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The official beer of BCTC 2011. Described as a "[d]ark, strong Belgian-style abbey ale/porter hybrid."
A: The strong ale is dark, looking like Chocolate Indulgence or, perhaps, even darker. A tan head comes along, further supporting the stout look.
S: Spicy sweet, the darkness of the ale adds brief heft before disappearing back into the morass. The spices include sweet fruits like apples and plums paired with peppery notes.
T: Deceptive. The strength of the ale, which is significant, is hidden behind a darkly sweet, fruity base. Apples, pears and other fleshy fruits crowd out most of the darker porter-like chocolate flavors. That sweetness, as expected, obscures the booziness of the ale, never allowing it to come through. The dark sweetness pushes the beer into new ground for Ommegang, a pure sweet dark beer. A good one, but limit yourself to one.
M: The mouthfeel is sugary sweet, rich with fruits. The porter body underneath barely stands a chance, only coming through sporadically.
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Hundreds of photographs of the Yukon Territory and Alaska, including hard-to-get photos of Mt. McKinley taken from the surface of Ruth Glacier. The journey follows the Klondike Trail, starting at Vancouver, BC, through the inland passage (with images of calving glaciers in Tracy Arm), up to Skagway. Then it goes inland along the White Pass via the scenic narrow gauge railroad, on to Dawson and then veering westward into Alaska.
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This is the third article in our New Investigator Series.
In the first two articles of this series, we talked about how to be ready for independent support and how to choose a grant type. Here we focus on how you go about picking a research project for your application.
Being overly ambitious is a common mistake: proposing more work than you can do within the award time or work that exceeds your resources or expertise.
Before you choose a project, it's a good idea to have a plan for your future research goals based on the research you have been doing.
First, pick an area of research. Successful academic investigators generally focus on one area with the goal of becoming the expert in a field, for example, understanding the immune evasion of TB. Most choose an area that continues work they are already doing.
You'll need to assess whether you can be competitive in the area by conducting searches of the scientific literature.
Next, create a plan that sets out a series of research goals you'd like to accomplish during the next ten years or so. When that's done, you'll be ready to divide the goals into small components that you can achieve in three to five years each—the length of a grant award.
Doing this exercise can help you home in on the big picture first, keeping you focused on your principal idea for a significant period of time. Then when you divvy up your goals, you will have taken the first steps toward creating segments that have a limited enough scope to be doable for a three- to five-year project.
Why is this important? One of the most common mistakes of new investigators is proposing too much: a Research Plan that has too many Specific Aims, work that is too complex for their skill level, studies that require resources they don't have access to, work that is too much to accomplish within the timeframe of the award.
Though limiting the scope of your project is key, you'll need to take into account these other factors too when choosing a project.
1. Choose a topic where you can make a high impact on a narrowly focused area.
Action: Choose a high-impact project.
2. Assess gaps and opportunities in your field.
Action: Identify important and unique problems you could address.
3. Be an expert in the field.
Reviewers expect you to be an expert in the area you propose to investigate. Be sure to have first-hand experience with the science and most of the methods; you can recruit collaborators to fill some gaps.
Your experience, achievement of Specific Aims from a previous grant, and career level determine reviewers' comfort level with the research you propose.
4. Assess the importance of potential research areas to NIH.
Action: See whether your expertise lends itself to an Institute priority.
5. Write a sentence showing how your project is well focused, can make an impact, and has a testable hypothesis.
Make sure you can accomplish your aims within your award period and with the level of resources you are requesting.
Action: Make sure your project is doable.
6. Rate your project.
Ask an NIAID program officer for an opinion of your idea.
Ask experts in your institution and other colleagues to rate your project.
If it rates poorly, this is the time to step back and rethink the idea—don't wait until you've spent months writing the application.
Action: Get advice on the merits of your project.
7. Ask yourself how your reviewers might view the impact of your project.
When you write the application, target the reviewers likely to review it. See the links below to read more about making sure the right people evaluate your application.
Action: Get out of your skin and into the skin of the reviewers.
As part of your strategy, do not neglect your image. To some extent, your success depends on what your peers—including peer reviewers—think about your work. Even though you are busy at work and writing applications, keep up with publishing papers and presenting and interacting at scientific meetings.
Generally, we advise you to redo the application and submit again rather than appeal.
If you are submitting a new application after running out of resubmissions, you'll need to decide what to do if the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) rejects the application as insufficiently different from the previous one.
As we wrote in our May 12, 2010, article, you can overhaul the application and submit it as new or go through an appeals process.
You'll need to weigh the merits of redoing the application against the time it takes to appeal CSR's decision.
Generally, we advise you to redo the application and submit again rather than appeal. If your application didn't make it through CSR's referral office, its staff judged that the science is too similar to that of your old application.
You may or may not agree. Though you have the right to appeal, be aware that appealing can take time that you may put to better use redoing the application.
How Appealing Works
If you do decide to invest the time and believe your application is significantly different from your old one, understand CSR's three-level process:
CSR's Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR) assesses your application.
If DRR staff cannot decide or if you appeal its decision, they consult senior CSR staff on their A2 Committee. This committee consists of a chairperson, ex officio representative from DRR, and senior staff from all CSR's review divisions.
If you decide to appeal the committee's decision, the case goes to an Arbitration Board comprising members across NIH. The board gives its decision to the CSR director, who contacts you.
The length of the appeals process varies depending on the issues involved and the time it can take for either you or NIH staff to respond to inquiries. Generally, each step takes one to three weeks.
Avoiding an Appeal
Keep your new application fresh by writing it from scratch—don't reuse any of the phrasing from the previous application.
Always keep in mind that NIH expects to see significant changes in both the direction and approach in all sections of your Research Plan.
To head off having your new application rejected in the first place, read:
"What's New? Maybe Your Next Application," May 12, 2010
April 15, 2010, Guide notice
What Qualifies as a New Application? in the Strategy for NIH Funding
CSR's How CSR Evaluates Applications for Overlap or Exceeding Resubmission Limits
NIH's summer learning supplements were so successful that NIH plans to make them a permanent opportunity.
It's too early to assess the legacy of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), but we can see one long-term benefit already.
NIH's summer learning supplements were so successful that NIH plans to make them a permanent opportunity. We'll keep you posted.
On another note, expect NIH to incorporate more features of ARRA into its funding activities and reporting rules.
If you have a story about how ARRA helped you, your lab, and your research, it's not too late to share it with us. Just fill out our simple form at How Have ARRA Funds Helped You? and we'll put your experience on ARRA Success Stories.
NIH's Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators
NIH's Loan Repayment Programs can help you pursue your research career by repaying qualifying educational debt.
NIH's Loan Repayment Programs (LRP) may repay up to $35,000 of your educational debt each year if you commit at least two years to conducting qualified research and you're an eligible doctoral-level clinician or researcher.
Your repayable debt can include most undergraduate, graduate, and medical school loans.
To qualify, your research needs to be funded by a domestic nonprofit organization or domestic government agency. NIAID supports the Clinical Research LRP and the Pediatric Research LRP; for these programs, at least half your time needs to be spent performing clinical or pediatric research.
The next application cycle begins on September 1, 2010.
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NIH Awards by Location and Organization (Beta). View award maps and find which organizations received awards in a given area. After it's out of beta, this resource will replace the three older reports shown at Funded Organizations.
A redesigned and updated NIH Data Book now has information on graduate students and postdocs. Export functions for the graphs and data tables can help you create presentations and do your own analyses.
Use the search in RePORT Expenditures and Results to find collaborators or identify emerging trends and techniques.
You can view a variety of Reports or download the categorized data at Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories (RCDC).
The handy RePORT Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) tool lets you search by project, investigator, scientific concepts, keyword, and more. Use its search to find collaborators or identify emerging trends and techniques.
Learn more about what the site has to offer through the RePORT Tutorial. Go to Reporting Considerations When Writing Your Application for tips on including terminology in key parts of your application so your research falls into the proper RCDC category.
Help get bars to award lifted as soon as possible to avoid a restricted award.
It's only the start of summer, but our fiscal year is ending soon—so if you have a bar to award, get your paperwork in now.
Send the documentation to your program officer right away. Sooner is better—here's why:
Both NIH's Office of Extramural Programs and Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare may need several months to review our requests.
Since NIAID must fund all American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) awards before September 30, we can't process non-ARRA actions as quickly as usual.
If you send in your paperwork at the last minute, you could be unable to spend money until December or later since NIH's step may take months.
On the last point, if we can't get your bar lifted before the end of September, we'll need to give you a restricted award that prevents you from spending in the barred area until you can resolve study section concerns. If you think this could happen to you, talk to your program officer or grants management specialist.
