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Columbia University President Lee Bollinger urged the student body and Columbia faculty to return to the school's "fundamental values" following Donald Trump's surprising presidential victory Tuesday, which triggered a firestorm on campus.
"I am writing because of concerns for our community arising out of yesterday's national election. Certainly, not in my lifetime has there been a choice that is embraced by so many while also causing feelings of apprehension and vulnerability among so many others, including many students, faculty, and staff across our diverse University community.
There are three primary challenges for the country and, more importantly for purposes of this letter, for our community. The first is that those in distress have the right opportunities to raise and discuss whatever anxieties they are feeling now. I will be personally engaged in this dialogue, and I strongly urge you to seek out the discussions and meetings being planned throughout the University by all schools and departments. The second is that we not let different viewpoints about this election, strong as the feelings on every side might be, descend into intolerance or intimidation. This requires strong intellectual character on all our parts. And the third point is that we all have to make sure that we are able to continue on with the work of scholarship and teaching, which is not only our central mission but ultimately the best answer to overcoming divisions and even the risk, feared by many, that our principles may be violated.
In these moments, we must turn to our fundamental values, among them a commitment to freedom of thought and expression, dedication to tolerance and reason, respect for diversity and differing points of view, and a determination to do what we do with the utmost integrity and courage."
Bollinger's email was sent out shortly after Columbia students stormed the College Walk early Wednesday—running, screaming, and crying.
"Over 200 Columbia students gathered early Wednesday morning at the heart of campus, reeling from Republican nominee Donald Trump's presidential victory with a mixture of shock, disgust, and sadness.
'Fuck Donald Trump,' they screamed."
The elite university reportedly has created a "safe space" for grieving students, and reports indicate that professors have suggested postponing midterms to allow students time to cope.
"Students looked a bit shaken, not really focused on what we were doing in class," said Political science professor Justin Phillips. "You can tell when someone's upset."
My hunch is that these are not the "fundamental values" Bollinger had in mind, but I could be wrong. He is certainly not a Trump fan. In February, Bollinger, who received a $3.4 million compensation package in 2013, said it would be "a real pity" if Donald Trump was somehow elected.
In any event, the reaction of Columbia's student body doesn't seem that far out of line with that of students around the country. Thousands have filled streets in protest, ABC reports, with violence popping up at some rallies.
This isn't exactly surprising. Protesting seems to be the one thing college students today are really good at. The activities are basically what we've come to expect from the intolerant student left. But keep in mind: all of the protesting we've witnessed in recent years occurred under a progressive administration.
What will college campuses look like under a Donald Trump administration? Has the age of perpetual protest arrived?
Jon Miltimore is senior editor of Intellectual Takeout. Follow him on Facebook.


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"The US siege on women and children is an illogical move given a history of cooperation between Washington and ISIS," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said in a Sunday statement.
"We believe this is an effort to negatively affect the victory of the Lebanese government and Resistance movement," he said.
"The aerial siege against women and children in civilian buses and the killing of several pregnant women over the past two days could turn into a humanitarian disaster if continued," Qassemi noted, warning that it could further fuel violence across the region.
He also welcomed and expressed support for humanitarian efforts made by the Lebanese resistance movement and Lebanon's government to save innocent civilians, which turned Lebanon's military triumph into an even bigger victory.
"Thanks to the resistance shown by the governments, armies, and resistance forces of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon and by virtue of the cooperation and support of Iran and Russia, the ISIS terrorist group is on the verge of complete annihilation, and the campaign to fully eradicate terrorism in Syria and Iraq is going on with a vengeance," he noted.
Therefore, Qassemi added, imposing a blockade on a number of women and children in a desert has no military value and will not diminish the power of ISIS; rather, it will stoke violence in the region.
"Fighting armed ISIS militants is different from killing ordinary and innocent people," he added.
"Iran, as a country which is at the forefront of the campaign against terrorism, especially ISIS, is asking the UN to intervene and prevent the killing of innocent people," Qassemi noted.

