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IT used to be a joke that someone would sell their granny – but that is literally what we as a society are now doing! The elderly, the vulnerable and those with profound special needs are being put at risk for financial motives.
The events surrounding at Southern Cross care homes and Winterbourne View hospital highlight the dangers of privatisation of our social duty of care and allowing the market place to make profit out of desperate human need. These latest examples cast serious doubts about how civilised we are as a country and how we treat those least able to help themselves, in particular older people.
Surely our politics and priorities are capable of embracing a more enlightened and ethical view of what 21st century care should look like? Is it not about time that we had a debate about whether we can trust the private sector or the market place or the profit ethos, in its current form, to be involved in the provision of care?
Making rich rewards out of the most vulnerable is a price that David Cameron and his ideologues seem willing to pay but for any progressive democracy this is not acceptable. For far too long, our political parties have allowed themselves to be brow-beaten into seeing virtues in privatising, commercialising, franchising services for the most vulnerable.
Yet there are huge limits to the market in social and healthcare and, in contrast, there is a much better case to be made for the 'public good'. The public seem to have a better instinct for what is morally acceptable and have little appetite for more private-sector involvement in social, personal and healthcare. We seem, though, to lack the confidence, passion and belief to make the positive case for public or not-for-profit provision.
Recent events, where care-home provision has become a multi-million-pound property business, and a hospital for adults with special needs has become what has been described as the highest-paid torture facility in the country, are horrifying. What is also deeply depressing is that we allow private care to make profit out of the vulnerable while relying on the state to pick up the pieces if there is any trouble. As usual, it is the taxpayer who pays for the excesses of the market.
Surely this is the tipping point for a rethink. Fundamental questions have to be asked and many of the myths put forward for the involvement of private care and market thinking have to be challenged and dispensed with.
Certain myths have been accepted as "common sense" and permeate our public versus private debates. First, competition drives up standards – where is the evidence for this? Second, private care is more cost effective – but 'least cost' is not the same as value for money and, again, where is the evidence? Third, private care is more efficient – but what is the value of measurement and again 'least cost' is not an efficiency criterion. Fourth, public services need to shed costs and cut staff – but what about not-for-profit alternatives, new and innovative thinking in the public sector and different forms of working?
These myths show private care to be more of an ideological cause than a civilised or productive way of dealing with the vulnerable.
The other great weakness of private-care provision lies with the work of the regulators. Over-challenged, understaffed and with a near-impossible job to do, there is no guarantee that they can do anything beyond light and superficial regulation. At Winterbourne View hospital, the Care Quality Commission was culpable of sleeping on the job.
But how do you regulate private companies that are out to make money and have a hundred different ways of achieving this? The simple answer is you don't. It is 'mission impossible' as the regulators are constantly informed by the private-care owner that they have businesses to run and need the minimum of interference.
This brings into focus the link between making money from the vulnerable and conditions within private care where we find poorly-paid and poorly-trained workers operating in poor conditions of understaffing and inexperienced management and a range of care needs which are far beyond their skills or capabilities. Why do we put people willingly and knowingly in such peril?
This raises the question of accountability. Who are private-care providers accountable to? Despite some weaknesses in the public sector, there is a clear line of political and administrative accountability which is known and transparent and is also subject to public scrutiny. This is a world removed from private care where accountability becomes largely meaningless. Shareholders and those who seek to profit have little interest in the quality of care.
Despite much of private care being profit-driven and firmly rooted in the market place, the public purse – central and local government – is a huge investor and income provider. This raises the question of why central and local government, the NHS, not-for-profit sector, the voluntary sector and the private citizen or user and families, should not come together and build new forms of 21st century care with new institutions and innovative care and cooperative concepts which dispense with private care and profit-making and any form of exploitative commercialisation.
It is little wonder we have a crisis on our hands. The public good demands a civilised society which values each individual, young or old, and seeks to provide the best possible conditions for meaningful and enjoyable lives to be lived without the risk of being exploited, abused, mistreated or humiliated. Dealing with vulnerable older people and those with profound special needs means their dignity, pride and role in life must be safeguarded.
The limits of the market and the search for profit make private care, in its current form, unfit for purpose. The explosion in the number of older people now only a few years away only adds urgency to finding new and better ways of making everyone feel important and cared for.
Politics is about choice and priorities. Spending should not be caught up in technicalities and dogma but be based on ethics and values. The public good is more important than the market place.


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Transportation experts view the call for dramatic federal government action in response to the economic crisis as an opportunity to overhaul the U.S. system of highways, bridges, railways, and mass transit. A series of sobering report cards from the American Society of Civil Engineers documents the inadequacy of this system. President Barack Obama took office pledging to act; his February 2009 stimulus package provides nearly $50 billion for transportation infrastructure. But many experts look beyond the stimulus and call for shifts in longer-term policy that will fundamentally alter the approach to planning and funding infrastructure and bolster U.S. competitiveness, quality of life, and security. In the past, the United States has revamped its transportation infrastructure to build canals, transcontinental railways, and a federal highway system, in each case helping usher in periods of economic growth.
A State of Disrepair
A January 2009 report by the American Society of Civil Engineers on infrastructure, much of it involving the transportation sector, concluded: "all signs point to an infrastructure that is poorly maintained, unable to meet current and future demands, and in some cases, unsafe." It found that aviation, transit, and roads, already rated abysmal four years ago, had declined even further. Lost time from road congestion, the report estimated, was costing the economy more than $78 billion dollars a year while nearly half of U.S. households still had no access to bus or rail transit.
At the same time, national spending on infrastructure is often depicted as a faulty, wasteful process. Annual federal spending on transportation infrastructure in recent years has averaged more than $60 billion, and billions have been spent since 9/11 on aviation security. The Congressional Research Service cites Transportation Department data showing that the number of structurally deficient bridges was cut nearly in half between 1990 and 2007 due to federal spending. But 2006 Federal Highway Administration statistics also showed that more than 70,000 bridges, about 12 percent of the total, were structurally deficient. Among them was the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed in August 2007, a mishap that killed thirteen people and spawned new debate about the focus and level of U.S. infrastructure spending.
