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Ideational action impairments in Alzheimer's disease
H Chainay, C Louarn, Glyn Humphreys
We report data from a group of patients with mild Alzheimer's disease on a range of tasks requiring either stored semantic knowledge about objects (e.g., naming object use) or the execution of action to objects (e.g., miming and using objects). We found that the patients were impaired at miming in response to objects, even when they could describe the object's function. On the other hand, copying gestures was not impaired relative to naming gestures, indicating that an ideomotor deficit in action execution, per se, was unlikely to explain the impairments in object use. We suggest instead that the patients had an impairment in stored motor programmes for action, over and above their deficits in semantic knowledge. Despite this, the patients were better at using than at miming to objects, consistent with the view that proprioceptive input (when using objects) can directly constrain selection of the appropriate motor programme for action.
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Chainay, H., Louarn, C., & Humphreys, G. (2006). Ideational action impairments in Alzheimer's disease. Brain and Cognition, 62(3), 198-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2006.05.002
Chainay, H ; Louarn, C ; Humphreys, Glyn. / Ideational action impairments in Alzheimer's disease. In: Brain and Cognition. 2006 ; Vol. 62, No. 3. pp. 198-205.
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Posts by Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH
AI-based Analysis of ECGs Complements CHARGE-AF Score for Predicting AF
Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH, and Shaan Khurshid, MD, MPH, of the Cardiovascular Research Center, and colleagues developed a deep learning computer model that predicts five-year risk of atrial fibrillation using 12-lead ECG data, performing as well as the CHARGE-AF score and even better when combined with that score.
Stroke Subtype, Discharge Location Influence Use of Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring
Shaan Khurshid, MD, and Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH, of the Cardiovascular Research Center, and colleagues found that among 493 patients with acute ischemic stroke, only 37% received cardiac monitoring within six months as guidelines suggest.
Accelerometer Data Confirms: Increased Physical Activity Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Afib, Stroke
Using wrist-worn accelerometer data from the UK Biobank, Shaan Khurshid, MD, MPH, and Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH, of the Cardiovascular Research Center, and colleagues confirmed guideline-recommended levels of physical activity are associated with substantially lower risks of incident atrial fibrillation and stroke.
Screening for AFib Using Wearable Activity Trackers and Telehealth
A Massachusetts General Hospital study is testing whether a novel software algorithm can be used to identify atrial fibrillation using wearable devices.
Article December 9, 2020
Multi-ancestry GWAS Identifies 141 New Loci Underlying Cardiac Conduction
An international collaboration provides important insights into the polygenic basis of cardiac conduction and the genetic relationship between PR interval duration and arrhythmias.
Atrial Fibrillation Risk Scoring at Time of Stroke May Identify People at Low Probability of Cardioembolism
Calculating the Electronic Health Record–Based AF score at the time of acute ischemic stroke may identify patients who do not need invasive rhythm monitoring.
Model Derived from Electronic Health Records System Predicts Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
Using data on more than 400,000 patients, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers developed and validated a novel prediction model for atrial fibrillation that also stratifies the risk of stroke.
Journal April 1, 2020
Improved Identification of Patients at Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Steve Lubitz, MD, MPH, discusses his team's work focusing on understanding the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation through human genetics, and understanding how best to identify patients at risk for the arrhythmia.
Video July 3, 2018
Dr. Lubitz graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School. He trained in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where he also served as a Chief Medical Resident. Dr. Lubitz earned a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard University School of Public Health. He completed his clinical electrophysiology training at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
His clinical interests are focused on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmias. He performs catheter ablations for supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs), and implantation and follow-up of pacemakers, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
Dr. Lubitz has clinical and research interests in caring for patients with heritable arrhythmias, including early onset atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome, unexplained ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
Dr. Lubitz is currently accepting new patients.
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Shoppers were busy browsing online stores and marketplaces, and clicking the buy button earlier this year, according to researcher comScore.
It reports that online sales grew 17 percent, year over year, during this year's first quarter, taking sales to $44.3 billion. The increase made the quarter the 10th consecutive first quarter to see a year-over-year sales increase. Sales reached $38 billion during last year's first quarter and nearly $34 billion during 2010's first quarter.
Nearly 49 percent of online sales made during the first quarter this year included free shipping, comScore reports, noting that this is a high percentage. Only the final quarters of 2011 and 2010 had a higher percentage of transactions that included free shipping.
Tablet owners did their part to help boost sales during the first quarter. comScore's research finds that 38 percent of tablet users made a purchase on their tablet devices in the past month. The most popular items for these buyers were clothes.


Regarded as the happiest country in the world, Finland is a north European nation that offers vast landscapes of immaculate natural beauty. It is noted for its ski fields, the world's largest archipelago, the northern lights, the Midnight Sun, friendly locals, museums, national parks, and picturesque towns and cities. It is flocked by tourists throughout the year during summer and winter seasons. Here are the top five places to visit in Finland.
Being the capital of the country, it is the top pick destination for visitors to explore and easily reach neighborhoods and many attractions. The city resembles St. Petersburg for the design of buildings in Russian style. It stands out with a wide assortment of museums, finely crooked timber houses, and cathedrals. It is worth turning your jaunt to a long trip to sightsee the finest cultural centers here. Some incredible sites in Helsinki are the National Museum of Finland, Military Museum of Finland, Finnish National Gallery, the Fortress of Suomenlinna, and Seurasaari's Open-Air Folk Museum. In Suomenlinna, visit the Church or Lighthouse and the Fortress to dawdle around it and the surrounding artistic gardens. With the eagle's eye view, you will land to rustic quaint cabins and artistic manors, Finnish farms, meadows, the mermaid statue in Esplanadi Park, and Senate Square in Seurasaari.
The auroras or the northern lights may be best explored in Lapland and Levi Village. You may stay in any ski resort or a restaurant in the town or the village and choose any night between September and March in which the sky is clear. Arctic Circle tours to Rovaniemi, a World-War-II-torn town, will be fantastic that may take you to Arktikum Museum, Science Centre Pilke featuring northern forest exhibits, the underground museum of Saunta Claus Village, Oulanka National Park, the Jätkänkynttilä Bridge, trails through Salla Village. Ski enthusiasts may have activities like reindeer sledging, canoeing, rafting, and snowboarding.
Porvoo is home to beautiful patched timber red houses of the medieval style, cobbled alleys, and the Cathedral. Grab life jackets and enjoy padding in the Baltic Coast. Other impressive sites in Porvoo are an Iron Age burial ground, Iso Linnamäki Fortress, rocky coastal areas, and pools and saunas. Leisurely walk around the pine trees and wooden bridges at the site of Albert Edelfelt Studio Museum, which showcases paintings and heliogravures of the great artist. This place is ideal for picnic during summer.
Turku is the oldest town with endless historical sites ranging from the Cathedral, Archipelago National Park, Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum, and Ruissalo Island's oak forests. Archipelago National Park is a tourists' gem with innumerous beaches, islets, reefs, bedrocks, and windswept climes. It is a great spot for golf, volleyball, and basketball. Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum was an area to survive the Great Fire of Turku. It presents the pre-industrial era handicrafts. Ruissalo Island has Turku Castle, oak forests, gardens, a popular recreational center, beaches, and rocky outcrops.
It is a stupendous cultural and industrial town home to festivals and sports activities. It had the Russian influence to industrialization. Textiles, metalwork, and footwear are the main industries in the town. Särkänniemi Adventure Park has an art museum, a children's zoo, a planetarium, an aquarium, and an observation tower. There are a number of theatres and cultural and recreation centers in Tampere. Do not miss to see the Central Square in Hämeenkatu to see four statues by Wäinö Aaltonen. Taking a ferry from Tampere, you may explore other unruffled villages like Pirkkala and Ylöjärvi.
Poland is an eastern European country with medieval architecture and rich history. It has become one of the best tourist destinations over the years. The people of this country are very friendly, warm, and welcoming. The country has lot of lakes, beaches, and beautiful mountains. The cities here are famous for its architectural beauty. It is quite huge and so it might take a week or so in vacation.
Taking a road trip is a great idea if you wish to cover many places at once. The road trips covering important tourist destinations of southern and western Poland are as follows.
Before starting a trip some words of caution, Poland roads are of poor quality except for highways that are kept in a good condition. Driving after dark is a bad idea as the roads are generally narrow with poor lighting and are often used by pedestrians and cyclists also.
Krakow is a city near Czech border having a well-preserved medieval core and Jewish quarter. Some of the architectural highlights of this city include St Mary's Basilica and Wawel Castle. The Wawel castle was built in the 14th century by the Polish Monarch Casimir III, the great. The castle is home to Polish crown jewels, the legendary sword of Szczerbiec, and the coronation sword. The old town back streets are nice place to wander and soak up the old heritage of the city.
The most famous tourist attraction is the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. It is an infamous Nazi's concentration camp and is the first thing to strike the visitors entering the museum. This is devoted to the memory of murders that happened in the concentration camp during World War II. This museum has been visited by more than 25 million people.
Wisla is a beautiful town situated in the mountain range of Silesian Beskids. Beskidy Mountain's stunning view can be captured by taking a chair lift to the top of Adam Malysz Ski Jump. There is a museum of skiing in Wisla and Lake Czernianskie, which can be enjoyed with a stroll or cycling.
Rabka is a town on the slopes of the Gorce Mountains. This town was used by Nazis to train torturers and executioners. But now this is a chic town that hosts a number of summer folk festivals. There are a few wonderful museums that show the rich history of the place.
Located in the outskirts of Krakow, this is one of the oldest salt mines in the world. Mining of salt started here as early as the 13th century and was stopped in 1996 due to floods. This is one of the largest tourist attractions and is visited by over a million tourists every year. The mine hosts incredible statues and chapels that are carved out of rock salt over the years. It also has an underground lake.
Warsaw is the capital of Poland known for its culture. It has some of the best museums in the world including Warsaw Rising Museum and the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The old town has beautiful alleys, squares, and cafes and is a must visit. There are many royal residences of eminent Polish rulers here and the very sight of them will give an overview of some splendid monuments and architectures.
Located near the lower Vistula River, this district has more than 2000 lakes. This lakeland is the most popular tourist attractions in the whole of Europe's lake districts. There are various choices of accommodation available. We can get around this place by either bicycles or boats.
This forest is one of the well preserved primeval forests that once covered Europe. The forest is home to 800 odd wisent, a protected species of European bison. Guided tours are available to go around this forest.
Pack your bags and make this wonderful road trip in Poland; you will definitely be awestruck.


