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Sunny, along with a few afternoon clouds. High 57F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph..
Cloudy early, becoming mostly clear after midnight. Low near 35F. Winds light and variable.
UNT's monument sign near North Texas Boulevard and Interstate 35E.
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Neal Smatresk
Young Conservatives group sues UNT over in-state tuition dispute
Nov 24, 2020 Updated Nov 24, 2020
University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk was served notice of a lawsuit naming him and others Tuesday morning.
The suit was filed by the Young Conservatives of Texas Foundation, a statewide organization with a local chapter at UNT, in regard to an alleged discrepancy between federal and state law.
It was filed in the 442nd District Court in Denton County on Nov. 16, according to county records. Smatresk was served Tuesday. The suit names him, UNT, the UNT System and Shannon Goodman, who is vice president for enrollment at UNT.
UNT spokesperson Jim Berscheidt on Tuesday morning confirmed Smatresk had been officially notified of the lawsuit.
He declined to discuss the pending litigation further.
Arguments from lawyers representing the Young Conservatives center on a section of the Texas Education Code that lays out who is eligible for in-state tuition at public colleges and universities.
It allows schools to consider certain people residents for the purposes of in-state tuition, including those who graduated from a Texas high school, provided they lived in the state for the three years preceding graduation and "the year preceding the census date of the academic term in which the person is enrolled in an institution of high education."
It makes no distinction between people who previously lived in another state or another country, nor does it differentiate between those people and somebody who is living in the country or state illegally.
Lawyers for the Young Conservatives argue this allows people living in the state illegally, assuming they meet all the legal criteria, to attend public Texas colleges and universities while paying in-state tuition.
That is, they argue, in conflict with a federal law passed in 1996, which states "an alien who is not lawfully present in the United Sates shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State (or political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit."
Lawyers argued this discrepancy made the Texas Education Code section unconstitutional, that it harms the Young Conservatives of Texas by making members pay higher tuition and that it should be declared invalid.
A judgment in their favor would presumably apply to all public institutions of higher education in the state.
The Young Conservatives of Texas Foundation, in the legal filing, was described as a "non-partisan youth organization that has been committed to advancing conservative values for more than a quarter century."
A spokesperson for the group, reached by phone Tuesday, referred all questions to attorneys handling the case.
Robert Henneke, the attorney who signed the filing, did not immediately respond to an interview request late Tuesday morning.
Henneke works as general counsel for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Austin.
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Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
What is the Purpose of ACEN? Why is ACEN Accreditation Important? ACEN-Accreditation Process for Nursing Schools 2023 ACEN Standards and Criteria What is The ACEN Accreditation Manual? References
Home » Educators » The Importance of Nursing School Accreditation » Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
The Accreditation Commission for Education Nursing (ACEN®) is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a national accreditation body for nursing education programs. ACEN has been safeguarding a standard baseline of quality among all nursing programs for over 80 years. Its roots reach back to 1893 when the first nursing organization was established in the US. While the organization has grown and evolved over the past century, it has always been dedicated to promoting excellence in nursing education and advancing healthcare standards and practices.
What is the Purpose of ACEN?
The purpose of ACEN is to identify and provide accreditation to educational institutions that emulate its commitment to excellence in all levels of nursing education.
What are ACEN's goals?
ACEN's goal is to encourage peer review, cultivate equity and opportunity across the nursing profession, and continually update standards to meet the evolving realities of the healthcare industry. Each of these goals supports ACEN's primary commitment to push nursing education forward, ultimately ensuring that patients receive optimal care from qualified nurses.
How are these goals met in practice? ACEN develops standards and criteria to assess an institution's ability to develop students' aptitude for problem-solving and analytical thinking and their ability to pair good judgment with medical knowledge.
Why is ACEN Accreditation Important?
ACEN accreditation ensures that select nursing programs meet the rigorous educational requirements necessary to safeguard quality in the nursing profession. Programs granted ACEN accreditation are regularly reviewed to ensure that they continue to meet ACEN standards and criteria and produce qualified nursing students.
Furthermore, state boards of nursing typically mandate that students have graduated from accredited nursing programs to be eligible to take the NCLEX® exam. Students that attend non-accredited programs are put in a precarious professional position which may result in obstacles further down the road, especially when a student seeks admission to programs for advanced practice roles. ACEN accreditation ameliorates these concerns by ensuring students will receive a quality nursing education based on well-established principles. In short, educational institutions only stand to benefit from accreditation by emphasizing the rigor and quality of their curriculum.
*ACEN should not be confused with the role of the Commission for Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE®), which accredits graduate programs and fellowships.
ACEN-Accreditation Process for Nursing Schools
Before a program can begin its process toward ACEN accreditation, it must submit a Candidacy Eligibility Application and Candidacy Presentation. ACEN accepts submissions for about 10 weeks during two accreditation cycles—July 1, to December 31, and January, 1 to June 30. If a program is deemed eligible, a four-step accreditation process begins as follows:
Self-Study Report — A program must conduct a self-evaluation to identify how it conforms to ACEN Accreditation and Criteria.
Site Visit — Peer evaluators visit the program site to weigh their first-hand observations against claims made in the self-study report.
Evaluation Review Panel (ERP) — A program-specific ERP makes an independent judgment after evaluating documentation from steps 1 and 2.
Commission Decision — The ACEN Board of Commissioners makes a final review of the entire process and comes to an independent decision regarding the program's qualifications for ACEN accreditation.
It's important to note that students who have graduated from a program before it gained accreditation will not retroactively receive ACEN program status. Instead, a program's initial accreditation status is effective from the date its candidacy was approved by ACEN (assuming its accreditation was granted).
How does ACEN accreditation differ from licensing?
ACEN plays no part in administering or renewing nursing licenses. Instead, ACEN works to ensure that certain standards and criteria are met by the nursing programs it accredits.
How long is the ACEN accreditation process?
ACEN accredited programs must be reviewed 5 years following accreditation approval. If they continue to meet ACEN standards and criteria, they will be granted continuing accreditation and reviewed every 8 years. Programs are also surveyed annually and may undergo additional review should any significant changes occur within the nursing program, such as a significant decline in NCLEX pass rates.
How much does it cost to have an ACEN accredited program?
Costs for ACEN accreditation include fees for both initial and continuing accreditation, along with a candidacy fee and a number of case-by-case service fees. The below tables detail fees for ACEN 2022 and 2023 accreditation.
ACEN Accreditation Fees
Accreditation Fee
Candidacy One-time fee following eligibility confirmation via Candidacy Eligibility Application. $2,500 $2,500
Initial Accreditation One-time fee following submission of Information Form. $1,000 $1,250
Site Visit Per day, per evaluator (expect 3 minimum). Charged following the scheduling of a site visit. $825 $875
Accreditation for First/Only Nursing Program Charged as x% of the remaining calendar year from the date of accreditation. $2,875 $2,875
Each Additional Program Charged as x% of the remaining calendar year from the date of accreditation. $1,200 $1,200
*Accreditation fees for additional programs are for programs within the same nursing education unit.
ACEN Continuing Accreditation Fees
Continuing Fee
Continuing Accreditation Review One-time fee charged one year in advance of the site visit. $1,000 $1,250
Accreditation for First/Only Nursing Program Charged annually. $2,875 $2,875
Each Additional Program Charged annually. $1,200 $1,200
ACEN Accreditation Service Fees
Focused Visit Site visit to review accreditation-related information following one or more program changes. $2,350 $2,350
Continuing Accreditation Review One-time fee charged in advance of a follow-up site visit. $1,000 $1,250
Reprocessing/ Rescheduling Charged upon rescheduling any site visit. $1,250 $1,250
Notice of Intent to Appeal Charged for appealing a denial of initial or continuing accreditation. (per program) $5,000 $5,000
Appeal Process Charged for appealing a denial of initial or continuing accreditation. (per program) $10,000 $10,000
Administrative Appeal Charged for appealing a denial of initial or continuing accreditation. $2,500 $2,500
Binding Arbitration Fee Charged for appealing a denial of initial or continuation accreditation by the ACEN BOC. $35,000 $35,000
*Service fees are only charged when a service is used. They do not apply to all programs.
2023 ACEN Standards and Criteria
Section 3 of the 2023 ACEN Accreditation Manual details ACEN's standards and criteria for accreditation. The 5 standards have been developed and agreed upon as a way to measure the quality of a nursing program. Criteria enumerate how each standard must be evaluated.
Standard 1 - Administrative Capacity and Resources
Nursing programs must have the ability to facilitate student learning outcomes while emulating the mission, goals, and values of the governing organization. Criteria to meet this standard include providing students and communities of interest the opportunity to participate in decision-making and employing a qualified nurse administrator to be responsible for leading the nursing program.
Standard 2 - Faculty
Faculty must have the ability to help students achieve optimal learning outcomes assigned by the governing body. Criteria to meet this standard include employing nurse and non-nurse faculty who are qualified and regularly evaluated.
Standard 3 - Students
Policies and services must align with student learning outcomes. Criteria to meet this standard include public access to nursing programs and governing body policies, ACEN accreditation status, and ACEN contact information. Furthermore, formal complaints must be resolved with evidence of due process and timely resolution, student records must be maintained, and students must be notified of policy changes.
Standard 4 - Curriculum
The curriculum must support student learning outcomes and maintain up-to-date safe practices. Criteria to meet this standard include ensuring that the curriculum is developed and regularly reviewed by qualified faculty, simulates laboratory environments where necessary, employs teaching strategies to accommodate various learning styles, and reflects evidenced-based nursing practices.
Standard 5 - Outcomes
Using a systematic plan for evaluation (SPE), program assessments must demonstrate that students have achieved, or are approaching, competency in student learning outcomes. Criteria to meet this standard include a faculty-developed SPE that describes its assessment of student learning outcome achievement, nursing program completion rate, exam pass rate and licensure, and job placement.
The 21st century has seen nursing education progress in leaps and bounds. High-quality ed tech resources are integrating cutting-edge pedagogical science with digital technology, allowing faculty to track student progress, predict exam performance, and manage classrooms more efficiently. Furthermore, the ability to hone in on a student's weaknesses and introduce them to resources that provide detailed explanations for right and wrong answers improves cohort and individual student learning outcomes.
What is The ACEN Accreditation Manual?
The ACEN Accreditation Manual is broken down into the following three sections:
Section 1: General Information — 19 pages providing a general overview of ACEN's organizational structure, accreditation standards and criteria, and accreditation processes and procedures.
Section 2: Policies — Details ACEN's 38 policies. Currently, the 2017 version is available, the 2023 version is coming soon.
Section 3: ACEN Standards and Criteria — Details ACEN's official standards and each of their corresponding criteria.
Glossary — Breaks down industry jargon and provides clear legal definitions.
Is your nursing program undergoing accreditation?
Use advanced item-level reporting for additional insight into your program.
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, ACEN nursing website, accessed 4 October 2022,
https://www.acenursing.org/acen-2023-accreditation-manual/