"All signs point to an infrastructure that is poorly maintained, unable to meet current and future demands, and in some cases, unsafe." � American Society of Civil Engineers
There is a further homeland security dimension, says CFR Senior Fellow Stephen E. Flynn. He refers to the current state of U.S. infrastructure as the "soft underbelly" of the nation's security. "This is a core vulnerability for U.S. society," Flynn told a January 2009 CFR meeting. "It's very costly, after things fall apart, to try to put them back together again. And so, as I would forecast more generally in the twenty-first century, infrastructure is going to be [an] appealing target" to terrorists. Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has also expressed concern about the federal government's failure to make long-term infrastructure investments to overcome degradation of roads, bridges, dams, and other such "common goods."
Many experts say transportation infrastructure spending over the past several decades has failed to keep pace with the increasing burden absorbed by the country's roadways, bridges, and mass transit networks. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows that spending for infrastructure relative to gross domestic product (GDP) declined about 20 percent (PDF) from 1959 to 2004. A number of experts also point to flaws in the manner of funding and planning U.S. infrastructure. Part of that involves abuses in the congressional earmarking process, epitomized by Alaska's so-called Bridge to Nowhere, a once-approved plan, later cancelled, for federal funding to build a $200 million bridge to a remote island.
Another serious problem is coordination between different forms of transportation, experts say. Congress aligns transportation funding with specific modes like highways, rail, and mass transit. It sought to improve coordination between these modes through legislation originating with the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. But the legislation did little to alter the congressional appropriations approach, the Government Accountability Office, a government watchdog body, found in a 2007 report (PDF). "As a result," the report says, "there is little assurance that projects, including intermodal projects--which could most efficiently meet the nation's mobility needs--will be selected and funded." The failure to achieve such coordination, note Brookings Institution experts Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes, leaves the United States as "one of the few industrialized countries that fails to link aviation, highways, freight rail, mass transit, and passenger rail networks."
Stimulus and Transportation
During the country's greatest economic crisis, the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was responsible for a series of iconic public works projects, notable among them the Golden Gate Bridge, the Hoover Dam, and the Tennessee Valley Authority rural electrification effort. No less important were "thousands of railroad grade crossings, parkways, trails in the national parks," writes historian Bruce Seely in the Wilson Quarterly. "Public-works relief funding from the federal government finally broke fiscal logjams."
The 2009 stimulus package is more modest, with its supporters stressing the need for speed in creating jobs as opposed to longer-term legacy projects, at least initially. The legislation includes roughly $48 billion in transportation infrastructure spending, including $29 billion for highway projects, $8.4 billion for public transportation, and $9.3 billion for inter-city rail, including up to $8 billion for high-speed rail service.
Many of the funds will be disbursed under normal formulas. State governments will receive funding for roads and bridges, and funds for public transit will go to local and regional agencies. The Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders have stressed there are no earmarks in the bill; by contrast, the current federal surface transportation authorization bill that expires in September 2009 has more than 6,000 earmarks.
The United States is "one of the few industrialized countries that fails to link aviation, highways, freight rail, mass transit and passenger rail networks." � The Brookings Institution
Still, the allotment for high-speed rail has piqued the interest of transportation experts. Most of the extra funding was inserted at the last moment by the Obama administration, signaling the new president's commitment to a form of transport in which the United States is seen as lagging far behind states like France, Germany, parts of coastal China, and Japan. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has sixty days to prepare a strategic plan for the funds and has the discretion to give "priority to projects that support the development of inter-city high-speed rail service," Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told Politico.
But some experts stress the need for realistic expectations about how such a system can function in the United States. "I'm not convinced high-speed rail is the answer to some people's prayers, because the geography of the United States is different than Europe," says William J. Mallett, a specialist in transportation policy at the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. "It may make sense in certain places--the Northeast Corridor, California, Chicago. A high-speed rail network that covers the whole country is probably not feasible" due to the dispersed nature of the U.S. population, he says.
Yet overall, the stimulus spending directed at transportation will be helpful in starting to address some of the country's infrastructure shortcomings, says the Brookings Institution's Puentes. "From a lot of indicators, this does seem a step in the right direction," he said. "At the end of the day, it could have been a lot worse."
The exact apportionment of funds will be clear in the months ahead. In December 2008, the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials listed more than 5,100 road and highway projects, $64 billion of which could get underway quickly, and the Association of Public Transit Officials points to more than $12 billion of "ready to go" transit projects.
Obama's stimulus package has aroused debate among economists about the usefulness of large public works projects to spur employment and economic growth. Overall, the 2009 stimulus package includes $120 billion for infrastructure and scientific research and more than $30 billion for infrastructure projects related to energy. Obama administration advisers estimate that construction projects alone could create about 675,000 jobs. Republicans in the House and Senate, nearly all of whom voted against the stimulus measure, have generally acknowledged the need for infrastructure improvements but have faulted the timeliness and targeting of the money in the package. Ronald D. Utt, a senior research fellow for the conservative Heritage Foundation, says it might have been wiser to stimulate employment in the battered financial sector than in major public works projects. "It is highly unlikely that any of these unemployed investment bankers, mortgage brokers, actuaries and bond counsel, and other skilled workers who make the financial system work would instead bang rivets into West Virginia bridges or hang drywall in Chicago schools," he wrote in a February 2009 web memo.
Eisenhower's Example
State and local governments control an estimated 80 percent of infrastructure spending, giving the federal government more of a coordinating role. But there are precedents for the federal government asserting primacy in transportation infrastructure. The last major example was the 1956 legislation creating the Interstate Highway System, which led to the creation of 47,000 miles of highway and more than 55,000 bridges. President Dwight D. Eisenhower saw firsthand the parlous state of the nation's roads when he took part in a 1919 U.S. Army convoy from Washington D.C. to San Francisco. The journey took sixty-two days. As commander of allied forces in World War II, Eisenhower also took note of the efficiency of the German autobahns. As president, Eisenhower presented the highway plan as a national security imperative (the system is known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways).
