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Americana: Collecting Nostalgia
Do you want to own a piece of musical history? Bid on a variety of jukeboxes from Rockabilly Auction Company! View our upcoming auctions or call our team at (770) 652-8075 in Hartwell, GA.
Imagine visiting your favorite local bar without listening to classic tunes. Jukeboxes revolutionized how we listened to music. While many associate jukeboxes with 1950s and 1960s tunes, the history goes far beyond this period.
At Rockabilly Auction Company, we're passionate about vintage jukebox history. We collect classic jukeboxes and auction vintage pieces so everyone can own a piece of history. Whether you have an item you think we may be interested in or wish to bid on one of our affordable jukeboxes, we can help.
The History of Jukeboxes
The first jukebox began in 1889 when regulars of the Palais Royale Saloon paid just five cents to place their ears against the "nickel-in-the-slot" machine, sending scratchy classical music through a series of tubes from a phonograph inside an oak cabinet. From here, the machinery evolved in 1906 to a hand-cracking mechanism that could play up to 10 discs and 24 songs. The advanced amplification and jukebox playlists remained the standard for two decades before the roaring 20s hit and prohibition increased rowdy gatherings.
Automatic Music Instrument Corporation introduced the first automatic machine in 1927, with sales immediately soaring as people flocked to speakeasies for drinks and good tunes. By 1937, the official term "jukebox" finally came around, from the slang term "jook" or "juke" for the wild and disorderly crowds.
Jukeboxes reached their golden age by the 1940s and 1950s as manufacturers like Seeburg and Wurlitzer began designing the machines with more elaborate, eye-catching designs. Rather than just focusing on the music, the advanced models featured flashing lights, neon colors, glass elements, and striking wood inlays that made people want to gather and enjoy the music.
When World War II hit, manufacturers had to step back from jukebox evolution as the country focused more resources on war efforts. Because of this break, jukeboxes saw another incredible rise in popularity after the war in 1946 with the release of the iconic Bubbler model, featuring flowing tubes and an arched top. Today, a pristine 1946 Wurlitzer 1015 can sell for $10,000 or more.
Over the next few decades, jukeboxes continued evolving, offering larger playlist capabilities, new designs, and modern songs. From mesmerizing light projections to countertop jukeboxes, manufacturers have perfected the music-box craft.
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neoCtech Corp.
Investigation of an electrified chlorination process for extraction of critical rare metals from electronic waste
Electronic devices are an inseparable part of today's life, while these device's lifetime is less than ten years in some cases like mobile phones. Accordingly, a huge amount of electronic waste (44.7 million tons in 2016) is generated, which causes serious health problems for human beings, and needs sustainable processing. NeoCtech is proposing an innovative electrified chlorination process to recover metals from E-waste via a sustainable and environmental-friendly process.
Extraction of Rare Earth Metals from E-waste
NeoCtech aims at producing critical rare earth elements (REE), e.g. Neodymium and Dysprosium, from end-of-life materials. REE are called rare because there are few viable primary resources to extract them due to mineralogy of REE bearing ores and physicochemical properties of REE. NeoCtech is carrying out R&D to address the circular economy of REE, and to produce them from secondary resources: REE from recycled waste magnets where REE constitute about 30 wt% of mass. NeoCtech has developed a hybrid and cost-effctive process for the production of rare earth oxides from waste NdFeB magnets.
Recycling Critical Rare Metals From Waste Magnets
Rare earth elements are critical metals in clean-tech and high-tech industries such as electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, consumer electronic devices, and quantum computers/telecommunication. NeoCtech corp. has developed a clean and energy efficient process to produce rare earth metals from recycled waste magnets at a small scale. The proposed research project is about techno-economic evaluation of upscaling NeoCtech's processes in order to pave the way towards building up a minimum viable prototype (MVP) that operates continuously.

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Home / Medical Research and News / Use of Ondansetron (Zofran) During Pregnancy
Ondansetron, or the brand name Zofran, is a powerful antiemetic agent, or drug that is used to treat nausea and vomiting. It has commonly been used to treat nausea and vomiting resulting from chemotherapy, surgery, anesthesia, and radiation therapy (1). It is also used to treat nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP, otherwise known as "morning sickness").
Morning sickness is very common; seven in ten women reported experiencing it during the first three months of pregnancy (2). Zofran's use in combating morning sickness has increased from about 1% of women in 2000 to about 10% in 2011.
Zofran and birth defects
With the help of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University conducted a study on whether ondansetron affects the likelihood of a baby having birth defects (3).
The cohort study found no significant difference in fetal and pregnancy outcomes between the 176 women who took ondansetron and the 352 women who did not (4).
The study found that, for the majority of specific birth defects studied, there wasn't an increased risk associated with first trimester use of Zofran.
However, there were "modest increases" in risk of cleft palate and renal agenesis-dysgenesis associated with Zofran use in the first trimester (3). These findings showed that further study was necessary to rule out birth defects caused by the use of Zofran during the first trimester.
A 2013 cohort study done in Denmark and published in The New England Journal of Medicine also found that use of Zofran in pregnancy (not just in the first trimester, though the majority of women who use the drug take it during the first trimester) was not associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery, low birth weight infants, small for gestational age infants, any major birth defects, stillbirth, or spontaneous abortion (4). Researchers granted that there could have been other confounding factors that affected the results, such as the fact that women with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are generally less likely to have a spontaneous abortion. They say that further studies are necessary to get a full read on the effects of the drug.
Zofran and maternal heart issues
The FDA issued a warning in September 2011 about possible associations between Zofran and certain maternal heart issues, including QT prolongation and torsade de pointes. These are abnormal heart rate measurements that could indicate tachycardia or arrhythmias.
Because of these potential hazards, it is recommended that Zofran only be used after other methods of combating nausea and vomiting have been tried.
Other nausea/vomiting treatment options
According to the American Pregnancy Association there are several other supplements that may help treat morning sickness. These include:
Sea bands and Relief bands: Devices that use acupressure points to relieve nausea.
Vitamin B6: This vitamin has been shown to reduce nausea, though it must be taken only in small amounts. Temporary nerve damage can result from taking more than 100 mg of Vitamin B6 a day.
Nip the Nausea: Anti-nausea drops with the main ingredient of ginger, a natural treatment for nausea.
PregEase: A natural supplement that uses Vitamin B6 and ginger to fight nausea.
Preggie Pops: Lollipops that harness essential oils and plant botanicals that treat nausea.
HIE Help Center is not run by medical professionals or associated with a medical facility. The above information should not be taken as medical advice. Always contact a medical professional when you are experiencing any of the above symptoms or any other concerning symptoms of pregnancy.
Koren G. (2012). Motherisk update. Is ondansetron safe for use during pregnancy?. Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 58(10), 1092–1093.