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Earlier this year, our disaster response team completed a successful animal welfare assessment in Serbia, following severe flooding. Unfortunately, however, we have had to end our operation in the region. Our planned response included vaccinations, which could only be successfully administered for a set time after the flood water subsided. Bound by this limitation and other factors beyond our control, the planned work has become unviable. In situations where there is a high chance that our work will not be effective in saving animals, we cannot risk spending money that could be used to successfully protect animals elsewhere. Despite the... Continue reading
Posted Aug 6, 2014 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Formed by one of the most active plate boundaries, the low-lying Pacific Islands rank among the countries most vulnerable to natural disasters. Struck by tsunamis, cyclones, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions - since 1950 - more than 3.4 million people have been affected, over 1,700 have been killed and millions of animals have needed protection. In 2014 alone, we have responded to Vanuatu in the wake of Tropical Storm Lusi and to the Solomon Islands after intense flooding. Throughout our work in the South Pacific, we have found that Pacific islanders take good care of their animals, however they have limited... Continue reading
Posted Jul 29, 2014 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
As the water subsides and the true extent of the damage is revealed, World Animal Protection vet, Juan Carlos Murillo's has been called upon by the Veterinary Chamber of Serbia (VCS) to support the response. Over 80,000 hectares of land remain submerged in water and over 5 million animals are in need of emergency treatment. Local reactions Local farmer, Mr. Sladjan Milutinovic from Svilajnac in Central Serbia said: "I will never forget the flood. In a matter of 30 minutes water had rose up to my waist and it remained stagnant for more than 24 hours. My cattle did not... Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2014 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Our disaster response team is on its way to Vanuatu, to assess the impact of Tropical Cyclone Lusi and plan how best to help animals and communities affected. Since it struck, Cyclone Lusi has travelled the length of Vanuatu, impacting all six provinces of the country. More than 100,000 people have been affected, which is over a third of Vanuatu's whole population. Several deaths and missing people have been reported. Animals in Vanuatu are especially at risk during storms like this one. Cattle in Vanuatu generally graze freely around coconut palm plantations, rather than being kept in pens. This means... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2014 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Last week, a barge containing bunker oil spilled 200,000 gallons on the waters and shore of Estancia, covering four communities or "barangays". The fumes were and still are dangerous enough to have forced the evacuation of over 100,000 people, now living in a dozen small "tent cities". These facilities are nothing but tents in muddy lots, with no possibility for the holding of animals, now left behind in the exclusion zone. Access to this exclusion zone is restricted to short periods wearing masks. However, we've identified farm and domestic animals left behind and in need of assistance. Check out Director... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2013 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
A dog sniffing among the rubble of a house in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. In early November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Typhoon Yolanda) hit the Philippines causing mass devastation. I told you a few days ago that thousands of animals could need our help in Cebu Province. The good news is the immediate part of the work we need to do is smaller than that. However, there are still up to 4,000 animals in remote areas (including livestock and companion animals) in need. We have 25 vets on the ground fanning out across the north end of Cebu Island... Continue reading
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Sunday, October 13, is the International Day for Disaster Reduction, and we'll be celebrating. With nearly 50 years' experience of safeguarding animal welfare in disasters, we know that responsibility for animal management in disasters lies first with local and national governments. In order to achieve the greatest impact for millions of animals and protect the livelihoods of communities in which they live, we will continue to convince governments worldwide to integrate animals into their emergency plans. Our vision is to ensure animals and the people who depend on them are protected from disasters. In order to best protect, we must... Continue reading
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Disaster Management Veterinary Officer, Sergio Vasquez, looks over alpacas which have no shelter to protect them from the cold weather in Bolivia's Andean region. An intense drought that began in 2012 has been declared a disaster and national emergency by the Bolivian Government. Our Disaster Animal Response Team has travelled to Pelechuco district in La Paz province to support the most badly affected communities. It's here, high in the Andean mountains, where animals such as camelid, alpaca, vicuna and sheep, fundamental for livelihoods and wool production, are most at risk. Rainfall and melting ice help maintain pastures in the mountains... Continue reading
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A disaster response volunteer greets Demzy Hodgson, a leader in the Miskito community. Communications Manager, Marco Calvo, has been chatting with our team in Nicaragua, and NGOS Fundación A.Mar.Te and Accion Medica Christiana. Together, we are training leaders of Miskito indigenous communities in veterinary care and preparedness measures, designed to reduce suffering in the event of future disasters. Last month, our disaster response teams began working with communities in the North Atlantic Autonomous region (RAAN) of Nicaragua, following a series of tropical storms. Serious flooding has affected thousands of animals used for used for trade and consumption, many having died... Continue reading
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In June this year, severe flooding and landslides hit Northern India. This was the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Our disaster response team is now on the ground and responding to the animal welfare need. After days of heavy rainfall, the state of Uttarakhand experienced a combination of devastating floods and sudden landslides. Many other regions also experienced severe weather, but it was Uttarakhand that was worst hit with 95% of casualties in the area. We now know that communities in the region experienced tragic losses. In total, 580 people have lost their lives, over 4,000 have... Continue reading
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Last month saw the biennial WSPA Disaster Management Training Event take place in Naivasha, Kenya. Below, Kate Biddlecombe, Disaster Operations Officer for WSPA International, discusses the event's success and why high quality training like this matters to animals. Jambo from Kenya! After some long tiring flights and finally landing into Nairobi, the WSPA disaster response team were taken to Naivasha to begin the biennial disaster management training event. The event's aim was to ensure all team members gained high quality understanding of up to date health, safety and security knowledge, for implementation across all operational activities. Upon arrival into Naivasha,... Continue reading
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In June this year, our Asia Pacific Disaster Response team, carried out an emergency assessment in the Changthang Region of Northern India. As a result, we are now coordinating an intervention to benefit 50,000 animals in the region and up to 360,000 animals indirectly, in Leh District. Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2013 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Recent heavy rains in Ecuador have meant over 3,000 rural families affected in the Santa Ana District after the main river in the zone burst its banks. Crops were absolutely destroyed by the flooding and many animals are currently suffering skin infections, pneumonias and diarrhoeas. After the declaration of the state of emergency, a DART team from neighbour country Colombia -where our South American office is based in- flew to Ecuador to evaluate the animal welfare need. While the weather again played havoc with the itineraries and they had to spend many hours being detoured to different airports, our WSPA... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Die WSPA leistet Katastrophenhilfe bei der Dürre in Indien. Menschen haben sich zusammen mit ihren Tieren in provisorischen Lagern eingerichtet. Dort werden die Tiere mit Futter und medizinischer Hilfe versorgt. Einige Menschen zeigen dem Team der WSPA ihre Tiere. Continue reading
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The plume of ash and smoke stretches miles into the atmosphere The eruption of the San Cristobal volcano on Wednesday December 26th, 2012 caused the Nicaraguan authorities to order the evacuation of several hundred people living near it –most of them famers. Officials declared an amber alert for five sq. km (two sq. miles) around the volcano, which began spewing ash and gas two and a half miles into the sky. The plume affected the eastern communities located within the 10 miles from the crater. Most of these communities suffered ash rain fall affecting not only the animal fodder availability,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2013 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Für uns ist es immer tragisch, vom Leid tausender Tiere im Falle einer Naturkatastrophe zu hören. Umso schockierender ist es, wenn Tiere mutmaßlich brutal und unnötig durch Menschen gewaltsam attackiert werden. Dies war der Fall innerhalb einer Auseinandersetzung zwischen ansässiger Gemeinden im Gebiet um den Tana Delta Fluss in Kenia im letzten Monat. Während dieses gewaltsamen Übergriffes wurden Menschen und Tiere mit Macheten und Speeren attackiert. 48 Menschen und mehr als 600 Nutztiere starben dabei. Dieser Konflikt beruht auf einer langandauernden Auseinandersetzung zwischen der Viehhalter-Gemeinde der 'Orma' und der Landwirtschafts-Gemeinde 'Pokomo' über die Regelung des Grasens der Rinder. Die WSPA... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2012 at WSPA Deutschland - Tiere in Not Katastrophen Blog
Die WSPA half fast 8,300 Tieren und deren Familien auf Haiti. Unser Katastrophenhilfe-Team ist auf der karibischen Insel im Einsatz nachdem Tropensturm 'Isaac' schwere Fluten und Überschwemmungen mit sich brachte. Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2012 at WSPA Deutschland - Tiere in Not Katastrophen Blog
Reported from the field: Carlos Quesada Close to 8,300 animals in Haiti, and the families who depend on them, were helped by WSPA in this vulnerable Caribbean country, hit by the Isaac Tropical Storm last week. One-by-one farmers from Bonga and Grand Fond, the two areas most affected by Isaac, came to the WSPA disaster response team with their cows, pigs, horses and sheep, to receive medical treatment and advice for their animals. "Almost all international non-governmental organizations in Haiti help people, but it's hard to find one which helps animals. By helping us on the field, WSPA has shown... Continue reading
Posted Sep 10, 2012 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Yesterday, at 8.42 local time, a powerful earthquake hit Guanacaste, a popular tourist destination in Costa Rica, known for its pristine beaches and nature and marine reserves. A tsunami alert was instantly declared bringing fears of widespread catastrophe, but early reports confirm there was very little damage. Marco Calvo, our Communications Manager in Costa Rica describes how he felt when the quake hit. "I was listening to the morning news on the radio when I heard the announcement that an earthquake was about to hit, not far from where I live. Seconds later I felt the earth begin to move... Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2012 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Das WSPA Katastrophenhilfe-Team hilft den Tieren auf den Philipinen. Die Straßen in Angono, einem kleinen Dorf des Stadtstaates Manila, sind mit provisorischen Holzblanken bebaut, damit man sich in dem überfluteten Gebiet fortbewegen kann. Die Blanken schützen die Menschen und Tiere zumindest teilweise vor dem stinkenden Abwasser, was nun in den Straßen steht und gegen die Häuserwände drückt. Moskito-Larven und Barsche schwimmen durch das Wasser, wo vorher Gehwege waren. Die Menschen und ihre Tiere balancieren vorsichtig auf den wackeligen Brettern, um nicht in das verschmutzte Wasser zu fallen. Ein junges Mädchen balanciert mit ihren Tieren auf den provisorischen Brettern über den... Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2012 at WSPA Deutschland - Tiere in Not Katastrophen Blog
We walked through Angono village today on elevated, makeshift bridges the community built to cope with flood waters. They stand about five feet above the ground, over stagnant, brackish water that pushes up against people's homes. Mosquito larvae and tilapia fish occasionally break the murky surface as they swim through what were once lanes and walkways. Overhead, the people and their animals balance carefully on temporary platforms, with one eye always on the reeking water that surrounds their homes. A young girl in Angono village balances on a makeshift bridge along with her animals. Angono villagers receive food for their... Continue reading
Posted Sep 4, 2012 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
There has been extensive flooding in Haiti after Tropical Storm 'Isaac' passed over the southern part of the country at the weekend. Our colleagues have travelled to Haiti to assess the situation of almost 28,000 animals are believed to be at risk. We will be delivering some essential veterinary care for animals. This includes teaching owners how to use medicines in order to alleviate stress in their animals and reduce outbreaks of disease which commonly spread following natural disasters such as this. Our team will also assess what further help the animals might need and provide support to people on... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2012 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Already weak, emaciated pigs and other livestock will struggle to survive the winter without proper food or outside help. Since our last update, our response team in Thailand have been given the green light to provide emergency feed and assistance to thousands of animals affected by the on-going drought in North West Vietnam. Over 60,000 animals in the Yen Thuy District are continuing to suffer from a lack of food after 70% of the spring harvest crops were destroyed by the arid weather conditions. This is having a significant impact on the health and well-being of local communities. In addition... Continue reading
Posted Aug 17, 2012 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Our response team based in India has been busy working in Assam, alongside the Department of Animal Husbandry and community leaders to help farmers and animal owners in the flood hit areas. So far we have set up six of the seven planned veterinary health camps which have already benefited nearly 1,000 animal owners and nearly 24,000 animals. We have also distributed surgical kits and 875 bags of rice bran (animal feed)in the flood affected areas directly benefiting 1,203 households, and nearly 10,000 cattle and pigs. We expect to distribute a further 1,520 bags of rice bran this week. The... Continue reading
Posted Aug 6, 2012 at World Animal Protection - Animals in Disasters Blog
Following an assessment of some of the most flood affected districts in Assam, India, WSPA has responded with immediate veterinary care and feed supply to protect the farm animals (mainly pigs, goats and cows) affected in the Dhemaji district. Approximately 1,322 animals have already died from the unprecedented floods and a further 1.7 million animals have been affected across more than 3,000 villages in Assam. According to local reports, the floods are the worst in three decades and more than 2.2 million people have been forced to leave their homes. WSPA's assistance will help to save nearly 34,000 animals, as... Continue reading
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National Digital Library Program
I recall, although my recollection could also be defective, a powerful article by Giorgio Manganelli explaining how a sophisticated reader can know whether or not a ebook is price reading even earlier than he opens it. He wasn't referring to the capability usually required of an expert reader, or a keen and discerning reader, to guage from an opening line, from two pages glanced at random, from the index, or often from the bibliography, whether or not or not a ebook is price reading. Searches the inventories of over 100,000 booksellers worldwide, accessing millions of books in only one easy step. Broadly recognized for her 1962 greatest-seller, Silent Spring, Carson is commonly perceived at present as a solitary "great woman" whose work single-handedly launched a contemporary environmental movement. Finding new recipes, learning new cooking techniques, discovering new cultures, finding a more healthy solution to eat are only some of the … Read the restRead more