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Hillary Clinton's claim that FBI Director James Comey agreed that she was truthful to the public about classified emails is "incorrect," reports Politifact.com.
Clinton made the comment in an interview with Fox News Sunday.
"Clinton appear to have selective hearing," Politifact concluded.
Comey added that he hadn't analyzed her public comments.
When Comey announced the FBI's findings July 5, it was clear that there are obvious inconsistencies between what Clinton said publicly about classified information on her private email server before her FBI interview and what the FBI found. Pointedly, Clinton said there wasn't any classified information in her email, and he said there was.


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"The love of God shines": new report highlights how and why evangelicals give
By Lois G. Santiago	 Last updated Dec 21, 2021
A recent report titled "The Generosity Factor: Evangelicals and Giving" found that 74% of evangelicals have given to their church at some point in the past year. The study authors also highlighted areas of concern regarding the issue of generosity among believers.
"We had 19% who gave nothing at all," said Ron Sellers of Gray Matter Research & Consulting CBN News. "Nothing to church. Nothing to charity. So one in five evangelists is just not a donor, at least not in the past 12 months."
Gray Matter Research & Consulting and Infinity Concepts explored the giving habits of evangelicals over a period of one year.
"We found that among evangelical Protestants, 74% donate to their church or church," Sellers said. "Fifty-eight percent give to charity outside the church, and it could be Christian ministry. It could be a secular charity. Only 51% give to both church and charity.
According to the study, on average, an evangelical gave $ 1,923 to church and $ 622 to charity over the past year, for a total of $ 2,545.
The vendors said that while many Protestants believe in the biblical principle of tithe, few come close by giving.
"Only 13 percent gave at least 8 percent of their estimated earnings," Sellers said.
"God commands that I return him tithe and the best place I can see to do it and he commands where we are nourished spiritually and that would be the local church," said Dave Bodnar of Virginia Beach, VA.
The vendors also pointed out that a significantly higher donation rate came from those who regularly read the Bible and attend church.
"We found a very significant, substantial and consistent difference in giving patterns, regardless of how it is measured, how much they give, how much they give and how generously they give compared to their own means, according to how involved people are in their faith, "The salespeople explained.
Eighty-six percent of those who attended church at least once a month, in person or online, gave, compared with 42 percent who attended less than once a month.
And for those who read the Bible weekly, donations were 400% higher than those who rarely or never opened the book.
Dr Corne Bekker of the Regent University School of Divinity says giving is often linked to gratitude.
"I think there is a deep connection here because at the end of the day gratitude is not just when we understand what we have received, but the ability to then extend that gratitude to others," said Bekker told CBN News.
And this can be expressed in various ways.
"Often it's about giving either to a mission or to other humanitarian organizations such as feeding the poor or caring for those people who are indeed destitute," Bekker said. "And we have to remember that it is not something for Christians or evangelicals that is outside of our faith. It is central to us."
Many of those interviewed for the study support three or more charities outside of their church.
It is a generosity for which the Salvation Army is grateful. "The American public has mobilized in a wonderful way to support the Salvation Army during the pandemic," said association commissioner Kenneth Hodder.
"It doesn't surprise me that when people believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has changed their lives, they are ready to support The Salvation Army and other organizations to ensure that others have this opportunity as well." , Hodder said.
And while the study found that half of evangelicals donate less than 1% of their annual income, those who do see it as rewarding and fulfilling.
"There is a need and we are just receiving blessings in return that we cannot begin to measure," said Ruth Elliott of Virginia Beach.
"It shines the love of God," said April Wagner of Virginia Beach. "It's really about showing God. You can say you love God, but practically, when you do things physically, you give, you bless people, you help those who need it. That's exactly what you are doing. Jesus did. "
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RAK Properties wins Forbes Middle East Award 2019 in Best Real Estate Developer Category
RAK Properties was named the Best Hospitality Developer at the Forbes Middle East Awards 2019. Mr. Mohammed Al Tair, Chief Operating Officer of RAK Properties, received the award during the ceremony at JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai.
RAK Properties received this prestigious award in recognition of its outstanding efforts in building innovative, sustainable and attractive projects in the five-star hospitality sector, represented by its prestigious Anantara Mina Al Arab Resort, Ras Al Khaimah.
Mohammad Sultan Al Qadi, Managing Director of RAK Properties, said "RAK Properties has always been distinguished by its commitment to excellence, and we are very proud that our contributions to the hospitality sector have been recognised."
Expressing his delight at winning this award, Al Qadi said "The team behind RAK Properties' success is instrumental in making the company a leading real estate brand as we continue to focus on innovation and sustainability to build a brighter future for upcoming generations and continue to deliver iconic sustainable projects."
"This award is a credit to the dedication and hard work of RAK Properties' team" added Al Qadi.
Upon completion, Anantara Mina Al Arab will comprise of 174 rooms, suites, Peninsula Villas and Maldivian style Over Water villas which spread across an absolutely breathtaking site, overlooking the natural mangrove habitat and the Arabian Gulf open sea. With two feature restaurants, one on the seafront and other on mangroves, swimming pools and a waterfront signature spa. The property is aimed at creating a luxury leisure destination in the UAE.
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They don't deserve to have their health and safety endangered.
Within hours of the news that the Trump administration decided to end the DACA (Deferred Action for Child Arrivals) program, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) came out with a statement opposing the action.
The 66,000 pediatricians who are part of the AAP are a politically, ethnically and geographically diverse group of people. But we all have one thing in common: we care about the health and well being of children and young adults.
Ending DACA is really bad for the health and well being of 800,000 children and young adults.
As pediatricians, this makes no sense to us. These children and young adults are here by no fault of their own; their parents brought them. The median age of their arrival was 6 years old, which means that the U.S. is the only home they've really known. They are studying, working, fighting for our country and otherwise helping our society and our economy. They have done nothing wrong.
They don't deserve to have their lives upended. They don't deserve to lose everything they have worked for—and the people they love. They don't deserve to have their health and safety endangered. They don't deserve to be deported to a country they don't know anymore.
This action has broader implications, because it calls into question our values and priorities as a country. Who are we if we do something so clearly destructive to an innocent group of children and young adults—especially for reasons that are ultimately political? We are headed in a very bad direction, a slippery slope into a dark place.
President Trump left it up to Congress, and Congress needs to act. There needs to be a path to safety and citizenship for these youth. I am sure we can find that path, if we put our minds and hearts to it.
Because it's not just about saving these youth. It's about saving the soul of our country.