Taking Ondansetron During Pregnancy Does Not Appear to Increase Risk For Birth Defects | CDC. (n.d.). Retrieved June 11, 2019, from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/features/kf-ondansetron-and-birth-defects.html
Parker, S. E., Van Bennekom, C., Anderka, M., Mitchell, A. A., & National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2018, August). Ondansetron for Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy and the Risk of Specific Birth Defects. Retrieved June 11, 2019, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29995744
Pasternak, B., Svanstrom, H., & Hviid, A. (n.d.). Ondansetron in Pregnancy and Risk of Adverse Fetal Outcomes | NEJM. Retrieved June 11, 2019, from https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1211035


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Great Union Martyrs
Generația Marii Uniri
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"When creating Greater Romania, the generation of the Union have used all their most precious values, their noblest dreams, their purest and most heroic courage, their most steadfast determination; and they sacrificed their dearest children in the battlefields, they sent their worthiest men to the union national meetings. A country capable of so many sacrifices, which proved so much moral strength, deserves to live and it will live". (Iuliu Maniu)
THE WAY TO THE GREAT UNION
The Great Union of 1918 was the historical process which resulted in the Romanian provinces uniting with Romania within the same nation-state. Immediately after the outbreak of World War I Romania declared its neutral position. In August 1916 Romania decided to enter the war on the side of the Entente powers. The first step towards union was taken in November 1917 when they set up Sfatul Ţării, the legislative body of Bessarabia, which proclaimed the establishment and independence of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. On 27 March 1918 Sfatul Ţării of Chişinău, which had been elected by universal, direct, equal and secret vote, decided by a majority of votes in favour of the union of the Moldavian Democratic Republic with Romania.
On 28 November 1918 the General Congress of Bucovina in Cernăuţi decided on the unconditional union of the region in its old borders with the Kingdom of Romania. Shortly after this, in Transylvania, the National Assembly of Alba Iulia, consisting of 1,288 elected delegates and supported by 100,000 participants, on 1 December 1918, adopted the resolution which endorsed the union of Transylvania, Banat, Crişana and Maramureş with Romania. Following the achievement of the Great Union, the population and the country's territory doubled in number and size. The century-long expectations were met, and so there occurred the "astral hour" of the Romanian people, the millennia-old dream of completing the state unity, which so many generations of Romanians had expected. At that unique moment in our national history, the Romanians knew how to get in line with the course of history to the benefit of their nation, and the political class turned out to be at their best in the mission they had been entrusted with.
THE GENERATION OF THE GREAT UNION EXTERMINATED IN PRISONS
In the Year of the Centennial, it is proper to bow our heads to all those who sacrificed themselves for the creation of Greater Romania and were "rewarded" with suffering, humiliation and years of imprisonment for fulfilling the national ideal of all Romanians. The martyrs of the Great Union faced any danger in order to see the accomplishment of the great work they dreamt of and fought for. The communist regime established in Romania found many of those who played a decisive part in the creation and consolidation of the Romanian State "incompatible" with the new system. The Soviet occupiers and the communist rulers in Romania set in motion a systematic programme for hunting and removing Romania's political, cultural, intellectual, and military elite. People of high achievement in the history of this country and the creation of the Great Union were declared "enemies of the people" and enemies of "the regime of people's democracy." One by one, the founders of Greater Romania were arrested and convicted, with or without a trial, were tortured, imprisoned for long years, and most of them died in communist prisons for the "guilt" of believing in democracy and their country. The Bessarabian politicians on Sfatul Ţării were charged, almost without exception, with "having betrayed the interests of the Moldavian people" when they voted for the Union of Bassarabia with Romania on 27 March 1918. They were deported to the concentration camps in Siberia and endured the burden and the humiliation of the Soviet regime prisons, paying with their lives for the imaginary guilt invented by the communist system. The bodies of the Great Union martyrs were thrown into mass graves, without being given a Christian burial. It is only those who had died before this ill-fated period or those who went abroad, going into exile, it is only them that were spared this tragic and sinister destiny.
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Welcome to Covenant School Bridgeport!
Covenant School of Bridgeport graduates young men who are academically prepared for further education, inspired to lead their lives with humility, and dedicated to serving others.
The mission of Covenant School of Bridgeport is to develop young leaders who are intellectually competent, open to growth, loving, compassionate and committed to serving others. We provide a high quality, comprehensive education to boys from underserved communities, offering them a safe, rigorous academic setting and advancing their spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical growth. We accompany our students and alumni from enrollment through the start of their careers as they develop their gifts and grow as men for others.
The guiding vision of the Covenant School is to create an education model that addresses the cycle of poverty that plagues our students' communities and replaces it with a cycle of hope, determination, and success. In order to challenge the city's widening achievement gap and bleak graduation statistics for underserved males, CSP asks the important question:
What more can we do for our students, our families, and our community to change the face of urban education?
Creating men for others
We instill in our students the confidence to find "the more" in themselves, giving them the necessary tools of moral character and compassion. Through the principles of a CSB education, students become open to growth, academically focused, spiritual, loving, and committed to justice.
We believe that every student will learn to lead a purpose-driven life as a member of their community, becoming a reflective, action-oriented citizen whose focus will be on improving the lives of those most in need.
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Fincher And Ellroy To Team Up As New HBO Crime Noir Series In The Works?
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It appears David Fincher is heading to the crime scene in 1950s L.A!
Oscar-nominated Fincher has seemingly been circling a crime noir mini-series for some time, especially shown in what he supposedly envisioned for the adaptation of James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia until the project fell through.
Fincher and Ellroy are now said to be talking to HBO about the possibility of a crime noir show set in 1950s L.A, a la Ellroy's L.A. Confidential, although no deal is currently in place according to Indiewire. Due to this, details are of course scarce, other than the fact that these discussions are taking place.
The director and author have proved in the past to be a very like-minded pair, and so a new series from the two has the potential to be utterly mind-blowing.
Fincher himself currently has a lot of work going on in TV rather than the silver screen (with the exception of Gone Girl, due at the start of next month) and especially, and encouragingly with HBO! Best known as director of Se7en, The Social Network and Fight Club, Fincher is now working on series' including Utopia and Mind Hunter. Lets hope he can soon add this new show to the list!
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Defense independent pitching statistics
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In baseball, defense-independent pitching statistics (DIPS) measure a pitcher's effectiveness based only on statistics that do not involve fielders (except the catcher). These include home runs allowed, strikeouts, hit batters, walks, and, more recently, fly ball percentage, ground ball percentage, and (to a much lesser extent) line drive percentage. By focusing on these statistics, which the pitcher has almost total control over, and ignoring what happens once a ball is put in play, which the pitcher has little control over, DIPS can offer a clearer picture of the pitcher's true ability.
The most controversial part of DIPS is the idea that pitchers have little influence over what happens to balls that are put into play. Some people believe this has since been well established (see below), primarily by showing the large variability of most pitchers' BABIP from year to year. However, while this shows that BABIP individual may be volatile from year to year, there is a wide variation in career averages among pitchers and this seems to correlate with career success. For instance, there is not a single pitcher in the Hall of Fame with a below average career BABIP.