Eisenhower "gave the rationale for the federal government to essentially put a national system in place where we had really a patchwork quilt of roads," CFR's Flynn told the January 2009 meeting. The effort was funded by a highway trust fund, which received funding primarily through a federal tax on gasoline.
Flynn says security can again be used as a rationale to spur a more coherent, nationally oriented approach to infrastructure. Another panelist at the January 2009 CFR meeting, Everett Ehrlich, a former undersecretary of commerce, said a standardized review of all infrastructure efforts at one federal "checkpoint" would help planners address everything from smoother transit to related concerns such as homeland security and energy efficiency at one time.
Beyond the Stimulus
As a presidential candidate, Obama expressed support for a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that would invest $60 billion over ten years for improvements to "maximize our safety and homeland security." The notion of a national bank for infrastructure has gained a number of prominent adherents in recent years, including governors and mayors. A 2007 report commissioned by the Center for Strategic and International Studies called for a bank that would draw together U.S. infrastructure proposals and collect a portfolio of investments to fund them. As described by Ehrlich and a co-chair of the CSIS commission that produced that think tank's report, Felix G. Rohatyn, the National Infrastructure Bank would preserve the system in which state and local governments propose major infrastructure investments, but "would change dramatically the way priorities are set and projects funded" by eliminating the separate programs for highways, airports, and mass transit.
In a similar vein, Puentes of the Brookings Institution calls for establishing a Strategic Transportation Investments Commission. It would focus on maintaining the interstate highway system, developing a national intermodal freight plan, and creating a national plan for passenger travel among metropolitan areas. The political viability of these and numerous other proposals for infrastructure overhaul, including increased use of public-private partnerships, will get a supreme test in the coming months, as Congress is due to reauthorize the 2005 Surface Transportation Extension Act, which expires on September 30, 2009.

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Saturday, April 17, 2010
The Earth's Best Story by Ron & Arnie Koss - Book review
The Earth's Best Story
A Bittersweet Tale of Twin Brothers Who Sparked an Organic Revolution
By: Ron Koss, Arnie Koss
Published: January 26, 2010
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
"Organic baby food is ubiquitous today. It can be found in glass jars, portable squeeze tubes, and frozen cubes. Once upon a time there was no organic baby food", write successful twin brother partners and entrepreneurs Ron Koss and Arnie Koss, in their insightful and inspirational story of their unlikely business venture The Earth's Best Story: A Bittersweet Tale of Twin Brothers Who Sparked an Organic Revolution. The authors share their entrepreneurial journey from its inception, through its troubled times, and toward its ultimate success with humor and honesty.
Ron Koss (photo left) and Arnie Koss share their successes and missteps on their way to building the first organic baby food company in America. The story is more than just a summary of how they moved from an idea to a successful business venture. While they describe, with unusual honesty, how the idea was formulated, to generating financial backing, to marketing their product, the story delves more deeply into the lives and aspirations of the entrepreneurs. The brothers write in detail how they believed in the critical importance of building an organic based company, that cared about the environment and the health of the babies who ate their product. This concern with larger issues than mere profit formed the philosophical basis for their company. The company had to become successful on ethical and environmental grounds.
Arnie Koss (photo left) and Ron Koss don't just describe a company. Instead, they intersperse their business analysis with their own personal journey as entrepreneurs and as human beings. Their growth as people, caring about the needs of others besides themselves, is part of their remarkable achievement. They set out to prove, whether stated explicitly or not, that an organic baby food company could succeed in a difficult and highly competitive marketplace. The brothers not only demonstrated an environmentally friendly company could achieve success in the industry, but that it could also be prosperous while located in rural Vermont, far from major cities and manufacturing centers. The commitment to their ideals and aspirations, despite numerous setbacks, speaks well of their character and their faith in their product line.
For me, the power of the book is how Arnie and Ron Koss share a fascinating and very reader friendly account of their entrepreneurial journey. The twins point out that the book is about how they built and operated the company, but they also point out how they made several serious missteps. Their open and frank discussion of their mistakes provides the reader with valuable lessons on which courses of action are best avoided. At the same time, the authors demonstrate how to maintain a working partnership that is able to overcome serious setbacks, and continues to operate effectively. They also provide powerful insights into how to run a family based company effectively and with a minimum of friction and dissension. Most of all, the book is a deeply personal one, told in alternative voices by each brother, from their own unique point of view. The personal nature of the book gives it a power that a more clinical analysis of the company would lack.
I highly recommend the fascinating and enlightening book The Earth's Best Story: A Bittersweet Tale of Twin Brothers Who Sparked an Organic Revolution by Ron and Arnie Koss, to anyone seeking a model for creating and building a successful organic and environmentally friendly company. The book demonstrates that entrepreneurs, concerned about ethics and the environment, can compete successfully in the marketplace. For environmentally oriented consumers and parents, the recognition that organic and safe products are an important part of the future of business, is exciting and reassuring.
Read the fun account of a revolutionary business The Earth's Best Story: A Bittersweet Tale of Twin Brothers Who Sparked an Organic Revolution by Arnie and Ron Koss, and discover how visionary and ethical entrepreneurs can transform the business landscape for the better. Building a better world is also good business, while creating a healthier tomorrow for everyone.
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If this is your path to redemption, Glee, you're off to a good start.
We sorted every (magical) lesbian/bi TV character in the history of the world into Hogwarts houses because we love you.
Now that's an entrance.
With only four days left to vote for Best Comedy in the AfterEllen Visibility Awards, Modern Family and Parks and Recreation are only separated by a handful of votes. (Both are dominating Glee.) Are you voting for Claire Dunphy or Leslie Knope? (Or the new underdog Santana Lopez?)
Heather and Naya on set together is hopefully good news for future GLEE episodes.


