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Thread: Obama's cabinet has no more women than Bush's, and less than Clinton's. So much for diversity in the work place.
Obama's cabinet has no more women than Bush's, and less than Clinton's. So much for diversity in the work place.
Perhaps the plummest appointment in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet went to a woman: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was nominated for secretary of state. But his track record on picking women for his Cabinet is no different from that of the two presidents who preceded him. With his 20-member Cabinet nearly filled, Obama has tapped four women -- Clinton, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (homeland security secretary), New Jersey official Lisa P. Jackson (head of the Environmental Protection Agency) and Susan E. Rice (U.N. ambassador) -- and women's advocates are clamoring anew for the president-elect to nominate more.
At the start of his first term, President Bush nominated four women to his Cabinet. Bill Clinton had five women in his Cabinet at the start of his presidency, and George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan each had two, according to research conducted by New York University's Wagner School of Public Service in partnership with The Washington Post.
"So far the numbers of women don't look great," Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, said of Obama's picks. "George Bush started off with this many, and Bill Clinton, at the height of his presidency, had nine out of 19."
Ellen Malcolm, president and founder of Emily's List, said Obama "obviously started off with a bang, with Janet Napolitano, Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice." She added: "We've been disappointed to see women suggested for some positions and not chosen."
So where could Obama place more female candidates? Only three Cabinet positions remain open, and all bets are that a woman could land at the Labor Department, where the two leading contenders are Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) and Mary Beth Maxwell, the founding executive director of American Rights at Work, a pro-union advocacy group.
Granholm, who is serving her second term, is rumored to be itching for a one-way ride out of Michigan. But asked yesterday whether Granholm would take a position in the administration, spokeswoman Megan Brown said only that she "is looking forward to serving as governor of Michigan with a partner in the White House."
Maxwell, a longtime outspoken advocate for labor unions and blue-collar workers, has the enthusiastic backing of David E. Bonior, the former Michigan congressman and House Democratic whip who is believed to have been Obama's top choice for the job before he took himself out of the running. Maxwell would become the first openly gay member of Obama's Cabinet. (Nancy Sutley, also openly gay, was appointed to chair the White House Council on Environmental Quality, which is not Cabinet-level.)
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Obama has so many special interests to thank, he'll be lucky if he's not the centerpiece of every lib circle jerk in the nation before long.
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On the plus side , Obama has been rumored to be interested in employing Monica Lewinsky because he likes her skillz. Bill Clinton only had nine women in his cabinet so he could hit on them. Why else would he have hired Janet Reno?SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
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So Media, You Going to Cover Hillary's Campaign or Not?
Journalists are protecting Hillary by refusing to treat her as a candidate, though she obviously is one.
You have to figure Abby Phillip of ABC News was late getting the memo. Phillip led off a story this week about Hillary Clinton's Series of Serious Speeches with what seems an unremarkable conclusion – that she is using the speeches as a way of "jumping back into the public sphere."
The topics of the speeches – voting rights, how to balance transparency and national security and how our security policies are perceived around the world – certainly sound like those candidates would use to prepare the ground for a run.
The voting rights question has obvious political dimensions – Democrats worry the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning much of the Voting Rights Act will lead to Voter ID laws and other measures that clean up the voter rolls but which they believe favor Republicans. The other two are designed specifically to inoculate Hillary against the scandals most likely to bring her down in a campaign – Benghazi and NSA snooping.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the Democratic Party.]
But beyond Phillip, one has had a hard time finding any definitive talk about Hillary and 2016 and the White House. We hear about the shadow campaign being assembled – James Carville, Harold Ickes and others. We hear Huma Abedin will be rejoining Team Hillary as soon as her husband's debacle of a mayoral campaign winds down.
And we hear plenty about other candidates. We practically have the entire guest list for Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin's Steak Fry in Iowa, including Vice-President Biden. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Govs. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Martin O'Malley of Maryland and even Sen. Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts are also being floated as 2016 Dem possibilities. And every time a plane leaves the ground with Ted Cruz or Rand Paul or any of the other Republican contenders, we hear all about it.
But with Hillary, it's different. Politico spent 3,000 words describing how she is setting up her Manhattan office at the Clinton Foundation. Not a word in there about launching other campaigns.
[See a collection of political cartoons on Congress.]
Klobuchar, Warren and the like are welcome to rattle the pots and pans and play presidential candidate for fun for awhile, but that's only because the party does not perceive them as a threat to the coronation of Hillary. As Majority Leader Harry Reid said in May, the nomination "is Hillary's, if she wants it."
Now, it's no secret that virtually all the mainstream media would get behind a Hillary candidacy. First woman president. Extension of the progressive policies enacted by the first black president. So why are they holding their powder?
Could it be they have decided the less said the better? That it might make sense now to let other candidates attack each other while she stays above the fray in some kind of holding pattern?
They know this campaign is coming. They know there would be no high-profile Series of Serious Speeches otherwise. No war room assembling with Carville in command. No Huma. No "Ready For Hillary" PAC already raising funds for her run. So why do they have so little to say?
[Read the U.S. News Debate: Will the Benghazi Attacks Tarnish Hillary Clinton's Legacy as Secretary of State?]
It could be they have realized two things about her. One, the idea of Hillary in various leadership positions always has been more amenable than the reality. In 2008, the more her voters learned about her and where she would take the country, the more they turned to Barack Obama. Which means the longer she has to talk about what she would do as president now (and what she did as Secretary of State, particularly with regard to Benghazi), the less the candidacy will be focused on her being the First Woman To Become President.
Second, it could be the moderate lefties who run America's big newsrooms feel a little burned right now. They went all-in – and I mean all-in – for President Obama, and it is growing exceedingly difficult, even for them, to declare his time in office to have been a success. The economy has not responded, despite the financial regulations he imposed in Dodd-Frank and the $700 billion stimulus that was all his idea. Debt has continued to climb. His foreign policy gets messier by the day, and his signature legislative accomplishment – ObamaCare – now faces a death panel of its own.
But whatever it is, the media is protecting Hillary. They refuse to treat her as a candidate, though she obviously is one. They won't subject her to proper scrutiny, allow debate on her policy proposals or force her to answer for past actions in public life. They sees this as a favor to the Clintons, but it is not. Better to get those tough questions behind her now. By this time next year, it will be impossible for her to hide.