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Literary Evening "Poetry as Resistance" with Prof Tomas Venclova (Yale University)
Plats: Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES)	Gamla Torget 3, 3rd floor, IRES Library
Föreläsare: Professor emeritus at Yale University Tomas Venclova is a former Soviet dissident and the leading poet in his native Lithuania. Moderator: Dr. Zakhar Ishov
Arrangör: Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES)
Kontaktperson: Jevgenija Gehsbarga
Telefon: 018 471 1630
NB! Light refreshments will be served between 17:30-18:00.
Tomas Venclova is a leading poet and a figure of great moral authority in his native Lithuania. A former Soviet dissident and now professor emeritus at Yale University, Venclova will discuss the role of poetry in resisting the totalitarian regimes of the past, as well as current political challenges.
Born in the Soviet Lithuania Tomas Venclova became fluent in Russian, but also mastered Polish, English as well as several other European languages. Venclova became a builder of bridges between Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian cultures in his writings and in his lectures on poetry. As a young man he met with Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) and Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966), the two major poets of the older pre-Soviet generation. Venclova translated them both into Lithuanian. He frequented semiotic seminars organized by Yuri Lotman in Tartu and later successfully adopted Lotman's methods in his lectures and essays on poetry. Venclova also participated in the Lithuanian and Soviet dissident movements and was a founding member of the Lithuanian Helsinki group (1976). He was stripped of Soviet citizenship in 1977 and has since lived in the USA where he became close with the Polish poet Czesław Miłosz and resumed his lifelong friendship with the Russian poet-exile Joseph Brodsky. For over two decades Venclova has been a Professor of Russian literature at the Yale University starting in the 1990s.
His new book of conversations with an American poet and writer Ellen Hinsey, Magnetic North (2017) intertwines Lithuanian and Russian history, culture, and dissidence together with Tomas Venclova's biography and poetry. One of Magnetic North's central themes is the importance of ethical choices in the context of the 20th century totalitarianism and the role of artistic resistance towards it.
The event is arranged in cooperation with the Lithuanian Culture Institute.
Photo: Annette Hornischer / American Academy in Berlin


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import sys, traceback, time, os.path
from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe
from os import fdopen
from .chess_rules import IllegalMoveException
from .chess_play import Game, GamingEngine

def play():
    help_message = '''Options:
        - <move notation>
        - help
        - diagram
        - play
        - back
        - quit
        - new
        - export
        - import
        - set
        '''
    move_place_holder = ' ... '
    white_place_holder = ' ! '
    black_place_holder = white_place_holder + move_place_holder
    white_prompt = '>> '
    black_prompt = white_prompt + move_place_holder
    busy_msg = "Engine thinking ... In a hurry? Type 'now'"

    from .engine_helper import DynamicsEvaluator, EvalEngine
    from .variant_tree import TreeEngine
    #simple_engine = EvalEngine(DynamicsEvaluator())
    simple_engine = TreeEngine(DynamicsEvaluator())
    gaming = GamingEngine(engine=simple_engine)

    ## To test from a particular position
    # poslist = {'e8': (KING, True), 'e6': (PAWN, False), 'f7': (PAWN, True), 'e7': (PAWN, True), 'd7': (PAWN, True), 'f8': (BISHOP, True), 'g8': (KNIGHT, True), 'c4': (BISHOP, False), 'e1': (KING, False)}
    # from .chess_rules import parse_square, Position
    # pos0 = {parse_square(sq): value for sq, value in poslist.iteritems()}
    # gaming = GamingEngine(engine=simple_engine, init_pos=Position(pos0))

    saved = True
    first_move = True

    def set_players():
        if gaming.game.turn() == 'white':
            wp = type(gaming.engine)
            bp = 'You'
        else:
            wp = 'You'
            bp = type(gaming.engine)
        gaming.game.white_player = wp
        gaming.game.black_player = bp

    class Options(object):
        def __init__(self, level=3, human_only=False, blind=False, size='m'):
            self.level = level
            self.human_only = human_only
            self.blind = blind
            self.size = size

    def reset_graphics():
        if options.size == 's':
            side = 10
        elif options.size == 'm':
            side = 20
        else:
            side = 40
        gaming.set_graphics(side=side)

    def set_options():
        options_help = '''You can set the following options:
            - done                      Exit this menu
            - level 0-7                 Engine level, increasing strength
            - engine on/off             Switch on/off engine
            - analysis on/off           Show or hide main analysed variants
            - blind on/off              Blind chess: hide/show board
            - board s/m/l               Board size small, medium or large
        '''
        print options_help
        print "Current values: level %d, engine %s, analysis %s, blind %s, board %s" % (
                options.level,
                'off' if options.human_only else 'on',
                'on' if simple_engine.print_analysis else 'off',
                'on' if options.blind else 'off',
                'large' if options.size.lower() == 'l' else (
                    'small' if options.size.lower() == 's'
                    else 'medium')
                )

