Helly Hansen, a leading technical outdoor brand, today announced that it has appointed Waypoint Outdoor as its exclusive U.S. nation-wide master sales representative for both the sportswear and work-wear wholesale businesses.
Waypoint has a successful track record in helping to build leading brands in the USA outdoor market. This partnership is designed to leverage Helly Hansen's brand development, design and innovation strengths with Waypoint's deep US outdoor experience and relationships to accelerate building Helly Hansen's US specialty wholesale business to scale.
Bob Holding, partner at Waypoint Outdoor and former Senior Vice President at Arcteryx, will lead the Helly Hansen business for Waypoint. As part of the transition, Waypoint will enfold the existing Helly Hansen USA Sales Directors, their teams and independent agents into the Waypoint organization to become a nation-wide agency. The transition of the sales functions to Waypoint will take place on September 1, 2017, enabling Waypoint to prepare for the Fall Winter 2018 season.
Helly Hansen's USA headquarters will remain in Sumner, WA, for the consumer facing activities of marketing, eCommerce, and customer service, as well as finance, supply chain and logistics.
The new long-term growth strategy deployed in early 2015 is based on the ethos that, "Helly Hansen makes professional grade gear to help people stay and feel alive", tapping into Helly Hansen's deep 140-year Norwegian heritage.
— Developing a strong brand with a focus on core categories, countries and channels.
— Strengthening recognition as the brand that professionals use, trust and recommend to their peers and clients.
— Securing a position as the leader in providing technical performance products in the mountains and on the sea – led by Skiing and Sailing while also building a premium position in Mountain, Base-layer, Urban and Work-wear.
— Building a consumer-centric organisation investing in brand development and innovation funded by improved financial performance and a leaner supply chain.
Founded in Norway in 1877, Helly Hansen continues to develop professional-grade apparel that helps people stay and feel alive. Through insights drawn from living and working in the world's harshest environments, the company has developed a long list of first-to-market innovations, including the first supple waterproof fabrics almost 140 years ago. Other breakthroughs include the first fleece fabrics in the 1960s, the first technical base layers in the 1970s, made with Lifa® Stay Dry Technology, and today's award winning and patented H2Flow® temperature regulating system.
Helly Hansen is a leader in technical sailing and performance ski apparel, as well as premium workwear. Its ski uniforms are worn and trusted by more than 50,000 professionals and can be found on Olympians, National Teams, and at more than 200 ski resorts and mountain guiding operations around the world.
In 2016 Helly Hansen has continued to bolster its brand positioning with consumers via professional endorsements with Ski Professionals and Professional Sailors around the world. Highlights include renewing its strategic relationship with Vail Resorts, strengthening it's position with national alpine teams through new partnerships with the Swedish Alpine Ski Team and the Finnish Alpine Ski Team, and the addition of new ski resort uniform partners in Canada. The brand also reinforced its position in Sailing through a new partnership with the US Sailing Team, which builds on existing relationships with the Norwegian Sailing Federation, Canadian National Sailing Team, the Japan Sailing Team, as well as with sailing icons such as Thomas Coville. The brand also enhanced its support and presence at key races and regattas, through a new relationship with Vendee Globe and continuation of it's title sponsorship with National Offshore One Design (NOOD), North America's largest regatta series.
The brand continues to win numerous awards for product performance including "Gear of The Year" from both Outside Magazine and Ski Magazine, the "Good Design Award" from the Chicago Athenaeum, "The Red Dot Design Award" and the German Design Council's "German Design Award".
Helly Hansen's outerwear, base layers, sportswear and footwear are sold in more than 40 countries and trusted by outdoor professionals and enthusiasts around the world. To learn more about Helly Hansen's latest collections, visit www.hellyhansen.com.
Established in 1997, Waypoint Outdoor is a Seattle based Outdoor Products sales and service company. Guided by the principles of excellence, passion, respect and giving back, it's 21 team members have over 200+ years of Outdoor Industry experience working with brands such as Arcteryx, BOGS, Keen, Klean Kanteen, Leatherman, Nemo Equipment, O'Neill, Smartwool, Sole, Sunski, and Vasque. To learn more about Waypoint Outdoor, visit www.waypointoutdoor.com.
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Cape Cod National Seashore | Oh, Ranger!
Cape Cod National Seashore comprises 43,604 acres of shoreline and upland landscape features, including a forty-mile long stretch of pristine sandy beach, dozens of clear, deep, freshwater kettle ponds, and upland scenes that depict evidence of how people have used the land. A variety of historic structures are within the boundary of the Seashore, including lighthouses, a lifesaving station, and numerous Cape Cod style houses. The Seashore offers six swimming beaches, eleven self-guiding nature trails, and a variety of picnic areas and scenic overlooks.
Bike trails up to six miles are found in Truro and Eastham.
At Cape Cod National Seashore opportunities for inspiration, reflection and renewal abound. Follow Route 6 through Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown, stopping at the scenic overlooks on the way. Allow 15 to 30 minutes at each site to take in the view or walk to a scenic overlook.
There are twelve Self-Guiding Trails at the seashore that are open year round: in Eastham - the Fort Hill, Red Maple Swamp, Buttonbush, Nauset Marsh, and Doane trails; in Wellfleet - the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp and Great Island trails; in Truro - Pamet Area Bearberry Hill Overlook, Woods Walk at Highlands Center, Small's Swamp, and Pilgrim Spring trails; and in Provincetown - the Beech Forest Trail. Interpretive folders with information on natural and historic features are available at some trailheads. Trailside plant identification markers are referenced in the Common Trailside Plants guidebook on sale at visitor center bookstores.
In accordance with the legislation creating Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), and federal regulations, hunting is permitted for deer, upland game, and migratory waterfowl. There is no open season on non-game species. Hunting is managed jointly by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. With certain exceptions, hunting seasons and regulations are in accordance with Massachusetts State hunting regulations.
Parking lots are open 6 A.M. to midnight, daily, year-round. The Salt Pond Visitor Center is open from 9 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. daily, year-round, with extended hours during the summer months. The Province Lands Visitor Center is open from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. daily, early-May through late-October. Headquarters is an adminstrative facility only, open daily, except weekends and holidays, 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
The park's six swimming beaches are lifeguarded from late June through the last week of August.
Most restrooms that are not at park visitor centers, are open seasonally and are closed during winter months.
From Boston area: Take Route 3 south, to the Sagamore Bridge in Bourne. Follow Route 6 eastward to Eastham and Provincetown. From Providence, RI: Take I-95 north to, I-195. Follow Route 6 eastward as described above.
Regularly scheduled daily flights connect from Boston to Hyannis and Boston to Provincetown.
BUS: The FLEX route bus line serves town on the outer Cape. Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway provides daily runs from Boston to Hyannis and the Outer Cape (Provincetown). Bonanza Bus Lines provides several scheduled runs from New York City and Providence, RI to Hyannis, MA (approximately 30 miles southwest of Eastham).
FERRY: Bay State Cruise Company and Boston Harbor Cruises offer seasonal, high-speed ferry service between Boston and Provincetown.


I'm looking forward to seeing these in the "cardboard" Liz! I even like the splodgy one but can understand that it's anathema to you…..
Wow Liz – what a great range of collagraphs!! And so much handy information for when I try it!!
Great little prints Liz & good info too! Love the detailed texture.
Great prints Liz. I can see you are learning a lot.


