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Emi Gal
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Meet Ezra, a new way to screen for cancer
[Originally posted on Medium]
18.1 million¹ people across the world will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and over half will be diagnosed late². Of the 9 million people who will receive a late diagnosis, only a third will survive longer than 5 years³. If their cancer had been detected earlier, more than 85% of these men and women would survive. That's 5 million lives that could be saved by early detection every year. So why isn't everyone having their cancer detected early?
Screen for cancer, save more lives
I've been interested in cancer screening my whole life. As a child, I developed hundreds of moles over my body that put me at increased risk of melanoma. Having annual dermatology check-ups to screen for abnormal moles has always been part of my life. Then, in 2015, a friend introduced me to Hospices of Hope, a non-profit in Romania that builds and operates hospices for terminally ill cancer patients. Speaking to patients and their doctors helped me learn that one of the biggest problems in cancer is the lack of a fast, accurate, painless way to screen for cancer anywhere in the body. So I embarked on a personal quest to see if we could use technology to help everyone in the world detect cancer early.
Inspiration and a new idea
I spent the following two years reading about cancer, meeting with doctors, speaking to scientists, and trying to learn everything I could about the disease. I cycled through a dozen different ideas, ranging from DNA nanobots to digital microfluidics biochips (neither technology is ready for clinical use), with the goal of finding a way to screen for cancer anywhere in the body with a single test. And then, while reading research papers on my honeymoon (I know!), it hit me. One morning I asked my wife, "What if you could get a full-body MRI scan and have it analyzed by AI in order to detect cancer anywhere in your body? Would you sign up for that?" She loved it, and that's how Ezra was born: a direct-to-consumer membership that offers cancer screening using a full-body MRI analyzed by AI.
I returned from my honeymoon and started reading everything I could about MRI. My previous company, Brainient, had just been acquired by Teads, and I had been promoted to CEO of Teads Studio and Global CMO. But I devoted my nights and weekends to researching this new idea. Then, in January 2017, a study⁴ published in Lancet convinced me that I was on the right track. The study compared the current standard of care for prostate cancer screening — a PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test, followed by a prostate biopsy if PSA levels are elevated — with an alternative, a prostate MRI. The conclusion? When prostate biopsies are guided by MRI findings, 18% more clinically significant cancers are detected. And there was more: using MRI to triage men decreases the number of unnecessary biopsies by 27%. In other words, MRI yields a more accurate, less intrusive test with a better patient experience. I was sold.
The right technology, the right people
I believe startups succeed or fail based on the quality of their teams, and I knew I needed a medical imaging expert to complement my computer science background. I sifted through the profiles of 2,500 deep learning and medical imaging experts across the globe. I reached out to 300 of them, 150 responded, and I conducted 90 interviews. I narrowed my search to four applicants whom I engaged in a 3-month project to train a deep learning network and validate their skills. That's how I found Diego Cantor, PhD, my co-founder and one of the smartest people I've ever met.
Emi Gal, CEO & co-founder (left) and Diego Cantor, CTO & co-founder (right)
Together with Diego, we started tackling our first cancer — prostate cancer. We chose prostate cancer because it is the most common cancer in men, and because the current standard of care for prostate cancer screening is broken: elevated PSA levels are often caused by non-cancerous conditions such as benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatitis, so a lot of men undergo unnecessary prostate biopsies. For those unfamiliar with a prostate biopsy, a needle is inserted through the wall of the rectum to sample prostate tissue from 12 to 14 different locations, and requires antibiotics before and after the procedure. And most important, prostate biopsies often have side effects such as bleeding, infection, urinary issues, and erectile dysfunction⁵. That's no fun, and while I wouldn't expect cancer screening to be fun, I do believe it should be comfortable, accurate and safe.
A new approach to prostate cancer screening
Diego and I spent a year building the Ezra AI, and thanks to Diego's extensive deep learning and medical imaging expertise, we created what is likely the most accurate prostate AI in the world, with over 90% accuracy when compared to an expert radiologist. (Note from our legal counsel: The Ezra AI is an investigational device that has not yet received marketing authorization from the FDA. The safety and effectiveness of the device have not been established. After further study of the Ezra AI technology, the Company plans to seek FDA clearance in 2019).
Radiologist (left) vs. Ezra AI (right) for prostate lesion segmentation
A clear mission
Our ultimate mission at Ezra is to detect cancer early for everyone in the world. We plan to do so by offering fast, accurate, pain-free MRI-based cancer screening; access to expert radiologists, assisted by the Ezra AI (once we obtain FDA clearance); and compassionate, ongoing support from our team of Ezra Physicians and Ezra Guides. Our goal is to remove the stress, anxiety, and human error from the cancer screening process, and give people a better way to take proactive care of their health, year after year.
The Ezra launch — today
Today, we're announcing that Ezra is available as an invite-only private beta program in New York City. We've partnered with RadNet, the nation's leader in outpatient imaging, and Ezra members will be able to get their prostate MRI scans at RadNet's Lenox Hill Radiology facility in Manhattan (61 East 77th Street, New York, NY). Additional facilities are scheduled to be enrolled through 2019.
We're also pleased to announce a $4M seed round led by Accomplice, with participation from Founders Future, Credo Ventures, Seedcamp, Esther Dyson, and a number of startup founders and angel investors. We are humbled and thrilled to have such an extraordinary group of investors on board and look forward to building a meaningful company together.
Diego and I are very excited to finally launch Ezra, and we look forward to keeping you updated on our progress. If you're a man at risk of prostate cancer and would like to become a private beta member, request an invite on our website. If you're inspired by what we're working on and want to join our team, visit our Careers page. And if you'd just like to stay in touch, subscribe to our newsletter or drop me an email.
Stay healthy,
CEO & co-founder of Ezra
¹ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3322/caac.21492
² https://progressreport.cancer.gov/diagnosis/stage
³ https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2018/cancer-facts-and-figures-2018.pdf
⁴ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28110982
⁵ https://bit.ly/2B5DlvV
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Q: Empty user list in Gitlab LDAP connection I am trying to connect Gitlab to our Active Directory. I have a connection to LDAP, where the authorization succeeds but the list of users with access to Gitlab is empty.
The gitlab config looks like this:
gitlab_rails['ldap_servers'] = YAML.load <<-'EOS'
  main: # 'main' is the GitLab 'provider ID' of this LDAP server#
    label: 'MyDomain'
    host: '192.168.62.5'
    port: 389
    uid: 'administrator'
    bind_dn: 'administrator@my_domain.local'
    password: 'real_password'
    encryption: 'plain' # "start_tls" or "simple_tls" or "plain"
    verify_certificates: true
    smartcard_auth: false
    active_directory: true
    allow_username_or_email_login: true
    lowercase_usernames: false
    block_auto_created_users: false
    base: 'OU=Benutzer,OU=DOMAIN,dc=my_domain,dc=local'
    user_filter: ''
    attributes:
      username: ['uid', 'userid', 'sAMAccountName']
      email: ['mail', 'email', 'userPrincipalName']
      name: 'cn'
      first_name: 'givenName'
      last_name: 'sn'
EOS

When I run gitlab-rake check:ldap:gitlab this is the result:

As you can see there are no users returned. I have also tried different user filters but it will always result in the error Invalid filter syntax. When I remove the user_filter property completely the user list is also empty.
The base_dn contains all users of the domain and I am using Active Directory with Windows Server 2008 R2.
What am I missing?

