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Sum: Governor says budget measure could put Florida at greater risk.
With nearly 1,000 employees of the Florida National Guard being forced to take a furlough over the next three months, Gov. Rick Scott and two other Gulf Coast Republican governors on Monday asked President Barack Obama to exempt military technicians from the temporary layoffs.
Joined by Louisiana's Bobby Jindal and Mississippi's Phil Bryant, Scott said the furlough — which is part of a federal budget cut approved by Obama and congressional leaders — "hits us at a historically inopportune time as evidenced by many years of hurricanes, wildfires and flooding in our states from May through June."
With newly formed Tropical Storm Chantal augmenting his argument, Scott has said that the National Guard furloughs could put Florida at greater risk as the state moves toward the peak of a hurricane season that is forecast to be busier than usual. Scott contends the downtime could result in less training time, equipment maintenance and other preparedness activities for the military unit that serves a critical role in state emergencies.
Chantal is forecast to be off Florida's east coast by Saturday.
"We understand there are mechanisms to recall our military first responders during emergencies; however they will be recalled to respond with equipment readiness that will be increasingly degraded," the governors said in their joint letter.
"We estimate we will require several additional days to allow our forces to perform administrative, maintenance and training tasks to prepare units to properly respond," they added.
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The Florida National Guard has estimated the furloughs — which must be taken between now and Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year — will affect 993 military technicians and civilian employees who work for the FNG.
The employees will lose a day of pay each week up to 22 weeks, resulting in a pay cut of some 20 percent.
The technicians and civilian employees of the Department of Defense help the FNG maintain equipment and facilities, provide medical support, help with contracting and financial management in addition to other duties.
The furloughs will affect FNG employees in some 55 communities and officials said the absence of the workers and technicians will lead to a reduction in facilities maintenance, flying time, equipment readiness and the ability to refurbish equipment used in combat deployments.
The issue of the furloughs has become a political food fight, with both parties taking shots at each other over the dilemma.
Heading into the July 4 holiday, Florida Republican Party Chairman Lenny Curry chided Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson for having "done nothing to restore sequestration cuts that affect the National Guard and its readiness for emergency response efforts in Florida."
In a letter to Scott last month, Nelson said he and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "both agree nothing can be changed right now with only a few months left in this fiscal year."
"Instead, you could be enormously helpful by urging some of the Florida Republican members of Congress to get rid of the sequester by exploring with us more sensible and strategic ways to reduce the budget for the next fiscal year, starting Oct. 1," Nelson wrote.
Nelson also suggested in the event of an emergency, such as a hurricane, Scott could deploy the National Guard, including the furloughed members, and then seek a full reimbursement from the federal government.
Bryan Koon, head of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, said the prospect of the federal government paying the entire cost of the emergency deployment "would most likely not occur," based on the history of federal reimbursements for emergencies.
Koon's statement was backed up by an independent analysis by Politifact Florida, which called Nelson's claim "mostly false," pointing out federal reimbursements ranged from 75 to 80 percent for nine federal emergencies since 2007.
The Democrats are slamming Republicans for not resolving the budget cuts.
David Bergstein, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said if Scott blames Washington for the National Guard furloughs "he'll have to point the finger at his own party, including Congressmen Steve Southerland and Bill Young who both repeatedly voted against replacing sequester with a balanced approach."
The DCCC is holding a news conference Tuesday to further criticize Young.
Meanwhile, Scott took to the airwaves early Monday to continue to warn about the impact of the furloughs and Florida's hurricane season.
"The problem is you're losing training time, you're losing preparation time," Scott told WOKV radio in Jacksonville. "When will the National Guard make the decision that we stop the furloughs? Right after the hurricane hits?"
Information from the News Service of Florida was used in this report.


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I've been mulling over this question for the last couple of years, but I returned to it after reading these conference notes posted at A Wandering Eyre. (I know, I know, that was months ago. But I've been mulling, remember?) In particular, there were a couple of lines in those notes where "Jane" paraphrased Joe Janes and then added her own commentary in brackets.
Now there is a lot of stuff and people can find it or they can find something. There are lots of ways to get help. Traditional reference is not going to work. [Mr. Janes is exceptionally humorous, but he is right. Traditional reference is not going to serve the needs of our users.]
I wasn't at that conference, and I'm not even directly responding to this passage. But this is a refrain I hear over and over among librarians, and every time I hear it, I think I must have missed something. I assume that "face to face" is implied by this form of reference, as well as "reference interview" and some form of question-resolving activity. And some form of these ingredients continues to make up a major portion of my work. Maybe the problem is that I've only been a reference librarian for almost 3 years. Maybe I never experienced this "traditional" form of my job that everyone thinks is breathing its last gasps.
But if we envision our service as one which helps students understand how to tackle questions and why tackling them in particular ways is might be important, is this "traditional" reference or something different? And if we notice growing numbers of students coming to us for this kind of help at the desk and in our offices, and if we're hearing that students are coming to us because their professors or their roommates or their best friends suggested it, wouldn't that mean that these services are, in fact, serving their needs?
