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The one experience David Moran recommends for all MBA graduates is establishing the skill set for a turnaround at a corporate giant. "There's simply nothing more satisfying," said Moran, president and chief executive officer of Heinz North America, a key architect of the company's dramatic turnaround during the past decade, an accomplishment of which he is unabashedly proud: "If my enthusiasm sort of shines through, I won't apologize for that."
Moran spoke as part of the W.L. Mellon Speaker Series, a program providing students the opportunity to discuss strategy, global business issues and personal leadership styles with CEOs and leading business executives.
When Moran joined H.J. Heinz in 1998, the company's top brands, including Ore-Ida and flagship product Heinz ketchup, were declining. "The company at that time did not have a culture that the best and brightest would gravitate to," Moran said.
Part of that decline stemmed from a shell-shocked grocery industry that struggled to cope with the competition of Wal-Mart, which had decided to aggressively promote its growth in the food business. As volume and traffic fell, supermarkets opted to push their own store brands and sell name brands at a higher price. Heinz increased its discounts to retailers, and got caught in what Moran termed an "inefficiency loop."
Although changing that strategy was essential to the company's turnaround, Moran said of equal importance was consistency of purpose among all of Heinz's thousands of employees.
"Getting everyone moving in the same way: That's leadership," Moran said. "The difference between the best and not-the-best is leadership."
Likewise, he believes in giving autonomy to the company's brand managers, treating them as CEOs of their particular products. Major decisions about products are made in his office, with the input of all senior advisers; so while brand managers are empowered, the senior management shares responsibility for ideas that both succeed or fizzle.
"We're a team, and we don't let teammates fail," Moran said.
When he arrived, Moran had his work cut out for him. Heinz North America represents 50 percent of the company's business and encompasses U.S. Consumer Products, U.S. Foodservice and Heinz Canada.
Yet with all that business at stake, the company often relied on observations within its product portfolio, an approach Moran has worked to change by instead emphasizing hard data and market research.
"We called it 'the golden tongue': 'Well, I like the taste of that,'" recalled Moran. "Well good, but 699 other people in focus groups felt the other way. We're going with the 699!"
Today, Heinz benchmarks its products' SKUs against the top or second-best selling SKUs in the market, then adjusts quality and flavor until the gap narrows.
"Most diagnostics are done through marketing," he said. Moran added that while the company currently spends about four percent of its revenue on marketing, he'd like to invest more; by comparison, many companies spend six percent, he said.
Heinz is also following current trends in building consumer convenience, lowering salt intake, and fighting obesity as it works on its products. The next step will be setting trends, which Moran considers the next frontier in the company's evolution.
He credits the Tepper School with helping the company's turnaround in part through work done in the B-school's Executive Education program with Robert Dammon, Professor of Financial Economics. In addition, between 16 and 20 Tepper School graduates have been hired by the food company in recent years.
"Carnegie Mellon helped to showed us the way. It's really about economic profit," Moran said. "It was about better people doing higher-value work in an aligned structure."
He noted that on his way into the lecture hall, he met Professor Dammon in the hallway, who said in passing, "Your company is undervalued." The observation was a point of pride for Moran, who says Dammon gave him the opposite opinion when the Heinz executive first came to the Tepper School.
During his presentation, Moran emphasized the need to build leadership skills, whether natural or acquired, because "companies are hungry for real vision."
When asked by a student if he has a litmus test for the feasibility of new ideas, Moran answered, "Do big things to big areas. A big idea in Chili Sauce [by contrast]... I wouldn't even know it when it hit."


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Some Wichita drivers think there are more cone zones in the city than ever before. Is the city doing more road construction than normal? Good question.
The dreaded cone zone. On some days, it can seem like the orange barriers are everywhere. Several viewers wanted to know if there is a reason for so many simultaneous road projects.
There is no question that there are some major projects in the works right now. To list a few locations: 47th Street South and I-235, 31st Street and Meridian Avenue, 21st Street North and Waco Avenue, Harry Street and Greenwich Road, and I-35 and Kellogg Interchange.
These are a few of the big projects underway. To drivers who use these roads daily, it may seem overwhelming. But Chris Carrier, Wichita's Director of Public Works, tells me that the city isn't doing more street work than normal.
However, some of the major projects underway, like 4th Street South and I-235 and Kellogg and I-35, are state projects that happen to be within the city limits.
Also, some of the projects are using money from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Those projects have to meet deadlines set by the act in order to receive the funds. So the city isn't doing more road construction, but due to other major state projects on Wichita roads, it seems like more and more cones are invading area streets.

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An old favorite New Year's Day tradition and a fairly new trail series highlight a busy (for January) January on the Greater Cincinnati racing circuit. A look back and a brief look ahead:
Al Salvato Memorial Frostbite 5 Mile Run: Ryan Hopper, 29, of Cincinnati, won in 26:51. Heather Backer, 37, of Crest View Hill, Ky., was the top female in 31:53. Charlotte Reed, 39, of Fort Thomas, Ky. was the top walker in 37:18.
Topo Trail Run Series: Race No. 1 of a four-race winter trail running series is 10 a.m., Jan. 7, at East Fork State Park. There's a 0ne-loop five-mile race and a two-loop 10 miler. This is a low-key series –as the website says, "no frills, just racing."
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How to make a vertically stacked composter using milkcrates.
This instructable is based on Terracotta home composter by artworker
and the creators of the terracotta composter, Daily Dump (http://www.dailydump.org/ )
When I saw the terracotta composter, I though it was the most brilliant composter I have ever seen. It was also absolutely beautiful. I saw some problems however. First, the price for terracotta pots this size is expensive (my favorite budget is 0$, so that didn't quite work...). Second, the amount of work to find the pots that will stack well, make the holes without breaking the pots, the fragility of terracotta, and the weight of it was against this lovely project.
Then I though of the perfect substitute, a milkcrate! It stacks perfectly, has plently of air circulation, is sturdy, has handles to lift them easily, light weight, low cost. All you needed is 3 milkcrates, mesh/screen, newspaper, a lid, and a base if it's not resting on the earth directly.
