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Rap veteran AZ has updated fans on his relationship with longtime friend/collaborator Nas and how they came back together after an extended hiatus in the 2000's.
AZ said their early mid-1990's career decisions ultimately guided them into separate paths.
"His career took off on a whole other level at the end of the day and dealing with a lot of things, it puts people in certain zones that they need to be in to progress and sh*t," AZ explained in an interview. "I understood that he was doing what he had to do and it was like a new role for him and he had to stay focused. I was over here trying to keep my thing alive, doing what I do and the independent thing [which] was a new thing for me because we both started off with majors and was used to that machine. Then I chose to go independent and that was a whole other monster itself. So, when I bumped back up with him, it was like we never loss a step because there wasn't no bad blood or malice involved. It was like everyone was growing. When you grow, even as brothers, certain people got different paths in life and they gotta handle things accordingly, so it was understood." (XXL Mag)
In early August, AZ hinted at an upcoming rap game takeover courtesy of him and Nas.
"Friends become strangers just to destroy an rebuild... Nas u think they ready? D*mn the rap game is about to get a face lift!!! I'm reloaded," he tweeted August 4th. (AZ's Twitter)
In December, the rapper reflected on Nas' relevance in hip-hop.
"He's legendary in the game, that's my man," AZ said in an interview with Mikey T The Movie Star. "Everything is a blessing. Like I said, just being here and doing what I'm doing is a blessing. And you know with the work that Nas put in, it's self-explanatory, it's my boy. I mean that's him, you always seen he was going that route. He's for the peoples, man. We all go through our lives and journeys and people pick different paths and I think that's a good path. We need it out here." (Movie Star Status DVD)
Last fall, he revealed plans to hang up the microphone for good.
"I think after [my next album] Doe or Die 2, I'ma wrap it up," AZ revealed in an interview. "It's been fun, it's been fun, I did good. You gotta go out like [undefeated boxer Floyd] Mayweather. Mayweather go out, he'll jump back in but he's gonna go out without scars. So I'm cool, I did a good job." (Mikey T The Movie Star)
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- Myers and Lambs are only mentioned once. yet both have varieties that range to dark. Why? What about Havana Club and it 3, sometimes 4, classifications? Better than Bacardi, none of which I like or serve, any day of the week.
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- I know its only available in Australia but you cant have a rum list without something from Bundaberg rum on it.. http://www.bundabergrum.com.au/
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Lemon Hart 151
- Although I enjoy Barbancourt 5 Star, Kraken, and Pyrat XO, nothing beats Lemon Hart 151 demerara rum. I use it in every recipe that calls for a 151 proof rum and in spite of the alcohol content, I routinely sip this neat. The flavor is so bloody rich and delicious, words fail me. And a Zombie just isn't a Zombie without it!
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Great Rum
- Barbancourt 5 star and Flor de Cana are both excellent choices.
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It came from the deep...
- I am not a rum guy at all. Whiskey is my poison of choice. But, my flatmate bought some Kraken dark rum that I legitimately enjoyed.
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Sangster's Jamaican Rum Cream
- Wonderful, smooth flavor, not overpowering. Reminds you of Bailey's Irish Cream.
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rum Yum!
- You did not mention the volume the pricing was basesd on. I prefer RonRico light and clear @$17.00 for a 1.75l crowd pleaser
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Rum San Pablo from Curacao
- Both dark and light rum purchased for $9.- in Florida . Winner of bronze medal at San Fransisco liquor festival
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Luke and Simon's starting point is the observation that the "dramatic growth of the radical left after 1968 and the much more modest gains made after the mass movements of 2011, underlie the fact Marxism has lost its position as the natural 'go to' in politics" (1). Speaking from experience of 1968 and 2011 this is certainly a correct assessment. It's also, a revealing conclusion. What does it say about the record of the Leninist left since 1968 ? They dodge this question. Instead, they side step any criticism of the Bolshevik heritage by simply declaring that the common perception of Leninism as top down organisational control and sectarian splitting "does not accord with the totality of the Russian experience" (2). Explicit Leninism is placed on one side for flexibility and popular appeal.
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And let me say now, you've given me hope, you've inspired me in so many ways in my everyday life, you've changed me and my perspective, you're someone I'm proud to say I look up to. I'll never forget at Warped Tour in Long Island this past summer. After your set, you came to the signing riding on a bicycle, almost late, but made it. With a hurt foot. I never found out exactly what happened, but I know for a fact many other people wouldn't have gone through the trouble just appear at a signing as you did. That day, you had promised me to play soccer and apologized a million times for not being able to, as you were on your way to the hospital. Right before you could start leaving, a crowd of fans come over asking for a moment of your time. Something you'd never say no to, and that day wasn't any different. Bob was the only way you were torn away from everyone to set your hospital trip back on track. For your own good. I saw all this. I remember quickly going up to you and simply saying Thank You. Thank you for everything, for who you are, and for being a genuine dude. And for caring so much, I've never seen anything like it before. And you gave me the biggest hug you've ever given me the next second. I don't know how many people even understood how many good vibes were being passed on at that moment. It made me tear, a secret I keep to myself. To us, its someone who has touched us very dearly. Brought hope and wise words into our lives. Helped us through many and any situation. Always put others before himself. Not to mention 25% of band we truly love and have and WILL always continue to stick to until the end of time. Matthew, you are this person. And without you, we wouldnt be us. It would be I. This band, with the help of yourself has brought us together and given us hope when we most needed it, shown us were never alone. And heres to you Matthew, youve helped piece together such a strong loving community, youre not alone. All our prayers, best thoughts and wishes, hope and faith and spirits are with you. This is why I say you're OUR hero, not just mine. Don't you think it's a bit weird I noticed the amount of people who have randomly been thinking about Madina Lake and yourself these few days? It's funny, because before this news, I was one of them too. But it's not weird, not at all. The second I heard you woke up, I called my mom and she said "It was everyones spirits and thoughts that did this." We all feel this together, whether we know it or not. Aaaaand this is about the time we start getting into some deep conversation. You've helped me through so many times in my life, and was there when I most needed someone. Nowadays when Im down, you're still the only person I wanna talk to. But I remember your wise words you've repeated many times before, and remind myself everythings gonna be okay. And they are. They always are. And I know you're going to be okay, I have faith in you. It's been beyond amazing seeing all the support in this situation. Every millisecond of time you've ever put into everyone, the devotion, it never goes unnoticed. And people don't forget. Matthew, you always put so much love and passion into everything and everyone you come across. Right now, it's clear to see the double being thrown back for you. The good out of this is, we're much stronger now, more together, more than ever before. You can't change the horrible past, but you can always work towards a brighter future. You've taught me this. Thank you very much for sharing your righteousness with everyone. Thank you for every smile you've ever given me, shared with me, and been responsible for. For every laugh, piece of wisdom, new questions and answers. Never forget those experiences, those moments, those laughs and smiles. This is what we strive and live for. 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Anthony Smith, 5, of Salem, made international headlines last spring when a simple remark made to his mother, Christina D'Allesandro, led to something much bigger.
