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La Habana -love at first sight...
This years "exotic" trip went to Cuba and Mexico with Cuba being the first stop. First up was, of course, the mythical city of La Habana. This city and all the other places we visited in Cuba was unlike any other place I've been to so far: no comercials, nothing fancy, nothing new -no bullshit! Just old buildings, old cars, music and dance everywhere, you eat whatever there is still left on the meny. For someone like me, who is all about old school, this was The place. You could write several books about this place or read the ones that are allready written. But this place has to bee exerienced if you get the chance. So. We didn't spend our time slacking. We walked the streets, went out for salsa music and dance (I just happend to be travelling with two salsa experts!), ate whatever was available and also went climbing at the "el Morro" fort in the Habana habour.
the spirit of "el Che" lives on...
doing some wicked routes on the "el Morro" fort with La Habana and the sunset in the background. Magic.
taking a "batido" (milkshake) by the end of the day near China Town i La Habana. the guy to the left is Pellin, my timbale drum teacher who just climbed for the first time a few hours earlier.
El Morro was great fun but I didn't travell all the way here only to climb on historical buildings... Next stop was the center of Cuban climbing -the Vinales valley. Home of a couple of hundreds of routes, and hundreds of mosquitoes! I had a great time, despite the mosquitoes though. There was a small but great small community of local climbers and also a bunch of travellers so finding climbingpartners was no biggie. The ocean was not too far away to cool you down on restdays. And the nightclub with live music on the main plaza rocked every night. For more info, check out: www.cubaclimbing.com.
the beauty of the Vinales valley. it reminded me a bit of Yangshuo in China. photo: Yarobis Garcia
climbing at the Palenque sector with parts of team Vinales/Cuba, Canada and Sweden below. photo: Olivier Ouellette
finally feeling it a bit. here sending Cubas testpiece, the "One Inch Punch" 8b+. maybe a bit in the soft end of the scale but who cares? The perfect route! photo: Yarobis Garcia
After Vinales it was time to celebrate x-mas so we headed to the city of Matanzas to meet some good friends. I also found a bit music going on, the roots of afrocuban batá drumming. Then it was time to leave Cuba for this time. Next stop was climbing in northern Mexico: El Potrero Chico and el Salto. But in between some quality time in the Mexican caribbean on the Yucatan peninsula.
jamming with the sacred batá drummers in Matanzas. this is a big part of the afrocuban Santeria cult and the roots of rumba music.
taking a break in Tulum near Cancún in the Mexican caribbean. great freediving/reefs just 5 minutes swimming from the beach. and the great drinks and food wasn't too far either!
Arriving in Monterrey, the closest big city to all the climbing, we started asking our selves what the hell we were doing there? The temps had dropped about 20-30 degrees from the caribbeans. I know I hoped for cooler temps in Vinales but this was a bit too much. The worst morning was when I woke up with -something in the air and snow on the tent... but the time we had in the Monterrey area (Potrero and el Salto) was a blast nevertheless.
Potrero Chico by night. photo: Sean Leader
on another great 8b, on the las Animas wall in el Salto. photo: Sean Leader
trying to stay warm in our little cave that we used as a livingroom in el Salto. coming up on the laptop is the 80's classic "American Ninja" starring Michael Dudikoff. but don't worry, you can also rent cabins in el Salto, but with no heating. photo: Dirk Smith
On our way home we had some final days in the Cancún area, just to melt a bit before heading for a snowcovered and icy cold Sweden. The journey continues...


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What's In a Name? Why We're All Called Tar Heels
By William S. Powell
We all have had to deal with the problem at one point or another, particularly when we go abroad (more than two states away) and declare our state of residence.
"Oh, that's such a beautiful state," folks respond, before pausing. "But why are you called Tar Heels?"
The why comes easily but when it all started takes explaining. In fact, history shows that North Carolina residents have taken an albatross from around their necks and pinned it on the chests like a badge of honor.
The moniker is rooted in the state's earliest history, derived from the production of naval stores - tar, pitch and turpentine - extracted from the vast pine forests of the state. Early explorers from Jamestown pointed out the possibilities for naval stores production along the Chowan River. Eventually Parliament offered a bounty for their production, and North Carolina became an important source of tar and pitch for the English navy. For several years before the American Revolution, the colony shipped more than 100,000 barrels of tar and pitched annually to England.