A: The uid attributes defines the ldap attribute which is used as uid in gitlab. I'm using the sAMAccountName for this. So i can login with my windows user.

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Press release – Government announces proposed extreme abortion framework for NI, goes far beyond law in Eng/Wales
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Government announces proposed extreme abortion framework for Northern Ireland, goes far beyond law in England and Wales
The Government has today launched a consultation on a proposed abortion framework for Northern Ireland which goes far beyond the existing law in England and Wales, and that of the Republic of Ireland.
The proposals go far beyond what the Government was required to do by the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019. The proposal seeks to introduce an abortion framework without many of the current legal safeguards provided by the Abortion Act in England and Wales.
The proposed framework which is being consulted on includes the following:
De facto abortion on demand through to either 22 or 24 weeks (Section 2.2 – page 15)
Abortion would be available 'provided grounds similar to those in England and Wales are met in relation to mental wellbeing grounds'.
In England and Wales, this wording has in practice allowed for de facto abortion on demand.
Any "registered healthcare professional" would be able to provide terminations (Section 2.5 – page 20)
In England and Wales, abortions can only be performed by a registered medical practitioner (doctor) and the Abortion Act requires the approval of two doctors before an abortion can be performed.
Under the proposal being consulted on, there is no requirement that a doctor performs the abortion and no requirement for the approval of two doctors before an abortion can be performed.
'Any other registered healthcare professional' could include healthcare assistants, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, health visitors, dieticians, art therapists and hearing aid dispensers.
No legal restrictions on locations where abortions can take place (Section 2.6 – page 21)
In England and Wales, the Abortion Act (1967) currently restricts abortion to hospitals or places approved by the Secretary of State. This means that abortions are available in a limited number of approved locations.
Under the proposal being consulted on, abortion locations would not be limited in law to hospitals or places approved by the Secretary of State and it would be left to Northern Ireland Commissioners to decide where abortions could take place.
This could open up abortion locations to the home use of both abortion pills, pharmacies, GPs surgeries, school nurse clinics, mobile abortion clinics and 'telemed' abortions.
Abortion for disabilities for any reason up to birth, possibly including Down's syndrome, cleft lip and club foot (Section 2.3 – page 17)
Abortion for disabilities available through to birth when "The fetus if born would suffer a severe impairment, including a mental or physical disability which is likely to significantly limit either the length or quality of the child's life"
In England and Wales, wording that has appeared similarly restrictive ('that there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped') has in practice allowed for abortion for disabilities including Down's syndrome, cleft lip and club foot.
Sex-selective abortion on demand through to 12 or 14 weeks (Section 2.2 – page 13)
Abortion on demand, without certification, through to 12 or 14 weeks would allow for sex-selective abortion to be available on-demand.
There is also no specific provision banning sex-selective abortion through 22 or 24 weeks.
Conscientious objection protections are provided but would operate in a very different environment (Section 2.8 – page 26)
The proposal appears to seek to mirror legislation in England and Wales which does not provide protection for healthcare professionals undertaking ancillary, administrative and managerial tasks involved with an abortion procedure.
The proposed framework allows for a far wider group of health professionals beyond doctors to be involved with providing terminations in a far wider number of locations. This could mean that a far wider group of health professionals could be affected by the legislation and possibly involved in ancillary, administrative and managerial tasks where they are not provided protection.
The introduction of the new framework is proposed to take place on March 31st 2020. This will follow the current 'limbo period' in Northern Ireland, following the change in the law on October 22, where there is now no law protecting the unborn child through to 28-weeks. During this 'limbo period', there is only limited guidance from the Government, recommending how abortion access should be provided during this period.
Spokesperson for Right To Life UK Catherine Robinson said:
"The Government's proposed abortion framework goes far beyond what the Government was required to do by the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019.
The proposed framework drops many of the current legal safeguards provided by the Abortion Act in England and Wales. The proposals open up abortion provision to any healthcare professional, which could include pharmacists, nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants, art therapists and dieticians. It also drops the requirement that two doctors sign off on an abortion.
The proposal includes virtually no legal limit on the locations on where abortions can take place, potentially allowing for the home use of both abortion pills along with abortion provision in pharmacies, GPs surgeries, school nurse clinics, mobile abortion clinics and 'telemed' abortions.
In practice, abortion on demand would be available to either 22 or 24 weeks under mental health grounds. Abortion without certification would be available to either 12 or 14 weeks. This would allow sex-selective abortions to be available on-demand through this period with no specific provision banning sex-selective abortion through 22/24 weeks.
The proposal would also see abortion for disabilities, including cleft lip, club foot and Down's syndrome introduced to Northern Ireland, and possibly available right through to birth.
100,000 people in Northern Ireland are alive today because Northern Ireland did not accept the same abortion law that was introduced into Britain in 1967. This proposed abortion framework is a blatant attempt by the Government to further undermine the will of the people of Northern Ireland. It adds insult to injury after Westminster voted to impose new abortion laws on Northern Ireland and would likely lead to an even larger increase in the number of lives lost to abortion."
For additional quotes and media interviews contact 07907 272151 or email press@righttolife.org.uk
For further information on Right To Life UK visit www.righttolife.org.uk
The full consultation document is available here.
The full report on the 100,000 lives figure quoted above is available here: https://bothlivesmatter.org/statistics
Polling from ComRes shows that 66% of women and 70% of 18-34-year-olds in Northern Ireland rejected abortion law imposed on Northern Ireland from Westminster. The strongest support among age groups surveyed came from 18-34-year-olds, with 70% agreeing that they did not want abortion law imposed on Northern Ireland.
ComRes interviewed 1,013 Northern Irish adults online between 8th and 15th October 2018. Data was weighted to be representative of all Northern Irish adults. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. Full data tables are available here: https://www.comresglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-Both-Lives-Matter.pdf
Abortion disability Disability-selective abortion Downs syndrome Northern Ireland Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill Sex Selective Abortion
Teen kills pregnant girlfriend and her unborn baby because she didn't get an abortion
A teenager has pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend, 17, and their unborn baby because "she left it too late for an abortion".
Aaron Trejo entered the plea as part of a deal but still faces 45-65 years in prison for murder and 3-16 years for feticide – the killing of an unborn baby – when he is sentenced on January 7, 2020.
Last December he confessed to fatally stabbing his classmate, Breana Rouhselang, who was six months pregnant, in the heart and then concealing her body in a dumpster with a black plastic bag, before throwing her phone and the weapon into a river.
Trejo told police he had stabbed Breana because he was angry that she had waited so long to tell him about the pregnancy and it was too late for an abortion.
"I took action … I took her life," Trejo told South Bend Detective Gery Mullins, according to charging documents obtained by Fox News.
He further revealed that "he had been planning and thinking about killing Breana Rouhselang and the baby for about a week and had not told anybody".
Breana's classmate, Alexis Humphries, told ABC57 that she doesn't "understand how somebody could do that like, she was just such an amazing person – her friends, family, she definitely did not deserve this."
Research has found a strong link between pregnant women facing abuse, and pressure on them to abort their unborn children.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that murder is a leading cause of death among pregnant women.
Over 3,500 women and girls in the United States were murdered in 2015 and more than half of them were killed by current partners or former partners. 15 percent of those women were pregnant at the time of their death. In all, 20 percent of women who die during pregnancy are victims of homicide.
Last year, a man who killed his ex-girlfriend's unborn child during an attack in south-east London was jailed for life. Kevin Wilson, 22, kicked and stamped on Malorie Bantala's stomach when she was eight months pregnant with his son after she refused to have an abortion. He was found guilty of child destruction and GBH.
Former American Football player Rae Carruth was released from prison after spending 18 years in prison for hiring two men to kill his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams. Cherica was shot multiple times and died a month later. Her son was born prematurely and has cerebral palsy as a result of the ordeal.
In 2017, 31-year-old pregnant Maryland teacher Laura Wallen was killed by her boyfriend. A few days after she went missing, another pregnant Maryland woman was doused in gasoline and set on fire by her boyfriend. She survived.
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To mark the official launch of the group, LILIConnect teamed up with photojournalist Georgina Cranston to present her collection of photos documenting the conditions female workers endure in the Congo.
The event was ran over 3 days and welcomed over 500 guests. The exhibition also helped raise funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, LILIConnect's chosen charity.