"One morning he told me he didn't want to wear his hearing aid anymore because superheroes don't have blue ears," D'Allesandro said. "I told him that this just wasn't true."
Born with an underlying chromosome disorder that affected his right side, Anthony, whose grandfather is state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, cannot hear out of his right ear and has reduced hearing in his left ear. The disorder has also affected Anthony's heart, and the little boy has recently recovered from a successful open-heart surgery.
These days he's doing quite well, his mother said, and his days are filled with typical preschooler pursuits like swimming, karate, soccer and endless hours playing with his favorite superhero toys.
Anthony, who attends the HEAR school for hearing-impaired children in Hooksett and wears blue Phonak hearing aids, was thrilled when Marvel Comics heard of his story and artists Nelson Ribeiro and Manny Medeiros sketched out a special character just for Anthony by the name of Blue Ear.
As Iron Man's sidekick, "Blue Ear" uses his special blue hearing aids to hear others in need of help.
"Blue Ear has since become an extension of who Anthony is," D'Allesandro said. "He has a Blue Ear costume, which he wears all the time."
D'Allesandro said her son's story touched the hearts of parents and children all over the globe - she's received emails from parents of hearing-impaired children from as far away as India, England and Sweden.
"Anthony's story is now about something much bigger. It's been shared and shared," D'Allesandro said.
On Tuesday, Anthony and his family are traveling to New York City where another surprise is in store for the active little boy. Hearing aid manufacturer Phonak has partnered with Marvel Comics' icon Iron Man to create an original poster to be distributed to pediatric audiology clinics all over the nation. The young patients will be given posters of their own to hang on their bedroom walls, serving as constant inspirations.
The poster depicts Iron Man and a little boy that uses a hearing aid in a series of comic book adventures, Marvel Comics editor Bill Rosemann said.
"After hearing how Anthony's story helped him and others to accept his hearing aid, Phonak saw the impact Marvel characters had on readers," Rosemann said. "We both saw the potential for using superheroes to teach us that it's OK to wear a hearing aid."
Rosemann said the poster is essentially a one-page comic book based on a short story by author Christos Gage and featuring the art of Paco Medina. In the comic book tale, a group of children are playing soccer and are hesitant to allow a deaf classmate in on the game. Fortunately, Iron Man comes to the rescue and explains to the children that their new friend isn't all that different than they are, except that he happens to use technology to help him be his best.
"We're hoping people can see these posters and walk away feeling positive about hearing loss and those that rely on hearing aids," Rosemann said. During a public unveiling of the poster at the Center for Hearing and Communication, Iron Man himself will be on hand to meet and chat with Anthony and present him with his own special poster.
"He's beyond excited about making the trip," D'Allessandro said on Friday. "We're also pretty excited about being able to help other families with similar struggles."
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Sandy still haunts my home!Hello all! I'm new to this forum and would like to introduce myself. I am a Hurricane Sandy survivor and rebuilding my home everyday!
The first two levels of my home were flooded. At first, I had my boiler fixed and my water heater replaced. The heating (single pipe system)was working perfectly fine in all rooms of the house (I have radiators in each room). Later, many plumbers told me I needed to replace my boiler being it was under salt water and will give problems in the future. So, now I have a brand new boiler. The problem, is that the rooms on the very top floor have no heat. The radiators get warm but never get really hot. The people who replaced the boiler couldn't understand why the heat upstairs stopped working and took no responsibility for it. I've had plumbers come in and bleed them out, adjust the pressure, put water in the system and nothing works.The last plumber that came in has recommended that the pressure pump be replaced with a stronger one, but could not guarantee that would fix the problem.
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To fully answer that question we have to look back to the heyday of the castrato, a male soprano or contralto whose pre-pubescent range was preserved into adulthood through . . . uh . . . surgical means.ξ In the 17th and 18th centuries, the castrati reigned.ξ Due to The Church's interpretation of a certain passage in The Book of Corinthians that prohibits women from speaking in church, it fell to men to sing the soprano and contralto lines.ξ Boy sopranos and altos had the range, but not the lung power needed to be heard over an ensemble or orchestra.ξξ And since the castrato's voice never underwent the thickening that puberty would normally have brought, it possessed an extraodinary flexibility and virtuosity that (if the accounts of the day are to be believed) remain unmatched. The most famous castrati included Senesino, who created the title role in H?ndel's Julius Caesar;ξ Nicolino, who created the title role in the same composer's Rinaldo; and the most exalted castrato of them all, Farinelli, who was the subject of a lavishly produced 1994 French film which reached these shores and achieved art house success a year later.
With the castrato rapidly disappearing, women became the inheritors of opera's gender-bending tradition.ξ Where before castrati took the roles of young male characters in opera, now those roles were going to female sopranos and mezzos.
These are the travesty, or trouser, roles that are staples of the late 18th and 19 century repertoires.ξ Cherubino in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Oscar in Verdi's A Masked Ball, and Octavian in Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier are some of the most famous examples of trouser roles that remain in the standard repertoire today.
All the while, since at least the very inception of opera in England, the countertenor waited in the wings for his time in the spotlight.ξ It seems that time has come.
I don't know about you, but I'm inclined to believe the guy that's out there pulling in big fees on the international opera and concert circuit as a professional countertenor.ξ While all countertenors may not rely exclusively on their falsetto registers, it seems reasonable to believe they spend the majority of their time in that "extra" high register, judiciously dipping down into their "natural" voices as the occasion and their own individual technique dictates.
These days, countertenors are claiming roles traditionally considered the territory of their female colleagues.ξ In short, they're starting to take over the trouser roles.ξ Polish countertenor Jochen Kowalski has sung Count Orlofsky -ξ traditionally a mezzo role - in Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus in many of the world's great houses, and Brian Asawa has committed to film his Baba the Turk another mezzo staple in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.
Any discussion of great countertenors would have to begin with the English Alfred Deller (1912-1979), the first Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.ξ Deller's successors were the British James Bowman and the American Russell Oberlin.
Now, in addition to the aforementioned Americans Daniels and Asawa, we have a plethora of countertenors trodding the world opera and concert stage.ξ In addition, the countertenors we hear today eschew the "hooty" sound associated with the voice type (if you want to hear for yourself, find a copy of the Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream conducted by the composer, featuring Deller's eerie Oberon).ξ Today's new generation of countertenor sports a brighter, more vibratoed, operatic sound than their forebears.
Houston is certainly familiar with the countertenor sound.ξ In addition to the American premiere of Akhnaten with British countertenor Christopher Robson in the title role, HGO produced a sensational production of H?ndel's Julius Caesar in 1989 (directed by British film and theater director Nicholas Hytner), boasting no less than three countertenors: Australian Graham Pushee in the title role, Christopher Robson as Ptolemy, and from France, Dominique Visse as Nirenus.
