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All this ripping on Coach Leavitt is very uncalled for by the media
By Bull Awakening
November 3, 2007 in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
Bull Awakening
Location: : Downtown Tampa
Why does the media have to rip Leavitt just because he was too upset to talk to the media?? He was pissed off at losing, so I dont think he wanted to display that for the world to see or read. If the media does not want to cover USF then fine, but just lay off the ragging on Coach Leavitt because he has built a heck of program at USF his way. He is not going to cave into those media types out there like Bianchi that have a personal agenda against him anyway. The reason I brought this up is that I just got done watching Todd Wright rip Leavitt on that Sunshine network show, so it is clear that Bianchi's venue is reaching a lot of media. Why dont we bring up Bowden when he refused to talk to the media after the Wake Forest loss this season?? Is he too untouchable????
kastofsna
because it's unprofessional since every other coach will talk to the media after a big loss. makes the program look like what everyone thought it was before this season: just another small directional school.
yea, i agree that it was a bad move by CJL. he should have manned up and faced the media. it's easy to address the media when you're winning.
And to add to my point. These media types are acting like USF has shut out the media entirely which is not true. I recall Leavitt did his post game interview on the radio network. He also had his Tuesday press conference and allowed his players to talk to the media. What Leavitt was doing right after the UCONN loss was protecting his lockerroom because you could see the silly questions coming that were going to be aimed at turning the team on each other. First question would have been asking why the special teams can convert. Next question would have been drop passes and penalties. Next question would have been playcalling. The point is that the USF team had its goal of winning the BIG EAST pretty much shattered, so the last thing these amature athletes need to do is anwer silly questions. They answered those same questions later in the week, so the media ripping them has it all wrong. Leavitt did not shut them out all week. I wish one of our beat writers would point that out to the rest of the media.
Once again, you both have it wrong in that Leavitt did speak to the media. It just was not right after the game. If you were paying attention, Leavitt was quoted in MONDAY's and Sunday's Tampa Tribune about the loss. Tells me that someone had access to Leavit that was from the media. If you guys want to side on Bianchi's side than that is fine with me. Just remember that it was Bianchi that tried to slander the USF program two years ago by calling us Renegade U.
Unprofessional???? Leavitt has fulfilled his media obligations by doing the post game interview, so how is that unprofessional?? The players dont have to talk to media because they are not professionals. I remember when the media ripped both Grothe and Moffit for not speaking to the media right after the Rutgers loss, and to me that was a cheap shot by the media. Those kids are hurt, and the last thing that they want is a camera in there face after a tough loss. So, is Bowden, Roy Williams, Bobby Knight, Bill Belichik, and all the countless other coaches that refused to speak to the media fall under the sane category??? I sure hope so because it seems like Leavitt is taking the most criticism for this.
Who has said Leavitt shut the media out all week? Nobody I've read. He had a very normal, well-attended weekly news conference on Tuesday. What Leavitt needed Saturday night was a "cooling off" period, something standard after wins and losses to allow coaches and players to collect themselves after a game. Once he'd had that (and had some conversations with other athletic staffers) he came back out and addressed the media in a far more professional manner. The way he initially handled himself and his players and assistants was not how you expect BCS programs to handle themselves after a loss, however frustrating that loss may be.
I think a lot of you guys complaining aren't familiar with what happened Saturday night, and I'll agree that many of the people who have been publicly critical of Leavitt weren't there Saturday and aren't in regular interaction with him. But to use Leavitt's postgame radio interview as a model for something he's done right, well, I imagine you didn't hear that interview then. What makes you think the questions that would have been asked of Leavitt and players would be "silly questions aimed at turning the team on each other"? I guess I'm just not sure where that comes from. And there were no national media outlets at Saturday's game, just beat writers and columnists that traveled with USF and local writers from Connecticut.
Hope this gives another perspective on this. I imagine there are some of you that will get this, and others who won't.
Thanks Greg,
That is what I thought has happened this week. Bianchi was not even at the game, yet he used his SUNSHINE network show to bash Jim Leavit. Now, Todd Wright is stating the same thing about Leavitt, so I am not too happy with that show right now. I wish USF had someone one that show that can set them all straight like Greg Auman. My point is some of the media is going out of their way to rip the USF program. After the Rutgers game, people were ripping on Leavitt's behavior which is what he has done since day one anyway. These johny come latelys really have no clue on how Leavitt build this program, so it hurts when the media flat out get it wrong.
This is also not the first time this has happened. After the Rutgers loss, Leavitt spoke briefly, then the only three players that agreed to speak with the media were Trae Williams, Marcus Edwards, and one other, I can't remember who. No Grothe. No Moffitt. No one that was requested. After a win half of the team will line up for interviews. Then, the next week, same story.
Mooby
Location: : Villanova, PA
If the coach doesn't want to defend his BAD calls after the game he should not have made them! Instead, make a good call (like, "hey, it's 2nd down and 3, how 'bout a run up the middle"), win the game, and do the press conference. The coach can't be sour about a loss - he is responsible for any loss as he's the coach - he recruited the players and hired the assistants. Do the press conference after the game, and if you don't like doing loosing press conferences win the game.
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Erykah Badu Says Stories About A Stalker In Her Home Are "Overblown"
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By Sydney Scott	· January 3, 2018 October 24, 2020
Erykah Badu is opening up about recent reports that a stalker broke into her home.
The singer took to social media to share a video discussing the incident, which she says was "overblown."
WFAA reported Monday that a man had been detained after allegedly trespassing on Badu's property. A source says the singer referred to the man as a "stalker," adding that he allegedly flew from Detroit to Dallas.
In the video, Badu says the stalker was just a "kid" who "made a bad decision."
#PressPlay: #ErykahBadu responds to reports of her home being "invaded by a stalker"
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"There was no break-in, stop it. Story overblown," she explained. "The only thing that happened was there was a kid on Twitter[who] followed me. Had the hots for me. Came over, wanted to look at me. Wanted to do some music with me. Made a bad decision. Decided this might not be the best thing, then left."
Badu adds that it was the neighbors who called the cops after the young man initially wandered around her neighborhood asking where the singer lived. The singer adds that she's not sure if the officers took the man to jail or not.
This isn't the first time Badu has dealt with a stalker. In 2009, the singer tweeted about an incident at her home after a "white woman mid to late 20's" paid her a visit.
Either way, we're just happy that Badu is safe and sound.