Keep in mind that for ARRA grants, we aren't making any restricted awards. If you can't get your ARRA bar lifted in time, we won't fund your application at all.
NIH's portal for Research Involving Human Subjects
NIH's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
NIAID's Bars to Grant Awards SOPs
Feel free to send us a question at email@example.com. After responding to you, we may include your question in the newsletter, incorporate it into the NIAID Research Funding site, or both.
Yes. The PI will keep his new status and the advantages that go along with it, such as higher paylines. Investigators retain their new status if they become the PI of a grant they did not apply for, e.g., they are assigned to be the PI of an existing grant.
For more on advantages and qualifications of being new, see Are You "New"? in our New Investigator Guide to NIH Funding.
Find additional resources at our Early-Stage and New Investigators portal.
You should be able to find this information in your eRA Commons account or on the summary statement for the grant application.
Yes, we do. To learn more, see Primary Caregiver Technical Assistance Supplements.
Watch CSR's New Peer Review Videos. In these videos—which include a review by a mock study section—see how peer reviewers review NIH grant applications: "NIH Peer Review Revealed" and "NIH Tips for Applicants." To learn more about the topic, go to CSR's NIH Peer Review Revealed and our own Peer Review portal.
Final R15 and T32 Paylines. We posted our final FY 2010 NIAID Paylines for Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA, R15) and Institutional Training Grants (T32) at overall impact scores of 22 and 28 respectively. All final FY 2010 paylines are now in. For other recent news, read the June 9 article "More Final Paylines for FY 2010."
Coming Soon—NIAID P01 FOA. Watch for the first NIAID-specific program project (P01) funding opportunity announcement in the next few months. Once we release the FOA, you will need to cite it in your application.
PAS-10-226, Advancing Novel Science in Women's Health Research (ANSWHR)
RFA-AI-10-014, Ancillary Studies in Immunomodulation Clinical Trials
RFA-AI-10-009, Martin Delaney Collaboratory: Towards an HIV-1 Cure
See these and older announcements at NIAID Funding Opportunities List.
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The attorney for Aaron Schaffhausen says his client may change his plea to guilty to killing his three daughters tomorrow afternoon, and FOX 9 News asked a defense attorney how that would affect the case.
Schaffhausen is facing three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the July 10 deaths of his daughters, 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia.
"I think that we're going to change the plea tomorrow, just have an insanity phase" of the trial, defense attorney John Kucinski said in a brief phone interview Tuesday.
Kucinski would not explain Tuesday why his client may change his plea, adding that the possible plea is "subject to people changing their minds in the morning."
In Wisconsin, there are two phases to a trial of not-guilty by reason of insanity, which is Schaffhausen's current plea. The first portion would determine whether Schaffhausen did commit the crimes. If Schaffhausen were found guilty, the second portion of the trial would determine if he was sane at the time of the murders.
By pleading insanity, the burden of proof will be on the defense to show by a preponderance of evidence that Schaffhausen had a mental disease or defect at the time of the crimes. They also must established that, as a result, he lacked substantial capacity to appreciate that what he did was wrong or couldn't control his impulse.
"Anybody who engages in some of these enormously horrendous crimes, we automatically think -- and probably correctly so -- that obviously, there's something wrong mentally with the person," said David Schultz, a University of Wisconsin law professor emeritus. "But whether that meets the legal standard for this insanity defense is something else again. It is a relatively difficult standard to meet."
Even if a jury agrees Schaffhausen is not mentally responsible for the crimes, that doesn't mean he would be a free man, of course. He would likely be committed to a maximum security mental hospital. The question is: For how long?
Kevin DeVore, a criminal defense attorney with Larson & King, explains how a change in plea may impact the case.
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As we all know - or most of us - that paid applications on Nokia Store are being sold under a 'Price Point Policy' drawn / set by Nokia.
Where the application publisher can select one of the available Price Points - Let us say the lowest Price Point which is #1 - to be the price of the application.
According to Nokia Store 'Price Point Policy' when the application is set to the price point #1 :-
1- It is being sold for 1 Euro in countries as [ Finland - Germany - etc. ]
2- In the meanwhile it is being sold for 0.5 Euro in countries as [ Egypt ]
3- And For 0.07 - 0.21 Euro in most Asian / African countries.
* Note: These are the prices before the deduction [ Nokia takes 30% + Local taxes (if any) ].
And if we combined this 'Price Point Policy' with two facts:-
1- The low price of Nokia Asha mobiles (100$ give or take)
2- Indian market - as example - is one of the most important & supportive markets the applications developers counting on.
3- Unlimited updates for the purchased application from Nokia Store.
The result would be that any professional developer will not be confident to develop / sell applications for Nokia Asha phones, especially if the developer lives off the sales coming from Nokia store.
So either the developer will raise the price point to sell his / her application in a fair price in the Eastern & African markets & loose the European & Western markets (Who gonna pay 100$ for Asha mobile & pay 3 Euros for an application!!).
Or to keep the price point at 1 Euro and in return the developer will not make reasonable money from the Eastern & African markets.
- There might be solutions that come in ones mind, as making copies of the same application and setting a different price point for each copy & selling it in specific markets based on the 'Price Point Policy'.
But, as we all know that when a developer / publisher publishes a new application, (s)he needs the biggest support & publicity & 'Reviews' for the new application; And this will not happen if (s)he used the previously mentioned solution.
- Different solution is to publish one copy of the application on Nokia Store until the application makes a good reputation, after that the publisher creates other copies of the application & restrict each one to specific markets with different Price Point that guarantee a respectful revenue.
At this point the developer / publisher will be considered - From customers point of view - a vampire who is eager to suck their blood (Money).
Most Customers will loose their interest / confidence in this developer / publisher applications, which will damage the developer / publisher on the long term.
Conclusion / Suggestions:
1- To limit the 'Unlimited updates' of purchased application to a year since the day the customer bought the application.
This way the developers will be able to continue developing applications for Nokia Asha; In the meanwhile the customers will be satisfied with a full year of updates.
2- If Nokia is not welling to change the price point, then why not adding a feature for the publishers where:
- The Publisher will publish different copies of the same application.
- Yet, all copies will have the same link on Nokia Store (Same review page).
- But, Each copy will have it's own distribution countries & price point selected by the publisher.
* I believe this simple solutions will give Asha developers more confidence & the well to keep working on creating new applications, as they sell their applications for an accepted price - for both customers & developers - while they get the same support / publicity from Asha community world wide.
It would be appreciated if other developers / publishers share their opinions & suggestions; In the end we all (Customers - Developers - Nokia) in the same boat.
My best regards, and thank you for reading
Ashraf Alshahawy


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RISE students can experience up to three summer research internships in research laboratories at national sites. Students can go to the laboratories during summer preceding sophomore, junior or senior year. Summer 2013 acceptances include:
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Students spend 8-12 weeks at the site and carry out hands-on research alongside graduate students and post-doctoral fellows; they participate in research laboratory meetings, attend guest lectures, and network for graduate school.


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Seriously, Vote for Jonas Hiller for NHL12 Cover. If you need a reason, watch his three campaign videos.
Ron Wilson OUT in Toronto, Randy Carlyle IN. Somewhere in Canada, Joffrey Lupul just changed his pants.
Open Thread: Trade Deadline Day. The Ducks are neither buyers nor sellers. How about hoarders?
Ducks Trade Macenauer to Jets for Holzapfel. Straight up Center for Centre
Francois Beauchemin Signed to 3-Year Extension. A single tear rolls down Mike Fisher's cheek.
Ducks Acquire Caputi from Leafs (shocker). Anaheim now #1 in "Guys Named Luca"
Ducks Trade Jake Newton & 2013 Pick to Avs for Kyle Cumisky.
Three More Years for Grumpy Duck. Debating Coach Carlyle's New Deal.
DANIEL: As per Eric Stephens' Twitter account, the Ducks have signed Mark Bell to a two way contract. Bell is winger with some size who has spent the past two season in the Swedish Elite League....
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SF declares Pay Equity Day as it lowers salaries for women's jobs
The Board of Supervisors today declared April 9 Pay Equity Day in San Francisco, in recognition of the persistent national gap between male and female financial compensation. But with the city locked in a dispute with SEIU Local 1021 over pay cuts to jobs dominated by women and workers of color, the day took on special local significance. Ahead of the declaration, union members, activists, and supervisors rallied in front of City Hall, chanting against San Francisco's wage inequality and the general climate of fiscal austerity.
Women in San Francisco earn just 84 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts. Although this figure is slightly higher than the national average of 77 cents per dollar, the discrepancy represents a yearly wage gap of $9,968 per year, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families. At today's press conference in front of City Hall, Sup. Malia Cohen called the gap "unconscionable in a country as wealthy as ours."