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July 25, 2014
NASA Mars Spacecraft Prepare for Close Comet Flyby
NASA is taking steps to protect its Mars orbiters, while preserving opportunities to gather valuable science, as Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring nears Mars on Oct. 19.
July 24, 2014
Surface impressions of Rosetta's comet
Images of Rosetta's target comet resolve structures as small as 330 feet (100 meters) across.
July 24, 2014
Parched West Is Using Up Underground Water: NASA/UCI
A new study finds more than 75 percent of recent water loss from the Colorado River Basin came from underground sources, with grave implications for the West's water supply.
July 23, 2014
NEOWISE Spots a Comet That Looked Like an Asteroid
Comet C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina) was originally thought to be an asteroid, but observations by NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft indicate that it's a comet.
July 23, 2014
NASA Seeks Proposals for Commercial Mars Data Relay Satellites
NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to investigate the possibility of using commercial Mars-orbiting satellites for telecommunications with future Mars missions.
July 23, 2014
The Most Precise Measurement of an Alien World's Size
NASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes have made the most precise measurement yet of the size of a planet beyond our solar system.
July 23, 2014
NASA Voyager Statement About Solar Wind Models
NASA's Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone responds to an alternate model for the interaction between the heliosphere and the interstellar medium.
July 18, 2014
OCO-2 Data to Lead Scientists Forward into the Past
Scientists will use a virtual time machine to trace carbon dioxide observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 back to their sources.
July 17, 2014
A 10-Year Endeavor: NASA's Aura and Climate Change
NASA's Aura satellite, celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, continues to help scientists understand how Earth's climate varies and how it will continue to change.
July 17, 2014
Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone Honored
Ed Stone, project scientist of NASA's Voyager mission since 1972 and a former JPL director, has received an American Astronautical Society lifetime achievement award.


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The Master of Public Health Program at the University of Virginia
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The Master of Public Health Program at the University of Virginia offers an individualized and interdisciplinary experience that focuses on the competencies professionals need to improve the health of communities and individuals. The curriculum provides graduate professional training in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies; health policy, law and ethics; and translational and community-based research; and community engagement strategies.
Created in 2003, the program draws upon the strengths of UVa faculty within the Schools of Medicine, Arts & Sciences, Nursing, Law, Business, Public Policy, and Architecture, as well as in the Center for Global Health and the larger university community. Students choose one of two tracks: Research in Practice or Health Policy, Law & Ethics. The following dual degrees also are available: MD-MPH, JD-MPH, MBA-MPH and MPP-MPH.
The MPH program recognizes the value of strong relationships with community health organizations and community-based public health professionals. Faculty and students are involved in a wide array of collaborative and service initiatives with community partners, including local, regional, and global projects. Students also have opportunities to present their research at state public health conferences and work on policy issues with public officials.
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Grad School or Peace Corps? Why not do both?
The MPH program is proud to announce that we now participate in the Peace Corps Master's International. MPH students accepted to the MI Program serve in the Peace Corps while earning their degree. After their Peace Corps experience, students return to UVA to complete degree requirements. Please contact us for more information and click here.
New Center for Health Policy Inaugurated on September 4th, 2012
The School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, in collaboration with the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy established the new University of Virginia Center for Health Policy under the leadership of Arthur ("Tim") Garson, Jr., University Professor of Public Health Sciences and Public Policy, former Provost of UVa, and former Dean of the Medical School.
The Center will promote research, teaching, and
outreach on health policy on Grounds, in Richmond, and in Washington,
DC, focusing on the healthcare workforce, personal engagement in
improving health outcomes, and the looming crisis in Medicaid
funding. The Center will jumpstart new solutions to address the
"triple aim" of improving patient experience, improving population
health and reducing costs.
Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services will give the keynote address at the inauguration ceremony.
"This is a challenging – and therefore an exciting time for health care. The mission of our Center is to conduct rigorous, non-ideological, non-partisan, evidence-based research on problems of the health of the public and the most effective and efficient means of addressing them; to educate the next generation of those who will study, teach, and influence decisions on health policy; and to inform debate and influence decisions on health policy, both in the United States and abroad," said Dr. Garson.
The Center will use distance learning technology to offer a graduate course this fall on "The U.S. Health Care System and its Place in the World." Center faculty will also develop the "Health System Game," simulation of the health care system.
Among the 16 fellows of the Center are DPHS faculty members Ruth Gaare Bernheim, Carolyn Engelhard, Lois Shepherd, and Tanya Wanchek. The Center for Health Policy will hold a series of research seminars, lectures, and symposia over the coming academic year.
The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Board of Councilors acted at its October 13-15, 2011 meeting to reaccredit the MPH Program at the University of Virginia for a maximum seven-year term, extending to December 31, 2018.


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Isola di Bergeggi
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Isola di Bergeggi is a picturesque island in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 90 km southwest of Genoa and about 50 km southwest of Savona. It is site of the annual SwimTheIsland event, the ultimate sea water experience with 3 races of 1.7 km, 3.5 km and 5 km. Organized by Matteo Testa, the third edition will be held on 6 October 2013 where the swimmers along the beautiful coastline of Riserva Naturale Regionale.


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Investigators are making progress in tracking down the man who robbed a woman at gunpoint in downtown Nyack last summer, Orangetown Police said.
Police have obtained surveillance photos of the man suspected of the armed robbery. The man has short hair, and is wearing a baggy sweatshirt and large backpack.
Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact detectives at (845) 359-2121.
The incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. on August 28. The woman was sitting in a parked car, and the robber demanded money, brandishing a handgun. The woman gave up $20, and the man fled toward Gedney Street, police said.


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ATJI connects students to public interest and social justice opportunities, which include Partnership Projects. Partnership Projects are developed and organized by ATJI in collaboration with a community partner to offer students a social justice opportunity that builds legal and leadership skills while helping to advance the community partner's equal justice work. Current Partnership Projects include:
- Immigrant Immigrant Detainee Justice Project: Collaboration between ATJI and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) in Tacoma in which law students act as court observers at the Northwest Detention Center. Students attend, observe, and analyze court proceedings in order to assist NWIRP staff and pro bono attorneys in preparing detainees to represent themselves.
- Moderate Means Program: Through either a credit-bearing practicum during the school year or an unpaid summer internship, students conduct intakes of people of moderate means and refer them to attorneys willing to charge reduced fees.
- Foreclosure Mediation Outreach Program: Through a credit-bearing practicum class and short-term volunteer opportunities during the academic year as well as an unpaid summer intership, students learn about the foreclosure process and remedies for foreclosure prevention including mortgage mediation. FMOP students work on mortgage mediation cases with the Northwest Justice Project and other local community organiziations and do legal education and outreach to distressed homeowners.
- Seattle University Youth Initiative: Students can get involved with the larger university's Youth Initiative focused on the neighborhood surrounding SU. The Financial Literacy Project, Juvenile Justice Project, and Seattle Youth Traffic Court help children and families in the local community succeed.
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#riotcleanup has served it's purpose, and we'd would like to thank all 90,000 people who were involved.
#riotcleanup started not as an organisation - but an idea, an idea to change what was a downfall in society into something positive. During August 2011, England saw society hit rock-bottom and around every street and every town, people were rioting just because "they could", and this is how #riotcleanup started.
During the August 2011 riots throughout England, @sophontrack tweeted the hashtag, which suggested the public respond positively to the chaos. At the same time, @artistsmakers was mobilising people to do exactly that. The hashtag was passed to him. @phoeberoberts compiled a huge list of planned #riotcleanup events and notified police what was happening. @artistsmakers stayed up throughout the night with a broken laptop and a whiteboard, writing down the affected areas around London and planning cleanups in the affected areas.
After @artistsmakers' hard work, the @riotcleanup account was set up by a young musician, Sam Duckworth. Within minutes, RiotCleanup.co.uk was set up to collate times and locations for the cleanup operation, going live at around 5:30am. Thousands of people, including several celebrities with large followings, tweeted about the cleanup and used the #riotcleanup hashtag. A combination of all these elements culminated into several hundred people turning up to each location the next morning, brooms in hand and a smile on their faces.
Cities outside London who had experienced the riots took up the idea and created @RiotCleanupManc, @RiotCleanupWolv, @RiotCleanupNott and @RiotCleanupBrum. In Manchester, just over 1,000 people turned up to clean up. The response to all this is a fantastic example of trans-idealogical consensus. Post cleanup, a team consisting of two sixteen year olds @carboia and @PatrickSocha, alongside @Tonsko and @bl0ke redesigned and redeveloped the website. Sam, tweeting under @riotcleanup, was a constant support, having done a lot of groundwork connecting people in various affected communities.
As part of #riotcleanup, we'd all like to thank all 90,000 of those who were involved. If you wish to contact us, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. E-mails will be answered within 24 hours.


