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This is?the second of a two-part?blog (see part I here)
Mozilla?can apply what?we've learned from?digital grassroots organizing?to help millions more people become web literate, and move from passive consumers to active citizens of the web. Here are three big opportunities:
Integrate grassroots advocacy into the Mozilla community. This means deeper investment in building our ground game for the web. Though the landscape could change, policy priorities and community interest intersect in the European Union and in India at the moment (on issues like net neutrality, data retention, surveillance). India is home to a very large number of people jt coming online. It's a tremendo opportunity for Mozilla to engage on net neutrality and web literacy — and what happens in India will influence how a huge % of the planet comes to understand the importance of these issues.
Invest in our email list?so?that?we can mobilize at a moment's notice. Right now, Mozilla has one of the largest email advocacy lists dedicated to web issues in the world. We can empower millions more people by engaging them via email. A global email list is a powerful weapon for protecting the largest public resource on the planet. It's also an audience for other things Mozilla has to offer — ?including products and learning opportunities. Not all populations rely on email the same way — its age isn't universal. We also have to invest in non-email channels where needed.
Fill the information gap. "Online life" is quickly jt melding into "life" and threats to that life mean more people are paying attention. in fact, we know from research that people are worried. ?How can I avoid phishing scams? How can I fight government overreach into my private data? What's a good password look like? What can I do if my credit card is hacked online? How do I hide my search history? People want and need to know more about how to be good web citizens; how to be empowered and smart online. Yet, where's the creative, clever, poignant, share-ready content to fill in the blanks? How do people get answers so they become confident web citizens?
What will it take?
Here's where I recommend we foc some energy, and invest in tactical experiments:
Map an agile path for grassroots community building. I e "agile path" becae we need to approach the challenge with a beginner's mind. There's a lot we don't know about building a grassroots organizing infrastructure as Mozilla. How will Mozilla's community respond to calls to action? Who will raise their hand to help build advocacy strategy in a given region, country, or city? What's the best way to support local leaders? How do we listen to the community members telling which issues should be priority for Mozilla? How do we partner with policy, brand, participation, communications, product and other teams who also care about community engagement?
Invest in email best practice and the best practitioners. This means as an organization we need to grasp the importance of a virtual community (such as an email list) as a living, breathing thing that needs careful care and nurturing. Right now this work is under-resourced and therefore under-performing in many respects. Peer organizations have staffs larger than ours managing email lists smaller than ours. Email list and community management is a skill, science, art, and craft and the very best at it are in demand (in a growing number of sectors). Better resourcing will lead to careful and smart engagement strategies that keep our community primed for calls to act on the things we all care about.
Invest in design and community-generated content. There's been much written lately about how important design is to biness — I would argue that design can also play a crucial role in the biness of movement building. How can we make content with the right look and feel, in the right voice, delivered at the right moment?
Mozilla is like no other organization, and leaning into what makes Mozilla so special will yield incredible growth, and impact — we've seen it work for our nascent digital advocacy program. Leveraging our incredible community + building email capacity + investing in great content will help many more m(b)illions become web citizens — not jt passive consumers.


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I have grossly underestimated my four-year-old.
We are having some issues with sleep in our house. People are often asking me how Karis is sleeping. And for a newborn, she is sleeping okay. It's the other two that decided to up the ante since Karis was born. I am pretty sure that the three of them have a daily meeting where they discuss the shifts they will cover to ensure an even spread of waking us up throughout the night. Generally, India starts screaming bloody murder around 1am. Then around 2ish, Jafta will wake us up to inform us he went potty and needs his worship music turned back on. Jafta falling back to sleep is Karis's cue to cry. India usually hits another screaming fit around 4, and again Karis takes her cue for round two from India falling back to sleep. At 6, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, and 7am, Jafta will enter our room and ask if it is time to wake up yet. We will tell him no and make various threats of bodily harm if he asks us again, which he ignores since he knows we are all talk and too tired to actually get up and discipline him. And also because we don't spank, and putting him in a time-out in his bed is kind of a moot point when he's already there.
After weeks of this, I am pretty tired, and a dear friend suggested that I try a kind of incentive for Jafta, since he's the one of the three likely old enough to
bribe with a prize understand a token economy. I was a little skeptical, primarily because Jafta feels the need to announce to the world every time he uses the bathroom. We have been telling him for years that he no longer needs to tell us every time he has to go. But still, every night we are woken several times with Jafta at the foot of the bed declaring "Mom, I'm going potty!" Not annoying. AT ALL.
We devised a clever little system where we rigged up a hanging star lamp (or SMILA STJARNA, to be precise) and plugged it into a Christmas tree timer. I bought a 4 watt nightlight bulb so it doesn't really illuminate the room, it just gives off a little glow. It hangs right above his bed. The timer turns the light on at 8pm, and the light turns off at 8am. We gave Jafta specific instructions to stay in bed until the starlight goes off. We also gave him specific instructions to quietly use the bathroom without telling us if he needs to go during the night.
I underestimated three things in this scenario:
1. Jafta's math skills
2. Jafta's desire for a knight costume
3. The availability of a knight costume in the greater OC Metro area
I told Jafta that if he stayed in bed for five nights in a row, he could earn a knight costume. He has been begging for a knight costume for the better part of a year, so I knew it would be a good incentive for him, but I really thought it would take weeks for him to have the self-control to get through a whole night of not coming in our room. The first night, I was shocked to hear Jafta use the restroom by himself around 1am. I was so shocked by hearing someone walking quietly down the hallway that I actually thought it was a burglar. After a few minutes I peeked into his room and he was back in bed. The next morning, Jafta woke me up at 8am ON THE DOT. "Mommy, my starlight went off and I went to the bathroom at night all by myself and in four more nights I can have a knight costume."
Somehow his concept of time had eluded me, because usually I like to make ambiguous and generalized promises to him about things in the future. Like, "you can chew gum when you are 7" or "you can have skate shoes when you are 10" or "you can stop going to school when you have an MD behind your name". So I was thrown off when, three nights in, I realized that I had better find a knight costume, and FAST, because he was reminding me every second of the day that he was a mere two days away from knighthood. And he was very specific about the kind of knight costume he wanted. He wanted the kind with an ornate feather. Yes, his words. No clue where he got that idea.
I hadn't really planned out the acquisition of the knight costume. On the evening of day four, I casually ran to Target to pick up some toilet paper and a knight costume. There were 5,732 varieties of princess costumes at Target, but no knight. Then I came home and sent Mark to Walmart. No knight costume there, either.
I knew we were going to have a coup d'etat on our hands if a knight costume did not materialize by the morning, so after much searching and calling and gnashing of teeth, Mark had to drive all the way to Tustin to get a knight costume. (And yes, I know Tustin is only 15 minutes away. But I have been living in the OC too long and have some very fixed ideas about not veering out of the 5-minute radius surrounding my house. Anything further than that is a road trip by OC standards).
So, we now have a respectfully earned knight costume, complete with an ornate feather/fountain grass plume from the backyard. Jafta is really, really excited about it. For the last few days he has worn it everywhere, on bike rides, to a pool playdate, to pick up my mom from the airport, and even to bed. Every time I have a phone conversation Jafta wants to know who I'm talking to and if I've told them about the knight costume yet.
I am extremely proud of Sir Jafta and his dedication to a better night's sleep for those in his kingdom. If only we could get the princesses sleeping through the night, we could have our own version of Camelot.

