th minute, it was all about managing and killing the game. Seattle hunkered down defensively and played out the match.
"The guys never stopped believing in themselves," Schmid said. "Getting a win today, even though it was a little of an ugly win, is tremendous for their self confidence. Everybody played their part and everybody did their role."
Frei out, but Sounders' Dutra helps with the save
Thiel: Sounders begin ruthlessly a return climb
Imagine: Sports events with fans. What a thing
Lucky Infidel on April 9, 2011 5:55 pm
This was the first "new" Sounders' game I have seen although I saw many of the original Sounders' games. Not entirely sure I was so impressed with what seemed the almost forced faux European atmosphere in the stadium and around the team. I have nothing against non-American situations, in fact I lived in Europe for several years and would go back and live there in an instant, but this is Seattle in America and so let's do something original. Also don't remember from my earlier days the crowds seemingly being more responsive to perceived or real "fouls" than to the play on the field, or should I say pitch. Such crowd behavior clearly over time also just perpetuates dives and fake injuries.
All that said, it was an entertaining spectacle and I would go back. And they won. And of course there is not a bad seat at Q-west.
Jon Danforth on April 10, 2011 1:01 am
What faux atmosphere do you speak of? This is going on 3 years of organic support and an ongoing evolution of Seattle football culture. I'm a drummer for ECS, and we already have chants unique to the Sounders no one else in the world does. Roll on Columbia. Bluest Skies. Us vs. Them. Since this was your first MLS Sounders match, it appears you're talking out of your ass. The crowd was great for a 1pm kickoff, we got to celebrate 2 goals, 3 amazing Keller saves, and 3 points when we needed them. It was an awesome day undeserving of your complaining, Lucky Infidel
Lucky Infidel on April 10, 2011 9:57 am
You say the "crowd was good for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff." Well, guess what, most NFL clubs, and many major league baseball teams, for example, start games at 1:00 p.m. and I NEVER have heard someone say, "[the] crowd was good for a 1:00 p.m." start. And I never have been a sporting event of any kind at any time where the audience consistently throughout the whole match arguably seemed more interested in cheering and booing perceived fouls than action the turf.
As for your "original" drumming, that is my point. What is original to begin with about the drumming?
Anonymous on October 2, 2011 1:34 am
Seattle needed to move along to the next phase. I'm happy for Matt. He's found a good situation for him where he's got a shot in a wide open AFC while he's still healthy enough to be a factor.
The QB of the next good Seattle team isn't on the roster yet. It's just not fair to pit Hass vs. TJax. They play the same position but they represent two very different approaches to this season.
Michael Kelly on October 2, 2011 7:35 pm
Perfectly said. :)
Hasselbeck would not have been able to do what he is doing in Seattle because we could not protect him. Glad to see him doing well. Seattle will be fine though.
crumudgeon on October 3, 2011 9:04 am
In the words of Bob Dylan,"… the wheel is still in spin." Meaning — It's a long season. Let's see if Mat keeps it going the rest of the year. Remember how fragile he looked his final season as a Seahawk? How many times has Tjack got sacked so far? I wish Mat much success but it is time to just move on.
Zebenir on October 3, 2011 3:49 pm
With the O-line the Seahawks have??? Matt's better off in Tennessee… much as I hate to say that. Good luck Matt, we still love you!
red devil on November 7, 2011 4:44 pm
Line play is the backbone of football. We are not there yet. Witness the Nebraska, Stanford & Oregon game.
Sark & Carroll are drinking the same kool aid on fourth down, they need a reality check.
headoutofsand on November 8, 2011 4:10 pm
Too much hoo-hah, indeed. And, like Sarkisian, I also have no problem with Holt's candor. Count me in the camp that feels "bulletin board material" has about the same effect at helping the "offended" team to win as wearing all black uniforms.


3 Nov 2010 by Jim Fickett.
In several different ways state and local governments are taking lump sum payments now and, in exchange, either losing a stream of regular future revenue or agreeing to pay regular future rents. While this does provide yet another example of disappointing budget gimmickry, it is not, quantitatively and in aggregate, a major problem. Looking at (1) securitization of tobacco settlement revenue, (2) leasing of toll roads, parking systems and airports, and (3) selling buildings and leasing them back, I estimate a total of about $70 billion is involved. This is very small compared to either annual state and local government budgets ($2.1 trillion) or unfunded state retirement obligations ($3 trillion).
You have probably seen the headlines about desperate states leasing toll roads to private operators, or selling government buildings and leasing them back. Although it is just possible that we are seeing the beginning of a grand trend, so far the headlines are somewhat exaggerated.
This post is about the ways state and local governments are taking a lump sum payment now and, in exchange, either losing a stream of regular future revenue or agreeing to pay regular future rents. My main purpose is to get some idea of how many deals, and how much money, is actually involved.
On Nov. 23, 1998, the nation's four largest cigarette sellers agreed to pay $200 billion over 30 years in what seemed like a victory for David over Goliath. The money was supposed to help the states pay for health care and anti-smoking campaigns. Instead, much of it – even payments that aren't due for 20 years – has already been spent on politically popular tax breaks through complicated borrowing schemes initiated by Wall Street investment banks.
The first tobacco bond and the 94 others that followed have raised a total of $55 billion, said [David] Loughran, the Oppenheimer fund manager.
By the end of 2008, 15 roads had been privatized in 10 different states–either through long-term highway lease agreements on existing highways or the construction of new private toll roads.
The total cost of the 15 deals was $8.9 billion.
According to a Stateline article, the two states which had taken this option as of Nov 2009 were Arizona and California. In 2009 a major plan was developed to sell off 32 Arizona state properties, for a total of "as much as $735 million", and lease them back. In 2010 California approved the sale and leaseback of 11 properties for a total of about $2 billion.
That comes to a total of $2.7 billion.
Chicago granted a 75-year lease on a system of parking meters, receiving in return $1.15 billion. Since then many other such schemes have been discussed but, as far as I can tell, none has come to fruition. Pittsburgh may be close to a $452 million deal.
Giving the Pittsburgh deal the benefit of the doubt, call it $1.5 billion.
As of October 25, 2010, there are four active applications in the program.
Much of the above information is somewhat dated, and there have doubtless been some further deals in the last year or two. However in looking for the above information I found many examples that supplied good headlines for many years without ever being consummated. Further, some of the above deals have resulted in a great deal of bad press that discouraged other deals under discussion. So I think the above numbers are still in the right ballpark.
That gives a grand total of $69 billion, which is completely insignificant compared to either one year of state and local government budgets ($2.1 trillion) or state unfunded retirement obligations ($3 trillion).