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"I worked with Skiprockcreative in Rome on a series of posters for the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UNO). The series is for internal use to teach FAO employees about IT security. "
Christian Lindemann is a German illustrator and graphic designer. He has a diploma in graphic design which he received while studying in Germany and Australia. Several years he worked as a graphic designer in advertising before eventually setting his own freelance business. Christian lives together with his wife and daughter in his hometown Burgdorf in northern Germany, were he works above his family owned cinema: Neueschauburg.
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Lanvin | Spring/Summer 2013 Campaign
"Keep your heels, head and standards high."
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Vogue Towers had an incredibly svelte and sunny visitor yesterday. Model Karlie Kloss, who was in the office for a fitting, came face-to-face with her own image in the Vogue corridor. The shot was taken for this magazine by Terry Richardson in a Manhattan diner - but what we want to know is, why can't we look like that after tucking into a big ole burger?
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New Services Available at Library
Thanks to an anonymous donation from a local couple's estate, we have upgraded our technical capabilities and can offer even more services to the community. Thank you!
* Public-use copy machine has returned
The staff has a new copier so our other one has been moved out for the public to use themselves, rather than waiting for staff to help them. It is for black-and-white copies, at 10 cents per copy.
* Color Copies
We can help you make slick color copies on our new copier! This option is more expensive, so we will charge 25 cents per page up to 10 copies, and 50 cents per page for each copy after that. (For large color jobs it might be best to use a printer such as Best Press in Woodville).
* Scanning
We have a scanner set up for the public to use, which can scan your documents and e-mail them or save them to a portable drive, useful for attaching resumes to online applications, sending documentation to agencies, etc.
* Faxing
We can send a fax of up to ten pages per phone number for you for $2.50, 25 cents per page after that.
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Library Foundation Gives Donors Sneak Peek of New Francis Gregory Library
Published on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 4:32pm
June 19, 2012 – Monday evening, the DC Public Library Foundation hosted a sneak peek event at the New Francis Gregory Library to thank library supporters and to encourage others to support their library.
Hosted by Mayor Vincent C. Gray and DC Public Library Board of Trustees chairman John W. Hill, more than 100 attendees marveled at the new building, designed by world-renowned architect David Adjaye, the night before it opened to the public.
"The DC Public Library has quickly become one of the most forward-thinking systems in the country," Mayor Gray said. "Just as the staff and library board should be applauded, those who support the library system also deserve praise. Their commitment to the library has helped it achieve its success."
Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper said that the Foundation has been key to the Library's progress.
"The DC Public Library Foundation has been one of our most important partners," she said. "The Foundation's support has helped start many other programs that users now expect the Library to offer. Their support of the Library has never gone unnoticed or unappreciated."
Greg Chernack, chairman of the Foundation Board of Directors, agreed.
"By getting private individuals to invest in the DC Public Library, we have been able to help speed up the system's improvement," said Chernack. "Tonight, we say thank you and we challenge you to do more so that our Library can be even better."
Attendees enjoyed music by Arnold Sterling's jazz band and beverages prepared by Derek Brown, the bartender and owner of acclaimed bars The Passenger and Columbia Room. Brown's drink recipes included D.C.'s native cocktail, "The Rickey," which he developed from records in the DC Public Library's Washingtoniana Division.
The DC Public Library Foundation is an independent not-for-profit that partners with the DC Public Library to provide a margin of excellence, and to help make a good library great. Since its founding in 1985, the Foundation has secured and administered over $4 million in funding to the Library through bequests, trusts and donations. Programs supported include the Library's Sing, Talk and Read (STAR) program, which helped teach early literacy development strategies, and a computer training program that targeted adults 55 years and older.
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- This article is about the continent. For the planet, see Tyria (world). For the achievement category, see Tyria (achievements).
Tyria is a continent in the world of the same name. The geography of the continent ranges from the dense jungles of the Maguuma, to high mountains of the Shiverpeak Mountains, to forests of the Blood Legion Homelands and Ascalon, to the sandy Crystal Desert. Beneath the land stretch the interconnected caverns of the Depths of Tyria which hold ancient structures of unknown origins that date back to a time before humanity. Over ten thousand years ago, the Great Giants once roamed the land. Before all recorded history, the Elder Dragons roamed - whether before or during the time of the Giganticus Lupicus is still unknown. And over a thousand years ago, before the exodus, the human gods lived in the continent of Tyria. Throughout the ages, the continent has changed - from seas turning to deserts, to sinking kingdoms and scorching lands, to flooding cities, and to deserts turning green by diverted rivers - and may continue to change.
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Tyria and the surrounding islands are divided into several major regions. The most important are:
- Ascalon: Ascalon was once a great human kingdom but after The Searing and Charr Invasion humans were almost wiped out of Ascalon. Hundreds of years later the scorched ground of Ascalon has begun to flourish again. The ghost army cursed by the Foefire plague Ascalon and the Dragonbrand of Kralkatorrik scar the land.
- Kryta: A lush and green area rich with fertile soil. Found in the central-western area of the continent, the kingdom and its people are currently the only human-settlement to prosper where all others have perished. Despite this, its countryside is raided by marauding centaurs. Refugees come from all over the known world to the safe haven of Divinity's Reach.
- Maguuma Jungle: A dense jungle found in the western area of the continent. It is full of strange species found nowhere else in Tyria, and divided into three sub-regions - Magus Falls, Maguuma Wastes, and Tarnished Coast.
- Shiverpeak Mountains: A giant mountain chain that acts as a divider running north to south, between Ascalon and Kryta. It holds three sub-regions - the Deldrimor Front, Far Shiverpeaks and Steamspur Mountains.
- Ruins of Orr: The peninsula in the very south ascended from beneath the sea as the elder dragon Zhaitan rose. In the past it was the residence of the gods and the oldest human kingdom, today it is a wasteland.
- Sea of Sorrows: This body of water is Tyria's Mare Internum.
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Steve McGuire shares his experiences of trying to get a job with G4S at the 2012 Games
David Davies, PA Wire
In September 2011, I was given the opportunity to become a member of the G4S security staff at London 2012 through my college. As an A-level student, the chance to put that on my CV was presented as a once in a lifetime opportunity not to be missed. I immediately signed up for the training and booked an interview online.