1 Origin of DIPS
2 Controversy and acceptance
3 Alternate formulae
3.1 DICE
3.2 FIP
3.3 xFIP
Origin of DIPSEdit
In 1999, Voros McCracken became the first to detail and publicize these effects to the baseball research community when he wrote on rec.sport.baseball, "I've been working on a pitching evaluation tool and thought I'd post it here to get some feedback. I call it 'Defensive Independent Pitching' and what it does is evaluate a pitcher base[d] strictly on the statistics his defense has no ability to affect. . ." .[1] Until the publication of a more widely read article in 2001, however, on Baseball Prospectus, most of the baseball research community believed that individual pitchers had an inherent ability to prevent hits on balls in play.[2] McCracken reasoned that if this ability existed, it would be noticeable in a pitcher's 'Batting Average on Balls In Play' (BABIP). His research found the opposite to be true: that while a pitcher's ability to cause strikeouts or prevent home runs remained somewhat constant from season to season, his ability to prevent hits on balls in play did not.
To better evaluate pitchers in light of his theory, McCracken developed "Defense-Independent ERA" (dERA), the most well-known defense-independent pitching statistic. McCracken's formula for dERA is very complicated, with a number of steps.[3] DIPS ERA is not as useful for knuckleballers and other "trick" pitchers, a factor that McCracken mentioned a few days after his original announcement of his research findings in 1999, in a posting on the rec.sport.baseball.analysis Usenet site on November 23, 1999, when he wrote: "Also to [note] is that, anecdotally, I believe pitchers with trick deliveries (e.g. Knuckleballers) might post consistently lower $H numbers than other pitchers. I looked at Tim Wakefield's career and that seems to bear out slightly".[4]
In later postings on the rec.sport.baseball site during 1999 and 2000 (prior to the publication of his widely read article on BaseballProspectus.com in 2001), McCracken also discussed other pitcher characteristics that might influence BABIP.[5] In 2002 McCracken created and published version 2.0 of dERA, which incorporates the ability of knuckleballers and other types of pitchers to affect the number of hits allowed on balls hit in the field of play (BHFP).[6][7]
Controversy and acceptanceEdit
Controversy over DIPS was heightened when Tom Tippett at Diamond Mind published his own findings in 2003. Tippett concluded that the differences between pitchers in preventing hits on balls in play were at least partially the result of the pitcher's skill.[8] Tippett analyzed certain groups of pitchers that appear to be able to reduce the number of hits allowed on balls hit into the field of play (BHFP). Like McCracken, Tippett found that pitchers' BABIP was more volatile on an annual basis than the rates at which they gave up home runs or walks. It was this greater volatility that had led McCracken to conclude pitchers had "little or no control" over hits on balls in play. But Tippett also found large and significant differences between pitchers' career BABIP. In many cases, it was these differences that accounted for the pitchers' relative success.
However, improvements to DIPS that look at more nuanced defense-independent stats than strikeouts, home runs, and walks (such as groundball rate), have been able to account for many of the BABIP differences that Tippet identified without reintroducing the noise from defense variability.[9]
Despite other criticisms, the work by McCracken on DIPS is regarded by many in the sabermetric community as the most important piece of baseball research in many years. As Jonah Keri wrote in 2012, "When Voros McCracken wrote his seminal piece on pitching and defense 11 years ago, he helped change the way people—fans, writers, even general managers—think about run prevention in baseball. Where once we used to throw most of the blame for a hit on the pitcher who gave it up, McCracken helped us realize that a slew of other factors go into whether a ball hit into play falls for a hit. For many people in the game and others who simply watch it, our ability to recognize the influence of defense, park effects, and dumb luck can be traced back to that one little article".[10]
DIPS ERA was added to ESPN.com's Sortable Stats in 2004.[11]
Alternate formulaeEdit
Each of the following formulas uses innings pitched (IP), a measure of the number of outs a team made while a pitcher was in the game.[12] Since most outs rely on fielding, the results from calculations using innings pitched are not truly independent of team defense. While the creators of DICE, FIP and similar statistics all suggest they are "defense independent", others have pointed out that their formulas involve innings pitched (IP). Innings pitched is a statistical measure of how many outs were made while a pitcher was pitching. This includes those made by fielders who are typically involved in more than two thirds of the outs. These critics claim this makes pitchers' DICE or FIP highly dependent on the defensive play of their fielders.[13]
DICEEdit
A simple formula, known as Defense-Independent Component ERA (DICE),[14] was created by Clay Dreslough in 1998:
D I C E = 3.00 + 13 H R + 3 ( B B + H B P ) − 2 K I P {\displaystyle DICE=3.00+{\frac {13HR+3(BB+HBP)-2K}{IP}}}
In that equation, "HR" is home runs, "BB" is walks, "HBP" is hit batters, "K" is strikeouts, and "IP" is innings pitched. That equation gives a number that is better at predicting a pitcher's ERA in the following year than the pitcher's actual ERA in the current year.[15]
FIPEdit
Tom Tango independently derived a similar formula, known as Fielding Independent Pitching,[16] which is very close to the results of dERA and DICE.
F I P = 13 H R + 3 B B − 2 K I P {\displaystyle FIP={\frac {13HR+3BB-2K}{IP}}}
In that equation, "HR" is home runs, "BB" is walks, "K" is strikeouts, and "IP" is innings pitched. That equation usually gives you a number that is nothing close to a normal ERA (this is the FIP core), so the equation used is more often (but not always) this one:[17]
F I P = 13 H R + 3 B B − 2 K I P + C {\displaystyle FIP={\frac {13HR+3BB-2K}{IP}}+C}
where C is a constant that renders league FIP for the time period in question equal to league ERA for the same period. It is calculated as:
C = l g E R A − 13 ( l g H R ) + 3 ( l g B B ) − 2 ( l g K ) l g I P {\displaystyle C=lgERA-{13(lgHR)+3(lgBB)-2(lgK) \over lgIP}}
where lgERA is the league average ERA, lgHR is the number of home runs in the league, lgBB is the number of walks in the league, lgK is the number of strikeouts in the league, and lgIP is the number of innings played in the league.
The Hardball Times, a popular baseball statistics website, uses a slightly different FIP equation, instead using 3*(BB+HBP-IBB) rather than simply 3*(BB) where "HBP" stands for batters hit by pitch and "IBB" stands for intentional base on balls.[18]
xFIPEdit
Dave Studeman of The Hardball Times derived Expected Fielding Independent Pitching (xFIP), a regressed version of FIP. Calculated like FIP, it differs in that it normalizes the number of home runs the pitcher allows, replacing a pitcher's actual home run total with an expected home run total (xHR).[19]
x F I P = 13 ( x H R ) + 3 B B − 2 K I P + C {\displaystyle xFIP={\frac {13(xHR)+3BB-2K}{IP}}+C}
where xHR is calculated using the league average home run per fly ball rate (lgHR/FB) multiplied by the number of fly balls the pitcher has allowed.
