Starkville, Miss. - The Federal Aviation Administration has selected a Mississippi State-led team to operate a new National Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Mississippi's flagship research university is leading the coalition of academic and industry partners that will launch a new era of commercial unmanned aircraft research, development, and integration into the nation's airspace.
On Friday, the FAA announced that MSU's Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) will operate the new center.
"Our researchers are among the very best in the world, and leading this national center of excellence is another example of the tremendous contributions major research universities make to the communities and constituencies they serve," said Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum.
In addition to its robust research infrastructure, the land-grant institution is the only university in the state with FAA certificates of authorization to operate UAS's.
While research will take place at member universities throughout the U.S. and globally, the center's work will be concentrated at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County to take advantage of airspace over the Gulf of Mexico, in the Mississippi Delta to conduct unmanned precision agriculture research, and around MSU's Raspet Flight Research Lab in Starkville.
"This has been a six-year effort for Mississippi State and three years for our partner universities. We picked our team because they know unmanned systems and they know the FAA. That will make it easier to turn UAS research into FAA rules quickly," said USAF Maj. Gen. (Ret.) James Poss, the executive director of the ASSURE FAA UAS COE team at Mississippi State.
The use of unmanned air systems in non-conflict situations is growing with applications well suited for natural disaster response, humanitarian relief efforts, environmental impact assessment and precision agriculture, according to David Shaw, MSU's chief research officer.
"We are well positioned to expand our significant role in unmanned aerial systems research and development, as well as manufacturing, here in Mississippi and around the country with our ASSURE partners," the vice president for research and economic development said.
The university's collaborative approach to research and "real world" impact are keys to its growing research enterprise, Shaw said.
For example, he noted, MSU's Raspet Flight Research Lab has served as a start-up facility for various aerospace companies in the state providing workspace, technical training, and assistance with product development and research over the past decade. These efforts and Mississippi State researchers' expertise have helped companies such as American Eurocopter, Aurora Flight Science, GE Aerospace and Stark Aerospace establish bases in Mississippi, bringing more than 700 high-tech jobs to the state.
The university's scientists are also using UAS as another remote sensing tool available to collect visual and multispectral data.
"Precision agriculture is data-driven and UAS technology adds another significant layer of data for researchers and ultimately crop consultants and producers to assess and utilize in a meaningful way," said Robert Moorhead, the director of the Geosystems Research Institute.
Additionally, MSU and Hinds Community College announced a 2 Plus 2 academic partnership in precision agriculture last month. The program will provide students opportunities to learn about cutting-edge technology — including UAS — and prepare them for leadership roles in 21st Century agribusiness.


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So what is the weather like in April in Costa Rica???
April is the hottest month in Costa Rica; it's the last month of Dry Season, with temperatures around 95+ degrees, and a very BROWN landscape in the region of Guanacaste. And let me tell ya, 95 degrees here in Costa Rica is way more intense than 95 degrees in New York or Atlanta...even my dog Gidget feels the heat in April and Chihuahuas LOVE the heat!
Why is April so hot?
The clouds also start to come back in April!
As the season starts to change, the clouds start to filter in, helping set the stage for gorgeous sunsets. In fact, in the past week, Gidget and I have chased several breathtaking sunsets....with one being on Gidget's birthday on Monday! So here's to the official countdown to Rainy Season = sunset season AND the Earth being alive + green again --> woohoo! After not seeing rain for months, I for sure will be doing a happy dance when the first rains arrive!!!
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And incidentally we are looking to hire a seed technician for summer and with career potential. Any young biology/plant physiologists with interest in charcoal as extracurricular activity and hands on farm work?
We cover crop with buckwheat and or oats every 2-3 years. Our farming method is really hard on the soil as the bare-root production takes everything. Of the more than 500 species we grow all do not equally deplete. When we cover crop it is like a blanket over the field that shows where the soils are most depleted. I obtained a tote of conifer char mixed 50/50 with commercial compost and spread with a manure spreader over a field showing signs of the worst depletion. The plan was to wait until the next cover crop cycle, 2 years, and compare photographs.
What happened was we needed the field for production and lost the next cover crop opportunity. Maybe next year we will have this opportunity.
Usually we inoculate our seedlings with macerated roots and are moderately successful. Wanted to see if using hardwood charcoal would help. First year results were encouraging, second year not conclusive. Here we tried 2 methods - work into soil with scuffle hoe as seedlings emerge and also place in a band with seed during planting. Latter worked well for both treatments in second year - with and without charcoal.
Using a combination of charcoal, fertilizer and natural inoculum attempt to reverse the stunting (patchy growth) that occurs in Lonicera involucrata, Cornus servicea, Mahonia aquifolium and other native shrubs.
Burned the roots with too much fertilizer first year (control was better) and second season the effect did not show (poor fumigation). In these experiments both working in between rill and seed band were tried.


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As an example we take a NetProfit of $100K
Taxrate first 60k NetProfit is 40%
Taxrate remaining NetProfit is 70%
The outcome of the measure is amount of Tax
60k x 0.4 = 24k
40k x 0.7 = 28k
Total Tax = 52k (24k + 28k)

A: If you have a fact table as following
| Profit |
|--------|
| 40000  |
| 60000  |
| 100000 |
| 10000  |
| 61000  |

you can achieve the total Tax with the following measures
total:= SUM('fact'[Profit])

// if you want the subtotal tax with 60:40
totalTax:=
VAR _1stTaxSlot = 60000
VAR _totalTax =
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RETURN
    _totalTax

//if you want the subtotal level with summation of all calculated tax
totalTax2 :=
VAR _1stTaxSlot = 60000
VAR _totalTax2 =
    SUMX (
        'fact',
        IF (
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        )
    )
RETURN
    _totalTax2

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A bed & breakfast accommodation in the village of Montejaque, near Ronda, Andalucia, Spain.
Located in an old roman street in the historic part of the village known as La Raspa.
* king-twin with private bathroom and 3rd bed, also available as a single.
* rooms & bathrooms have heating.
* separate guest lounge with coffee/tea facilities, microwave, games and books, t.v. and radio.
* relax pool /barbecue area.
* cycle hire and safe cycle storage.
The historic building is over 100 years old and has been recently renovated in 2009. The casa is down the steep street and is not suitable for cars, so parking is in the main street of the village.
The location in the Andalucian mountains is on the edge of Grazalema Natural Park, only 15 km from the historic town Ronda. The surrounding area will attract you to experience a mixture of a relaxing, a sportive and cultural holiday.


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Mandy and I sat down for a family meeting last night, to make sure we are on the same page, because this week is incredibly busy. Here's a brief snippet of what this week holds for me and my family: three worship services to prepare, two sermons to write, Bible study to lead, three rehearsals and a concert for Mandy, final details on the church Christmas program, attending Zoe's school Christmas program, shopping for the Angel Tree, and a night of Christmas caroling. And that's just some of our calendar.
So...of course...my car broke down this morning and I can't get it into the shop until Wednesday.
Of course! Perfect timing, right?! In a week filled with ministry and life and events and chaos, our family is suddenly down to one vehicle for a few days. The timing of life can be cruel.
But I promise I'm not writing this to complain. Rather, I wanted to show you my emotional process throughout the day in an effort to better help us all cope with the difficulties of life. Over the past few hours I've gone from perplexed and paralyzed to angry to anxious. I had plans for how my week would go and suddenly those were totally out of whack.
So what did I do next? I tried my best to slow down, calm down, pray for peace, and ground myself in the simple truth that it's all going to be okay. Life's not over. Things will work out just fine. I'll still get all my work done this week. Ultimately, this is a pretty minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of life.
And then after that, I set about to not let this inconvenience rob me of the week I had planned...which for me included playing basketball this afternoon. So, since I couldn't drive to my destination, I looked up the bus schedule, hopped on the bus for as long as I could ride, and then walked the rest of the way. And now, I'm logging off to go play basketball...committed to not letting a bad situation and my bad attitude steal life away from me. Here's to a great week!