Interestingly, at this time when the countertenor boom is in full swing, the most famous castrato of them all is back in the news.ξ On July 12 the Farinelli Study Center announced that the remains of Farinelli (buried in 1782) have been exhumed in Bologna, so that scientists can measure his skull and bones and study his vocal mechanism.ξ Their goal is to take advantage of modern technology to learn more about what gave the castrati such phenomenal range and power, and look further into what effects his intensive training and surgical alteration had on his body and vocal apparatus.ξ Through the DNA testing they'll even study what he had to eat and what illnesses he had.
Apparently, once you've enjoyed more fame than Madonna, Brad Pitt and Michael Jordan combined as Farinelli did in his time, not even death and a couple of measly centuries is enough to deny you your rightful place in the headlines.


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With 865,000 to choose from, the perfect Christmas tree for you (From Daily Echo)
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With 865,000 to choose from, the perfect Christmas tree for you
10:50am Tuesday 20th November 2012 in News
A WORKER is surrounded by 865,000 Christmas trees as he starts the task of chopping them down in time for the festive season.
Plantation manager Robert Durrant put on his hard hat and ear protectors to keep himself safe as he set about the tree with a chainsaw.
A team of 12 field workers will spend the next four weeks chopping down the trees, which stand between 3ft and 10ft tall.
Another dozen yard workers at Burcot Farm, near Winchester, will bundle them up and ship them to retailers around the country.
A typical 6ft tree from the farm will sell in the shops for £50.
Around 865,000 trees are grown on the 320 acre site at any one time, with 85,000 trees planted and cut down each year.
They are harvested between six and nine years after planting, depending on how fast they grow.
The fields – which contain Caucasian Fir and Norway Spruce trees – are left fallow on the tenth year.
Each year there is demand for six million real Christmas trees in the UK.
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Amazing Views
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Pixar Reveals First 'Inside Out' Footage Online!
Austin Mahone Reveals He Passed on Ariana Grande's 'Break Free'
Jack Nelson Band Live At Hopkins Icehouse Saturday Night
Mushroom Cloud over Texarkana
We all have a friend or two like Steve... This is a couple of years ago, but here Steve gets arrested while operating a scissor lift.
Local news stations: perhaps the country's greatest source of unintentional comedy.
Invitations have been issued to members of the media proclaiming Sept. 9th as the date for a big new announcement from Apple.
According to CNN, the event will take place right in Apple's backyard at the 2,400-seat
We bet 5 Seconds of Summer fans aren't hoping for 'Amnesia' after this. Yesterday (Aug. 28), a nude picture of Calum Hood leaked online!
Just in time for the Labor Day Weekend... Watermelon Tequila Shots from the Food Network!
Just when you think you have a handle on all of the rumors and spoilers for 'The Avengers 2,' a new and intriguing concept rears its head. Yes, it's once again time to play the "Marvel Cinematic Universe Rumor and/or Spoiler" game and this time, it's all about future iterations of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Spoilers ahead, obviously.
Another baby is on the way for Shakira and boyfriend Gerard Piqué!
The 37-year-old Colombian beauty made the official announcement on her Facebook today, Aug. 28, writing, "Yes, we are expecting our second baby!! Thank you all for your well wishes!"
FOX Sports Southwest announces that their Emmy Award winning segment "DQ Big Game of the Week" will feature Texarkana and the game between Texas High School and Arkansas High School September 5 on the network's High School Scoreboard Live.
Judge Jeanine Pirro visits Texarkana September 26 and among the topics that will be covered we are sure she will be happy to share her opinions on the terrorist group I.S.I.S., check this out...
With overwhelming support from the community, the scholarship fund named for fallen Texarkana Texas Police Officer William Jason Sprague has reached "endowed" status.
Here is some security camera footage of thieves breaking into vehicles in the Quail Hollow Subdivision of Texarkana. They appear to be teenagers... take a look and see if you recognize them.
Dave Almond will be performing at Fat Jack's Saturday night.
Texas A&M-Texarkana will be hosting a ground breaking ceremony for a soccer field.
With the Labor Day Holiday Weekend upon us, it's time for another season of high school football across the area.
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Final Change Plan
On 17 February 2012, the University released a Final Change Plan and invited staff and unions to comment on a draft implementation plan. The period for formal feedback closed on 29 February. As of 16 March, eight individual responses had been received: one from a person external to the University, two from students and five from staff members. Of the eight, seven opposed the changes but none provided comments specific to the implementation plan.
1. Background
On 21 November 2011, the University published a Draft Change Proposal setting out a proposed strategy for reducing expenditure on a University-wide basis. The Draft Change Proposal noted that non-salary expenditure would be reduced by a total of $28 million across the University, and put forward two proposals for reducing salary-related expenditure. These were to reduce both staffing-related administration costs and academic staffing costs by 7.5 percent across the University as follows:
- Faculties, portfolios and professional services units (PSUs) would be given an expenditure cap restricting the total amount they can spend on general staff salaries, casual salaries and contractors. Where savings are required, each faculty, portfolio or PSU would then be responsible for formulating and implementing a strategy to achieve them, and where the implementation of strategies at the individual faculty/portfolio/PSU level would involve changes to which the Managing Change provisions of the Enterprise Agreement apply, the relevant area would be required to develop and progress its own change management proposals.
- Overall academic staffing costs across the University would be reduced by approximately 7.5 percent. Under the Draft Change Proposal, it was envisaged this would be achieved primarily through offering eligible staff voluntary redundancy. The process for determining which staff would be offered voluntary redundancy was set out in Appendix 1 to the Draft Change Proposal.
After considering the feedback received from staff and unions, the University decided to proceed with the broad expenditure reduction measures outlined in the Draft Change Proposal, and on 3 February 2011 issued a Formal Change Proposal. The Formal Change Proposal included changes to the process for reducing academic staffing costs, with more emphasis being placed on measures such as flexible options including pre-retirement contracts, and natural attrition in addition to redundancy to achieve the budget savings required, as well as changes to address some of the concerns about the assessment process.
Staff and unions were invited to comment on the University's Formal Change Proposal, and responses were received from 14 staff and from the CPSU and NTEU. A meeting of the Management & Staff Consultative Committee was held on 13 February 2012 and meetings with the unions were also held on 8 February (NTEU), 16 February (CPSU/NTEU) and 17 February (CPSU).
While the responses to the Formal Change Proposal opposed its implementation, the University has concluded that there are no viable alternatives to achieving the required savings, and it has therefore been decided that the proposed changes will be implemented as outlined in Part 3 below.
2. Consultation
Staff and unions responding to the Formal Change Proposal opposed the proposed budget reductions generally and also raised concerns about the assessment process for academic staff.
Key issues that were raised were as follows:
- Whether there was any need to make the savings that the University is seeking
- Whether there are alternative ways to achieve savings to avoid reductions in staffing numbers
- Whether the proposed redundancies are genuine redundancies
- Concerns about using research-related criteria as the basis for the academic assessment process
- A need to assess research output over a longer period
- Concerns about increased workloads for academic staff
- Concerns about adverse impact on students
- Concerns about increased workloads for general staff
- Whether the changes will result in increased casual staff
These issues are discussed below.
