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www.atecenters.orgThe Advanced Technological Education program	 •	 Increases	students’	persistence	and	completion	of	degre...
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Save the DateGrowing the Workforce for a New American Economy                    October 22-25, 2011             Hyatt Reg...
Student Learning Outcomes for Student Services              Thursday, April 28, 2011              1:00pm – 2:30pm (EST)Web...
Become an NCCHC Leadership Fellow! Application Forms Online www.ced.csulb.edu/asec/academic/lfp/ apply.cfm Applications ac...
About NCCHC                                       Program                              Seminar Dates                      ...
Minority Male Student Success Database      Share what you’ve LEARNED           about student success!                    ...
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91st AACC Annual Convention                           April 9-12, 2011                            New OrleansLearn about i...
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News for Community Colleges from the National Science Foundation/DUE                                           April 2011 ...
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  1. 1. www.atecenters.org ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION CENTERS Par tners W ith Industr y For A New American WorkforceThe Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program Focuses on the education of technicians for high-technology fields.The National Science Foundation supports three major ATE program tracks: projects, centers, and targeted researchin technician education. Two-year college educators have leadership roles in ATE projects and centers. They design andcarry out model workforce development initiatives in partnership with industry, four-year colleges, universities, secondaryschools, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. ATE research advances the knowledge base needed to maketechnician education programs more effective and moreforward-looking.ATE Impacts Students by encouraging efforts toincrease the participation of diverse populations in The Advanced Technologicaladvanced technology fields where they have beenunderrepresented, and promotes the inclusion of persons Education program endeavorswith disabilities in the technical workforce. to strengthen the skills ofATE Empowers Innovative Educators with competitivegrants that make it possible for them to test their ideas technicians whose work isfor improving the technical skills of technicians, and forboosting the general science, technology, engineering, vitally important to the nation’sand mathematics (STEM) knowledge of students atvarious education levels. ATE also supports professional prosperity and security.development programs for educators who teachprospective technicians.ATE Facilitates Productive Partnerships between educators, industry, and other organizations. ATE also strengthens theconnections among community colleges, technical colleges, elementary and secondary schools, and universities. Thesemultifaceted partnerships produce coordinated responses to new workplace and instructional technologies, and helppeople develop the skills for advanced technology careers. Fields of technology suppor ted by the ATE program include, but are not limited to: OIOIOIOIOIOIOI OIOIOIOIOIOIO IOIIIOOIOIOIIIO OIOIOIOIOIIOIO INFORMATION, GEOSPATIAL, IOIIOIIIOIIOOIO ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRONICS, MICRO- & NANOTECHNOLOGIES & SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL, ENERGY, & ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES LEARNING, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH BIOTECHNOLOGY & CHEMICAL PROCESSES Highlighting the Advanced Prepared by the ATE centers with support Technological Education from the National Science Foundation under program sponsored by the grant DUE-1040932 to the Academic Affairs National Science Foundation. Division of the Maricopa Community Colleges.
  2. 2. www.atecenters.orgThe Advanced Technological Education program • Increases students’ persistence and completion of degrees and certificates • Delivers well-qualified technicians to the workforce saving employers time and money • Influences changes in the hiring practices of key industries • Improves science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula and instruction at community and technical colleges, and secondary schools using current research • Saves school systems and higher education institutions time and money revising curricula and creating new programs for emerging technologies • Encourages the participation of women and underrepresented populations in STEM fields • Reaches out to middle school and high school students to inform them of technical career opportunities ATE centers and projects had 58,100 people participated in ATE 6,900 professional development programs during 2009. collaborations with industry, business, public agencies, and educational ATE encourages 47% enterprises the participation of WERE TWO-YEAR during 2009. underrepresented COLLEGE FACULTY These partners populations in contributed STEM fields. Of the 85,300 students 27% WERE SECONDARY who took at least SCHOOL TEACHERS one ATE-supported $11 million course during 2009 IN MONETARY SUPPORT 15% In 2009 , ATE WERE FROM centers and $9 million 45% BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY projects developed WERE NONWHITE OF IN-KIND SUPPORT 11% 27% WERE FOUR-YEAR 1,740 WERE WOMEN COLLEGE FACULTY CURRICULUM MATERIALS 52% WERE ENROLLED IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES 1,372 ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS AMONG 32% 958 WERE SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS SCHOOL STUDENTS
  3. 3. 2011 American Association Sponsored by AACC 4/9/11 Councils: of Community Colleges Preconvention National Asian Pacific 2011 American Association Workshop Colleges Preconvention of Community D Islander Council (NAPIC)Breaking the Stained GlassD Ceiling: Workshop National Council on Black Breaking the Stained Glass American Affairs (NCBAA) Preparing Administrators from Ceiling: Preparing National Community CollegeDiverse Groups for Executive-level Register Now! Administrators from Diverse Describe your location by Hispanic Council (NCCHC) Positionsor area of town. Groups for Executive-level landmark Positions This highly interactive workshop is designed Saturday, April 9, 2011 primarily for administrators from diverse groups 8:30 Saturday, April 9, 2011 am - 4:00 pm who aspire to achieve and be successful in executive 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Register Now! The Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, New level positions or presidencies in community Orleans, LA Orleans Riverside The Hilton New colleges. Prominent CEOS representing these three Hotel, New Orleans, LA Cost: $250 $250 Cost: host Councils will facilitate this workshop on: Strategies in making career choices & preparations for next steps; Register at the AACC Perspectives about careers & preparation; Website: Navigating the internal & external politics; Inside view of the recruitment process & ways to http://www.aacc.nche.edu overcome barriers; and select the 91st Annual Solutions to balance personal & professional commitments, values, & choices; Convention Information link Networking & other relevant topics.
  4. 4. Save the DateGrowing the Workforce for a New American Economy October 22-25, 2011 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch St. Louis, MO A Joint Summit hosted by NCWE and NCCET www.nccet.org and www.ncwe.org
  5. 5. Student Learning Outcomes for Student Services Thursday, April 28, 2011 1:00pm – 2:30pm (EST)Webinar Description This intensive webinar will concentrate on how to develop a consensus among student servicesprofessionals about learning outcomes assessment across the student services spectrum, how todevelop meaningful outcomes, and how to use outcomes data to strengthen student services programs.Attention will be given to the shift from a student satisfaction focus to a student learning focus, and thecollaboration between academic affairs and student services in the successful implementation of alearning outcomes project. Dr. Elise Davis-McFarland is vice president of student services at Trident Facilitator:Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Davis-McFarland hasworked as a public school speech-language pathologist, academician,researcher, and academic administrator. She developed the interdisciplinarygraduate communication sciences and disorders program at the Medical Univer-sity of South Carolina and served as program chair. Dr. Davis-McFarland is anASHA Fellow. She is a longtime ASHA volunteer, having served on many boardsand committees, most recently the Board of Ethics. Her research and writingfocus on multicultural issues. She earned a bachelors degree from the Univer-sity of North Carolina at Greensboro, a masters from the University of Virginiaand a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.Who Should Attend?•Vice Presidents of Student Affairs •Student Services Administrators and Professionals•Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs •Directors of Enrollment Management•Deans of Student Affairs •Retention Specialists•Deans of Academic Affairs •Student Success Staff
  6. 6. Become an NCCHC Leadership Fellow! Application Forms Online www.ced.csulb.edu/asec/academic/lfp/ apply.cfm Applications accepted until cohort is filled. Early deadline April 2nd National Supplemental material:  A current resume Community College  A personal statement  Supervisor’s letter of ADVOCACY Hispanic Council recommendation INFORMATION NETWORKING SUPPORTContact Information EDUCATIONDr. William M. Vega, DirectorNCCHC Leadership Fellows Program TRAININGPeggy Card-Govela, Program CoordinatorNCCHC Leadership Fellows Program Leadership Fellows Program “The nation’s premier organizationEmail: ncchclfp@csulb.edu for preparation and supportPhone: 562-985-8805 of Hispanic leaders inFax: 562-985-4829 America’s community colleges.”California Sate University, Long Beach Preparing Future CommunityEducational Leadership Program College Leaders!1250 Bellflower Blvd. MS 2201Long Beach, CA 90840-2201www.ced.csulb.edu/asec/academic/lfp/ www.ncchc.com