COLUMBIA - Missouri nursing educators were happy Friday to hear about the signing of House Bill 223, the Advanced Placement Incentive Grant Program for STEM and Caring for Missourians Nursing Education Incentive. The bill increases scholarships for math and science students and gives Missouri's universities more money to hire more nursing faculty members. Governor Jay Nixon signed the bill Thursday.
The teachers met for a three-day nursing educators conference at the Courtyard Marriott in Columbia. One Joplin educator said she was happy to hear this news, because she is worried about many of her nursing students' ability to pay for nursing school following the disastrous tornado in May.
Governor's press secretary, Scott Holste, said the governor hopes House Bill 223 will increase the growing demand for nurses and ultimately benefit all Missourians. The bill could provide up to $150,000 a year to each Missouri nursing program to hire more staff to train more nurses over the next three years. The governor expects the program could train more than 130 additional nursing students per year. He hopes the bill will also encourage more Missouri students to take advanced placement exams in math and science. The bill passed with bipartisan support.


The Sigma Phi Society is the nation's oldest continually operating fraternity, yet it is also one of the smallest with only 10 chapters. Once a year, a national convention calls members together. Starting as strangers grasping at threads of commonality, these men leave as brothers woven together by a profound history and identity. If you're interested in purchasing a print, please contact me.


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Q: Why is the nearby cycle of a family of elliptic curves the derived pushforward? Consider a family of elliptic curves over the open disc $D$ in $\mathbb{C}$, which degenerate to the nodal elliptic curve over $0$, and let $f$ be the map to $D$.  I'm interested in the sheaf on the central fibre which is the derived pushforward of the constant sheaf on one of the generic fibres, i.e. $Rr_*\mathbb{Q}_{f^{-1}(\epsilon)}$, where $r$ is the quotient map $f^{-1}(\epsilon)\to f^{-1}(0)$.
My question is about why I should expect $Rr_*\mathbb{Q}_{f^{-1}(\epsilon)} = \Psi_f\mathbb{Q}_{f^{-1}(0)}$, where $\Psi_f$ is the nearby cycle functor.  Certainly this seems like a nice candidate for the nearby cycle, and in the notes of de Cataldo and Migliorini (https://arxiv.org/pdf/0712.0349.pdf) they state such a property for proper maps $f$ on page 92, in Remark 5.5.1 of the Appendix.   They point to section II.6.13 in "Stratified Morse Theory" by Goresky and MacPherson for details, but I am unable to interpret these results in the appropriate way.
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[Updated] Ask WeBikeEugene: How often are the off-street paths cleared of leaves?
Before we get this article underway, I'd like to acknowledge that I am, indeed, blatantly ripping off the idea for this feature from BikePortland. If you can't beat 'em (and who could?) join 'em copy 'em.
So how often does the City clear the leaves on the off-street (multi-use) bike paths? Did the budget cuts which we were warned about back in April affect this schedule? What can we do when we encounter a path blocked by leaves?
These are the questions that I asked the City of Eugene's intrepid Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Lee Shoemaker. I summarize and expand on his answers after the jump!
It turns out that the off-street path cleaning schedule for 2011 is two sweeps per year, which is the same as it's been the past two years. This is in addition to the Parks and Open Spaces (POS) division maintaining the River Path with leaf blowers throughout the leaf season. It was unclear from Lee's response how often POS clears the path, but I will update this story if I can find that out.
So, long story short: The City doesn't have very frequent routine cleanings of off-street paths, but if you report a hazard to them they'll clean it as soon as they can.
Update: I found out at last night's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Comittee (BPAC) meeting that POS tries to clear the 14-15 miles of path system with leaf blowing machines about once a week during leaf season. Officials stressed that the machines are loud and visibility when using them is limited, so please be very cautious when approaching and passing the leaf blowers.
It is good news that the sweeps won't be declining (not that two a year is very much) in light of an April 29th Register-Guard article which ominously said that under the new proposed budget "Routine maintenance of bike paths also would be eliminated." Many took this to mean that regular pothole fixing and sweeping would no longer continue on the multi-use paths. For the most part, it appears that what little regular sweeping they do will continue.
In some ways, how often the paths are scheduled for cleaning isn't entirely relevant to how often they are cleaned. Cyclists have many ways to report paths and bike lanes hazarded by leaves and debris which will get them cleaned earlier. They can call the City Maintenance Line at (541) 682-4800 or the Leaf Hotline at (541) 682-5383. They can also report hazards using the City's online bike lane service request form. Despite the name, the website works for off-street paths as well. You'll have to switch to aerial view on the map in order for bike paths to show up, however, because they use Bing as their map engine. Bing, unlike Google maps, does not show bike paths on their street maps.
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I personally know that the Fern Ridge path is swept more than twice a year, mainly from my experience reporting hazards and having them cleaned up. For instance, when the Fern Ridge Path flooded last spring the city had the debris cleaned up within 48 hours (I would have preferred a tad faster). In general, the city responds to calls concerning leaves, glass, and debris on the paths and in bike lanes very quickly. So, if your route has hazards, call them in! Program (541) 682-4800 into your cell phone and call whenever you see a hazard. If you feel extra techy, snap a picture of the hazard and send it to the Eugene Bike Accessibility Issues Flickr Group. If you are reporting the hazard using the City website, you can include a link to the picture so they know exactly where to clean!
It should be noted the the City will continue the weekly cleaning of the 20 miles of high-priority bike lanes (pdf) during the 2010-11 leaf season. I'll be posting more on the overall leaf program in the future.
This small broom fits in my Xtracycle, but it'd fit in a large pannier too!
If I may, I'd like to add one final suggestion when it comes to path maintenance. If you have the inclination and enough storage on your bike, why not carry a small hand broom and clean minor debris problems yourself? I've been carrying a little broom/dustpan combination for about a year now, and it's nice to be able to clean small amounts of broken glass when I first encounter them. This saves the City time and money, and frees them up to respond to bigger problems more quickly. This also prevents others (and you on your return trip!) from encountering the hazard in the several hours which may pass before the City can respond. You could simply sweep the glass off the path into a safe area of grass, against a curb, or even carry a can to put the glass in if you are extra motivated. It's good bikema, why not do it?
If you have question for WeBikeEugene, ask us!
That info is very helpful. Thanks.
I've been using the City of Eugene maintenance line for over two years to report glass. Seems to work, though of course the City does not have the staff to respond to calls after hours or on weekends.
I have also swept glass using borrowed brooms from local businesses. During these times I noticed how many cyclists come upon the glass, try to avoid it, then ride on. It is the classic mattress in the road phenomena: "Look, a mattress fell off a truck and is in the road. Have to drive around it. Someone should move it out of the road". Meaning that we all have to work together to keep glass from causing flats.
I did propose to the former Eugene Bicycle Coalition that we should support legislation that would have raised the deposit on bottles. I was told that this was not a core issue for bicyclists, and that it would not be a part of cycling advocacy.
Glass is especially bad near the west side of campus. I have also encouraged the University based bike advocacy group to spend some energy patrolling this area each Saturday to do glass clean up. No response.
Eventually the amount of debris to clean up will overwhelm our limited City resources. While we lose important revenue by providing free parking ($220,000 a year) and $150,000 is lost in in unpaid parking citations, the Eugene Weekly reports a $153,000 cut to path maintenance.
To help correct this imbalance (it's easier to drive than bike), we need to speak up and at the bike/ped strategic planing. More people will bike, but not if they get flats riding but can park for free downtown if they drive.
I'll do a full post on this later.