We began the training in weekly three-hour sessions, and it was evident quickly that everyone in the group (including the tutors giving the training), shared my excitement over the prospect of spending the summer at the worlds biggest sporting event, while earning money and spending time in the capital.
In October, the interviews took place, and we were told that everyone was pretty much guaranteed a job, provided they attended an interview and they didn't have a criminal record. I was told that I would hear back within 90 days as to whether I was successful.
We continued the training with two really nice, laid-back tutors every Wednesday afternoon until our Christmas break began, and we were told that we had all passed our training and that we would have a one-day course in January on anti-terrorism, to be delivered by G4S employees.
More than 90 days after the interviews, people asked me if I'd heard from G4S. I told them that I hadn't.
More than 90 days after the interviews, members of my group at college began asking me if I'd heard from G4S, and I told them that I hadn't. We began sending emails and phone calls to the lecturer from our college who was also volunteering for work with G4S. He told us he had called several times having heard nothing from the company, only to be kept on hold for hours at a time, and he told us not to bother emailing G4S, as he was still awaiting replies to emails he'd sent to them weeks ago.
The anti-terrorism course was delivered eventually at a day's notice in late March 2012. I had to miss important lectures to attend it, but I was told the course was the last part of training until role-specific training, which would be given at the venues from April to June 2012, at test events that we would be asked to volunteer at.
The course was basically a day pondering common sense, the tutors from G4S quizzing us on whether we thought marijuana or alcohol might be allowed inside venues. It was very basic stuff, and we were told "any problems/suspicious behaviour, tell your line manager". It seemed we were not being trained to deal with problems, as you might expect from security staff. This contradicted what we were told in the training before Christmas about dealing with tricky customers, and how we were supposed to use initiative to solve problems.
It was around April that two people received contracts. Many of us, however, received emails, letters and phone calls repeatedly from all over the country requesting our bank details. I was asked for mine four times. I sent them four times. One of my friends was asked eight times for his bank details. This made many question the competence of the company. But the consensus among my group was to see how it plays out.
We then repeated a day of physical intervention training for some unknown reason. Many at this point decided that they were done, including some of my friends. They phoned G4S to cancel any further training, and found themselves on hold for hours, some even found that the company hung up on them. I decided to wait, as the promise of employment during the summer had meant that I had not applied for jobs locally, and so I really needed this job.
On 20 June I received a call from G4S, asking if I was available for a training day in a week's time. All previous training had been held at the college in my town, so I thought I was being asked to go there. I then got two emails, one saying I needed to go down to London in three days for the training, the other asking me to collect uniform from London in five days. The cost would have been in excess of £200 on the train.
I'd been searching the online forums for other students' experiences, and I found that G4S expected us to pay for this training and would only provide accommodation for 600 students in London.
With 10,000 volunteers becoming security staff, I couldn't see me getting accommodation and so I decided that I didn't want to take the risk.
My name is still on the rota, and the managers are adamant that I am going to turn up, despite being no longer employed by G4S.
I called G4S three times, again to no answer, cancelled my training and sent two emails to G4S telling them that I could no longer be employed at the Games, as I could not afford to get to London for all of my training.
I then received an invitation to an online survey. G4S told me that the survey was for scheduling purposes. The first question asked if I was still interested in employment. I answered "no", and told them the reasons for this.
I have continued to receive emails from various G4S employees and managers. They are still sending me details of when and where I can pick up my uniform and venue pass, as well a rota for work at Old Trafford in Manchester. Apparently I'm entitled to £1 per hour for every hour worked there. This is obviously nowhere near the £8.30 an hour promised. I have also received other employees payroll numbers and work schedules.
After doing everything within reason to alert the company that I am not interested in employment, they still send me emails regularly, and I spoke to a friend from college a few days ago, who began work at Old Trafford. According to her, my name is on the rota, and the managers are adamant that I am going to turn up at some point, despite her telling them that I am no longer employed by G4S.
I understand that there probably are individuals who haven't let G4S know that they are no longer able to fulfil the terms of employment, but there are many in that "up to 59%" absentees, that like myself are genuinely disappointed not to be at the Olympics, who stuck with G4S until the end.
MSN contacted G4S for a response to Steve's experiences. A spokesman said:
"While we aren't able comment on individual cases, we are sorry that potential employees have experienced difficulties through the recruitment process. What we can say is the large increase in numbers of staff requested by LOCOG - up from an original 2,000 in December 2010 to more than five times this number, six months ago - has been extremely challenging, and we have encountered some delays in progressing applicants through the final stages. We have been devoting more resources and working flat out to process these as swiftly as possible, and we are now in the position where we have over 4,000 people deployed now at 100 venues, and more than 9,000 going through the final stages of training, vetting and accreditation."


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Patients have the right to allow visitors for emotional support and to participate in care decisions and education.
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Free wireless internet access is available throughout the hospital. To begin using this service, open your wireless connection utility, scan available networks and connect to "Catholic Health Visitor."
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To make your stay more comfortable, we recommend that you bring a bathrobe, slippers, desired walking shoes, nightgown or pajamas and toiletries. The hospital will provide other necessary articles.
Electric razors and blow-dryers are permitted, but the hospital does not take responsibility for their safekeeping.
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Long distance telephone calls are made at your own expense.
The use of cellular phones in the hospital is prohibited due to the potential interference with some medical life-safety equipment.
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Newspapers are for sale in the main lobby. The gift shop has other reading materials.
Hundreds of meals are prepared daily at Kenmore Mercy Hospital and each tray receives individual attention. Nourishing and well-balanced meals are an important part of your treatment and recovery. A registered dietitian works closely with your physician to provide you with individual nutritional care.
Our food service program is called "At Your Service." Upon admission an ambassador will present you with a restaurant-style menu containing foods correlated to the diet prescribed by your physician. When you wish to receive your meal(s), dial 7-FOOD (73663) and place your order with the call center receptionist. You will receive your personal, "made-to-order" meal within 45 minutes of placing your order.
