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Cameron University heads into second century with "Every Student. Every Story."
Cameron University President Cindy Ross was joined by a host of dignitaries, including Chris Purcell, Vice President for University Governance and Executive Secretary of the Board of Regents, Oklahoma State Regent for Higher Education Bill Burgess, as well as CU students, faculty and staff at a special ceremony held at the University Theatre on the CU campus on Friday, May 1. The gathering commemorated CU's Centennial Celebration, which concludes with Centennial Commencement 2009 featuring guest speaker Al Roker on Friday, May 8, and also launched Cameron into its second century.
"The main purpose at the heart of the Centennial was to celebrate Cameron's rich past while looking ahead to lay a firm foundation for the future," Ross said.
Ross then summarized the university's goals for the future, which include becoming Southwest Oklahoma's top university by providing students a top quality education; offering the College Experience of Choice by fostering a traditional collegiate atmosphere; becoming Location of Choice for community and regional events; and gaining recognition as the Partner of Choice by expanding existing and developing new community and area partnerships that will contribute to the growth and prosperity of southwest Oklahoma.
Following a recap of the Centennial Celebration activities that took place during the past academic year, Ross brought former, current and future CU students to the podium. "The stories of faculty and staff, alumni and students are at the heart of Cameron's mission of changing lives through education," Ross said. "These stories will shape the direction of Cameron University's second century."
Sharing a personal story about their CU experience, alumni Glyn and Virginia Mitchell of Frederick, students Michael Faggett of Dallas, Sabine Brown of Lawton, Emake Ugiomoh of Surulere, Nigeria, and incoming freshman Elise Christensen of Hydro entertained the audience with brief, personal experiences, setting the stage for the announcement of the university's new tagline, Cameron University: Every Student. Every Story.
Ross then offered a glimpse of CU's future, unveiling the new look of Cameron mascot Ole Kim and announcing a new campus tradition, a community concert with fireworks. In Fall 2009, Cameron will feature top country band Emerson Drive, whose chart-topping hit "Moments" established them as one of the most popular country bands on college campuses nationwide, and Johnny Cooper, the popular Red Dirt rising star who performed at the August 2008 Centennial Celebration Kick-Off event.
In addition to providing a construction update about the McMahon Centennial Complex, CU's new state-of-the-art student activities center, and the beautiful Bentley Gardens, Ross announced exciting "green" initiatives for the university.
"We are encouraging a healthier Cameron University in Century II," said Ross.
In the coming year, CU will make available a community garden for students, faculty and staff. In addition, smoking cessation programs will be offered, and CU officials will encourage new initiatives that promote a greener campus revolving around the 3 R's - reduce, reuse and recycle. Other initiatives include a one-mile walking path on the Cameron campus and healthy eating stations provided by Sodexo, the first-class food services company that serves the university, in the Shepler cafeteria.
"A key responsibility of a university is connecting the past with the future and passing traditions from one generation to the next," Ross said in her closing remarks. "As Cameron moves into its second century, we will carry the spirit of the Centennial with us. For the Centennial, we developed the theme 'Changing Lives for 100 Years.' As Cameron University stands poised for another 100 years of changing lives, it's about personalizing the university's mission. It's about focusing on those who lie at the heart of its mission. It's about Every student. Every story."


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Dear Sophie: Which immigration options allow me to launch my own startup?
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Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards' "Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services." She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.
Dear Sophie: How do I change my L-1B to an H-1B through the lottery?
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Here's another edition of "Dear Sophie," the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.
"Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams," says Sophie Alcorn, a Silicon Valley immigration attorney. "Whether you're in people ops, a founder or seeking a job in Silicon Valley, I would love to answer your questions in my next column."
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Dear Sophie,
I've been working on an H-1B in the U.S. for nearly two years.
While I'm immensely appreciative of my company's sponsorship and that I made it through the H-1B lottery and am working, I'm stuck in a rut. I really want to start something of my own and work on my own terms in the United States.
Are there any immigration options that would allow me to do that?
— Seeking Satisfaction near Stanford
Dear Seeking,
A couple of exciting immigration news updates to get us started today! In breaking startup founder news, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the LIKE Act for startup founders in the House of Representatives last week. Below, we'll share what this could mean for your startup aspirations. Also, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted a second H-1B lottery because it didn't receive enough H-1B petitions to meet the annual cap. So, if you or your employer were selected, be sure to file an H-1B petition by November 3.
Although job dissatisfaction and frustration on an H-1B can be normal, according to Edward Gorbis, there's a lot you can do to take control of your U.S. immigration situation and go out on your own. I interviewed Gorbis for my podcast; he's the founder of Career Meets World and a performance coach who works with immigrants and first-generation professionals to help them find fulfillment and thrive in their careers and life. Gorbis said that "once immigrants reach stability, they start to think, 'Who am I, what do I value, what's my core identity?'" It's possible for any of us to retrain our brain for success.
Gorbis said that imagining overcoming the hurdles that stand in the way of doing the work that will fulfill you is the first step. So, here are some options that can help you imagine how to build the life of your dreams.
Become a founding CEO and raise $250,000
A great new option for aspiring entrepreneurs is International Entrepreneur Parole (IEP), a new immigration program in the United States that allows CEOs, CTOs and others to live in the U.S. and run their company for 2.5 years with an option for a 2.5-year extension. Your spouse can obtain a work permit.
How to qualify? You need to own at least 10% of a U.S. company, such as a Delaware C corporation registered in California. Ideally, you'll want to show that your company bank account has at least $250,000 raised from qualified U.S. investors, but you can use other evidence to demonstrate that your company has the potential to grow rapidly and create jobs in the U.S.
A startup visa and path to a green card may be soon on the way for entrepreneurs and their crucial employees: Last week, Lofgren introduced the Let Immigrants Kickstart Employment (LIKE) Act. The requirements for the proposed startup visa are the same as for IEP but would allow a longer stay — up to eight years total if the startup creates jobs and generates substantial revenue.
I'm very proud to have aided in drafting the LIKE Act. It's a thrill to see how my suggestions were included, such as making Startup Green Cards not subject to the visa bulletin, clarifying that you can seek consecutive Startup Visas from different companies, how to allocate employee visas to startups, ensuring the Startup Visa is a dual intent status, and adding premium processing. It was such a joy to be able to contribute ideas to this amazing process. I look forward to supporting this bill to become a law; please reach out to me if you want to support this worthy cause.
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See yourself at another company
There is technically no limit to how many H-1B employers you can have or how many — or few — hours you work in an H-1B position. So, think about other companies.
One option would be to have concurrent H-1Bs: Keep your current H-1B job for stability and start your own company, preferably with another individual or two, and have your startup sponsor you for an H-1B. Take a look at this Dear Sophie column for what to do before embarking on this path.
Another option would be to transfer your H-1B to another employer, or your own startup if you are going to work there. Since you already went through the H-1B lottery with your current employer, you will not have to go through the lottery process again for a second H-1B whether you choose the concurrent or transfer option.
Setting up a startup that can sponsor you for an H-1B is complicated, so I suggest you work with both a corporate attorney and an immigration attorney. Keep in mind that you will not be able to do any work for your startup until an H-1B with your startup has been approved, which is why having co-founders is helpful. Another reason is H-1Bs require an employer-employee relationship between a startup and the H-1B candidate. That means a co-founder — or the startup's board — must supervise you and have the ability to fire you. Moreover, we often advise founders that it may be best to own less than a 50% stake in the startup when applying for an H-1B.
Consider a green card
If you end up pursuing concurrent H-1Bs, consider asking your employer whether it is willing to sponsor you for a green card. If that's not the case, your startup can sponsor you for one, or you can self-petition for a green card:
EB-1A extraordinary ability green card
EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) green card
EB-2 green card for professionals holding advanced degrees
EB-2 exceptional ability green card
EB-3 green cards for skilled workers and professionals
All EB-2 green cards — except the EB-2 NIW — and the EB-3 green card require labor certification approval (PERM) from the U.S. Department of Labor. The two green cards that allow an individual to self-sponsor are the EB-1A and EB-2 NIW.
Imagine yourself doing gigs in your field
Many startup founders qualify for an O-1A extraordinary ability visa. However, you cannot have both an H-1B and an O-1A at the same time, so if your startup sponsors you for an O-1A, you will be required to leave your current H-1B job once an O-1A is approved.
An O-1A offers more flexibility than an H-1B. You can work for a single petitioning company or on multiple gigs through an agent. However, qualifying for an O-1A is more difficult than an H-1B. Resources, such as through my firm, support people with getting qualified. The one similarity with the H-1B is that you must show your startup and you have an employer-employee relationship.