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As you may know, this is a special year for the Vasco da Gama Movement! It's our 10th Anniversary and to mark this event, we are preparing a commemorative book.


Anti-Wall Street protesters joined Verizon Communications workers on Friday in a march to denounce corporate greed as the company and 45,000 employees negotiate a new labor contract. The march by about 500 people to a Verizon store in Lower Manhattan coincided with the top U.S. mobile provider reporting a third-quarter profit of $1.38 billion, more than double its profit for the same quarter last year. Support from unions across the United States has helped boost the ranks of the Occupy Wall Street movement against economic inequality, which began five weeks ago and sparked protests nationwide and globally.
Among those handcuffed were Princeton professor Cornel West and Reverend Stephen Phelps of Riverside Church. Some "Occupy Wall Street" protesters also took part. Organizers say stop-and-frisk is illegal and singles out minorities. "It is a racist practice, and it really needs to stop. People need to stand up," said one protester.
Hundreds of student activists from dozens of colleges and universities across the US are expanding the grassroots movements for Palestine solidarity activism despite aggressive smear campaigns by pro-Israel groups. . . . And at night, organizers headed down to the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York's financial district to address a general assembly.
On October 22nd, HISTORY in the Bronx continues to be made. "Occupy The Bronx" will hold a peaceful demonstration, representing the 99% of humanity. There are numerous causes being fought for, all spearheaded by a single principle…THE PEOPLE's VOICE MUST BE HEARD. October 22nd, we will gather again at Fordham Plaza.
In solidarity with the people of Palestine, we are asking that on Oct. 28th everyone come to Liberty Plaza wearing their Kuffeya. EIR will be on site silk screening shirts for a $2 donation.
Sat., 10.21: Chicago: The Occupation Will Continue!
Tomorrow Occupy Chicago will make a stand! Reach out to your friends, family, colleagues, organizations that you belong to, universities, representatives, and all others, and tell them to come be a part of history.
As immigrants wage the uphill battle to reclaim the most basic of human rights, they too are among the 99 percent.
This is an opportunity to take things forward. In New York, the Occupy movement got a shot in the arm from similar police action. Mass arrests and assaults galvanised broader layers of the public, who had shown sympathy and passive support for the protests, into action to defend the encampment. The workers' movement got right behind it and it took off. With a bit of luck, and a lot of outreach work, we might be able to get more people involved in the coming days here as well.
Now that the protests have spread around the world and appear to be morphing into a movements against many things including ruthless capitalism, corruption, inequality and the arrogance of power, China's rulers have apparently decided that this is getting too close to home.
Hundreds marched on Thursday night from the High Court, in Ramses, through downtown Cairo streets, ending in Maspero, where the State TV is located, denouncing the sectarian massacre perpetrated by the Egyptian army against (mostly) Coptic protesters on 9 October, 2011.
Hundreds of thousands protesters. The biggest strike and workers demonstration since the fall of junta (1974).
Left-wing political parties, trade unions, social activists and student groups at a press conference in the Labour Party office invited people to join them in an Occupy Lahore anti-capitalist camp at 1 pm, Nasir Bagh, on October 22.
In 2010, on average 250 children were in detention each month, and in 2009 the monthly average reached 300.
The police demonstrate the side they take with every truncheon blow against protesters from New York to Athens.
But it's this year's drama in Tahrir Square (acknowledged with an Egyptian flag at the London camp) that has given it such evocative power. And while the 1990s anti-capitalist globalisation protests took place at a time of boom and speculative frenzy, today's occupations are targeting a global capitalism in the deepest crisis.
Socialist ideas have had an enormous influence in the Middle East, and can return to the fore once again.