The distillation process for tar and pitch was messy and smelly. Rich pine logs were stacked, covered with earth and burned. The tar ran out through channels dug on the lower side of the pile. Because of this product, so extensively produced in North Carolina, the people of the state were called "Tar boilers," according to the first volume of the Cincinnati Miscellany, an Ohio journal published in 1845. Forty-three years later, the poet Walt Whitman also recorded that the people of North Carolina were called "Tar Boilers." In both cases the name clearly was applied in derision. In May 1856, Harper's Magazine mentioned someone who "lost his way among the pine woods that abound in that tar and turpentine State," while an 1876 book on the Centennial Exposition described someone who "spent his youth in the good old 'Tar and Turpentine State."
A story that at best must be considered folklore states that when Lord Cornwallis's troops forded the Tar River in May 1781 en route to Yorktown, they emerged with tar on their feet. This marked the passage through North Carolina as tar heels. The tar reputedly had been hastily dumped into the river to prevent the British from capturing it. This story cannot be traced beyond the 20th century and may have been made up to suggest the naming of the river.
But when, beyond doubt, did the term Tar Heel begin to be applied to North Carolinians? Clearly during the Civil War. In the third volume of Walter Clark's Histories of the Several Regiments from North Carolina in the Great War, 1861 to 1865, published in 1901, James M. Ray of Asheville records two incidents in 1863 that suggest the nickname's original application. In a fierce battle in Virginia, where their supporting column was driven from the field, North Carolina troops stood alone and fought successfully. The victorious troops were asked in a condescending tone by some Virginians who had retreated, "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" The response came quickly: "No, not a bit; old Jeff's bought it all up." "Is that so? What is he going to do with it?" the Virginians asked. "He's going to put it on you'ns heels to make you stick better in the next fight."
After the Battle of Murfreesboro in Tennessee in early January 1863, John S. Preston of Columbia, S.C., the commanding general, rode along the fighting line commending his troops. Before the 60th Regiment from North Carolina, Preston raised them for advancing farther than he had anticipated, concluding with: "This is your first battle of any consequence, I believe. Indeed, you Tar Heels have done well."
Similarly, sometime after North Carolina had fought particularly well, Gen. Robert E. Lee is said to have commented: "God bless the Tar Heel boys." Like the Cornwallis story, the exact occasion has not been noted.
A San Francisco magazine, Overland Monthly, in its August 1869 issue, published an article on slang and nicknames. The author cited a number of terms used in the Old North State. "A story is related," he wrote, "of a brigade of North Carolinians, who, in on of the great battles (Chancellorsville, if I remember correctly) failed to hold a certain hill, and were laughed at by the Mississippians for having forgotten to tar their heels that morning. Hence originated their cant name 'Tar heels.'"
A piece of sheet music, "Wearin' of the Grey," identified as "Written by Tar Heel" and published in Baltimore in 1866, is probably the earliest printed use of Tar Heel.
On New Year's Day, 1868, Stephen Powers set out from Raleigh on a walking tour that in part would trace in reverse the march of Gen. William T. Sherman at the end of the Civil War. As a part of his report on North Carolina, Powers described the pine woods of the state and the making of turpentine. Having entered South Carolina, he recorded in his 1872 book, Afoot and Alone, that he spent the night "with a young man, whose family were away, leaving him all alone in a great mansion. He had been on a cavalry sergeant, wore his hat on the side of his head, and had an exceedingly confidential manner."
"You see sir, the Tar-heels haven't no sense to spare," Powers quotes the sergeant as saying. "Down there in the pines the sun don't more'n half bake their heads. We always had to show 'em whar the Yankees was, or they'd charge to the rear, the wrong way, you see."