Invest in your own company
The E-2 visa for treaty investors and employees is ideal for startup founders whose home country has a treaty of commerce and navigation with the U.S. Here is a list of treaty countries. For more details on E-2 visas for founders and employees, check out this previous Dear Sophie column and podcast episode.
Although there is no minimum dollar amount that a founder must invest in a startup to qualify for an E-2, we often advise founders to invest at least $100,000 to have a strong case. You cannot have both an H-1B and an E-2, so you will need to leave your current H-1B job if your E-2 is approved.
An immigration attorney can offer additional options based on your personal circumstances and legal advice tailored to you.
Enjoy the journey of building your dreams!
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The information provided in "Dear Sophie" is general information and not legal advice. For more information on the limitations of "Dear Sophie," please view our full disclaimer. You can contact Sophie directly at Alcorn Immigration Law.
Sophie's podcast, Immigration Law for Tech Startups, is available on all major platforms. If you'd like to be a guest, she's accepting applications!

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Submissions/A data and developer hub for Wikimedia
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A data and developer hub for Wikimedia
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SeeAlso.org: A showcase of Wikimedia data visualizations.
Excerpt from the results of the 2012 Wikimedia open data survey (1/2)
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Jared Zimmerman, Wikimedia Foundation (Design)
Stephen LaPorte, Wikimedia Foundation (Legal)
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How can we attract more participants into our developer community?
How can we make Wikipedia's APIs more easily discoverable?
How can we empower people to build new tools, products, and knowledge from Wikimedia's data and help spearhead its mission?
Wikimedia's mission is to collect and develop the sum of all human knowledge and effectively disseminate it under free licenses. Our infrastructure is designed to make it possible for millions of people worldwide to freely access content, but it falls short of providing easy ways for anyone to reuse and remix this knowledge.
The Wikimedia Foundation has developed and made several APIs freely available; however both the APIs and their documentation are currently scattered across several projects, with no central location for people to learn about and build on them. When we build tools that no one can use, we fail to fulfill our mission.
As another example, a number of repositories of open data have been created as a result of Wikimedia and community research projects, but they are hardly discoverable. In an open survey that the Wikimedia Research Committee ran in 2012, "I didn't know the data existed" was the number one answer participants gave to the question "If you ever had the intention to use Wikimedia datasets but eventually decided not to, what was the reason that stopped you from using them?"
This proposal aims to fill these gaps: we will present and discuss design ideas, prototypes and early findings for a Data and Developer Hub. The goal of this project is to
inspire people by showcasing the best example of creative reuse of Wikimedia data and APIs.
be a friendly and inviting sandbox environment where new and experienced developers can play with Wikimedia's data and APIs.
provide a central resource where developers can find up-to-date and well-formed documentation about different APIs.
Open Data, Technology, Interface & Infrastructure (secondary track, will also be relevant.)
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Nutrition plays an important role in your care during and after treatment at Winship Cancer Institute.
Recommendations about food and eating habits for cancer patients can be very different from the usual suggestions for healthful eating.
This can be confusing for you as a patient or survivor because these new suggestions may seem to contradict what you have always heard.
Our registered dietitians are available to answer questions and address concerns about managing your diet, weight, treatment side effects, and use of nutritional supplements. To schedule an appointment with one of our dietitians, call (404) 778-5646.


Lately, it seems like the future is no longer so far into the future. Things that are right out of a persons wildest dreams and imagination are becoming a reality today; things like video phones, intelligent computers and interactive worlds are no longer something you will only see in futuristic movies. But how will this change your life specifically?
One advancement in particular comes to mind when I think about the future of technology and how it will change our lives and that is Augmented Reality.
Augmented Reality, or AR as it is becoming to be known is something right out of Minority Report or Terminator. In essence, AR is the placement of a virtual layer over the reality you and I see, using a device like a smart phone or video camera. This data placed on the screen, when viewed through the lens, appears to be part of the real word and can interact with whatever the lens is pointing at.
While the first AR devices relied solely on GPS to allow you to interact with the world, now these devices can actually recognize objects and track them in the lens.
While this may not happen for a while, another form of AR is already in active development for consumers and all you'd need to take advantage of this is a web camera which most of us have now.
This system is used for online shopping. It's being developed by a company called Zugara and they think it will drastically reduce return rates for online shopping and increase the likelihood of people finding and buying what they want the first time they visit an online store.
This Augmented Reality system is a bit more complex than simply showing data on the screen. As you'll see in this video there, while you are trying on the clothes, you have to step back away from the computer so the camera can match the outfit to your body. Instead of having to walk back to the keyboard to try a different outfit, this AR system can recognize hand gestures and allow you to move from one item to the next or add things to your cart just by moving your hands around.
And one final use of AR that has gained popularity since this campaign launched; advertising. This advertising campaign put scantily clad angels in the train station. Obviously, these are AR ladies and not really present, but on the screens installed at the station, these people got to interact with these beautiful women for a few days. While the product they were advertising wasn't augmented onto peoples hands or anything, this campaign really put this company on the map.
AR is an amazing development and I can't wait to see what others can do with it. Imagine how this could effect the medical field, shopping, driving, traffic and just about every other aspect of our world.
What do you hope to see from AR in the future?
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amazing! I can see this in the medical field 🙂 "remove 2 screws… remove kidney… retrieve the tool you droped last time…" but seriously, amazing.
Awesome example there! I hadn't seen some of that stuff about Caroline, what a great use of technology.
I've been thinking about this lately. As soon as they come out with glasses that can work as monitors they can start developing some really cool stuff.
Like if you were driving somewhere, you could see arrows that pointed you in the right direction.
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Appeal of NATHANIEL DASHE, on behalf of Michael Dashe and Marcus Dashe, from action of the Board of Education of the Sewanhaka Central High School District regarding student residency.
Graynor and Graynor, Esqs., attorneys for petitioner, Andrew D. Graynor, Esq., of counsel
Douglas E. Libby, Esq., attorney for respondent
SOBOL, Commissioner.--Petitioner appeals on behalf of his two sons from respondent's determination that they are not residents of the Sewanhaka Central High School District and are therefore not entitled to attend the schools of that district tuition-free. The appeal must be sustained in part.
Petitioner, Nathaniel Dashe, is the father of Michael and Marcus Dashe. Marcus was admitted to the schools of respondent school district in 1988 and Michael was admitted in September 1990, based upon petitioner's representation that he resided in an apartment within respondent's school district.
Petitioner alleges that while he and his two sons reside in an apartment located within respondent's district, because of an unusual "extended family home" situation, he and his two sons spend considerable time each day at the home of petitioner's mother, located in another school district. Apparently, petitioner is the father of 12 children, ranging in age from 6 to 21, 10 of whom he adopted. It further appears that all of the children, except allegedly Michael and Marcus, reside at his mother's home. Petitioner contends that even though his living arrangements are unusual, his apartment within respondent's district is his principal residence and that of his sons Michael and Marcus.
In a letter dated December 21, 1990, respondent informed petitioner that Michael and Marcus were no longer entitled to attend the schools of the district because they had an "actual residence elsewhere." Petitioner appealed the decision and a hearing was held in January 1991. In a decision dated February 25, 1991, the hearing officer affirmed respondent's determination after finding that petitioner owns his mother's home; that petitioner is not a tenant and pays no rent in the apartment where he claims residence within respondent's school district; and that petitioner, Michael and Marcus actually reside in petitioner's mother's home. Petitioner subsequently commenced this appeal with service of a petition, and requested a stay of proceedings pursuant to 8 NYCRR '276.1 on March 25, 1991. On April 4, 1991, I issued an order requiring respondent to continue to admit the students to its public schools pending a final decision on the merits of this appeal.
8 NYCRR '100.2(y) requires that any adverse residency decision by a school official other than the board of education or its designee must include notification of the procedures for obtaining review of the decision within the district. The regulation further provides that prior to making a determination of entitlement to attend the schools of the district, the board or its designee shall afford the child's parent the opportunity to submit information concerning the child's right to attend school in the district.
Section 100.2(y) was drafted to ensure that, when challenged, parents have an opportunity to submit information concerning their child's right to attend the schools of the district prior to a final determination (Application of Mandel, 29 Ed Dept Rep 187). The regulation does not require a formal hearing. However, the record indicates that it is respondent's policy to provide parents or persons claiming custodial relationships with a "full due process hearing" to determine student residency, including the opportunity to present evidence, cross-examine district witnesses and representation by counsel.