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Hey, kids, how'd you like some Internet with that diploma? South Carolina's Newberry College has added a social media major, because of the apparent skyrocketing number of jobs in that field — a bubble that surely won't pop by the time any of said kids graduate. Students who want to learn how to do professionally what most of us do while bored at work should head to Newberry's Department of Arts and Communications for the interdisciplinary major, which combines classes from the Graphic Design, Communications, Business Administration, Psychology and Statistics departments, per this press release. (Statistics!)
But perhaps we are being too short-sighted. The WACH FOX 57 investigation below kind of makes even one generation older seem a little 20th century, like when one of the anchors who ask, "Who would have thought, getting paid to be on the Internet?" In any case, Newberry is confident in the coursework, which begins next August. "Newberry has something that very few colleges have to offer, an exciting major that will prepare graduates to be pioneers in a cutting edge industry that will create critical thinkers and innovators," said Tania Sosiak, the founder of the new program. For more on the program, watch this local-news clip:
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We recently worked with the Scotland Malawi Partnership to partner with a school in Malawi called Litchenza Primary. The aim of this partnership is to compare similarities and differences in cultures and develop our ideas of diversity and respect for others around the world. A Global Citizens Committee has been created consisting of P7 representatives from a range of our current committees:
When the Global Citizens meet we share updates about the work we are doing within our own committees. This makes sure that all our committees are working towards the same goal of helping us to becoming Global Citizens and make an impact on the world locally, nationally and globally.
To develop our link with our partner school and learn more about them, a parcel was recently sent to Litchenza PS from our pupils in Whinhill. Each class organised something to send with information about what life is like living in Scotland with items ranging from letters, postcards and photo collages to bunting and artwork. John McIndoe from Inverclyde's SMP visited Malawi in March to deliver our parcel. We were delighted when he returned with something for us from Litchenza! We received letters, artwork, photographs and a beautiful handmade crochet shawl.
Some Whinhill staff have a WhatsApp group to communicate with teachers from Litchenza Primary where we regularly share photographs and information about daily school life.
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Just finished a highly successful May for Boundary.
Plenty of new logo customers and we continue to increase the revenue, customer count, data ingress, av sales price and just about every other metric that we can.
We also released just a ton of new product capabilities – Early Warnings, new dashboards, Events API, Consolidated Event mgmt and more.
Of course we also increased the team size, particularly in engineering. Pleased to welcome multiple new developers across both our Bay Area and our newer Austin location (should be moving into our new offices soon) for UI, Back-end, Product, UX and SaaS operations. We also welcomed our new VP WW Sales, our first internal recruiter and sales operations.
But, we're still hiring (and now we need sales and marketing to keep up with engineering). What are we looking for…..
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Did I mention that one lovely journalist referred to me as a Daniel Craig impersonator – she is forever in my good books
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For the second year in a row, Chef Blue (Will Lewis) is catering the soul food luncheon at Upstate's Black History Month opening ceremony, held the first Wednesday in February in the campus activities building. The free, open-to-the-public lunch includes oven-fried chicken, collard greens, mashed potatoes with cauliflower and hoppin' john with quinoa.
Quinoa? That's right. Chef Blue's on a mission to create tasty soul food that's good for your health. His efforts require baby steps, he explains, because "people won't eat the food if they don't think it will taste good."
Recipes take testing, and people take convincing…until they try his delicious food. Some of Chef Blue's get-healthy suggestions: add butternut squash to macaroni and cheese, and cauliflower to mashed potatoes. Most importantly, use herbs and spices –instead of animal fat — to add flavor to your food.
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West Gallery
As spring settles in it's the perfect time to start thinking about all things water! Join us for this member artist exhibition of paintings depicting water in all its forms. The green Mountains of Vermont wouldn't be green without all the lakes, rivers, and streams that bring us bountiful beauty. Come celebrate rain and snow, swimming and floating, dripping, running, crashing, misting, flowing, calm: waters in all its forms.
Middle Room
This second installment of works by Mary & Alden Bryan focuses on the Southwest. It may not be generally known that the couple spent long months in the Southwest travelling and painting. This beautiful work will bring some heat to warm things up and help us anticpate the coming summer. Join us in the Middle Gallery for this exhibit depicting the different light and atmosphere of the desert Southwest.
East Gallery
Legacy 2019 is full of new works by the artists collectors and visitors found most rewarding in 2018! New works by returning artists, and artists new to this collection. New artists include Leo Mancini-Hresko, Michel Doucet, James Daly, Erik Koeppel, Garin Baker and Zufar Bikbov. They join returning favorites, Eric Tobin, Andrew Orr, TM Nicholas, Julie Y Baker Albright, Bob Aiken, Susan Bull Riley, Tom Nicholas, Mark Tougias, Fiona Cooper Fenwick, Mary Martin, Jayne Shoup, Irinia Rybakova, Tom Adkins, and John Clarke Olson.


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OAKLAND — The public-private partnership that runs Lawrence Livermore Laboratory must pay five former employees $2.7 million for wrongfully terminating them during a 430-employee reduction in May 2009, an Alameda County jury decided.
Ending a trial that lasted more than two months, a jury found that Lawrence Livermore National Security wrongfully discriminated against the five employees by terminating their employment without good cause and breach of contract. In making the finding, the jury decided that the company, a public-private partnership between the University of California and Bechtel Corp., must pay the plaintiffs a total of $2.7 million for lost wages.
"We're pleased with the result, we have won a long, hard-fought case," said Gary Gwilliam, an attorney representing the five employees. "These were good workers that did nothing wrong."
The jury's verdict stems from a lawsuit that was filed several years ago on behalf of 130 employees who lost their jobs during a May 2009 mass layoff that was made as the lab dealt with a national recession and a change of focus away from nuclear weapons development.
While laboratory executives argued the layoffs were done to position the organization for the future, a lawsuit filed against the company claimed that many of the people picked for layoffs were higher-paid senior employees. In fact, during the trial, one witness who kept her job said employees began calling the layoff day "Gray Day" because all the people who lost jobs had gray hair. Evidence also showed the average age of those who lost their job was 54.
Although the lawsuit was filed on behalf of 130 employees, an Alameda County judge ruled earlier that the case should be split to make it more manageable for a jury. The jury's verdict Friday was made in favor of the first five plaintiffs to have their case heard.
Patricia Gillette, an attorney who represented the lab, could not be reached for comment Friday.


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Pupils should be taught to:
KS2.Y4.N.AS.1 – Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate
Samples: Place value - 'Adding On' single digit numbers. Place value - Two digit addition without trading.
Number and place value
ACMNA073 – Apply place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least tens of thousands to assist calculations and solve problems
Samples: Place Value to 1000. Identifying place value to 10000 (includes empty columns). Expanded Notation Part 1.
5.NA.3 – Describe spatial and number patterns, using rules that involve spatial features, repeated addition or subtraction, and simple multiplication.
Samples: Single Digit Addition Match. Place value - 'Adding On' single digit numbers.
5.NA.1 – Apply additive and simple multiplicative strategies and knowledge of symmetry to:
5.NA.1.a – Combine or partition whole numbers
Samples: Reading numbers – to 10 000. Write numbers – to 10 000. Comparing numbers – to 10,000.
6.NA.1 – Apply additive and simple multiplicative strategies flexibly to:
6.NA.1.a – Combine or partition whole numbers, including performing mixed operations and using addition and subtraction as inverse operations
Samples: Write numbers – to 100 000. Reading numbers – to 100,000. Comparing numbers – to 100,000.
6.NA.3 – Describe spatial and number patterns, using:
6.NA.3.b – Rules that involve spatial features, repeated addition or subtraction, and simple multiplication.
Samples: Addition two Digit - Missing Numbers. Addition Make 100. Make 100. Challenge puzzle. Addition Of Five Digit Numbers.
2.OA.1 – Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem. (See Glossary, Table 1. http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/mathematics/glossary/glossary/ )
Samples: Adding multiples of 10. Split Strategy. Add On Numbers Under 10. Jump strategy.
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[Check the video highlights of the Dew Tour Slopestyle at Northstar on Onboard TV.]
Olympic gold medalist Shaun White won the men's snowboard slopestyle Dew Cup with the overall points lead, but was edged to second place in Friday's Winter Dew Tour Toyota Championship by Norwegian Torstein Horgmo.
"I was hoping to be up there with the Dew Cup in hand and drop in and have a fun run, and that's kind of what happened," White said. He is the first athlete to win a Dew Cup in both the summer and winter Dew Tours. White finished with 89.67 points to Horgmo's 93.50. Charles Guldemond of Truckee, Calif. was third at 88.00.
Horgmo's winning run included a Cab 270 to fakie on the first rail to a switch boardslide 450 out on the second rail. He landed a frontside 1080 with an indy grab on the first jump, to a gap on the down flat down rail. He finished with a frontside 270, a backside 900 with a melon grab and a switch backside 1260 on the last jump.
"I don't come here to beat anybody but myself," Horgmo said. "Even though that run at that moment was better than everybody else's today, it doesn't mean I'm a better snowboarder than those guys. It's cool to be up there with my friends today and be able to put down and see them ride hard. It was a good day."
In the women's field, Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe, Calif. won the snowboard slopestyle event with a score of 87.50. Canadian Spencer O'Brien placed second at 87.17 and clinched the Dew Cup based on her points lead. Janna Meyen-Weatherby of Bend, Ore. was third at 81.50. Anderson's winning run began with a boardslide to switch out on the rail, to a cab 270 switch out on the second rail. She continued with a switch backside 180 to a boardslide switch out, a switch frontside 540, a cab 540 and finished with a backside 180.
"I was stoked to win here," Anderson said. "My family was out here rooting me on so that's always good moral support. I had fun at the last two Dew Tour events I went to. I'm stoked for Spencer."
O'Brien said she was thrilled to be the first athlete awarded a Dew Cup in the inaugural Winter Dew Tour series.
"It's pretty amazing," O'Brien said. "I'm so stoked. This whole series has been really awesome and just so much fun. I was really nervous coming into this one, but to clinch the Cup has been awesome."
Hip hop star and two-time Grammy winner Common headlined the Verizon Wireless music stage with opening band Tweak Bird following the snowboard competition. FUEL TV filmed the show for one of its half-hour "Check 1,2" shows. The show will air on FUEL TV on April 13, 2009 at 8 pm ET/PT and will re-air several more times in the coming month.
The four-day competition is the final of three stops of the Winter Dew Tour that features men's and women's freeskiing and snowboarding disciplines. Saturday's action features the men's freeski slopestyle and superpipe finals while Sunday's schedule includes the men's and women's snowboard superpipe event.
Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
1. Torstein Horgmo, Norway, 93.50. 2. Shaun White, Carlsbad, Calif., 89.67. 3. Charles Guldemond, Truckee, Calif., 88.00. 4. Dan Brisse, Richmond, Minn., 78.33. 5. Brandon Cocard, Truckee, Calif., 77.67. 6. Brandon Reis, Peterborough, N.H., 74.50. 7. Tyler Flanagan, Mammoth Lakes, Calif., 73.67. 8. Scotty Lago, Seabrook, N.H., 70.33 9. Mikkel Bang, Norway, 65.50. 10. Nick Poohachoff, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 63.17.
Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Points
1. Shaun White, 280. 2. Torstein Horgmo, 260. 3. Mikkel Bang, 215. 4. Andreas Wiig, 190. 5. Sam Hulbert, 147. 6. Brandon Reis, 135. 7. Scotty Lago, 127. 8. Eric Willett, 122. 9. Daniel Ek, 121. 10. Charles Guldemond, 120.
Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
1. Jamie Anderson, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 87.50. 2. Spencer O'Brien, Canada, 87.17. 3. Janna Meyen-Weatherby, Bend, Ore., 81.50. 4. Chanelle Sladics, Newport Beach, Calif., 76.17. 5. Torah Bright, Australia, 69.00. 6. Christina Curry, Turner, Ore., 56.50.
Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Points
1. Spencer O'Brien, 280. 2. Jamie Anderson, 275. 3. Jenny Jones, 220. 4. Chanelle Sladics, 210. 5. Bev Vuilleumier, 185. 6. Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas, 170. 7. Christina Curry, 155. 8. Kimberly Fasani, 145. 9. Megan Ginter, 140. 10. Torah Bright, 115.