As in this particular case, for a time after the Civil War, the name Tar Heel was derogatory, just as Tar Boilers had been earlier. In Congress on Feb 10, 1875, a black representative from South Carolina had kind words for many whites, whom he described as "noble-hearted, generous-hearted people." Others he spoke of as "the class of men thrown up by the war, that rude class of men I mean, the 'tar-heels' and the 'sand-hillers,' and the 'dirt eaters' of the South - it is with that class that we have all our trouble. . . ." The name also had a bad connotation in an entry in the 1884 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, which reported that the people who lived in the region of pine forests were "far superior to the tar heel, the nickname of the dwellers in barrens." The New York Tribune further differentiated among North Carolinians on Sept. 20, 1903, when it observed that "the man really like to work, which is all but incomprehensible to the true 'tar heel.'"
At home, however, the name was coming to be accepted with pride. In Pittsboro on Dec. 11, 1879, the Chatham Record informed its readers that Jesse Turner had been named to the Arkansas Supreme Court. The new justice was described as "a younger brother of our respected townsman, David Turner, Esq., and we are pleased to know that a fellow tar-heel is thought so much of in the state of his adoption." In Congress in 1878, Representative David B. Vance, trying to persuade the government to pay one of his constituents, J. C. Clendenin, for building a road, described Clendenin in glowing phrases, concluding with: "He is an honest man . . . he is a tar-heel."
In 1893, the students of the University of North Carolina founded a newspaper and christened it The Tar Heel. By the end of the century, Tar Heel - at least within the state - had been rehabilitated. John R. Hancock of Raleigh wrote Senator Marion Butler on Jan. 20, 1899, to commend him for his efforts to obtain pensions for Confederate veterans. This was an action, Hancock wrote, "we Tar Heels, or a large majority of us, do most heartily commend." And by 1912, it was term of clear identification recognized outside the state. On August 26 of that year, The New York Evening Post identified Josephus Daniels and Thomas J. Pence as two Tar Heels holding important posts in Woodrow Wilson's campaign.
So there it was in 1912, the stamp of credibility on Tar Heel. Surely an august institution such as The New York Evening Post would never malign two gentlemen of the stature of Daniels and Pence, no matter how bitter the Presidential election campaign. The badge of honor stuck, and in a manner of speaking, North Carolina residents have sat back on their heels ever since, happy to be Tar Heels. Who'd want to be a Sandlapper, anyway?
William S. Powell is professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Charleston, W.Va. � The West Virginia Department of Education�s (WVDE) 21st Century Office of Professional Preparation has been selected to receive a 3.1 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will span over a period of five years and be used to recruit individuals to teach in high-need subject areas.
�As the state Board of Education and the Department move forward with the 21st Century Learning initiative, it is paramount that our state recruits and retains teachers well versed in science, math, special education, English and foreign language,� said West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Steve Paine.
The grant money will be used to recruit 30 individuals annually, for a total of 120 teachers. The project will serve participants that are mid-career professionals and recent college graduates with non-education degrees. These individuals will also be required to have subject matter expertise.
The Board of Education has in place a policy that allows for alternative certification for teachers. Policy 5100 establishes guidelines for high education institutions to create pathways to the professional teaching certificate.
�This grant helps us further support the Board goals of accessibility of alternative routes to certification, recruitment and retention of teachers and the preparation of highly-qualified teachers,� added Paine.
The grant will provide the financing for activities such as distance learning, a mentoring experience, an online platform for candidate interaction with other participants, the development of an electronic portfolio, and financial incentives.
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Valdosta - Georgia's lottery funds are shrinking, and that's bad news for college students who receive the HOPE scholarship.
Valdosta State University Senior Angela Trimble is depending on the HOPE scholarship to finish college. "My parents have three kids in college, and if it weren't for HOPE, there's no way we could be here," said Trimble.
And she's not the only student this financial aid is putting through school. Almost half of VSU's students are HOPE recipients. "For fall semester, more than 4100 of our 10,600 students were getting HOPE," said Doug Tanner, Financial Aid Director.
Lottery revenues are down, while tuition costs and enrollment are up. Governor Sonny Perdue suggests using SAT scores as HOPE scholarship criteria. "I don't agree with that at all because I didn't have that great of an SAT score, yet my college GPA has been extremely high for four years," said Trimble.
Now lawmakers have agreed that the scholarship should no longer cover books and fees. A typical textbook at VSU costs anywhere from $25 to $75. Right now, HOPE pays for $150 in books, and students say every little bit helps. "I end up paying anywhere from $150 to $700 in books each semester, depending on my course load," said Trimble.
