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The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of Morgan County, Alabama, will hold a sign-up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2016 Fiscal Year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis. Any eligible landuser who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, hayland, cropland, forestland, or wildlife land may apply for assistance through this program.
Applications may be made at:
Morgan County USDA Service Center
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The USDA Work Group has identified the following resource concerns in Morgan County in order by priority:
All applications will be ranked using the NRCS ranking tool for environmental benefits. Approvals will be given to those applications that will provide the greatest environmental benefits, i.e., those receiving the most environmental points. Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points, until all funds are obligated.
When available funds for resource concerns will not fully fund the next applicant, the funds will be returned to the State Pool.
The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will be October 16, 2015. Subsequent batching dates will be announced as needed.
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Defenders of the Innocent Second Annual Awards Reception: Samantha Gaddy
Tributes to UIS Innocence Project Students
On May 18, supporters of the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project (DIIP) gathered to honor two recipients who have been tireless in their support of justice:
- The Dominican Sisters of Springfield
- Attorney Michael B. Metnick
As part of the reception, two UIS students–both now alumni–received special tributes from the podium: Samantha Gaddy, Larry Golden and Samantha Gaddyrecipient of a special Defenders of the Innocent Award–you can read her remarks below–and Matt Smith.
Larry Golden on Samantha Gaddy
We have been fortunate for the past few years—from what seems like the beginning—to have a young woman of extraordinary qualities working with us. Starting as a volunteer, she became the graduate assistant in our program. We have worked together, cried together, and had the privilege of watching her grow during all this time.
This semester she has been interning at the Attorney General's office, working on legislative relations, but she is graduating, and she is looking for new opportunities. We will be wishing her success in her next endeavor.
Tonight we want to recognize and honor her work with a 2009 special Defender of the Innocent award to Samantha Gaddy for service and dedication to the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project.
Samantha Gaddy's Remarks on Receiving A Defenders of the Innocent Award
I have been with the Innocence Project since 2005 and leaving is going to be really bittersweet because they have all become like a family to me. I can't talk too long because I am going to cry! It has really been great.
I don't understand how people can sleep at night knowing that innocent people are in prison. As I told ABC not that long ago, if it can happen to them, it can happen to anybody, and it can happen to me. So I feel like I really need to work for those people.
Martin Luther King once said, "In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." So I feel like I really need to speak up and try to help people who cannot help themselves.
Thank you!
Larry Golden on Matt Smith
This organization could not exist without the assistance we have received over many years from students working tirelessly for the exoneration of the wrongfully convicted. Keith Harris, who is talks very strongly about the contribution of students is in fact here tonight with one of our earliest students from the Project, Matt Smith.
Matt Smith worked on Keith's case, and they have been friends ever since. Matt lives down around the St. Louis area and Keith in Bellville, and they stay in touch, and when Keith comes up, he almost always comes up with Matt. In a sense, they are part of a family, and it is just a wonderful thing to see from a student coming out of the university. This was not his career and still is not his career, but it was part of what was in his heart. Matt, we can always be thankful to you, as Keith is, for the work that you have done.


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This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
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Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Breast cancer cell invasion is a highly orchestrated process driven by a myriad of complex microenvironmental stimuli. These complexities make it difficult to isolate and assess the effects of specific parameters including matrix stiffness and tumor architecture on disease progression. In this regard, morphologically accurate tumor models are becoming instrumental to perform fundamental studies on cancer cell invasion within well-controlled conditions. In this study, the use of photocrosslinkable hydrogels and a novel, two-step photolithography technique was explored to microengineer a 3D breast tumor model. The microfabrication process presented herein enabled precise localization of the cells and creation of high stiffness …
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Most parents wouldn't think of giving their children dessert for breakfast, but the Environmental Working Group has found that many cereals that are marketed to children have more sugar than many junk food treats.
A one-cup serving of Honey Smacks cereal has more sugar than a Hostess Twinkie and a cup of Cap'n Crunch or Apple Jacks has more sugar than three Chips Ahoy cookies. Also on the list were Post Golden Crisp, Quaker Oats Oh's, Kellogg's Froot Loops Marshmallow and Apple Jacks.
So, what should parents do when looking for a good cereal? "Instead of giving a blanketed 'x' number of grams of sugar per serving, I think an easier way for parents to look at the boxes when looking for cereals is for them to ask themselves, is there fiber in this cereal for my child?" said Dr. Felicia Stoler, Nutritionist and Exercise Physiologist. "Cereals should have at least four grams of fiber per serving along with whole grains."
"You want to make sure you have some protein and some carbohydrate in your child's diet at breakfast time so they have the basic nutrients they need to get their day started," said Stoler.
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beIN SPORT, a global network of sports channels operated by Al Jazeera, launched a Viz Media Engine based workflow for archiving and overall
of its extensive programming content. The system is being used for the launch of two new U.S. channels under the umbrella of beIN SPORT USA – beIN Sport HD, in English and beIN Ñ , in Spanish, both having SAP capabilities.
beIN SPORT USA is a Miami-based 24-hour provider of international sports coverage, currently being carried by Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Dish, Comcast, Liberty Cablevision and Direct TV.