The kinds of questions we get, and the way that students approach us leads me to believe that reference is not dead or even dying.* I think reference is alive and well just like the English language is alive and well. It isn't bound by the same rules and expectations as it was once, and new rules have emerged over time, but that doesn't mean that the basics have fundamentally shifted or become irrelevant. Rather than being gatekeepers of information, we're now expert in weeding through too much information, but we're still helping people fill their information needs. We've added new methods of communication over time (I imagine telephone reference was at one time regarded as new), but we're still in the business of communicating with people to figure out what they need.
So if by "traditional reference" you mean "a service which requires people to approach a desk and ask a librarian a question, face to face, as their only method of posing a question, and a service which will respond to these questions by handing back factual answers," then yes, I think that kind of service is has evolved and been subsumed into a much broader service. But it does not necessarily follow that desks, physical spaces, or even librarians are obsolete. These are just the tools, and only a subset of the tools available to us now; any tool can be put to good or bad use. The service that makes use of these tools is the key. And that service reinvents itself every time a new person presents us with a question, every time we work together to figure out how best to resolve the question, and every time present strategies and tips and, yes, even answers in a way that makes sense to for that question at that time in that context.
* Of course, it may just be that my particular circumstances and community keep reference a vital part of what I do. As students here have grown to rely on the other two prongs of our service (instruction and individual appointments), we've noticed that they bring more and more "long" questions to the reference desk. They're perfectly able to find many of the answers to fact-based questions on their own (which is why our "short" question total has diminished over time), but they come to the desk for in-depth help, research strategy development, or just plain old help getting started in an unfamiliar research territory. I've also already talked about why our particular library benefits from a centralized location where a librarian can be found at predictable hours and how we supplement that service with our appointment model and with a low-key IM reference service. But these are outgrowths of our particular institution and our students' culture, so I understand that generalization is difficult in practice, however wonderful in theory.


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I apologize for my silence this past year. It has been one full year of many new things and I just have not had time to post anything here. I hope no one was disappointed about the silence.
We have made some big changes, my husband took job at an international school which meant that the boys could attend the same school for free. Yippee! It was a great opportunity for all of us to grow and face new challenges. The school was a nice transition from our home education to a more structured system and since the class sizes were small and the philosophy of the school to meet kids where they were at we felt it would not be too much of a change. We did have many gaps in the content which the boys have very expertly filled and they have enjoyed having friends to do school with and the adventure of leaving home each day. As my dh also went with them I have had long free days that I was sorely needing. I began to paint and draw again and fill my hours with much need physical activity.
The school we were involved with, QSI or Quality Schools Internaltional has many schools throughout the world most of which are in Eastern Europe, and Asia although the school my dh and boys went was in the Middle East. In February the country we were in became politically volatile so we were brought to Slovenia to finish out the school year. The boys are enjoying a boat ride on the famous Lake Bled below.
While in Slovenia my dh applied for other jobs within the QSI school system and was offered one that was of particular interest to us, a job teaching secondary math in Kiev, Ukraine. So we are now heading there in the fall. We are home in Oregon and Washington for the summer visiting family and friends before we head out for another great adventure.
I won't be working next year so I plan to continue painting and drawing and learning other handy skills like knitting and crocheting and some paper arts like quilling. I hope in the future to gain a teaching certificate so I can teach art
I will leave the blog up for anyone to use and if you want to see what I am up to I have created a new blog about my art endeavors called art365.blogspot.com Stop by if you like. I won't be posting however until the fall.
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This should have been the awards show that was telecast live instead of that Kids' Choice MTV f-ckery last night.
It's Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and director David Fincher celebrating Fight Club as the recipient of a coolest sh-t hall of fame award. Or something. At the Spike TV Guy's Choice Awards on Saturday.
Rare that Brad Pitt shows up for anything. But he showed up with his boys for Spike TV. Looks like the testosterone was running high. While accepting the honour, Pitt pumped his fists and shouted:
"Thank you for the greatest moment of my f-cking life!" Heh.
The award was presented by none other than Mel Gibson. Brad acknowledged him by yelling out: Thanks Sugar Tits!
As you know, Mel was accused of using the term sugar tits when he was arrested.
Mel rode in on stage in Viking costume. Apparently he partied hard that night. Because RadarOnline.com is reporting that at his church the next morning on Sunday (you know, the church that he built? And therefore owns?) Mel lost his sh-t on the congregation, lecturing them for gossiping about him, threatening to close the place down if they didn't stop talking smack about him and his mail order soon to be baby mother:
Click here to read about how his crazy got out of control. F-cking lunatic.
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(HealthDay)—For Deb McAlister, it was a simple, obvious choice.
McAlister was in charge of raising her three grandchildren—two girls and a boy—when the vaccine for HPV, the human papillomavirus, first came out. "I got the HPV vaccine for my granddaughters as soon as it became available," she said.
"It was a no-brainer for me," McAlister said. "I mean this vaccine helps to prevent one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases [and some cervical cancers]. Who wouldn't want to protect their child from something like that?"
She noted that "neither [of the girls] was sexually active at the time, and neither had any side effects."
A brochure in the doctor's waiting room was what first tipped her off to the availability of the HPV vaccine. The doctor recommended the vaccine for both of McAlister's granddaughters, but particularly for the younger girl, Krystal, because she'd already had a number of health problems and preventing infections was especially important.