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you can watch 2 clips from the show:
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Jim Singing:
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you can watch 2 clips from the show:
Jim falling:
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Jim Singing:
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You'll notice in the "falling" clip Jim had handed Ellen a red sweater. In the beginning of the show, Ellen had a segment where she showed people dancing in the audience wearing those "holiday sweaters." Jim snuck into the back row, wearing a woman's red holiday sweater and dancing in the crowd. She claimed he'd stole it from her dressing room so he returned it back to her.
Also, the Burl Ives impersonation nearly killed me! I had just taken a swig of a hot beverage when he sang, "Have a holly, jolly, non-denominational holiday..." and I damn near choked! Note to self: "No drinking while watching Jim on TV"
Did anyone catch the Starz "On the Set of Dick & Jane"? Everytime I tried to catch it I got "Memoirs of a Geisha" instead
Oh, one more thing: here's the t-shirt Jim is wearing
http://www.luckybrandjeans.com/product. ... p=LBX07553
I have the same shirt! Kooky!
i have a little more information, he talked about his chemistry with tea how they would play around on the sate, and if she wasn't married to david he would have been late to the enterview that day. he talked about the holiday story that been going on, about people trying to get people to say merry christmas instead of happy holidays. saying that right after the show he was going to go buy himself a nondenominational shurb, that snow angles were outlawed that if you put them out in public you can be shoot. he talked about his dad tieing sleigh bells to the beds when Jim and his brother and sisters were small. he said he was going to go home to canada to spend time with his family they are going to spend time in the brush, which is the forest, but by Jim canadandians don't call it a forest it is called a brush. were Jim sayied he our one of his family members has a home in the brush. but with the movie he talked about pretty much want we already know, he said something like it helps grow hair, and helps fight tooth decay, that 4 out of 5 denistis recommed it. that is all i can remember for right now, i hope these helps you to have more of an idea on what happen.
no....please enlighten us?........lol.....
either the boy is in lurve ........or all the funnies over the past few months, with filming, plus the positive looking future have had a great effect.....lol
It's probably the fact that everyone has justified his determination to get FWDAJ right by giving it great reviews........he was right to stick to his guns...and now he's been vindicated.......he'll be like the cat who got the cream..........lol
Good lad......he had faith in himself, respect!
Too much coffee?
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
Thanks a lot for the links!
Question. I have midwest sensibilities. All that means is that I'm completely boring and unexotic.
But WHAT'S the DEAL with wearing a t-shirt that SAYS something and then covering the message with a jacket.
And so unless you're ultra hip, you have NO idea WHAT the shirt says.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
No it means you are becoming obsessed like me. There is no looking back now. Just go with the flow.
Well...at least the ojbect of my erstwhile obsession isn't Michael Jackson.
I just used erstwhile and I really don't know what it means. Tee hee.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
Speak for yourself. I'm wireless......where do you think I'm posting from?
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"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
I thought I kicked somebody while I was trying to climb out yesterday. Sorry but don't you think you should take a break and go back home for Christmas? The bush will still be there when we I mean you get back.lol
I'm trying to see the clips from the show but somehow Quicktime won't work, is it just me ?....god this really frustrating !!!
Do you have the latest quicktime? If not try downloading it here (for free):
It works for me just fine with this player. Hope you get to see it aswell.
And quirky: erstwhile: definition: former; synonyms: once, one-time, past, preceding, previous, etc.
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Overlooking an azure lake below the picturesque pueblo of Zahara de la Sierra. One of Spain's heritage "white villages" and part of the "rutas de pueblos blancos". Zahara sits in the dramatic landscape of the "Sierra de Grazalema" a protected nature reserve popular for hiking, birdwatching and paragliding. Within close range are the sherry bodegas of Jerez, the flamenco bars of Sevilla, and the historic town of Ronda. For more suggestions on what to do in Zahara please check our activities page.
Al Lago will be closed from 5 November 2018 until 1 February 2019. Please note that during October 2018, we close for lunch on Mondays.
A family run rural boutique hotel and restaurant, close to Ronda.
Chef, Stefan Crites, left his native Columbus Ohio in 1992 to persue his culinary career in New York. He spent 12 years honing his craft in the city that never sleeps before moving to Southern Spain with wife Mona to begin the adventure that would lead them to Al Lago. Mona, originally a textile designer with her own boutique in New York has decorated Al Lago, both the public areas and bedrooms with an imaginative flair using local materials to create comfortable, simple spaces, all facing towards Zahara´s landscapes. Together with their friendly local staff, all from the village, they run Al lago as a relaxed "home away from home".
In our well established restaurant, which was originally a "venta" (Spanish equivalent of a bistro) serving "meat & potatoes", we are now using locally sourced ingredients to re-create rustic Andalucian cuisine with a contemporary touch. All meals can be enjoyed out on our terrace, which stares over the wide reaching lake and off into mountains dotted with olive trees. In winter the elegant dining room beckons, with its fireplace and comfy sitting area. Al Lago´s well stocked bar, which is open all day, serves hot and cold tapas as well as home baked goodies, cocktails, freshly made lemondade, Rich hot chocolate and Morrocan mint tea in addition to all the usual refreshments. We are open to the public all year except for some weeks. Check out our calendar here.
Christmas and new year
Read more about our hotel in the press.
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> >> Moreover, with the appendix C guidelines for XHTML combined with >> making the important ease-of-authoring changes to XForms that >> *are* what we need to harvest from WF2 > > If XForms is "harvesting" stuff from WF2, what's in it for WF2? > Come on now people, the W3C is _not_ a school playground! Play nicely together. As one of the poor form authors stuck in the middle here I don't care whether the W3C Forms markup language is called XForm, YForms, Web Forms or Fly Trap Forms. I do however ask that people try to work together in an atmosphere of helpful co-operation and mutual respect, even when they happen to be in violent disagreement. I welcome technical debate, but does it have to be couched in such unfriendly language? You all want to achieve the same things for Web authors and users; you all agree on many of the things that need to be done to get there (at least so it seems). The WF2 people agree that there is good stuff in XForms and the XForms WG has agreed that there is good stuff in WF2. So rather than "What's in it for WF2?", the questions I would like you to ask are: 1. "Can XForms and WF2 be combined into a single spec to the benefit of the Web?" I think that is the gist of IBM's statement. To which I really hope the answer will be "Yes." 2. "If the answer to question 1 is 'yes', then is there any value in XForms and WF2 continuing to exist independently of each other?" It would be nice if everyone was happy to answer that one with a "No". Of course you might end up thinking that bringing the two together is a completely broken idea, in which case please just say so, nicely. However, I hope that everyone is open-minded enough not to have that as their opening position. Please also bear in mind that if the W3C continues down the current track and ends up promoting two approaches to authoring Web applications it will receive no thanks from users. Perhaps a good start would be to have just one working group co-ordinating work on Web forms, rather than the two we have just now (someone made a silly mistake there didn't they!). All the best MarkReceived on Monday, 4 September 2006 08:18:10 UTC
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From: eCo Software
Date: 20080728
How to install an application?
1) I installed large/medium application to PC1, HDD1. Then move HDD1 to PC2. The application should work in other PC2? Or it should refuse to start?
let's compare, should work <> refuse
* + should work - user is happy
* - Other version of eCS on PC2, other versions of runtimes => the application may work not properly
2) Is it necessary inform the OS if you have installed an application? WarpIN informs the OS.
* + if inform then you can de-install the application using WarpIN. good.
* - if don't inform, then you can fail to remove