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Chocolate + coffee = a bouncy, happy and very satisfied me.
I had recently gone to USA as part of a press trip organized by Kohler, and apart from the press conferences and roundtable discussions the journalists were treated to…there was also a whole lot of food.
One of the places that has firmly ensconced itself into my heart is this gorgeous little café at The Shops at Woodlake – The Craverie.
The signboard said "chocolatier' and 'café'…I'm sorry, what's a die-hard chocolate and coffee fan gonna do but melt into little puddles of chocolatey anticipation and explode in a series of caffeine drips all over the food fantasy currently playing out in her head?
You enter the café and see the display case, filled with luscious goods and mouth-watering sweets and snacks. Muffins, cupcakes, pastries and more. All laid out in an enticing array of visual food delight.
An L-shape for customers to walk in, you walk along the lower part of the L, then turn right for the longer bit. And then you see items that look like ganaches and precious stones on your right. Really.
Which is only compounded by this fantastic necklace…made out of chocolates.
They even do ice cream and waffles, which sadly I did not get a chance to taste.
I kept walking straight and … I was in love. A massive table of pastry delights were laid out for the contingent of journalists.
The chocolates were rich, pure decadence and it's absolutely impossible – if you're a die-hard chocolate fan that is – to not want to return more than once.
I learned a lot on this trip; I never knew Kohler has its own brand of chocolate, but I was pleasantly surprised to see how much attention to detail was paid to the richness of the taste. If anyone's in Kohler, Wisconsin, coffee and some dessert at this picturesque café is worth it.
Gosh those chocolates are like jewels aren't they? What a brilliant experience.
Sally (@Sally2hats), yes it was a great experience. I loved the different kinds of chocolates and cakes that were available. One of those times you wish you had more time to return!