The Viz Media Engine selection was made by Unitecnic, a Barcelona-based broadcast and multimedia engineering firm, for beIN SPORT. Unitecnic chose Viz Media Engine based upon the specific technical requirements of beIN SPORT and worked closely with the broadcaster throughout the installation and initial implementation of the system. Unitecnic worked with the Miami-based Imagina U.S., a production and broadcast services provider company, who provided the full operational service for beIN SPORT's new channels in his own facility.
The Viz Media Engine is integrated with beIN's Avid Media Composer editing system and its Grass Valley K2 video servers for both import and export. The Viz Media Engine provides access to all media. Using the K2 servers, it manages all of the channel's playout tasks. WTVision's Channelmaker playout automation system interfaces with the Viz Media Engine, monitoring playout and triggering transfer request between the Viz Media Engine and K2 servers as needed.
beIN went live with the Viz Media Engine MAM/archiving system at the end of October 2012. The
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WTVision, a provider of real-time graphics and channel automation solutions, used the Viz Media Engine APIs, that are REST-based, to integrate the Viz Media Engine with beIN's traffic and billing software from Broadway Systems.
Critical to beIN's selection of the Viz Media Engine was the systems' support of Sony's XDCAM HD422 and how it handles partial restores. Viz Media Engine include advanced and proven technology to work with partial restore throughout the complete workflow from archiving to restoring media from the LTO tape library.
The storage capacity of the archive system is designed to last beIN well into the future, but the network is already looking into extending the size of the system and adding more groups to the MAM set up.
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Serve with a whole-grain roll and a piece of fresh fruit to turn this light starter into a filling meal.
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- 1 pound asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
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- 1 small onion, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 leek, trimmed of all but 1 inch of dark-green top, sliced
- 1 celery stalk, sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 3/4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- White pepper
- Pinch of nutmeg (optional)
- 1 tablespoon pine nuts
- Bring a medium pot of water to a boil; add asparagus (make sure water covers asparagus). Cook 5 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup asparagus water. Remove 16 asparagus tips; cut in half lengthwise; set aside. Heat butter in a medium saucepan over low heat until melted. Cook onion, leek and celery, covered, stirring occasionally, until soft but not brown, 10 to 16 minutes. Add salt. Add broth; bring to a simmer. Cook, partially covered, 8 minutes. Purée broth mixture, asparagus (not tips) and reserved asparagus water in a blender, in 2 batches. (Remove center part of blender lid to prevent hot liquid from bubbling over. Instead, hold a folded dish towel over hole in cap.) Return pureed soup to pot; heat until it just reaches a simmer. Season with pepper and, if desired, nutmeg. Cover; remove from heat. In a small pan, toast pine nuts over medium-low heat, shaking pan occasionally, until nuts are fragrant and browned in some spots, about 6 minutes. Season nuts with salt. Divide soup among 4 bowls; top each with 8 asparagus-tip halves and toasted pine nuts.
Nutritional analysis per serving: 93 calories, 4.2 g fat (1.4 g saturated), 10.3 g carbs, 3 g fiber, 6.5 g protein


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Thick pasty oil paint on canvas will leave lots of texture. This painting was inspired after a hike in the Black Hill of South Dakota in very late summer. The early day was cool and some of the leaves were just beginning to turn.
Oil on Canvasbattese, mitch, native american, oil painting, potawatomi
18 inches by 24 inches, but with its frame this exceptional piece is 30 inches by 36 inches. Custom prints available on Cotton Rag and Bamboo.
Watercolor and Tempra on poster boardartist, battese, chickasaw, mitch, native american, potawatomi
Water Color Mysteryartist, battese, chickasaw, mitch, native american, watercolor
This post contains a simple watercolor that reminds me of my youth. I grew up on the reservation in the 1950's. Occasionally riders would pass by our home late evening or early morning. When the sky turns red, I think back and remember sounds and sights of horses walking by kicking up dust. Original has been sold. No prints available at this time.
Welcome to the Eagle Whistle website!artist, battese, chickasaw, mitch, native american, oil painting, potawatomi
EagleWhistle.com is a website dedicated to education and promotion of Aboriginal North American fine arts paintings. All comments and questions should be addressed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Where possible I use lower quality images so that the pictures will load more quickly, however, several individuals like more detailed images. I generally do not sell paintings online. I sell directly at various art shows throughout the country. Please feel free to suggest art shows if you like. Also, I have done a bit of custom paintings and you'll just have to call or email me for more information. Thanks, Mitch.


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Look for this year's Neal Singles Memorial 5K Run to be a little more colorful than usual.
The Sept. 21 date coincides with International Peace Day and Morenci students will join in with the creation of Pinwheels for Peace. Students are constructing simple pinwheels this week and will plant them in the ground for the Sunday morning running event.
Pinwheels for Peace began as an art installation in Coconut Creek, Fla., in 2005 and the idea has spread to various locations around the globe. Last year, more than 1.2 million pinwheels were spinning in more than 2,500 locations.
Morenci Middle School teacher Jane Brasher-Garrow read about the project in an art magazine and decided it would be a great way for all three Morenci school buildings to work together.
Organizers of the international event describe it as non-political, stating that peace doesn't have to be associated with the conflict of war. Peace can also be associated with violence and intolerance in a person's daily life, or refer to peace of mind.
Although peace means different things to different people, Pinwheels for Peace suggests this definition: "a state of calm and serenity with no anxiety, the absence of violence, freedom from conflict or disagreement among people or a group of people."