"For Krystal, it was a simple thing," McAlister said. "She was born with two heart defects. By the time she was old enough for this vaccine, she'd had 14 separate surgical procedures, spent over 400 days in the hospital and had two strokes. She had more than enough sickness for a lifetime—why wouldn't we give her a vaccine that might prevent cancer or even a minor sexually transmitted disease?"
Krystal is now 21, healthy and living independently, her grandmother said.
For the older granddaughter, Amber, McAlister described the decision as more "visceral" because Amber's biological family has a history of cervical cancer. "I didn't want Amber's life derailed by anything," she said. Now 22, Amber is a senior in college, majoring in law enforcement and criminal justice.
McAlister's grandson, Kameron, is reaching the age at which the vaccine will become an option for him, and she said she plans to have him vaccinated as well, at his doctor's recommendation.
The push to have pre-adolescents vaccinated against HPV has aroused the ire of some, who contend that youths who've had the vaccine will think they're immune to sexually transmitted diseases and become more sexually active.
But McAlister has her own answer to the controversy.
"The vaccine isn't about sex," she said. "It's about keeping our children safe from a disease that's painful, embarrassing, and can be life-threatening. If the shot protected them from lung cancer instead of cervical cancer, would you give it to them? If you would, then there's no reason not to give them this one."
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Ronrico White netted a career-high 21 points and Chattanooga topped High Point 68-61 Friday night in first-round action at the Dr. Pepper Classic.
White was 5-of-10 shooting and 9 of 11 from the foul line, while Z. Mason netted 15 points with nine rebounds for the Mocs (4-8).
John Brown again paced the High Point (4-7) offense with 23 points and 16 rebounds and is averaging 22.4 points and 10.8 boards over his past four games.
The Mocs entered with the 26th best rebound margin (plus-8.1) in the country, but Brown helped the Panthers win the battle on the glass 45-32.
Devante Wallace pulled High Point within 62-61 with a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left, but White hit 4 of 4 free throws and Mason 2 of 2 to close out the scoring.
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Can You Write a Novel in 30 Days? 5 Tips to Prepare for NaNoWriMo
November is almost here! That means it's almost time for National Novel Writing Month…or NaNoWriMo!
Every year thousands of people–nationwide and internationally–sign up on the NaNoWriMo website to accept the challenge of writing 50,000 words in one month! That's a novel in some circles!
Have you ever tried to write a book in only one month? I've participated in NaNoWriMo three different times…never quite reached 50,000 words, but I always had more words at the end of the month than when I started…so I consider this a productive challenge!
Since we're halfway through October, NOW is the time to prepare to write your complete story in the month of November.
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Just go there…and sign up! Here's the link again: https://nanowrimo.org
Okay…that was easy, right?
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Some writers are pansters. That's a literary term for "those who jot a few notes and start writing!" In the other camp are those who are often referred to as plotters–"those who plan each step before they write." I'm an in-betweener! I start with a basic outline…beginning, middle and end. And add to it as I write. Some novelist map out their stories or use the snowflake method. You can Google all these terms if you want to know more.
I make notes and do research before I begin a story. For the new idea that came to me the other day, I've begun to investigate certain types of human behavior. Another great prep idea is to create a secret Pinterest board! What could be more fun! Character look-a-likes, landscape, settings, even events or celebrations that might take place in your manuscript…all can be pinned for later reference.
Character lists and sketches are really helpful in the beginning. Remembering what color eyes your hero or heroine has is easily solved if you've made your personnel list with each one's attributes.
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If your computer needs updating, take care of it before you start.
Keep a pen and notebook handy!
I keep a pen and journal on my nightstand. Sometimes I wake up with thoughts or ideas about a story and if I don't write it down, I guarantee I won't' remember it in the morning!
It's best to schedule a definite time to write…like every morning from 6 am to 7 am or something that works with your lifestyle.
If music helps you write, get your playlist set up before November 1st.
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If you want to finish 50,000 words in one month you'd have to write about 1,666.66 words per day!
I usually set a 1,000 daily word count goal…I know that will only be 30,000 words, but it will be more than I had on November 1st. Hopefully, I can squeeze in more words on weekends or early, early in the morning. It's more difficult to count on making a word count when you're writing on the fly. Not saying it can't be done, just that it's problematic.
Now…once you've established a word count goal and a time to write…all you have to do is WRITE, WRITE, WRITE!!
Don't stop to edit. No editing allowed right now! (LOL) Editing is for LATER! When you've finished the month…go back and do your edits.
Tip #5
Last Tip…find a few writing buddies! At NaNoWriMo you can search for friends or writing buddies writing in the same genre. A buddy helps you stay accountable! Also, there is a place to check out who else from your area is participating in NaNoWriMo. Looks like this year we have a few participants from Redding, so we might all get together and write or have a social to encourage one another…or who knows!
Get your tea or coffee and some snacks and Let's Get Ready To Write!!
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Farming with Draft Horses at the Webb Family Farm
"It's a very personal way to farm. It's quiet; you're not listening to a motor run. You can have a relationship with the horses. It's nice at the end of a day, if you're plowing and mowing a field and you stop and look back across it, it's a good feeling to be in touch with the land. That's the greatest reward a farmer has."