  7. 7. About NCCHC Program Seminar Dates Components include:Established in 1985 as an affiliate of the Summer 2011: June 8th - 11thAmerican Association of Community Two learning seminars Long Beach, CAColleges (AACC), the council is the Professional career plan preparationnation’s primer organization for Mentoring Fall 2011: September 20th - 24thpreparation and support of Hispanic leaders Continued communication with NCCHC San Antonio, TXin America’s community colleges. The leaders and Fellows Detailed assessment of leadership skills 2011 NCCHC September 22nd - 24thnon-profit, professional organization is Presentation at NCCHC Symposium Symposium: San Antonio, TXcommitted to delivering high qualityleadership development experiences andproviding Hispanics with opportunities tocontinue their personal and professionalgrowth. The Council provides memberswith resources, networking and educationalopportunities. Eligibility Criteria NCCHC Values  Currently hold a managerial position and aspire to become a● Leadership ● Education community college Vice President● Equity & ● Collaboration  Master’s degree required, doctorate preferred Mid-Management Curriculum Conditions and Leadership Seminar topics include: Fees Fellows Program Organizational development Tuition: $1,800 Institutional effectiveness  Tuition will cover participant costsTo address the lack of Hispanic Leaders in Conflict resolution for seminars, housing, meals andAmerican community colleges, the Crisis management materialsNCCHC is offering the Leadership Fellows Community development  Travel, incidentals, and cost ofProgram to develop a pool of highly Technology attending the NCCHC Symposiumqualified Hispanics and assist them in Board/CEO relations must be covered by the participantattaining high-level positions in Strategic planning or sponsoring institutioncommunity colleges. The program is Culture and diversity  Candidates must agree to attend alldesigned for community college educators Finances and facilities sessions, including the NCCHCwhose career interest focuses on becoming Change process Symposium, and receive commit-an executive leader of a community Negotiation ment from their supervisorscollege. for participation. NCCHC Leadership Fellows Program • www.ncchc.com
  8. 8. Minority Male Student Success Database Share what you’ve LEARNED about student success! AACC’s web-based Minority Male Student Success Database highlights community college programs, initiatives, and strategic plans focusing on minority male mentoring,recruitment, persistence, and completion.It’s easy to upload a descriptive profile of your college’s program.Join other colleges that have showcased their commitment tominority male success and help make this database a useful toolfor all. Check it out! www.aacc.nche.edu/MinorityMaleDatabaseContact Kevin Christian, Senior Program Associate for Diversity, Inclusionand Equity at 202.728.0200, ext. 262 or kchristian@aacc.nche.edu. American Association of Community Colleges One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 410 | Washington, DC 20036 202.728.0200 | www.aacc.nche.edu
  9. 9. “We need to understand African “ The AACC Minority Male Student Success Database is an essential resource for any community college “ AACC should be applauded for launchingAmerican men have strengths, the Minority Male Student Successcreativity, and adaptability and desiring to recruit and retain African-American Database to provide all communityfocus on what will work for them. male students. The database provides access to colleges access to programs aimed at information on programs nationwide that may serving male students of color. We all Stephanie Hawley Associate Vice President otherwise go undiscovered. The inclusion of direct know that developing [these] programs College Access Program contact information is a feature that is hard to find requires an ongoing commitment. Austin Community College, TX anywhere else on the Web. Ervin V. Griffin, Sr. Keith P. Sayles President Director Halifax Community College, NC African American Male Initiative St. Louis Community College, MO AACC Minority Male Student Success Database www.aacc.nche.edu/MinorityMaleDatabase
  10. 10. 91st AACC Annual Convention April 9-12, 2011 New OrleansLearn about innovative high school/community college dual enrollment practices that increase community college completion and graduation rates. We welcome all college presidents to attend the: Middle College National Consortium Reception on Sunday evening, April 10, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. in the Trafalgar Room at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel 2 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70130 RSVP by April 1st: mhanson@contracosta.edu Melody Hanson, Sr. Exec. Assist to the President Hosted by: President McKinley Williams and MCNC Contra Costa College (510) 235-7800, ext. 4206
  11. 11. 2010-2011 CSCC Officers C S President Board of Directors Stephen G. Katsinas Janice Friedel Professor and Director Professor Education Policy Center California State University, The Council for the Study of 4) Contribute to the develop- University of Alabama Northridge Skatsina@bamaed.ua.edu Jan.friedel@gmail.com Community Colleges (CSCC) is an ment of pre-service and in- President-elect Pamela L. Eddy Regina Garza Mitchell affiliate of the American Association of service education for community Assistant Professor Associate ProfessorEducational Policy, Planning, & Central Michigan University Community Colleges (AACC). Council college professionals; Regina.garzamitchell@cmich.edu Leadership C C members include university-based College of William and Mary Linda Serra Hagedorn 5) Recognize outstanding service Pamela.eddy@wm.edu Professor & Director researchers and community college Past President Research Institute for Studies to, research in, and publication Beverly Bower in Education practitioners who further scholarship Endowed Chair & Director Iowa State University about community college Bill J. Priest Center Lindah@iastate.edu on the community college enterprise. University of North Texas education; and Beverly.bower@unt.edu John P. Murray The purposes of the Council are to: Professor 6) Provide a unified and formal Vice President for California State University, Research & Publications Long Beach base of participation for CSCC Frankie Santos Laanan 030747@msn.com 1) Conduct and disseminate research Associate Professor pertaining to community colleges; members in AACC affairs. Iowa State University Michael Roggow COUNCIL FOR THE Laanan@iastate.edu Director of Collaborative STUDY OF Secretary Programs 2) Serve as a forum for dialogue David Hardy Michael.roggow@bcc.cuny.edu COMMUNITY COLLEGES Assistant Professor between university professors, University of Alabama Pam Schuetz Dhardy@bamaed.ua.edu Postdoctoral Fellow graduate students, and community Northwestern University Treasurer Pam..schuetz@gmail.com college practitioners who study Desna L. Wallin Associate Professor Rick Wagoner community colleges; University of Georgia Assistant Professor Strengthening the network of Dwallin@uga.edu UCLA 3) Provide research and other community colleges through Wagoner@gseis.ucla.edu Historian Deborah Floyd services to the American Associa- research and dialogue for Graduate Student Professor more than 50 years Department of Educational Board Member Affilia te o f the Amer ican Assoc iation of tion of Community Colleges and Christopher Nellum Commun ity Co lleges Leadership Florida Atlantic University University of Michigan (AACC) its affiliate councils; Next conference: New Orleans, LA Cnellum@umich.edu Dfloyd@fau.eduBy-Laws Committee Chair April 7-9, 2011 Daniel J. Phelan President Jackson Community College Phelandanielj@jccmi.edu
  12. 12. MEMBER BENEFITS HOW TO JOIN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONAnnual Conference, which isheld in conjunction with the Discount Subscriptions are available for CSCC membership is open to all profes- Type of Membership:AACC Conference each members to the Community College sionals involved in community college edu- Institutional ($100)**Spring. The program offers Journal of Research and Practice ($70 cation. Membership is annual, on a Individual ($40)approximately 40 sessions on instead of $150). calendar year basis. There are four Student/Emeritus ($25)community college research categories of membership: ** Please attach a separate sheet of paperfindings and leadership Networking Opportunities for graduate with contact information for the additionalprograms. students, faculty and practitioners. 1) Institutional - $100 Open to colleges or two institutional members. universities that want to involve multi-Research Support for commu- ple members in the Council. Name:nity college related studies is Reception and Networking Opportunities at Title: Association for the Study of Higher (Institutional membership covers threeavailable from the Council. people; for more than three persons, Institution:Requests for proposals are Education annual meeting. additional memberships can be Address:available on the CSCC web purchased.)site (www.cscconline.org). 2) Individual - $40 Open to any profes-Awards are made at the Spring sional working with community collegeconference for Dissertation education or interested in the study of Phone:of the Year, Emerging community colleges. E-mail:Scholar, Senior Scholar, and 3) Student - $25 Open to enrolled Total Amount Enclosed: $ ____________ graduate students interested in com- munity college education. (Please make checks payable to CSCC) “The Council for the Study of Community Colleges is Americas 2010 CSCC Award Winners 4) Emeritus - $25 Open to retired univer- sity professors or community college Mail application to: leading organization dedicated to Distinguished Service: Council for the Study of the promotion and dissemination Deborah Floyd educators. Community Colleges (CSCC) of scholarship related to perhaps Florida Atlantic University c/o UCLA Graduate School of the most exciting, dynamic sector Education & Information Studies Barbara K. Townsend Emerging Scholar: Award 2128 Moore Hall • Box 951521 in U.S. higher education, our To join CSCC, complete and mail the Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521 community colleges. I invite and Soko Starobin attached form or download a membership encourage you to participate and Iowa State University application form at www.cscconline.org For additional information, become involved!” (click on the “How to Join” button). please contact the CSCC Office: Dissertation of the Year: 310.206.1200 Steve Katsinas, President Scott Peska cscc@gseis.ucla.edu Northern Illinois University