The only down is the aesthetic of it, the terracotta pots are so beautiful. But the milkcrates has their own charm, especially in my urban surrounded garden.
So here's my milkcrate composter!
Step 1: You will need
-3 milkcrates
-plastic or metal mesh/screen, or weed barrier fabric
-hot glue gun
-screws (preferably rust proof)
-old drawer handles
-and organic waste to start your compost
To make this project, all the material I used were either found, reused, or I had it already at home, so the total budget was a wonderful 0$!
I have a ton of milk crates I used for book shelves in my classroom, I can make several! Thank you!
If you want to speed the process, cut your compost material in small pieces of no more than 1 inch, add a handful of dried material (leaves, dry grass) for a handful of kitchen scraps, mix it well often, and check so you have the best humidity (not soggy, but not dry)
I'm personally probably going to use a little more of the fabric to line the bottom of the bed, or omit this step. I only say this because some holes on the bottom of milk crates can be small, and if so, who cares if that little bit of compost from Bin A goes to Bin B. It's all getting mixed up anyway. Also, I've been reading about some of the colored inks in newspaper can contain metals. Since I'm using my compost for vegetable gardening, I rather not take this chance. So if the holes are big, I'll line with a little extra of the weed barrier.


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How do I resolve problems running Pogo games?
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Security warning appears: Java has discovered application components that could indicate a security concern.As of Java 7 Update 21, in some cases this warning is seen. When a Java program contains both signed and unsigned components, the Security warning dialog is displayed.
Mac: Text can not be entered in some Pogo games, including Crossword Cove.A problem exists which causes an inability to enter text in some Pogo games; e.g. Crossword Cove, Scrabble or Boggle Bash. The problem is seen with on OS X with Java 7.
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US actor Harrison Ford (L) and his partner and actress Calista Flockhart pose as they arrive to attend the screening of US director Steven Spielberg's film 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival on May 18, 2008 in Cannes, southern France. The world premiere of the latest instalment in the "Indiana Jones" saga, the first in 19 years, is the hottest ticket at this year's Cannes film festival. AFP PHOTO / Valery Hache (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Newlyweds Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart haven't been able to celebrate their new nuptials just yet.
According to People, the couple had to put the brakes on their honeymoon in order for the 67-year-old actor to finish shooting his latest movie, "Cowboys and Aliens," in New Mexico.
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"It's business as usual as far as I can tell," a source told the mag. "A lot of people still don't even know about [the wedding] on the set out here."
The source said the remote shooting location isn't exactly the best place to spend a honeymoon.
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"It's hard up here," the source said. "There are mosquitoes, and then it's been hard to get used to the altitude. It's really quiet here."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Harrison and Calista wed on June 15. The pair previously dated for eight years and were engaged in February 2009.
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Progressive States Network released a statement outlining the organization's policy positions on broadband and telecommunications policy:
The most daunting obstacle for rural communities trying to achieve universal broadband access is a lack of understanding. On the community level, there is a lack of understanding among local populations about the importance of becoming digitally literate and the benefits that broadband can bring to their everyday lives. On the local leadership level, there is a lack of understanding by elected officials who fail to see the fundamental role that broadband can play in bettering their constituents' future. And finally, on the federal level there is a lack of recognition of the depth of the digital divide and the reasons it exists, resulting in a lack of urgent action. Communities must identify and communicate their own needs by getting involved in the decision-making spheres, such as state broadband task forces and advisory committees, to shore up their shortfalls into productive policy action. These were the findings of a listening session held by the Center for Media Justice and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative at this year's National Rural Assembly in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Note: With legislative sessions largely adjourned in statehouses across the nation, this week's Dispatch is the first in a series of issue-specific session roundups from Progressive States Network highlighting trends in different critical policy areas across the fifty states.)
In a last minute amendment to its heavily controversial state budget bill, the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance added a provision that would greatly reduce broadband access for schools, libraries, and university researchers. The target of this harmful proposal is WiscNet, a not-for-profit Internet Service Provider cooperative that offers inexpensive and flexible broadband service to anchor institutions, provides online learning resources for public schools and libraries, and allows university researchers fast, inexpensive data upload services unavailable from private providers. This proposal by Governor Walker would force WiscNet to return $39 million in federal funds that would be used to lay fiber-optic cables across Wisconsin and would sever the relationship between WiscNet and the University of Wisconsin, which founded WiscNet over 20 years ago. In addition to negatively impacting the University's connectivity and research capacity, the loss of this funding means that fewer rural community members would have immediate access to broadband.
After multiple attempts in the past four legislative sessions, large telecommunications providers have finally succeeded at preventing municipalities from facilitating community broadband services in North Carolina. Despite expressing concerns that industry-supported legislation would result in poorer service for communities, Governor Bev Perdue failed to veto House Bill 129, allowing it to become law without her signature. The law is particularly detrimental in rural areas, where the private sector has refused to provide service because they do not see profits.
As political battles over budgets and deficits continue to rage in D.C. and statehouses across the nation, the dominant rhetoric continues to be that the vast majority of the nation must bear the burden of "shared sacrifices" – fewer teachers, hospitals, and other social services – while the wealthy continue to enjoy substantial tax cuts. In other words, working families have to cope with a financial crisis created by Wall Street while those that got us here in the first place pay no price.
Despite the clear need for states to support community efforts to create jobs by investing in critical infrastructure, right-wing legislation in North Carolina and South Carolina seems to want to take away the people's rights to build broadband in their communities. The bills – HB3508/SB483 in South Carolina andHB129/SB87 in North Carolina – place onerous requirements for community-based broadband networks, threatening their existence and economic growth. As our states continue to deal with the fallout of the Great Recession, broadband build-out is the critical infrastructure investment needed to put Americans back to work and rebuild prosperity.


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A campaign to unify South Africans
In May of 2008, riots occurred in Alexandria, located in northeast Johannesburg. South African citizens attacked migrants, killing two people and injuring many others. This incident spawned further attacks, which spread throughout South Africa. These xenophobic attacks had economic and cultural motivations. Tension is still high and there are strong concerns that further attacks will break out in the near future.