(a) Whether there was any need to make the savings that the University is seeking
The savings to be implemented through reductions in staffing-related expenditure are necessitated by shortfalls in student fee income and urgent capital expenditure needs.
The revenue forecasts that underpinned the strategic objectives that were decided for 2011–2015 included a forecast that total student fee income for 2011 would be $828.1 million. The actual income is $792.3 million, i.e. $35.8 million less than the forecast which underpinned the 2011–2015 Strategic Plan.
The key reasons for this result were a considerable softening of international student demand (driven by factors such as the high Australian dollar and immigration restrictions which came into effect from 2010–2011) and changes in enrolment patterns for CSPs, with many students enrolling in fewer units of study than a standard full-time load.
These enrolment trends are expected to continue, and will have significant pipeline effects for the next few years. The softening in international student demand also means that annual fee increases must be kept to a minimum in order to remain competitive. The combined effect of these factors is that the results for 2012 and the following years will also be well below the original targets that underpinned the 2011–2015 Strategic Plan.
Given the reasons for the decline in growth of student fee income and the pipeline effect of changes in enrolments, the University has also been required to revise down its revenue forecasts for 2013–2015.
As our planned income reduces, there nevertheless remain pressing needs for capital expenditure as outlined in the Formal Change Proposal. This includes expenditure needed to meet our work health and safety requirements and obligations under disability discrimination laws. While final decisions have not been made in all cases as to which projects will proceed in 2012, examples of projects which have been identified as high priority include the following:
- Installation of additional smoke detectors and replacing fire doors and upgrading FH booster in Fisher Library
- Campus-wide upgrade for Emergency Warning and Intercommunication System
- Replace air conditioning system in Blackburn Building
- Asbestos removal in Anderson Stuart Building
- Painting/waterproofing – Mallett Street
- Laboratory and lighting upgrades – Oral Health, Westmead
- Install sterilization facilities, upgrade ventilation and install safety eye wash facilities at Cumberland
- Laboratory and classroom upgrades – Chemistry Building
- Refurbishment of SMB Service Centre/workshop – Molecular Bioscience Building
- Reconfiguration of rocksaw room – Madsen Building
- Upgrade to safety facilities and liquid nitrogen storage – RMC Gunn Building
- Mortuary and laboratory back up power upgrades – Sydney Medical School
- Lift repairs – Shepherd Street car park and Education Building
- Ramp for lower level teaching facilities in Carslaw Building
- Installation of lift and ramp for access to Western Tower Room
Some staff have queried the need for savings given the net operating margin of $113.7 million in 2010. This amount included $79 million in funds that may be used only for the designated purposes for which they were given, and cannot be diverted to other purposes. This $79 million comprised:
- Capital Grants of $24 million. These are grant funds, provided predominantly by the Federal Government, for designated building projects, and cannot be used for other purposes. They are included in the net operating margin because the relevant accounting rules require them to be reported in this way.
- Donation and bequest income of $37 million. Approximately 85 percent of the University's donation and bequest funding is received for designated purposes and is required to be invested in perpetuity. In each case the income from the invested funds is available only for the designated purpose for which the funds were provided. (The total income in 2010 was $44 million and therefore the $37 million is 85 percent of the total income figure.)
- Unspent research and other Government grants of $18 million. These funds must also be quarantined for future use for the designated purposes for which they were given, and cannot be used by the University to meet other needs.
The remaining $34.7 million is not sufficient to meet the University's capital expenditure needs.
(b) Whether there are alternative ways to achieve savings
Other savings measures are being implemented to keep to a minimum the amount that needs to be saved in academic salaries and staffing-related administrative expenditure.
Non-salary expenditure is being reduced by $28 million. This will mean that most faculties and PSUs will need to reduce their non-salary expenditure relative to their 2011 budget. Where savings are required to be made, it is envisaged that they would focus on discretionary areas such as travel, entertainment and printing. The corporate card program will also be restructured to significantly reduce the number of cards issued and limit the ability to use the card where there are preferred supplier strategies in place, for example in areas such as travel, copying and printing, stationery supplies and desktop computer purchases.
Additionally, non-essential programs have been cut, and capital expenditure will be limited to those projects that are already underway and new projects of the highest priority.
The CODCD and AIN Physics projects are the first major investment in scientific facilities on the Camperdown campus for decades, and are critical to retaining and attracting the best staff and students in the future. Additionally a significant level of specific-purpose external funding has been provided, and it is neither desirable nor feasible to return that funding. These projects are well underway and are essential if we are to remain internationally competitive for our research and teaching.
Spending on repairs and maintenance will be limited to high priority work that is needed to meet our work health and safety requirements and obligations under disability discrimination laws.
Further borrowing is not a viable option to meet operational expenditure. Borrowing is only justified in order to support projects such as the construction of new facilities, and is not an appropriate strategy to fund recurring costs such as salaries.
(c) Whether the proposed redundancies are genuine redundancies
Some staff have queried whether the assessment process for academic staff is a genuine redundancy process.
Where a reduction in positions is required, this happens through redundancies. This is the case even where some of a person's duties will be performed by other staff. Where a reduction is to be achieved from within a particular category of staff (as distinct from, for example, the abolition of a function or program), there needs to be a method of deciding which positions are to be made redundant, and a process based on research related criteria is a valid selection method.
(d) Concerns about using research-related criteria as the basis for the academic assessment process
In a research-intensive University, research output is an appropriate assessment measure. However, as explained in the Draft Change Proposal, teaching contributions will also be taken into account, because teaching alongside research is central to the University's mission.
(e) Need to assess research output over a longer period
Staff who are advised that their position is being considered for redundancy will have an opportunity to make submissions about the assessment of their research output, including in relation to works in progress or pending publication.
(f) Concerns about increased workloads for academic staff
Implementation arrangements at the faculty level will need to be consistent with workplace health and safety laws and the Enterprise Agreement (EA), including the workload provisions in Part G and relevant faculty workload policies. The Academic Staff Workload Monitoring Committee will monitor the operation of faculty workload allocation policies (including any effects of the proposed changes) as part of its remit under the EA.
(g) Concerns about adverse impact on students
The proposed changes in relation to academic staff have been structured to ensure that students are not adversely affected by the reduction in overall staff numbers. Teaching contributions will be taken into account and there will be scope for some staff to move to teaching-focused roles if they wish to do so, thereby providing additional resources for teaching.
(h) Concerns about increased workloads for general staff
The measures that will be proposed by each faculty and PSU will vary according to individual circumstances, such as the size of its budget reduction, existing structures, scope for greater use of shared services and other efficiencies and ongoing operational needs. Any changes to work allocation will need to be consistent with workplace health and safety laws and the Enterprise Agreement.
(i) Whether the changes will result in increased casual staff
In relation to academic staff, casual employment will be monitored to ensure compliance with the Enterprise Agreement, which sets limits on the employment of casual staff.
In relation to general staff, it is envisaged that faculties, portfolios and professional service units would review and seek to reduce their use of casual employment as a means of achieving the required savings.