  13. 13. News for Community Colleges from the National Science Foundation/DUE                              April 2011  The Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) has several programs of particular significance to two-year colleges: Advanced Technological Education (ATE): This program promotes improvement in technological education at the undergraduate and secondary school levels by supportingcurriculum development; the preparation and professional development of college faculty and secondary schoolteachers; internships and field experiences for faculty, teachers, and students; and other activities. With anemphasis on two-year colleges, the program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fieldsthat drive our nation’s economy. The program also promotes articulation between programs at two-year collegesand four-year colleges and universities—in particular between two-year and four-year programs for prospectiveteachers and between two-year and four-year programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(with a focus on disciplines that have a strong technological foundation and lead to entry level technician positionsin a specific field). Fields supported by the ATE program include, but are not limited to, agricultural technology,biotechnology, chemical technology, computer and information technology, electronics, environmental technology,geographic information systems, manufacturing and engineering technology, marine technology, multimediatechnology, telecommunications, and transportation technology.The ATE program supports proposals in three major tracks:  ATE Projects develop or improve programs, adapt and implement exemplary materials, develop new materials, support technical experiences for students and faculty, provide professional development for college faculty and secondary school teachers, and support research on technical education. In the new solicitation, there are expanded sets of opportunities for 1) addressing business and entrepreneurial skills for students in technician education programs, 2) addressing leadership infrastructure for faculty, and 3) conferences and workshops.  ATE Centers provide comprehensive resources, serve as models for other projects, and act as regional or national clearinghouses for educational materials and methods.  Targeted Research on Technician Education explores employment trends, the changing role of technicians in the workplace, and other topics that advance the knowledge base needed to make technician education programs more effective and forward looking.The ATE deadline for formal proposals is October 20, 2011. The optional preliminary proposal process has beeneliminated from the program. The new ATE program solicitation is available at http://www.nsf.gov/ate.For information about previous awards, visit the ATE Web page athttp://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5464. Institutions are allowed to submit multipleproposals.NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM): This program makesgrants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needystudents, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduatelevel degree in science and engineering disciplines. Grantee institutions are responsible for selecting scholarshiprecipients, reporting demographic information about student scholars, and managing the S-STEM project at theinstitution. The next proposal deadline for S-STEM is August 11, 2011. More information about S-STEM can befound on the programs web site: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES):The FY 2010 solicitation is available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10544/nsf10544.htm. Formerly knownas CCLI, the TUES program is for all types of educational institutions that serve undergraduates. TUES supportsefforts that conduct research on undergraduate STEM education, create new learning materials and teachingstrategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, and assess student achievement. Type 1: These projects typically will address one program component and involve a limited number of students and faculty members at one academic institution. Projects with a broader scope or larger scale can be proposed provided they can be done within the budget limitations. Proposed evaluation efforts should be informative, based on the projects specific expected outcomes, and consistent with the scope of a Type 1 project. In order to encourage collaboration between four-year colleges and universities and two-year colleges, projects involving such collaboration may request an additional $50,000 over the $200K/project. The distribution of effort and funds between the four-year institution and the community college should reflect a genuine collaboration. Type 2: These projects build on smaller-scale successful innovations or implementations, such as those produced by Type 1 projects, and refine and test these on diverse users in several settings. Type 2 projects
  14. 14. carry the development to a state where the results are conclusive so that successful products and processes can be distributed widely or commercialized when appropriate. At a minimum, the innovation, if successful, should be institutionalized at the participating colleges and universities (up to $600K/project). Type 3: These projects combine established results and mature products from several components of the cyclic model. These projects should include an explicit discussion of the results and evidence produced by the work on which the proposed project is based. Such projects include a diversity of academic institutions and student populations. Dissemination and outreach activities that have national impact are an especially important element of Type 3 projects, as are the opportunities for faculty to learn how to best adapt project innovations to the needs of their students and academic institutions (up to $5 million/project). Central Resource: These projects will work to increase the capabilities of and communications among the STEM education community and to increase and document the impact of TUES projects (up to $3 million, negotiable).The proposal deadline for Type 2, Type 3, and Central Resource Project proposals is January 14, 2011. The nextproposal deadline for Type 1 projects is in May, 2011. Information about the TUES program is available athttp://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741.Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP): STEP seeks toincrease the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureatedegrees in established or emerging fields within STEM. Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for fullimplementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational researchprojects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM. The STEP solicitation is currently beingrevised. Information about the program and the current solicitation is available athttp://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488&org=DUE&sel_org=DUE&from=fund.Math and Science Partnership (MSP): The MSP program responds to a growing national concern – theeducational performance of the U.S. children in mathematics and science. Through MSP, NSF awardscompetitive, merit-based grants to teams composed of institutions of higher education, local K-12 school systems,and their supporting partners. Information about the program and the current solicitation is available athttp://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5756.Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship: The Noyce Scholarship program seeks to encourage talented STEM majorsand professionals to become K-12 and science teachers. The program provides funds to institutions of highereducation (with an extra $250K for partnerships with 2-year colleges) to support scholarships, stipends, andacademic programs for undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate students holding STEM degrees whocommit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts. A new component of the program supports STEMprofessionals who enroll as NSF Teaching Fellows in master’s degree programs leading to teacher certification byproviding academic courses, professional development, and salary supplements while they are fulfilling a four-yearteaching commitment in a high-need school district. This new component also supports the development of NSFMaster Teaching Fellows by providing professional development and salary supplements for exemplary math andscience teachers to become Master Teachers in high-need school districts. Information about the program and thecurrent solicitation is available at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5733.Program Staff:We encourage each of you to investigate these opportunities and apply to the program. If you wish to haveadditional information or talk with a program director about your ideas, please contact us. There are currently twoprogram directors in DUE from 2-year colleges(listed below). In addition to the disciplines represented below, DUEhas program officers in computer science, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, physics, and social sciences.The full staff listing is available at http://www.nsf.gov/staff/staff_list.jsp?org=DUE. We look forward to hearingfrom all of you soon!David Campbell dcampbel@nsf.gov (703) 292-5093Celeste Carter vccarter@nsf.gov (703) 292-4651Eun-Woo Chang ewchang@nsf.gov (703) 292-4674Gerhard Salinger gsalinge@nsf.gov (703) 292-5116Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 835Arlington, Virginia 22230; Phone: 703-292-8670; Fax: 703-292-9015; Email: undergrad@nsf.gov