Kgosi Neighbourhood Foundation, the University of Notre Dame, Pellegrino Collaborative and Notre Dame's Center for Social Concerns have joined forces to develop together+, an educational and promotional campaign to reduce fear and build connections and community in neighbourhoods where both South Africans and refugees compete for scant resources.
The campaign centers around the communication of diversity as a positive outcome. Materials include a welcome guide containing information about the citizenship process, and helpful locations for assistance; a curriculum-based children's story spreading the message of diversity as unity through the personification of flowers native to regions of Africa from which refugees often come; a healthcare rights poster series and reference guide explaining the rights of all South Africans to medical care; and a mural project using the together+ identity to be executed by community members in order to connect them and facilitate unity.
Each projects seeks to ignite positive change and unity in South Africa, one neighbourhood at a time.


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---- — KALKASKA — A trio of deep fracking wells in Kalkaska County used 42 million gallons of water in the search for natural gas in the past two years, and one of the wells sets a state record for the longest in Michigan history, according to public documents and interviews.
The amount of groundwater drawn to feed a trio of Encana Oil & Gas wells in Excelsior Township could fill at least 63 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Water usage numbers are concerning to some environmental groups and county residents who live near the wells.
"They are gigantic water consumers, and there are enormous wells," said Paul Brady, who lives a few miles from the wells. "I'm concerned about the water, just like everyone else should be."
Water usage numbers are on a website called FracFocus, which allows energy companies to publicly document details of their wells, including water usage. The FracFocus website shows one of the Excelsior Township fracking wells -- state excelsior 3-25 HD-1 -- used 21.1 million gallons of water. Two other wells in the township used a combined 20.9 million gallons of water.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality monitors water use at the wells. DEQ officials said they usually expect a horizontal fracking well to use about 5 million gallons of water or more; the amount of water being used by Encana in Kalkaska County fits within the range of safe groundwater withdrawals predicted by a state of Michigan water resource assessment tool.
"We are monitoring it closely," said Rick Henderson, a field operations supervisor for the DEQ's Office of Oil, Gas and Minerals. "We have people out there all the time. We have no interest in doing anything to harm the environment. Our whole goal is to protect the public health, safety and the environment."
Encana spokeswoman Bridget Ford said the company relied on the DEQ's water resource assessment tool to "determine potential impacts to nearby water resources for the amount of water needed to drill our wells." Ford said the horizontal drilling used in Kalkaska County allows the company to reach more natural gas and other resources while minimizing surface disturbance.
Erik Bauss is the Michigan field director for Energy In-Depth, launched in 2009 by the Independent Petroleum Association of America. Group membership includes smaller oil and gas producers. Bauss acknowledged higher water use numbers at the Kalkaska wells than what's typically used in Michigan fracking wells. But Bauss contends today's fracking technology eliminates the need for greater numbers of traditional wells that he said would use more water overall.
"We are producing a lot more gas with one well than we would be with 16 or so wells traditionally," Bauss said. "We are using essentially less water to get more gas."
Bauss said one of the wells in Kalkaska County is almost two miles long and sets the state's record for the longest well, when vertical and horizontal length are combined.
Oil and gas companies applied for at least 14 new fracking permits in northern Michigan counties as of October 2012. Ten of the applications are for natural gas wells in Kalkaska County alone, where an unemployment rate of nearly 9 percent has county leaders on the constant search for new industry and jobs.


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Tony Tripoli is headed to Boystown for the first time to perform his stand-up show on Friday at 7 and 9 p.m. at Circuit Nightclub, 3641 N. Halsted St.
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President Barack Obama on Monday signed executive orders banning workplace discrimination against millions of LGBT employees of federal contractors and the federal government.
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The couple were married on Nov. 25, 1962, at the First Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth by the Rev. James VanDyke. They are members of First Presbyterian Church in Ashland.
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Weather: Soggy weekend ahead. It will be mostly sunny today and Friday, with highs in the upper 80s and nighttime lows in the upper 60s. Rain chances enter the picture Friday night, and we could see two to three inches of steady, heavy rain on Saturday.
Next step against S.W.A.T.S. The two men who run the controversial gym and sports-supplement company in Fultondale are scheduled for their first day in court this morning. Prosecutors will appear in Judge Caryl Privett's court in Birmingham to show why the injunction to close S.W.A.T.S. should be made permanent. Investigators for Attorney General Luther Strange shut down the company last week, claiming that Mitch Ross and Chris Key were defrauding customers with their therapeutic spray made from deer antler velvet extract, as well as a cap claimed to help heal from concussions.
Kidnapped Georgia girl found safe. Police in suburban Atlanta found Ayvani Perez in safe condition Wednesday at a home in Conyers, Ga., about 36 hours after intruders broke into her family's house and snatched her away in an apparent robbery attempt. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that two suspects are in custody, and that one of them was once arrested the same time as the girl's mother on marijuana charges, though the charges against the mother were quickly dropped.
Sports: Down to two. The Braves cut their magic number to clinch the division title after a 5-2 win over Washington on Wednesday. Dan Uggla and Jason Upton smashed home runs in the sixth inning to come from behind. Rookie staring pitcher Alex wood was ejected after getting into an argument with umpire C.B. Bucknor.; manager Fredi Gonzalez also got tossed after Bucknor called balled four for a bases-loaded walk. The Braves open a series this afternoon at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs, needing just two wins and/or two Nationals losses to clinch... Boxing: Ken Norton Sr. died Wednesday at age 70 of congestive heart failure. The former heavyweight champion is best remembered for three epic bouts with Muhammad Ali, the first of which he won by breaking Ali's jaw. He was on the losing end of a fight against Larry Holmes that is widely regarded as one of the best bouts ever. His son, Ken Norton Jr., was a linebacker for Dallas and San Francisco in the NFL and now is a position coach for Seattle.