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On average, there's more than one Caltrain-related death per month.
In November, a man was killed at the Charleston Avenue crossing in Palo Alto in a suspected suicide. June 2011 saw the death of a person in Burlingame with 900 people aboard the train at the time. In 2011, there was a total of 16 Caltrain deaths.
Caltrain is trying to reverse the trend in 2013 by running its year-long See Something - Say Something campaign "to engage passengers in promoting safety throughout the rail system and reminding customers of safe behavior near the railroad," Caltrain said in an official release.
The objective of the project is to encourage riders to be aware of what's going on at stations and on trains, and to report any unsafe conditions.
Different safety messages will be promoted each month through social media, at stations on the electric signs and on trains. The January message is "We can all count on a safe ride if we look out for each other."
Riders are encouraged to call the police if they see anything that may be unsafe.
Have you ever witnessed a Caltrain emergency? Do you think riders need to be more aware? Tell us in the comments!


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Oregon's tendency to tinker with its uniforms has become something of a running joke across college football. The simple explanation of why the Ducks endure the unending permutations of their equipment is an overeager Nike marketing department. Yet there might be a deeper philosophical basis for the team's embracing of apparel experimentation. While Nike is inevitably associated with former UO runner Phil Knight, it was the Duck's innovative track coach Bill Bowerman that provided the initial inspiration for the company. Bowerman's insistence on experimentation as a way to gain the competitive edge was a foundation of his approach at Oregon and, through him, it became the corporate credo of the sports apparel giant. I take a look at Bowerman and his knack for innovation (and how it applies to the current football team) today over at SB Nation's running site, Stride Nation.
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MOORE — It's hard to believe Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote sonnet No. 43 in the 1800s. What it tells us for certain is that she loved truly, with a passion she expressed so wonderfully for us to enjoy nearly 150 years later.
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..."
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
"My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
"For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
"I love thee to the level of everyday's
"Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
"I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
"I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
"I love thee with a passion put to use
"In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
"I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
"With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath,
"Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose,
"I shall but love thee better after death."
Interesting to note is that Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of 12 children. Her father never wanted any of his children to marry. Elizabeth wrote many love letters to Robert Browning, an English poet and playwright. When Elizabeth was 40-years-old, she eloped to Italy and married Robert Browning.
Today, there's nary a one of us who hasn't quoted her famous sonnet.
There's no greater feeling than to know you are loved, and there couldn't be a more perfect day to tell that special someone how much they mean to you.
Happy Valentine's Day.


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To Ban or Not to Ban? That Is the Question for Obama
Maine senator encourages a thoughtful policy over feel-good measures.
President Barack Obama walks off after delivering a speech at an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 16 in Newtown, Conn.
Will he or won't he?
That's what's on the minds of gun owners and lobbyists and activists on both sides of the gun control debate–will President Barack Obama call for an assault weapons ban in the wake of a spate of deadly mass shootings or not?
Politically, such a ban doesn't stand much chance of passing Congress, with a Republican House. It's not even clear a ban would pass the Senate, despite its Democratic majority.
[LATEST: Biden Says He's Interested in Gun Technology]
"As I've dug into it, I'm not sure that's the answer because the definition of an assault weapon has not much to do with what it actually does but more with what it looks like," says Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats.
King, who says he hasn't "finalized" his position on the issue, adds it's more important to craft thoughtful, meaningful legislation rather than something that sounds good but is ineffective at reducing gun violence. Hailing from a rural, hunting state known for its high-rate of gun ownership but low-rate of gun violence, King comes to the discussion from a unique perspective and says he is meeting with pro- and anti-gun advocates.
"What we ought to be focused on is what is it about the mechanics of these weapons that enables them to kill large numbers of people in a short period of time and what I'm focused on is the size of the magazine," King says. "I don't want people to kid themselves that by banning so-called assault weapons that they are fixing the problem."
He's not alone in supporting the idea of reform but perhaps not an assault weapons ban – other senators, including West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin have tempered their rhetoric on one.
[READ: Post-Newtown, Gun Debate Reignited]
David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association, said he didn't believe there was a need or support for such a ban Friday on NBC's Today Show.
"if you're looking at the problem, which is to prevent this sort of thing, what you want to do is do those things that will actually make a difference," he said. "We don't think that a ban on so-called assault weapons, which hasn't worked in the past, is going to work this time. We think many of those proposals are basically feel-good proposals and what we really need to do is get to the question of why this is happening and what can be done about it."
Resistance to passing a broad gun ban, as was done in 1994 and which remained in place until 2004, places Obama in a tricky position. During the presidential campaign, he said during a debate that "weapons that we designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets." And following the Newtown shooting that left 28 dead, he pledged to maximize his political power to prevent further tragedies, obliquely referencing gun control measures.
[EXPERTS: Obama's Gun Panel Might Actually Work]
"In the coming weeks, I will use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens, because what choice do we have? We can't accept events like this as routine," he said during a visit to Newtown for a memorial service. "Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after years is somehow the price of our freedom?"
If Obama proposes a ban that is sure to fail, he risks spending political capital that could take away from his other legislative priorities; but if he doesn't propose a ban, he will surely enflame his Democratic base and appear to be timid toward Congress.
Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein is currently working on drafting legislation that would ban assault weapons, though the specifics of the measure are still unknown. Senate aides say her office is working with the White House on the measure, an indication the administration is prepared to endorse it. Vice President Joe Biden, who was tasked with meeting with interest groups and prepping recommendations for the president, will present his package to Obama Tuesday.