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  1. 1. January 2008 New Year, New Look Welcome to Tri Fusion’s second year of newsletter editions! We hope you love it, the new year and the new look! Core Training for Bicyclists, Freestyle BoD, page 2 Swim Tips, Calendar, Short pages 4 & 5 Cool Stuff, We want ‘em! Your Bikes=Tallkids from ages 4-12 are Order, Custom page 7 invited to join the Tri Clothing page 3 Fusion Kids Club! Guide, page 6 LOOKING AHEAD - LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE As we enter a new year together, growing and stretching as a club, a great big family and a collective, competitive soul we also look into our future by inviting some very special people to join our team. By Natalie Gallagher & Susan Wood-Gaines nutritional and fun-filled activity components, and won’t leave the meeting without singing our Kids Club Fight Song! Children will be organized into three age groups to provide age- appropriate activities. The initiation fee is $25, which includes a SWAG bag, and $5 per meeting. You may sign up your child or children by For the past few months, a group of dedicated club members have contacting Tiffany Byrd @ Tbyrd@mead.k12.wa.us or at the Tribeen working together to create a place for our Tri Fusion members’ Fusion member meetings in January - March.children in the multi sport scene. We are so thrilled to announce the Our mission? Tri Fusion Kids is a multi sport club for childrenupcoming launch of our Tri Fusion Kids Club! The official launch will dedicated to encouraging an active lifestyle, sportsmanship and healthytake place on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. choices in order to foster development of lifelong habits that are both The Kids Club plans to meet four times per calendar year healthy and rewarding. Tri Fusion Kids is committed tobeginning on the launch date in April, followed by meetings in July and providing friendship, fun, training opportunities, teaching, camaraderie,October 2008 and January 2009. At each club meeting children will be encouragement and guidance to its members.able to experience an introduction to the meeting’s theme, educational, [1]
  2. 2. Core Training for Cyclists 3) Cable Torso Twistsby Ben Greenﬁeld This exercise requires core forceNSCA-CPT, CSCS, MS PE production against a cable resistance. It is important in your core conditioning A recent study in the National program to include an exercise thatJournal of Strength and Conditioning introduces external resistance. What isResearch the external resistance that aoutlined the importance of core training triathletes core experiences while cycling?for cyclists. The title of this The bike! You have to steer andstudy was "Relationship Between Cycling navigate your bike against the friction ofMechanics and Core Stability". The 1) Brick Walls the road, and for an Ironmanpurpose of the study was to determinewhether cycling mechanics are affected This is a strategy I will use during a long hilly ride or a hill interval triathlete especially, this can lead toby core stability. The foundation behind workout, and can be performed on your fatigue over the course of 112core training for cyclists is that indoor trainer or during an outdoor miles. Force transmission from the pelvispelvic stabilization maintains a natural ride. Climb an entire 3-6 minute hill in the to the lower extremities iscurvature of the spine. The core is standing position. As you important, but functional strength anddefined as the collection of primary climb, try to breathe from deep in your endurance is also required for thestabilizing muscles for both the front core, just behind the bellybutton. upper body force transmission from theand the back of the pelvis and lower back. At the same time, visualize your abdomen core. The cable torso twists is alsoA weak core could potentially as a "brick wall", and maintain a a great exercise for swimmers who need toinhibit power production, since the pelvis tight core, especially as you drive your focus on hip rotation. Here is ais the "lever" for the psoas and knees up to your chest. If you do link to the exercise video:gluteal muscles, both of which are your this properly, then every the leg comes http://www.pacificfit.net/members/cycling power muscles. If your lower past the top tube youll feel your Workouts/exercises/extremities are not aligned properly and abdominal muscles contract. For added CableTorsoTwists.htmlthe lever is in an incorrectposition, then power is compromised. effect, avoid bouncing on the handlebars. Add these moves into your weekly program and youll begin to feel During a long distance cycling 2) Mountain Climbers the results within about 4-6 weeks. Aevent such as Ironman, the pelvis is fixed Your focus during this exercise is stronger core will enhance a cyclistsin a constant position, and subjected to very similar to the aforementioned Brick force transmission from the hips andtens of thousands of muscle Wall, except now you should be off the pelvis to the lower extremities. Incontraction repetitions. If the core breaks bike, in a push-up position, driving addition, a triathlete riding in the timedown during this time due to your right knee up towards the left elbow trial position will likely havefatigue, then the pelvis will shift and and vice versa. Again maintain more support from the trunk, and thuswattage will suffer. So even if the focus on a tight abdomen and deep place less pressure on the shoulder,legs are ideally prepared and adequately stomach breathing. You will also need to upper back, and neck muscles whentapered, a cyclist could still have focus on maintaining a straight line from resting on the aero-bars. An effective coresub-par results. For the triathlete, this the shoulders to the wrist, and conditioning program needs to beproblem is compounded by the fact hips that are close to the ground. Below is consistent, and should be performed atthat the core is already pre-fatigued by the a link to a video of me least twice per week during the entireswim. performing the exercise. These can be training year. A word of caution: So, how can a cyclist prepare the performed slowly, as in the video at avoid any core training up to 48 hourscore properly for the rigors of the link below, or quickly, mimicking a prior to competition, as musculartriathlon? Crunches alone will not do the rate closer to a cycling cadence: fatigue and soreness peaks at about thetrick, because the low back is http://www.pacificfit.net/members/ two day mark.supported by the ground, which is not the Workouts/exercises/case while cycling. Here are 3 MountainClimbers.html Until next time, train smart!effective functional core training movesfor enhancing pelvic stability andcore endurance. [2]
  3. 3. SHORT BIKES ARE A TALL ORDER  made with 650c wheels in sizes below 50cm if (A tri bike guide for those under 56" tall) contributed by Kerry Fisher the bike is to be taken seriously.  What the appropriate cut-off point is I WANT TO RIDE MY Ardent triathletes keep themselves becomes a matter of fruitful discussion. BICYCLE, I WANTboned up on the prominent tri bike companiesand the models they offer. Less well known is Perhaps 50cm bikes and up should be made with 700c wheels. Maybe its 52cm, maybe TO RIDE MY BIKE...how the industry solves the problems of 55cm. Reasonable people can disagree, but thewomen in particular, and of shorter riders in newest generation of tri bikes bring with themgeneral. Well look at how each company an extra issue that must be solved, and thatapproaches this problem.  concerns the rear wheel cutout sculpted into First, well lay out what the problems the back of the frames seat tube. If you wantare. Then well describe how to solve these to maintain a longish chain stay for theproblems. Then, well list how each bike purpose of smooth shifting and low frictioncompany treats its under-50cm bike size(s). between the chain and the cogs, that dimensionWhen we finish our look at each brand well is probably in the area of 38cm. But if youcategorize these offerings by price category as build the chain stay to that distance and place awell. 650c wheel on your bike, how deep will the seat tube need to be in order to still grant you yourhttp://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/ cutout? Thats a design element tackled by aproduct2007/tribikes/tribikesmall.html few companies, but not by many.  Most would concede that if you cant There are two overwhelming achieve your optimized position on your bike,problems smaller riders face. First, its hard to the cutout isnt going to overcome that. So,get the aero bars low enough relative to the obvious editorial preference is granted by us toheight of the saddle. This problem becomes the bikes which resist the temptation to begreater as the riders position becomes more conservative, and boldly forge ahead with theaggressive, that is, as the rider chooses a 650s on their small-sized bikes. steeper seat angle and a lower amount of The above having been noted, thearmrest drop.  steeper the seat angle the lesser the shoeThis problem is considerably worse for overlap problem. Also, internal headsets helptriathletes than for road racers, because the get aero bars a bit lower than otherwise.bars must be lower for time trial positions, and Specing aerobars with low-profile armreststhe aero bars and their armrests sit on top of also helps to solve any problem getting theroad or pursuit bars, raising the elevation of front of the bike low enough. So, a companythe handlebar yet further.  specing lower profile armrests on their steep  The second problem is the length of seat angled, internally headsetted bike could make that bike with 700c wheels one or twothese bikes. Its typical for smaller riders toneed short "cockpits," only to have a hard time sizes smaller than would a company notfinding them, because shortening these bikes employing such design techniques. All thatcauses shoe overlap (the back of the front established, youre still paddling upstream ifwheel intersects with the riders shoe when thecrank is in its forward-most position; while a youre a manufacturer making a 700c tri bikelittle overlap might be okay, the problem can in a 47cm or 48cm size. become quite severe).  The culprit in both these cases is thesize of the front wheel. The easiest solution toboth problems is to replace the standard 700c Becausewheel with a smaller 650c wheel. This issue of Size700c versus 650c has reached religiousproportions in triathlon, but when you take the Mattersreligion out of it and simply consider it as apractical matter, tri bikes almost have to be [3]