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The New Hampshire Wind Watch will host "Issues with Wind Power in New England," a presentation by Benjamin Luce at 7 p.m. at Newfound Regional High School in Bristol. The organization is a 1,300-member nonprofit formed by opponents to two proposed wind farm projects in the Newfound Lake/Cardigan Mountain region.
The meeting will be "an educational opportunity" that will be free and open to the public, said Wind Watch's Lori Lerner.
Luce, a professor of physics and the chairman of the Sustainability Studies Program at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vt., is a longtime researcher and advocate for renewable energy. He previously served as the director of the New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy, a job in which he advocated wind power and other renewable energy sources, Lerner said.
While Wind Watch members and others opposing the wind projects cite concerns about damaging the views in the tourism-based region and the potential for declining property values, Luce will be presenting "a scientific case against the development of industrial wind power on mountain ridgelines," she said.
"He is pro-wind energy and he has backed wind farm projects in America, but as he will explain, he doesn't think New Hampshire's mountain ridges are properly suited for wind-power projects at all," Lerner said.
Spanish wind-power company Iberdrola Renewables was granted permits last year for its 24-turbine, $120 million 48-megawatt wind farm project in Groton, which went online Dec. 31.
Groton selectmen signed a 15-year-agreement with the company that will pay the town $528,000, which is roughly equivalent to Groton's most recent town budget, in the first year. Iberdrola is about to begin the state permitting process for its proposed second project in the area, the 37-turbine Wild Meadows Wind Power Project on leased land in the towns of Alexandria, Danbury and Grafton. Meanwhile, EDP Renewables of Portugal is proposing a 15- to 25-turbine wind farm in the towns of Groton, Alexandria, and Hebron.
The state's Site Evaluation Committee, or SEC, which permitted the Groton wind farm, will be considering the proposed projects in the months ahead.
Opponents say the turbines, which are lit at night and are about the size of a 40-story building, will depress the local economy. Many are concerned by environmental effects, such as the potential sound levels from the turbines.
The Newfound Lake Association has come out against the Wild Meadows project, as has Bridgewater's board of selectmen. Meanwhile, Rep. Harold "Skip" Reilly, Sr., R-Grafton County District 8, has proposed a bill to the Legislature in this session that would put a moratorium on new wind-power projects until the state updates its energy plans.
The Lakes Region Planning Commission announced this week that it will also hold an informational meeting on the proposed wind-power projects with an attorney representing the SEC present on Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Bridgewater Town Hall. That meeting is open to all residents and town officials.
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Condi Rice Downplays Benghazi Criticism
The former secretary of state anticipates review board findings, while a security expert says cost of security at Baghdad, Kabul embassies to blame
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice believes the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans was not due to any breaches in protocol, pointing instead to the fog created by chaotic situations like the attack on the Benghazi consulate.
Rice, now a professor at Stanford University, told Fox News that it's difficult to know exactly what is going on in situations like this, made more complicated by the necessity of diplomats to often step from behind security walls to do their work effectively.
Her comments come days after the release of emails from the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya asking Washington for increased security. Republicans and other political opponents of President Barack Obama have framed these documents as an example of the administration's failure to anticipate and handle the situation. Rice, a Republican, served in the administration of President George W. Bush and was briefly mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
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"It is not very easy in circumstances like this to know precisely what's going on as it's unfolding," she told Fox's Greta Van Susteren. "There are protocols in place, I have no reason to believe they weren't followed, but it is not very easy in circumstances like this to know precisely what's going on as it's unfolding."
Rice also noted the inherent dangers of diplomacy in insecure countries like Libya.
"You can't keep your diplomats in a bunker, you want them out doing their work," she says. "You want to make certain you're making the right safety precautions for them, as well."
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But one expert tells US News & World Report that protecting diplomats and allowing them to do their work are not mutually exclusive.
"I don't think it's antithetical to diplomacy to have security," says Scott Stewart, a retired Diplomatic Security Special Agent involved in hundreds of terrorism investigations.
Stewart points to the extreme measures taken by groups such as Hezbollah to target their enemies. In 2005, for example, the militant organization and Syrian operatives were suspected of killing former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri by detonating roughly 1,000 kg of TNT in a car bomb, effectively leveling a city block.
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"If (they) want to take you out, there's little you can do to protect yourself," Stewart says. "If your embassy is a smoking hole in the ground, or if your ambassador is dead, you can't do any diplomacy."
"There's a balance that needs to be maintained," he says. "There needs to be common sense there."
Stewart says the facility in Benghazi was not a fortified embassy compound, but a rented villa protected by a small group of British and local contractors. It didn't have any "layered security measures," such as a rooftop escape hatch that is standard issue for all embassies following the 1979 attack on the embassy in Islamabad.
"People on the ground were asking for more security, and the department was not responding to those requests," says Stewart. "One of the reasons for that is the budget."
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The incredible costs of maintain diplomatic presences in Baghdad and Kabul take away from the resources at all other embassies worldwide, he says.
"Lower profile people are suffering," he adds.
Current State Secretary Hillary Clinton has been deferring criticism of Obama's response to the Benghazi crisis by citing the department's review board, which will conduct a full investigation of the incident and how it could have been prevented.
"The accountability review board will want to look at what the embassy was communicating about the situation on the ground," Rice said on Fox, "What the State Department was doing in response to the communication about what was going on on the ground, and not just what happened that particular night, but what signs there were early on – what the intelligence picture looked like."


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"You've tried it your way for years, and your kids can't even pass the State's Minimum Basics Skills test. That means they can barely read. Now they've given me one year to turn this school around- to get the test scores up- so the state will not take us over to perform the task which you have failed to accomplish- the task of educating our children. So forget about the way it used to be. This is not a damn democracy. We are in a state of emergency and my word is law. There's only one boss around here, and that's me."
— Morgan Freeman as Joe Clark in Lean on Me.
They make movies about principals like Jim Sexton. People like Morgan Freeman star in them and people cheer. But in real life, usually they are run out of town.
Jim Sexton was assigned to clean up Dodge. He did that.