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Seems like just about every other month there is some sort of holiday which comes with delectable foods, delightful tastes and yummy drinks that are not, let's say the healthiest. Holidays are filled with foods that provide confort at the dinner table but little comfort when having that "too full" feeling just after eating or squeezing into that festive outfit at the last minute.
There seems to be no end toall the holidays and celebrations. Who can celebrate without food? Each holiday has it's special food like birthday's have cake and ice cream, Anniversary's - chocolate, dinner out, Valentines Day more chocolate, Secretary's Day lunch out, Thanksgiving with stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumkin pie, Holloween, Christmas, Channukah do I need to say more?
For this reason I've started blogging around the challenges related to holiday and all celebration eating and just all around successful strategies to live a more health-filled life. I would love to hear your strategies too, this way we can learn from each other. Be sure to follow me on facebook, subscribe to this blog and relax everythings going to be ok, you just need to make a few modifications in your lifestyle and you'll feel better right away. At least a little less guilty.
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One of the major concerns of any business is to ensure that they should get the maximum benefits out of their online presence. Having a website is not enough. They also need to get the maximum RoI of their investment in the digital arena. For that they need the external help of the professionals.
Such dedicated professionals or companies are called Search Engine Optimization companies or SEO professionals. Their role is t ensure that you should enjoy a cutting edge over the internet and get a good ranking in the search engines. It is indeed a very important role and you should invest a great amount of care while hiring the ideal SEO professionals or companies. Here are a few things to jeep in mind when you hire a good SEO company in India. Delhi being the capital of the country there are a number of SEO companies in Delhi who offer services to Indian as well as foreign clients.
Some of the clients have very sophisticated needs depending upon they industry and requirements. In order to ensure that such clients should have the best benefit and can enjoy the higher level of satisfaction a good SEO company in Delhi offers several models to choose from that can work well with different types of requirements. For example a start-up would love to go for the tentative package while an MNC would like to get the fast results by opting for the best services irrespective of price factors. In the same regards someone who is new to the digital arena would love to progress slowly depending upon the results. Hence a good SEO company in Delhi should offer the multiple models to suit the tastes and requirements of the clients.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the disparities for people of color in areas such as vaccine access and health care. This year, shareholders have filed a slate of resolutions calling on multiple companies to conduct third-party racial equity audits that evaluate how their products, policies and practices discriminate against or disparately impact communities of color.
Mercy Investment Services has filed resolutions at Anthem, Johnson & Johnson, Dow, and Tyson for their 2022 annual general meetings (AGM). Shareholders recently withdrew the Tyson resolution after the company agreed to conduct an independent third-party audit that will include stakeholder interviews and investor feedback. Investors filed 12 resolutions for the 2021 AGMs calling for racial equity audits. Resolutions were withdrawn at BlackRock, CoreCivic, Morgan Stanley and Amgen based on their commitments to conduct internal audits. Mercy Investments is looking forward to reviewing the audits as they're completed.
To combat systemic racism, corporations should recognize and remedy industry and company-specific barriers to a fully inclusive society and economy. The recent racial equity audit proposals will further the longtime work of Mercy Investment Services and other investors to try to create a more just society.


The Far Cry 4 Tread Lightly Trophy / Achievement will give you one Bronze Trophy or 20 Gamerscore points. You need to play on an Outpost without triggering an alarm. It is possible to get this Trophy / Achievement in any mode.
First of all look for an Outpost and disable it by pressing Square (PlayStation) / X (Xbox), there are 24 Outposts in Far Cry 4 to choose from. Once you have disabled an Outpost get rid of all the enemies present.
It is alright if you are seen, you need to take care that they do not raise an alarm. In case an alarm is raised, commit a suicide, (don't be a fool, we are talking about the game here!) You will respawn near the Outpost and start over. Pick easy Outposts and if you have liberated all Outposts you can reset them in the game options under "Gameplay Campaign."


Do Foam Rollers Actually Help?
Have you ever heard of a foam roller? It is a piece of workout equipment that is becoming increasingly popular nowadays. There are both advantages and disadvantages to using a foam roller, as well as specific movements to use with them.
The foam roller itself was originally created by Moshe Feldenkrais who was a practitioner that believed in pain recovery through focus on how you move. In 1987, a physical therapist began to use the roller for self massage, and from there, the use of foam rollers spread. It can be explained as a form of self-myofascial release, which is a technique used to treat the soft tissue system, often involving massage. So basically, to foam roll is to massage one's tendons, muscles, and ligaments.
Studies show that the best results occur when one uses the foam roller for 30 to 90 seconds on each muscle combined with static stretching. If it is used before a workout, it activates the muscles and improves range of motion. When used after exercise, it it decreases soreness, relaxes muscle and, helps the body to recover faster. Rollers come in many different firmness and sizes. The firmness (often identified by the color) can range from soft to firm, soft being best for beginners.
Foam rollers have definitely proven to be a useful workout tool, where they assist the muscles and can be used both before and after a workout. Please let us know in the comments if you think foam rollers are not helpful or helpful. Do you use foam rollers too? If so, what kinds of workouts do you do with them?


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Woman arrested for attacking boyfriend with hammer after refusing to pay for laundry
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By: Hydar Tomar
A woman was arrested after attacking her boyfriend with a hammer for refusing to pay for the load of laundry, according to police reports in New Jersey.
Police in New Jersey said that they arrested the woman after being called to the scene of the incident.
Jersey City Police said that they arrived to an apartment on Saturday at 2:52 p.m., after a report of a man locked in a bathroom while his girlfriend knocked on the door with a hammer.
Police said that they arrested Jazmin Duran, 24, after a brief struggle and that she was charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, criminal mischief, domestic violence, possession of weapons, illegal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest.
The 49-year-old boyfriend, who police said was locked in the bathroom when they arrived, told officers that Duran became angry and grabbed the hammer when he said he did not want to give her money for laundry.
Duran said that the woman broke a mirror in the room, smashed a TV screen and poked holes in the wall before charging at him with the hammer.
"I'm going to hit you on the head with the hammer," the alleged suspect said according to the victim.