"I like the way they present it," Mrs. Brasher-Garrow said. "It's a good way to remember to do peaceful things. It could be as simple as sitting quietly in the woods."
Pinwheels created by students will be placed near the finish line of the race and along the bus pickup road behind the board of education office. High school students will display their creations in front of the school.
Community members are also invited to participate. Directions for making both regular pinwheels and pin-less wheels can be found at www.pinwheelsforpeace.com/ideas.html.
Runners might be looking for calm weather Sunday morning, but a little breeze will set dozens of pinwheels into motion.


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I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables is featured in Dream On, the nineteenth episode of Season One. It is sung by Rachel and Shelby in a vivid dream sequence of the two singing together.
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Pebble Beach necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 187 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
Pebble Beach Productions
Web videos are only going to get better, and Pebble Beach Productions is part of that process. Founded by an award-winning television director turned web video producer, Pebble Beach brings the sensibilities of good story telling and excellent camera work to web marketing. Pebble Beach is an actual place, though not the one in California that you golf players might have in mind: instead, this Pebble Beach is a small, pebbly stretch on the west coast of Canada where the director grew up.
Our logo should be creative yet serious. Fun is fabulous but it isn't what we want to project. We're good, and we're high quality. We're not cheap but we're worth paying for because we know what we're doing, and we get our clients noticed.
Our current website is at http://www.pebblebeachproductions.com. It's getting a completely new look, starting with the logo. Don't feel like you have to make something to fit the current "feel" or design of the site, not at all. We never did have a logo, though there are pebbles. Feel absolutely no pressure at all to include pebbles. If they work, that's fine. If they don't, then leave them in the dust. They're pebbles. They'll get over it.
Pebble Beach targets professionals who charge decent amounts of money for their services. Lawyers are a main client base, as well as mortgage brokers, consultants, and other professionals who clear about $5,000 or more from each new client they sign (how else would they pay for our videos?). These people want a company that is creative and yet not so outside the box that their potential, possibly conservative clients won't be comfortable with the end product. We're not an art house; we're a web video marketing house. Our director and many of our camera operators started out in the land o' journalism, and our products often represent the same balance that some of the best journalism achieves: clean, clear information backed by great images and good energy.
Does that help?
Pebble Beach Productions should be three separate words; how you make that work is up to you.
To borrow from an earlier production company brief on 99design, the logo should be clean, clear, modern and professional with an edge.
At this point, we don't have a tag line, though "broadcast quality web video" is a consideration. Incorporate it in your logo if you'd like but don't force it - we're not wedded to it, so you shouldn't be, either. (Although if you make it look particularly hot, we could definitely go there.)
It will eventually be flash animated.
No clip art but stock photos are fine. Please let us know what the stock photos will cost. Surprises, though sometimes pleasant, can sting.
No cartoons.
Nothing too elegant. We're high-end, we're classy, we're good. But no one would accuse us of being elegant. Such is our lot in life.
Color is fabulous but the logo also needs to look good in gray scale.
As we mentioned earlier, you can either include actual pebble graphics or not. We don't want you to feel tied to little rocks. In the end, we're not about lovely, pebbly beaches. We're about videos. Rock on.
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The findings are published in The American Journal of Human Genetics (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.10.011). Lead co-authors are Ryan Liegel, PhD, postdoctoral student in cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College of Wisconsin; and Mark Handley, PhD, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh. Corresponding author is Duska J. Sidjanin, PhD, associate professor of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy and member of the Human and Molecular Genetics Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
In this study, the researchers became interested in a gene called TBC1D20, which is known to cause blindness and sterility in mice, because of that similar phenotype. The research team evaluated a cohort of more than 70 families with Warburg Micro syndrome, and found five distinct loss-of-function mutations in TBC1D20, thus establishing those mutations as a cause of the disease.
"These findings have implications not only for families affected with Warburg Micro syndrome, but also provide novel information about the genes and molecular pathways essential for human development that is relevant for more common developmental disorders such as epilepsy and autism," said Dr. Sidjanin.
The four genes do not comprise the full causative picture for Warburg Micro syndrome; in about half of the cases, the causing mutation was in none of those genes, which means there are additional novel genes contributing to the disease.
The researchers plan to continue to search for additional genes, and will also model the disease in tissue cultures with a hope of understanding the underlying molecular and cellular events in which TBC1D20 is involved.
Co-authors of the paper are Alison Ebert and Adam Ronchetti, Medical College of Wisconsin; Irene A. Aligianis, Stephen Brown, and Sarah Carpanini, University of Edinburgh; Francis A. Barr, Lars Langemeyer, and Andrea Linford, University of Oxford; Bo Chang, the Jackson Laboratory; Deborah J. Morris- Rosendahl, National Heart and Lung Institute, London; Britta Hartmann, University of Freiburg; Renata Posmyk, Children's University Hospital, Bialystok, Poland; Verity Harthill and Eamonn Sheridan, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK; Ghada M.H. Abdel-Salam, National Research Center, Cairo; Paulien A. Terhal, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands; Francesca Faravelli, Galliera Hospital, Genova, Italy; Patrizia Accorsi, Lucio Giordano, and Lorenzo Pinelli, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
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Sig Skulason
posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 10:43 am
Iwas running a series of model estimates as part of my Ph.D. dissertation and due to markedly skewed responses (teachers estimates of mastery of 42 classroom observable behaviors related to learning for kindergarten and 1st grade) I ran the models under three estimation methods, the default ML, the ML allowing missing values, and the WLSMV assuming ordered categorical data.