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Q: How do I convert high resolution time to EST time in R? Data
I have high-resolution time matrices in 2 hdf5 files. I am sharing the first 6 rows of both:
highres1 <- structure(c(1146787039L, 1146950679L, 1147117707L, 1147288787L,
                        1147455927L, 1147621801L, 30737659L, 30737659L, 30737659L, 30737659L,
                        30737659L, 30737659L), .Dim = c(6L, 2L))

highres2 <- structure(c(14262704L, 14430686L, 14596509L, 14769601L, 14936074L,
                     15103989L, 30732598L, 30732598L, 30732598L, 30732598L, 30732598L,
                     30732598L), .Dim = c(6L, 2L))

The data dictionary explains:

Array of two integers (4 bytes×2) that represent a 64-bit unsigned integer timestamp. The first integer represents the lower 4 bytes and the second the upper 4 bytes.

Goal:
I want to convert them to EST (Eastern Time). So, I can do the following:
library(anytime)
> anytime(highres1[,1])
[1] "2006-05-04 19:57:19 EDT" "2006-05-06 17:24:39 EDT" "2006-05-08 15:48:27 EDT"
[4] "2006-05-10 15:19:47 EDT" "2006-05-12 13:45:27 EDT" "2006-05-14 11:50:01 EDT"

> anytime(highres1[,2])
[1] "1970-12-22 13:14:19 EST" "1970-12-22 13:14:19 EST" "1970-12-22 13:14:19 EST"
[4] "1970-12-22 13:14:19 EST" "1970-12-22 13:14:19 EST" "1970-12-22 13:14:19 EST"

But the dates that I see here are not correct. I know for sure that this file was created on May 07, 2019 around 1 PM EST. Am I supposed to combine these 2 numbers from the columns of a matrix? Or is the data incorrect?

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Study says health care pricing tools aren't driving down costs
Dan Gorenstein May 3, 2016
https://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/03/study-says-health-care-pricing-tools-arent-driving-down-costs/
A report by JAMA raises doubts about the efficacy of online tools meant to help consumers be savvier health care shoppers. Above, a newly insured man receives a checkup. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Here's a key theory behind cutting health care costs: If consumers knew how much they'd have to pay for various medical services, they could be savvier shoppers, which would ratchet up competition among doctors and hospitals, to cut prices.
So, employers and insurers created online tools to help folks distinguish costly providers from less expensive alternatives.
But a new study out today, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), raises some doubts about whether these tools are working.
Say you live in a place where an MRI costs anywhere from $400 to $4,000. In response, companies hire firms like Castlight and IBM's Truven Health Analytics to give that price information to their employees.
Harvard Medical School's Michael Chernew, who studies health care policy, worked with a team of researchers to look at two large employers who fired up Truven's online pricing tool.
"I think the tools themselves are functioning moderately well. But it is not as simple as transparency advocates would sometimes have us believe," Chernew said.
In the first 12 months, just 10 percent of workers used the service, and it looks like no one saved any money. In a statement, Truven said it welcomes this research and the chance to work towards a system of value-based care.
While health policy types remain bullish on the concept, this research shows if employers want workers to shop smarter, more is needed, said Yale School of Public Health's Zack Cooper.
"This is a signal to employers to go to their insurance companies and say, 'We got to do better,' that there are real savings to be had. That the system is incredibly inefficient," Cooper said.
To realize the potential here, Craig Garthwaite, of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, said he'd like insurers to tweak their policies.
He suspects so few people shopped for lower prices because plans lacked the right financial incentives.
Instead, he said insurers could limit what they are willing to pay for procedures.
"And if you want to go to a place that's more expensive than that, then that's on you. If you did that, then people would be more willing to shop on price," he said.
The challenge? It may be harder to figure out how to set prices and measure quality, but it may take that kind of heavy lift before smarter health care shopping is much more than the promise of better days ahead.
As large hospital systems buy up independent medical practices, the cost of health care rises
Want to know the true price of a hospital procedure?
Hospitals use mobile clinics to increase access
Study says patients can manage complex care at home — and cut costs
When it comes to insurance money, mental health is not treated equal
Why are most health plans tied to the calendar year?

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Spring 2011 Family Programs
At the Peabody Museum, Third Saturdays are Family Saturdays!
(Cambridge, January 3, 2011) The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology presents a monthly program of hands-on activities for families. Family Fun Saturdays are free with Museum admission unless otherwise indicated.
Amazing Aztecs, Noon–1:30 pm or 2:30-4:00 pm
How do we know what we know about the Aztecs? What can be done with a macuahuitl? What could be bought in an Aztec market? Join us for a hands-on program in the gallery to find out the answers. Then make and take home an Aztec craft. Appropriate for ages 8 and up accompanied by an adult. $5 per child with Peabody Museum admission. Advance reservations required and space is limited.
February 19 and February 23–26
School Vacation Discovery Room, Noon–4:00 pm each day
Ever wonder about what archaeologists and anthropologists do? Want to explore interesting artifacts from around the world? Join the Museum's education interpreters to have fun and discover answers. And don't miss the make-and-take-home projects! Appropriate for ages 5 and up accompanied by an adult. Free with Museum admission.
Curious About Cuneiform, Noon–1:30 pm or 2:30-4:00 pm
The earliest writing looks like animal tracks on clay. It's called cuneiform or wedge writing and it was used for more than 3,000 years. How is it made? How do you erase words written on a clay tablet? Learn how to write and read some of the basics of this ancient script and try your hand at using a stylus on clay. Appropriate for ages 8 and up accompanied by an adult.$5 per child with Peabody Museum admission. Advance reservations required and space is limited.
School Vacation Discovery Room, Noon–4:00 pm
Wall Art Stories Family Program, Noon–1:30 pm or 2:30-4:00 pm
Why do people paint murals or wall art? Join us to unravel the mysteries of stories painted by artists long ago. Explore an incredible mural from a Maya site and then make and take home your own piece of wall art. Appropriate for ages 8 and up accompanied by an adult. $5 per child with Peabody Museum admission. Advance reservations required and space is limited.
Give Me Shelter Family Program, 1:00–3:00 pm
Do people who live in hot and cold, wet and dry places all live in the same type of house? Why? Come find out as we explore house dioramas, handle artifacts and natural resources, and look for clues that will help us make our own shelter dioramas to take home (while supplies last). Appropriate for ages 5 and up accompanied by an adult. Free with Museum admission.
A young visitor makes a glyph rubbing.
High resolution images available on request.
Peabody Museum.
For Family Program information and reservations: 617-495-3216 or PMAE-Ed@fas.harvard.edu