Omar is orphaned, and lives with his grandmother. In the past, Omar was malnourished, but he has improved after receiving meals, snacks, and treatments for illnesses at Pamoja. Omar likes playing soccer and dreams of becoming a businessman.


"The voters have spoken. People want to vote early, and they want to vote by mail," says Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles in Orlando, where 73 percent of voters cast early or mail ballots in 2016.
In a recent statewide survey of all 67 county elections supervisors, more than two-thirds of those participating favored the idea of vote centers, and fewer than a third opposed the idea.
Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Hillsborough all like the concept.
Hernando voted yes for vote centers. So did Collier, Lake, Osceola, St. Lucie, Santa Rosa and Pasco.
Questions persist about whether some counties would have enough big sites, enough parking and enough that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and whether regional voting sites would create new hurdles for low-income voters and those who face transportation challenges.
Cowles said counties must be sensitive to the need to choose vote centers that are accessible by public transportation.
"All these sites would be available to everyone. You're not assigned one," he said.
Pinellas Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark, who has aggressively promoted voting by mail for more than a decade, does not support the concept of vote centers.
"I really don't think it would be an improvement over our current system," Clark said. She said each county needs to decide what's best for its voters.
In the survey, counties said the advantages of vote centers include allowing people to vote anywhere and a need for fewer poll workers and sites, which could save money.
Hillsborough currently has 390 separate voting precincts and Pinellas has 301.
One of the biggest disadvantages counties cited is a potential backlash from voters over the change from traditional neighborhood precinct voting to a new system.
Counties that expressed opposition include Alachua, Brevard, Duval, Leon, Marion, Monroe and Polk.
Cowles said supervisors are inclined to keep the current voting system in place for now and in the 2020 presidential election and may propose vote centers as a pilot project for the next midterm election in 2022.
Thirteen states use vote centers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Colorado mails ballots to all voters whether they request them or not. Florida supervisors were evenly split on whether they liked that idea.
Florida requires a minimum of eight days and allows up to 14 days of early voting, ending on the Sunday before Election Day.
It took 2 months for Florida to ask feds for $19.2 million. Request granted in 1 day.


DevOps Leader Certification is structured to enable professionals to efficiently manage strategic transformation of organisation towards DevOps culture. A DevOps Leader (DOL) course is designed for a tactical or strategic professionals, who are not only involved in designing and implementing the DevOps but also enabling the change to DevOps through influence as well as motivating through cultural transformation with aligned with critical success factors.
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We said earlier that people learn cultural routines.
are just as standard as those of the customers.
will that be with cheese, sir?
the agent automatically incants, will there be any fries today, sir?
And when I pick up my order, the agent conventionally says, have a nice day, sir.
at McDonald's Hamburger U, we discussed earlier, are trained to implement.
They are part of socially transmitted culture.
Service Work and the Routinization of Everyday Life.
This brings me to an important point about teams and team culture.
existing cultural orientation fits the culture of the team.
at the cultural fit of prospective employees with the firm's culture.
Here is an example to bring home the point.
He recounts his first experience of employment this way.
optimistic employee at a local McDonald's restaurant.
me sounded like a good role and certainly one in which I thought I would excel.
But things didn't go as smashingly as Scott had hoped.
The most famous one was when I tried to make the hamburgers more fun.
onions into smiley faces when applying the condiments.
My tenure at McDonald's was short lived.
being unable to follow the protocols and for not being a quote, good fit, unquote.
to not take matters into their own hands.
And she added that I was unable to do either of those things.
I should emphasize that Scott went on to have a very successful business career.
the largest sales incentive software and services organization in existence.
He has also been vice-president for global talent and management at Revlon.
And he is currently at W.L.
Gore makers of GORE-TEX under organizational effectiveness team.
the role of sandwich associate at McDonald's.
better to hire based on cultural fit, rather than skills or experience.
does this candidate's values align with those of the company?
how to handle a customer phone call.
And we might add how to prepare a hamburger at McDonald's.


Leaf scorch is a non-infectious, physiological condition caused by unfavorable environmental situations. It is not caused by fungus, bacteria, or virus. The problem may appear on almost any plant if weather conditions are favorable, such as high temperatures, dry winds, and low soil moisture. When large amounts of water evaporate from leaf surfaces, the plant roots are unable to furnish enough water to compensate for the transpirational loss. Leaf tissue dies as a result. Young trees or those that are already in stress due to insect infestations, diseases, or other factors are more susceptible than those growing vigorously and in good condition. Plants that are prone to leaf scorch include Japanese maple, Norway maple, sugar maple, beech, ash, oak, linden, birch, alpine currant, horse chestnut, white pine, rhododendron, viburnum, and flowering dogwood.
Scorch symptoms may differ between plant species, but it typically appears in July and August as a yellowing between leaf veins and along leaf margins, and a browning on the tips of leaves. Since these leaf parts are the last to be supplied with water from the roots, they are usually the first to be affected. Browning of dead tissue often appears without any previous yellowing, extending into the leaf between the veins. Entire leaves may curl and wither when leaf scorch is severe. Scorched leaves are usually abundant on the side of the plant most exposed to prevailing winds and strong sunlight. Leaves on the same branch often show similar symptoms but an entire plant may not be uniformly affected.
On narrowed-leaved evergreens, such as arborvitae, hemlock, fir, pine, spruce, and yew, scorch injury begins from the needle tip progressing inward. When severe, half or all of the needle may turn brown. Scorch injury on evergreens may occur in winter from drying winds when soil is still frozen, as well as during warm, dry summers.
Scorch is a condition and not a cause. Symptoms occur when one or more adverse factors are affecting the plant. In some cases, it is simply a sign that a particular plant is not suited to its exposure or the site it is growing in. Prolonged high temperatures, hot, drying winds, and low rainfall are the most common reasons for leaf scorch. Less obvious causes for scorch include damaged roots, such as from construction or recent transplanting, soil compaction, restricted root space, poor drainage, girdling roots, nutrient deficiency, and high concentrations of de-icing salt, fertilizer, or chemicals. Disease or insect damage to a plant's root system may cause an imbalance of water between leaves and roots. Wilt diseases, such as verticillium wilt, affects the water conducting vessels in the plant, which sometimes creates conditions for scorch.
Scorch damage alone is insufficient to kill an otherwise healthy plant. Proper treatment depends upon the reason for scorch symptoms; however, good cultural practices that improve general plant health and promote good root growth will reduce the chances of leaf scorch.
When dry weather conditions occur over an extended period of time, plants should receive deep supplemental watering every 10 to 14 days. Newly transplanted trees and shrubs should be watered every 7 to 10 days. A slow soaking of the soil is most effective.
Conserve soil moisture by mulching plants with a 3-4" depth of organic mulch, such as woodchips, leaf mold, or bark. Because mulches absorb water from the surface, be sure to water thoroughly so water penetrates into the soil.
Apply fetilizers in early spring or late fall, after leaf drop, to minimize the potential of root injury. Always water in well. Avoid applying fertilizer during the summer when soil is drier.
Keep lawn fetilizers outside of the dripline of trees and shrubs.
Prune any dead, diseased, or crossing branches to reduce the amount of foliage the root system must support.
If the cause of leaf scorch is chemical injury, recovery in some cases may be minimal. If de-icing salt or fertilizer burn are suspected, leaching the soil with a slow trickle of water for 24 hours may help in recovery.