Cohen was joined by Sups. David Chiu and David Campos, who both spoke out against gender-based wage gaps. "It is important for men to speak out," Chui said. "It wasn't women who made the decision for pay to be unequal." Campos went a step further, promising to vote against any budget that further entrenches unequal pay. "I will not support any budget that reflect this discrepancy," he said.
SEIU Local 1021, which represents over half of city employees, is currently locked in a budget dispute with the city over pay cuts that would adversely affect women and workers of color. The city Department of Human Resources has recommended that the city cut the salaries of 16 categories of city workers, including personnel clerks and nursing technicians, which are disproportionately females and workers of color. The dispute was recently sent to an arbitrator.
At today's event, local SEIU leaders and the San Francisco Women's Political Committee (SFWPC) continued to pressure the city to reconsider the salary cuts. SFWPC President Laura Hahn called persistent pay inequality "embarrassing."
"If we can't achieve it here in San Francisco where are we going to do it?" she asked.
Former Supervisor Chris Daly, who now works as political director for SEIU 1021, echoed Hahn's concerns and charged that the proposal to cut pay for female-dominated categories calls into question the city's long term commitment to pay equity.
"If you ask Mayor Lee if he supports wage equality, of course he will say yes," Daly told us. "But in reality, his Department of Human Resources is rolling back progress." Daly's repeated requests for Mayor Lee to intervene in the wage-cut arbitration have not yet been answered.
But for the DHR, the recommended cuts have more to do with fiscal reality than gender equality. At a March 7th budget hearing, DHR director Micki Callahan said, "It would be improper to base any decision on demographics."
She voiced concern over the "root causes" of pay discrepancy, but indicated that these issues fall outside the purview of her department. Spokespeople for the the DHR department have repeatedly assured us that the proposed budget cuts have nothing to do with gender, but rather reflect an effort to bring city salaries in line with market forces.
account an important distinction. If men and women are paid different rates for the exact same job, then that might be a sign of a problem.
But if men are making more because, typically, they invest more in their careers for historical and cultural reasons, and therefore have better jobs, then it is inevitable that they will be paid more, and is not necessarily a sign of a problem.
Without acknowledging that distinction, you run the risk of merely engaging in emotive hyperbole.
There are now several female CEO's of Fortune 500 companies, includes Pepsi, Anglo-American, HP and others. So we know there is no gender bar. The better question is whether if, on average, women earn less, it is simply because they accomplish less?
worded in such a way to be inflammatory. Don't take the bait.
nurse makes the same amount of money as a painter?
class A make less money than class B, it is incumbent to look at the skills and education level of those two classes to see what percentage of the pay difference is accounted for simply because of that.
It may turn out to be 100%, in which case the entire premise for the whinery is debunked as invalid.
first post was that women don't invest or put in much effort as men do in their careers. Now you make a slight of hand and say it is about "education level". So are you claiming that women don't seek out higher education as much as men do? If so, upon what evidence do you base your claim?
Saying something may turn out 100% to be correct is mere conjecture, and a very weak foundation to base an argument on.
you are very likely to take the same attitude towards working.
Not saying women do, only that there is a correlation there.
"Young women are outpacing men in educational attainment and there's little sign males will make up ground any time soon."
But can they lead in a tenacious competitive struggle, and out their feelings aside to do so?
A few can compete with men at the highest level, certainly. But anyone who has worked with both male and female managers know that the women can feel that they have to try a little too hard.
In my experiences, competitive workplaces work better when they are mostly male. For some highly individual professions, that is less of a problem.
But unless you want the government interfering with pay levels, we should be OK with tolerating some discrepancy at the margin.
Many times it's quite appropriate.
tell me how much I think your work is worth?
I suppose you could argue with minimum wage, and I personally oppose that.
But otherwise it is a private matter between you and me about how much I think you are worth.
Heaven forbid. You can think whatever you want about what my work is worth. But a civilized government should be in the business of regulating what you have to pay people. You don't have to actually agree. You're free to disagree. You're free to not go into the hiring business. But if you do go into the hiring business, you shouldn't be free to exploit others. I'm not surprised you're opposed to minimum wage. I believe that preventing exploitation -whether in wages, prices, or rents -is a legitimate role of government. You obviously don't. It's philosophical difference.
the pay grade that you think you are worth, and therefore you decline the job?
Nobody forces me to be an employer, but nobody forces you to work for me either.
And if you are in a job that doesn't pay enough then do what I do, and quit.
You libertarians like to present this idealized view of the job market as a give and take negotiation. But for any negotiation to be fair, it has to be on a level playing field. And workers and employers are anything but on a level playing field. Employers are rich(er), workers are poor(er). Employers are big, workers are small. Employers are strong, workers are weak -at least individual workers are. You might argure that workers are many, while employers are few. But their numbers don't mean anything if workers are divided. The only way that the bargaining can approach anything resembling a level playing field is if workers unite in some form -either through strong unions, through outright workplace democracy, or through changing the government to represent the many rather than the few, and thus enact laws that protect workers from exploitation. Of course you probably oppose any such efforts to strengthen the hand of workers in bargaining. You want a system rigged in favor of employers and you have the Orwellian audacity to call it "freedom."
Most people i know are headhunted. They're not even looking for a job, rather they are poached with higher pay and a sign-on bonus.
With a skills shortage, the boot is on the other foot, employees have the power, employers have to haggle and fight for the best.
See, you're fighting a battle that isn't relevant any more, unless you're an unskilled minimum wage lackey, in which case you don't have any power but that's your own fault.
Marx's dream came true - the workers now have power and, thru stock options, even ownership of the means of production, as Marx predicted. He just got the method wrong - we never needed communism for that - we needed capitalism.
Outside of a few highly sought-after professionals, most people in America don't live in the world of headhunters and sign-up bonuses. Get real.
our local presence in fields like IT, biotech, finance, real estate, management consultancy, law and medicine.
It's quite common.
"Government should be in the business of regulating what you have to pay people"..."rents, prices or rents" - Welcome to Stalinist Russia!
controlling nothing.
One of the great self-defeating tragedies of the left is thinking that a self-selected clique and coterie are clever enough to manage a society better than the people themselves.
Richard Nixon=wage and price controls.
Just like they never work.
but I appreciate your honesty. You don't mind "some discrepancy at the margin" when it doesn't involve your own paycheck. Got it.
marketplace, and you won;t ctach me whining that I am not paid enough.
I will simply find another job.
Equality never meant equality of outcome. It meant merely equality of opportunity.
other than trolling this web site please? I can't imagine it pays very much. Those trailer wheels are a-squeakin'!
spends all day posting here usually (but not today, for some odd reason).
"Women's gains in educational attainment have significantly outpaced those of men over the last 40 years. Today, younger women are more likely to graduate from college than are men and are more likely to hold a graduate school degree. Higher percentages of women than men have at least a high school education, and higher percentages of women than men participate in adult education."
are approaching 50%. In law, less so as it is a more aggressive profession.
But there is more to success than education. You also need that "killer instinct" in corporate life - is it possible that women lack that?
Your "killer instinct" is overrated. A study by a pair of economists found that qualified women make better team players and consequently, better leaders. But the business world is having trouble catching up to this fact~
"It appears to be the case that women often opt out of entering these competitive environments," Pate said. "Importantly, while qualified women opt out, unqualified men opt in. As a result, the gender competition gap may result in organisations failing to select the most qualified leaders."
explains why it is also paid more. The perception may be wrong, but nonetheless it accounts for the fact that those with the killer instinct are paid more, and they are more likely to be men.
So what you are really saying is that corporations should be run differently, and could be more successful if they got more in touch with their female side. Maybe so, but that is a business decision and not a political imperative.
Bestw ay to influence a coproration. Buy some shares, vote your proxy, and affect change from the inside.
I've got a better way to influence corporations: make their officers and top investors personally liable for any criminal behaviors and put corporations who are repeatedly caught exploiting natural and human resources into a federal receivership. If corporation want the same rights as individuals, let's also hold them accountable and start executing some of them. At that point, the aggressive male behavior that you and "the markets" seem to prize so highly might be tempered a bit, and you'd probably begin to see male and female salaries coming a bit more into parity. Valuing male attributes over more feminine sensibilities causes global warming, loss of biodiversity, unsustainable exploitation of human and natural resources, and a host of other problem, as I discussed in my recent "Do We Care?" article. http://www.sfbg.com/2013/03/26/do-we-care
the notion of limited liability. That's why people and executives and owners invest money in them, because their liability is limited to their investment. It's the single biggest organizational factor that has led to America's economic success - the same success that enables successful businesses to buy ad's for SFBg which of course pays your salary.
