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H.R. 5790 (112th): To provide for the transfer of the United States Postal Service surplus with respect to certain retirement benefits, and for other purposes.

May 16, 2012
112th Congress, 2011–2013

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This bill was introduced on May 16, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Joe Baca

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550 error ftp in "main directory"

Discussion in 'General' started by kolom, Apr 25, 2013.

  1. kolom

    kolom New Member

    I just moved from server I installed the control panel ISPConfig 3 following the guide "The Perfect Server - Debian Squeeze (Debian 6.0) With BIND & Dovecot"

    For symfony 1.4 I need to access outside the folder "web", create / edit and files / folders

    - cgi-bin
    - log
    - private
    - ssl
    - tmp
    - web
    - webdav

    But when trying to create a file outside me back "550 Can not create directory: Permission denied"

    Thanks for your time and forgive my bad English
  2. kolom

    kolom New Member

    I tried to change the folder owner, root user / group ftp:

    chown-R web1:client1 /var/www/clients/client1/web1/
    But get the following error, as root:

    chown: changing ownership of `/ var/www/clients/client1/web1 / ': Operation not permitted
    I really do not where to look
  3. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

  4. kolom

    kolom New Member

    Now I'm embarrassed look I searched but found nothing.

    Thank you very much:)

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Condition of MD5 passwords as of 2.2.2

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by Rustin, May 10, 2006.

  1. Rustin

    Rustin New Member

    I've noticed that by default regular DES passwords are used in /etc/shadow.
    If I change the "password_hash" option to md5 in
    Will ISPConfig recognize both types of passwords?
    Are the md5 passwords now (as of 2.2.2) in the form of:
    My php skills are novice at best and don't trust them to issues of authentication at this point. After reading the posts below I assume all the answers to these questions are yes, but wanted to make sure.

    Threads also related to this one:
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    Rustin New Member

    found it

    Nevermind. It appears md5 option accepts both types and the format is correct. Thats a really nice feature for migrating from a variety of different systems.
    Last edited: May 10, 2006

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Munin upgrade Debian

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by martin5504, Jan 19, 2013.

  1. martin5504

    martin5504 New Member

    Hi I have Munin version 1.4.5 but I would like to upgrade it to 2.0, is this possible?

    Thank you

    I have Debian 6.0.6
  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator ISPConfig Developer

    I haven't tried this yet...

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MySql on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server

Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by Bubo, Jan 2, 2007.

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    Bubo New Member

    Hi All

    I am trying to setup a stand alone MySql server for a specific task in our office. I have followed the howto (perfect ubuntu 6.06) up to and including the mysql installation.

    I can then get a mysql prompt by entering:

    mysql -u root -p <password>

    Our lan is as follows: - Smoothwall handling DHCP across lan + firewall - Win 2003 Server handling DNS for lan and running active directory for authenticating a dozen or so Windows boxes.

    I have set the Ubuntu server as static IP on

    netstat -tap shows mysql listening on all and I can ping from a windows box on the lan.

    When I try and ping the host/domain name (server2.<hostname>) however I get host not found so I am thinking perhaps a DNS issue?

    I wanted to use a gui adminstrator for mysql as I am fairly new to it, so I chose MySql Control Centre on my Windows box.

    When I try to connect to the Mysql Server using this I get this error:

    [[email protected];3306] ERROR 1130: Host '' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
    So my question is, what is preventing me accessing this server across the lan and how can I resolve the issue?

    Thanks in advance.

  2. martinfst

    martinfst ISPConfig Developer ISPConfig Developer

    This looks like a response from the MySQL server, so the only thing left to do is to grant permissions to the user in MySQL. Normally you only get 'localhost' access. Use phpmyadmin or similar to change the permissions of the the user you want to connect with. For which I wouldn't use 'root', but that's a simple security matter.
  3. falko

    falko Super Moderator ISPConfig Developer

    martinfst is right, you need a user with in the Host field in the mysql.user table.
  4. Bubo

    Bubo New Member

    Thanks for that but I am still a little confused :eek:

    I created the user as follows:

    mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'username'@'localhost'
        ->     IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
    mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'username'@'%'
        ->     IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
    which I thought should allow access from anywhere on the lan.

    I can then connect from my Win box using this username however when I try and use a specific windows app to connect I get the access denied message again.

    Its all very confusing :confused:

  5. Bubo

    Bubo New Member

    Forgot to mention, the winows app came bundled with mysl 4.1 for windows.

    I have installed mysql 5 on the Ubuntu server. Will that version difference cause this kind of error ? I didn't think so but am willing to be told otherwise.

  6. martinfst

    martinfst ISPConfig Developer ISPConfig Developer

    After the 'GRANTS' did you issue the MySQL command
    flush privileges;
  7. Bubo

    Bubo New Member

    No I didn't, I'll try that and report back.

    Things have got a little more complicated now as for various reasons I need to put the Ubuntu server into our domain. I know that I have to use kerberos, ldap and a few other apps but don't really have a clue where to start. I've read through the howto on this site but that is for Gentoo and I am struggling to convert things to Ubuntu. Can anyone point me to a good howto or offer some advice as to how to proceed (or would this be better in a seperate thread?).

    The other thing I wanted to ask is when I make a pigs ear of MySQL (which is happening alot lately :D ) is there a way that I can just un-install MySQL then re-install to try again. When I try:

    apt-get remove mysql-client mysql-server libmysqlcient15-dev
    the mysql folder on /etc is not repopulated and I end up with the same problems that I had before I re-installed. If I manually delete the mysql folder from /etc before I re-install the folder is not created again on re-installation. I have been having to re-install the whole server setup from scratch everytime I cock up MySQL which is getting a little tedious.

    I am sorry if these are stupid questions, I am trying to get my head round this - honest :eek:

    Thanks for the help so far.

  8. falko

    falko Super Moderator ISPConfig Developer

    You can try
    apt-get --purge remove mysql-client mysql-server libmysqlcient15-dev
    This will not only remove the applications, but also their configuration files, etc.

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"Shared IP" page again - why?

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by bmwpingvinen, Jan 30, 2007.