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I saw their ideas of paintings, from the rude daubs of yellow mud, to the grand pictures we see in the art galleries of today.
The bottom consists in some places of mud, in others of shells and sand, so that the anchorage is safe. The tide sometimes rises seven feet, but that is considered a high tide, the ordinary rise not being more than five; this depends, however, on the outward state of the Gulf, and the quarter from which the wind may happen to be blowing.
A faint grey diluted the dark; the night sank thinly to morning, a morning overcast with sluggish clouds; the bare trees, growing slowly perceptible, dripped with moisture; a treacherous film of mud overlaid the adamantine road. The day broke inexpressibly featureless and dreary.
The sultan was found in a dark-blue tent, sitting on a mud bench, surrounded by about two hundred attendants, handsomely arrayed in silk and cotton robes. He was an intelligent little man, about fifty years old, with a beard dyed sky-blue.
They were surrounded by a sea of mud, and the foul hovels in which they were made to sleep and live were fetid with stench and reeking with filth. I had at this time been joined by another Englishman, and we went through this place together.
Over the fireplace was fastened a long brown-paper scroll, on which some words were painted in big ornamental letters. Darsie read them with a thrill of appreciation "Two men looked out through prison bars, One saw mud, the other stars!" The eyes of the two girls met, and lingered. Then Darsie spoke "That's your motto in life! You look out for stars " "Yes! So do you.
And your cursed intrusion has made me fill my hair with mud, and to cleanse and dress it again will cost me half an hour at least. Man, man, for pity's sake get out of this and take your women with you! Sir, when I tell you that in less than twenty minutes I am due to be at Merry-Garden if you know where that is " "To be sure," put in Mr. Jope. " To meet a company of ladies " "Avast there!
"Jim," he went on, when he saw I could not answer, "I guess you don't know where I can swap the yellow mud for balm of Gilead. I won't bother you with my troubles any longer. I will go up-town and see the little girl whose happiness Tom Reinhart needed in his business.
It rained all day and almost every day; tents were water-logged and one moved about in a slough of sticky mud. We ate mud, we drank it in our tea, we slept in it, for our wardrobes had been left behind in Cairo.
Away they, started along the shores of the lake, hopping from root to root, skipping through the mud, which was more than a foot deep, their light forms hardly sinking in the tough surface.


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Play Your Part Cube makes its way to North West
Brand South Africa is inviting young and old in North West to engage with the Play Your Part Cube in the latest edition of its roadshow. The aim is for people to become active citizens within their communities.
The Play Your Part Cube will be in Potchefstroom this week, and it will encourage people of North West to help their fellow South Africans. (Image source: Brand South Africa, Youtube)
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Brand South Africa will be hosting the North West leg of the Play Your Part (PYP) Roadshow at North West University's (NWU) Potchefstroom campus on Thursday, 16 February.
Attendees are invited to interact with the PYP Cube and will be encouraged to participate in education and skills development within their communities.
The initiative is a partnership between Brand South Africa and One Day Leader, a TV programme on the South African Broadcasting Corporation which promotes leadership and entrepreneurship within society.
Corporates involved
Private enterprise has always been involved with the PYP Roadshow and the North West edition will not be any different.
Volkswagen general manager in Klerksdorp, Clinton Bezuidenhout, is part of a panel discussion. Other businesspeople involved are entrepreneur and chief executive of the Wesvaal Chamber of Business, Sanele Makinane; Professor Du Plessis from the NWU School of Governance; Delmarie Van Zyl of the Potch Business Chamber; and social entrepreneur, Neeta Morar.
The event is a continuation of the PYP Roadshow from last year where actor and singer Zola7; businesswoman Phindi Gule and her partner, Kevin Burley; businesswoman Carol Bouwer; One Day Leader ambassadors, and DJ Sbu's Leadership 2020 inspired people across six provinces.
The Cube connected citizens to social media platforms, encouraged conversations on active citizenship and got people to pledge their time and skills to make a difference.
A mining province
North West is a mining province with more than half of its gross domestic product generated from the sector. It also provides jobs for a quarter of the province's workforce. The main minerals mined are gold, uranium, platinum and diamonds.
The province also has a healthy agricultural sector. Farmers in the north-western parts of the province predominantly raise livestock while the south-eastern farmers grow crops such as maize, sunflowers, tobacco, cotton and citrus fruits.
The province views increasing employment opportunities, accelerating housing delivery and combating crime, substance abuse and violence against woman and children as its main priorities.
People can engage with the PYP Cube, Brand South Africa and its partners on Twitter using #PYPCube during the session.
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The combination of time, environmental damage, and bad beauty habits can take a toll on your complexion. Learn what you can do to get your glow back.
As you age, your skin becomes thinner and can begin to look tired. Environmental damage also can take the glow out of your complexion and leave you with dull skin. If you find yourself yearning for the dewiness of younger skin, there are ways to help restore the glow to your complexion.
Apply sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or greater every day, even if it's not particularly sunny; another option is to use a daily moisturizer with SPF 15.Avoid sunbathing and using indoor tanning beds.
Keep out of direct sunlight between 10am and 4pm, when the sun's rays are the most intense — wear a stylish, wide-brimmed hat if you're taking a walk during your lunch hour.
If you smoke, stop; this can help improve your skin tone no matter how long you've been smoking.
Use a humidifier in your home and drink water throughout the day to help keep your skin hydrated.
Use mild facial cleansers instead of harsh soaps (or any soap you might use on the rest of your body) when you bathe.
Switch from water-based makeup and powder formulas to creams, especially for foundation and blusher.
Take lukewarm, rather than hot, baths and showers — and fewer of them — to avoid drying out your skin.
Moisturizing. Use more targeted creams and moisturizers to give your skin back its younger look. Try over-the-counter products with alpha hydroxy acids or see a dermatologist for a prescription for Renova (or Retin-A if your skin is oily) to encourage cell turnover, brighten your complexion, and make it appear fresher.
Sometimes dry skin can be a symptom of an underlying health problem.
Treating a health condition such as diabetes or kidney disease can sometimes help combat dull skin.
Consulting a dermatologist or plastic surgeon. If a change in skin care products isn't making enough impact, consider a medical approach to regaining the look of younger skin.
If you're concerned about dull skin, consider all the options for helping restore your glow. Often, a few changes in your skin care routine can leave you with a fresher, younger-looking appearance.