This project came about because a group of amateur radio operators in Auckland wanted to improve the APRS receive coverage by using IGates to add receive only coverage around South Auckland.
We found that a really low cost way of doing this (both initial investment and ongoing operational costs) was to use DLink DSL-502T ADSL routers with customized firmware.
The DLink DSL-502T is very common in New Zealand. It was the router of choice for many first time ADSL users who signed up with the large ISP's. Over time many users want devices with more capability (wireless or more ports) so the routers are available at very low cost (or free).
ADSL modem with ADSL2/2+ support to 24Mbit/s+.
More complete hardware details are on the OpenWRT DSL-502T hardware page.
In it's IGate implement we don't use the ADSL modem or the USB-B port. What the specification doesn't say is that there is an onboard serial port (even provided with soldered pin headers) which is perfect (with level conversion from RS-232 to 3.3V TTL) for connect to an TNC.
Using a DSL-502T as an IGate is as much an exercise of configuring software as it is connecting hardware. The standard operating software makes the device an ADSL router.... we need to replace this so it becomes an IGate.
This article is written for those who are interested in how to build their own operating system image for the device and outlines the steps I followed. It isn't hard if you have a Linux installation (real or in a VM).... I used Ubuntu 8.1 which work really well as a platform for building the operating software and flashing it into the routers.
If you don't want to get into the details and just want an image to flash visit the guys at WetNet who have prebuilt images available for download - for the DSL-502T you need an image compiled for an AR71xx.
Before going into the detail of how to we built and configured the firmware it is worth explaining what we wanted to achieve.
A standard set of firmware that we could flash into many routers.
Installation without needing to connect to each router to install extra packages or make configuration settings (unless absolutely necessary).
For the router to be able to indicate it's operational status using the front panel LED's (only Status, Ethernet and USB are controllable... it appears that the ADSL indicator is managed directly from the ADSL interface).
Central management of the APRSD configuration and have this automatically applied when the power is cycled on the router.
We achieved all these objectives using a custom OpenWRT build.
It must be said that this project would not have been possible without the efforts of all those involved in the OpenWRT project (for creating the build scripts and environment), those who make it work on AR71xx based routers and those involved with the WebNet project who ported APRSD for the OpenWRT platform. We are thankful to all these people and hope that the notes here benefit others wanting to package these components to build IGates.
The following outlines the process and scripts we used to configure the DSL-502T as an IGate to meet these objectives.
3. I installed the minicom and ntpclient packages in the image. Minicom is useful for checking the serial port works..... and ntpclient to keep the time correct. Without ntpclient the box doesn't keep very good time.
4. By default the serial ports are configured as serial consoles. This needs to be disabled to use them to connect with a TNC. Disabling the ports requires a customized /etc/inittab to be included in the flash image.
Any files in the ./files folder of the build will be added to the flash image when it is built.
Create the following ./files/etc/inittab to configure the serial ports so they can be used.
5. The default configuration for OpenWRT (at least for the version I built) is to bring the network up with a static IP address. I wanted DHCP so a customized /etc/config/network needs to be included in the flash image.
Create the following ./files/etc/config/network to configure the network for DHCP.
6. While we are making changes to /etc/config it is a good idea to configure the system name and timezone.
Create the following ./files/etc/config/system to configure the system name and timezone (in this case New Zealand).
7. We installed the ntpclient package earlier but this still needs to be configured so it connects to an appropriate time server.
The configuration details are in /etc/init.d.
Create the following ./files/etc/init.d/ntpclient to start the ntpclient with an appropriate time server (or pool in this case).
8. OpenWRT uses symbolic links between /etc/rc.d and /etc/init.d so we need to create these in ./files to reference the updated ntpclient start script.
10. We wanted to default the Minicom configuration so it opened port /dev/ttyS0 at 9600 baud, did not send the default initialization string but instead sent the "VER" command to the TNC.
11. The aprsd package (or other amateur radio packages) is not included in the OpenWrt source tree at the time of writing. The packages can be downloaded from www.wetnet.net.
13. If you are going to flash a single DSL-502T you can set the aprsd configuration by adding appropriately configured aprsd.conf, aprsd.config, INIT.TNC, RESTORE.TNC and welcome files to the ./files/etc/aprsd folder.
Because we were going to install multiple DSL-502T IGates and were trying to create a standard image that could be flashed to all units it was important to have a more flexible configuration process for aprsd.
We went with the approach of storing the aprsd.config file for each unit on a central web server. The files are named with the Ethernet MAC address of the router.
The startup script downloads the appropriate config file on startup of the router and updates the version in flash if it has changed.
# Starts or stops aprsd server.
echo "Starting aprs server daemon. "
echo "Stopping aprs server daemon. "
There are a few interesting things in the script.
The Ethernet and USB LED's on the DSL-502T are used to indicate status.
Ethernet flashing means no IP address was assigned so there is a problem somewhere with DHCP.
Ethernet on means an IP address was assigned.
USB flashing means that no aprsd.config file could be downloaded (and none already exists in flash).
USB on means that the device has a valid aprsd.config file (either newly downloaded or already existing).
When both Ethernet and USB LED's are lit the aprsd service will have been started.
The aprsd.config file was extended to include additional settings which are not included in the standard file and only exist in aprsd.conf.
14. With all the modules selected the OpenWRT image is ready to build.
Once the firmware is installed the DSL-502T will restart.... the restart process can take up to 60 seconds. An operational IGate will be flashing the Status LED (like a heartbeat) and have Ethernet and USB LED's on.
Check your IGate appears using APRS.FI but note that your NetBeacon is not sent immediately on startup.... it will only be sent after the specified time. Setting the NetBeacon interval to 1 minute initially to check the IGate appears and once you are properly communicating with the APRS-IS server update the NetBeacon interval to something more reasonable - we use 60 minutes.