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Maine restaurants Fore Street, Primo, Hugo's, One Ninety Ate and Cole Farms have all been featured in recent articles in The New York Times, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Travel and Leisure and other national publications.
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MOFGA's 2006 Spring Growth Conference, titled "Cover Crop and Rotation Strategies for Organic Fertility and Weed Management," attracted presenters from all over the Northeast and over 100 audience members.
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Northern-Most Feeds, LLC, owners make organic chicken, pig, goat and cattle feed from Maine-grown oats and wheat midds (a byproduct of milling wheat for flour) and from New England-grown corn and soy.
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Growers may not completely avoid holes in their crop production, but they can minimize them in several ways. Diversity – growing a large variety of crops – "is just basic farming sense."
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Growing fruit or ornamental trees or shrubs can be a lucrative diversification for a farm, the sole purpose of a farm, or a rewarding hobby. John Bunker, coordinator of Fedco Trees, discussed growing stock for Fedco Trees at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show in January.
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London 2012 Olympic Games: Men to watch
The Brownlee brothers might be the overwhelming favourites in the men's triathlon competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, but as history goes to show, nothing is certain in this event. Here is a quick snapshot of who to watch for in Hyde Park on Tuesday August 7.
Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
The eldest Brownlee has two ITU World Championships, 12 ITU World Triathlon Series wins (nine more than anyone else) and is one of the best swimmers, bikers and runners the sport has ever seen. Any lingering concerns from an Achilles injury he suffered at the start of the year were put to bed in a dominant comeback win in Kitzbuehel this year. If there is an athlete that seems destined to break the curse of the test event winner never taking Olympic gold, it would be Brownlee.
Jonathan Brownlee (GBR)
The younger Brownlee brother dominated his first two races this year, in San Diego and Madrid, but is yet to beat his older brother when fit over the Olympic distance. He did outrun him in last year's Lausanne sprint distance world titles, and in Sydney in 2011 when Alistair slipped and fell on a rain-slicked road, but London could be his time to shine. The same as his brother, Jonathan excels in all three disciplines.
Sven Riederer (SUI)
The Athens 2004 Olympic Games bronze medallist knows how to perform on the day, prefers race conditions wet and cold and last year ran over Jonathan Brownlee in the Beijing Grand Final to finish second. He will have no doubt all been inspired by teammate Nicola Spirig's incredible win in the women's triathlon competition in London on Saturday.
Alexander Bryukhankov (RUS)
The big Russian is the most successful man in ITU World Triathlon Series history yet to actually win a race. He's collected five silver medals, including in last year's test event – sandwiched between the Brownlees on the podium – and one bronze. It's only a matter of time before that win comes, and it wouldn't be surprising if it did come in Hyde Park on Tuesday given he's another all-round strong triathlete.
Javier Gomez (ESP)
Gomez was the favourite in Beijing, but carried an injury into those Games and finished an agonising fourth. Back with that experience in his mind, the dual ITU World Champion has engaged in some thrilling battles with the Brownlees and when both Alistair and Jonathan have made the podium – he's been the man most often up there with him. In the six ITU major races where the Brownlees have both medalled, Gomez has been there three times.
Richard Murray (RSA)
The South African burst onto the elite scene in Sydney this year, with a barnstorming run to claim silver in the opening ITU World Triathlon Series race of 2012. Proving it wasn't a fluke, he then went on to bronze in San Diego and then claimed his first series win in the Hamburg sprint. If it comes down to the run, his speed and general tenacity means he can't be discounted.
Steffen Justus (GER)
If this race is decided on the run, then Justus should feature. His father raced in the 1500m at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games and Justus has inherited some brilliant speed, he was one of only five athletes to run below 30 minutes in the London event last year. This year he claimed his first series win in Sydney and backed it up with bronze in Hamburg.
Jan Frodeno (GER)
The defending gold medallist had the element of surprise on his side in Beijing, it was his first ITU win. In the last 12 months he has struggled with injury and hasn't posted a win since his series victory in Seoul in 2010. But with the chance to become the first athlete in Olympic history to defend triathlon gold still there, it's hard to write him off.
Bevan Docherty (NZL)
He might be one of the veterans in the field, but Docherty is the only man to have won medals at two consecutive Olympic Games and has always alluded to the fact that he would like to complete his medal set with gold (he won silver in Athens and bronze in Beijing). His best chance lies in a breakaway, he was part of a successful one in Athens, so watch for him in the 43km bike leg.
Simon Whitfield (CAN)
One of only two men to qualify for four consecutive Olympics, Whitfield is notable for not just being there but for winning gold at the very first attempt in Sydney and then silver in Beijing eight years later. His recent form suggests that he can't run fast enough to seriously challenge the Brownlees, but his record on the Olympic podium states it's hard not to include him when it comes to athletes to watch.
The men's triathlon competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games gets underway at 11.30am (local time) on Tuesday 7 August. Check listings with your national Olympic broadcaster for viewing details. There will be no live stream or timing from ITU, but you can follow the race with live text at triathlon.org/live and on Twitter through @ITUonline and @triathlonlive
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I'm getting the impression that kumbaya and management principles are somewhat seen as binary. Warrants a thread, no?