But financial aid directors say the cuts have to come from somewhere. "It's a shame that it has to happen, but if there's a shortfall in revenues, there's no way it can support the current expenditures.
Tanner says he doesn't think the cuts will be enough to cause a decrease in enrollment. And students like Angela can stay in school and earn their college degrees.
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The Virginia women's basketball team improved to 3-0 after topping Providence 61-42 at John Paul Jones Arena Sunday.
UVA started the game off with a convincing 24-5 lead - with 14 of those points made from the paint.
As the game went on, Coach Joanne Boyle says the team fell into some lulls.
Boyle added, "We just have to become a team that can dictate for 40 minutes. We're not doing that. We're waiting. We're playing to the level of our competition at times which means we are taking possessions off which means we gotta change our mindset when it comes to that."
Ataila Franklin scored in double digits for the third game in a row as she brought in 14 points for the 'Hoos.
Kelsey Wolfe had a stellar performance as well.
Wolfe was a perfect 3-3 from the field for 7 points. She tacked on 5 rebounds before leaving the game in the second half due to a dental related injury.
The Cavaliers are on the road next week and traveling to Puerto Rico to play in the San Juan Shootout.


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You guys are way over my taste buds and price ranges.
Naaah. That dinner I posted ran me just around $25, and I have lots of left-overs (and it got me through a bottle and a half of El Yucateco!). Eating great can be done cheaply if you know where to go. I think a good majority of my all time favorite dishes are from hole-in-the-walls which is why PST is wrong and just trying to impress me so he can get my creme fraiche all over his face.
Richard, do you remember when you were down here and I had no idea where to eat beyond a mediocre Italian place and Chipotle? Its embarassing to think about how long I went not knowing what a foodie paradise Orange County is. If you ever come back, its off to Santa Ana and Little Saigon we go.
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I would literally murder you for just 1 authentic taco! Do you think they keep in the mail? I'll trade you for some foie gras once they take it out of your greasy, goose-torturing hands!
Hahaha, I'm sure if you did over-night shipping it wouldn't be too much of a quality loss. I've never had day-old tacos that haven't been refrigerated but I have had 4 - 5 days old tacos that were and it worked. And you can keep your abominated goose liver! I got a dealer, he's got the real shit, man, the shit he serves is pulled out of the goose's body as it's heart still beats and you get to consume it as you watch the life fade from its beady, black eyes.
With the Mexican here, there's more than just those extraordinary tacos, though. Huaraches, pambazos, huetlacoche-everything, alambres, sopes, empanadas, birria stew, pozole, all things mariscos, moles... all envoking that same "OH MY GOD!" authentic, cheap, fresh quality that I literally don't think you can get anywhere else in the states (or at least in such close proximity and regional diversity, though I could be wrong, I haven't been to many border states). My new favorite find is this old-school
that serves Baja style seafood that you'd find the actual natives eating outside of the resorts. They've got this HUGE tostada that is piled with scallop, marlin, crab, octopus, and shrimp with some kind of sweet, burny salsa and pickled onions. Holy fuck is it amazing. Its also home to what is the best fish taco I've ever had in my life and the only place I know of that serves manta ray (which really just tastes like a good white fish, though more "sturdy")!
Its the one thing I usually miss when I'm traveling. I lie to friends and family that I miss them. I just miss the tacos and above and I'm not ashamed of it!
Maybe PST knows where they best Mexican food is in NYC? I've tried everything from trucks in Williamsburg, to that one place in Bushwick, to Rosa Mexicano but nothing compares to what you guys get in LA.
Did you try that
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? The food columnist in that article is one of my favorites, a good writer with great taste and a walking encyclopedia of everything food (and also a great name on the OC/LA Chowhound boards when he's not writing for OC Weekly) so if he says that place is worthy of a SoCal expat's palate, I'd definitely check it out.
I made the broth from scratch from what I had on hand...I always have some frozen mushroom broth left over from reconstituting dried morels and porcinis, and I needed a cabbagey, seaweedy flavor since I couldn't find wakame either so I used pu-erh because it has that funky aftertaste and I thought it would complement the mushrooms. Felt like a goddamned genius.