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Korey Rowe Supports Threatening Lawyers, Exaggerates War Record
I was doing some research when I discovered a group called Veterans for 9/11 Truth, which I hope are more "veterans" than the scholars are "scholars". I noticed this short interview with Looser Korey Rowe, also a veteran and gave it a quick listen.
At first he plays lawyer. I am not sure what law school he graduated from, but he should get his money back. From the 2:30 mark:
Essentially what is going on, although I can't comment a lot, it is in a legal process right now but, uh essentially what happened is the Naudet brothers about 2 weeks ago saw Loose Change, didn't like the representation of the material, got in contact with Paramount who owns the rights to their footage, and Paramount got in touch with a lawfirm that represents them, and sent us a very threatening letter, and which is actually enough to disbar a lawyer for doing that kind of thing. Just threatening us left and right, calling us all kinds of names, telling us we are doing things for the wrong reasons, making money off the deaths of people, and telling us that we had to take down the website, take the movie back from anyone we sold it to, make sure the copy is destroyed, remove every copy from the Internet, which is completely impossible.
Then he reveals how they decided to deceive the Naudet brothers, and got all excited when the nutjobs at the Loose Change Forum start threatening the lawyers (previously discussed here):
So what we did, we decided that we would make these people think we are going to comply, make these people think that we are going to go ahead and shut down. We took our website down, put up the lawsuit. We didn't even put up their contact information, people went out and found it, put up their pictures, and their phone numbers, and had people call them. They called us and begged us to take this off of our site because they couldn't handle the amounts of threats they were getting. And I said if you can't handle it, take down the suit. (laughter) They actually haven't come across and sued us yet, they did send us the first initially threatening letter.Later, when asked what wars he served in, he replies:
Uhh, I was in the initial invasion of Afghanistan. I flew into Khandahar Airfield, took over Khandahar Airfield with the Rangers, and my unit, which was the 187th Rakkasans, the 101st Airborne. I came back, I did a 6 month short tour.Uhh, no. You were not in the "initial invasion of Afghanistan". The initial invasion of Afghanistan was mostly conducted by the 5th Special Forces Group, with some support from the 10th Mountain Division, and the Marines. When Kabul fell on November 13th, 2001, you were still in training. The very first units of the 187 didn't get to Afghanistan until January 2002, some didn't get there until April.
Hey, it is great that you served, but be honest about it.


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Tech talent is still in demand but outsized salaries may be disappearing – CNBC
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The slumping stock market, and the punishment being doled out to tech companies in particular, is poised to reshape pay packages despite the demand for tech talent remaining strong.
Each day brings a fresh wave of slumping stocks, hiring freezes and slowdowns, or outright layoffs from companies that a year ago couldn't hire people fast enough. Earlier this week, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek sent an email to employees explaining that the company is slowing hiring by 25%. Crypto exchange Coinbase announced it was cutting 18% of its workforce. And within the past month, Stitch Fix eliminated 330 positions, representing 15% of its staff, and buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna laid off 10% of its global workforce.
These companies, and many others in tech, grew headcount rapidly during the pandemic, but are now halting or cutting back the size of their workforce as surging inflation and economic uncertainty threaten growth. And even though overall demand for tech talent remains strong — during the first quarter, U.S. employers posted 1.1 million tech jobs, an increase of 43% from a year earlier, according to information technology trade group CompTIA — the way compensation packages are structured is likely to change.
For start-ups and smaller companies, expect to see more in the way of equity and less cash in job offers as these firms look to conserve money in a difficult time, says Thanh Nguyen, founder and CEO of compensation benchmarking startup OpenComp.
He says start-ups — that until recently were willing to pay anywhere from 15% to 30% more to get the right candidate — are starting to focus on preserving their own cash, especially if a previous funding round was more than six months ago.
"What we're starting to see now is earlier stage companies being less aggressive on cash and more aggressive on equity for job offers because their cash burn is so paramount now," he adds.
While a blend of cash and equity has long been the practice for pay packages in tech, this equation is getting a bit dicey. Companies that issued shares at their peak to entice employees aboard are now finding those shares worth a lot less.
"There's either going to be a huge amount of employee shakeout or a huge amount of loss because companies are going to have to cancel and re-issue those shares that are underwater, or regrant them and cause dilution to keep the talent on board," Nguyen said.
In May, Brex co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras said the company's $250 million tender offer was a means to give employees "some liquidity to weather this storm."
Larger public companies like Apple, Meta, and Google are getting caught up in this same dilemma. Nguyen believes there are going to be huge implications for these heavyweights that had massive hiring runs with equity grants when share prices were surging. "We're going to start to see the implications of this beginning in third quarter earnings reports," he says.
The 'big gorilla in the room'
The ongoing strength in tech hiring won't disappear, but it's likely to narrow. Nicola Morini Bianzino, chief technology officer at EY, says people with AI, data, Web3 and cloud architecture skills will continue to find opportunities, describing them as the talent that can take "companies to the next level."
Nguyen adds that individuals with these skill sets are "highly valued and will be able to demand significant cash and equity."
The pain will more likely be felt by tech generalists such as those in sales, operations or marketing. "As people moved around it up-leveled compensation by 10% to 15% across the board," he says. In a recession, labor costs will start to stabilize and people will be more likely to stay in positions for longer, he adds.
"The recession is the big gorilla in the room," Nguyen says. "It has a big influence on whether people stay in jobs or go," Nguyen adds.


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Hantavirus Case Reported in Coconino County
Coconino County Public Health Services District (CCPHSD) officials have announced a confirmed case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in a Coconino County resident.
The individual has recovered from the illness.
This is the second confirmed case of HPS this year in Coconino County. The first case was reported in January and resulted in the death of a 17 year old Navajo Nation girl.
It is unknown where the current case contracted the virus. HPS is not limited to one geographic location. It can be present in any area in Northern Arizona where there is rodent activity, even if mice are never seen. HPS is transmitted to people that come into contact with or breathe infected urine, droppings and/or saliva of wild mice, primarily deer mice. Anyone who comes into contact with rodents that carry Hantavirus is at risk of HPS. The illness is not spread from person to person.
"It is extremely important that individuals are aware of their surroundings while at home, work and while recreating. If there is rodent activity, taking appropriate precautions can help protect against HPS," said Marie Peoples, CCPHSD Chief Health Officer.
Including this case, there have been 5 confirmed cases of hantavirus reported in Coconino County since January 2006, resulting in two deaths from complications from the illness. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPS has been reported in 35 States.
The illness starts with fever, headache and muscle aches, and progresses rapidly to severe difficulty in breathing and, in some cases, death.
To prevent HPS, public health officials recommend the following:
Proper clean-up methods for areas that may have rodent activity:
§ Open all door and windows, leave them open for 30 minutes before cleaning.
§ Do not stir up dust in the infested area by vacuuming, sweeping, or any other means.
§ When rodent droppings or nests are found in and around the home, spray them liberally with a household disinfectant (such as 1 part bleach to 8 parts water) and allow them to soak for at least 15 minutes. Any rodent droppings and rodent nests should be sprayed with a pesticide to kill fleas before disinfecting or disposing the carcasses.
§ After disinfecting, wear rubber gloves and clean up the droppings with disposable materials such as paper towels, rags or disposable mop heads.
§ Seal all materials, droppings or nests in double plastic bags and dispose of them in the trash.
Rodent-proof your home:
§ Prevent rodents from entering the home by plugging or sealing all holes and gaps to the outside greater than 1/4-inch in diameter. Use steel wool, thick wire screen, metal flashing or cement to seal holes.
§ Eliminate or reduce rodent shelter around the home by removing outdoor junk and clutter, and by moving woodpiles, lumber, hay bales etc., as far away from the house as possible.
§ Do not make food easily available to rodents. Do not leave pet food in dishes. Dispose of garbage in trash cans with tight-fitting lids.
Certain forms of outdoor recreation, such as camping, can pose a risk for hantavirus exposure. A few precautions should be taken when camping, including:
§ Campers should not pitch tents or place sleeping bags in close proximity to rodent nests, burrows, or in areas of heavy rodent activity.
§ Before use, properly clean tents and other camping gear that have been stored where rodents may have had access.
§ If possible, do not sleep on the bare ground and zip tents closed to keep animals out.
For more information regarding HPS, call the Coconino County Public Health Services District at 928-679-8750, toll-free at 1-877-679-7272 or visit www.coconino.az.gov/health or www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hps.