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I'm a Diet Dr. Pepper!
I am trying to quit my Diet Dr. Pepper habit.
I was drinking 1 a day.
Maybe 2 a day on the weekends.
Or when I was eating out and it was available.
I love the soda machines some of the fast food restaurants have.
Heaven - yes - I hear angels when I walk in and see one of those magic machines.
my diet soda habit had gotten out of hand.
Well, after I drank the last one under the sink.
Yes I drink them warm but that's a different story!!
SO SO SO SO HARD.
I miss my Dr. Pepper.
I looked forward to my soda, my treat, my one bad habit.
In fact, I haven't really felt any different.
I don't feel worse but I don't feel better.
I haven't changed anything else in my diet or work out habits.
But I still crave, oh man do I crave my Diet Dr. Pepper.
I did cheat a few days.
I had a few sips.
And it didn't change my craving for my beloved Diet Dr. Pepper.
I went to the store and didn't buy any.
if only to reduce my artificial sweetener consumption.
I wonder if they can make it with Splenda or another plant based sweetener?
I miss you Diet Dr. Pepper.
I really really miss you.


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Date Posted: 7/13/2012
In this post, students will learn about the concept of eco-cities (cities designed to be in balance with nature) and their impact on the sustainability movement. Written by Art Molella, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Director of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, this post is published on the Museum's "O Say Can You See?" blog.
National Standards
Historical Thinking Standards (Grades K-4)
Historical Thinking Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities
4B: Obtain historical data.
Historical Thinking Standard 5: Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making
5A: Identify problems and dilemmas in the past.
5B: Analyze the interests and values of the various people involved.
5F: Identify the solution chosen.
Standards in History (Grades K-4)
Topic 3: The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage
4C: The student understands historic figures who have exemplified values and principles of American democracy.
United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)
Era 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
2: Economic, social, and cultural developments in contemporary United States
World History Standards (Grades 5-12)
Era 9: The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises and Paradoxes
2: The search for community, stability, and peace in an interdependent world
Historical Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12)
Historical Thinking Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
3B: Consider multiple perspectives.
3C: Analyze cause-and-effect relationships.
4B: Obtain historical data from a variety of sources.
5E: Formulate a position or course of action on an issue.
5F: Evaluate the implementation of a decision.
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Over the past few years we've been fortunate to see a lot of the world and have some amazing experiences, but once in a while there's a place that jumps out from the rest as something uniquely special. For us, the stunning coastal region known as the Kingdom of Fife stole our hearts.
Fife is the kind of place that's overflowing with charm, a coastline that stretches for miles (117 of them!), rolling hills and quaint fishing villages around every corner. At times it felt like we were on a beach holiday, others like we'd gone back in time as we walked the most cobblestone-y cobblestones we've ever seen.
We were lucky enough to spend 5 amazing days exploring the region and it was a real task to narrow down the highlights of our trip! In no particular order, here are our top 5 highlights:
1) The Food Scene
Scotland has some of the most amazing food, service and quality we've ever had and our Fife experience took things to a new level. Whether it was a quick pit stop for coffee or a six course degustation, every meal was on point. We can't mention the Fife food scene without talking about the Anstruther Fish Bar – home to the best fish and chips in Britain! As Kiwis we grew up eating fish and chips often, so naturally we thought we'd enjoy the nostalgia more than anything. Wrong! There's a reason this place often has lines out the door and visits from red carpet stars. The battered fish was so fresh with just the right amount of oil and yet still so crunchy. It went down an absolute treat with an icy cold can of Irn Bru, possibly the most Scottish we'll ever feel.
On the complete opposite end of the spectrum is The Newport, situated on the southern bank of the River Tay. An award-winning, fine dining restaurant where we indulged in a six course degustation menu. Each course was presented like a delicate piece of art and was made from unique local ingredients. If you're wondering whether it tasted as good as it looked, the answer is yes! This was one of our favourite gastronomic experiences in the world, topped off with a sunset across the river. Everything about the food, the view and the atmosphere was perfection.
Some of our other favourites include:
Specialty Hot Chocolate at The Cocoa Tree Café, Pittenweem
Wood Fired Pizza at The Mill House, St Monans
Fillet Steak at Balgove Steak Barn, St Andrews
Pub Dinner at The Red Lion, Culross
2. The Coastline
The Fife Coastal Path stretches for 117 miles from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Tay and is Scotland's longest continuous path. We didn't pack hiking boots so decided to stop on the most picturesque stretch between Elie and St Monans, fortunately with the sun beaming down on us. There seemed to be surprises around every corner so we spent hours meandering down the coastal path taking in the sun, sea and sites – with our favourites being The Elie Lighthouse and Lady Janet Anstruther's Tower.
You know when you get home from a holiday and feel like you need another holiday to recover from your holiday? Scotland is one of the few places we've been where we didn't feel that way. We got to see and experience so much and yet it is such a relaxed place.
3. Walking Alpacas
When we found out you can walk Alpacas in Fife we instantly said "alpaca my bags!". We visited Claireville Alpaca Farm for 45 minutes of absolute madness with Lightening and Bambi! We took them on a leisurely stroll before attempting to give them some lunch, it was without a doubt one of the most hilarious experiences we've ever had and we quickly learned that alpacas are hilarious characters, full of personality and so friendly.
Llamas have a bit of a bad reputation for spitting, not alpacas, which we were pleased to hear! As if it couldn't get any better, after our walk we were introduced to the baby alpacas (who we genuinely considered kidnapping) and Gucci, the Black Nose Sheep who is absolutely crazy. It was one of those completely random and unexpected experiences of our travels so far, an afternoon that we'll never forget.
4. St Andrews
Being terrible golfers we weren't sure if we would find much else to do in 'the home of golf' but the seaside town of St Andrews is so much more than beautifully manicured golf courses. It's rich with history, tales as old as time, architecture that blew our minds and St Andrews University, the oldest and most prestigious in Scotland.
Our visit happened to coincide with graduation so there was an exciting buzz about the University grounds and the town as a whole. Careful not to get caught up in the procession we made our way to St Andrews Cathedral, we've seen a lot of ruins in our time but none as unique as these. To get an even better view we climbed the St Rules Tower, a narrow spiral staircase with 156 teeny tiny steps, the views from the top across the beach, pier, ruins, castle and town left us speechless.
5. Inchcolm Island
Inchcolm is a small island just a short ferry ride from North Queensferry, famous for it's well preserved abbey, beaches and birdlife. We hopped aboard the Maid of the Forth and set sail for our 3-hour landing trip, instantly dwarfed by the cantilevered Forth Bridge. The ferry ride alone was the perfect way to see the Scottish skyline from a different perspective. We spent the trip over spotting seals, listening to the sounds of the waves and on-board commentary along the way.
It wasn't long before we were disembarking onto what felt like a moody movie scene, complete with ominous squawking seagulls circling overhead. It was nesting season, which made things even more exciting! We were each given a long bamboo stick to hold above our heads in case we got too close, seagulls go for the highest point they can see if you get too close to their young, so as long as we held them at a point higher than our heads we were told we'd be fine. Not knowing whether we were going to be showered in 'good luck' by the gulls as we made our way towards the abbey just added to the adventure for us!
We spent the next hour getting lost, climbing medieval staircases of the Abbey and trying to wrap our heads around how these incredible structures are still standing, the preservation work is beyond impressive.
The Kingdom of Fife stole our hearts. It's an incredibly special part of the world that will always feel like a home away from home for us.
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It's been two weeks since the last WHQL-certified driver release from Nvidia, if we don't count the odd Windows 10-exclusive release last week. So, of course, it's time for another update.
Nvidia today released its GeForce Game Ready WHQL-certified 416.34 drivers, bringing optimizations for the much-anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 as well as SOULCALIBUR VI, and GRIP.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is available to play already, so if you are hopping in with the early crowd, these drivers should perhaps help you gain a few frames per second. SOULCALIBUR VI has a release date of October 19, meanwhile GRIP will be leaving its early access tag behind on November 6.
Workaround: Recommend setting refresh rate to 120Hz due to off spec timing in EDID.
A very specific known issue with the GeForce Experience in-game overlay also exists, where if it is invoked with the Alt+Z keyboard shortcut in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 while it is in Windowed or Windowed [Fullscreen] mode, the game will freeze. There's a fix for this issue, but it's only available with the GeForce Experience BETA client, which is available here. Nvidia says this update will be pushed as stable next week.
There are no new or updated SLI profiles this time around. The 416.34 WHQL-certified drivers can be downloaded via the GeForce Experience app on Windows, or via the links down below. The complete release notes are available here.