Again, we can debate all those fuzzy touchey feely aspects you cite, but my point was restricted to explaining why employers typically pay men more.
on the notion that there's a social benefit to corporations. At least that was the original idea. You want the state to grant you limited liability for things you should otherwise be liable for? Ok then, prove what social benefit would result in exchange for granting you that limited liability. That's what you had to show in order to get incorporated. Somewhere along the way, we dropped the whole notion of social benefit, but left the rich people with no liability. But of course. How can it be any other way, when the nation is essentially an oligarchy?
It's time to do away with the whole concept. People make decisions, not businesses. People commit crimes. And people need to be liable for their actions. Aren't you conservatives constantly blathering on about personal responsibility?
more willing to give back more to the community. But as long as you can make 5 million for being stupid enough to spill hot coffee in your lap, then you cannot reasonably expect corporations to roll over on whatever your social imperatives are.
And in fact companies are very generous with charitable donations and providing volunteers for helping the worse off. My employer matches any charitable ccontribution I make from my paycheck, and gives me time off to volunteer.
Social work isn't going to pay you what a programmer makes, they both may take the same amount of time to accomplish but there is a glut of college educated social work bound women, while there seems to be a lack of programmers who tend to be men.
The simplistic view of progressive as usual is correlation and causality are a myth when that world view works to their advantage.
the fact that boys and girls pick different professions and, right or wrong, the market values more the careers that boys choose.
as much effort in their careers as much as men.
"Time researchers have found that it takes eight hours a day to parent two children up to the age of eighteen, so when you do the math you find many women putting in a full day at the office and then another full day at home. After sixteen hours of work, there are only eight left, so something must give. These days, more young women who have put years into schooling and getting established with a career are recognizing that parenthood is an option, not an obligation, and increasing numbers are choosing to skip it."
A woman who spends 8 hours a day working and 8 hours a day childminding, is not as available as a man, who could devote up to thats ame 16 hours purely on the job.
Double the thruput could explain anything up to double the pay.
"There is no 'I' in team, but there is in win," the basketball star Michael Jordan famously observed. But now it appears that such an emphasis on the role of the individual is a very male approach when it comes to competing. Indeed, a study suggests that women are much more willing than men to compete as part of a team.
"Nearly two-thirds of the "gender competition gap" – the gap between the likelihood of men or women to enter a competition – disappears when people are offered the chance to compete in two-person teams rather than as individuals.Academics Andrew Healy and Jennifer Pate claim that their findings, published in the Economic Journal, have important implications for the design of competitive environments, such as elections and corporate career ladders.
"The pair believe their research reveals that competing in teams "levels the playing field" by encouraging a higher number of qualified women to take part and discouraging unqualified men. They argue that this insight should help organisations to select the best-qualified leaders. [...]
"Previous research has shown that a man is much more likely to choose to compete compared with a woman, even when the two are equally good at a given task. The professors claim their study suggests that this gender competition gap can be narrowed by simple changes to the environment in which competitions are held.
"The economists suggest the gender competition gap may help to explain the continuing lack of women in positions of power. There are only five women CEOs of FTSE 100 companies. The likes of Angela Ahrendts at Burberry, Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American and Dame Marjorie Scardino at Pearson are extremely rare."
"However, a new way of measuring their performance – one that focuses on their ability as part of a team rather than in a testosterone-loaded, gladiatorial-style competition – could change this, the economists suggest."
in any event, while we cand ebate whether workplaces should be organized differently, the fact is that it is ultimately the market that decides what rewards to pay, and not an academic or politician.
And while the market may get it wrong sometimes, I still prefer taking my chances with that than having some faceless bureaucrat decide pay levels, which are getting to be the case some 50 years ago.
The timing on this article which appeared in MSN Money today couldn't be more perfect:
In other words:
-Yes, there is a pay gap.
-Yes, discrimination exists, and yes it's wrong where it does exist.
-No, it doesn't account for most of the pay gap -only a very small part. The rest is for other reasons, some of which have nothing to do with anything nefarious.
-When you compare apples to apples (same job, same level of experience), you find the pay gap has *almost* entirely disappeared... in some instances women actually make more -I've seen statistics showing women making more among entry level teachers, nurses, and engineers. But on average, it seems that there is a persistent gap of around 2-8%. That's not perfect, but it's a far cry from the 23% touted by some activists and dutifully repeated in the media. We'd all be better served if we had an honest debate with honest numbers.
men and women do different types of jobs.
If you did, you would see that even callibrating for all the variables, the gap between men's and women's wages falls somewhere between 2% to 20%.
"..the Wikipedia page cites a 2003 study from the Government Accountability Office:
"The researchers controlled for "work patterns," including years of work experience, education, and hours of work per year, as well as differences in industry, occupation, race, marital status, and job tenure. With controls for these variables in place, the data showed that women earned, on average, 20% less than men during the entire period 1983 to 2000.
"Economist June O'Neill, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, found an unexplained pay gap of 8% after controlling for experience, education, and number of years on the job. Furthermore, O'Neill found that among young people who have never had a child, women's earnings approach 98% of men's."
Anyway, Greg makes a good point, but even he doesn't deny that the gap exists.
It's not possible to factor out everything because not every factor is numeric. Even within the same job, it's possible that men try harder, or can devote mroe time to the job, or they play better with others, or a thousand other "soft" factors which cannot be "calibrated away" and yet still have a material impact.
Oh, and I never encountered a link here that wasn't self-serving. I can furnish links showing the earth if flat. So what?
and "play better" with others (most studies demonstrate this), yet aren't recognized for it. But then why study anything at all since you assume you can't callibrate for other factors, Flat Earther? Why bother with science at all?
Ever heard of intangible assets? Goodwill? Soft factors? Implied volatility? All are computed by extrapolation, not directly.
Women can find it harder to be tough, to be dispassionate, and to kick ass when it's needed. That's why you see a lot of women as middle-managers but, above a certain level, it's much rarer.
Lots of reasons can explain a pay differential that aren't in any way prejudicial.
Tough, dispassionate, kick ass. They didn't call her the "iron lady" for nothing! For that matter, some studies have shown that women make better soldiers.
but she managed it. The exception that proves the rule.
Even so, the US has not gotten close to electing a female president and, bar JFK, has never even elected a non-protestant prez.
While even our "black" president is only half black. We're a very conservative nation.
The study that cited a 20% dispparity goes back to 1983. It was a different country in 1983, so I think that one doesn't say too much about our experience in 2013. The others I think have more validity.
The sad truth is, disparities between City jobs dominated by women and those dominated by men are in full effect. A Painter employed by the City and County of San Francisco makes more than a Licensed Vocational Nurse. It goes without saying that becoming a LVN requires significantly more education and certification that that required to be a painter. Yet DHR is intent on cutting the pay of LVNs, while making no overt efforts to reduce the pay of Painters, let alone the Mayor, who makes more than the Mayors of LA, NYC, and London.
Why is it that DHR's attempts to bring city employee pay in line with the market is limited only to the lowest paid City classifications?
the pay levels. Pay is ultimately determined by supply and demand. So even some qualified lawyers do not make that much money as there are quite simply too many of them.
While a self-taught plumber can make a lot.
Also men are more likely to engage in trades that put you at physical risk or discomfort e.g. public safety, linesman etc. You pay more for someone to risk their neck.
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By GORDIE LITTLE, Small Talk
---- — Is it fall yet? Not officially. We mark the autumnal equinox in this hemisphere at 10:49 a.m. on Sept. 22.
There will likely not be dancing in the streets, partly because autumn will almost seem like an afterthought by that time.
I've already seen home and property decorations reflecting the new season. Fences have been adorned with dried cornstalks. Pumpkin fields are monochromatic orange canvasses. Tall corn mazes are attracting weekend fun seekers. Apple picking has been ongoing for some time.
Leaves on the trees along our beloved Saranac River bank are not only well ahead of the usual changing dates, but high winds over the past couple weeks have whipped them off the trees in great numbers.
The weather has been such an oddball in 2012, we hardly know what to expect. Summer was one of the warmest and driest in modern history. When it finally rained, it was reminiscent of Bill Cosby's iconic comedy routine in which God asks Noah, "How long can you tread water?"
This summer, the Saranac River has been as low as I've ever seen it. The kayakers and canoeists have been hard put to get past our house without having to use their paddles as poles to go over the exposed stones. I heard loud scrapes that could mean big damage to some expensive gear, accompanied by profanity where there should have been singing.
I love fall. I love all the seasons. I have no desire to move to Florida in winter. Kaye is far less enamored with cold and snow than I, but who among us can fault the mild winter of 2011-12?