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ITM Alumni webinar - Integrated control of skin NTDs in Ethiopia: Concepts and potential synergies in the realm of resource limitation
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) threaten more than 1.7 billion people living in the poorest and most marginalized communities worldwide. Within the cluster of NTDs, many of the diseases involve the skin, either as the primary presentation or as a related clinical feature. The skin NTDs often present with disfigurement, limb deformity, elephantiasis/hydrocele, physical disability, stigmatization, discrimination, and psycho-social suffering. Moreover, these skin changes can result in stigmatization, discrimination, and psychosocial distress.
To address those challenges WHO promotes integrated and community-based approaches to control skin NTDs. Early identification of skin NTDs is hindered by the lack of knowledge about these conditions. To this end developing simplified training tools, capacitating primary health workers and decentralising the diagnosis and management of the most common skin NTDs is important.
Decentralising skin NTDs from specialised centers to the primary health system structure and to community-based management is a task-shifting that can improve timely access to care and cost inconvenience of visiting busy health facilities. And from a health system perspective, it will help specialised hospitals to dedicate their precious resources to addressing other conditions that require higher levels of clinical expertise.
In light of World NTD Day, ITM alumnus Wendemagegn Enbiale Yeshaneh will share his research findings on the integrated control of skin NTDs in Ethiopia. He will explore concepts and potential synergies in the realm of resource limitation. While focusing on the dermatological manifestation of NTDs in Ethiopia (from a more clinical perspective), Wende will also share his thoughts on the challenges related to treatment and prevention measures.
The Q&A-session will be moderated by Dr Johan van Griensven, head of the NTD-unit at the ITM Clinical Sciences Department.
Jan 30, 2023 01:00 PM in Brussels
Wendemagegn Enbiale Yeshaneh
Professor of Dermatovenerology @Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Prof. Wendemagegn is a medical doctor by training and trained as specialist in Dermatovenerology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He has a Master's in Public Health from Manchester Metropolitan University and a Ph.D. from University of Amsterdam. He has been involved in outbreak management, community-based research, operational research, and clinical trials and he has authored and co-authored about 38 papers published in peer-reviewed journals (focused on NTDs) and book chapters. He is an advisory council for the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies (IACS), International Alliance for Global Health Dermatology (GLODERM) and Amref Ethiopia. He is also serving as a WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTDs) and vice-chair of the national NTD Research Advisory Committee for the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MOH).
Johan van Griensven
head NTD-unit, Clinical Sciences Department, @ITM, Antwerp
Prof. Dr. Johan van Griensven graduated with a medical degree from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and trained as a specialist in internal medicine in Leuven and South Africa. In 2004, he completed his PhD as a FWO fellow at the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Virology at the Rega institute (Leuven, Belgium). He also obtained a MSc in Epidemiology from the University of London/LSHTM. He is currently professor in 'Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)' and works at ITM since 2008. He has previously worked and lived as a clinician and researcher in Botswana (2004-2005), Rwanda (2005- 2008) and Cambodia (2010-2014). He was the coordinator of a large consortium on convalescent plasma treatment in the Ebola virus outbreak in 2013 (http://www.ebolatx.eu/). In 2015, he founded and still heads the NTD unit at the Clinical Sciences Department, with the aim to develop a clinical and immunological research line on leishmaniasis and other NTDs.
Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Jan 30, 2023 01:00 PM Brussels Topic: ITM Alumni webinar - Integrated control of skin NTDs in Ethiopia: Concepts and potential synergies in the realm of resource limitation Register in advance for this webinar: https://Itg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6h1PBCc3SLCj91Ick1nKPQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Wendemagegn Enbiale Yeshaneh (Professor of Dermatovenerology @Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia) Prof. Wendemagegn is a medical doctor by training and trained as specialist in Dermatovenerology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He has a Master's in Public Health from Manchester Metropolitan University and a Ph.D. from University of Amsterdam. He has been involved in outbreak management, community-based research, operational research, and clinical trials and he has authored and co-authored about 38 papers published in peer-reviewed journals (focused on NTDs) and book chapters. He is an advisory council for the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies (IACS), International Alliance for Global Health Dermatology (GLODERM) and Amref Ethiopia. He is also serving as a WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTDs) and vice-chair of the national NTD Research Advisory Committee for the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MOH). Johan van Griensven (head NTD-unit, Clinical Sciences Department, @ITM, Antwerp) Prof. Dr. Johan van Griensven graduated with a medical degree from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and trained as a specialist in internal medicine in Leuven and South Africa. In 2004, he completed his PhD as a FWO fellow at the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Virology at the Rega institute (Leuven, Belgium). He also obtained a MSc in Epidemiology from the University of London/LSHTM. He is currently professor in 'Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)' and works at ITM since 2008. He has previously worked and lived as a clinician and researcher in Botswana (2004-2005), Rwanda (2005- 2008) and Cambodia (2010-2014). He was the coordinator of a large consortium on convalescent plasma treatment in the Ebola virus outbreak in 2013 (http://www.ebolatx.eu/). In 2015, he founded and still heads the NTD unit at the Clinical Sciences Department, with the aim to develop a clinical and immunological research line on leishmaniasis and other NTDs.