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The Funeral Song
Thought I'd take a break from table posts and talk about something I already posted a while back on other sites but hadn't thought to put here since starting this blog back up. See, I used to be something of a musician back in the day – or so I thought anyway…
Somewhere around 12 years ago I had a dream about my own funeral. In the dream music was playing over and over. When I woke up I recorded the music while I could still remember it. I ended up re-recording it a few times after that and at some point one of the final recordings got tucked away. Not too long ago, while digging through some boxes in the basement, I found it.
This, apparently, is what my funeral is going to sound like.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
State Agency Failed to Pay Women the Same as Men for Equal Work, Federal Agency Charged
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Rural Affairs (TDRA) engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it paid a female program specialist less than her male colleagues for doing essentially the same work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The TDRA is the state agency which focuses on rural issues and monitors governmental actions affecting rural Texas.
It its lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-827, the EEOC said the employee was paid approximately $25,000 less than her male counterparts in the TDRA's former Disaster Recovery Division. According to the EEOC, the TDRA created a new, temporary division in 2008, the Disaster Recovery Division, to disburse $3.1 billion of federal money in Texas after Hurricanes Dolly and Ike. The female claimant learned that males hired as program specialists were paid much more than the female program specialists. On Feb. 28, 2011, the Disaster Recovery Division was eliminated. As a result of the elimination, the claimant and all the female program specialists in the DRD were terminated from employment with the TDRA but several male program specialists were kept. The former executive director was involved in setting different salaries.
Sex discrimination in pay violates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA). The EEOC suit seeks lost pay and other relief for the former employee as well as an injunction against further violations of the EPA. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
"Enforcing laws that require equal pay for men and women performing the same jobs is a priority for the EEOC," said Patrick M. Connor, trial attorney in the EEOC's San Antonio Field Office (SAFO). "The effective enforcement of these laws ensures that the contributions of women in the workplace are not undervalued. Unfortunately, a case like this highlights the fact that there is still much work to be done in the area of equal pay, 48 years after the EPA was enacted."
Supervisory Trial Attorney Judith G. Taylor added, "The protections of the EPA are particularly important for women because they are not often valued the same as men in the workplace, as evidenced by the 20 percent increase of sex-based wage discrimination charges the EEOC received over the last four years."
Taylor said that in fiscal year 2010, the EEOC received 1,044 EPA charges, up from 861 in fiscal year 2006.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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This post discusses the creation of beamer presentations using a combination of markdown, pandoc, and LaTeX. This workflow offers the potential to reduce typing and increase readability of beamer presentation source code. Source code for an example presentation is provided containing markdown and LaTeX source code along with a makefile for building the beamer PDF.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Beamer presentations using pandoc, markdown, LaTeX, and a makefile
By jeromyanglim on Monday, July 23, 2012 Labels: LaTeX, make, markdown, pandoc 6 comments
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Video: knitr, R Markdown, and R Studio: Introduction to Reproducible Analysis
This post presents the video of a talk that I presented in July 2012 at Melbourne R Users on using knitr, R Markdown, and R Studio to perform reproducible analysis. I also provide links to a github repository where the R markdown examples can be examined and the slides can be downloaded.
By jeromyanglim on Thursday, July 19, 2012 Labels: markdown, R, reproducible research, Sweave, tables, videos 4 comments
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November 27, 1998, The Night Julie Black Died
50 Kts
We had survived a bad storm earlier and safely made port in Opua, New Zealand in November 1998.
After a few days of cleaning up and drying out the boat we went out into the Bay of Islands and anchored in Opunga Cove. Then another storm developed and on this day, November 27,1998, we heard that the storm was coming and the wind was expected to be strong overnight. It was; by nightfall we had 50 knots.
Some time after midnight the radio crackled to life with traffic between the NZ Air Sea Rescue and a ship out in the storm: The ship had just sighted the sailboat Salacia, reported in distress with two people aboard, Mike Fritz and Julie-Ann Black, both friends of ours, and they were going to try to rescue them.
Before the night was over Mike was safely aboard the ship but Salacia was sunk and Julie was lost. I sat up at Wings' nav station straining to hear each radio transmission. Listening as that rescue attempt unfolded was one of the most gripping and heart rendering hours of my sea-going life.
Read the full account here.
Fred Roswold, SV Wings, Singapore
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One trick. Two distinct methods with the special DOUBLE sleeve!
Show the audience an empty CD sleeve with one side transparent.
Freely show three CDs that are silver on both sides.
Place at the CDs one after another into this CD sleeve and wave a colored silk at the combination.
The CDs one after another change color to match the silk.
The audience sees BOTH sides of the CD's.
This astounding effect is added to by having one side of the CD sleeve transparent.
There is no way to exchange CDs.
'Do it in your hand' method: Without any cover the magician shows three silver CDs front and back, and changes them to three different colors one at a time right in his hand!
At Beginning and End:
Fold the CD Sleeve!
Bend and even Show it EMPTY!
One trick. Two distinct methods to cover any performance situation.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A propane shortage is affecting millions of Americans this week as brutal cold exposes the vulnerabilities of a network responsible for heating homes, schools and businesses across wide swathes of the United States.
Prices of the fuel have rocketed to all-time highs in some regions, distributors are rationing supplies, and some schools have shut due to a lack of fuel during this year's second bout of Arctic weather.
The National Propane Gas Association said on Thursday the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri are worst hit and that it has heard that some retailers have run out of supplies.
But as record cold coincides with pipeline outages and low inventories, the crisis has spread further. Most households are not connected directly to propane pipelines, and the system relies on truck fleets now running at full capacity to get emergency supplies to states across the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued emergency orders suspending the limits on the amount of time truck drivers can spend on the road for 10 Midwestern states and 12 Northeastern states, a rare regional order.
A spokesman for Pennsylvania-based AmeriGas Propane, the largest U.S. propane retailer, said it was rationing deliveries to "small pockets" of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee on Thursday, reducing supplies to 100 gallons per customer from the standard delivery of some 250 gallons.
"Supply is very tight. There is propane to be had out there, but there are supply and transport issues across the country," spokesman Simon Bowman said.
U.S. propane production has actually grown thanks to the shale oil and gas boom in recent years, but because of the higher supply, domestic prices sank to below global levels which has encouraged exports of the fuel from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Japan and other Asian countries.
The current shortage in the Midwest comes at a confluence of events. A record-breaking cold snap hit at the start of January when stocks were already low after large amounts of propane was used to dry out a bumper corn harvest in the fall.
A pipeline outage during most of December exacerbated the situation and this week's freezing weather, which is expected to last to the end of the month, has heightened the situation.
All the while prices have soared. Propane heading for the Midwest is priced against supplies in the hub in Conway, Kansas. Prices there touched almost $5 a gallon on Thursday, compared with Friday's pre-freeze price of around $1.75.
Texas has lifted the need for out-of-state trucks to be registered with the state to allow other trucks to come and pick up supplies.
"Long lines have formed at Mont Belvieu," said one Houston-based broker, referring to the largest propane supply hub in the country. "Lots of out-of-state trucks are showing up."
In northern Tennessee, the Stewart County School System opted to close on Thursday and Friday because of warnings from suppliers they were focused on deliveries to residences of up to 150 gallons, said Leta Joiner, assistant schools director.
"We're not sure how long this is going to last," Joiner said. "We decided to err on the side of caution."
One propane supplier in Northern Indiana said customers pleaded for more fuel when he did his rounds on Thursday. Other customers were more hostile, accusing his company of exploiting the shortage to rack up prices.
Few are willing to predict how long this supply squeeze will last.
"We certainly hope that there is a break in the weather," said Roy Willis, president and chief executive officer of the Propane Education and Research Council.
"It could be days or it could be weeks. It really depends on the weather and the logistics of moving the propane."
(Reporting by Sabina Zawadzki, Edward McAllister, Robert Gibbons and Julia Edwards in New York, Tim Ghianni in Nashville; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)


text: Black Hills Motorcycle Rides is the ultimate handbook with detailed maps and expert insider advice from 2-INTO-1 Publishing. Practical guides. Select from the growing library of titles for the best riding tips on routes, recommended rides, regional and national riding events, ride skill levels, as well as local attractions and must-see sights.