I'll be clear--when I say take care of your humans, I don't mean throw company barbeques and hug/hang out with your staff.
I mean treating your human resources like just that--a resource. Every resource you use has particularities--there's a reason you don't machine metal like wood. It doesn't work, and it'll bring you to the poor house fast.
If you think the humans don't matter or are a side thought---I say no way. I see the impact of one single person's horrible attitude everyday. I'm not even referring to effects on morale--straight up dollar bills/company reputation/insurance rates.
One raging/angry shop foreman. He gets owner confidence in the name of talent. I get it--he is bright. But he's also completely awful.
What are the production trickle down effects of a raging maniac loose on a shop floor?
I see people that hide problems from him. I see people doing sketchy things to rush rush rush. I see the next in command being accused of being slow at his work because he is managing all the humans, in hopes of keeping the rager away.
I see problems not getting solved because everyone is afraid to talk. I see people taking sick days after fits of rage. I see the logistics manager having information with-held from her because Mister is in a mood.
But the worst is what it does to your worker pool, in terms of talent. Most smart people won't put up with that for a minute--other smart people will find ways around it but get very pessimistic with time. And we all know what pessimism does for problem-solving.
So the name of the game to survive there as a worker is to find a way to cope with one talented person's disproportionate rage.
And that poor soul of an angry man--his problem is amplified by the fact that no smart person wants to stick around, so he is in fact getting what he deserves.
I've seen this time and time again in trades. I love trades--it marries mind and body. It's fun work. But the humans ruin it a lot of the times. Too much ego/animosity/unleashed adrenaline. I think a lot of that is slowing down North America from the manufacturing revival that I'd like to see.
The same way Toyoda was dealing with a smarter work force and had to accommodate-- the same way our country and probably yours, needs to do that too.
PS-- just got my hands on a used Lexus. 1998 GS400 V8 engine with dual exhaust. Looks and drives mint, easy access to parts (interchangeable with other Toyota products). Still have a perma-grin from my last country road rip. Proof is in the pudding :)
Add on... forgot to mention the insurance rate effect. The poopy attitude has opened the doors for sketchy workmanship. Both in behavior coming from rush-under-pressure, and in worker quality.
Btw "worker quality" is polite-talk for having workers with sh!t for brains because no one else will put up with the madness.
I can't name the company, but an electrical contractor here in BC had one of those shotty employees that kept getting small claims for injuries at work. They didn't bother doing something about it, as the claims were repeated but small.
But the amount of claims raised them as a red flag with the local worker's safety board. A tragic accident happened where a large claim was involved (different worker).
But seeing as they were already red flagged, their insurance in the province went up so much that they were no longer competitive in labour.
They did manage to pick themselves up, but for a while only the formen were left, and they had to bend pipe and ruff it, working in neighboring provinces.
Not fun for anyone. Sketchy work is a money in the pocket problem, and it does need attention.
Seeing as you have posted your
FWIW, we have an extended lunch barbecue and early out on the Friday before Memorial Day and Labor Day. Wiffle ball in the parking lot, trash talking,etc. Everyone enjoys it and the lost few hours is more than made up by employee morale.
Surely Canada must have a holiday that you could fit one in.
Hi Mel,
My "two cents" is that yelling at people is almost always non-productive and often down right destructive. I go back to the old adage that "You can't make anyone do anything against their will".
Sure you can "make" them take on a task, but you can't force them to do it well. And further, I find that many "new" supervisors really don't know the difference. They haven't been exposed to those jobs first-hand, and have no real idea whether the person is doing a good job or just "looking busy". I find that many new supervisors don't even know how to interact with people on the shop floor. Some are intimidated by their employees, others have the "I'm the boss" mentality and still others just don't care.
To me, being a shop floor supervisor is the most difficult and important job there is to learn. If you can become a successful supervisor: motivate people, help them be successful and keep product flowing through a mill, you will develop all the skills necessary to be successful at almost any job. It has nothing to do with being "smart", it has everything to do with building respect and confidence. You've probably heard the adage, "you have to respect the position, but you don't have to respect the person." Well, sorry, but in my book, to be successful, those two things have to go hand in hand.
People simply do not respect others that try to get things done by yelling. If that's your only option, then you need to find another job that you can handle in a professional manner.
The only time I have ever yelled at anyone, ever, was when they were about to get run over by a forklift. In every other occasion there is always a better way.
"You can't make anyone do anything against their will."
Don't tell that to the US military.
There are 3 ways to control someone.
1 To make less of them, E.G. Peer Pressure or Prejudiced
2 Force
3. Communication
The latter is the ONLY successful way to control someone. People associate control with something bad but it is also something good. E.G. the gymnast exhibits excellent body control or the speaker had excellent control of his audience or the drive had excellent control of the car.
Bad control results in anger, and hostility and quitting or a firing.
Good control results in production, high morale, and willingness.
It's all about control boys and girls...
Mel - I wonder what you would write about my company if you worked for me, because you make the company you work for sound like an absolute hell hole. What are you doing there? Or is it not really as bad as you say?