I haven't checked the fuzz on the caterpillars yet, but my friend and honey of a man Dick Crawford tells me the hornets and wasps made their nests close to the ground this year, and that supposedly portends a hard winter coming. I'll keep my snow shovels waxed, and the roof-rake and extensions will be handy.
I'm not looking forward to an early frost. The woodchucks and rabbits chewed away all my vegetable plants, except the tomatoes and cucumbers, and both of those thrived. Kaye and I have been eating all of those we can stuff into our faces. No frost, please. I'm writing this on Sept. 10, and forecasters mentioned something about 32-degree temperatures in the higher elevations tonight. Say it ain't so!
Meanwhile, let's enjoy whatever remains of summer and all of the coming autumn season. That brings me to the question: Where did the silent "N" in autumn come from? I suppose it originated in the Latin word autumnus and just hung around after it came to us, thanks to a guy named Chaucer in the 14th Century.
Why do we call it fall? Think about it. Leaves fall. Simple as that.
Leaves change color and fall only in places on Earth where there are deciduous trees, and they are certainly plentiful right here in our backyards. The word equinox comes from the Latin words for "equal night," but you don't have to wait until Sept. 22 to enjoy what we all love about fall — that nip in the night air; yellows, red and orange leaves; and diving into the giant piles of them on the lawn, like we did as youngsters. That's what fall means to me.
My favorite song from this time of year? Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics in the late 1940s, and Jo Stafford sang it best: "Autumn Leaves."
I am a huge Carl Sandburg fan, and I own a unique recording he made while singing for friends in a New York studio late in his life. It's a bit too profane to play in polite company. But his poem "Autumn Movement" has a wonderful line: "The northwest wind comes and the yellow is torn full of holes."
How do I really know fall is not quite here yet? I haven't smelled any wood-stove smoke in Morrisonville. That will happen sooner than we might like.
Enjoy those beautiful leaves before they're torn full of holes.
Have a great day and please, drive carefully.
Gordie Little was for many years a well-known radio personality in the North Country and now hosts the "Our Little Corner" television program for Home Town Cable. Anyone with comments for him may send them to the newspaper or e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Five Pahokee players picked all-state in Class 2B
By Jason Lieser
Despite one of their most frustrating seasons of the decade, the Pahokee Blue Devils landed five of their star players on the Class 2B all-state team.
All five players signed college scholarships last week: WR Chris Dunkley (Florida), OL/DL Antonio Ford (Wake Forest), LB/TE Zachary Allen (Wake Forest), DB Merrill Noel (Wake Forest) and OL/DL Doral Willis (Alabama State).
Pahokee also placed two players on the second team, joining Clewiston's Willie Huggins.
Here is the full list, which was compiled by statewide media members:
First Team
QB Chandler Carr, Bolles, QB, Sr.
RB Garrett Hammett, West Nassau, RB, Sr.
RB Kedrick Rhodes, Trinity, 5-11, 175, Sr.
RB Hank McCloud, Tampa Catholic, 5-8, 180, Sr.
WR Chris Dunkley, Pahokee, 6-0, 175, Sr.
WR Kadron Boone, Ocala Trinity, 6-1, 195, Sr.
WR Reggie King, Taylor County, 6-3, 188, Sr.
ATH Shaun White, Pensacola Catholic HS, 6-0, 183, Jr.
OL Chaz Green, Tampa Catholic, 6-6, 295, Sr.
OL Cody Baker, West Nassau, Sr.
OL Jordan White, Williston, 6-3, 320, Sr.
OL Matt Thomas, Fort White, 6-3, 270, Sr.
OL Antonio Ford, Pahokee, 6-3, 280, Sr.
PK: Frankie Velez, Ocala Trinity, 5-10, 180, Sr.
DL Aaron Lynch, Cape Coral Island Coast, 6-5, 240, Jr.
DL David Leopard, Ocala Trinity, 6-2, 250, Sr.
DL Doral Willis, Pahokee, 6-1, 300, Sr.
DL Lonnie Gosha, Lake Butler Union County, 6-3, 256, Jr.
LB Zachary Allen, Pahokee, 6-1, 190, Sr.
LB Issac Dixon, Miami Pace, 6-0, 195, Sr.
LB Josh Hood, Jacksonville Bolles, 6-0, 215, Sr.
LB Ruben Narcisse, Hollywood Chaminade, 6-1, 210, Sr.
DB Chris Johnson, Ocala Trinity, 5-10, 185, Jr.
DB Jonathan Aiken, Hollywood Chaminade, Jr.
DB Vladimir Rock, North Broward Prep, 5-9, 175, Sr.
DB Merrill Noel, Pahokee, 5-10, 165, Sr.
DB Jeremi Wilkes, Tampa Catholic, 5-9, 175, Sr.
ATH Isaac Floyd, Williston, 6-1, 200, Sr.
P Chase Varnedore, Tallahassee Florida, 5-10, 160, Sr.
Second Team
QB Michael Strauss, Miami Gulliver Prep, 6-2. 190, Sr.
RB Derrick Henry, Yulee, 6-1, 220, Fr.
RB Deonte Welch, Williston, 6-1, 185, Sr.
RB Fred Pickett, Pahokee, 5-11, 170, Sr.
RB Marquis Sumler, Pensacola Catholic, 5-9, 180, Jr.
WR De'Joshua Johnson, Pahokee, 5-11, 165, Sr.
WR Jay Herndon, Jacksonville Bolles, 6-1, 180, Sr.
WR Tacoi Sumler, Miami Gulliver Prep, Jr.
ATH Jerrard Randall, Hollywood Chaminade, 6-2, 184, Jr.
OL Shaman Richardson, Ocala Trinity, 5-11, 265, Jr.
OL Travis Bridges, Hollywood Chaminade, 6-3, 275, Sr.
OL Brent Benedict, Jacksonville Bolles, Sr.
OL Keenan Kelly, Ocala Trinity, Sr.
OL Zachary Soto, Miami Pace, Sr.
OL Willie Huggins, Clewiston, 6-2, 187, Sr.
K Pat Gay, Hollywood Chaminade, 5-7, 150, Jr.
DL Desmond Kearse, Fort Myers Dunbar, 6-2, 180, Sr.
DL Grant Burke, North Broward Prep, 6-0, 260, Jr.,
DL Boris Hadley, Newberry, 5-9, 230, Sr.
DL DL Jabhari Bishop, Taylor County, 6-0 260 Sr.
DL D.J. Pettway, Pensacola Catholic, 6-3, 255, Jr.
LB Mark Pantages, Ocala Trinity, 6-2, 205, Sr.
LB Brandon Mendoza, Tampa Catholic, 5-11, 205, Sr.
LB Sam Miller, Miami LaSalle, 5-9 175 Sr.
LB Garrett Davis, Tallahassee Florida, 6-2, 215, Sr.
DB Jordan Ozerities, Mount Dora, 5-10, 190, Sr.
DB Desmond Cooper, Jacksonville Bolles, 6-2, 190, Sr.
DB Desmond Holmes, Williston, 5-11, 185, Jr.
DB Jabari Gorman, Miami Monsignor Pace, 5-10, 180 Jr.
ATH Daniel Jones, Tallahassee Florida, 5-11, 175, Sr.
P Ty Crowley, Perry Taylor County, 6-2, 185, Sr.
Honorable mention
QB Stephen Morris, Miami Monsignor Pace, 6-2, 185, Sr.
QB Brandon Doughty, North Broward Prep, 6-4, 195, Sr.
QB Chris Alexander, Lake Butler Union County, 6-0, 190, Sr.
QB Bobby Borcky, Orlando Lake Highland Prep, 6-2, 185, Sr.
RB Terry Murphy, Ocala Trinity, 5-8, 215, Sr.
RB Jawan Jamison, Jacksonville Bolles, 5-9, 190, Sr.
RB Cedrick Walker, Miami Gulliver Prep, 5-9, 170, Jr.
TE: Rafael Ciafardini, Ocala Trinity, 6-3, 225, Jr.
WR: David Thomas, Ocala Trinity,5-10, 170, Jr.
WR Ryan Latner, Keystone Heights, 6-0, 170, Jr.
OL Chris White, Mulberry, 6-2, 241, Sr.
OL Levaris Sims, Ocala Trinity, 6-1, 265, Sr.,
OL Aaron Mondshine, Pine Crest, 6-4, 295, Sr.
OL Ryan Ellison, North Broward Prep, 6-4, 250, Sr.
OL Brandon Reaney-Graham, University, 6-2, 260, Sr.
ATH D.J. King, Williston, 6-0, 175, Sr.
ATH Chris Milton, Pensacola Catholic, 5-8, 168, Jr.