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HARD HITTING DETROIT LIONS FORUM - View topic - What to do about illegal immigration?
What is the first thing that needs to be done in an attempt to resolve the illegal immigration issue?
I want a process that controls the influx of people coming into our country. I want process that limits even the "good" prospects that can read and write.
Immigration boosts the economy. Plain and simple. I have yet to see a convincing argument against immigration that doesn't involve a plea to laziness (not wanting to learn a new language) or racism.
Here's a solution: make them legal. All of them. Open boarders. Anyone who wants to come in with a clean history, can. They just have to go through a checkpoint and be documented. This way we could prevent all of the drug traffickers/terrorists/criminals from getting in. Then, we could give boarder patrol the right to shoot-on-sight any boarder jumpers. Illegal immigration? Wouldn't exist anymore.
Additionally, this would completely eliminate virtually any opposing argument to immigration. As American citizens they couldn't be paid under the table. They'd be receiving government benefits like everyone else, but they'd be paying full taxes. They wouldn't be sending money back to Mexico for their families, as their families would be with them here.
I'm in favor of allowing any Mexican in who will buy a house. I don't care if it ends up being an extended family living in it.
I think this question falls under the heading of "choose your poison", huh?
Immegration does not boost the economy... Rising unemployment and additional people feeding off of the system does not boos the economy. There aren't enough jobs here as it is, I don't see how bringing more people here is going to change that.
There have been studies done that show that illegals cost the state of California BILLIONS of dollars. The argument that they keep the cost of a head of lettuce down don't hold up when you look at the costs associated with providing services that they haven't paid into the system for.
If my meaning of having to choose between the lesser of two undesirable situations isn't obvious to you, then it is hardly worth digressing here.
I don't want to lecture on basic economics, but I guess I have to.
A capitalist economic system does well when it is growing. When growth slows or halts you get a recession. When growth becomes shrinkage you get a depression.
How does a capitalist system grow? It does this by adding in more customers, energy, and land every day. To succeed, GM must not only sell the same amount of cars it sold last year, it needs to sell more. If GM's growth halts, it will actually start to fall apart because it needs to grow in order to pay back the debts it has. This applies to virtually every company in a capitalist economy and to the economy as a hole.
Why do you think corporations push globalization? Why do you think there's a ton of economic growth right now in China, and not say Europe?
It's the people. More people to buy their products.
If 10 million people come into this country tomorrow, that's 10 million people that need homes. 10 million people that need cars. 10 million people that need to be fed...etc.
And yes, immigration costs some individual states billions of dollars, but the overall economic growth they cause counteracts this. A simple solution would be for the federal government to help states out with immigration costs.
As for the argument that they will not assimilate like immigrants in the early 1900's....first, bull--I don't believe it. My relatives emigrated to the US in the first half of the century and they lived in an all Italian neighborhood. While they did learn some English, they never spoke it well. To claim that immigrants who got here a 100 years ago instantly abandoned their native customs and learned English is revisionist at best. Total assimilation takes a generation or two.
But, let's just say that argument is right. That illegal Mexican immigrants are not assimilating like the immigrants of a hundred years ago. Well, my response to that is, can you blame them? Let's say you wanted to move to Canada, but to get there you had to sneak in while patrol agents attempted to find you and take you back. If you managed to get there, a large percentage of the Canadians would hate you for it, and make that known. If you wanted to get a job, you'd either have to get papers through the black market, or work for pennies on the dollar. You wouldn't be given citizenship, so you'd still be an American citizen.
Would you consider yourself a patriotic Canadian? I wouldn't.
If we expect these immigrants to assimilate, then must treat them with respect. Give them citizenship, and welcome them into our society. Then see what happens.
I suppose so... You're just too damn smart for us Eric ???
Your article is simplistic and does not apply today. Immegration DOES in fact raise unemployment. There will be more "suits to taylor" and shoes to be made as more people come over here, that is a fact, but those aren't exactly the types of jobs that "grow" an economy. Further, you can't base an economy on sustaining yourselves. You can't have one guy washing one guys back and come out ahead. You CANNOT grow that way. Ford cannot employ more workers and have more people being able to afford to buy cars. The amount of money that those people make vs. the profit of selling ONE additional car, or even THREE additional cars (to their whole family) is NOT a net gain at the end of the day. The bottom line is you HAVE to manufacture something (unless someone else is willing to feed off of your services, and by "someone else" I mean another country, like we do off of India), and you HAVE to export things to have your economy grow. Bringing in more people doesn't grow anything, it only gives you more mouths to feed. Your argument is akin to the welfare mom that says "if I have another baby I'll get a bigger check." The check (or net gain) from having that additional person, isn't big enough to fill the void of the loss you get by adding the additional body.
No... it is just SO obvious that I was making a reference that the housing problem is so much bigger that this *other* problem of illegal immigration could actually be used to partially solve it (and that was in jest because not many illegal immigrants could affort the outrageously overpriced U.S. homes - especially in the southwest).
Who is "us" anyway? You got a mouse in your pocket? Or you just trying to make it seem like I was talking to more people than you?
You make the "If I have to explain it to you than it's not worth talking about" argument often... Mostly to Steen, but it's annoying every time.
First, I don't use that "often" ... and second, I have the right to annoy and offend you if I do.
Re: What to do about illegal immigration?
SmartOne smells like Sly. Digging up an 8 year old threat.


Part of its official charity, Everton in the Community, the club is raising the funds for The People's Place – a purpose-built center that will be located, if planning is permitted, just 500m from its current Goodison Park home stadium.
The fundraising drive for The People's Place campaign is due to start early in the 2018/19 season and will see Everton aim to develop, build and maintain the new facility.
Rough renderings of the building's design have been revealed, showing a modern glass-fronted, two-story facility with a number of internal meeting spaces, private offices, demonstration rooms and relaxing external green spaces with places to sit among the gardens.
Everton in the Community will be working alongside national mental health charity Chasing the Stigma to promote positive mental health and ending the stigma and discrimination surrounding it.
A press release stated: "The People's Place will provide an overarching service to anyone, regardless of age, gender or location, to promote positive mental health and support relating to suicide awareness and prevention.
The People's Place venture has received backing and support from Everton CEO Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale as well as team manager Marco Silva and the squad of players.
Everton FC has revealed it will be training all its staff with an understanding of mental health and educating them on how to best identify if someone is struggling and how best to support it.


Global leader in the seafood industry implements SentryOne's recently acquired Pragmatic Works' Task Factory to significantly reduce custom programming time.
East Coast Seafood was experiencing missing and/or limited functionality in the existing transformation and connectors provided by SSIS that would require significant custom programming time to build.
East Coast Seafood implemented Task Factory Compression Task, Download File Task, Properties Task, and Advanced Email and SMS Task.
By implementing SentryOne's recently acquired Pragmatic Works' Task Factory components, significant programming time to build custom script tasks for basic functionality and "best practices" were easily solved.
Established in 1981, East Coast Seafood Inc., has built an unrivaled reputation as a global leader in the seafood industry around its signature product, North American live lobster. The company is a subsidiary of East Coast Seafood Group (ECSG).
ECSG is headquartered in the greater Boston area. The ECSG companies sell live lobster, lobster products (fresh and frozen), scallops (fresh and frozen), and fin-fish throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
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Q: How to move WSS including additional products? Unfortunately for me, I need to move a WSS3 instance to a new machine. Also unfortunately, it includes 3rd party products that I may or may not be able to locate the install files for.
Is there a way to extract/transplant those from the existing installation or is the deployment story on that version too brittle for that?

A: to download all installed the solution use the below free MSDN tool.
http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/SPSolutionExtractor
If you know the 3rdparty vendor you can contact them for installer / documentation. May be some products required more configuration.
this is not easy move.
You need to make sure, you documented everything before moving it.

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*The %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12
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*Any customizations that are made to the Web.config file.

*Default quota templates.

*Blocked file types.

*Administrator-deployed form templates.