Having given parents the right to an evidentiary due process hearing, respondent board of education is bound by its own policy and must assure that the hearing procedures comport with due process. As the Commissioner of Education has held in other contexts, one of the essential elements of a due process hearing is that it be conducted before a neutral fact finder (Appeal of Snowberger, 24 Ed Dept Rep 256; Matter of DeVore, 11 id. 296; Matter of Dishaw, 10 id. 34). However, the record indicates that the hearing officer in this case was not a neutral fact finder, but instead actively presented the school district's case against the petitioner. While the school district attorney was present at the hearing, his participation was minimal. The hearing officer himself introduced and accepted into evidence most of the significant documentation in support of the school district's position. On several occasions petitioner's attorney objected to various proposed exhibits, thus requiring the hearing officer to rule on the admission of the very items that the officer sought to introduce. The hearing officer's active involvement in the prosecution of the school district's case against petitioner has thus resulted in a record so compromised as to preclude any meaningful review. In fairness to petitioner, the matter must be remanded for a rehearing before a neutral hearing officer.
THE APPEAL IS SUSTAINED.


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In Search of Freedom - An Unfinished Journey
Author/Artist Manikuntala Sen
Publisher Stree
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Author: Manikuntala Sen
Translator: Stree
Publisher: Stree
This memoir, 'Shediner Katha', which appeared in Bengali nearly two decades ago, has been translated for the first time in English so that a wider readership may know about the life of a remarkable woman.
Manikuntala Sen's memoir, 'Shediner Katha', which appeared in Bengali nearly two decades ago, has been translated for the first time into English so that a wider readership may know about the life of a remarkable woman. Coming from a conservative upper caste, middle class family, she broke free of familial and social bonds to reach out to a cause. As she says, 'The dream of socialism was in the air and the young shared it'. That dream was to propel her to play a significant role in the tumultuous history of her time, the 1930s to the early 1960s.
Beginning her political journey as a young college student, she soon became a full-time member of the Communist Party at a time when 'party membership was not granted easily', lived on a stipend of Rs. 20 a month that increased to Rs. 60 in the early sixties. She rose to become the deputy leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly with Jyoti Basu as the leader.
Manikuntala recounts a story of fervor and sacrifice, of bitter feuds and ultimate self-imposed exile when the Communist Party split and she could not accept either faction. As a young student she left the district town of Barishal, now in Bangladesh, to come to Calcutta and work for the Party. She traveled extensively throughout Bengal, mobilizing women in the towns and villages, helping to shape the women's movement of her time. Setting up mahila samitis or women's groups and societies, she aided many women to articulate their needs, learn marketable skills and take part in momentous struggle like the Tebhaga.
Her work was done with characteristic modesty, always as a member of a team. When she wrote about it she said, 'we have taken part in many struggles and movements during the years with the Party. The joy that we felt serving people at this time,. Sometimes going hungry ourselves, has never come again.' The movement took greater impetus during the cruelly harsh man-made famine of 1943 and the terrible aftermath of Partition when millions of people were uprooted and women often found themselves becoming the breadwinners.
The greatest struggle came after Independence when the Communist Party was again declared illegal and many members arrested. Manikuntala writes of her time in jail, where she was to spend most of 1948-1951, of her visit to the USSR and of the changes in the party, which was rife with dissension and split in the aftermath of the China-India War. She viewed the self-seeking, the loss of dedication and idealism amongst many party members with deep foreboding and pain. Finally she forced herself to leave the Party, though she never formally resigned from it. In her last years her one regret was that the cause for which she had given her life remained unfulfilled. She felt that if she had the strength she would have continued the struggle.
Manikuntala's book is a rare document that faithfully records what she participated in and witnessed within and without the Party. Moreover, it tells us about the many women not necessarily Communist who supported the social and political movements, serving as an important record of their activities.
Manikuntala Sen in 1954 'frontispiece'
Foreword by Tapan Raychaudhuri
A Note on the Author by Jolly Kaul
A Note on Translation
Illustrations follow
A Word of Explanation
The Three Wise Men of Barishal
Making contact with the Party in Calcutta
The Plunge into Politics
In the District: Work Amongst Women
the New Cultural Movement
People's Relief committee and Nari Seva Sangha
The First Conference of the Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti
The Peasants' Conference at Netrakona
After World War II
The Third Conference of the Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti
The Tebhaga Andolon: The Rights of Sharecroppers
The Anti-imperialist Upsurge
Riots, Partition and Independence
Partition: Streams of Refugees
Unreal Freedom?
At the Midnapore and Presidency Jails
My Homeland: Pakistan's Barishal
The New Party Policy and Elections
The Women's International Democratic Federation
The Hindu Code Bill
The Struggle Against Dowry
On Mass Movements
The World Mothers' Conference
The Second General Elections
A Murder and the Role of the Samiti
The Golden Jubilee of the Women's International Democratic Federation
Intra-Party Conflict
The India-China Conflict
Campaign against Famine and the Third General Elections
Bewitching Calcutta
The China-India War and Its Consequences


The distance between Asuncion, Paraguay and Torun, Poland is approximately 11,366 km or 7,063 mi.
To reach Asuncion in this distance one would set out from Torun bearing 244° or WSW and follow the great circles arc to approach Asuncion bearing 216.7° or SW .
Asuncion has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) whereas Torun has a marine west coast climate (Cfb).
Asuncion is in or near the subtropical moist forest biome whereas Torun is in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome.
Total annual precipitation averages 797 mm (31.4 in) more which is equivalent to 797 l/m² (19.56 US gal/ft²) or 7,970,000 l/ha (852,046 US gal/ac) more. About 2 1/2 as much.
The altitude of the sun at midday is overall 26.9° higher in Asuncion than in Torun.
The table shows values for Asuncion relative to Torun. You can also view this comparison the other way around from the perspective of Torun vs Asuncion.


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Superbowl is just around the corner and with it comes a big party. Of course you know someone will eat too much - be prepared, give them this sample of Prilosec OTC.
Yes, I know it's a small list, they usually slow down around the holidays.
Leave me a comment and tell me all about the freebies you've gotten this year - which was the coolest or most bizarre and which was the most disappointing.
Have a super happy and safe holiday season - Freebies will be back Friday, January 9th!


It allows you to practice your instruments without disturbing others or being disturbed when you use regular amplifying speaker with the hassles of guitar cables and pedals. .
I-plug can serve as a mini audio card when connected to smart devices such as Iphone, Ipad, Ipod,Android/Windows phones with your favorite apps you get from from app stores.
And then you can easily use this system to record your practice or performance.
one 3.5mm stereo headphone output. It is powered by a 3v battery, The control panel has a drive knob, a tone knob and a volume knob!


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São Pedro era uma antiga freguesia de Santarém, situada na zona baixa da cidade, mais propriamente no bairro do Alfange. A paróquia, já existente no final do século XII, foi extinta nos finais do século XVII. Na sua igreja paroquial, estava instalada uma confraria que era administrada pelos pescadores do bairro. Actualmente, o território que pertencia a esta paróquia faz parte da de Marvila.

Antigas freguesias de Santarém

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Newly remodeled Colonial 3 bedroom 2 bath home situated on a corner lot in village of Camden. Home features an enclosed porch that overlooks Veterans Park. Grab a fishing rod as the Mad River is a short walk to relax and do some fishing. Home is currently still being remodeled with new windows, painting and some interior finishing touches.This home has all new carpets, kitchen cupboards and countertops, new bathrooms, sinks, faucets and so much more! The bonus room off the dining room can be an office or extra bedroom. Detached garage for added store or to park out of the elements.


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Posted 12:02 PM, July 4, 2019, by Melissa Pamer, Updated at 04:43PM, July 4, 2019
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake that rocked Southern California on Fourth of July was centered in an area of the Mojave Desert known for "robust" aftershock sequences but remote enough to prevent damage in more heavily populated areas, famed former USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said Thursday.
The quake struck east of the southernmost part of the mighty San Andreas Fault, likely on a small fault about 10 miles long, Jones said at a news conference at Caltech. She later said new evidence suggested the quake involved two faults.
The epicenter was about 7 miles southwest of Searles Valley, in northwest San Bernardino County, at about 10:33 a.m. The epicenter was on the sprawling Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, about 11 miles east-northeast of Kern County's Ridgecrest, where about 29,000 people live.
"This was not unexpected in this area," Rob Graves of the U.S. Geological Survey said, calling the temblor "totally appropriate" for the region.
Ridgecrest and the small town of Trona may have been particularly hard hit because of the nature of the quake, Jones said. Ridgecrest Regional Hospital was evacuated.
A quake this size has potential to cause damage, particularly close
to rupture. Shaking ests. suggest this produced strong
to very strong shaking over region roughly 50 km in length & includes
cities of Ridgecrest. PAGER estimates between $10M and $100M in losses from
this quake.