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Item: The Avalanche Catasthophe of El Teniente-Chile: August 8 of 1944
Title: The Avalanche Catasthophe of El Teniente-Chile: August 8 of 1944
Proceedings: 2002 International Snow Science Workshop, Penticton, British Columbia
- Jose Vergara [ Universidad de Chile, Santiago-Chile ]
- Maria C. Baros [ Direccion de Comunicaciones, Division EI Teniente Codelco-Chile ]
Date: 2002
Abstract: The avalanche of El Teniente-Chile (~34°S) August 8 of 1944, was the most serious avalanche accident in Chile of the last 100 years. On the night of August 8, 1944, a major avalanche impacted a The Sewell, a worked village of the Copper Mine of EI Teniente, there were 102 fatalities, 8 building, one school and one bridged destroyed. Due to a storm over the central part of Chile where intense precipitation fall over the Andes mountains during nine days. Historical precipitation records near to Sewell shows that total rainfall during the storms was 299mm (La Rufina) and 349mm (Bullileo), and the day before of avalanche the 24 hours rain intensity was 93mm. The Weilbull statistical analysis of monthly snowfall (water equivalent) record in Sewell from 1912-2001 show that the total August 1944 snowfall (621mm) was the larger of the all historical records and the return period is close one events in 180 years, and the annual snowfall during 1944 was 1140mm and return periods was 3.8 years.
Language of Article: English
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: chile, avalanches, andes mountains, avalanche disaster, historical snow records
Subjects: avalanche catasthophe el teniente-chile historical snow records
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Mushroom Salad with Yuzu Dressing
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Servings: 6 first-course
- 1/2 cup grapeseed oil
- 3 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 3 Tbsp. yuzu juice
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 lb. assorted wild mushrooms (such as wood ear, maitake, enoki, chanterelle, oyster, and stemmed shiitake), thickly sliced
- 1/4 cup sake
- 1 5-oz. package baby greens
- Chopped fresh chives (for garnish)
Nutritional Information
One serving contains:
- Calories (kcal) 276.1
- %Calories from Fat 82.6
- Fat (g) 25.7
- Saturated Fat (g) 2.8
- Cholesterol (mg) 0
- Carbohydrates (g) 9.3
- Dietary Fiber (g) 2.6
- Total Sugars (g) 4.7
- Net Carbs (g) 6.7
- Protein (g) 6.0
- Sodium (mg) 702.9
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Whisk grapeseed oil, soy sauce, yuzu juice, and garlic in a medium bowl. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
Heat olive oil in an extra-large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, season with salt, and sauté until wilted and just beginning to brown, about 7 minutes. Add sake; stir to coat, then transfer to a large bowl. Add 5 Tbsp. dressing; toss to coat. Season with salt.
Divide greens among plates. Divide mushrooms among plates, mounding slightly in center atop greens. Drizzle remaining dressing over greens and mushrooms. Garnish with chives and serve.
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Who's making the big bucks in Oak Ridge?
Based on a preliminary review of the information contained on Recovery.gov, it appears that Joe Nemec -- the president of Bechtel Jacobs -- is leading the pack among Oak Ridge contractor executives. According to the data provided as part of the reporting requirements for working on the stimulus program, Nemec's annual compensation package is $848,065.01.
The compensation varies among other contractor chiefs in Oak Ridge. Those include ORNL Director Thom Mason ($596,241); B&W Y-12 President Darrel Kohlhorst ($624,576); ORAU President Andy Page ($207,835); Navarro President Susana Navarro-Valenti ($546,689); and Pro2Serve CEO Barry Goss ($482,197.60).
Among the many reporting requirements for contractors doing work with Recovery Act funding is to disclose the compensation of the company's top officers. The information is contained in the government's Website, and includes many -- but not all, by any means -- of the Department of Energy's contractors in Oak Ridge. Traditionally information on contractor salaries has been unavailable to the public, so the Recovery Act has given a glimpse -- at least among the top execs -- about compensation levels.
DOE and the National Nuclear Security Administration will only reimburse contractors for salaries to a certain cap. Beyond that, the corporations top off the payments to their executives.
Here are some of the Oak Ridge contractors and the compensation provided to their top five officers.