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GTU Certificate Tracks: LIL, GB
SPEAKER: Susan Lincke, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Audience: General
Do you know what your greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint is? Are you looking for bigger ways to leave a smaller mark, rather than simply changing light bulbs? World Energy Outlook estimates that the average American has a GHG footprint of 20 tons. You can estimate your personal footprint by considering your home's annual electricity and gas usage, your car's annual mileage, your diet type, and the number and distance of flights you take per year among other factors. This presentation offers a spreadsheet where you can calculate your annual GHG emissions, and then learn how to reduce it. We will review major contributors to GHG production: energy, agriculture, transportation, and focus our attention on the aspects that generate the greatest GHGs. The presenter will discuss methods and results she has used, and the audience can contribute their ideas and results as well.
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SPEAKER: Jason La Fleur, Eco Achievers & Michael Hobbs, PahRoo Appraisals & Consultancy
If you create green buildings, or live in one, and have had trouble getting the value of your asset recognized, this is the program for you. Come learn how appraisers can evaluate green buildings, and learn tools you can use to maximize the value of your green property.
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SPEAKER: Loren Johnson, Judson University
Audience: Professional
This seminar spans a two year process through the development of a novel theory of architectural design; Ecosystem dynamics form models for how human structures may develop mutually beneficial interactions with native organisms. This theory was design-tested on a fragile site, bridging the gap between restoration and conservation. The result is a structural and behavioral impetus for increased biodiversity and bio-resiliency across species. Join Loren Johnson as he examines this architectural case study.
SPEAKER: Jason LaFleur, Eco Achievers
What is the future of sustainability, and how can you find a role in this exciting field? Learn about career paths in renewable energy, energy auditing, and green building. Certification and accreditation such as BPI, HERS, LEED, CSBA and others will be discussed.
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SPEAKER: Rick Moskovitz, A-Plus Pest Control, Inc./Plus Natural Solutions Worldwide, Inc.
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Bed Bugs and Ants are two pests that really affect cities and can cause all kinds of problems. Join Rick Moskovitz of A-Plus Pest Control to learn how to prevent them as well as how to deal with them if you have them. Rick will address what attracts the pests , how they get in, pest indicators, problems associated with harsh chemicals, natural methods, as well as techniques and strategies he has found to be tried and true.
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Location: Lurie Garden - 201 East Randolph Street, Chicago
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New to birding? Want to know where to start? Learn the basics of what and how you need to get started and what to look for when you're outside. Take this new information and put it to work in the Lurie Garden. Discover the different species that visit our garden and be well on your way to discovering the beauty and interest in your own garden or park. Binoculars and bird books will be available as a resource for the workshop. .
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Speaker: Adrian Ruddock, Mother B Green Cleaning & Home Services
If you're somewhere in between a DIYer and a couch potato this seminar is for you. Learn what is really in the products we buy to clean our homes with and how to choose the right ones to keep toxic chemicals out of our homes, our bodies and our planet. Find out what seemingly unlikely materials you can make cleaners with, including organic vodka.
Speaker: Tim Heppner, Ecotelligent Design
How can you enjoy the fruits and vegetables from your summer garden all year round? Tim Heppner takes us through homesteading 101: preserving. He will show multiple methods that are used to preserve foods such as canning, dehydration, fermentation and more. He will outline each method's pros and cons, discuss how long food will last while stored each way, and describe what foods are best for each method. Being ever interested in energy usage, Tim will also take a deeper look into how much energy each method will use and what will be your greenest option!


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Aesop - New Stores12/10/2012
Aesop have had a busy few months, opening a number of new global, architecturally-inspired stores.
Starting with a third New York store nestled at 341 Bleecker Street in the West Village, the store's design is the result of the company's latest collaboration with talented architect Rodney Eggleston of Melbourne's March Studio. Eggleston's signature resides in the unexpected ways in which he appropriates space and employs familiar, honest materials in unconventional contexts. In this setting, he has utilised leather, brass and lime-washed plywood, all of which are intended to mellow with time in the same spirit that skin does.
The company's first Malaysian signature store, which opened in Kuala Lumpur's Pavilion shopping precinct on 9 August 2012, significantly enhances the presence Aesop has held at several department stores in Kuala Lumpur and Penang for the last fifteen years. A collaboration with architects Russell & George, the design embodies Aesop's predilection for clean, linear arrangements and natural materials. The structure uses finely proportioned wooden slats for walls, folding doors, and ceiling; this simple, elegant frame allows for abundant light and evokes a sense of enclosure, protection and tranquillity. Other interior elements include black basalt flooring, and copper sink and pipes.
With six signature stores now operating across London, Aesop's most recent venture in the English capital is a permanent new space at Selfridges. This simple, calming niche is the result of a collaboration with architecture studio cheungvogl, inspired by the age-old concept of trading as an opportunity for the exchange of ideas as well as goods and currency.
Each of the new stores has given considerable thought to structure and space, and offer an enjoyable and easy customer experience in a beautifully designed environment.
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Brooke Crum
The Port Arthur News
After years of planning and months of discussions and presentations, the City of Port Arthur has decided to implement a tool to bring business and vibrancy back to downtown: a tax increment reinvestment zone.
The Port Arthur City Council passed an ordinance at its Friday morning meeting designating a portion of downtown as a TIRZ.
The zone is approximately 372 acres and encompasses the land bordered by Houston Avenue on the west, Rev. Dr. Ransom Howard/7th Street on the north, Lake Charles Avenue on the east and the ship channel on the south.
The way the zone works is by freezing the current 2012 tax rates within the zone, and any increase in property value throughout the zone would result in higher property taxes. The property taxes collected as a result of the increase in value would be funneled into the tax increment reinvestment fund. The zone would not exceed a 25-year obligation, according to the city ordinance.
David Belvin, an attorney with the Carl Parker Law Firm, told the council that five of the taxing entities within the zone agreed to be a part of the tax zone. The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation hired the Carl Parker Law Firm to prepare a preliminary plan for the TIRZ.
The Port Arthur Independent School District had not joined the zone but had not declined to either, Belvin said.
"I'm not going to downplay the importance of the school district," Belvin said. "Out of all the taxes that are being collected in the city, they get half of them."
Without the participation of PAISD, the value of the tax zone would decrease by half, Belvin said. The value of the zone with the school district would be around $10 million, he said.
The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation, Jefferson County, the Sabine-Neches Navigation District, Drainage District 7 and the Port of Port Arthur have joined the zone.
The city ordinance also creates a board of directors for the zone. Each taxing entity may appoint representatives to the board.
"I'm excited about it," said Position 7 Councilman Derrick Freeman. He said he thought the zone would attract development and opportunity to the area and was eager to get the whole process started at the onset of 2013.
"I'm interested in, after this, moving forward to see what we can do to develop the rest of the city," Belvin said.