*Database names and locations.

*Web application names and databases. Be sure to document the content
database names that are associated with each Web application.

*Crawler impact rules.

*Activated features.

*AAM settings
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261918(v=office.12).aspx

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Government to close outdated psychiatric units
PATIENTS staying in outdated facilities will be living in new, community-based settings in three years' time after the Government promised to close down 15 Victorian-era institutions.
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Tue, 02 Mar, 2010 - 00:00
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Minister with responsibility for mental health, John Moloney, updating the Government's Vision for Change strategy which began four years ago and which has been consistently criticised for the slow rate of implementation, said more would be done in the coming years to bolster services across the country.
The closure of the hospitals and the transfer of patients will be paid for by funding of €50 million a year over the next three years from the sale of buildings and land.
However, the HSE admitted that it would be liable for any shortfall from the expected €50m in sales of property due to falling prices.
Mr Moloney stressed the transfer of patients to community facilities was not totally dependent on the sale of assets.
Contracts for new facilities in Clonmel and Letterkenny have been signed in recent weeks, while the minister said tackling issues regarding St Ita's in Portrane and the development of a new facility in Mullingar were his "first priorities" this year. In addition, a new mental health awareness programme entitled Seachange, aimed at de-stigmatising mental health issues, will be unveiled in April.
The newly appointed assistant national director of Mental Health Services in the HSE, Martin Rogan, admitted "reconfiguring resources" and a move to facilities catering for larger catchment areas would need to be utilised to increase the levels of services available to patients. Brian Gilroy, head of estates within the HSE, said €140m had been spent on mental health infrastructure since 2005, while a contract will be signed in May for an acute mental health facility in Beaumont in Dublin, and another facility in Grangegorman is expected to go to tender in the next two months.
Mr Gilroy said that while the HSE would be liable for any funding shortfall, should sale of properties fail to net the required sum, €15m had already been raised towards the €50m needed for this year, while other costs such as construction costs had fallen.
The number of psychiatric nurses has also fallen, something Mr Rogan described as a challenge, and he said discussions would need to continue regarding the transfer of services to community-based facilities and with the current public sector moratorium on recruitment. Mr Moloney said he had two sites in mind as a possible replacement for the Central Mental Hospital site in Dundrum, and that it would be decided following consultation with the families and carers of patients.
However, he said the entire Dundrum site would need to be sold for that plan to proceed.
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I do not want the Ripp Report readers thinking I am getting soft for complimenting some of the Baldwin County Mayors, but they deserve it. Fairhope definitely is on the right track and may be debt free by 2020.
The Ripp Report has been a harsh critic, over many issues, of Mayor Haygood in Daphne. However The Ripp Report agrees with the Mayor about getting a fair share of the gas tax.
Remember BP? Baldwin County got screwed, royally, out of millions of dollars. Our State Senator collected 750,000 of BP money for his personal company but was too busy to represent his constituents. The State Rep's just stood, silently, in his shadow, while north Alabama soaked up millions.
The Mayors of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach fought harder for BP money. In the end millions of BP money went to projects that were not even related to the Oil Spill.
The Orange Beach Mayor, Tony Kennon is also trying to reach out to the state legislature as well as our neighbors to the north and educate them on just how much revenue, about 33%, Baldwin county provides the state. Kennon raised hell over the Oil Spill and BP money and he learned an important lesson, do not depend on others.
The citizens of Baldwin County would appreciate the Baldwin County Commission and the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance to follow the lead of the Mayors.
The newly elected State Senator, for District 32, is Chris Elliott, aka The Tax Man. Senator Elliott should be yelling louder than the Mayors. The Senator has been busy decorating his office and hopefully will be singing the same tune as the Mayors, as soon as the décor is in place. Senator Elliott has already said he would vote for the tax so let's hope he can secure Baldwin County its share. Listen to the Mayors, Senator, all 14 of them.
Baldwin County cannot wait for a check to be mailed from Montgomery! They need to go to Montgomery and collect the check, or it will be lost in the mail.
Hey Ripp? When you talk about a State senator screwing is out of so much BP boom money. Please do not forget to mention the fact that it was no other than Past Alabama State Senator Trip Pittman. We want to make sure that Trip get the credit. After he ran for The U. S. Senate and barley got 7% of the votes. We don't want anybody to get ole sorryass Trip Pittman mixed up with anyone else. Put his name in there next time. Are you going easy on thieves too!
The BP money balanced Medicaid for the state. Remember the folks in the "poorer" counties keep tabs on their legislators. Too many Baldwin Countians are too busy working and paying for their new homes to get involved in politics.
Elliott will vote like a Democrat. Baldwin nuckle heads will see.
If you want to pay more taxes go cut a check with your own money and give it to the government. However, don't mske the rest of us do it. Absolve your own conscience – not ours. I don't have a vague feeling of guilt for what I have earned.
Pittman told me he got the green light from Ethics Committee.
Oh come on, Ripp, don't mince words. Tell us what you really think.
So London. He's a state Senator and you say the ethics committee said it was okay after Trip Pittman gave the BP Boom contract to his own company.
TELLS us all about where you stand yourself. Y'all are all unethical and we seenit everyday. Ethics commission has no ethics.
Ethics Committee ruled it was fine.
Move if you don't like.
The Ethics Commission in this state is like having a pimp watching over his prostitute's chastity.