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6 SEXY MEN WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF: PART 2
They are Adams, we are Eves. There's beauty in both of us, in whatever form it may come.
But today, we'll be focusing on the lads. We've rummaged through the world of entertainment to select yet another 6 gentlemen whose good looks and services to the arts are insurmountable.
This man is the reason why my mother now wants a toy boy. Do you know what you've unleashed, Adam?
Anyway… Mr Levine entered our lives back in 2002, when he shot to fame as Maroon 5's crooning front man. Adam has been responsible for a string of hits on the airwaves and is an active campaigner for LGBTQI rights.
Who doesn't love a posh pretty boy? At the tender age of 34, Mr Redmayne has already received an OBE for his services to drama, and often donates money to drama students in London who can't keep up with their rent. His work on screen is sublime and he also impressed us with his vocals in Les Misèrables. Being an all round artist, he studied History of Art at Cambridge after attending Eton College with Prince William… Doesn't get posher than that, really.
Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, is possibly one of the most candid artists of today's generation. His grammy-award winning hit, Thrift Shop, speaks about going against the status quo and is critical of the capitalist nature of certain rap artists. Macklemore is also an active campaigner against homophobia within rap culture.
It doesn't get more rugged than this, ladies. Mr Statham was a member of the British National Diving Squad for 12 years, and grew up and played football with Vinnie Jones. They were reunited later on to star in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, both directed by Guy Ritchie. He's a master of kung fu, karate and kickboxing, and was also hand picked to model for French Connection specifically for his masculine appearance. An infinitive level of macho.
Where do I begin? He's been an icon since the late 1980s, and almost every performance he delivers becomes a solidified milestone and household name. His striking features are but a fraction of the value of his on-screen talents. His commitment to his roles and the investment in the character is what makes Depp such an alluring individual. His versatility, be it in stage combat or accent work or physicality has been a pleasure to watch as it unfolds throughout his career. We are to revere him, first and foremost, for his mastery.
Eternal thanks goes to whoever blessed this man with that jawline. You'll be glad to know that Mr Cavill graced our shores back in 2002 when he was filming The Count of Monte Cristo at the tender age of 18. We then officially fell in love with him in The Tudors, where he played Charles Brandon alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers' King Henry VIII. He is a spokesperson for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, which works towards saving species from extinction, and is also an ambassador for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. How very gallant.
Who would you have on the list? Who would you like to have featured in our next line up?
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CNBC: Pequot To Perish
Pequot Capital Management begins the several month-long wind-down.
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N.Y. Cuts Pension Ties to 10 Fund Managers, Report Says
Four of the 10 firms that it has severed ties with were listed, but not charged, in an indictment brought by Mr. Cuomo's office against two top associates to Alan Hevesi, the former comptroller, The Daily News reported. Those four are Consulting Services Group, HFV Management, Olympia Capital Management and Pequot Capital Management, it said.
The Wall Street Journal has it: "Pequot Capital to close amid an ongoing SEC-DOJ probe into possible insider trading."
"Public disclosures about the continuing investigation have cast a cloud over the firm and have become a source of personal distraction," Mr. Samberg wrote in a letter that was sent to investors of his Pequot Capital Management Inc. late in the day on Wednesday. "With the situation increasingly untenable for the firm and for me, I have concluded that Pequot can no longer stay in business."
Letter from Samberg, via the Journal:
To Our Clients and Friends:
I am writing to you, our loyal clients and friends, to let you know that I have reached the painful conclusion that it is necessary to wind down Pequot's business.
In the coming months, we plan to liquidate the Core Funds and return cash to investors while spinning out Matawin under the leadership of Mike Corasaniti and Special Opportunities under the leadership of Rob Webster and Paul Mellinger.
As you know, my trading in 2001 on behalf of the Core Funds has been the subject of investigations by the SEC and US Attorney's Office. Those agencies closed their investigations in 2006 without bringing any charges, but Pequot nonetheless suffered from adverse publicity. In late 2008, the government reopened its investigation. Public disclosures about the continuing investigation have cast a cloud over the firm and have become a source of personal distraction. With the situation increasingly untenable for the firm and for me, I have concluded that Pequot can no longer stay in business as an investment advisor.
I am enormously proud of Pequot's long-term track record. A client who invested in the Pequot Partners Fund at inception earned a net annualized 16.8% return over 22 years vs. the S&P's 8.5% return during this period. More recently, the Pequot Partners Fund has generated net annualized returns of 10.1% over the past five years and 1.8% in 2009 through April 30 vs. the S&P's declines of 2.7% and 2.5%, respectively.
We intend to distribute to Core Fund investors a significant amount of cash by June 30, with the remainder substantially paid out over the next few months, pending completion of the year-end audit, liquidation of certain less liquid assets and payment of expenses. Details for each individual fund will be forthcoming. Pequot will retain the necessary infrastructure to support the wind down process.
The Matawin and Special Opportunities funds will become independent entities no later than year-end, and we will take steps to ensure a smooth transition. These funds will have a robust infrastructure and we believe they will be well positioned to deliver strong returns in the years to come. Investors in these funds will receive information about the process shortly.
I know this news may come as a surprise to you, but I am convinced it is the right decision for all concerned. I remain grateful to all who have contributed to Pequot's success over the years. This has been an extremely difficult decision for me, especially because of the impact it will have on our talented and dedicated employees. The Pequot team is the best of the best, and I thank them as I thank you for many years of loyalty and friendship.
Arthur J. Samberg
Pequot Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
SEC Nears Settlement in Pequot Insider Trading Case
Art Samberg, Pequot Settle Insider Trading Charges for $28 Million
Like we told you several weeks ago, Art Samberg and Pequot Capital Management today agreed to settle insider trading charges with Securities and Exchange Commission for $28 million. The SEC Division of Enforcement's also brought a case against the alleged tipper, David Zilkha, a former Microsoft employee. That case will continue in an administrative proceeding before the Commission.
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I have just come back from a rare solo sojourn into town, a lunch coupled with a sneaky look into Zara and Uniqlo. I browsed sales racks, new season offerings and a barrage of puffer vests – Uniqlo seems quite obsessed.
I also indulged in a bit of people watching. A lady with short bright orange hair wore a striped orange maxi dress and a pair of orange feather earrings that grazed her shoulders. Another woman wore a short floral dress, boots and a garland of flowers in her hair.
These women are flamboyant dressers and I love them for it. I love that kind of joyful style that encourages smiles all round. The absolute revelling in the creative power of dressing. The women whose fashion I admired had broken free of any of the shackles that can weigh us down when choosing our clothes. They chose for themselves. And I reckon they had a ball doing it.
But how do you get there? How do you get to dressing joyfully? Imagine if choosing your clothes each morning wasn't a chore, but was something to look to forward to.
Fashion is something I enjoy and for me, getting dressed in the morning feels more like dress-ups than a chore.
I have a playful attitude to clothes.
At the end of the day — they are just clothes. If you wear something a bit fun or even little silly, it's really not going to be a problem. If you make someone smile, or perhaps laugh, is that so terrible? If you want some tips on how to dress bravely, I have some ideas here.
I have a few go-to outfits.
I have a number of outfits in my wardrobe that I can just grab and I know they work. They don't need ironing and they are the kinds of outfits that you can comfortably wear in lots of different contexts. My most versatile go-to is a maxi dress, which can be styled in a variety of ways and can be amped up or down with accessories.
I only buy things I love.
I bang on about this a bit. But I think it's key. If you only buy what you love, you will only wear what you love. Don't buy things because they are cheap or because you have been looking for hours and it will have to do. Do your eyes light up when you put it on? That's the test.
My wardrobe isn't the neatest in the world, but I do have a system and I do know where I can find things. No-one needs the stress of trying to find a favourite dress that has gone AWOL.
I am not afraid of accessories.
Accessories are a great way to add some joy into an outfit. Statement necklaces and earrings are so affordable with the likes of Collette, Lovisa and Adorne offering an amazing range at low prices. You can safely play with trends by adding an extra layer to your outfit. Hats are another cute way to add your own quirky style. I love them but I know they aren't for everyone.
I have had a bit of practice.
My beautiful mother in law owns a boutique and my sister in laws and I are often called upon to model at her fashion parades. Before you think this sounds glamorous, it's generally hosted in a bowls hall and the average attendee is definitely more December than May. BUT we do have a lot of fun with accessories at these parades. Because we can be over the top in that situation, we often are. And what it leads it is a sense of comfort about stepping outside the box. So dress up — play in your wardrobe. Have fun.
I think this attitude to dressing can work whether you are into fashion or not. If you are more of a jeans and a t-shirt gal, buy the jeans and t-shirts that fit well and make you feel good. If you are most comfortable in black, find a few baubles to brighten your day. If you are between sizes and don't want to invest in clothing, add a hat, funky necklace or witty shoes that make you smile. It's less about fashion and more about finding the joy in what can be a mundane task.
Do you like picking out what to wear in the morning?
Do you dress in a way that makes others smile?
Do you know why Uniqlo sells so many puffer vests?
As always you look gorgeous!! Where did you get the dress/boots? Oh you also have an amazing backdrop!
Some people (like you) just look gorgeous whereas I could be wearing the very same outfit and look stupid or that I'm trying too hard. I wonder if in part that simply comes down to confidence!
The dress is Grab (from Myer) and picked up on one of their 75% sales racks a couple of years back. The boots are Jane Mercer and again, I picked them up post Winter on sale. I really think SO much of it is confidence and you have to feel comfortable. I think if you just keep adding small elements that you are comfortable with you'll get braver and braver.
I think it often starts with one outfit you truly adore.
I LOVE the big floppy felt kind. Hopefully they are still around this year.
I'm more about comfort than joy at the moment! But now I'm thinking I need a vest for my winter wardrobe!
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I am on the hunt for a puffer vest this year after last years cheapie decided to fluff all over me (so to speak). I love the tip of only buying what you love! Best advice ever!
It is such good advice to only buy what you love, what makes you happy. I stringently apply the rule now. I always used to work in wholesale costume jewellery, so I was so spoiled for accessories.
My mum works in costume jewellery and it's so much fun! Lots of colour and choices.
I am working hard at only buying what I love so I eventually end up with all killer and no filler!
I'd be really keen to hear about your wardrobe system – finding order is always on my 'to do' list! But agree – when I go to the effort of adding some 'fun' to what I'm wearing (or even just putting on a bright lippy, I always get compliments.
Love this. I was once told, if you wouldn't buy it full price, don't buy it on sale.
I've followed that and now thankfully, have a wardrobe I 80% love.
I think that's such great advice. I'm a bit of a cheap skate so I don't follow that rule exactly – but I absolutely only buy it if I LOVE it.
Thanks Lauren – I am all for joy in all reaches of our lives.
great tips! Since becoming a mum I feel like I've gone from being on trend and fashionable to totally boring. I seem to have a uniform of jeans and a single. I really need to take these on board and get happy with my style again!
Just a few accessories and you'll be so on trend 🙂 I love a blazer and scarf with singlet and jeans in winter – so polished!
When I feel really urk I go out and buy a hat or a handbag. Accessories are always in style.
That they are – and they don't have a size attached!