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MindMeister (Figure 9-17) is one of the first ever online Mind Mapping programs. Very easy to use, it can generate Mind Maps quickly and effectively.
MindMeister is characterised by cute add-ons, for example, an offline facility and browser enhancements for the quick incorporation of sudden ideas.
Figure 9-17: One of the first online programs – Mind-Meister.


KCI asked us to identify new product opportunities for a potentially market-disruptive treatment for spinal cord injury patients, while training its innovation team in design research methods.
First we trained the KCI team in ethnographic methods, before they joined us in conducting in-context research in hospitals, assisted living facilities and patients' homes with paraplegic and quadriplegic patients, caregivers, nurses, physiotherapists, doctors and medical directors, across 6 cities in the US. After the research, we applied a number of Human-Centred Design (HCD) methods to analyse and prioritise the findings. As a key outcome, we discovered and validated a new product category for KCI that would offer patients a novel suite of preventative tools for managing their health.
We also collaborated with the KCI team to adapt a range of design tools (personas, experience diagrams, ecosystem maps) that can be leveraged as KCI develops new product ideas, helping them create solutions based on the experiences, needs, and desires of real users.


How do you handle life together when it becomes predictable? boring? Even the best marriages face these times because we're all human, and humans get bored. What makes the difference is what you turn to when you're bored.
In the meantime, have a happy and safe Labor Day off with your family and friends.
Don't forget–you have until midnight tonight to enter our Summer Lovin' Photo Contest!
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More information about Pinus Torreyana may be found here.
The Pinus Torreyana is commonly known as the Del Mar Pine, Santa Rosa Island Torrey Pine, Soledad Pine as well as Torrey Pine.
The currently accepted scientific name of Torrey pine is Pinus torreyana Parry. There are no recognized varieties or forms. There are two recognized subspecies : Pinus torreyana ssp. insularis Haller Pinus torreyana ssp. torreyana.
Torrey pine is the rarest pine in North America . The natural distribution of Torrey pine consists of two disjunct populations. The mainland population, in and near the Torrey Pines State Reserve (TPSR), is confined to the low coastal bluffs flanking the Soledad Valley in San Diego County, California. It consists of approximately 7,000 trees . The other population occurs on Santa Rosa Island off the coast of southern California, 175 miles (280 km) northwest of the mainland population . This population consists of approximately 2,000 trees .
The Torrey pine forest is the only southern California coastal pine forest . Torrey pine part of the California closed-cone pine forests . These forests merge with coastal sage scrub, chaparral, dune scrub, and coastal salt marsh . On Santa Rosa Island, Torrey pine is a member of the Torrey pine woodland. This community ranges from a monotypic assemblage of Torrey pine with a litter understory to more open stands that resemble woodlands mixed with California scrub oak (Quercus dumosa) and shrubs . Torrey pine is listed as a codominant or dominant species in the following publications: Plant communities of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park The closed-cone pines and cypress Preliminary descriptions of the terrestrial natural communities of California Plant communities of southern California . Some species commonly associated with Torrey pine include chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), California sagebrush (Artemesia californica), toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia), California scrub oak, mule fat (Baccharis viminea), bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida), California encelia (Encelia californica), white sage (Salvia apiana), black sage (S. mellifera), saw-toothed goldenbush (Haplopappus squarrosus), Costa Baja manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. crassifolia), Santa Rosa Island manzanita (A. confertiflora), California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum), warty-stem ceanothus (Ceanothus verrucosus), feltleaf ceanothus (C. arboreus), western yarrow (Achillea millefolium), sea fig (Carpobrotus chilensis), iceplant (Mesembryanthemum spp.), Indian paintbrush (Castilleja spp.), monkeyflower (Mimulus spp.), California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), sedge (Carex globosa), oniongrass (Melica imperfecta), bent grass (Agrostis spp.), slender wild oat (Avena barbata), and purple cudweed (Gnaphalium purpureum).


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Def Country Rock DVD With Def Leppard and Taylor Swift
. (Blabbermouth) CMT has partnered with Big Machine Records for the first DVD release of its critically acclaimed series "CMT Crossroads", when the episode featuring Taylor Swift and Def Leppard hits stores on Tuesday, June 16.
"CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift And Def Leppard" includes 11 electrifying performances by 2008's best-selling artist among all genres of music and Great Britain's premier arena rock band.
The DVD will be available exclusively at a low price of $11.88, in Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. and Canada, including Sam's Club and on Walmart.com, and hits shelves the same day Swift and Def Leppard are scheduled to appear on the 2009 CMT Music Awards. - more on this story
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Typical energy values per 100g: 946kJ/226kcal.
Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C Fan/Gas 4. Make up the cookie mix with the margarine, according to the packet instructions – but dividing up into 10, not 6 – then bake.
While the cookies are cooling, put the milk chocolate in a heatproof bowl and set over a pan of barely simmering water (don't let the water touch the bowl). Stir occasionally until melted, then remove the bowl and cool a little. Repeat for the white chocolate. Or, melt in the microwave on the highest heat for 45-90 secs.
Dip the cookies into either the milk or white chocolate, then put on baking paper. Drizzle over the rest of the chocolate with a teaspoon, using the opposite coloured chocolate to the dipped part. Sprinkle with the nuts and leave to set.


Just a girl in her twenties that blogs about real, everyday life! My name is Shante, and as a recent college grad with a degree in journalism, I love to write and interact with people. I decided to create this blog to share my thoughts on things on a little bit of everything including beauty/fashion, entertainment, travel, and the random, every day life occurrences! I have a YouTube Channel called Sheree Shante where I post content that I feel is better in video form as opposed to written. I am based in Chicago, but since I was born and raised overseas, my heart is worldwide! Everything I blog about has a special meaning to me, so I want to share with others in hopes that other people will be able to relate. We each have a unique background, but there is always someone out there who can connect with you!


We can design your garden to be uniquely yours, to display a personality, to tell a story. We have an ample array of tools to make it possible, and the creativity and skills to make it happen. You can have just another garden, or you can put us to work to create a garden that once seen will never be forgotten.


A wood bench or table. For some individuals, there is a natural timber is never ever sufficient. For others, it is the last point they would think to use. But the timber is a vital active ingredient to include a feeling of heat and also residence life, and also it could be introduced in many places exterior of the Dining chairs and also kitchen cabinets.
Tone items similar to this traditional Eames Walnut feces assist bring components of timber off the floor and also into the middle of the area. In this area, a few of what you see is a tidy white walls, classy textiles and also fine art, but the natural components of timber is still there to maintain every little thing sensation based.
lack and also white fine art. The short-lived straight mambuat timber and also heat, the fine art of black and also white offers the residence a feeling of sophistication. Did you fall for a modern or a piece of painted canvas ageless photography, consisting of the monochrome aspect not just expanded the shade scheme to both extremes, but also include an air of maturity.
Something vibrant. I understand that the Orange ceiling could not be for every person, but I think every residence must contend least one vibrant and also attractive components that could not be discovered somewhere else. Does this show up as intense colors, flashy wallpaper, odd discover matching or a piece of vintage furnishings, designs you must consist of a minimum of one alternative that seems like a threat. You understand what they claim: no danger, no reward.