My chiltepin plants are doing surprisingly well! Out of the 32 I planted so far I've only lost one. Now some of them are outgrowing their tiny potting cups so I'm starting to replant them into large containers. Pots are expensive! I went to every garden center I could find to try to buy large containers that were less than $1 a piece but no luck. I was hoping someone would sell the cheap plastic pots that the nurseries use but I couldn't find them anywhere. I ended up having to order them online from GreenhouseMegaStore.com - they had a bundle of thirty 2.5 gallon containers for $17. Plus $15 shipping that ended up being $32, a little more than $1 a piece.
So far I've replanted eleven of the chili tepin plants in the 2.5 gallon containers today. Right now they're sitting inside my patio door - hopefully they'll get enough sun there. They probably would get more sun outside, but it's the monsoon season here in Arizona. So in addition to surviving the desert heat the plants would also have to make it through the strong winds and heavy rain of the monsoon storms. I think I'll try to keep them inside as long as I can so they can grow big and strong!
Update 1/15/09: Unfortunately I had to leave my chiltepin plants outside while I was gone for two weeks over Christmas. We had several hard freezes (and one snow!) while I was away and since I wasn't able to cover them up, they didn't make it. I'm still watering them, hoping maybe they can be revived but it's probably a lost cause. :( I'll just have to start over once it gets warm.
I've crocheted two more Beary Jackson amigurumi bears. They're so cute! You can see the first Beary I made here and you can find the pattern at Rheatheylia.com.
I crocheted this blue Beary Jackson as a baby gift. The pretty yarn (Caron Simply Soft Baby in Powder Blue) was originally used during the mother-to-be's baby shower to play the game, "How Big Is Mommy?" (each guest cuts a piece of yarn that they think is the diameter of the mother's belly; the closest to the real thing wins). I acquired the leftover yarn and used it to make Beary!
I made this Beary for a friend who fell in love with the first Beary I crocheted. The yarn used was Lion Brand Jiffy in Caffe.
Stuff and sew to Beary.
Since the bears are going to be around small children I decided to make the eyes and nose out of yarn (or embroidery floss for the smaller blue bear). For the eyes, I crocheted little circles then sewed them on; for the nose I just did a little bit of embroidery.
I just finished knitting this baby blanket for a friend who's expecting. It was simple garter stitch, but man, it seemed to take forever! This is my third baby blanket, you can see the first here and the second here.
What I Liked About the Project: Since it was garter stitch the knitting was easy.
What I Didn't Like About the Project: It seemed to take forever to knit - I think it was because I was using such thin yarn (it was sport weight). For my previous two baby blankets I used bulky weight yarn which obviously knitted up much faster.
Instructions: Cast on 100 stitches. Knit all stitches until blanket is as long as you'd like (I stopped at 33 inches). Add fringe to two sides - there's a good tutorial for adding fringe at Fiber-Images.com.


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Naukoznawstwo – termin rozumiany dwojako:
 szeroko: zespół nauk o nauce, obejmujący m.in. jej teorię, historię, metodologię i systematykę;
 wąsko: epistemologia nauki.

Naukoznawstwo zajmuje się problematyką racjonalnego wpływania na rozwój nauk (w pożądanym kierunku) środkami społecznymi; dokładniej jest to zestaw takich badań nad naukami, jakie mają zwiększyć potencjał i efektywność w wykorzystaniu kapitału intelektualnego (ludzkiego i strukturalnego). Zadaniem naukoznawstwa jest opracowywanie rekomendacji dla ludzi, którzy w ramach rozmaitych instytucji i urzędów praktycznie zajmują się sprawami nauki i polityki naukowej w skali globalnej, międzynarodowej, krajowej, regionalnej i instytucjonalnej.

W roku akademickim 2011/2012 w Katolickim Uniwersytecie Lubelskim zostały uruchomione pierwsze w Polsce studia z zakresu naukoznawstwa.

Problematyka
Teoretyczne nauki o nauce: humanistyczne (nauka traktowana jako fakt kulturowy), filozoficzne (nauka jako byt lub poznanie, dla którego szuka się ostatecznych racji i uwarunkowań) oraz formalne (nauka jako forma poznania).

Badania naukoznawcze: teoretyczne (1) (ukierunkowane na zrozumienie natury nauki, jej dynamiki i funkcji w kulturze i społeczeństwie) i praktyczne (2) (związane z organizacją nauki, organizacją badań i rozwoju oraz kształtowaniem polityki naukowej).

1)	Dociekania naukoznawcze opierają się na danych empirycznych, pozyskiwanych głównie dzięki sprawozdawczości naukowej oraz przetwarzanych za pomocą ogólnych metod analizy (zwłaszcza statystycznej) i metod specyficznych (jak metoda foresight). Dołączone są do nich ustalenia z zakresu prakseologii, wiedzy o organizacji i technice prowadzenia badań oraz z zakresu dokumentacji i przekazywania informacji naukowej.

2)	Polityka nauki – pojmowana praktycznie, jest zbiorem działań podejmowanych dla wzmożenia wzrostu wiedzy w ogóle lub względnego powiększenia informacji w różnych dziedzinach wiedzy. Takie działania podejmują przede wszystkim zespoły ludzi pracujących w instytucjach rządowych, w firmach prawnych i fundacjach. Głównymi zagadnieniami polityki nauki są skutki rozmaitych instytucjonalnych poczynań dla ubogacenia 'kapitału intelektualnego' oraz racjonalne decyzje o inwestycjach w określone projekty, a w szczególności – decyzje o podziale zasobów pieniężnych na różne kierunki badań podstawowych.