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The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/all/20051215081437/http://www.janesoceania.com:80/melanesia_origins/index1.htm
MELANESIA ORIGINS 1
The stories of origins of man are slowly being rewritten. Australian and Indonesian scientists have discovered skeletons of a previously unknown human species standing only a meter tall on the Indonesian island of Flores, West of Timor.
The first skeleton was found in September 2003 in Liang Bua, a large limestone cave on the island of Flores. The one meter tall female was aged about 30 years and had lived about 18,000 years ago. Six similar skeletons were later found some of whom lived in the cave just 13,000 years ago. They were dark and hairless with sunken eyes, a flat nose, large teeth, a projecting mouth and no chin. Despite having a small brain, the species could cook, hunt large prey and build rafts. Stone artifacts and animal remains were found with the skeletons.
A meter tall male Homo Floresiensis,
returning from a hunt with a Flores giant rat
The new species has been officially named Homo floresiensis and it is the most recent living human relative so far. Until this discovery, the only other human species known to have co-existed with modern humans (Homo sapiens) were Neanderthal man and Homo erectus. Neanderthal man lived in Europe, becoming extinct 30,000 years ago. Homo erectus lived in Asia, becoming extinct possibly 100.000 years ago.
A Homo Floresiensis skull on the left
is dwarfed by the modern human's skull
Scientists have estimated that the Liang Bua cave was inhabited from 95,000 years ago with archaeological evidence indicating that the species arrived on Flores hundreds of thousands of years ago. It is probable that they needed rafts to get to the island and that they were much bigger than they later became. Genetic isolation over the milleniums (millenia) would have caused them to shrink.
One major unresolved question is whether the new species shared Flores with Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens left Africa about 100,000 years ago and reached Australia about 50,000 years ago. Evidence also indicates that a volcanic eruption killed the species about 12,000 years ago, however, they may have survived elsewhere on the island. Certainly, this is supported by the local mythology in Flores about these people which are consistent and incredibly detailed. The story suggests that there may be a grain of truth to the idea that they were still living on Flores up and until the Dutch arrived in the 1500s. The isolated Flores was a fascinating lost world which was home to a range of exotic creatures extinct everywhere and often morphed into giant or dwarf forms through lack of genetic diversity. These included a giant form of the primitive elephant stegodon, giant rats, Komodo dragons and even larger species of giant lizards.
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namespace gpdxl
{
// indices of redistribute motion elements in the children array
enum Edxlrm
{
	EdxlrmIndexProjList = 0,
	EdxlrmIndexFilter,
	EdxlrmIndexSortColList,
	EdxlrmIndexHashExprList,
	EdxlrmIndexChild,
	EdxlrmIndexSentinel
};

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//	@class:
//		CDXLPhysicalRedistributeMotion
//
//	@doc:
//		Class for representing DXL redistribute motion operators
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class CDXLPhysicalRedistributeMotion : public CDXLPhysicalMotion
{
private:
	// is this a duplicate sensitive redistribute motion
	BOOL m_is_duplicate_sensitive;

	// private copy ctor
	CDXLPhysicalRedistributeMotion(const CDXLPhysicalRedistributeMotion &);

public:
	// ctor
	CDXLPhysicalRedistributeMotion(CMemoryPool *mp,
								   BOOL is_duplicate_sensitive);

	// accessors
	Edxlopid GetDXLOperator() const;
	const CWStringConst *GetOpNameStr() const;