        while True:
            user_action = raw_input('set: ')
            if user_action == 'done':
                break
            if user_action == 'engine on':
                options.human_only = False
            elif user_action == 'engine off':
                options.human_only = True
            elif user_action == 'analysis on':
                simple_engine.print_analysis = 3
            elif user_action == 'analysis off':
                simple_engine.print_analysis = 0
            elif user_action == 'blind on':
                options.blind = True
            elif user_action == 'blind off':
                options.blind = False
            else:
                import re
                mlevel = re.match('level ([0-7])$', user_action)
                if mlevel:
                    options.level = int(mlevel.groups()[0])
                    continue
                msize = re.match('board ([sSmMlL])', user_action)
                if msize:
                    options.size = msize.groups()[0].lower()
                    reset_graphics()
                    continue
                print 'Option not recognized:', user_action
                print options_help

    options = Options()

    def print_engine_move(move):
        if not options.blind:
            print gaming.draw(gaming.game.turn())
        if move != None:
            print '%s%s' %(white_place_holder if gaming.game.turn() == 'black'
                    else black_place_holder, move)

    reset_graphics()
    print gaming.draw(gaming.game.turn())

    while True:
        if gaming.game.result():
            print gaming.game.result()
            user_action = raw_input("Game ended. What do you want to do? ")
            if user_action == 'play':
                print "Can't continue ended game"
                continue
        else:
            user_action = raw_input(
                    white_prompt if gaming.game.turn() == 'white'
                    else black_prompt)
        if user_action == 'help':
            print help_message
        elif user_action == 'quit':
            can_quit = saved
            if not can_quit:
                bool_reply = raw_input("Do you want to save the current "
                        + "game before leaving it? ")
                if bool_reply and bool_reply != "no":
                    can_quit = export_game(gaming.game)
                else:
                    can_quit = True
            if can_quit:
                sys.exit()
        elif user_action == 'diagram':
            print gaming.draw(gaming.game.turn())
        elif user_action == 'play':
            if saved:
                saved = False
            if first_move:
                set_players()
                first_move = False
            print busy_msg
            thinking_interact(gaming, print_engine_move, options.level)
        elif user_action == 'back':
            gaming.back()
        elif user_action == 'export':
            saved = export_game(gaming.game)
        elif user_action in ('import', 'new'):
            if not saved:
                bool_reply = raw_input("Do you want to save the current "
                        + "game before leaving it? ")
                if bool_reply and bool_reply != "no":
                    saved = export_game(gaming.game)
            if user_action == 'import':
                game = import_game()
            else:
                game = None
            gaming = GamingEngine(game=game, engine=simple_engine)
            saved = True
            first_move = True
            print gaming.draw(gaming.game.turn())
        elif user_action == 'set':
            set_options()

        else:
            try:
                gaming.user_move(user_action)
            except IllegalMoveException:
                print "Illegal move '%s'." % user_action
                print "Try again or type 'help' to see your options."
                continue
            if saved:
                saved = False
            if gaming.game.result():
                continue
            if first_move:
                set_players()
                first_move = False
            if not options.human_only:
                print busy_msg
                thinking_interact(gaming, print_engine_move, options.level)

def export_game(game):
    default_name = time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') + '.png'
    file_to_export = raw_input("Type the name of the file to save the game ("
            + default_name + "): ")
    if not file_to_export:
        file_to_export = default_name
    if not file_to_export.endswith('.png'):
        file_to_export += '.png'
    if os.path.exists(file_to_export):
        print "FILE %s ALREADY EXISTS" % file_to_export
        print "GAME COULD NOT BE EXPORTED"
        return False
    try:
        with open(file_to_export, mode='w') as f:
            f.write(game.toPGN())
        print "Game saved in " + file_to_export
        return True
    except Exception, e:
        print "An error occurred while exporting game"
        print traceback.format_exc()
        return False

def import_game():
    file_to_import = raw_input(
            "Type the name of the file containing the game to import: ")
    if file_to_import:
        try:
            with open(file_to_import) as f:
                PGN = f.read()
            return Game.fromPGN(PGN)
        except Exception, e:
            print "An error occurred while exporting game"
            print traceback.format_exc()
    return None

def thinking_interact(gaming, print_engine_move, level):
    def compute(pipe, gaming):
        gaming.start(pipe)

    def listen_user(fileno, pipe):
        sys.stdin = fdopen(fileno)
        while True:
            user_input = raw_input()
            if user_input == 'now':
                pipe.send('now')
                break
            print 'Command not recognized: %s' % user_input
    (pipe_comp1, pipe_comp2) = Pipe()
    (pipe_cli1, pipe_cli2) = Pipe()
    p_engine = Process(target=compute, args=(pipe_comp1, gaming))
    p_cli = Process(target=listen_user, args=(sys.stdin.fileno(), pipe_cli1))
    p_engine.start()
    p_cli.start()

    time_spent = 0
    if level == 0:
        move_seconds = 3
    elif level == 1:
        move_seconds = 7
    elif level == 2:
        move_seconds = 12
    elif level == 3:
        move_seconds = 20
    elif level == 4:
        move_seconds = 30
    elif level == 5:
        move_seconds = 60
    elif level == 6:
        move_seconds = 120
    else:
        move_seconds = 0

    while True:
        if pipe_comp2.poll():
            best_variant = pipe_comp2.recv()
            #print best_variant
            move = best_variant[0][0]

            gaming.user_move(move)

            print_engine_move(move)
            p_cli.terminate()
            break
        time.sleep(0.5)
        time_spent += 0.5
        if pipe_cli2.poll():
            pipe_comp2.send(pipe_cli2.recv())
        if move_seconds and time_spent > move_seconds:
            pipe_comp2.send('now')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    play()