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Home > Campylobacter Watch > New hotline handles food-safety complaints
New hotline handles food-safety complaints
By Campylobacter Lawyer on March 23, 2005
Posted in Campylobacter Watch
By Judith Blake
Seattle Times staff reporter
The calls run the food-safety gamut:
ï A Seattle-area woman said she'd found walnuts in a packaged, pre-cut salad mix, though nuts were not listed in the ingredients. Her young son, who was severely allergic to walnuts, did not eat any of the nuts, but the woman worried that someone else might have an allergic reaction to the mislabeled product.
ï A man discovered mold on the meat-filled breakfast burrito he'd purchased at a convenience store.
ï A woman was dismayed to find larvae in an energy snack bar.
These are among the calls consumers have made to the new toll-free Food Safety Consumer Complaint Hotline (1-800-843-7890) launched in January by the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
Goal: to reduce the risk of food-borne illness by making it easier for consumers to lodge complaints and for officials to address them.
Many government agencies — local, state and federal — deal with food-safety complaints, and most have phone numbers and sometimes Web sites where consumers can report problem foods or apparent food-related illnesses.
The stickler for the consumer who opens up a package of mislabeled, spoiled or otherwise safety-flawed food, or who gets sick and suspects some food as the culprit, is knowing whom to call.
The hotline takes food-safety complaints, then refers them to the appropriate agency, said Linda Condon, food-safety program specialist for the agriculture department.
"What we do is take some basic information about the type of product, where purchased and the specific problem," then make sure the consumer is put in touch with someone who can investigate, she said.
For a complaint involving a milk product or a food-processing plant, one of the agriculture department's 30 food-safety officers stationed around the state may investigate, contacting the consumer and in some cases visiting the person's home or the product's source. Restaurant-related complaints usually go to a county health department.
Other cases may be referred to the State Department of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the U.S. Department of Agriculture or some other agency. Meat, poultry and eggs, for instance, are regulated by the USDA, which may do the initial investigation in a case related to those products.
Nationally, an estimated 76 million cases of food-borne illness occur every year, though far fewer are actually reported because people often don't realize their symptoms are food-linked, said Janet Anderberg, a food-safety specialist with the Washington State Department of Health. A case of intestinal distress, for instance, may erroneously be attributed to flu instead of salmonella in food.
In Washington, 55 outbreaks of food-borne disease, totaling about 610 individual cases, were recorded in 2003. But since an outbreak officially involves two or more people, and the state doesn't track individual cases aside from outbreaks, the overall total isn't known, Anderberg said. However, the individual cases are thought to far outnumber those that are part of recorded outbreaks, she said.
Many organisms found at times in various foods can make people sick, but the most common cases in Washington involve, in order of frequency, campylobacter, salmonella, shigella and E. coli 0157:H7, say state health officials.
Meat-processing plants, food manufacturers, seafood processors, food-transporting trucks, grocery stores and restaurants are only some of the places where food-safety problems can arise. Consumers also need to remember that poor food-storage or food-handling practices at home — for instance, letting food that won't be cooked touch unwashed surfaces that have held raw meat — can give dangerous organisms a chance to multiply and cause illness, Condon said.
The new hotline, which has not been widely publicized, has received about 30 food-safety complaints since it was launched on Jan. 18, Condon said.
"Before the hotline, we had an average of about one to two calls a week," she said. "Now we're getting about two to three calls a week."
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Today's mindfulness industry is a multi-billion-dollar global business, and at its root is a sincere desire to live our best, most carefully considered life.
By Noël Duan
Quartzy Culture/Lifestyle Writer
Published December 30, 2017 Last updated on December 31, 2017 This article is more than 2 years old.
America's slow journey towards legalized marijuana quickens its pace on January 1, 2018. That's the day California—the nation's most populous state—will join the states of Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington, and the District of Columbia, in legalizing recreational use of cannabis. (Massachusetts will follow shortly afterwards in July 2018.) Legally speaking, however, that doesn't mean Golden State residents will find farmers market vendors selling homemade pot brownies and artisanal blends for smoking. Only shops with both local permits and state licenses to sell recreational marijuana can offer their wares to people who can prove they're 21 years of age or older with a state driver's license or photo ID.
The dispensaries are still governed by local law. For example, in West Hollywood, shops aren't allowed to start selling recreational cannabis until 10am.
New state and city permits are being issued every day, with the state regulatory office open this weekend to issue as many permits as possible before the new year. Not every dispensary will have its paperwork in order by the first day of 2018, and not every city is issuing these necessary permits, either. Currently, only a few cities will have recreational weed dispensaries open on Jan. 1. In northern California, San Jose, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and Sacramento are on the list; San Francisco is not. In southern California, only San Diego, West Hollywood, and Chula Vista are on the list. Neighboring cities like Fullerton and Laguna Beach won't be legally dispensing recreational marijuana until 2019.
Whether or not you live in a city which will have dispensaries open on Jan. 1, you may want to consider a delivery service. I mean, anyone who has ever bought weed on the black market knows that the delivery method is old school. The new venture-funded delivery platforms for legal marijuana are just new iterations of your "weed guy." But, if you choose to go this route, make sure to check with them now to see if they'll be ready to go on New Year's day, or else you may find yourself empty-handed.
On Wednesday, when I called Ona.life, an upscale medical cannabis delivery services for San Francisco and Marin counties (Marin is just north of SF), to ask about their recreational weed status, the customer service representative was thoroughly confused: "I don't know," he said. "Maybe tomorrow. Maybe on Friday." Should I call back on Friday? "Yeah, call back on Friday. Where you calling from again?" (The owner and founder, Nurit Raphael, later emailed me to tell me that recreational delivery will begin sometime after January 1 on an unspecified date.)
Or you can sign up for a notification. That's what medical-marijuana delivery service, Eaze, which raised $27 million in Series B funding in 2017, hopes you will do. The startup has been quietly scaling up for the legalization of recreational pot. Previously, to order medical marijuana products to your doorstep through Eaze, you had to upload a valid medical card. Now, you just need to prove you are 21 or older with your state ID, and to sign for your delivery (a new step). Eaze has been emailing and texting current customers in order to confirm their recreational weed status. "Please click the button below to confirm that you are 21+ and recieve [sic] a special promo code for $30 off your first delivery!" reads one email I received. A similar text message arrived three days later. If I confirm my age and location, I will be notified when they are ready to deliver in my area.
Recreational delivery in the first week of 2018 from Eaze, however, is dependent on whether the dispensaries the company uses as sources for its sour watermelon gummies, Humboldt County-grown dried flowers, pain relief creams, and more will be legally authorized yet. (This is the same predicament that competitors like Meadow, dubbed the "Amazon of weed" by TechCrunch are facing. Ona.life, which is a favorite of former W magazine editor Claudia Mata, works instead with a local farmer for exclusive strains delivered directly to customers.)
In spite of the hurdles, dispensaries can't afford to miss out. Up north in Canada, where buying weed and getting it delivered online is the norm, annual sales of recreational marijuana could hit $4.5 billion by 2021. The California market has the potential to grow even bigger, and faster. Analysts predict that in 2018, sales of legal cannabis in California will reach $3.7 billion. This includes new customers who are complete beginners, which companies like Eaze are already trying to woo with beginners' manuals and foolproof disposable vaporizers.
In the meantime, I've been checking a chart Eaze is updating (only fairly regularly; the last update was Dec. 21) with the full list of cities it'll deliver recreational products to on Jan. 1. The company claims to deliver to your doorstep in less than 20 minutes; depending on where in California you live, you may need to wait much longer than that—in some cases, even until 2019—if you don't have a medical card.


Generally, you will pay less for your prescriptions.
You get a plan member card after you enroll and use this card when you go to the pharmacy to get your prescriptions filled.
In-depth information on Medicare prescription drug program options, including help finding the best plan to fit your needs, is available through the Medicare website or by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) (TTY users 1-877-486-2048).
SeniorNavigator, Virginia's resource for health and aging, offers comprehensive information on Medicare prescription drug benefits.
Find out more about extra Social Security help available to those with limited income and resources — help which can cut prescription drug costs by thousands of dollars per year. For details, call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users 1-800-325-0778) or visit http://www.socialsecurity.gov/.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): CMS offers detailed information on the prescription drug plan, including how to bridge gaps in coverage. Visit the CMS website or call 1-800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227).