3. Change plan
The changes to be implemented are as follows:
- Overall academic staffing costs across the University will be reduced by approximately 7.5 percent. This will be achieved through a combination of measures including redundancies (which will, as far as possible, be voluntary) flexible options including pre-retirement contracts, and natural attrition. The assessment process for identifying affected staff is set out in Appendix 1.
- Faculties, portfolios and professional services units (PSUs) will be given an expenditure cap restricting the total amount they can spend on general staff salaries, casual salaries and contractors. Where savings are required, each faculty, portfolio or PSU will be responsible for formulating and implementing a strategy to achieve them, and where the implementation of strategies at the individual faculty/portfolio/PSU level involves changes to which the Managing Change provisions of the Enterprise Agreement apply, the relevant area will develop and progress its own change management proposals in consultation with affected staff.
Academic staff who are identified as meeting the criteria for an offer of voluntary redundancy or other alternative arrangements will be notified in the week commencing 20 February 2012, and will be provided with advice about the next steps in the process and the options available to them. Affected staff will be invited to provide any comments or submissions they wish to make about the assessment of their research output and any other relevant information they wish to have taken into account in the decision-making process, and will also be invited to meet with their Deans/Heads if they wish to do so. Other forms of advice and support will also be made available to them.
For general staff, further consultation will occur with affected staff at the faculty, portfolio and PSU progressively as local proposals are developed. The timing of consultation and implementation will vary across the University depending on the nature of the proposed changes.
4. Draft implementation plan
(a) Academic staff
- Staff who are notified that they have been assessed as meeting the criteria for an offer of voluntary redundancy or other alternative arrangements will have a period of two weeks to provide comments about the assessment of their research output and any other relevant information they wish to have considered in the decision-making process. During this two-week period they may also consider whether to take a voluntary redundancy package or pursue other flexible options rather than take any further part in the redundancy assessment process. Any alternative arrangements that are entered into by staff must be on an entirely voluntary basis.
- Final decisions about arrangements for affected academic staff, including offers of voluntary redundancy, will be made in March 2012 after considering any comments or submissions made by affected staff.
- Any staff member who is offered voluntary redundancy will have four weeks to decide whether to accept the offer or seek redeployment (as provided for in the Enterprise Agreement). There will also be opportunities at this stage for staff who are offered voluntary redundancy to discuss other suitable arrangements and/or timing issues if they wish to do so, and there are also review options available to staff covered by the Enterprise Agreement. Again, any alternative arrangements that are entered into by staff must be on an entirely voluntary basis.
- Academic staff redundancies will take effect from 1 July 2012, although different dates may be agreed on an individual basis.
- When final decisions are made about which positions are being made redundant and other arrangements such as pre-retirement contracts and teaching focused roles are settled, affected staff will be consulted in relation to any proposed changes to their workload allocations. The Workload Monitoring Committee will have continuing oversight of workload allocation as provided for in the Enterprise Agreement.
(b) General staff
- As noted above, implementation arrangements in relation to general staff are to be made at the faculty, portfolio and PSU level. Implementation plans (including evaluation arrangements) will be developed as part of these local processes.
(c) Academic and general staff
- Information on the progress of the change process will be provided through reports to be published on the University website and through the Management and Staff Consultative Committee, and provision will be made for staff to provide feedback on these reports.
- The University will report to the Management and Staff Consultative Committee in December 2012 on the impact of the changes, including an assessment of impacts on workloads. The Chief Financial Officer will brief the Committee at the same time on the financial outcomes of the implementation of this Plan, and an evaluation report will be provided in February 2013.
Appendix 1: Academic assessment process
The process for managing the reduction in academic staff will be based on relative research performance, assessed on a University-wide basis.
The assessment of relative academic research performance will be based on research outputs as defined in the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) guidelines, or equivalent research output as assessed by Faculty and Central Assessment Panels.
Eligible research outputs
Must meet the definition of "research" in the ERA 2010 Submission Guidelines
Must have been published or made publicly available over the period from 1 January 2009 to 4 November 2011 (the Assessment Period)
Must be an eligible research output type as defined in the ERA 2010 Submission Guidelines, for example:
- Books – authored research
- Book chapters in research books
- Journal articles – refereed, scholarly journal
- Conference publications full paper, refereed
- Original creative works
- Live performance of creative works
- Recorded/rendered creative works; and
- Curated or produced substantial public exhibitions and events.
For further information see http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/ERA2010_sub_guide.pdf
Who is to be included in the assessment process?
The assessment process will apply to all academic staff with continuing appointments, except those in the categories listed below. Fixed-term appointees will be considered on a case-by-case basis to determine whether they are to be included in the assessment process.
The following categories of staff will not be included in the process:
- casual staff
- staff on long-term sick leave
- staff who have formal resignation/retirement arrangements in place (such as staff employed on pre-retirement contracts or who have given notice of their retirement/resignation)
- staff on existing teaching-focused contracts
- fixed-term appointees where appropriate (ie having regard to circumstances of their contract)
- staff whose salaries are wholly funded from external sources
- postgraduate fellows and other early-career researchers
- staff who joined the University after 4 November 2010.
Staff (other than those in the excluded groups listed above) with three or fewer eligible research outputs (prorated for part-time staff and staff commencing after 1 January 2009) over the assessment period will be considered for possible redundancy or alternative arrangements such as teaching-focused roles, pre-retirement contracts and other measures to avert the need for involuntary redundancy. Involuntary redundancy will be utilised only as a last resort. Staffing reductions which occur due to natural attrition will also be taken into account to minimise the need for redundancies.
Potentially affected staff are initially identified at the faculty level by a Faculty Assessment Panel comprising:
- the dean
- two senior members of the academic staff from within the faculty (such as deputy deans, pro-deans or heads of schools/disciplines)
- two members from another Faculty Assessment Panel
The Faculty Assessment Panel assesses the research performance of staff with three or fewer eligible research outputs over the assessment period, taking into account output relative to opportunity. This ensures that consideration is given to factors such as where a staff member has produced one or two substantial works, has made significant progress towards a substantial work or has appropriate works pending publication or has a publication record that is properly regarded as being the equivalent to more than three ERA-rated publications; career breaks such as parental leave or sick leave; disability or illness; performance of 'above load' teaching or administrative duties allocated by the faculty; and the staff member's length of service in the position. Consideration would also be given to situations in which staff are undertaking teaching and postgraduate supervision work that their school must provide in 2013 and which could not be provided through other means.
Assessments made by the Faculty Assessment Panels are reviewed by a Central Assessment Panel, comprising the Provost (Chair) and three senior professors. Oversight by a Central Assessment Panel will ensure a fair and consistent process across the University.
Affected staff will be invited to provide any comments or submissions they wish to make about the assessment of their research output and any other relevant information they wish to have taken into account in the decision-making process. Staff will have time to provide written comments and submissions, and may also have further discussions with their Deans/Heads during this period.
The Central Assessment Panel would make recommendations to the Vice-Chancellor in relation to the selection of staff in each faculty to be offered voluntary redundancy.