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Antoine Coysevox received a commission in 1698 for a group of two equestrian subjects to the glory of the king. These were made in Carrara marble in 1701-2, and placed on either side of the upper part of the horse pond, at the entrance to the park at Marly. They were moved to the west entrance of the Tuileries Gardens in 1719, where they were replaced by replicas in 1986.
Political iconography
After the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, and the return of prosperity to France, Louis XIV entrusted his Superintendent of Buildings, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, to commission splendid statuary to adorn the park at the Château de Marly. Antoine Coysevox was chosen to sculpt two equestrian groups in Carrara marble, to be placed on either side of the balustrade overlooking the horse pond. The resulting sculptures represented Fame and Mercury, each astride the legendary winged horse Pegasus, symbolizing the king's peacetime and wartime prestige. Both horses rear above military trophies representing the king's victories. Pegasus (the symbol of poetry) is guided by Mercury, the divine messenger and god of trade (symbolizing the benefits of the return to peace). The trophies under his rearing horse include a shield evoking the Spanish Succession, with Minerva (the goddess of war) presenting the portrait of Philip V to the Spanish people.
The statue of Fame, wearing a laurel wreath and holding an olive branch, is sounding the trumpet of truth to proclaim the king's warlike strength. The trophies here include a shield adorned with a winged Victory holding a palm and crown. The lion skin evokes Hercules, the mythological hero of legendary strength, to whom the king was often compared.
Technical prowess
Coysevox's work was a technical masterpiece in terms of size (such large marble sculptures had never yet been made in France), speed, and skill. The groups were made from monolithic blocks, with no joins, by carving into the mass and clearing the projecting parts. Marble is a fragile material that can easily be broken by an impact or intrinsic flaw, but Coyesvox took the risk of clearing frail pieces such as the long, tapering stem of the trumpet, supported by the figure's upraised arm. He completed his sculpture in barely two years (1701-2), proudly drawing attention to this feat in the text engraved on the rocks.
A personal creation
Coysevox could also boast of having invented the model for this sculpture. Previous sculptors under Louis XIV had worked according to the instructions or drawings of painter Charles Lebrun (1619-1690) then architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646-1708), who were successively responsible for fine arts policy. Although Coysevox's composition remained faithful to the harmonious art of Versailles and gave greater importance to the front view, these dynamic groups also marked a baroque inflection in court art with the riders, clearly outlined against the sky, balancing on their rearing horses above their trophies of arms.
The sculptures were transported to the entrance of the Tuileries Gardens in 1719, and have been in the Louvre since 1986.
Les Chevaux de Marly, Musée promenade de Marly-le-Roi, Louveciennes, 1985.
Bresc Geneviève et Pingeot Anne, Sculptures des jardins du Louvre, du Carrousel et des Tuileries, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, II, p. 132-138.
Antoine COYSEVOX (Lyon, 1640 - Paris, 1720)
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U.S. Soldier Files Lawsuit Over Extended Service Catch-22
by Andrew Tully
Expect Return Of Military Draft If Bush Reelected
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have left the U.S. military desperate for troops -- so much so that it has had to keep some 20,000 personnel on duty even though their military terms have officially ended.
That policy, known as "stop-loss," is now being legally challenged by a U.S. Marine. The soldier says he was kept in Iraq longer than his scheduled tour of duty. Later, he was allowed to resign from the Marines in exchange for a year of service in the United States as a member of the Army National Guard. But now his National Guard service is being extended by as much as two years. Moreover, he could face another tour of duty in Iraq. The Marine has filed a lawsuit in California.
The Pentagon says the "stop-loss" policy is an important way to ensure that it has enough experienced personnel to handle difficult duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Michael Sorgen, a lawyer for the U.S. Marine who has filed the lawsuit -- whose name has not been released -- says the Bush administration is improperly applying the policy. Sorgen says it would be appropriate during a time of war or a national emergency. But, as he points out, Congress has not declared either.
So how does the U.S. military ensure it has sufficient personnel without policies like stop-loss? One way is to reinstitute the draft, which was abolished in 1973 toward the end of the Vietnam War. Many analysts say the draft would be a bad idea, because it would mean a lower-quality fighting force than America's current voluntary military.
Some cite other reasons to be skeptical of the draft. Professor Peter Kuznick specializes in the politics of war at Washington's American University and says that the social egalitarianism of the draft system -- with young men of every class being selected to serve in Vietnam -- eventually made it a political liability.
That, Kuznick said, is something the current administration wants to avoid. "The draft wouldn't solve the problem," he said. "The draft could be more egalitarian than it has been in the past, except there's a good reason for the political leaders to try to avoid that [egalitarianism in the draft]. In Vietnam, when middle-class kids were being drafted and being killed, then the middle-class parents -- who have a lot more political clout than the poor do in the United States -- started to denounce the war in Vietnam. The government started to pay a lot of attention and ended the draft."
Kuznick said the current controversy over the stop-loss policy is growing simply because an increasing number of soldiers and other Americans are beginning to question U.S. military strategy, particularly in Iraq.
Mounting U.S. casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan are to blame for some of those doubts. But, Kuznick said, for many Americans, the more urgent issue is whether the Bush administration had a legitimate argument for going to war.
"I think that the American people, in a just cause, would be willing to accept 1,000 deaths and many more. You know, in World War II, the United States suffered about 310,000 combat losses. So it's not the absolute numbers. It's more the illegitimacy of the cause. For an illegitimate cause, even one death seems to be far too many," Kuznick said.
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As far as the San Francisco Symphony is concerned, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, who cancelled her debut in Davies Hall in January, will conduct a fascinating program here a year from now. That's apparently not what she thinks will happen.
At 32, one of the most exciting young talents around, Gražinyte-Tyla is music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, where her predecessors included Simon Rattle, Sakari Oramo, and Andris Nelsons.
The Lithuanian musician has also signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon — home to such legendary conductors as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, Karl Böhm, Pierre Boulez, and Carlos Kleiber. She keeps heady company.
Even her postponed San Francisco appearance became a headline event when Esa-Pekka Salonen, just named as the next music director of the S.F. Symphony to succeed Michael Tilson Thomas, took over and conducted a greatly acclaimed concert.
The reason for Gražinyte-Tyla's last and next San Francisco cancellation is the same: the birth of her first child last year. The news — apparently still unknown to S.F. Symphony, which hasn't changed the concert announcement — is that after returning to the podium and juggling work and motherhood, she decided last week to cancel all touring for the next two years.
As she told The Guardian last week, "Coming back so quickly was harder than I had anticipated. It was all a very sharp learning curve, and of course continues to be. It's a new situation of dividing your concentration, finding the balance.
Delaying the San Francisco debut comes after a period when she was so close so long: a Gustavo Dudamel fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the 2012-13 season, Gražinyte-Tyla has served as the orchestra's assistant conductor for two seasons and, for the 2016-17 season, as its associate conductor.
Much has changed even in the short time Mirga has been in Birmingham. Elim Chan has been appointed principal guest conductor at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, as well as chief conductor in Antwerp. Karina Canellakis takes over as chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic later this year.


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from users import views
from .forms import UserRegisterForm

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    # URL pattern for the UserListView
    url(
        regex=r'^alt/$',
        view=views.UserListView.as_view(),
        name='list-alt'
    ),
    url(
        regex=r'^~$',
        view=views.UserListView.as_view(template_name='users/user_list_alt.html'),
        name='list'
    ),
    # URL pattern for the UserRedirectView
    url(
        regex=r'^~redirect/$',
        view=views.UserRedirectView.as_view(),
        name='redirect'
    ),
    # URL pattern for the UserDetailView
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        regex=r'^(?P<pk>\d+)/$',
        view=views.UserDetailView.as_view(),
        name='detail'
    ),
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        regex=r'^~update/$',
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        name='update'
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        regex=r'^~register/$',
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            template_name='users/user_register.html',
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        regex=r'^group/mod/$',
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        regex=r'^mod/$',
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M Micro-loft® - Micro-loft® insulation, made by Invista, is made from a patented blend of microfibers to provide down-like softness, and exceptional warmth without bulk. It is superior at blocking radiant heat loss and resisting moisture, and provides lightweight comfort and compactability. Micro-loft® is machine washable/dryable, and is odorless and nonallergenic. End uses include outerwear, sleeping bags, gloves and accessories.