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Puzzle Arcade
XBLA jigsaws available from Christmas Eve.
Published on Dec. 22, 2008
Monday 22nd December/... Eidos Interactive, creator of some of the world's leading videogame properties, introduces PUZZLE ARCADE, an interactive jigsaw puzzle game coming to Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft this Christmas.
PUZZLE ARCADE delivers a fun-filled, finely-tuned jigsaw building engine making full use of the Xbox LIVE service and LIVE Vision camera, with head-to-head and co-op play, both over Xbox LIVE and on the console.
"PUZZLE ARCADE is an easy to play and genuinely fun and innovative game." said Paul O'Sullivan, Business Development Manager for PUZZLE ARCADE. "It's perfectly suited to the platform because you can personalise it by snapping a quick picture using the LIVE Vision camera and then challenge friends to complete and uncover your picture. Social gameplay appeals to Xbox LIVE Arcade users and PUZZLE ARCADE offers a truly inclusive multiplayer experience to subscribers. Have a free trial online and see what you think."
Fully customisable, PUZZLE ARCADE boasts a variety of game modes and difficulty levels and has a gradual learning curve which reveals the depth and scope of potential game play available.
There are multiplayer options, lots of achievements to unlock and also fractal puzzles - which when completed, reveal the finished image's place within a much bigger picture - providing PUZZLE ARCADE with possibly some of the biggest online jigsaw puzzles ever created.
PUZZLE ARCADE is available on Xbox LIVE Arcade from the 24th December.
PUZZLE ARCADE's key features include:
• A wide choice of puzzle images, including downloadable puzzle packs
• Full support for the LIVE Vision camera to grab your own pictures and use them to make puzzles
• A range of customizable game options
• Play in the traditional way with Classic mode or try Turbo mode for a more casual experience
• A simple and intuitive control system
• 3D virtual galleries
Alex Khan |Online Publishing | Eidos
T: +44 (0) 208 636 3000 E: alexandrak@eidos.co.uk
About Eidos
Eidos Interactive Ltd, creator of some of the world's leading videogame properties, consists of several development studios including Crystal Dynamics, IO Interactive, Beautiful Game Studios and Eidos Montreal, plus sales and distribution offices in Europe and the US. The Group has a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: Tomb Raider, Hitman, Deus Ex, Championship Manager and Just Cause.
Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox LIVE are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.


