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67 percent of women in the US are a size 14 or higher
Ashley Stahmer
It's time we acknowledge the plus-size majority
It's a universally known truth that the media favors certain body types. I grew up seeing the same stick-thin actresses on a number of TV shows and in the most popular movies. There's an entirely different issue when it comes to the race/sexuality/gender identity representation in the media, but for right now, I'm focusing on the size of our celebrities and models.
All bodies are beautiful and special, unique and amazing. Yet, most models today, and the magazines they grace the pages of, aren't representing our country fairly. Refinery29 is working to change that.
Self-described as a "digital-media company focused on women", Refinery29 publishes over 2,000 stories a month. That means a lot of photos to accompany articles, and therefore, a large amount of models. Starting this week, Refinery29 is making sure that 67% of those models are "plus-size." This will be reflected on their social media, as well.
Why 67%? Because that is the estimated amount of American women who are considered plus-size (a size 14 or larger). The CDC currently reports that the average American woman measures somewhere between a size 14 and size 18. Despite those statistics, plus-size women account for, typically, 1-2% of females in the mainstream media.
67% of US Women are a size 14 or larger. Yet, these women only account for 1-2% of the bodies represented in mainstream media. Show your support of equal representation of all body sizes in the media and click the link in bio. #SeeThe67 Photographed by @rockienolan
A photo posted by Refinery29 (@refinery29) on Sep 26, 2016 at 6:25am PDT
How many actresses can you think of that fit the plus-size category? How many of them have been in big blockbusters or given the opportunity to lead in a TV show? What about when you flip through a magazine; how many of those models aren't smaller than a size 6?
There are less plus-size models recruited by agencies and also fewer photographers who will work with those models (because they're worried about how it will reflect on their work). As part of their initiative, all of the photos taken over the last few months for this project will be available for any site to use. They will be available through Getty as entirely usable stock images. They hope that this will cause a chain reaction and encourage other sites to make use of these stock images in order to make a change.
Kelsey Miller, of Refinery29, brought up a point about the 'unconscious bias' we all begin to accept because of the media. She says, "It's the distaste for fat people that we dress up as concern. Unconscious bias clings like a cloak to every plus-size body in this country and it translates into very real injustices in everything from the legal system to education to housing." It is the way in which we accept the current modeling world, the way in which we are forced to treat every "revolutionary" curvy model as the representation we have been waiting for. It is being forced to order clothes online and treat that tiny corner of plus-size clothes in the back of Forever 21 as your entire mall.
We are conditioned to see the world in binaries. You are skinny or fat. You are pretty or not. You are popular or invisible. Refinery29 has made the conscious decision to represent women as more than lackluster labels. There are so many more ways to view people, and everyone deserves to see themselves in the media. Refinery29 is following in the steps of H&M (they recently released an ad depicting a variety of women) and Aerie (they stopped retouching their models as part of their "Real" campaign) to represent more women.
For more information on the 67% Project, check out Refinery29's website and Instagram.
@ashley_stahmer
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Though advance technology brings about many advantages to financial institutions and its customers, it also brings in great risks of information security and electronic fraud. Therefore as the use of electronic payments (e-payments) increases, the need for advanced IT security infrastructure becomes critical in order to prevent the risks associated with information security and unauthorized access.
Authentication is a critical issue for users of electronic commerce. Banks must have confidence in the authenticity and the integrity of an electronic transaction received from another bank. This can be achieved through the use of Digital Signatures. Digital Signatures are aimed at achieving a higher level of trust where physical signatures are not possible. Digital signing helps the recipient of the electronic transaction to know with certainty that it was originated by the party who claims who they are and that no changes have been made after the transaction has been signed.
Responding proactively to this rising need, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka requested LankaClear to be the financial sector Certification Service Provider (CSP). Accordingly, LankaClear launched Sri Lanka's first Certification Authority under the brand name LankaSign in accordance with the Electronic Transaction Act, No.19 of 2006 on May-22-2009.
LankaSign in its first phase provided digital certificates to Banks to be used in financial transaction clearing systems, such as SLIPS and CITS. In 2011 LankaSign launched its second phase by providing digital certificates for all financial sector enterprise applications, SSL Certificates and End Users (E-mail/Document signing) Certificates on both private and public networks. LankaSign provided a much affordable option to the country's financial sector and has helped in automating documentation work which was previously done manually.
In catering to the growing needs, LankaSign recently introduced the facility of issuing digital certificates in real-time for mobile based payment applications for digitally signing and authenticating electronic documents. Aligning with the Electronic Transaction Act, No.19 of 2006, LankaSign follows a stringent process for validating the certificate users and their respective organizations before issuing a digital certificate. Due to its high security standards, LankaSign was able to obtain certification on ISO 27001:2013 for its Information Security Management System in the year 2015.


When Californian Keith Van Sickle accepted an overseas work post to the French speaking Neuchatel in Switzerland, he and his wife could have believed that this event would be the stimulus which would change their lives forever.
How does a writer handle working on multiple projects?
That's the topic for Amy Reade, my blog guest this week. Come on over and see how she does it. She'd be glad to hear your comments and ideas on the subject, too.
Cynthia Varady has reviewed my latest novel, IN THE WEEDS, on her excellent website. Please stop in for a read (and buy a copy, if you're feelin' right special sporty).