A custom home is a one-of-a-kind home that is designed for a specific client and for a particular location. The custom home builder may use plans created by an architect or by a professional home designer. Custom homes afford consumers the opportunity to control layout, lot size, and accessibility.
In most cases, custom home builders construct on land the home buyer already owns. Some developers sell fully serviced lots specifically for the construction of custom homes. This makes it easy to build a custom home since the lot is construction-ready and builders can focus purely on the design of the home.
Build on land already owned. Some custom builders also build on land they own which is known as a spec home – short for speculative.Build unique houses. A custom home is a site-specific home built from a unique set of plans for the wishes of a specific client. For this the services of an architect are used. Some custom builders may offer design/build services.Build single-family homes.Are generally small-volume builders.Tend to build high-end homes.
Build on land they own.Tend to use stock plans, but usually offer a variety of plan choices, upgrades and options.Build all types of housing — single-family, condos, town houses, and rental properties.Are large-volume builders.Generally build for all price points.


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Imam Khomeini International University,
Qazvin, Iran
Urea and tetramethylurea, TMU, are studied as solutes in 13 pure organic solvents, polar and non-polar, protic and aprotic. It is shown that the most important parameter determining the magnitude of the solvent induced shift in –C=O stretching band is the ability of the solvent to interact with the solute as a Lewis acid. The –C=O stretching vibration of the considered solutes in different pure solvents have been correlated to Gutmann's acceptor number, AN, and donor number, DN, of the solvents. These analyses provide detailed information about the extent of preferential solvation of the –C=O group within the solutes and upon the whole solute molecules in each solvent. A new simple spectroscopic method is introduced relating the spectroscopic results on the solute in pure solvents to the degree of preferential solvation in mixed solvent systems. We include preferential solvation for the whole molecule at various points on the surface of the molecule individually.
Infrared spectra of methyl acetate, [1] acetone,[2] and several amides [3-4] including N, N-dimethylacetamide, in aqueous DMSO mixtures, have been reported previously. In mixed solvents, these spectra commonly show several carbonyl stretching bands, assigned to differently hydrogen bonded species.
The spectroscopic studies of –C=O groups in a range of amides [3-4] in mixed aqueous and non-aqueous solvent systems have shown clearly the existence of di-, mono- and non-hydrogen bonded examples of protic solvent (such as water or methanol) interaction with the –C=O group. The frequency of this band depends on the nature and strength of the intermolecular interactions (such as a hydrogen bond). Thus, when the aprotic solvent is dissolved as a dilute solute in a second solvent, the solvent induced frequency shift, SIFS, may be used to characterize the intermolecular interactions.
In the following paper, one single band was found for –C=O stretch for all of the solvents considered, but the position of the band shifted to higher values in the more aprotic solvents. These measurements provide information about the solvation of the oxygen atom of –C=O group and also other surfaces of the solute molecules as well as the whole solute molecules.
Spectra were collected using a Bomem Research Series FTIR spectrometer with a resolution of 0.5 cm-1. All experiments were carried out at 25°C. The solvents used were HPLC grade, at least 99.9% pure with a residual water level less than 0.005%. Solutions were made up with a constant molar ratio of 1 mole of solution to 12 moles of solvent. They were handled in a dry box under a nitrogen atmosphere to prevent contamination by water. The spectra were analyzed by subtracting the spectrum of the pure solvent from that of the solution. The data were analyzed using Quattro Pro software.
The –C=O stretch band in urea and trimethyl urea were observed in 13 pure solvents namely water, methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, t-butanol, DMSO, MeCN, Nitromethane, Diethylether, CCl4, Benzene and Hexane.
Studies on solvation in these systems have shown that the acidity and basicity of the solvent have significantly effects the SIFS. The Gutmann donor number, DN [7], and the Gutmann acceptor number, AN, were chosen for the solvent basicity and the solvent acidity [8] respectively. Detailed arguments for the choice of these scales were given previously [5, 6].
Equation 1 can be written for the solvents AN and DN as follows:
The overall preferential solvation parameter, p, for the whole solute molecule can be defined through:
This parameter has been determined from previously calorimetric studies [9-11]. The partial preferential solvation factors, , ¾ the specific preferential solvation of the oxygen atom of the –C=O group for the solvents considered and, , ¾ an indicator of preferential solvation to other sites on the solute molecule can be defined as follows:
If we divide the values calculated from Equations 2-4 by that of a reference solvent (such as water in the cases considered), we can deduce the relative preferential solvation factors in binary solvent systems as follows:
Where and are the coefficients describing the response of the band to the values of ANR and DNR of the reference solvent respectively. The wave number values have been measured for the –C=O group of urea and trimethyl urea in the solvents selected. The equation for the least squares fit is
with a standard deviation of 8.17 cm-1 and correlation coefficient of 0.956. When the electron density associated with the –C=O group interacts with a protic solvent, the frequency of the –C=O stretching band is decreased. The fit to the experimental data is improved somewhat by adding the solvent DN as a second variable. There is a clear correlation between the frequency of this band and the solvent's AN as can be seen in Table 4. The description of the solvent effect is then
resulting in a standard deviation of 0.58 cm-1 and correlation coefficient of 0.9998. On the basis of the partial regression coefficients solvent acidity accounts for 62% of the explained variation in and solvent basicity for 38%. In other words, the probability that the solvents interact with the oxygen atom of the –C=O group is 62% and the probability that the solvent interaction occurs with other sites on the urea molecule (i.e. – NH2 groups) is 38%. The variance indicates that interaction of the solvent with the electronegative –C=O group in urea results in a reduction in the bond frequency. The relative overall preferential solvation factor for the whole urea molecule, pR, and the relative partial preferential solvation factors, , , using water as a reference solvent for urea in the considered solvents is listed in Table 2. It should be stated that the value of unity for the preferential solvation factors of the solute in the reference solvent (water in these cases) does not mean that random solvation occurs. p<1 or p>1 indicate preferential solvation of the solute by the reference solvent or by the co-solvent respectively; p=1 (with the exception of the reference solvent) indicates random solvation. We can presumably relate the preferential solvation parameters for the solutes in pure solvents to those in mixed binary solvent systems. For example the preferential solvation factors (Table 2) indicate that in the aqueous MeCN solvent system, both the –C=O and –N– H protons of the urea are preferentially solvated by water (both and are less than one indicating preferential solvation by water), but that in the aqueous DMSO solvent system, preferential solvation of the –C=O is by water (as =0.352) whilst that of the –N– H protons of urea is by DMSO (as =1.656) . In the aqueous MeCN solvent system, it is possible to predict that urea residues in the aqueous structure as both sides of the urea molecule are preferentially solvated by water.
In the case urea in aqueous DMSO, one presumes that urea is accommodated at the interface between water and DMSO aggregating with one side of the urea (–C=O) preferentially hydrated while the other surface of the molecule (–N– H protons) is preferentially solvated by DMSO. Therefore, solvent-solvent bond disruption by urea in aqueous DMSO is more than that of in aqueous MeCN. The overall preferential solvation factors for urea ( on Table 2), indicate the preferential solvation of the whole urea molecule by water.
The wave numbers for the –C=O stretching band of TMU in the solvents considered have been measured and a correlation with the solvent's acceptor number may be deduced as follows:
with a standard deviation of 0.399 cm-1 and a correlation coefficient of 0.9987. The fit is considerably improved by adding DN to the description of the solvent effect. The result is then
generating then a standard deviation of 0.183 cm-1 and an excellent correlation coefficient of 0.9998. No further improvement is found when the solvent polarity, Y, is added as a third variable. The role of each individual parameters is computed by calculating the partial regression coefficients. Thus, the solvent acidity accounts for 94% of the variation in and solvent basicity for 6%. The agreement between the experimental values of and the estimated values by equation 10 is excellent and are tabulated in Table 4. Due to the steric effect of the –CH3 groups, all interactions are related to the solvent oxygen of –C=O group and interaction with other sites on the TMU molecule (i.e. –CH3 groups) are almost negligible. Significant contribution to AN (-0.784) versus a small one from DN (+0.047) in equation 10 is excellent support for this interpretation.
In those solutes considered, the interaction of the –C=O group with a protic solvent leads to a decrease in the frequency of the –C=O stretching mode. This is attributed to the formation of mono- and di-hydrogen-bonded species involving the protic solvent with the –C=O group of the solutes. It is possible to relate the solvation parameters of the TMU molecule in pure solvents to those of for this molecule in mixed binary solvent systems. For example, the preferential solvation factors in Table 3 indicate that in the all the aqueous solvent systems both the –C=O and –N– H protons of the TMU are preferentially solvated by water (both and for all solvents are less than one indicating preferential solvation by water). The overall preferential solvation factors for TMU ( on Table 3), indicate the preferential solvation of the whole TMU molecule by water.
Important properties of the organic solvents
Acceptor Number
MeOH
t-Butanol
MeCN
Relative preferential solvation factors for urea in considered solvents using water as the reference solvent.
H2O 1 1 1
MeOH 0.805 0.754 1.061
EtOH 0.742 0.677 1.067
1-propanol 0.757 0.688 1.100
t-butanol 0.615 0.494 1.217
DMSO 0.571 0.352 1.656
MeCN 0.418 0.345 0.783
Nitromethane 0.337 0.374 0.150
Diethyleter 0.238 0.071 1.067
CCl4 0.131 0.157 0.00
Benzene 0.124 0.150 0.00
Hexane 0.002 0.00 0.014
Relative preferential solvation factors for TMU in the
solvents considered using water as reference solvent.
CCl4 0.157 0.157 0.157
Benzene 0.150 0.150 0.150
Hexane 0.000 0.000 0.000
Comparison of the experimental and calculated (using equations 8 and 10) frequencies of the –C=O stretching band of urea and TMU in different pure solvents
solvents Experimental C=O stretching band of TMU in different pure solvents (cm-1) calculating C=O stretching band of TMU in different pure solvents (cm-1) Experimental C=O stretching band of urea in different pure solvents (cm-1) calculating C=O stretching band of urea in different pure solvents (cm-1)
D2O 1590.0000 1614.14 1606.00 1600.09
MeOD 1624.80 1624.78 1625.00 1625.63
EtOD 1628.20 1628.08 1634.00 1633.87
1-Propanol 1627.80 1627.64 1632.00 1631.95
t-Butanol 1636.00 1636 .05 1650.12 1650.49
DMSO 1642.50 1642.55 1657.00 1656.37
Nitromethane 1640.00 1640.33 1687.50 1687.07
MeCN 1641.90 1642.12 1677.05 1676.33
CCl4 1649.50 1649.54 1714.00 1714.06
Benzene 1650.00 1649.85 1715.00 1714.85
Hexane 1656.50 1656.29 1730.00 1730.87
Diethylethane 1654.13 1654.13 1699.60 1699.97
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A second arrest has been made in connection with a deadly double shooting at a Decatur apartment complex.
Antonio Monquez Payne, 29, of Riverdale, is charged with the murder of Warren Lewis Sills on April 6 at the Brittany Place Apartments, the DeKalb County sheriff's office said in a news release Monday afternoon. Sills was killed during what deputies called "an alleged drug transaction" in the 3200 block of Covington Drive.
A warrant for Payne's arrest was issued last week. Members of the DeKalb sheriff's Fugitive Unit, with aid from the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, took Payne into custody at a home in Riverdale.
Police previously said they found Sills, 38, of Covington, in a car at the apartment complex.
Quentin Rozier, 37, was arrested last week on felony murder and aggravated assault charges in connection with the deadly shooting. He and Payne are both in the DeKalb County Jail. Police did not clarify Monday what roles the men allegedly played in Sills' death.
Police also located another victim, 30-year-old Dondrey Moore, at a McDonald's on Memorial Drive near Decatur.
When officers arrived at the McDonald's, they found Moore bleeding from his chest, according to the police report. He had a gunshot wound to his left hand and another to his upper chest just under his neck, the report said.
Moore said he and Sills went to the apartment complex earlier in the night to pick up someone to go to a party. The two men were sitting in a silver Infiniti, while another man standing outside the car talked and laughed with them, the report said. That man then started shooting at the car, the report said.
Moore told officers he got out of the car and ran. Eventually, a man picked him up and he asked him to drive to the McDonald's.