1. Making rules and regulations for appropriate disbursement of the funds for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons.
2. Appointing and providing personnel to administer the program.
3. Rehabilitating the handicapped and placing them in productive occupations.
4. Establishing rules and regulations for the administration of the program.
1. Prescribe rules and regulations governing the qualifications and certifications of teachers employed to instruct the handicapped.
The government reorganization of 1970 established a new Department of Labor (RG 1580) and within that department a Division of Vocational Rehabilitation with an appointed director. 3 All duties and responsibilities of the State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation were transferred to this new division; however, the organization of the division and its duties remain unchanged.
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home Events and Exhibits Congratulations to the 2022 Undergraduate Research Contest Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2022 Undergraduate Research Contest Award Winners
By Taira Meadowcroft Posted in Events and Exhibits
The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students at the University of Missouri.
Kathryn Colvin
This year the winner of the first place prize of a $500 scholarship is Kathryn Colvin, a junior studying English. Her project, "Hamlet and His Solution: 'How All Occasions' as Objective Correlative on Page and Screen," was written for Dr. Kerwin's Renaissance and 17th Century Literature course. When Dr. Kerwin was notified about Kathryn winning first place they said, "This is great news, and thank you for letting me know! That Kathryn is a very strong student. Normally I wouldn't be in favor of shipping Missouri money to California, but this is good."
Zoe Korte
The second place winner and recipient of a $250 scholarship is Zoe Korte, a senior studying English. Her project, "Love Laws: Trauma and Transgression in Morrison and Roy," was written for Dr. Okonkwo's Major Authors: Toni Morrison After Jazz course. Dr. Okonkwo said, "What great news! I won't say that I'm surprised. Zoe is an outstanding student. I'll be bragging that I know her; that I had the good fortune of having her in my Morrison class. BIG congratulations, Zoe. Well done."
Kathyn and Zoe's paper's will be archived in MOspace, MU's digital repository. You can see their projects, as well as past winner's projects, here.
Special thanks to the Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries for their support of this award.
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Taira Meadowcroft
Taira Meadowcroft is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Missouri. She focuses on quality improvement, reference, and marketing for the University of Missouri Libraries.
home Events and Exhibits MU Remembers: Honor with Books
This year's MU Remembers ceremony, commemorating students, faculty and staff who have passed away in the last year, was held Friday, April 22. A book in remembrance of each honoree will be added to the University of Missouri Libraries' collection. Commemorative bookplates are placed inside the books, and honorees' names are placed on the books' library catalog records. More information about our Honor with Books program can be found here.
The honorees' names and the books selected in their memory are listed below.
Ashley Footer: Carrigan, M., & Fatsis, L. (2021). The public and their platforms: Public sociology in an era of social media. Bristol University Press.
Dakota Ioanis: Criekemans, D. (Ed.). (2022). Geopolitics and international relations: Grounding world politics anew. Brill/Nijhoff.
Molly-Paige Jones: Chambers, C., & Ryder, E. (2018). Supporting compassionate healthcare practice: Understanding the role of resilience, positivity and wellbeing. Routledge.
Breanna Killian: O'Connor, M. R. (2015). Resurrection science: Conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things. St. Martin's Press.
Matthew Marek: Goldblatt, D. (2020). The age of football: Soccer and the 21st century. W. W. Norton & Company.
Jack Perlongo: List, J. A. (2022). The voltage effect: How to make good ideas great and great ideas scale. Currency.
Megan Rowley: Shively, D. (2018). The Pacific alone: The untold story of kayaking's boldest voyage. Falcon Press.
Keith Sumner: Bess, J. (2021). Music production methods: A concise guide for understanding your role, process, and order. Rowman & Littlefield.
Carol Williams: Osei-Kofi, N., Boovy, B., & Furman, K. (Eds.). (2022). Transformative approaches to social justice education: Equity and access in the college classroom. Routledge.
Terri Linn Bishop: Schilp, J. L. (2019). Dogs in health care: Pioneering animal-human partnerships. McFarland & Company.
Cale Blaine: Sullivan, C. (2021). Fishing the wild waters: An angler's search for peace and adventure in the wilderness. Pegasus Books.
Pia Christiansen: Johnson, P., & Punnett, I. (2022). Redefining journalism in an age of technological advancements, changing demographics, and social issues. Information Science Reference.
Brian DeLunas: McDermott, T. (2017). Off speed: Baseball, pitching, and the art of deception. Pantheon Books.
Richard Eyler: Paige, D. S. (2021). Community eco-gardens: Landscaping with native plants. Toplight.
Marita Harris: Rawson, K., & Shore, E. (2019). Dining out: A global history of restaurants. Reaktion Books.
Tina Havner: Rogers, M. (Ed.). (2021). Spiritual dimensions of advanced practice nursing: Stories of hope. Springer.
James Hundle: Handelsman, J. (2021). A world without soil: The past, present, and precarious future of the Earth beneath our feet. Yale University Press.
Stephanie Irwin: Novello, C. (2019). Mutual rescue: How adopting a homeless animal can save you, too. Grand Central Publishing.
Jonathan Lindquist: Cash, J. D. (2020). Boom and bust in St. Louis: A Cardinals history, 1885 to the present. McFarland & Company.
Robert McLaren: Meadows, C. J. (2021). Famous business fusions: Ideas that revolutionized industries. DeGruyter.
Steve Pilcher: Vile, J. R. (2018). The American flag: An encyclopedia of the Stars and Stripes in U.S. history, culture, and law. ABC-CLIO.
Jennifer Polkow-Haight: Romich, J. A., & Norkus, C. (2021). Anesthesia, analgesia, and pain management for veterinary technicians. Cengage.
Stewart Selves: Kalaitzandonakes, N., Kaufman, J., & Zahringer, K. (2019). The economics of soybean disease control. CABI.
Scott Vaughan: Barrett, D. (2021). The story of The Masters: Drama, joy and heartbreak at golf's most iconic tournament. Tatra Press.
David Weston: Cohen, J. (2019). Speed bumps on a dirt road: When old time music met bluegrass. Powerhouse Books.
Illhoi Yoo: Thomas, P. L., Harris, J. L., & Collins, B. J. (Eds.). (2021). Data-driven quality improvement and sustainability in health care: An interprofessional approach. Springer.
home Events and Exhibits Celebrate National Library Week!
Celebrate National Library Week!
By Emma Fernandez Posted in Events and Exhibits
Come celebrate National Library Week in Ellis Library! National Library Week (April 3 – 9, 2022) is a time to celebrate our nation's libraries, library workers' contributions and promote library use and support.
The MU Libraries are using this week to welcome our new peer navigators! Peer navigators are students who can answer your library questions when visiting Ellis Library. If you have a quick question, visit the Ask Here desk in the colonnade to get your answer. If you have a more in-depth research question, the peer navigators can get you connected with a librarian who can help. As an added bonus, this week we will be handing out library stickers and snacks! There will be GoPo Gourmet Popcorn while supplies last.
Grab a sticker and a snack and meet the new peer navigators!
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home Events and Exhibits Registration is Open for the Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources Conference
Registration is Open for the Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources Conference
Registration is now open for the 2022 Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources Conference. This year's event will be held virtually and is free to all attendees.
Conference Theme, Keynote, and Schedule:
The theme of this year's conference will be Show Me the Path to A&OER through Affordability, Access, and Awareness. Bob Butterfield, Director of Instructional Resource Service at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, will provide the keynote address on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. His address will focus on affordability initiatives and educational resources.
The Conference will be held virtually on March 9-11, 2022. Click here for more information.
home Events and Exhibits Seeking MU Faculty Books for Exhibit at Ellis Library
Seeking MU Faculty Books for Exhibit at Ellis Library
This summer, we plan to feature a selection of books by MU faculty in our Ellis Library colonnade display cases. This exhibit would be up from May to August, a time when many campus visitors come through the colonnade. Interested faculty would be asked to provide:
1) A copy of the book with dust jacket;
2) A personal statement including biographical info and some words about the book (1-2 paragraphs);
3) A photograph of oneself; and
4) If possible, a 3-dimensional object that represents some concept in the book.
If you have questions and/or like to be included, please contact Marie Concannon, Ellis Library Exhibits Coordinator at concannonm@missouri.edu.
home Events and Exhibits Black History Month Exhibit and Talk: Black Health and Wellness
Black History Month Exhibit and Talk: Black Health and Wellness
Join us as SHSMO Art Curator Joan Stack explores the exhibition Black Health and Wellness: A Selection of Historical Images which is on display in the colonnade cases of Ellis Library from February 14 to May 23, 2022.
Stack will examine exhibition artworks and photographs, detailing how these works expose the difficulties and achievements African Americans experienced related to healthcare and wellness throughout the 20th century. Stack's illustrated presentation includes analysis of editorial cartoons by Missouri artists Daniel Fitzpatrick and Tom Engelhardt, as well as photographs by renowned Missouri photojournalist Arthur Whitman. Online and free, registration required.
Presented by the MU Libraries and the State Historical Society of Missouri.
home Events and Exhibits Therapy Dogs for Finals
Therapy Dogs for Finals
Yes, it's that time of the semester again. You're studying, you're researching, you're writing, you're living on coffee and no sleep…but look, a fluffy puff of pure love and joy! These calm, cheerful, trained therapy dogs are here to give you a break and put a smile on your face!
Come to Ellis Library on the main floor by the North Doors / checkout desk:
Sunday, December 12 from 6-9pm
Monday, December 13 from 6-9pm
Tuesday, December 14 from 6-8pm
There will also be therapy dogs in the Engineering Library on Sunday from 3 to 6pm.
Thanks to Sherry Melton for coordinating all the dogs and owners who help us de-stress during finals!
home Events and Exhibits Being Heumann: A Virtual Discussion with Judy Heumann, an Unrepentant Disability Rights Activist
Being Heumann: A Virtual Discussion with Judy Heumann, an Unrepentant Disability Rights Activist
Wednesday, November 17 2021 at 2:00 PM
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The University of Missouri will virtually host Ms. Judy Heumann, a civil rights activist and author. She recently released her memoir titled Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist and was featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary, Crip Camp, about the development of the Disability Rights movement. Ms. Heumann's leadership was instrumental in pushing Congress to enact major disability rights legislation and then pressing the Executive Office to regulate and enforce the law. Please join us in a virtual discussion about her experiences advocating for herself and other disabled citizens.
Event hosted by: MU Disability Center; Division of Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity; Michael A. Middleton Center for Race, Citizenship, and Justice; Mizzou Hillel; College of Education and Human Development; School of Law Library; University of Missouri Advancement; University of Missouri Libraries; Women's Studies; School of Health Professions; Mizzou Ed Bridge
home Events and Exhibits Mizzou First-Generation Celebration 2021
Mizzou First-Generation Celebration 2021
November 8th is National First-Generation College Celebration Day and we are thrilled to celebrate our first-generation students, faculty and staff at Mizzou. Additional information, success stories and resources (Zoom backgrounds, social media graphics) to celebrate and support our first-generation students can be found on our website.
One of the featured events on November 8th is "Open Door Day" which invites first-generation students to stop by during open hours to talk with faculty and staff to connect and learn about opportunities. There are more than 90 individuals planning to open their doors to first-generation students! To see a list of individuals participating, please see the website.
The following participants will have open office hours in Ellis Library:
Kelli Hansen, Head of Special Collections – 405 Ellis Library, 2-4 pm
Jeannette Pierce, Library Administration – 104 Ellis Library, 10 am – noon
Victoria Mondelli – Teaching for Learning Center, Ellis Library, Suite 25, 10-11 am
home Events and Exhibits, Special Collections and Archives, Staff news New Digital Exhibit: Leaders and Heroes 2
New Digital Exhibit: Leaders and Heroes 2
Leaders and Heroes 2: The Arts is Special Collections' newest digital exhibit, curated by Courtney Gillie and John Henry Adams. A continuation of the 2020 exhibit Leaders and Heroes, we continue to spotlight art, articles, and monographs by historically excluded people. Starting with the LGBTQIA icon Sappho, the exhibit was created to reflect the openly diverse world we live in now. Explore beautiful, hand-crafted wood engravings in Shall we join the ladies? and then dive into the community and culture that expelled Japanese American families built in Tanforan Racetrack horse stalls in Citizen 13660.
Leaders and Heroes exist in good times and bad. Pulling from Mizzou's many libraries on campus, our further reading section is full of primary and secondary sources for additional contextual information on the history and identity of each fascinating creator featured in Leaders & Heroes 2. We hope you will be entertained by the wit of William Woo and Zora Neale Hurston, moved by the art of Miné Okubo and the Kiowa 5, then inspired by the poetry of Sappho and relentless writings of Lydia Maria Child to advocate yourself.


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Our urban green space research quantifies, values, maintains and enhances social, environmental and economic benefits across spatial scales including residential gardens, nature strips, parks and nature reserves.
This new knowledge is helping government, building owners, the construction industry and design community to be best practice leaders in urban green space design, planning and management.