— USGS (@USGS) July 4, 2019
No damage was documented in Los Angeles County or more populated areas of San Bernardino County farther from the epicenter.
"It's a sparsely inhabited area so the number of people who would have received damage is much lower," she said.
USGS geologists were headed to the region to examine reports of "ground cracks," Graves said.
About three dozen aftershocks were felt within an hour of the quake, she added. They generally were not being felt in the L.A. Basin, but probably in the Owens Valley area.
Within five hours, more than 220 aftershocks had occurred, according to the Southern California Seismic Network.
The aftershocks to the #SearlesValley earthquake show that two faults are involved. One strikes northwest and the other northeast. You can see the aftershocks at https://t.co/BwTOi7AGG2 pic.twitter.com/gkDzPh4I9G
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) July 4, 2019
The quake area has likewise in past seen "very robust sequences," Jones said.
No Reports of Significant Damage, Injury in L.A. Following Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake: LAFD
A magnitude 5.1 quake struck close by in 1982, and six to eight magnitude 4 quakes were associated with that temblor, along with many in the magnitude 3 range, she said.
"It went on for six months. So we should be expecting lots of aftershocks," Jones said.
Within the next few days, there's a 9% chance of a quake larger than magnitude 6.4 within the next week, Graves and Jones said. The most likely time for larger quakes is on Thursday, and probabilities will shrink by more than half Friday, they said.
It's about a 100% chance of another quake of magnitude 4.
"It's certain that this area is going to be shaken a lot today," Jones said.
Aftershocks were occurring on "two conjugate fault structures in the Airport Lake Fault Zone," USGS said on Twitter.
Generally, over the last 20 years, it's been an "extremely quiet time" for quakes in Southern California, Jones added.
Topics: caltech, Featured on Instagram, Ridgecrest, searles valley, u.s. geological survey
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Earthquake Brings Scattered Damage Across Region Around Ridgecrest
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Minutes: April 13th, 1999
San Francisco State University Academic Senate
Minutes of April 13, 1999
The Academic Senate was called to order by Chair Mark Phillips at 2:10 p.m.
Senate Members Present:
Alvarez, Alvin; Barnes, Paul; Bartscher, Patricia; Bernstein, Marian; Cancino,
Herlinda; Chen, Yu-Charn; Consoli, Andres; Contreras, Rey; Corrigan, Robert;
Cullers, Susan; Duke, Jerry; Eisman, Gerald; Fehrman, Ken; Ferretti, Charlotte;
Flowers, Will; Fox-Wolfgramm, Susan; Goldsmith, Helen; Graham, Michael; Graham,
Minnie; Gregory, Jan; Harnly, Caroline; Haw, Mary Ann; Hom, Marlon; Hu, Sung;
Jenkins, Lee; Jerris, Scott; Johnson, Dane; Kelley, James; Moss, Joanna; Phillips,
Mark; Raggio, Marcia; Shrivastava, Vinay; Simeon, Roblyn; Smith, Miriam; Strong,
Rob; Terrell, Dawn; Turitz, Mitch; Vaughn, Pamela; Verhey, Marilyn; Warren,
Mary Anne; Warren, Penelope; Wong, Alfred; Yee, Darlene.
Senate Members Absent: Swanson, Deborah(exc.); Wade, Patricia(exc.);
Craig, JoAnn; Oñate, Abdiel; Choo, Freddie; Bhat, Subodh; Gonzales, Angela;
Shapiro, Jerald(exc.); Elia, John(exc.); Tarakji, Ghassan; Aaron, Eunice(exc.);
Cherny, Robert(exc.); La Belle, Thomas; Scoble, Don(exc.); Collier, James; Montenegro,
Ricardo; Valledares, Juan; Vega, Sandra.
Senate Interns Present:
Guests: R. Houlberg, J. Kassiola, J. Randolph, M. Kasdan, G.
West, P. McGee.
Announcements and Report
Chair's Report
Chair Phillips announced that ballots have gone out for the Academic
Senate university-wide elections.
Rick Houlberg reported on improvements for the Centennial Graduation
ceremony, encouraging all faculty to attend. He asked that any questions or
comments be directed to him or Darlene Yee, the Senate appointed representatives
for the graduation ceremony.
Phillips reported on the April 8, 1999, meeting of the CSU Academic Senate
Chairs. A lot of time was spent discussing various responses to the dispute
going on with the Board of Trustees and different ways that different administrations
are responding. Several asked faculty trustee Harold Goldwhite his perspective
on what can be done to heal the breach, build bridges, or effectively pressure
the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor. Goldwhite said that the Chancellor
is held in high repute by the Trustees; he has their support and respect,
and the Board perceives him as successful with regard to Sacramento and other
aspects of his job. The Chancellor's one year evaluation said that there were
few dissenting voices in the chorus of praise. If the Board changes in makeup
and becomes more pro-union there might be a change. The Board perceived the
CFA "no" vote as confusing and erratic. He also said that the Board of Trustees
are not sure where faculty are, so if there could be three or four points
that faculty could agree on across the system that might be effective. Board
of Trustee members do read responses from individual faculty, and he believes
that letters--not e-mail--might be effective.
Agenda Item #1 - Approval of Agenda for April 13, 1999
M/S/P (Vaughn, P. Warren) to insert new item #3a, Report from President
Corrigan and to make current item #3, item #3b.
The agenda was approved as amended.
Agenda Item #2 - Approval of Minutes for March 23, 1999
The minutes were approved as printed.
Agenda Item #3A - Report from President Corrigan
President Corrigan delivered remarks concerning the proposed resolution to
censure Chancellor Reed.
Corrigan thanked the Senate for the courtesy of appearing, commenting on his
respect, which he believes is mutual, for its dedication, integrity, and seriousness
of purpose, even when on opposite sides of an issue. He added that he believed
it inappropriate for him to engage in or in any way inhibit the debate, so he
would leave at the conclusion of his remarks and any questions.
Corrigan urged us to separate out the issues that confront us, stating that
there is much blame to be shared over the frustrating collective bargaining
process and results. He added that this campus has just awarded 150 merit salary
increases, has also processed GSI and SSI awards, and hopes to offer significant
merit increases to another 450 faculty members come July 1st.
Corrigan spoke against the proposed resolution on the Cornerstones implementation
plan, suggesting that we take to heart the comments made in Bob Cherny's email.
He repeated that his personal goal is to see SFSU become the nation's preeminent
public urban university. He spoke to the obligation to demonstrate to the State
that we hold ourselves accountable and that we are prepared to evaluate and
assess the quality of what we do, and reiterated his belief that this campus
has much more to gain than to lose from participating in the implementation
of Cornerstones.
On the proposed censure of Chancellor Reed, Corrigan first addressed the Chancellor's
comments at the San Luis Obispo Q&A. He remarked that as a full-time faculty
member for 14 years before becoming an academic administrator, he understood
the anger at the reported comments, but added that working on practically a
daily basis with the Chancellor, he has grown to understand the man and to appreciate
his value system, and he has never seen or heard the Chancellor display contempt
for faculty or be discourteous in his assessment of their professional commitment.
Corrigan added that what Reed actually said was the following: "I want to serve
more students. I know that there's about 400,000 net additional students that
want a college degree in the next eight to ten years that are coming out of
the 12th grade, but we'll never be able to serve them if we work abut seven
or eight months a year. You know, I guess, from about 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.,
Monday through Thursday." Corrigan read Reed as asserting that We, the university,
need to be in business 12 months a year. We, the university, need to provide
round-the-clock-service--not the individual faculty member. Corrigan added that
Reed wasn't telling you to get of your duffs and work harder, he was telling
Corrigan went on to say that, though he does not believe the widespread negative
interpretation of Reed's off-the-cuff remarks accurately reflects his attitude
about this faculty, the impact of his comments has reverberated throughout the
system. Reed has apologized for the comments; he has been rebuked by the Statewide
Senate; he has been vilified in various CSU campus senates, and he has been
inundated with vicious and repugnant personal email attacks. The motion today
will simply be added to a long list of similar censures and rebukes, and the
point has been made: "We don't like the contract; we are suspicious of Cornerstones;
we are terribly offended by something the Chancellor seems to believe about
us." Corrigan added that SFSU might be more effective than the rest of the CSU
campuses, using this critical moment to our advantage.
Corrigan provided a historical summary on how SFSU went from the flagship of
the new CSU system under Chancellor Dumke to the campus with the lowest number
of State dollars per FTEs and the highest faculty/student ratio, in part due
to a history of assaults on and confrontations with CSU leaders. He asked if
this situation would change as we join in a systemwide censure of the Chancellor.