One thing I neoted was that I obtained relatively similar values for all fit indices under the ML and ML-missing, but under the WLSMV method the CFI (and TLI if I remember correctly) differed considerably from the values obtaiend under the other two methods (mean difference about 0.15), while the values of RMSEA and SRMR were wery similar to those obtaiend under the other two methods.
In my evaluation of the results I lean towards giving results obtained under WLSMV more weigth becasue of the skewed data (in first grade responses to several items are limited to the two highest points on a four point scale), but reading this section over last night I was uncertain how to explain this difference in the behaviour of the fit indexes under different estimation methods to my comittee members.
Is there a theoretical rationale for this different behavior of the fit indexes or empirical results that supports preferring the results obtained under the WLSMV over the other two in my evaluation?
Or is the response 'because of the limits (skewness) of the data' simply a good enough response?
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Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 5:17 pm
The fit indices given with WLSMV correspond to fitting the model to different sample statistics than those used with the ML estimators. Because of this, the fit indices can be quite different particularly with very skewed variables where we know that sample statistics of Pearson correlations are attenuated relative to polychoric correlations. I don't know that this has been written about.
Given the skewness of your data and the fact that the variables are not continuous, WLSMV seems more appropriate.
Jim Schreiber
posted on Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 12:10 pm
I have the same issue. So my first question is since this post, has anyone written on this?
Second, I have 1-6 likert scale data from a teacher effectiveness questionnaire. How much skewness is too much to not use ML? I know their is a Psych Methods article, I think 97, that talks about skew and kurt levels of over 3 and 8 being severly skewed.
posted on Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 3:25 pm
Two articles in British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology by Muthen & Kaplan are relevant - see our web page under References, Categorical Outcomes, SEM.
posted on Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 5:58 pm
Kline(2005) stated that for WLSM, WLSMV and DWLS not all of the indexes of model fit uses in ML estimation are available.
If I use one of the three first methods cited above, which indexes should I use? And what about the interpretation of them?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 1:38 pm
I am not familiar with the Kline article. Mplus provides chi-square, RMSEA, TLI, CLI, and SRMR for categorial outcomes. We do not provide BIC, AIC, etc. because these are maximum likelihood based. See the dissertation by Yu on the website where the fit measures mentioned earlier have been studied for categorical outcomes.
Eulalia Puig
posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 2:06 pm
I am using WLSMV and I am not obtaining any fit indices - any ideas as to why? Any missing command?
I am fitting a SEM with categorical outcomes and 2 latent variables.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 2:12 pm
Try adding H1 to the TYPE option of the ANALYSIS command.
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Some of these are really interesting.
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Loved almost all of these :) But my favorite by far is the Jade Camo one. I LOVE how it looks!!! FYI I am in my late 30's and still do a lot of nali art.
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Very nice. Why can't you be over 30 and wear it? Just because you're older, doesn't mean you're dead!
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You are never too old for nail art, but keep it fun and not all crazy looking!!!
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I could see some of these working but I am not a big fan of nail art at the office.
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Nice! I really liked a lot of these. I'm definitely going to be trying some of these out!
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Locke wanted to apprehend the transporters, interrogate them and set up a raid on the locations in Everlight where the kidnapped victims were held. A colossal waste of time as far as he was concerned. He conceded that Locke's whining about his non-cooperation held some truth. He hadn't cooperated, but then Locke hadn't even considered working the case from his angle. With what Silk was beginning to consider Locke's MO—everything the man did lacked thorough planning—Locke had charged off, engaged in an ill-conceived cowboy shootout, screamed at him to chase the perp down, then stormed after the suspect and KO'd himself. Silk'd had to abandon his stealthy pursuit and watch the perp vanish through a transient portal into Elysium. Yeah, he had a few things he wanted to say to Kavaliro and Chief Hocinka about his Everlight 'partner,' like, how soon could he be reassigned?
The passenger door swung open, and Locke collapsed onto the car seat. Silk dug into a pocket on his tactical vest pulled, out an emergency trauma kit and offered it to Locke. "Should be some gauze pads in there."
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Baseball star turned game developer Curt Schilling and his team at 38 Studios are hard at work on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, perhaps the strongest looking role-playing we've ever seen from a professional athlete.
And while I'm sure some of you are thinking "What about Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa?!", I'm pretty confident in Reckoning's chances. For one, it looks spectacular, with big bosses, big swords and big hammers. It also has some big names attached to it, including Todd MacFarlane, R.A. Salvatore, and Ken Rolston.
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WASHINGTON - The United States is poised to significantly expand its non-lethal military aid to the Syrian opposition as European nations weigh easing an arms embargo to potentially supply the rebels with arms and ramp up pressure on President Bashar Assad to step down.
Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to announce a contribution of between $120 million and $130 million in defensive military supplies - that could include items such as body armor, armored vehicles, night vision goggles and advanced communications equipment - at an international conference on Syria he will attend Saturday in Turkey, U.S. officials said.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to preview Kerry's announcement publicly.
Whether either the new influx of military supplies or the eventual easing of the European Union arms embargo would change the state of the Syrian opposition is unclear. The European move amounts to a new threat to give weapons to the rebels, and tests whether the defiant Syrian president reacts to the increased pressure - or if even stronger international intervention from either side of the Atlantic is needed.