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HHA Training Requirements
Personal Care Services – To perform personal care services, there are no state specific requirements but only the federal training requirements of minimum 75 hours of training including 16 hours of clinical training.
Skilled Care Services – are provided typically by nurse aides who have to go obtain certification by completing a state-accredited training program and passing both components of the state nurse aide competency exam. Graduates of state-approved training programs are eligible to challenge the state exam. More details on CNA testing can be found here
If you fall within any of the following categories, you may skip training:
- Licensed Psychiatric Technicians who wish to practice as nurse aides
- Nursing students who complete at least five (5) credits of nursing fundamentals
- Foreign nurses
Following are the requirements for training:
- High school diploma (recommended)
- Be at least 18 years old
- Criminal background check and fingerprint report
- Proof of citizenship or legal residency
- Negative TB test report
- Report of a recent physical exam
- Proof of immunization
IMPORTANT - The state does not recognize online training programs as these do not provide for the clinical aspect of nurse aide training.
Nurse Aide Registry
All certified nurse aides are registered on the Nurse Aide Registry. The registry can also be used to verify any nurse aide licenses. You can access the Nurse Aide Registry by clicking the link below:
List of State Approved Training Programs
Click here to download a list of state approved nurse aide training programs:
Click the below link to find list of approved/licensed Home Health Facilities (Selection for medical / non-medical services)
The Home care Association of Colorado also compiles a list of approved HHA agencies. You can search for the approved HHA agencies by clicking here
Home Care Association of Colorado
It provides education and discount programs for members for various home care related courses (refer to the list for details)
Approximately 12,210 people were employed as Home health aides in Colorado in 2015.
Hourly Rate - Home health aides earned between $8.97/hour and $17.67/hour in 2015 (average rate was $12.59/hour)
Annual Salary - The annual salary ranged between $18,660 and $36,760 (average annual wage was $26,190)
Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics
1. Guide to working with Home Health Agency
2. Board of Nursing
3. Key application forms for nurse aides
4. Colorado Nurse Aide Regulations
The State of Colorado does not expressly use the term 'Home Health Aide Services' in its regulations. However, Department of Public Health and Environment uses 2 separate terms for in-home care services:
1. Personal Care Services – refers to also provide non-skilled services like help with bathing, dressing and eating. Medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers and oxygen may also be provided
2. Skilled Care Services – includes health and medical services furnished in the consumer's place of residence that include wound care services; use of medical supplies including drugs and biologicals prescribed by a physician.
The department strongly recommends availing services of 'Certified Home Health Agencies' or ones that are Medicare or Medicaid certified. Due to the distinction between the type of services, the State of Colorado also categorises different types of Home Health Aide Agencies as follows:
1. Class A License – a home care agency that provides any skilled healthcare service. They can also provide personal care services
2. Class B License – a home care agency that provides only personal care services.


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Astronomers are finding lots of exoplanets that are orbiting stars like the sun, significantly raising the odds that we will find a similar world. But if we do, the chance that the surface of that planet will look like ours is very small, thanks to an unlikely culprit: plants.
We all know how Earth's landscape came about, right? Oceans and land masses formed, mountains rose, and precipitation washed over its surface; rivers weathered bare rock to create soil and plants took root. Well, new research indicates that the last stage of this scenario is not right. Vascular plants—those with structures such as xylem and phloem that can conduct water—are what created the rivers and muds that built the soils that led to forests and farmland.
The evidence that vascular plants were a primary force that shaped Earth's surface is laid out in a special issue of Nature Geoscience, posted online today. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.) In one article, Timothy Lenton, an Earth systems scientist at the University of Exeter in England, presents data from the biogeochemical record showing that the evolution of vascular plants around 450 million years ago is what really began to soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, more so than organisms in the oceans. As a result, global temperatures dropped, initiating a cycle of widespread glaciation and melting that, over millions more years, would significantly grind Earth's surface.
Perhaps even more surprisingly, vascular plants formed the kinds of rivers we see around us today, according to another article by Martin Gibling of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and Neil Davies of the University of Ghent in Belgium, who analyzed sediment deposition going back hundreds of millions of years. Before the era of plants, water ran over Earth's landmasses in broad sheets, with no defined courses. Only when enough vegetation grew to break down rock into minerals and mud, and then hold that mud in place, did river banks form and begin to channel the water. The channeling led to periodic flooding that deposited sediment over broad areas, building up rich soil. The soil allowed trees to take root. Their woody debris fell into the rivers, creating logjams that rapidly created new channels and caused even more flooding, setting up a feedback loop that eventually supported forests and fertile plains.
"Sedimentary rocks, before plants, contained almost no mud," explains Gibling, a professor of Earth science at Dalhousie. "But after plants developed, the mud content increased dramatically. Muddy landscapes expanded greatly. A new kind of eco-space was created that wasn't there before."
Which brings us to the cosmic consequences. "Plants are not passive passengers on the planet's surface system," Gibling says. "They create the surface system. Organisms tool the environment: the atmosphere, the landscapes, the oceans all develop incredible complexity once plant life grows." So as Nature Geoscience's editors state in an editorial for their special edition, "Even if there are a number of planets that could support tectonics, running water and the chemical cycles that are essential for life as we know it, it seems unlikely that any of them would look like Earth." Because even if plants do sprout, they will evolve differently, crafting a different surface on the orb they call home.