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Yeah, Vertigo!
15 years ago - #comic books
I was lamenting (to myself) a few months ago that Vertigo Comics had really let itself go. It seemed that the majority of their publications were re-hashing past successes like The Sandman or Swamp Thing. And a lot of the new stuff was fairly realistic crime comics like DMZ, 100 Bullets, or The Losers. Basically, stuff you could find elsewhere. I thought Vertigo was about pushing the envelope and providing an outlet for high-end alternative comics?
As if they heard me, Vertigo has recently released three new titles - all of which are worthy of picking up:
American Virgin - This is fun and is the most different from the average comic fodder. There's only been one issue so far, so it's hard to judge. I liked what I read so far and the author started a lot of threads that can go somewhere interesting.
Adam Chamberlain is a 20-year-old youth minister, a best-selling author, and most important, the head of a rabid national virginity movement. But practicing virgin or not...Adam is about to lose it. Just a few weeks shy of marrying the girl of his dreams — the only woman God has said he can ever know sexually — Adam's fate, future and sex life are cast in direct opposition with God's Word.
The Exterminators - If you can handle it, this is a fun and twisted series. It's definitely not for the faint of heart. But it's also not pointlessly mean-spirited. By issue #3, it starts to poke its head out of the murky angst that it's mired in.
The series centers on a dysfunctional group of bug killers prowling the barrios and bungalows of Los Angeles — the thinnest point on the shaky borderline between civilization and the violent chaos of nature.
Testament - It's a little too soon for me to be able to say what this series about. So far, it's taking stories from the Old Testament and applying them to a sci-fi future based around issues that we see in play today's government - privacy, war and recruitment. Here's the DC blurb about it:
From the imagination of best-selling author Douglas Rushkoff (Coercion, Club Zero-G), one of the most iconoclastic and acclaimed minds of our era, comes a series that exposes the "real" Bible as it was actually written, and reveals how its mythic tales are repeated today.
So there you go. Smart, interesting, and alternative comics. Go for it. Buy en masse.
I've often thought the problem with the modern comics market is that everyone associates comics with costume clad superheroes. There's no reason to think that:
Just because the characters are superheroes doesn't mean it's vacuous
Not all comic books are about superheroes
If the comic industry is to grow to its next step, it's getting more people to buy comic books by convincing people there's more out there than just kid stuff.
So congratulations to Vertigo for pushing the boundaries. I hope they get the support they need to continue.
Triumph the Comic Insult Dog at Comic-Con
Aah...Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. He needs no introduction other than to say that if you are easily offended (or under age 13) you probably shouldn't watch this.
Oz Organizes Comic Books
I've been having a hard time lately with a few comic book series. I've been obsessed with Batman lately - it's one of the best comic series I've read in years. I was talking to a friend saying that I was enjoying it, but that it was hard to follow. He summarized his favorite parts of the story and it was all new territory to me. I had no idea what he was talking about. Then I went back and noticed that i was missing about 3 issues over the past year. That's a lot. I looked at another series that I like called "The Twelve" and it was a similar story: missing issues.
Obama & Spider-Man
Marvel comics has been doign a great job of creating marketing events over the past year or so - which is good because they haven't focused on creating great comic books. This week, on the cover of "The Amazing Spider-Man", is Barack Obama. For some reason, this is a really big deal. Apparently there's a mini-story in the book involving Spider-Man and Obama. I'm happy for the author, who I think has been one of the more under-rated comic book authors in the past few years. I'm doing him a service by not reading his comics anymore, because whenever I start reading them, they get canceled.
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Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2014, the best event in the world for the video gamers, is going to be held in June. The E3 event will be held from 10th June to 12th June this time with a participation of more than thousand companies.
This time the event will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center which is one of the most convenient places for the participants. Scores of game lovers, developers, publishers, researchers, media and everyone who has interest in the world of gaming will be there to enhance the beauty of the gaming world.
As a tradition, every year at E3 the big guns in the gaming world have their press conferences day before the big event. At these press conferences the video game giant companies demo their new research and development efforts to the world. So these press conference can be said to be the most important part of the whole series of video game Technology Events.
This time the press conference will come to stage on 9th June, 2014 which is a Monday. Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft will give their best shots at the press conference and the battle will begin from the 9th of June this year with the special releases.
Sony PlayStation 4, Microsoft Xbox ONE and Nintendo Wii U are the top most next generation video game console today. Naturally, everyone is looking forward to see what Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo brings through their press conference of E3.
Sony at E3 2014 Conference
The date and time of the Sony Conference at E3 2014 has been officially confirmed to be on Friday June 9, 2014 at 6PM PDT. Some of the Sony E3 Predictions include the following game announcements to make in big at E3 2014:
Uncharted 4, New MediaMolecule title designed as landmark game for Project Morpheus, Guerilla Games new IP, Two or three new titles from Sony Japan, God of War 4, Sony London new game, inFamous: Second Son DLC and New Quantic Dream.
The Japnease tech company, being one of the huge names in the gaming industry, is expecting to announce their new and upcoming PS4 titles and also of their most wanted secrets, the Sony Morpheus PS4 Virtual Reality headset plans as well.
Microsoft at E3 2014
Just like Sony, Microsoft is also going to hold their press conference which is named as Microsoft Game on on 9th June, 2014 at 6.30PM PDT.
Microsoft Xbox ONE at E3 2014 will make the whole E3 event a blast for sure and Microsoft is going to bring a lot of new Xbox features at this press conference according to the rumors.
As all the Microsoft E3 2014 rumors suggest, a larger Halo 5 presence might be there. However, no one can predict what will happen till the day of the press conference.
Nintendo E3 2014 Rumors and Predictions
This time Nintendo is going to do something different from the Sony and Microsoft. Their Nintendo E3 2014 press release will be a live stream and it will not be on 9th June, 2014 as Sony and Microsoft. The day of the live stream will be the 10th June, 2014 which is a Tuesday and it will be from 9AM PDT.
Anyone can see the live stream through the website e3.nintendo.com. The New consoles will be released during E3 by Nintendo and release of new figuries will be there as of the rumors. The whole E3 2014 will be full of excitements for sure.
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Today I want to show you the last card I made. And I can't believe that I didn't use my Copic markers to do it!
In this card: patterned papers from Anna Griffin.
This tiny lovely jumper, I was it on pinterest and I couldn't avoid repining it! If you want to see the source you can find my pin here.
Hi there, what a lovely and cute Baby Boy card. love the little knitted jumper. Thankyou for joining in with the Challenge at That Craft Place. Good Luck and hope to see you again soon.
Hi Ingrid. I really love knitting too! I have actually knitted some jumpers for myself this winter, but I still haven't worked out how to get good pictures of them, because they have to be worn to look right and my husband runs out of patience taking photos of me. On the mean time, I have been using them and they look a bit worn out now :p. But hopefully I will figure it out and one day, I will be showing them on my blog too! Thank you very much for your comment, it made me happy!
Hi there, what a brilliant little jumper and a fabulous card!
This is so amazing! What a creative and unique idea!!!
Muy original. Ya te digo que no se como no sucumbistes a los Copics, la atracción es muy fuerte.
Los tonos azules ideales para un bebé.
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Austin Wright, dryads and the lure of the North
Speaker: Fiona Fitzgerald
Austin Wright's Dryad outside Heslington Hall
Wednesday 26 June 2013, 6.30PM