As for the raging foreman, I would instantly fire an employee who yelled at his subordinates for any reason. A person with no control of their emotions should never manage others. You've already told us what effect this is having. My question: do you place so little value on your own efforts that you would continue to work for a boss who puts up with the foreman? Who apparently makes no distinction between him and you?
"Shotty"? Good one. I am going to assume that is to get past the censor, not a typo.
The last time my boss yelled at me was the last time he saw me. I walked off the job and never returned.
I am divorced and my parents are dead - there is no one left on this planet who can yell at me.
Pseudonyms from regulars often mean that they expressed something in a way that might be embarassing to their name... no need. I'm pretty open, even if it's from a critical point of view. I never thought that I could display my thoughts openly in a public forum, unless I was ready for a public dose of "wtf?"
Let's condense.
1. You post a lot and a lot of it is negative about your workplace.
Yes, I do post a lot. It's because we are making monster strides since the month or two that I've been posting here. It's hugely beneficial. They've been stagnant for years, and now the whole place is shaking with energy. Earned myself the nickname "young bull". On top of that--it's a whole ton of fun.
Also: you other frequent posters, in the business section, are perhaps doing better then a chunk of folks out there, still kicking hard, trying to improve. Those are the folks that private message me about having the same problems too (owners, managers, and employees).
2. Some of you know the difference between control-through-cooperation, and surface-control-through-aggression.
Nice to see! Having been a roadie, I've seen a lot of different management styles (a different one every gig). When it was my turn to manage tours, I tried a few variants of my favorites.
Turns out paying attention to motivation was the strongest lead.
3. Is the place you work at a hell-hole or are you overly critical?
It was a hell-hole when I started, hands down. Now every single issue that I have ever posted here is being addressed. Little do you folks know--I'm listening intently.
This big one (aggression) is the last one on my list. Can you blame me for asking you? If a system works, you tend to stick to it, till it doesn't anymore.
PS--I don't get yelled at personally, but seeing other more shy people get it sucks as much.
"Eh?"-- I'm still chuckling at your post... Btw--"shotty" works in both ways it seems. Frenchy made a funny ;)
"Shotty" is just the French Canadian way to spell the English word "Shoddy"....
No different than when they spell "eh" for "a".....
hahahaha wait a sec--I actually tought "shoddy" was spelled "shotty"...
My goodness. Why is your language so complicated? ;)


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ROCKFORD — Freeport cruised to wins in two of the three relay races, and junior Lexie Joy went 4-for-4 in her events as the Pretzels held on for their third straight NIC-10 girls swim and dive championship Saturday.
Joy steamrolled the competition in both of the middle-distance freestyle events, winning the 200-yard free (1:55.72) by more than seven seconds and the 100 free (53.42) by over three seconds. She was also part of the Pretzels' victorious 400-free-relay (3:46.20) squad and the winning 200-medley-relay (1:52.50) crew.
Still Freeport, which finished with 286 points, had to hold off charges from Belvidere (245) and Boylan (239½), and Hononegah (218) was never far behind.
"We knew this would be a big challenge. We knew we were going to have to give everything, and get everything from every single teammate, to win this," said Joy, who has won at least one individual conference championship in each of her first three years of high school, as well as a team title. "From the beginning we've all kind of motivated each other on this team. We inspire each other, and push each other every day, and that really gets us ready for meets like this."
The Pretzels also got a dominant win from Sammy Dammann in the 500 free, swimming a 5:29.05, more than 10 seconds faster than second place. But it was Belvidere's growing pool of talent that stole the spotlight midway through the day.
Sophomore Abby Hawkes poured it on during the last leg to take the 200 individual-medley (2:13.95) title, and her Belvidere co-op teammate Jordan Andrews, just a freshman, swam a 26.06 in the 50 free to nab the title of fastest sprinter as well.
Not to be outdone by her young practice partners, Bucs' senior Olivia Cacciatore followed that up by powering to a win in the 100 butterfly (59.24) and in the 100 breast stroke (1:08.91).
"Because it's my last year, and there are all these younger girls stepping it up, the pressure's on me these days," Cacciatore said. "Every year I feel like I have to do better than I did last year, and I have to step it up. But this year; well obviously I want to go out with a bang, not a fizzle."
Boylan's winning 200-free relay (1:43.91) squad had the same plan, and Aby Olson was able to close the deal in the 100 backstroke (58.89) as well.
And, despite hitting her hand on the board on her second-to-last dive, Hononegah's Kendra Wulf slammed the door on her third NIC-10 diving championship with a score of 360.35 to kickstart the whole meet. She, and the rest of the NIC-10 competitors, will now join the field in the Byron Sectional next Saturday with bids to the Nov. 22-23 state meet on the line.
"My hand is still sore, but I'll be ready for that," Wulf added. "I've just got to stay focused, and keep working. Sectionals and state is where we really want to have our best, and they're coming now."
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The recent truck fire and radiation release from the government's troubled nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico were "near misses" at a facility whose workers proved unprepared to respond to the emergencies, the head of an independent oversight agency said.
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Chairman Peter Winokur also said the Feb. 5 underground truck fire at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant was preventable, and that the initial response to a radiation release that contaminated 17 employees working above ground nine days later was unsatisfactory.