  4. 4. Freestyle Swimming Tips from UNDERWATER ARM PULLwww.swimclub.com.au The catch is made with the front hand as the other hand releases the water. The wrist is flexed outward, downward and backwardThe freestyle stroke is the fastest, most efficient stroke, because to expose the palm to the water. The elbow begins to flex, as theit maintains the body in a streamlined position with the limbs hand is swept downward and slightly outward.able to apply constant propulsive forces due to the armsalternating action and the continuous flutter action of the legs. It is important for swimmers to get a strong catch on the water and maintain a high elbow position as the hand moves under theBODY POSITION head and shoulders. The hand continues to sweep down and inA streamlined body position is required with arms extended toward the midline and then upward and in toward the lowerabove the head. One hand is placed over the other and the arms chest. The hand will accelerate slightly throughout thecover the ears. The back and legs are kept straight, until a flutter underwater pull to gain maximum speed. The final propulsivekick is used. phase is made by sweeping the hand backward, upward and outward.HEAD POSITIONThe head should be kept well down with the water line at the top Common errors in underwater pullof the head. This position will keep the body in a horizontal 1. Turning palm inward at catch phase – Reduces forwardstreamlined position and reduce frontal resistance. If the head is velocity during theheld too high, the torso and legs will drop, resulting in increased downsweep and leaves the hand in a poor position for thefrontal resistance. following insweep. 2. Pushing down on the water – the body moves in the directionBODY ROLL of the back of yourThe body roll in freestyle is initiated by the arm action. The handentire body turns on its long axis as the swimmer’s hand enters 3. Dropped elbow – reduces power on the waterthe water in front. The rolling action of the body enables the 4. Losing the hold on the water during the sculling phase.swimmer to develop more power by bringing the large trunk 5. Pushing water upward on exit – pushes body downmuscles into play, particularly in the acceleration at the end of 6. Exiting at full extensionthe underwater pull. Body roll will also assist the body tomaintain a streamlined position by keeping the hips and ARM RECOVERYshoulders in line. Freestyle swimmers will spend Arm recovery is initiated by lifting the elbow upward andmore time on their sides than they do on their fronts. forward. A high elbow recovery is preferred by most because it reduces the effort required andHAND ENTRY maintains body alignment.The hand enters the water forward of the head, between the The hand and forearm are carried forward in a slight arcmidline of the body and a parallel line from the shoulders. The (boomerang) around the body with the back of hand pointingfingertips enter the water first, with the elbow above the hand forward.and the hand pitched at around 30 degrees. The arm should beapproximately 2/3 extended when hand enters the water and Common errors in arm recoverythen stretches forward. The front arm should be near complete 1. Rushing the recovery – the arm should not start the catchextension as the other arm finishes the underwater pull. phase until the other arm has finished the stroke. The underwater hand has less distance Common errors on entry to travel than the hand recovering.1. Hand in a prone position on entry – increases resistance as the 2. Low lateral recovery – will throw the body out of alignment.back of the handpushes against the water. ARM TIMING2. Hand at 90 degrees on entry – increase the possibility of Enter the water with the recovery hand anywhere between theshoulder injury beginning of the upsweep to the beginning of the push back. As3. Overreaching – increase drag force on body from lateral one arm pushes back, the recovery arm will have entered andmovement stretched forward in preparation for the catch (outsweep). The4. Entering too early – increases drag, as your hand must travel a outsweep will occur simultaneously with the propelling arm’sfurther distance recovery.under water against the body’s momentum. [4]
  5. 5. LEG ACTION • Catch up freestyleThe leg kick originates from the hip and the muscles in the upper • 4L, 4R, 3L, 3R, 2L, 2R, 1L, 1R...leg. The legs move primarily in a vertical plane with the ankles • Single arm stroke, 10 kicks on side, one stroke, 10 kicks onflexed but relaxed so that the big toes turn toward each other. side...The key to easy and efficient kicking is to keep ankles and feet • Single arm stroke, 10 kicks on side, 3 strokes, 10 kicks on side...loose and flexible. Each kick has an upward and downward • Unco drill, single arm freestyle, breathe on opposite sidecomponent called the upbeat and downbeat. There is also some • Hypoxic drills - F/s breathing every 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 strokeslateral movement of the legs during the kicking action. This • Freestyle polo using kayaking principleassists with stabilizing and streamlining the body during the • Fast freestylestroke. Freestyle• A six-beat kick requires the swimmer to execute three FREESTYLE TURN PROGRESSIONS downward beats during each armstroke.• A two-beat kick requires the swimmer to execute one Forward rolls on land downward beat during each armstroke. Forward roll and stand up on land• Both have their advantages, with the speed provided by a six Somersaults in the water, standing up after each one. beat kick worthwhile, while the energy saved by doing a two- Three strokes then somersault beat kick. Swim freestyle into wall somersault, stop Swim freestyle into wall, turn and push off on backFreestyle Swim freestyle into wall, turn and push off on frontBREATHING Swim freestyle into wall, turn and push off on front with flutterBreathing should be incorporated into the body roll. The face kickshould turn to breathe as the opposite hand L enters the water. Swim freestyle into wall, turn and push off on front withInhalation occurs as the hand R pushes back and the recovery dolphin, then flutter kicktakes place. The face is turned back into the water as the Swim freestyle into wall, turn and push off on front withrecovery arm swings past the face. Bi-lateral breathing important dolphin, then flutter kick, thenfrom an early age. Train swimmers to limit breathing in 25’s and freestyle, no breathing on first stroke50’s from a young age.Common errors in breathing. Gary Barclay1. Turning the head too early – not able to use natural body roll Aquatic Management Group2. Dropping the underwater arm through the pull while www.aquaticmg.com.aubreathing – creates over roll of body3. Turning the head out of alignment when breathing – createstoo much lateral movement4. Lifting the head when breathing – hips dropFREESTYLE DRILLSAll drills can be done in multiples of 25’s, 50’s or 100’s• Freestyle kick with board – chin on the surface• Freestyle kick with board – head in water, breathe on side• Freestyle kick with board – one arm on board, breathing onside• Freestyle kick without board – one arm in front, breathe onside• Single arm stroke with board, enter under the board,continuous kick• Single arm freestyle• Single arm freestyle, 4 strokes on each arm• Single arm freestyle, 3 strokes on each arm• Single arm freestyle, 2 strokes on each arm [5]
  6. 6. Sugoi Clothing Order quantity price break for these first payments to be safe.  You will be chargedSUGOI STYLE Hey Tri Fusion family! Just wanted to give you a heads up about the true remainder when the clothing arrives).  We will go over exactly how to do this at the meeting. You will then be the Sugoi custom clothing that we will be billed for the remainder of the balance talking about at the meeting . The after our order has been shipped.  It will pictures on this page are just some of the take 8-10 weeks for the clothing to arrive items we are currently considering for after the order has been placed.   ordering.  We have requested samples from Sugoi (that should be here before the *We will not be placing another order meeting).  After seeing the samples, it is until May (at the earliest) which means possible a couple of the items will be clothes wouldnt arrive until end of July - eliminated (i.e.  we requested 2 different beginning of August.  Again, this is the jackets, 2 different vests, etc. to be able to earliest that we would do a a re-order, not compare quality vs. price).   a for sure. The pricing for the items is on a *Please note that there are mens and spreadsheet on the original e-mail that womens sizing for some of the items, and Jessi sent out to all members.  There are 2 some items have unisex sizing. different prices for each item.  The price will depend on the quantity ordered.  We *The sponsors that are going on the must order 24 of an item to make it a "go" custom clothing have committed to multi- and the price break comes at 50 year contracts with Tri Fusion.  We will items.  Because some of the items use the not be changing uniforms next year, and same layouts, some of them can be hopefully the year after as well. combined to make minimums - these combinations are specified by Sugoi.  The *The custom clothing is in no way items that can be combined are color mandatory or required for membership. coded (ex.  all the yellow items can be combined to make minimums). *If youre unable to make the meeting, you will miss out on seeing the At the meeting, we will be showing the clothing, but well be emailing out the clothing items we received from Sugoi order form, so youll still be able to fill (they wont be our custom design, but the it out and send it in. same item) and handing out custom clothing order forms.  Your orders must All the best, be submitted with half of your payment Tri Fusion Board of Directors by January 31st (we will use the 24 [6]
  7. 7. The Board of Directors, A Recipe, A Recommendationand The Calendar of Upcoming Events...Board of Directors The Green Drink from Kerry Fisher• Kathi Best - Social Director Ingredients:• Kevin Best - Vice President 2 C fresh spinach• Kim Ellis - Treasurer Greg Gallagher - Asst. Director 2 C cucumber•• Natalie Gallagher - Newsletter 1 head of celery • Ben Greenfield - Website Director 1/2 inch or tspn ginger root• Mark Hodgson - Team Event Director 1 bunch parsley• Sam Picicci - Uniform Director 2 apples Marathon Moguls Unite: Jim Powers - Membership Director Thursday, January 24, 2008 @ 7:30 pm @• juice of one lime Jessi Thompson - Secretary Northtown and Valley Cinemas only...• juice of 1/2 lemon This is a highly advertised one night only• Roger Thompson - President After everything is combined in a opportunity to watch the video,“Spirit of the• Scott Ward - Marketing Director blender, this recipe makes 28 to 30 ounces, equally about 3-4 servings. Marathon.” A “behind the scenes” featurette• Kirk Wood-Gaines - Mentor Director Or - you can put everything into a that includes interviews with marathon Our Sponsors Corner will resume in the next juicer, including the lime and lemon veterans reminiscing about their first marathon edition of the Tri Fusion Newsletter. We are with peels. experiences and also highlights deleted scenes, currently beginning a new year of sponsors and supporters of Tri Fusion and want to be Be creative with ingredients as long as dramatic race footage and previews of the sure to dedicate proper time & space to you keep the apple and lemon in the upcoming 2008 Olympics with a Q & A session include and thank you all. recipe. with Olympians Deena Kastor and Ryan Hall.• Pears add a delicious taste! Races/Runs: January/February Calendar Lake: Jan 26, 6-8pm, Feb 23, 6-8pm, and March 22, 6-8pm. See forum for - Jan. 19 @ 9 am: Deer Park Frostbite 5k Run at Deer Park, WA more details. Training Opportunities: - January 21, 2008: Martin Luther King • Dry land strength training for North Spokane -- Gala Sports Event triathletes at Champions Sports Mondays & Wednesdays @ 5-7 am: Medicine: Jan 27, 5-6:30pm, Feb 24, Open Swim @ OZ North. - Feb. 3 @ 10 am: Souper Bowl Snowday 5-6:30pm and Mar 23rd, 5-6:30pm. Cross Country Skiing & Snow Shoeing Thursday evenings @ 6:30 pm: See forum for more details. @ Mt. Spokane Headlamp run from the Gallagher’s • Spirit of the Marathon movie on - February 10, 2008: Partners in Pain home in north Spokane. Watch the Tri January 24, 2008 @ 7:30 pm at 5K Run at West Central Community Forum for details! Northtown Mall and Valley Cinemas. Center at Spokane, WA Saturdays @ 8’ish am: Probable BATs, meeting location & time posted weekly Next Membership Meeting: Upcoming Events: on the Tri-Forum. February 20th, 2008 @ TBA: Board Clinics - meeting followed byGeneral Sundays @ 8 am: Mornings with Martin, Planned group swim workout • Swim overwater/underwater membership meeting at location TBA @ Oz North. Starbucks afterwards! videotape stroke analysis in Liberty [7]