He added that, though some believe Reed will not survive the onslaught, he does
not share that belief: this is not a man who is about to turn tail and run;
this is not a Board that is about to fire him. From reading the State's press,
Reed also has the strong support of the public. Corrigan suggested that we suspend
our judgement of Reed and that we allow him to demonstrate in the months ahead
that his is a far different person than heated reports would have us believe.
This will achieve a second goal of sharpening the recognition that this campus
and this faculty have a great capacity to help the system to move ahead. Corrigan
reiterated: "I put my reputation on the line with you when I tell you that most
of what is reported is in error; that this is a man who shares more of the values
that characterize our campus than anyone who has ever served as Chancellor."
Corrigan summarized his witnessing Reed as a supporter of faculty, particularly
when it comes to compensation. He added that it is true that Reed wishes us
to offer state-funded courses 12 months a year, to deliver classes on weekends
and at night, to vary both the length of courses and our delivery systems, things
that Corrigan wishes as well. But neither Corrigan nor Reed has ever said that
our faculty is not working hard at the highest level of professionalism. And
the Chancellor understands the onerous impact of a four-course load, the burden
of oversubscribed classes, the extraordinary strains that an often underprepared
student population places upon us, and the stress that faculty bear as a result
of a desire to continue to be scholars on the cutting edge of their disciplines.
Corrigan added, however, that the State will no longer accept a "business as
usual" attitude on the part of those who would administer the CSU and that we
have to respond with a great sense of urgency to the challenge presented by
hundreds of thousands of tidal wave students. Reed has never suggested that
an individual faculty member's workload should be increased, but he has argued
that each campus had to do more--and called for additional resources to aid
Corrigan asked the Senate to table the resolution until such time as we have
the facts to prove that he was wrong in his assessment and that Reed's critics
have been right. He suggested that we invite Reed back to campus. He added that
we have little to lose by being open and thoughtful and much to gain, including
newfound support of Trustees and repair to the damage done by 30 years of bureaucratic
hostility. Corrigan concluded as follows: "Time will show whether I am right
about Chancellor Reed; in the meantime, San Francisco State University will
have demonstrated its leadership by taking a course of action that can only
do us good, both on and beyond the campus. I believe that both Charles Reed
and San Francisco State University deserve this approach."
Susan Fox-Wolfgramm asked how soon Reed would come if we did invite
him. Corrigan responded that he might be here in several weeks, but we would
have to assure him a reasonable environment.
Paul Barnes asked what President Corrigan's intuitive feeling was about
Reed being reasonable. Corrigan answered that the guy is a linebacker; if you
come after him; he comes after you. When he strays from a prepared text, he
tends not to say things in a way that you would like to hear them.
Agenda Item #3B - University Budget Committee Election
Jerry Duke (Dance) was elected to the University Budget Committee.
Agenda Item #4 - Resolution on Chancellor Charles B. Reed
M/S/P (Vaughn, Fehrman) to change language in the first resolve clause
to read "Resolved that the SFSU Academic Senate rebuke Chancellor Charles B.
Reed; and be it further," changing "censure" to "rebuke."
Pamela Vaughn commented that she had heard from a number of people uncomfortable
with the word "censure," thinking it far stronger than the word "rebuke" from
the Statewide Senate, so she proposes this change in hopes of reaching consensus.
Miriam Smith asked whether we are rebuking on our own or joining in
the rebuke. She added that it is unclear why we are rebuking him.
Vaughn suggested that the above observation be addressed by the original makers
of the resolution.
Jan Gregory said that if you look at the second whereas there is reference
to public insult and disparagement of CSU faculty and a specific example, most
recently at Cal-Poly State University. The record of these remarks and the internal
contradictions of the Chancellor's remarks about institutions and values deeply
important to higher education did not need to be included or it might have gone
on interminably. He has said for the record repeatedly such things as we don't
need tenure, let's experiment and then weeks later saying that he values tenure.
There is a consistent, documented record of other similar comments, including
early on in his administration his belief that California State University faculty
do not really work very hard. We don't need all of these in the resolution.
Darlene Yee suggested that we rephrase the resolve clause to read that
the SFSU Academic Senate endorse the action of the CSU Academic Senate in the
above referenced resolution.
Mitch Turitz quoted from Bob Cherny's comments on this matter as reported
in the minutes from the last senate meeting: "Cherny seconded that this is a
very serious motion. He favored censure at that time and still does, but the
reason for this is not primarily with regard to the contract. Cherny suggested
that we not move this to second reading today. Cherny added that he favored
this motion for actions of our Chancellor for over a year where he has disparaged
the work habits of the faculty. Reed told us at our very first meeting that
we can all work harder. When it was explained to him that we had done so in
the state's financial crisis--we had taken on a higher student-faculty ration;
we had gone without pay increases--on top of what was already the highest work
load of any comparable institution, Reed's response was 'I don't know that there
is data for that,' even though other executives in his administration have done
so."
Paul Barnes commented that last time we met he had said that we were
trying to put fire out with gasoline. He added that he does not support censure,
or confirming what other campuses have said; it's like trying to pick a fight
with your father. We should be more creative and be flagship of the system,
and we are not going to do this by alienating the Chancellor. We are all creatures
of the State Legislature, and we should be getting up to Sacramento and lobbying.
He added that a resolution might be toned down to "deeply offended and disappointed."
M/S/P (Kelley, Fehrman) to close debate.
The vote was taken and the amendment passed 17 to 14 with 8 abstentions.
Phillips spoke against the resolution as amended, stating that he opposed it
less on principle than expediency, seeing no benefit from passing this. He added
that with Reed's tough/fragile personality, if you back him into the corner,
you get nothing.
Jerry Duke spoke against the resolution based on his knowledge of Southern
personalities like Reed's, suggesting that passing this resolution would only
hurt us.
Gregory spoke in favor of the resolution, remarking that the issue has nothing
to do with the Chancellor's character structure. She suggested that we consider
a document that most don't know: Principles and Policies: Papers of the Academic
Senate of the California State University. In a section on collegiality,
for example, it says "the state of mind of participants in collegial decision-making
is an important determinant of the success of the process. Participants should
consider one another as colleagues and should respect each other's individual
expertise and contributions." It also says, "Critics sometimes compare the functioning
of a university to that of private enterprise, but such analogies are misleading.
The basic objectives of a business are to maximize profits, to produce a measurable
commodity at a minimal cost, and to increase market share. A university strives
for alternative and often conflicting achievements. Because of these differences
and because of the special role of faculty and students, decision-making in
a university is a more diverse process than that of private industry. A collegial
approach to decision-making is the means whereby the fundamental values of the
university can be preserved. Its conflicting objectives balanced, and its legal
obligations to the state met." Gregory also suggested that we consider the language
of HEERA, which speaks of "harmonious relations between each higher education
employer and its employees as a necessity." Those relations do not obtain when
the person who we may wish symbolically to view as a father-figure or as a person
with serious character flaws, takes the position about the faculty in the system
he leads that the Chancellor has done publicly; thus, this resolution should
be supported. Gregory addressed Miriam's concern by saying that she would take
it as friendly if someone moved to delete the third whereas clause.
Smith reiterated that this resolution as written is unclear; she added that
she will not propose an amendment to this because she is not in favor of it
overall.
Marlon Hom commented that he feels caught in this debate. The rhetoric
is important in order to send a notice about how faculty feel about this whole
situation, but we should keep some distance. We as individual faculty are victims
in the management/union debate. We need to examine the individual faculty welfare
in this process. He added that maybe we should all vote abstention.
Julian Randolph registered his distress and disappointment because the
Senate has decided not to take the high moral ground, remembering the time when
we could have voted against any merit scheme and rolled over and played dead.
He added that the only morally responsible stand, given the Chancellor's history
and given the fact that when he doesn't have a prepared text he is revealing
what he truly feels, is to censure that individual. He is our spokesperson before
the legislature and the business community, and he is supposed to be supporting
and nurturing our values, and he has not done that. Randolph went on to comment
that the delay in moving on this motion for further discussion has been used
only in an attempt to water it down. He added that memory of the history of
what happened to this university in relation to system provisions is radically
different than the President's. It was not the faculty that caused this institution
to become the victim of a redistribution of resources; the administration was
charged with coming up with the devices to provide an improved dollar per FTE,
and the administration did not do it.
Yee stated that common sense tells us that when someone does something that
we don't like, it is smart to let them know so that they don't repeat the behavior,
and the CSU Academic Senate has done this on our behalf. It also makes sense
to let them know what it is that we would like to see them do, which our resolution
does not do, so I would encourage senators to either abstain or vote against
this resolution.