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The career of York-based sculptor Austin Wright (1911–1997) is said to have been limited by his decision to live and work in the North of England rather than court favour in the South. One of his works, Dryad (1984), situated by Heslington Hall, will provide a focus for a discussion around the importance of place and the pull of the metropolis as defining factors in how artists develop their ideas and reputations.
Speaker biography
Fiona FitzGerald BA MA PGCE trained in Art History at the Universities of Manchester and East Anglia. She then lectured at a variety of York Art College and Nairobi University, Kenya. While she raised a family she started an Art Department at the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, Kenya. On her return to England she has combined teaching Art History in Adult Education with developing a practice as a ceramicist.
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Skills-Based Employer Practices (August 18, 2021, 1 PM EST)
Implementation of skills-based practices into the human capital life cycle has emerged as a more agile means of supporting organizational workforce needs and goals, while increasing career opportunities for a broader range of people (e.g., those without college degrees) and improving organizational diversity. One critical aspect in the implementation of skills-based practices is to be able to measure and track the skills that employees learn on the job. American Institutes for Research (AIR) researchers will present the results of research, funded through a grant from Walmart, which looked at the landscape of employer skill validation practices and the systems and tools that support them through case study interviews with 10 employers and 5 tool providers.
Speakers include Christina Curnow, Managing Director, American Institutes for Research, and Rob Calderón, Principal I/O Researcher, American Institutes for Research
Full Membership NCRN Webinar: (July 15th, 2021, 1 PM EST)
Presentation from Kyle Albert on the NCRN's RFP and other upcoming NCRN initiatives, including an update on where we are with respect to planning in-person meetings. Introduction of GWU/NCRN partnership with Workforce Monitor and its publisher, George Lorenzo. Updates on in-progress research and any other updates that would be of interest to NCRN members. All participants were invited to speak and share their work.
Workforce Data Infrastructure (June 3, 2021, 1 PM EST)
This NCRN webinar was held on June 3 at 1 pm ET. U.S. Chamber Foundation VP Jason A. Tyszko presented on his center's efforts to modernize workforce data and enabling infrastructures, giving special attention to the T3 Network of Networks, Jobs and Employments Data Exchange (JEDx), and an initiative around Learning and Employment Records (LERs).
Microcredentials featuring Gillian Golden and Thomas Weko (April 22, 2021, 1 PM EST)
This NCRN webinar, "Microcredentials: The Race Between Innovation and Public Regulation," featured Gillian Golden and Thomas Weko of the OECD. Gillian Golden is a policy analyst in the Higher Education Policy Team of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. She currently is the project lead for initiatives related to new data and evidence development. Thomas Weko is a Senior Analyst in Education and Skills Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), where he leads the work of the Higher Education Policy Team. They described some of their research on the adoption of non-degree credentials and divergences among OECD member countries in public policy towards NDCs.
IPEDS, featuring Mark Schneider, Ross Santy, and Tara Lawley (March 4, 2021)
The NCRN hosted a discussion of the future of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Institute of Education Sciences Director Mark Schneider updated the network about other IES initiatives and answered questions.
Overview of WorkRise with Todd Greene (February 18, 2021)
Todd Greene joined us to present the Urban Institute's recently-launched WorkRise initiative, which supports researchers studying the state of the pandemic-era job market and labor market inequality.
Badges (November 24, 2020)
We hosted Louis Soares, chief learning and evaluation officer of the American Council on Education, and Jonathan Finkelstein, founder and CEO of Credly.
Competencies in Higher Education (October 21, 2020)
Lauren Eyster and her Urban Institute colleague Molly Scott presented a webinar on their recent publication: Better Connecting Students to Jobs: A Guide for Policymakers to Encourage and Support Integrating Competencies in Postsecondary Education and Training. Charla Long, the executive director of the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN), was the discussant.
The Interstate Passport (August 25, 2020)
On Tuesday, August 25th we hosted a webinar discussing the Interstate Passport and its potential for use as a non-degree credential. The Interstate Passport is a program designed to enable nationwide block transfer of lower-division general education based on learning outcomes for institutions participating in the Interstate Passport Network. Presenters included Heather McKay, director of the Education and Employment Research Center at Rutgers University, Anna Galas, director of academic leadership initiatives for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), and Lisa Ferris-McCann, director of academic integrity and quality for the American Council on Education.
Presentation by Nan Travers (August 5, 2020)
On Wednesday, August 5th, the NCRN hosted Nan Travers of SUNY Empire State College to discuss her "Credential as You Go" project examining the incremental recognition of learning that supplements existing post-secondary degrees and certificates. After Nan's presentation, two discussants presented their views on incremental credentialing and situated Credential as You Go in the broader credentialing landscape: Kent Phillippe, Associate Vice President for Research and Student Success at the American Association of Community Colleges and Cindy Cisneros, Vice President of Education Programs at the Conference Board's Committee for Economic Development.
The Manufacturing Institute, National Student Clearinghouse, and Census Bureau's Efforts to Link Administrative Data on Certification (July 22, 2020)
On Wednesday, July 22nd, the NCRN hosted the Manufacturing Institute's VP for Strategic Initiatives, Gardner Carrick, who presented the findings of a unique research project on the earnings and trajectory of earnings before and after an individual received a manufacturing industry certification as well as how the attainment of an educational credential (certificate, Associate, Bachelor) impacted those earnings. This research was completed in collaboration with the National Student Clearinghouse (represented in this webinar by Vanessa Brown) and the Census Bureau.
The Impact of Pandemic-Induced Unemployment on Training and Credentials (July 1, 2020)
The NCRN hosted a virtual event open to all interested researchers and stakeholders on the pandemic's impact on the labor market and its implications for the organizations that provide training and credentials. Speakers included Stuart Andreason of the Atlanta Fed's Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity, and Iris Palmer, Senior Advisor for Higher Education and Workforce at New America. Stuart presented the latest data on employment trends, and Iris discussed the effectiveness of past government programs to promote the reskilling of displaced workers. This webinar also featured two respondents from the stakeholder community: Steven Partridge, vice president for workforce development at Northern Virginia Community College, and Kenyatta Lovett, assistant commissioner of labor in Tennessee.
Virtual Plenary on the Implications of COVID-19 for Non-Degree Credentials and Credentialing Research (June 17, 2020)
At a members-only virtual meeting led by Iris Palmer, Paul Osterman, Holly Zanville and Stuart Andreason, NCRN researchers described the challenges involved in conducting research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members also discussed the potential policy implications of the pandemic and resulting job losses for job training and non-degree credentials. Paul Osterman's PowerPoint slides describing preliminary results of a survey on adult job training.
The National Training, Education, and Workforce Survey (June 2, 2020)
We hosted John Finamore, director of the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics at the National Science Foundation, for an informative discussion of the future of federal data collection on non-degree credentials. John presented the latest updates concerning the National Training, Education and Workforce Survey, a major effort to collect data on the educational attainment (including via non-degree credentials) of the U.S. adult population with a focus on those in the skilled technical workforce. The NTEWS is a very significant opportunity for the non-degree credentials research community to better understand who earns non-degree credentials and how credentials relate to labor market outcomes. While the NTEWS 60-day comment period closed on June 15, 2020, another comment period is anticipated prior to the administration of the survey in 2021.