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Zend Technologies has teamed up with cloud-computing management developer RightScale to make it possible for development teams to deliver PHP applications faster by leveraging Zend Server through RightScale's cloud management platform.
To enable this, RightScale has launched the RightScale Development and Test Solution Pack -- a cloud management solution designed to help software development and testing teams more easily provision and use cloud computing resources to improve software quality and speed time-to-market.
The PHP stack in the RightScale Development and Test Solution Pack will include Zend Server, Zend's cloud-ready PHP application stack, which comprises PHP, Zend Framework, extensions and drivers, as well as a host of features that help developers run, debug and optimize their PHP applications.
The new offering addresses the need of IT organizations to reduce the time, hassle and risk associated with managing multiple development and test environments. Developers and testers can now quickly and easily provision a complete PHP cloud-based environment based on Zend Server using RightScale's self-service portal. Developers use the Zend Studio IDE to build their applications locally, leverage Zend Framework components to access a variety of cloud services, and debug their applications on a Zend Server instance running in the cloud.
"PHP is one of the most commonly used languages for cloud application deployments," noted Betsy Zikakis, Vice President at RightScale. "By partnering with Zend, we can offer PHP professionals an easy and safe path into cloud computing. With the RightScale Solution Pack for Development and Test, they can gain fast access to all the cloud computing resources they need while using Zend Server to run and debug their applications. The combination of RightScale and Zend products helps developers get software into the hands of users faster."


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See the first full review of Too Faced Exotic Color Intense Eyeshadow here!
Next up in the Too Faced Exotic Color Intense Swatches is a very pretty spring/summer colour, Nice Stems!
Nice Stems! is described as a 'Golden Clover' which just makes me think of the spreadable butter. It's a very fresh zingy wearable green which lots of shimmer:
Can't wear this alone. It needs some liner, it needs some definition. This is the kind of shade I would've died for a few years ago but I'd want something else to go with it…
Nevertheless, this is also a very soft pigmented eyeshadow that wears well, and has lots of nice colour. A very wearable green.
There's a really nice golden tone to the green, so it is a bit khaki, a bit olive? Yeah I guess it's all kind of greens rolled into one. I like and I think it'd look prettyif you were really pale and if you were really dark skinned too.
Score: 4/5
What do you think of Nice Stems! ?


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Havelock, Marlborough, Greenlip Mussel Capital of the World
After exploring the Marlborough Sounds and walking tracks the perfect place to relax and enjoy local produce and wines is The Mussel Pot Restaurant & Cafe
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If travelling in the upper regions of the South Island then Havelock is a must stop destination.
A picturesque fishing village that is gateway to the Marlborough Sounds and boasts being the "Green Lip Mussel Capital of the World."
The perfect place to try these tasty shellfish is The Mussel Pot Restaurant and Cafe.
They serve these molluscs in a variety of ways but we were also able to choose crayfish, scallops and salmon as well as local beef and lamb off the menu.
We enjoyed sitting by the cosy fire and sipping on great Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and we will definitely be back in summer to enjoy the outdoor dining area and the yummy breakfast menu (oh dear no mussels on it).


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Description. Enhance your chance to win the Lotto, soccer or horses betting or any number game. The easy way to do your own permutations. A comment by the University of Hawaii concerning Permutations Made Easy. Written by authorities......As of January 2011, this revision raises the bar for Permutations Made Easy.. high standard of excellence, making sure that it stays one of the foremost Antiques & Collectibles studies textbooks.
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text: 2015-2016 Newcastle Away Football Shorts (Kids). Official 2015 2016 Newcastle Kids Away Football Shorts available to buy online. These are the brand new football shorts of Newcastle United, which are available in junior sizes small boys, medium boys, large boys, XL boys and are manufactured by Puma.Add the number of your favourite player to your shorts for just 5.Get a comfortable fit with the Puma Newcastle United Away Shorts 2015 2016 thanks to the elasticated waistband with inner draw cord for increased security and comfort, whilst the Puma Dry Cell technology which is designed to draw moisture away from the skin to keep you cooler and drier for longer. These Puma Shorts offer a great look with the NUFC badge to the right thigh and Puma branding to the left. > Puma Football Shorts > Elasticated waistband > Inner draw cord > Club badge > Puma branding > Puma Dry Cell technology > 100% polyester > Machine washable Product Code 74789814


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1930s Harz Germany Jupp Wiertz German Travel Poster
PRINTED BY: Printed in Germany Herausgber Landesverkehrsverband HARZ e V Braunichmeig
AGE: circa 1930s, pre WW2 lithograph.
ARTIST: Jupp Wiertz (German, 1888-1939) Graphic designer, illustrator, poster artist
CONDITION: B+, Linen Mounted, very minor pressed wrinkles, small scuffs, must be scrutinized closely to see, bright clean color and vibrancy, displays beautifully.
Jupp Wiertz was the well known (German, 1888-1939) Art Deco illustrator and the designer of this poster. He was most known for his Zeppelin poster. The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany. The terrain extends across Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The poster has a deep snow scene with tree, wonderful graphic design. The poster is archivally linen backed and ready for framing. We only have this one.
Size: 23.5 × 33 inches
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Priority shipping. We have a 100% approval policy. We want you to be
happy with your poster purchase. A signed COA (Certificate of
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selling original vintage antique posters on the web since 1995. We do
not sell reproductions, only authentic antique posters.


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This American Life
Somewhere in the Arabian Sea
Life aboard the USS John C. Stennis, an aircraft carrier that was stationed in the Arabian Sea and supported bombing missions over Afghanistan. Only a few dozen people on board actually fly jets. It takes the rest of the crew — over 5,000 people — to keep them in the air. This American Life producers visited the Stennis in 2002, about six weeks into its deployment. The hour is devoted to this one story.