Dane Johnson urged that we vote for this resolution, reiterating the
statements made above by Gregory and those made in the last Senate meeting by
Cherny, reasons based solely on the Chancellor's actions over the past year.
Reed has been a very poor leader of our system, and meetings with him have shown
him to have a value system very different than that shared by our faculty.
James Kelley urged the Senate to vote down this resolution stating that
he doesn't care about the Chancellor's psychology but that it's an ill-conceived
Phillips commented that there are some very different perspectives, and he
urged us to respect those differences. He reiterated that his perspective is
less focused on issues of principle than on principles of pragmatism and his
judgment of human politics, looking for expediency and bridges toward moving
forward. He resented the implication that those of us who oppose this oppose
it because of a flawed perspective as opposed to the fact that we all have different
ways of turning the problem. He urged us to vote against this resolution because
it will not do the problem any good to pass this, and it could do us some good
to say that the message has already been sent.
M/S/P (Turitz, M. Warren) to second reading.
Gerald Eisman felt uncomfortable that the President would speak to the Senate
on this issue, but he spoke against the resolution. He first commended those
speaking for it, but added that he sees an opportunity here to invite the Chancellor
to come here and discuss these issues. He suggested an amendment that retained
the whereas clauses, but does not take the same stance of rebuking the Chancellor
in the resolution, resolving instead to request that Reed come to the Senate,
address us on his views, and stand for a period of questions and answers on
faculty workload in the CSU.
Duke ceded his position on the floor to Eisman.
M/S/P (Eisman, Hom) to amend the resolution so that the first resolve
clause reads as follows: "Resolved that the SFSU Academic Senate request that
Chancellor Charles B. Reed address the Senate and stand for a period of questions
and answers on his views on faculty workload, and related issues; and be it
further."
Vaughn commented that she found the amendment interesting and she likes it.
Gregory remarked that she has had this opportunity here, as we all have, as
well as with the Statewide Senate. The Statewide senators were very clear in
commentary and questions, so if we pass this resolution with this new language,
we need to do more careful homework before he arrives than we did for today.
If we prefer Gerry's language, explore the record, ask hard questions, and leave
open the possibility of later action.
Mary Anne Warren spoke in support of Eisman's motion, seeing it as a
good compromise that notes the disapproval over his comments and puts forward
the suggestion that there can be better communication.
Lee Jenkins stated that she supported the original resolution, but is
open to this new amendment because it is an opportunity to talk to him without
barring us from a future resolution.
Barnes stated that we should have a cooling off period. If he were the Chancellor,
it would sound like an invitation to a lynching.
Smith proposed a friendly amendment that was accepted: to include compensation
in addition to faculty workload.
Hom spoke in support of Gerry's amendment, suggesting that we look at this
with a sense of humor since our Chancellor said that we were a mature campus.
M/S/P (Kelley, M. Warren) to close debate on the amendment.
The amendment was passed.
Joanna Moss remembered that when she was a student here, in philosophy they
talked about the problem between the moralists and the pragmatists; the moralists
would say we should vote for this because we have been insulted consistently
and this is no way to have a relationship; the pragmatists seem to be saying
that this is no way to get a better relationship with the big boss. She added
that she needs more time to talk to her colleagues to know which way to go on
Gregory echoed Joanna's comments, adding that a number of people have said
to me this is to much too soon while many have said that censure is inadequate.
If we are going to do this seriously, this needs to be done right.
Penelope Warren spoke in favor of the resolution as amended. She stated
that the things that need to have been said to the Chancellor have been said
and that a stronger stand would not have made it any clearer. She added that
we haven't exhausted all of the possibilities for establishing a relationship
with the Chancellor, and that, though she appreciates the argument that taking
the stronger stance can be the higher moral ground, this resolution can be seen
as taking the higher moral ground by being the person in the right and continuing
to invite the other person to engage in a respectful relationship.
Marian Bernstein proposed an addition that would give it a more positive
spin: "and to establish a better, respectful relationship."
Eisman did not accept this as a friendly amendment.
Mary Anne Warren echoed Penny's statement, adding that it is good politics
and saves us from looking cowardly.
M/S/P (Duke, Smith) to close debate.
The vote was taken on the resolution as amended, and the resolution passed.
(To view this resolution, click here.)
Chair Phillips commented that he does not believe that (meeting with the Chancellor
in) a large arena is necessarily the best way to improve relations. How the
invitation is extended, the context we establish here, the homework that Jan
spoke of--all this will determine whether it is effective. We also have no guarantee
that the Chancellor will accept this.
Agenda Item #5 - Resolution on the Cornerstones Plan
Jan Gregory spoke on behalf of the resolution. She noted that on page
1 of the Senate Agenda it says, Tuesday, April 13, 1999. When the Statewide
Senate voted to delay further action on the Cornerstones implementation plan,
it did so in the belief that this would be one way it could say clearly this
is an appropriate step for an Academic Senate to take in the face of a chancellor
whose behavior has been insulting and wounding to that senate and other faculty
members. I disagree with some of the statements made by Bob in his e-mail. If
we delay work on Cornerstones for the rest of the semester, we will not set
it back very far, but this is a way of saying that we need to take a break from
those things that we have been doing until someone else stops taking a break
from the things that he should be doing. Another argument is that Cornerstones
has language about compensation and work-load but without reference to the only
organization that is legally designated to address those issues. It would be
a very healthy thing to let Cornerstones rest for awhile while we rest a bit,
grade our papers, and go on about the work we are paid to do.
Duke spoke against this resolution, asking that we look at what the
resolution suggests we refuse to participate in formal discussion of or action
on. He read the 10 principles of Cornerstones and asked which one of these we
shall refuse to do. He added that all of these principles are woven into our
campus strategic plan, the members of the Executive Committee are opposed to
this, and Cornerstones is beneficial to faculty and students.
Bernstein commented that Cornerstones was not initially our document,
but it has become our document, so if we withdraw now, we will lose our chance
to continue to mold it.
Barnes agreed with what has been said and stated his opposition to this
Dawn Terrell spoke against the resolution, commenting in particular
about last week's State Senate Chairs' meeting. Dave Spence presented a draft
of the accountability issues, members began to raise questions and point out
problems and then realized that they could not comment. This draft will go forward,
and if we pass this resolution, we tie our hands, and some of the state senators
have realized what a difficult bind this places them in.
Jenkins spoke in support of the resolution because it is part of a job
action, and we agreed we would not participate in more assessment.
M/S/P (Vaughn, Fehrman) to second reading.
Yee spoke against the resolution, stating that it will negate much
of the valuable work of the CUSP process.
Carolyn Harnly suggested that we delete the part on "refuse to participate
in formal discussion" and just keep "action on." This would preserve the possibility
of participation while also stating that we are working without a contract and
this is an overload.
M/S/P (Gregory, ) moved the above as a friendly amendment for the second
resolved: delete "participate in formal discussion of" and read "shall not take
any action on . . . "
Duke commented that if we pass this then we have to decide what we won't take
action on.
M/S/P (Vaughn, Bernstein) to close debate.
The vote was taken on the resolution as amended, and the resolution did
not pass (4 for, 26 opposed, 2 abstentions).
Chair Phillips remarked that this has been hard for all of us and we should
remember that the intent in this room is positive even when we disagree. Please
be respectful and caring in this process.
Agenda Item #6 - Proposed Revision to A.S. Policy #S81-18 - Leaves with Pay
Phillips commented that the reason this is on as a discussion item is
that we think this is extremely important, and we want to get at the issues
apart from positionality, so that maybe we can come up with a proposal which
comes as close to a consensus as possible.
Marlon Hom, chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee, provided some background.
The current policy on sabbatical leave has fallen apart; it's dysfunctional
at the college level and not being followed at the administration level. We
are trying to come up with a revision that will be agreeable to both sides.
These suggestions have come down to three: 1) maintain the policy as is; 2)
give a percentage to the administration to exercise their discretion; 3) revamp
it in such a way that sabbaticals will be granted only on the basis of merit
of the application. The Faculty Affairs committee found the percentage option
not that desirable, so we are asking the Senate to look at the remaining two
options, while also entertaining the suggestion of whether or not there should
be a university committee to oversee, review, and recommend the sabbatical leaves
in such a way that they will be fair for all, perhaps parallel to the University
Promotions committee, which will provide a faculty voice in this process.
The Senate was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary to the Faculty
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Wine of the Month Club and Tim Grace
No accent here...naturally, from Ohio to England to Tuscany....who would have an accent?