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FIT1003 IT in organisations - Semester 1, 2014
The unit will provide students with an introduction and broad overview of the application of IT to the management of information in organisations, and the role of the IT professional in developing and implementing IT-based solutions to information problems. The discussion of the organisational framework for IT and IT professional practice will be set within its broader social context. The opportunities, problems and risks associated with IT will be examined, together with their implications for the rights and responsibilities of IT professionals.
Two hours lectures
Two hour tutorial
A minimum of 2-3 hours of personal study per one hour of contact time in order to satisfy the reading and assignment expectations.
CSE1204, ELC1000, IMS1704, BUS1021, CPE1006
Dr Abraham van der Vyver
Dr. Abraham van der Vyver
Consultation hours: To be advised.
To be advised
Monash is committed to excellence in education and regularly seeks feedback from students, employers and staff. One of the key formal ways students have to provide feedback is through the Student Evaluation of Teaching and Units (SETU) survey. The University's student evaluation policy requires that every unit is evaluated each year. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the surveys. The feedback is anonymous and provides the Faculty with evidence of aspects that students are satisfied and areas for improvement.
For more information on Monash's educational strategy, see:
www.monash.edu.au/about/monash-directions/ and on student evaluations, see: www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/quality/student-evaluation-policy.html
More South African case studies have been added to the tutorials in response to requests that were posed by students who evaluated the course.
The students commented postively on the explanations and illustration of the role of IT in an organisation.
At the completion of this unit students will have -A theoretical and conceptual understanding of:
basic concepts of information, including organisational and social issues relating to the ownership and control of information;
basic concepts of information systems, including their role and importance in organisations and society;
basic concepts of organisations, including organisational structures, the roles of individuals and groups in organisations, the role of communication in achieving organisational objectives, and the nature of communication in organisations;
basic concepts of IT as it is used in organisations and society, including the evolution of the role of IT in organisations and society;
information technologies and information technology infrastructures employed by organisations;
the business and information management processes and functions for which IT is used in organisations, and in which IT professionals are involved;
opportunities, risks and liabilities arising from the usage and application of IT in organisations;
processes of acquiring, developing and managing IT in organisations;
techniques and tools for describing and analysing information management processes in organisations;
the roles of IT workers in organisations and the range of ethical and professional rights and responsibilities associated with them; and
organisational and social issues arising from the use of IT in organisations, including privacy and civil liberties issues.
recognise the importance of information to organisational processes and functions;
recognise the opportunities and limitations of the role which IT can play in managing information in organisations; and
appreciate the importance of the IT practitioners role in organisations and society, and the responsibilities it entails.
The skills to:
document organisational information-related functions and processes;
assess the potential scope for using IT as part of the solution to an organisational information problem;
identify and discuss issues, problems and opportunities in using IT in organisations;
identify and discuss the organisational and social impacts of IT, and the ethical dimensions of IT-related decisions;
recognise the team skills necessary for successful development and implementation of IT solutions to information problems in organisations; and
appreciate the importance of the inter-relationships between IT professionals and the stakeholders in IT-based systems in organisations.
1 Introduction to Organisations
2 Information and Information Systems
3 Introduction to Business Processes
4 Information Technologies in the Organisation
5 Developing Successful IT Systems - Part 1
6 Supporting Business Functions with IT
7 Developing Successful IT Systems - Part 2 Assignment 1 due 15 April 2014
8 Communication Concepts
9 Working in Teams
10 Communication in Organisations Assignment 2 due 13 May 2014
11 Managing IT Security
12 Professional Issues
SWOT VAC No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC
*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your learning system.
This teaching and learning approach provides facilitated learning, practical exploration and peer learning.
Assignment 1: IT & IS in Organisations 20% 15 April 2014
Assignment 2: Analysis of a case study in the field of Systems Development 20% 13 May 2014
Faculty Policy - Unit Assessment Hurdles (http://intranet.monash.edu.au/infotech/resources/staff/edgov/policies/assessment-examinations/assessment-hurdles.html)
Academic Integrity - Please see resources and tutorials at http://www.monash.edu/library/skills/resources/tutorials/academic-integrity/
Students are expected to attend at least 9 of the tutorials and constructively participate in activities that form part of the tutorial. Attendance and participation will be recorded by your tutor.
Assignment 1: IT & IS in Organisations
The assignment is an individual assignment and will consist of an analysis of a case study.
The criteria used to assess submissions are:
correctness and understanding - there may be more than one "right" answer in many cases. We will look for answers that reflect understanding of the underlying principles and theories.
completeness - that you have answered all parts of each question.
presentation - that you have presented your answers in a suitably formatted report style.
use of evidence and argument - you are able to explain your position by using logical argument drawing on the theory presented in the unit.
The assignment will be made available on the FIT1003 site in Moodle with detailed submission instructions.
Assignment 2: Analysis of a case study in the field of Systems Development
This assignment is an individual assignment. It will be required of the student to apply the theory in order to analyse a case study.
Baltzan, P & Phillips, A. (2010) Business Driven Technology. 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill.
Dwyer, J. (2005) Communication in Business: Strategies and Skills. 3rd Edition. Pearson Education, Australia.
Eunson, B. (2005) Communicating in the 21st Century. John Wiley & Sons, Australia
Monash Library Unit Reading List (if applicable to the unit)
http://readinglists.lib.monash.edu/index.html
Faculty of Information Technology Style Guide
Examination/other end-of-semester assessment feedback may take the form of feedback classes, provision of sample answers or other group feedback after official results have been published. Please check with your lecturer on the feedback provided and take advantage of this prior to requesting individual consultations with staff. If your unit has an examination, you may request to view your examination script booklet, see http://intranet.monash.edu.au/infotech/resources/students/procedures/request-to-view-exam-scripts.html
You must negotiate any extensions formally with your campus unit leader via the in-semester special consideration process: http://www.monash.edu.au/exams/special-consideration.html
No resubmission allowed.
It is a University requirement (http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/conduct/student-academic-integrity-managing-plagiarism-collusion-procedures.html) for students to submit an assignment coversheet for each assessment item. Faculty Assignment coversheets can be found at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/. Please check with your Lecturer on the submission method for your assignment coversheet (e.g. attach a file to the online assignment submission, hand-in a hard copy, or use an online quiz). Please note that it is your responsibility to retain copies of your assessments.
If Electronic Submission has been approved for your unit, please submit your work via the learning system for this unit, which you can access via links in the my.monash portal.
Required Resources
Please check with your lecturer before purchasing any Required Resources. Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library, and prescribed software is available in student labs.
No software is required for this unit.
Prescribed text(s)
Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library.
Baltzan, P. & Phillips, A.. (2010). Business Driven Technology. (4th Edition) McGraw-Hill Irwin (ISBN: 9780071220538).
Technological Requirements
All formal communications will be conducted during lectures.
No additional material or equipment will be permitted in the exam.
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Student Academic Integrity Policy and Student Academic Integrity: Managing Plagiarism and Collusion Procedures ; http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/conduct/student-academic-integrity-policy.html
Assessment in Coursework Programs; http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/assessment/assessment-in-coursework-policy.html
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Important student resources including Faculty policies are located at http://intranet.monash.edu.au/infotech/resources/students/
Graduate Attributes Policy
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www.opq.monash.edu.au/ep/student-charter/monash-university-student-charter.html
The University provides many different kinds of support services for you. Contact your tutor if you need advice and see the range of services available at http://www.monash.edu.au/students. For Malaysia see http://www.monash.edu.my/Student-services, and for South Africa see http://www.monash.ac.za/current/.
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The Monash University Library provides a range of services, resources and programs that enable you to save time and be more effective in your learning and research. Go to www.lib.monash.edu.au or the library tab in my.monash portal for more information. At Malaysia, visit the Library and Learning Commons at http://www.lib.monash.edu.my/. At South Africa visit http://www.lib.monash.ac.za/.
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Q: Duplicate Google Maps DIV to new window for printing Here is my situation. I have a map created using google maps API, with styling and a FusionTable overlay. The user can zoom into any location, and when he/she clicks on any polygon, an infoWindow pops-up with contact information. The user then would press on a 'Print' button that should open the map on a new window and initiate the print dialog box.
Now, here is my two part question.

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*How can I duplicate the google maps instance (zoomed-in with polygons and infowindow) to a new window.

*How can I trigger a print command after the map is rendered.

Now, here is a background of what I tried so far and the results.

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*Copied map to new window, but print command acts funny, as it goes beyond the 'div' parameters and breaks the map.

*Tried the html2canvas method, but it only works as it should when you SHIFT+click the print button.

For bonus marks: When printing I would like to resize the map proportionally to fit the page size (it is currently cropping part of the map).

A: Finally managed to solve this, and so I am posting my solution to help anybody who might be requiring the same functionality. And also to open up any possibility for refinement.
The main point is to target the "innerHTML" of the map div.
Here is my function that will be triggered by the "Print" button located on the page:
$('.map-print').on('click',
    function printMap() {
    var mapwindow = window.open('', 'PRINT');
    mapwindow.document.write('<!DOCTYPE html><title>' + document.title + ' Agent Finder Map</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="https://www.liteline.com/styles/print.css" />');
    mapwindow.document.write(''); //important in order to force the print render not to break apart causing a grayed-out band
    mapwindow.document.write('');
    mapwindow.document.write('
');
    mapwindow.document.write(document.getElementById("map-canvas").innerHTML);
    mapwindow.document.write('
');
    mapwindow.document.write('');
    mapwindow.document.close();
    mapwindow.focus();
    mapwindow.print();
    mapwindow.close();
    return false;
});

I know it is not totally perfect, but it did the job.
Hope that this solution might help someone.