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Student veterans lead "next greatest generation"
Published February 19, 2015 · Updated December 26, 2020
Photo: Student Veterans of America / Google Plus
The Student Veterans of America Conference in San Antonio.
Larrie Wanberg
A new wave of returning veterans are attending colleges, seeking new careers in civilian life. Across the nation, three quarters of a million veterans are enrolled in colleges with VA educational benefits. These veteran students are dubbed in the media as the "next greatest generation"—leaders with a worldview integrating back into home communities.
Last month, the Student Veterans of America (SVA) held its annual meeting in San Antonio that brought together 1,200 participants, with 475 Chapters represented from over 1,000 campus chapters.
"It was one of the best experiences of my life," said Nick Presher, president of the SVA Chapter at Allan Hancock College (AHC) headquartered at Santa Maria, Calif.
"The three-day gathering was truly inspirational to be in company with the camaraderie of student-veteran leaders," he said.
"The most touching moment was when Kyle Carpenter, a Marine Medal of Honor recipient spoke to the group, taking the medal from his neck ribbon and passing it through the audience so that everyone could hold it in their hands for a moment."
"The highlight for me was a panel of women who discussed the needs of female service members in transitioning from active duty to student life and civilian roles."
Speakers at the SVA conference were Robert McDonald, Secretary of Veteran Affairs, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden, a college teacher, and a host of prominent leaders.
Chapter leaders shared innovations in groups. Some competed in the annual Business Plan contest that proposes optimum ways to develop and grow a chapter. This year, Florida State, a perennial winner, took the $10,000 prize over runner-up Spokane City College, a new chapter. Florida State then donated the prize money to Spokane City College—another symbol of cooperative sharing and camaraderie of student veterans.
SVA chapters on campuses across the country report innovations of "best practices" and creative programs that both unify the organization and welcome diversity for individual chapters. Check out the SVA website at www.studentveterans.org for more information on programs and services.
The AHC Chapter in California is exploring ways to collaborate with other chapters, proposing to meet with chapters or veteran groups in the Central Coast region at Cuesta College, CalPoly at St Louis Obispo, and eventually with UC Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara City College.
Additionally, AHC has four campus sites, which is a challenge to network veterans within the same college system but at different locations and with different programs, such a full-time, evening classes for working members or active duty on-base program.
An innovative trend in serving student veterans is happening in North Dakota where the first two chartered American Legion Posts in the nation are established at ND State University in Fargo and University of ND in Grand Forks. Initiated by the State American Legion Headquarters, the SVA Chapter at UND is supporting the growth of the campus-based Legion Posts and promoting the need for veterans' lounges on campus.
Currently, a "Veterans Outreach" study center is available in the UND Student Union where tutoring, mentoring, and a few computers offer student-veterans individualized services.
A grant from ND Humanities Council is in place to train college students in capturing cinematic stories in one- to two-minute videos by telling their personal narratives and in turn, to mentor high school students in their hometowns in preserving stories of past patriots. The tools used are a smart phone, iPad or a laptop and specialized video-making software from "WeVideo." Training can be done on a weekend or stretched out flexibly over 12-15 hours onsite or online.
A "Veterans Namesake Initiative" is underway in N.D. during March and April to train youth to produce short cinematic stories of "namesakes" of patriots whose names of past heroes are dedicated via a showcase, a memorial building, a city park, or a veterans' organization. Potentially, the namesakes of 200 Legion Posts across the state's landscape could "bring to life" some of the stories of fallen warriors dedicated to a past hero that are largely unknown by the new generation.
In California, a plaque is planned for a June dedication in the city park of Solvang, where one of the campuses of AHC is located, to honor 12 recent Fallen Warriors, sponsored by the local Legion Post and the city. A proposal is on the table to enlist 12 student veterans or associates to produce a short cinematic story of each veteran for showing at the dedication and for posting on a dedicated Website.
SVA is a veterans' organization that, in my estimation as perhaps its oldest "student" member, is leading in new career pathways in a style of "cooperative" education, based on sharing solid business models for its chapters, and advancing a continued mission of service, while addressing the needs of members.
AHC SVA president Presher summed it up: "We are all learning from each other—to fundraise ourselves to self sufficiency, to partner with campus administration and corporate sponsors, to address the transitional needs of our members, and to become leaders in a kind of grass-root diplomacy in our civic communities."
This article originally appeared in the Feb. 20, 2015, issue of the Norwegian American Weekly. To subscribe, visit SUBSCRIBE or call us at (206) 784-4617
Larrie Wanberg, 1920–2021, contributed features to The Norwegian American for many years, drawing on eight decades of life experience highlighted by three career recognitions: as a researcher through a Fulbright Scholarship to Norway in 1957; as a health care provider in behavioral science through a 27-year military career and awarded upon retirement in 1981 the highest non-combat medal, the Legion of Merit medal; as an educator, through a 50-year career in college education, culminating in the 2010 Public Scholar award at the UND Center for Community Engagement. Wanberg passed away in May, 2021.
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"""Form-2-fit Agent (https://form2fit.github.io/)."""

import os

import cv2
import numpy as np

from ravens import cameras
from ravens import utils
from ravens.models import Attention
from ravens.models import Matching

import tensorflow as tf

class Form2FitAgent:
  """Form-2-fit Agent (https://form2fit.github.io/)."""

  def __init__(self, name, task):
    self.name = name
    self.task = task
    self.total_iter = 0
    self.num_rotations = 24
    self.descriptor_dim = 16
    self.pixel_size = 0.003125
    self.input_shape = (320, 160, 6)
    self.camera_config = cameras.RealSenseD415.CONFIG
    self.models_dir = os.path.join('checkpoints', self.name)
    self.bounds = np.array([[0.25, 0.75], [-0.5, 0.5], [0, 0.28]])

    self.pick_model = Attention(
        input_shape=self.input_shape,
        num_rotations=1,
        preprocess=self.preprocess,
        lite=True)
    self.place_model = Attention(
        input_shape=self.input_shape,
        num_rotations=1,
        preprocess=self.preprocess,
        lite=True)
    self.match_model = Matching(
        input_shape=self.input_shape,
        descriptor_dim=self.descriptor_dim,
        num_rotations=self.num_rotations,
        preprocess=self.preprocess,
        lite=True)

  def train(self, dataset, num_iter, writer, validation_dataset=None):
    """Train on dataset for a specific number of iterations."""
    del validation_dataset

    for i in range(num_iter):
      obs, act, _ = dataset.random_sample()

      # Get heightmap from RGB-D images.
      configs = act['camera_config']
      colormap, heightmap = self.get_heightmap(obs, configs)

      # Get training labels from data sample.
      pose0, pose1 = act['params']['pose0'], act['params']['pose1']
      p0_position, p0_rotation = pose0[0], pose0[1]
      p0 = utils.xyz_to_pix(p0_position, self.bounds, self.pixel_size)
      p0_theta = -np.float32(
          utils.quatXYZW_to_eulerXYZ(p0_rotation)[2])
      p1_position, p1_rotation = pose1[0], pose1[1]
      p1 = utils.xyz_to_pix(p1_position, self.bounds, self.pixel_size)
      p1_theta = -np.float32(
          utils.quatXYZW_to_eulerXYZ(p1_rotation)[2])
      p1_theta = p1_theta - p0_theta
      p0_theta = 0

      # Concatenate color with depth images.
      input_image = np.concatenate((colormap, heightmap[Ellipsis, None],
                                    heightmap[Ellipsis, None], heightmap[Ellipsis, None]),
                                   axis=2)

      # Do data augmentation (perturb rotation and translation).
      input_image, _, roundedpixels, _ = utils.perturb(input_image, [p0, p1])
      p0, p1 = roundedpixels

      # Compute training loss.
      loss0 = self.pick_model.train(input_image, p0, theta=0)
      loss1 = self.place_model.train(input_image, p1, theta=0)
      loss2 = self.match_model.train(input_image, p0, p1, theta=p1_theta)
      with writer.as_default():
        tf.summary.scalar(
            'pick_loss',
            self.pick_model.metric.result(),
            step=self.total_iter + i)
        tf.summary.scalar(
            'place_loss',
            self.place_model.metric.result(),
            step=self.total_iter + i)
        tf.summary.scalar(
            'match_loss',
            self.match_model.metric.result(),
            step=self.total_iter + i)
      print(
          f'Train Iter: {self.total_iter + i} Loss: {loss0:.4f} {loss1:.4f} {loss2:.4f}'
      )

    self.total_iter += num_iter
    self.save()

  def act(self, obs, info):
    """Run inference and return best action given visual observations."""
    del info

    act = {'camera_config': self.camera_config, 'primitive': None}
    if not obs:
      return act

    # Get heightmap from RGB-D images.
    colormap, heightmap = self.get_heightmap(obs, self.camera_config)

    # Concatenate color with depth images.
    input_image = np.concatenate(
        (colormap, heightmap[Ellipsis, None], heightmap[Ellipsis, None], heightmap[Ellipsis,
                                                                         None]),
        axis=2)

    # Get top-k pixels from pick and place heatmaps.
    k = 100
    pick_heatmap = self.pick_model.forward(
        input_image, apply_softmax=True).squeeze()
    place_heatmap = self.place_model.forward(
        input_image, apply_softmax=True).squeeze()
    descriptors = np.float32(self.match_model.forward(input_image))