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Meaning of Income
Sec. 1612. [42 U.S.C. 1382a] (a) For purposes of this title, income means both earned income and unearned income; and—
(1) earned income means only—
(A) wages as determined under section 203(f)(5)(C) but without the application of section 210(j)(3) (and, in the case of cash remuneration paid for service as a member of a uniformed service (other than payments described in paragraph (2)(H) of this subsection or subsection (b)(20)), without regard to the limitations contained in section 209(d));
(B) net earnings from self-employment, as defined in section 211 (without the application of the second and third sentences following subsection (a)(11), the last paragraph of subsection (a), and section 210(j)(3)), including earnings for services described in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (c);
(C) remuneration received for services performed in a sheltered workshop or work activities center; and
(D) any royalty earned by an individual in connection with any publication of the work of the individual, and that portion of any honorarium which is received for services rendered; and
(2) unearned income means all other income, including—
(A) support and maintenance furnished in cash or kind; except that (i) in the case of any individual (and his eligible spouse, if any) living in another person's household and receiving support and maintenance in kind from such person, the dollar amounts otherwise applicable to such individual (and spouse) as specified in subsections (a) and (b) of section 1611 shall be reduced by 33 1/3 percent in lieu of including such support and maintenance in the unearned income of such individual (and spouse) as otherwise required by this subparagraph, (ii) in the case of any individual or his eligible spouse who resides in a nonprofit retirement home or similar nonprofit institution, support and maintenance shall not be included to the extent that it is furnished to such individual or such spouse without such institution receiving payment therefor (unless such institution has expressly undertaken an obligation to furnish full support and maintenance to such individual or spouse without any current or future payment therefor) or payment therefor is made by another nonprofit organization, and (iii) support and maintenance shall not be included and the provisions of clause (i) shall not be applicable in the case of any individual (and his eligible spouse, if any) for the period which begins with the month in which such individual (or such individual and his eligible spouse) began to receive support and maintenance while living in a residential facility (including a private household) maintained by another person and ends with the close of the month in which such individual (or such individual and his eligible spouse) ceases to receive support and maintenance while living in such a residential facility (or, if earlier, with the close of the seventeenth month following the month in which such period began), if, not more than 30 days prior to the date on which such individual (or such individual and his eligible spouse) began to receive support and maintenance while living in such a residential facility, (I) such individual (or such individual and his eligible spouse) were residing in a household maintained by such individual (or by such individual and others) as his or their own home, (II) there occurred within the area in which such household is located (and while such individual, or such individual and his spouse, were residing in the household referred to in subclause (I)) a catastrophe on account of which the President declared a major disaster to exist therein for purposes of the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act[17], and (III) such individual declares that he (or he and his eligible spouse) ceased to continue living in the household referred to in subclause (II) because of such catastrophe;
(B) any payments received as an annuity, pension, retirement, or disability benefit, including veterans' compensation and pensions, workmen's compensation payments, old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, railroad retirement annuities and pensions, and unemployment insurance benefits;
(C) prizes and awards;
(D) payments to the individual occasioned by the death of another person, to the extent that the total of such payments exceeds the amount expended by such individual for purposes of the deceased person's last illness and burial;
(E) support and alimony payments, and (subject to the provisions of subparagraph (D) excluding certain amounts expended for purposes of a last illness and burial) gifts (cash or otherwise) and inheritances;
(F) rents, dividends, interest, and royalties not described in paragraph (1)(E);
(G) any earnings of, and additions to, the corpus of a trust established by an individual (within the meaning of section 1613(e)), of which the individual is a beneficiary, to which section 1613(e) applies, and, in the case of an irrevocable trust, with respect to which circumstances exist under which a payment from the earnings or additions could be made to or for the benefit of the individual; and
(H) payments to or on behalf of a member of a uniformed service for housing of the member (and his or her dependents, if any) on a facility of a uniformed service, including payments provided under section 403 of title 37, United States Code[18], for housing that is acquired or constructed under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10 of such Code[19], or any related provision of law, and any such payments shall be treated as support and maintenance in kind subject to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
Exclusions From Income[20]
(b) In determining the income of an individual (and his eligible spouse) there shall be excluded—
(1) subject to limitations (as to amount or otherwise) prescribed by the Commissioner of Social Security, if such individual is under the age of 22 and is, as determined by the Commissioner of Social Security, a student regularly attending a school, college, or university, or a course of vocational or technical training designed to prepare him for gainful employment, the earned income of such individual;
(2)(A) the first $240 per year (or proportionately smaller amounts for shorter periods) of income (whether earned or unearned) other than income which is paid on the basis of the need of the eligible individual, and
(B) monthly (or other periodic) payments received by any individual, under a program established prior to July 1, 1973 (or any program established prior to such date but subsequently amended so as to conform to State or Federal constitutional standards), if (i) such payments are made by the State of which the individual receiving such payments is a resident, (ii) eligibility of any individual for such payments is not based on need and is based solely on attainment of age 65 or any other age set by the State and residency in such State by such individual, and (iii) on or before September 30, 1985, such individual (I) first becomes an eligible individual or an eligible spouse under this title, and (II) satisfies the twenty-five-year residency requirement of such program as such program was in effect prior to January 1, 1983;
(3) in any calendar quarter, the first—
(A) $60 of unearned income, and
(B) $30 of earned income,
of such individual (and such spouse, if any) which, as determined in accordance with criteria, prescribed by the Commissioner of Social Security, is received too infrequently or irregularly to be included;
(4)(A) if such individual (or such spouse) is blind (and has not attained age 65, or received benefits under this title (or aid under a State plan approved under section 1002 or 1602) for the month before the month in which he attained age 65), (i) the first $780 per year (or proportionately smaller amounts for shorter periods) of earned income not excluded by the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, plus one-half of the remainder thereof, (ii) an amount equal to any expenses reasonably attributable to the earning of any income, and (iii) such additional amounts of other income, where such individual has a plan for achieving self-support approved by the Commissioner of Social Security, as may be necessary for the fulfillment of such plan,
(B) if such individual (or such spouse) is disabled but not blind (and has not attained age 65, or received benefits under this title (or aid under a State plan approved under section 1402 or 1602) for the month before the month in which he attained age 65), (i) the first $780 per year (or proportionately smaller amounts for shorter periods) of earned income not excluded by the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, (ii) such additional amounts of earned income of such individual, if such individual's disability is sufficiently severe to result in a functional limitation requiring assistance in order for him to work, as may be necessary to pay the costs (to such individual) of attendant care services, medical devices, equipment, prostheses, and similar items and services (not including routine drugs or routine medical services unless such drugs or services are necessary for the control of the disabling condition) which are necessary (as determined by the Commissioner of Social Security in regulations) for that purpose, whether or not such assistance is also needed to enable him to carry out his normal daily functions, except that the amounts to be excluded shall be subject to such reasonable limits as the Commissioner of Social Security may prescribe, (iii) one-half of the amount of earned income not excluded after the application of the preceding provisions of this subparagraph, and (iv) such additional amounts of other income, where such individual has a plan for achieving self-support approved by the Commissioner of Social Security, as may be necessary for the fulfillment of such plan, or
(C) if such individual (or such spouse) has attained age 65 and is not included under subparagraph (A) or (B), the first $780 per year (or proportionately smaller amounts for shorter periods) of earned income not excluded by the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, plus one–half of the remainder thereof;
(5) any amount received from any public agency as a return or refund of taxes paid on real property or on food purchased by such individual (or such spouse);
(6) assistance, furnished to or on behalf of such individual (and spouse), which is based on need and furnished by any State or political subdivision of a State;
(7) any portion of any grant, scholarship, fellowship, or gift (or portion of a gift) used to pay the cost of tuition and fees at any educational (including technical or vocational education) institution;
(8) home produce of such individual (or spouse) utilized by the household for its own consumption;
(9) if such individual is a child, one-third of any payment for his support received from an absent parent;
(10) any amounts received for the foster care of a child who is not an eligible individual but who is living in the same home as such individual and was placed in such home by a public or nonprofit private child-placement or child-care agency;
(11) assistance received under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act[21] or other assistance provided pursuant to a Federal statute on account of a catastrophe which is declared to be a major disaster by the President;
(12) interest income received on assistance funds referred to in paragraph (11) within the 9-month period beginning on the date such funds are received (or such longer periods as the Commissioner of Social Security shall by regulations prescribe in cases where good cause is shown by the individual concerned for extending such period);
(13) any support or maintenance assistance furnished to or on behalf of such individual (and spouse if any) which (as determined under regulations of the Commissioner of Social Security by such State agency as the chief executive officer of the State may designate) is based on need for such support or maintenance, including assistance received to assist in meeting the costs of home energy (including both heating and cooling), and which is (A) assistance furnished in kind by a private nonprofit agency, or (B) assistance furnished by a supplier of home heating oil or gas, by an entity providing home energy whose revenues are primarily derived on a rate-of-return basis regulated by a State or Federal governmental entity, or by a municipal utility providing home energy;
(14) assistance paid, with respect to the dwelling unit occupied by such individual (or such individual and spouse), under the United States Housing Act of 1937[22], the National Housing Act[23], section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965[24], title V of the Housing Act of 1949[25], or section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 [26];
(15) the value of any commercial transportation ticket, for travel by such individual (or spouse) among the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands, which is received as a gift by such individual (or such spouse) and is not converted to cash;
(16) interest accrued on the value of an agreement entered into by such individual (or such spouse) representing the purchase of a burial space excluded under section 1613(a)(2)(B), and left to accumulate;
(17) any amount received by such individual (or such spouse) from a fund established by a State to aid victims of crime;
(18) relocation assistance provided by a State or local government to such individual (or such spouse), comparable to assistance provided under title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970 which is subject to the treatment required by section 216 of such Act[27];
(19) any refund of Federal income taxes made to such individual (or such spouse) by reason of section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986[28] (relating to earned income tax credit), and any payment made to such individual (or such spouse) by an employer under section 3507 of such Code[29] (relating to advance payment of earned income credit);
(20) special pay received pursuant to section 310 of title 37, United States Code[30];
(21) the interest or other earnings on any account established and maintained in accordance with section 1631(a)(2)(F);
(22) any gift to, or for the benefit of, an individual who has not attained 18 years of age and who has a life-threatening condition, from an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code[31]—
(A) in the case of an in-kind gift, if the gift is not converted to cash; or
(B) in the case of a cash gift, only to the extent that the total amount excluded from the income of the individual pursuant to this paragraph in the calendar year in which the gift is made does not exceed $2,000;
(23) interest or dividend income from resources—
(A) not excluded under section 1613(a), or
(B) excluded pursuant to Federal law other than sections 1613(a);
(24) any annuity paid by a State to the individual (or such spouse) on the basis of the individual's being a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code[32]), and blind, disabled, or age; and[33]
(25) any benefit (whether cash or in-kind) conferred upon (or paid on behalf of) a participant in an AmeriCorps position approved by the Corporation for National and Community Service under section 123 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12573)[34]; and[35]
(26)[36] the first $2,000 received during a calendar year by such individual (or such spouse) as compensation for participation in a clinical trial involving research and testing of treatments for a rare disease or condition (as defined in section 5(b)(2) of the Orphan Drug Act), but only if the clinical trial—
(A) has been reviewed and approved by an institutional review board that is established—
(i) to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects participating in scientific research; and
(ii) in accord with the requirements under part 46 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations; and
(B) meets the standards for protection of human subjects as provided under part 46 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
[18] See Vol. II, 37 U.S.C. 403.
[19] See Vol. II, 10 U.S.C. Chapter 169, subchapter IV.
[20] See Vol. II, Appendix K, Income and Resource Exclusions, for a list of provisions from Federal laws regarding exclusions from income and resources.
[21] See Vol. II, P.L. 93-288.
[22] See Vol. II, P.L. 75-412.
[23] See Vol. II, P.L. 73-479.
[24] See Vol. II, P.L. 89-117.
[25] See Vol. II, P.L. 81-171.
[26] See Vol. II, P.L. 86-372.
[27] See Vol. II, P.L. 91-646, §216.
[28] See Vol. II, P.L. 83-591, §32.
[29] See Vol. II, P.L. 83-591, §3507.
[30] See Vol. II, 37 U.S.C. 310.
[31] See Vol. II, P.L. 83-591, §501.
[32] See Vol. II, 38 U.S.C. 101(2).
[33] P.L. 111-255, §3(a)(1), struck out "and".
[34] See Vol. II, P.L. 101-610, §123.
[35] P.L. 111-255, §3(a)(2), struck out the period and inserted "; and".
[36] P.L. 111-255, §3(a)(3), added this new paragraph (26); §3(d), provided that the effective date shall be "on the date that is the earlier of—
(1) the effective date of final regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Social Security to carry out this section [3] and such amendments; or
(2) 180 days after the date of enactment" — (October 5, 2010) — April 5, 2011.
P.L. 111-255, §3(e), provides: "SUNSET PROVISION.—This Act and the amendments made by this Act are repealed on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act."*.
*P.L. 111–255 was enacted on October 5, 2010.