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Where is the talk about sexual violence?
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 11, 2016
Last week, the student government at Notre Dame held its third (that I know of) Sexual Violence Prayer Service of the academic year. The service is a time of lament and prayer for those within our community who have been affected by sexual violence; it is also a time of corporate repentance. I attended one of these in the fall, and I attended the one last week. Both times, maybe 30 people came. Where was everyone else?
Changes to Notre Dame's alcohol policies reliably produce protests. I remember the outcry in 2005 when hard alcohol was banned from the dorms; and I've read in Notre Dame Magazine about the marches on the Dome — 1,500 strong one day, and more the following week — when the 1984 report of the University Committee on the Responsible Use of Alcohol recommended banning the consumption of alcohol in pubic places, except at tailgate parties. Only about 60 or fewer people participated in each of the two protests over sexual violence held by the "I'm Someone" group last Fall.
A little over a decade ago, it was impossible to miss the campus-wide conversation about the changes to the alcohol policy. By contrast, I am embarrassed to admit that I didn't even know about the existence of the "I'm Someone" group or their protests until a friend of mine elsewhere called my attention to them.
But perhaps I am not wholly to blame. Fox 28 asked permission to cover their first protest — a silent march to the stadium behind the band before one of the football games — but were denied. Fox 28 also reports that, for the second protest, our administration asked "I'm Someone" to refrain from marching so as not to interfere with the band. Small wonder, then, that some of us missed the protests entirely.
Instead of silencing the protests and avoiding the prayer services, shouldn't faculty and administrators at Notre Dame be joining in with them to signal to our student-survivors that we care about what they have suffered, and to insist that Notre Dame become a leader among universities working to end sexual violence on their campuses? Shouldn't the prayer services themselves be just the beginning of our formal communal response to reports of sexual violence on campus instead of (as they seem to be) the beginning and the end?
The service last week was held in the wake of a sexual assault that occurred off campus earlier this month. This month also saw a press release (posted at www.seeactstop.org) about two student survivors who "are ready to speak out about the Title IX complaints they filed against University of Notre Dame for failing to address a repeat perpetrator who reportedly threatened, sexually harassed, physically assaulted and/or sexually assaulted approximately seven Notre Dame and St. Mary's College students while on campus." Last year, Notre Dame was prominently featured in the documentary, "The Hunting Ground," which dealt with a variety of problems related to sexual assault and the treatment of victims by administrators and peers on college campuses. In 2014, according to the most recently available Clery report, 15 rapes were reported as having occurred on Notre Dame campus property, 14 of those in residence halls; and, of course, those are just the ones that were reported. We as a community have much to lament, much to repent from, much for which to pray.
But our conversation on these topics shouldn't only be directed toward God. We should be having more conversations with one another, and we should be doing so in an ongoing way for as long as we continue to have this problem on campus. Instead of silencing the protests, we should be encouraging them. As the speaker at last week's prayer service said, one case of sexual violence is too many. The nation's premier Catholic university should point the way to solving the problems highlighted in "The Hunting Ground"; we should never have found ourselves listed among the "problem cases." Now that we have found ourselves on that list, we should together move to become foremost among those university communities that are taking strong, positive steps toward putting an end to sexual violence in their midst, reliably lending support to victims and instituting just and effective procedures for addressing violations.
Over a tenth of the University population came out in 1984 to show their opposition to recommended changes in the alcohol policy. What kind of message could be sent to survivors if even half that number were to participate in one of the prayer services, voicing our corporate sorrow over the fact that such things happen in our midst and repenting together of whatever ways in which we have been complicit? What kind of message could be sent if such numbers among us would take their stand (wherever they are allowed to stand) with "I'm Someone," or engage in some kind of communal discussion of how we can work together to prevent sexual violence at Notre Dame? What kind of message could be sent if Notre Dame faculty and administrators would join in these activities, working and praying together so that everyone can enjoy the right to live and move within our community free from the threat of sexual violence? What kind of message is sent when none of this happens?
Michael Rea
The views expressed in this Letter to the Editor are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenses, particularly drug crimes, have been a leading factor in the nation's skyrocketing prison populations over the past several decades. Given the high annual costs of incarcerating non-violent offenders, momentum has been building at the federal level to reform these sentencing rules, and it's possible one of the several reform bills currently before Congress could pass in coming years.
If it does, it would so with broad public support. A Pew Poll in February, for example, reported that 63 percent of people say that states moving away from the idea of mandatory prison sentences for non-violent offenses is a good thing. By comparison, just 32 percent thought it was a bad thing. Back in 2001, the public was basically split on the matter, with 47 percent opposing mandatory sentences and 45 percent supporting.
Other, more recent polls show even more support. The Reason-Rupe survey, partly sponsored by the libertarian magazine Reason, found this week that 77 percent of Americans favor eliminating mandatory minimum prisons sentences for non-violent offenders.
Seventy seven percent of Americans say they favor eliminating mandatory minimum prison sentences for non-violent offenders, according to the latest Reason-Rupe survey. This is up six percentage points from when they asked the same question last year. It should be noted, however, that the question was worded in a way such that it may lead more people to favor eliminating minimum sentences.
Support for ending mandatory minimums is widespread among people of difference races, genders, income levels, ages. Democrats (81 percent) are slightly more likely to favor ending mandatory minimums than Republicans (73 percent).
Polling analyst Scott Clement contributed to this post.