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Opposition Research: Detroit Lions (W6)
Welcome to Opposition Research, where I'll be taking a look at the next Packers opponent, the Detroit Lions. In contrast to Week 4's monumental and record-breaking showdown with the Vikings, this week's game is a "ho hum, it's the Lions" kind of game. The line is 13.5 and the city of Detroit cares more about the upcoming bidding for the Silverdome than this week's game. Nevertheless, I'll see what I can do to hype up the matchup between the injury-riddled Lions and the bye-rested Packers.
Welcome to Opposition Research, where I'll be taking a look at the next Packers opponent, the Detroit Lions. In contrast to Week 4's monumental and record-breaking showdown with the Vikings, this week's game is a "ho hum, it's the Lions" kind of game. The line is 13.5 and the city of Detroit cares more about the upcoming bidding for the Silverdome than this week's game. Nevertheless, I'll see what I can do to hype up the matchup between the injury-riddled Lions and the bye-rested Packers.
Coming into this game, the Lions are…not content with making a good "effort" or winning "moral victories." Halfway through last week's game (in which they were competitive against the Steelers until well into the 4th quarter), Ed Hochuli negated Eric King's interception of Ben Roethlisberger by invoking the "Tom Brady Rule." While in line with the new rule, the call extended a drive that led to 7 more Steelers points, instead of giving the Lions an opportunity to score. Even so, they were in position to tie the game with 3:07 to go (own 29, 2 TOs left). The Steelers needed 3 straight sacks – and their incredible traveling fanbase - to keep the Lions (already without Calvin Johnson) at bay. There's no telling whether coming thisclose to victory will demoralize or galvanize the Lions for Sunday's game, but even the Packers know that this is a different team than the 2008 Lions.
There are several people who believe the Lions are better than their 1-4 record. The local writers in Detroit do not. (Let's not forget, the Lions only made it inside the red zone once, for a FG.) The Lions themselves hope they're improving, but know the game's all about wins. Still, Yahoo's MJD offers praise:
If you watch the Lions week after week, you see the embryonic signs of improvement and competitiveness so foreign to the franchise in the Matt Millen era.
The fans at home are…busy talking about the new Lions players. To address issues in the secondary (of which there are many), the Lions signed CB Demarcus Faggins after CB Eric King was placed on IR. To counteract the despair-inducing possibility that Calvin Johnson may not play on Sunday, WR John Standeford was added to the roster. Even with these two moves, fans are making trade wishes and checking them twice. And…hating the Packers, but that's hardly newsworthy.
When looking at the Packers on film…the Lions are concerned that if Calvin Johnson doesn't play, they'll have no deep threat in the passing game. And, even if the Packers stack eight in the box, Matthew Stafford knows that Charles Woodson and Al Harris know how to bait a QB into bad decisions all by themselves. Having just played a 3-4 defense, the Lions look at the Packers D and say, "Here we go again." They also have heard that Aaron Rodgers isn't moaning about being sacked a league-high 20 times – they expect him to throw it all over the field.
A Lions fan looks at film from Mike McCarthy's time as OC in New Orleans in 2003 to draw conclusions about the Packers offensive tendencies heading into Sunday's game. Comparing A-Rod to Aaron Brooks strikes me as a little…odd…but he does talk about it with enough stats to (try to) make the following claim:
Based on the Packers' reliance on the passing game, inability to protect the quarterback, and an decided systemic advantage for the Lions on both sides of the ball, the most probable outcome is a medium-scoring, close-margin game that the Lions win.
Something to chew on…the Steelers allowed the Lions to convert 11 of 18 third-downs, gave up over 100 yards on the ground, and lost the time of possession battle. Yeah, they sacked Culpepper seven times, but those are not the kinds of numbers you expect from the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. You can say that the Steelers weren't playing like themselves, but if the Packers don't play up to their potential, Sunday's game could turn out to be far more interesting than it ought to be.
What We're Up Against: The Lions defense (31st total & vs. pass, 18th v. run) has allowed 73.3 percent completions, gives up a league-worst 32.4 points per game, and has only managed 3 interceptions. Pete Dougherty, in his excellent scouting report, generously calls the unit a mess. DC Gunther Cunningham is living up to his promise of benching players who underperform (starting CB Anthony Henry was the third DB benched in 4 weeks). Henry's account is priceless:
I don't know who made the decision, but I know a player came in for me and they said, 'You out. You're done.' I thought a certain package was coming in, so I was like, 'What?' And he's like, 'Nah. You out.' I'm like, 'All right.' So I knew what that was about.
With King and S Daniel Bullocks out for the season, it's no wonder the secondary has struggled to find cohesion. Only one guy, rookie FS Louis Delmas, has started each game thus far. There's definitely room for Rodgers to throw the ball around, and after Jennings went off this past week, there could be some big plays coming his way.
Jim Schwartz knows that injuries are chewing up his team on both sides of the ball. In addition to a decimated secondary, both rookie and best-of-the-NFL's-Young-Guns QB Matthew Stafford and Megatron WR Calvin Johnson are question marks for Sunday's game. (Seriously, Phil Simms…you'd take Stafford over Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, and Mark Sanchez? Really?) While the step from Stafford to Culpepper isn't a significant one (Culpepper has shown himself to be more of a mobile QB this year), Calvin Johnson is hard to replace. Still, and this may be the most damning of all, it's hard to field a good team when even the coach thinks the roster lacks talent.
With the Lions offense (28th per FO), we could either see the A-Team of Stafford and Johnson, against whom teams have to plan, or we could see the B-Team of Culpepper and…Bryant Johnson? Dennis Northcutt? 1st round draft pick Brandon Pettigrew is a fine TE, but with the Packers restricting TEs to 3 touches and 35 yards, the JV personnel may not cut it. Plus, even if Stafford and Johnson do play, they're expected to be a step off. Bottom line? Expect to see a ton of Kevin Smith. He's coming into the game with a chip on his shoulder, and will be looking for paydirt. NFL calls the Smith-Barnett matchup the one to watch.
Parting Shots:
- The Lions have not won in Wisconsin since Dec. 15, 1991, when the 4-12 Packers lost 23-14 – the Lions have since amassed a 17-game losing streak. A loss on Sunday ties the league record for road losses against an opponent, which is held by…the Detroit Lions vs. Washington (0-18). The Lions haven't won there since…ever, really, as the last time the team won, it was the Portsmouth Spartans over the Boston Redskins, 13-0, on October 15, 1933. (In case you were wondering, the 5-7-1 Packers split that year– we won 17-0 at home, lost 7-0 on road.)
- Meanwhile, the Packers dope sheet reminds us that at the last meeting, the Packers had an NFL-first 2 rushers and 2 receivers topping 100 yards (106 for Wynn and Grant, 111 for Driver, and 101 for Jennings). Is it going to be that kind of game again? We'll find out.
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October 15, 2009 at 05:21 pm
Oh those silly Lion fans. Just because Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Brooks have the same first name doesn't mean they are the same QB.
October 15, 2009 at 06:53 pm
Sank - I stand corrected on Northcutt (who rolled for 127 yds in W15 as a Jag) and Standeford (82 yds on 3 catches while we tried/failed to cover Calvin Johnson in W17). Both are serviceable receivers deserving of respect. That said, nearly all links send you to Detroit sources, and they inform my writing. If that makes me a homer, well, I can live with that -- this is a Packers blog, after all.
INteresting and totally inciteful article.
It is, of course, my biggest fear. Yet, at the same time, my biggest wish. I am beside myself over this game. I know we DO need the win. Yet, if anything is ogiing to cement the fact that CHANGES (YES or David Bowie, take your pick) need to be made. It would be THIS game. Screw what happens in the Cleveland game after that. The lazy bandwagon fan would be staying home on 11/1 if it's really THAT bad by then. Course, they wouldn't be REAL packerfans anyway... so, as I said before ... WHO CARES! I'm only interested in the real diehard packerfans - not the ones who can't do anything but sneer and smear like MSM puppets doing a Sit-UBU-Sit routine.
The reality is - we DO have the talent. Just ask Charles Woodson. It's just not being used properly. Therein lies the problem.


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A pattern engine working as an online classifier has some quite peculiar properties that resemble well–known subjective properties of perception.
Consider a letter in front of the small camera window, connected by different discretization maps to the address inputs. At first, different memory units give different votes, veto is high and the majority output is unreliable. We may gate the symbol output of the voting unit with a combination of majority, veto or entropy that turns the output to ⊥ in this case. Small fluctuations may raise majority and lower veto. Suddenly a threshold is reached, feedback sets in, majority jumps to 100% and the input is recognized. This happens almost instantaneously.
There are no in–betweens because recognition activates the feedback path. This blends well with the subjective perception of very,very small printed text or severely pixelated faces. At first, all is blurred. Suddenly, the image seems to become sharper and we recognize a face. See, for example, Michael Bach's Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena.
After the threshold has been exceeded, slowly changing input drags along the majority decision. Once a decision has been reached, it stays stable until the feedback path is interrupted somehow. I think that the gamma cycle in the visual cortex, strongly linked to microsakkades, can provide this strobing.
The orientation dependent cells in the visual cortex that respond to edges of certain orientation should exhibit a similar behaviour. If the orientation of an edge varies slowly, the response should stay constant. The center of tuning should be draggable across the surface of the brain. If the speed of change becomes too large, feedback stops at some point. After a rapid (sigmoidal ?) transition, another orientation is recognized. Activation is switched over to the next microcolumn, and this transition should be phase-locked to the local gamma cycle. Has anybody done such an experiment? At least, some connection between gamma cycle and microsakkades has been noted here.
Up to this point, I have discussed stability in a single pattern engine. Fast learning corresponds to updating the stored functions fi of the logo. The functions hi that define the spaces Xi are fixed. They correspond to the complex wiring of axons to dendrites. Each cell in a sheet of cortical tissue sees a slightly different projection of axonal input into its own small state space. It is well known that there is not enough genetic information to determine the exact connectivity. Experiments have shown a considerable amount of randomness. My OCR examples show that a pattern engine can work with a wide range of hi: X ⟶ Xi.
The feedback that lies behind sudden perception and the struggle of sections in a sheaf of functions allows for a quite different kind of plasticity. In addition to the fast dynamical rule that updates the functions fi we may allow variation of the hi: X ⟶ Xi, too.
In an hierarchical system where sheets of pattern engines are stacked above each other, changing hi without wreaking havoc is not a luxury. It is a necessity. The hi of the higher levels are the output of lower levels. Changing f: X ⟶ Y will change one of the hi in a higher stage.