He was assigned to make academics the No. 1 priority at JHS. He did that.
He was assigned to make Jeffersonville High School a safe environment where you didn't have to worry about the student's safety. He did that.
He was assigned to do a makeover at Jeffersonville High School where status quo was not acceptable and he did that.
What he also did was step on a lot of toes, butt heads with the teacher's union, make enemies on the Greater Clark County Schools Board of Trustees, and this past week was reassigned to another position in the system.
Jim Sexton was given an impossible task — and he accomplished it. The only thing that surprised me about Thursday's decision by Greater Clark Superintendent Andrew Melin was that Jim lasted 2 1/2 years at JHS. That was longer than the previous principal Steve Morris, who was a good man. Morris was too nice of a guy for JHS. Jim Sexton was too mean a guy for JHS. Hopefully, the next principal chosen will be a Goldilocks principal — perhaps they will be just right.
Jim Sexton became a friend of mine. I understand completely why some people did not like him. He did things his way or the highway. He had a vision of making JHS the best high school in the state. He was not a nice guy if you disagreed with him. People who are asked to turn around any operation are not nice guys. Jim Sexton did not finish last.
Neither did Jeffersonville High School over the last couple of years.
Jim Sexton knew he couldn't trust very many people in Jeffersonville High School circles. He had a target on his back from day one.
The saddest part about this whole scenario is that Sexton's contract was up in May. That was not good enough for those on a witch hunt. All things related to former Superintendent Stephen Daeschner must go.
November 6 will be a very interesting day for Clark County. I hope anybody voting for a school board race will educate themselves and hear all sides of the story. There is no cut-and-dry when it comes to Jim Sexton. He has supporters and detractors. Real life is kind of that way.
The only disappointment that I have regarding Jim Sexton's tenure at JHS is that his supporters were not vocal. Those who were against him were and certainly had a goal. As they say, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
I do wish Jim could have done some things differently. However, I have always said that being principal of Jeffersonville High School in today's culture is an impossible job.
Thanks, Jim, for doing an impossible job as well as I think it could have been done. You made a lot of enemies. I also know you made some friends. I am one, but I know of many others and one administrator who even commented to me just this past week that they were never a big fan of yours, but attended a day-long meeting at JHS recently. This person could not believe the difference in the atmosphere, the student behavior and overall what a powerful positive effect you had on the place.
You made mistakes, buddy. If I could point out the two biggest reasons for the decision, you were hired by Daeschner and Bob Redman was hired as a football coach. And you were not always lovable. In fact, you could, I am sure, at times be a real son of a gun.
I know one thing for sure, you will always be remembered by friend and foe alike. As another old saying goes, "It's tough to follow a legend!"
They haven't won, Jim. The kids have lost. You know the mantra: "It's all about the kids."
— Lindon Dodd is a freelance writer who can be reached at email@example.com


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Northlake Mall turned out a strong Black Friday, said Shelley Korenbrot, a spokeswoman for the shopping center on Briarcliff Road.
Stores that opened early, such as Kohl's and Macy's, which opened at midnight, did especially well, she told Neighbor Newspapers.
"Our stores that opened midnight had a great run," said Korenbrot. "Kohl's had a long line that wrapped around the building to go in and everyone was going after their door-buster items. Macy's also opened at midnight and they did really well on their door-buster items too."
Sears opened even earlier, at 8 p.m. Thursday.
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So, when investing in human capital, how do successful advisors get a great return on their investment? They understand their investment in human capital is made to achieve one of these three goals:
- Better Client Service improve client service levels and the client experience.
- Higher Efficiency increase the efficiency of the entire practice as a whole.
- More Time free up the advisors time to do more advisor-related activities (i.e., grow the business).
Every time an addition is made to your team, have complete clarity on what exact duties this new person will assume and how this addresses the three goals mentioned above. Think about it in these terms:
Your team is there to be responsible for all of the service, operational, and administrative functions things that you, as the business owner/advisor, should be delegating to your team. If you have a great team that performs all these things well, it is now completely on your shoulders as the business owner to grow the business. You have no reasons/excuses for not growing the business because all of your time is now available to do advisor-specific items like strategic thinking, money management, financial planning, pursuing your passions, and generating new business.
Once you have this team in place to do the service, operational, and administrative functions, be sure to compensate them for the behavior you desire. Remember, you want better service, a more efficient office, and more time to do the things you need to. So, connect your compensation plan, specifically your bonus structure, to getting more of the performance you want. Implement a pay-for-performance model (Peak Advisor Alliance calls this Results-Based Pay) that rewards and recognizes the team on the things they can control. The team can not directly control the markets, portfolio returns, new business you close, or the overall revenue you generate. But, they can control the service to your clients, efficiency of the office, and keeping your plate clean. Incentivize them on the tasks they can control.
Meet with your team and explain they now are in control of their bonuses. Bring examples of goals to the meetings and ask them to do the same. These examples should correlate with items that can be put into one of the above three areas. Assign a dollar amount to each of the goals. Pay out the bonuses based on achievement of the goals. We have dozens of suggested goals. Here are a few to illustrate the value:
- The client service satisfaction score from your client survey.
- The number of Random Acts of Kindness completed for clients.
- The percentage of implemented items in the various sections of a systems manual.
- The implementation of new client touches such as birthday calls, anniversary calls, weekly or monthly communication pieces, proactive outbound calls, etc.
- The incorporation of items currently done by the advisor into the teams responsibility.
Everyone agrees that hiring a great team is crucial to growing your practice. It may be the single biggest reason for your success or lack thereof. So, I suggest when making this investment, be clear on what you want accomplished. Often times your additional hire will contribute to all three of the above goals. However, some advisors in larger practices are hiring personal assistants that essentially do nothing but keep the advisors plate clean.
Allocate some time to take a cold, objective look at your practice, and evaluate the level of client service, the efficiency of the practices systems and workflows, and your overall productivity/use of time as an advisor. My guess is you will find some valuable investment opportunities maybe even better opportunities than the equity markets in March 2009!