    # V4
    pick_heatmap = cv2.GaussianBlur(pick_heatmap, (49, 49), 0)
    place_heatmap = cv2.GaussianBlur(place_heatmap, (49, 49), 0)
    pick_topk = np.int32(
        np.unravel_index(
            np.argsort(pick_heatmap.reshape(-1))[-k:], pick_heatmap.shape)).T
    pick_pixel = pick_topk[-1, :]
    from skimage.feature import peak_local_max  # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
    place_peaks = peak_local_max(place_heatmap, num_peaks=1)
    distances = np.ones((place_peaks.shape[0], self.num_rotations)) * 10
    pick_descriptor = descriptors[0, pick_pixel[0],
                                  pick_pixel[1], :].reshape(1, -1)
    for i in range(place_peaks.shape[0]):
      peak = place_peaks[i, :]
      place_descriptors = descriptors[:, peak[0], peak[1], :]
      distances[i, :] = np.linalg.norm(
          place_descriptors - pick_descriptor, axis=1)
    ibest = np.unravel_index(np.argmin(distances), shape=distances.shape)
    p0_pixel = pick_pixel
    p0_theta = 0
    p1_pixel = place_peaks[ibest[0], :]
    p1_theta = ibest[1] * (2 * np.pi / self.num_rotations)

    # # V3
    # pick_heatmap = cv2.GaussianBlur(pick_heatmap, (49, 49), 0)
    # place_heatmap = cv2.GaussianBlur(place_heatmap, (49, 49), 0)
    # pick_topk = np.int32(
    #     np.unravel_index(
    #         np.argsort(pick_heatmap.reshape(-1))[-k:], pick_heatmap.shape)).T
    # place_topk = np.int32(
    #     np.unravel_index(
    #         np.argsort(place_heatmap.reshape(-1))[-k:],
    #         place_heatmap.shape)).T
    # pick_pixel = pick_topk[-1, :]
    # place_pixel = place_topk[-1, :]
    # pick_descriptor = descriptors[0, pick_pixel[0],
    #                               pick_pixel[1], :].reshape(1, -1)
    # place_descriptor = descriptors[:, place_pixel[0], place_pixel[1], :]
    # distances = np.linalg.norm(place_descriptor - pick_descriptor, axis=1)
    # irotation = np.argmin(distances)
    # p0_pixel = pick_pixel
    # p0_theta = 0
    # p1_pixel = place_pixel
    # p1_theta = irotation * (2 * np.pi / self.num_rotations)

    # # V2
    # pick_topk = np.int32(
    #     np.unravel_index(
    #         np.argsort(pick_heatmap.reshape(-1))[-k:], pick_heatmap.shape)).T
    # place_topk = np.int32(
    #     np.unravel_index(
    #         np.argsort(place_heatmap.reshape(-1))[-k:],
    #         place_heatmap.shape)).T
    # pick_pixel = pick_topk[-1, :]
    # pick_descriptor = descriptors[0, pick_pixel[0],
    #                               pick_pixel[1], :].reshape(1, 1, 1, -1)
    # distances = np.linalg.norm(descriptors - pick_descriptor, axis=3)
    # distances = np.transpose(distances, [1, 2, 0])
    # max_distance = int(np.round(np.max(distances)))
    # for i in range(self.num_rotations):
    #   distances[:, :, i] = cv2.circle(distances[:, :, i],
    #                                   (pick_pixel[1], pick_pixel[0]), 50,
    #                                   max_distance, -1)
    # ibest = np.unravel_index(np.argmin(distances), shape=distances.shape)
    # p0_pixel = pick_pixel
    # p0_theta = 0
    # p1_pixel = ibest[:2]
    # p1_theta = ibest[2] * (2 * np.pi / self.num_rotations)

    # # V1
    # pick_topk = np.int32(
    #     np.unravel_index(
    #         np.argsort(pick_heatmap.reshape(-1))[-k:], pick_heatmap.shape)).T
    # place_topk = np.int32(
    #     np.unravel_index(
    #         np.argsort(place_heatmap.reshape(-1))[-k:],
    #         place_heatmap.shape)).T
    # distances = np.zeros((k, k, self.num_rotations))
    # for ipick in range(k):
    #   pick_descriptor = descriptors[0, pick_topk[ipick, 0],
    #                                 pick_topk[ipick, 1], :].reshape(1, -1)
    #   for iplace in range(k):
    #     place_descriptors = descriptors[:, place_topk[iplace, 0],
    #                                     place_topk[iplace, 1], :]
    #     distances[ipick, iplace, :] = np.linalg.norm(
    #         place_descriptors - pick_descriptor, axis=1)
    # ibest = np.unravel_index(np.argmin(distances), shape=distances.shape)
    # p0_pixel = pick_topk[ibest[0], :]
    # p0_theta = 0
    # p1_pixel = place_topk[ibest[1], :]
    # p1_theta = ibest[2] * (2 * np.pi / self.num_rotations)

    # Pixels to end effector poses.
    p0_position = utils.pix_to_xyz(p0_pixel, heightmap, self.bounds,
                                   self.pixel_size)
    p1_position = utils.pix_to_xyz(p1_pixel, heightmap, self.bounds,
                                   self.pixel_size)
    p0_rotation = utils.eulerXYZ_to_quatXYZW((0, 0, -p0_theta))
    p1_rotation = utils.eulerXYZ_to_quatXYZW((0, 0, -p1_theta))

    act['primitive'] = 'pick_place'
    if self.task == 'sweeping':
      act['primitive'] = 'sweep'
    elif self.task == 'pushing':
      act['primitive'] = 'push'
    params = {
        'pose0': (p0_position, p0_rotation),
        'pose1': (p1_position, p1_rotation)
    }
    act['params'] = params
    return act

  #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Helper Functions
  #-------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def preprocess(self, image):
    """Pre-process images (subtract mean, divide by std)."""
    color_mean = 0.18877631
    depth_mean = 0.00509261
    color_std = 0.07276466
    depth_std = 0.00903967
    image[:, :, :3] = (image[:, :, :3] / 255 - color_mean) / color_std
    image[:, :, 3:] = (image[:, :, 3:] - depth_mean) / depth_std
    return image

  def get_heightmap(self, obs, configs):
    """Reconstruct orthographic heightmaps with segmentation masks."""
    heightmaps, colormaps = utils.reconstruct_heightmaps(
        obs['color'], obs['depth'], configs, self.bounds, self.pixel_size)
    colormaps = np.float32(colormaps)
    heightmaps = np.float32(heightmaps)