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Q: Expected value of a lognormal distribution I'm having trouble deriving an expression for the expected value for the lognormal distribution. I've tried the standard approach of computing $\int_{\mathbb{R^+}}xf_X(x)\,\mathrm{d}x$ for non-negative variables:

$$\int_0^{\infty} \frac{1}{\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{\ln(y)-\mu}{\sigma}\right)^2\right)\,\mathrm{d}y$$

which is beyond me.
I've tried looking into moment generating functions, of which my knowledge is lacking, but stumbled upon a question claiming (and proving) that there is no such function. (link)
I've looked at a similar question (same, really) (link), but I'm afraid I don't undestand the accepted answer. It seems to relate the moment generating function of the normal distribution to the lognormal one, which didn't exist?
So how does one extract the expected value for the lognormal distribution, given the moment generating function of another(/the normal) distribution?
Bonus question: Is this last method the most natural approach (yes/no), or is it possible to find the expected value using the first approach with some clever trick (yes/no).

A: Hint:
By the substitution $y=e^z$, you transform to
$$\frac{1}{\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^z\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{z-\mu}{\sigma}\right)^2\right)e^z\,\mathrm{d}z=\frac{1}{\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{z-\mu}{\sigma}\right)^2+2z\right)\,\mathrm{d}z$$ which you can reduce to a standard Gaussian integral by shifing the variable, giving the value $1$.