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Elise Ackerman, Contributor
I write about the future of communications technologies
To get to the office of one of San Francisco's most innovative startups, you need to walk away from the gleaming promise of the financial district and toward the boarded-up failures of upper Market Street. You'll be looking for a formerly abandoned building, and you'll likely walk past the entrance a few times before you try a blank steel door next to a shuttered storefront.
Once inside, you'll climb a few flights of narrow stairs, through hallways painted a garish orange, until you emerge, fittingly, in an open and sunny loft, where a handful of developers, and one fierce Pomeranian named Lady, are putting together a platform that lets anyone, regardless of their programming skills, play with the Internet. By play, I mean remotely control objects and send information skittering around the globe. Or effortlessly combine virtual worlds and real worlds, so when something happens in a virtual world like Farmville, it triggers an event in the real world.
The service is called "IFTTT" which stands for " if this, then that." The name describes the way developers tend to the think about code: If "this" happens, then it will trigger "that." But the logic also works for everyday actions.
For example, if the forecast says it will rain in New York City tomorrow afternoon, call my phone at 7:45 a.m. and remind me to bring an umbrella. If the description of my stolen bike shows up on Craigslist, send me an email. If Apple's stock falls to $650, send me a text message. If it's 50 degrees or cooler in Boston, turn the heater on in my apartment at 6 p.m. so it will be warm when I get home.
Up until now, you probably thought of the Internet primarily as a source of news, entertainment and information. But it's always been more that. If you knew how to control it, the Internet was a way of routing electricity, redirecting fleets of trucks, and turning security cameras on or off. Basically all the things that sci-fi movies from two decades ago imagined a global network could do, the Internet does.
IFTTT won't let you wreck havoc, but it will let you have fun and give you a new sense of power by letting you connect one Internet service to another.
"I like to call it the mother of all mashups," said Lee Dumond, host of the podcast, mashthis, which recently featured an interview with IFTTT founder Linden Tibbets.
Tibbets is a thoughtful, soft-spoken programmer and designer from Duncanville, TX. He moved to California to attend school, and most recently spent three years working at IDEO, an innovation and design consultancy, before leaving to run IFTTT full time early this year. Tibbets wanted to unlock the creativity that was inherent in the design of the Internet, and particularly in the proliferation of interfaces known as APIs.
APIs are the Babel fish of technology—they let one service talk effortlessly to another and share data under carefully defined parameters. They've been around a long time, but people started to pay close attention to them in 2005 and 2006 when Facebook, Google and Twitter all launched APIs that let developers build applications that used data from their services.
For awhile APIs were a fad. Companies wanted an API in the same way they wanted a website in late 1990s. Then they started to figure out how APIs could be good for business, and that's when the growth really exploded, says Oren Michels, co-founder of Mashery, a platform for API management. During the last year an API directory hosted by the Programmable Web, one of the leading information sources on APIs, grew as much as it had during the previous five years.
We are considering integrating our personal voice assistant Robin with IFTTT, too. BTW, you should check Robin out, it's related: http://robingets.me .
IFTTT is very cool and simple to use technology – and has great potential – but (in a not uncommon example of journalistic hyperbole) it's a bit premature to use the headline "let anyone control the internet of things". At present, you can control, well, only a handful of "things" from Belkin, which represents probably about 0.0000000001% of the connected things on the planet…
The IFTTT team is (AFAIK) working on APIs and extensions to expand the reach to other "things". We plan to integrate our ThingWorx platform (http://www.thingworx.com) bi-directionally with IFTTT, when and if these APIs are made available.
Also, there are a whole bunch of privacy and safety issues that need to be ironed out before we start to see ubiquitous app people thing connectivity, but it's coming.
Really this app is fun and useful too..I hope it will be introducing more exciting recipe in future.
IFTTT is great – super easy to use. However, IFTTT might not be for everything. For example, I wanted to replicate all my Evernote notes (10K of them …) to Dropbox (as PDF) – IFTTT can do something. Sort of… It seems like IFTTT went to different direction.
Anyway, we end up developing http://cloudHQ.net – real-time synchronization and replication system for cloud services. So for example, using cloudHQ you can have all your Google Drive files in Dropbox and all your Dropbox files in Google Drive (so Dropbox is backup of Google Drive and vice versa – everything is replicated continuously). Or you can sync (consolidate) all your "other" cloud services (Evernote notes, Google Docs, etc.) to your main cloud service (i.e., your Dropbox account).


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Availability: Ashford International Hotel - Kent
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4-star hotel in Ashford with a full-service spa
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Situated in Ashford, this spa hotel is close to Ashford Museum, Ashford Golf Club, and Ashford Designer Outlet. Local attractions also include Godinton House and Gardens and Willesborough Windmill.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Ashford International Hotel - Kent features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a full-service spa and a bar/lounge.
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Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning, and coffee/tea makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Ashford International Hotel - Kent Amenities
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In addition to a full-service spa, Ashford International Hotel - Kent features an indoor pool and a health club. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center. 19 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a spa tub, a sauna, and a steam room. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Ashford International Hotel - Kent is a smoke-free property.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Full-service spa
- Wedding services
- Number of meeting rooms - 19
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Conference space
- Health club
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Total number of rooms - 179
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Room service (24 hours)
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Free self parking
- Room Amenities
- Coffee/tea maker
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Air conditioning
- Dining
Horizon Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Modern European cuisine and serves dinner and brunch.
Quench Bar - This bar serves light fare only.
24-hour room service is available.
- Recreation
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club, a sauna, and a steam room.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision. Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility or spa tub.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Spa
Spa has 7 treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body scrubs, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and a steam room.
Guests under 14 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Number of treatment rooms 7
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body scrubs
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 14
- Steam room in spa
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
Ashford International Hotel - Kent Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is 11 AM
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets allowed, Only dogs are allowed, Maximum number of pets per room 2
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
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- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Pet fee: GBP 15 per pet, per stay
- Additional Details
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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Product Development
You are what you make
Bring a big new idea to market. Reinvigorate existing products. And save time and cut costs getting there. No one's going to argue against that plan – but making it happen is another thing entirely. Global integration and heightened competition are leading many organizations to add complex product development capabilities, but many lack the strategy, processes, tools or vision to make those new capabilities work efficiently. It's hard to know where to begin and trying to satisfy a tight budget with quick-hit solutions can only add complexity.
Bringing the product development and engineering process to full efficiency takes both strategic and operational vision. Deloitte's recommended approach is to combine process and organizational improvements with the implementation of a modern product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. We help clients lean out product development processes and link those to the PLM software capabilities. Learn more about the offering.
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Blending the synergies of its leading life sciences R&D practice with a drug safety consulting market leader, Deloitte has acquired Intrasphere, a global drug safety and regulatory consulting business.
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How effective is your product development organization in delivering new and profitable revenue streams?
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The lifeblood of your business
Development organizations are under pressure to increase the number of "big ideas" that will leapfrog the competition, capture additional market share and open new markets and segments. They are also being asked to reduce time to market and make existing products more profitable by removing component and manufacturing costs.
Successful product development and engineering requires coordinated business processes, good design collaboration infrastructures, uniform standards and the ability to translate customer needs into product features quickly and faithfully. It's easy to spot big problems like product failures or late launches, but a flawed development process can also contribute to marginal problems like lower product quality or reduced returns on R&D investments.
How we can help
Bringing the product development and engineering process to full efficiency takes both strategic and operational vision. Deloitte's recommended approach is to combine process and organizational improvements with the implementation of a modern product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. We help clients lean out product development processes and link those to the PLM software capabilities.
At Deloitte, we leverage a global network of more than 400 experienced Product Development and PLM practitioners. We use detailed, industry-specific process models based on years of hands-on experience. We also understand that each industry and business model faces unique product development challenges, whether the approach is make-to-stock, assemble-to-order or engineer-to-order. For example, the lack of a common engineering change management process that plagues an industrial products company after years of M&A bears little resemblance to the way an aerospace company might struggle with global design collaboration and tracking of serialized repair units.
Our professionals have the experience, track record, deep industry background and leading practice knowledge to tailor product development services for organizations in every industry. To each project, we bring proprietary tools such as:
A Product Development Diagnostic used to help identify and size the value of improvement opportunities to support the creation of a realistic business case to support funding
A Product Development Capability Maturity Model that helps assess current-state capabilities against world-class capabilities to support the creation of an executable transformation roadmap
Enterprise Value Maps (in some cases specific to a PLM application) that make it easier to map improvement opportunities to shareholder value to support the establishment of appropriate priorities early in the process
Lean Value Stream Analysis that can significantly reduce product development process complexity and increase engineering efficiency
Bottom-line benefits
We help our clients generate benefits such as:
- Reduce non-recurring engineering costs by up to 30 percent
- Reduce cycle time by up to 50 percent
- Simplify design process information flow and reduce non-value-added transactions by up to 70 percent
- Rebalance development activities with suppliers, decreasing costs and cycle time by up to 50 percent for critical processes
- Rationalize design specs and reducing supplier test failures by up to 50 percent
- Reduce sustaining engineering labor by up to 60 percent
- Lower engineering change volume by up to 70 percent
- Shorten engineering change cycle time by up to 80 percent
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We've helped many companies around the world in their efforts to improve their new product development and lifecycle management capabilities. Some key lessons we've learned along the way are:
Strategically target idea generation. Instead of casting as wide a net as possible, focus on attractive market segments, industries and technologies as a starting point for ideation. Then target unmet needs in specific areas that make sense within your overall corporate strategy. Some innovation sustains the business, while some is disruptive. Make sure the business strategy and the innovation portfolio are always in alignment.
Be open to innovation no matter where it comes from. Forward-thinking businesses recognize that the "not invented here" mentality is a liability in today's highly competitive environment. Look beyond your four walls to develop innovative new products and technologies.
Offer the right choices – not more choices. Reducing product line complexity takes a holistic approach that balances revenue against cost for product development, marketing, distribution and aftermarket service. Conduct periodic planning cycles that draw upon this approach to determine the product mix that delivers the most profit and customer satisfaction.
Make product development lean and flexible. To help make sure your revamped process is actually used to guide product development, minimize the number of steps and build in flexibility to accommodate the varying size and priority of different projects.
Don't forget the data – and keep it simple. Product data is most effectively managed when the entire product lifecycle uses a single bill-of-material, standard CAD platform, single source of product record and standardized, lean change processes. That makes product development and enterprise data management part of a combined challenge.
Bring the people along. Configuring the technology can be the easy part. Product development initiatives can put a company through a paradigm shift and securing leadership buy-in and user adoption is often the greater challenge. Pay attention to training and change management as part of any change in your process.
Product Development in action
- A global consumer health care company with 20 manufacturing locations faced a tangle of processes and lack of collaboration. These factors led to "tribal knowledge," limited data visibility and slower time to market. Deloitte helped build a business case and roadmap; create data and process designs; recommend and implement needed technology and define a governance model. The result was a global, integrated PLM system that delivered a "single-source truth" across the entire product lifecycle.
- A technology products company depended on new product development for more than half its revenue. It struggled with unclear decision-making, priorities that varied from business unit to business unit and an inconsistent view of what constituted quality. The company turned to Deloitte to help align its product development strategy and process. We conducted a complete product development assessment and redesign of the organization's product portfolio development process, making recommendations to improve overall product development.
- A global aeronautics manufacturer, recently carved out from a larger entity, was having trouble making the transition to serve multiple, external customers instead of one internal one. The product development process was fragmented and the tools to bring new customers and programs on board were lacking. Deloitte conducted a product development assessment; designed new PLM processes and built, tested and implemented the new system. The result was a highly accelerated product design process with improved global visibility, traceability and customer audit capability.
As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte Consulting LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting.