x H R = F l y B a l l s ∗ l g H R / F B {\displaystyle xHR=FlyBalls*lgHR/FB}
Typically, the lgHR/FB is around 10.5%, meaning 10.5% of fly balls go for home runs. In 2015, it was 11.4%.[20]
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Regulation and Modeling of Lignin Biosynthesis
Chiang, Vincent Sederoff, Ronald Ducoste, Joel Isik, Fikret Ralph, John
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Placental determinants of neonatal immune function in maternal HIV infection
Origins and Logic of Counting Algorithms
Material Hardship as a Targetable Measure of Poverty in Pediatric Cancer
Motion Management of Pancreatic Cancer in MRI-Guided Radiotherapy
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Pharmacology and Neurobiology of Binge Drinking: HDID Mice
CoPIs: Joel J. Ducoste (North Carolina State University), Fikret Isik (North Carolina State University), John Ralph (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Ronald R. Sederoff (North Carolina State University)
Climate change has become the most important factor affecting plants in agriculture and natural ecosystems through increasing environmental stress. Transport of water and nutrients and the resistance of plants to pests and pathogens are dependent on lignin, a phenolic polymer and a structural component of many plant cell walls. The mechanisms of regulation of lignin biosynthesis are largely unknown. The project seeks to build models to describe how the pathway is regulated and to reveal new control mechanisms, leading to lignin polymers. The project will use the model woody plant, Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood) and a systems approach including advanced quantitative methods of genomics, proteomics, biochemistry and structural chemistry, to provide a comprehensive analysis of the regulation of lignin biosynthesis. A perturbation strategy will be used to reduce the expression of all genes known to be involved in lignin biosynthesis during wood formation and the effects on lignin analyzed using advanced genomic methods available. Quantitative models of lignin biosynthesis would guide strategies for improved plant productivity, production of materials, energy, and food.
Broader Impacts: Global warming increases stresses on plants and increases susceptibility to pests and pathogens. The ability of woody plants to establish forest ecosystems depends on lignin. Lignin is the main barrier to the utilization of biomass for energy, for papermaking, and for forage digestibility. Understanding the fundamental nature of lignin biosynthesis will lead to improved crops and can also aid in resistance to drought, pests and pathogens.
Graduate and postdoctoral education and training in systems biology is a major emphasis of this project. Students and postdocs will develop a rigorous understanding of plant metabolic networks and the broader implications of systems biology for plant adaptation to changing environments and the implications for our nation's agriculture. The outreach/education efforts focus on under-represented groups at the university and high school levels. Project-specific research training/learning opportunities will be offered and efforts will also focus on developing curricular materials for nation-wide dissemination to bring cutting-edge plant genomics/systems biology to high school classrooms. The project aims to interest students from under-represented groups in careers in science and technology.
A database (LigninSystemsDB) containing all project data and protocols will be accessible to the public at the project website (www.ligninsystems.org). Results from this project will be linked to long term databases, including GEO (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/), BRENDA (www.brenda-enzymes.org/) or SABIO-RK (http://sabio.villa-bosch.de/), KEGG (www.genome.jp/kegg/) and PLANTCYC (www.plantcyc.org/), and DENDROM(http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/). The project will also provide new annotation to the poplar genome through the DOE/JGI poplar genome portal (http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Poptr1_1/Poptr1_1.home.html). All trees and other biological materials generated by this project will be publicly available for further research through the project website (www.ligninsystems.org) or by contacting the PI at vincent_chiang@ncsu.edu.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
Diane Jofuku Okamuro
North Carolina State University Raleigh
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 2014–15)
Published: Tuesday 17 February 2015
Administration of the Early Years Quality Fund
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the establishment, implementation and operation of the Early Years Quality Fund against the requirements of the Early Years Quality Fund Special Account Act 2013 and the Commonwealth grants administration framework.
Department of Education and Training; Department of Finance; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Management of the Disposal of Specialist Military Equipment
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Defence's management of the disposal of specialist military equipment.
Published: Thursday 18 December 2014
Recruitment and Retention of Specialist Skills for Navy
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of Navy's strategy for recruiting and retaining personnel with specialist skills. The effective delivery of Navy capability depends on Navy having available sufficient numbers of skilled personnel to operate and maintain its fleet of sea vessels and aircraft, and conduct wide‑ranging operations in dispersed locations. Without the right personnel, Navy capability is reduced. Navy's budget for 2014–15 included $1.86 billion in employee expenses.
The audit concluded that, in its strategic planning, Navy had identified its key workforce risks and their implications for Navy capability. To address these risks Navy had continued to adhere to its traditional 'raise, train and sustain' workforce strategy; developed a broad range of workforce initiatives that complemented its core approach; and sought to establish contemporary workforce management practices. However, long‑standing personnel shortfalls in a number of 'critical' employment categories had persisted, and Navy had largely relied on retention bonuses as a short‑ to medium‑term retention strategy.
Navy had developed a broad range of workforce initiatives, some designed specifically to address workforce shortages in its critical employment categories. To date, Navy had primarily relied on paying retention bonuses and other financial incentives; recruiting personnel with prior military experience to work in employment categories with significant workforce shortfalls; and using Navy Reserves in continuous full time roles. Ongoing work was required for Navy to firmly establish a range of promising workforce management practices, including providing the right training at the right time; more flexible approaches to managing individuals' careers; and improving workplace culture, leadership and relationships. More flexible and tailored workforce management practices could help address the underlying causes of workforce shortfalls, particularly when the traditional approaches were not gaining sufficient traction.
The ANAO made two recommendations aimed at Navy: drawing on external human resource expertise to inform the development and implementation of its revised workforce plan; and evaluating the impact of retention bonuses on the Navy workforce to determine their future role within its overall workforce strategy.
Major projects report (Auditor-General Report No. 14 of 2014–15)
Published: Wednesday 17 December 2014
2013-14 Major Projects Report
The report objective is to provide the Auditor-General's independent assurance over the status of 30 selected Major Projects, as reflected in the Statement by the Chief Executive Officer Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), and the Project Data Summary Sheets prepared by the DMO, in accordance with the Guidelines endorsed by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit.
Defence Materiel Organisation
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Published: Wednesday 26 November 2014
Administration of Contact Centres
The objective of the audit was to assess how effectively and efficiently the Australian Taxation Office managed contact centres as part of its overall service delivery.
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Thursday 6 November 2014
The objective of the audit was to assess the adequacy of selected Australian Government entities' practices and procedures to manage business continuity. To conclude against this objective, the ANAO adopted high-level criteria relating to the entities' establishment, implementation and review of business continuity arrangements.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Department of Finance, Department of Social Services
Published: Wednesday 5 November 2014
Annual Compliance Arrangements with Large Corporate Taxpayers
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's administration of annual compliance arrangements with large corporate taxpayers.
Second Follow-up Audit into the Australian Electoral Commission's Preparation for and Conduct of Federal Elections
The objective of the audit was to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the Australian Electoral Commission's implementation of those recommendations made in Report No. 28 2009–10 relating to:
a more strategic approach to election workforce planning;
the suitability and accessibility of polling booths and fresh scrutiny premises; and
the transport and storage of completed ballot papers, in respect to matters not fully addressed in ANAO Audit Report No.31 2013–14.
Australian Electoral Commission
Published: Thursday 30 October 2014
Fraud Control Arrangements
The audit objective was to examine the selected entities' effectiveness in implementing entity-wide fraud control arrangements, including compliance with the requirements of the 2011 Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines (2011 Guidelines), and the overall administration of the fraud control framework by the Attorney-General's Department.
Across Entities
Published: Thursday 18 September 2014
Confidentiality in Government Contracts: Senate Order for Departmental and Agency Contracts (Calendar Year 2013 Compliance)
The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts.