Paul: Hey, welcome to the continuing winemaker of the club series here at Wine of the Month Club, and very excited to had Mr. Tim Grace stop by to say hi to us here all the way from some part of Ohio, some part of England and some part of…Tuscany, but what a great story. So, tell us about your…you were born and raised in Ohio, what happened?
Tim Grace: Yeah, my Dad is from…a little place...one of those towns, Steubenville, Ohio…
Paul: …Steubenville…
Tim Grace: …on the West Virginia border, Jimmy the (……….) and Dean Martin…
Paul: …Right…
Tim Grace: My Mom is from Cleveland, and in the late sixties they got moved over to…to the UK, to London, actually about an hour and a half away from England. And they…hadn't really been outside of Ohio at all, and one of the first places they saw…they went travelling, they went to Italy, which is really half way between Florence and, and …and right…right South of Panzano is the little village. And this is in the early seventies, I really don't remember the trip, and they kind of just kept going back and forth. And they…they…they fell in love with it, which is kind of a cliché for wine, but…true in our case.
Paul: Yeah...well, very romantic part of the world when it comes to wine, of course.
Tim Grace: Well, if you're from an old town in Ohio or Cleveland, and then all of a sudden you're in Tuscan hills, it's…impactful.
Paul: Yeah, right. So they didn't have dreams of their son becoming a football player, or you know...?
Tim Grace: ...Well, in football, buy not soccer, soccer, soccer, soccer…
Paul: ...Sorry, yeah, the wrong one, yeah…right…
Tim Grace: ...once we moved…once we moved…(laughing)...
Paul: ...(laughing)…So, how long were you in London?
Tim Grace: ...We were in England…I grew up in England, never had a British accent, always had this accent.
Paul: Like I said, you've got this Queen's English going on...(laughing)...
Tim Grace: ...it confuses everybody…(laughing). Then we moved over to Italy…in the…they started looking in the late…in the mid-eighties. So…and then bought this property in Panzano…in ninety-six.
Paul: And so, this...this is like a dream. I mean, how many people in America have this dream, I'm going to buy a, I'm going to buy a vineyard in Tuscany, move out there and you've…they found a place for one…is that common?
Tim Grace: …It took eight years, it took eight years…
Paul: Really, to fine a...
Tim Grace: …because it had to be Panzano. It had to be good quality and Panzano was very famous in…in all of Italy for really growing some of the best grapes in all of Italy.
Paul: Wow...
Tim Grace: So, it really took them eight years. It had to be the right size because we're not doing it as a hobby. Also, we wanted...then…to find a place we can actually build a cantina, the winery. So…it was eight years, yeah.
Paul: So, now it is a home, it's a tasting room?
Tim Grace: We have the home, we have the...the cantina, the winery, tasting room…a little guesthouse, and then, of course, about…I'm terrible at conversion, about a hundred acres of vines.
Paul: ...Forty-four hectares, about a hundred acres. And so, the guest room has how many beds in them…no, I'm just kidding…(laughing)...
Tim Grace: (laughing)...short waiting list…
Paul: So, you have your book here, and you've got some…that's some great.
Tim Grace: ...(San Francesca de la Vine), yeah. It's an anniversary present for my Mon from my Dad…
Paul: ...Is that there already?
Tim Grace: Yeah, it's about...thirty feet high…
Paul: Wow...!
Tim Grace: ...in the middle of one of the higher vineyards, yeah…
Paul: Very cool…
Tim Grace: Yeah…it's an anniversary present from…from my Dad for my Mom.
Paul: ...You know, I was going to get my wife the same thing like this…
Tim Grace: (laughing)…a big thirty foot statue…(laughing)…
Paul: ...Let me get a glass for you. So…was the winery active when you bought it, and if it wasn't, then why did you choose these particular wines to make?
Tim Grace: Well, there's been...there's been vineyards on the property for hundreds of years, but they have always sold to all these fantastic local producers right…right around us. So, we were the…
Paul: ...So, you weren't manufacturing anything there?
Tim Grace: ...No, we were the first people to actually make wine. So, it took us…only about three years to build the cantina. I know for Italy…I saw the look on your face…(laughing)…for Italy it's lightning speed…and so the first vintage we did was ninety…nine, which is a great vintage in Tuscany to kind of kick off.
Paul: ...Yeah, to start with…so…
Tim Grace: ...And so, this wine (Il Villano), Molino di Grace, by the way , is for our last name. In Italy it's always Molino di Grace, which just confuses the Italians…
Paul: ...(laughing)…that's funny…
Tim Grace: Grace has no meaning in Italian…but Molino is windmill in Italian. It's an old historic landmark, but...
Tim Grace: That would confuse them even more probably, and (Villano) is just a millstone and this is actually the only blended wine we make...just…just a table wine, its Sangiovese and then Merlot, which really just sort of soften the Sangiovese and just makes it very easy drinking table wine.
Paul: Well, it's got great depth, I think, for what it is, and you know in America, as you already know table wine…the term table wine just mean alcohol content. And so, your meaning have sort of a country wine to have every day…
Tim Grace: ...and every day…and every day, it is, you know…again, these are…this is a phase that is over used for Italian wine, but these are food wines, you know, that's…that's the purpose for these wines.
Paul: But, wouldn't you call this a Super Tuscan? After all it's got Merlot in it, Super Tuscan?
Tim Grace: You know, everything these days with (IDT) they say is Super Tuscan…
Paul: ...Yeah, it's Super Tuscan, man…
Tim Grace: ...So, I see it as Super Tuscan…all the time. I mean, it just…it just has a nice little finish to it, it's got some depth and some structure, its…it's a wine actually I'm really proud of…
Paul: ...It's really good…
Tim Grace: ...cause frankly it's almost, you know, it's really good. I get asked a lot which one are you most proud of, and it's kind of easy to say the higher end wines, but with good land I…it's my bad if I don't make good wine higher end, that's a little harder to do.
Paul: When you make...you can make good wine…I mean, you can make bad wine from good grapes, but not good wine from bad grapes, and that's where it starts, right?
Tim Grace: Yeah...
Paul: And so, this...now we're going to move into…Sangiovese and the chianti classico, Panzano which…that's the first time I've ever heard of the district, which is a very small district in Chianti Classico.
Tim Grace: Very small village, yeah. But it's got some very famous winery in Italy, right in Panzano. We do a couple of things a little bit...say unusual. So, one is…the fact that it's a hundred percent Sangiovese, which you use to not be allowed to do. You had to put white grapes in there, and now you can't. So, most is blended with cabernet, merlot, we just want to focus on the strength of the wine, which is really being a fantastic food wine, kind of like I've said that before, and...but to do that we also have to hold the wine back a little bit in bottles. So, this is 2010…which we've just moved into, so typically 2010 or 2011 in the market place, but you know, we want the wine to be really ready to drink when people open it.
Paul: I love the layers of this wine...in 2010…it even seems young in 2010, it's still got plenty of life in it. Wonderful expression of Chianti Classico, cause I see so many of them that are pretty insipid, kind of thin, but they say Classico, so they get good money for it. But, that's a great value. This is really fun. This is the '06 Riserva, which is a current vintage showing nice brick colors.
Tim Grace: (Which is a current vintage)...well, if you come to the winery, which everybody is invited to do, we like visitors, you would see…we have stacks…(laugh)…we have stacks and stacks and stacks of bottles in our winery, more than most people because we hold the wines back. So, I've got to hold back many more vintages than the typically producers. So, I…I'm a little limited on space…so again, to give you an idea, typically you see '08 and '09 Riserva and this is '06. So, again the wine is…these wines have many, many years left on them. The age is beautiful, you know, the marketing just hasn't quite caught up, but you know what's inside the bottle…which is why they end up being pretty good value for (tiny) wine.
Paul: They have pretty good value actually based on (what we) taste and that's what we do basically is find the value. This has a wonderful old world character to it. Certainly you sense it's age in the nose and the color, but I can see that with some really fun, like. This is really…
Tim Grace: Yeah, a piece of meat, in our area it'll be mistaken for, you know, big piece of meat, which is thick and red and something like this just, you know, is a nice marriage in your mouth, makes your mouth feel...yeah…
Paul: Really makes it...it really...
Tim Grace: ...cause Chianti Classico and Sangiovese is not supposed to fight in your mouth with the food. It's not supposed to be overpowered and I think these do that job very well.
Paul: What's the reserve or requirement in that part of Tuscany valley?
Tim Grace: So the difference in law is one has twelve percent alcohol, one has twelve and a half, between normal Chianti Classico everybody does that, one year of aging can be a Classico Riserva, year or two. We all do that, so for us like many producers, it's much older vines, it's much later harvest, more time in bottles. It's not like it's more open or anything like that...