Hey everyone! How's your week? This is another Top 5 Wednesday post. This week's topic is Top of My TBR. Here are the books that I am excited to read really really soon.
The TV show You is one of the most talked about tv series recently. I actually really liked it too. It was intriguing, gripping and brilliant. That's why I feel the need to read the book. I want to have a different perspective and the book always gives me that. I want to delve into the mind of Joe one more time. If you want to read more about my thoughts about the show, you can read it here.
This book's movie will be showing soon and I'm really hoping to read the book first. I will be honest here that my interest may be mostly because Cole Sprouse is starring in the movie.Since I was younger, I really had a huge crush on him since I was also a "nerd" and his character Cody was. Aside from that, I also think that the premise is interesting. Also, that cover… it's to die for!
That's the book's synopsis. It's hypnotic! I found myself reeled into the book and I am beyond excited to read it.
A small town filled with secrets? It's a trope I always die for! When I read the secret, I'm immediately interested on that secret. I'll find out when I read the book.
I'm a fan of fairy tale retellings. I'm always curious on what is another author's take on famous fairy tales. As I've read in book reviews, A Curse So Dark and Loney is darker and it made me want it more.
So… that's the top of my TBR. Have you read these books? What are your thoughts about them? Share them with me through the comments below!
Great list! I am actually curious on how the book [You] progresses since I am watching the series and I find it awfully and weirdly satisfying.
You is a great show, isn't it? I was thinking to myself "Why am I liking this? I should be creeped out?" half the time.
I just heard about A Curse so Dark and Lonely a couple weeks ago and knew I had to read it ASAP. It didn't make my list this week, but I'm definitely planning on reading it sometime in February. Beauty and the Beast retellings are my favorite.


Now that you have removed the door you are free to access the front speakers with these easy steps.
Roll the window down all the way and open the door as far as it can go.
Locate the screw cap in the bottom of the armrest cavity.
Remove the cap by finger or pry it off with a flathead screwdriver if necessary to reveal the screws beneath.
Locate the screw cap inside of the door opening cavity.
Remove the cap by finger or pry it off if necessary to reveal the screws beneath.
Unscrew both of the screws that are now uncovered.
One of the screws is in the armrest cavity, the other is in the back of the door handle's cavity.
Wtth the screw gone, slide the entire wooden armrest unit to the right (away from the car).
Once the armrest can not go any further lift straight up out of its spot.
Before lifting too far reach under and remove the wiring from the wire harness by pinching down on the white tab and pulling straight back.
The window control is now removed and you can set the wooden door panel unit aside.
Similarly wiggle the door handle frame to its right to remove.
You must move the handle out of the way as if opening the door to get the frame around it and out of the door.
Just like last time reach behind, pinch the tab and pull straight back to remove the circuitry for the door lock.
Once the entire frame is removed from the door and the circuitry, place it to the side with the armrest part.
Pry the inside door frame off of the actual metal exterior door.
Use a flathead screw driver for leverage to pop all of the plugs off. Do not be afraid to use force as they are just snaps that will not break and will go back into place perfectly.
The locations of the plugs have been circled for your convenience. Although applying leverage at all points around the sides and bottom will pop them off just as easily and safely.
Lift the door panel straight up and off. The metal strip on the top of the door panel will come with the panel as you remove it from the door.
It should slide off quite easily if all the plugs are unsnapped. Do not pull past the tension of the circuitry, as the wires are still plugged into the harness.
Simply push down on the grey tab and pull straight out.
Remove the interior door panel completely, exposing the inside of the door and the front speaker.
Remove the four screws holding the front door speaker in.
Disconnect the wiring by simply sliding the clamp off that connects it to the rear of the speaker.


All across Groningen, learning communities are popping up due to the zeal of rector Elmer Sterken. However, he didn't come up with the idea himself. The real visionary is Harvard professor Eric Mazur.
Last week, Harvard professor Eric Mazur was in Utrecht. He's the visionary behind the learning communities and the 'flipping the classroom' method.
According to Mazur, education is not simply a transfer of information. The important step is assimilating that information and applying it to a different context. But that doesn't happen in most lectures.
In his classes, students think about a question in silence and, afterwards, discuss it together.
Studies prove that students' understanding and problem-solving skills increase dramatically when they learn through peer instruction.
Dutch students may lack the self-discipline that peer instruction requires. However, the method can be adapted anywhere.
On their study trip to the United States last February, rector Elmer Sterken and his twelve RUG apostles heard Harvard professor of Physics and Education Eric Mazur's confession. Mazur confessed that, if he were in charge, the traditional lecture would be dead. He is an evangelist for interactive learning. He is one of the reasons that the Faculties of Medicine, Spatial Sciences and Pedagogy in Groningen are experimenting – and struggling – with learning communities now.
Last Wednesday, Mazur made another confession. At an event celebrating 25 years of bilingual education in Utrecht, he was there to talk about education rather than dual language use. That is striking, if you know Mazur: raised in Amsterdam and Paris by a Austrian father and a Belgian mother, both of whom were academics, he once swore to never start a career in education. Mazur dropped out of his first year of astronomy in Leiden, numbed by the uninspired way the material was taught. He tried again in physics, but it was during his 'promotie' (his PhD – he still remembers the word in his rusty Dutch) that he 'rediscovered the beauty of science'.
Mazur argues that education is not simply the transfer of information, which is what currently happens in lectures. The important step is assimilating that information and applying it to a different context which, in the classic lecture model, is left almost entirely to the student. In Mazur's view, it should be the other way round.
In Utrecht, Mazur – a slight man with dark hair and prominent eyebrows – wears a dark grey suit, probably similar to the one that was covered in chalk that he wore when he desperately tried to explain one of Newton's elementary laws on the blackboard to a room full of advanced yet clueless physics students.
It was 1990 and Mazur had given the class a basic physics test on common physical phenomena – according to alarming research by Halloun and Hestenes, students often scored poorly on it. 'Not my students', Mazur thought to himself. He handed out the test and saw his students, who had been working on complex problems for almost half a semester, freak out over 'simple' questions.
His conclusion: lecturing teaches students little to nothing. Disillusioned, Mazur cut the crap and wrote a book, Peer Instruction: A User's Manual (1997).
Finally, there's a second vote, which usually results in the majority having found the right answer. Everyone is forced to use the knowledge in an active way. 'It's impossible to sleep through my class', Mazur says.
Data – 'because data are important in education' – from various studies proves that students' understanding and problem-solving skills increase dramatically when students learn through peer instruction.
Suddenly, he had everyone's attention.
Can peer instruction simply be copy-pasted in Groningen?
Is Mazur a cultural universalist? When it comes to education, yes. Values, however, are a different story. 'In Saudi Arabia, the views on religion, on women driving – everything is the opposite of, for example, America. But how they look at education is remarkably similar.' That is why peer instruction is applicable to many disciplines, varying from medicine to French drama.
Does it matter at all that the method was developed at Harvard, where all students are in an elite class of intelligence and motivation?
Flipping the classroom, in other words. That resonates in the communities in Groningen, where PowerPoints are a no-go.
But isn't some basic knowledge, like multiplication tables, being taught in a traditional setting essential to understanding more complicated material?
And then, in February, the Groningen delegation came calling. 'I had met Elmer Sterken before', Mazur recalls. 'At Harvard, I told him about team- and project-based learning, which goes further than peer instruction.' The team and project approach is recognizable in the Spatial Sciences learning community, where groups do practical research in a neighbourhood.
Might studying online at home, due to its lack of supervision, be more likely to affect the integrity of students' research? The uncontrollable flood of information available online has increased the urgency of the fraud debate. It is almost impossible to check every possible source.
And change is difficult. Why radically swap a system which, in students' and teachers' eyes, works perfectly well with some vague and premature system? According to Mazur, the lack of accountability for teachers also plays a role in this.
Does that apply to Dutch universities, too? 'To the whole world', Mazur says.
What about students who can't handle the freedom? Students with learning problems, or those who benefit from a structured environment, or simply abhor group work?