Final decisions about arrangements for affected academic staff, including offers of voluntary redundancy, will be made after considering any comments or submissions made by affected staff. There will also be opportunities for staff who are offered voluntary redundancy to seek redeployment and discuss other suitable arrangements (such as pre-retirement contracts, teaching-focused roles or part-time work) and/or timing issues if they wish to do so. Final arrangements will depend on the relevant faculty's operational needs and budget constraints, and any alternative working arrangements must be entered into by staff on an entirely voluntary basis.


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Colwall quiz to raise funds for heart charity
12:01pm Tuesday 21st January 2014 in News
THE Ledbury branch of the British Heart Foundation is hosting a fundraising quiz on Friday, February 7, which is the charity's Wear Red for BHF Day.
The quiz is at Colwall Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm, and the ticket price of £10 includes a cooked supper.
Teams of four are preferred, and anyone interested should contact Keri Backhouse on 01531 632617 or Sue Stone on 01531 633961.


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Tariq Malik of Space.com talks to CNN about the German satellite and other space debris falling to Earth.
In the early morning hours Saturday, surviving remnants of a NASA satellite re-entered Earth's atmosphere over a remote stretch of the southern Pacific Ocean, the U.S. space agency said Tuesday.
A NASA satellite came through the atmosphere, but they're not sure where the pieces went. CNN's Reynolds Wolf explains.
Kris Rakowski put the dog out late Friday and looked to the skies above his Maple Grove, Minnesota, residence.
CNN's John Zarrella reports the U.S is an unlikely but potential target of the satellite falling from space.
A defunct satellite plummeting toward Earth is expected to re-enter the atmosphere between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 12:45 a.m. Saturday ET, NASA reported late Friday evening.
A satellite whose orbit is degrading will fall back to Earth Friday afternoon, but only some of its pieces will survive the fiery ride through the atmosphere, NASA scientists said Thursday.
Satellite failures could become more commonplace, scientists have warned, as the amount of space debris reaches a "tipping point."
Tuesday's space debris incident at the International Space Station was the "closest anything has come to the space station," NASA said Wednesday.
NASA says a piece of space junk won't pose a threat to the space station crew. CNN's John Zarrella reports.
A piece of space junk, determined a couple hours earlier not to be a threat to the crew aboard the International Space Station, passed within four miles of it Tuesday, NASA said.
The debris that scientists were concerned about earlier Thursday is now not expected to come too near the International Space Station, NASA said.
An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently shrank so much that researchers are at a loss to adequately explain it, NASA said on Thursday.
A piece of space debris is not expected to pose any danger to the two crew members aboard the international space station, a NASA spokesman said Tuesday.
It's the biggest meeting ever so far from Earth.
Space Shuttle Endeavour docs with the International Space Station.
The humble sail is undergoing a revolution and is set to be thrust into outer-space for use on satellites, rockets and other spacecraft.
The mysterious burst of light in the sky and loud booms witnessed Sunday night by residents along the Mid-Atlantic coastline was likely caused by a Russian rocket booster re-entering the atmosphere, said an official at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
The space shuttle Discovery safely docked at the international space station on Tuesday, a welcome smooth maneuver during a mission that was delayed by a gas leak and threatened by hurtling chunks of space junk.
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully docks with the International Space Station.
The crew of the international space station had a close call with a spent satellite engine in Earth orbit Thursday, forcing the crew to take shelter aboard its return capsule before the object passed harmlessly, NASA said.
CNN's Sandra Endo reports on the mystery fireball seen or heard by hundreds of Texans last week.
Just like some U.S. officials looking into the mystery, the man who captured video of an apparent fireball plunging from the sky over Texas on Sunday is perplexed about what it was.
Sonic booms and at least one fireball in the sky were reported in Texas on Sunday, less than a week after two satellites collided in space and a day after the Federal Aviation Administration asked U.S. pilots to watch for "falling space debris," authorities said.
Two satellites, one Russian and one American, have collided some 800 kilometers (500 miles) above Siberia, the Russian and U.S. space agencies, said Thursday.
The U.S. military may try within days to shoot down a failed satellite using a missile launched from a Navy ship, officials announced Thursday.
President Bush orders the U.S. Navy to shoot down a broken spy satellite. CNN's Jamie McIntyre reports
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Both classics are showing at the Milwaukee Film Festival this year.
'Dr. Strangelove' or 'This Is Spinal Tap'?
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Cole Swindell talks about the two new country albums he's loving right now.
As the seasons change, Milwaukee acts are getting awfully busy putting out albums.
Ian and the Dream is celebrating its debut full-length album release at the fourth annual Yellow Phone Music Conference in Milwaukee from Sept. 4 to 7.
In the movie, a teenage girl, after being critically injured in a car accident, wavers between life and death.
The film festival calls its rowdy side Cinema Hooligante; its 2014 offerings include anime, science fiction and cult-classic options.(2)
The movie tells the true story of the De La Salle Spartans, the high school team that set a sports record with 151 consecutive wins, only to face tragedy off the field.
The leading norteño band will performing at the BMO Harris Pavilion on Friday night.(1)
In their Irish Fest appearance, the band performs in memory of their six aunts and uncles who burned to death as children in a van on I-94 here 20 years ago.(4)
A visit by leading norteño band Los Tigres del Norte tops the list of attractions for this year's Mexican Fiesta at Maier Festival Park.(1)
Terry Hayes' debut novel, "I Am Pilgrim," is a complex, confident spy novel set in the post-Sept. 11 era.
In Julie Schumacher's novel 'Dear Committee Members,' an English professor cranks out one recommendation after another, to hilarious and occasional disastrous effect.
There will be sushi, wine and cocktail demonstrations, and food will be sold from Carnevor, Umami Moto, Distil, Hom Wood Fired Grill, Mi-key's and Gouda's Italian Deli.
Finishing touches and city inspections are all that's left before Alderaan Coffee opens its doors at 1560 N. Water St., in the Flatiron Building. (2)
When Dave Sobelman created the Chicken Fried Bloody Beast last week, he expected it to gain attention. But he never expected his customers would actually want to order it.(2)
After 12 years, Van Patten, whose ubiquitous television and radio ads made him synonymous with Potawatomi, has parted ways with the Indian casino in the Menomonee Valley.(7)
Polls show that two-thirds of Americans have no confidence in the future. Not surprisingly, the entertainment they consume reflects these feelings. But does it feed them, too?(2)
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"More relationships with teens today seem to shut the partner off from their friends. They feel like they exclusively are supposed to be with them."
- Ann Phelps, head nurse in Rockland schools
Teen Attitudes Toward Dating and Sexual Abuse
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Arianna Hibbard greets her boyfriend, Joe Muir, outside Weymouth High School. They are both juniors.
By Karen Eschbacher
The Patriot Ledger
When 18-year-old Michelle Sonia started taking yoga classes earlier this year as a way to relieve stress, her boyfriend decided to join her.
Now, Michelle and Andy Whelan, 17, spend part of each Sunday at the Hanson Holistic Center practicing breathing and stretching.