Paul ...But clearly that gives a little more attention, cost a little more to make, right, got to hang on to it a little longer and you've got to age it. Now you guys use new oak generally or combination?
Tim Grace: We use probably less new oak than a lot of our fellow producers. So on this wine is half in new oak for eleven months and on the Riserva it's only a third. So, this is also…what people would call Super Tuscan (IDT) wine, but it's still a hundred percent Sangiovese. When we bought the property there was one vineyard that was set apart from…everywhere else. It was really our best vineyard. It's about five hundred and eighty meter up, so that's sixteen hundred…seventeen hundred feet, something like that...and it has very old vines. It's about sixty year old vines.
Paul: Really, wow, that's great...
Tim Grace: ...I say about because it's Italy, the…apologies (if there are any) Italian people out there, the paper work says about three different dates…if I average them it says it's about sixty year old vines. If…for my family who's very clearly speak English (and) not from this place, you know, a single vineyard, it just capture time, space and (varietal)…
Paul: ...Yes, it really is…
Tim Grace: ...Like, you know, it's just so focused, and I just do about five thousand bottles of this, so it's just limited production. It's just meant to capture this…just this really special place that we're really lucky to be a part of.
Paul: It's very special wine, actually. It's one of the nicest Chiantis I've had in a long time...
Tim Grace: …Thank you, I appreciate that...
Paul: ...the character is there, it's got life, it's got depth, it's got layers, and you still can sense…you sense the age of the vines. You've manufactured that well. What's the…what's the yield there…wines that…
Tim Grace: Oh, it's like a ton and a half...
Paul: Really, it's pretty low...
Tim Grace: ...yeah, it's really…it's really low, yeah. It's from a decent size vineyard, but it's…we're almost enemies. We're…what's inside…the improvements in Chianti Classico and in Sangiovese over the past thirty years have been vast. So what you get in the bottIe is fantastic. The marketing hasn't quite caught up to that. So, like in Riserva if you…if you think of a great bottle of Italian wine you're going to typically think of an old (Borella), (Berella), (Amarula), Super Tuscan, the reality is for Chianti Classico Riserva, not just my wine, but for a lot of Classico Riserva you get a great bottle of wine, whatever that means to you, for half or two-thirds the price…
Paul: ...For half the price, right... Tim Grace: Absolutely. I'm biased
Paul: Well, I'm also one of those guys that will lean towards, like instead of going after the (Brunellos) because you can find some really good values when you're in that district, other than the classified stud that
Tim Grace: Absolutely, absolutely...
Paul: Well, here's the …is the address on here?
Tim Grace: ...on the inside, yeah, yeah…
Paul: Good, so I'm…I'm going to put that up…
Tim Grace: ...and directions…and directions are in there too…
Paul: ...And directions are in there…
Tim Grace: ...Yeah, we are full circles…
Paul: So, you guys are out towards the center of Tuscany, you stop by Il Molino di Grace...("Gratsie")…(laughing)…
Tim Grace: (laughing) …Yeah, to Italy is Il Molino di Grace…
Paul: Pleasure to have you, Tim. Thank you very much for coming.
Tim Grace: Gracias.


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Preheat oven to 325°. Slice into cookies 1/4 inch thick. Bake on greased baking sheet about 20 minutes until lightly browned. Cool on rack.


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Bee the Change
by By: James Preller
The Big Idea Gang is buzzing with excitement! They're going to show Clay Elementary just how important bees can be in this chapter book series about making a case—and making a difference—by the author of Jigsaw Jones.
After Kym and Lizzie get the awesome opportunity to visit a bee colony, they realize all the wonderful things bees do! But how can it be that these amazing insects are disappearing? And what will happen to our food chain without the great pollinators buzzing about? If only everyone else at Clay Elementary could understand how important the bees are for the environment! Now that's a big idea that needs to be shared! With the help of Connor and Deon, Kym and Lizzie set out to show their school the beauty of bees, and use their powers of persuasion to make a difference in the world.
The Big Idea Gang
Age(s): 6,7,8,9
James Preller
James Preller is the author of the popular Jigsaw Jones mystery books, which have sold more than 10 million copies. He is also the author of Bystander, named a 2009 Junior Library Guild Selection, Six Innings, an ALA Notable Book, and the Scary Tales series of mystery-horror stories for children. James lives in Delmar, New York with his wife, three children, cats, and dog. Visit him at www.jamespreller.com.
"[U]pbeat text and cheerful pencil drawings....A solid choice for series fans and early chapter book collections."—School Library Journal
— CHAPTER 1—
Top Secret!
Lizzy O'Malley opened the front door before Kym Park even reached the top step. "Give me a minute. I'm almost ready."
It was nine o'clock on a sunny Saturday morning. A good time to catch up on sleep. But not for Lizzy and Kym. They were going to meet a beekeeper.
Kym held up a finger to her father, who was parked in the driveway. One minute, she signaled. Kym entered the living room.
Lizzy's twin brother, Connor, was lounging on the couch. He was awake, but barely. There was still sleep in his eyes and a bowl of dry cereal on his lap.
"Hey, Connor," Kym said. "Do you want to come too?"
"My parents' friend is a beekeeper," Kym said. "We're driving out to his farm for the day. I'm super excited."
"Bees? No, thanks," Connor said. "I don't like getting stung. Besides, I already have plans for today. I have a thing."
"A thing?"
"Yeah, Deon and I are . . . well, it's top secret," Connor said, holding up a hand. "I promised Deon I wouldn't tell a soul."
Kym stepped closer. "Come on, what's the big secret?"
"Sorry, but I've taken a solemn oath," Connor explained. "There's no way you can make me tell. Wild horses couldn't drag it out of me. Not now, not ever."
Kym shrugged. "Sure, whatever."
Lizzy hurried into the room with a backpack slung over her shoulder. "I brought a package of Oreos," she said. "I figured we might need them. You know, in case of an emergency."
"Not cool!" Connor protested, tossing a pillow in Lizzy's direction.
"Tough cookies," Lizzy said, grinning at her twin.
Kym reached for the door. "Catch you next time, Connor."
"Okay, okay," Connor said, rising from his seat. "If you're going to make a big deal out of it, Kym, I'll tell you."
"No, I'm good," Kym said.
Connor followed the two girls to the doorway. "Okay, if you absolutely have to know, Deon and I are making our own superhero comic book. It's going to be a really big deal and we're probably going to become millionaires, maybe zillionaires. It could even be a movie. I'm just saying. There. I told you. Happy now?"
"You are awesome at keeping secrets," Kym teased.
A car horn tooted. Mr. Park wasn't the kind of dad who liked to be kept waiting.
"Let's go," Kym said to Lizzy. They climbed into the back seat. Kym's parents sat up front.
Connor called after them, "Remember, don't tell anyone! It's top secret!" Connor waved goodbye and closed the door. He didn't understand why anybody would want to go visit a bunch of bees. It struck him as kind of weird. And possibly painful.
The drive to the farm took the girls into the rural countryside. The suburban houses, packed tightly together like crayons in a box, gradually fell away. They first drove on a highway, then turned onto a narrow road. The land opened up. Kym noticed more trees, more space, and, strangely, more sky. Her father pointed out a hawk soaring in the wind, wings motionless. They saw silos and barns and gray stone walls. The early April day was warm and inviting. It felt to Lizzy as if the whole world was a flower raising its petals to the sun. Kym pointed out a dozen cows standing by a barbed-wire fence. The animals chewed slowly—as if lost in thought—and with round eyes watched the car drive past.
"I love cows," Lizzy murmured. "There's so much emotion in their eyes."
"Yeah," Kym said. She knew exactly what Lizzy meant.
"I wonder what they think about?" Lizzy said.
"They do seem thoughtful," Mr. Park mused. "Philosophy, perhaps. They contemplate the meaning of life."
"Or cow pies," Kym snorted.
"We're getting close," Mrs. Park noted from the front seat. "It's good to get out into the country, isn't it?"
"It's beautiful," Lizzy agreed. "Thanks for taking us."
"It's actually not that far from where we live," Mrs. Park said. "But it feels like a million miles away."
The car slowed and Mr. Park pointed to the left. "Look, girls—wild turkeys."
"Cool," Lizzy and Kym murmured, craning their necks to see. The turkeys were dark and surprisingly large. They walked on skinny legs, pecking in the high grass.
"Benjamin Franklin argued that the turkey should be named the official bird of the United States," Mr. Park explained. "It lost out to the bald eagle."
"Good call," Kym said.
The car turned onto a dirt driveway.
"Here we are, girls. The Bee's Knees."