Joe Nemec: President and General Manager -- $848,065.01
Jim Thiesing: Vice President and Manager of the K-25 Project -- $836,306.29
Rich Tossetti: Vice President and Deputy General Manager -- $681,634.27
Steve Buckley: Vice President and Manager of Business Services -- $294,964.90
Steve Smith: Vice President and Manager of Operations -- $262,288.37
Bechtel Jacobs is the Dept. of Energy's environmental manager in Oak Ridge. Asked for comment about the compensation, Bechtel Jacobs spokesman Dennis Hill said via e-mail:
"The numbers reported are total compensation, which includes salary, bonuses, long-term incentives, 401k contributions, stock options, and other benefits and allowances, such as housing, vehicles, relocation etc."
He added, "Less than half of the total compensation listed for the five BJC officers comes from DOE. The remainder is paid exclusively by the contractor from corporate funds, not taxpayers . . .Compensation is comparable to that of similar corporate executives in our industry. Bechtel and Jacobs are large firms that work for commercial interests and governments around the world. We benchmark compensation with others in our industry to ensure our competitiveness."
Hill said none of the Bechtel Jacobs officers listed at Recovery.gov were hired with or received extra compensation from Recovery Act funding.
Thom Mason, ORNL Director -- $596,241
Thomas Zacharia, Deputy Director for Science and Technology -- $516,998
Jeff Smith, Deputy Director for Operations -- $471,458
Greg Turner, director of business and information services and CFO -- $311,720
Nicole Porter, General Counsel -- $297,332
UT-Battelle manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Dept. of Energy. ORNL communications chief Billy Stair made provided this comment: "The figures for UT-Battelle's compensation represent a combination of salary and pension benefits. As a group, the compensation falls roughly into the middle of the pack for the DOE laboratory system and for the major DOE contractors in Oak Ridge."
Darrel Kohlhorst: president and general manager -- $624,576
Butch Clements: vice president, safeguards, security and emergency services -- $374,699
Bill Klemm: senior vice president and deputy general manager -- $247,211
Scott Baker: senior vice president, business services, B&W Y-12 -- $363,153
David Black: vice president and controller with Babcock & Wilcox Co. and an officer with B&W Y-12 -- $936,052
B&W Y-12, a partnership of Babcock and Wilcox and Bechtel National, manages the Y-12 National Securitiy Complex for the federal government.
Y-12 public affairs manager David Keim made this comment by e-mail: "The figures listed on Recovery.gov combine salary, pensions, bonuses, and other compensation. None of the executives received any increase in compensation as a result of ARRA work. The figures reflect market rates, and the reimbursable portion of the executives' salaries is approved by the federal officials who oversee Y-12."
Andy Page, president -- $207,835
Donna Cragle, vice president and director of occupational exposure and workers health -- $183,231
Wayne Stevenson -- vice president and director of science education -- $180,162
Albert Wiley, vice president and director of REACTS -- $177,052
Daniel Standley -- vice president, human resources -- $173,823
ORAU manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education for the Dept. of Energy. In a statement by e-mail, ORAU chief financial officer Phil Andrews said, "These salaries are not a direct result of ARRA funds, but are linked to their education, experience, and years of service."
PROFESSIONAL PROJECT SERVICES (Pro2Serve)
Barry Goss -- president and chairman -- $482,197.60
Mark DeGraff -- executive vice president -- $296,684.80
Lorie Baker-Wallace -- senior vice president -- $232,200.50
Joseph Hebert -- (now retired) $216,451.20
Raymond Alexander -- senior vice president -- $215,732
Pro2Serve does technical and engineering work for the Department of Energy and NNSA.
Susana Navarro-Valenti -- president -- $546,689
Mark Valenti -- secretary and vice president -- $566,960.40
Navarro provides a broad range of support services, including environmenta and nuclear work, to DOE and NNSA. Navarro president Navarro-Valenti did not offer comment on the compensation figures.
All I can say is WOW! So my boss, Thom Mason, is my age and he makes that much? I'm all for rewarding achievement and hard work, etc., but this seems extreme. If this was my salary, I'd save $500,000 a year!
First of all, is it anyone's business how much anyone makes? Secondly, not only are these people being rewarded for their achievement and hard work but they are also under a tremendous amount of stress and spend extreme amounts of time away from their families. I say, "Congratulations!"