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Meanest Judge Ever Ruins Our Chances to See Rod Blagojevich on Reality TeeVee
Don't you just hate it when someone takes a beautiful, grandiose dream… and just fucking steps on it and smashes it into the dirt with his heel until it's just utterly destroyed.
U.S. District Judge James Zagel just did that to me!
A federal judge dashed indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's reality TV dream Tuesday, refusing to give the ousted Democrat permission to travel to Costa Rica to tape a show in the jungle.
Ugh! How could any god be so cruel as to dangle the prospect of a full season of triple-decker crazy on a desert island in front of my face and then just snatch it away? Can you even imagine the beautiful absurd soliloquies of nonsense with which he'd have showered us and his island-mates?
U.S. District Judge James Zagel refused to modify terms of Blagojevich's bail to allow him to leave the United States, saying he needs to remain in the country to help his attorneys formulate a strategy for his defense…
"I don't think this defendant fully understands and I don't think he could understand … the position he finds himself in," Zagel sat during Tuesday's the hearing.
And I don't think you, U.S. District Judge James Zagel, fully understand which cowboy you just stole the horse you find yourself on when you wake up in the morning and sparkles of sunlight infect your mouth like an eclair of pure sadness.
Think about it!
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Do you have mission-critical machines that need to be backed up and need a reasonably priced solution? The VS Tape 80 DLT backup drive may be the answer. As part of a new generation of half-height DLT drives, this device is geared toward users who require tape drives that will fit into an existing rackmount system. In other words, if you have little rackmount space to spare, this drive may very well suit your needs.
Benchmark (www.4benchmark.com) was kind enough to provide me with an external VS Tape 80 with an Adaptec 29160 card. The test machine consisted of a dual PIII with 800MHz processors, 7200RPM IDE disks and 512MB RAM. We used Red Hat 7.2 and BRU-Pro 2.0 as our backup solution.
Prior to receiving the drive, I was unsure whether corners had been cut in order to achieve a half-height form. This was, after all, the world's first half-height DLT. Fortunately, that doesn't appear to be the case. The drive itself feels like a quality product and also performs like one. It comes with three simple LEDs on the front: Drive Error, Ready and Clean Media. It also has an unload button that has a nice soft feel and, unlike many DLT drives, doesn't require you to flip a locking mechanism to eject or insert. My only concern was the sound the drive made when inserting or ejecting media. It was a loud, grainy sound that didn't sound like any other drives I'd heard before. That said, it was probably nothing serious, as BRU-Pro 2.0 performs checksums on the buffer level, and I never once found an error. If any of you are prone to taking naps during backups (as I am), it should be mentioned that the drive is incredibly quiet during operation, and the slight humming sound greatly facilitates sleep.
From a performance standpoint, this puppy won't scream like an LTO drive (which can reach 15-30MB/s for the HP Ultrium 230 models—see the review in the December 2001 issue of LJ, on-line at www.linuxjournal.com/article/5412). However, it also costs less than a third of what the HP Ultrium LTO drives cost. According to Benchmark, the drive performs at 3MB/s native and 6MB/s compressed. BRU-Pro allows you to tweak the size of the block size it writes. I was unable to get any significant changes in speed by tweaking this value, though the 64K buffer seemed to offer the best performance. In the end, I was able to achieve writing speeds between 3.3 and 4.5MB/s, with an average speed of around 4MB/s. Restores were typically a little slower, averaging about 3.8MB/s. I called TOLIS Group, makers of BRU-Pro, because I knew they used these drives for some of their internal testing and training. They told me they've managed to push the drive to 5MB/s in their tests. I was unable to reach this speed but came close.
For the individual looking to back up more than 80GB, Benchmark has a product called the 640 Blade, which uses the same drive with eight tape cartridges that rotate in a carousel into the drive for a total capacity of 640GB (compressed). It's the first 2U DLT autoloader designed to fit in rack-optimized servers. At $4,000 US, the entire system costs less than a single HP Ultrium 230 upgrade kit for their SureStore line. For those looking for both speed and space, Benchmark makes the argument that at such low cost, several of their 640 Blades still cost less than a typical autoloader and offer more reliable backups.
The primary backup system we use here is an HP SureStore 2/20 with two HP Ultrium 230 drives. The HP SureStore 2/20 costs about $21,000 US and can push up to 15MB/s native (or 1.08TB/hour) on each drive. For about the same cost one could purchase five 640 Blades. From a purely mathematical view, it would appear that the Blades would be slower. Each Blade can push about 10.8GB/hour (native). With five you would top out at around 54GB/hour.
However, I think the Blades, depending on your configuration, might be a faster solution. How? The catch is that the Ultrium 230s are so fast that we've had trouble pushing data to them as fast as they can write. In our environment we have a handful of fast machines that can push data at about 8-11MB/s to the Ultriums and about 20 clients on a slower network that can only push data at about 3-4MB/s. At any given point in time we can back up two clients, one to each drive (we do not use multiplexing because of the serious performance hit it causes on restores). The bottleneck in our case isn't our network but rather the slower, older client machines. If instead of the Ultrium drives we had five 640 Blades, we could write five clients at any given point in time, making our effective backup rate faster than the Ultriums'.
It also should be noted that with the 640 Blades you would have multiple drives and multiple backup solutions, so if one did unexpectedly get destroyed in a freak accident (such as spilling coffee on it during one of your naps), you wouldn't be left high and dry. Certainly from that perspective, the 640 Blade offers peace of mind and added reliability. I would recommend the Blade 640s for small to medium-sized environments, clustered environments or physically disperse environments in which having several backup servers makes sense. They are certainly worth considering when cost is a major deciding factor. Benchmark will also be coming out with a VS Tape 160 drive with double the capacity and an impressive 8MB/s native speed by the time you read this.
If you need a top-of-the-line system with all the speed and power you can muster, provided you can push data fast enough, LTO is probably the way to go, and our system from HP has performed well (knock on wood). If what you need is something small, well-priced and reasonably powerful, the VS Tape 80 is an excellent choice. I've grown quite enamored with the drive since I plugged it in (and also with BRU-Pro 2.0—see my review at www.linuxjournal.com/article/6068), and I wish I could afford one for my own personal use. Donations are welcome.
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Cambridge, Mass. - January 29, 2011 - Fueled by Kelly Slattery's 12-point, 14-rebound performance, the Springfield College women's basketball team pulled out a tough 36-31 win at MIT in a critical New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest on Saturday afternoon.
The Pride improved to 7-12 on the year and 7-5 in conference play, while the Engineers dropped to 8-10, 4-7 NEWMAC.
For Slattery, today's double-double marked her second consecutive and third in her last five contests. Kelly Murphy added eight points, while Megan Biondolillo chipped in with seven points off the bench. Andrea Butler recorded six steals and Emily Walker hauled in nine rebounds.
Rachel Hunt led MIT with nine points, five blocks, and three assists to go along with five rebounds, while Lauren Sascha Burton finished with seven points, three steals, and two assists. Anna Merrifield chipped in six points and five boards while Margo Batie registered five points and two steals.
In the low-scoring affair, the Pride held a 21-17 advantage after the first 20 minutes of play and outscored the hosts 15-14 in the second half to hang on for the win.
Springfield opened the game with 11 unanswered points and went on to create a 15-2 lead at the 11:22 mark. Sparked by a layup from Burton, MIT mounted a 15-4 run that narrowed the gap to two (19-17) with 28 seconds on the clock. Slattery responded with a layup seven seconds before the break, moving the score to 21-17.
The first five minutes of the second half were a defensive battle until a pair of free throws by Rebecca Odim and a Burton layup knotted the score at 21. After trading baskets, Biondolillo put the Pride ahead, 25-23, with two free throws midway through the frame. On its ensuing trip down the court, MIT took its first lead of the day courtesy of Batie's three-pointer.
Springfield countered with a 10-2 spurt that spanned three minutes and resulted in a 35-28 advantage. Murphy and Biondolillo both posted a layup and three-pointer for the Pride during the run. Hunt's three-point play trimmed the Engineers' deficit to four (35-31) with 4:30 remaining in regulation.
Both sides were plagued with turnovers and shooting woes down the stretch. Springfield, in the midst of a seven-minute scoring drought, kept the door open late as it missed the front-ends of a one-and-one on trips to the charity stripe with 39 and 24 seconds to go. MIT, meanwhile, failed to convert its seven field goal attempts during the final minutes.
The Pride secured the win when Murphy drained her free throw with 11 seconds left to play.
The Pride look to string together its third-straight win on Wednesday evening when it travels to Worcester to clash with WPI at 7:00 pm.