When Michelle had a track meet on a recent Tuesday night, Andy was there. The next night, Michelle returned the favor and watched Andy run at his meet.
But for all the time they spend together, the high school seniors, who have been dating for more than a year, insist that they still have their own friends and interests.
Michelle attends Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, and Andy goes to Xaverian Brothers in Westwood, meaning they spend most of the day apart and with other friends.
The couple estimates that they see each other about three times a week. Sometimes they grab dinner at Bertuccis; other times they just hang out at home.
Michelle, who lives in Hanson, and Andy, of Abington, say that balance of supporting each other while maintaining their own identities is what makes their relationship work.
Michelle is very important to me but Im not going to become emotionally dependent on her, said Andy, who will attend Northeastern University in the fall. Shes really important...
... But there are other things that are important, too, interjected Michelle, who is heading to Harvard. I think its back to not having the same personality. We have different interests.
We have a lot of the same friends, but we have a lot of separate friends, too. We can hang out together but we can also hang out apart.
Arianna Hibbard
High school relationships are getting serious at increasingly younger ages, sometimes before teenagers are mature enough to deal with them, experts say. The result can be unhealthy, and in some cases, dangerous.
I think that more relationships with teens today seem to shut the partner off from their friends, said Ann Phelps, head nurse in Rockland schools. They feel like they exclusively are supposed to be with them.
As a result, teens can find themselves cut off from family and friends, and giving up activities that were once important to them, Phelps said. In the most extreme cases, such behavior can lead to violence, she said.
But Michelle and Andys relationship is a reminder that, more often than not, that isnt the case.
Though problems like dating violence and date rape can be found in high schools across the South Shore, teenagers say healthy relationships are much more common than destructive ones.
Arianna Hibbard, a junior at Weymouth High School, has been dating junior Joe Muir for three months.
Arianna, who as a peer facilitator talks to eighth- and 10th-graders about teen dating violence, said she thinks the key to maintaining a healthy relationship is not to become isolated.
Arianna is a cheerleader and takes karate classes, and Joe plays lacrosse and hockey. They both work at separate jobs.
We have a lot of the same friends, but we have a lot of separate friends, too, she said. Its good. We can hang out together but we can also hang out apart.
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Lisa Marie Presley Defends Scientology, John Travolta
LOS ANGELES -- Lisa Marie Presley is defending Scientology, a religion that she, John Travolta and Kelly Preston share, as she offers the family her condolences on the death of their 16-year-old son Jett.
Presley's MySpace blog on Tuesday referred to the Travoltas as two of her "very good friends" and "the sweetest people in the world."
"My heart is crying and bleeding for them," she writes.
The blog continues to say: "I am writing this because I have noticed that for the most part, people and the media have been very sympathetic and respectful, but there are those certain ones that want to use this horrible tragedy as an opportunity to once again, blame and-or attack Scientology."
Presley also writes that "Now is NOT the time" to discriminate against her religion and its followers.
She also disputes speculation that the Travoltas' religion prevented them from giving their son proper medical care.
In a protective tone, she writes: "It is not true that Scientologist's 'Don't believe in' medical care, medicine or medical Doctors and that may have something to do with this terrible tragedy.
Just like anyone else, If one is sick, they go to the doctor, If a medication will make it better then they take it. If they don't then they are an idiot and you can't blame their religion.
Whatever medical and or physical condition Jett had, I can tell you first hand that his parents were on a tireless, never ending quest to get and provide him with the absolute best care anyone could ever ask for and need, Medically, physically, emotionally, medicinally and spiritually."
Presley's spokesperson, Cindy Guagenti, confirms the comments on the MySpace page were written by Lisa Marie.
Jett Travolta died last week in the Bahamas after suffering a seizure. The family has since returned with his ashes to Ocala, Florida, where they have a home, according to a family friend.


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A pregnant Henry County woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck Sunday morning and police say it was her boyfriend that was behind the wheel.Henry County police say Brian Mack Feltman, 27, of Locust Grove hit his live-in girlfriend, 27-year-old Meghann Pope around 6:30 a.m. Sunday on Golf View Crossing in Locust Grove.The two lived together a short ways away from the scene inside the same subdivision.Feltman is being charged with Felony Murder and Feticide. He is expected to make his first appearance Monday at 8:30 a.m.
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mayweather vs cotto 2, are the fans interested?
mayweather vs cotto 2, are the fans interested?
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i get the feeling pac/may ain't happening once bradley demolishes pac. i don't think arum will match timmy with floyd either. i think may/canelo should be his last fight and i also believe martinez is too big for floyd. so who's that leave? i'd like to see the rematch. their styles will always make for a great match up. they should do this before the year is over. i'm sure they did great numbers...and will do well in a rematch. anyone else interested besides me? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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i think the case can be made that neither pac nor floyd have proven to be the best at 147. they have both taken different approaches....and both are questionable.
I agree with the whole post, and this one sentence sums it up.
they can use 10 oz gloves at ww?
140 and up use 10oz gloves.
Watch his fights, and you factor in the rehydration clause that was in effect, their is no doubt that weight was a factor in that fight.
Thank you. People tend to sweep Team Pacquiao's "rehydration clauses" under the rug for some reason. Hell, I remember him making Oscar come down to 145, then only allowing him to rehydrate 2lbs. He ended up weighing more than Oscar on fight night. WTF? He did similar shit in some of his other fights. I have to find the articles, that's if they haven't been sent to no man's land by now.
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Like many in his field, Alan Ciochon, director of information technology with Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek in Milwaukee, has had to handle several technology rollouts over the past few years for the firm, which has three offices across Wisconsin. And one thing he's learned, Ciochon says, is that technology doesn't work just because the technology is good.
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Derek Curtis v. Kenneth Cuccinelli
|TED BODIE, Attorney, CHERYL WALTON, Attorney, HURLOCK, Director of Security, UNKNOWN CORR OFFICER, Prince William County Regional Adult Detention Center and BRANT, Correctional Officer
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|JEANICE WEITHOP, Esq. Asst. Commonwealth Attorney, ANGELA L. HORAN, County Attorney, COLONEL MELETUS, Superintendent, CHERYL ANN WALTON, CAC, CAPTAIN GEORGE HURLOCK, Director of Security, CHARLIE DEAN, Chief of Police, HEATHER DARLING, Detective, SERGEANT BREWER, Deputy Sheriff, OFFICER PEACEMAKER, Deputy Sheriff, CAROLYN OLIVER, Social Worker II, SERGEANT LAUREL WHITAKER, Supervisor, PAUL EBERT, Esquire, Commonwealth Attorney and KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI, II, Attorney General
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Russell Westbrook, the high-flying, dynamic court general went down last week in Game Two against Houston after tearing his meniscus in his right knee. The Team USA Point Guard is out for the season as the team announced Friday, meaning his two backups, Reggie Jackson and Derek Fisher, will pick up his slack for the remainder of the playoffs. Reggie Jackson will start, so let's evaluate him first. Averaging only 5.3 points per game this season along with 2.4 boards, he's obviously no Westbrook. The stamina and speed he brings, though, is impressive. Jackson is only in his second year, so he brings tons of potential, but for the Thunder to make a run, he needs to continue to step up like he did in Game 3. Jackson contributed 14 points and two rebounds in the Thunder's 104-101 win in Houston. If Jackson continues to step up, the sophomore will start to impress several spectators around the league.