	// does motion remove duplicates
	BOOL
	IsDuplicateSensitive() const
	{
		return m_is_duplicate_sensitive;
	}

	// index of relational child node in the children array
	virtual ULONG
	GetRelationChildIdx() const
	{
		return EdxlrmIndexChild;
	}

	// serialize operator in DXL format
	virtual void SerializeToDXL(CXMLSerializer *xml_serializer,
								const CDXLNode *dxlnode) const;

	// conversion function
	static CDXLPhysicalRedistributeMotion *
	Cast(CDXLOperator *dxl_op)
	{
		GPOS_ASSERT(NULL != dxl_op);
		GPOS_ASSERT(EdxlopPhysicalMotionRedistribute ==
					dxl_op->GetDXLOperator());

		return dynamic_cast<CDXLPhysicalRedistributeMotion *>(dxl_op);
	}

#ifdef GPOS_DEBUG
	// checks whether the operator has valid structure, i.e. number and
	// types of child nodes
	void AssertValid(const CDXLNode *, BOOL validate_children) const;
#endif	// GPOS_DEBUG
};
}  // namespace gpdxl
#endif	// !GPDXL_CDXLPhysicalRedistributeMotion_H

// EOF


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I arrived in Las Vegas late this morning for my presentation tomorrow morning, just in time for lunch at the conference. Sometimes, timing is everything.
For the first afternoon breakout session, I sat in on Craig Roth of the Burton Group discussing how to pick between modes of communication and collaboration. His main premise is that we often use the wrong tools for communication and collaboration — where e-mail is likely the most widely used and the worst — and he presents a chart for figuring out which method to use for which types of interactions.
This chart, and using it, formed the bulk of the presentation, and it was pretty interesting. Basically, it has four quadrants, with divisions by "communication" and "collaboration" on one axis, and "asynchronous" and "synchronous" on the other axis. For example, synchronous communication channels includes IM, telephony and audio/video chat; asynchronous communication channels include e-mail, RSS feeds and alerts; synchronous collaboration channels include web conferencing and whiteboarding; and asynchronous collaboration channels include wikis and discussion forums. It sounds a bit complicated, but it's actually quite elegant and obvious when you see it.
He then overlays a decision flowchart on the 4-quadrant chart to show how you decide which quadrant that you should be in, then which tools in that quadrant to use. For example, the initial decision is "purpose of interaction", where "telling" puts you into the communication half, and "collaborating on goal" puts you into collaboration. Once you're in the communication half, the next decision is "when are responses expected"; either "now" or "today" puts you into the synchronous communication quadrant, with different channels for each of those two responses, whereas "over time" puts you into asynchronous communication. There's a number of tools and channels that he doesn't include here, which he still considers to be under the radar; surprisingly, workflow is included in that group, although it's not clear what he means by that or why it's under anyone's radar.
In general, his quadrant chart could be a pretty useful tool, although I find some of the distinctions by content type to be a bit fuzzy. He has some great recommendations on battling dysfunctional behaviours and getting people to use some of the new tools as well.
This came to me via the AIIM Toronto chapter, but is being put on by IQPC: Content Week Canada, June 18-20 in Toronto. Maybe they should call it Content Week Toronto?
I missed this story on Friday, but the Globe & Mail (and I'm sure many other sources) reported that new federal litigation rules in the U.S. went into effect Friday whereby emails, instant messages and all other electronic "documents" must be maintained by corporations and available for legal discovery. This includes things such as the contents of removable memory cards, work-related pictures on your cell phone and pretty much anything else that you do on an electronic device. This isn't hugely different than some of the existing compliance requirements, but apparently has a much broader scope in terms of content.
Compliance is one of those areas where content and process overlap significantly: the content is what has to be maintained for compliance purposes, but BPM is often used to route and track the content through the compliance process.
Questions and comments about the IBM-FileNet acquisition have been coming at me since last Thursday when it was announced, asking for my perspective — many people know that I was FileNet's Director of eBusiness Evangelism in 2000-01, and that FileNet is still an occasional client of mine, and I also have a number of friends and colleagues who are current or past employees of FileNet. As a shareholder, I'm also monitoring the stories and stock price online to see if it looks like another suitor might jump in — with the current price running higher than the offer price, the market seems to be indicating that that's a possibility, or at least a pipe dream.
To clarify my "speechless" state of last week when this news was announced, I wasn't surprised that FileNet is being acquired, since rumours of acquisition were rampant even when I was at FileNet and before; I'm just surprised that it's IBM, since I always figured that it would be Oracle. Phil Ayres has a thoughtful post on how all the IBM and FileNet pieces might fit together, but I'm not convinced that FileNet's content management has much of a future within IBM. I found Connie Moore's (Forrester) comment interesting (in this article, among others) that BPM is FileNet's "crown jewel" — I agree with her sentiment, but think that's it's a bit of a hidden gem, unfortunately.
I listened to two of the conference calls on Thursday: a very brief one for investors (it was over before I got on it live, but listened to the replay later; for a conference call about the acquisition of a content management vendor, it was pretty content-free), and a longer press call. Ambuj Goyal, the GM of the Information Management unit that will be eating FileNet whole, delivered the usual blah-blah about how the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, how FileNet partners will benefit from an "enhanced ecosystem" and how IBM will preserve and enhance customer investments in both companies' platforms. Yeah, right. He also referred to FileNet's BPM as "content-centric", which means that there's some pretty fundamental misunderstandings by people how matter about the current state of the product.
Then Lee Roberts, CEO of FileNet, started with "we're all very excited about this announcement", and I swear that I could hear the rigging on his platinum parachute twanging in the background. During the Q&A, Roberts said that both he and Ron Ercanbrack (FileNet's president, to whom I reported when I worked there) would be moving over to IBM — it's worth noting that they're both former IBM employees — and that "a vast majority [of FileNet's workforce] will migrate over to IBM". He also said that the cultures of the two companies are very similar, words that could only come from a former IBMer, I think. FileNet employees: resistance is futile! Prepare to be assimilated!
Bruce Silver also caught the conference call and had a few comments, and Cote from Redmonk did a mindmap of the calls.
Combine FileNet's operations with IBM's Content Management business in the Information Management unit. Since this is the area where they compete most directly, I suspect that this means that FileNet's content management could eventually be subsumed into IBM's Content Manager product.
Integrate IBM's BPM and Service Oriented Architecture technologies with the FileNet platform. This is an area where FileNet provides a quite different and possibly complementary product to IBM, so I think that FileNet's BPM product could actually survive, get properly integrated with the IBM integration substructure, and become the product that it should have been years ago.
These are only my speculations as an outsider; I have no inside information and knew nothing of the transaction before it hit the wires this morning.
All in all, I'm still totally speechless.
Found: an aperture card, reference #xxxxxx, on the road between building A and building B.
You can be pretty sure that this is one of the misplaced ones.
Is it the fact that online advertising and e-commerce initiatives are back? Is it the prospect of capturing fast growth in the mid-market–the rationale Hummingbird cited for its Red Dot deal? Is it a defensive move in response to Microsoft's recent signal that it will consolidate the SharePoint Portal and Microsoft Content Manger products? I suspect it's all of the above, plus a healthy slice of pressure from Wall Street to fuel growth through new license revenue as well as services income.
A big part of the answer should be "compliance", that is, for companies where their compliance requirements include control of the creation and delivery of content via the web, such as securities. WCM as a part of ECM is key for web compliance requirements, because it allows tight control over the processes of how something is published, and also provides a record of what content was available on what dates.
I liked the focus on the last of these sections, or what they called "from obligation to optimization": changing the organization's attitude from compliance being a chore that they're forced to implement, to compliance being an opportunity to improve business processes through standardization and measurement.
A key finding of our research is that there is no comprehensive compliance management application. Whether buying from one or many vendors to get a solution, you will need significant services for implementation and integration.
Partnerships like the one between Global 360 and BWise start to address this problem, but there's still a long way to go before we can even agree on what "compliance management software" is.
The thoughts of my previous post on BPM and agility came on the heels of a conversation with a collegue in Australia who was looking for anyone who had implemented a comprehensive "ECM vision", including BPM, web content management, records management and document management. It appears that most companies are implementing one large ECM-related project and some bits and pieces of the other parts; I have to admit that most of what I see is still at the hallucinatory stage rather than a full-on vision, and is neither cohesive nor comprehensive.
How many cusomter organizations really have an ECM vision, and more importantly, how many have the ability to implement it?
Another webinar going on right now, Gartner BPM Roundtable: Business Process Management Trends and Forecasts, hosted by Global 360 and featuring Jim Sinur of Gartner (yes, this turned out to be "webinar day", I have a third one after this if I'm not burned out).
The usual webinar format is the "expert" talks to his slides for 30-40 minutes, then some marketing geek from the vendor talks about their product for 10 minutes. Not this one: it's a very dynamic conversation between Mr. Sinur and Michael Crosno, President of Global 360, and both of these guys are really smart about BPM. Yes, Mr. Crosno talks about Global 360 product features, but it's used as a springboard for Mr. Sinur to talk about the importance of specific functionality in the current and future BPM suites marketplace.
The second insight is that customer requirements are evolving from enterprise content management (ECM) to enterprise process management: a shift from information lifecycles to process lifecycles. As a "column 2" advocate, I'm really glad to see Gartner recognizing the shift in focus from content to process. Mr. Sinur showed a scale that started with image management and went all the way through to business optimization, with the crossover from ECM to EPM happening between portals and process execution. He puts "workflow" in the ECM space, that is, the subset of BPM that is used for content lifecycle management.
Another point was the trend for CRM vendors to integrate BPM with their products, usually by buying or OEM'ing in a third-party product, because they see it as an essential part of managing the customer relationship. I've been seeing this trend lately as well, such as with Onyx's acquisition of a BPM product and their current push to integrate it into their mainstream CRM product.
By far the best webinar that I've listened to in months. The slides and the audio playback will be available tomorrow on Global 360's site.