Ask yourself how much you would invest to have your client satisfaction score go from a 3.8 to 4.8 on a five-point scale, or to have your clients go from fair-weather advocates to raving fans.
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Team for Tomorrow is a humanitarian program that provides a vehicle through which U.S. athletes can offer their assistance and support to those in need around the world, as well as a means to continue spreading the Olympic Values of excellence, friendship and respect. Through this initiative, U.S. athletes offer assistance and support in the form of donations, volunteerism, disaster recovery support, advocacy and other contributions to communities.
First launched in 2008, this impactful program is in its fourth cycle in 2014 with U.S. Olympians and Paralympians embracing the opportunity to give back through a variety of social and civic causes.
For the 2013-14 edition, 11 Athlete Ambassadors are leading the charge for Team for Tomorrow, acting as champions and captains of the program on behalf of Team USA. As stewards of the program, these 2014 Olympians and Paralympians help educate their U.S. teammates about the program while at the same time giving back through visits at local multi-sport organizations in their hometowns and training communities.
Athlete ambassadors are donating service hours to various YMCAs, Boys & Girls Clubs and other youth organizations in their hometown and training communities. During these visits, the athletes share their personal journeys through sport, help with after-school activities, lead sport clinics and speak with children about the importance of living an active and healthy lifestyle. They also donate a sport equipment package on behalf of the Team for Tomorrow program.
Team for Tomorrow athlete ambassador and Olympic champion in nordic combined, Billy Demong, is continuing his support of Team for Tomorrow through Citi's Every Step of the Way® - an initiative that benefits U.S. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls as well as athletes of all ages in communities across America. By visiting everystep.citi.com/#billy, Team USA fans can help allocate a portion of Citi's $500,000 total donation specifically to Team for Tomorrow. The funds will allow Team for Tomorrow athlete ambassadors to continue promoting an active and healthy lifestyle to young people across the country and also fund donations of much-needed sport equipment to local communities.


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U.S. Senate members of a conference committee have blocked an extension of the Jones amendment through the rest of fiscal 2012, setting aside a measure that would have barred the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from converting more fisheries into commodities markets, multiple sources said Wednesday.
Supported by 100 votes on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last February, the amendment by Congressman Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican, was not added to an appropriations bill for Commerce, Justice and Science.
The spending bill was approved initially by the Senate without the Jones amendment. Jones' measure would have blocked any NOAA funding for expanding its catch share management policies, which have drawn fire and are blamed by many fishermen and Massachusetts lawmakers for forcing fishing industry consolidation and job losses.
Catch shares, a policy initiative of the Obama administration, was introduced without notice to or the approval of Congress by NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco. Although an ardent believer in catch shares, she did not mention her intentions at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee.
Working on the so-called "mini-bus" spending bill since early November, the conference committee sealed the fate of the growing opposition to catch shares by closing the appropriations bill to floor amendments.
The Jones amendment was supported by Speaker John Boehner, according to Jim Donofrio, executive director of the Recreational Fishing Alliance, who was in Washington, D.C., to lobby for the amendment.
"It's a shame (the Jones amendment) was done in by the House of Lords," said Donofrio.
He said Boehner began blogging about fishing as a "jobs issue" in recent weeks.
Among Jones' House allies across the aisle are Massachusetts Democrats John Tierney and Barney Frank.
But NOAA officials Wednesday stood by blocking the Jones amendment as a means of giving fishermen in different fisheries a choice of trying to make catch shares succeed.
"America's fishermen today need more opportunities to succeed, not fewer," said Lubchenco's spokesman, Justin Kenney. "Catch share programs are simply one tool in the toolbox of fisheries management, and when designed properly have proven to be effective."
The conference committee report emerged late Monday, a day before Gov. Deval Patrick introduced two new socio-economic studies of the New England groundfishery, noted that they demonstrated that "catch shares have had a devastating impact on the groundfishery" and asked for a federal disaster declaration and $21 million in federal assistance.
Citing a state study and one done in conjunction with federal scientists, the governor wrote to Commerce Secretary John E. Bryson that "federal regulations and management policies have caused a significant consolidation of the groundfish fleet, lost of jobs and reduced revenues," producing a "fisheries resource disaster."
On Wednesday, the consumer group Food & Water Watch reported similar effects from the catch share regimen covering the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery since 2007.
Red snapper was the first Gulf fishery to be managed as a commodities market.
Under catch shares, Food & Water Watch reported, the red snapper fishery has shrunk by 44 percent.
Food & Water Watch has been a global watchdog and critic of managing fisheries by catch share principles — limiting access and allocating the wild resources to ensure harvests, reduce the race to fish and encourage consolidation and commodity market trading.
Although a small number of U.S. fisheries — including the New England groundfishery — are using catch share systems, the idea of expanding the approach rapidly was promoted aggressively by Environmental Defense Fund, which favors market-based policies and also gave birth to the so-called "cap-and-trade" policy on air pollution.
EDF and its proxies hired at least four Washington, D.C., lobbying firms and spent at least $250,000 fighting against the Jones amendment, according to the OpenSecrets.org, the website of the Center for Responsive Politics.
"The funding prohibition on new catch share programs would save fishing jobs and taxpayers' money," Jones wrote Wednesday in an email to the Times.
"While I am extremely disappointed that this language was not included in the conference report, I will continue to work with my coastal colleagues to prevent NOAA from jamming new job-destroying catch shares programs down the throats of fishermen who do not want them."
Jones remains hardly alone.
"The negative economic impact of the current catch share program on our fishing community is clear," Congressman John Tierney said. "I join my colleagues in expressing immense frustration and disappointment that Congressman Jones's amendment was not included in this bill."
Another opponent of catch shares is Sen. Scott Brown. His press secretary John Donnolly said that "Sen. Brown is disappointed this provision was not included in the conference report, and will continue working to ease burdensome catch-share regulations on Massachusetts fishermen."