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The Patient Representative program is designed to help you with any questions, problems or concerns that may arise during your stay with us here at Kenmore Mercy Hospital.
If you have any concerns about hospital policies, procedures, or personnel, or if anything occurs during your visit which you would like to share with someone, please ask to see the patient representative or call (716) 447-6914.
Please note that as of January 1, 2008, smoking is not permitted anywhere on the Kenmore Mercy campus and its off-site locations, including the Kenmore Mercy Hospital Medical Office Building, McAuley Residence, and the 300 Two Mile Creek Road Building. The new smoke-free policy includes all grounds, parking lots, adjacent sidewalks and private vehicles.


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Westminster, Md. – (June 4, 2013) — The Carroll Hospital Center Board of Directors unanimously voted today to nameLeslie Simmons, R.N., FACHE, president of Carroll Hospital Center effective July 1.
This is the next step in the succession process developed by the hospital's board of directors to transition administrative leadership in anticipation of the 2015 retirement of current President & CEO John M. Sernulka.
"The board is delighted that we have such a talented leader in Leslie, who has grown in the organization over the last 14 years," said Ethan Seidel, Ph.D., chairman of the board of directors. "She will continue the hospital's tradition of strong leadership and a family-like culture that is focused on providing high quality, compassionate care."
Sernulka will continue to lead the hospital as CEO, with a focus on future strategies and a commitment to the hospital's vision of being the best place to work, practice medicine and receive care. During Sernulka's 25 years at the hospital, the organization has experienced significant growth in facilities, programs and services, market share and community support.
Under Sernulka's leadership the hospital has nearly tripled in size, boasting primarily private patient rooms, state-of-the-art operating suites and an expansive emergency department. Technology is second to none with the latest in robotics for surgical care and medication management, as well as modern diagnostic equipment and an extensive information technology infrastructure.
In addition, outpatient facilities were developed in Eldersburg, Mt. Airy, Hampstead, Reisterstown, Taneytown and Westminster to provide convenient, high quality laboratory services and access to physician specialists.
As a leader in the organization for nearly 14 years, Simmons has been instrumental in driving Carroll Hospital Center's outstanding achievements in quality with a focus on accountability and transparency. The hospital has been recognized for numerous awards, including being rated number one in Maryland and the Region (Maryland, D.C. and Northern Virginia) for Overall Hospital and Medical Care by CareChex®, a national rating organization, for the past three years. In addition, Simmons' strong clinical background, from her more than 24 years of experience in numerous aspects of the health care industry, has been an asset in creating a culture of patient-centered care and uncompromising commitment to high performance at the hospital through the development of clinical service lines and increased participation in statewide collaboratives and best-practice initiatives.
A resident of Westminster, Simmons earned her associate degree in nursing from Anne Arundel Community College and her Bachelor of Science in nursing and Master of Management Administration from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
Simmons is the past president of the Maryland Organization of Nurse Executives and is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives. She also served a five-year term as a commissioner on the governor's Taskforce for the Nursing Commission. She is a board member of the YMCA of Central Maryland and was appointed by the governor to the Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council. Simmons was recognized as one of The Daily Record's "2012 Top 100 Women in Maryland," and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Carroll Hospital Center is a nonprofit, acute care facility offering the latest in medical technology, experienced medical professionals in a variety of specialties and a continuum of programs and services to meet the needs of the community.
Photo caption: Leslie Simmons, R.N., FACHE, named president of Carroll Hospital Center.


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Happy autumn y'all! I don't know what the weather is like where you are but there's an undeniable crispness in the air during my morning commute, and my bike wheels is crunching through more and more crispity brown leaves. YES. I love autumn so much. There's squash, and the last of the really amazing tomatoes and corn, and Halloween, and appley things, and wind, and VEGAN MONTH OF FOOD!
That's right, Vegan MoFo is back for its third year. Kell and I participated last year as well. Isa says:
The idea is to write as much as you can for the month of October about vegan food. The blog entries can be about anything food related - your love of tongs, your top secret tofu pressing techniques, the first time your mom cooked vegan for you, vegan options in Timbuktu - you get the idea. There is no strict guideline for how much you have to write, but we shoot for about 20 times a month, or every weekday.
If you want to participate, head over the Kittee's blog! It's super fun, a little challenging, and way educational.
And now some random stuffs! The Sisters Vegan is now on Twitter and Facebook, so if you like reading random shit and hearing about what I made for dinner, follow us on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook!.
There's big news around the Berkeley Three's household: we're getting CATS! And they DANCE DANCE DANCE and they DANCE DANCE DANCE! Not really. Well sort of. They're very cute despite the lack of dancing. My parents have been taking care of a stray that they named Hildie for the past few months, and all of a sudden about a month ago they heard mewing from our woodpile...KITTENS! There were three kittens with Hildie, all completely different colors. Mom is going to keep Hildie and one of the kittens, and we're taking the other two, as soon as they're old enough. ALL of them are obviously going to be spayed/neutered but we have to wait until they're old enough. We cannot wait. I promise many pictures.
And the most important thing: Kelly and I are participating in Farm Sanctuary's 2009 Walk for Farm Animals in San Francisco. Basically we get to raise money to help animals and look super sporty doing it. It's a win-win. Seriously though, it's a really awesome thing to do and since there are walks taking place all over the country, you should do it too!
So if you'd like to sponsor us (even $1 or $5 helps!!), please throw some cash money right here. If you have no money to spare but would like to help and aren't already vegan, please consider going vegan for the month of October in solidarity! You'll find a great list of resources and blogs to the right of this entry with plenty of helpful info on the hows and whys of veganism and plenty of delicious recipes. Speaking of which, I'll be posting more Isa testers shortly.
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HP resembles a pitiful, helpless giant
Hewlett-Packard is faltering hard, losing market share to Apple and EMC.
There are lots of takeaways from Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ)earnings report -- besides what a loser company it seems to have become.
Here are the three biggest:
1. The enterprise is still strong, which means that EMC (EMC) is seeing great strength, although it will most certainly be knocked down by the "sweeping generalization" types. This is cloud/virtualization; the group got hit Tuesday and most likely will be today -- a good place to buy.