Community Colleges and Non-Degree Credentials: Drivers for Change and Early Lessons Learned (May 19, 2020)
In this webinar, Sean Gallagher, co-editor of a recently published community college-focused, practitioner-oriented journal volume, "Credentials for a New Era of Work and Learning," shared insights relevant to non-degree credentials research. Sean analyzed the factors driving community colleges' interest in non-degree credentials, discussed opportunities associated with non-degree credentials, and identified emerging trends and best practices that community colleges might consider when structuring their credentials.
Research Meeting (January 27.2020)
The following materials were presented at the January 27, 2020, NCRN meeting and are shared here with the presenters' permission.
"An Exploratory Study of Non-Credit to Credit Conversion Activities: Selected Preliminary Findings" – Alexei G. Matveev
"FEATuring You: A Badging Initiative for Opportunity Youth" – Martin Kurzweil
"The Rationalization of Hiring: Algorithms, Intermediaries, and Information" – David Bills
"Understanding the Landscape of Industry and Occupational Certifications" – Larry Good
"Returns to Certification (Payscale Data)" – Christos Makridis
"Leveraging the T3 Network to Support and Scale Interoperable Learning Record Pilots" – Robert Sheets and Jason Tyszko
"Convenings to Explore Opportunities for Integration of Four-Year Degrees and Certifications" – Roy Swift
"America's Shadow Training System: University Extension Schools in Regional Tech Economies" – John Skrentny and Mary Walshok
"Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity" – Morris Kleiner and Ming Xu
"Exploring State Variations in Non-degree Professional Credentials" – Allison Forbes and Henry Renski
Research Meeting (August 29,2019)
The following materials were presented at the August 12, 2019, NCRN meeting and are shared here with the presenters' permission.
"The National Training, Education, and Workforce Survey" – John Finamore
"Work-Based Higher Education: Insights from the US and Germany" - Inez von Weitershausen
"Non-Degree Credentials Quality: A Conceptual Model to Guide Measurement" – Michelle Van Noy
"Employer Perspectives on Non-Degree Credentials: Recent Research Results and Implications for Future Study" – Sean Gallagher
"Job Market Signaling through Occupational Licensing" – Peter Blair
Webinar on Non-Degree Credentials Quality
Michelle Van Noy: Defining the Quality of Non-Degree Credentials
Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield: Expanding Opportunities: Defining Quality Non-Degree Credentials for States
Please join us for a presentation on a joint project of George Washington University and the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness to find, evaluate, and use administrative datasets to study non-degree credentials. In this interactive webinar we will solicit feedback on our preliminary list of potential data sources and key definitions we will adopt. We will also present an overview of our proposed approaches to assessing the quality of administrative datasets, and describe our plans for building a repository of credentialing data that benefits the non-degree research community.
Kyle Albert - Assistant Research Professor
Holly Zanville - Research Professor
Stephen Crawford - Research Professor
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Figure 1. Bee lawn at Kenwood Park in Southwest Minneapolis.
When you close your eyes, and envision the "perfect" front lawn, what comes to mind? If I had to guess, I'd imagine that you are envisioning a lush, low-cut grass, with a deep green color that is uniform and free of weeds across the entirety of the landscape. This is what our societal norm and culture have taught us to believe; that the perfect lawn is flawless in four distinct features: density, color, coverage, and texture. What the average land manager or homeowner may not consider is: How can this landscape function as an ecosystem within my community? How can we support our pollinators within the turf lawn? How can we implement management practices to make lawncare more sustainable and also support wildlife within our communities? The University of Minnesota Turfgrass Science lab has teamed up with the University of Minnesota Bee Lab to answer these questions through a project commonly referred to as "the bee lawn" project.
The ultimate goal of the bee lawn project is quite simple: we want to reimagine the American vision for the turf lawn such that land managers may alter their turfgrass management practices to reduce inputs and support our bee-loved pollinators. Bee lawns (Figure 1) are turfgrass areas that include low-growing flowers that wild bees and honey bees use as forage for nectar and pollen. Through this project, we are comparing two types of lawns: lawns with pre-existing stands of Dutch white clover (Trifolium repens) and lawns that have been experimentally enhanced with a seed mix that contains Dutch white clover, self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), and creeping thyme (Thymus sepryllum). To determine the effectiveness of the experimental seed mix, a paired park design was used. First, Minneapolis was split into four distinct quadrants: Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest. In each quadrant, there were two parks, one clover-only park, and one florally-enhanced park. Floral enhancements were not applied until after the first field season in 2016. In 2016, bees were collected off of naturally-occurring patches of Dutch white clover only, such that a baseline level of bee diversity could be recorded for each park.
In the fall of 2016, parks were florally enhanced with the seed mix via a dormant seeding in the late fall. Sections of parks with low foot traffic, high visibility, and low to moderate levels of shade were selected for the seeding. Floral enhancement sites were prepared with two methods of pre-seeding disruption, scalping and aeration. Scalping a lawn involves mowing the turf down to a height of one inch or less. Mowing turf down to this height before dropping flower seed improves the chances that flower seed will be able to make contact with the ground, improving the likelihood of germination. Aeration is the process of removing cores of soil from the ground to increase the flow of air, water, and nutrients throughout the surface, which also improve likelihood of germination. After these two practices were imparted onto the lawn, flower seed was spread evenly across an 800 m2 area at each of the florally-enhanced parks. In following field seasons, bee surveys were conducted at both clover-only parks, and florally-enhanced parks. In the 2017 field season, enhancements were successful at only two out of four parks. In 2018, enhancements were successful at three out of four parks.
Figure 2. Bee diversity at clover-only (untreated) parks and florally-enhanced parks. Shannon's entropy is an index used by ecologists to measure community diversity within a habitat or specific area.
In total, 3507 bees were collected throughout the three year survey of bees on lawn flowers. Fifty-seven unique bee species were collected off of Dutch white clover, while 60 unique bee species were collected off of florally-enhanced lawns. When comparing bee diversity at clover-only parks and florally-enhanced parks, we observed a trend where enhanced parks had greater bee diversity than clover-only parks (Figure 2). In addition to comparing which sites had greater bee diversity, we also analyzed trends in flower use to see if different bee communities existed on Dutch white clover and the enhancement flowers (Figure 3). Our results indicated that distinct bee communities existed on the white clover as compared to the bees on the self-heal and the creeping thyme.
Figure 3. Visual interpretation of the bee communities observed on Dutch white clover (Trifolium) and self-heal and creeping thyme (Prunella + Thymus). The axes on this graph hold no quantitative units, but simply allow for the mapping of communities in a two-dimensional space.
This research gives significant insights as to how land managers can progress their lawn sustainability practices to support our pollinators. Previous efforts to improve the sustainability of lawn care have shown that using low-input grasses can reduce the amount of irrigation, fertilizer, and mowing required to maintain a healthy lawn. The results from this study indicate that allowing flowers to grow in a low-input lawn, or intentionally seeding flowers into a lawn, can support a diverse community of insect pollinators. Lawns with just Dutch white clover supported greater than 10% of all the bee species observed in the state of Minnesota. Furthermore, lawns florally enhanced with Dutch white clover, self-heal, and creeping thyme saw greater bee diversity than clover-only lawns, with distinct bee communities utilizing the self-heal and creeping thyme. With this in mind, we encourage homeowners and land managers from all backgrounds to embrace the flowers they see in their lawn, and even consider planting additional flowers, as they provide valuable forage to the honey bees and wild bees of our urban landscapes.