"As a result, the internal contamination level of workers, although minor, was nevertheless greater than necessary," Winokur wrote Friday in response to a query from New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. "The local WIPP Emergency Operations Center was ineffective, and the DOE (Department of Energy) emergency center at headquarters in Washington, D.C., was never notified, as would have been appropriate."
Winokur's letter was the second critical assessment of the plant's operations, safety procedures and emergency response to the back-to-back incidents.
A series of shortcomings were cited two weeks ago by a team that investigated the truck fire. Officials have yet to get underground to figure out what caused the radiation release.
Udall and Heinrich requested the assessment from Winokur, who is head of the independent federal agency charged with overseeing public health and safety issues at Department of Energy defense-related nuclear facilities.
Much of the letter repeated findings of the accident-review team. But Winokur also noted that his agency has since 2010 sent four letters to the Department of Energy about flaws in the dump's fire-prevention program. Incremental improvements were made, but some key issues were not adequately addressed, he said.
Winokur also said that while the cause of the radiation release is not yet known, "significant improvements in the safety strategy for the dump are warranted to address design basis accidents that lead to radiation releases."
"We don't expect anything above ground to receive any radiation contamination, none whatsoever," Winokur said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Before the accidents, the dump operated for 15 years with a solid safety record. But critics have said the dump doesn't value safety as much as it should.
Winokur said his agency is "trying to get a sense of whether over time there has been a little less rigor in operation."
Also Tuesday, Udall and Heinrich announced that the Environmental Protection Agency was sending portable air monitors to the dump to provide independent testing of the air there and in the Carlsbad area.
"EPA has made it clear that it does not believe that the radioactive releases from WIPP are a public health danger, and we fully expect these additional monitors will provide extra support to help ease any concerns that the public may have," the senators said in a statement.
The dump is the nation's only permanent underground repository for low-level radioactive waste, including things like plutonium-contaminated gloves, tools and protective clothing, from nuclear weapons facilities.
The plant near Carlsbad stopped taking all waste shipments after the underground truck fire, and all operations have been shuttered since the radiation release on Feb. 14, Valentine's Day.
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Q: I can't boot Neo with charger?
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I can ssh into the phone via USB per the wiki instructions, but dfu-util does not find the phone.
This is what I need to run as root and the everything works fine:
root(eno,freerunner)# cat upom #!/bin/sh /sbin/ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 /sbin/route add -host 192.168.0.202/32 dev usb0
/bin/echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward iptables -F iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.202 -i usb0 -d 192.168.0.200 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.200 -i eth+ -d 192.168.0.202 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.2.0/24 -i eth+ -d 192.168.0.202 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.2.0/24 -i eth+ -d 192.168.2.0/24 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -s 192.168.0.202 -i usb0 -d 192.168.2.0/24 -o eth+ -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -s 192.168.2.0/24 -i eth+ -d 192.168.0.202 -o usb0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -d 192.168.2.0/24 -o eth+ -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -d 192.168.0.202 -o usb0 -j ACCEPT iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.0/24 root(eno,freerunner)#
Q: What image version is used?
1. Kernel version using: uname -a
2. Root filesystem using: cat /etc/version or cat /etc/om-version
3. u-boot using: grep Bootloader /dev/mtdblock0
What is the expected battery life?
See Neo FreeRunner (GTA02) Battery#Notes_about_expected_battery_life and more battery information in Neo_FreeRunner_(GTA02)_Battery
Q: How do I connect an USB memory-stick etc?
A: (please complete this) This requires an adapter Mini-B 5-pole => Type A jack. Are there any ready-to-use adapters? What's the cabling?
Q: Once I have such an adapter, can I use it to connect 2 Neo to each other?
A: (please complete this)
SIM compatibility
Q:Sim card is not working, how do I run diagnostics?
A: Here is the "how to" check.
Follow Manually_using_GSM until you get an OK prompt. More detalied documenation please refer FreeRunner_unable_to_work_with_3G_SIM_cards and Carriers.
GSM/GPRS information
Following page contain very useful information:
Q: How do I get the GPS working?
A: See GTA02 GPS
Q: it takes a long time (10min+) before the Freerunner gets first GPS data
A: See GPS Problems.
Q: How do I get the wlan working?
A: See GTA02 WLAN
Q: How do I get the Bluetooth working?
A: See Manually_using_Bluetooth
Sysfs function
Q: How do I get low level hardware related function, like power up device, dump register?
A: See GTA02_sysfs
Can it play VGA video?
No, it can do about 20 fps QVGA with software, and something beetween QVGA and VGA playing MPEG-4 using hardware (at resonable fps). Scaling is also done with GPU hardware.
How to change the background picture of the root window?
Look here.
Does it support Java?
There is a port of Jalimo for Openmoko.
Does it support Flash? So can I watch YouTube?
Does it support Ruby
Ruby 1.9 please refer http://blog.sparkymat.net/2008/08/10/ruby-19-on-openmoko/ Ruby 1.8.6 please refer http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2008/08/10/ruby-1-8-6-on-openmoko-freerunner


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Comcast: Broadband Adoption Needs DTV-Like Education Campaign
By: John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
Saying it wants a national broadband plan that works, and likening it to the full-court press on the DTV transition, Comcast executive VP David Cohen says the company is advising the FCC to concentrate on getting service to areas with no access to wireless or wired Internet, as well as on encouraging broadband adoption in places where there is already service available.