2. The personal computer is weak. We don't know whether that's because of the Apple (AAPL) competition and the iPad freezing the market, but it seems like a decent bet. The decline is too big to explain it away by saying weak consumer demand, especially given how strong both smart-phone and iPad sales are. This is looking more and more like Apple has a completely destructive technology.
3. The low-end router biz of HPQ is eating Cisco's (CSCO) lunch but isn't doing so well for HPQ's margins. Hewlett is making too many low-end deals on routers that are taking away core Cisco business.
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The conclusion: Rather than say the industry is soft, it seems more accurate to conclude that HPQ is faltering -- and faltering so hard that it is losing share to Apple and EMC, although the latter is harder to prove, because it is so robust.
Here's where I am coming out: Apple is to Hewlett as all of the other discounters are to Wal-Mart (WMT). In other words, some of the newfound better-than-expected growth is coming out of one company -- HPQ -- and into another.
If you think back to Dell (DELL), you could draw the same conclusion. The Apple iPad is that powerful. Hewlett seems to be a spent company, a consumer play with some corporate biz that is not strong enough to offset the weakness. In that sense, still one more parallel to big dogs doing badly: Cisco. Its consumer business is struggling, too, and is up against some solid competition in a shrinking desktop market because of saturation and a decline in capital expenditures.
Given how big the installed base is for HPQ, given how strong the iPad is coming on, this ugly trend may be in its infancy, which is why it makes so much sense that HPQ is down so much. In early trading today, shares were down 11.4% at $42.73.
Moreover, HPQ continues to while away its shareholders' money by spending $2.3 billion on buybacks and $175 million on dividends. To me, the buyback is a gigantic mistake that the company -- like so many tech companies, including Cisco -- refuses to own up to. Without that dividend protection, without momentum, without strategy, HPQ seems like a pitiful, helpless giant that remains a sell, even after this decline.
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With an election and a referendum to be held on the same day, can these polls avoid the mistakes of 2007?
After the electoral debacle of 2007, Scotland heads to the polls next month for another combined vote. This time the Holyrood election is set to coincide with a referendum on electoral reform. So can there be confidence that history will not repeat itself?
The 2007 experience was a bruising one for Scottish democracy. More than 140,000 were spoiled in the Scottish Parliament election, with tens of thousands more rejected for the local government poll. The decision to run both elections – each under different electoral systems – on the same day was described as "deeply mistaken" by First Minister Alex Salmond and the outcome, "totally unacceptable in a democratic society". A report into the fiasco by Ron Gould judged that the voter was "treated as an afterthought".
To avoid a recurrence of these events, the Scottish and local government elections have been 'decoupled', in line with Gould's recommendation. Four years on, however, this election will be held alongside a UKwide referendum on the introduction of the Alternative Vote. The decision by the UK Government to combine the polls has been slammed by opposition parties north of the border. But the woman charged with directing the referendum is confident that the events of 5 May 2011 will be very different to those of 3 May 2007.
"For us we're very much seeing this as elections and referendums and the Scottish Parliament election has really been centre stage of the plan as well as the referendum," says Jenny Watson, Chair of the Electoral Commission and Chief Counting Officer for the AV Referendum.
"I would say that in terms of the planning and the electoral monitoring that we're doing, I do have confidence that we're well on track.
I'm never going to say that there might not be problems. There might be things that we haven't thought of, like there could be a sudden snowstorm. But I think we're well on track and I am confident that we're going to do a good job." The conditions heading into this election are vastly different from the last Holyrood poll, Watson argues.
"Let's take us back to the 2007 elections for a moment. There's an enormous amount that has changed since then," she says.
This time around, voters will receive three different ballot papers: one for the Holyrood constituency vote; one for the Holyrood regional vote; and one for the referendum.
Each will be colour-coded – lilac, peach and grey respectively – and allocated three separate ballot boxes. This contrasts with 2007 where the constituency and regional vote appeared on one paper, adding to voter confusion. And unlike those elections, in which people were expected to use both crosses and numbers in the first past the post and single transferable vote systems, each ballot paper will now simply require an X. What's more, on the regional paper, parties will no longer get away with using slogans like the famous 'Alex Salmond for First Minister' before their party name.
"I think when you look back at 2007 there are so many things that seem to come together to create that kind of situation," says the Chief Counting Officer. "We've worked very, very hard not just in the last six months but since 2007 to make sure that all of those issues have been addressed." Part of this preparation has been 'voter testing' ballot papers and developing guidance to ensure the confusion of 2007 would not be repeated. The referendum ballot paper has been developed using these guidelines and the question – "At present, the UK uses the 'first past the post' system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the 'alternative vote' system be used instead?" – has been tested on voters by the Electoral Commission. The Scottish Parliament ballot papers have also been developed by the Scotland Office in accordance with this guidance, but – in spite of the commission's advice – not trialled on voters.
"What they tell us is that they have developed the ballot paper along the lines of our guidance but it hasn't been tested directly with voters. So as far as our responsibility goes, we're clear about what we've done and then it's for the Scotland Office to assure themselves that they can be completely confident about the election ballot paper," Watson reports.
Another failing of the last Holyrood elections, highlighted by Gould was a "fragmentation" of responsibility. The new Electoral Management Board is now providing this much needed leadership, Watson believes.
To further avoid any disruption to the Holyrood poll, Watson has ordered when the count for the referendum can begin.
"My direction about the timing of the count for the referendum is that it will take place at 4pm on the Friday after polling day. And that's specifically to make sure that the count can take place for Holyrood well before that so that people who are standing for election and voters who have voted will know who will represent them in Parliament and potentially, who will form the Government. So that's a very practical example of how we're putting the election centre stage in planning," she says.
To get this information to those who matter most – the voters – the commission is launching an information campaign on 1 April. Booklets with factual information about the election and the referendum will arrive in households. This will be accompanied by TV, radio and online advertising, while information on the arguments will be distributed by the Yes and No campaigns.