Hey, Friends today I am going to share about Camtasia studio 8 filehipp as you know that Camtasia is the best video recorder and audio recorder.you can download Camtasia from Fillhippo which provide you Freeware software with you. Camtasia software is supporting all operating system like Windows XP windows vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows 10. As you know that a lot of video recorder is available in the market but Camtasia is the best Camtasia studio 8 free download full version windows 7. Camtasia Studio lets you create professional-quality videos with powerful screen recording and video editing tools.
New Library – Save frequently used assets, effects, and media.
Theming – Create themes with colors and fonts and apply to assets and effects.
New Behaviors (Explode and Fly-In).
Fixed incorrect color when annotation saved to the library.
So as you can see, there are a few other features listed in there, that are not listed on the man Camtasia Studio 2018 webpage.
Now these are just the new features of Camtasia Studio 2018. For me, the biggest feature update since my last use of Camtasia Studio is the combining of the record and editing features. Big high five for that!
Now that we've gotten the new features out of the way, let's talk about the real meat and potatoes of Camtasia Studio 2018, and that's it's standard features.
Add Text, Arrows, Shapes and Highlights to enhance your screen recording productions. Now keep in mind that inside the Annotation category you have a bunch of elements to work with including: Callouts, Arrows & Lines, Shapes, Special (Blurs, Pixelate, Highlights, etc), Sketch Motion and Keystroke Callouts.
Fairly self explanatory. Use transitions at the start, middle and end of a clip to move between two shots, or to start or end your piece.
Added in version 9 of Camtasia, Behaviors are used to liven up text or media with pre-determined animation presets. These are simply drag, drop, hit play and see the end result.
Another very effective way to draw the viewer's attention is with Cursor Effects, and their ability to highlight, magnify or create a spotlight, to make a certain area of the screen (specifically where your mouse is), more noticable.
This one is a good one, as most people think that since you're working with a screen recording application, all you would need to do is record your voice, and add it in after the fact. That's not always as easy as it seems, as it normally would then take a lot of editing to match your voice up to the video. That's where Voice Narration comes into play. Using this feature, Camtasia Studio 2018 will cue up your recordings, with all the edits you've made, and begin playback, so you can live record your VO, and when you're done it will immediately be dropped into your timeline, with no edits required.
This category is, again, fairly self-explanatory where you can add effects like drop shadows, borders, interactive hotspots, noise removals, and even volume leveling, to give your records a little extra punch. The audio effects is one category that I go to all the time, as I'm constantly evening out audio that I've recorded at different times or on different days.
Camtasia Studio 2018 also gives you the ability to add elements like Quizzes or unscored surveys to your presentations, and these are completely interactive assuming you are going to host your presentation on Screencast.com or if you embed it on your site with the TechSmith Smart Player.


Whatever is coming up will be revealed next Thursday May 8 at 2 PM CET on Unreal Engine Twitch TV Channel. Here's hoping for a brand new game and not just some sort of Unreal Engine 4.0 tech demo. Now if you will excuse me, I shall reminisce in the amazing music from the original UT made in UMX tracker format.
Any UT fans out here in TAYland or was I the only guy suffering from vertigo every time I jumped of one of the towers in Facing Worlds?
*OMAKE* The history of Unreal Tournament.


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Cilliers, JD, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Coccia, CBI, Departments of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Cohen, C, Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
Connolly, C, Department of Biostatistics, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Dahim, M, Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Danbatta, A S, Department of Physiotherapy, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
Dangor, Z, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, and Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dania, M, Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
Davids, M, Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine and UCT Lung Institute and South African MRC/UCT Centre for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Davids, M, Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Davies-van Es, S, Department of General Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Davis, LJ, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Section, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Dawood, H, Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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De Decker, R, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Dearden, CX, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
Dearden, X, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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Gratitude is essential to our well-being. But it's not always easy to feel grateful when we're under stress and dealing with our daily lives. There are some really good reasons why feeling grateful, even when you're not happy in your current situation, is so important.
First, it raises your vibration. Gratitude is a high-vibration emotion. When we feel grateful, we resonate with the vibrational frequency of gratitude. And that feeling and vibration attract to us experiences that are in sync with the feeling of gratitude. The more we are grateful, the more we manifest even more in our lives to be grateful for.
Second, it feels good. Think about when you've felt grateful for something in your life — an experience, a person, a gift, etc. That feeling of gratitude just feels good. When we feel good, we are happier. And happiness and joy are also very high-vibration emotions. So the more we feel happy and joyful, the more experiences we attract that bring even more happiness and joy into our lives.
Are you beginning to see a pattern here? The more we feel grateful and happy, the more we attract experiences for us to feel happy and grateful about.
It becomes an upward cycle of positive emotions.
Sometimes, life gives us lemons. It's part of the human experience, for better or worse.
It can be really difficult to "think" yourself out of a painful situation. Low-vibration emotions create their own downward spiral of negative emotions. Just like high-vibration emotions attract more high-vibration experiences to us, low-vibration emotions, like fear, anger, frustration, etc., attract more low-vibration experiences to us.
So how do we make lemonade out of the lemons life hands us? Gratitude.
There is so much we take for granted these days. #FirstWorldProblems has become a popular hashtag because so many people realize how fortunate we really are – even when life hands us a lemon.
When life gives us a lemon, it's even more important than ever for us to feel grateful. Not necessarily grateful for the lemon, but grateful for everything else we have in our lives.
Nothing will shift you out of a negative emotion or downward spiral faster than feeling grateful.
So if you're feeling overwhelmed or are struggling in a difficult situation, take a deep breath and look around you, and think about what you are grateful for in your life. Really feel the gratitude.
Really feel gratitude for these things – in your life and in your surroundings. Feeling grateful will shift you out of the fear and pain, and reverse the downward emotional spiral, faster than anything else.
1. Get a gratitude journal. You can use any notebook or notepad you have or get a special journal — whatever you would like. The important thing is to have a special place where you focus on things to be grateful for in your life.
2. Set aside some time every day. Some people prefer to do this right before bed. Others like to have it as part of their morning routine. Decide what works best for you. Take a few minutes every day to write ten things you're grateful for.


Which then will transform this data into a ATOM Feed which we can use in PowerPivot, these feeds will be hosted by the Xtract for PowerPivot Server. Which is just a lightweight service.
In this blog post we are going to load data from a SAP table into PowerPivot.
I used a shared connection here.
And then the information will be loaded into PowerPivot.
The server now contains this feed and is at the disposal of the users to create a new model or refresh the current one with new data. Nothing is stored inside the software, the data just flows through it.
So very easy to set up and maintain and a great way to get your data. At teched they also showed a session on Extracting SAP with PowerPivot which you can see online here. Theobald starts at 55 min.
I will most definitely show more on SAP and PowerPivot later.
Previous PostOk why should i want to load an entire time table in PowerPivot ?
how about to connect powerpivot using REST to SAP Netweaver PI (web services). FYI, our implementer unsuccesfull trying this approach. pleas advise.
I have tried this tool when I wrote the blog post and it worked great. I haven't tried since then. I would contact Theobald, they are usually very quick to reply.