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Seven years of glitter, messiness and delight!
There are less glimpses of the toddling little girl who brought giggles to her brothers, and more glimpses of a young girl full of wit and enthusiasm. You are changing before our eyes.
You were the surprise we never knew we needed. God knew. He knew we needed a little more drama, a little more laughter. He knew we needed someone in the mix of the household who delights in pink and is able to switch between ninja moves and ballerina moves seamlessly.
God knew we needed on in the house who insists on snuggles and hugs. Insists. And one who hugs tightly and fiercely.
You, my dear, have made us slow down at just the right moments. Slow down to hear your stories. Slow down to look at something that catches your eye. Slow down to read a book. Slow down to snuggle.
You have also taught us to delight more. To laugh with abandon and to embrace being ridiculously silly. You have brought light and laughter into what we thought was already a home filled with laughter and joy…you showed us how much more there could be.
You are growing up, though. Like I said…right before our eyes.
Indulge us, though, as we relish seven years littered with glitter and fairies, with made-up stories and snuggles. Indulge us as we hold on to the littlest of the family and are not too eager for her to grow beyond childhood.
Keep being silly and keeping your brothers guessing.
Keep feeling everything deeply. Cry when you need to. Shout when something makes you angry. Laugh ferociously when something delights you.
Skin your knees. Get muddy. Make some messes. We need you to keep us from being too uptight.
Happy Seventh, Birthday dear girl.
We are so thankful for you!!!
Let's make this next year the best yet!!!!
Amazing how seventeen years can go by in the blink of an eye. You brought us into parenthood, and now we are on the brink of seeing you enter manhood. Thankful for this one more year of not-quite on your own, this one more year of you at home and still a kid.
You have lived in five different houses now (if we count that condo in Kentucky), and two countries.
You have played countless hours of hockey, only after a short stint with gymnastics. You have learned to love music and books, movies and the stars.
You have learned to seek God and wrestle with who He is and what it means to follow Him.
Consistently you have been a calm presence in our life. There has always been a maturity and ease about you, and a humor that comes at just the right moment.
Now that you are more man than boy, we could not be more proud.
We have loved every minute of watching you grow, of coming to this point.
You are strong, so intelligent, mature and at ease with being you. What a great moment in your life. So much is open to you in the coming months, and we know it means greater independence for you and our time to step back and allow you the space to step out. We are still your biggest fans. We love watching the hockey, we love hearing about what inspires you. We love seeing you grow.
Enjoy this last year of "childhood". We know you are going to do wonderful and good things in the coming year…there is so much yet to see and do in your life. We love you!


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by Jim Brock	in Reviews 0 comments	tags: #eyeonthemusic, #folkyeah, #jimbrockphotography, #newportfolk, #preshalljazz, 90s music, Alynda Lee Segarra, Amanda Shires, Amy Ray, Benmont Tench, Billy Strings, Bonny Light Horseman, Brandi Carlile, Cedric Burnside, Charley Crockett, Colin Meloy, concert photography, Courtney Marie Andrews, D'angelico hollow body, Danny Clinch, Dawes, Decemberists, Dolly Parton, Eric Johnson, Eye on the Music, Fleet Foxes, Fruit Bats, George Wein, Gibson hollow body, Grateful Dead, Gregory Alan Isakov, Highwomen, Hozier, I'm With Her, If I Had a Song, Indigo Girls, Infamous Stringdusters, Jade Bird, jam bands, Jason Isbell, Jay Sweet, jazz photography, Jeff Tweedy, Jim Brock Photography, Jim James, JS Ondara, Judy Collins, Jupiter and Okwess, Kermit the Frog, Lake Street Dive, Leyla McCalla, Linda Perry, live music photography, Lucy Dacus, Lukas Nelson, Madison Cunningham, Maggie Rogers, Maren Morris, Mavis Staples, Milk Carton Kids, Molly Tuttle, New Orleans music, Nilufer Yanya, Our Native Daughters, Phil and Friends, Phil Lesh, Phish, Portugal The Man, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Promise of the Real, Rachael Price, Rambling Jack Elliott, Rayland Baxter, reggae, Rhiannon Giddens, Robin Pecknold, Sara Watkins, Sheryl Crow, Stephen Marley, Taylor Goldsmith, Trey Anastasio, Warren Haynes, Wilco, Wylie Gelber
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 2019, FORT ADAMS, RHODE ISLAND
July 26-28, 2019 As the sun dipped to meet Naragansett Bay a few Sundays back, the 60 years since the first Newport Folk Festival seemingly came full circle. The Fort Stage crowd serenading Rambling Jack Elliott, and the dozens of singers and musicians paying tribute to the spirit and songs of Pete Seeger (who appeared at the first Newport in 1959) with one last chorus of "Goodnight, Irene". On what would have been the troubadour's 100th birthday, it was producer Jay Sweet who encouraged the audience to have the last word and shower the stage with the love shared by all who performed and attended over the course of the three days. That the Lead Belly lyrics so simply convey love lost and always eternal, was a fitting coda to a closing set that left me more than a little teary. In a good way. Let's just say that there are moments as a photographer when you have to put the camera down, and take it all in, and this was one of them. Welcome to Newport Folk. Newport 2019 was true to form. Full of collaboration, a few surprises and plenty of discoveries. But what was most different about […]
by Jim Brock	in Reviews 0 comments	tags: Banditos, Benmont Tench, Bluegrass Situation, concert photography, David Hidalgo, Ed Helms, Eye on the Music, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jamie Blake, Jason Sinay, Jerry Garcia, Jim Brock Photography, Josh Ritter, Jubilee, Live Music Blog, Margo Price, Mary Richardson, MCTaylor, Mike Campbell. Heartbreakers, Molly Tuttle, rock photography, Sam Bush, Sara Watkins, Stephen Malkmus, Stratocaster, Theatre at Ace Hotel
Jubilee: A Celebration of Jerry Garcia, Theatre at Ace Hotel
March 30, 2018 It's the year 23 AG (after Garcia). Dead & Co. are embarking on a stadium-centric Summer tour. Phil's Terrapin Crossroads has a full schedule, and at 78(!), Lesh shows no signs of slowing his roll while sticking closer to home and sprinkling in some East Coast tripping (including a few recent Phil and Bobby duet dates, with Trey as a guest). And while Garcia (who would turn 75 this year), is long gone, the music really has never stopped. In steps the Bluegrass Situation for a one-night only Garcia throwdown billed as Jubilee: A Celebration of Jerry Garcia, featuring a bucketful of artists including Hiss Golden Messenger, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Belmont Tench, Margo Price, Chris Funk of the Decemberists, mandolinist extraordinaire Sam Bush, Amos Lee and the Jubilee House Band that includes Tench and Sean and Sara Watkins among others. Garcia is dearly missed, but the songs endure, and Jubilee was bound to be a warm embrace for anyone touched by the band and Garcia's songs. Whether going back to Garcia's jug band roots on banjo, his Old and in the Way album with David Grisman, Peter Rowan and fiddler Vassar […]


Wash and towel dry hair. Apply to hair and saturate locks. Distribute evenly form root to top. Scrunch curls and style as desired, then blow-dry upside down or air dry to reveal smooth, long lasting curls, all day long.


As its Associated Partner our CoSE-Network was invited to attend the Year Conference 2013 of the Covenant of Mayors on Monday 24 June, 2013. With this mini-flyer (see: 'link') Jaap Huurman tried to make contacts with present mayors to invite their own communities for our Communities of Sustainable Europe. Unfortunately no communities react afterwards, but Jaap was asked to give all CoSE-partners the regards of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was also present!


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Q: application:didReceiveLocalNotification: not called when app in background When my app goes in background then  applicationDidEnterBackground is automatically called and in this method we fire local notification. but didReceiveLocalNotification: method is not called
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application {

UIApplication *app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
    bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
}];

UILocalNotification* localNotification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
localNotification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
localNotification.fireDate = [NSDate date];
localNotification.alertBody = textString;
localNotification.alertAction = @"View";
localNotification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
localNotification.applicationIconBadgeNumber =  1;

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] presentLocalNotificationNow:localNotification];
}

A: Your expectations with local notifications are incorrect:
When your app will go in background then you will see an immediate notification on your phone but you have to tap that notification to trigger didReceiveLocalNotification delegate.
If you receive local notification in foreground then didReceiveLocalNotification will be triggered automatically.
Above scenario is tested and verified.
Update: You must read this documentation:
http://www.thekspace.com/home/component/content/article/62-uilocalnotification-demystified.html

A: Try this code:
NSDate *pickerDate = [date_picker date];
// Schedule the notification
UILocalNotification* localNotification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
localNotification.fireDate = pickerDate;
localNotification.alertBody = @"Alert Body Message";
localNotification.alertAction = @"Alert Action Message";
localNotification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]     scheduleLocalNotification:localNotification];

and use this code in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions in App delegate class.
    UILocalNotification *locationNotification = [launchOptions objectForKey:UIApplicationLaunchOptionsLocalNotificationKey];
if (locationNotification) {
    // Set icon badge number to zero
    application.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0;
}

A: Before scheluding notification you must register it for specified type:
    - (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application {

    UIApplication *app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
    bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
        bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
    }];