A: Standard method to find expectation(s) of lognormal random variable.
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Determine the MGF of $U$ where $U$ has standard normal distribution.
This comes to finding the integral:$$M_U(t)=\mathbb Ee^{tU}=\frac1{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{tu}e^{-\frac12u^2}du=e^{\frac12t^2}$$
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If $Y$ has lognormal distribution with parameters $\mu$ and $\sigma$ then it has the same distribution as $e^{\mu+\sigma U}$ so that: $$\mathbb EY^{\alpha}=\mathbb Ee^{{\alpha}\mu+{\alpha}\sigma U}=e^{{\alpha}\mu}\mathbb Ee^{{\alpha}\sigma U}=e^{{\alpha}\mu}M_U({\alpha}\sigma)=e^{{\alpha}\mu+\frac12{\alpha}^2\sigma^2}$$

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"Carina" is a 1958 hit song written by Italian singer Corrado Lojacono under the pseudonym of composer "R. Poes", to Italian lyrics by Alberto Testa. He recorded the song himself in 1958 as the B-side to "Brivido Blu", but the song became his most successful song as a songwriter. The sheet music carried the names of six other Italian male singers who immediately recorded versions including Fred Buscaglione, and internationally the song was recorded by Sophia Loren, Caterina Valente, Eddie Constantine, René Carol in Germany and Cliff Richard (on When in Rome). Lojacono's own recording was re-released as an A-side in 1959. The tune was also recorded as an instrumental by the Ray Ellington Quartet. The lyrics begin "Carina, allegra e spensierata sei carina" (Pretty, cheerful and carefree you're pretty).

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Automation and Innovation for the Tube and Pipe Industry
Proto-1 Manufacturing
Written by Laura McHargue
For more than 20 years, Proto-1 has provided innovative tube and pipe manufacturing solutions for a variety of industries. Based in Winneconne, Wisconsin, Proto-1 delivers custom tube end forming and deburring machines made in the United States.
Proto-1 was founded in 1997 by John and Valerie Schwochert, who opened a small machine shop specializing in automation and tube and pipe deburring equipment. "The company started as a niche shop serving customers in the Fox Valley," says Marc Jankowski, Business Development and Marketing Manager. "Tube Deburring used to be a manual process done with a belt sander by hand operation." Proto-1 created a machine and a deburring head, patented as the Roto-D-Bur® head that automated the tube deburring process, which the company still uses today.
Recognizing a unique opportunity to fulfill customers' unmet needs, the Schwocherts expanded Proto-1's product line to include other types of tube forming equipment. Today, the company's offerings include rotary tube end forming, ram tube end forming, segmented tube end forming, and more. Proto-1's rotary tube end forming (RFM) machine is the leading technology for tube cutoff after-bending. "Right now, our competitors don't have anything close to the technology we have in the [Proto-1 RFM] machine," Jankowski says.
Through constant innovation and customized manufacturing solutions, Proto-1 continues to lead the tube and pipe manufacturing sector. "Our products are a solution to help our customers increase their production, hold tighter tolerances, and increase their bottom line." Manufacturers in automotive, heavy truck, military, HVAC, agriculture, water, aerospace, and several other industries choose Proto-1 for their tube and pipe manufacturing needs.
Proto-1 has grown from a small, local machine shop into a market leader with a global reach. "We're a small company of about 80 people located in Wisconsin, but we have a global market presence. Our machines are all over the world; they're in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Europe, the U.K., Australia, Ecuador, China, Ireland, India, and New Zealand. We view this as a big accomplishment, that we've been able to create that kind of brand recognition and sell our machines all over the world," says Seth Johnson, Digital Media and Marketing Coordinator.
Throughout 20 years of growth and expansion, Proto-1 has remained a close-knit family company. "It's a very family-oriented culture here. We all work as a team and contribute as much as we can," says Johnson.
"Open communication is important to us as well," says Jankowski. "We always keep an open line of communication, so that if someone sees something we can improve or has an idea, they can talk to anyone on the senior leadership team about it."
At the heart of Proto-1's culture is a commitment to proactive problem solving. "Our biggest advantage is our unmatched 'can-do' attitude," says Jankowski. "When I bring in a new sales opportunity and it's something outside the box or something we haven't done before, no one says, 'we can't do that.' Instead, everyone thinks, 'how can we do this?' and 'what's the best way to do this?' Our company was founded to help customers who couldn't find a solution to their manufacturing needs. For the past 21 years, we've been coming up with solutions to help our customers. We have a lot of integrity in our problem solving process, so people trust us when we say that we can do something."
Problem solving capabilities
Proto-1's in-house engineering staff offers problem solving capabilities to meet any manufacturing challenge. "Our engineering staff is working on developing new solutions almost every day. They're designing new tools and new machines, and thinking of new processes to improve our current machines. They also develop new ideas that haven't been done in the market before," Jankowski says. The company employs a total of 11 mechanical and electrical engineers.
"Several of our mechanical engineers are focusing specifically on new machines and new processes. Customers come to us because they can't find a solution for how to manufacture their product, so we have engineers who specialize in this area to create a solution for them, whether it's designing a custom machine or a custom tool for one of our standard machines to manufacture their product."
The Proto-1 team is unmatched in their in-house capability to integrate automation into nearly any project. "Our customers come to us wanting automation on our products, and they're looking for our expertise on the best way to do it. Our electrical engineers will integrate robots, and they will customize the PLC screens to make it as easy as possible for our customers," Jankowski says.
Proto-1 strives to stay ahead of the competition by offering leading-edge innovations for its customers. "Right now, in our industry, there's a race for technology. We're always asking how technology can improve our current machines and the manufacturing processes that we offer to our customers. We like to know what our competition is doing so that we can offer better solutions to our customers," Jankowski says. Proto-1 is committed to offering these solutions at a competitive price. "Sometimes overseas options may be cheaper than our products, so we're finding ways to engineer and design cost out of our machines, to stay competitive in a global market."
Creating a workforce for the future
As the manufacturing industry faces a shortage of skilled workers, Proto-1 is working to build a pipeline of future employees. The company partners with local schools to build interest in manufacturing careers. Proto-1's team speaks with students at the local elementary school and high school to educate them about careers in manufacturing, and also has a close relationship with the local technical college.
Each summer, the company hosts several interns in its machine shop, engineering, and quality departments, in hopes that these students will become full-time employees upon graduation. "We're always talking with our local high schools, and if they have a student interested in manufacturing we will take them on as an intern or apprentice. We even offer tuition reimbursement opportunities so that they can learn a skilled trade and hopefully work with us in the future," says Jankowski.
In 2016, Proto-1 President John Schwochert founded a nonprofit car club called the Winneconne Road Runners. Through its annual car show, the Winneconne Road Runners club raises money to support scholarships for high school students interested in pursuing a career in a skilled trade. The first Winneconne Road Runners scholarship recipient interned in Proto-1's quality department while pursuing an Associate's Degree in machining at Fox Valley Technical College. "We hope that as the car show grows every year, we'll be able to support more scholarships," Jankowski says. Proto-1 is confident that these investments in new talent will pay off for years to come, attracting talented workers to meet the company's needs as it continues to grow.
Building on success
"For years Proto-1 has been growing, so we want to continue that success," Jankowski says. "The way we plan to do that is by getting into more growth markets." Proto-1 has identified opportunities for growth in the aerospace industry, which it recently began serving. The company is focused on growing its business in this sector over the next five to ten years.
Through creative marketing, Proto-1 is also pursuing new regional markets. Jankowski and Johnson are tasked with developing "new, creative marketing strategies to increase brand awareness in parts of the U.S. where Proto-1 currently doesn't do business, and in other parts of the world." Innovation is also a focus of Proto-1's growth strategy. "We want to develop new technology, machines, and processes to offer in the industries we serve. Proto-1 is never complacent; we're always looking for the next innovative thing we can do, whether it's creating a new machine or using technology to improve a process."
Laura McHargue
The One-Stop Manufacturing Source