ATH Yance Enoch, Newberry, 6-0, 170, Sr.
ATH Antoine Tharpe, Coral Springs Charter, 5-11, 180, Sr.,
ATH Alexis Blake, Fort White, 5-9, 160, Sr.
DL Tevin Westbrook, Orlando Pine Crest, 6-6, 255, Jr.,
DL Kyle Williams, Keystone Heights, 5-11, 245, Sr.
DL David Perry, University School, 6-5, 227, Sr.,
DL Jarrod Jackson, Bradford, 6-0, 242, Sr.
DL Bryan Bosworth, Cape Coral Island Coast, 6-1, 275, Jr.
LB Hans Louis, Hollywood Chaminade, 6-1, 220, Sr.
LB Chadd Buchholz, Newberry, 6-0, 210, Sr.
LB Roy Blake, Fort White, 6-2, 205, Sr.
LB: Cameron Hartley, North Broward Prep, 6-0, 230, Sr.,
DB Toney Brown, Mulberry, 5-10, 175, Sr.
DB Sam Gervais, Miami La Salle, 5-10, 180, Sr.
DB Whitney Sherry, Hollywood Chaminade, 6-0, 180, Sr,
DB Zach McCarrell, Orlando Lake Highland Prep, 6-0, 190, Sr.
DB Antwain Mathews, East Gadsen, Sr.
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Fans might expect Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel to eat, sleep and breathe football 24/7/365, but that is not going to happen. More important, his coaches and teammates don't expect him to be that way.
Manziel spent Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas after the Browns completed their first week of OTAs. He took his playbook on the trip to study during his plane flight, if not during down time in his hotel room -- which there was not much of.
The trip drew criticism on ESPN from former NFL quarterback Mark Brunell.
"It bothered me," Brunell said. "If I'm Ray Farmer and I'm the general manager of the Cleveland Browns, I want to know the future of my franchise isn't going to fly to Vegas every time he's got two or three days off."
Manziel was not responding to Brunell's comment, but he said he will not be swayed by public opinion.
"I don't live my life according to you guys (the media) or according to what other people think of me," Manziel said Wednesday after an OTA practice. "I'm going to live my life to the fullest and continue to be committed to this game and committed to what I need to be doing here trying to earn my place in this locker room, with these coaches and with this organization.
"If I want to go out and have some fun and it doesn't hinder what my main goals in life are, then I don't really care what anybody has to say."
Manziel has the support of his head coach, Mike Pettine. Pettine said he knew in advance of Manziel's Vegas Vacation, which included ringside seats at UFC 173, a poolside picture with Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and a bevy of bikini clad beauties plus a night of partying that ended with spraying champagne around a nightclub.
"He let us know that he was going," Pettine said. "My advice to him was 'Have fun.' He's a young guy. He's done everything we've asked. The playbook has not been an issue for him.
"I know a big deal was made of it. Internally, we have an expectation for all our players outside the building to act a certain way. It's really a non-issue. He's a man and we're going to treat our guys like that until they prove they need to be treated otherwise. He didn't do anything illegal. I'm not going to micromanage our players outside the building."
Left tackle Joe Thomas, a seven-time Pro Bowl player, said he has no problem with what Manziel did.
"That's who he is," Thomas said. "You can't expect him to be someone he's not. He's a 21-year-old kid in the offseason. I don't think anyone has any issues with it.
"If you were doing that the night before a game, then it would be a different issue, but it's the offseason. You need a chance to decompress and get your mind off of football because it's a long haul and the season is going to be a long grind, so you need to kind of let loose a little bit when you get the chance."


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AAPAM Young Professionals Network
In the implementation of any countries development programme, the Civil Service relies heavily on the critical link that is constituted by the middle level civil servants consisting of the young civil servants and those who are gradually progressing towards the top of the civil service hierarchy.
As a result AAPAM constituted the Young Professionals Network on the 4th September 2006 whose membership includes young public/civil service professionals (who have entered the public/civil service in the last five years and who are 35 years or less).
The network aims to forge a link between the older more experienced public sector managers and build capacity among the younger generations of public servants which was seen to be vital for maintaining continuity in the effective performance of the public services to achieve the national goals of sustainable development.
The Young Professionals Network regularly meets during a special session at the AAPAM's Annual Roundtable Conference.
AAPAM YPN Member Mr. Jeremiah Nkunyane at the African Regional Conference. Mr. Nkunyane was in the panel of presenters on Institutional and Policy architectures for the Transformation of the African Public Administration
Some of YPN Interim Executive Committee Members in Kigali Rwanda during the African Regional Conference
YPN Interim Executive Committee Members in meeting with AAPAM Secretary General Mr. G.K. Scott in Kigali Rwanda during the African Regional Conference
- To provide and maintain a forum for Young Professionals (YPs) coming from different countries, all over Africa, to exchange ideas, share experiences and best practices in public administration and Management.
- To enhance the possibility of greater inter-generational transfer and sharing of knowledge and experience between Young Professionals and Senior delegates attending AAPAM's yearly Round Table Conference.
- To induct new members sponsored under the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation and nurture existing members into dedicated, committed and resourceful members of the AAPAM Chapters.
- To promote research and facilitate dissemination of research findings on African administrative and management.
- To ensure and achieve continuity in the deliberations/actions of Young Professionals.
- To network with other international institutions having objectives similar to the AAPAMYPN.
- To assist AAPAM in furthering its objectives.
- To foster creativity and innovativeness among AAPAMYPs.
- Any individual of high integrity and with strong public service values, below the age of 35, reckoning less than 5 years of experience in the public service and whose profession and activities can help to contribute towards achieving the objectives of the Network shall be eligible to join the Network.
- Any person sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation to attend any AAPAM Round Table Conference shall automatically become a member of the Network.
- The Network shall maintain an updated register of the members indicating the name, profession, country and date of the member's admission to the Network. The register shall be available for inspection by members upon written request
Structure of the AAPAMYPN
The network consists of an Executive Committee whose members are elected after every 3 years and may be re-elected into office for not more than 2 terms. They Executive Committee is to work together with the AAPAM Secretariat to determine the general direction of the network and have programs implemented and the objectives achieved after necessary consultations with the AAPAM Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee shall, while ensuring equal gender representation, be constituted as follows:
- A Chairperson;
- A Deputy Chairperson;
- 3 Members;
- A representative of the AAPAM Executive Committee;
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Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011
The Browns have not surrounded Colt McCoy with enough talent, according to one league analyst.
Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer might be looking over his shoulder the rest of the season, according to a New York reporter.
A Detroit columnist says the Lions need to listen to the advice of their starting center.
The Bears are planning to loosen the reins on QB Caleb Hanie, says a Chicago reporter.
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011
Justin Tuck says he's losing sleep because of the Giants' inconsistent intensity.
The Buccaneers' frustration with their struggles is showing, says a Tampa columnist.
A Tennessee columnist says a highly paid Titans player is returning to form after a lackluster first half of the season.
The Chiefs will be playing low-risk football on offense for the rest of the season, says a Kansas City reporter.
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
A Detroit columnist says Jim Schwartz needs to back up his tough talk with action.
If the Eagles really think their season isn't over, then they should sign Donovan McNabb, says a Philadelphia columnist.
A Miami reporter says the Dolphins' offense has transformed from "putrid to solid."
An assistant coach on the Packers' staff has interest in replacing Joe Paterno at Penn State.
Monday, Dec. 5, 2011
A Houston columnist says there is a "storybook quality" to the Texans' season.
Norv Turner has not called it quits on this season, says a San Diego reporter.
There is plenty of blame to go around for the Cowboys' loss to the Cardinals, according to a Fort Worth writer.
An Atlanta columnist says the Falcons imploded in their loss to the Texans.


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Tickets are on sale for the Indian Prairie Educational Foundation's 25th anniversary celebration at 8 p.m. Friday, March 21, at Wentz Concert Hall in downtown Naperville.
Community members can see three nationally acclaimed high-school music programs on the same stage for a special performance celebrating the best of Indian Prairie School District 204. Students from the Grammy award-winning music programs at Metea Valley, Neuqua Valley and Waubonsie Valley high schools will be featured.
The program also features a "where are they now" segment with alumni, as well as students and teachers who will highlight impactful programs supported by the Indian Prairie Educational Foundation.
Tickets for reserved seating can be purchased for $25 through the Wentz Hall box office at 630-637-7469 or at http://tickets.noctrl.edu. VIP tickets are also available for $125 and include premium seats and dinner at Hugo's Frog Bar or Sullivan's Steakhouse. All proceeds benefit the Indian Prairie Educational Foundation.
The Indian Prairie Educational Foundation has been enriching education in District 204 since 1988. The group has raised more than $3 million to help support student programs.