    UILocalNotification* localNotification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
    localNotification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
    localNotification.fireDate = [NSDate date];
    localNotification.alertBody = textString;
    localNotification.alertAction = @"View";
    localNotification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
    localNotification.applicationIconBadgeNumber =  1;
    // register notification settings
    if ([application respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) {
#ifdef __IPHONE_8_0
  UIUserNotificationSettings *settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge
      |UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound
      |UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert) categories:nil];
  [application registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];
#endif
} else {
  UIRemoteNotificationType myTypes = UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert | UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound;
  [application registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:myTypes];
}

    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] presentLocalNotificationNow:localNotification];
    }


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Q: Boost Unit Test compilation fail throught Eclipse I want to compile following line of code through Eclipse but during built time i will get Error which i can not understand.. Is any one have a solution to solve it.
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

#define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
#define BOOST_AUTO_TEST_MAIN
#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE First_TestSuite

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( First_TEst )
 {

BOOST_CHECK(2 == 2);

    }

Error

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  NewProject **** Info: Internal Builder is used for build g++
  "-IC:\boost_1_52_0\boost_1_52_0" -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0
  -o "src\NewProject.o" "..\src\NewProject.cpp"  g++ -o NewProject.exe "src\NewProject.o"  src\NewProject.o: In function
  ZN10First_TEst11test_methodEv':
  C:\Users\sam\workspace1\NewProject\Debug/../src/NewProject.cpp:19:
  undefined reference to
  boost::unit_test::unit_test_log_t::set_checkpoint(boost::unit_test::basic_cstring, unsigned int, boost::unit_test::basic_cstring)'
  C:\Users\sam\workspace1\NewProject\Debug/../src/NewProject.cpp:19:
  undefined reference to
  boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_impl(boost::test_tools::predicate_result
  const&, boost::unit_test::lazy_ostream const&,
  boost::unit_test::basic_cstring<char const>, unsigned int,
  boost::test_tools::tt_detail::tool_level,
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  src\NewProject.o: In function
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  C:\Users\sam\workspace1\NewProject\Debug/../src/NewProject.cpp:16:
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  unsigned long)' src\NewProject.o: In function
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  C:/boost_1_52_0/boost_1_52_0/boost/test/unit_test_suite_impl.hpp:255:
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  c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.2/../../../libmingw32.a(main.o):main.c:(.text.startup+0xa7):
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12:55:24 Build Finished (took 11s.567ms)

A: seems that you forgot to add -lboost_unit_test_framework-mt
or whatever that library is named in windows system

A: If you want to only use the header variant, you should include the following
#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE First_TestSuite
#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>

instead of your
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

And you only need the #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE First_TestSuite with the header only variant.

A: You should use the Single Header Variant of the UTF from Boost.
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_1/libs/test/doc/html/utf/user-guide/usage-variants/single-header-variant.html


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Wonder News
Wildly Creative
Center of Wonder
David J. Swift
About DailyWonder
Discover arts, music & culture in Jackson Hole
DailyWonder offers the best possible collection of what to do in Jackson Hole. Our curated calendar features more than 80 creative events each week.
DailyWonder partners contribute events ranging from pop-up shows to workshops and world-class performances. Our Wonder Team stays on the lookout for lesser known events and fills in the gaps. Together we create a calendar full of happenings from local creatives, music venues, arts organizations and Jackson Hole businesses.
The calendar helps you discover new venues and disciplines by cross-pollinating audiences across different art forms. While you're checking out the latest happenings at your favorite spot, it's easy to discover a new gallery, music venue or class.
By featuring events via articles, email and social media, we build greater awareness of and engagement with the arts in Jackson Hole and keep those events in the public eye. Most importantly, we build community around and for the arts in Jackson Hole, to empower our collective success as a creative community.
The nonprofit organization Center of Wonder launched the DailyWonder calendar in Fall 2016 to help fulfill our mission to advocate for the arts in Jackson Hole and empower its creative leaders.
The calendar is free for both users and contributors thanks to essential support from individual donors to Center of Wonder and generous grants from the Wyoming Arts Council and The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole.
We rely on support from the people who enjoy and use DailyWonder to keep it as vibrant as our arts community.
Why wonder
We believe the potential for transformation through wonder exists when you experience the arts. Whether it's a live performance with hundreds of other people, immersing yourself in a visual exhibit or bringing your own creativity to life – the arts lift us beyond our ordinary state of being to one of curiosity, delight and awe.
Experience wonder. Discover new events, artists, musicians and speakers on DailyWonder. Take action. Go to an event or take a class and let us know where you find your wonder.
Learn more about the programs and impact of Center of Wonder
Wonder Team
JuliAnne Thomas
Director of Communications & Development
JuliAnne has lived in Jackson, WY off and on throughout her life and permanently moved back in 2010 after spending 14 years in Washington, DC. She owns and operates j4 Strategies, a public relations and strategic planning consulting business. She has worked in the advertising, public relations and government relations areas for over 30 years, primarily focusing on the travel and tourism, energy, healthcare and telecommunications fields. Locally, she has served on the boards of Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited, The Murie Center and Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities.
JuliAnne's love of Jackson Hole and exploring the outdoors began at a young age when her family vacation regularly in the Pinedale area, visiting family friends and her great uncle who was a professor at the University of Wyoming. In her downtime she enjoys the outdoors with her husband, John, and their family, fly fishing, kayaking, hiking and skiing. A native Iowan, JuliAnne received her B.A. in Mass Communications and Journalism from Iowa State University.
Travis Walker is the founder and director of Teton Artlab, a nonprofit arts organization founded in 2007 that supports artists through a dynamic artist in residence program. He earned his BFA in Painting and Printmaking in 2000 from Virginia Commonwealth University. He was an Artist In Residence at the Vermont Studio Center in 2000 and a 2013 Artist in Residence at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Walker was a 2013 panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts Artists Communities Grant. In 2012, he won the "Rising Star Award" from the Cultural Council of Jackson Hole. In 2013, he won Best Emerging Artist in Jackson Hole by Planet Jackson Hole. He is represented by Altamira Fine Art in Wyoming and Arizona and Visions West Contemporary in Montana and Colorado.
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It's coming. It's just under the surface, ready to explode. If you listen carefully you can hear the faint strains of the "Jaws" theme, coming from the nursery, signaling an attack. Da Dum.......Da Dum......... It's looming like a dark cloud and when it finally attacks, Brett and I are toast.
Over the past month, Max has developed several new skills and habits transitioning him out of infancy. I'm starting to see that having a toddler is going to be no picnic.
This means that walking is just around the corner. Walking means that more baby gates need to be installed and everything that isn't a toy will need to be at least three feet off the ground. No remote, power cords or dropped potato chip on the floor has been safe since he started crawling. Now I can no longer leave my cups on the ottoman or my laptop on the couch. He is mere inches from pressing the buttons on the TV and it's time to double check the strength of all furniture mounted to the walls. I used to be appalled by baby jails like this.
Now I'm wondering if I can find one on eBay.
Max has also started to develop food preferences. I started giving him peas as finger food. Now he refuses anything pureed. When I try to spoon feed he bats the spoon away leaving sweet potatoes stuck to the ceiling and me. The other day I came back from the grocery store and realized I was shopping with mashed cauliflower in my hair.
Along with wanting to feed himself, Max decided he'll only eat fruit and peas. Meats get thrown to the floor, green beans stuffed in the corners of the high chair and broccoli spit across the kitchen. I'm contemplating a dog just to help aid in clean up. Oh, but if I plop down on the couch to enjoy a quick snack, you can bet Max will be up in my grille immediately, clawing up my leg to get a bite.
Rice Cakes? I love rice cakes!
Finally, there is the talking...rather, screaming. The baba's, dada's and yaya's are cute. I love to listen to him babble as he tries to figure out a new toy or wants to join in the conversation. However when he's mad, his choice babble is of course, MMOOOOOMMMOOOOOMMOOMM MAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA!!!!!! He's also started full on screaming when upset. Not just crying but a full high pitched screech to let us know he's mad as heck and he isn't gonna take it anymore. He's started to throw tantrums at bath time, complete with screeching, yanking, biting and flailing of limbs. I'm trying to laugh it off now, but I see tantrums being a lot less funny when they occur in public places.
So, it begins. I know that with the bad, there will also be good. To have him make the connection that I'm "mom" and Brett is "dad" will be incredible. Giving me a hug for the first time will turn me in the blubbering mess. Knowing that as of now he is developing right on schedule, is an answer to my prayers. However, when those terrible toddler traits rear there ugly head more frequently, I think I'll spending a bit more time with my own sippy cup.
I got TWO of these for Christmas. My family thinks I'm a wino.
Hahaha! How freaking cute is he in that rice cake pic?!!!
I totally agree with you, Laura! The toddler years have moments that will literally stop your heart with fear and frustration...you just have to remember (and I know soon Ryan will be capable of it, because Annie is)that the day will come when he says, "Mommy, I love you and want to give you a hug." AND, at that moment...it's all worth it!
And so it begins, indeed! Toddlerhood is definitely an interesting adventure... but along with that comes all sorts of new goodness.
awww, my parents used to placate my brother with corn on the cob, could keep him occupied for ages as he worked on all those little kernels. Also your blog gives me hope that I two may be able to handle motherhood someday. I just thought I should share that.
Hey, just imagine the comeuppance he'll serve on Shelby once he can chase her around the house. She'll get put in her place.
Awwww...such a great age! You are in for a wild wonderful ride!
Ok, so since Max likes to do things for the first time when I'm babysitting I defeinitely won't be until he starts walking!
Let me know if you ever want to borrow a dog who will "clean up" anything. He would probably seerve the double purpose of curing you of your want for a dog.