Attorney-General's
Published: Thursday 26 June 2014
Establishment and Use of Multi-Use Lists
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Across Agencies
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2014
Multi-Role Helicopter Program
The audit objective was to assess the Department of Defence's progress in delivering Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH90 aircraft) to the ADF through AIR 9000 Phases 2, 4 and 6, within approved cost, schedule and performance parameters.
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation
Published: Tuesday 24 June 2014
Cyber Attacks: Securing Agencies' ICT Systems
The audit objective was to assess selected agencies' compliance with the four mandatory ICT security strategies and related controls in the Australian Government Information Security Manual.
David Gray, Executive Director - Phone (02) 6203 7377
Published: Monday 23 June 2014
Administration of the Australian Business Register
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Australian Business Register.
Australian Taxation Office, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Department of Industry
Managing Conflicts of Interest in FMA Agencies
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Administration of Residential Care Payments
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans' Affairs' administration of residential care payments.
Compliance Effectiveness Methodology
The objective of the audit was to examine the application of the Australian Taxation Office's Compliance Effectiveness Methodology in evaluating the effectiveness of key compliance activities and shaping the development of strategies to promote voluntary compliance.
Published: Wednesday 4 June 2014
Managing Compliance of High Wealth Individuals
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the ATO's activities to promote tax compliance by high wealth individuals.
Published: Thursday 29 May 2014
Indigenous Employment in Australian Government Entities
The objective of this audit was to determine whether Australian Government entities were implementing effective strategies to support increased Indigenous employment.
Published: Thursday 8 May 2014
The Australian Electoral Commission's Storage and Transport of Completed Ballot Papers at the September 2013 Federal General Election
The objective of the audit was to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the AEC's implementation of the recommendation made in ANAO Audit Report No. 28 2009–10 relating to the transport and storage of completed ballot papers.
Published: Wednesday 16 April 2014
Emergency Defence Assistance to the Civil Community
The audit objective was to assess the administrative effectiveness of Defence's procedures to provide emergency assistance to the civil community.
Published: Thursday 6 March 2014
Air Warfare Destroyer Program
The objective of the audit was to report on the progress of the current phase of the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Program, which is known as SEA 4000 Phase 3–Build. This phase commenced in June 2007, and covers the finalisation of the detailed design, the signing of the Alliance and Platform System Design contracts, and the construction and delivery of the ships by the Industry Participants to the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO).
Published: Thursday 27 February 2014
Pilot Project to Audit Key Performance Indicators
In 2012–13, the ANAO pilot project to audit Key Performance Indicators(KPIs) was continued with the objective of conducting a review of framework developments, both in terms of the clarity of the policy and guidance issued by Finance and the performance of agencies in applying this policy and guidance, as a basis for implementing a future program of audits; and to further develop and test an audit methodology to address the practical challenges of assessing the appropriateness of KPIs, and their complete and accurate reporting.
Published: Wednesday 12 February 2014
Management of Complaints and Other Feedback
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO's) complaints and other feedback management systems in supporting service delivery.
Explosive Ordnance and Weapons Security Incident Reporting
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Defence's arrangements for monitoring and reporting explosive ordnance and weapons security incidents.
Published: Tuesday 17 December 2013
The objective of this report is to provide the Auditor-General's independent assurance over the status of selected Major Projects, as reflected in the Project Data Summary Sheets (PDSSs) prepared by the DMO, and the Statement by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) DMO. Assurance from the ANAO's review of the preparation of the PDSSs by the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) is conveyed in the Auditor-General's Independent Review Report, prepared pursuant to the endorsed Guidelines, contained in Part 3.
Michael White, Executive Director, Phone: (02) 6203 7393
Determination and Collection of Financial Industry Levies
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) financial industry levies.
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; Department of the Treasury
Published: Wednesday 30 October 2013
Capability Development Reform
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of Defence's implementation of reforms to capability development since the introduction of the two-pass process for government approval of capability projects and government's acceptance of the reforms recommended by the Mortimer Review. The scope of this audit included the requirements phase and, to a limited extent, the acquisition phase of major capability development projects, focusing upon changes flowing from the major reforms.
Published: Thursday 15 August 2013
AIR 8000 Phase 2 — C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlift Aircraft
The objective of the audit was to assess the adequacy of Defence's processes, including compliance with the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act), the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 (FMA Regulations), and relevant Commonwealth and Defence procurement requirements, to select the capability solution recommended to the Government to satisfy the requirements of AIR 8000 Phase 2.
Administration of Government Advertising Arrangements: August 2011 to March 2013
The audit objectives were to assess the effectiveness of:
selected agencies' administration in developing advertising campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the Australian Government's campaign advertising framework, and other key legal and administrative requirements; and
the ongoing administration of the campaign advertising framework.
Agencies' Implementation of Performance Audit Recommendations
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of agencies' arrangements for monitoring and implementing ANAO performance audit recommendations.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR); Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA); Department of Finance and Deregulation (DoFD); Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DIT)
Management of Debt Relief Arrangements
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's administration of debt relief arrangements.
Management of the Australian Taxation Office's Property Portfolio
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's management of its property portfolio.
Compensating F-111 Fuel Tank Workers
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans' Affairs' and the Department of Defence's administration of the Australian Government's $55 million support package announced in the May 2010 Budget for former F-111 fuel tank maintenance workers and their families. The audit examined the implementation of the 14 agreed recommendations in the Government Response to the 2009 Parliamentary Inquiry into the F-111 deseal/reseal issues, which formed the basis of the May 2010, F-111 support package.
Department of Veterans' Affairs; Department of Defence
Management and Reporting of Goods and Services Tax and Fringe Benefits Tax Information
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) management and reporting of selected information relating to the goods and services tax and the fringe benefits tax.
Published: Wednesday 8 May 2013
The Regulation of Tax Practitioners by the Tax Practitioners Board
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board's implementation and administration of the regulatory arrangements for tax practitioners under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009.
Australian Taxation Office; Tax Practitioners Board
Published: Tuesday 7 May 2013
Grants for the Construction of the Adelaide Desalination Plant
The objective of the audit was to assess the awarding of funding for the construction of the Adelaide Desalination Plant (ADP) against the requirements of the Commonwealth's grants administration framework, which includes the Government's policy requirements for the approval of grants, with a particular focus on the assessments undertaken of each proposed grant in terms of the guidelines for the National Urban Water and Desalination Plan (NUWDP); and identify any potential improvements in grants administration practices.
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities; Department of Finance and Deregulation; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Published: Tuesday 30 April 2013
Administration of the Veterans' Children Education Schemes
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) administration of the veterans' children education schemes.
The Australian Government Performance Measurement and Reporting Framework - Pilot Project to Audit Key Performance Indicators
The Australian National Audit Office has undertaken a pilot project to assess the status of the Australian Government performance measurement and reporting framework as a basis for implementation of a future program of audits of entities' key performance indicators, and to develop a suitable audit methodology. This report presents a summary of the work completed to date.