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Dorothy Kaplan Roffman - Founding Director, Violin
M.A., Musicology, Columbia University; B.A., and the Eastman . Violin studies with Christine Dethier, Raphael Bronstein, and Ivan Galamian. Suzuki pedagogical studies with Shinichi Suzuki in U.S. and Japan. Founder and Director, JCC Thurnauer . Former member, American Symphony Orchestra, under Leopold Stokowski. Participant, with JCC Thurnauer students, in Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future, as seen on PBS and WNET/Channel 13. Students have performed on Wonderama and Sesame Street, at numerous Suzuki workshops, and at Merkin Hall, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. Faculty member, Manhattan School of Music- Pre-College Division, 1977-present. Former faculty member, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Founder of Suzuki programs at Harlem School for the Arts, Lighthouse School of Music, and Manhattan School of Music. American String Teachers Association, NJ Chapter 2007 Distinguished Service for outstanding contributions to the cause of string education in New Jersey, and a 2013 Milestone Certificate of Appreciation from the National Guild for Community Arts Education.
Michael Reingold - Associate Director, French Horn, Musicianship, Music AppreciationMichael Reingold joined the Thurnauer staff in June 1993. A French horn player, Michael has a M.M. from the State University at Stony Brook and a B.A. from Stanford University. He also was a visiting student at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. He studied horn with Betty Levine and Forrest Standley in his hometown, Pittsburgh, and also with David Krehbiel and William Purvis. He has performed in orchestra and chamber music performances in U.S., Asia, England, and Israel. He was a guest member of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra in Israel and is a long-time member of the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra in Manhattan. He was a staff member for 17 summers at Kinhaven Music Camp in Vermont and now serves on Kinhaven's board. He is the founder and artistic director of NYC House Concerts and has presented over 200 house concerts in New York, New Jersey and beyond. He is also an advisor to several chamber music series, including Musicians from Marlboro, Fabbri Chamber Concerts, and Music Mondays. Michael is the recipient of the 2010 Staff Recognition Award of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades and was selected to be a participant in the 2013 Community Arts Education Leadership Institute (CAELI) of the National Guild of Community Arts Education.
Alison Holzberg Kenny - Development DirectorAlison Holzberg Kenny joined the Music School staff as in February 2012. Prior to coming to the JCC, Alison was the administrative for the Center for and the Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluative Sciences Research at Weill of Cornell University since 2000. There, she was instrumental in the pre- and post-award grant development efforts for the Center and Division for numerous applications to the National (NIH) as well as several . Most recently, she oversaw two large grants from the NIH which totaled more than $15 million in funding. Additionally, she worked on the Center and Division's fundraising efforts and special events such as receptions, public seminars, and lectures, as well as accredited conferences and courses for physicians, residents, and fellows. She was also the administrator for a Master of Science Program in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research through the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, overseeing the program curriculum and working with students and program faculty. Alison received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in music theater from the Hartt School of Music Conservatory in West Hartford, Conn., and has performed on national tours and on the Silver Seas cruise line.
Mimoza Necaj - RegistrarB.S., Political Economics Sciences and Journalism, University of Tirana, Albania. Former professor of Political Economics, University of Tirana, Albania. Former journalist, Department of Foreign Languages, Radio Tirana. Former member, Albanian Mission to UN. Former case manager for Kosovo refugees at the New York Association for New Americans.
Leslie Jones - Administrative AssistantFormer office manager and membership services coordinator, National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts. Listener for test pressings, Classic Records. Script supervisor/Continuity and production coordinator for independent film productions. Freelance flutist; performed with community wind ensembles and orchestras; performed and recorded with pop bands. Choir member, First Presbyterian Church, Englewood, NJ.
Pamela Jones - Partnership CoordinatorPamela Jones joined the JCC Thurnauer School of Music staff in the fall of 2013. As partnership coordinator, she oversees the school's partnerships with the Englewood Public School District, the Solomon Schechter Day School in New Milford, and the Moriah School in Englewood. Formerly a teaching artist with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York City Opera, Arts Connection and Virginia Opera, she also has performed with various opera companies, orchestras and music festivals in the U.S. and abroad. She is a member of Opera Noire on New York, and a former member of their Board of Directors. As assistant program director of the Blue Nile Rites of Passage, Inc., a mentoring program in New York City, her work with children and families was a natural outgrowth of her dedication to community and arts education. She is a frequent guest lecturer for Explore New York where she sings a program entitled "Arias in My Life." Ms. Jones earned her Master's Degree in Voice Performance from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and her Bachelor Degree in Voice Performance from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
Daniel Jatovsky - BookkeeperM.F.A., Film, New York University; B.A., Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Piano and flute studies, Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Division. Office manager, David Gordon Productions. Representative, Primerica Financial Services.
Robyn Searles - Scheduling DirectorRobyn joined the JCC Thurnauer School of Music staff in 2011. She earned her graduate and undergraduate degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo: M.S. in Early Childhood Education and B.S. in Elementary Education (summa cum laude). Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Robyn lived in Chicago, Illinois for 30 years. At the University of Chicago, she managed administrative and financial operations for the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the Booth School of Business, and provided support for student/alumni programs and special events. Previously she served as director of development at Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, and earlier in her career managed donor relations at the University of Chicago Medical Center and at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, also in Chicago. On relocating to northern New Jersey (and before joining the Thurnauer staff), she worked for the Holocaust Council of MetroWest, an agency of the United Jewish Communities of New Jersey, where she provided administrative support for the council's public programs and coordinated the activities of the Council's volunteers.