    # Fuse maps from different views.
    valid = np.sum(colormaps, axis=3) > 0
    repeat = np.sum(valid, axis=0)
    repeat[repeat == 0] = 1
    colormap = np.sum(colormaps, axis=0) / repeat[Ellipsis, None]
    colormap = np.uint8(np.round(colormap))
    heightmap = np.sum(heightmaps, axis=0) / repeat
    return colormap, heightmap

  def load(self, num_iter):
    """Load pre-trained models."""
    pick_fname = 'pick-ckpt-%d.h5' % num_iter
    place_fname = 'place-ckpt-%d.h5' % num_iter
    match_fname = 'match-ckpt-%d.h5' % num_iter
    pick_fname = os.path.join(self.models_dir, pick_fname)
    place_fname = os.path.join(self.models_dir, place_fname)
    match_fname = os.path.join(self.models_dir, match_fname)
    self.pick_model.load(pick_fname)
    self.place_model.load(place_fname)
    self.match_model.load(match_fname)
    self.total_iter = num_iter

  def save(self):
    """Save models."""
    if not os.path.exists(self.models_dir):
      os.makedirs(self.models_dir)
    pick_fname = 'pick-ckpt-%d.h5' % self.total_iter
    place_fname = 'place-ckpt-%d.h5' % self.total_iter
    match_fname = 'match-ckpt-%d.h5' % self.total_iter
    pick_fname = os.path.join(self.models_dir, pick_fname)
    place_fname = os.path.join(self.models_dir, place_fname)
    match_fname = os.path.join(self.models_dir, match_fname)
    self.pick_model.save(pick_fname)
    self.place_model.save(place_fname)
    self.match_model.save(match_fname)