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    bmwpingvinen New Member

    Can someone tell me why I get this page even if I access my domains by their names?
    I attach my Vhosts_ispconfig.conf file and hope for some clarifcation :)

    Attached Files:

  2. Craig

    Craig New Member

    It could be something as simple as there being the default "index.html" file in the root directories for each web site.
  3. bmwpingvinen

    bmwpingvinen New Member

    Thanks, but no, it isn't that..
    the index.html in the /var/www/web../web directories are the "Welcome" ones. Except for the site where I have installed Squirrelmail, where the index.html is removed.
  4. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    You get the shared IP page because the domain name points in DNS to another IP address then the IP you selected for this website in ISPConfig.
  5. bmwpingvinen

    bmwpingvinen New Member

    I don't understand how:

    ]$ dig @localhost www.garnes.no

    ; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc3 <<>> @localhost www.garnes.no
    ; (2 servers found)
    ;; global options: printcmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 53037
    ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

    ;www.garnes.no. IN A

    www.garnes.no. 86400 IN A

    ServerName www.garnes.no:80
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/web1/web
    ServerAlias garnes.no

    Isn't this right?

  6. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    This depends on your setup. If your server is behind a router in a NAT enviroment, you must select your internal IP for the website.
  7. bmwpingvinen

    bmwpingvinen New Member

    Thanks, now I got it right and it works!
    I am a little confused after having changed ting som many times back and forth..

    Thanks Till!

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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 8.04 - Page 7

12 VMware Server

With VMware Server you can let your old Windows desktop (that you previously converted into a VMware virtual machine with VMware Converter, as described in this tutorial: run under your Ubuntu Studio desktop. This can be useful if you depend on some applications that exist for Windows only, or if you want to switch to Linux slowly.

To download VMware Server, go to and click on Download Now:

Accept the license agreement by clicking on Yes:

Then download the VMware Server for Linux .tar.gz file (not the rpm file!) to your desktop (e.g. to /home/falko/Desktop):

To get the serial number that you need to run VMware Server, go to Fill in your personal details. Afterwards you will get a page with a serial number for VMware Server. Write it down or print it out:

Then open a terminal (Accessories > Terminal):

Run the following command to install some necessary packages:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential xinetd

Then go to the location where you saved the VMware Server .tar.gz file, e.g. /home/falko/Desktop (replace falko with your own username!):

cd /home/falko/Desktop

Unpack the VMware Server .tar.gz file and run the installer:

tar xvfz VMware-server-*.tar.gz
cd vmware-server-distrib
sudo ./

The installer will ask you a lot of questions. You can always accept the default values simply by hitting <ENTER>.

When the installer asks you

In which directory do you want to keep your virtual machine files?
[/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines]

you can either accept the default value or specify a location that has enough free space to store your virtual machines.

At the end of the installation, you will be asked to enter a serial number:

Please enter your 20-character serial number.

Type XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX or 'Enter' to cancel:

Fill in your serial number for VMware Server.

After the installation, please run:

sudo ln -sf /lib/ /usr/lib/vmware/lib/

Otherwise VMware Server will refuse to start on Ubuntu Studio 8.04.

After the successful installation, you can delete the VMware Server download file and the installation directory:

cd /home/falko/Desktop
rm -f VMware-server*
rm -fr vmware-server-distrib/

You will now find VMware Server under System Tools > VMware Server Console:

When you start it, select Local host:

Afterwards, you can create virtual machines (or import your virtual Windows machine that you created with VMware Converter):

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We have now all wanted applications installed:

[x] The GIMP
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[x] Picasa

[x] Firefox
[x] Opera
[x] Flash Player
[x] FileZilla
[x] Thunderbird
[x] Evolution
[x] aMule
[x] BitTornado
[x] Azureus
[x] Pidgin
[x] Skype
[x] Google Earth
[x] Xchat IRC

[x] OpenOffice Writer
[x] OpenOffice Calc
[x] Adobe Reader
[x] GnuCash
[x] Scribus

Sound & Video:
[x] Amarok
[x] Audacity
[x] Banshee
[x] MPlayer
[x] Rhythmbox Music Player
[x] gtkPod
[x] XMMS
[x] dvd::rip
[x] Kino
[x] Sound Juicer CD Extractor
[x] VLC Media Player
[x] Helix Player
[x] Totem
[x] Xine
[x] Brasero
[x] K3B
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[x] KompoZer
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Title:Equipping the community media newsroom
Author(s):Wolske, Martin
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Subject(s):community informatics, underdeveloped communities, community media
Abstract:This presentation will report on work related to a recently funded Office of the Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement project, "Equipping Citizen Journalists," which is bringing together key ongoing and recent projects by CII and the Department of Journalism to address the disparity in effective use of technologies for information gathering, reporting, and information and news presentation that currently exists in north Champaign and East St. Louis. Four public computing centers have been identified as pilot sites to serve as community media newsrooms in these communities. The presentation will report on ways faculty, staff, and students from LIS and Journalism are coming together to work with professionals and pilot sites to adapt community media and citizen journalism programming to the current needs of residents in the marginalized communities of north Champaign and East St. Louis. Issues of controlled vocabularies, wayfinding, preservation and archiving will also be considered to assure information is not only produced but also accessible in a way that is sustainable and impactful.
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Peru

Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 10/50
April 15, 2010

Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.

On April, 14, 2010, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Peru.1

Peru’s economic performance over the last decade has been impressive by domestic and international standards. Strong economic fundamentals, a sound institutional policy framework, and a solid track-record of prudent macroeconomic policies helped reduce vulnerabilities, achieve record-high economic growth, and advance significantly with poverty reduction. Reflecting on these achievements, Peru was granted investment grade by Fitch and Standard & Poor’s in 2008 and by Moody’s at end-2009, consolidating its standing among major emerging market economies. Peru’s medium-term prospects remain bright, linked to sustained efforts in the implementation of an ambitious structural reform agenda.

Peru’s economic resilience during the global financial crisis was the result of the proactive policy response and sound fundamentals. Growth in Peru decelerated sharply in 2009, due to the global financial crisis, but remained positive at about 1 percent for the year, despite a few months in negative territory. Thanks to the strong buffers built in recent years, Peru was able to implement a significant monetary and fiscal policy response, which helped to avoid a credit crunch, support domestic demand and sustain employment. The central bank injected substantial liquidity in the financial system and lowered the policy rate to an historic low of 1.25 percent. A significant fiscal stimulus plan was introduced, which entailed a positive fiscal impulse of about 2.5 percent of GDP in 2009. Peru’s financial sector proved resilient to the global financial crisis thanks to the sound prudential framework put in place in past years and its strong initial standing, and it has remained well-capitalized, liquid and profitable. Peru’s external financial account showed also resilience to the global financial crisis, with a resurgence of capital inflows and appreciation pressures in recent months. To moderate currency volatility, the central bank has intervened in the foreign exchange market, purchasing US$2.5 billion so far this year.

Economic activity is expected to grow strongly in 2010, with limited slack in resource utilization thanks to the successful policy response. With the economy already gaining momentum, a sustained improvement in global conditions and the remaining stimulus, staff projects growth at 6.25 percent this year and 6 percent in 2011. Peru’s recovery appears less dependent on policy support than in other advanced and emerging market economies, as it did not open a significant output gap and the balance sheets of the corporate, household, and financial sectors remain unimpaired. Moreover, the balance of risks to growth in Peru appears tilted to the upside, linked to prospects of renewed capital inflows to strong emerging markets and domestic demand dynamics, including the cyclical rebuilding of inventories and acceleration of private investment projects put on hold last year. A relapse in global growth and a return of global risk aversion are the principal tail risk that could encumber the growth outlook for Peru.

Executive Board Assessment

Executive Directors commended the Peruvian authorities for their impressive track-record of prudent macroeconomic policies which helped limit the impact of the global crisis and jump start a vigorous economic rebound. Given its strong fundamentals, the economy is expected to return to rapid growth. Peru’s medium–term outlook remains bright, supported by the authorities’ ambitious reform agenda.

Directors noted that the balance of risks to Peru’s growth is tilted to the upside because of domestic demand dynamics and renewed capital inflows. They agreed that, with limited slack in resource utilization, these risks call for early withdrawal of policy stimulus to avoid a buildup in inflationary pressures. Directors also noted that a renewed surge in capital inflows would require close monitoring and would benefit from a strategy that focuses on fiscal consolidation and greater exchange rate flexibility. Directors observed that normalizing monetary conditions may rely on a combination of measures, including reserve requirements, along with macro–prudential measures to prevent credit and asset booms.

Directors welcomed the authorities’ intention to manage spending plans carefully to achieve in 2011 the fiscal deficit limit established by the Fiscal Responsibility and Transparency Law. They supported the plans to strengthen the Oil Price Stabilization Fund (FEPC) for addressing the rising liabilities and reducing fiscal risks. Directors also welcomed the authorities’ interest in exploring ways to reduce pro-cyclicality of the fiscal framework.

Directors noted the progress made with de-dollarization over the last decade and agreed that improved fundamentals would continue to advance this process and allow the exchange rate to play a larger role as shock absorber. A gradual increase in currency flexibility could foster the development of foreign exchange hedging instruments and reduce dollarization.

Directors commended the authorities’ resolve to further solidify Peru’s strong prudential framework, with some regulatory norms ahead of international standards. The challenge would be to reassess the framework in light of the moving international standards, and incorporate in it the elements relevant for Peru. Directors noted that it would be important to continue strengthening macro–prudential supervision. Consideration could be given to assessing the scope for incorporating systemic risk into the regulatory framework, reviewing the crisis resolution framework, and extending the prudential perimeter to cooperatives and public financial institutions.

Directors welcomed the authorities’ ambitious reform agenda to preserve high growth over the medium term, underpinned by continued prudent macroeconomic policies. The authorities’ plans to further develop Peru’s capital market would be key to effectively channel resources to sustained capital formation over the long term. Directors encouraged the authorities to continue with their poverty reduction efforts.

Peru: Selected Economic Indicators

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Social Indicators

Life expectancy at birth (years)

70.7 72.8 73.1 73.3 ... ... ...

Infant mortality (per thousand live births)

22.8 18.9 17.2 17.0 ... ... ...

Adult literacy rate

87.9 88.7 89.6 ... ... ...

Poverty rate (Total) 1/

48.7 44.5 39.3 36.2 ... ... ...

Unemployment rate

9.6 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.6 ... ...
(Annual percentage change; unless otherwise indicated)

Production and prices

Real GDP

6.8 7.7 8.9 9.8 0.9 6.3 6.0

Real domestic demand

5.8 10.3 11.9 12.1 -2.9 7.4 7.0

Of which: Private sector

5.9 9.0 11.4 12.6 -2.1 4.9 6.2

Consumer Prices (end of period)

1.2 1.1 3.9 6.7 0.2 2.0 2.0

Consumer Prices (period average)

1.6 2.0 1.8 5.8 2.9 1.5 1.8

External sector

35.6 37.2 17.0 13.1 -14.7 19.7 10.0

23.2 22.9 32.0 45.1 -26.1 21.4 13.4

Terms of trade (deterioration -)

5.9 28.3 3.4 -13.7 -0.8 3.7 1.1

Real effective exchange rate (depreciation -) 2/

-0.5 -1.3 -0.6 4.9 2.4 ... ...

Money and credit 3/ 4/

Liabilities to the private sector

18.4 8.8 22.7 24.2 6.2 14.7 14.0

Net credit to the private sector

16.3 6.2 30.8 31.5 1.7 14.4 14.1
(In percent of GDP; unless otherwise indicated)

Public sector

General government current revenue

18.0 19.9 20.7 20.9 18.5 19.2 19.0

General government noninterest expenditure

16.8 16.3 16.0 17.3 19.5 19.6 18.9

Combined public sector primary balance

1.6 4.1 5.1 3.7 -0.7 -0.2 0.3

Interest due

1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3

Combined public sector overall balance

-0.3 2.2 3.3 2.2 -2.0 -1.5 -1.0

Combined public sector debt (including CRPAOs)

37.7 33.2 30.9 25.7 27.4 26.7 25.6

External Sector

External current account balance

1.4 3.1 1.3 -3.7 0.2 -0.7 -1.8

Gross reserves

In millions of U.S. dollars

14,120 17,329 27,743 31,250 33,190 35,690 37,190

Percent of short-term external debt 5/

314.2 174.9 405.3 421.1 397.5 473.7 481.4

Percent of foreign currency deposits at banks

131.0 148.2 208.7 175.0 190.3 180.6 182.3

Total external debt

36.1 30.8 32.4 28.9 32.3 28.6 29.6

Combined public sector debt (including CRPAOs)

37.7 33.2 30.9 25.7 27.4 26.7 25.6

External 6/

28.1 23.9 19.9 16.7 17.4 15.8 15.1

9.7 9.2 11.0 9.0 10.0 10.9 10.6

Savings and investment

Gross domestic investment

17.9 20.0 23.0 26.7 20.6 23.3 24.9

Public sector 7/

2.9 2.8 3.1 4.2 5.3 6.0 6.0

Private sector

15.0 17.2 19.9 22.5 15.3 17.3 18.8

National savings

19.3 23.1 24.2 23.0 20.8 22.6 23.1

Public sector 8/

2.6 5.1 6.0 6.1 3.4 4.2 4.7

Private sector

16.8 18.0 18.3 16.9 17.4 18.4 18.4

External savings

-1.4 -3.1 -1.3 3.7 -0.2 0.7 1.8

Memorandum items

Nominal GDP (S/. billions)

261.7 302.3 335.2 372.6 381.7 415.5 449.3

GDP per capita (in US$)

2,917 3,340 3,797 4,446 4,356 4,950 5,147

Sources: Central Reserve Bank of Peru; Ministry of Economy and Finance; ECLAC 2002-03; National Statistical Institute (INEI);

and IMF staff estimates/projections.

1/ Defined as the percentage of households with total spending below the cost of a basic consumption basket.

2/ Based on Information Notice System.

3/ Corresponds to the banking system.

4/ Foreign currency stocks are valued at end-of-period exchange rates.

5/ Short-term debt is defined on a residual maturity basis, and includes amortization of medium- and long-term debt.

6/ Includes debt by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru.

7/ Includes CRPAOs.

8/ Excludes privatization receipts.

1 Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. A staff team visits the country, collects economic and financial information, and discusses with officials the country's economic developments and policies. On return to headquarters, the staff prepares a report, which forms the basis for discussion by the Executive Board. At the conclusion of the discussion, the Managing Director, as Chairman of the Board, summarizes the views of Executive Directors, and this summary is transmitted to the country's authorities. An explanation of any qualifiers used in summings up can be found here: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/misc/qualifiers.htm.

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PowerPoint (or Apple’s Keynote) is the most-popular presentation application in the universe. It’s also the only piece of software that is detrimental to the survival of unicorns. Let me explain. In 2001 (maybe 2002, my memory is fuzzy ... like a kitten), when I worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I read a document that changed how I constructed PowerPoint presentations. Seth Godin’s simple list of how you could make a better PowerPoint changed my life. Sounds dramatic doesn’t it. Well, now that I’m a professional speaker...a true member of  “the circuit,” I rely on my ability to wield both the spoken word and visual imagery to inform, educate, and entertain conference attendees. Godin’s recommendations that have stuck with me for a decade: eliminate bullet points, use compelling imagery, and minimize (and enlarge) text on each slide.

So here’s the rub. We have all been in a conference session where the presenter has 36 bullet points on each slide. The slides read like chapters of a novel. Little imagery combined with color schemes that make my eyes’s an epidemic. Why do we continue to do this? Perhaps it’s due to professors who use PowerPoint slides to deliver course material. Students see slides that could be published in a book and later emulate that style when they present.

Why am I concerned about unicorns? Well, for starters, Klout says that I am influential about unicorns, so I feel compelled to write about them. Additionally, unicorn homicide via horrid PowerPoints is sadly the most common offense by my peers in student affairs.

How can we save unicorns, our eyes, and keep people excited about our PowerPoint presentations?

1) Eliminate most bullet points. Use them sparingly.

2) Use compelling and captivating imagery. Embed high definition videos into your slides and connect your laptop to the house audio. Images and videos break up your presentation into an engaging performance piece that can teach while simultaneously protecting the majestic unicorn.

3) Treat your conference presentations like art. Art is engaging. Art excites people. Art tells a story. If you want people to read a book on an LCD screen, why do we need you? Send us your slides instead. That way we can go to another session. After all, time is a commodity.

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Teaching Ethics in a Morally Compromised World

August 8, 2005

Ethical lapses are in the news again. Former CEOs on trial.  Journalists receiving secret payments. Congress revising its ethics rules to protect one of its own. In such a troubling environment, we understandably hear calls for colleges and universities to incorporate more ethics into their programs of study. But amid such calls, I see little appreciation of the deeply personal challenge of teaching ethics.

After almost 20 years of teaching ethics, I'm still trying to get my footing. This isn't because of my lack of familiarity with the subject. I've long studied the classics in my field and eagerly devour the latest in journal articles. Nor am I at a loss for ways to bring the subject to my students. I've taught ethics in a variety of settings, from an elite business school to a struggling community college to the selective liberal arts institution that's currently my home. In each academic setting, I've been able to discover a set of pedagogical techniques that fostered lively class discussions.

My struggle in teaching ethics involves something more.  It involves, as Parker Palmer states in The Courage to Teach, "the self you bring to the project, your identity and integrity." In the morally shifting and conflicted world in which we live, my identity as an ethicist has always been a precarious enterprise.

This is because my identity as an ethicist is tied to the moral coherence of the culture in which I live. James Boyd White once defined culture as "a set of ways of claiming meaning for experience." Without a common wellspring of values, it's difficult for an ethicist to claim a definitive meaning for the work he does. Yet I teach within a culture that's morally at odds with itself. Contemporary life combines a pervasive skepticism about traditional morality with the strident reemergence of such morality. This moral dissonance can even come to reside in our individual psyches. My guess is that more than a few Christian fundamentalists watch "Desperate Housewives."

Within this divided moral culture, academia offers only limited options. Thus, David Brooks writes that young people seeking moral guidance on college campuses typically encounter two possibilities. There are those mostly on the left "who tell them to renounce commercialism, materialism, and vulgar endeavoring."  There are those mostly on the right who counsel "a consciousness of ... original sin" and a commitment to "the fixed truth of natural law" and "the traditions of orthodox faith."

Within such a cultural mix, my choice of identity as an ethicist has always posed a risk. This is because the wholeness that individual integrity presupposes is difficult in a culture so morally divided. Within the dichotomy that Brooks identifies, for example, where does someone like me -- someone who regularly both recycles and prays -- fit?

The cultural awkwardness of my identity as an ethicist poses a distinctive challenge in the classroom. This is because "the self you bring to the project" is central to teaching ethics. Moral education is about more than the information you convey to students or the skills you help them develop. It is ultimately about the persons they become in the process. With a subject as intimately linked to students' development as ethics, the self you bring to a course is crucial to its outcome. Students view all I do and say in the classroom through the lens of who they think I am.

The cultural sensibilities they bring to their assessments of my character also complicate matters. My students' outlooks are often unreceptive to the possibilities of a common moral dialogue. They've grown up in a world in which the country has been carved up into red states and blue states. They log on to blogs that reinforce their own tastes and ignore those of others. They tune in to Fox News with its portrayal of issues from stem cell research to affirmative action as an ongoing morality play between secular humanists and religious conservatives. Thus, if I appear to come at things from either side of a cultural divide, I'll lose at least half the members of the class, even if they are unwilling to tell me exactly why.

Teaching across our cultural divides as an ethicist today requires drawing on an understanding of the moral life that is noticeably absent from our public media. The flaming practices of cyberspace and the shouting matches of talk radio encourage us to see the essence of our moral lives as residing in the views we espouse. Across much of our vast electronic commons, you are, morally speaking, what you believe. Speak favorably, for example, of gay marriage and you become, depending on who's judging, either morally enlightened or morally corrupt.

But away from the public airwaves, a different and deeper understanding of the moral life prevails in the more intimate relations of our daily lives. It is an understanding of the moral life that allows us to continue to talk to our neighbors, swap recipes, borrow drills, and enjoy our kids playing together, even if we voted differently in the last presidential election. This is an understanding of the moral life as depending more on the dispositions you have than the views you hold. The moral life, after all, is primarily something we do rather than something we talk about. It depends on traits deeper than the views we hold of the hot-button moral issues of our time. It centers instead on what Aristotle would have called virtues, our basic dispositions or ways of being in the world. Asked to describe the moral life, we typically include traits such as our capacity for kindness, our aspirations toward integrity, our respect for principle, our desire for worthy

More and more, I am drawing on this deeper understanding of the moral life in my courses. In a morally polarized world, it offers a classroom identity that keeps open the potential for a common moral dialogue. There are daily opportunities.  A few minutes spent listening to a student relate his anxieties over an upcoming exam. Stooping down to help a student when she drops her books on the floor. When my actions reveal I care about my students before they discover my views of capital punishment, I take on for them an identity that still has resonance in a morally fragmented world. I'm a person who is trying, however imperfectly, to lead a moral life.

Acknowledging the moral life as a practice we all imperfectly engage in engenders a distinctive understanding of the moral life. As an imperfectly realized practice, the moral life is always richer than our conceptions of it. We are always learning the meaning of kindness as we encounter it in its myriad manifestations. Each time we are able to stand on principle, we deepen our appreciation of integrity.

Recognizing the moral life as richer than our conceptions has a poignant value in the classroom. This is because of the way this recognition can cultivate our respect for our moral differences. In order to be meaningful, this respect must be genuine, not a lazy or indifferent tolerance. It needs to be a respect that compels us to want to learn more about why we disagree with each other.
Lately, I've noticed a reoccurring reaction I get from my students. They put it in different ways, but its essence is this: "You always treated everything we said as if it had value."  In whatever form this reaction takes, it's one of my favorite compliments. For, as is true of us all, everything a student says has value. Not equal value, of course. There are some classroom comments that are arrestingly insightful. There are plenty that are downright silly. But errors, even of the grievous sort, have value, even if for no other reason than they force us to better articulate the truth.  Recognizing this, my students are beginning the kind of genuine moral conversation so many of our public pundits seemingly no longer believe is possible.

Jeffrey Nesteruk is a professor of legal studies at Franklin & Marshall College.

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College Songs for MOOC Era

February 12, 2013

Gimme an M!       M!
Gimme an O!       O!
Gimme another O!     O!
Gimme a C!                 C!
What have we got?  MOOC!

Far above Cayuga’s waters with its waves of blue,
Stand our noble M-O-O-Cs, glorious to view.
Massive Open Online Courses, loud their praises tell.
Hail O dig’tal Alma Mater, now called e-Cornell.

On Wisconsin

On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin!
Fight on for our MOOCs.
They make teachers into rock stars.
Who needs Yale or Duke? (rah rah rah)

We take classes in our jammies
Any time of day.
Oh, how we love to learn
The online way.

Notre Dame

Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame.
And for the MOOCs that bring us our fame.
Send a volley cheer on high
’Cause our instruction comes from the sky.

Though the attachments be great or small,
Our CPUs can handle them all.
Open access sets us free
To seek out an e-degree.

Gaudeamus Igitur

Gaudeamus igitur.
Don’t need classrooms, that’s for sure.
Libraries are so passé --
Remnants of another day.

We’re creating new tradition.
Ours is wireless erudition.
We eschew all printed words.
Rest in pace Gutenberg.

Edward (Ted) Fiske, former education editor of The New York Times, is author of The Fiske Guide to Colleges. Post your ideas for other college songs for the MOOC era here as comments or e-mail them here.

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February 8, 2012, 3:55 PM

111.2 million consumers browse the web on their phones

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The new data is in, and the trend continues. In the fourth quarter of 2011, 41.8% of all mobile subscribers age 13 and older used smartphones, online and mobile research firm comScore Inc. finds. That’s 97.9 million out of 234.2 million mobile subscribers. That percentage grew across 2011: In Q1 it was 30.9%, in Q2 it was 33.5% and in Q3 it was 37.4%.

Smartphone penetration nearly doubled in a year and a half, from 21.9% in June 2010 to 41.8% in December 2011. I believe we’re going to see even bigger gains in 2012 as more people fall for the allure of the amazing devices. By the end of 2012 (assuming the world doesn’t end Dec. 21 thanks to the Mayans), I think nearly half of all mobile subscribers will have smartphones in their pockets.

So what are we buying? ComScore breaks it down for the fourth quarter of 2011. Google Inc.’s Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 47.3% market share, up 2.5 percentage points from Q3 2011. Apple Inc. and its iPhone maintained the No. 2 position, growing 2.2 percentage points to 29.6% of the smartphone market. Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platform ranked third with 16% share, continuing its downward death spiral by 2.9 percentage points. Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone came in fourth with a dismal 4.7% share, down nine-tenths of a percentage point (so much for the marketing push). And the also-ran Symbian platform came in fifth with 1.4% share, down four-tenths of a point. Other, obscure platforms accounted for 1% of smartphones in Q4 2011.

There are two key points in the new research from comScore. Of all mobile subscribers age 13 and older in Q4 2011, 47.5% accessed the web through a mobile browser (up 4.6 percentage points from 42.9% in Q3 2011) and 47.6% used mobile apps (up 5.1 percentage points from 42.5% in Q3 2011). It should be noted that some feature phones run apps, though these apps don’t compare to the powerful, highly graphical apps on smartphones.

So nearly half of all mobile phone subscribers—that’s 111.2 million people—browse the web on their devices and use mobile apps. But one thing missing from the data is frequency. How often do people surf the mobile web, and how many times a week do people use their apps? I believe people access the mobile web more often than they use apps.

For years I’ve heard from analysts that so many apps get downloaded once then never used again. And then there are the apps that are used for a little while but then get forgotten about in the clutter. Plus, people are used to browsing on their desktops, and I believe they transfer that behavior to their smartphones (and tablets).

Every smartphone owner has a core group of apps he uses on a very regular basis (not counting contacts, calendar, texting and photos). For me it’s the New York Times, Twitter, Who News (about the Doctor Who TV show), Fandango, and Kindle for iPhone. That’s it. And I have more than 100 apps on my phone. I spend more time browsing; though the time I spend with those five apps comes close. But even still, even if I spent more time with those five apps than I did browsing, take that into the context of the more than 100 apps I have on my phone. What’s happening with the other 95 apps? Just about nothing.

If you’re just starting out in mobile commerce, build yourself an m-commerce site first, then wait a bit and see if there’s the need for an app later. Having a hard core group of brand loyalists is a good reason to launch an app. But site first. And if you’ve already got a site, then think about redesigning it (take a look at my story in the magazine this month), and especially consider using HTML5 to make the site function and look more like a slick app (see my magazine story in the upcoming March issue of Internet Retailer).

111.2 million people are browsing the web on their phones today. If you’re not there with an optimized m-commerce site, you’re pushing your luck.

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A new garden space will be added to our site this year and there is ample space for large compost bins. This event would be held for one or two weeks each fall. Every spring, the finished compost would be distributed by students and volunteers to the school and park gardens. The garden spaces at the school and OSH create a hands-on opportunity for outdoor observation and experiencing a sustainable environment -- the soil, drought tolerant plants, bio-intensive planting, water conservation, planting in succession so the soil is never bare. We do not use chemical fertilizers or herbicides. We plant insectary hedges to bring beneficial insects to the garden. We encourage bird populations by providing shelter and food, another natural control for bad insects. We save seeds and replant them. But it all starts with the soil.

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Work with the school and invite the community to learn about and participate in the program. Build compost bins. Begin composting program. Announce the jack-o-lantern collection at the OSH Harvest festival in mid-October. Host a jack-o-lantern collection event the day(s) after Halloween. Continue to compost leaves from the park all season. Continue community education programs.

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We are working to build soil quality by making compost with on site material and by applying mulch. The idea is to have the middle school students and volunteers chop up old jack 'o' lanterns and mix them with leaves collected from the Park. Currently, the Parks department throws away all leaves that are collected -- hundreds of plastic garbage bags full each fall. The compost will break down faster and more completely if we are able to shred the leaves with a lawnmower before we add them. The goal is to operate a very clean example of waste reclamation for the Parks Department, for the general public and for the students. The bins will need to be rodent proof.

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Mezzo-soprano Ashlee Bickley performs and teaches various genres across the classical singing medium.  Her recent operatic roles include Angelina/Cenerentola (La Cenerentola), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Alma March (Little Women), Geneviève (Pelléas et Mélisande), and Mother/Grandmother (Little Red Riding Hood).  Operatic covers include Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette), Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), and Tisbe (La Cenerentola).

As an oratorio soloist, Ashlee has been featured in Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium, St. Matthew Passion (Part 2), and Mass in B Minor (Credo), Stravinsky’s Les Noces, Händel’s Messiah, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Schubert’s Mass in E-flat.  She has appeared with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Ocala Symphony, Delaware Valley Opera Company (PA), and sings regularly with the Heartland Chamber Chorale and Bach Collegium.  Ashlee holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Florida State University and is on faculty at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and Trine University.

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IPFW in the News March 10-14, 2014

1. WANE TV, March 14, 2014
Festival season gets a “Kickstart”
Story also ran in: News-Sentinel,

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Organizers are calling the newest downtown Fort Wayne festival a community celebration of bikes, art and music. The first Kickstart festival is scheduled for May 17 and details were announced during a Friday morning news conference on the campus of IPFW, one of the event’s sponsors. The festival itself will take place on the Main Street Arts Campus on Main Street. “Kickstart represents a wonderful example of what can happen when passionate, like-minded organizations and individuals collaborate to make Fort Wayne a more vibrant community,” said Irene Walters, executive director of university relations and communications at IPFW.

2. Journal Gazette, March 14, 2014
IPFW moves on to next challenge after tough loss

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The bad news was that physics remained unmoved, in the end. And so only three shots found a proper home across the last 10:41 Tuesday. And Steve Forbes’ short hook in the paint spun out instead of in, in the final seconds. And in the final second, Luis Jacobo’s bid to send The Summit League tournament championship into overtime sailed a little bit too far to the left.North Dakota State 60, IPFW 57.And the good news? The Mastodons still aren’t finished, having accepted a bid Tuesday night to the College Insider Tournament. That will suit IPFW coach Tony Jasick, who talked about the possibility Tuesday before the news broke.

3. Journal Gazette, March 14, 2014
Spring break spent learning about service

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From left, IPFW student Shalynn Bailey, Ruthie Krueger of United Way and IPFW students Rae-Lynn Foley and Holly Barnett sort clothes Thursday afternoon at the Fort Wayne Rescue Mission’s Treasure House. Students from IPFW, the University of Saint Francis and Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast volunteered for Alternative Spring Break: Urban Plunge and have spent this week working at and learning about nearly a dozen United Way nonprofit service organizations.

4. WANE TV, March 13, 2014
IPFW looking forward to playing in CIT Tournament

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For the first time in the program’s history IPFW’s season won’t end with a conference tournament loss. As first reported by WANE-TV Tuesday night IPFW has accepted a bid to play in the College Tournament. IPFW’s C.I.T. opponent, game date, and location have yet to be determined, but the tournament’s website states that first round games will be played March 18 & 19.

5. Indiana's NewsCenter, March 13, 2014
Manchester U., IPFW Host Conversation on Climate Change (NBC33 VIDEO)

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Earlier today nearly 1,000 area high school students took part in a discussion on climate change. Eight campuses hosted the event, including one at IPFW. The program was sponsored by Rotary International District 6540.

6. News-Sentinel, March 13, 2014
Peckinpaugh returns to lead Indiana Tech hoop program

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When John Peckinpaugh committed to play basketball for IPFW coach Dane Fife six years ago, it was to do so for a guy who had gotten his first head position at the tender age of 25. So you'll have to forgive Peckinpaugh if he doesn't think becoming a head college coach at 24 years of age is completely out of the ordinary.

7. News-Sentinel, March 13, 2014
Windsong Pictures' film festival features its new movie, 'Street Symphony'

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Fans of the silver screen and talking pictures, dim the lights and pass the hot, buttered popcorn! The 15th annual International Windsong Film Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday at IPFW. “Our major new film is 'Street Symphony,'” said Michael Floyd, executive producer of Windsong Pictures and a longtime local educator.

8. Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, March 12, 2014
Region continues to grow, report finds
Story also ran in: Journal Gazette

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When the northeast Indiana economy began to rebound from the Great Recession, the manufacturing sector led the way in bringing back jobs. But manufacturing’s contribution to job growth in the region has slowed, according to the Business Dynamics report for 2013 prepared for the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership by the Community Research Institute at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

9. CBSSports, March 11, 2014
Tiny Dancers: The Bison of North Dakota State win the Summit League
Story also ran in:, News-Sentinel, South Bend Tribune, Journal Tribune, UPI, WANE TV, Chicago Tribune, Argus Leader, Brookings Register, Journal Gazette

IPFW mentioned:
North Dakota State held off a surging IPFW team in Tuesday night's Summit League championship game, winning out 60-57 after Taylor Braun sank a bonkers, acrobatic layup while getting fouled. That gave NDSU some separation, and IPFW couldn't hit its shots in the closing seconds to make it get to overtime. North Dakota State plays in the same league as South Dakota State, which for the past two years represented the Summit. But now this team has a star in Braun and four other seniors who will make it hell on the team's first opponent next week.

10. News-Sentinel, March 11, 2014
Sellan stepping up for Volleydons

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At 6-foot-5 with shoulders like a pick-up truck and legs that can jump over almost any snowbank, Andy Sellan passes the eye test for what a volleyball player should look like. Then he goes out and plays and coaches start to drool. ``He's so strong, and he hits such a heavy ball,'' IPFW coach Arnie Ball said. ``He's just a sophomore, and he has no idea how good he can be. Physically, he's above anybody we've got.''But he's getting there. Sellan was IPFW's most-improved player last year, and he's continuing that progression each week this season. His all-around game is getting stronger, and his hitting ability has been almost unstoppable. He hit 18 kills last week against No. 14 Ohio State in a five-match victory.

11. News-Sentinel, March 11, 2014
United Way's Urban Plunge lets local college students use spring break to learn about social services

IPFW mentioned:
Kasey LaFollette, Drake Turner and Yusanda Blackmon all describe it as a chance to learn more about social-service agencies working in Fort Wayne and the programs they offer. So instead of taking the week off or going south to enjoy fun in the sun, they are among 20 local college students participating this week in United Way of Allen County's first Alternative Spring Break: Urban Plunge program. “I can already tell this experience is going to be life-changing for me,” said Turner, a senior human services major at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, on Monday afternoon, the first day. “It really is just opening my eyes to all of the needs in the community.”

12. Pregame, March 11, 2014
NCAA Basketball Picks Summit League IPFW Mastodons vs North Dakota State Bison
Story also ran in: InForum

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NCAA basketball on Tuesday night and it is the Finals of the Summit League. In this matchup we will see the IPFW Mastodons take on the North Dakota State Bison at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The game has a start time of 9:00 pm (Eastern) and will be televised on ESPN. Vegas odds have the Bison listed as 8 point favorites, while the total sits at 143.5.