Historia

Okres międzywojenny 1918–1939
Sposób uprawiania naukoznawstwa w okresie międzywojennym został ukształtowany głównie przez dwa artykuły, które ukazały się na łamach Nauki Polskiej. Autorem pierwszego pt. "Przedmiot i zadania nauki o wiedzy" był  Florian Znaniecki. Autorami drugiego pt. "Nauka o nauce" byli Maria i Stanisław Ossowscy.
Oto główne myśli zawarte w tych publikacjach:

"Przedmiot i zadania nauki o wiedzy"
	Znaniecki określa naukoznawstwo (nauka o wiedzy) jako naukę pozytywną, porównawczą, uogólniającą i wyjaśniającą, która wykracza poza epistemologiczną, logiczną i historyczną refleksję.
	W naukoznawstwie wyłaniają się zagadnienia empiryczne stanowiące odrębną dziedzinę badań, niemieszczące się w żadnej z trzech powyższych. Choć nauka o wiedzy posiada zbieżne z nimi zagadnienia, zresztą podobnie jak z psychologią i socjologią poznania, to jednak rozbieżności domagają się utworzenia nowej dziedziny. Takie działanie jest wyrazem świadomości metodologicznej oraz będzie zgodne z obserwowaną, postępującą specjalizacją wiedzy, która uzasadnia powoływanie tych dyscyplin, które mają wystarczająco wyraźnie wyodrębniony przedmiot.
	Przedmiot nauki o wiedzy stanowią wartości (wytwory) poznawcze oraz trzy klasy czynności poznawczych:
	Cz. poznawczego doświadczania,
	Cz. poznawczej idealizacji,
	Cz. systematyzacji poznawczej.
	Wyjaśnienie naukowe w odniesieniu do zjawisk powinno mieć charakter przyczynowy, tzn. powinno wskazywać realną zależność między faktami – w odróżnieniu od wytłumaczenia, które wskazuje na zależność idealną oraz inaczej niż wyjaśnianie filozoficzne, które wyprowadza wtórne właściwości zjawisk z ich istot.
	Schemat przyczynowy został zdefiniowany przez Znanieckiego jako ścisły związek pomiędzy określonym zespołem warunków poznawczych a określoną klasą wartości poznawczych, wytwarzanych przy ich pomocy.
	Znaniecki wskazał szereg zależności pojawiających się w trakcie działalności naukowej:
	Zależność rozwoju dziedziny od nowych, pojawiających się (lub znikających) materiałów.
	Zależność wyników naukowych od przyrządów technicznych.
	Zależność wyników badań w poszczególnych dziedzinach wiedzy od wytworów poznawczych, służących jako narzędzia.
	Zależność wyników działalności poznawczej od symboli, służących do oznaczania wartości poznawczych lub ich przedmiotów.
	Działalność poznawcza jest zdaniem Znanieckiego przyczynowo uwarunkowana przez szereg czynników:
	Inne dziedziny działalności ludzkiej,
	Zaangażowanie w działalność dydaktyczną,
	Społeczeństwo,
	Grupa społeczna.

"Nauka o nauce"
	Ossowscy wyróżnili dwa podejścia w badaniach nad nauką, gdzie nauka jest rozumiana, jako droga do poznawania świata (epistemologiczny punkt widzenia) lub jako sfera ludzkiej kultury (antropologiczny punkt widzenia – gdzie Antropologia to nauka o człowieku i jego kulturze).
	Problematyka naukoznawstwa zawiera się w następujących zagadnieniach:
	Filozofia nauki – pojęcie nauki, prawa naukowego, hipotezy, klasyfikacja nauk, sposoby uzasadniania w nauce.
	Psychologia nauki – rozwój psychiczny pracownika naukowego, typy badaczy, sprawa uzdolnień do uprawiania nauki.
	Socjologia nauki – nauka a Sztuka, czy Religia; rozwój nauki, a warunki ekonomiczne, struktura społeczna, czy sposób nauczania; wpływ nauki na życie społeczne.
	Zagadnienia praktyczno-organizacyjne (polityka nauki) – potrzeby organizacyjne nauki, polityka społeczna i państwowa w stosunku do nauki, organizacja uczelni i instytutów badawczych, popularyzacja nauki, prawodawstwo broniące własności naukowej.
	Zagadnienia historyczne – historia pojęcia nauki, historia koncepcji badacza, historia poszczególnych dyscyplin naukowych.
	W kwestii autonomiczności nauki o nauce Ossowscy pisali, że kluczowa jest wewnętrzna spójność pomiędzy podejmowanymi zagadnieniami oraz jednolitość wykorzystywanych do ich badania metod. Zwornikiem łączącym rozważania na gruncie naukoznawstwa jest nauka (rozumiana jako zespół czynności lub wytwór). Inne przedmioty zainteresowania pozostają w określonej relacji do nauki.
	Aktualność problematyki naukoznawczej wynika z powstania kultury naukowej. Nigdy wcześniej w dziejach nauka nie miała tak dużego wpływu na naukę. Kulturę naukową charakteryzuje:
	Dynamiczność, ciągłość zmian – podczas gdy w tradycyjnych kulturach ceniono przede wszystkim stabilizację.
	Uniwersalność – wszelkie osiągnięcia naukowe, gdziekolwiek by się one nie dokonywały stają się częścią kultury globalnej (kultura naukowa nie ma konkurencji).
	Możliwość przekształcania natury w dużo większym stopniu niż wcześniej. Z tego względu dostosowywanie się do natury nie jest już tak ważne.
	Wpływ nauki na ludzki światopogląd w niespotykanym dotychczas stopniu.
	Praktyczne zastosowania badań nad nauką sprowadza się przede wszystkim do wspomnianych wcześniej zagadnień praktyczno-organizacyjnych, którymi naukoznawcy powinni się zająć. Istnieje jednak również druga grupa zastosowań, która związana jest z wykształceniem u uczonych odpowiedniego stylu myślenia o nauce, a tym samym wpływania na sposób jej uprawiania.