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In combination with BTH 2532 Bachelor thesis – Project management, 15 credits this course represents a specialization of 30 credits. On the final diploma a note stating that it is a specialization course is entered. The course is intended for students on the Bachelor prograramme in Marketing and the Bachelor programme in Business Administration. Other students may choose to take the course as an elective in their 3rd academic year.
The course will give an introduction to project management. The students will be given an understanding of what a project is and a basis for planning, organizing and controlling projects.
This course has some overlapping issues with the elective courses ELE 3709 Project Management (7,5 credits) and ELE 3725 Project Management (7,5 credits). Consequently a combination of theese courses can not be approved in a Bachelor's degree.
The course will provide the student with a thorough knowledge of the various elements within modern project management.
Students will learn how a project can be defined broadly in terms of goals, characteristics, content, scope, duration, cost, and stakeholders. Terms such as goals, planning, organization, implementation, monitoring, control, risk assessment, and leadership should give the student a solid theoretical foundation.
Students will also become familiar with how projects in different areas like product development and marketing are initiated and managed in practice.
Students will gain knowledge about how a business can use projects strategically.
Students will be familiar with the processes, tools, methods and concepts of project management.
Students will develop some practical skills in planning, organizing and following-up projects so that the defined project goals are achieved.
Students will be able to apply techniques, methods and tools for effective implementation of projects.
Students will be able to effectively participate in or lead projects.
Students will understand the role of projects in organizations and communities, and be able to reflect on ethical issues related to projects.
Students will be able to understand what it means to work in a project team where you have to show respect for the other team members' knowledge, beliefs, roles and personality.
What distinguishes a project? Different types of projects. The project's purpose and goals. The project life cycle/phases.
Project stakeholders/sponsors. Introduction to key instruments such as planning, organizing, monitoring, management, etc. Varied and illustrative examples of practical project activities in business and management.
What is project planning? What is to be planned? Why and how is it planned? Who plans?
Planning levels. Project mandate. Planning of strategic and operational perspective. Milestone planning.
Task scheduling using the network. AON network. Critical path and critical activities. Gantt charts.
Slack/float. Resource planning. The relationship between the strategic planning and detailed scheduling.
Project budget and finances. The planning aspect in light of the different types of projects.
Selection of organization structure for different project types. Organization of a project team.
What could be uncertain in projects?
Repetition of basic knowledge of statistics.
Uncertainty regarding the duration of the project (PERT).
Risk reduction by means of contracts, insurance, etc.
What can go wrong in projects?
Control Factors. Plan and reality.
Planning as a continuous process.
Identification, reporting, analysis, decision, action. Monitoring the costs, "earned Value", S-curves, etc.
Project manager selection. Responsibility, tasks and motivation.
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Entire Russian Paralympics Team Banned: Carefully Engineered US Anti-Russian Propaganda
Par Neil Clark
RT 24 août 2016
Région : Latin America & Caribbean
The banning of the entire Russian team at the Paralympics in Rio is the latest example of how sport has become a front in the US-led propaganda war against Russia.
Russian Paralympians who have never done anything wrong have been deprived of the chance to compete in an event they've spent the last four years preparing for. And all because they happen to have a passport marked Russian Federation. The racism is blatant and there for all to see. Other countries have drug cheats, but they avoid blanket bans. Only in the case of Russia are the majority expected to suffer for the sins of the few. But because Russians are the victims, and Russia is the 'Official Enemy' of the US superpower, there is no condemnation from self-styled western 'liberals'who are normally so quick to accuse critics of US foreign policy of being 'racist'. Far from it, western 'liberals'– along with their neocon allies – have been in the forefront of the campaign to put Russia in the international 'sin bin'.
Banning every Russian #Paralympics athlete 'most vulgar form of justice imaginable' https://t.co/4W7rPGAFQ6
— RT (@RT_com) 23 August 2016
If we look closely at the doping allegations against Russia and who is making them, we find- surprise, surprise, that all roads lead back to the US and its closest NATO allies. The International Paralympics Committee (IPC), whose chairman. Sir Philip Craven, is British, and which has nine representatives from NATO countries on its 15-member governing board,based its decision to ban all Russian athletes on the McLaren report. This report, put together by a Canadian lawyer, is cited by supporters of a Russian ban as if it's a work of unquestionable authority. In fact it's a deeply flawed document, which makes plenty of charges, but which fails to back them up with the evidence. It's not so much a report, as an indictment.
For its most damaging claim, that Russia operated a state sponsored system of doping, McLaren relies – as did 60 Minutes and the New York Times before him, on the testimony of just one man – the former Director of the Moscow and Sochi doping control laboratories Grigory Rodchenkov, who defected to the US. But no hard evidence has yet been produced to back up this claim: all the report tells us is how a state sponsored doping scheme COULD have operated. McLaren assures us he has the evidence, but can't release it through fears for the safety of family members of those concerned.
CAS decision to ban Russian Paralympic athletes from Rio political, not legal – sports minister https://t.co/DFkR5Mvtfg
— RT Sport (@rtsportnews) 23 August 2016
How very convenient for those NATO countries who are using his report to exclude Russia from international sporting events. Convenient too for the NATO countries, that McLaren said that he "did not seek to interview persons living within the Russian Federation" to get the Russian side of the story. Let's just imagine, for a moment if a lawyer from a country closely allied to Russia, produced a report claiming that US operated a state sponsored doping program – based on the testimony of a top American official who had defected to Russia. And that the lawyer said although he had evidence to back up the claims, he couldn't release it for safety fears. And that he didn't think it 'practical' to interview officials in the US to hear their testimony.
Russian Paralympic fencers rest after competition matches at the federal center for Russian national teams. © Kirill Kallinikov / Sputnik
Would such a report be regarded as a holy text as McLaren's is? Of course not. You can be 100 percent certain it would not lead to blanket bans of American athletes from the Paralympics. In fact even if evidence were produced of a scheme, it's unthinkable the US would be subject to a blanket ban. The IPC just wouldn't dare.
In case you think this is all hypothetical, think about what happened – or rather didn't happen – in 2003 when allegations were made by a top American official about widespread US doping.
Wade Exum, the US Olympic Committee's former Director of Drug Control, handed over more than 30,000 pages of documents to Sports Illustrated magazine and the Orange County Register, which he said showed that over 100 American athletes had failed drug tests between 1988-2000, but had still been allowed to compete.
Carl Lewis, the US Olympian later admitted he had tested positive for banned substances before the 1988 Games in Seoul where he won Gold, but claimed that 'hundreds' of fellow Americans had also escaped bans.
"There were hundreds of people getting off," Lewis said. "Everyone was treated the same."
But Exum's claims – unlike those of Rodchenkov, didn't have legs – despite the corroboration from Carl Lewis. The US Olympic Committee (USOC) rubbished the claims as "baseless". There was no McLaren style report and, of course, no blanket bans of US athletes. "For much of the 80s and 90s, the US had a pervasive doping problem in Olympic sports that was enabled by the USOC. Our Olympic leaders and corporate sponsors and many of us in the news media placed hands over our eyes and blocked ears at talk of American doping," admits Michael Powell in the New York Times.
Again, the double standards where Russia is concerned are off the scale. We know from Reuters that, before the McLaren report was published, the US and Canadian anti-doping agencies prepared a draft letter to the International Olympic Committee, urging the IOC to impose a blanket ban on ALL Russian athletes at the Rio Games – and not just those who had failed drug tests. The letter was circulated to the World Anti-Doping Agency Athletics committee members by the Canadian Becky Scott, who chairs said committee.
The IOC, to its credit, did resist pressure coming from NATO countries to impose a blanket ban on Russian athletes at Rio, but it seems the IPC has decided to go down the road of least resistance.
And in doing so, they have destroyed the 2016 Paralympics. An Olympics, or Paralympics without Russia, one of the world's greatest sporting countries, are like a football World Cup without Brazil or Germany.
For some though, the Russian ban is very good news.
The absence of one of their major rivals from the games means more medals for the US, whose politicians will then be able to boast about how well they've done. Big US multinationals are utterly ruthless in their attempts to increase their market share and destroy their competitors: what we are seeing is this aggressive policy toward business rivals now being carried out in the sporting arena – with concerns over doping as the pretext.
The decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to uphold the IPC's ban will only embolden the US and its closest allies to step up their campaigns to get Russians banned from further international sporting events. After the Paralympics is over, we can confidently expect renewed efforts to strip Russia of the 2018 World Cup; the warmongering US neocon Senator John McCain has already written to FIFA urging them to move the World Cup somewhere else.
To have Russia host the World Cup would be a disaster for western neocons as the month-long event would showcase the nation they despise more than any other, to the entire world.
The football fans, visitors and sports journalists who would descend on Russia from all over the world, would see what a nice country it is. That would never do for those who want to keep Russia permanently in the sin bin.
Be prepared: Everything possible will be used in the campaign to take the next World Cup away from Russia. Russian football hooliganism, Russia's non-existent 'invasion' of Ukraine, gay rights – you name it, all these arguments will be deployed by propagandists for US global hegemony.
Let's leave the last word to Joe Biden, the Vice President of the world's 'Exceptional Nation'- and one which doesn't have to worry too much about doping bans.
"We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line, » he said. « Don't forget it. »
Just imagine the outcry if a top Russian politician had said that about their country.
Neil Clark is a journalist, writer, broadcaster and blogger. He has written for many newspapers and magazines in the UK and other countries including The Guardian, Morning Star, Daily and Sunday Express, Mail on Sunday, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, The Spectator, The Week, and The American Conservative. He is a regular pundit on RT and has also appeared on BBC TV and radio, Sky News, Press TV and the Voice of Russia. He is the co-founder of the Campaign For Public Ownership @PublicOwnership. His award winning blog can be found at www.neilclark66.blogspot.com. He tweets on politics and world affairs @NeilClark66
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Booker's declare that Democrats misplaced Michigan due to Russian and GOP suppression
"We misplaced the state of Michigan as a result of all people from Republicans to Russians have been concentrating on the suppression of African American voters."
— Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), in remarks through the second Democratic main debate, July 31
These remarks jumped out at us through the second evening of the controversy, however we wished to spend a bit time digging into this earlier than rendering a verdict on Booker's accuracy.
There's substantial proof that Russia tried to discourage African Individuals from going to polls in 2016 by way of social media. In some states, Republicans arguably have tried to make use of techniques akin to voter identification legal guidelines to forestall or discourage individuals from voting — particularly those that already are marginalized and fewer prone to vote, akin to minority communities.
However what's the proof that this excellent storm occurred in Michigan in 2016 and denied the state's electoral faculty votes to the Democrats?
Common readers know we place a excessive bar for this type of declare. Correlation isn't all the time causation. Many elements — together with even climate on Election Day — have an effect on turnout. It's tough to isolate particular causes for elevated or decreased turnout, so readers must be skeptical of politicians who attribute particular elements to turnout.
The race in Michigan was terribly shut. Trump beat Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, by about 10,700 votes out of practically 4.eight million ballots forged.
African American votes, or the shortage of them, did make the distinction within the state. Bernard L. Fraga, a political scientist at Indiana College, in his 2018 e-book, "The Turnout Hole: Race, Ethnicity and Political Inequality in a Diversifying America," calculated that if voter turnout charges by race had been the identical in 2016 as in 2012, Michigan would have swung to Clinton. (As a substitute of shedding Michigan by 0.2 proportion factors, she would have received by 1.5 proportion factors.) He notes, nevertheless: "In such a detailed election, any variety of elements may have influenced the end result."
One large issue: Barack Obama was not on the ticket. The New York Instances, in its personal evaluation of turnout information, stated black turnout in 2016 was roughly what was anticipated earlier than the election. "On common, white and Hispanic turnout was Four % increased than we anticipated, whereas black turnout was 1 % decrease than anticipated," including that "was considerably decrease than it was 4 or eight years in the past, when Mr. Obama galvanized file black turnout."
The newspaper famous that African Individuals had a weaker monitor file of voting in elections when Obama was not on the poll, and that the black turnout appeared weak primarily compared to stronger turnout by whites and Hispanics. (Turnout was larger amongst seemingly white Trump supporters than seemingly white Clinton supporters.)
So, all issues being equal, the lack of Michigan could possibly be defined by weaker however anticipated black turnout and stronger however sudden white turnout.
Now, let's take a look at what the Russians and Republicans did.
A number of stories, together with two submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee, have detailed how Russia sought to exacerbate and exploit racial tensions in america by way of social media.
"Messaging to African Individuals sought to divert their political vitality away from established political establishments by preying on anger with structural inequalities confronted by African Individuals, together with police violence, poverty, and disproportionate ranges of incarceration," stated a 2018 report printed by the College of Oxford, which stated blacks have been the only group focused most closely by Web Analysis Company, a Russian "troll farm" linked to the Kremlin. "These campaigns pushed a message that the easiest way to advance the reason for the African American group was to boycott the election and give attention to different points as an alternative."
A report by New Information agreed. "A number of the most refined IRA efforts on Fb and Instagram particularly focused Black American communities," the report stated. "Though they produced content material concentrating on many political and cultural teams, the IRA created a uniquely expansive, interlinked fraudulent Black media ecosystem consisting of their very own websites interwoven with genuine Black media and Black-owned small companies to a level not seen with different communities or teams."
The report by particular counsel Robert S. Mueller III additionally highlighted the IRA's efforts to focus on African Individuals via "purported Black social justice teams" akin to "Black Issues," "Blacktivist," and "Don't Shoot Us," which alone attracted 250,000 followers. "Collectively, the IRA's social media accounts reached tens of thousands and thousands of U.S. individuals," the report stated. "Particular person IRA social media accounts attracted a whole bunch of 1000's of followers."
As for Republicans in Michigan, we couldn't discover any particular examples of latest legal guidelines enacted between 2012 and 2016 that would have lowered African American turnout. The truth is, the Republican governor in 2012 vetoed a invoice that might have required a photograph ID for absentee voting.
Nonetheless, the Michigan Democratic Social gathering filed go well with in opposition to the Michigan Republican Social gathering, the Trump marketing campaign and Trump adviser Roger Stone simply earlier than the election, alleging an effort to "threaten, intimidate, and thereby stop minority voters in city neighborhoods from voting within the 2016 election." The go well with was considered one of a number of filed in numerous states, however it didn't have many specifics about Michigan. As a substitute, it was largely framed round an Oct. 27, 2016, report in Bloomberg Information that quoted an unnamed Trump official as saying: "We now have three main voter suppression operations below method" focused at white liberals, younger ladies and African Individuals.
The go well with additionally famous that Trump frequently claimed fraud would happen on the polls and urged his supporters to watch precincts in minority neighborhoods — an effort echoed by Stone with a web site referred to as StopTheSteal.org. The web site sought to enroll Trump supporters who would volunteer to combat voter fraud. (A grand jury has indicted Stone on costs of witness tampering, obstructing an investigation and mendacity to Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks, however there are indicators the Justice Division continues to be investigating StopTheSteal.)
About 88,000 Michigan voters within the 2016 election didn't forged a poll for president, in contrast with practically 50,000 in 2012, whereas 5 % opted for a third-party candidate, in contrast with 1 % in 2012. That would recommend disillusionment, maybe spawned by Russian propaganda or different suppression efforts.
However, election specialists say they see little or no proof that the actions by the Russians and the Trump marketing campaign really swayed the election in Michigan.
"African American turnout in Michigan was down from 2012 to 2016, partially as a result of it had beforehand risen for Barack Obama," stated Matt Grossman, director of the Institute for Public Coverage and Social Analysis at Michigan State College. "Clinton additionally obtained a decrease share of the African American vote than Obama.
"There have been Russian-linked Fb adverts that focused African American voters and voiced opposition to Clinton, however there may be not robust proof that they influenced many citizens," he added. "I've seen little proof that Republican voter suppression had a serious impact in Michigan."
"There's actually credibility to the concept Russians focused African Individuals to suppress their vote. There's a lot of proof of that from the stories on Russian use of social media (akin to in stories submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee). It is usually true that Republican legislatures and election officers in some states have handed legal guidelines and enacted procedures that seem geared toward making it tougher for seemingly Democrats to vote, and African Individuals are essentially the most dependable Democratic voters," stated Richard L. Hasen, professor of legislation and political science on the College of California at Irvine. "However I've seen no proof that the extent of those actions within the state of Michigan have been liable for the despair of turnout within the African American group such that it swung the vote in Michigan to Trump."
The Booker marketing campaign provided us with quite a few hyperlinks about Russian and GOP actions, however none demonstrated that the purported suppression actions delivered Michigan to Trump.
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Booker claimed Russian and Republican efforts to suppress black votes tipped Michigan into Trump's victory column. With a slender margin of lower than 11,000 votes, something is feasible, however election specialists say there isn't any proof the Russian or GOP efforts have been profitable. As a substitute, the more than likely clarification for the loss was that Hillary Clinton, not Barack Obama, was on the poll, so turnout by African American voters returned to pre-Obama ranges.
Maybe that's an argument for a black candidate like Booker to be on the ticket, however he's flawed to assert the Russians and the GOP have been liable for Clinton's loss in Michigan. The burden of proof is on Booker, and he did not again up his declare. He earns 4 Pinocchios.
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How will these new structures operate and what are the implications for behavioral health providers and people who use behavioral health services? Certainly, some answers to these questions will be decided by the State, but much will be based on how local systems of care organize themselves. It's both a confusing and exciting time.
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Understand in plain English how the Medicaid HMO/BHO/HARPs designs will unfold in New York City and upstate;
Learn about the four generations of managed care in order to assess how prepare for and influence the local managed care design in your community; and
Explore the concept of a Health Neighborhood and why the development of these neighborhoods is in the critical path of health reform for New Yorkers with behavioral health disorders.
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The Agenda for the February 7th, 2013 webinar is as follows:
Welcome, Review of Day's Agenda: Edye Schwartz
State Health Home Advocacy/Informational Update: Harvey Rosenthal
Presentation: "How to Prepare for Healthcare Reform the New York Way"
Dale Jarvis, CPA, Dale Jarvis and Associates LLC. Seattle, Washington
Dale Jarvis is the founder of Dale Jarvis and Associates LLC, a Seattle-based consulting firm. Mr. Jarvis has extensive experience helping health plans and healthcare providers redesign their organizations to achieve better health for the populations they serve, better care for individuals, and reduced costs. He has contributed articles to publications and is a co-author of two books on healthcare system redesign. Mr. Jarvis has been a certified public accountant in the State of Washington and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 1982.
Currently Mr. Jarvis is focusing on healthcare reform to help ensure that the needs of persons with mental health and substance use disorders are addressed as reform unfolds. This includes working with states, health plans, regional authorities, and at a national level to develop strategies that align the mental health and substance use safety net systems with general healthcare reform efforts.
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Touted as 'Boulder's favorite everything store' – McGuckin is geared up again to host its annual St. Patrick's Day celebration. Last year's festivities included Irish dancing, soda bread, and a how-to lesson on building a potato tower. McGuckin hasn't announced this year's schedule of events but check back here in the coming days for more info.
Ring in St. Patrick's Day by joining the community for a lively 5k or 10k race around the Res. After working up a sweat, stroll over to Avery's beer garden and enjoy a well-earned beverage. Soak up all Boulder has to offer with this holiday fun run.
Start the day off at one of Boulder's best loved watering holes. Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dive's, The Sink has served famous guests like President Obama and Anthony Bourdain. This March 17, the chef is serving up a traditional Irish breakfast of bangers and mash, Shepard's Pie, and more traditional Irish cuisine. Green beer is offered as a delicious pairing to this hearty Irish meal. Clink frothy mugs with your neighbors at this famed Boulder establishment.
Boulder Beer Co., the city's first brewery, is hosting its first annual Puppy Parade this St. Patrick's Day. No further details have been announced but one thing's for certain – this will be the cutest event of the weekend.
Each Sunday, License No. 1 hosts an Irish Music session, inviting lovers of Irish music to attend this open call event. These lively concerts usually pack the house and audience members are encouraged to have a pint or two, in true Irish fashion.
Boulder offers a variety of events to celebrate this beloved holiday. Whether you want to be active and outdoors, soaking up nature or cozied up in a corner booth, sipping a Guinness, Boulder's got something for everyone.