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The Clemson Tigers met a special young man Thursday who traveled all the way from the Upstate.
Twenty-year-old Rion Holcombe became an Internet sensation when his mom recorded the moment he was accepted into Clemson University's LIFE Program. Susan Holcombe uploaded the video to Youtube where it has been viewed over 1.7 million times.
Last week, the Orange Bowl selected Holcombe as Clemson's Ultimate Fan, Clemson University officials said.
After seeing the video Rion submitted in order to earn that distinction, the Tigers wanted to meet him in person, so they invited him to their team meeting on Thursday afternoon at the Fontainbleau Hotel.
Rion, who has Down syndrome, met the players and coaches and even led the team in their final group huddle.
The ClemsonLIFE program is for people with intellectual disabilities and is aimed to give them an opportunity to have "postsecondary experience on a college campus," according to the program's website.
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Top 10 Valentine's Day romantic comedies
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Originally published: Feb 13, 2013 - 10:52 pm
Listen up ladies and gentlemen, Valentine's Day is no time to argue on what movie to rent.
We put together a list of ten romantic comedies you both can enjoy this Valentine's Day.
- The Wedding Singer (1998) Robbie, the singer and Julia, the waitress are both engaged to be married but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.
- Never Been Kissed (1999) Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar, who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover.
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) A film inspired by the classic Shakespeare play "The Taming of the Shrew.", set in a modern day high school.
- The Proposal (2009) A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.
- Sweet Home Alabama (2002) A young woman with a Southern background runs away from her husband in Alabama and reinvents herself as a New York socialite.
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days.
- What Happens in Vegas (2008) A man and a woman are compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
- 50 First Dates (2004) Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment up until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams, until he discovers she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the very next day.
- Hitch (2005) While helping his latest client woo the fine lady of his dreams, a professional "date doctor" finds that his game doesn't quite work on the gossip columnist with whom he's smitten.
- When Harry Met Sally... (1989) Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
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PETA is asking Kennesaw State University to stop using their mascot at live sporting events.
The animal rights organization released an "action alert" or complaint requesting that the school discontinue use of their "live owl" mascot, Sturgis, due to the "terrifying and distressing" environment live sports events can be.
In addition, PETA says, "there is no way for the university to guarantee Sturgis' safety at these events" and that other live mascots have been harmed using similar practices.
Kennesaw State Univeristy's Director of Athletics Vaughn William responded to PETA's complaint with a letter saying:
"We are fully aware of the concerns you raise and the potential for harm associated with the use of live animals as university or sports team mascots.I assure you that KSU, and all within the Department of Athletics as well as everyone else at KSU, are fully committed to Sturgis' safety and well-being.
To ensure Sturgis' safety and well-being, KSU engaged an experienced professional trainer and bird handler. Daniel Walthers, Winding Woods Ranch, has over 30 years of professional animal training experience. We could not have found a more committed, qualified, and caring trainer. I have observed Daniel working with Sturgis and other animals and am convinced that he has the same commitment to Sturgis' safety and well-being as he does for the safety and well- being of the other animals with which he works. Re, and we, would never put Sturgis in harm's way."
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Cabin - we booked an inside Cabin - Caribe Deck 407 - mid ships with easy access to central lifts. The cabin and bathroom are small but comfortable and as we only used the cabin for sleeping the size was not an issue. The Cabin Steward was rarely sighted but our room was always well looked after.
Meals - we chose any time dining and ate each night at the Pacific Moon. A group of 4 and we normally had dinner at 7.30pm - only 2 occasions did we have to wait for a table and then only for 5 minutes. The meals in our opinion were excellent as was the service.
Entertainment - Our parents (early 70') loved the stage shows - we last cruised in December 2010 and as they were the same shows we did not enjoy them so much. The other entertainers were great including Maurizio who mainly sang/played piano in the Atrium of a night time.
Cruise Director - Kelvin Joy and Asst cruise director Matt Thompson were excellent
Shore Tours - we stuck with the Princess organised tours - all very good but sometimes they just try to fit so much into a day. All ports had shuttles if you wanted to do your own thing which we may do next time.
Disembarkation - very easy at Beijing with us off the ship by 7.00am
Post Cruise - we spent two days in Beijing and a further 2 days in Hong Kong on the way home to Melbourne Australia.
Summary - an excellent cruise - and we hope our next cruise is not too far away.


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Azub SixPosted on August 21, 2014 by Bryan Ball
By BRYAN J. BALL
Managing Editor
Every Azub recumbent bears a sticker that proudly proclaims, "Built in Czech" and their Sales Director, Honza Gala, can also proudly proclaim (although he doesn't) that he probably knows more about touring with a recumbent bicycle than anyone else on the planet. Honza has ridden the world and spent weeks on end in some of the most remote places on Earth. And he's by no means the only Azub employee with such experiences. All of that knowledge is on display in their Azub Six full-suspension short wheelbase (SWB) recumbent bike.
The Six may appear at first glance to be the most "conventional" bike in Azub's line-up. It's easy to overlook the old-school 20" front wheel/26" rear configuration amidst their collection of trikes, off-roaders and folders. The truth is that it's really not that conventional at all. Every detail of the Six's design is aimed at making it one of the best touring recumbents in the world. Read More »
RotoVelo HockeyPosted on August 5, 2014 by Bryan Ball
Now THAT is a tough velomobile…
HPVelotechnik Releases New ModelsPosted on August 5, 2014 by Bryan Ball
At this year's Eurobike show, HPVelotechnik will release three new models. The new Scorpion Plus with its higher seat and increased luggage capacity will come in both 20″ and 26″ models. The Gekko fx is also gaining a 26″ rear wheel option. Some electric-assist models are also even available with a reverse gear! Full press release and gallery after the jump.
From HPVelotechnik Press Release…
Gekko fx 26 - Recumbent specialist HP Velotechnik treats the low-cost "Gekko" class to a notchback / Large rear wheel provides a smoother ride and less rolling resistance / Despite the size increase: the "Gekko fx 26″ can be folded up small enough to fit in a car trunk in ten seconds without tools. Read More »
Bend It Expedition Recumbent ShortsPosted on July 29, 2014 by Bryan Ball
By BRYAN J. BALL Managing Editor
A lot of recumbent riders have an almost religious aversion to lycra. After all… One of the benefits of riding a recumbent is that you don't need tight-fitting and sometimes unflattering padded shorts to be comfortable. You can technically ride in street clothes. However, most riders quickly find that to also be unacceptable and go looking for a sporty alternative that lies somewhere between your everyday clothes and full-on bike gear. Bend It has just released a recumbent-specific design to fill that need with their new Expedition Recumbent Shorts.
Bend It is probably the world's foremost authority on recumbent clothing. They make jerseys for several companies (including us) and have more experience with this than anyone. They experimented with a few shorts designs from other companies but eventually just decided to design their own. Read More »
News Update – July 8, 2014Posted on July 8, 2014 by Bryan Ball
LOTS of news for you all today. The folding Catrike Trail is shipping NOW as is the Edge e2 ultra-folder and Bacchetta is celebrating even more RAAM success with a discount on the Bacchetta Carbon Aero 2.0! All of the details and press releases are after the jump…
Folding Catrike Trail Now Shipping
From Catrike Press Release…
Introducing the new Catrike Folding Trail Read More »
Edge HaikuPosted on June 24, 2014 by Bryan Ball
By BRYAN J. BALL Managing Editor
Edge Recumbents has made some pretty major waves lately with their soon-to-be-in-production E2 folding trike. In fact, there's so much buzz around this diminutive folder that you'd be excused if you entirely forgot that they also make two-wheel recumbents. If you did, their new Haiku highracer may give you some reason to pay attention again.
Several years ago, Bill Gillette and Edge purchased the rights and all of the tooling from the recently-defunct recumbent branch of Burley. Burley's recumbents were well-regarded and the company's decision to ditch the entire line was a puzzling one. Edge tweaked those designs a bit and resumed production of many of their models. The most popular of these has been the Hepcat 26/20 Short Wheelbase (SWB). Read More »
Welcome To Two New Sponsors!Posted on June 16, 2014 by Bryan Ball
We should have started doing this a long time ago, but I'm going to start making some little welcome posts to our new sponsors every now and then. The first two I'd live to give a shout-out to are Purple Sky and Smoky Mountain Saddle Bags!
Purple Sky was a well-known custom flag maker for many years. Supplier issues caused them to shut down for a bit but they're BACK! Their offerings are a bit more limited than they were before but, in my opinion, the flag design itself is better than ever. The come in four very bright colors with a pole and a streamer. Purple Sky also makes our tie-dye flags! (shameless plug)
Smoky Mountain Saddle Bags has only been on the scene for a short time but they're already making a huge splash. Their very reasonably priced and easy to install bags have been exactly what a lot of us have been looking for. Their bags come in two different sizes and four different colors. We reviewed them a short time ago. Make sure to check them out!