Comcast wants carefully targeted government incentives to help reach the 8% of the country that does not have access to at least one broadband service provider. He points out that the other 92% that have it were built by companies without government subsidies or guarantees of a return, while the other 8% were where "it makes no economic sense for a company to build a network." He said that the $7 billion in economic stimulus money would be a good start to filling that 8% gap, suggesting there would be nothing left over to underwrite competition in the remaining 92%.
What Cohen and Comcast don't want is for the government to underwrite billion of dollars worth of government-run networks to compete with existing cable, phone and wireless service, which he calls a "counterproductive waste of money." That all came in a blog posting (http://www.comcastvoices.com/) previewing Comcast's filing Monday. That is the deadline for comments on the FCC's congressionally mandated national broadband rollout plan, which it must come up with by next February.
Comcast is also strongly opposed to the forced resale of networks to competitors, saying it expects that also to be among the proposals the FCC gets.
Cohen says that the 30% who have access to broadband but have not adopted it have not done so for a number of reasons, including lack of digital literacy skills, lack of money to pay for computers or the service, and fear of exposing their kids to the dangers of the Web.
He says the government should focus on that side of the equation with a DTV transition-like education push and subsidies. "[A]fter all," he says, "we're just about to complete the conversion of 100 percent of American homes to digital TV through an intensive education campaign and subsidies for equipment... why not do the same for broadband?"
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has long argued that focusing on adoption rather than underwriting competition to existing networks is the way to go.
Verizon's top Washington policy executive, Tome Tauke, made very similar arguments about boosting adoption in a briefing with reporters earlier this week on broadband rollout, also talking about helping folks become more digitally literate and overcoming their fears of identity theft and protecting kids from unwanted content.
Source: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/278499-Comcast_Broadband_Adoption_Needs_DTV_Like_Education_Campaign.php?rssid=20065


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SAN DIEGO - Chris Evans doesn't post on Twitter often, but when the actor saw the recent Rolling Stone cover featuring Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, he sent out a short missive: "Bad move Rolling Stone."
Evans appeared Saturday at Comic-Con to promote his new film "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." Asked about the tweet, he said he felt the magazine intentionally glamorized Tsarnaev. The 19-year-old is accused of setting off two bombs with his brother during the marathon in April. Three people died and more than 250 were injured in the attack.
"I just felt on that Rolling Stone cover he looked like Jim Morrison," Evans said. "He looked like a rock star. It glorified him.
"If you want to do a story, if you want to examine how a young kid can be turned, and if you want to examine innocence lost and all those things, it's fine. The problem is putting him on the cover in that picture in that light, it glorified him. There's no two ways about it. He looked great."
Rolling Stone should have used a different picture, Evans said. "Show his mug shot, show something else that kind of doesn't make it look so fantastic to do such a horrible thing."
Interestingly, the issues Rolling Stone raised about Tsarnaev's complicated background are similar to the issues Captain America deals with in the sequel.
The "Captain America" comic book character was created in 1941 during the run-up to the United States' involvement in World War II. It was a tale of Steve Rogers, a gangly Army reject who participates in the government's secret soldier program and transforms into the patriotic warrior.
The world he lived in was much simpler. Determining good and evil was an easy matter. In the first film about the Marvel character, 2011's "Captain America: The First Avenger," Cap awakes after being frozen in Arctic ice for 70 years. The world he finds is very different than the one he left.
The sequel, due out next April, presents the red, white and blue hero with far more challenges to navigate.
"Now that he has the tools to fight the good fight, whose side is he fighting for?" Evans asked. "I think in the `40s it was a lot easier to say, `We know Nazis are bad.' I think it's a bit harder to know who's right and who's wrong today. I think that conflict that Steve's going through in the movie couldn't be more updated and more modern. What's right? Where's the line? Where do you draw it? It's so tricky, I wish I could tell you more."
Samuel L. Jackson says his character, SHIELD director Nick Fury, tries to help Cap come to grips with the 21st century as they work to unravel the mystery around The Winter Soldier. In the comic, the character is Cap's former sidekick who becomes a sleeper agent for the enemy. In the past, how the hero dealt with an enemy would be cut and dried, but not today.
"Now he's got to understand that the enemy's not black and white anymore," Jackson said. "It's not that guy over there and us over here. It's kind of gray. Some of those guys that were enemies before are now our allies in a kind of way. So you've got to wrap your head around that."
Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios and the film's producer, says fans looking for clues to the new "The Avengers" sequel should not miss the "Captain America" sequel.
The film, "much more than `Iron Man 3' or `Thor: The Dark World', is connected and the linchpin between `Avengers' 1 and `Avengers' 2," he said. "The events of `Avengers' play directly into the events of `Winter Soldier,' primarily in the fact that Cap is now in the modern day working with SHIELD, working with Nick Fury, working with Black Widow in a very good way. And the events of that movie will have a direct repercussion on the events of `Avengers' 2."