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Carlos Boozer hasn't always been known for his defense, but when he was switched to guarding Tim Duncan, maybe the top player in the NBA, on Wednesday night in the EnergySolutions Arena, it seemed to make a huge difference.
Mainly against Mehmet Okur, a man more Duncan's 6-foot-11 size who started on him, Duncan scored 10 first-quarter points and moved toward the basket to draw fouls. He did the same in the second quarter against other Jazz big men.
But after Boozer took a turn at Duncan late in the second quarter, Duncan cooled considerably for much of the rest of the game, and that was instrumental in the Utah Jazz's 83-75 comeback victory over San Antonio to break a two-game Utah losing streak and give a two-game losing streak to the Spurs.
Boozer refused to accept any credit for defending Duncan or to say how he did it, but his strength and low defensive stance seemed to hold Duncan away from the easy low-post moves.
Duncan still finished with 21 points on 7-for-16 shooting and seven free throws, and he had 10 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots. Boozer continued his double-double ways with 23 points (10-for-16) and 16 boards as well as two steals and two blocks.
One of Boozer's first acts was to pop the ball up and away from Duncan on the low block for a steal with 3:33 left in the second quarter, and he used a similar tactic for his second steal from Duncan with 5:17 left in the game and Utah trying to protect a 69-68 lead.
That steal led to a Matt Harpring layup from Andrei Kirilenko, and then Boozer blocked a Duncan 10-foot shot attempt to get a jump ball. Duncan got the tip, but Tony Parker was called for carrying the ball seconds later, and another Harpring basket gave Utah a five-point lead.
"We lost because we turned it over at critical times in the fourth quarter," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich.
"Two turnovers, and the game's right there," said Spurs guard Tony Parker.
"Boozer played a great game," said Duncan curtly.
"(His) quick hands are compounded with getting hit on the elbow and the arm and not getting (fouls) called.
"So he played the right way. He made the plays, and they (officials) didn't blow the whistle, so in that respect, he did a good job," Duncan said.
"You've got to do what you can. He's a heckuva ballplayer," said Boozer about Duncan. "I'm not going to say (I had) success or not success (against him). We have to play them again, so I'm not going to let you say that in the paper.
"You just have to be active. That's all I'm going to say. My teammates did a great job of digging it out. As a group, we did a great job playing defense."
Boozer's teammate guard Derek Fisher said that defense was "the biggest key. Carlos was doing a great job on Duncan in the second half, and Harpring hit the boards for us and Deron (Williams) did a great job on Parker.
"It was like a heavyweight boxing match. Whichever team could take the most punches was going to win," said Fisher.
Boozer did get some help in defense against Duncan, but surely he had Duncan out of his comfort zone just two nights after having played active young Orlando center Dwight Howard.
Duncan is a tougher assignment because as a nine-year NBA icon, "he's more skilled. Timmy has everything: jump shot, left hook, right hook, off the backboard, spin move," said Boozer who was appreciative of the man's arsenal.
"It was a battle. He's one of the best players to ever play the game."
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In the late 1990s, Tim Smit--an archaeologist turned pop-music producer--decided to build a new Eden. The Dutch-born Englishman envisioned a grand environmental-education park in the depressed southwestern English county of Cornwall--with the world's biggest greenhouses as its centerpiece. All he needed was the money. Smit turned to private funders and gave them a professional pitch. "I told them, 'We are going to build the Eighth Wonder of the World in a clay pit west of Cornwall, it's going to be wonderful, and you'll want to be a part of it,'" he says. "'Also, we have no business plan.'" Amazingly, the line...
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Really smart history buff Donald Trump tweeted about last night's missile strike, which found the U.S., U.K., and France launching an attack on Syrian military and research facilities.
Trump's use of the phrase "mission accomplished" echoes a notorious 2003 presidential blunder. Six weeks into the American invasion of Iraq, then-president George W. Bush gave a televised speech on an aircraft carrier in which he declared that the war's significant fighting was over, standing under a star-spangled "Mission Accomplished" banner all the while.
The war continued for 8 more years, with the majority of its 500,000 conflict deaths occurring after Bush's "mission accomplished speech." After the incident became infamous, Bush told reporters that, "Clearly, putting 'Mission Accomplished' on an aircraft carrier was a mistake."
Russia, meanwhile, responded to the joint attack against Syria, saying that, "Such actions will not be left without consequences." Mission accomplished indeed.
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By Megan Palumbo – Sports Editor
The women's lacrosse team honored senior captains Taylor Yandow and Taylor Falco on April 7 at Grellier Field, where the team beat Simmons College 21-6. The pregame ceremony acknowledged the accomplishments both senior Lasers have contributed to the team. Being a potential last home game for Yandow and Falco, it was apparent they were fired up and ready to compete.
Lasell set the pace of the game the minute the ball left Yandow's pocket in the draw control and into freshman Kellie Matthews stick. Yandow scored two goals within the first minute and 13 seconds, while Falco worked on defense, letting Simmons only score three goals in the first half. Head Coach Caitlin Connolly says that the senior captains have been doing a great job leading by example on and off the field, however, "The whole leadership isn't on their shoulders, it's on everybody to want to work hard in practice and during games," said Connolly.
The game of women's lacrosse has changed since last year, enforcing a 90 second shot clock once the ball is in play from the draw, cleared from the goalie's stick, or if there's a turnover of possession. "The new rules took some time to adjust to, but now they are like second nature to us. The game is much quicker and more intense in my eyes—it makes for more plays and more action," said Falco.
Yandow collected a personal best eight goals during the April 7 game, while other Lasers dominated offensively. Matthews scored six goals and picked up six draw controls. Juniors Vanessa Pino and Jordan McComb had three goals apiece. On the defensive end, sophomore goalie Morgan Choquet saved three of the nine shots Sharks took throughout the game.
The Lasers have a record of 9-3 overall and are ranked third in the GNAC conference with a 5-2 record. Junior co-captain McComb believes this season has overall been going well. "Through every game we have taken away valuable lessons on how to move forward as a team," said McComb. "As the season has progressed, we have become more and more of a force to be reckoned with on the field." The team has three more conference games before playoffs start on April 28.
Connolly is preparing the team one step at a time. "We don't want to look too far ahead, we want to look at the 'now' and enjoy the moment," Connolly said. "I mean, we want to win, but if we're enjoying the moment, those other things will come."
The Lasers are in a good position to compete for a GNAC title this season. Their next conference matchup is against Norwich University Cadets on April 19.


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Coventry City captain Michael Doyle has all the motivation he needs ahead of Friday night's huge play-off semi-final second leg at Meadow Lane.
The 36-year-old Sky Blues midfielder will simply remind himself of the way Notts County came off the pitch at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday night, having seen their narrow one goal lead cancelled out by a late Marc McNulty spot kick.
"We will keep battling and be ready for the big game come Friday, put that one to bed and make sure we get the win and get ourselves to Wembley because I think they came off thinking they were there," said the veteran of four play-off campaigns.
Doyle has been one of City's players of the season but feels he wasn't at his best in the first leg.
"I am a little bit disappointed with myself personally," he said, "but it was tough; tough in the first half.
"It hadn't rained in weeks and we got it all at once. The pitch was the best it's been all season but then it was a bit water-logged.
"But I thought we played really well in the first half and created some great chances when we played through the lines.
"But the second half was hard. They came at us, they battled and they're a fairly physical side and they got that goal and we kind of went out of the game a little bit, got a bit deep and tired.
"But we got ourselves a penalty and got ourselves back in the game.
"We showed great spirit because we battled hard and I thought the crowd were fantastic when their goal went in, and it was just what we needed because they got right behind us and picked us up.
"It was just nice to get the reward for them to keep us well in the tie."
Doyle admits the second, decisive leg at Meadow Lane will be just as testing and he knows City will need to show more quality overall to get the edge over their rivals.
"I think we'll need to do the same again when we go down there, have to battle hard but I think we need to show a bit more quality on the ball," he admitted.
"I was a bit disappointed with that, in the second half especially, we didn't have as much quality as we probably should have."
County's style is also something City will have to combat, added the experienced midfielder, saying: "They are an experienced side and they work hard for each other and are clever the way they play for the free-kicks and things, which is quite frustrating.
"That's the way they want to play off free-kicks and launching it into the box.
"But we have got to deal with that. It's something we were aware of before the game but it was still frustrating.
"But, as I say, they are a very experienced side and tried to see the game out but fortunately we got the penalty and gave ourselves a great chance."
Doyle knows that the fans will once again play a huge part on the night.
"It was brilliant to get that goal because it gave us a great lift and it was a nice reward with the big crowd we had as well," he said.
"They stuck with us, and that's the main thing, because when they stick with you they drive you on.
"The second half wasn't as good as we would have liked but all you can do is keep battling away and I think we did that."
Great backing
Asked about the 4,475-strong following at Meadow Lane, he said: "We've had that all season. We went there a few weeks ago with four and half thousand and it's the same again – great backing!
"I just hope we can show a bit more quality and hopefully take some of those chances. We had great chances in the first half when unfortunately Marc (McNulty) has hit the post and Tom (Bayliss) has hit one across the face of goal.
"These are the fine margins I suppose, whereas they only had one chance and they scored, which was the little bit of difference.
"It's not from the lack of trying because the lads are working really hard to get themselves in great positions and if we do that again down there it will put them on edge if we're getting through them in the second leg, and that's what we'll be looking to do."
He added: "I expect more of the same from them.
"They will get the ball forward as quick as possible and try to get it in the box and play off free-kicks and make it as difficult as possible and try to hem us in.
"But I think when we went down there in the season we won those second balls and played through the lines and caused them problems, and hopefully that's what we can do, win the second balls and defend their box and try to play off the back of their midfield and get running at their defenders."