The European Union arms embargo expires at the end of May and may be allowed to expire or be modified to only block weapons that are headed to Assad's regime.
The officials said the exact dollar figure and specific composition of the aid has not yet been finalized and will be determined in consultation with the Syrian opposition leadership and other main members of the "Friends of Syria" group that is meeting in Istanbul.
Kerry said Thursday the conference aims to get the opposition and all prospective donors "on the same page" with how Syria will be governed if and when Assad leaves power or is toppled.
"The hope is that that will then create a confidence level about who is getting what kind of aid from whom," Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The Istanbul meeting comes days after findings by British and French officials bolstered accusations that the Assad regime launched chemicals weapons in several locations across Syria.
A confidential March 25 letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, described this week to The Associated Press, claimed that soil samples and interviews with witnesses and opposition members backed their belief that the government used chemical shells that caused deaths and injuries. The regime also has accused rebel forces of using the chemical agents, but will not let U.N. experts inspect areas beyond where Assad says the opposition launched its attack. Ban said Wednesday that the investigation will continue.
With Syria's civil war in its third year, the U.S. and its European and Arab allies are struggling to find ways to stem the violence that, according to the United Nations, has killed more than 70,000 people. Despite vehement international pressure, Assad has managed to hang on to power far longer than the Obama administration first expected.
"We need to change President Assad's calculation, that is clear," Kerry said. He said the regime's survival largely lies with the continued support it gets from Iran, its proxy Hezbollah, and Russia.
"That equation somehow has to change," Kerry said.
He said boosting the size and scope of non-lethal assistance to the rebels is one way to convince Assad that he must go.
Despite pressure from Congress and even advisers within his own administration, President Barack Obama has maintained he has no plans to send weapons or give lethal aid to the rebels.
Instead, the U.S. has been shipping food and medical supplies directly to the Free Syrian Army since February, and later expanded the aid to include defensive military equipment. So far, the U.S. has provided an estimated $117 million in non-lethal aid to the Syrian opposition. It has also stationed 200 U.S. troops in Jordan to help that country's military defend against a possible chemical attack by Assad.
Sen. John McCain, a leading Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee, renewed his call Thursday for U.S. military action in Syria, including airstrikes on regime aircraft and weapons, but no American soldiers. He said doing so would give moderate and secular opposition forces a better chance to succeed without having to depend on extremist groups that are supporting the rebels.
"Do the costs of inaction outweigh the costs of action? I believe they do," McCain said at the Center for a New American Security in Washington. "And as much as I hate war and wish to avoid it, I believe this conflict will grind on with all of its worsening effects until the balance of power shifts more decisively against Assad."
The U.S. is not opposed to other countries arming the rebels - provided there are assurances the weapons do not get to extremist groups that have gained ground in the conflict.
In Europe, Britain and France are leading a push to modify the European Union's arms embargo on Syria to permit weapons transfers to the rebels by the end of next month. The EU embargo is set to expire at the end of May unless it is extended or revised.
Those in favor of the change say there have been no decisions on whether to actually supply the rebels with arms, but they argue that the mere fact of allowing such transfers will increase the pressure on Assad. U.S. officials say they support testing this strategy and are not opposed to other countries arming the rebels - provided there are assurances the weapons do not get to extremist groups that have gained ground in the conflict.
Germany and the Netherlands, however, are said to be reluctant to support the step because they fear it will lead to further bloodshed.
Amal Mudallali, a Syria scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, said it is unlikely that Assad will leave any time soon. She noted that Syrian regime forces have stepped up counterattacks against the rebels in recent days, and predicted the fighting would have to dramatically shift against Assad for him to go.
"If the E.U. lifts the embargo, maybe this will change things on the ground, but I am not sure it will change the American position," Mudallali said. "But it will put pressure on the Americans, because they don't want to feel they are behind on things. It will show people in the region that the Americans are not leading on this - that the E.U. is."
In an interview Thursday, the E.U.'s top official for humanitarian aid said arming the rebels or otherwise giving them deadly aid could create a backlash by the regime and, in effect, worsen the situation for the Syrian people.
E.U. Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said she does not advocate a position on whether the international community should arm the rebels or not, and maintained that efforts to promote diplomacy through dialogue have not yet been fully exhausted.
"Because the Syrian government, the Assad government, has very strong military and chemical weapons, we have to be fair and say there is a risk in Syria that an external use of force may trigger to the detriment of the Syrian people," Georgieva said. "It may get worse."
Kerry said that Assad, his inner circle and supporters in Iran and Russia have yet to be convinced to enter negotiations with the opposition and allow for a political transition. He said he had not given up on persuading Moscow to reverse its support for Assad, and would be meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov next week in Brussels on the sidelines of a NATO-Russia Council meeting.
"My hope is still that the Russians can be constructive," he said.


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HARTFORD — A Connecticut state representative is raising concerns about the safety of Halloween costumes.
Democrat Diana Urban of North Stonington is scheduled to join the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut on Monday for a news conference at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. They've expected to discuss potential toxic chemicals that can be found in children's costumes.
Afterward, a group of children is expected to deliver cards to Gov. Dannel Malloy's office to show their concern about the issue.