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Kozolci-hayracks in hamlet of Vogar on Zgornji Zevt

In contrast to the usual wooden construction of kozolci (hayracks) found in Bohinj, these have brick pillars. This method of construction was imported by German immigrants from South Tyrol who settled in the upper Selška dolina Valley in the 13th century.

ACCESS: We reach the hamlet of Vogar beside Zgornji Zevt via the main road toward Koprivnik where we turn on a local asphalt road. We drive or walk (about 30 minutes) to the end of the asphalt where there are two homesteads.

Here stand two kozolci with brick pillars. Beneath one kozolec is a group of well-preserved wagons ranging from a two-wheeled cart to hay wagons of various sizes drawn by animals.

Not far to the north stand two intereting buildings: a cottage used for preparing and drying flax and a shed for goats.

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« Another silly test | Main | Planning for Italy: Indecision 2009 »

Yes, I am going to Italy!

I mentioned in this post how much I enjoyed following other Slow Travelers as they decide on a location, start planning their trips, and then take off!

Here's a quote from that post:

I have excitedly following my blog friends either on their trips to Italy (Girasoli, Palma, Jane) or as they plan them (Sandra is one of them), and I have to say that I was particularly excited when Andasamo told us that she had indeed jumped at the chance of spending three weeks in Italy (Florence, to be exact) in October! How fun. This also made my own desire to go back to Italy stronger.

I am also thrilled to be reading about Kim's trip to Paris, especially after everything she has been through! And while catching up on blogs this morning, I realized that Girasoli bought her ticket and is ready to go this summer! Yay! Her recent series on Bologna has been great inspiration - not only for me but for Sandra who is going there as well.

Anyway, since I focused my February blogging on Norway, I never wrote about my trip or even the fact that I have a ticket and am ready to go to Italy in late April! I am not sure why, but somehow planning for an Italy trip feels even more special than planning for other trips. One reason might be the fact that there is SO much information - for instance, Trip Advisor has reviews for something like 1500 hotels in Rome! Also, it is fun because I get to share it with friends and ST friends alike - many people have been to Italy, while not many have an opinion on where to stay in Rivas, Nicaragua!

I'll start a new post writing about the planning and the decisions having to be made. They are fun decisions, though!

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Yay, Chiocciola -- I'm very excited for you, planning another trip. And to Italy, no less! I agree, I always find Italy trips the most fun to organize.

I look forward to hearing much more about your plans -- for your entire trip, not just Bologna (although I'm getting so excited about visiting Bologna!)