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A date for your diaries – This years Harvest Supper or Cumnor Ceilidh will be held on 7th October (7-11 pm). All ages from 5- 105 are welcome and dancing is not obligatory! The Mouse and Trousers band will provide wonderful folk music as usual. Ticket price includes a buffet supper and a complimentary glass of wine or juice. Family ticket for 4: £35. Adults: 12.50 and Children under 14: £7.50. All profits will go towards the St Michael's Church Improvement Project. To book tickets, please call: Jackie Laar (862640).
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The One Landscape Initiative: A New Conservation Vision
Vital Ground's One Landscape Initiative will protect wildlife habitat and prevent conflicts in the most critical locations across the Northern Rockies and Inland Northwest, ensuring a permanently connected landscape and the long-term survival of grizzly bears and the many native species that share their range.
UPDATE (Oct. 2021): View Vital Ground's New One Landscape Story-Map!
Vast open spaces. Free-flowing rivers. A diverse tapestry of plant and animal life. In the Northern Rockies, wild places and iconic wildlife still abound.
Vital Ground is launching One Landscape, a groundbreaking initiative to protect and connect forever this majestic, intact landscape and the wildlife that call it home.
As persistent development and climate change threaten the open space and wild species that set this region apart, the time to act is now. From grizzly bears and cougars to elk and humans, we all need room to roam. That's why we're asking you to help save our region's One Landscape for future generations of wildlife and people.
Connecting Vital Habitat for Wildlife and People
From grizzly bears and Canada lynx to bull trout and white sturgeon, Vital Ground's One Landscape initiative safeguards habitat connections for numerous threatened and endangered species.
Since 1970, the world's human population has doubled. For wildlife, it's the opposite—in less than 50 years, the number of species on Earth has been cut in half.
The Northern Rockies and Inland Northwest are a rare holdout from this trend. Our region remains home to most of the diverse species that were here when Lewis and Clark explored 200 years ago.
If we want this rich wildlife community and majestic mountain landscape to remain intact for the next 200 years, the time to protect it is now. Vital Ground's One Landscape initiative will permanently connect the wild strongholds of our region. By maintaining protected corridors across the landscape, our efforts will sustain movement, allowing animals to adapt to changing environmental conditions and improve the health of the ecosystems they inhabit.
Leading the way is the grizzly. By protecting the pathways that connect the Great Bear's range, we connect and protect land for all wildlife, from the threatened Canada lynx and bull trout to the plants and people who also thrive amid open space.
One Landscape isn't starting from scratch; it's a sharpened focus on protecting absolutely vital habitat areas. Rather than pursuing projects across all of grizzly country, we're honing in on the habitat grizzlies and other wildlife will need most as they reconnect their homelands, and on those places where conflict prevention work will keep bears out of trouble, now and into the future.
Recently, more than 60 federal, state and tribal biologists and wildlife managers from across the region helped Vital Ground identify and prioritize the conservation opportunities before us. This planning pinpoints 188,000 habitat acres and 21 conflict-prevention areas of strongest need. Now, with your help, it's time to get to work.
The Priorities: From a full inventory covering hundreds of conservation opportunities, our planning pinpoints 33 locations and 188,000 acres as most crucial for habitat protection (blue dots) and 21 areas with the strongest need for conflict prevention (red dots). For grizzly bears and other wildlife, these locations link existing grizzly recovery zones (dark green) and buffer areas (light green) with one another, charting a path toward a connected, protected landscape. To address these priorities, Vital Ground will partner with willing landowners to safeguard habitat on private lands while also supporting community projects that prevent bear-related conflicts.
Where You Can Lead Us
One Landscape is the most ambitious undertaking in Vital Ground's 29-year history, but its success will rely on the same conservation work our supporters and partners have already helped Vital Ground accomplish. Our priority locations range from 200-5,000 acres—but protecting them will ripple across far larger expanses as we connect existing wild cores by securing linkages.
Along the rooftop of the Lower 48 and southern Canada, your support will safeguard wildlife movement between the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak areas, where grizzlies persist only in small sub-populations and wolverine, lynx, elk and moose also traverse a rugged mountain landscape.
Farther south, you can help protect pathways between the Northern Continental Divide, Bitterroot and Greater Yellowstone ecosystems. Grizzlies are already dispersing from the growing populations in and around Glacier and Yellowstone national parks. Protecting linkage habitat through the Bitterroot and the mountains of southwestern Montana will enable bears, wolves, cougars and other species to finally reconnect this wild countryside.
Picture it: a landscape where sustainability wins out over unchecked development. Where animals can move safely around our towns and working lands while communities invest in coexistence with wild species.
Whether it supports the conservation of linkage habitat or helps a community share the land with wildlife, whether it protects a tenth of an acre or ten thousand, your contribution will carry real impact. You'll join a growing coalition of visionary supporters who care about the long-term health of this region and all the creatures that call it home. You will lead the charge to protect and connect this place for future generations. Please support One Landscape and Save vital habitat today!
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Sundance 2017 Announces Premieres, Midnight Films and More
by Nick Allen | December 6, 2016 |
Premieres, Midnights, Special Events and more have been announced for next month's Sundance Film Festival.
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by Marie Haws | September 29, 2011 |
Marie writes: I love photography, especially B/W and for often finding color a distraction. Take away the color and suddenly, there's so much more to see; the subtext able to rise now and sit closer to the surface - or so it seems to me. The following photograph is included in a gallery of nine images (color and B/W) under Photography: Celebrity Portraits at the Guardian."This is one of the last photographs of Orson before he died. He loved my camera - a gigantic Deardorff - and decided he had to direct me and tell me where to put the light. So even in his last days, he was performing his directorial role perfectly, and bossing me around. Which was precious." - Michael O'Neill
Orson Welles, by Michael O'Neill, 1985
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by Marie Haws | January 5, 2011 |
Marie writes: I love cinematography and worship at its altar; a great shot akin to a picture worth a thousand words. The best filmmakers know how to marry words and images. And as the industry gears up for the Golden Globes and then the Oscars, and the publicity machine starts to roll in earnest, covering the Earth with a daily blanket of freshly pressed hype, I find myself reaching past it and backwards to those who set the bar, and showed us what can be accomplished and achieved with light and a camera...
Cinematography by Robert Krasker - The Third Man (1949) (click to enlarge images)