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winter wonder..ing how much longer???Thursday January 29th, 2009 | categories: Uncategorized
As our supply of local foods narrows to just a few items- and the snow keeps falling- and it seems everyroom i am in nearly everyone is coughing or weezing- i am wishing more and more that i could hibernate for the season! But alas- you would not let me! each day, I get to share the warmth and coziness with some of montpelier's finest, and fantasize and make plans for the spring and summer to come- I am planning alot lately- planning our summer wedding menus (simple, fresh, and fabulous!), planning events for my book (come see me at the co-op in February!) and for kismet (can't wait for the farmer's market again this year!), and getting to work directly with farmers planning crops for this coming year! And… you may have heard, we are also hoping to plan a move by 2010! So, while the snow is still falling out my window and I am very much troubled by the depths and diseases of winter- I am also fully involved in an internal process like many of the farmers and foragers we love and depend on here in vermont- It is important to be just a little bit ahead of things- though sometimes it feels impossible to keep up a pace like that- winter does give us a moment (while stuck in our driveway) to contemplate easier and warmer times- and ways that we can help manifest them!
I would love to hear some of your ideas! Any idea where we should move to? what would you like to see kismet incorporate into it's plan for 2009? an outdoor patio? bloody mary's and mimosas? a new menu? dinner? let us know what direction you would like to see us grow, and if you have any resources you think we should know about– please, LET US KNOW!
in the meantime, I will share with you some of my favorite Montpelier offerings you may not know about–
MAYDAY studios– my favorite little bookbinder runs a letterpress shop here in montpelier- check out her website too!
Saragrace and the Suits— this band only plays about once a month, but they bring the type of full sound that keeps you going well past that
fat toad farm cajata– yummmmm
montpelier winter farmer's market– every other saturday up on college street
an amazing sprout salad special at THE BLACK DOOR, using pete's greens micro salad (not on sale elsewhere)
soon to come– Venus Tattoo studio! in east montpelier providing tribal, unique, and custom tattoos!
two rivers farm– they are planning alot of work over there, and because it is so close to town, everyone who loves good food and loves montpelier should check it out and get involved
edible green mountains is a great new, FREE magazine dedicated to local food issues in vermont.. though they haven't featured us yet, I did have a conversation with Deb (the editor) that inspired me deeply.
transition vermont is this new communication and networking tool helping folks connect and participate in local events that will help to shape montpelier and the rest of vermont's future. Join us and become our friend!


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Wizard101 Santa Run 2016 Recap
If you happened to be walking the streets of The Commons in the Greyrose realm last Saturday, you probably bumped into a lot of Santas that were actually warming up for the annual Santa Run!
The Santa Run is an event in Wizard101, created by Edward Lifegem and hosted every year. For the third time this year, Edward kindly asked me to help him out with this, by co-hosting the party along with my amazing friends Autumn Dreamwalker and Michael Frost.
Although not as many areas were filled as our Halloween Run back in October, countless faithful Wizards showed up to hang out with friends, make new ones or just to have a great time. The run started at the Rainbow Bridge and ended with Wizards running through the streets of Unicorn Way.
Shortly after the run, we invited players to join us for the after party at one of Autumn's five stupendous houses, that she decorated for the occasion. While I didn't have a tour of the houses prior to the event, I was mesmerized by Autumn's decorating skills, especially upon reaching her Celestial Observatory and getting lost in those stunning sparkles all around the place. Very well done, Autumn!
Amidst the PvP matches and many housing games going on, there were many contests as well, either on Twitter or in-game, which included some trivia, and there were also secret Santas walking around and gifting packs to some lucky Wizards.
I want to take this opportunity to thank Edward again, for putting so much effort and dedication into this, and to my fellow co-hosts Autumn and Michael, for also being extremely dedicated and amazing. I owe it all to you three, so thanks for having me and I'm looking forward to see you all at our next event!
Be sure to read other recap posts at Around the Spiral with Edward Lifegem and Secrets of the Spiral, and here's the official stream of the event!
Happy Holidays, everyone!
Screenshot credits: Chrissy The Blesser, Cori Sky, Edward Lifegem and Jason Summerwielder.


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"Silence is a great source of strength."
~Lao Tzu
I recently changed locale: a cabin in the woods near a lake for a large metropolis.
Walking through town I am surrounded by concrete, noise, exhaust, overpowering perfumes, fragrance additives, tobacco smoke, lots of people, chaotic energy, media stimulation vying for (my) attention, and so on. Historically, anxiety and unrest would have quickly taken hold. Thankfully, the solitude and quietness developed while living simply in nature have woven themselves into my fibres. Peaceful awareness is the primary experience in this visit.
Although I'm physically separated from my beloved forest environment, she resonates deeply within.
I invite you to regularly create room for fostering silence in your life.
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The Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, has opened applications for its upcoming South Africa Virtual 2020 programme, which aims to help early-stage entrepreneurs build their businesses alongside a support network of startup experts.
Founded in 2009 by Adeo Ressi and Jonathan Greechan and operated out of Palo Alto, California, the Founder Institute connects startups with experts who share equity in their success, and its business-building process has so far helped alumni raise over US$950 million.
The accelerator's South African programme will be held completely online, allowing anyone to build a business alongside some of Cape Town's top entrepreneurs and investors from the comfort of home. The South Africa Chapter will feature many of the region's top startup investors, founders, and executives as mentors.
Participants in the programme, which begins in January, 2021, will have the opportunity to get constant feedback and regular office hours with more than 40 mentors, make quick progress on their business using a proven, structured process, get fast-tracked to a suite of post-programmes, and expand their support network to include startup founders, CEOs, and investors from the Founder Institute's global network of 4,300 alumni and 14,000 mentors.
Any aspiring entrepreneur or team interested in building a technology business is invited to apply to the South Africa Virtual 2020 Founder Institute here.


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Challenges with the Indian Urbanization Scenario
Urbanization in India is rapid and propels social and environmental challenges. Cities are characterized by strained infrastructure which manifests itself in terms of power cuts and water shortages, high cost of living, and unaffordable real estate resulting in urban sprawl and slums, high volume of traffic resulting in pollution and delays.
Framework for Sustainable Urbanization
Merely investing in enhancing infrastructure is not sufficient. Projects that focus primarily on expanding capacity are not necessarily most effective in serving community needs, and neither are they sustainable in the long run.


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When I was a young boy I wasn't that interested in watching or following baseball. I liked the Dodgers, as did every other kid growing up in Los Angeles, and I always enjoyed when my father would take us kids to a game, but I didn't become a rabid baseball fan — counting down the days until opening day, knowing all the stats,and closely following the playoff races — until I was 17.
What I did enjoy, however, was the idea of baseball. I liked that it was every day and that it had order. The pitchers pitched in a certain order — even the teams, in those days, came into town in a certain order. You could count on home stands featuring Cubs/Pirates/Cardinals, or Met/Expos/Phillies. In the Western division you would have groupings of Astros/Braves/Reds. Year after year they would group the teams this way. I loved that.
After dinner, I would go out into the languid Cali summer night to our backyard and listen to Vin Scully announce that evening's Dodger game on my transistor radio while I shot baskets. Don't you know that to this day he is still announcing for the Dodgers and he still sounds great. He has been their announcer for the entire 50 years of my life. (and then some!)
In those days radio and television broadcasts still had a good deal of whimy. They coul dbe corny, but there was an earnetness to it that I miss. There wasn't the heaviness and humorless air that exists today on a FOX or even a local broadcast. The Dodgers used to open all of their radio broadcasts by playing a song called "It's A Beautiful Day For A Ballgame." Picture a chorus singing to a two-beat accompaniment infused with banjo and ukulele.
It's a beautiful day for a ballgame..
for a ball game today,
the fans are out to get a ticket or two,
from Walla Walla Washington to Kalamazoo
It's a beautiful day for a home run,
but even a triple's OK,
we're going to cheer…
and boo…
and raise a hullaballu
at the ball game today
at the ballgame
the wonderful ballgame
Of course I loved that song. How could you not? The Mets have one too which they still play called Meet the Mets. Their version, however has been updated to include synthesizers so it doesn't have the retro feel of the Dodger song. But the synths are so out of date (circa early 80s) that their theme has become corny as well. I like it in the same way I feel nostalgic for the cookie cutter ballparks of the early 70s — Three Rivers, Riverfront, and Atlanta Fulton County Stadium.
Next: My OCD infatuation with the early 70s Dodger radio commercials. IN the meantime I would love to hear from you, the reader, about any such songs, or traditions from your local teams from back in the day.