Connecticut lawmakers have tried to address chemicals in children's products over the years. In 2011, a law took effect banning the plastics chemical bisphenol-A from infant formula, baby food containers and a range of reusable food and drink containers.


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Re: st: Standard Errors using Bootstrapping with Panel Data
Benjamin Volland <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Standard Errors using Bootstrapping with Panel Data
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:46:45 +0100
Hey Nil,
there is no bootstrap option for the user-written (G. Frechette, 2001)
-reoprob- command. Thus you need to follow the instructions from the
FAQ: http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/stat/xt_boot.html
Best, Ben
On 22/11/2011 10:39, nil sen wrote:
Dear Statalist Users,
I have a question regarding bootstrapped standard errors for panel
data models. Any help would be much appreciated.
I am doing a two stage estimation with endogenous explanatory
variables (in a two equations simultaneous model setup).
I would like to know, how to write bootstrap commands in order to
obtain standard errors after xtreg, xtprobit and reoprob (random
effect ordered probit).
I have 2 sets of equations.........................
The 1st set contains a binary outcome variable (Y) and a continuous
outcome variable (X). For which, I am using xtprobit and xtreg as
First stage:
For the binary outcome model (where Y is binary outcome variable and X
is continuous explanatory variable, which is endogenous):
xtprobit Y $xvarsall
predict Y_hat, xb
For the continuous outcome model (where X is continuous outcome
variable and here Y is binary explanatory variable and is
xtreg X $xvarsall
predict X_hat, xb
**$xvarsall: contains all exogenous variables in the model.
Second stage:
For the binary outcome model:
xtprobit Y X_hat $xvars1, vce(bootstrap)
**$xvars1: exogenous variables specific to the binary model.
For the continuous outcome model,
xtreg X Y_hat $xvars2, vce(bootstrap)
**$xvars2: exog. vars. specific to the continuous model.
*******My question is: Am I using the vce(bootstrap) option correctly
with these models? If not what is the correct way of finding
bootstrapped standard errors for these models?
My 2nd set of equations contains an ordered outcome variable (K) and a
binary outcome variable (L). For which, I am using reoprob (random
effect ordered probit) and xtprobit and again using a two stage
estimation technique, similar to the one mentioned above. Here, when I
am using vce() option with reoprob, it is giving error that "vce()
option cannot be used with reoprob".
*******My question is: How can I find bootstrapped standard errors
using the reoprob command?
Any help would be sincerely appreciated.
Thank you very much.
Nil Sen
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San Francisco has a long history with Apple but there could be a change coming.
Beyond many of its city employees using shiny Steve Jobs-inspired devices to keep the tourist destination up and running, San Francisco has been the back drop for so many of the Cupertino-based technology company's announcements over the years.
Now San Francisco is cutting the Apple chord -- at least temporarily -- because the company decided to no longer participate in an environmental certification program used by cities, universities and other organization to make purchasing decisions.
San Francisco has told its 28,000 employees that they will no longer be able to use city funds to buy Apple computers.
And the company's decision could have broader impacts.
The University of California is also looking at implementing a ban on the purchase of Apple products because of the company's move, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Federal laws require that cities such as San Francisco have 95 percent of their laptops and desktops certified by EPEAT.
San Francisco to Enforce Apple Product Ban
San Francisco has a long history with Apple but there could be a change coming.


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August 23, 2013
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Twin car bombs exploded Friday outside mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing at least 29 people, wounding more than 350 and wreaking major destruction in the country's second largest city, officials said.
Footage aired on local television stations showed thick, black smoke billowing over the city and bodies scattered beside burning cars in scenes reminiscent of Lebanon's 15-year civil war, which ended in 1990.
The blasts hit amid soaring tensions in Lebanon as a result of Syria's civil war, particularly following the open participation of the militant Shiite Hezbollah group on behalf of embattled President Bashar Assad. Their entry into the war has further polarized the country along sectarian lines. Preachers at both of the targeted mosques are virulent opponents of Assad and Hezbollah.
Friday's attack was the second such bombing in more than a week, showing the degree to which the tiny country is being consumed by the raging war next door. Tripoli, a predominantly Sunni Muslim city, has seen frequent clashes between Sunnis and Alawites, a Shiite offshoot sect to which Assad belongs. But the city itself has rarely seen such bombings in recent years.
It was the most powerful and deadliest bombing in Tripoli since the end of the civil war. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Dozens of bearded gunmen deployed on the streets of Tripoli following the attacks, checking people's identity card and driving around in SUVs. A prominent Salafist sheik, Dai al-Islam Shahhal, said Sunnis in Tripoli would take security in their own hands going forward, blaming the Syrian regime and its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon for the bombings.
Attacks have become common in the past few months against Shiite strongholds in Lebanon. On Aug. 15, a car bomb rocked a Shiite stronghold of Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing 27 people and wounding more than 300. A less powerful car bomb targeted the same area on July 9, wounding more than 50.
Witness Samir Darwish said he was in a Tripoli square when he heard the first explosion and ran in the direction of the fire to the Salam Mosque, one of the two targeted. "I came here and saw the catastrophe. Bloodied people were running in the street, several other dead bodies were scattered on the ground," he said. "It looked like doomsday, death was everywhere."
Hezbollah swiftly condemned the bombings, calling it a "terrorist bombing" and part of a "criminal project that aims to sow the seeds of civil strife between the Lebanese and drag them into sectarian and ethnic infighting."