Yay, Chiocciola! I will be following your plans, and wishing I could be there.

How exciting! I remember you mentioning this a while back but all of a sudden, it's not that far away. You are right, there is almost an overwhelming amount of info on the Web about Italy. It can take a lot of time to read it all!

Okay, now to read your "official" planning post. :)

Yay!! Can't wait to hear more about your trip planning and more about your trip!

I spent much of today looking at hotels also. It can get overwhelming. If you haven't heard, there are reportedly a lot of fake reviews on Trip Advisor so beware. I trust Slow Travel but there aren't many reviews for some places. I am guilty though also of not writing reviews for every place I have stayed. I still need to do that!

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Tomorrow will be April. Soon your trip. I can't wait. I know you are excited. It will be wonderful.

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March 29, 2008

Travel plans afoot!

Here it is the end of March and it's still more like winter than spring in Eastern Ontario - piles of snow everywhere you look and a bitter wind that dries sheets on the clothesline quickly but is otherwise not very pleasant. Fortunately, my thoughts have been on the south of France for most of the last 2 days.

Two developments:

1. This morning I booked TGV tickets from CDG to Valence for our trip to Drome-Provence this June. I did a couple of test runs before giving my credit card # to see if I could get a better price if I said I lived in France or Great Britain - I live in Canada by the way. There was no difference but by the time I was ready to make my purchase the tickets were €25 more expensive - no doubt a reflection of my activity on the site. I also tried to figure out if it was still possible to print the tickets online, as I think some recent posters on Slow Travel indicated, but I was not able to do so. So I have to take my confirmation numbers with me, go to a kiosk at CDG when I land in June, and use the numbers and the credit card that I used to purchase the tickets to get the actual ticket. I've left 3 hours from the time our plane lands to catch the train. There were earlier trains, but I didn't want to risk missing a connection.

2. Last evening we had a trip-planning dinner with 4 friends who want to go to Provence in June 2009. We started out with a kir aperitif, then some fig and goat-cheese appetizers followed by herbed potatoes, asparagus and salmon, coffee and a choice of coconut-cream pie or chocolate cheesecake for dessert. One of the bottles of wine we opened was a Chateau de Mille 2003, which we picked up last September at the retail store in Apt.

I brought out several of our Provence resources, ready for the borrowing. Only two were selected - a copy of A Year in Provence and a DVD of A Good Year. It's a start.

None of our friends have ever been to France. It was interesting to hear some of their questions:

What will the weather be like in June?
How will we get there?
What is there to do?
What's a euro worth?
Will we have to speak French?
How do you pronounce Aix?

Here they are on the way out the door after dinner, all bundled up against the cold, well-fortified with wine from the Luberon and visions of two weeks in a most beautiful part of the world.

After they had left, I commented to my wife that they seemed very enthusiastic. "Well," she said, "Somebody else is doing all the planning and will be doing all the driving. Women like that."

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Behind the 35 Cameras Used for Felix Baumgartner’s Record-Breaking Jump with Red Bull Stratos

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By now, the majority of you have either seen the footage or have heard about Felix Baumgartner’s record-breaking jump from over 128,000 feet high. Felix broke three records highest manned balloon flight, highest freefall, and at 833.9 mph (preliminary figures), the first man to break the sound barrier in free fall.

To record this historic jump, as known as Red Bull Stratos, Red Bull used 35 cameras from the RED 4K cameras and the Canon 5D mkII/mkIII cameras to infrared cameras and JLair’s super-telephoto cameras. There were tremendous technical obstacles that the team had to overcome, likethe extreme sun radiation in the stratosphere to engineering the system that allowed Mission Control to remotely operate the cameras.

Here is the fascinating video behind the cameras that recorded Felix Baumgartner jump with Red Bull Stratos.

And in case you missed or want to watch the jump again, here are several videos from Red Bull and Youtube:

Felix’s on-board helmet cam:

The entire jump footage:

By the way, if you thought Felix’s jump was incredible, check out the world’s shortest freefall on Conan on TBS. Hilarious!

Thanks to Imaging Resource for the Red Bull camera story!

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  1. Wilfred Lim

    Perhaps they should had looked to the “Space Camera” NASA always use? LOL

  2. Joe

    big deal, anything to sell sell sell

  3. Ed Rhodes

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West Jordan police are asking for the public's help in identifying and bringing to justice an auto theft suspect.

Police Sgt. Dan Roberts released images captured from a security camera showing the suspect outside a Maverik store at 2714 W. 9000 South on Sunday. The white male adult jumped into and drove away in a black 2002 Nissan Altima that had been left running in front of the store.

Police located the abandoned vehicle Tuesday morning, parked at the 2100 South TRAX station lot.

Anyone with information on this suspect is asked to call West Jordan police at 801-840-4000.

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NBA • They're more potent than Warriors, who walloped the Jazz.
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Things don't get any easier for the struggling Jazz.

Coming off a 130-102 loss at Golden State, Utah returns to EnergySolutions Arena on Tuesday and plays Dallas, which is better offensively than the Warriors.

The Mavericks rank eighth in the NBA in scoring (105.1) and shoot 38.5 percent from the 3-point line.

Considering how Golden State shredded the Jazz's defense, the task of slowing down Dallas seems daunting.

Utah was within 10 early in the third quarter against the Warriors before collapsing.

"I don't want us to ever feel sorry for ourselves," said coach Tyrone Corbin. "The third quarter, we just didn't come out like I thought we would. I thought we'd come out with a little more juice. But they made a run and we just didn't respond."

Klay Thompson scored 33 points and Stephen Curry added 31 to lead Golden State.

According to Warrior coach Mark Jackson, Curry almost didn't play because of illness.

"The funny thing is the guy was sick, drained, â¦" Jackson said. "In the pregame meeting, I asked him if he was fine and he said, 'I'll see how it feels.' He was laid out on the training table. [But] the guy is a professional and a great, great competitor with a tremendous edge to his game."

Goodbye, Biedrins

To get a look at newly signed forward Erik Murphy, the Jazz waived veteran center Andris Biedrins.

Acquired from Golden State last summer, Biedrins played only six games this season — none since Dec. 16.

In a total of 45 minutes, he scored three points and grabbed 17 rebounds.

"He was great," said Corbin. "He's a great guy to have. He was great about the situation he was in. He was coming off a couple of years when he didn't play much and lost some confidence. But he came in with an open mind and in great shape. We just didn't get an opportunity to get him on the floor a lot with the guys we have."

Biedrins played behind Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter and rookie Rudy Gobert in Utah's rotation at center.

"It's just kind of where we are," Corbin said. "Early on, he was a veteran guy. But our mission all along was to play the young guys more."

Burke Shines

Lost in Utah's beatdown at Golden State was an outstanding offensive performance by rookie Trey Burke.

He finished with 24 points and 15 assists in 40 minutes of playing time.

Burke was in the game in the final minutes, even though Corbin had pulled his other starters.

Asked about the leadership Burke demonstrated, Corbin said, "That's why I left him out there, to make sure he understands that even when you're not playing your best and your team's not playing their best, they'll follow the point guard's lead.

"You have to keep pushing and I thought he did a good job of just continuing to play it all the way out. ... I liked the way he fought back and continued to stand in there and fight."

Marvin Williams did not practice Monday because of knee inflammation. He will be a game-time decision against Dallas. ... Alec Burks went 14-for-16 from the free-throw line against Golden State and finished with 24 points. "That is just how I play," he said. "I play aggressive and I attack a lot. That is how I have been playing all of my life. I'm going to keep doing what I know."


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GM Dennis Lindsey: Jazz 'many steps away' from championship

Published October 30, 2012 12:32 pm

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When it comes to the Utah Jazz, we talk a lot about expectations. The Jazz got better in the offseason, but clearly, so too did the rest of the Western Conference. Even with three key new players and fast-developing youngsters, how much better will the Jazz truly be?