Nowadays, more and more travelers are skipping packaged tours and choosing personalized travel itineraries that fit their individual interests, needs and schedules.
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The United States took its first census in 1790, just a year after George Washington was inaugurated as the first president. For such a young nation, the 1790 census was a staggering feat given the country's lack of experience and limits in printing and transportation. Over the course of 18 months, census takers gathered and recorded data for about 3.9 million people almost entirely by hand.
Were your ancestors among the 3.9 million people counted on this historic census? Find out by searching for their names in the 1790 census on FamilySearch.


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This article will guide you in reporting a performance problem using the Gecko Profiler extension. There is also a video tutorial if you prefer it over reading.
The profiler extension will show up in the top right of the URL bar as a globe icon (if not, drag it there from the Customize window).
Remember to disable or uninstall the extension if you're not using it.
Download and start the nightly build for your platform. You will have to close all running instance(s) of Firefox before launching nightly.
Nightly is a development version, which may contain bugs, so test with a new profile or back up your data.
Verify that it is running correctly by going to 'About Nightly' by looking for 'nightly' as the update channel (3rd line). The icon should be a blue globe.
Once installed, the profiler becomes active immediately (the icon being blue indicates it is active). The profiler uses a fixed size buffer to store sample data. When it runs out of space in its buffer, it discards old entries so you may want to increase the buffer size if you find you are unable to capture the profile quickly enough after you notice a performance problem. In the Settings part of the UI you can adjust the size of the buffer (presently defaults to 9 MB) and the time interval between data collection (presently defaults to 1 ms). Note that increasing the buffer size uses more memory and can make capturing a profile take longer.
Reproduce the performance problem. If possible let the problem manifest itself for 5-10 seconds.
Press Ctrl+Shift+2 or click on the 'Globe' icon in the top right and select 'Capture Profile'. Try to do this within a few seconds from reproducing the performance problem as only the last few seconds are recorded. If the timeline has a large red block it's a good sign.
The data will open in a new tab. Wait until the "Waiting for symbol tables for library libxul.pdb..." notification disappears before sharing the profile.
There will be a button in the top right labeled 'Share' which will upload this profile and once completed will write out a link. Copy this URL to your clipboard by right clicking and add the profile URL to a bug for your performance problem and/or send it to the appropriate person. Try to give some context about what you were doing when the performance problem arose such as the URL you were viewing and what actions were you doing (ex. scrolling on gmail.com).
Sometimes an addon or more are slowing down Firefox. These addons might be using the extension API in ways that were not meant to. You can see which of these addons are causing problems by adding the "moz-extension" filter.
Make sure you are selecting the process that is using up the CPU since all of the processes are shown. You might have a content process using up the CPU and not the main one.
Make sure you are doing whatever it is that slows down Firefox while recording the profile. For example you might have one addon that slows down page load and another one that slows down tab switch.
Your first reflex once you find what addon is slowing down the profile might be to disable it and search for alternatives. Before you do this, please share the performance profile with the addon authors through a bug report. Gecko profiler allows you to share a link with the profile.


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Q: DiskCache encryption and decryption of Glide Images? How to encrypt and decrypt disk cache images in android using Glide ?

A: Hi one idea would be create a cache decoder / encoder and use a library such https://github.com/facebook/conceal to do the hard encrypt / decrypt lift.
This image might help you navigate through the life cycle of glide: