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USA, CHINA and AFRICA

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<br /><br />   <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDTaTS7EZSdtfN_QLQQy9zufBnUjxEKk-RJE5i17qgkcCmqo5D1WYIp8in4siPeiPR5hyxnDjk1VcWbdNFZr-LmEk-hzJP6iUqINETB6k8nxllmeabf-BDOM5UqBLs7huE2gUR2zzqZfb/s1600/056-0701121555-china_africa_us.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDTaTS7EZSdtfN_QLQQy9zufBnUjxEKk-RJE5i17qgkcCmqo5D1WYIp8in4siPeiPR5hyxnDjk1VcWbdNFZr-LmEk-hzJP6iUqINETB6k8nxllmeabf-BDOM5UqBLs7huE2gUR2zzqZfb/s320/056-0701121555-china_africa_us.png" width="320" /></a><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE SECRET WAR BETWEEN CHINA AND THE US FOR AFRICA'S OIL RICHES</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Chris Mansur</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">via Oilprice </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the struggle to secure energy resources, the great powers consider all states to be fair game. Indeed, this is precisely what characterizes AMERICAN foreign policy in the modern era. When it comes to economic and geopolitical interests, Washington seldom differentiates between democratic leaders and despots, especially when those interests involve oil. Currently, the stakes are high in the rush to secure oil resources and nowhere is this more evident than in the SINO-AMERICAN rivalry in AFRICA. Both states are competing to secure their share of oil supplies in order to quench their addiction to the coveted ‘black gold.’</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">AMERICA’S RELIANCE ON FOREIGN OIL HAS DECREASED SINCE ITS PEAK IN 2005, BUT NEVERTHELESS IS STILL VULNERABLE TO SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDzv5QVkzKSWoyeuQA4qySxVIuLmLkt5gdi2P9PWhHGUAAPUj_znXXWBFYsOJ1aNHkSM5zBM5VH5l4JzhL8me7cqvJDx0fuMof-crhA9rjK07-ewPR68uPmyuPkFOKAIgFFld9Aue3l9r/s1600/USA_China_Africa_Oil_domaines-17395-1387a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDzv5QVkzKSWoyeuQA4qySxVIuLmLkt5gdi2P9PWhHGUAAPUj_znXXWBFYsOJ1aNHkSM5zBM5VH5l4JzhL8me7cqvJDx0fuMof-crhA9rjK07-ewPR68uPmyuPkFOKAIgFFld9Aue3l9r/s320/USA_China_Africa_Oil_domaines-17395-1387a.jpg" width="316" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One of Washington’s primary energy security concerns has been to diversify its sources of foreign oil. During the 1970s oil crisis, the UNITED STATES imported one-third of its petroleum. Now, it imports approximately 11.4 million barrels per day of petroleum (which includes crude oil and petroleum products), amounting to 45 percent of all petroleum consumed in AMERICA. While most of its foreign oil comes from the WESTERN HEMISPHERE, a sizable portion comes from AFRICA and the PERSIAN GULF . Despite the fact that AMERICA’S reliance on foreign oil has decreased since its peak in 2005, it is still vulnerable to supply disruptions, oil price shocks and OPEC supply squeezing. <b>For Washington, the need to decrease its vulnerability to foreign oil is a principle national security interest, and the solution lies in diversifying imports away from <span style="font-size: large;">over - reliance</span> on any one region</b>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WEST AFRICAN OIL REMAINS STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT FOR U.S. POLICY MAKERS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO PERSIAN GULF OIL</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WEST AFRICA is also geographically closer, making transportation less costly than oil from the PERSIAN GULF. The high-quality sweet crude that is produced by the GULF OF GUINEA states is crucial to the U.S. market. As such, oil corporations are doing whatever they can to secure this important hydrocarbon and Washington is fervently promoting free trade in AFRICA in order to make it easier for them.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA is home to two of the largest oil-producing states: NIGERIA and ANGOLA. (See:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/argentina-and-africa.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/argentina-and-africa.html</a>) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">These two states account for 53 percent and 26 percent of total U.S. petroleum imports from SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA respectively. Thus, it is no surprise that the two states also receive the largest share of U.S. security assistance to AFRICA.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ASIDE OF INCREASED MILITARY PRESENCE, THE USA ALSO EXPANDED ITS COVERT INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS ACROSS AFRICA</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In order to boost its influence in AFRICA and secure the loyalty of governments, the U.S. has provided military arms and developed military training programs with individual AFRICAN governments. To increase its military presence, it has acquired basing rights and access to airfields in DJIBOUTI, UGANDA, MALI, SENEGAL and GABON, along with port facilities in MOROCCO and TUNISIA. In addition, it has also expanded its covert intelligence operations across AFRICA in the name of combatting terrorism. Yet, these operations also serve another purpose. By expanding its military presence in AFRICA, Washington is reminding its rivals that it is both willing and able to respond to threats to its strategic interests, the likes of which include the unimpeded flow of AFRICAN oil.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">AFRICOM</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 2007, the U.S. African Command AFRICOM was established as the ninth of the Unified Combatant Commands under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD). The alleged purpose is to oversee AMERICAN military operations on the AFRICAN continent in order to enhance the stability of the region and to promote U.S. national security objectives. Many critics of AFRICOM believe there is a direct relationship between the existence of AFRICOM and America’s interest in AFRICAN oil.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Background Information</span></u></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">:</span> See <span style="color: blue;"><b><span>AFRICOM EXPANDS MISSION IN AFRICA</span></b></span></span>: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/africa-and-usa.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/africa-and-usa.html</a><span>  </span>published 16 Jul 2012</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZBSd1onaNWs?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There is a parallel between AMERICA’S increased military presence in AFRICA and its military expansion into the PERSIAN GULF since the establishment of the Carter Doctrine. While this endeavour is noticeably more limited in AFRICA and does not involve any significant oil-for-security arrangements- at least, not yet- there is no doubt that AMERICA would respond with force if oil supplies were threatened. The difference is in style, not substance; AMERICA seeks a more subtle presence in order to engage in rapid combat and covert operations, when necessary. This operational capacity is equal parts the U.S. bending to the strategic realities of the 21stcentury and a response to AFRICAN governments, for obvious historical reasons, not welcoming permanent military bases on their soil.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ALLEGEDLY AFRICOM WAS ESTABLISHED BECAUSE OF <span style="font-size: large;">CHINA'S</span>INCREASED PRESENCE IN AFRICA</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There may be another, often overlooked, purpose of AFRICOM. The presence of CHINA in AFRICA is creating some concern for AMERICAN officials. Beijing is competing with Washington for both the loyalty of AFRICAN governments and the steady supply of AFRICAN oil. There is a growing sentiment in Washington that CHINA’S presence in AFRICA could challenge U.S. security interests now and in the years to come. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Background Information</span></u></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">See<b> <span style="color: blue;">CHINA’S WINNING STRATEGY IN AFRICA </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/chinas-winning-strategy-in-africa.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/chinas-winning-strategy-in-africa.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHINA’S unconditional financial aid and its steady flow of cheap goods to AFRICAN states (in exchange for oil contracts) have often made it a more appealing trading partner than AMERICA. Indeed, a 2005 DoD report indicated that CHINA’S need to forge close ties with AFRICAN governments to secure energy supplies could lead to ‘a more activist [CHINESE] military presence abroad’. In this regard, AFRICOM would monitor CHINESE activity and contain any CHINESE incursion into AMERICAN zones of interest by flexing AMERICA’S naval presence. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See <span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">CHINA'S</span> STEADY GROWING NAVAL FORCE</b>,</span> see:<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/china-s-new-aircraft-carrier-liaoning-joins-the-fleet">http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/china-s-new-aircraft-carrier-liaoning-joins-the-fleet</a>and</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/gcaptain/2012/06/19/chinas-great-white-fleet-will-a-secret-fleet-soon-outnumber-the-us-navy/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/gcaptain/2012/06/19/chinas-great-white-fleet-will-a-secret-fleet-soon-outnumber-the-us-navy/</a>as well as</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jb_VFYAmYkCR_ca--_isA5RpzS1Q?docId=CNG.9c18d2343f3269a07799e2711d4b82d8.8d1">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jb_VFYAmYkCR_ca--_isA5RpzS1Q?docId=CNG.9c18d2343f3269a07799e2711d4b82d8.8d1</a>)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHINA PERCEIVES ITS PRESENCE IN AFRICA AS A CONTINUATION OF ITS LEGACY AND AS AN IMPORTANT GEOPOLITICAL INTEREST ON THE ROAD TO MAJOR POWER STATUS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTmipKot6mOFggOiSjDZhIMEjwHA07eA4PtNkzPjTUsMuy0576L1VFKlROiLl51CKHZfi9y5Y3Ydv_NzUOQYxOKKf3kse4QnlTFfEQXwep82VfBUJbo5DZpcv1Vwp5_2Y_hErANb1XNjO/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTmipKot6mOFggOiSjDZhIMEjwHA07eA4PtNkzPjTUsMuy0576L1VFKlROiLl51CKHZfi9y5Y3Ydv_NzUOQYxOKKf3kse4QnlTFfEQXwep82VfBUJbo5DZpcv1Vwp5_2Y_hErANb1XNjO/s320/images.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The stakes for Beijing, however, seem to be greater for three reasons. First, CHINA has an annual GDP growth rate of 7.4 percent. To sustain this, the CHINESE economy relies heavily on the consumption of oil. It is constantly seeking new sources of oil to meet its domestic demand, but its AFRICAN oil supplies are indispensable. Second, CHINA imports more oil from AFRICA than AMERICA does (30 percent vs. 20 percent). CHINA’S oil imports from AFRICA will likely grow to be bigger than AMERICA’S in the decades to come, and CHINA is expected to take AMERICA’S spot as the world’s biggest oil importer very soon. By 2020, CHINA will import approximately 65 percent of its oil. Lastly, CHINA is not a newcomer to AFRICA. In the 1960s and 1970s, it supported many national liberation movements, provided a large share of arms to post-independence governments and invested heavily in national infrastructure projects. In this sense, Beijing perceives its presence in AFRICA as a continuation of its legacy and as an important geopolitical interest on the road to major power status.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">However, AFRICA might not provide the most secure alternative to PERSIAN GULF oil. AFRICA’S production capacity is more limited than that of the PERSIAN GULF, and it also has fewer proven reserves. In terms of aggregate global oil production, AFRICA is still lagging behind other major crude oil-producing regions. If we assume that ‘peak oil’ estimates are accurate, then (according to BP’s reserves-to-production ratio) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, as a whole, has an oil-producing capacity that will end by 2030. This would leave only NIGERIA and SUDAN as major oil-producing states in the region (of course, this assumes that production will remain constant and that no new reserves will be discovered).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In addition, AFRICA’S political environment can be as unstable as the PERSIAN GULF. Internal instability, the rise of transnational terrorist networks, military coups, civil strife, endemic corruption and the conflict-stricken NIGER DELTA all pose significant problems for business operations in the AFRICAN continent.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Background Information:</span></u></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">AFRICA the Forgotten and underestimated Continent </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/africa-forgotten-and-underestimated.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/africa-forgotten-and-underestimated.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">AMERICA must show restraint in its expansion into AFRICA. While a military conflict with CHINA over access to AFRICAN oil may seem presently unrealistic- especially given AMERICA and CHINA’S mutual economic dependence- future regional developments and the further militarization of the region could shift the SINO-AMERICAN rivalry into a more adversarial direction. The ‘military security paradox’ is an important lesson to be learned by the great powers. Militarizing a region in the pursuit of regional stability and security can often have the opposite effect. Only time will tell if Washington and Beijing heed this warning.</span></span></div>

USA, CHINA and AFRICA

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/08/2012

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/112686208983730112197">(2) Flat Classroom Community - Google+</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Google plus has rolled out a "communities" feature that some of us are testing. I've created an open flat classroom community for those who want to talk about flattening the classroom and connecting around the world. Too early to tell you what I think. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google+">google+</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialmedia">socialmedia</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclassroom">flatclassroom</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/teachers-leaning-toward-challenging-reforms/2012/12/06/4679dd7e-3f6b-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_blog.html">Teachers leaning in favor of reforms - Class Struggle - The Washington Post</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Lots of views on edreform and assessments.  "The education-policy group Teach Plus looked at teachers with 10 or fewer years of experience compared with those with 11 or more years. The think tank Education Sector compared teachers with fewer than five years experience with those with more than 20 years. Teach Plus used an online poll of 1,015 self-selected teachers, less reliable than the Education Sector’s random sample of 1,100 teachers.  Seventy-one percent of the less experienced Teach Plus group said student academic growth should be part of their evaluations, while just 41 percent of the more experienced group had that view. Both Education Sector groups were more supportive of test scores being used in assessments than I think they would have been a decade ago. Fifty-six percent of newer teachers and 50 percent of older ones in the Education Sector survey said it was an excellent or good idea to measure teacher effectiveness using student growth models."</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edreform">edreform</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/08/2012

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Matt Said, Jay Said 5773

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx299qwPiHK4rNBGvAqIp7jrrG2im7uuhk4rTQrxA6dCRSGaV9arY47YhOzMkQxwqPD_sbXd9e34orxBy_QsDNSSasEG2whEJkFMTNkrkdKeHTc4PzNICk2oOPBj54NA-RPDEKQUjZos/s1600/hanukkah-pricing-wodka-vodka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx299qwPiHK4rNBGvAqIp7jrrG2im7uuhk4rTQrxA6dCRSGaV9arY47YhOzMkQxwqPD_sbXd9e34orxBy_QsDNSSasEG2whEJkFMTNkrkdKeHTc4PzNICk2oOPBj54NA-RPDEKQUjZos/s400/hanukkah-pricing-wodka-vodka.jpg" width="400" /></a>Matt kvetches.  Jay kvetches.  You get verklempt.<br /><br />Ring Ring…<br /><br />Matt:  Hello?<br /><br />Matt:  Hello?<br /><br />Matt:  Jay?  If this is Jay, or even if it isn’t, I can’t hear you.  Hello?<br /><br />Matt:  Jayman?  Did you leave the mute switch on, on your headset?  Hello?<br /><br />Jay:  Holaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!<br /><br />Matt:  I couldn’t hear you…You left the mute switch on, didn’t you?<br /><br />Jay:  Noooooooo………okay, maybe.  And it’s sad too, because I was singing to you.<br /><br />Matt:  Sorry I missed that.  Hey I made friends on Facebook with (name redacted).<br /><br />Jay:  Oh did you now…She has yet to accept my friend request, nor does she acknowledge me on Twitter.<br /><br />Matt:  Yeah, she ignores me on Twitter as well, but…She’s now my friend on Facebook.<br /><br />Jay:  Well isn’t that sweet?  That doesn’t make sense, I am so much nicer than you.  How did you manage to get her to friend you? What?  Did you tell her that your girlfriend is having major surgery next Friday?<br /><br />Matt:  Yes!!<br /><br />Jay:  Damn…You are one brilliant motherfucker!!<br /><br />Matt:  IKR?  I will be playing up the gutting of Schmoop for all it’s worth between now and next Friday.<br /><br />Jay:  I would t--…You sick opportunistic bastard…by the way, and speaking of opportunists, we should probably do a Hanukkah show this Saturday.<br /><br />Matt:  Oh Hell Yeah. Love the Jews and their magic candle.<br /><br />Jay:  IKR?  We could talk about our favorite Jews…such as Natalie Portman.<br /><br />Matt:  Or Scarlett Johansson.<br /><br />Jay:  And our least favorite Jews such as Schmoop’s boss.<br /><br />Matt:  He’s not Jewish.<br /><br />Jay:  Maybe not officially, but he is in spirit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCN8tQfwuS07UB-uknaSpgJYJG0qUeDleQI9IQO74e8AUZGFExeGq6nzjXq3HRgSmqPynhcUcaRQbG4wB3Tl91eH9DRreHdW6EuybbJX5OsCAXKDDs3IRuNlA5lREs-6RUNzmksEbnUyM/s1600/hot+naked+jews.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCN8tQfwuS07UB-uknaSpgJYJG0qUeDleQI9IQO74e8AUZGFExeGq6nzjXq3HRgSmqPynhcUcaRQbG4wB3Tl91eH9DRreHdW6EuybbJX5OsCAXKDDs3IRuNlA5lREs-6RUNzmksEbnUyM/s320/hot+naked+jews.jpg" width="320" /></a>Matt:  We could check-in LIVE with the Hanukkah celebration going on at Ariel Sharon’s place.<br /><br />Jay:  Suhweeeeeeeeet.  We could also talk about Hanukkah foods, and lesser known Hanukkah songs that our vast and diverse worldwide audience may not be familiar with.<br /><br />Matt:  Excellent, and maybe we’ll have our pal Joey Goodbar sing one of his own Hanukkah songs.<br /><br />Jay:  This is shaping up to be quite the walk through the desert.  It’s gonna be HUGE!!<br /><br />Matt:  I think so, and as any good Jewish agent would say, <i>“Let’s hope the ratings are as well.”</i><br /><br />Join Jay and Matt <i>LIVE</i> tonight, Saturday December 8th at 11 PM EST on Blog Talk Radio, for their <i>Hanukkah Extravaganza</i>.<br /><br />You can catch the Hanukkah action <i>LIVE</i>, by clicking <span style="color: blue;"><i><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/12/09/hanukkah-extravaganza" target="_blank">HERE</a></i>.</span></div>

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Nursing the Flu With Help From Apps - NYTimes.com

7:02 PM Tukiyooo 0

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I wasn't my usual self earlier this week. Some nasty <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/the-flu/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Influenza." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">flu</a> bug had beaten me, reducing your usual quirky, chipper columnist to a feverish, bedridden shadow. It's never fun being ill, and I've never been a good patient because all the sensible advice to stay warm, hydrated and in bed leads to boredom.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">During this bout I was much better behaved because my smartphone, jammed with entertaining apps and Internet access, was a great sickbed companion. Apps can do more than keep you company; they can give you medical advice. And as the season of coughs and sneezes settles in, an app may even help you determine what's wrong.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For a medical app that covers a plethora of icky illnesses, WebMD is probably your best bet (free for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/webmd/id295076329?mt=8" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">iPhone</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/webmd-for-ipad/id373185673?mt=8" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">iPad</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.webmd.android&hl=en" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Android</a>). It's jammed with data, and can present it to you in a number of ways. A hypochondriac's dream, the app's Symptom Checker first asks that you tap on the corresponding part of an image of the body and then, choosing from detailed lists, specify which symptom you have. Once you select a symptom, the app leads you through a short question-and-answer session to refine your input, like exactly what kind of cough you have. You can input a number of symptoms, perhaps adding sneezes, for example, and then press the "view possible conditions" button.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The app lists all the conditions your symptoms may match, so you need to read each one earnestly to see if it describes your situation. It's written in plain language, and links help you find treatment or more information online. A tab takes you to pages describing symptoms in more detail, and another takes you to detailed articles about the condition.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">This app also works well if you already know, or suspect, what's wrong with you: you can simply consult its alphabetical index of illnesses. A section with drugs and treatments even has a "Pill ID" feature to help you identify a medication by its shape and color or the letters printed on it. Finally there's a quick-access First Aid section for emergencies.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The WebMD app is powerful and full of detail. This is obviously handy, but you can get a little lost navigating its sub-menus. You also need to be online so it can acquire data to meet your requests.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">An <a title="The app on iTunes." href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itriage/id304696939?mt=8" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">alternative app on iOS</a>, also free, is iTriage. It too has a comprehensive list of illnesses, and a symptom-checker section where you tap on a body image to input each symptom you're experiencing. But iTriage also provides information on a list of medical procedures. And you can record in a "my iTriage" section details of your insurance, health record, previous ailments and so on. The app is more graphical than WebMD, and is thus a little easier to use. A page on <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/the-flu/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about The flu." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">influenza</a>, for example, has data carefully organized under a long list of headings. Some sections even have video links to help you, but again, you need an Internet connection to get the most benefit.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">One way to avoid seasonal illnesses like the flu is to avoid being exposed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's official Influenza app (free on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cdc-influenza/id439079630?mt=8" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">iOS</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.optimal.solutions.CDCFlu&hl=en" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Android</a>) is jam-packed with data, including graphs, maps and medical terminology. It is mainly intended for professionals, but ordinary users can use it to find out where the flu is prevalent in the United States. It also has useful information about vaccination and flu prevention. But its interface is old-fashioned, it's easy to get lost in the various sections and data presentation is sometimes not the most accessible.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">A much simpler and possibly more useful app, is called FluDefender (free on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flu-defender/id440855785?mt=8" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">iOS</a>). This app's main attractions are detailed information about influenza, a built-in link to the CDC's Twitter feed about flu and a map that shows how common flu infections are state by state.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">While the apps have their uses, if you're really sick, seek professional help. Doctors can recognize symptoms you can't. And apps can't write <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/getting-a-prescription-filled/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Getting a prescription filled." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">prescriptions</a>.</p></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/technology/personaltech/nursing-the-flu-with-help-from-apps.html?">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/technology/personaltech/nursing-the-flu-with-help-from-apps.html?</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Nursing the Flu With Help From Apps - NYTimes.com

I wasn't my usual self earlier this week. Some nasty flu bug had beaten me, reducing your usual quirky, chipper columnist to a feveris...

Product Development Engineer ( Optics | metrology | interferometry | troubleshoot) (#108870)

5:45 PM Anonymous 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Product Development Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Business Unit:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is an industry leading supplier of wafer inspection and metrology systems. Wafer suppliers and device manufacturers worldwide rely on our measurement and inspection systems to certify and ensure the highest quality bare silicon substrates. Semiconductor device yields begin with the bare wafer, and our leading technology provides early insight into surface defect, shape, flatness and nano topography of these advanced 300mm substrates. Our optical inspection and metrology tools will support the next several generations of wafer and IC manufacturing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Work in an engineering team of scientists, system, mechanical and software engineers to develop the next generation wafer-geometry metrology products.  Job duties include but not limit to 1) work with senior System Design Engineer to develop metrology system and subsystem specifications. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2) participate in design, develop, modify and evaluate the data acquisition and motion control electronic and pneumatic systems. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3) evaluate the current architecture and improve the critical design parameters to improve the system performance and reliability. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4) document design, testing and diagnosis procedures to transfer the design to manufacturing. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5) Support the production and field service.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">MS degree with 3-5 experience or PhD in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.The successful candidate must have hands-on experiences related to optical, opto-mechanical systems, data acquisition, motion control hardware and firmware.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Must be familiar with interferometer principles, phase-shifting technology, and image processing algorithms.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Hands-on experience in large aperture optical interferometer and in surface metrology tools for characterizing nanotopography of semiconductor wafers is highly desirable. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Familiar with SW tools such as Matlab, JMP. Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills are required. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Experience in tunable lasers and fiber-optics illumination systems is a plus. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">6.Good writing and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment are essential.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">MS degree with 3-5 years experience or PhD in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></span></div></div></div>

Product Development Engineer ( Optics | metrology | interferometry | troubleshoot) (#108870)

Job Title: Product Development Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: Business Unit: The Surfscan-ADE divisi...

Mechanical Design Engineer (Pro-E | AUTOCAD | 3D modeling) (#108881)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mechanical Design Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Business Unit:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is an industry leading supplier of wafer inspection and metrology systems. Wafer suppliers and device manufacturers worldwide rely on our measurement and inspection systems to certify and ensure the highest quality bare silicon substrates. Semiconductor device yields begin with the bare wafer, and our leading technology provides early insight into surface defect, shape, flatness and <span style="font-size: small;">nano topography</span> of these advanced 300mm substrates. Our optical inspection and metrology tools will support the next several generations of wafer and IC manufacturing. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join its team in Milpitas, California.  The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and sustaining KLA-Tencor state-of-the-art wafer geometry and surface nano-topography products. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The individual will be Working in an engineering team of scientists, systems, mechanical, and software engineers to develop the next generation wafer geometry metrology products as well as provide continuous improvement effort on our existing products. Define concept, design, analyze, and detail precision mechanisms, opto-mechanical subsystems, electronic packaging, and enclosure/frames. Prepare and conduct design reviews per company guidelines and product development processes. Build and troubleshoot prototypes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Masters or Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering or closely related fields. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Minimum 3 years experience through research activities or coop/internships. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Thorough understanding of basics of several or all of the following topics: strength of materials, vibrations, dynamics, mechanisms, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Capable of demonstrating knowledge in fundamentals of mechanical engineering (free-body diagrams, classical stress calculations, conduction, convection).  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Familiarity with popular 3-D modeling tools, such as SolidWorks or ProEngineer.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">6.Experience in 2d drafting programs such AutoCAD and Visio.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">7.Familiar with several or all of the following mechanical manufacturing processes including machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding fabrication and molding/castings.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">8.Strong mechanical prototyping and tinkering/debugging skills. Experience in basic electrical engineering and cabling documentation. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Familiar with finite-element methods for stress. Good presentation and technical writing skills.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Bachelor OR Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering with 8 or more years experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></span></div></div></div>

Mechanical Design Engineer (Pro-E | AUTOCAD | 3D modeling) (#108881)

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: Business Unit: The Surfscan-ADE division ...

Product Marketing Manager ( FEM | Sales Management | Marketing | Product Life Cycle | Semiconductor Capital Equipment)(#108863)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">    <br /><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Product Marketing Manager<br />  </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Milpitas, CA<br />  </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Full time</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Job Description</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">:<br />  </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) division is part of the Wafer Inspection Group (WIG) and consists in an organization globally located in US, Germany, India, and Singapore.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The SWIFT division has the mission to  provide cost-effective solutions for high-sampling wafer inspection applications. We effectively partner with field support teams and customers to lower overall fab costs by supplying world-leading high-throughput inspection, metrology and review systems. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes: all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection, standalone high-sampling inspection, and standalone edge inspection and metrology tools that are deployed across several advanced wafer fabs for a large number of applications.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Besides developing valuable products, the SWIFT division provides support to the customers to achieve performance entitlement through the sharing and implementation of applications BKM (Best Known Methods). The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) division is part of Wafer Inspection Group (WIG) and consists in an organization globally located in US, Germany, India, and Singapore. The SWIFT division has the mission to  provide cost-effective solutions for high-sampling wafer inspection applications. We effectively partner with field support teams and customers to lower overall fab costs by supplying world-leading high-throughput inspection, metrology and review systems. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes: all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection, standalone high-sampling inspection, and standalone edge inspection and metrology tools that are deployed across several advanced wafer fabs for a large number of applications.<br />Besides developing valuable products, the SWIFT division provides support to the customers to achieve performance entitlement through the sharing and implementation of applications BKM (Best Known Methods).</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="en"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Responsibilities:</span></span></b></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The successful candidate will be responsible for defining new products within the product lifecycle process including defining requirements, deciding the technology required, setting priorities for the development team, selecting and working with test partners and managing product launches. In particular this position relates to strong leadership across differing functional groups and effective communication with executive management will be key elements to success in this role.</span></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of the semiconductor manufacturing process and the importance of inspection tools and techniques in improving process control. The candidate will likely have worked in a wafer fab environment. More recently the candidate will have direct product marketing experience or application development experience, probably working for a semi equipment company or other high tech operation<b>.<br /></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="en"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></span></b></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />5-10 years experience in semiconductor industry, direct wafer fab experience is considered an advantage.</span></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Direct product marketing experience in a semiconductor or related industry is required.<br />MBA is considered an advantage but not essential to the position.</span></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><u><span lang="en"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></span></u></a></span></div></div>

Product Marketing Manager ( FEM | Sales Management | Marketing | Product Life Cycle | Semiconductor Capital Equipment)(#108863)

Position : Product Marketing Manager Location : Milpitas, CA Duration : Full time Job Description : The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer ...

Product Marketing Manager ( Pricing | Product life cycle | Sales Management | Marketing )(#108861)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">    <br /><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Product Marketing Manager<br />  </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Milpitas, CA<br />  </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Full time</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Description:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Global Service Support Organization (GSS) team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Product Training, and Technical Support.  The GSS organization partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Responsibilities:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">General Product Marketing Manager Responsibilities</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Direct the development of company market requirements for service marketing products, including product strategy definition, requirements analysis, and pricing.  Leads new product definition and business plans with joint departments.  </span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Specific Responsibilities:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />1. Develop the Service Product portfolio to maximize profitability after the sale of KLA-Tencor hardware products. Includes pricing, communication,  operational considerations, market validation, and strategy.<br />2. Initiate and develop (in partnership with hardware product division marketing) new service strategies which drive top line growth for the combined service and hardware product P&L, increase overall customer satisfaction, and improve contract penetration.<br />3. Act as the service division's product expert and liaison with  their product division counterpart for all service related initiatives<br />4. Interface with all regions to ensure the success of service products and mine for additional product opportunities<br />5. Work with other cross functional GSS groups to ensure consistency of communication and alignment of strategy.<br />6. Initiate and lead projects to improve the overall service delivery and management process<br />7. Work with field and service sales to design and analyze negotiation strategies for contract penetration.  Includes working directly with customers to develop the best approach.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Preferred Qualifications:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Experience in developing products and roadmaps (4P's of Marketing)<br />Experience influencing customers and executives<br />Experience in leading negotiations and closing sales.<br />Experience with product life cycle processes</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial;">.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Knowledge of Semiconductor Equipment</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Knowledge of KLA-Tencor customers and the Semiconductor Equipment Market</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Technical and Business Analytical Capabilities</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Excellent Presentation and Communication Skills</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial;">.<br />  <br />  </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Self Starter</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Comfortable working within an environment of ambiguity.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Kindly send your resume to</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span></a></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span></div></div>

Product Marketing Manager ( Pricing | Product life cycle | Sales Management | Marketing )(#108861)

Position : Product Marketing Manager Location : Milpitas, CA Duration : Full time Job Description: The Global Service Support O...

Access Services Assistant - Loomis Chaffee School

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<strong>Access Services Assistant - </strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Loomis Chaffee School</span></strong>,  Windsor. Job Status: Non Exempt/Part-time (15 hours) Academic Year.  Start Date: January 2013. The Katharine Brush Library at The Loomis  Chaffee School is searching for an Access Services Assistant. General  duties and responsibilities are administer and maintain aspects of the  print and the electronic book collection, with a focus on the  periodicals collection. Serve at the information desk and assist library  patrons. The Loomis Chaffee School is an independent, coeducational  boarding/day school of 650 students and 150 faculty members, located in  the historic town of Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874, the school  provides an academically challenging curriculum within a supportive  community that affirms individual beliefs and differences. Need-based  financial aid is currently awarded to 34 percent of the student body.  Loomis Chaffee does not discriminate against employees on the basis of  race, color, religious creed, gender, sexual orientation, national  origin, ancestry, age, marital status, or disability. This policy  applies to, but is not limited to, admission, financial aid, employment,  use of school facilities, and participation in school activities. For  more information, please visit <a href="http://www.loomis.org/" target="_blank">www.loomis.org</a>. Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to <a href="mailto:HRDirector@loomis.org">HRDirector@loomis.org</a> or mail to Kelly Hasenbalg, The Loomis Chaffee School, 4 Batchelder Road, Windsor, CT 06095. No telephone inquiries please. <a href="http://www.loomischaffee.org/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=3755" target="_blank">Click here for the full job ad</a>: including essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and skills.

Access Services Assistant - Loomis Chaffee School

Access Services Assistant - Loomis Chaffee School , Windsor. Job Status: Non Exempt/Part-time (15 hours) Academic Year. Start Date: Januar...

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Comfort for doctors and patients alike - The Globe and Mail

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<base href="data:">Canadian medical law may begin to resolve some contentious issues about patients' control of their care on Dec. 10, when the Supreme Court of Canada hears the case of Hassan Rasouli.<br><br>Mr. Rasouli has been on ventilator life support at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre since October of 2010 following postsurgical complications and bacterial meningitis that led to severe brain damage. His doctors considered him to be in a persistent vegetative state but acknowledged that he might be minimally conscious, aware of his circumstances, yet still incapable of expressing preferences. His wife acts as his substitute decision-maker, pursuing his best interests because he was never able to tell her what he would want.<br><br>The doctors anticipate no improvement in Mr. Rasouli's condition and, considering active treatment futile, proposed to remove his life support and administer palliative care for comfort until natural death occurs. But his wife disagreed, saying continued life support is in her husband's best interests.<br><br>The doctors claim that discontinuation of ineffective treatment does not require consent by or on behalf of a patient. They asked a court to confirm that withdrawing futile life support is a medical decision for them, not the patient, to make. The trial judge decided that, on the terms set out in Ontario's Health Care Consent Act, doctors' withdrawal of treatment from a patient is part of their "plan of treatment" and that this can be implemented only with consent given by or on behalf of the patient.<br><br>The judge ruled that, if the doctors consider that the substitute decision-maker is not acting in the patient's best interests, as the act requires, they should refer the case to Ontario's Consent and Capacity Board. The board may uphold a decision it considers competently made by or on behalf of a patient, or substitute its own decision. The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the trial result, paving the way for the doctors' final appeal to the Supreme Court.<br><br>The Supreme Court must decide on the basis of the Ontario legislation, but the doctors argue that this mainly codifies the background general law. As a national court, the Supreme Court is likely to reflect on how the case fits within the wider Canadian legal framework. Under the general law, patients may decide to accept or reject treatments offered according to their doctors' clinical judgment but can't insist on treatments that aren't so offered, usually because their doctors consider them inappropriate. Doctor-patient interactions are not acts of government, so claims are unlikely to arise of denials of rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.<br><br>Mr. Rasouli's doctors fear that, if they require patients' consent to withdraw care that's proving of no benefit, refusal of consent may compel them to use scarce resources in worthless treatments. Worse, treatment devoted to patients it can't help would be denied to patients it would benefit. They also worry that, if initiated care can't be withdrawn as doctors judge appropriate, then care that might prove helpful might not be started. The Court of Appeal considered these fears groundless, since it was "prepared to accept that the [Ontario] Act does not require doctors to obtain consent from a patient or substitute decision-maker to withhold or withdraw 'treatment' that they view as medically ineffective or inappropriate."<br><br>But the Court of Appeal did rule that removing a patient from a ventilator and placing him on a program of palliative care until he dies is "treatment." Consent is accordingly required, from the patient, substitute decision-maker or the independent Consent and Capacity Board. The Supreme Court will address the competing autonomy of doctors and patients in medical care, and implications of replacement of historical medical paternalism ("doctor knows best") by patients' informed choices.<br><br>One issue not addressed was the possible impact of patient choices on health-care costs. With Canada's aging population and an accumulation of health-care costs in prolonged end-of-life care, patient autonomy may conflict with doctors' ability, and willingness, to act as gatekeepers of public health-care resources.<br><br>Doctors are required to use the means available to them to care for individual patients in the patients' best interests. Even when responsible for the care of several patients dependent on the same resources, they must give priority to the patient with whom they're immediately engaged. They can't sacrifice the interests of that patient to preserve resources that may benefit another patient. Equally, however, they can't indulge that patient with treatment they believe is futile or extravagant. Their fear of being required to accommodate the unrealistic hopes of patients or their families justifies more relief than the Court of Appeal offered.<br><br>The Supreme Court faces the challenge of providing comfort, to doctors and patients alike, that health-care resources will not legally have to be deployed with no realistic prospect of benefit. The alternative is trusting that provincial legislatures can resolve competing interests of doctors required to practise to professional standards, and patients wanting the care they believe will benefit them, with greater clarity than the legislation at the centre of this appeal achieved.<br><br><i>Bernard Dickens is professor emeritus of health law and policy at the University of Toronto.</i><br><br><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/comfort-for-doctors-and-patients-alike/article6001684/?">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/comfort-for-doctors-and-patients-alike/article6001684/?</a><br><br>

Comfort for doctors and patients alike - The Globe and Mail

Canadian medical law may begin to resolve some contentious issues about patients' control of their care on Dec. 10, when the Supreme Cou...

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/07/2012

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/ultimate-simplified-guide-to-use-of.html?m=1">Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: The Ultimate Simplified Guide to The Use of Evernote in Education</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">A simple guide to Evernote in Education (hat tip Miguel Guhlin, I got this from his shared notebook.)</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a></p>                                <ul class="diigo-comments">                  </ul>                      </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="https://www.evernote.com/pub/mguhlin/evernotetutorials#b=a6895884-630c-4ca5-80d0-907413cdfc83&st=p&n=b0fc23f7-cd99-4cac-9e53-b56db742972c">Evernote shared notebook: EverNote Tutorials</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">MIguel Guhlin's evernote tutorials page about how to get started using Evernote in the classroom. He's another great resource.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tutorial">tutorial</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="https://www.evernote.com/pub/spgscott/evernote-help/#b=ca136823-f4bd-45ef-9b71-4e942a351b16&st=p&n=77ab0dcc-c7ee-4ba2-9b18-206c814971f1">Evernote shared notebook: Evernote Help</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This is my favorite Evernote "help" shared notebook tha I've found from spgscott. I've subscribed to peruse and learn about these things. I almost wonder if we're seeing the evolution of the textbook. What would happen if we could subscribe to the current research and thoughts of a leading scientist? Are we ready for that sort of messy insight into the minds and thoughts of a person who is turning over ideas in their mind. I"m not sure that we are.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/howto">howto</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/professionaldevelopment">professionaldevelopment</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="https://www.evernote.com/pub/coolcatteacher/flatclassroom/#b=c7c80db9-9ca1-4cf5-8ae2-4c66ef617958&st=p&n=441d4fbb-7dfe-4deb-bc6e-e094256aa0da">Evernote shared notebook: Flattening Classrooms @coolcatteacher Global Notebook (Public)</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This is my public evernote notebook where I'm sharing notes about global collaboration in education, technology, and my notes from conferences. If you're following the leading edge of technology and use evernote, you can use this notebook to keep abreast of the things I'm collecting in this area. I've added Julie Lindsay to the notebook, so, we'll look to collect there as well.  Evernote shared notebooks are great ways to share collections of information in a slightly different format than bookmarks.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclassroom">flatclassroom</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/globaled">globaled</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/connection">connection</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~cmayo/sharednotebooks.html">Christopher Mayo クリストファー・メイヨー | List of Evernote Shared Notebooks</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Evernote shared notebooks are a great way to share information with others. Christopher Mayo of princeton has created a list of shared notebooks that you may add to your collection.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborativewriting">collaborativewriting</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2182262/Facebook-Wants-to-Welcome-Kids-Under-Age-13-to-Social-Network">Facebook Wants to Welcome Kids Under Age 13 to Social Network - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">One of my students turned up this information that Facebook is working on controls to help kids under 13 use the service. It is no surprise that 7.5 million Facebook users are under the age of 13 and that 5 million of THOSE are 10 years old or younger. COPPA, while set up to protect children, is actually keeping them from participating in society as they want to. This infographic and information is worth sharing as you educate your students. If you want until they are 13 to talk safety online, that is too late.  "Last June, Consumer Reports magazine said they had unearthed “several disturbing findings” about children and Facebook, including:  20 million minors had used Facebook within the year prior to their study. 7.5 million of those users were under the age of 13 and not permitted to use the site. 5 million of those were 10 years old or younger. 1 million children had been harassed, threatened, or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying in the year prior."</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/facebook">facebook</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/coppa">coppa</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/07/2012

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The NFL Might Drop Kickoffs

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola y’all! The NFL is apparently looking at ways to <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/427107/nfl-floats-idea-of-getting-rid-of-kickoffs-roger-goodell-says/" target="_blank">phase out kickoffs</a>. They want to do this because of all the very serious injuries that keep happening on the special teams units who cover and return kicks. The proposals right now are some combination of having each team start a new possession after the other team scores at their own 25 yard line. Another would give the team that would be the kick return team the ball at their 30 and a fourth-and-fifteen situation. They could either punt or go for it.<br /><br />Well, the sports team here at IWS World Media decided we would come up with a few ideas to replace kickoffs too. Hopefully the NFL will give these very clever and exciting ideas a fair chance to be voted on by the Competition Committee.<br /><br />- Put the ball on 50 yard line. Blindfold the kicker. Spin him around 5 times and then he kicks the ball. Wherever it lands is where the team starts their drive from.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav02tXT2VOSi8nWpDkEUVERGh-eRweVurvmO2aAFGKYO5mxVpi8lh4bv-7DasI19l5U8r77gISsPiPhZ1S1bbpBQX8Lh-M5g1Oae0B5R8tfGmIYOWz_RoEhGrXciOZgkEzbM2IeE6IoY/s1600/Lingerie+Football+Hot+Sexy+Thongs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav02tXT2VOSi8nWpDkEUVERGh-eRweVurvmO2aAFGKYO5mxVpi8lh4bv-7DasI19l5U8r77gISsPiPhZ1S1bbpBQX8Lh-M5g1Oae0B5R8tfGmIYOWz_RoEhGrXciOZgkEzbM2IeE6IoY/s320/Lingerie+Football+Hot+Sexy+Thongs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>- Have the ladies of the Lingerie Football League do the kicking and returns instead of the big, mean, fragile football players.<br /><br />- Hold a kicking competition at local grade schools during the week and let the winner kickoff from the 50 and wherever he or she kicks it to is where the other team gets it.<br /><br />- Have the punter punt the ball from his team’s own 35, but turn the football into a lawn dart. Wherever the ball sticks is where the other team starts from.<br /><br />- Have the offensive team caption from the “return” team and the defensive team captain from the “kicking” team meat at midfield and draw cards. If the return team wins they get the ball at their own 30, but if they lose they get it at their own 10.<br /><br />- Write the numbers 5 through 50 on small pieces of paper and put them all in a hat with the logo of an official NFL sponsor on it. Then have a “celebrity” like the Octomom draw before the kickoff. Whatever number she draws is where they start from.<br /><br />- Fill special teams rosters filled with midgets for all kickoffs.<br /><br />- Fill special teams rosters with the winners of the local Ultimate Frisbee Team. <br /><br />- After a team scores, just flip a coin. The “kicking” team gets to call it. If they win, other team gets the ball at 5. If they lose, other team gets it at the 30.<br /><br />- Just change the game to the National Flag Football League.<br /><br /><br />As you can see the NFL has lots and lots of options. Another that I didn’t mention would be to shut down the league completely. And honestly, that wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a><br /><br /></div>

The NFL Might Drop Kickoffs

Hola y’all! The NFL is apparently looking at ways to phase out kickoffs . They want to do this because of all the very serious injuries that...

Today's archidose #638

7:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

Here are some of my photos of the <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/">Poetry Foundation</a> in Chicago, Illinois, by <a href="http://www.jrarch.com/">John Ronan Architects</a> (2011).<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/"><br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8250609075/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="404" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8250609075_8ec656ff30_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678776/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8251678776_73110d0980_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8250609701/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8250609701_dd32615041_z.jpg" width="548" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251677764/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8251677764_58e02ef745_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251677914/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8251677914_ebd43a115e_z.jpg" width="578" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678048/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8251678048_4c0b522729_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678176/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8251678176_ac6e1ca90b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8250610083/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8250610083_59aaae7405_c.jpg" width="606" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678420/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="374" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8251678420_e16392a354_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8250609929/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="368" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8250609929_63286f7599_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678582/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="406" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8065/8251678582_efbc0df83a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #638

Here are some of my photos of the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, by John Ronan Architects (2011). To contribute your Flickr image...

A puppy can be just for Christmas!

2:16 PM Tukiyooo 0

My twin sister and I went to the opening of the Lost Weekend furniture store's exhibition "A puppy can be just for Christmas" at Darc Space.<br />We got to try out all of the chairs and also scored a nice glass of wine!! Result!<br />Both of us agreed that our favourite chair was the yellow "Chair One" by Konstantin Grcic.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa4Xy6Eh9MQ2eERnEv3leKz6w8zcc_3MZ1J9gMLZzVkNb96VqHI8fVcij_qpMBAE4KGQTLIRObid7MdaoNPvwJw-wg_p8y99EpEmx2s8fj5FnIMMxJnWIMBqqxoFLEyfdzHKdaS6TJFgK/s1600/20121205_182616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa4Xy6Eh9MQ2eERnEv3leKz6w8zcc_3MZ1J9gMLZzVkNb96VqHI8fVcij_qpMBAE4KGQTLIRObid7MdaoNPvwJw-wg_p8y99EpEmx2s8fj5FnIMMxJnWIMBqqxoFLEyfdzHKdaS6TJFgK/s640/20121205_182616.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG_Xqk7Mr6y6i_BDowPTJc5p2_m2nXe_utRwiYoI-8ZFuqdtLTbbg0RMSudCx9yPjsI5aj_UEndoar5_SPewiKjWDA6UlRGdLKhC1_Qnlo389cY8X0zsh9_0cFBcNtiZdSLurDTTOT4MW/s1600/20121205_185042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG_Xqk7Mr6y6i_BDowPTJc5p2_m2nXe_utRwiYoI-8ZFuqdtLTbbg0RMSudCx9yPjsI5aj_UEndoar5_SPewiKjWDA6UlRGdLKhC1_Qnlo389cY8X0zsh9_0cFBcNtiZdSLurDTTOT4MW/s640/20121205_185042.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb4cxIvyVkjT0VMEDIiV9baa_H8Gw88NG9vFN5YCKOvPG8X1ckbqpAwsY7V5GBx6qFmxvfTHMlgv5Evme6VG2q_NGaMapvKaZaju0xJTygsrLbHozlg6zz8ZhAg9sTusPDBW1l3b8LGR5/s1600/20121205_182942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb4cxIvyVkjT0VMEDIiV9baa_H8Gw88NG9vFN5YCKOvPG8X1ckbqpAwsY7V5GBx6qFmxvfTHMlgv5Evme6VG2q_NGaMapvKaZaju0xJTygsrLbHozlg6zz8ZhAg9sTusPDBW1l3b8LGR5/s640/20121205_182942.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjI12gQ1nKBkEr8nWn6sA0yJkvF0jSOi1l-PfKe8fF6DiDvPknD17vyvRjhWKJJXMNL-qo8CQqmTCG0oHIiG7On3avEQZVBqQ9hld5KVZGhyludbQBN79HPX3xtASE4-TkzMOqJi5-cBE/s1600/20121205_185048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjI12gQ1nKBkEr8nWn6sA0yJkvF0jSOi1l-PfKe8fF6DiDvPknD17vyvRjhWKJJXMNL-qo8CQqmTCG0oHIiG7On3avEQZVBqQ9hld5KVZGhyludbQBN79HPX3xtASE4-TkzMOqJi5-cBE/s640/20121205_185048.jpg" /> </a> </div>

A puppy can be just for Christmas!

My twin sister and I went to the opening of the Lost Weekend furniture store's exhibition "A puppy can be just for Christmas" ...

Christmas decorations made from paper

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Christmas decorations made from paper

Our Christmas tree in work is huge!!! It was looking very bare so a few colleagues made some paper decorations for it. Have a look on this...

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