I'd say that whoever determines the compensation rates at Oak Ridge Associated Universities needs to step it up a little bit when you compare it to the rest. That is embarrassing for them.
These salaries are not out of line with similar positions in industry with associated levels of responsibility, liability, and stress. Those with lesser compensation in subordinate positions should endeavor to advance with the knowledge that they'll be rewarded accordingly.
It is the publics business what salaries are paid when a significant portion of that compensation derives from taxpayer funds.
"Those with lesser compensation in subordinate positions should endeavor to advance with the knowledge that they'll be rewarded accordingly."
So in other words, learn how to be a suck and start playing golf. There won't be another Jack Case anymore, This company won't hire you for anything higher than a foreman unless you have a college degree. Any college degree. One of the higher up positions was filled by someone with a psychology degree, how does that have anything to do with nuclear weapon manufacturing?


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Preeminent contemporary photographer Sebastião Salgado is noted for his social documentary photography of workers in less developed nations
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Salgado will present from a selection of various bodies of work throughout his career on Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. as part of Lesley's Strauch-Mosse Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Free and open to the public, the lecture will be held in the Rabb Auditorium at the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. Seating is limited, to register, please click here.
Salgado is known for his expansive projects that strive to inform, and transform, the viewer. A photojournalist and social documentary photographer, Salgado often depicts the working poor in developing nations, providing a stunning humanist commentary on broad sociopolitical and economic themes.
His work, often described as a compassionate and hopeful representation of the dignity of human struggle, serves to increase awareness of the realities of the waning industrial age.
"For 40 years, Salgado has traveled throughout the world creating striking images that provide powerful insights into the human condition and the natural worlds we inhabit," said Stan Trecker, Dean of The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University (AIB), which organized Salgado's lecture. "From Siberia to the Namib desert to the oil wells of Kuwait and the jungles of the Amazon, Salgado's photographic projects have demonstrated a deep respect for the people and the environments he encounters."
During the Strauch-Mosse Lecture, Salgado will present a range of his projects including Other Americas, Workers, Terra, Migrations, and Genesis.
Salgado's awards include the International Center of Photography's Photographer of the Year, and the Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. Nine books of his photographs have been published, and his work has been exhibited and collected by major museums all over the world.
Born on a cattle farm in Brazil, Salgado studied economics until his political resistance to Brazil's right-wing government led him to Paris in 1969. He discovered the power of photography while dispatched to Rwanda as an economist, and soon became a member of the legendary Magnum photo cooperative. You can see his work at www.amazonasimages.com.
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Pittsburg - Cal Andrews led four Central Oklahoma players in double figures with 21 points as the Bronchos posted an 80-72 road win over Pittsburg State Saturday (Feb. 8).Andrews scored 15 points in the second half to help UCO (14-7, 8-6 MIAA) hold off Pitt State (7-13, 3-10 MIAA).Josh Gibbs added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Bronchos. He also dished out six of UCO's 23 team assists.Devon Branch scored 21 points to pace the Gorillas, while Jake Bullard added 14 points and Josiah Gustafson finished with 10 points.UCO led 40-35 with 18:07 to play in the game, but the Bronchos used a 13-2 run over the next five minutes to take control of the game.Pitt State got as close as five points, 64-59, with 4:01 to play.The Gorillas will start a four-game road swing Thursday (Feb. 13) when they travel to Kearney, Neb., to face the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
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Calif. man with knife shot, killed by officer
From a Times Staff Writer
A Burbank police officer shot and killed a man Sunday after the man tried to attack him with a knife, officials said.
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Kentville's police budget
A decision by the Town of Kentville to reduce the police force by one person has generated controversy. The decision is part of the 2013-14 budget, which is expected to be finalized May 27.
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Class will be instructed by Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, LLC. Tony is a recognized expert in his field, he has extensive military training obligations for our troops, he is published many times over, and has agreed to teach a class in our area. The class is intended to prepare you and your family to survive an urban disaster, either natural or manmade. Hands-on instruction focuses on both the short-term situations ranging from 24 – 72 hours, and long-term survival resulting from a grid-down situation or pandemic. The class includes instruction, a copy of one of Tony's books (Surviving a Disaster), an evacuation planning workbook along with supportive materials. The class will run from 9 to 5 on the 17th of November. If the participation warrants then an additional class may be held on November 18th. Phil 505-331-2120
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DURANT, OK ---- The Southeastern Savage Storm hosted their media day today for football and volleyball.