HFB is comprised of Dr. Alex Paterson of British electronic group, the Orb, creators of the ambient house genre, and Dom Beken, who has worked with David Bowie and Placebo in addition to contributing to the score of Channel 4's Spaced. Hell, Fire and Brimstone is HFB's debut featuring a range of impressive vocals from artists including the MOBO award-winning Funky DL and Dynamax.
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Q: How to allow a Server to accept both SSL and plain text (insecure) connections? I am trying to create a server that can accept both secure SSL and insecure plain text connection (for backwards compatibility).  My code is almost working except the first transmitted data received from an insecure client loses the first 5 bytes (chars) at the server.  More specificially if I transmit 30 bytes on an insecure connection, when the server gets to the OnClientDataReceived() function, the line "int iRx = nwStream.EndRead(asyn);", then iRx = 25.  Any subsequent messages transmitted from the client contain all sent bytes/chars as expected.  I suspect that the initial assumption of the connection being an SSLStream may be stripping the first 5 bytes and then when it fails, those 5 bytes have already been extracted from the buffer and are no longer available.  Does any body know of another approach I could take to write the code so that the server automatically can switch on the fly?
I am trying to avoid doing the following:

*

*Require that a client connect using a plain text NetworkStream and then request to upgrade to an SSL stream

*Setting up two TcpListeners on two different ports (one for secure, one for insecure)

Here is my code:
/// Each client that connects gets an instance of the ConnectedClient class.
Class Pseudo_ConnectedClient
{
    //Properties
    byte[] Buffer; //Holds temporary buffer of read bytes from BeginRead()
    TcpClient TCPClient; //Reference to the connected client
    Socket ClientSocket; //The outer Socket Reference of the connected client
    StringBuilder CurrentMessage; //concatenated chunks of data in buffer until we have a complete message (ends with <ETX>
    Stream Stream; //SSLStream or NetworkStream depending on client
    ArrayList MessageQueue; //Array of complete messages received from client that need to be processed
}

/// When a new client connects (OnClientConnection callback is executed), the server creates the ConnectedClient object and stores its
/// reference in a local dictionary, then configures the callbacks for incoming data (WaitForClientData)
void OnClientConnection(IAsyncResult result)
{
    TcpListener listener = result.AsyncState as TcpListener;
    TcpClient clnt = null;

    try
    {
        if (!IsRunning) //then stop was called, so don't call EndAcceptTcpClient because it will throw and ObjectDisposedException
            return;

        //Start accepting the next connection...
        listener.BeginAcceptTcpClient(this.onClientConnection, listener);

        //Get reference to client and set flag to indicate connection accepted.
        clnt = listener.EndAcceptTcpClient(result);

        //Add the reference to our ArrayList of Connected Clients
        ConnectedClient conClnt = new ConnectedClient(clnt);
        _clientList.Add(conClnt);

        //Configure client to listen for incoming data
        WaitForClientData(conClnt);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Trace.WriteLine("Server:OnClientConnection: Exception - " + ex.ToString());
    }
}

/// WaitForClientData registers the AsyncCallback to handle incoming data from a client (OnClientDataReceieved).
/// If a certificate has been provided, then it listens for clients to connect on an SSLStream and configures the
/// BeginAuthenticateAsServer callback.  If no certificate is provided, then it only sets up a NetworkStream
/// and prepares for the BeginRead callback.
private void WaitForClientData(ConnectedClient clnt)
{
    if (!IsRunning) return; //Then stop was called, so don't do anything

    SslStream sslStream = null;

    try
    {
        if (_pfnClientDataCallBack == null) //then define the call back function to invoke when data is received from a connected client
            _pfnClientDataCallBack = new AsyncCallback(OnClientDataReceived);

        NetworkStream nwStream = clnt.TCPClient.GetStream();

        //Check if we can establish a secure connection
        if (this.SSLCertificate != null) //Then we have the ability to make an SSL connection (SSLCertificate is a X509Certificate2 object)
        {
            if (this.certValidationCallback != null)
                sslStream = new SslStream(nwStream, true, this.certValidationCallback);
            else
                sslStream = new SslStream(nwStream, true);

            clnt.Stream = sslStream;

            //Start Listening for incoming (secure) data
            sslStream.BeginAuthenticateAsServer(this.SSLCertificate, false, SslProtocols.Default, false, onAuthenticateAsServer, clnt);
        }
        else //No certificate available to make a secure connection, so use insecure (unless not allowed)
        {
            if (this.RequireSecureConnection == false) //Then we can try to read from the insecure stream
            {
                clnt.Stream = nwStream;

                //Start Listening for incoming (unsecure) data
                nwStream.BeginRead(clnt.Buffer, 0, clnt.Buffer.Length, _pfnClientDataCallBack, clnt);
            }
            else //we can't do anything - report config problem
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("A PFX certificate is not loaded and the server is configured to require a secure connection");
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        DisconnectClient(clnt);
    }
}

/// OnAuthenticateAsServer first checks if the stream is authenticated, if it isn't it gets the TCPClient's reference
/// to the outer NetworkStream (client.TCPClient.GetStream()) - the insecure stream and calls the BeginRead on that.
/// If the stream is authenticated, then it keeps the reference to the SSLStream and calls BeginRead on it.
private void OnAuthenticateAsServer(IAsyncResult result)
{
    ConnectedClient clnt = null;
    SslStream sslStream = null;

    if (this.IsRunning == false) return;

    try
    {
        clnt = result.AsyncState as ConnectedClient;
        sslStream = clnt.Stream as SslStream;

        if (sslStream.IsAuthenticated)
            sslStream.EndAuthenticateAsServer(result);
        else //Try and switch to an insecure connections
        {
            if (this.RequireSecureConnection == false) //Then we are allowed to accept insecure connections
            {
                if (clnt.TCPClient.Connected)
                    clnt.Stream = clnt.TCPClient.GetStream();
            }
            else //Insecure connections are not allowed, close the connection
            {
                DisconnectClient(clnt);
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        DisconnectClient(clnt);
    }

    if( clnt.Stream != null) //Then we have a stream to read, start Async read
        clnt.Stream.BeginRead(clnt.Buffer, 0, clnt.Buffer.Length, _pfnClientDataCallBack, clnt);
}

/// OnClientDataReceived callback is triggered by the BeginRead async when data is available from a client.
/// It determines if the stream (as assigned by OnAuthenticateAsServer) is an SSLStream or a NetworkStream
/// and then reads the data out of the stream accordingly.  The logic to parse and process the message has
/// been removed because it isn't relevant to the question.
private void OnClientDataReceived(IAsyncResult asyn)
{
    try
    {
        ConnectedClient connectClnt = asyn.AsyncState as ConnectedClient;

        if (!connectClnt.TCPClient.Connected) //Then the client is no longer connected >> clean up
        {
            DisconnectClient(connectClnt);
            return;
        }

        Stream nwStream = null;
        if( connectClnt.Stream is SslStream) //Then this client is connected via a secure stream
            nwStream = connectClnt.Stream as SslStream;
        else //this is a plain text stream
            nwStream = connectClnt.Stream as NetworkStream;

        // Complete the BeginReceive() asynchronous call by EndReceive() method which
        // will return the number of characters written to the stream by the client
        int iRx = nwStream.EndRead(asyn); //Returns the numbers of bytes in the read buffer
        char[] chars = new char[iRx];

        // Extract the characters as a buffer and create a String
        Decoder d = ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetDecoder();
        d.GetChars(connectClnt.Buffer, 0, iRx, chars, 0);

        //string data = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(buff, 0, buff.Length);
        string data = new string(chars);

        if (iRx > 0) //Then there was data in the buffer
        {
            //Append the current packet with any additional data that was already received
            connectClnt.CurrentMessage.Append(data);

            //Do work here to check for a complete message
            //Make sure two complete messages didn't get concatenated in one transmission (mobile devices)
            //Add each message to the client's messageQueue
            //Clear the currentMessage
            //Any partial messsage at the end of the buffer needs to be added to the currentMessage

            //Start reading again
            nwStream.BeginRead(connectClnt.Buffer, 0, connectClnt.Buffer.Length, OnClientDataReceived, connectClnt);
        }
        else //zero-length packet received - Disconnecting socket
        {
            DisconnectClient(connectClnt);
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        return;
    }
}

What works:

*

*If the server doesn't have a certificate, a NetworkStream is only used, and all bytes are received from the client for all messages.