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When both of Russell Blaylock's parents died from Parkinson's disease, this respected neurosurgeon set out to discover the hidden causes of this devastating neurological disorder, which now is reaching epidemic proportions.
He uncovered little-known environmental "triggers" that cause brain inflammation and cognitive decline — and the simple steps anyone can take to increase brain energy . . . improve brain blood flow . . . reduce free radical damage and promote repair of a damaged brain.
A recent study found that the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Lou Gehrig's disease, has increased in far greater numbers than previously suspected.
Most of these diseases are age related, meaning that their incidence is much higher as we age, especially after age 50.
For example, the incidence of Alzheimer's disease goes from 15 percent at age 70 to almost 50 percent in people over 80. The same is true for Parkinson's disease.
Today, about 1 million people are suffering from this horrible disease, and 50,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
What is even more frightening is that these devastating neurological disorders are occurring at much earlier ages than previously seen. Some victims are in their 20s and 30s.
Alzheimer's disease is the No. 1 neurodegenerative disease, but Parkinson's is a close second. What the medical profession cannot seem to get in its collective head is that, for every full-blown incidence, there are hundreds of cases that are less severe but that interfere with one's enjoyment of life.
We use such benign terms as "age-related cognitive decline" to describe conditions that are just short of full-blown Alzheimer's disease. And we say that old people who walk slowly, have balance problems, and develop minor tremors are just "getting on in years."
What we don't acknowledge is the total devastation that neurological diseases can cause in many families — a fact I lived through in my own life!
I'm a board-certified neurosurgeon who has been a practicing physician for more than 30 years.
I've been facing the ravages of Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders on a daily basis throughout my career, but Parkinson's also has touched me in my own life.
You see, both of my parents were afflicted by this horrible disease.
My father was struck first. During a period of 10 years, I watched helplessly as my father's condition went from bad to worse. I was very close to my dad, and to see him go from a robust, energetic man of great humor to a weak, emaciated shadow of his former self was devastating.
I tried everything I could think of, and all of the remedies I tried, of course, were traditional medical treatments. None seemed to help. I even subscribed to a neuropharmacology journal so I would have access to the latest drug treatments for Parkinson's disease.
Within a few years of my father's death, my mother began to show definite signs of the disease as well. I lived the nightmare all over again.
I tried to help my mother with newly-discovered information on the natural treatments of Parkinson's disease, but she was so depressed over the death of Dad that soon she just gave up. Within 10 years she also died of complications associated with her illness.
Until recently, medical scientists had no idea what caused Parkinson's disease, but they entertained theories involving genetics and aging itself.
But slowly, scientists have discovered that, like so many diseases afflicting modern man, Parkinson's is an inflammatory disease.
Many experts have noted a link between cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis) and a number of age-related neurological disorders.
We have discovered that regardless of the event or condition that triggers the disease, the damage is caused by intense activation of the brain's immune cells, called microglia, that destroy parts of the brain (such as the striatum).
One of the strongest links to Parkinson's disease is exposure to pesticides and herbicides, especially paraquat, pyridaben, fenazaquin, dieldrin, and rotenone.
This and other discoveries have led to some amazing new treatments for Parkinson's — and a new breakthrough approach to preventing it.
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Some suspect that people with low glutathione levels are at the greatest risk of developing Parkinson's.
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I'm part and parcel of the medical establishment . . . and for that very reason, I know the strengths and the weaknesses of conventional medicine. I lived through the weaknesses when I saw how little mainstream medicine could do for my own parents!
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Temple professor: Don't blame new buildings for higher tuition
State cuts to support for public universities mainly at fault, economics prof argues
By Daniel Craig
PhillyVoice Contributor
Higher Education Economics
Dake Kang/AP
This Aug. 26, 2016, photo shows the proposed location of Temple University's planned $126 million, 35,000-seat stadium in Philadelphia.
Last year, when he was still a candidate for president, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used rock climbing walls as an example of why the cost of going to college had ballooned over the past several years. His argument: Schools aren't beholden to markets and, therefore, can spend on elaborate and unnecessary facilities (like climbing walls) while pumping up the bill for students and parents without fear of repercussion.
Not so fast, Temple University economics professor Doug Webber argues. Yes, the cost of going to his own university has risen in the last 15 years ($12,800 to $19,000 on average in 2016 dollars) as new buildings and facilities (including *two* rock climbing walls!) have popped up all over the North Philly campus.
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And those costs certainly play a role in skyrocketing tuition, but they are not the main driver, Webber writes in a Tuesday piece for FiveThirtyEight:
It's tempting to blame Temple's shiny buildings and new administrators for the big increase in tuition. But there's another, much more important reason for the rising costs: Over the same period, Pennsylvania's state government cut its per-student appropriations by $6,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars.
Webber points out that — in a state where prison spending outpaces education spending — the cost of tuition at Pennsylvania's public universities has increased by 3.4 percent from 2000-2014, while state funding per student has decreased by 3.2 percent during that same period.
Temple did receive an increase in state support this year, with a 2.5 percent jump in funding approved for the 2016-17 fiscal year. That allowed the university to "keep tuition increases limited," according to a press release. A recently announced 2.8 percent increase in base tuition had already been approved with the expectation of more state funding.
Additionally, Webber notes that it's unrealistic to assume that in states like Pennsylvania, universities would have used all the money lost in decreasing state support to keep tuition low. But if state support had kept up with increasing tuition over the past 15 years, "universities could have built new buildings, hired more administrators and tended to other priorities while still keeping tuition hikes in check," Webber writes. "With huge budget cuts, big tuition increases were inevitable."
You can read the whole FiveThirtyEight piece here.
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Nice to have you here, Scott. Good show!
OK, it finally came back, with a little arm-twisting.
Carm, I did too. Try closing WMP and clicking on the stream link again.
I did too. I'm listening to flash now.
ITunes working fine. Love this Mag Fields.
Aw, Rob, it's awesome. Singing your heart out.
Hooray, the internet finally stopped failing enough for me to listen again.
One of your best evers, y'ask me Rob!
great violins, a good beat, I give it an 84.
An owl is an ovipositor, isn't it? Or has one...?
great song, great band... big star were terrific.
Radio City it was, I believe. Remember buying my vinyl copy on the street near St. Marks back in the mid 80's.
Scott, that sounds lame, except for Evan.
there's a video on youtube of redd kross playing semptember gurls and they're reading off a sheet as well.
Wow, radio friendly Schaubroek. Are you bleeping manually?
Nope, not on the fly john.
I love the Collins Kids.
man, you could do a fun show about funk/soul bands doing country.
There's this one, Kid and Play's Square Dance, I think even Zapp had a country song on their first album.
OMG. The Great Airplane Strike!
WFMU will keep us together.
HEY HEY HEY taking love will keep us together apart at the seams. you yoyoyoyoyo now someone has to play this song every day on WFMU!
Thank you for clearing away the office jabberers! Great show Scott!
I like this version better than the one Maria played yesterday.
Thanks for another pleasant Thursday afternoon.
seang at 12:04 - thanks for the Ross Johnson/Alex Chilton link - great stuff.
...a bit late to the party... any beer left?
glad you enjoyed it drewo! Memphis!
Sorry, BSI. This morning I drank the Guinness I poured on my hair last night.
ah well. Hair Guinness is better than no Guinness at all... And you can quote me.
I'd say that was pretty good for Rambo.
Thanks for playing so much of Alex Chilton's music today. A fitting tribute and "Take Care" is a wonderful song.
So, how come I have two different versions of Sister Lovers and keep hearing tracks I haven't heard before?
Good question Cecile, prolly has something to do with the "Keep an Eye on the Sky" box set, which does have lots of alt takes etc. The Ryko issue in... what, '92?... added a buncha songs and re-sequenced the orig. "Third"