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Resources › For Students and Parents
Austin Peay State University Admissions
ACT Scores, Acceptance Rate, Financial Aid, Tuition, Graduation Rate & More
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College Admissions Process
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Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with 20 years of experience helping students transition to college.
Austin Peay State University Admissions Overview:
Students are required to submit scores from either the SAT or ACT as part of their application; the writing portion of both exams is not required. Students must submit high school transcripts and complete an online application. There is no essay or personal statement as part of this application. There is also a small (fifteen-dollar) application fee. Students with good grades and decent test scores have a good shot of being accepted to Austin Peay State—the school has a welcoming 89% acceptance rate.
Admissions Data (2016):
Austin Peay State University Acceptance Rate: 89%
Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
SAT Critical Reading: 470 / 561
SAT Math: 463 / 563
SAT Writing: - / -
What these SAT numbers mean
Ohio Valley Conference SAT Score Comparison
ACT Composite: 19 / 24
ACT English: 18 / 24
ACT Math: 17 / 23
What these ACT numbers mean
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Austin Peay State University Description:
Established in 1927, Austin Peay State University is a public university whose 169-acre main campus is located in Clarksville, Tennessee. The school is named after a former Tennessee governor, many buildings are named after governors, and the university's mascot is the governor. Austin Peay students can choose from 56 Bachelor's degree programs; business is the most popular with undergraduates. The university has been growing rapidly in recent years, and the school wins high marks for its campus safety, ROTC program, and sports programs. On the athletic front, the Austin Peay Governors compete in the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference. Popular sports include basketball, softball, soccer, football, and track and field.
Enrollment (2016):
Total Enrollment: 10,344 (9,513 undergraduates)
Gender Breakdown: 42% Male / 58% Female
73% Full-time
Costs (2016 - 17):
Tuition and Fees: $7,689 (in-state); $22,929 (out-of-state)
Books: $1,550 (why so much?)
Room and Board: $9,711
Other Expenses: $4,538
Total Cost: $23,488 (in-state); $38,728 (out-of-state)
Austin Peay State University Financial Aid (2015 - 16):
Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 99%
Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
Grants: 93%
Loans: 60%
Average Amount of Aid
Grants: $8,263
Loans: $5,405
Academic Programs:
Most Popular Majors: Biology, Business, Communication Studies, Criminal Justice, Health, Interdisciplinary Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work
Transfer, Retention and Graduation Rates:
First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 66%
Transfer Out Rate: 13%
4-Year Graduation Rate: 18%
Intercollegiate Athletic Programs:
Men's Sports: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Golf, Track and Field, Cross Country, Tennis
Women's Sports: Basketball, Track and Field, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Softball
National Center for Educational Statistics
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Tickets for Tryon Palace's Candlelight Celebration Available Aug. 1
Tickets for Tryon Palace's Candlelight…
'Eve of Revolution: A Candlelight Christmas Celebration' to be held Dec 13 and 20
NEW BERN, NC – Aug. 1, 2014
Tickets for Tryon Palace's annual candlelight holiday event went on sale today, Aug. 1. Held 4:30-9:30 p.m. on Dec. 13 and 20, "Eve of Revolution" will allow visitors to meet families in historical clothing and soldiers dressed in uniforms from four different wars, including the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War and World War II.
Candlelight celebrates 300 years of Christmases past with music and dancing, beautiful holiday decorations, and amazing performances of fire eating, magic, and slack-rope walking. Visitors will also be treated to a lively performance of Jonkonnu, an African American cultural celebration that has been celebrated in Eastern North Carolina for nearly 200 years. To cap off each night's events, there will be a colorful display of black powder fireworks on the Palace's South Lawn.
Tickets are available at the North Carolina History Center (529 South Front St., New Bern, NC), by phone at 252-639-3524 and online at www.tryonpalace.org/candlelight. Pricing is as follows:
Before Dec. 1
$18 (adults) and $8 (youth in grades 1-12)
After Dec. 1
$20 (adults) and $10 (youth in grades 1-12)
Tryon Palace Foundation members
$15 (adults) and $6 (youth in grades 1-12) while supplies last
Discounts are also available for large groups and bus tours by calling Tryon Palace Group Services at 252-639-3524.
For more information about Tryon Palace, call 252-639-3500 or visit www.tryonpalace.org.
Tryon Palace Media Contact
Craig Ramey
Marketing and Communications, Manager
E-mail: cramey@tryonpalace.org
Web: www.tryonpalace.org
About Tryon Palace
Tryon Palace, located in New Bern, NC, is part of the Office of Archives and History, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Tryon Palace is one of North Carolina's most significant historic sites. It is the home of the Governor's Palace, North Carolina's first colonial and first state capitol, and includes historic buildings, gardens and the North Carolina History Center, which revolutionizes the visitor experience through use of the latest interactive technology. The History Center includes galleries, a performance hall, the museum store and a waterfront café. Tryon Palace's mission is to engage present and future generations in the history of North Carolina from early settlement in 1710, the development of statehood and into the mid-twentieth century. It is dedicated to collecting, interpreting and preserving objects, buildings, landscapes and events that enrich understanding of the making of our state and nation.
Tickets and visitor information are available at Tryon Palace, 529 S. Front St., New Bern. For directions and further information about special events, programs or group tours, employment and more, visit our web site: www.tryonpalace.org or phone (800) 767-1560 or (252) 639-3500.
About the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's cultural resources to build the social, cultural and economic future of North Carolina. Led by Secretary Susan Kluttz, NCDCR's mission is to enrich lives and communities by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history and libraries in North Carolina that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state's history and promote the creative economy. NCDCR was the first state organization in the nation to include all agencies for arts and culture under one umbrella.
Through arts efforts led by the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. Symphony and the N.C. Museum of Art, NCDCR offers the opportunity for enriching arts education for young and old alike and spurring the economic stimulus engine for our state's communities. NCDCR's Divisions of State Archives, Historical Resources, State Historic Sites and State History Museums preserve, document and interpret North Carolina's rich cultural heritage to offer experiences of learning and reflection. NCDCR's State Library of North Carolina is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in our state to develop and to offer access to educational resources through traditional and online collections including genealogy and resources for people who are blind and have physical disabilities.
NCDCR annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council and the State Archives. NCDCR champions our state's creative industry that accounts for more than 300,000 jobs and generates nearly $18.5 billion in revenues. For more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.
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Columns, Music, Today's Song March 8, 2016 March 8, 2016
Today's Song: Not-So-Teenage Kicks in The Frights' "You Are Going to Hate This"
by Lindsay Call
Generally, when the first word of an album's title track is an aptly-blurted "fuck," the response to what follows is going to be polarized. So in what could be seen as an anticipatory measure, surf punk trio The Frights settled on the self-aware, seemingly-appropriate title "You Are Going to Hate This" for both the track and their new album. However, The Frights' fusion of upbeat surf punk with not-so-teenage lyrics creates just the opposite feel from what their self-aware title might suggest.
Listen: "You Are Going to Hate This" – The Frights
Comprised of guitarist Mikey Carnevale, bassist Richard Dotson, and drummer Marc Finn, The Frights originally formed as a joke to perform a one-off set in their hometown of San Diego. In one of those bizarre twists of fate that ended up working out, someone in the right place ended up liking them. They signed with Dangerbird Records last year and released their first full-length album, You Are Going to Hate This, last month. If that's not proof enough that The Frights deserve to be in the surf punk scene, Zac Carper of FIDLAR, one of today's biggest California punk outfits, helped the band produce You Are Going To Hate This. A pleasant surprise for a couple of guys who didn't exactly plan on making it.
On the whole, You Are Going to Hate This is rough-around-the-edges without leaning too far into adolescence — something difficult to achieve in garage and surf punk. Plenty of reverb, heavy bass lines, and spaced-out semi-ironic concern abound. References to older rock-and-roll peek through, so much so that the band's self-prescribed label of "dirty doo-wop" is the best way to describe the sound that sticks.
The Frights, surf punk trio from San Diego, CA
Nowhere on the album is this better demonstrated than in "You Are Going to Hate This." Beginning with a quick guitar riff and simply-stated expletive, the song launches straight into an upbeat mix of bass and drums. Carnevale's not-too-terribly concerned vocals match the tempo, and go on to document a relationship hovering between unaffected hook-up and actually dysfunctional. Rather than turn toward a more adolescent view of the relationship — if it can even be labeled as such — the importance is placed on the supposed disinterestedness of the opposite party, with refrains like "why can't I be like you?" and "why can't I be so cool?" being repeated throughout the song. Even lyrics that could be seen as more vulnerable ("My heart breaks at the drop of a dime/And I freak out when I lose my mind") are cast as offhand when juxtaposed with the song's quick riffs and opposing lyrics like "I need you when I need to fuck/But I talk to you and you don't say much"). The ooooh-oooohs following each section hearken back to early rock n' roll, giving the song an almost Buddy-Holly-or-Beach-Boys-gone-gritty feel.
My head shakes when I sleep too long and my
Mom cries when I sing this song
Why can't I be like you
You say things that don't make much sense
But the drugs you did or the money you spent
Why can't I be so cool
And none of it feels manufactured. It's simply a song documenting the way it is between the speaker and their not-so-significant other. No laments, whining, or anger — just a nonchalant observance mixed with a little bit of envy at the other party's coolness. A surprisingly modern adult viewpoint, when taken with the genre The Frights operate in.
Even when paired with spidery riffs and spoken in a whisper, The Frights' self-awareness comes off as carefree and offhand, so much so that it waters down lyrics like "I wrote this and it don't mean shit." Or, going off of the song's title, perhaps that's the truest lyric in the entire song. Whatever the status of The Frights' self-critique, "You Are Going to Hate This" is something completely fresh from the emerging surf punk revolution.
You Are Going to Hate This – The Frights
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Het ATP-toernooi van Pinehurst 1995 (met de officiële naam U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships) werd gespeeld van 8 t/m 14 mei 1995. Er werd gespeeld op outdoor gravelbanen van de Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in de Amerikaanse stad Pinehurst.