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Majority of young adults think they're doing more to change the world than past generations
By Marie Haaland, SWNS
Seven in 10 young Americans work to create positive change on a daily basis, according to new research.
A survey of 2,000 Americans (aged 18–38) found that 67 percent believe younger generations are more likely to be outspoken about the issues they support, and half of respondents believe younger generations are actually the ones driving positive change.
More than that, 57 percent of those surveyed believe their generations — Gen Z and millennials — are doing more than previous generations to support the causes and issues they care about.
Commissioned by the YMCA and conducted by OnePoll in advance of Giving Tuesday, the survey revealed that the vast majority of young Americans do have causes and issues they care about.
The causes and issues respondents care the most about are gun control (30 percent), human rights (28 percent) and the environment/sustainability (26 percent). These were followed by homelessness/housing inequality and health care reform (25 percent, each).
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The survey looked not only at the individual causes young Americans are supporting, but the ways in which they're taking action.
Despite young Americans taking a variety of steps to create positive change, a surprising number had never heard of "Giving Tuesday," a global day of giving held annually the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
Fifty-five percent of those surveyed had never heard of the holiday – and of those who had, just 16 percent say they participate annually.
But that's not to say respondents aren't supporting the causes they care about. Young Americans were found most likely to support causes through non-monetary donations – giving clothing, food or other supplies (40 percent).
That was followed by financial donations (35 percent) — an average of $143 per year — or volunteering (35 percent), giving more than 42 hours of their time per year.
Interestingly enough, Gen Z (aged 18–22) were found to be less likely than millennials (aged 23–38) to support a cause by posting on social media — despite being known as the "digital generation."
Of the two generations, Gen Z was more likely to actively support causes in-person, whether that be through attending marches or protests, fundraising or door-to-door canvassing.
Older millennials (aged 28–38) were more likely to support causes with their wallets — either through financial donations or by purchasing items whose proceeds support a charity.
And respondents were found to be optimistic about their actions: Eighty-nine percent believe their support of various causes makes a difference.
"Now more than ever, we are seeing young people actively leading change on a variety of important social issues," said Kevin Washington, President and CEO, YMCA of the USA.
"They are eager to shape the communities we all live in and know they can make a difference with more than financial contributions – from volunteering to signing a petition to organizing a rally and more."
Respondents do admit feeling a bit discouraged when it comes to certain issues, with six in 10 admitting some social issues feel like "lost causes."
But that fear doesn't prevent younger generations from working on these issues, as 87 percent do believe that even small actions can add up to make a major difference.
Three-quarters (74 percent) of respondents wish they could do more to help support the causes they care about — so, what's holding them back?
Respondents say lack of money (54 percent), lack of time (41 percent), as well as lack of access — such as lack of transportation to events (22 percent) — are three key factors holding them back.
That's in addition to not knowing how to get started (22 percent) or being unsure of which actions would make a positive difference (20 percent).
"This holiday season, the Y is encouraging those who are interested in making a difference, but are unsure where to start, to think locally," said Washington.
"Whether it is a one-time volunteer project or a longer-term commitment such as mentoring a young person, there are ways for people of all ages and backgrounds to make a real difference in their communities."
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Jon K. Williams
ESCANABA — Jon K. Williams, 68, of Escanaba, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, following some lingering health issues.
He was born on Sept. 5, 1951, in Detroit, son of John and Evelyn (Lenhart) Williams. As a child, his family moved to California for a number of years before returning to Detroit. Jon graduated in 1970 from Lincoln High School in Warren, Mich. He moved to Escanaba in his later 20s.
Jon worked a variety of jobs over the years including the Community Action Agency, Walmart in Iron Mountain. He was very proud of his years as a counselor for Three Fires Halfway house until their closure and later as security for the Island Resort and Casino. He loved his years working for Hannahville where he met so many friends.
Jon had a love for the outdoors and spiritually found peace while out in the woods hunting or trout fishing. He enjoyed camping and taught his sons while they were young how to fish and shared his love for nature with them. One of his favorite hobbies was archery. His Labradors were his life and he had a great love for them.
Among survivors include his three sons, Kenneth Root of Howell, Mich., Jason Williams of Escanaba and Luke (Krista) Williams of Gladstone; four grandchildren, Christopher and Katie Root, Curran Williams and Lydia Williams; brother, Bill (Nancy) Krussell of Detroit; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Krussell; sister, Bonnie Waddingham; and nieces, Evy Penley and Patti Krussell-Denomme.
In keeping with Jon's wishes, private services will be held at a later date.
The Williams family would like to thank the Richard and Sheryl Houle family for their years of friendship and support to Jon.
A message of condolence may be directed to the Williams family by visiting crawfordfuneralhomes.net.


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What Is an Associate's Degree Program in Interdisciplinary Studies?
Interdisciplinary studies programs allow you to study multiple subject areas and give you the freedom to customize your field of study based on your interests or career goals. You'll take a broad range of general education courses and electives. In addition, you'll likely be able to focus on one or two areas of emphasis, such as arts, business, social science, technology, health or education.
These associate's degree programs are especially useful if you plan to later pursue a bachelor's degree, as credits from your completed coursework are likely to fulfill many general education requirements. It will also give you a chance to explore many subjects, which will make it easier to decide on a bachelor's major. An interdisciplinary studies program could also be useful if you are currently employed, and you would like to customize an associate's degree program to help you meet your career goals. Some of these programs are intended for individuals in the military who are currently serving on active duty, since structured majors may not meet their needs.
Your program will include many general education courses, such as English, humanities, social science, math, public speaking and health. Within most programs, you'll choose one or two areas of emphasis; therefore, the classes that you take will largely depend on your specific interests and focus area. You may choose to concentrate your studies on the arts, education, business, technology, social science, health or behavioral science. If you have additional interests, most programs allow you to take electives outside of your area of emphasis. A biblical studies course may also be required if the program is offered through a Christian-based school.
Online associate's degree programs in interdisciplinary studies are common and have the same course requirements as traditional on-campus programs. Your classes will be taught through online discussion boards and lectures, and you will submit your assignments through an online platform, such as Blackboard. However, you may be required to take exams at a proctored location. Online interdisciplinary studies programs typically don't require any equipment aside from a computer with Internet access and word processing software.
Associate's degree programs in interdisciplinary studies are designed to prepare students for further education or employment in fields that don't require a specific associate's degree program. Example titles that you may hold include human services worker, teacher, employment counselor or lawyer. However, it is important to understand that some of these titles may require additional education, licensure and/or certification. For instance, becoming a lawyer involves earning a graduate degree and becoming licensed, while becoming an elementary school teacher requires earning a bachelor's degree, completing a teacher preparation program and earning certification or licensure.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicted that employment of kindergarten and elementary school teachers would grow by 6% from 2014-2024 (www.bls.gov). The median annual wage for elementary school teachers was about $53,760 in May 2014. The BLS also stated that employment for lawyers was expected to grow by 6% during the same time frame, and their median annual wage was approximately $114,970 in May 2014.


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GOA Files Complaint Over ATF's Reversal which now Requires Additional Infringements on Gun Owners
GOA Files Complaint Over ATF's Reversal which now Requires Additional Infringements on Michigan Gun Owners
Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) filed a complaint against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for its reversal of an agreement which protects gun buyers from the potential negative effects of gun owner registration. Previously, a Michigan's Concealed Pistol License (CPL) would exempt gun owners from the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) whenever they purchased firearms from a federally firearms licensed dealer (FFL).
In two dozen states, permit holders are exempted from undergoing a NICS check to purchase a firearm. However, due to so-called "Public Safety Advisories" issued by the ATF in states like Michigan, Minnesota and Alabama, FFLs are now required to perform background checks on all gun purchasers.
"This is another unnecessary move by the ATF. Forcing background checks on individuals who have already been screened by the government is a poor use of time and resources, and always presents the danger of registering gun owners' firearms purchases," said Erich Pratt Senior Vice President of GOA. "Gun Owners of America believes the Second Amendment prevents Federal and state governments from implementing prior restraints upon the right to keep and bear arms. The ATF's recent policy reversal in Michigan is clearly a step in the wrong direction."
The complaint can be viewed here.
Erich Pratt, or another GOA spokesperson, is available for interviews. Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over two million members and activists. For more information, visit GOA's Press Center.
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