The football team was up first, head coach Ray Richards and his Savage Storm have had to move some people around this off season after losing both their offensive and defensive captains to suspension. But that doesn't mean they aren't ready for week one against Southern Arkansas.
"Right now all our concentration is going into September 5th and getting that ball rolling. And causing a snowball effect," Senior wide receiver, Keelen Green said.
"I'm sure a lot of people, a lot of teams out there, are counting us out because they did see us lose our starting quarterback and our starting safety. Which I totally agree, I'd probably be doing the same thing if I was on that team. But they should probably know that, that's the wrong decision," Senior linebacker, Logan Russell said.
The Savage Storm will look to prove their doubters wrong when they take the field for their season opener on September 5th against Southern Arkansas.
The Southeastern volleyball team also took to the podium to speak with the media. They finished last season 5-28 and are picked to finish eighth in the Great American Conference this season.
The Savage Storm is returning six players with starting experience and only lost one regular starter. Head coach Jenn King says she doesn't pay much attention to preseason rankings and she wants her team to follow in the footsteps of one of southeastern's most recent successful programs.
"Softball and Coach Fabian set a good example for us last year in the spring, with how well they did. So the girls' ultimate goal is to be winning the last match of the season. And be the first Great American volleyball team that gets an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament this year," Head coach, Jenn King said. "So we talk a lot about what we want to do come November. So what everyone perceives as our ranking in August really isn't something we spend a lot of time on. Were just trying to grow and get better every rep, every practice that we have."
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No one knows for sure what, exactly, it means, but Pete Carroll has decided that Matt Flynn will start Saturday's preseason game against Tennessee.
The decision signals, perhaps, that the quarterback battle has risen to a new level, with Flynn at the top of the heap. Or it may not.
The Seahawks reported on their website Tuesday that incumbent starter Tarvaris Jackson "is stepping back, for now, because Carroll, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and QB coach Carl Smith already had a good feel for him and he came to camp much healthier after playing most of last season with a torn pectoral in his throwing shoulder."
Former Tri-City Dust Devil (baseball) and rookie Russell Wilson will play in the second half of Saturday's game. Jackson will be on the sidelines.
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The sun gives off two types of ultraviolet rays: UVA and UVB.
UVA radiation can penetrate deep into the eye and damage the cornea or retina and UVB rays can cause corneal sunburn, which is painful and may cause temporary vision loss.
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Check out #43 on Mike Rutherford's list. If you're the tl;dr type, he points out that SU has won 43 BET games in the Garden. Obviously I'd like to win the title, but there would be something poetic about only winning one game at the BET this year and finishing with 44.


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For an Oak Creek High School club in its infancy, the Alliance of Aspiring Engineers' first project is a pretty lofty one.
The group formed just last month and wasted no time in getting going: the club is setting out on building a car, and make it as energy efficient as possible.
The club and the creation of the car is the brainchild of senior Josh Treuer. Engineering has been one of his interests since he was a child, Treuer said, when he was playing with Legos and designing things at age 4 or 5.
By the time he got to high school, he was participating in robotics, which only furthered his interest. This fall he will attend the University of Wisconsin and begin work on an engineering degree.
Another leader of the group, senior Brianna Sutherland, will pursue electrical engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering next fall.
When creating the Alliance of Aspiring Engineers club, which has about 30 members, Sutherland and Treuer zeroed in on creating a car and doing it quickly enough to enter it into state contests. While they later realized the timeframe won't allow for any contests this year, the group is still moving forward on the project.
The car will be about go-kart sized. The challenge for the group is to build it as efficiently as it can, which means focusing in on all aspects of a vehicle. That will involve heavy education on the math and science behind a car, Treuer said.
But the club's activities don't stop there—they are also looking for funding and sponsors.
If all goes well, Oak Creek residents might see the car in parades or otherwise traveling around the high school grounds.