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More than any other, Level C provides the foundation for all future mathematical studies. Fluency with multidigit whole and decimal numbers as well as calculations with fractions (and the relationships between them) carry the most weight at this level. This extends to working with the concept of ratio and rates, addition and subtraction of fractions, and understanding why the procedures for multiplying and dividing fractions make sense. While the greatest emphasis is still on standards for numbers and operations, attention to algebra and geometry increases considerably in Level C. Reading, writing, and interpreting expressions and equations and generating patterns in numbers and shapes provide a conceptual foundation for functions. In addition, analyzing geometric properties, such as parallelism, perpendicularity, and symmetry, and developing and finding volumes of right rectangular prisms take precedence. Level C also emphasizes sampling techniques and data collection through statistical questioning; to previous standards about data, it adds the understanding of measures of center and spread and display of collected data with line plots.
Mathematically proficient students start by explaining to themselves the meaning of a problem and looking for entry points to its solution. They analyze givens, constraints, relationships, and goals. They make conjectures about the form and meaning of the solution and plan a solution pathway rather than simply jumping into a solution attempt. They consider analogous problems, and try special cases and simpler forms of the original problem in order to gain insight into its solution. They monitor and evaluate their progress and change course if necessary. Students might, depending on the context of the problem, transform algebraic expressions or change the viewing window on their graphing calculator to get the information they need. Mathematically proficient students can explain correspondences between equations, verbal descriptions, tables, and graphs or draw diagrams of important features and relationships, graph data, and search for regularity or trends. Less experienced students might rely on using concrete objects or pictures to help conceptualize and solve a problem. Mathematically proficient students check their answers to problems using a different method, and they continually ask themselves, "Does this make sense?" They can understand the approaches of others to solving complex problems and identify correspondences between different approaches.
Mathematically proficient students understand and use stated assumptions, definitions, and previously established results in constructing arguments. They make conjectures and build a logical progression of statements to explore the truth of their conjectures. They are able to analyze situations by breaking them into cases, and can recognize and use counterexamples. They justify their conclusions, communicate them to others, and respond to the arguments of others. They reason inductively about data, making plausible arguments that take into account the context from which the data arose. Mathematically proficient students are also able to compare the effectiveness of two plausible arguments, distinguish correct logic or reasoning from that which is flawed, and—if there is a flaw in an argument—explain what it is. Less experienced students can construct arguments using concrete referents such as objects, drawings, diagrams, and actions. Such arguments can make sense and be correct, even though they are not generalized or made formal until later. Later, students learn determine domains to which an argument applies. Students at all levels can listen or read the arguments of others, decide whether they make sense, and ask useful questions to clarify or improve the arguments.
Mathematically proficient students look closely to discern a pattern or structure. Students, for example, might notice that three and seven more is the same amount as seven and three more, or they may sort a collection of shapes according to how many sides the shapes have. Later, students will see 7 × 8 equals the well-remembered 7 × 5 + 7 × 3, in preparation for learning about the distributive property. In the expression x2+ 9x + 14, students can see the 14 as 2 × 7 and the 9 as 2 + 7. They recognize the significance of an existing line in a geometric figure and can use the strategy of drawing an auxiliary line for solving problems. They also can step back for an overview and shift perspective. They can see complicated things, such as some algebraic expressions, as single objects or as being composed of several objects. For example, they can see 5 – 3(x – y)2 as 5 minus a positive number times a square and use that to realize that its value cannot be more than 5 for any real numbers x and y.
Mathematically proficient students notice if calculations are repeated, and look both for general methods and for shortcuts. Early on, students might notice when dividing 25 by 11 that they are repeating the same calculations over and over again, and conclude they have a repeating decimal. By paying attention to the calculation of slope as they repeatedly check whether points are on the line through (1, 2) with slope 3, students might abstract the equation (y – 2)/(x – 1) = 3. Noticing the regularity in the way terms cancel when expanding (x–1)(x+1), (x–1)(x2+x+1), and (x–1)(x3 +x2+x+1) might lead them to the general formula for the sum of a geometric series. As they work to solve a problem, mathematically proficient students maintain oversight of the process, while attending to the details. They continually evaluate the reasonableness of their intermediate results.
Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understanding of operations on whole numbers.
Use equivalent fractions as strategy to add and subtract fractions.
Apply and extend previous understanding of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n x a)/(n x b) to the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.
Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them. For example, express the calculation "add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2" as 2 × (8 + 7) . Recognize that 3 × (2100 + 425) is three times as large as the 2100 + 425, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product.
A cube with side length 1 unit, called a "unit cube," is said to have "one cubic unit" of volume, and can be used to measure volume.
20 Expectations at this level in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
21 Expectations for unit rates at this level are limited to non-complex fractions.
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