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The Friends of the Arts Gift Fund Scholarship
The Friends of the Arts have created a scholarship to support young and talented Gold Coast visual and performing artists. The scholarship is open to Digital Arts Honours students from the Queensland College of Art (QCA). This scholarship is open to Gold Coast residents who are under 30 years of age as at 31 October in the year the scholarship will be awarded.
Valued at $5,000.
Applications closed.
Can I apply?
To be eligible you must:
be enrolled or have applied to enrol, full-time or part-time, in a design and/or digital media honours program with a Visual Arts Focus, at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
have a GPA of 4.0 or higher
be under 30 years of age as at 31 October in the year the scholarship is awarded
be a Gold Coast resident
be an Australian Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident.
What do I include in my application?
To be considered for this scholarship you must complete the following sections within the application.
Program: GPA, candidates with the highest GPA will be given preference
Scholarship benefit: please outline the benefit to yourself in receiving this scholarship and how this will help you achieve your goals.
A selection panel comprising the Deputy Director QCA Gold Coast, a QCA Gold Coast Design Convenor, an alumnus of QCA (Visual Arts) and Chairperson of the Friends of the Arts Gift Fund (or nominated representative) will review applications and select the recipient.
The scholarship is valued at $5,000 paid in a single payment after census on confirmation of enrolment.
Payments are made within six weeks after the census date.
The Friends of the Arts Gift Fund was established in 2006 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Arts Centre. The Gift Fund was established through a generous endowment by Jock and Beverley McIlwain who have continued to support the fund annually.
The purpose of the Gift Fund is to support young talented Gold Coast residents to reach their potential in the visual and performing arts whom may not have been in a financial position to do so. A number of grants are awarded each year by the Gift Fund and there have been outstanding success stories.
This is the first scholarship to be offered in support of the QCA, Griffith University Gold Coast and the Gift Fund is proud to be supporting this new initiative.
The Friends of the Arts have just celebrated their 30th Anniversary. The founders of the Friends' were instrumental in ensuring that the Arts Centre Gold Coast was built and used to maximum capacity. The Friends is a volunteer organisation, with a substantial membership base and administered by a board of directors.
Payment is made, after census, on confirmation that you are enrolled at Griffith University and still meet the eligibility requirements.
The recipient will also be required to:
attend the Friends of the Arts Annual General Meeting or other relevant functions and be introduced as the recipient.
at the AGM present and provide feedback on the visual impact of their work/area of study
Applications must be completed and submitted by the closing date.
Offers are made via email.
Applicants may be shortlisted and be required to provide additional information.
Griffith University reserves the right to withdraw an advertised scholarship at any time.
scholarships@griffith.edu.au