Published: Tuesday 9 April 2013
Administration of the Research Block Grants Program
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DIISTRE's administration of the Research Block Grant schemes. The department's performance was assessed against the following criteria:
the schemes are effectively planned and administered;
the processes and systems used for calculating and distributing funds reflect the allocation criteria specified for each scheme; and
compliance with scheme guidelines is monitored and scheme performance and contribution to the broader goals of the RBG program is assessed.
Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Remediation of the Lightweight Torpedo Replacement Project
The objective of the current audit was to assess the effectiveness of remediation arrangements put in place by Defence and the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) to resolve issues impacting on the achievement of the desired lightweight torpedo capability. It focuses on project management and contractual arrangements, and the progress made with platform integration and test and evaluation.
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)
Defence's Implementation of Audit Recommendations
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Defence's monitoring of the implementation of ANAO and internal audit recommendations. The audit also examined a sample of ANAO and internal audit recommendations—reported as being complete by Defence—to assess the extent to which these recommendations had been implemented by Defence.
The objective of this report is to provide comprehensive information on the status of selected Major Projects, as reflected in the Project Data Summary Sheets prepared by the DMO, and the Statement by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the DMO, and including the ANAO's review of the preparation of the PDSSs by the DMO.
Delivery of Bereavement and Family Support Services through the Defence Community Organisation
The objective of the audit was to assess the management and effectiveness of DCO's delivery and coordination of support services to ADF families, in particular support services provided when an ADF member is seriously injured or ill, or dies in service.
Department of Defence, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Management of Australia's Air Combat Capability — F-35A Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition
The audit objective was to assess the progress of the AIR 6000—New Air Combat Capability project in delivering the required combat aircraft within approved cost, schedule and performance parameters.
Department of Defence, Defence Materiel Organisation
Management of Australia's Air Combat Capability — F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Fleet Upgrades and Sustainment
To assess the upgrade and sustainment of the F/A-18A/B Hornet fleet, and the sustainment of the newly acquired F/A-18F Super Hornet fleet.
The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in Australian Government contracts for 2011.
The Engagement of External Debt Collection Agencies
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the ATO's administration of external debt collection arrangements.
Gate Reviews for Defence Capital Acquisition Projects
The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of DMO's implementation of its Gate Review process for major Defence capital acquisition projects.
Processing and Risk Assessing Incoming International Air Passengers
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Customs and Border Protection's risk-based management of end-to-end processing of incoming international air passengers in achieving border security and passenger facilitation outcomes.
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Published: Friday 22 June 2012
Administration of Mental Health Initiatives to Support Younger Veterans
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of DVA's administration of mental health programs and services to support younger veterans.
Small Business Superannuation Clearing House
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation and administration of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House.
Department of the Treasury; Department of Human Services; Australian Taxation Office
Published: Friday 8 June 2012
Interpretative Assistance for Self Managed Superannuation Funds
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the ATO's management of its interpretative assistance activities for SMSFs.
Published: Wednesday 30 May 2012
Development and Approval of Grant Program Guidelines
The objective of the audit was to assess the implementation and effectiveness of the enhanced grants administration requirements relating to the development and approval of new grant guidelines and revision of existing grant guidelines.
Department of Finance and Deregulation
Upgrade of the M113 Fleet of Armoured Vehicles
The objective of the audit was to assess the progress of the M113 Upgrade Project (Defence Project: Land 106), including progress in the development of operational capability resulting from the introduction of the upgraded vehicles into service. The high-level audit criteria used to assess the project's progress and Defence's effectiveness in administering the M113 Upgrade Project were:
the degree to which the schedule for the production and delivery of upgraded M113 vehicles to Defence had been recovered in accordance with Defence's response to the 2008–09 audit report and contractual requirements, as negotiated over the life of the contract;
Defence's measurement and allocation of the total cost of the upgrade project; and
the development of capability arising from the upgrade project.
Management of Complaints and Other Feedback by the Department of Veterans Affairs
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans' Affairs management of complaints and other feedback to support service delivery. The audit criteria were that DVA has:
a well-designed framework for managing complaints and other feedback;
effective processes and practices to manage complaints; and
appropriately analysed complaints to inform service delivery.
Administration of Project Wickenby
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Project Wickenby taskforce in making Australia unattractive for international tax fraud and evasion by detecting, deterring and dealing with the abusive use of secrecy havens by Australian taxpayers.
Australian Taxation Office, Australian Crime Commission and Australian Federal Police
Published: Wednesday 8 February 2012
Administration of Government Advertising Arrangements: March 2010 to August 2011
The audit objectives were:
to assess the effectiveness of the revised certification process in promoting compliance of government advertising campaigns (campaigns) with the March 2010 Guidelines on Information and Advertising Campaigns by Australian Government Departments and Agencies (2010 Guidelines);
to assess the effectiveness of agency administration in developing campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework;
to assess the effectiveness of Finance's administration of the campaign advertising framework; and
to assess the effect on campaigns of an exemption from the 2010 Guidelines.
Published: Tuesday 7 February 2012
Administration of the Gateway Review Process
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the administration of the Gateway review process by Finance and FMA Act agencies. The audit also examined the extent to which those Gateway reviews that have been conducted have contributed to improvements in the delivery of major projects undertaken by FMA Act agencies.
Published: Tuesday 24 January 2012
Administration of Grant Reporting Obligations
The objective of the audit was to assess the implementation and effectiveness of the enhanced grants administration requirements for:
reporting to the Finance Minister on the awarding of grants within their own electorate by Ministers who are Members of the House of Representatives;
reporting to the Finance Minister on instances where Ministers have decided to approve a particular grant which the relevant agency has recommended be rejected; and
the website reporting of grants awarded.
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Department of Infrastructure and Transport; Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
Auditor-General Grant Hehir
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On his personal Twitter account, which has more than 6 million followers, Mr. Legere once described Sprint as "full of it" and "#alwayslate," teased Sprint's Kansas City hometown and took other unprintable jabs at the company.
Sprint had some barbs of its own. In 2011, when AT&T was trying to take over T-Mobile, Sprint ran an ad arguing against the potential merger. To illustrate its point, Sprint dressed a cigar-toting man in a pink polka-dot dress that was similar to something Ms. Foulkes might have worn in a T-Mobile commercial. The tagline: "It makes sense if you don't think about it."
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Sprint went beyond the usual bounds of advertising speech again in a 2016 commercial that took aim at T-Mobile. Mr. Claure appeared in the ad, soliciting opinions from a group of wireless customers gathered in a glass-walled conference room. Turning to a white woman seated to his right, he asked her to tell him "what comes to mind" when she heard the name T-Mobile.
"Oh my god, the first word that came to my head was 'ghetto,'" she responded, grimacing, as Mr. Claure nodded.
He later linked to the video on Twitter, writing that "sometimes the truth hurts." Within hours, the video had been taken down, and Mr. Claure had apologized for the company's "bad judgment."
In retrospect, the hostilities between T-Mobile and Sprint were nothing more than marketing theatrics. The two companies came to decide that, if they were going to compete on an equal footing with AT&T and Verizon, they would need to become not only allies, but partners. The trash-talking stopped.