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The Family Living Center, located in the East Hall of the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, is part shopping extravaganza, part National Farm Machinery Show reunion and all fun, according to both visitors and vendors.
Visitors can look through a variety of interesting items showcased in more than 50 booths. Family Living Center vendors offer home accessories, collectibles, unique food items, clothing and jewelry. The friendly atmosphere the show offers means exhibitors and attendees often find themselves coming back year after year. The show's stellar reputation means there is a waiting list of exhibitors hoping for a chance to join the National Farm Machinery Show Family Living Center "family."
Randy Schmidt, Clarksville, Tenn., has manned his Memory Lane Clocks booth at the show for 8 years. He has built a successful business offering authentic Black Forest German Cuckoo Clocks and engraved powder-coated aluminum cake pans.
"The Family Living Center offers something for everybody in the farm family. Many people come to the Family Living Center to find a souvenir from the show or presents to take home to the people who were left behind," Schmidt explains. "We pack a lot of sales into a short amount of time. It is an extremely busy and exciting four days."
Building relationships
He credits the National Farm Machinery Show as being a valuable place to build relationships with customers.
"We do a wide variety of shows throughout the year. I wouldn't be coming to the National Farm Machinery Show if it wasn't an excellent show," he relates. "The National Farm Machinery Show is a wonderful place to meet new people and see old friends. I like the cross-section of people who come to the show. We have customers coming to our booth from as far away as Australia, for example. Over the years we have developed friendships both with the farm families who regularly come to the show and with other vendors."
Schmidt says the Family Living Center has something to offer everyone. "The Family Living Center offers a unique shopping opportunity. When people come to the National Farm Machinery Show to see new technology, they don't always realize they will be seeing such a variety of other items too. Who would expect to see authentic Black Forest German cuckoo clocks, for example?"
Relax and shop
The Family Living Center is set aside from the main National Farm Machinery Show exhibit area so that visitors can casually shop for special gifts and souvenirs ranging from farm toys and collectibles for kids of all ages, to unique gadgets for around the house. Attendees have an opportunity to taste and purchase new foods as part of the experience too. The Wisconsin Cheese and Sausage Company brings a variety of tasty treats, while exhibitors like Ely Blown Glass offer unique artistic creations. Visitors can even find telescoping flagpoles in the Uncommon USA booth. A variety of jewelry choices can be found in booths ranging from Woodward Ross Jewelry to Unique Jewelry. And getting back to the machinery portion of the National Farm Machinery Show, if you are set on taking home a smaller version of something you've seen on the show floor, visit Matsen Miniature Farms to find 1:64-scale models of implements, farm toys and sheds.
The Family Living Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Feb. 13 to 16 during the show.
For more information and to see a list of exhibitors, visit farmmachineryshow.org.


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Metallica's Orion Music + More Festival to Feature Custom Car and Motorcycle Show
Metallica's Orion Music + More Festival seems to keep getting more and more interesting as time slowly approaches the two-day event. Having recently added more metal acts such as Sepultura and Suicidal Tendencies to the bill, Metallica frontman James Hetfield stepped it up once again by announcing that there will be a car and motorcycle show at the festival.
Got something interesting in between your legs? Well, James Hetfield wants to see it! The Orion Music + More Festival will be accepting over 300 custom cars, hot rods, muscle cars and custom motorcycles submitted by fans to be displayed during the festivities. There is no entry fee for potential participants and the accepted vehicles will be displayed amongst Hetfield's 1936 Auburn Roadster Slow Burn Custom and 1937 Lincoln Zephyr Voodoo Priest Custom.
In a video interview (below)with Hetfield about the car and motorcycle show, the Metallica frontman described his father's affinity for drag racing motorcycles and referred to the building of custom vehicles as "a lost art."
Hetfield spoke about his ambitions and goals for the auto show: "Maybe they [Metallica fans] wouldn't normally go to a car show and see what really goes on there. It would be great to get a little of everything from muscle cars, to traditional stock things, to full-blown crazy customs, to dragsters, to things spittin' flames - dangerous things, to beautiful, long elegant pieces of art. Hopefully everything so everybody can get a taste of the automobile passion and obsession that I seem to have."
The Orion Music + More Festival is set to hit the shores of Atlantic City, N.J. on June 23 - 24.


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**Grand Prix of Japan **
Report Day 3 | Sun, 2 October 2011
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) crossed the line first to take victory at a dramatic Grand Prix of Japan, where only two of the top seven riders did not either run off track or incur a ride through penalty in an eventful Round 15 race in which Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) and Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) completed the podium.
The 24-lap contest began with pole man Stoner launching into turn one ahead of the field, while team mate Andrea Dovizioso jumped the start from the front row, with Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) and Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) both also incurring ride through penalties for the same mistake.
Ducati Team's Valentino Rossi crashed out on the first lap, colliding with Yamaha Factory Racing's Ben Spies and forcing the American off track which dropped Spies down the order. Meanwhile Stoner appeared set to take another victory, leading clear and free until running off the track on lap five. Shortly thereafter Hector Barbera (Mapfre Aspar) crashed out, while Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) ran off track after lapping in fourth position.
Lorenzo had some catching up to do, and made his way through the field to cross the line second, while Stoner climbed back to third. Simoncelli and Dovizioso took their ride through penalties and then engaged in a battle to the finish for fourth with the San Carlo Honda Gresini rider coming out on top in front of Dovizioso in fifth.
Three Americans followed next, with Spies sixth in front of Hayden and Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3). Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) avoided any drama to finish ninth in his home race with Randy de Puniet (Pramac Racing) in tenth. Crutchlow was 11th despite a run-off in addition to his ride through penalty.
That left Kousuke Akiyoshi to take 12th, as his fellow LCR Honda rider Toni Elias crashed out after lapping in sixth position. Shinichi Itoh (Honda Racing Team) was the final rider to finish the race in 13th. Damian Cudlin, riding as a replacement this weekend for the injured Loris Capirossi on the Pramac Racing team, crashed out towards the end of the race, and Alvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) also went down while running in fourth position.
Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) did not participate in the race after taking the decision not to ride. The Czech rider was still feeling the after-effects of a light head concussion sustained in a crash in the opening lap of the Aragon race.
Stoner's lead at the top of the Championship over Lorenzo now stands at 40 points with three rounds of the 2011 season remaining.
Front row starter Andrea Iannone (Speed Master) took the hole shot at the start of the Moto2 race and eventually took his third win of the season, after contesting for the lead throughout the race with pole starter Marc Marquez (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol) who finished second.
Stefan Bradl (Viessmann Kiefer Racing), who led the Championship at the start of the race but now trails Marquez in the standings by a single point having placed fourth in the race, briefly entered the challenge but dropped off the front and finally crossed the line behind Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) who completed the podium.
Simone Corsi (Ioda Racing Project) took fifth ahead of Alex de Angelis (JiR Moto2), with Bradley Smith (Tech 3 Racing) crossing the line 5.5s behind De Angelis to take seventh. Dominique Aegerter (Technomag-CIP) was eighth with Esteve Rabat (Blusens-STX) and Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Racing) rounding out the top ten finishers.
Jordi Torres (Mapfre Aspar), Raffaele De Rosa (NGM Forward Racing) and Ricky Cardus (QMMF Racing Team) had early crashes, as did Axel Pons (Pons HP 40). Yuki Takahashi (Gresini Racing) had a fall but did return to the track, finishing his home GP in 30th position.
Avant-AirAsia-Ajo rider Johann Zarco took a long awaited first victory with a clear win in the 125cc race, ahead of Championship leader Nico Terol and Hector Faubel (both Bankia Aspar).
Zarco started from pole but rival Terol blasted off the start into the lead, taking team-mate Faubel with him along with a determined Zarco. The three broke from the pack, opening up a five-second gap with Faubel dropping back halfway through the race.
Zarco made his move on Terol on lap 14, with the Spaniard attempting to take back the lead but running too deep on the brakes and allowing Zarco to cross the line over five seconds ahead of Terol in second and Faubel a further 13 seconds back in third.
A remarkable recovery was made by Maverick Vinales (Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing), who started the race from the back of the grid after breaking a chain on the warm up lap. The 16 year-old took fourth place ahead of a pack battling for the position, with Sandro Cortese (Intact Racing Team Germany) following in fifth, Jonas Folger (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) a close sixth, Alberto Moncayo (Team Andalucia Banca Civica) and Adrian Martin (Bankia Aspar) in seventh and eighth. Efren Vazquez (Avant-AirAsia-Ajo) had been a contender in that fight for fourth until retiring from the race with a mechanical issue.
Danny Kent (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) crossed the line two seconds ahead of Alessandro Tonucci (Team Italia FMI) to take ninth, while Jakub Kornfeil (Ongetta-Centro Seta) and Marcel Schrotter (Mahindra Racing) followed in eleventh and twelfth.
Josep Rodriguez (Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing) and Luis Salom (RW Racing GP) collided in the early part of the race, crashing but both rejoining the race. Rodriguez entered the box with mechanical issues while Salom finished in 23rd position.