The car seat is one of the most important purchases a parent can make towards ensuring the safety of their child. Rear-facing car seats especially can mean the difference between little to no injury and major injury and possible death. But apart from being necessary, car seats can also be on the pricier side, and having to deal with the physical, emotional, and yes, monetary consequences of a car accident is bad enough without having to deal with replacing them. If you choose to keep the car seat you had after an accident, it's important to make note of several key factors that can alter or diminish its safety and efficacy.
One of the most important things to know is that, similarly to helmets and airbags, car seats are safety-tested for only one crash event. What this means is that there is simply no way of knowing if the car seat is still effective or safe after any sort of accident, whether major or minor. While a moderate to major crash event would indicate that it's best to just dispose of the car seat entirely, with a minor crash event, there could be some room for compromise.
A major crash event is defined as an accident where one cannot simply move the car to the shoulder, exchange insurance information, and drive the car away - it involves anything beyond cosmetic damage, in which airbags were deployed if present, and/or if injuries were sustained. If the car seat in question was involved in such an accident, consider it a lost cause and dispose of it, even if the damage to the car wasn't near the area where the car seat was located. However, if the crash was minor, in that the vehicle is able to be driven away, there is no damage to the door nearest the car seat, the airbags were not deployed, and there were no injuries, then there's a good chance that the car seat is still usable, as long as you know what to look for.
The most obvious thing to look for in a car seat that's been involved in any accident is to look for any damage to the car seat itself - any cracks to the chassis or body of the car seat should mean an instant discarding. If there are no signs of visible damage, the car seat will likely still be useable.
Check the expiration date on the car seat and if it's past or near the date of the accident, it's probably best to just discard the car seat as well - a component's normal wear could be exacerbated by the accident and continued use would likely result in part failure. Check all of the moving parts in the car seat to ensure they're still working. This includes the clips on the harness, the release mechanisms, and the connecting fixture points that secure the car seat in place. If one of these isn't working and the part cannot be replaced or fixed, toss the whole seat.
Have the car seat formally inspected by a safety inspection service. Just like you'd have done when installing your car seat for the first time, taking it in for an inspection will help ensure that the car seat is still fitting in its proper place after an accident.
A car accident can be stressful and expensive enough without the added burden of replacing costly car seats. While a major or even moderate crash is usually enough of an indication that a car seat involved is a lost cause, a minor accident doesn't have to turn into a major headache. As long as proper care and diligence is applied, a car seat involved in a fender-bender can keep on doing its job of making sure your kids are safely secured.
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