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Scion is a contemporary game of modern myth and epic heroism. Its first edition was published in 2007, and it quickly gained an enthusiastic following, winning the ENnies Game of the Year award. Now, Onyx Path is proud to relaunch Scion with a brand new edition of a fan favorite. Scion: Origin is a new corebook that includes the Storypath System rules which provide a foundation for running the game and playing any character, mortal or god in the Scion World. Players will choose from several character options ranging from pre-Visitation Scions to Therianthropes to Beserkers--and many more! The Scion: Origin core rulebook also includes a detailed setting exploring different relationships between the gods and humanity, fleshing out everything players and Storyguides need to play Scion.


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They may be taking their classes in Davao City but they are bona fide UPLB students.
This is the set-up by which 11 students taking up Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies (PhD DVST) attend classes under a UPLB off-campus program housed in UP Mindanao. Under this scheme, UPLB professors stay for a particular period within a semester in Davao City to teach students in UP Mindanao.
These students, the off-campus program's second batch since its inception three years ago, have been enrolled since 2017. Currently, they are at UPLB to take up the qualifying examination, a pre-requisite to formalize their dissertation topics. On July 17, the off-campus students paid a courtesy visit to Chancellor Fernando C. Sanchez, Jr. at his office at the BM Gonzalez Hall.
Chancellor Sanchez noted that some of them are faculty and staff of state universities and colleges (SUCs) and private educational institutions in Mindanao. He underscored their importance in national development and in providing quality tertiary education, saying that they can inspire the next generation of professionals. He also acknowledged that UPLB cannot do it alone, thus the program.
He also said that the PhD DVST shall become a part of the UP Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment (UP PSAE), UPLB's soon-to-rise extension campus in Panabo, Davao del Norte. "We wanted to set-up the UP PSAE in Davao so that people from Mindanao will not be going to Los Baños; instead, our faculty members will go there."
Joining the students were two of their professors, namely: Dr. Jose DV. Camacho, Jr., dean of the Graduate School, and Dr. Maria Ana T. Quimbo, faculty member at the College of Public Affairs and Development.
Dr. Quimbo expressed confidence that the batch of students could also be a potential source of faculty members for UP PSAE.
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Georges River Educational Fund support The staff and students at Lura Libby School in Thomaston and Cushing Community School send a heartfelt thank you to the Board of Directors of Georges River Educational Fund. They have given us financial support, affording us the opportunity to implement activities beyond classroom curriculums. Recently, we welcomed Melissa Sweet, Maine author and illustrator, who took ...
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Georges River Educational Fund support
The staff and students at Lura Libby School in Thomaston and Cushing Community School send a heartfelt thank you to the Board of Directors of Georges River Educational Fund. They have given us financial support, affording us the opportunity to implement activities beyond classroom curriculums.
Recently, we welcomed Melissa Sweet, Maine author and illustrator, who took students through the process of publishing a book from idea to product. Also, she covered the literacy and art aspects of her books. The children took with them a sketch book, new vocabulary words, and ideas for writing their own stories. Currently, GREF and Herring Gut grants are providing marine biology experiences for Lura Libby fourth-graders. The children have researched marine life and have gone on scavenger hunts at Drift Inn Beach. They will share the knowledge with the younger students. Grades two and three will join the fourth-graders for a day at the beach, and the kindergarten and first-grade students will experience a marine touch tank.
During this time of budget constraints, we consider ourselves fortunate to have GREF in our community, supporting academic endeavors. It's so important for our children to be involved in academic activities beyond the school walls, especially experiences that are a part of community, making them aware of the rich culture that we have in the Midcoast. Kudos to Georges River Educational Fund.
Trish Mellor and Michelle Ford
Lura Libby School
The tannery property
I don't know if I will be able to get to the Wednesday, June 15 evening Camden Town Meeting, and I can't vote absentee on a floor vote, but I hope other people will get there. Town meetings haven't been well attended in recent years. At the meeting, we are expected to vote on two articles, 6-A and 6-B, that relate to the disposal of the town's tannery property, which abuts the Megunticook Riverwalk. I will not be able to vote against these articles, which are designed, in a misleading way, to do away with the current requirement for a public hearing and a secret ballot vote to permit the sale (or rather, gift) of this property.
The wording of these articles is confusing and seemingly innocent. There must be discussion and clarification of the meaning and effects of these articles when they come up at the meeting. I may be remiss but I hope others will not be. We should maintain our right to have a say about this choice in-town location, ideal for people to live, perhaps work and shop, and to enjoy the flowing river, right in the walkable town of Camden. Please go, and vote "No" on both Articles A and B.
Beedy Parker
Disciples of Christ commit to charity and benevolence
When the United Methodist Church of New England sent me to serve Aldersgate United Methodist Church, here in Rockland, two years ago, I was thrilled. Not only would I have the opportunity to serve the church in Rockland but also the Federated Church of Thomaston. Who could imagine a more idyllic environment to serve God and community?
I have found the parishioners at these two churches to be faithful God-fearing, community minded individuals. One could see fairly quickly that serving those in need both in our immediate community and throughout the world was of primary concern to these folks. Not only do the two churches budget for worldwide concerns such as homelessness, sickness and hunger via our national denominational support, both of these small churches budget for local issues as well. Both of these institutions are and have been active in facilitating and supporting our two local food pantries: AIO and Thomaston Food Pantry. In fact, both of these churches and the parishioners within them were instrumental in beginning these community services.
With this background in mind, it came as some shock to me to find out that the city of Rockland did not and would not consider Aldersgate United Methodist Church to be a charitable and benevolent entity, therefore not tax exempt under those conditions! As I understand it, tax assessor Dennis Reed and city attorney Kevin Beal have ascertained that since the United Methodist Book of Discipline states that the mission of the church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ, our church could not also be considered charitable and benevolent. While some would find this assertion insulting, perhaps there are those who do not actually know what being a disciple of Christ entails. Within our same book of discipline, one may read, "We insist that personal salvation always involves Christian mission and service to the world. By joining heart and hand, we assert that personal religion, evangelical witness and Christian social action are reciprocal and mutually reinforcing."
Yes, I am proud to say that the parishioners and fellow taxpayers of Aldersgate United Methodist Church are disciples of Christ and that we hold to the highest standards of charity and benevolence. We continue to pray for our city officials and invite them to join us to find out firsthand how we can be united in edifying our beloved city of Rockland.
The Rev. Jacquelyn Brannen
Festival of Art success
A big thank you to all of you who came to our 2011 ninth annual Senior College Festival of Art at the UMaine Hutchinson Center May 12-15.
On Thursday night our opening reception was wonderful. We had 169 artists from across Maine exhibiting their works, along with the delicious food and warm friendship from the volunteers from Senior College. Hundreds of volunteer hours and people, from hanging the show to the partial tear down, security and greeters plus everything in between, made this our most successful event ever. Anne Spencer did a wonderful job in showing people how they can feel comfortable trying new things in watercolor and produce satisfying results. She was followed by excellent, hard-hitting marketing advice from Karin Wilkes (Courthouse Gallery owner from Ellsworth), practical tips from Dagney Ernest on how to get media attention, and an online display of many levels of electronic promotion opportunities from Thierry Bonneville, from www.maineartscene.com. Dagney also gave us wonderful media support with two extensive articles in VillageSoup and related publications. What an extraordinary multi-talented lady! Thierry Bonneville and art committee member David Estey also worked hard to finish for the occasion the beautiful new book and website on our guest artist, Robert Hamilton. And Friday night, the Kings Jazz group tore the house down! They play in Bar Harbor and Portland and sometimes in Camden. We were ever so fortunate to have them!