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One Last Tour of Winnipeg
Touring Winnipeg for one last time today
Only made me wish I had already flown away
The variety of debris on the streets I did not miss
Including broken glass, a condom wrapper and a bottle of piss
Profanity fills the air, it's all around
Some even take the time to write it on the ground
A bum stands in the middle of traffic using a ski pole like a cane
Another spreads across the trail getting in his push-ups before it does rain
A car with Minnesota plates parks outside a hotel called Mere
For the love of Pete™, what are they doing here?
A cyclist approaching a stop sign neither signals nor stops
If only the city had some real cops
They flaunt their authority to me and you
Their motto is "Do as we say not as we do"
Another hole poorly marked and not well lit
You'll likely only see the sign after you hit it
Someone digs through a garbage bin hunting for buried treasure
Or a cigarette butt that might give him a few seconds of pleasure
What will I do without seeing any of this ever again?
Rest assured I won't miss much of this city on the plain


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Why do we need lots of red blood cells? Because Red blood cells have the important job of picking up oxygen from the lungs and carrying oxygen to all of the other cells of the body. The cells of the body use oxygen as the fuel they need to do their jobs. Red blood cells also give you color. If your skin is white the red blood cells give you the pink color in your skin. That let you look healthy and young.
So, what are foods we need to have an increase in red blood cells? Here are foods you need:
FOODS RICH IN IRON Iron is a mineral used by the body in the production of red blood cells. It is used in the production of hemoglobin, which is the main protein in red blood cells. Hemoglobin carries oxygen throughout the body. Lack of iron in the diet leads to iron deficiency anemia. Sources of iron include red meat, organ meat such as kidney and livers, beans, lentils, dark green leafy vegetables.
FOODS RICH IN FOLIC ACID Folic acid is crucial for proper brain function and plays an important role in mental and emotional health. Folic acid also works closely with vitamin B12 to help make red blood cells and help iron work properly in the body. Folate can be found in green, leafy vegetables, beans and legumes, citrus fruits and enriched foods, such as breads and cereals. You can also take it as a supplement.
FOODS RICH IN VITAMIN B-12 Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, help to make red blood cells, which carry oxygen in the blood. It is also essential to the normal health, development and functioning of your brain, nerves and other body parts. Vitamin B12 is also needed to make your DNA. It can be found in foods such as meat, fish, milk, cheese, poultry, eggs, dairy products and some fortified breakfast cereals.


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Does talking to media outlets have a place in the modern University?
The answer to this question is one that I have heard debated among my colleagues. It's a complicated proposition, but I have long thought that the media does have a role to play in the life of a faculty member.
I understand the concerns.
It's not usually the case that media outlets care much about a particular finding or result. There are exceptions of course, but I think what the media usually want is an expert to comment on a topic of their interest. This gulf takes some time to cross. I was once interviewed about the World Wide Web. It was when the 100 millionth web site was reached. I did not realise it was for television at the time I agreed to comment. I was asked a variety of questions, and luckily I know my web history since one of them was about the origins and intent of the original WWW site.
Why did they ask me? I've not done much research on the web. I mean I use the web, and certainly some of the things I have written about imply the presence of the web, but I would not describe the web itself as a central interest. They asked me because I think they wanted someone who could answer their questions. I could tie the pick up of the Web to both a driver and a reason for the Internet explosion, I could offer some reasons why people would use it (to form online communities) and so forth. I'm certainly not alone in being able to answer these questions, but I didn't mind spending the time preparing for the interview so that I would provide the answers that they wanted and that would be useful.
Another concern that people have about engaging the media is that they may mis-characterise or miss the significance of the topic being discussed. I've certainly felt that sometimes the best things I have said during an interview were not picked up, and some of the more obscure things were. I think this is another type of translation work that I, as much as the reporter, own the responsibility for doing. What matters to me, or to my research community is not always what a reporter thinks will sell papers/adverts/etc… so I have to either decide that what they think is important is OK or work harder to explain the relevance clearly.
I wondered myself whether having my research appear in some places was potentially damaging to my reputation. I decided some time ago that it was likely not the thing I feared. So, when my research featured as the number 1 Threat Down on the Colbert Report I was actually quite proud. Some of it, especially the robot work, has been picked up in a variety of ways, all featuring the rather entertaining side of the work. What I think is most important now is to a) protect and explain the subjects of the research (we dont want to make fools of the people who have given us the data that we're discussing) and b) to ensure that students involved in this work also don't feel that their research has been subject to derision. Again in the case of the robot work, it is the case that people dress up their vacuums, indeed there's a substantial revenue-generation industry in this area, and people do it for reasons that are similar to blinging phones and so forth. It's very human, and it is, when you think about it, something that makes you smile. No-one was harmed, it's actually a discussion about good feelings… heartwarming in a world that is full of bad news.
And good news is one reason to talk to the media. I was asked to comment on Atlanta's increased wi-fi density. Without hesitation I said that I thought Atlantans should be proud of this because it reflects an orientation towards being experimental with technology (this was back when it was fairly new and San Francisco was the type of place people put in this wi-fi dense community network genre). That story generated a lot of positive feedback. A few people talked to me about it directly, but the Institute also collects metrics about the role of media and positive attributions of Georgia Tech. That story, which was not much longer than this paragraph, with that one quote was ranked one of the highest stories in that year. Surprised. I was too. But, I was entirely sincere (not just trying to boost GT's reputation, that never occurred to me, usually I just think what do I say that reflects and doesn't embarrass 🙂 and it seems like there was lots of good to just a little good phrase.
Something I don't like is when I can not get the reporter to include all the names of the people who worked on the work. I have had stories that attributed pieces of research to me that were actually products of groups. In fact that's often the case. That always makes me sad when that happens. The only way I've ever found to deal with it is to attempt to share some of the work of talking to reporters around. Assume that the person who does the talking will be the one who appears in print. But you can't predict which stories will take off, which will be the ones picked up by many outlets. So, it's an imperfect solution. The difficulty of this situation is only mitigated by the fact, at least in my experience, that the majority of what has appeared in the papers is not actually about my research, but about things that I have the expertise to comment on.
Of course, the arguments for engaging with the media turn on the value of translating the work that we do at Georgia Tech into things that potentially help inform the public, help people make decisions, or understand the significance of things that they are (in the case of technology) already or will use in their daily lives. In so doing it's a way to communicate what the worth of an Institution of higher education is, what they get for the time that faculty are not in the classrooms teaching, which is the result of our research. Breaking down the walls of the ivory tower…
And then there is the question of continuing to promote and position Georgia Tech in what will be an increasingly competitive market. As my colleague Dick Lipton recently discussed there is stiff competition for education from a new type of University, characterised by the University of Phoenix. Media, and the visibility that Georgia Tech gets through the stories, is one way to explain our value, through making the products of what we do as well as the processes by which we do them clearer to groups of people who support us. So that's why despite concerns, and sometimes the difficulty of attribution, I think it's worthwhile.