One amendment that was added to the Commerce, Science And Justice spending bill for fiscal 2012 requires NOAA to report to the Senate Appropriations Committee within two years on the feasibility of moving the Northeast Regional Office, which was rebuilt in Gloucester three years ago at a cost of $15 million, to Baltimore.
Eric Schwaab, appointed by Lubchenco to head NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, had been a career bureaucrat in Maryland. The amendment was filed by Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, one of the 11 Democrats among 18 senators on the conference committee.
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Tonawanda News
October 8, 2013
Lillian Denk
The Tonawanda News
Lillian (nee Lasky) Denk, age 94, died on Thursday, September 26, 2013, after a lengthy illness. Born in Windber, PA to the late Daniel and Matilda (Goceliak) Lasky, she had been a resident of the City of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda for the greater part of her life. Lillian was the wife of the late Norman P. Denk; and sister of the late Julius, Frank, Charles, and William Lasky. She had been employed in the Children's Department at Jenss Twin-Ton in the City of Tonawanda for many years. She was a past member of Friedens United Church of Christ.
She is survived by two children, Christine (Robert) Stonemetz of Charlotte, NC, and Ronald Denk of St. Louis, MO; one beloved granddaughter, Jocelyn (Keith) Kudrewicz of Las Vegas, NV; two sisters, Olga (late John) Holleran of North Tonawanda, and Pearl (late Donald) Lane of Cambria, NY; two sisters-in-law, Carol (late Charles) Lasky of Cambria, NY, and Rita (late William) Lasky of North Tonawanda. Also survived by several interesting and loving nieces and nephews.
There will be no prior visitation. Family and friends are invited to a Memorial Service on Saturday, October 12th at 10 AM at JOHN O. ROTH FUNERAL HOME, INC., 25 William St. (Between Morgan & Broad Sts.) City of Tonawanda. Rev. Jeremy Lopez will officiate. Private burial will be in Friedens Cemetery in the Town of Wheatfield. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of WNY, 2805 Wehrle Dr. Ste 6, Williamsville, NY 14221.
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CVB offers package
TRAVERSE CITY — The Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau is offering a special Winter/Spring "Traverse City Escape" package good from Jan. 4 until May 16.
The package that combines special rates at more than 17 participating hotels and resorts with discounts on winter recreation, shopping, dining and entertainment.
For more details about the 2013 Traverse City Escape Package, go to www.traversecity.com.
Auto show tickets
DETROIT — Tickets for the North American International Auto Show 2013 (NAIAS) Charity Preview are now on sale.
The event will be held at Detroit's Cobo Center on Friday, Jan. 18, and raises millions for local children's charities.
Tickets are $300, $290 of which is tax deductible.
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BROOKLYN — Michigan International Speedway has been chosen as the state's only host venue for Tough Mudder.
The hard-core, 12-mile obstacle course was designed by British Special Forces to test strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie. The Tough Mudder event will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 29 and 30. To register for Tough Mudder Michigan, please visit http://bit.ly/Q7l4MH.
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ANCHORAGE — A brewery from outside Fairbanks has opened up a retail outlet in Anchorage's largest airport.
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport says passengers catching flights will be able to carry on six-packs or half-gallon growlers of microbrew made by Silver Gulch brewery in Fox. The outlet is inside the secure passenger area at the entrance to the C concourse and also includes a restaurant.
New Amtrak service
NORFOLK, Va. — Amtrak has begun offering service between Norfolk and Washington, D.C., providing an alternative route for tourists, business travelers and military officials who usually drive on the state's congested highways between the two cities.
The train will make stops in Petersburg and Richmond before reaching the nation's capital, and those who choose to can remain on the train for travel to the Northeast. It's the first time passenger rail service has been offered in south Hampton Roads since 1977.
The project to bring passenger rail to Norfolk finished 10 months earlier than planned and a permanent station won't be ready until 2013, although a temporary waiting area and restrooms are available until then. The cost of a one-way ticket will range from $38 to Washington to $73 to Boston.
On weekdays, trains departing Washington will leave at 3:55 p.m. and return to Norfolk at 8:50 p.m.
From Italy to DC
WASHINGTON — Italy's foreign minister is opening a year-long celebration of Italian culture in 30 U.S. cities with a rare display of Michelangelo's "David-Apollo" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
The sculpture from the year 1530 is on loan from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. It will only be shown in Washington.
The sculpture was last shown in the U.S. capital in 1949 when it drew nearly 800,000 visitors. It was also a centerpiece for those who attended President Harry Truman's inaugural reception at the gallery.
This time, it will be on view through March 3, 2013, to include crowds attending the inauguration of President Barack Obama.


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Not knowing history is no excuse for messing up the future (not to mention the present). Contrary to Mark Firley's post, "Getting' Over on M-83," the Master-Planned M-83 is not a redundant road added late in the game for the sole convenience of north-county newcomers and County tax collectors. M-83 has been an integral part of upcounty planning from the beginning and is designed and located to provide the entire upcounty with efficient local traffic that would otherwise overwhelm the historic MD-355 and not mix well with a high-speed Interstate highway. Failure to follow through on this plan has turned rural roads into danger zones, congested other local roads, and regularly brings I-270 to a stop-and-go crawl. The net result is personal frustration, economic loss, public hazard, an inefficient bus system and greatly enhanced emission of air pollution and carbon dioxide. It's time to look again at how we got into this sorry state.
In the 1950s and 60s it became evident that there would be major growth in the greater Washington DC area. At that time northwest Montgomery County was rural with a scattering of small towns built along the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the historic road west – MD 355. Planning for future growth started with the Wedges and Corridors concept – concentrating higher density residential, retail, and commercial development along transportation corridors with density decreasing into "green" wedges to the sides of the corridors. MD 355 and a new state highway – that morphed into I-70S and I-270 – was one of the principal corridors. It was evident that the capacity of MD 355 would be limited by communities dating to colonial times, and the existing network of rural roads was even more restricted. Therefore a central element of planning from the start was two new high-capacity local roads on the east and west sides of the central corridor - Midcounty Highway and Great Seneca Highway.