In a strongly worded statement, the group expressed "utmost solidarity and unity with our brothers in the beloved city of Tripoli." The bombings came the same day Israeli warplanes struck a target south of Beirut, hours after militants in south Lebanon fired four rockets into northern Israel. It was the first air raid on the area since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. The strike demonstrates the chaos and security challenges engulfing Lebanon, which has been without a functioning government since March, largely because of infighting between political factions.
The explosions shattered windows in apartment blocks over a wide area and triggered car fires that left the charred bodies of trapped people inside. After the bombings, bloodied people could be seen being ferried away by screaming residents. Gunmen took to the streets, firing in the air in anger, which delayed the arrival of army troops and investigators.
Local media and mosques called for blood donations. Hospitals were overwhelmed with the dead and wounded. The blasts went off on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, when places of worship would be packed. A security official said one of the blasts exploded outside the Taqwa mosque, the usual place of prayer for Sheik Salem Rafei, a Salafi cleric opposed to Hezbollah. It was not clear whether he was inside the mosque, but Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said he wasn't hurt.
The official said the blast went off as worshippers were streaming out of the mosque. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. The second car bomb explosion went off about five minutes later in the Mina district of Tripoli, about five meters from the gate to the Salam Mosque. The explosion blew open a 5-meter (16-foot) -wide and 1-meter (3-foot) -deep crater outside the mosque.
Former Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, a senior leader in the Western-backed, anti-Hezbollah coalition in Lebanon, called on the group to withdraw its fighters immediately from Syria, saying its involvement in the war has opened Lebanon to terrorist threats.
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati declared Saturday to be a day of mourning for the dead. The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon condemned the bombings and called on all parties to exercise calm and restraint.
Associated Press writer Zeina Karam contributed from Beirut.


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The GoFundMe campaign started by Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee Air Force veteran to raise one billion dollars to fund the construction of a border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border appears to be over after falling well short of its goal.
According to CNN, GoFundMe said that because only $20 million of the billion-dollar goal was raised, they will begin the process of refunding the money to people who have donated.
"When the campaign was created, the campaign organizer specifically stated on the campaign page, 'If we don't reach our goal or come significantly close we will refund every single penny,'" GoFundMe told CNN. "He also stated on the campaign page, '100% of your donations will go to the Trump Wall. If for ANY reason we don't reach our goal we will refund your donation.' That did not happen. This means all donors will receive a refund."
Donors who still wish to help fund the border wall are being asked to redirect their donation to "We Build the Wall, Inc.," a non-profit organization started by Kolfage.
"When I created this fundraiser, I said if we did not reach our goal we will refund donors. I am honoring that commitment today. We will promptly refund your donation unless you tell us you approve our new plan for action," Kolfage said.
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The Trust for Public Land and the Friends of the QueensWay have been working towards a comprehensive plan to develop an intricate High Line-inspired design for more than a year, and on Monday they presented their plans at a community workshop for more than 100 residents at the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School on Metropolitan Ave.
After watching dlstudio and WXY architecture + urban Design present their preliminary design plans, Travis Terry, a steering committee member of the Friends of the QueensWay, said he was thrilled to watch the progress of their project.
"We're really excited because this is the culmination of a lot of research and a lot of feedback and community outreach to come up with some preliminary designs and findings," Terry said.
The new designs propose a variety of regionally themed park spaces with a number of possibilities for playgrounds, trails, farmers markets, bike lanes and educational components.
Susannah Drake, founder of dlandstudio, said while residents seem to have focused much of their concerns around the safety aspects of the proposed park space, she said the newly appointed parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver might offer a new vision for the future of the city.
"I have a feeling that there may be a new vision of how the parks are managed as an interconnected system," Drake suggested. "The QueensWay is part of a whole linear idea about parks in New York City that could be a remarkable green necklace around the boroughs. There's an idea of a Brooklyn/Queens greenway, but it's really just an idea at this point."
After Drake and her team presented a number of their possible designs for the future of the tracks, community members took part in a updated workshop.
"This is like working with a lot of different towns on their landscaping, but it's also a connected landscaping," Drake explained of the outreach process. "So this is about how you connect with the need for a an individual personality that reflects the neighboring community."
Peter Beadle, a volunteer with Friends of the QueensWay, said he was astonished with the amount of work put into making their plan one step closer to a reality.
"One of the amazing things that this group of architects, engineers and planners have done is they have really drilled down to a fine level of detail of what's appropriate in which neighborhood," Beadle said. "They planned it down to the grass, which grass goes to the north and which grass goes to the south. It's really amazing to see."
Marc Matsil, New York director for the Trust for Public Land, said he was thrilled with all of the possibilities and new designs.
"There are 104 cultural groups identified in the region," Matsil said. "The QueensWay will be defined by the constituents that reside around it.
While many residents were there in support of the plans, some transit supporters rallied for their proposal for a revived commuter route.
Philip McManus, founding member of the Queens Public Transit Committee, and several members of the pro-transportation organization were also at the meeting to advocate for what they say is a vital opportunity to bring some much-needed transportation to the borough.
"It's all about transportation," McManus said, standing outside, holding signs in protest of the park conversion plan. "How do you go to work? How do you go to school? You've got to have transportation and it's not just trains or bikes, it's everything."