*If the server does have a certificate (an SSLStream is setup) and a secure connection can be established (web-browser using https://) and the full message is received for all messages.

What doesn't work:

*

*If the server does have a certificate (an SSLStream is setup) and an insecure connection is made from a client, when the first message is received from that client, the code does correctly detect the SSLStream is not authenticated and switches to the NetworkStream of the TCPClient.  However, when EndRead is called on that NetworkStream for the first message, the first 5 chars (bytes) are missing from the message that was sent, but only for the first message.  All remaining messages are complete as long as the TCPClient is connected.  If the client disconnects and then reconnects, the first message is clipped, then all subsequent messages are good again.

What is causing those first 5 bytes to be clipped, and how can I avoid it?
My project is currently using .NET v3.5... I would like to remain at this version and not step up to 4.0 if I can avoid it.

Follow-up Question
Damien's answer below does allow me to retain those missing 5 bytes, however, I would prefer to stick with the BeginRead and EndRead methods in my code to avoid blocking.  Are there any good tutorials showing a 'best practices' when override(ing) these?  More specifically, how to work with the IAsyncResult object.  I get that I would need to add any content that is stored in the RestartableStream buffers, then fall through to the inner stream (base) to get the rest and return the toral.  But since the IAsyncResult object is a custom class, I can't figure out the generic way that I can combine the buffs of RestartableStream with those of the inner stream before returning.  Do I need to also implement BeginRead() so that I know the buffers the user wants the content stored into?  I guess the other solution is, since the dropped bytes problem is only with the first message from the client (after that I know whether to use it as a SSLStream or a NetworkStream), would be to handle that first message by directly calling the Read() method of RestartableStream (temporarily blocking the code), then for all future messages use the Async callbacks to Read the contents as I do now.

A: Okay, I think the best you can do is place your own class in between SslStream and NetworkStream where you implement some customized buffering. I've done a few tests on the below, but I'd recommend a few more before you put in in production (and probably some more robust error handling). I think I've avoided any 4.0 or 4.5isms:
  public sealed class RestartableReadStream : Stream
  {
    private Stream _inner;
    private List<byte[]> _buffers;
    private bool _buffering;
    private int? _currentBuffer = null;
    private int? _currentBufferPosition = null;
    public RestartableReadStream(Stream inner)
    {
      if (!inner.CanRead) throw new NotSupportedException(); //Don't know what else is being expected of us
      if (inner.CanSeek) throw new NotSupportedException(); //Just use the underlying streams ability to seek, no need for this class
      _inner = inner;
      _buffering = true;
      _buffers = new List<byte[]>();
    }

    public void StopBuffering()
    {
      _buffering = false;
      if (!_currentBuffer.HasValue)
      {
        //We aren't currently using the buffers
        _buffers = null;
        _currentBufferPosition = null;
      }
    }

    public void Restart()
    {
      if (!_buffering) throw new NotSupportedException();  //Buffering got turned off already
      if (_buffers.Count == 0) return;
      _currentBuffer = 0;
      _currentBufferPosition = 0;
    }

    public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
    {
      if (_currentBuffer.HasValue)
      {
        //Try to satisfy the read request from the current buffer
        byte[] rbuffer = _buffers[_currentBuffer.Value];
        int roffset = _currentBufferPosition.Value;
        if ((rbuffer.Length - roffset) <= count)
        {
          //Just give them what we have in the current buffer (exhausting it)
          count = (rbuffer.Length - roffset);
          for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
          {
            buffer[offset + i] = rbuffer[roffset + i];
          }

          _currentBuffer++;
          if (_currentBuffer.Value == _buffers.Count)
          {
            //We've stopped reading from the buffers
            if (!_buffering)
              _buffers = null;
            _currentBuffer = null;
            _currentBufferPosition = null;
          }
          return count;
        }
        else
        {
          for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
          {
            buffer[offset + i] = rbuffer[roffset + i];
          }
          _currentBufferPosition += count;
          return count;
        }
      }
      //If we reach here, we're currently using the inner stream. But may be buffering the results
      int ncount = _inner.Read(buffer, offset, count);
      if (_buffering)
      {
        byte[] rbuffer = new byte[ncount];
        for (int i = 0; i < ncount; i++)
        {
          rbuffer[i] = buffer[offset + i];
        }
        _buffers.Add(rbuffer);
      }
      return ncount;
    }

    public override bool CanRead
    {
      get { return true; }
    }

    public override bool CanSeek
    {
      get { return false; }
    }

    public override bool CanWrite
    {
      get { return false; }
    }

    //No more interesting code below here

    public override void Flush()
    {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
    }

    public override long Length
    {
      get { throw new NotSupportedException(); }
    }

    public override long Position
    {
      get
      {
        throw new NotSupportedException();
      }
      set
      {
        throw new NotSupportedException();
      }
    }

    public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin)
    {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
    }

    public override void SetLength(long value)
    {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
    }

    public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
    {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
    }
  }

Usage:
Construct a RestartableReadStream around your NetworkStream. Pass that instance to SslStream. If you decide that SSL was the wrong way to do things, call Restart() and then use it again however you want to. You can even try more than two strategies (calling Restart() between each one).
Once you've settled on which strategy (e.g. SSL or non-SSL) is correct, call StopBuffering(). Once it's finished replaying any buffers it had available, it will revert to just calling Read on its inner stream. If you don't call StopBuffering, then the entire history of reads from the stream will be kept in the _buffers list, which could add quite a bit of memory pressure.
Note that none of the above particularly accounts for multi-threaded access. But if you've got multiple threads calling Read() on a single stream (especially one that's network based), I wouldn't expect any sanity anyway.

A: I spent hours searching to not write a stream wrapper around NetworkStream and finally came across this and it worked for me.
MSDN SocketFlag.Peek
I kept finding suggestions to just write a wrapper or use separate ports, but I have a problem listening to authority or reason.
Here's my code. NLOLOL (No laughing out loud or lectures)
I haven't completely figured out if I need to Peek at more than the first byte for all scenarios.
Private Async Sub ProcessTcpClient(__TcpClient As Net.Sockets.TcpClient)

        If __TcpClient Is Nothing OrElse Not __TcpClient.Connected Then Return

        Dim __RequestBuffer(0) As Byte
        Dim __BytesRead As Integer

        Using __NetworkStream As Net.Sockets.NetworkStream = __TcpClient.GetStream

            __BytesRead = __TcpClient.Client.Receive(__RequestBuffer, 0, 1, SocketFlags.Peek)
            If __BytesRead = 1 AndAlso __RequestBuffer(0) = 22 Then
                Await Me.ProcessTcpClientSsl(__NetworkStream)
            Else
                Await Me.ProcessTcpClientNonSsl(__NetworkStream)
            End If

        End Using

        __TcpClient.Close()

End Sub


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