Wybrane ośrodki naukoznawcze w kraju
 Archiwum Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności]
 Centra i ośrodki informacji naukowej
 Centra Badawczo-Rozwojowe
 Centra Transferu Technologii
 Centralna Komisja ds. Stopni i Tytułów
 Departament Badań Naukowych
 Departament Doradztwa, Oświaty Rolniczej i Nauki w Ministerstwie Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi
 Departament Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w Ministerstwie Zdrowia
 Departament Nauki, Oświaty i Dziedzictwa Narodowego – Najwyższa Izba Kontroli
 Departament Strategii i Rozwoju Nauki w Ministerstwie Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
 Departament Systemów Informatycznych Nauki w Ministerstwie Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
 Federacja Stowarzyszeń Naukowo-Technicznych – NOT
 Fundacja im. Wojciecha Świętosławskiego na Rzecz Wspierania Nauki i Rozwoju Potencjału Naukowego w Polsce
 Fundacja na Rzecz Nauki Polskiej
 Instytut Historii Nauki PAN
 Komisja Nauki i Spraw Zagranicznych – Rada Główna Szkolnictwa Wyższego
 Komisja Nauki, Edukacji i Sportu – Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
 Komitet Historii Nauki i Techniki – Polska Akademia Nauk
 Komitet Narodowy do Spraw Współpracy z Komitetem Danych dla Nauki i Techniki ICSU (CODATA)
 Komitet Narodowy do Spraw Współpracy z Międzynarodową Radą Nauki (ICSU)]; Polska Akademia Nauk; Prezydium Polskiej Akademii Nauk
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SIGNATURE CHEESE
7206 Kiernan Ave.
Modesto CA, 95358
Fiscalini Farmstead started as a dairy farm over 100 years ago. Today the fourth generation owns and operates the business, and continues a way of life that respects, preserves and honors the animals, the land, and resources.
Our farm was established in 1914 by our great-grandfather who immigrated from Switzerland and settled in Modesto, California. The dairy Farmstead has expanded to include a cheesemaking facility on the premises. We are committed to making the best-tasting, handcrafted cheeses in the world. We believe in the art and skill required to make cheese by hand. By using only the milk from our cows we achieve superior taste and quality which has won us numerous awards over the years. It is our mission to share our story and taste experience with the world.
The Mateo Fiscalini Family emigrates from Switzerland to the United States through Ellis Island. Mateo gets a job working the railroad, which allows for him to work his way across the country to CA in search of family who already settled in Cambria. Mateo joins them on the Chorro Dairy and raises his family there.
Mateo's son, John Baptiste Fiscalini, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in irrigation, learns that the Don Pedro dam will be built in Northern CA. He buys 160 acres in Modesto understanding that there will be open land, which he can irrigate and begin farming.
John Baptiste Fiscalini starts a dairy farm with 10 milking cows.
John's love for cows and his strong desire to grow his herd
leads him to Wisconsin where he purchases 30 registered Holsteins. He rides back to CA in the boxcar with the animals caring for them along the way, making sure they are fed and milked on the journey.
Mathew Fiscalini marries Marie Weisner, he continues to grow the dairy operation and purchases neighboring land for crop production. Mathew and Marie Fiscalini have 3 children, one of whom is John Fiscalini.
John Fiscalini graduates from Oregon State with a degree in microbiology. He returns home to join the partnership and participate in management of the farming operation. The dairy farm by this time has grown to 540 acres and includes wine grapes and walnut trees.
The construction of the current state-of-the-art dairy facility begins, which includes a milking parlor and the dairy's first free stall barn. A year later they grow from 500 to 800 milking cows, Mathew Fiscalini is able to experience and oversee the wonderful expansion before he passes in 1993.
Now called Fiscalini Farms, the dairy operation continues to grow to its current size housing 2800 animals, 1500 of them being milked three times a day. We convert all our farming land into the rotation of different forages to be consumed by our animals.
After a trip to Switzerland where John Fiscalini learned that the art of making cheese is how his ancestors made a living, he decides to follow in their footsteps and begins processing cheese with a portion of the milk produced by his herd.
Fiscalini Farms Bandage Wrapped Cheddar wins "Best Farmhouse Cheese in America".
Four generations later, two of John's children, Laura Genasci and Brian Fiscalini, oversee the day-to-day operations along with their father. Both Laura and Brian graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo just like their great-grandfather did 100 years ago.