McManus said while the plans do incorporate a possibility for shared bike lanes, the Queens Public Transit Committee will not be satisfied unless there is a plan for mass transit brought back to the abandoned tracks.
"The problem is it's not realistic because it will not affect the thousands who use mass transit every day to go to work," he said. "The reality is that we need trains for everybody."


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Post-Bac Certificate in Ancient Languages
PENN STATE POSTBAC CERTIFICATE IN ANCIENT LANGUAGES description for web FINAL revision.pdf — PDF document, 333 kB (341501 bytes)
PENN STATE POSTBAC CERTIFICATE IN ANCIENT LANGUAGES description for web FINAL revision.pdf — PDF document, 333 kB (341501 bytes)
"The day I changed my major to Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies was one of the happiest of my college career. Even before switching to CAMS, I was interested in what the department had to offer. (...)
An undergraduate advisor suggested LATIN 003 as a way of easing into college life, as I had taken Latin classes throughout high school and had performed well on the Advanced Placement exams. The beginning was rough, but I enjoyed the challenge of translating Latin prose and the information that the texts conveyed. Although I pursued an Advertising degree during my first two years of college, I continued to sign up for Latin courses, and by the end of my sophomore year, I had realized that Classics, not Advertising, was the right major for me. In addition to the Latin courses, I also studied the ancient civilizations of Rome, Greece, and Egypt in the CAMS major. All of these classes were interesting, educational, and taught by knowledgeable faculty members. The CAMS faculty is always helpful; they provide insight into the class material and make suggestions for outside reading during office hours and after class. When I wrote my senior thesis for the Honors College, I received much help from the CAMS faculty while researching and writing the thesis. Now that I have received my diplomas from Penn State, both in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Spanish, I have decided to pursue a Master's degree in Education. I have been accepted at the Complutense University of Madrid, one of the oldest universities in Europe, to study secondary education, specializing in classical languages. I am confident that the education I received at Penn State, notably in the CAMS department, will aid me greatly in my postgraduate studies and in securing a teaching job, whether in the United States, Spain, or elsewhere."
Celia Meehan
2010 CAMS graduate


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I decided to do some research on the *right* way to set up wireless networks when you have multiple standards, multiple access points, multiple bands and a (fairly) large area to cover. There doesn't seem to be one right answer, but here's my old setup and new setup. This all seems to track nicely, WPA2 identical password and same SSID for all variants.
Old setup (limited in main building by old wiring limiting maximum backhaul to 100 Mbit/s Ethernet)
- Linksys (hacked for high power) WAP54g (single band) in main building – kabal-wireless (802.11g, 2.4GHz only)
- Apple Airport Express in main building – kabal-wireless-n (802.11n, simultaneous 2.4GHz & 5 GHz) running in dumb mode
- NetGear WNR2000v1 N300 in garage office – kabal-wireless-n (802.11n, simultaneous 2.4GHz & 5 GHz) probably running as a router
New setup (Gigabit Ethernet wired backhaul for everything)
- Zyxel NWA1123-AC – kabal-wireless in main building living room (simultaneous 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4GHz and 5 GHz)
- 20/40 MHz channel 6 2.4 GHz, Auto channel assignment 5 GHz 20/40/80 MHz
- Zyxel NWA1123-NI – kabal-wireless in main building bedroom (simultaneous 802.11a/b/g/n, 2.4GHz and 5 GHz)
- 20/40 MHz channel 1 2.4 GHz, Auto channel assignment 5 GHz 20/40 MHz
- Zyxel NWA1123-NI – kabal-wireless in garage office (simultaneous 802.11a/b/g/n, 2.4GHz and 5 GHz)
- 20/40 MHz channel 11 2.4 GHz, Auto channel assignment 5 GHz 20/40 MHz
So with the new setup, there's 1 SSID for everything, and one password using WPA2 authentication. 2.4 GHz channels are set to the only nonoverlapping channels (1,6,11). 5 GHz channels are auto-assigned (and non-overlapping). For the most part clients seem to deal with roaming well, unlatching and latching onto access points (relatively) seamlessly.
Notes (the good, the bad and the ugly)
- Throughput on 802.11ac is close to 1 Gbit/s (whoah).
- This setup is somewhat at the mercy of crappy clients (802.11b) pulling down the throughput of the access point THEY are connected to. Fortunately, I don't think I have many left.
- All units are PoE capable, and a $15 injector does the trick. Coupled with some awfully thin Ethernet cable, this can be very unobtrusive.
- Some folks have posited that having separate SSID for a,b,n,ac and 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz is a good thing. Most do not. I think it depends on the quality of your hardware. For example, you'll often see people with separately named -5 networks.
- Many folks name adjacent networks differently. This is annoying. Just thought I'd put that out there.
- Don't use routers as access points. Even in dumb mode bad stuff can happen.
- Eventually, I may move the units to 802.11ac APs, but wow, those NWA1123-NIs sure are cheap.
- There aren't a lot of players in the high end access point market: Ubiquiti, Cisco, Engenius, and to a lesser extent, Netgear, Zyxel, etc.
- Of course, building a great wireless network in front of a crap router doesn't help anybody. I use a custom-built pfSense router.
- Comcast letting anyone use their neighbor's bandwidth (default xfinity network) is kind of insidious. It makes me feel dirty, like I'm stealing their internet access.