13. Aberdeen News, March 11, 2014
SDSU eliminated by IPFW
Story also ran in: Argus Leader

IPFW mentioned:
Two-time defending champion South Dakota State was ousted from the Summit League men’s basketball tournament Monday night, dropping a 64-60 decision to Fort Wayne in the semifinals before a crowd of 6,769 at the Sioux Falls Arena. The second-seeded Mastodons earned their first title-game berth. They’ll face No. 1 North Dakota State at 8 p.m. Tuesday.The championship game is scheduled for an 8 p.m. CT tip-off on Tuesday and will be televised nationally on ESPN2. The Jackrabbits a had 3-point try to tie in the final seconds, but missed. They were burned by 18 turnovers that led to 22 Fort Wayne points. Also, the Mastodons got 18 points on six 3-pointers by Mo Evans.

14. Journal Gazette, March 11, 2014
Relentless play key to IPFW’s season

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In the bitter end, they went out on their feet, making one last charge that would epitomize their season in both circumstance and result. The circumstance was that everything that won 15 games for the IPFW women’s basketball team this season was encapsulated in the last 3:15 Sunday, when the Mastodons outscored Denver 20-14 and got back to within two points in the last minute after trailing by 13.

15. Indiana's NewsCenter, March 11, 2014
Maysville B-Dubs Hosting Official IPFW Watch Party
Story also ran in: Journal Gazette, WANE TV

IPFW mentioned:
The IPFW men's basketball team is one win from its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The Dons play North Dakota State in the Summit League Championship game Tuesday night at 9:00. The winner of the game earns an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.

16. Journal Gazette, March 10, 2014
2 IPFW rallies not enough
Story also ran in: Argus Leader, News-Sentinel

IPFW mentioned:
The storm came howling out of halftime like the devil’s own gale. And for a moment, likely several, IPFW women’s basketball coach Chris Paul could see a “W” in it. “I honestly believe when we took that eight-point lead, that we had turned the corner and we were gonna win the basketball game,” Paul said Sunday evening, not long after the Denver Pioneers took the brunt of two furious IPFW rallies and tottered away with a 79-73 win in the Summit League quarterfinals.

17. Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, March 10, 2014
GFW rallies support for single county executive

IPFW mentioned:
Andrew Downs, director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, said the reasons most often given for the proposed changes are to improve efficiency and to give the county a clearer sense of direction. The reasons most often given in favor of the current county government structure are to provide geographical representation in the executive office and to keep the government less proactive, he said. The county commissioners run at-large but they run for the office from three districts that are roughly the same in population.

18. WANE TV, March 10, 2014
Bridge work will impact traffic on Coliseum

IPFW mentioned:
Starting Wednesday, March 12, the inside eastbound lane of SR 930/Coliseum Boulevard will be restricted as crews work on the Johnny Appleseed Bridge. According to the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), motorists should watch for crews doing striping work along westbound SR 930/Coliseum Boulevard in preparation for the next phase of the work. “The left-hand turn lane is an ongoing desire, it’s one that anytime we had an opportunity we would mention it,” said H. Jay Harris, Director of Physical Plant and Campus Safety for IPFW. According to Harris, the left turn lane was closed several years ago because Coliseum Boulevard didn’t have room to cater to all of the traffic.

19. News-Sentinel, March 10, 2014
IPFW star makes lasting impression on, off court

IPFW mentioned:
For the first time all day, IPFW senior Amanda Hyde was stopped cold. No, that never occurred during the 39 minutes of action against Denver in the Mastodons' opening game of the Summit League Tournament. It happened during a postgame interview. “Um,” Hyde muttered through streaming tears when asked to reflect on her career. And that was it for a moment.


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Contestants battle to win a top prize of 250,000 pounds. Each of them must complete apparently simple tasks while under the spotlight in a large perspex cube; each task is worth a prize and the contestants will have to work hard to stay in the game.


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We are planning some wonderful recruiting events for the fall, so start thinking about your friends, neighbors, women from work, or a local playgroup who might want to join the Junior League of Northern Westchester. Contact Alicia at acbenedetto15@gmail.com or Rabia at rabiqbal@gmail.com for more information.

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Researchers are testing the technology by creating a hyperlocal interactive newspaper called 'Preston News'

A research project led by the University of Central Lancashire is creating what it believes to be the first internet-enabled newspaper.

The project, called Interactive Newsprint, plans to create a printed publication using a type of "smart" paper that responds to the human touch.

The new type of publication is being designed to carry community news, according to a post on the BBC College of Journalism website.

"We are developing an entirely new platform for community news and information by connecting paper to the internet to create what is believed to be the world's first internet-enabled newspaper," Paul Egglestone, digital coordinator UCLan's school of journalism, media and communication writes.

According to the Interactive Newsprint website, the "smart" paper will see images or text printed on it change, or play a sound once a certain area on the surface is pressed.

"This means that sheets of paper can turn into interactive displays," the site states.

The development could provide a "lifeline to the print element of the news industry," Egglestone states in a video introducing the project on the Interactive Newsprint website.

Egglestone states in the BBC College of Journalism post: "The aim of the new technology is to bridge the digital gap, giving people access to the internet through a new platform, and also to encourage new forms of community news, communication and social engagement."

The Interactive Newsprint site gives example of how the technology could be used. "For example, imagine a community news poster with an interactive title. This could be designed to advertise and illustrate articles read aloud at the push of embedded buttons around the edge of the poster.

"The title text could show the times of forthcoming community events or meetings. Alternatively, imagine a home notice board display or picture frame containing active paper to which community club members could broadcast club news in short SMS text messages and voicemails."

As Eggleston states in the post: "Digital devices and microphones, buttons, sliders, colour-hanging fibres, LED text displays and mobile communication can all be used in an interactive newspaper."

The Preston-based team has been working on the project for some months and is now testing the technology "in both a lab and field setting to explore new forms of digital storytelling and more effective ways of connecting communities to the content they're most interested in".

They are doing so by creating a hyperlocal interactive newspaper dubbed 'Preston News' and a poster.

Experiments with audio could include the ability to listen to the newspaper being read in local Lancashire accents "which is beautifully simple and exciting", Dr Jon Rogers of the University of Dundee states in the video.

The new project, funded by the Digital Economy (DE) Programme and led by UCLan, is working with technology company Novalia and the universities of Dundee and Surrey, according to Eggleston's post.

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