With all of these pieces in place, Watson is confident that she will oversee a successful poll that maintains faith in the democratic process.


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There have been a lot of changes in the music industry business model over the last ten years. One of the biggest changes is the idea that an artist needs to sign a record label to make a commercially viable record. Over the last year, a variety of artists — including folk scene mainstay Ellis Paul, former Throwing Muses singer-guitarist Kristin Hersh, and singer/songwriter Jill Sobule — opted to make music via fan funding instead of signing with a record label. By getting the money for recording expenses from their fans, artists can make the music that they want without the hassel of getting their label's approval. By donating money to their favorite artists, fans can guarantee that they'll get to hear new music.
These days, artists are coming up with all sorts of ways to secure their fans' financial support. It can be as easy as posting a PayPal button on a Website or putting out a donation box at live shows. However, the most successful model for donations seems to be offering fans something special in return for their contributions — whether it be exclusive content, merchandise or a simple thank you letter. To encourage higher-level donations, artists are getting even more creative. For $10,000, you could sing on Jill Sobule's record or have a lifetime of Ellis Paul guest list spots for you and a friend! There are also Websites like Sellaband.com, which allows artists and fans to share in the profits of the music they both helped create.
OurStage artist Brian Bergeron was inspired by the success of Jill Sobule's fundraising efforts. Knowing his fans wanted to hear new music just as much as he wanted to make it, Bergeron turned to his audience for help. "I'm not looking for a record label," said Bergeron via email, "I think it's best to stay indie in times like these, and fan funded albums are a great way to do so!" Fans who donated $15–$24 received an acknowledgment in liner notes, an autographed copy of the album, access to MP3s of album tracks before official release date and a thank-you letter from the band. Fans who were generous enough to donate $1000 received a copy of the album, merchandise, concert tickets, additional exclusive music content, executive producer credit on the album and a concert at their house. Through fan funding, Bergeron was able to raise enough money to cover a portion of the cost of recording his first full-length album with his band The Late Greats. "I'm glad I went the fan funded route," said Bergeron," I would recommend it to any musician."
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- Guilderland 69%
- Niskayuna 6%
- Shaker 4%
- Shenendehowa 21%
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The Bethlehem boys soccer team is your favorite to win the Section II Class AA title, according to the results of last week's poll question. The Eagles garnered 39 percent of the vote, while Shaker finished second with 26 percent of the vote.
This week, we look at the girls' side of the Class AA Sectional soccer tournament and ask you to pick your favorite to win the title. Here are your four choices.
Guilderland (15-1-0): The top-seeded Lady Dutch finished the regular season on a 12-game winning streak including victories over Shaker and Shenendehowa.
Niskayuna (13-3-0): The second-seeded Silver Warriors are the only team to beat Guilderland this season, and they split their two-game season series against Shaker, Shenendehowa and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake.
Shaker (8-5-3): The Blue Bison own a win against Niskayuna, and they lost both of their meetings against Shen by 1-0 scores.
Shen (12-3-1): Besides their two wins over Shaker, the Lady Plainsmen swept their two league games against Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and defeated Bethlehem 1-0.
Cast your votes in the box to the left of the screen. The poll will remain open until 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
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DELAFIELD, Wis. ( Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Often when above-average volume moves into an equity, it precedes a large spike in volatility.
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Major moves in volume can signal unusual activity, such as insider buying or selling -- or buying or selling by "superinvestors."
Unusual volume can also be a major signal that hedge funds and momentum traders are piling into a stock ahead of a catalyst. These types of traders like to get in well before a large spike, so it's always a smart move to monitor unusual volume. That said, remember to combine trend and price action with unusual volume. Put them all together to help you decipher the next big trend for any stock.>>5 Stocks Poised for Big Breakouts With that in mind, let's take a look at several stocks rising on unusual volume today. Zoltek Zoltek ( ZOLT) is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of carbon fibers for different applications. This stock closed up 8.7% to $15.49 in Monday's trading session. Monday's Volume: 605,000
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Aside from often being overused as a substitute for global variables or functions (static methods/variables or a better design should eliminate this need), a potential problem with the Singleton pattern is it makes the class determine how it will be used.
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I agree with your comment, for more information on why the singleton pattern is considered harmful see:
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From an enterprise application point of view,
There are often services which are deployed as singletons. For eg, JNDIlookUpDirectory of the application.
Only one instance manages the addresses in the directory.
The problem wiyth singleton, classes, is that they cannot be deployed in a clustered environment.
If deployed, only one instance of the clsuter will have this singletton class instantiated else it will fail.
In cases, where scalablity and failover is desired, singleton pattern offers a bottleneck.
Is there any work around for such singletons, already existing in this existing application.
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Thanks for the links. The first link (SingletonsAreEvil) linked me to an IBM developerWorks article, which it turns out I had previously read before, and formed much of the basis for what I wrote in my post.
It's a good article that explains the pitfalls of singletons, how to structure your code to avoid using singletons, and the benefits of doing so. I recommend everyone who read this O'Reilly article also take a look at a counterpoint: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/co-single.html
My advice is not to use any pattern blindly; the GoF describes the appropriate contexts and forces for using a particular pattern. The Singleton pattern is especially easy to abuse, because it is so simple conceptually. But no pattern should be taken as the Gospel.
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Like many in the field, Emde started in the security industry almost accidentally. While studying in Rotterdam, he picked up a side job as security officer, was inspired by security managers he met, and soon joined ASIS International as a student member in 1990. Over the years he earned his CPP (Certified Protection Professional, the association's highest certification), but he also earned his CISSP, the equivalent information security certification from (ISC)2. That ability to wade through both the information and physical security worlds has been a boon to Emde, whose security management roles at accountancy firm KPMG, security role at ABN AMRO Bank and at the European Space Agency required protection of both data and intellectual property as well as the protection of employees and physical spaces.
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After Jake Kubisiak finished twenty second at last year's state tournament, the Assumption golfer turned his attention to his senior year and improving on his finals finish. That offseason work paid off when Kubisiak closed his career with a fourth place finish in last week's state golf meet.
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