Saturday morning, Sue McCullough, Andrea Roullaird and I had the pleasure of giving out certificates and canvas bags to the RSU 20 students. These canvas bags featured their artwork on the front. What a thrill! Saturday afternoon, the Maine Masters video gave many people in the nearly full auditorium their first glimpse at what Robert Hamilton was really like and what he was trying to do. His wife, Nancy, very nicely and comfortably fleshed out his character and individual works with engaging stories about his interests, motivations and sense of humor. David Estey moderated the panel while Bill Irvine, Eric Hopkins and George Llyod added informed critiques and historical perspectives that helped put Robert's work in context. Suzette McAvoy very beautifully described the remarkably resilient and positive attitude so evident in the upcoming CMCA exhibit of Robert's last paintings, despite the adversity of his advanced age and near blindness. We could hardly have had a better outcome throughout every event and for the exhibit.
Thank you to all the visitors and volunteers for making this year's festival perhaps the best yet, and seeing the genius of Robert Hamilton through the eyes of his friends, students and wife. We all love Senior College, the brilliant "diamond" in Midcoast Maine we all treasure! And special thank yous and love to my committee: Cathy Bradbury, Rainy Brooks, David Estey, Liz Fitzsimmons, Dianne Horton, Fran Torresen (with Jim Rose and Tish Robotham helping out), and Ray Smith. This year's festival was dedicated to them.
Warm regards to all of you in Waldo, Knox and Penobscot counties and other visitors across the state.
Dorothy Alling
Co-chairman, ninth annual Festival of Arts


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stated on February 17, 2021 in a speech:
"For the month of February, Illinois has been the vaccination leader among the 10 most populous states in the country."
Gov. J.B. Pritzker | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller February 25, 2021
Is Illinois outpacing other large states on vaccinations this month?
There are many different ways to measure how states compare when it comes to vaccinating residents against COVID-19.
On some, Illinois ranks high and on others it ranks low when compared with the other nine most populous states.
Pritzker's office pointed to a very specific metric: total doses administered per capita during the month of February alone.
Illinois took the lead on that metric for a handful of days prior to the governor's prerecorded address — but the state had already fallen back to second place by the time it aired.
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Illinois kicked off February with one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, fueling frustration among many over the program's sluggish start.
Nearly three weeks later, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state was making progress thanks to increased supply from the federal government and the efforts of local health departments:
"As a result, for the month of February, Illinois has been the vaccination leader among the 10 most populous states in the country," Pritzker said in a prerecorded video address, which aired Feb. 17.
Has Illinois come as far on vaccinations this month as the governor claimed? We found Pritzker's statement was supported by one metric measured over a few days, but glossed over an otherwise spotty vaccination record.
Different measures, mixed results
There are many yardsticks to measure states' progress getting their residents vaccinated against COVID-19. Illinois performs well on some metrics this month but still ranks low on others.
Illinois started off the month 43rd in the nation for total doses administered when adjusted for population, according to Our World in Data, a University of Oxford-based project that has been tracking vaccine statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By the time Pritzker's address aired, the state had improved to 34th nationally — and sixth place when only the 10 most populous states are considered.
The state is also performing better on a different metric: the share of residents that have received at least one dose of the vaccine. By Feb. 17, Illinois had taken a narrow lead over the other nine most populous states, and it has occupied first, second or third place in that group each day since.
That measurement goes hand in hand with another, though: the share of people fully vaccinated. There, Illinois ranked last among the 10 largest states — and has continued to rank at or near the bottom nationally each day. Experts say it's tricky to compare states on this measure, however, due to differences in state policies on how much vaccine to earmark for second doses.
Given these mixed results, we reached out to the governor's office to find out what Pritzker was referencing when he said Illinois was the "vaccination leader" this month among large states.
Pritzker spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh said that, per capita, Illinois leads the most populous states in vaccinations administered in February — and has done so "for the vast majority" of the month.
Experts said it is fair to compare states based on the total doses administered and adjusted for population. They were split, however, on whether it makes sense to focus on a few weeks in February.
Hemi Tewarson, a senior fellow at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, said the February snapshot might be helpful to show recent improvement after a sluggish start because of issues outside state control, such as delays with the federal pharmacy partnership program created to vaccinate those in nursing homes.
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"If they started out slow back in December or early January, it's hard to catch up," she said.
Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said that while month-to-month data is important for gauging a state's progress internally, it's not as useful for making comparisons because it doesn't provide a full picture of a state's vaccine rollout.
Regardless, by Pritzker's metric Illinois' lead among large states on total doses administered per capita in February amounted to just a few days out of the month, based on our analysis of CDC figures catalogued by Our World in Data.
To support Pritzker's claim, Abudayyeh sent us a screenshot of a spreadsheet containing figures she said the governor's office had taken from the CDC's COVID-19 vaccination tracker. The spreadsheet compares how many doses were administered from Jan. 31 through Feb. 11 per 100,000 residents in the 10 most populous states.
Those numbers could not be directly verified because the CDC's tracker only makes available a current cumulative total on each day.
So to check the governor's figures we turned to Our World in Data again, which makes previous days' CDC tallies available for users to download. Those numbers matched the governor's analysis.
Day to day, however, Illinois claimed first place three times out of the first 11 days of the month, hardly the "vast majority" of February as Pritzker's spokeswoman claimed. The state's lead was narrow, and by the time the governor's address aired, Illinois had fallen back to second place behind Florida.
So Priztker's claim was accurate as of Feb. 12, the last day of his office's analysis. It was not accurate when his speech first aired five days later.
Pritzker said that "for the month of February, Illinois has been the vaccination leader among the 10 most populous states in the country."
There are many different ways to measure how states compare when it comes to vaccinating residents against COVID-19. On some, Illinois ranks high and on others it ranks low. Pritzker's office pointed to one very specific metric: total doses administered per capita during the month of February alone.
The key issue with Pritzker's claim is that Illinois only took the lead on that metric for a handful of days prior to the governor's prerecorded address — and had already fallen back to second place by the time it aired.
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"COVID-19 vaccine in Illinois: Complaints of slow rollout, confusing process, unequal distribution of doses," WGN-TV, Feb. 1, 2021
Video: Gov. Pritzker's State of the State and Budget Address, aired Feb. 17, 2021
State-by-state data on COVID-19 vaccinations, Our World in Data, accessed Feb. 23, 2021
Emails: Jordan Abudayyeh, Pritzker spokesperson, Feb. 18, 2021
Phone interview: Hemi Tewarson, senior policy fellow at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Feb. 19, 2021
Phone interview and emails: Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, Feb. 18, 2021
COVID-19 vaccination data tracker, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Annual estimates of resident population, U.S. Census Bureau, July 1, 2019
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