RAAM InformationPosted on June 10, 2014 by Bryan Ball
The 2014 Race Across America starts TODAY at Noon PST (3 PM EST). This year there are two solo riders competing. Jacquie Schlitter in the solo women's division and Dennis Johnson in the men's solo. Both race for Team Vite. Here are a couple of good links to reference during the race. The team of Sandy Earl and Bill Spaeth will be competing in Race Across the West as "Team Red Pearl."
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Catrike Road Suspension RackPosted on June 9, 2014 by Bryan Ball
It's here! After a few fits and starts, Catrike now has a new rear rack available for the 2012 and up Catrike Road. As you probably know, this trike has rear suspension and there for needed a special rear rack to keep your luggage "suspended" and enjoying the same cushy ride that the pilot gets. It's been a long time coming but after using this rack for a couple of weeks, I can confidently say that it was worth the wait.
After trying a few different suppliers, Catrike settled on Rack Time to contract build the racks that they designed. Another suspension trike manufacturer once told me that the luggage rack was by far the most labor-intensive part of any trike design. I have no reason to doubt them. Building a rack that can handle a reasonable load yet still be attached to the main frame of the trike rather than the moving swingarm is a difficult engineering task. The Catrike/Rack Time collaboration has produced a very attractive design. It's exceedingly well finished and very easy to mount and adjust.
The tubes aren't overly fat and there are well-placed hooks to accommodate almost any pannier. The only disconcerting thing was the large "25 lbs Weight Limit" sticker. I think this is just Catrike being a bit cautious. The rack withstood much larger loads during Catrike's testing and I loaded it up to 40 lbs on multiple occasions with no swaying or creaking or signs of distress. The rack retails for $150 and can be ordered from your local Catrike dealer.
Charlie Ollinger's Cruzbike Assault on Mount MitchellPosted on May 20, 2014 by Bryan Ball
I've known Charlie Ollinger since he was a very annoying and shockingly strong eight-year-old. He's grown into a fantastic young man and an absolute beast on a bike. This is his very entertaining account of his recent ride in the "Assault on Mount Mitchell." This is a very well known and very difficult century ride that climbs well over 10,000 feet. A vast majority of that occurs over the last 20 miles. It's known as the toughest century in America. He finished in 6:53:48. That placed him second in his age group and 115th out of 800 riders. He rode a Cruzbike Vendetta as did his teammate, RAAM winner Maria Parker. (He's the goofy one in the pic. She's the pretty one.) This is his story.
Today I rode the assault on mount Mitchell. My time was 6:53:54, I got 115th out of 800, and it was the hardest ride I have ever ridden.
The group of 800 riders (including Maria Parker and me) started in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Being a little ways back in the pack, once the group started rolling it was my immediate mission to work up to the lead peloton.
After a few miles I was positioned where I wanted to be. Somewhere near the middle of the lead pack. There were nearly 50 to 100 riders up there with me. Being my first time I had no idea what to expect. Read More »
Edge Haiku GalleryPosted on May 20, 2014 by Bryan Ball
All the buzz about Edge right now is related to their soon-to-be-released E2 folding trike. It's easy to forget that they also make two wheelers. One of them is this very pretty Haiku highracer that we just got in to review. Until we get the review done, here are a few pics.
Trident Goes Super Folder with the OdysseyPosted on May 19, 2014 by Bryan Ball
I had a chance to check out this little trike at the Smoky Mountain Recumbent Rally this past weekend. Very impressive folded size. The 102mm rear hub is especially trick. Gallery of pics after the jump.
From Trident Press Release:
Trident is pleased to announce 2 small changes and a surprise new model which we showed a prototype of at the Smokey Mountain Recumbent Rally this weekend.
First the changes. Due to so many requests that we have had, the Stowaway 2 model will be available in the Wasabi Green color. We have them in stock now.
Secondly starting later this summer, we will be making a transition to Schwalbe Tires on several models. The first models to change will the Stowaway 2, and Chameleon getting Schwalbe Marathon Racers. Transports will make the change in the fall. Titan and E Spike Models will be equipped with Schwalbe Big Apples mid-Summer as well. Spike 1 & 2, TWIG and Stowaway 1 will continue to use Kenda Tires.
We also decided to unveil a prototype of a "concept Trike" at the Smoky Mountain Recumbent Rally this past weekend. Read More »
Video of the New Leaning Steintrikes Wild WavePosted on April 26, 2014 by Bryan Ball
Bike Revolution has posted this video of the new Steintrikes Wild Wave leaning trike. It's a very impressive looking bit of kit. No idea about pricing or US availability yet.
Schlitter Encore Revealed Tomorrow (April 26, 2014) at Vite BikesPosted on April 25, 2014 by Bryan Ball
Jacquie Schlitter is having a launch party for her 2014 RAAM campaign tomorrow at Vite Bikes in Venice, FL. It looks like there will be a special guest present. The new Schlitter Encore! This new carbon fiber highracer will retail for a staggeringly low $2500 with SRAM Apex 2×10 components. We should have one to review very soon. First impression is that it looks fantastic. I love the graphics.
Barcroft Virginia TiPosted on April 22, 2014 by Bryan Ball
By BRYAN J. BALL
Managing Editor
Barcroft is back! In truth, they never completely went away. In 2009,very shortly after founder Bill Cook ceased building and selling recumbents under the Barcroft banner, Dana Liebermen of Bent Up Cycles and Carbent fame snapped up the name and the designs and resumed production of the Virginia Ti using the same overseas supplier as Cook. There was recently a bit of a hiatus while Liebermen made a few changes to the design but bikes are back in stock and the new and improved Virginia Ti is on the road again!
The new hotness looks similar to the old one but there are actually several small design changes. The slight bend in the front half of the frame is now gone which raises the bottom bracket just slightly. The head tube is also 6mm longer which improves clearance for the chain and front brake. There is a tab for a rear disc brake and a front disc brake fork is also an option. The upper stays of the rear triangle are also no longer u-shaped and individually welded to the frame. Finally, rear spacing is now 135mm rather than 130mm to make sourcing disc brake hubs easier. Read More »
Cruzbike No Longer Making KitsPosted on April 16, 2014 by Bryan Ball
Cruzbike has decided to stop making kit versions of their bikes. This kit allows you to convert almost any bike into a moving bottom bracket (MBB) front wheel drive (FWD) recumbent. If you want one, act now! They still have a few left. More details at http://cruzbike.com/goodbye-cruzbike-kit-sniffle-sniffle.
Barcroft Virginia Ti GalleryPosted on April 10, 2014 by Bryan Ball
Got out for my first spin on the new Barcroft Virginia Ti test bike. Sweet mother of pearl this thing looks great. The frame is just exquisite in person. Zippy little thing also! Full review coming very soon!
WindWrap GX OnePoint FairingPosted on March 31, 2014 by Bryan Ball
By BRYAN J. BALL
Managing Editor
Didn't we just review another Windwrap fairing a couple months ago? Yes, we did. However, due the fact that I just got done shoveling another eight inches of snow out of my driveway in late March, I venture to guess that winter isn't over yet. Therefore, a lot of us are still looking for a little protection to keep us warm and dry while we ride.
This time around, I'll be reviewing the Windrwap GX OnePoint system from TerraCycle. This fairing is designed for tadpole trikes and, as the name would suggest, mounts to one point on the boom. Its most unique feature is that it tilts forward and out of the way to make getting on and off the trike easier. Read More »
Azub Six GalleryPosted on March 19, 2014 by Bryan Ball
Spring is almost here! Allegedly… Azub sent me this shiny new Six to review. I'll also be reviewing this bike for Adventure Cyclist so Azub sent it with the specification they recommend for true off-the-beaten path loaded touring. There are a few rather unique component specifications. Honza of Azub has toured all over the world and back again and explained why he chose these parts on their blog. First impression is that it handles pretty well, the suspension works great and it appears ready to handle anything. Including THREE pairs of panniers!
We're Back!Posted on March 19, 2014 by Bryan Ball
Well… We actually never went anywhere. However, with the deep freeze and soul-crushing amounts of snow we've had in Upstate New York this year, I can see why you think we might have! It's been a month since our last post but I have several little tidbits coming up for you in the days ahead. Reviews of the Azub Six and Barcroft Ti-Virginia are on the way soon as are product reviews of the Arkel Dry-Lites panniers and TerraCycle Windwrap GX One-Point fairing system. Stay tuned!


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