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Silenced in Senate, Democrat Warren speaks louder against Sessions
WASHINGTON -- Silenced on the Senate floor, Democrat Elizabeth Warren took her criticism of President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general out to the hallway -- and found a much larger platform.
By Reuters America
Republican senators voted on Tuesday evening, Feb. 7, to end Warren's reading of a letter written 30 years ago by Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow that criticized Sen. Jeff Sessions, the nominee to lead the Justice Department, for his civil rights record.
The action prompted a tide of support on Facebook for Warren, a darling of the political left, under a hashtag #LetLizSpeak after she went outside the chamber and read the letter in a video posted on the site that drew more than 5 million views by Wednesday morning.
"The Republicans took away my right to read this letter on the floor -- so I'm right outside, reading it now," she said.
The unusual rebuke of Warren came after the Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday cleared the way for confirming Sessions as attorney general. A final vote was expected on Wednesday.
Warren took to the Senate floor to argue against the nomination, reading the letter Coretta Scott King wrote in 1986 about Sessions to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which ultimately rejected his nomination to be a federal judge.
Sessions had "used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens" when he prosecuted voting fraud cases when he was the U.S. attorney in Alabama," according to the letter read by Warren.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cut her off, saying that she broke a Senate rule that "impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from Alabama." Senators voted 49-43 to silence Warren.
Warren has been a fiery critic of Trump since he launched his presidential campaign. Democrats have expressed concern about Sessions' record on race, immigration and criminal justice reform.
"Mr. President, I am surprised that the words of Coretta Scott King are not suitable for debate in the United States Senate. I ask leave of the Senate to continue my remarks," the senator from Massachusetts responded.
Fellow Democrats flocked to Warren's defense on Wednesday.
"This is not what America is about - silencing speech - especially in this chamber," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
A number of Democratic senators read from King's letter, including former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. "When I read the same letter as @SenWarren, no one prevented me from speaking. Sen. McConnell owes Sen. Warren an apology. #LetLizSpeak," Sanders said in a Twitter post.
Many civil rights and immigration groups also have concerns about Sessions with the American Civil Liberties Union saying his positions on gay rights, capital punishment, abortion rights and presidential authority in times of war should be examined.
Sessions was a federal prosecutor in 1986 when he became only the second nominee in 50 years to be denied confirmation as a federal judge. This came after allegations that he had made racist remarks, including testimony that he had called an African-American prosecutor "boy," an allegation Sessions denied.
Sessions said he was not a racist, but he said at his hearing in 1986 that groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union could be considered "un-American." He also acknowledged he had called the Voting Rights Act of 1965 a "piece of intrusive legislation."