The rights of way for these roads were specified in Master Plans starting in the mid 1960s and all subsequent upcounty planning and development has assumed completion of these roads, and development has not been allowed in the right of way. The right of way for the Midcounty Highway is identified in County planning documents as M-83 and extends from the Intercounty Connector to the far edge of Clarksburg. Construction of the Midcounty Highway on the M-83 right of way was completed in 1970/71 from Shady Grove Road to Montgomery Village Ave. The portion from Rt. 27 through Clarksburg (now designated as A305) is largely built and scheduled to open within a year. The connection to the ICC is "on the books." The missing link between Montgomery Village Ave and Rt 27, generally referred to as M-83, is a critical part of the Montgomery Village and Clarksburg infrastructure, but also essential to the establishment of an efficient road system that connects together upcounty communities and employment centers, and supports the backbone of an effective bus system.
Completion of this road was a central part of the Montgomery Village plan and advertised by the developer, Kettler Brothers, as one of the assets of this new community. In 1970 no one suggested that a road serving Montgomery Village was a burden on the downstream Mill Creek Town - everyone knew this was a road for the entire county, including the already-planned Clarksburg. And since the route was spelled out in Master Plans, new developments, including the just-started Watkins Elementary School, were located to accommodate and coexist with the new highway..
So it is surprising and disturbing to now find this public infrastructure opposed as an intrusion on Montgomery Village. There is of course further opposition on environmental grounds. Any new construction raises legitimate environmental concerns, but the discussion of M-83 has distorted these completely out of proportion. The currently prominent environmental issue is impermeable surfaces. To construct Montgomery Village trees were cleared, the ground leveled, and the area covered over with impermeable roofs, roads and parking lots, amounting to an area the magnitude of a square mile. Most people would accept the environmental cost of Montgomery Village as justified by providing housing for 10s of thousands of people in what was one of the best communities in Montgomery County. With this great beginning it is most unfortunate that the isolationist clique that has dominated the public face of Montgomery Village has been able to stop the most critical part of the upcounty transportation infrastructure - M-83, whose impermeable area will be a few percent of that found in Montgomery Village.
I will make common cause with Mark Firley on several points: 1) Objection to permitting development on the basis of paper infrastructure. But who could have the anticipated the manic opposition to a vital part of that infrastructure? 2) The need for transit. We have been offered a long list of solutions – Metro extension, light rail, CCT, and RTV (I apologize for any overlooked acronyms), all promoted with slick drawings, studies, and hearings, but nothing to ride on. The feasible option is a three-letter word – bus. But buses need an effective road system and M-83 would be the backbone of a truly rapid bus system. 3) The transition of the upcounty from a bedroom community to an integrated mix of residences, retail, and employment. This is a glittering success along the completed Great Seneca Highway. But the Midcounty Highway dead-ends in a Montgomery Village that is afflicted with serious problems in some of its housing and retails areas. Isolating Montgomery Village from the rest of the upcounty may protect it as a struggling bedroom community, but it has also helped change it from the star of the upcounty to an obstacle. Worse yet, denying the rest of the upcounty access to a major part of long-planned county infrastructure spreads the damage – within and well beyond the Village.


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Voter Registration Modernization a Progressive Alternative to Right-Wing Voter ID Laws
Cristina Francisco-McGuire on January 6, 2011 - 5:25pm
Kris Kobach, Kansas' incoming Secretary of State and the mastermind behind Arizona's SB 1070, is gearing up for his next battle in 2011: putting an end to "voter fraud" by mandating photo identification at the polls. During his campaign, Kobach argued that, "[i]n Kansas, the illegal registration of alien voters has become pervasive." He further called on "the country's secretaries of state [to] take the necessary steps to protect the integrity of our elections." However, what Kobach didn't acknowledge is that modernizing voter registration systems is a far more effective and cost-saving way to achieve election integrity and security, without the side effect of disenfranchising millions of eligible voters.
Voter ID bills only prevent one type of voter fraud: the impersonation of registered voters at the polls. According to research from the Brennan Center for Justice, instances of such fraud are so rare that one is more likely to be struck by lightning than commit voter fraud. Current problems with election integrity have less to do with voter fraud and more to do with the fact that our antiquated voter registration system – which has barely changed over the past century – is in desperate need of an upgrade. Not only does the existing patchwork of voter registration laws and procedures actually leave the system vulnerable to fraud, but a modernized system would utilize already-existing government databases to compile an accurate list of eligible adult citizens, preventing bloated voter rolls.
Aside from preventing fraud more effectively, voter registration modernization would also boost the percentage of registrations coming from historically disenfranchised communities, as government databases compile complete lists of eligible voters. Meanwhile, what Kobach and his allies fail to mention are the potentially devastating effects of voter ID requirements on turnout within low-income, elderly, and minority communities who are less likely to have these forms of documentation. Such suppression isn't cheap, either. The cost of implementation of a voter ID law is considerable, even before the inevitable legal challenge is taken into consideration – Missouri's Committee on Legislative Research found that state would have to spend nearly $6 million the first year and $4 million in its second and third years. Meanwhile, after Arizona implemented online registration, the state began saving 80 cents per voter registration. Similarly, Washington has saved between 50 cents and $2 per registration, compared to paper.
If Kobach were truly interested in maintaining the integrity of our election system, he would be calling for the following four cornerstones of voter registration modernization
Instead, his crusade against "voter fraud" is just a thinly-veiled right-wing excuse to suppress the votes of low-income, elderly, and minority constituencies.
For more information on our work on election reform policy, please contact: Cristina Francisco-McGuire, Election Reform Policy Specialist 212-680-3116, ext 118; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Full Resources from this ArticleStateline - Secretaries of state up the political ante
Brennan Center for Justice - Voter Registration Modernization: Collected Reports and Papers
The American Prospect - Misidentified Priorities: Newly elected Republicans are pushing state-level voter-ID laws designed to disenfranchise minority voters
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law - Voter Registration Modernization
Pew Center on the States - Online Voter Registration: Case Studies in Arizona and Washington
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