While discussing the team's decision to pick up the option on third-year coach Tyrone Corbin, first-year General Manager Dennis Lindsey was reticent Tuesday when asked to put expectations on his team. However, he was surprisingly candid when he said the Jazz were "many steps away" from winning a championship.

However, Lindsey said he feels the Jazz can get there by "being championship caliber day-to-day."

The Jazz were the No. 8 seed in the playoffs last season and this year are likely somewhere in the middle of the stacked conference. Nobody is talking championship around the Jazz and, earlier Tuesday, Corbin said that "the target is [to be] the best in the league. Right now, you got to work from where you are. We feel good about what's on this team, we're going to lay it out there every night and see where it lands."

Below are Lindsey's comments in their entirety.

On his expectations for the season:

"Being championship caliber day-to-day. Now, will we be in the final four or final two or be the last team standing? I think all of us know we're many steps away from that goal. You can, again, be championship caliber on how you handle yourself, how you do your job, your effort, your openness. And so, really, what I hope is day-to-day is the club is well organized, that they defend, that they share the ball, that they show great effort — all the things the Jazz fans can relate to and have related to over the years when Coach Sloan was in charge."

On how good the Jazz have the potential to be this year:

"I'm not Nostradamus here. I think we have a competitive group. I think we have players and coaches and scouts and management people that collectively have been here a lnog time that really care deeply about the results, that are professionals. If you do the fundamentals right, the results again take care of themselves. Frankly, I don't know. The beauty of how Kevin [O'Connor] and Randy [Rigby] and Greg [Miller] and [CFO] Bob [Hyde] have set up the team prior to me getting here is we can be patient and see where the results are and react accordingly."

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Scott Brown, a 22-year veteran of the National Park Service and chief ranger at Capitol Reef National Park since 2006, has been named the park's interim superintendent.

Brown, who has also worked in Canyonlands and Zion national parks, as well as Capitol Reef on another occasion, takes over the interim position from Dave Worthington who served as the acting superintendent for three months after Superintendent Al Hendricks retired three months ago.

National park officials expect to make an announcement on a new superintendent later this winter.

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As we hear more about the killing of Danielle Willard by two West Valley City cops last November, expect to hear the defense continue to harp on the tired old "vehicle was a weapon" theme.

Let me ask you this: If you're in a parking lot and you see a driver behind the wheel of a running vehicle, and you think that driver might be desperate, impaired, geriatric, juvenile, etc., would you be fool enough to place yourself in the path of that vehicle? And if you were in the path of that vehicle when it started moving, wouldn't your first logical action be to quickly remove yourself from the path of that vehicle? And if you were unsuccessful in removing yourself from the path of the vehicle, would you then be justified in firing upon and killing the driver of that vehicle?

We can attempt to complicate the facts all day long with stories of illegal drug use and/or addiction. But no matter how you look at it, there was no justifiable reason for two armed officers to summarily kill a little unarmed gal sitting behind the wheel of a car in a parking lot.

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In the interest of full disclosure, I am responsible for a small fleet of Polycom SoundPoint IP phones deployed across the US. And an IP 600 has occupied a position on my desk since my earliest involvement with VOIP back in 2003. I have also tried numerous makes and models of SIP hard phones over the years. Some were good, many not so good and a few were truly excellent. All the while, the IP600 has remained my primary desk phone. So I am a self-admitted proponent of Polycom and their products.

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Polycom sent both a SoundPoint IP 650 and a SoundPoint IP 550. These were the two top models in the SoundPoint IP line, although the newly-introduced SoundPoint IP 670 is now the top of the line.  Both are multi-line SIP desktop phones (the 550 supports four lines, the 650 six) that support G.722 (wideband), G.711 µ/A, and G.729A (Annex B) codecs. Both also have a 320 x 160 backlit grayscale LCD with four "soft" and 24 or 26 dedicated "hard" keys.

Core telephony features are easily accessible, often by both dedicated buttons and soft keys around the LCD. Figure 1 shows the IP 650's controls; the IP 550 looks the same except it has four line / speed dial buttons (to the left of the LCD screen).

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Dual 10/100 switched LAN ports with 802.3af PoE support let you add the phone and reconnect the computer that was probably using the single LAN drop (Figure 2). There is also an RJ11 jack for a wired headset.

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Figure 2: Rear ports

While I was not able to measure the power drawn from each phone, a search online revealed that both phones draw just 6 W. The IP650 draws 12 W with three optional sidecar modules attached. Both draws are within the 802.3af spec of 14.5 W maximum per device, so standard PoE-equipped switches will handle them just fine.

It's also worth noting that the phones come with a small universal AC adapter. Since I administer phones both in the U.S. and U.K., this saves me the hassle of dealing with different power adapters, should I not be able to provide POE in a small U.K. office.

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The Finance Department was last night accused of breaching its own regulations by overvaluing the Telstra share price and creating a $3 billion question mark over the Budget.

Before the Senate's Finance Estimates Committee, department officials struggled to explain how the Budget, released a fortnight ago, valued the telco's share price at $5.25, rather than the normal assumed price of $4.75.

Labor finance spokesman Stephen Conroy said that by using the higher value, the Commonwealth's total net worth was at least $3 billion higher than it should have been.

But the government played down the issue, saying the discovery had no impact on the Budget bottom line and labelling it a technical problem.

Treasurer Peter Costello defended the valuation of Telstra in the Budget and said a dispute over the share price doesn't have any impact on the bottom line.

Mr Costello told ABC Radio the government won't sell the remaining 50.1 per cent of Telstra unless the share price allows a decent return for taxpayers.

But he says the valuation of Telstra doesn't affect the budget bottom line or the projected surplus.

The Budget uses an assumed share price on Telstra to estimate the Commonwealth's net worth.

Senator Conroy said the department had broken its own accounting standards by using the higher price, artificially improving the net worth figure.

"They've overvalued their Telstra investment in the Budget by between $3 billion and $5 billion," he told AAP.

"This is a serious breach of accounting standards, they've misled the Senate and it will require the reprinting of at least 10 Budget tables."

Department secretary Ian Watt conceded there were problems with the numbers used in the Budget.

"There are numbers that need to be corrected," he said.

"The overvaluation means you have higher net worth than therefore the net worth otherwise would be."

But Finance Minister Nick Minchin, who during the committee shook his head as the evidence was presented, played down the issue.

Telstra's valuation was based on the price the government wanted to receive for the shares, Senator Minchin said today.

He said there were various accounting standards to make assumptions about the value of Telstra's share price.

"What we've done is put into those budget documents the value of Telstra based on the share price that we would want to receive for our shares," Senator Minchin told Channel Seven's Sunrise program.

"And that's the honest thing for us to do because it is our policy to sell it."

However, Mr Minchin admitted it was a fairly loose way to determine the value of the telco.

"It's unavoidably a fairly loose measure to try and value the net worth of the Commonwealth (which) is an incredibly difficult thing to do," Mr Minchin said.

"So this is a rather technical debate between Senator Conroy and the government which has nothing to do with the budget's bottom line whatsoever."

Australian Democrats' finance spokesman Andrew Murray backed Senator Conroy's claims.

He said although the government had come to office promising to improve financial standards, it had failed in spectacular fashion.

"The temptations of political advantage have led them inexorably to a situation where both their integrity and credibility are badly affected," he said in a statement.

Senator Murray said the parliament's Public Accounts and Audit committee had unanimously recommended that the Budget figures be audited.

But the government continued to refuse to submit to an audit.

Senator Murray said an audit would have avoided the embarrassment caused by tonight's revelations.

"If the Budget had been audited, it is likely that the $5 billion overvaluation would have been discovered," he said.

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