Stopped mental development is virtually equal to degradation. The world is getting more sophisticated, the technologies are advancing. Teenagers appear more and more capable in information issues than older generations. It is an apparent challenge for adults to keep the mind updated and to stay competitive. Enhancing the intellect has a range of other bonuses. Smart pursuits curtail mental ageing. According to scientists, intellectual development can even prolong the human life.
In this article, we will outline the main everyday tricks that will level up your mental potential.
Start a new occupation which requires mental efforts. Whether you learn a new foreign language, master the IT field or interior design, the brain potential gets reinforced. The resulting information throughput increases.
Without mental activity, neuron appendages called dendrites, which transfer information, shrink or even disappear. Don't fear "stretching" your brain. It possesses such property as plasticity. New dendrites branch out forming a lot of new routes for data passage.
2. Read on a daily basis.
Essentially, reading consists in decrypting abstract symbols followed by conversion of them into ideas and images. In contrast to watching and listening, the reading process activates more phenomena in the brain. While reading, you take your time for such processes to occur.
3. Leave your zone of comfort.
When you reach a balance favorable for you, your brain produces good mood. It may be a short-term purpose, but strategically we need more. The more you transgress your comfort boundaries, the more you rejuvenate your brain. Don't refrain from new ideas, new pursuits and exciting perspectives, even if they make you feel uncomfortable.
You may start a diary or just make records within your work journal. Anyway, it is your aid in planning and prioritizing. Structured data in the form of personal notes are likely to enhance stress resilience.
To improve your concentration, practice meditation. Meditation enlarges the amount of grey matter in the brain areas processing external sensor signals. For high-quality meditation, you need concentration.
To meditate, you may concentrate on your internal processes, such as heartbeat or breath. You may choose an external object for a meditation mini-session, such as fireplace flames, clock hands etc.
Physical activity gives impetus to cognitive mechanisms. Enhanced metabolism contributes greatly to brain cell regeneration.
Get enough night sleep. Escape for 20 minutes in the afternoon to take your sleep break. While sleeping, you restart your thinking. Renewed thoughts mostly make you free of stress.
In addition, indulge in relaxation with nothing to do at the moment. Such pauses are ultimately useful to prevent burning out. Silence reinforces creative thinking, especially when enjoyed regularly.


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The Personal Force is contained within the body of any organism. You personal Force comes from the Living Force which is discussed in the next section. When an organism is created, the Force that enters the new organism is transferred from the Living Force. Think of a huge container filled with snow; no two flakes are alike. Let the snow in the container represent the Living Force. Now take a glass and scoop up some of the snow into the glass. The glass represents your body, which is just an external housing of your Personal Force. The Personal Force gives us our identity. Two snow flakes are never alike so each glass gains its individuality from never being the same. The Personal Force is also easily influenced. Personal Force can easily affect many different aspects of your body. The energy of your Personal Force can be positive or negative. A life that contains a lot of negative energy has been shown to be at risk for many health related problems as just one effect. Just by turning the energy in you to a positive state, has been shown to help in more ways then one. Through meditation and other techniques it is quite easy to manipulate your Personal Force.
Think of an event in your life that caused you great sadness or anger. Close your eyes and concentrate on those feelings you felt at that precise moment. Notice how your Personal Force alters within you. Notice changes in your reactions, thinking, body posture, and etc. All of this happened just from a memory. Now that you have altered your energy to a negative state take an example in your life that was highly positive like graduating school, getting married, etc. Close your eyes and concentrate on those feeling you had at that point and time and now pay close attention to how your body responds. That is just a small example of how easy it is to alter your Personal Force. It would actually be of great use to learn how your body responds in both states. Learn the signs your body feels when your Personal Force begins to change to negative energy. By learning these things about yourself, you will be better able to know when those changes are occurring in advance. You can still feel sorrow, sadness, happiness, anger, and etc..while maintaining positive energy. This is one step in learning to not let your emotions control how you act, think, and respond.
Your Personal Force as mentioned above comes from the Living Force but it also goes back to the Living Force when we move on. The Personal Force always remains with you until you unite again with the Living Force. Your Personal Force is imprinted with your life and events. When we become one with the Living Force again, those imprints remain. When the cycle repeats and a new life is created from the Living Force, sometimes parts of those imprints are carried with the Personal Force. Take Beethoven for example, he was writing Symphonies that most people could not even comprehend at a very early age. Some ask how this is possible. It is from a composers' Personal Force from a previous time in history. Part of that imprinted Personal Force was transferred into Beethoven thus giving him the amazing talents he displayed at a very early age. This transfer of a previous Personal Force imprint does not always happen but it is an occurrence within the Living Force.