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Do you love weighing in on shows like Dancing with the Stars and The Voice? Participate in a live business competition right here in Westminster on Thursday--the audience will get to weigh in on who they think should walk away with the $5,000 prize.
The first-ever Carroll Biz Challenge brought together more than 20 local entrepreneurs interested in starting a small business. The field was narrowed to five finalists and those five will pitch their ideas to a live audience Thursday evening at McDaniel College's Decker Auditorium.
The following finalists will be competing for the $5,000 prize:
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See all of the applicants here.
The event will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29 from 4 to 7 p.m. at McDaniel College's Decker Auditorium. Tickets are $25 for general admission. Carroll County Chamber members and family/friends of Carroll Biz Challenge finalists pay $20 to attend.
Each finalist will take the podium to pitch their startup business, followed by a period of Q&A with the contest judges. After each Finalist has pitched, attendees will cast their vote for their favorite startup business. The Finalist with the most audience votes will receive the equivalent of one "judge vote".
During a brief intermission, the audience votes will be tallied and the judges will cast their votes. The winner will be announced and awarded their $5,000 prize. The event will conclude with a brief speech from the Carroll Biz Challenge 2012 winner.
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Corona del Mar or CdM (Spanish for "Crown of the Sea") is a town in the affluent city of Newport Beach, California. Corona del Mar is known for its fine beaches, tidepools, cliffside views and quaint village shops. Beaches in the area include Corona del Mar State Beach as well as Crystal Cove State Park south of Corona del Mar, accessible by paths winding down a steep hillside.
Settled early in the 20th century, the older area of Corona del Mar consists mostly of closely spaced, free-standing, detached single family houses of varying architecture, concentrated along Pacific Coast Highway (also known as "PCH" or State Route 1). Newer developments in Harbor View Hills consist of California ranch style houses, many with expansive ocean views.
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Chrysler Group LLC announced the automotive company is looking to hire five people to work in Trenton for a few different manufacturing positions.
Each job is a salaried position for the Trenton South Plant.
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To apply for these jobs visit the Chrysler Careers website.
Recently, Chrysler began for the Pentastar engine.
In 2011, Chrysler Group decided to dust off the old North Engine Plant and invest $114 million to reuse a portion of the building for manufacturing parts, creating 268 new jobs.


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Sunday evening worship services meet in the main sanctuary with specialized services for Breakthrough youth, Elevate youth, KidZone and Faith Roots.
On Wednesdays, ministry for the entire family begins with a meal at 6 p.m. and services at 7 p.m. Adults meet in the sanctuary for Bible study. Overcomer's Outreach, Grief Support, Heart to Heart women's group and choir are also available. Nursery and pre-school classes are provided for all services.
Young at Heart Connect will be at 6 p.m. Saturday. Breakthrough and Elevate Youth will be hosting a Parents Banquet – come There will be two morning Easter services Sunday, March 31.
For more information, call 580-252-7772.
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Heritage Oaks will be hosting an Easter egg hunt from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 30 at the church. Enjoy an egg hunt, lesson, family fun and free food.
For more information, call 580-255-2869.
Gospel Beams
Dr. Larry Martin will be speaking at the Gospel Beams Church March 24-27. Dr. Martin is from the Comanche/Duncan area and has grown into a world-wide missionary. He just recently returned from a mission trip to Ethiopia where there were over 7,000 in attendance.
There is no charge for these speaking events which will be11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday and March 25-27 @ 7 p.m. nightly.
This Palm Sunday, Larry Martin will be minstering in both the morning and evening services. For more information, call 580-255-8031.
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