Now to the other replacement that isn't so young, 38-year-old Derek Fisher. The Thunder resigned Fisher halfway through the season; bringing him out of retirement in case of an emergency situation such as the one they're in right now. Fisher is 16 years older than Jackson, so he's quite slower, but he's just as productive, averaging 5.3 points per game as well, and cashing in 1.4 dimes. In 24 minutes in Game 3, Fisher scored nine points and added one steal, rebound, assist, and block.
Russell Westbrook is an All-Star, so he is very hard to replace, but if Jackson and Fisher continue to step-up, Loud City should be pleased with the outcome.
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Developing a Replicable Model for Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan
University of Colorado - Boulder, 2006 - $43,560
As initially proposed, this team aimed to aid Afghanistan in its rebuilding efforts by training the country's undereducated and underfunded engineering faculty. CU-Boulder offered a number of educational opportunities to Afghani faculty, including scholarships to allow them to complete online CU-Boulder certificate courses (through a subcontract of a USAID grant to Washington State University); loans of online library courses to Kabul University at little or no cost; training from US engineering and business experts on how to develop sustainable engineering and business solutions involving online components, face-to-face meetings, and short courses.
After the initial plan of offering online training for university faculty proved to be untenable because of the technological divide, and hosting several tech entrepreneurship workshops in and around Kabul with varying results, the team partnered with Afghans for Tomorrow (A4T) and this grant took a new direction. In January 2008, CU and A4T piloted schools with fuel briquette facilities that could produce 1000 fuel briquettes a day (a family of five needs 5 briquettes per day). Students attend school in the mornings (with a dedicated teacher who provides lessons up the 5th grade level) and make briquettes in the afternoons. The project started with 20 street children and disabled young persons from Kabul. In July 2008 Afghans for Tomorrow established their first training center. As of spring 2009 hundreds of Afghanis have been trained at 28 established briquette facilities. More than 5,600kg of briquettes were produced in the last six months of 2008 and in 2009 there were 64 Briquette Team graduates. The goal is to employ 5,000 children eventually and the project has been cleared by the Ministry of Children's Affairs to ensure that it is not in violation of child labor laws. The Ministry is very happy with the project as the work does not require heavy lifting, bending, eye-strain, etc. and all of the workers are paid a decent wage.
Summer 2009 update: What began as a project envisioned to provide on-site training to Afghan faculty and potential social entrepreneurs has turned into a multi-organizational partnership that has created an opportunity for individuals to become gainfully employed, attend school, and take steps toward becoming self-sufficient small business owners. This team has leveraged $72,000 as a start-up grant in August 2008 to pay 30 salaries and is currently completing a feasibility analysis prior to launching an entrepreneurial venture.
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Nicole Smith
April 16, 2009
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. -- The Tennessee women's golf team begins the championship portion of its season this Friday through Sunday at the SEC Women's Golf Championship at the Cobblestone Park Golf Club.
Facing the 11 other SEC squads, the Lady Vols will look to improve on last season's eighth-place finish at the conference tournament and better their resume for a qualifying bid to the NCAA Regional Championships in May.
UT head coach Judi Pavon leads a lineup of senior Nicole Smith, juniors Ginny Brown and Diana Cantú, sophomore Lauren Spurlock and freshman Nathalie Mansson to the South Carolina-hosted tournament, which will be played on the par-71, 6,156-yard Cobblestone Park course.
"We are excited about the SEC Championship as usual," Pavon said. "The team has worked hard all season with this tournament in mind. The conference is very strong, so we're expecting some great competition and know we'll have to play our best to come out on top. We feel prepared to play well."
In her ninth season at the helm of the Lady Vol golf program, Pavon has led UT to four top-three conference finishes, including a runner-up placement in 2006.
Though Tennessee is the eighth-highest ranked conference team in the Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, the Big Orange has shown the ability to hang with SEC's top teams at various tournaments this season. In the highlight of the fall, UT roared out to the first-round lead at the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Women's Collegiate Championships with a score of 283 - recording a dramatically better day one total than eventual tournament winner and No. 9/8 LSU (291) as well as SEC foes Mississippi (295), Kentucky (296), South Carolina (297) and Arkansas (303).
UT also is 3-2 on the season against Golfweek No. 14 Georgia, defeating the Bulldogs head-to-head at the NGCA Hooter's Match Play tournament and at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic - where the Lady Vols placed second.
Tennessee hasn't finished lower than eighth at a tournament this spring.
Mansson is having a phenomenal rookie season for the Orange and White. The Stockholm, Sweden, native ranks fifth in the conference in stroke average (73.83) and is the eighth-ranked freshman in the nation according to the Golfweek rankings. She has been the top UT placer at five of eight tournaments this season.
Smith, UT's lone senior, has 75.00 stroke average this season and is rounding into shape after returning to the team from injury in February. She fired rounds of 68 and 70 en route to carding a 1-under 215 total at the UCF Challenge in March. The Riverside, Calif., native missed last season's SEC tournament, but tied for 14th at SECs as a sophomore and finished in a tie for seventh as a freshman.
Cantú is UT's top returner from the 2008 SEC Championship, where she tied for 33rd. This season, Cantú has been a consistent top-four scorer for the Lady Vols and is carrying a 76.40 stroke average.
Brown is the only other returner from the 2008 conference team. She tied for 46th last season, but should finish higher in the SEC this season as she has been one of the most improved players in the conference, dropping her stroke average from 80.2 in 2007-08 to 76.57 so far this season.
Spurlock, along with Mansson, will be competing in her first SEC Championship. A transfer from Belmont, Spurlock has scored for the Lady Vols in 80-percent of the rounds she has played and has a 77.20 average.
Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Arkansas and Vanderbilt are all ranked in the Golfweek and Golfstat top-20 with the Crimson Tide and both Tigers slotted in the top-10 of both.
Tennessee is No. 29 in the Golfstat rankings and No. 32 according to Golfweek. Defending SEC champion Florida is ranked one spot ahead of the Lady Vols in both polls.
South Carolina's Bénédicte Toumpsin is the top returner from the 2008 SEC Championship as she finished third at the Tennessee National course. Other returners who finished in the top ten last season are Dori Carter of Ole Miss (fourth), Candace Schepperle of Auburn (tied-seventh), Krystle Caithness of Georgia (tied-seventh) and Arkansas' Lucy Nunn (tied-seventh).
Schepperle leads the SEC with a 71.92 stroke average and is ranked No. 2 in the Golfweek individual ratings. LSU's Megan McChrystal ranks second in the conference with a 72.26 stroke average and sits 11th in the Golfweek ratings.
Tee times run from 8:30-10 a.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 8-9:30 a.m. on Sunday. Live scoring and results can be found at www.utladyvols.com.