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Daniel Webster College Sells to For-profit
NASHUA – Daniel Webster College, a private college known nationally for its aviation program, announced Thursday that it has agreed to sell to ITT Educational Services, a chain of for-profit schools.
ITT, which operates more than 100 technical schools nationwide, said it will keep the Daniel Webster name, curriculum and staff. But the Nashua college will no longer be a nonprofit institution.
Daniel Webster College President Robert "Skip" Myers said ITT has plans to eventually expand Daniel Webster into a regional and then national brand of schools.
Myers wouldn't specify a sales price. Rather, he said ITT would make a total investment of $40 million after assuming $20 million of the college's debt and making immediate investments such as $4 million in faculty contracts.
The college has an appraised asset value of around $26 million, he said.
An e-mail announcing the sale of the college was sent to students and faculty Thursday morning.
Daniel Webster College officials saw a rare chance to escape debilitating debt and the opportunity to greatly expand its academic offerings when it accepted ITT's purchase offer, Myers said.
"The value of the degree is going to be enhanced," he said.
ITT officials told Myers and the college's trustees that it chose DWC over 3,500 other private colleges because of its current academic standing and its goal to expand.
Daniel Webster College President Robert "Skip" Myers discusses details of Thursday's transaction between the college and for-profit corporation, ITT Tech with staff members and department heads.
The board of trustees unanimously approved the sale, which now needs to pass several regulatory and legal hurdles before being completed by a June 30 deadline.
Like other small colleges with small endowments, DWC had struggled even before the economy worsened, said Myers, who joined the college as president in 2005.
Facing a $20 million debt with meager resources has forced DWC to freeze staff positions and drop student programs – deep cuts that made each passing school year tenuous, he said.
"We're constantly in cutting mode," Myers said in an interview. "There was no more fat; only muscle and bone."
By contrast, ITT is a $1 billion institution that has $160 million in cash to spend on a college like DWC, Myers said.
Although for-profit colleges have faced criticism in recent years about their recruiting tactics and the quality of their programs, the industry is profitable, particularly now that the nation is in a recession.
ITT, based in Carmel, Ind., a suburb of Indianapolis, made nearly $62 million in profits in the first three months of this year alone. That's a 45 percent increase over the first three months of 2008, the company reported. New student enrollment increased an eye-popping 37 percent.
Glenn Tanner, chief marketing officer for ITT, said the increase is tied to labor statistics that show a person with just a high school diploma is twice as likely to be unemployed as someone with a college degree.
ITT offers associates and bachelor's degrees, but is best-known for hands-on courses that prepare students for specific fields such as IT or criminal justice. The company also runs an online program that offers degree levels up to an MBA.
Daniel Webster has not historically accepted transfer credits from ITT, but it's unclear how the college will reconcile that issue.
Thomas Horgan, president of the New Hampshire College and University Council, said a transition from a nonprofit institution to a for-profit school is "very significant."
Although students may not notice a change in academics, transforming to a for-profit institution means a change in philosophy, Horgan said.
"They have to answer to shareholders; they have to make a profit," he said. "There's a shift in the focus, a shift in the way decisions will be made."
Horgan's organization is a nonprofit consortium of colleges and universities in the state. Horgan said Daniel Webster College is currently a member, but changing to for-profit status would disqualify it.
"I've talked to a couple of the other college presidents and we'll likely have some conversations about that," he said, hinting that an exception could be made.
Horgan described the college as "an important piece of the fabric of higher education in New Hampshire."
The good news, Horgan said, is that the college will remain open and will likely benefit from the influx of funding it will receive from ITT. But having a residential, for-profit college is a first for the state and is unusual, he said.
"They are usually only store front or online," he said.
Myers spent much of the day Thursday meeting with students and faculty. During a meeting with faculty in the afternoon, he answered questions from about what this would mean for the college.
Myers said much of the $40 million from ITT would be used to improve infrastructure. For example, there have been lingering asbestos issues in seven buildings on campus that will be fixed, he said.
College faculty will retain control of the curriculum, Myers said. The college's 25-member board of trustees will be reduced to seven to nine members, one of whom also will be a member of the corporate ITT board, he said.
Myers said ITT would bring with it several "revolutionary ideas," such as performance bonuses for staff, enhanced benefit packages and stock options.
Daniel Webster College will remain autonomous from any of ITT's technology-oriented programs, with the faculty continuing to run academics and complete separation, Myers said.
The name will remain except for a minor alteration: After the sale, it will be eventually known as Daniel Webster University.
Distinction as a university will allow Daniel Webster College to not only increase students and faculty on the Nashua campus, but it would fit with the school's and ITT's goal to offer a "learning network" that will stretch across New England and eventually the country, Myers said.
The network will include satellite campuses and learning via the Internet, he said. ITT's financial strength will enable that growth, Myers said. Despite being part of DWC's master plan, growth has been impractical with financial difficulties, he said.
Now the college can restore programs, hire more faculty, increase residential students from 750 to as much 1,500 and build the necessary housing, Myers said.
Then, the school can expand in New England within five years and then across the country five years after that, he said. It wouldn't be inconceivable to see a Daniel Webster University campus in Seattle near a Boeing aviation facility, he said.
Myers said he couldn't envision tuition decreasing, but predicted that "major" tuition increases wouldn't be necessary because ITT's capital investments would drive down the "cost basis" to run the school.
The college increased tuition by 4 percent next school year, and has tried to keep those hikes to low single-digit percentages, he said.
Myers first floated the idea of a sale around three years ago to a friend who works as a higher education attorney in Washington. His friend reached out earlier this year and said Myers should accept a phone call. ITT had interest in acquiring Daniel Webster.
ITT officials flew from the company's Indiana headquarters to Boire Field in Nashua, adjacent to the Daniel Webster campus. After discussions and studies, both sides liked what they saw, Myers said.
ITT helps people change careers and enter the technology sector with its 2-year programs, but it wanted to branch out, Myers said. Daniel Webster College's accredited four-year and master's degree programs were attractive to ITT, he said.
Myers said he and Kevin Modany, the president of ITT, would be meeting privately with college stakeholders Friday.
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges has already approved the sale, Myers said. A hearing with the New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission is slated for May 14.
Legally, the sale needs probate court approval on two ends: moving the private school out of a charitable trust to the framework of a company; and determining who will administer assets donated to the college under the assumption it would remain a nonprofit entity.
Although the college grew under its aviation programs – piloting, air traffic controlling and airline administration – class enrollment in those three areas has ebbed over the past few years, Myers said.
The pilot program has particularly seen sharp drops because of the high tuition debt that saddles students upon graduation and the declining number of jobs in the industry, he said.
The college now has more students in computer science, engineering and homeland security programs than it does in the three aviation programs, Myers said.
Horgan, the New Hampshire College and University Council president, said the lack of support from the state for higher education institutions likely played a role in the need for Daniel Webster College to sell.
"New Hampshire is a state that historically has not invested in higher education," he said. "Our nonprofit colleges struggle because we have the lowest scholarship assistance in the country."
Studies have shown New Hampshire college students graduate with an average debt load well above the national average.
Horgan said small private colleges, like Daniel Webster, have been forced to take on an increased debt load over the past several years.
"Hopefully the new ownership will provide Daniel Webster College the resources it needs to be successful," he said.
Horgan said he didn't know of any other nonprofit colleges in the state considering a sale to a for-profit company.
Hesser College, owned by Kaplan, and McIntosh College are the only other for-profit colleges in the state, Horgan said. McIntosh College is in the process of closing. (Nashua Telegraph)


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The lesson of Noah's Ark is that wolves can lie down with lambs
Published in The Times on 20th November 2009
As the Copenhagen conference on climate change approaches, it is worth remembering a call made independently by two of the world's most distinguished scientists: E. O. Wilson, pioneer of sociobiology and consilience, and Lord May, former President of the Royal Society. Though neither is religious, both called for an alliance of science and religion to combat global warming and the destruction of biodiversity.
They were right to do so for several reasons. Care for the environment is a fundamental religious imperative. In the second chapter of Genesis God places Adam in the Garden to "serve and protect" it – the overarching principle of ecological responsibility. Leviticus and Deuteronomy contain the world's first environmental legislation. The land should lie fallow every seventh and fiftieth year. There should be no needless destruction at a time of war. Jewish tradition ruled that the same applies at times of peace.
Many otherwise puzzling laws were intended, according to the 13th-century commentator Nahmanides, to inculcate respect for the integrity of nature. According to Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch in the 19th century, humanity was created only on condition that we honour the Earth and its non-human life. "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof," says the Psalm. We are merely "strangers and temporary residents", says Leviticus. Every important scientific discovery since Copernicus has added depth and pathos to this idea. We know how small we are. We are the Earth's guardians, not its owners.
The second reason is that the pioneering work of Darwin (evolution), Mendel (genes), Crick and Watson (DNA) and the mapping of the genome add up to a momentous discovery, of consequence to science and religion alike. All life, from the most primitive bacterium to you and me, comes from a single source. It is all written in the same genetic code, what Francis Collins, head of the genome project, called "the language of God".
The Prophet Hosea spoke of a covenant with "the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that move along the ground". All life is interconnected. The miracle at the heart of monotheism is that unity up there creates diversity down here. That is an idea capable of bringing scientists and religious believers together in a shared sense of awe and responsibility.
Religion has unparalleled power to change lives. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Jewish Sabbath, which we should now see as one of the great environmental-awareness days. On the Sabbath Jews are forbidden to use a car, travel by plane, shop or operate a business. If everyone did this one day in seven, we would solve the energy crisis and end global warming.
Essentially the Sabbath is about limits. It is about recognising that we are not just creators but also creations, something we share with every living and non-living thing. Once a week we relinquish our mastery over nature to remind us of the larger truth that with power comes responsibility. Not everything we can do, should we do. The Sabbath is our defence against the heedlessness and hubris that have led human beings time and again to leave in their wake a trail of ecological destruction.
The current crisis should remind us of an ancient truth. Isaiah foresaw the day when the wolf would lie down with the lamb. This is a Utopian vision, though there is an apocryphal story of a zoo in Los Angeles where, in one cage, a wolf did lie down with a lamb. "How do you manage that?" one visitor asked the zookeeper. "Easy," he replied, "You just need a new lamb every day."
There was, however, one non-Utopian moment when, according to the Bible, predator and prey did live together, namely in Noah's Ark. "How did this happen?" a Jewish commentator asked. He answered: "Because otherwise they would drown."
The improbable may happen when there is no other choice. Not everyone is convinced of global warming, but the risk is simply too great. So let us join together, scientists and religious believers, to make a commitment to living within limits.
An old rabbinic teaching says that God told Adam: "All I have made, I have made for you. Be careful, therefore, not to destroy My world, for if you do, there will be no one after you to mend what you have broken." Never was this more true than now.


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