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Je'Miah's Story
Je'Miah was raising her younger sister in 2013 when she lost her job and her home. However, she didn't lose hope or her determination to get herself on the path to a better future. She moved in with her brother and took two jobs, working half days at a call center and nights in a restaurant kitchen – often finishing work around 1:00 a.m. Her days began at 7:00 a.m. because it took two hours on two buses to arrive at work on time. Despite little time left in her schedule for sleeping, she persisted. "I want my sister to look at me and realize that you can't control what decisions your parents made and the things in your past, but you can live the life you want for yourself," she says, "you have to believe you can do it."
Je'Miah enrolled at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, and a mentor connected her to the CityLink Center where a service coordinator introduced her to ChangingGears. She had never owned a car and getting one became a goal. "I realized I had some bad financial habits I had to change," she explains. "This was the first time I actually looked at how I spent my money, and figured out how to set money aside and save it."
The car ownership classes required at ChangingGears helped Je'Miah understand the added expenses of insurance and maintenance. By learning and saving, she was approved for a ChangingGears vehicle and in the spring of 2014 became the proud owner of a 2006 Ford Taurus.
With her own car, Je'Miah's life turned in a completely new direction. Instead of spending four or more hours a day on a bus, she picked up extra shifts at the call center. Impressed with her commitment and reliability her supervisors promoted her, which allowed her to quit her night job and devote more hours to her college classes. She graduated with her associate's degree and honors in the spring of 2017 and was offered a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati. She's now enrolled in a master's/Ph.D. program with majors in anthropology and African Studies and a history minor, and future plans that include research, travel and nonprofit leadership.
"Having a car has opened doors for me," says Je'Miah. "It may seem like just a car to the person who donates it, but it's so much more. It can be a game-changer to the next person."


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Science and Evolution:
Let us examine the evidence to see which universe really exists. Is it the random, accidental universe of evolution, or the complex, specific, intelligent universe of design? Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) really influenced our world in 1859 when he wrote his famous book, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life". Darwin believed that variations occur randomly within a species, and the ability to survive depends on the species ability to adapt to its surroundings. In essence, he thought that this process of natural selection (small changes to the pressures of the environment over long periods of time) accounted for the slow evolution of everything in our world. He alleged that all life progressed from simple cells to the life forms we see today. His ideas were based on an unproven assumption. Darwin assumed that there was such a thing as a simple cell. He looked through the primitive microscope of his day and observed what appeared to be a little blob of protoplasm. Looking at this, it wasn't hard to imagine that this little blob could evolve from a small assemblage of amino acids! However, there was much more to see than Darwin guessed! (continued tomorrow. . . .)
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The initiative co-founded by Egon Zehnder and including partners Sanofi, SAP and Qiagen, is one of the most forward-thinking partnerships for promoting innovation in digital health in Europe.
This year on November 15 in Berlin, Frontiers Health will host the annual European Digital Health Day. With both industry and political leaders participating, it'll be a unique venue to debate the opportunities and challenges of digitally enabled healthcare.
The four-hour gathering, How to land it back home – Digital transformation reaching the core of our businesses, is by invitation only (contact the Partnership below for further information).
Its goal is to reach insights and ideas that will be shared during the keynote Digital Health gets real as transformational leaders engage in a systemic dialogue, given by Friedrich Kuhn on Nov 16 at 9:45am.
I'm honoured to be able to contribute to gathering Europe's top decision makers, who're representing relevant players in the healthcare system and to foster a high value conversation on the future of healthcare," says Friedrich Kuhn, Partner and Global Head Transformational Leadership, "and I'm convinced that Frontiers Health conference truly represents the ideal environment to get inspired, and to maximize the Partnership's commitment."
Roberto Ascione, CEO Healthware Group & Frontiers Health Chairman says: "We're excited to partner with such a top-level, strategic alliance, because we share the same values and aspirations for more healthy, human and sustainable health systems. There will be concrete and mutual benefits from this partnership, and they'll be shared and promoted within our innovation ecosystem."
About Partnership for Digital Health
The Partnership for Digital Health unites top European decision-makers from relevant healthcare players and innovative start-ups whose digital solutions are transforming global healthcare. Established in 2017, this cross-network initiative has since conducted a series of events. At this 2018 event, the Partnership for Digital Health is represented by SAP, Sanofi, Qiagen and Egon Zehnder. More: http://www.digitalhealthday.de
About Egon Zehnder
Egon Zehnder is the world's leadership advisory firm, sharing one goal: to transform people, organizations, and the world through great leadership. We know what great leaders can do and are passionate about delivering the best leadership solutions for our clients. As One Firm, our more than 450 Consultants in 68 offices and 40 countries bring our individual strengths to form one powerful collaborative team. We partner closely with public and private corporations, family-owned enterprises, and nonprofit and government agencies to provide Board advisory services, CEO search and succession, executive search, executive assessment, leadership development, and organizational transformation. We share a commitment to and pride in doing work that contributes to successful careers, stronger companies, and a better world. More: http://www.egonzehnder.com
About Frontiers Health
Frontiers Health is a spin off event of Frontiers Conferences, which designs and produces international conferences about technology and innovation since 2005. Frontiers Health is one of the leading conferences in the digital health space, combining a unique mix of attendees and presenters from investment funds, life science companies, health innovation hubs, insurance companies and digital health start-ups, providing for a unique platform to discuss how innovations in their respective fields are converging to re-invent and transform healthcare.


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Pack's Cody Fajardo named to Paul Hornung watch list; will take part in Manning Passing Academy
Wolf Pack quarterback Cody Fajardo was named Friday to the preseason watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, given annually to the nation's most versatile player.
The junior is one of 44 players on the watch list. He is one of just four players from the Mountain West on the list and the league's only quarterback.
The dual-threat quarterback passed for 2,786 yards and 20 touchdowns and rushed for 1,121 yards and 12 more scores in 2012. He is one of just three returning FBS quarterbacks to pass for at least 4,000 yards and rush for more than 1,500 yards combined the past two seasons.
Earlier this offseason, Fajardo was named to the Heisman Pundit/CBSSports.com Heisman Trophy preseason watch list. He was one of 29 players on that list.
For the second straight summer, Fajardo is expected to take part in next week's Manning Passing Academy. The offensive skills camps culls college football's top quarterbacks in an invitation-only setting. Those quarterbacks help tutor high school-aged running backs, tight ends, wide receivers and quarterbacks.
The event kicks off Thursday at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La.


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The above shot of Richard is from 1974. I purloined it from Film Comment magazine. You almost wanna say "Look at the you-know-what hipster," don't you? I didn't meet Richard until, oh, well over twenty years after this picture was taken, and his mode for dealing with younger film critics was quite a bit more avuncular than anything this shot suggests. I still love this shot of him because he has this air of both confidence and poetic dreaminess, and also of potential extreme volubility. These qualities are always is present in his writing, and were always present in his conversation. I think everybody who knew Richard even slightly, as I did, is heartbroken today...but also feels very lucky to have known him at all, because in addition to being a really terrific critic and journalist he was also BOTH a mensch and a prince.
If you weren't lucky enough to have known him, well, there's a lot to read, but I'd actually start with the wonderful interview he did with David Thomson for the above-mentioned Film Comment, which captures his voice and his erudition and enthusiasm wonderfully. Then buy his BFI Film Classics monograph on Lolita, and mourn that he didn't do more stuff along these lines. Then curse the gods, or rather the devils, that have somehow conspired to keep from you from accessing "Afternoon With An Obsession," Richard's late-'70s Village Voice profile of Carole Laure, perhaps the only male-written "I'm smitten with this film star" piece that will not inspire instantaneous projectile vomiting (Anthony Lane ought to have looked it up before meeting Scarlett Johansson). Richard Zoglin's reminiscence of him at Time's site is also very good. But mainly read Richard, always a delight. And you know, he wasn't really wrong about Speed Racer either.